Clean-room reverse engineering is one answer. You have to code for yourself, and you have to have someone else look at the source to find the APIs. Doesn't sound "like one f***ing lazy way of getting people to code s*** for you" to me.
Word (OO.org/SO Writer) Excel (OO.org Calc?) PowerPoint (OO.org/SO Impress) Outlook (Evolution) Access (SO Adabas D, but it's not free) Publisher (Wing it with Writer) FrontPage (OO.org/SO Web, but it doesn't support the "Web" concept) MapPoint (MapQuest, but that sux, and doesn't have nearly as many mapping tools) Visio (There IS no Visio clone, as parent said) PhotoDraw (The GIMP, but it's completely different) Project (There isn't anything like that)
Pocket Tanks is also available for PC. It's essentially Scorched Tanks ported to the PC and then the Mac. The funny part is, Scorched Tanks is an Amiga port of Scorched Earth, which is a PC game, apparently partially based upon Tank Wars. Go figure.
A DOT MATRIX printer? You mean the dying hard drive with a screw driver in it that eats paper, and spits it back out with something vaguely similar to ink on it?
It's not Free or free, but try Apple II Oasis. It runs almost anything, and it does stuff other emulators don't do. It's a closed-source $25 shareware app. Unfortunately, the unreg version limits you to 20 minute emulator sessions, restricts what you can do with the disk manager (Copy II Plus to the rescue), and limits your total transfer amount to 300K(?) from an actual Apple II (for making disk images).
WinXP can be cracked if you REALLY want to use it, and Win2K is MUCH more stable than Win98 (50 times, according to this). NTFS is also more reliable. You might want to try it...
I'm estimating that 4.0 GHz will be the non-Palladium ceiling. After 4.0 GHz, I'm finding a 2400 baud modem that will work with my old Apple//c, a dial-up Unix shell account, and using an 0.001 GHz processor.
Because Palladium is around pretty much for protecting music, why not just run a cable from your WinLH box to another WinLH box? I mean, Sound Recorder from Win95 will still run, right? Use WinZip 8.1 to compress it (although, WinLH might block it, because it handles something that the OS normally handles (since Windows ME). eMule will still run too, so you're home free. They can't verify Palladium compatibilty in the speakers, right? (Unless you use digital speakers)
So, you're saying that MS will buy out Intel, AMD, National Geode, WinChip (IDT, maybe?), Cyrix (are they even still around? Their CPUs are crap), and put Linux detection systems in the processor? Linux developers will have hacked it by then.
Xandros looks like Win2K, and feels like WinXP. It even shrinks NTFS partitions, and gives FAT16/FAT32/NTFS partitions their old drive LETTERS. The main problem - it's not fully GPL. They comply, as they provide source to all of the GPLed components, but most of the distro isn't GPL, and they charge ($39 for standard, $99 for deluxe, which basically has CrossOver Office & Plugin).
Xandros appears to be one way to go. It can shrink your WinXP partition so that there's room for Windows. And, the XFM labels Windows drives with their old drive letters. Since it comes with OO.org, and the deluxe version comes with CrossOver Office and CrossOver Plugin, it shouldn't be hard to migrate at all. The only problem with it is it isn't 100% GPL (actually, about the only things that are GPL are the Linux kernel, the GNU library, KDE/XFree86, and OO.org). It costs $39 for the standard version, and $99 for the deluxe version.
Linux + WineX is a BIT unstable for Windows apps, right? Here's an idea. Why doesn't someone try to write a Windows 98 SE clone that sits on top of, oh, FreeDOS?
I couldn't be much help in such a project, as all I know is some BASIC, LOGO, and a little HTML. However, I think an open source Windows would be a great idea. Shoot, we could have LazyX, (BeatAroundThe)BushX, BushSound, BushVideo, etc.! Get it? Open source is to closed source as lazy is to active, and as beating around the bush is to being direct? Although, Bush needs eliminated (so did Saddam, but Bush needs eliminated too), so that might not be such a good idea.
