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echo: wperfect
to: AUGUST ABOLINS
from: KRIS STEENHAUT
date: 1997-09-04 23:22:00
subject: WP for DOS NOT abandoned

Hello August!
 > Hello Kris..   Did you ever try the various OS/2 wordprocessors?  I
 > believe one of them is DeScribe.
Yep. Describe as well as Clearlook. But let's be fair, they are no match for  
WP6.xx Dos. For tiny things I use Pluma. It's an exellent program for the "a 
quick note" operations. I even got here a Dutch version. By the way, I tried 
to register, but there seems to be no sign of the author Richard Papo. A 
y.
 > I also host WP (v6.0c) on OS/2 (v 2.1GA).   I only encountered one
 > "major" problem after I upgraded my 6.0b to 6.0c.   Even after
 > spending almost an hour online with tech support, the Novell-people
 > at the time (and the usual "we really don't support OS/2"), we didn't
 > find the solution.   I played around with the configs a bit more and
 > simply cranked up the FILES= statement.   Only *then* OS/2 and WP6.0c
 > were happy couples.
You should have posted in the OS2DOS echo. It's the  proper echo for such 
situations.
      Groeten uit Gent
      Kris
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