On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Al Plant wrote:
> per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
>>
[...]
> Aloha all:
>
> Thanks for the many helpful suggestions for WP5 (was ancestor of WP 7 - 8 I
> think).
>
> I'll have plenty ideas to try.
>
Funny thing is that the OP never replied!
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Alejandro Imass
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Lars Eighner wrote:
You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do.
But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum
pieces ...
With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had
a driver for the Apple LaserWriter, an
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:21:57PM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote:
>
> They all have true multiprocessing so you can switch from one command
> line environment (virtual terminal) to another with a keystroke.
Do you mean "multitasking" here, rather than "multiprocessing"?
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Chad Perrin [ original co
Lars Eighner writes:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>
>>> Aloha Lars,
>>>
>>> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were
>>> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can
>>> read them for transfer to a contemporary program?
>>
>>
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote:
> I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm
> going through a midlife crisis).
>
> Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate
> back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past
Lars Eighner wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>
> >> Aloha Lars,
> >>
> >> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were
> >> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can
> >> read them for transfer to a contemporary program?
> >
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
Aloha Lars,
You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were
created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can
read them for transfer to a contemporary program?
Do you mean Word Perfect ?
Wordperfect-8.0 used
> Aloha Lars,
>
> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were
> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can
> read them for transfer to a contemporary program?
Do you mean Word Perfect ?
Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE & was
Lars Eighner wrote:
> You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do.
> But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum
> pieces ...
With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had
a driver for the Apple LaserWriter, and -- while actual LaserWrit
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT)
scott mcclellan wrote:
> I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm
> going through a midlife crisis).
Hey, learning new things is never bad. Not to do so is to stagnate. I
was in my late 30s myself when I took up Unix in earne
Quoth Lars Eighner on Thursday, 18 August 2011:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Al Plant wrote:
>
> >Aloha Lars,
> >
> >You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were
> >created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read
> >them for transfer to a contemporary
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Al Plant wrote:
Aloha Lars,
You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created
in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for
transfer to a contemporary program?
I don't know of anything. If I recall correctly, abi
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon wrote:
[...]
> Furthermore, I always thought the TRS-80 ran CP/M, not DOS,
> but I could be wrong as I (1st) didn't do any research on
> it (first sin!) and (2nd) don't own one so I could check.
>
They ran many things. I had several, even an older TRS
Lars Eighner wrote:
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, scott mcclellan wrote:
I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm
going
through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and
would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past
for me 30
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, scott mcclellan wrote:
I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going
through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and
would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past
for me 30 years - on a TRS-80).
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote:
>
> I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm
> going through a midlife crisis).
>
> Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate
> back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past fo
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT)
scott mcclellan wrote:
> I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm
> going through a midlife crisis).
> Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate
> back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT), scott mcclellan wrote:
> I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or
> maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis).
Pick FreeBSD as an OS, it will be a benefit for your UNIX
skills and your productivity, as well as for your opinion
about learn
On 2011-08-19 00:18, scott mcclellan wrote:
I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going
through a midlife crisis).
Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to
DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-8
I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going
through a midlife crisis).
Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to
DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-80). I know
remember extremely little of OS ver
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