Hope this does not degenerate into the an argument over the value of
over-priced, under-performing Macintosh computers, including the half
cantaloupe with the mirror on top.

I might remind people that Carella DOS, (formerly DR DOS) is still
available if you need to run an older DOS program.  I personally still
have copies of most everything from Windows XP back to Windows 3, and
DOS as far back as 3.2.  My 1 gHz AMD-based machine runs all of these
with no problems (other than the limits of the older OSs).  An older
Pentium 120-based machine can be purchased for peanuts nowadays and
would serve very nicely.

I might remind you that Apple Computer (in particular, Steve Jobs)
has a past history of dropping support for anything older than about
3 years, as well as keeping everything closed and proprietary.  (That
ought to bring some flaming replies! :) just kidding).

Best to all of you.

Jim Cook
Riverside, CA

 [ Whether it's because of, or in spite of, Steve Jobs, Apple's market
 [ share still hovers at around 10% of the PC market.  The high-end
 [ Macintosh is preferred for elaborate graphics and motion picture
 [ (DVD) editing, and the users don't mind paying Macintosh and the
 [ program publishers for their continuing support.  If you are simply
 [ editing and playing MIDI files then Windows and an Intel PC clone
 [ is still the cheapest system.   -- Robbie