Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!ucsd!mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!se-sd!cns!dltaylor From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: WordPerfect compatible with WB_2.0 Message-ID: <931@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: 6 May 91 19:54:15 GMT References: Organization: NCR Corp. SE-San Diego Lines: 28 In dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us (Dave Hansen) writes: >While I really am not concerned with WP5.1 >compatibility, I DO need some MSDos compatibility more than plain ascii. I don't understand your problem. I have been exporting my Amiga WordPerfect files to PCs for years. WP5+ can read older versions. It's on the "List Files" menu, last I looked. Before I got my HP Laserjet, I used to take the WP files in to one of the companies I worked for, to print on theirs. I've submitted my resume on WP diskette. All you need is a 5.25" drive. The program to copy the data is shipped with AmigaDOS, in the PCTools directory. Seriously, I believe that WP Corp. made a BIG mistake in freezing WP at 4.x on the Amiga. They limited themselves to the "it's portable" market, like me. Most Amiga owners, justifiably, believe that any wordprocessor that cannot import graphics is braindead. If WP5.x were available, there would not only be upgrade sales (remember, the PC users didn't get it as a free upgrade, either), but new users would be added if they could import their IFF files into printed documents. It's funny to read 386/Windows/WP users complaining about the responsive- ness of WP 5.1 under Windows. They should see our 4.1 running under a real windowing environment. Instantaneous cursor to mouse-pointer, fast, smooth scroll, using the drag bars, etc. Dan Taylor /* My opinions, not NCR's. */