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   Yazoo  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 24 May 2024 12:08:25 +1200, ~misfit~   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Indeed! I originally had 5.1 for DOS then, after the hit they took after   
   >> the release of 5.2 and the   
   >> issues, prices dropped. When I 'upgraded' I got a good deal (~NZ$650) on   
   >> PerfectOffice 3.0 which   
   >> contained WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows (3.11 at the time for me).   
   >> Initially it was on a large number   
   >> of floppies but after a HDD crash, when I went to reinstall one disc was   
   >> corrupt. I managed to talk   
   >> the vendor into giving me the Novell version on CD as a replacement so I   
   >> could continue to use it.   
   >> (I think I just threw that out last month also. :-/)   
   >>   
   >> Not long after that I did my back in and lost my business so had no need   
   >> for the office suite. I   
   >> used Wordpad for basic stuff until migrating to LibreOffice / OpenOffice   
   etc.   
   >>   
   >>> Thank you for this.   
   >>   
   >> :)   
   >   
   > Well, It's nice to meet somebody who remembers those heroic times :)   
   >   
   > The company I'm working with now was distributor for WP back then   
   > (early nineties). I joined them later, after the whole WP business   
   > collapsed. I personally liked WP a lot. Novell also. I was Netware   
   > admin for years and it was really good, much better than any other LAN   
   > software.   
   > This were the days :)   
   >   
   >   
      
   This has become an interesting thread - despite having veered away from the   
    subject of F1 ;-)   
      
   --   
   Sir Tim   
      
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