Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 12:19:25 +0100 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS information preservation (was Re: >64MB) Message-ID: <19971101121925.29007@mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199711010406.OAA00828@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 02:36:34PM %2B1030 References: <199711010213.TAA15524@usr08.primenet.com> <199711010406.OAA00828@word.smith.net.au>
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On 1997-11-01 14:36 +1030, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: > * Terry, I believe you mentioned that some Microsoft Developer package > contained sources for the Word Viewer, or something similar. Would > there be any chance of crossing this with a Win32-on-unix environment > like that from Willows or Bristol to get a FreeBSD Word Viewer? I'm > sick beyond belief of having to find a copy of Word and 2-300 sheets > of paper just to read these banal "standard" documents. The free Wordview binary runs fine under Wine. I've used it a number of times to read MS-Word .doc files. But there is no printer support, yet. Regards, STefan
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