[plug] Breathing new life into old PC's

[Michael Hunt]

Here is some info on the "new" web software that was talked about at last
night's plug meeting. It relates to a topic close to the heart of Linux
bodes - that is breathing new life into old PC's. (Though this one revolves
around using MSDOS as the OS of all things !!!)

A new life on the Web for old PCs

A $49.95 Web suite promises new, online life for pre-Internet
PCs, even those based on Intel 80286 CPUs that can't handle
the newest versions of Windows. The NewDeal WebSuite provides
e-mail, Web surfing, and chat capabilities to older systems,
as long as they have at least 10MB of hard disk space and
640KB of memory, according to representatives of NewDeal. The
software includes a Web browser and other advanced Web
applications such as instant chat and Web page editing.
NewDeal also announced a new version of its NewDeal Office
suite, priced at $69.95. It has the same system requirements
as the WebSuite and has six applications, including a browser,
word processor, and desktop manager. A full-blown installation,
consisting of NewDeal Office and WebSuite, takes an additional
4MB of hard disk space, but no extra memory. The DOS operating
system is sufficient.

http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/09/newlife.idg/index.html