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First post, by Stiletto

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You guys may have seen this already but...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxdeay/the-du … itten-in-ms-dos

As the article states, there's something to be said for writing tools that offer zero distractions.

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Game of thrones is written on WordStar 4.0
Know anyone that does high value work on old machines?

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Reply 1 of 3, by Joakim

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I totally get this.

Reply 2 of 3, by DosFreak

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Nope it was written in a dos program that was executed via ntvdm under Windows XP. You could say it was dos in the vm but that's reaching. I haven't seen any outrage yet for him running either though..... I wonder if the machine is networked since his response about someone not being able to access it is likely incorrect although sounds like he's talking about his inefficient process rather than what can happen.

Anyone zoomed in yet to see if it is networked?

Hmm I see chrome on the desktop but looks like a different desktop so maybe a different computer.

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Reply 3 of 3, by chinny22

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You cant see, its only the ATI and something else in the tray. Does have some AOL icon on the desktop but that could be historic.
I can imagine he's taken that PC off the network and just uses it for script writing.

He does have a 2nd PC on the other side of the desk. That looked like it was on the net. still think that was Win7 and with his 5:4 screen and keybaord rekon he would fit in here 😀

I wonder if he really uses a XP box so he can fire up Dune games for insperation 😉