simpson@math.psu.edu (Stephen G Simpson) (06/19/91)
Recently I got CWP from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. This is supposed to be a Chinese wordprocessor supporting both traditional and simplified Chinese characters, both 9 and 24 pin printers, and all standard IBM PC graphics cards. Sounds good, right? Unfortunately it doesn't work on my computer, an 8088-based PC clone with a Hercules-type graphics card, running PC DOS 3.2. I get a message about an "overlay error". Somebody else in this newsgroup mentioned a similar problem running CWP under DOS 3.31. Has anybody succeeded in making CWP work? Also, how can I contact the author of CWP? There is no documentation and I didn't save the original posting. -- Stephen G. Simpson simpson@math.psu.edu Department of Mathematics +1 814 863-0775 Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
cheng@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr a cheng) (06/19/91)
From article <#59Hd-fz@cs.psu.edu>, by simpson@math.psu.edu (Stephen G Simpson): > Recently I got CWP from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. This is supposed to be > a Chinese wordprocessor supporting both traditional and simplified > Chinese characters, both 9 and 24 pin printers, and all standard IBM > PC graphics cards. Sounds good, right? > > Unfortunately it doesn't work on my computer, an 8088-based PC clone > with a Hercules-type graphics card, running PC DOS 3.2. I get a > message about an "overlay error". Somebody else in this newsgroup > mentioned a similar problem running CWP under DOS 3.31. I have the same problem. The exact message which came up when the program is run is "Overlay Error. Program halted.". Happened on both an XT with Hercules/Mono and an AT with EGA/Colour. By the way, the program was decompressed successfully, ie. ZOO had no problem with it; also, SCAN v77 reported no virus in any of the files. Suggestions anyone?
tony@disk.uucp (tony) (06/29/91)
cheng@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr a cheng) writes: > > Unfortunately it doesn't work on my computer, an 8088-based PC clone > > with a Hercules-type graphics card, running PC DOS 3.2. I get a > > message about an "overlay error". Somebody else in this newsgroup > > mentioned a similar problem running CWP under DOS 3.31. > >I have the same problem. The exact message which came up when the program >is run is "Overlay Error. Program halted.". Happened on both an XT with >Hercules/Mono and an AT with EGA/Colour. >By the way, the program was decompressed successfully, ie. ZOO had no >problem with it; also, SCAN v77 reported no virus in any of the files. >Suggestions anyone? No, no suggestions, but I got the same message about an overlay error and it was very frustrating because it took such a long time to decode. It took forever because I had to make room on my hard disk and then, all for naught! I then deleted the whole thing (I was so mad!). the
ao-b@turtle.cis.ohio-state.edu (Benjamin Ao) (06/30/91)
In article <1991Jun29.045752.8840@disk.uucp> tony@disk.uucp (tony) writes: >cheng@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr a cheng) writes: > >> > Unfortunately it doesn't work on my computer, an 8088-based PC clone >> > with a Hercules-type graphics card, running PC DOS 3.2. I get a >> > message about an "overlay error". Somebody else in this newsgroup >> > mentioned a similar problem running CWP under DOS 3.31. >> >>I have the same problem. The exact message which came up when the program >>is run is "Overlay Error. Program halted.". Happened on both an XT with >>Hercules/Mono and an AT with EGA/Colour. > >>By the way, the program was decompressed successfully, ie. ZOO had no >>problem with it; also, SCAN v77 reported no virus in any of the files. > >>Suggestions anyone? > >No, no suggestions, but I got the same message about an overlay error and it >was very frustrating because it took such a long time to decode. It took >forever because I had to make room on my hard disk and then, all for >naught! I then deleted the whole thing (I was so mad!). the I'm sorry, guys. I sent the documentation to the mediators of cbip, assuming they'd post it along with the uuencoded files; but obviously they didn't post it, assuming I'd included the documentation in the zoo file. At this point, there really isn't much I can do other than posting the documentation on this net periodically, and here it comes: CWP Version 1.2 is a Chinese word-processor for IBM PC's or PC compatibles. It features a fast Chinese character input method which is also easy to learn. It requires 720K available hard disk space, 480K RAM space and DOS verion 3.0 or above. It handles 6850 Chinese characters, both traditional and simplified. It supports all major graphics cards (CGA, EGA, VGA, Hercules, etc), and it supports both 9-pin and 24-pin dot-matrix printers. Its file format is completely CCDOS compatible, and can therefore read Chinese files created with other CCDOS compatible Chinese language software, e.g. the electronic Chinese magazine Hua Xia Wen Zhai. It can also store files in the ASCII mode, either in pure GB or in CWP pinyin code. Both codes are suitable for e-mail, with the CWP pinyin code directly readable. To install the CWP word-processor, download all the uuencoded CWPn.UUE files. Use UUDECODE to create a file named CWP.ZOO (by typing UUDECODE CWP1.UUE). Then use the ZOO program to unpack CWP.ZOO into the following 7 files: CWP.EXE CWP.OVR CWP.HLP ALPHA.CWP CHIN.CWP CCHIN.CWP TABLE.CWP Both the source code of UUDECODE and the executable file ZOO.EXE can be obtained from the manager of this news group. Except for CWP.EXE, all these files must be put in a subdirectory called SYS, right under the directory where CWP.EXE is installed. To run CWP, just type CWP, followed by an optional file name. Once in the program, hit F3 for more information about how to operate it. If you can't read Chinese or if you need more detailed information, you may send $5.00 to the address at the end of this message for a manual of operation. If you prefer having the original programs delivered to you in magnet disks, you may send $20.00 to the same address. Please report any problems you come across while using CWP. Suggestions for improvement are always welcome. You are free to copy and distribute CWP among your friends if you find it useful, but you must not sell it. Your donation will be highly appreciated. Thank you for your interest in CWP and have fun using CWP. Benjamin Ao Department of Linguistics The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1229