Jeff, I enjoyed your LowEndMac article "Macintel Stumbling Block: Sometimes You Need Classic" (http://www.lowendmac.com/lab/06/0125.html), and share your hope...
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Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
pjonescet
Jan 27, 2006 11:45 pm
The Next version of Office is supposed to be XML Based and not use a proprietary format. Whether, they are talking out of the back side of their mouth, is ...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 27, 2006 10:51 pm
Adapts WP's extensive page layout and graphics capabilities to presentation use. Opens every WP document (or alias) in a folder, one at a time, keeps the...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jan 27, 2006 8:33 pm
... There is a movement afoot to ditch the proprietary Microsoft Word format and to switch to an open format. This movement started with the Massachusetts...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 27, 2006 6:49 am
I had this, but only from 10.3 onwards. It's something to do with OS X's 'indexing' of files - the temp file get's indexed. Indeed, for a while, I had to...
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jeraldbricker
Jan 27, 2006 6:42 am
Hello all, I'm new to this group and thankful I'm not the only nutty diehard user of Wordperfect. I've searched and searched for a program that comes anywhere...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 27, 2006 4:52 am
... The WP_xx is a temp file on disk containing changes you haven't saved to the named file. I think what you're seeing is an indexing issue, where the OS sees...
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queryist2005
Jan 27, 2006 4:22 am
I'm a subscriber to WP for Macs @r8ix.comand just posted this query there. I recently learned of this group, so I'm posting it again here, with apologies to...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 26, 2006 10:08 pm
... The only thing I see in that direction on their web site is a link to Basilisk which says that it (with a copy of Mac OS) will run some versions of Classic...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 26, 2006 9:43 pm
... This is the Library file, e.g. "Library (USA)", that's in the WordPerfect folder in the Preferences folder of the [Classic] System Folder. This folder also...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 26, 2006 8:51 pm
John Does PearPC allow Windows/ Linux users to run Classic? Geoff...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 26, 2006 6:55 pm
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ is now for Linux and Windows, but rumor has it they're going to port to Intel Macs....
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ianbooks2000
Jan 26, 2006 4:35 pm
Hi-- Last week I made the leap to Tiger & (holding my breath) transferred my OS9 apps to the new box. To my delight, WP3.5ep booted fine and seems to be...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 21, 2006 4:39 am
The venerable archive will disband in the near future (exact date has not yet been set). Mirrors may or may not remain available. If you use Classic you may...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jan 20, 2006 5:03 am
... It should be much easier to make it work on an Intel plaform than on a PPC platform. There may also be more assistance in getting the program developed...
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Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Jan 19, 2006 7:33 pm
my experience with Wine on Linux suggests it might be quite awhile before it is ready for "prime-time" on OS-X. ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Andy Stoffel
see2go4me
Jan 19, 2006 4:15 pm
From: John Rethorst <jrethorst@...> ... Wine has been around for a while... they call it a "compatibility layer" not a Windows clone/emulator. Basically,...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 18, 2006 4:52 pm
... That's phenomenal. I don't have a technical background, but I don't understand how they can do that without writing a full-bore clone of Windows. Reminds...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jan 18, 2006 4:05 am
... Indeed. This product: DarWine (free and open source) http://darwine.opendarwin.org/ ...when finished, should allow the use of Windows applications on your...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 17, 2006 8:32 pm
http://openosx.com/wintel/ runs Windows on Intel Macs at "nearly native" speed. First of many such things, I suspect. John R....
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jan 15, 2006 10:08 pm
Someone on another list (Geoffrey Gautcher, geoffg@...) suggested that an excellent way to convert files between WP format and Word format,...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 14, 2006 6:53 pm
... I've heard this as well. John R....
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Harald Sundt
rudrah97424
Jan 14, 2006 6:51 pm
"Each new iMac Core Duo appears to be shipping with Mac OS X 10.4.4 for Intel build 8G1165, which does not include support for the Mac OS 9 Classic...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jan 14, 2006 6:19 am
Randy Thanks. As FE Smith QC (one day to be Lord Birkenhead) once replied to a judge who informed Smith that after his disquisition he was none the wiser, "No,...
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Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jan 14, 2006 5:20 am
... Classic is not at all an emulator. See: <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/SystemOverview/ ...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jan 14, 2006 4:59 am
... I think you mean the icon/version updater. It's a visual enhancement only, like the splash screen. The only small functionality it might have is that it...
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RBRoufberg@...
rbroufberg
Jan 14, 2006 4:37 am
Sorry about the half-written email that got sent too soon. I have followed the whole thread on this subject, but I never saw an explanation of the benefit of...
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RBRoufberg@...
rbroufberg
Jan 14, 2006 4:34 am
I have followed the whole thread on this subject, but I never saw an explanation of the benefit of installing the WP 4.0 updater. I am currently using the...
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RBRoufberg@...
rbroufberg
Jan 14, 2006 4:19 am
... ======================= Yes, I would like to receive your email attachment. RBRoufberg@... Thanks, Ruth [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Karl Winkelmann
ww2censor
Jan 14, 2006 3:26 am
... On another list there was mention of the possibility of running pre-OS X applications under Basilisk II is a 68k mac emulator that will emulate either a...
