I am just the opposite my original laptop back when they were 5k US $
did not even booted into windows I'dd just fire it up and it had to auto exec batch files dg and pc dg was the dos e123a (what ever was the latest and greatest for what ever rev it was - nothing -1 -2 and thats all we had and when I actually sat through the school the -3 was just coming out and there was talk of a gui but it was vapor) and pc was procomm for
the tvp-100{looked like a 11D cabinet} and tvs 100 and if I had to do a dial up I used a old tin can multitech 1200/9600 works every time external
modem for an occasional dialup for my fleet of 10 at the time. when you
were done all you had to do was pull your power cord and programing cable off and slam the laptop back in its case and out the door life was good I'll make a bet that I can set still set up a 1232 with average requirements with voicemail faster then the gui and you can't forget
the secret screens that you don't get with gui I'll
fly over with my 1232-6 a tvs 75 and Toughbook and you can do one of yours and I bet I finish first it' will be like a hotdog eating contest.....