Lars Eighner <luvbeas...@larseighner.com> writes: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> Aloha Lars, >>> >>> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were >>> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can >>> read them for transfer to a contemporary program? >> >> Do you mean Word Perfect ? >> Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE & was free, >> while Corel charged for the MS based version ! > > If I recall correctly, this was a Linux version which ran with Linux > compatibility as it was then. Also it only ran with a GUI - the command > line version was available for $$$. > > I have no idea whether it could be persuaded (easily) to run with recent > Linux compatibility.
I was checking with google and found http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/downloadwp8.html. Most of the links are dead or changed, but a couple of them do have files to download. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"