Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 18, 2019, at 12:12 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > I've no idea where it came from but I do have a licence PAK for WordPerfect: > 7-NOV-1991 to 2011. > > You could just run with a date in the past ... seems somehow apropriate :-) Oddly enough, mine ran from August 1991

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 7/18/19 11:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:43 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk >> wrote: >> I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently >> on comp.os.vms >> >> Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... >

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
I have never like the Wordperfect people. They killed my friend's business. He had  vaxes that he rented time on, also charged a huge amount of money per seat week for WPS training. The boys from Utah released Wordperrect for the VAX and put him out of business! (OK the PCs helped too , but

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:43 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk > wrote: > I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently > on comp.os.vms > > Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... Oh, now that's just obnoxious. Requiring a license refresh

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-18 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 18/07/2019 06:43, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently on comp.os.vms Saying it expires after days and theirs had just expired... http://www.novabbs.com/index.php?t=msg=292017=0; Dave I've no idea where it came

RE: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks via > cctalk > Sent: 18 July 2019 04:24 > To: Jason T ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM Jason T via

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2019, at 7:54 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the >> CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. >> >> Link - Vintage 1995 Novell

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > I have a .tap image of WP 4.2 and 5.0 for VMS that I made from my own tape > years ago. The image has been successfully mounted but IIRC the software > looks for a license key that I've never found. I do not believe it is a PAK > as

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

2019-07-17 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the > CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. > > Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital > DEC VAX > -