Conference 7.286::atarist

    A call to Bret at WP cleared up a question I had. Indeed DEC employees
    can take advantage of this offer to buy the ST version at a hefty
    discount. The employee can buy one of as many of the products in
    the offer as desired.

    Sounds great, but is this offer also valid for Europe?
    
     Jan-Willem (From Holland, Europe)

  Did anyone take this offer yet?? (in the USA or in Europe)
                               
     Jan-Willem

Can somebody point out what package(s) is(are) needed to get the
ST to run WordPerfect?
In other words: will 'WP Amiga & WP Atari' be enough or do I
need to buy more?

Regards, Ton.



>                              RETAIL PRICE            YOUR PRICE
>  WordPerfect 5.0               $495.00                 $135.00
>  WordPerfect 4.2                435.00                  125.00
>  PlanPerfect 3.0                395.00                   99.00
>  DataPerfect 2.0                595.00                  150.00
>  WordPerfect Library            129.00                   51.00
>  WordPerfect Executive          249.00                   79.00
>  WP Macintosh 1.0               395.00                   99.00
>  WP Amiga & WP Atari            395.00                   99.00
>  WP Apple IIe/IIc 1.1           179.00                   59.00
>  WP Apple IIgs 2.0              179.00                   59.00

>                        -< Which package(s) do I need? >-
>
>Can somebody point out what package(s) is(are) needed to get the
>ST to run WordPerfect?
>In other words: will 'WP Amiga & WP Atari' be enough or do I
>need to buy more?
>
>Regards, Ton.


  Yep, that is all you need.  I got it at the same price as a student
  and it works well.  Most of the other stuff listed is for IBM stuff.

  CHad

    They are listing two separate packages on the same line at the same
    price. The only package which applies to the ST is 'WP Atari'.

>    < Note 104.6 by VINO::BHAMILTON "Buzz Hamilton" >
                                 -< WP Atari >-
 
>    They are listing two separate packages on the same line at the same
>    price. The only package which applies to the ST is 'WP Atari'.
 
    
    ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.  IF YOU WANT ONLY WP FOR ATARI, SPECIFY THAT
    ON THE FORM, AND FORK OVER YOUR $99.
    
    IF YOU WANTED WP FOR AMIGA, YOU WOULD SPECIFY THAT, AND FORK OVER
    $99, ECT.
    
    -BILL
    

    	Got my $99 WordPerfect kit. Don't know if it's worth $349 (list),
    but it definitly is worth $99!  Some nice stuff: fantastic search
    capability, can put columns in the middle of a page - with regular
    full width text above and below, awesome speller and thesaurus,
    control over defaults (I just hated having to turn off right
    justification Every time I used 1st Word).  This baby is going to
    take a Lot of study to be able to use fully! - Chris

    
    reply 7:
    		Did the kit include any manual(s)?
    		Is there support for printers on the comm's port?
    
    regards, Ton.

>                         -< $99...manuals included?? >-
>
>    
>    reply 7:
>    		Did the kit include any manual(s)?
>    		Is there support for printers on the comm's port?
>    
>    regards, Ton.


  I didn't get my $99.00 WP through this deal but rather as a student but
  it was an off the shelf WP, with manuals everything (including being put on
  the WP update mailing list).  The printer config option asks where
  the printer is attached:  Parallel (printer port), serial (Com port), or
  MIDI (!).  (I hope I am remembering this corretcly).

Chad

    I called the number given in .0, and they gave me the number for
    WordPerfect specifically for the Atari.  It's 801-227-5900.
    							Larry

    My wife and I are thinking about buying WordPerfect for our ST.
    We have only one floppy drive, and it's single density.  But since
    we upgraded to a meg of memory, we can run with a ramdisk.  Will
    we have to be constantly swapping floppies to use it?
    
    Does anybody recommend or recommend against WordPerfect for the
    ST?  Is it possible to get the $99 deal from a dealer, or only directly
    from WordPerfect?
    							Larry

>    My wife and I are thinking about buying WordPerfect for our ST.
>    We have only one floppy drive, and it's single density.  But since
>    we upgraded to a meg of memory, we can run with a ramdisk.  Will
>    we have to be constantly swapping floppies to use it?


I run my WP with one SD floppy, 1 meg and a Ramdisk (450K).  I copy the printer
files and such to the ramdisk and set it up as the scratch disk.  No cumbersome
swapping of floppies.  (There may be a little swapping now and then, but not
bad at all.)

CHad

    I'm running WP with one DS floppy (720k) drive and a RAMdisk (1040STf);
    no problems, though WP _insists_ (if you believe its doc) that you
    keep the data on a separate disk from the program, and a third disk
    for the auto-save function (RAM?), so it constantly invokes the
    "swap disk B into drive A" routine.  Sort of a pain.
    
    Actually, my very preliminary hacking with it leaves me VERY
    DISAPPOINTED.  I kinda think 1ST_WORD_PLUS would be as good!  And
    that's not a compliment.  WordPerfect shares free_1ST_WORD's
    slow-down-the-keys nastiness, and it's a CPU hog anyway.  And if
    I created a text document with an editor, it CANNOT automatically
    convert hard returns to soft ones, which DECtype and WPSplus take
    for granted.  And on my Epson-compatible Panasonic printer, it doesn't
    offer me the near-LQP and Draft fonts; instead, it figures out how
    to force the printer to do a medium-speed one-pass mediocre-quality
    font.  Very strange.  Well, I guess I have to become a hacker to
    use it.  Not what I expected!
           fred

>    for granted.  And on my Epson-compatible Panasonic printer, it doesn't
>    offer me the near-LQP and Draft fonts; instead, it figures out how
>    to force the printer to do a medium-speed one-pass mediocre-quality
>    font.  Very strange.  Well, I guess I have to become a hacker to
>    use it.  Not what I expected!
>           fred


I have succesfully used WP without it constantly asking for swap with a RAMdisk
(about 450K) and 360K drive.  I also got it to talk to my NEC P2200 24pin 
printer that is not listed in the extensive list of 'supported' printers.
Follow the instructions to 'install' your own printer and it will work quite
fine (should is the word). I have been quite pleased with WP on my Atari.

CHad

    	In the April '89 issue of WPCorp Report, there's (finally!)
    a 'maintenence upgrade' (they couldn't bless it with a new version
    number, could they...) for WordPerfect 4.1 for the Atari.  It gets
    rid of the cludgy file selector of the original and allows the file
    selector of your choice (std. GEM, or others too?).  Since this
    has been my biggest gripe with WP, my $10 is in the mail. - Chris

The number in .11 is old.  A general WP number is :

(801) 225-5000

Chad

About May of this year WordPerfect announced an upgrade to 4.1. That upgrade
has been delayed time and again, but just became available TODAY! It will
cost you $25 + $3 shipping and handling. It comes on three 3.5 inch disks.
I ordered my set via VISA today, and delivery was promised within three
weeks. The order number is 800-222-9409.

I don't have the details on what changes are incorporated in the upgrade.
Perhaps someone else can fill us in as to what they are.