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echo: wperfect
to: DAVID CHESSLER
from: TERRY VERNON
date: 1997-12-04 15:23:00
subject: Hp 870c driver wp51d

DC> >        I don't think any schools still have 5.25s
DC> >        Are your disks HD or 360K?  
DC> The original disks on 5.1 were 360s, because it will run on an
DC> 8088 (that's why they keep (or kept) it in production. Most
DC> schools seem to have a lot of old stuff around, including 8088s
DC> and 286s. (Some of the schools in this state are finally giving
DC> away their Apple IIs--and other schools are taking them!)
DC> Schools don't have a lot of money, and won't usually discard
DC> working equipment. The Apple IIs were probably retired because
DC> they are used for instruction, and they can no longer get
DC> software, or because they no longer have enough working machines
DC> to fill a computer lab.
   Yep, I remember running WP on a 2-floppy PC!
   My doubts about school PCs is whether their 5.25s are still
   working; they got a lot of use!
Terry.
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