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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: still working on the Wordperfect 5.1 problem
Keywords: dos vpix Esix wordperfect   (LONG)
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.222402.10070@unixland.uucp>
Date: 12 Nov 90 22:24:02 GMT
Organization: The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix
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I've posted several messages, and conversed with several people regarding
the problem I have trying to run WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS) on VP/ix on an
Esix Rev D system.  The Interactive support people are no help, pointing
their finger at the Unix people (saying it's a spooler problem), and the
Esix people haven't run across this one.  (I know it is NOT the spooler,
because when I save printfiles from WP and try to print them on a "real"
PC, the same problem occurs).   The problem, as many of you may remember,
is that WordPerfect works "perfectly" :-) until I try to print -- then
all I get is a bunch of blank pages, no text.

Several people suggested variations of trying to run wp with the files
located either on a Unix partition or on the virtual C: drive.  Neither
worked.  Then someone suggested that maybe the files need to be on a 
"real" DOS partition.  I tried putting the document file on a dos floppy,
but that didn't make any difference.  The only remaining thing to try
would be to put ALL of WP on a "real" DOS partition.  There's the catch:
On VP/ix, it *isn't possible* to reference a "real" DOS partition!

I have seen a few suggestions about how to do this, but haven't heard 
of anyone that's had any success with it.  Anyone out there have any
information on how to make this work?  It would seem that one would 
need to something like this:  'mount -t DOS /dev/dsk/0s0 /dospart'.

Thanks in advance...

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