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- From: ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: MS to 'support' OS/2?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.174203.9145@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:42:03 GMT
- References: <1hf40bINNbbv@shrike.und.ac.za> <1992Dec27.214359.2111@dmp.csiro.au> <1992Dec28.105039.6803@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <1hnk8nINNuh@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
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- hilmera@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (Andrew Hilmer) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec28.105039.6803@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) writes:
- >>Yes, Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS also runs under OS/2 2.0 (and under
- >>earlier versions, back to 1.0). The only difference I can detect
- >>is that the "File" menu choice for dropping down to the operating system
- >>says "DOS" and "OS/2" respectively when running under the different
- >>systems.
-
- >I suppose that it is too much to hope that W5.5 would support HPFS
- >filenames. I would rather hunt around and buy a used copy of Word
- >than blow two month's rent on Describe... and I am hoping for a
- >perfect solution. Rotsa Ruck, eh?
-
- I'm pretty certain MS Word 5.5 doesn't support HPFS under OS/2, since
- it is *really* an OS/2 1.x program, and I believe HPFS only came in
- with 2.0. (Perhaps I'm wrong about that?)
-
- Also, HPFS isn't mentioned in the docs I have; just memory and the OS
- menu choice. (And some trivial stuff about installation.)
- Dominik
-