Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 20, 2019, at 8:45 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 7/20/19 2:37 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: >> I never could figure out why would anybody need dbase IV when RMS was built >> into the VAX file system? > > Compatibility with other dbase files from other platforms t

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/20/19 2:37 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: I never could figure out why would anybody need dbase IV when RMS was built into the VAX file system? Compatibility with other dbase files from other platforms that didn't have RMS? -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Wordperfect is still available for the PC at least: https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/office-suite/?_ga=2.94896540.164217.1563661496-220557285.1563661496&_gac=1.10602368.1563661496.EAIaIQobChMIrcuv_MTE4wIVRL7ACh0YpQXAEAAYAiAAEgLrn_D_BwE cheers, Nigel On 20/07/2019 18:23, Zane Healy v

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 20, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > Lotus 1-2-3 had AL-IN-1 integration (at least that's what the announcement of > it's retirement suggests. It sounds like Lotus developed and sold it and > Digital just advertised it. The retirement happened in 1995. It

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 20/07/2019 21:15, Dave Wade wrote: -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini via cctalk "VAXstation 4000 VLC The VAXstation 4000 VLC workstation is the first workstation in the industry to break the $3,500 price barrier. Offering 6.2 SPECmarks (6 VUPs) of pro

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
/2019 16:15, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini via cctalk Sent: 20 July 2019 18:20 To: Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Subject: Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS) On 20/07/2019 00:15, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote

RE: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini > via cctalk > Sent: 20 July 2019 18:20 > To: Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > Subject: Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS) > > On 20/07/2019 00:15, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wr

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-20 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 20/07/2019 00:15, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 7/19/19 4:04 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Jul 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Eric Dittman via cctalk wrote: On 7/18/2019 12:26 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On a related note, was there ever a copy of dBase III or dBase IV for VAX/VM

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-19 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 7/19/19 4:04 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> On Jul 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Eric Dittman via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On 7/18/2019 12:26 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> On a related note, was there ever a copy of dBase III or dBase IV for >>> VAX/VMS? I know there was a version of Lo

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-19 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Eric Dittman via cctalk > wrote: > > On 7/18/2019 12:26 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> On a related note, was there ever a copy of dBase III or dBase IV for >> VAX/VMS? I know there was a version of Lotus 1-2-3. > > I don't know about the earlier versions

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

2019-07-18 Thread Eric Dittman via cctalk
On 7/18/2019 12:26 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On a related note, was there ever a copy of dBase III or dBase IV for VAX/VMS? I know there was a version of Lotus 1-2-3. I don't know about the earlier versions but I have a copy of dBase IV for VAX/VMS that's still in the shrink-wrap. -- E

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 18, 2019, at 12:12 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > I've no idea where it came from but I do have a licence PAK for WordPerfect: > 7-NOV-1991 to 2011. > > You could just run with a date in the past ... seems somehow apropriate :-) Oddly enough, mine ran from August 1991

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 18/07/2019 23:23, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 7/18/19 11:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:43 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently on comp.os.vms Saying it expires after days an

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 7/18/19 11:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:43 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk >> wrote: >> I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently >> on comp.os.vms >> >> Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... > >

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
I have never like the Wordperfect people. They killed my friend's business. He had  vaxes that he rented time on, also charged a huge amount of money per seat week for WPS training. The boys from Utah released Wordperrect for the VAX and put him out of business! (OK the PCs helped too , but

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:43 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk > wrote: > I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently > on comp.os.vms > > Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... Oh, now that's just obnoxious. Requiring a license refresh every

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 18/07/2019 06:43, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently on comp.os.vms Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... http://www.novabbs.com/index.php?t=msg&th=292017&start=0&; Dave I've no idea where

RE: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks via > cctalk > Sent: 18 July 2019 04:24 > To: Jason T ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM Jason T via cc

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
n it. >> >> Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital >> DEC VAX >> - https://www.ebay.com/itm/133114102939 > > > I have a .tap image of WP 4.2 and 5.0 for VMS that I made from my own tape > years ago. The image has been successfully mo

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > I have a .tap image of WP 4.2 and 5.0 for VMS that I made from my own tape > years ago. The image has been successfully mounted but IIRC the software > looks for a license key that I've never found. I do not believe it is a PAK > as wit

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the > CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. > > Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital > DEC VAX >

WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
Hi, This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital DEC VAX - https://www.ebay.com/itm/133114102939 Buy It Now for $49.95 ($14.95 S&H) or Make an O