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On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

>On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:35:38 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
>
>> >> However you talk about your "old PC physically works reasonably well
>> >> but the software is obsolete and difficult to use for many tasks since
>> >> it is no longer compatible".  With what is it not compatible that is
>> >> causing you problems?
>> >
>> >My MS-Word and Internet Explorer have a difficult time today.
>> >
>> >For instance, I send Word documents to friends.  They could only
>> >open it as Read-Only due to the old version.  They could not get
>> >around that restriction without going to a lot of trouble.  
>> 
>> I don't see how that makes the software more difficult to use than it
>> was when you first got it.  It makes data interchange more difficult,
>> however Word supports a wide range of formats with more added with
>> every version.
>
>As mentioned, the latest MS-WORD gives trouble when faced with
>a document produced by old versions of WORD.  You can get around
>it, but it's a pain.  In some corporate environments, you cannot
>get around it due to security restrictions.
>
>In one transfer, the new WORD screwed up the pagination, and I
>had to waste time tinkering with the margins and other settings
>to get the pages to fit properly for printing.
>
>
>
>> 
>> >As someone mentioned, I now use plain text files.  But things
>> >like italics and boldface get lost.  It's impossible to send
>> >a more formal document with headings and pagination.
>> 
>> I just tried saving a document in RTF format in Word for MS-DOS 5.5.
>> Word for MS-DOS can't show formatting except as a color change.  When
>> I opened the document with the latest version of Word, it came right
>> up with bold, italic, bold italic, and underline right where they were
>> supposed to be, looking much better than in Word for MS-DOS.
>> 
>> There is formatting that can be done with Word that won't carry
>> through to an RTF but for basic stuff of this nature it's fine.
>
>Personally, I haven't had good luck with RTF.
>
> 
>> >As to the Internet, more and more websites no longer operate
>> >on my browser.
>> 
>> So have you installed Firefox or Chrome?  More and more web sites
>> don't work on ANY Microsoft browser you know.
>
>I am seeing fewer and fewer websites working with my PC.
>Unfortunately, Firefox didn't run well on my PC.
>
>The reality is that today's computer business does not like
>old software or old hardware.  "They" keep introducing
>incompatibilities forcing end users to upgrade, even if
>their existing machines run just fine in isolation.

How old is your machine and what OS are you using?

>I know a fellow who runs an old version of LOTUS.  For himself,
>it works just fine.  But he no longer can send his spreadsheets
>to anyone else.  At one time Excel was able to read old LOTUS.
>No more.

I can't see anyone in his right mind who has used a modern spreadsheet
wanting to use "an old version of Lotus". It runs on my current
machine just fine, but it's horribly limited.