Knock yourself out... This is a list that I compiled of every version of Windows, and every 1.x version of OS/2 with a GUI. Why only 1.x? OS/2 2.0 MS Alpha became Windows NT 3.1.
If you want OS/2 1.0's release date, it was 1987. Windows 3.2 (it's a Chinese thing I guess - so was ketchup) was released in 1994.
My school's ISP blocks all of this, so our admins can't do anything. Although, they DID block anything that wasn't HTTP or FTP. IM, Telnet, E-mail, music sharing, anything not quite kosher was blocked. AND, that was at the SCHOOL's proxy this time
If you don't mind Links, and they allow Telnet (I think that's why they blocked it), try Super Dimensional Fortress. You can get a 60-day account for free, and if you send $1 (or 2 Euros), they'll make it lifetime (it's to ward off hackers). SDF This'll telnet right in. If you'd rather go to their site first, try: SDF's site
What I meant, was that the APPLE Box hooked up where a cassette player hooked up to a computer. You would call your friend, use alligator clips to hook it to the phone line, and use the SAVE command on your end and the LOAD command on your friend's end to simulate a cassette drive over the phone line. The details are somewhere within Apple II History by Steven Weyhrich.
I thought Win64 is only on servers at this point. Also, I thought Longhorn will be the first consumer version to have Win64 support. SO, there's about 18 months to develop Wine64.
Errm... wasn't OS/2's Windows compatiblity actually a copy of Windows 3.1 (3.0 in OS/2 2.0) running in a virtual machine? And, didn't it give a seperate memory space for Windows 3.1 apps so that they didn't hose the system!
Sometimes, you HAVE TO get Office XP, and CAN'T afford it. My parents have decided that all open source software is evil, and won't touch it with a ten foot pole (I've got a little hidden on the hard drive, though).
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Clean-room reverse engineering is one answer. You have to code for yourself, and you have to have someone else look at the source to find the APIs. Doesn't sound "like one f***ing lazy way of getting people to code s*** for you" to me.
What about FrontPage?
Here's a list of MS Office (XP) apps:
Word (OO.org/SO Writer)
Excel (OO.org Calc?)
PowerPoint (OO.org/SO Impress)
Outlook (Evolution)
Access (SO Adabas D, but it's not free)
Publisher (Wing it with Writer)
FrontPage (OO.org/SO Web, but it doesn't support the "Web" concept)
MapPoint (MapQuest, but that sux, and doesn't have nearly as many mapping tools)
Visio (There IS no Visio clone, as parent said)
PhotoDraw (The GIMP, but it's completely different)
Project (There isn't anything like that)
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Pocket Tanks is also available for PC. It's essentially Scorched Tanks ported to the PC and then the Mac. The funny part is, Scorched Tanks is an Amiga port of Scorched Earth, which is a PC game, apparently partially based upon Tank Wars. Go figure.
It probably was 6502 assembly. Check http://www.bricklin.com. I think it was BASIC with assembly added in in the alpha, and then assembly after that.
A DOT MATRIX printer? You mean the dying hard drive with a screw driver in it that eats paper, and spits it back out with something vaguely similar to ink on it?
It's not Free or free, but try Apple II Oasis. It runs almost anything, and it does stuff other emulators don't do. It's a closed-source $25 shareware app. Unfortunately, the unreg version limits you to 20 minute emulator sessions, restricts what you can do with the disk manager (Copy II Plus to the rescue), and limits your total transfer amount to 300K(?) from an actual Apple II (for making disk images).
ARRGH! I forgot the FSCKING link!
Here it is: THE LIST
WinXP can be cracked if you REALLY want to use it, and Win2K is MUCH more stable than Win98 (50 times, according to this). NTFS is also more reliable. You might want to try it...
Easy solution - no internet connection! Although, that would SUCK.
I'm estimating that 4.0 GHz will be the non-Palladium ceiling. After 4.0 GHz, I'm finding a 2400 baud modem that will work with my old Apple //c, a dial-up Unix shell account, and using an 0.001 GHz processor.
And what's wrong with 640*480*16 with floppy only? If it's got an x86 and a 5 1/4" fdd as A:, it can even run MS-DOS 1.1.
