Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:04 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new to os Message-ID: <8762lt74bz.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108190506580.3199@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> (Lars Eighner's message of "Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:15:33 -0500 (CDT)") References: <201108191006.p7JA6pwP007684@fire.js.berklix.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108190506580.3199@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> 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? >> >> Do you mean Word Perfect ? >> Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE & was free, >> while Corel charged for the MS based version ! > > If I recall correctly, this was a Linux version which ran with Linux > compatibility as it was then. Also it only ran with a GUI - the command > line version was available for $$$. > > I have no idea whether it could be persuaded (easily) to run with recent > Linux compatibility. I was checking with google and found http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/downloadwp8.html. Most of the links are dead or changed, but a couple of them do have files to download. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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