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From: bchin@umd5.umd.edu (Bill Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: PMWord, 4CMD, and telecom
Message-ID: <8443@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 23:43:14 GMT
Reply-To: bchin@umd5.umd.edu (Bill Chin)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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Well, I got my copy of Microsoft Word for OS/2 1.1 today,
and it seems like a faithful version of Word for Windows.
The upgrade cost was $50, and my copy of Word for Windows
is still a separate valid copy.  (Does anyone want to buy
it?  :-) )   I'm dissappointed with the low number of 
graphic import filters... only PCX, CGM, and PM metafile.
However, the inclusion of a WordPerfect 5.1 filter was a
most definitely pleasant surpise - and to test it, I'm gonna
import a 650 page thesis ( ~1.2mb filesize).  Let's see
just how good OS/2's multitasking virtual memory OS is. :-)

I'm a registered user of 4DOS, and in their last newsletter
there was a brief mention of 4CMD, their OS/2 counterpart.
I've been a very happy and addicted user of 4DOS for the
past year, and can't wait to get an OS/2 version.  Anyone
out there seen/have it?  Any comments?

Also, I'm currently using Pmcomm version 1.04.  I haven't
registered yet because of a couple of bugs.  Is there a
new version?  Or an e-mail address for the authors?
Is there a better telecommunications package for under
$100?  Needs to have vt100 and zmodem, a well thought
out interface and can take abuse.

Thanks for any pointers for this convert to OS/2 from
Windows/messy-DOS land.
:-)
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