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Re:ReactOS by samatman on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:02PM (#24796648)
My mother edited four or five academic books on Word Perfect 5.1, and the easiest way to generate offset copy for them would be to boot it up and print them again on an HP LaserJet 4000, just like last time.

These will most likely never see another printing, granted. But generalizing across all books published this way, I'm sure this situation will actually arise in the future.

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Re:ReactOS by babypuncher on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:39PM (#24803711)
I think I wasn't very clear in my comment. I think that for things like Word Perfect 5.1, the better solution for longevity would be new open source software that recreates it's functionality in a non-hardware dependent manner. Your mother being able to open Word Perfect files in LibreOffice and print them out with the correct formatting on a modern printer would be easier (and more useful) than relying on the original hardware and software.
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