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From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Reveals solution to the WP 5.0 / VP/ix problem!
Keywords: VP/ix WordPerfect
Message-ID: <189@consult.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 90 13:48:58 GMT
References: <2445@crash.cts.com> <407@aggie.UUCP>
Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
Organization: CCS Enterprises, Inc. - Easton, MD
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In article <407@aggie.UUCP> rich@aggie.cyanamid.com (Rich Seligson) writes:
>In article <2445@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
>>bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) writes:
>>>We have been running WordPerfect 5.0 under SCO Xenix for several 
>>>months now and very successfully (we were a BETA test site).
>>                ...  People are going to run the latest version of WordPerfect
>>under VP/ix or DOSMerge until the version for their *nix platform is
>>available. ...
>P.S.  I haven't seen WordPerfect under Unix.  Does it look as good as
>      the DOS version?  How is the page preview?  I assume that can't
>      be done on a text-only terminal, but on a "workstation" with
>      graphics...  email any opinions and info (thanks!)
>rich@cyanamid.com    or   ...rutgers!aggie!rich


Rich:

WordPerfect 5.0 does look basically just like the Messy-DOS version.
It does have a page preview.
And it does work on most text terminals.  
And on terminals like the Wyse 60, it does not do a bad job at all,
it is limited by the graphics character ability of the terminal
it is working on, not WP 5.0.

On a console or workstation, you are basically the same as on
a DOS system.  

The only areas that deviate much are the printer sections to
handle the Xenix/Unix printer methods.  And they have really
cleaned this area up from their previous version of 4.2. 

It is definitely worth a look at, as it is native code, and
not running thru VP/ix.
I have not heard anything yet on WP 5.1.  (although I did hear that
WPCorp was going to wait 18 months to come out with 5.2 due to all
the complaints they got about having two releases so close together).

** We are not related to WPCorp other than reselling their product
   and also participating in their BETA test program.   **


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