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From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: VP/ix & Open Access & MS-Word (dos)
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Date: 12 Nov 90 02:14:45 GMT
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The bogus "disk full" problem is a well-known bug in Word 5.0.  Apparently
it appears with many network file systems.  (Under vp/ix, native unix files
appear to DOS to be connected via a very short network.)  Microsoft has a
patch disk available for the asking that disables the disk space check.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!esegue!johnl