Because Palladium is around pretty much for protecting music, why not just run a cable from your WinLH box to another WinLH box? I mean, Sound Recorder from Win95 will still run, right? Use WinZip 8.1 to compress it (although, WinLH might block it, because it handles something that the OS normally handles (since Windows ME). eMule will still run too, so you're home free. They can't verify Palladium compatibilty in the speakers, right? (Unless you use digital speakers)
So, you're saying that MS will buy out Intel, AMD, National Geode, WinChip (IDT, maybe?), Cyrix (are they even still around? Their CPUs are crap), and put Linux detection systems in the processor? Linux developers will have hacked it by then.
Xandros looks like Win2K, and feels like WinXP. It even shrinks NTFS partitions, and gives FAT16/FAT32/NTFS partitions their old drive LETTERS. The main problem - it's not fully GPL. They comply, as they provide source to all of the GPLed components, but most of the distro isn't GPL, and they charge ($39 for standard, $99 for deluxe, which basically has CrossOver Office & Plugin).
Xandros appears to be one way to go. It can shrink your WinXP partition so that there's room for Windows. And, the XFM labels Windows drives with their old drive letters. Since it comes with OO.org, and the deluxe version comes with CrossOver Office and CrossOver Plugin, it shouldn't be hard to migrate at all. The only problem with it is it isn't 100% GPL (actually, about the only things that are GPL are the Linux kernel, the GNU library, KDE/XFree86, and OO.org). It costs $39 for the standard version, and $99 for the deluxe version.
Laptop does not? Bull. Try this, and the first result when searching for Tiqit on Slashdot
Linux + WineX is a BIT unstable for Windows apps, right? Here's an idea. Why doesn't someone try to write a Windows 98 SE clone that sits on top of, oh, FreeDOS?
I couldn't be much help in such a project, as all I know is some BASIC, LOGO, and a little HTML. However, I think an open source Windows would be a great idea. Shoot, we could have LazyX, (BeatAroundThe)BushX, BushSound, BushVideo, etc.! Get it? Open source is to closed source as lazy is to active, and as beating around the bush is to being direct? Although, Bush needs eliminated (so did Saddam, but Bush needs eliminated too), so that might not be such a good idea.
Knock yourself out... This is a list that I compiled of every version of Windows, and every 1.x version of OS/2 with a GUI. Why only 1.x? OS/2 2.0 MS Alpha became Windows NT 3.1.
If you want OS/2 1.0's release date, it was 1987. Windows 3.2 (it's a Chinese thing I guess - so was ketchup) was released in 1994.
My school's ISP blocks all of this, so our admins can't do anything. Although, they DID block anything that wasn't HTTP or FTP. IM, Telnet, E-mail, music sharing, anything not quite kosher was blocked. AND, that was at the SCHOOL's proxy this time
If you don't mind Links, and they allow Telnet (I think that's why they blocked it), try Super Dimensional Fortress. You can get a 60-day account for free, and if you send $1 (or 2 Euros), they'll make it lifetime (it's to ward off hackers).
SDF
This'll telnet right in. If you'd rather go to their site first, try:
SDF's site
What I meant, was that the APPLE Box hooked up where a cassette player hooked up to a computer. You would call your friend, use alligator clips to hook it to the phone line, and use the SAVE command on your end and the LOAD command on your friend's end to simulate a cassette drive over the phone line. The details are somewhere within Apple II History by Steven Weyhrich.
I thought Win64 is only on servers at this point. Also, I thought Longhorn will be the first consumer version to have Win64 support. SO, there's about 18 months to develop Wine64.
Errm... wasn't OS/2's Windows compatiblity actually a copy of Windows 3.1 (3.0 in OS/2 2.0) running in a virtual machine? And, didn't it give a seperate memory space for Windows 3.1 apps so that they didn't hose the system!
Freecell runs on Windows 3.1 (it comes with Win32s), 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.
Sometimes, you HAVE TO get Office XP, and CAN'T afford it. My parents have decided that all open source software is evil, and won't touch it with a ten foot pole (I've got a little hidden on the hard drive, though).