I don't think you needed a printer driver for WP for DOS only WP for Windows.
For the DOS version you just needed an HP printer and select Laserjet Plus or whatever on a parallel port from the DOS version. If you are running it under 16 bit compatibility mode in W2K, just install the generic printer driver, tie it to any modern HP printer (they all support even back to PCL 1.0) via USB or whatever, and then do a net command in the CMD line to tie LPT1 to the generic printer driver queue and you are off and running. Note you should have no problems running WP for DOS under the dosbox emulator under win10. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dick Steffens Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2024 3:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PLUG] Remember WordPerfect? On 7/6/24 14:34, Rich Shepard wrote: > I started using Satellite Software's WordPerfect, CalcPerfect, and > Draw in > 1984 and visited their Orem, UT campus in 1985. Used and taugh others > to use these products and used the linux version until 2000 when it > died. > > The author of WordPerfect, Bruce Bastien, just died > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/05/bruce-bastian-dead-wordperfect/>. > > > While the company made fatal business mistakes the quality of the > software set a very high standard, far above Microsoft. > > Rich WP was the best word processor. I loved the feature that showed "reveal codes". I still have a copy on my Win 2K virtual machine, but I don't have a printer driver for it. -- Regards, Dick Steffens
