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- From: plucky@ais.org (Chris Adamson)
- Subject: Spectre GCR (Mac+ emulator) vs. Mac MS-Word 5.1???
- Message-ID: <C073v6.H79@ais.org>
- Organization: UMCC
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 22:01:53 GMT
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- [Apologies for massive cross-post -- I'm at wits end!]
-
- I'm looking for info from anyone who really knows MS-Word
- for the Mac or the Spectre Mac-Plus emulator for the Atari ST.
-
- I have an Atari ST (yeah, I know...) running a Mac-Plus
- emulator called a Spectre GCR, with 4MB of memory (about 3.8 in Mac
- mode), 60MB of hard-drive space in the Mac partition, System 6.0.8,
- and an 800K floppy drive.
-
- Microsoft Word 5.1 for the Mac, which I purchased at an
- attractive academic price, requires the following:
- * Mac Plus or greater (check -- as far as any program knows)
- * Hard drive and one 800K drive (check)
- * One MB or more memory, two for grammar or Sys7 (check)
- * Apple System 6.0.2 or later, Finder 6.1 or later (check)
-
- Well, I just tried to install my academically-priced Word 5.1
- and the Installer tells me I don't meet the requirements for
- installing Word 5.1. Neither "Easy Install" nor "Customize" is
- available. What really ticks me off is that I installed and
- then deleted an original 5.0 from the Mac Lab I work in at Michigan
- State just to be sure it would work, and the 5.0 installation went
- just fine!
-
- You know what'll happen when I call Microsoft's help line --
- I'll listen to their deejay for 15 minutes and then be told it's the
- fault of the unsupported emulator. I'd almost rather pirate 5.0 instead.
-
- So, I'm asking two packs of newsgroup readers two questions:
- * COMP.SYS.MAC & c.s.m.APPS READERS: Does anyone know what
- Microsoft changed between versions 5.0 and 5.1 that could be tripping
- me up here?
- * COMP.SYS.ATARI.ST READERS: Are there any Spectre users out
- there using MS-Word 5.1 successfully? How did you do it?
-
- I guess I'd also like any Atari/Spectre users out there who
- have their Spectre manuals handy (I'm away from home, so I don't) what
- the Gadgets By Small e-mail address is. I could call or fax tomorrow,
- but I'm not entirely sure they're even in business anymore!
-
- Thanks in advance for any and all help!
-
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- / Chris Adamson / FREE LEONA HELMSLEY!! /
- / Michigan St. U. / Limit 1 Leona Helmsley per customer /
- / Media Arts Prgm. / ------------------------------------- /
- / M.A. student / plucky@umcc.ais.org , plucky2@aol.com /
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