Back in the 90's I was stuck in a similar situation for a couple of months - used my plain vanilla A1200 with 20 MB HD for word processing in the only software package that was capable of typing in Czech and output in formats and encodings compatible with PC software. It was OK but no match for the MS Word (for MS-DOS) on a PC.
no. PC here can be bought used (but with guarantee) for low prices. So cheap to replace (if you do not need a new one). Or buy it on ebay.
Well, if it's cheaper than the RAM there probably isn't much reason to even consider it IMHO. (^__~ )