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From: phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen Harker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: WordPerfect IIGS question
Message-ID: <38295.26bab2b3@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 4 Aug 90 01:34:10 GMT
References: <490@tci.UUCP>
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Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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In article <490@tci.UUCP>, mitchell@tci.UUCP (Rob Mitchell) writes:
> Hello Apple People,
> 
> 	Does anyone use WordPerfect IIGS??  Can it run on a single
> 3.5" floppy system or [1] 3.5" and [1] 5.25"?  I'm assuming its
> best used on a hardisk system, right?
> 
> 	How does one get a IIGS to boot from the hardisk instead 
> of from floppy?  Copy GS/OS to hardisk and reboot??

I have been running WordPerfect IIGS from one floppy for some time - since I
had a hard disk crash!  It is perfectly usable as such, however give the
supplied system the flick - it is 3.2 or thereabouts. My setup for WordPerfect
is as follows:

	o  System 5.02 system disk to boot

	o  WordPerfect program disk (a copy of the supplied files without the
	   system subdirectory, plus a few other bits and pieces.

	o  Dictionary disk.

This is a usable system, and is not terribly difficult to use - you do have to
make sure that you swap the WordPerfect program disk back after booting or you
can have some problems.  With System 5.02 the boot time is not unreasonable
for floppy.  You are certainly correct that it is best on hard disk however,
like most GS programs, WordPerfect in particular is designed for it. Having 2MB
of RAM helps a fair bit however, as I have a RAMdisk set up that is used for
the temporary files it creates.

To boot from a SCSI hard disk:- Set the boot slot to scan (control panel).
				Start up without a floppy in the drive.

By the way WordPerfect have a slight upgrade (2.1e) which is supposed to be
more reliable under GS/OS, I don't know what the difference is however.
-- 
Stephen Harker
Monash University