I finally got WordPerfect from the G3 onto the G4, it works beautifully, it prints, templates are fine, I can open all my files. And for fun I turned the...
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steve97m
Jul 7, 2009 11:58 pm
Very glad to hear about your success. I wanted to correct one thing in the event someone might find it useful. I recommended you transfer the files via...
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Patrick Sheffield
patricksheff...
Jul 8, 2009 2:00 am
Also - don't forget, compressing them into a flat file like .sit or .zip gets them thru MSDOS unscathed... Patrick ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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oconnor4d
Jul 10, 2009 3:55 am
I have a large number of journal files that I password protected in 2002-3. For some reason, a month's worth became corrupted in some way (during processes of...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Jul 14, 2009 7:11 pm
... If the files are encrypted (which is what password-protection does) and corrupt, then they're probably beyond hope of recovery. However, if you know...
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geoffrey mendelson
gsmendelson
Jul 14, 2009 7:38 pm
... It also depends upon the version of WP that created the documents. At one time it was illegal to export software from the US that included the DES (data...
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ted_m_p_lee
Jul 15, 2009 9:34 pm
... And even if they are corrupted, the WP encryption scheme is simple enough it might be possible to recover most of the information. I'm thinking that if...
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R. Mansfield
rick_mansfield
Jul 16, 2009 9:28 pm
I've got a WordPerfect Envoy (Windows) executable file leftover from the nineties and no idea how to open it. Does anyone know of any tools to access these...
... Actually, if this really is an "executable file", just double-click on it. Some Envoy documents included their own viewer, so they would open when...
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sgardner65301
Jul 20, 2009 12:06 am
SS-WP 1.1 installation worked like a charm. However, I'm going to be using it to install what I thought was the best Classic word processor on the market– ...
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Jul 20, 2009 2:16 am
... SheepShaver has absolutely no support for USB or Firewire peripherals; there is no workaround. You will not be able to use any USB or Firewire peripheral...
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Bert Knabe
bknabe
Jul 20, 2009 7:09 pm
... Even if SheepShaver supported them, all reports I ever heard regarding Firewire to SCSI (donąt recall any USB to SCSI) adapters said it was far more ...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Jul 20, 2009 8:06 pm
... For what it is worth, I have been using such an adaptor for perhaps three or four years now... a Ratoc unit... with my dual G5 desktop computer, and an...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Jul 20, 2009 9:34 pm
... I assume you are using the OS X version of VueScan. Have you tried using the Firewire-SCSI adapter from within SheepShaver? -- Bob Stern...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Jul 20, 2009 9:47 pm
... Yes. ... No, not yet. The G5 is still running OS 10.4, and Classic, so there is no need.... at least not yet....
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Edward Mendelson
em315
Jul 20, 2009 9:56 pm
... Yes, Firewire to SCSI adapters do work under OS X (I have one of those Ratoc units that you mentioned), but they do NOT work inside SheepShaver. You can...
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Bert Knabe
bknabe
Jul 20, 2009 10:15 pm
... Bert Knabe Technician Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 806-766-2158 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Aug 3, 2009 1:40 am
In WP 3.5ep, under the Layout pull-down menu, there is a Keep Together.... command. When I issue such a command, one of the choices is Keep Together Next [...
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Bob Stern
patentbobs
Aug 3, 2009 4:40 am
I think "Keep Together Next [N] Lines" means "keep the present line together with the next N lines", so it does make sense when N=1. -- Bob Stern...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Aug 3, 2009 2:06 pm
... Thanks for your reply, Bob. In my experience, the command does not seem to work as you describe. For example, if the first line in a paragraph or other...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Aug 3, 2009 2:52 pm
... I just tried inserting an N = 1 command at the *end* of the introductory line of a paragraph, which was also the last line on the page, and I got the same...
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J.J. McVeigh
kd4vs
Aug 3, 2009 3:18 pm
... A little more experimenting... With Reveal Codes activated... 1. If I insert an N=1 command, no new code appears, and no changes occur in the layout of the...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Aug 4, 2009 3:42 am
... It's worth recalling that the program was written in Utah. ;-) John R....
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Kevin McCoy
timphikers
Aug 4, 2009 4:46 am
Do you have ResEdit? <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/417> If you open the "English (USA)" file (or whatever language you are using, e.g.,...
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Aug 4, 2009 6:14 am
Thanks Kevin. It's worth reminding anyone about to use ResEdit to make a copy of the file you want to modify, and edit the copy. John R....
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John Rethorst
jrethorst
Aug 4, 2009 8:12 am
I got 32 emails this evening from a member, apparently automated and so probably attempts to harvest emails from the archives. A friend on the group also got...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Aug 4, 2009 8:29 am
John Don't know if it was the same thing, but I received a whole load of emails from my system administrator telling me that emails from 2008 were...
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Kevin McCoy
timphikers
Aug 4, 2009 1:17 pm
An excellent point. I was going to mention it, but then I forgot before I hit "send."...
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ted_m_p_lee
Aug 4, 2009 4:07 pm
... Yesterday I received a similar error from two messages I sent/posted in May of 2008, both to the same address, presumably from the mailing list. Ted Lee ...
