Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!get.hooked.net!decwrl!parc!biosci! agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov! news.larc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!news.crd.ge.com!sarah! thor.albany.edu!dfp10 From: df...@csc.albany.edu (D Parsons) Subject: Will the SCO Unix WordPerfect run on Linux? Message-ID: <1994May12.131935.2091@sarah.albany.edu> Originator: df...@thor.albany.edu Sender: n...@sarah.albany.edu (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.albany.edu Organization: State University of New York at Albany Date: Thu, 12 May 94 13:19:35 GMT Lines: 9 I have a copy of SCO WOrdPerfect which runs in text mode on COHERENT 4.x (but not in grphics mode). Has onyone got it to run on Linux (especially in the graphics (X) mode. Don -- Donald F. Parsons MD, Wadsworth Ctr. Rm C273, NY State Dept of Health, ESP, PO Box 509, Albany, NY 12201-0509. (518)474-7047 Fax: (518)474-7992 UseNet: df...@csc.albany.edu; Internet: df...@uacsc2.albany.edu Moderator: hspne...@albnydh2.bitnet (Consulting by hospital Networks)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help From: ja...@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis) Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!swrinde!gatech! howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!demon!purplet!jaggy Subject: Will the SCO Unix WordPerfect run on Linux? Organization: FidoNet node 2:252/305 - The Purple Tentacle, Reading Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 19:51:00 +0000 Message-ID: <602.2DD412E8@purplet.demon.co.uk> Sender: use...@demon.co.uk Lines: 16 * In message <1994May12.131935.2...@sarah.albany.edu>, D. Parsons said: DP> I have a copy of SCO WOrdPerfect which runs in text mode on DP> COHERENT 4.x DP> (but not in grphics mode). Has onyone got it to run on Linux DP> (especially in the graphics (X) mode. Don Yes. You need to get the iBCS emulator from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/ALPHA/ibcs2. It's also useful to know that the distributed XFree86 X server seems to have a problem with the .snf fonts so you need to build .pcf fonts from the supplied .bdf descriptions. See the man page for bdftopcf. Mike