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Yes, strange indeed, I expected Terry to only roll with the latest in tech.
by rullelito 9y ago
Yes, strange indeed, I expected Terry to only roll with the latest in tech.
- laumars 9y agoSarcasm? There has been interviews with him where he discusses his "writing equipment" and like many authors he preferred a basic system that kept mostly out of his way. I mean it's just as easy to write a novel in Word for DOS* as it is in the latest software and hardware tech, so why would authors want to waste their time always running the latest tech when it's a distraction from their day job? * I'm not advocating people write novels in DOS. Just making an exaggerated point that since the medium is text only you don't need to be upgrading frequently.
- jrimbault 9y agoIsn't GRR Martin famously writing on a DOS computer ?
- laumars 9y agoIndeed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27407502 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27407502
- digi_owl 9y agoUsing Wordstar no less, must drive his editor and publisher bonkers. Not that i can't relate. If i could find a CLI browser that kept up with latest CSS and JS stuff, i would be doing everything in a framebuffer CLI.