Inspired by John Rethorst's ambitious and powerful SheepShaver/WordPerfect setup, I've put together a much smaller and more limited way to run WPMac on today's...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Nov 2, 2008 8:52 pm
Terrific!...
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson
gsmendelson
Nov 2, 2008 10:01 pm
... Thanks, this will definitely come in handy. ... Inspired by this, I tried to use it with an existing BII virtual Mac running under Windows XP. Here's what...
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Daryl Chinn
darylngee
Nov 2, 2008 11:01 pm
Hi, I'm still using a Powerbook G4 with WP 3.5e and various workarounds to get the printers I have to work. I'm straddling the line between Intel Macs and...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 2, 2008 11:02 pm
... John, Does that mean it worked??? (I hope so.) (And does it work on Tiger, which I think I remember you're still using?) And I hope the script has some...
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Michael
mikesreach
Nov 3, 2008 3:11 am
... Thank you all for continuing this. I tried to figure it out and finally gave up. :-( All I have are intel Mac's (I mean I have others.. but they're in the ...
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John Sandel
grendelicious
Nov 3, 2008 3:12 am
Ed, this is kind of amazing. Have you considered running for President? I hear the job's gonna be open in a day or two … I do have a serious suggestion: for...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 3, 2008 4:47 am
... Exactly what is that are you just saying? That you read my earlier message, which has a single download link, and used it? Or that you gave up before...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 3, 2008 5:09 pm
... John knows his system far better than I do, so perhaps I should leave the comparisons to him. But here's my first impression: ADVANTAGES OF JOHN'S SYSTEM: ...
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John Sandel
grendelicious
Nov 4, 2008 1:17 am
That looks like a good start. Not being familiar with either implementation, I can't comment on it. Maybe others can … John R …? JS...
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ian mc mahan
ianbooks2000
Nov 4, 2008 1:17 am
When I go to your .mac Public Folder, the WPAppliance file is there, but there is no arrow next to it and, as far as I can tell, no way to download the file....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Nov 4, 2008 1:18 am
... The arrow (download button) is at the far right of the line. John R....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 4, 2008 3:43 pm
... When I wrote my tentative list of differences between the two systems, I thought mine could NOT run almost full-screen. I now find that it can. Details...
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Grace
gracelarwood
Nov 7, 2008 3:49 am
I just joined this group today and found this to very helpful! Thank you! Grace...
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iainmeek
Nov 7, 2008 3:56 pm
If you find out how to do this, please let me know! iain@......
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Nov 8, 2008 1:42 am
A knowledgeable member of this group sent me this email: an invitation he received to join Grouply. I have also received these, and do not plan to join it,...
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David Patterson
triplecrazydave
Nov 8, 2008 9:04 pm
Thanks for the info. I get these invitations all the time. My email black list grows each time I get one....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 9, 2008 4:58 am
... Stay tuned. Instructions for creating large-size PDFs and printing to large-format printers coming in a few days....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 10, 2008 2:30 am
I've posted an updated version of my no-frills method of running WPMac on Intel (and all Leopard-based) Macs. It still uses Basilisk II as the software that ...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 10, 2008 4:05 pm
See message 5469 for a WPMac setup that prints/creates PDFs in A3 format....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 15, 2008 10:17 pm
I've posted an improved, and I hope final, version of my "appliance" for running WPMac on Intel machines. The download is the first one listed on this page: ...
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michielhvr
Nov 16, 2008 9:38 pm
I tried to install Sheepshaver on OS 10.5.5./PPC, but in SheepShaver prefs I can't get the path right for the SheepShaver volume.dmg. After navigating as...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 18, 2008 2:21 am
... This happens, apparently, when the Prefs program is in the same folder as the volume.dmg. If you follow the instructions in John's download, and install...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 21, 2008 1:46 am
After some further testing, I've posted another, and this time I hope really final, version of my simpler, smaller method of running WPMac on Intel machines. ...
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John Hokanson Jr.
john.hokanson.jr@...
Nov 21, 2008 4:04 am
Hey guys. I seem to be having trouble joining Yahoo Groups, so I am unable to retreive stuff from the member's only section. Please bear with me. For some...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 21, 2008 6:00 am
... When you can get into into the Files section here, download the WordPerfect Conversions 2.1 package....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Nov 21, 2008 4:11 pm
... I spoke too soon - this suggestion doesn't solve the problem. I'm finding the same problem as the original poster. In my BasiliskII-based setup (as ...
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Steve
bearsteve
Nov 22, 2008 1:17 am
I've read everything I can here and still am in the dark. I have the iMac with Leopard and Intel Core 2 Dual processor. I read about SheepShaver and downloaded...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Nov 22, 2008 1:20 am
... Yes, you will be able to, and it will work as well as WP ever has (and faster). ... Correct. ... Yes and yes. ... At what point, exactly, in the...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Nov 22, 2008 1:24 am
I haven't had this problem. Has anyone? To the OP: have you tried deleting all components of WP, including the Library and Preferences files in the WordPerfect...
