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DOS fans page, RIP DOS, the good old days
TSNorlane
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Nov 19 2018, 04:15 PM
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Getting Started
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That time in Malaysia there was Eracom, a distributor or dealer that sell Shareware locally.
I bought my first game (Doom?) from Eracom with multiple 3.5 inch diskette for installation. The Shareware concept is no more now.
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sbd
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Dec 20 2018, 03:27 PM
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I also started on 80286 yes around $4k at that time. 10mb hdd was norm. Strangely till today I use the same accounting and POS software which started out as IUS and then became ACCPAC Plus. I am still using this today for my business. I discovered this program works very well in XP Pro. Can even use in Windows 7 XP mode but not as stable. This ACCPAC Plus has been very good to me and made me much money...
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TSNorlane
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Dec 21 2018, 12:05 AM
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Getting Started
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QUOTE(sbd @ Dec 20 2018, 03:27 PM) I also started on 80286 yes around $4k at that time. 10mb hdd was norm. Strangely till today I use the same accounting and POS software which started out as IUS and then became ACCPAC Plus. I am still using this today for my business. I discovered this program works very well in XP Pro. Can even use in Windows 7 XP mode but not as stable. This ACCPAC Plus has been very good to me and made me much money... Thank you for sharing your experience. The AccPac seems good for you.
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Ckmwpy0370
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Dec 21 2018, 11:18 AM
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QUOTE(sbd @ Dec 20 2018, 03:27 PM) I also started on 80286 yes around $4k at that time. 10mb hdd was norm. Strangely till today I use the same accounting and POS software which started out as IUS and then became ACCPAC Plus. I am still using this today for my business. I discovered this program works very well in XP Pro. Can even use in Windows 7 XP mode but not as stable. This ACCPAC Plus has been very good to me and made me much money... ACCPAC Plus is not heavy apps therefore is not an issue for old PC or new PC
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sbd
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Dec 21 2018, 11:58 AM
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It may not be heavy but can only be used on old computers since it is a DOS based program and can only be run on DOS or Windows XP. Newer computers can't run Windows XP - you get the blue screen of death. Heck, I can't even get an Atom based Intel NUC to run XP!
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