From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 10:49:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A76106564A for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:49:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98D18FC14 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:49:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBDC10.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.220.16]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p7JAngBX037995; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:49:43 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p7JAnTKK033973; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:49:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7JAn48a008174; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:49:11 GMT (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201108191049.p7JAn48a008174@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Lars Eighner From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:15:33 CDT." Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:49:04 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" , scott mcclellan , noc@hdk5.net Subject: Re: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:49:45 -0000 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? > > > > 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. Yes that sounds plausible, exepecially as reading my URL below I got it from a CDROM on a linux magazine > Also it only ran with a GUI ..........^^^^ No idea, only ever tried it with X Windows. > - the command > line version was available for $$$. It never occured to me a command line version of WordPerfect might exist. The graphical version to run on Microsoft cost money. The Linux version was free, that ran on FreeBSD. I used to tell Microsoft users that with pleasure, as an incentive for them to consider escaping the Microsoft monopoly & go to free source OSes (what Corel wanted :-). > I have no idea whether it could be persuaded (easily) to run with recent > Linux compatibility. Me either, & no interest to try. Those who have old WP data can try if they want. Of course, if it was a company who had WordPerfect data to rescue, I'd be willing. > > I have distfile > > MD5 (GUILG00.GZ) = 386d2c4c1422992e8f8242bd74f3f705 > > -r--r--r-- 1 jhs staff 23730473 Mar 12 2002 GUILG00.GZ > > > > It got taken out of FreeBSD ports/ some years back. > > > > http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/jhs/editors/wordperfect/pkg/README.JHS > > > > You might need to either: > > upgrade port to run it on a new BSD > > run it on an old machine > > or emulator of an old FreeBSD > > > > Cheers, > > Julian > > > > -- > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 > > Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.