Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!TRENTU!THEALLDF From: THEALLDF@TRENTU.CA Newsgroups: bit.listserv.wp50-l Subject: COMPATABILITY PROBLEM OF 5.1 BETWEEN ZENITHS Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 90 14:54:00 GMT Sender: WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussion List Reply-To: WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussion List Lines: 24 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-VMS-To: IN%"WP50-L@UBVM" I am experiencing a problem with the transfer of Word Perfect 5.1 files between my Zenith portable pc-180 and my Zenith SX-386. Word Perfect 5.1 runs successfully with DOS 3.3+ on both machines, but when I try to use a WP 5.1 file done on the SX-386 on the PC-180, I frequently get messages about Reading Disk errors 23 and 31 and the door being open -- in any case invaraibly the files will not be read. When moving from a file done on the pc-180 to the SX-386, the same thing happens on the 386. I have tried formatting disks on both machines and all the various combinations that might thus be produced. There is still no improvement. I have read the remarks about different generations of Zenith Bios; it has also been suggested that it might be the particular 1.4 disk drive in the the SX-386 which Zenith has had to replace on some models (but there is no record of any other compatability problem resulting from the use of the drive that comes with the machine. Is it the Bios or are there other suggestions? Has anyone else had this experience? Donald Theall Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, CA THEALLDF@TRENTU.CA