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    From August Abolins@618:250/1.9 to All on Fri Jul 9 22:16:00 2021
    George RR Martin released an exerpt of the upcoming conclusion
    to the Song of Ice & Fire [Games of Thrones] series, The Winds
    of Winter.

    https://georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/

    I like the way he talks about what's coming:

    " At Guadalajara International Book Fair 2016, Martin gave some
    clues about the dark nature of The Winds of Winter: ... "I've
    been telling you for 20 years that winter was coming. Winter is
    the time when things die, and cold and ice and darkness fill
    the world, so this is not going to be the happy feel-good that
    people may be hoping for. Some of the characters [are] in very
    dark places. .... Things get worse before they get better, so
    things are getting worse for a lot of people. "

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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/10 to August Abolins on Sat Jul 10 13:51:10 2021
    August Abolins wrote to All <=-

    George RR Martin released an exerpt of the upcoming conclusion
    to the Song of Ice & Fire [Games of Thrones] series, The Winds
    of Winter.

    I have never read (nor watched) that series though I do like that the author writes his stories using WordPerfect for DOS.

    -- Sean

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  • From August Abolins@618:250/1.9 to Sean Dennis on Sat Jul 10 19:02:00 2021
    Hello Sean Dennis!

    ** On Saturday 10.07.21 - 13:51, Sean Dennis wrote to August Abolins:

    I have never read (nor watched) that series though I do
    like that the author writes his stories using WordPerfect
    for DOS.

    I was compelled to stick to the tv series at least up to the
    point to see how they rendered the dragons. I was impressed.
    By then, I was invested in the storyline and decided to stay.
    The world was beautifully imagined. Excellent production
    values.

    Sometimes I would try to locate some of the scenes in the
    books, to get "more" to the story. For instance, the scene
    that depicted the murder of Lanister senior.. there was a brief
    dialog with the murderer in the tv series, but the scene in the
    book went into greater satisfying detail.

    Wrt WP DOS, I did not know that. I liked WP 5.0 myself, back
    in the day. Then the move was on to 6 and then a jump to 8:

    https://photos.kolico.ca/tmp/wp-IMG_20210710.jpg

    I grew to like the WYSIWYG of the Windows version.


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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to SEAN DENNIS on Sun Jul 11 10:22:00 2021
    I have never read (nor watched) that series though I do like that the author writes his stories using WordPerfect for DOS.

    Once upon a time, I had version 5.0 of that around somewhere. IIRC, it
    would run on my XT computer, but would not run so well under Desqview on my 386-40. :)

    Mike


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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/10 to Mike Powell on Mon Jul 12 12:58:04 2021
    Mike Powell wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

    Once upon a time, I had version 5.0 of that around somewhere. IIRC, it would run on my XT computer, but would not run so well under Desqview
    on my 386-40. :)

    I bought a copy of WP 5.1 for DOS, in its original packaging with an
    original license certificate, for $5 at the local Salvation Army many
    years ago. Sadly all of the original packaging and documentation is
    gone but I know I have a backup of the WP program around here
    somewhere.

    I do have Word 5.5 for DOS and OS/2 (it's a bound executable which
    means one EXE works under DOS and OS/2). It works surprisingly well
    even today under DOSbox, DOSbox-X, DOSemu in Linux, and natively under
    ArcaOS. Personally, I still enjoy using the command line though I wish something like tmux existed for OS/2.

    -- Sean


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  • From Kurt Weiske@618:300/1 to Sean Dennis on Tue Jul 13 07:09:00 2021
    Sean Dennis wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    I bought a copy of WP 5.1 for DOS, in its original packaging with an original license certificate, for $5 at the local Salvation Army many years ago. Sadly all of the original packaging and documentation is
    gone but I know I have a backup of the WP program around here
    somewhere.

    I have a soft spot for old software packages. I bought 3 copies of OS/2 Warp recently because I couldn't stand to see them sitting on the shelf at a
    thrift shop.

    I do have Word 5.5 for DOS and OS/2 (it's a bound executable which
    means one EXE works under DOS and OS/2).

    I have 1-2-3 for OS/2 around here somewhere... :)


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  • From Shawn Highfield@618:500/33 to Kurt Weiske on Wed Jul 14 04:04:18 2021
    Kurt Weiske wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    I have a soft spot for old software packages. I bought 3 copies of OS/2 Warp recently because I couldn't stand to see them sitting on the shelf
    at a thrift shop.

    I still have the os/2 2.1 box with floppies. My original warp 3 install
    was also on floppies, but it was stolen from a friend. ;)

    Shawn

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