Over 135 pages of hints, tips and short macros covering every aspect of the program, and supporting technologies including Sheepshaver and Applescript. Free in...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 6, 2011 1:21 am
What would personal computers (not just Apple) be like without his contributions? Would there even be a GUI? Xerox invented it, but it took others, including...
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Thomas J. Rostafinski...
tjrostaf
Oct 6, 2011 4:37 am
... Thank you for the tribute, John. The Washington Post's Hank Stuever wrote some poignant words about Steve and the passage of time in an article titled...
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TradleyS
tradley11
Oct 6, 2011 2:54 pm
We're all gonna miss him. We've been using Apple computers ever since I was born. I still remember playing kids games all the time on our old Performa...
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Kevin Jaques, B.A., J...
kevinjaq
Oct 6, 2011 7:49 pm
I revere Steve Jobs along with a handful of other heroes. That's pretty good for a seller of consumer gadgets. But he was an artist who shipped. -- Kevin...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 7, 2011 2:04 am
Steve Jobs paid attention to fonts too: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-designer-first-c-e-o-second/?hp I think its ability with typefaces...
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em315
Oct 7, 2011 2:18 am
I've substantially revised the system I put together that uses SheepShaver to run WPMac in a window on the OS X desktop. It now prints directly to any printer ...
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Phillip
pjonescet
Oct 8, 2011 5:33 pm
Just received messge from John R and installed the latest version of Sheepshaver/WP Can Open but keeps coming up with Numeric operation too large. May have to...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 8, 2011 9:21 pm
Which message was this? My most recent SS/WP package dates from 31 July. IAC I don't know what to recommend for this symptom. Maybe just a restart might help. ...
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Phillip M. Jones,C.E.T.
pjonescet
Oct 9, 2011 12:13 am
Numeric Operations too large Also a lot of beeping when Trying to close. I quit several times and retried. this message kept coming up as fast as you could...
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em315
Oct 9, 2011 4:08 am
Are you referring to John's program called SheepShaver-WP or my version named "WPMacAPP";? They're completely different things. Please tell us the exact name of...
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Phillip M. Jones,C.E.T.
pjonescet
Oct 9, 2011 4:23 pm
The one that claims to be an appliance. IT loads SheepShaver and WordPerfect its all in one. The window is workable but awfully small. It goes into error...
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Phillip M. Jones,C.E.T.
pjonescet
Oct 9, 2011 4:24 pm
WPmacPPC.app is the name. the DMG file is WPMacPPC Installer. dmg was the link I clicked on in John R message....
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em315
Oct 10, 2011 12:48 am
That message was not sent by John, but seems to be a very old message by me. What you are looking for is John's SheepShaver/WP setup. You can find it at the...
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em315
Oct 10, 2011 3:31 pm
I've looked into this, and you seem to be referring to message 6916, which I sent in June of this year. That seems to be the most recent message that refers to...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 17, 2011 12:15 am
... I'm not sure about this, and less sure all the time, as Ed's WPMacApp continues to receive intensive and high-quality development, and now has several...
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em315
Oct 17, 2011 2:02 pm
... Yes, but I write Applescript by throwing bits of code into the Applescript editor until they stick, while John actually knows how to write fast, efficient...
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Rick Albright
logres0
Oct 18, 2011 3:15 am
I must be missing something. When I try to run these apps, I get a message saying that the Classic environment is no longer supported. I have SheepShaver...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 18, 2011 4:07 am
If you got Font Sampler from the Files section here, toss it since the actual version 1.0 has just now been posted. Are you running these apps within...
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John R
jrethorst
Oct 18, 2011 4:15 am
This creates samples of fonts installed on your computer, with your choice of text, fonts, sizes, and attributes, e.g. italics and bold. More flexible than...
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John Kaufmann
j0kaufmann
Oct 18, 2011 4:57 am
John, ... Unfortunately I can't sample your Sampler (since a daughter took the Mac to school), but I'm intrigued: In WP 4 or 5 (early 90s) on AOS, DOS and ...
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em315
Oct 18, 2011 1:17 pm
John's ingenious macro-and-Applescript combination reads the list of available fonts from WordPerfect's Font... menu and lets you choose the names of the fonts...
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em315
Oct 18, 2011 1:27 pm
This is really excellent - and an example of the intelligent programming I mentioned in an earlier message. One warning to first-time users: the first time the...
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R.C
rjtc5
Oct 19, 2011 5:14 pm
I downloaded and installed the WPMacApp last week on a iMac 1.25 Power PC running OS 10.5. My machine is partitioned w/ OS 10.5 and 10.4.11 running Classic....
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em315
Oct 19, 2011 5:47 pm
... I don't know. You might ask on the SheepShaver forum at www.emaculation.com. Ask for methods of accessing an AppleShare server in SheepShaver. If there's...
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Rich Casey
rjtc5
Oct 19, 2011 6:25 pm
... thank you for your quick reply. I had already done this to no avail. In 10.4 running classic, i select the document and hit command-I. At this point, open...
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em315
Oct 19, 2011 7:20 pm
... I don't have Classic running on any machine right now, so I hope someone else can help with an answer. If a document has been changed so that its type is...
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nealdennis
Oct 19, 2011 9:22 pm
You, sir, are a GOD!...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Oct 19, 2011 9:23 pm
Hello, I know this group is primarily about WordPerfect, but with all the effort put into maintaining a working "Classic" environment after Apple removed the ...
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Jon Kreisler
jonkreisler
Oct 19, 2011 10:29 pm
PPC apps on an Intel requires Rosetta. Apple dropped Rosetta when constructing Lion. While it may be possible some project may be working on a Rosetta-like...
