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Re: word 5.0 for 12.99 (NEW!)
I'm including the newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc to this thread because
I know that there are some Linux users who might want to run Word 5
for the Mac and/or Excel 4 for the Mac under Executor on Linux.
Executor is our Macintosh emulator that uses a 100% native
implementation of the OS and Toolbox routines and uses dynamic
recompilation to run the 68k code (i.e. it's fast). I recently wrote
a 15 page white paper using Word 5 under Executor, so I can personally
testify that it works.
>>>>> "US Swimming" == US Swimming <sydneyproject@worldnet.att.net> writes:
In article <4okt80$8c1@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> sydneyproject@worldnet.att.net (US Swimming) writes:
US Swimming> I've seen a lot of talk here about word 5.x running
US Swimming> under executor, and thought if anybody needed a copy
US Swimming> they could get one (new) from a software house that
US Swimming> specializes in old versions of software. The place
US Swimming> is called Surplus Direct, 800-753-7877 and they are
US Swimming> selling word 5.0 for 12.99 (Excel 4.0 is also
US Swimming> available for 12.99, although I haven't paid any
US Swimming> attention as to whether or not its supported.) The
US Swimming> part/product number is SWOM30001 for word, and
US Swimming> SSPM30001 for excel.
I just called those folks and they do have both products in stock. It
turns out that each of them are an "upgrade" version which means that
they were originally to be sold only to people who have already bought
a previous version of the product (Word or Excel). That means that
there is no registration card in the box, but the complete software is
there.
I honestly don't know what the legal status of these products are for
people who haven't yet bought a copy of Word or Excel, because I don't
know if they got a dispensation to resell the product to such people.
I considered buying several copies of each to resell to Linux users
who would want to use Word and Excel under E/L, but since these are
the upgrade versions I decided against this.
US Swimming> NOTE: I haven't tested this particular release with
US Swimming> Executor, but somebody might know EXACTLY which
US Swimming> releases work, and which don't!
Any Microsoft Word for the Mac 5.x version should run under Executor,
although the installer itself won't (meaning you need to install it on
a Mac, then transfer it from a Mac to the machine running Executor).
Any Microsoft Excel for the Mac 4.x version should run under Executor,
*and* the installer itself should work, too, assuming all the files
are on HD floppies.
US Swimming> I got a fabulous
US Swimming> deal on a word 5.1 and excel 4 bundle 9 months ago
US Swimming> for $29, but they sold out of those 6 months ago
US Swimming> easily. Its a great way to get software, but
US Swimming> unfortunately, 98% of it is DOS/WIN/WIN95 stuff.
US Swimming> REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING MAC SOFTWARE,
US Swimming> (They kind of assume youre running an intel PC)
They also have a web site http://www.surplussdirect.com/ but I found
it impossible to use from Netscape 2.0 a couple minutes ago. They put
some annoying fancy moving arrow that interferes with the Netscape
status line, which made it all the more difficult to figure out what
was going on.
I'll try again later (perhaps our fractional T1 line will finally be
working today) and if we can use their web site we'll make a link to
it from ours (http://www.ardi.com/).
US Swimming> just thought I'd pass it along....
Thank you. This is quite a find.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
(More info about Executor can be had from info@ardi.com)
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