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In message <19951017.214128.81@anakrono.anakrono.demon.co.uk> Tony Spence wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, I wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone out there managed to load MS Word 6.0 on an RPC610 with Acorn 486
> > card?
> 
> Problem solved.  Just in case anyone else is having similar problems here's
> how I did it:
> 
> First copied the contents of the issue discs to a 'real' PC hard disc, into
> directories DISK1 - DISK7 (note, the spelling, MUST be K, not C) using a
> utility (WinImage) found on the front of a PC mag.
> 
> Used DOS BACKUP to backup the files to standard PC discs
> 
> Used DOS RESTORE to recover the directories and files onto the RPC DOS
> partition.
> 
> Ran the install program from the Windows Prog. Manager RUN command line.
> 
> And now I have M$ Word 6 on my RPC - not much disc space left though, it is,
> like most M$ apps, rather hungry.
> 
> Now all I need is the CC WordPerfect loader/saver and I can move documents
> between Impression and Word (because Word 2, the 'target' word processor, is
> rather poor at reading anything other than the simplest WordPerfect
> documents the safest way of transfering is out of Impression in WordPerfect
> format, into Word 6 and saved from there in Word 2 format - convoluted, but
> if you work with PCs you get used to that).
> 
Hi,
I am having, what looks like the same problems trying to install Word
v6 and Excel v5 onto our RPC 600.

You have mentioned WinImage, what is this and will it help to install Excel?
If it does, can I get hold of it via FTP anywhere?

Thanks, 

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