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From: b...@mndcrme.UUCP (Bo Najdrovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
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Date: 4 Sep 91 22:43:30 GMT
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The following little excerpt is from Octover issue of Amiga World pg. 8.
(posted without permission)
"WordPerfect Corporation os now doing feasibility studies to determine
wheter enough people are clamoring for Word Perfect Amiga version 5 to warrant
its release. According to Amiga World reader Diane Carter, the company
encourages interested folks to call o r write with requests for the multiplatform
wordprocessor. (1555 N. Technology Way, Orem, UT 84057 (807)225-5000) If
Word Perfect gets enough response, you will see the update."
Ok folks, here is a chance to do another mail bombardment. 8-) I encourage
everyone to write to Word Perfect. Amiga needs such mainstream developers like
WordPerfect. Please drop them a letter letting them know that we want WP5 on
the Amiga.
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From: eas...@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
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Date: 8 Sep 91 02:14:24 GMT
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In article <bn.3...@mndcrme.UUCP> b...@mndcrme.UUCP (Bo Najdrovsky) writes:
>"WordPerfect Corporation os now doing feasibility studies to determine
>wheter enough people are clamoring for Word Perfect Amiga version 5 to warrant
>its release.
[...]
>Ok folks, here is a chance to do another mail bombardment. 8-) I encourage
>everyone to write to Word Perfect. Amiga needs such mainstream developers like
>WordPerfect. Please drop them a letter letting them know that we want WP5 on
>the Amiga.
I would certainly hope that Word Perfect does _not_ port WP 5.1 to the
Amiga. Why do we need another character based word processor? I would
rather see them port their new Windows based product instead. It seems
to be getting praises from the press.
A couple of weeks ago I read in one of the rumor columns (cringly or
spencer katt) about a new word processor under development at Word Perfect
that was GUI based and written from the ground up to be easily portable.
If the new Windows product is the first fruits of that re-write, then I
would think it would be the logical choice for an Amiga port. Any one
else heard anything about this new version?
Disclaimer: I dont even use Word Perfect. I use Microsoft Word (the
DOS version) at work. It to would be laughable as an Amiga port. On
the other hand, I'd buy an Amiga port of WP if it was 2.04 compatible,
was based on something other than 5.1, and used the Compugraphic scalable
fonts to get a real wysiwyg screen.
>| Bo Najdrovsky uunet.uu.net!uokmax!occrsh!mndcrme!bn | // |
Jeff Easton Zenith Data Systems
// Systems Engineer
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From: e...@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
Message-ID: <1991Sep8.230934.24028@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 8 Sep 91 23:09:34 GMT
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In article <1991Sep08.021424.22...@zds-oem.zds.com> eas...@zds-oem.zds.com
(Jeff Easton) writes:
>
> I would certainly hope that Word Perfect does _not_ port WP 5.1 to the
>Amiga. Why do we need another character based word processor? I would
>rather see them port their new Windows based product instead. It seems
>to be getting praises from the press.
>
Cause it is the only program out their other than TeX
which supports HP laser printers at all well and has excellent
font support and has a built in formula editor? And, BTW, TeX,
the only program for the Amiga with those features, is also text
based. Kinda sad, don't you think? Can Excellence and ProWrite
find it SOOO difficult to support PCL?
-- Ethan
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From: eas...@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
Message-ID: <1991Sep09.021039.25937@zds-oem.zds.com>
Date: 9 Sep 91 02:10:39 GMT
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In article <1991Sep8.230934.24...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
e...@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <1991Sep08.021424.22...@zds-oem.zds.com> eas...@zds-oem.zds.com
(Jeff Easton) writes:
>>
>> I would certainly hope that Word Perfect does _not_ port WP 5.1 to the
>>Amiga. Why do we need another character based word processor? I would
>>rather see them port their new Windows based product instead. It seems
>>to be getting praises from the press.
>>
> Cause it is the only program out their other than TeX
>which supports HP laser printers at all well and has excellent
>font support and has a built in formula editor? And, BTW, TeX,
>the only program for the Amiga with those features, is also text
>based. Kinda sad, don't you think?
Yes, I think the whole Amiga wordprocessing field is kinda sad,
considering what is possible. That might be the reason I have never
purchased a Amiga word processor. Something totally new from WP might
be exciting, but I feel that MS-DOS ports of WP 5.1 wont be the ticket.
My wife uses WP 5.1 at work. From peering over her sholder on occasion,
I'm not impressed. Its not any better that what I use, MS Word for DOS.
It looks like WP beats the function keys to death. Take away her
function key template and those silly colored dots on some of the keys,
and she would be lost.
> Can Excellence and ProWrite
>find it SOOO difficult to support PCL?
