Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!spolsky-joel From: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Word for Windows Message-ID: <16313@cs.yale.edu> Date: 20 Feb 90 03:00:57 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Reply-To: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 36 In article you write: >Has anyone out there tried Microsoft Word For Windows on the IBM PC as >yet? Yep. Just got my copy in the mail today. It's spiffy. >If so, I have these questions: > >The literature suggest 1-2 MB of EMS memory is recommended (but not >required) what happens if you don't have it? Things get real slow as overlays are swapped out. There might be some serious limitations on how many fonts and font sizes you can have active at once, though: I must say I'm really not sure because I haven't tried it out. The manual says that you can shoehorn WINWORD into 500K *available* memory (what chkdsk reports as available). >Can the program run stand-alone without Windows (or is that question >immaterial because the program comes with Windows) It comes with a run time version of Windows. You can use WINWORD, the clipboard, and the windows control panel, but nothing else. One major irritation: if you don't have the full-blown windows you will not be able to "shell out" to another program. In short, for this program to be useful, you definitely will want about 2 meg and a 386. A fast 286 might be tolerable but some things are even slow on a 386 (scrolling for example). But this really is the greatest word processor the PC world has ever seen... try it, you'll like it... +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Joel Spolsky | bitnet: spolsky@yalecs.bitnet uucp: ...!yale!spolsky | | | internet: spolsky@cs.yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1538 | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ #include