I believe the first x-windows version of WP was Wordperfect 7.0, and then they went to 8, and finally WP 9.0 where it currently remains as their last Linux version. ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Word Perfect: in memorium > > With all the different references to WordPerfect, I think the original > request is being forgotten. > > Whoever it was that started this thread was looking for a copy of the old > WordPerfect V5.1 for Unix that ran in text mode. Now I know that back in > the late 80's when WordPerfect was still a standalone company, there were > versions of WP5.1 that ran in Unix, as well as Xenix, but I have know idea > of when they phased out the text interface in favor of the x-windows product. > Apparently, the more recent versions that are available for Unix or Linux > run in the x-windows environment. About this I don't know, I'm just trying > to clarify the original request as it seems that some of the direction this > thread has taken has caused some confusion. > I do agree however, that a look at the old text based WP5.1 for Unix would > be interesting to play with, but I imagine you would have to find it at a > computer flea market or liquidator, since it was never open source or free > as far as I know. > > At 09:41 AM 3/20/2004, you wrote: > >Now you have me a touch worried. > >One of the things i was looking forward to in Linux, a > >way to demonstrate its advantages over windows to > >companies for whom I work was word processing. > >Granted I do not use wordperfect 5.1, but 6.1 and later still in dos on > >this machine. > >I knew that there was a wordperfect for Linux out there, and am > >surprised that this requires windows. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