You would think not, since PCL has been around for ever. :-) An
interesting thing I just dicovered; PCL 5's scalable fonts (built
into the Laserjet III series) are Compugraphic fonts. Hmmm, I see a
marriage made in heaven here....
> -- Ethan
Jeff Easton Zenith Data Systems
// Systems Engineer
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From: wa...@athenanet.com (Wally Hartshorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
Message-ID: <1991Sep11.020915.16301@athenanet.com>
Date: 11 Sep 91 02:09:15 GMT
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In article <1991Sep09.021039.25...@zds-oem.zds.com> eas...@zds-oem.zds.com
(Jeff Easton) writes:
> My wife uses WP 5.1 at work. From peering over her sholder on occasion,
>I'm not impressed. Its not any better that what I use, MS Word for DOS.
Since I haven't heard a peep from Microsoft about porting Word to the Amiga,
I'm not going to hold my breath. As I said earlier, WordPerfect 5.1 will
not be the program of choice who want to do snazzy graphics in their
documents. For those of us who don't need that, but who want the powerful
(albeit esoteric) features of WP5.1, a port to the Amiga would be great.
A powerful program that uses the function keys to death is better than
a program that doesn't do what you want.
Incidentally, the Amiga version (4.1) does use pull-down menus, as does
the IBM version (5.1). I'm not sure why also allowing the use of function
keys is such a hanging offense. Also, the Amiga version (4.1) allows
the use of Amiga keys for several operations (eg. cut and paste), just
like most other Amiga programs do. I'm not sure I understand what you're
thinking of as a better method.
--
Wally Hartshorn (uunet!nstar!pallas!wally or wa...@athenanet.com)
President, Amiga Computer Enthusiasts of Springfield (ACES)
Chronicler, Shire of Swordcliff, SCA
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From: eas...@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
Message-ID: <1991Sep11.211105.2878@zds-oem.zds.com>
Date: 11 Sep 91 21:11:05 GMT
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In article <1991Sep11.020915.16...@athenanet.com> wa...@athenanet.com
(Wally Hartshorn) writes:
>In article <1991Sep09.021039.25...@zds-oem.zds.com> eas...@zds-oem.zds.com
(Jeff Easton) writes:
>> My wife uses WP 5.1 at work. From peering over her sholder on occasion,
>>I'm not impressed. Its not any better that what I use, MS Word for DOS.
>
>Since I haven't heard a peep from Microsoft about porting Word to the Amiga,
>I'm not going to hold my breath.
I doubt I'd buy it if they did.
>Incidentally, the Amiga version (4.1) does use pull-down menus, as does
>the IBM version (5.1). I'm not sure why also allowing the use of function
>keys is such a hanging offense. Also, the Amiga version (4.1) allows
>the use of Amiga keys for several operations (eg. cut and paste), just
>like most other Amiga programs do. I'm not sure I understand what you're
>thinking of as a better method.
Take a look at the screen shot of WP for Windows in one of their new
ads. That is what I'm talking about. It makes the current Amiga version
look pale in comaprison.
I'm not saying that a port of 5.x wouldnt be a good thing for the amiga
community in general. I am just advocating that if WP does a new port,
they should port the newest version they have (which also happens to have
been written from the ground up as a true GUI interface).
Since WP seems to port things to the amiga about every four years, I'd
hate to have to be using WP 5.1 in 1995 when we could have had something
better.
>Wally Hartshorn (uunet!nstar!pallas!wally or wa...@athenanet.com)
Jeff Easton Zenith Data Systems
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From: barr...@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.0 for the Amiga... here's your chance!
Message-ID: <1991Sep13.065333.9078@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 91 06:53:33 GMT
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In article <1991Sep11.211105.2...@zds-oem.zds.com> eas...@zds-oem.zds.com
(Jeff Easton) writes:
> I'm not saying that a port of 5.x wouldnt be a good thing for the amiga
>community in general. I am just advocating that if WP does a new port,
>they should port the newest version they have (which also happens to have
>been written from the ground up as a true GUI interface).
>
> Since WP seems to port things to the amiga about every four years, I'd
>hate to have to be using WP 5.1 in 1995 when we could have had something
>better.
I agree. But instead of WP porting one of the IBM versions to the
Amiga, I'd much rather see them treat the Amiga the way they treated
the Mac, and make a version of WP that was totally unique and powerful.
V2.0 of MAC WP is very good, and does not suffer at all from the look
and feel of an IBM port. This was necessary for MAC users to buy it,
and I'd like to see the Amiga version treated in the same manner.
>
>>Wally Hartshorn (uunet!nstar!pallas!wally or wa...@athenanet.com)
>
>
> Jeff Easton Zenith Data Systems
> // Systems Engineer
> \X/ easton%zds-...@caspian.cs.andrews.edu
> eas...@andrews.edu
> What? Preemptive Multitasking in only 256K of RAM? :^) :^)
>
>
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