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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Ancient software, new hardware (Leading Edge WP)
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Date: 31 Jan 91 22:55:04 GMT
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For the last 5 years I've used an old Leading Edge XT clone, on which I
used the Leading Edge WP package. Slow, limited, but adequate, with
good file organisation capabilities. Finally I decided to update to a
20MHz 386 with VGA. I expected LEWP to run ok on this - it claims to
run on any XT or clone - but when I start it up the screen blanks.
Hitting CtrlAltDel echoes "^C" and it then tries to read drive B!

There are two possible directions:
(1) Make LEWP run on the new system. No clues here, so far -
  PCWATCH doesn't show any obviously bogus video BIOS calls,
  so I'm stuck on that track.
(2) Migrate 5 years worth of accumulated LEWP files to a more
  modern WP - ideally Ami, but MS Word or WP will do. I've
  poked around the file format, and it's really bizarre - nothing
  I could begin to write a program to untangle without some clues.
  Exporting each file into ASCII, importing it to a new WP, and then
  trying to recreate pagination, fonts, boling, ruler settings, etc.
  is not my idea of fun.

Any suggestions?

Mike
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-- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)   --
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