386/ix VP/ix problems (Wp 5.1, file truncation)

[Karl Denninger]

In article <2038 at jwt.UUCP> john at jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
>In article <831 at bain3.oz> keith at bain3.oz (Keith Brinck) writes:
>>1. Installing Word Perfect 5.1 anywhere in the UNIX file system causes the
>>   message "wp.fil not found" (or words to that effect) when attempting to
>>   run it, despite the fact that wp.fil is correctly situated in the
>>   current directory.
>
>There's a lengthy article on installing WordPerfect 5.x under VP/ix
>in the June 1990 Computer Shopper.  It appears there is no way to get
>it running other than by installing it on a real DOS partition, or on
>the C: "drive."  It is blamed on a bug in the redirector.

ISC claims that's fixed in the new VP/IX that comes with 2.2, but I haven't
verified it (yet).  Sometime soon I'm sure that I'll get around to it.

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