It's 2010, so many years after the 1984 that George Orwell so feared. We all have computers, and they finally do what we want them to. I sit down in front of...
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em315
Mar 2, 2010 4:40 am
Once again borrowing ideas by John Rethorst and Smokey Ardisson, I've spent an enjoyable few evenings putting together an improved version of a standalone...
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bcqc2003
Mar 2, 2010 5:28 pm
Has anybody tried the current SheepShaver-WP set up in an office/server? We have been a Mac + WP office since 1992. All documents are stored in a central...
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em315
Mar 2, 2010 6:21 pm
If you create a symbolic link to a folder on your server, and place the link in the directory on your local disk that SheepShaver sees as your "Unix" folder...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Mar 3, 2010 9:57 am
John Some of us who want to use this super new whizz bang system already have the older clunky model in place, but one running 8.6 or higher. It's so long...
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em315
Mar 3, 2010 2:54 pm
Geoff, No need to rebuild anything. If you want to try my automated system based on John's and Smokey's work, but with your upgraded SheepShaver system, then...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Mar 3, 2010 4:31 pm
Edward I'm printing this out and it's going to sit beside me as I carry out the transformation. Fingers crossed Geoff Geoff Gilbert Professor of Law ...
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em315
Mar 3, 2010 9:01 pm
And of course when I say "right-click" I mean "ctrl-click" if you have a trackpad or one-button mouse....
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ddschmalz
Mar 4, 2010 1:44 am
I don't want to diminish the great work done with Sheepshaver recently, but for those who already have Parallels or Fusion, I just happened to notice that...
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jjb3rd
Mar 4, 2010 1:49 am
Guys: I just downloaded and installed the WPMac Appliance, transferred some of my fonts over and opened up an old document. It looks great. Absolutely amazing...
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rifetube
Mar 4, 2010 1:50 am
Hi, I'm currently in the process of upgrading and re-installing all of my software (what a job!!) on a new and larger hard drive in my MBP which is now running...
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Brian Byrd
pedalfaster2007
Mar 4, 2010 2:28 am
I use Word 2007 (somewhat unhappily). I am intrigued to see how interested people are in running WP. Can someone briefly review it's merits for me? I haven't...
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em315
Mar 4, 2010 3:37 am
I don't think anyone can judge whether someone else will like any piece of software. No one else uses a word processor in exactly the same way you do. Why not...
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Daryl Chinn
darylngee
Mar 4, 2010 7:14 am
Let me put WP merits this way: I have MS Word, Nissus Writer, TextEdit, and Word Perfect. If I have to, I use MS Word. If I have any choice at all, I use...
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jrethorst
Mar 4, 2010 5:33 pm
We have one -- somewhere. I'll look for it. John R....
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em315
Mar 7, 2010 8:42 pm
WordPerfect for Windows works very well in Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion, and can even be set to run in an OS X window in those program's "unity" or...
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dovale29
Mar 7, 2010 10:43 pm
Hi all, I'm new to all SS and the rest of it. I would like to make the network to work on SS in order to see how much online work I can do from within SS. I've...
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jrethorst
Mar 7, 2010 10:53 pm
I believe that SheepShaver's network capacities are not well developed, and your interest would be more trouble than it's worth. The folks at...
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aharbell
Mar 15, 2010 3:21 pm
Dear Ann John and Smokey I'm trying to install a version of SheepShaver that I can use to run many old educational games - Number Munchers, Kid Works 2,...
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em315
Mar 15, 2010 5:20 pm
Start SheepShaver. On the top line menu, click SheepShaver, then Preferences; go to the Audio/Video tab and set the screen size to something you prefer (change...
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bcqc2003
Mar 16, 2010 12:52 am
I am sure this was discussed years ago but I cannot frame the right search request to find it in the archives. So, does anybody remember the solution to...
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bberkeleycloyne@...
bberkeley2
Mar 16, 2010 7:48 am
A couple of months ago, a newbie asked to be sent a copy of WP Mac and someone who, I believe, works at a university offered to send her one. I too, asked this...
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jrethorst
Mar 16, 2010 7:51 am
Where are you trying to download it from? There are a few links here. John R....
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em315
Mar 16, 2010 12:12 pm
Dan's Guardian is a filtering service used by some schools and businesses to block offensive content from computers. It is presumably running on whatever...
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geoffrey mendelson
gsmendelson
Mar 16, 2010 1:10 pm
... DANSGUARDIAN or more appropriately Dan's Guardian is a server side web filter to eliminate access to porn, spam, etc. It's keyword driven, which IMHO makes...
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em315
Mar 17, 2010 2:08 pm
For those who are following these messages, I think this mystery is solved. Gene's internet provider (I won't name it in order to preserve privacy) evidently...
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geoffrey mendelson
gsmendelson
Mar 17, 2010 2:14 pm
... No need to. Most of those systems are easy to get around, that's why I (tounge in cheek) said to ask any teenager how to get to blocked sites, they all...
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em315
Mar 17, 2010 3:07 pm
It's easy to get around a filtering system when the filtering system is on a separate server that sits between your local computer and your remote ISP. The...
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ddschmalz
Mar 18, 2010 4:43 pm
I finally received my WordPerfect for Windows X4 and installed it last night on my Intel MacBook, which has Windows 7 in a Bootcamp partition. Then I created a...
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em315
Mar 18, 2010 5:23 pm
1. If you create a file with only simple formatting in WP 3.5 Enhanced, WPWin X4 will be able to open it. If I create a file with complex formatting in WP 3.5...
