Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:15:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, scott mcclellan <rockabyeinn@yahoo.com>, noc@hdk5.net Subject: Re: new to os Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108190506580.3199@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <201108191006.p7JA6pwP007684@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201108191006.p7JA6pwP007684@fire.js.berklix.net>
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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 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
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