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From: David Testardi <datestardi@earthlink.net>
To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Subject: WordPerfect 5.1 on DOSEMU 1.4.0 (wow!)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:07:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <464BC6E2.9050905@earthlink.net> (raw)

Sirs/Madams,

I just wanted to let you know that WordPerfect 5.1 runs nearly 
perfectly on the latest DOSEMU, and it was easy (even for a Linux 
newbie like me) to set up on Kubuntu.

As far as I can tell, everything in WP works just like it should 
(well, with the exception of a tiny F5-F5 feature that doesn't work 
on recent Windows versions either), and I'm absolutely impressed! 
If the DOS box were just a little bigger (i.e. bigger with clean 
fonts), I wouldn't even know I wasn't running DR-OpenDOS 7.02 (which 
I run also).  No delays, no crashes (so far!), and no surprises!

[I tried installing another small DOS program with sound, and it 
worked perfectly too.]

Maybe I will be able to say "Hasta la Vista!" to Windows!  I never 
upgraded past 98SE and I tried my first Linux distribution in 1999 
(Caldera OpenLinux) and several since then but couldn't get them bug 
free or functional enough to make the effort worthwhile to switch.

Now, I see no reason not to switch to Linux!  Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

David Testardi

             reply	other threads:[~2007-05-17  3:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-17  3:07 David Testardi [this message]
2007-05-17  0:12 ` Font install manual (was: WordPerfect 5.1) Alain M.
2007-05-17  2:02   ` Font install manual Larry Alkoff
2007-05-17  3:22     ` Alain M.
2007-05-17  4:06       ` Larry Alkoff
2007-05-17 16:52         ` Alain M.

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