Word Perfect: in memorium

[talmage at somtel.com]

With all the different references to WordPerfect, I think the original 
request is being forgotten.

Whoever it was that started this thread was looking for a copy of the old 
WordPerfect V5.1 for Unix that ran in text mode.  Now I know that back in 
the late 80's when WordPerfect was still a standalone company, there were 
versions of WP5.1 that ran in Unix, as well as Xenix, but I have know idea 
of when they phased out the text interface in favor of the x-windows product.
Apparently, the more recent versions that are available for Unix or Linux 
run in the x-windows environment.  About this I don't know, I'm just trying 
to clarify the original request as it seems that some of the direction this 
thread has taken has caused some confusion.
I do agree however, that a look at the old text based WP5.1 for Unix would 
be interesting to play with, but I imagine you would have to find it at a 
computer flea market or liquidator, since it was never open source or free 
as far as I know.

At 09:41 AM 3/20/2004, you wrote:
>Now you have me a touch worried.
>One of the things i was looking forward to in Linux, a
>way to demonstrate its advantages over windows to
>companies for whom I work was word processing.
>Granted I do not use wordperfect 5.1, but 6.1 and later still in dos on
>this machine.
>I knew that there was a wordperfect for Linux out there, and am
>surprised that this requires windows.