Never really been able to get v4.0 to work reliably on any system above 8.0

Michael Galant wrote:

>Hello.  I just bought an old version of Microsoft Word for Macintosh - 
>version 4.0 [for $1.50 at the Salvation Army, what did I have to lose?].
>
>When I installed it on my PowerMac 9500/200 and then tried to run it, I 
>got an "Error 3" error message, saying that I should save documents, 
>close all applications, and restart the computer.  I went into Apple 
>Help, and it suggested that I change the memory settings for this 
>program [it said that Error 3 is a memory error].  I tried various 
>numbers [switching the minimum to 512K, which was the recommended memory 
>based on the "Apple-I" information window, and trying various numbers 
>for the maximum, altho' the Apple Help didn't say what to change the 
>max. number to], but that didn't seem to help.  I also turned off all of 
>the extensions using  the extension manager, but I still couldn't get 
>Word to work.
>
>Here are some specs that might help:
>
>capacity of HD:  1.96 GB
>space available on HD:  1.61 GB
>memory used on HD:  364.3 MB
>
>Built-in memory:  128MB
>Virtual memory:  129 MB used on HD
>largest unused block:  112.6MB
>
>MacOS 16.9 MB [I have MacOs 9]
>
>System Requirements [listed on Microsoft Word box]:
>512K memory
>2 disk drives or 1 disk-drive and a HD
>Macintosh 512K Enhanced, Plus, SE, or II [of course, my model is much later]
>System version 3.2 or higher: Finder version 5.3 or higher
>Supports the AppleTalk Network
>
>If anyone has any ideas on how to get this software to work on my Mac, 
>I'd really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>
>
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