Re: WP5.1/Smartype with XP
From: Anne Carle (acarle_at_munge.com)
Date: 01/15/05
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:08:40 -0500
Aha! Thanks, Michael--I'll explore that link and see if I can begin to
understand it. I take it WP is "windowed" like it is when you run it
in Win98? Come to think of it, I guess I've run it full screen in 98,
but it looks too jagged and rough that way. It's not half bad
"windowed."
Anne/OH
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:39:56 GMT, Michael McKenney
<michaelmckenney@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>The link below will prove invaluable in setting up WP for DOS under
>Windows XP. At first it may seem a bit daunting and overwhelming, but
>if you carefully read it through and follow the instructions, it should
>work. I have been running WP 5.1 for DOS with Smartype under Windows XP
>for 3 years now. My system is more stable than it ever was under
>Windows 98 with absolutely no "freezes" or "crashes" while working in
>WordPerfect. I can easily "toggle" back and forth from a full WP 5.1
>screen to a Windows environment, or when needed, minimize the
>WordPerfect screen half-size and be able to see/access any of my
>Windows-based programs.
>
>There is only one person whom I have attempted to help set up WP for DOS
>under Windows XP that we could not get it to work, but for the most
>part, on most computers it should work. I have a Dell Dimension 4500,
>80 GB, 2.4 Ghz, Pentium 4, 1000 MB RAM. The extra RAM is VERY helpful
>with Windows XP and today's memory-hogging software.
>
>http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/windowsxp.html
>
>Feel free to email me if you have any questions, and good luck.
>
>Mike from Milwaukee
>
>Anne Carle wrote:
>
>>I'm going to have to invest soon in a new computer with XP and want
>>desparately to keep using WP5.1 with Smartype. I know some of you have
>>configured your machines to make that work. I would sooooo appreciate
>>some guidance on how you did this before I invest in something a
>>little closer to state-of-the-art. Could someone please give me
>>instructions for setting it up?
>>
>>TIA!
>>
>>Anne/OH
>>
>>
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