jimmy@gryphon.CTS.COM (Jim Gottlieb) (05/24/88)
In article <184@gizzmo.UUCP> mark@gizzmo.UUCP (mark hilliard) writes: >In article <7975@ihlpa.ATT.COM> cga66@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Kauffold) writes: >>If you are stuck with the UNIX PC, Word may be the best you can do. >>I don't know of any similar editors (Word Perfect) which is available >>on the UNIX PC. Of course, there are EMACS and vi. > >Dont forget WordStar 2000. It IS available for the 3b1 and is perf[e]ct >for the person who doesnt want to learn the OS. In recent days, I've learned the harsh reality of investing in a discontinued machine. I talked to Word Perfect's UNIX division and asked about availability on the UNIX PC. I was told that it isn't on the porting schedule (the 6386 comes first), but that they get lots of calls from UNIX PC owners. The woman I talked with suggested us writing to: Scott Worthington UNIX Division Word Perfect 228 W. Center St. Orem, UT 84057 and requesting a port to our machine. It's hard for people to go from using Word Perfect to vi/nroff, especially if mental capacity is lacking. I was also interested in purchasing Oracle and doing a networked DBMS. Oracle is nice enough to have done a port, but their refusal to port the networking module cost them the sale. I _have_ found lots of accounting packages available for our orphan, but the cost is staggering (to me, at least). I can get Peachtree for MS-DOS for about $300. Everything I've seen for Unix is $2500+. Anyone know of any low-cost packages? ...Jim Gottlieb <jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU> or <jimmy@denwa.UUCP>