Msg: 6456 *Conference*
04-21-96 14:37:49
From: THOMAS MCKEAN
To : PAUL WHITING
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6408 (YEESH!)
The book Has nothing to do with a PC (though I think I do mention a PC in a section of it...) As for "overkill," let me give you an example. I have a 486DX/33 that I wrote most of the book on. I used a Windows 3.1 word processor and it did what I wanted it to do without doing too much more. The one i was using (now defunct) is JustWrite 2.0. I like it because it perfectly transposes WordStar documents, which means I can go to DOS and work on something in VDE (neat little PD program that is WS compatible) and then move it into Windows. I don't really care for Windows, but there are times when it is needed. I prefer to do most of my work in MS-DOS. Perhaps this is because I came from the days of CP/M (and I still to this day have an Osborne 1, a Kaypro II, an Epson Geneva PX-8, and (my personal favorite) a Kaypro 4/84). My silly mother just bought a pentium with Windows 95. HATE IT! Can't do a damn thing with it! Maybe it is not the hardware that is overkill, maybe I am complaining about the software. I don't know. When an operating system gets too complicated for someone with a genius level IQ to figure out, I think you have overkill. I have tried to convert her system to Windows 3.1, but Windows 95 keeps interfering. (This is because, as you know, many programs look for support files in the WINDOWS directory or the WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory. Since Windows 95 has them, I had to install Windows 3.1 in WIN31 directory. Didn't do too well.) If you have any ideas about how to do a successful conversion, I would love to hear them. (Keeping in mind that it would be nice to keep Window 95 on board in case she liked it better, which I doubt she would.) As for what the book is about, it is basically "Everything you wanted to know about Thomas but were afraid to ask. My life has NOT been typical. Maybe that is why the book is doing well. Check it out of your local library. The name is "Soon Will Come The Light," and the author's name is listed as "Thomas A. McKean." If you search by author, make SURE you put the "A." in there because there is another "Thomas McKean" who is out there writing children's books and he is not me. stc