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Hello Bob - 

>> The older Pacific C (K&R) would fit on one 1.4meg floppy
>> which I thought was a hoot! Being K&R became a 'stopper' but
>> it was neat that you could put it on one floppy. :-) 

BS> Datalight C (the precursor to Zortech and later Symantec
BS> C/C++) also fit on a single 5-1/4" floppy. I still have it
BS> around here, but I'm not sure if the only 5-1/2" drive on
BS> my family's network still works. 

Never used any of the above mentioned compilers but I recall
Zortech being well thought of at one time. 

--8<--cut 

BS> GNU is still dead, IMHO... GNU aspired to be what Linux
BS> achieved. The only thing of GNU that really lives on are
BS> the tools. Still, GPL proved unpopular enough that those
BS> tools are now distributed with libraries which don't carry
BS> the curse of GPL. 

I would recommend that anyone who has not yet looked at some of
the Linux opensource compiled for Windows use check out 'Gimp'
(graphics), 'Audacity' (WAV editor), and 'Abiword' (MSWord
compatible wp). Good stuff. :-) 

>> I will try to get it installed here and see what it's like
>> now in a newer (too big for one floppy) version. 

BS> Do report back what you find - I'm sure there are many
BS> who'd be interested in hearing about it. 

Will do. 

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