lubkin@cs.rochester.edu (Saul Lubkin) (10/08/90)
I've noticed a few notes about problems using DOS Word Perfect 5.* running under VP/ix on Unix/386 systems. I'm the person who wrote the long article about how to do this, in Computer Shopper. I thought I'd update those interested. (1) VP/ix version 1.2 -- the latest version that comes with ISC Unix 2.2 -- has completely solved all of the problems. DOS WP5.[01] now works perfectly, with no special setup requirements, under VP/ix1.2 (2) Unfortunately, I would guess that many vendors are still bundling the previous version, VP/ix 1.1, or earlier. (The ISC version can be expected to be ahead, since ISC and Phoenix make VP/ix). If you have an earlier version, then it is possible -- but difficult -- to set up DOS WP5.* so that it will work correctly. Read my two articles in Computer Shopper. Note: Basically, the problem is, that the WP system files (for releases of VP/ix before 1.2) must be on an honest DOS filesystem, directly attached under VP/ix. See the articles in Computer Shopper for a way to do this, without having to give exclusive access to some needed resource -- like the VP/ix "C:" drive, or a DOS partition. P.S. WP5.* works fine under DOS Merge, all versions. P.P.S. The problem with MKS vi running under VP/ix, resulting in DOS files editied with MKS vi not being properly truncated, is a bug in VP/ix, that hasn't been fixed with release 1.2. MKS says that they may eventually code around this bug, for those who wish to use the product under VP/ix. Saul Lubkin lubkin@rochester.cs.edu