[plug] Breathing new life into old PC's

[Bret Busby]

Interesting, but, what about XT's with 640kB of RAM, and 10MB HDD's?

Bret Busby

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On 7/14/99, 11:33:28 AM, "Michael Hunt" <Michael.J.Hunt at usa.net> wrote 
regarding [plug] Breathing new life into old PC's:


> 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