From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 16:39:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00698106564A for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:39:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor1.peak.org (redcondor1.peak.org [69.59.192.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF9658FC0C for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by redcondor1.peak.org ({e03e86cd-14ae-47ce-9578-3c080ce9c462}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20110819162907913 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:29:07 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from maple.localnet (unknown [207.55.106.132]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9DE84603D2 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [IPv6:2001:1938:266::6f:616b]) by maple.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7515A61F7E for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C877C6FF for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p7JGT4GC036853; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201108191006.p7JA6pwP007684@fire.js.berklix.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:29:04 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Lars Eighner's message of "Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:15:33 -0500 (CDT)") Message-ID: <8762lt74bz.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:39:13 -0000 Lars Eighner writes: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> Aloha Lars, >>> >>> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were >>> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can >>> read them for transfer to a contemporary program? >> >> Do you mean Word Perfect ? >> Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE & was free, >> while Corel charged for the MS based version ! > > If I recall correctly, this was a Linux version which ran with Linux > compatibility as it was then. Also it only ran with a GUI - the command > line version was available for $$$. > > I have no idea whether it could be persuaded (easily) to run with recent > Linux compatibility. I was checking with google and found http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/downloadwp8.html. Most of the links are dead or changed, but a couple of them do have files to download. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org