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brenellic2000 · 22nd Aug 2017, 1:34 pm

Going back your original question re DTP packages, I still use a DOS DTP (JetSetter) professionally (I've written 10 books) and frankly long ago gave up trying to finder a better Windows DTP that was affordable and didn't have major back-ward compatibility problem so endemic in modern over-bloated software!

Why do you need to run it on a modern PC? If it runs perfectly on an off-line/stand-alone 98 or XP, keep it on the old PC and use the modern internet PC only as as a print-server or whatever. If the new software can't read the old file, then save the old file as a .PRN (print-to-file) against a standard HP printer and hey presto, you have a file which can be converted to a .pdf. No need for a modern PC! There's plenty of life left in old DOS packages and ancient PCs!

22nd Aug 2017, 1:34 pm	#13
brenellic2000 Octode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,647	Re: Old Software on a new computer Going back your original question re DTP packages, I still use a DOS DTP (JetSetter) professionally (I've written 10 books) and frankly long ago gave up trying to finder a better Windows DTP that was affordable and didn't have major back-ward compatibility problem so endemic in modern over-bloated software! Why do you need to run it on a modern PC? If it runs perfectly on an off-line/stand-alone 98 or XP, keep it on the old PC and use the modern internet PC only as as a print-server or whatever. If the new software can't read the old file, then save the old file as a .PRN (print-to-file) against a standard HP printer and hey presto, you have a file which can be converted to a .pdf. No need for a modern PC! There's plenty of life left in old DOS packages and ancient PCs!