Hi, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 04:51:32PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > I should have explained in my original post what I wanted to do. In the > short run I want to run a Windows version of WordPerfect and so have > access to WordPerfect 5.1 (a DOS app) files that I have been creating > since the 80s, the contents of which I want to use now in a book I am > putting together. > > I was thinking of installing on VBox Windows 98, the only Windows > version I have, and install WP 7 or later for Windows in order to access > my WP 5.1 files. In this way I can save my WP 5.1 files in ps or pdf > and use them elsewhere. (I tried using OpenOffice but WP formatting is > lost when opening WP files in OOo.) > > So it would appear from the posts that I should use VirtualBox for now. > I could also install DOS on it and see if DOS apps work better on VBox > than on dosemu. > > Thank you all for your advice. > > Regards, Ken Heard
Big difference: VBox: FREE as FREEDOM VMware: FREE as FREEBEER qemu, kqemu with kvm are other options in lenny. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_virtualized_system But just to read files, Openoffice is easier. Another option is http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wp2x : This program converts simple WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 files into any other document processing languages that use plain text files, like TeX, LaTeX, troff, GML and HTML. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
