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From: karl@naitc.uucp (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 386/ix VP/ix problems (Wp 5.1, file truncation)
Summary: I believe that is fixed in the 2.2 VPIX, but have not checked
Keywords: 386/ix, VP/ix, Word Perfect
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.145112.14416@naitc.uucp>
Date: 22 Aug 90 14:51:12 GMT
References: <831@bain3.oz> <2038@jwt.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@naitc.naitc.com (Karl Denninger)
Organization: A.C. Nielsen Bannockburn, IL
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In article <2038@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
>In article <831@bain3.oz> keith@bain3.oz (Keith Brinck) writes:
>>1. Installing Word Perfect 5.1 anywhere in the UNIX file system causes the
>>   message "wp.fil not found" (or words to that effect) when attempting to
>>   run it, despite the fact that wp.fil is correctly situated in the
>>   current directory.
>
>There's a lengthy article on installing WordPerfect 5.x under VP/ix
>in the June 1990 Computer Shopper.  It appears there is no way to get
>it running other than by installing it on a real DOS partition, or on
>the C: "drive."  It is blamed on a bug in the redirector.

ISC claims that's fixed in the new VP/IX that comes with 2.2, but I haven't
verified it (yet).  Sometime soon I'm sure that I'll get around to it.

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