I don't know how I came across this 2.5 year old article in Download Squad (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/), but it got me thinking... if there is a dosbox for my n800... and a free version of MS Word 5.5 that runs under DOS... wow... I can do word processing on my n800 and party like it's 1999! I could pretend I never heard the term WYSIWYG. Maybe I can dig up Lotus 123 and Crosstalk, next. But, first things first... this thing friggin' ran! The setup was so nostalgic. Ah, the Hercules graphics card...

As for file compatibility... Openoffice doesn't have any pre-Word 6 saving options. Nor does the latest Microsoft Office. However, I was able to read in an RTF file. It kept the alignment (more or less) on the page, but it looks like text to me. I've only played for a few minutes, so I didn't have an opportunity to check out all the potential.

Bottom line... this is an interesting word processing option for the Maemo platform.

Free Word 5.5 download here: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...S/Wd55_ben.exe