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Article #30217Re: WordPerfects???
From: Rich Dankert
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1988 06:38
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1988 06:38
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> If I'm not mistaken, the key-click problem is really due to a TOS
>bug, which the authors of WP for the ST apparently weren't familiar with.
>If you've been running for a while, under certain conditions (not sure
>exactly what they are, though I seem to encounter the problem when I'm
>using the mouse a lot) your machine will start clicking away as if you
>were holding down a key. (Assuming that you have the volume turned up, of
>course. Just how fast do you type, anyway, Rich? :-))
I know what you are talking about as far as the Keyclick problem
goes. I used to have the problem, until I changed the Keyboard, which has
the newer version IKBD Controller. Havn't run into it since, but if it's
a TOS bug as I have read etc.. then your guess is as good as mine, as my
machine is on for about 8-10 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Typing speed? Depends.... Out of my head I can get to about 70 wpm
but if I have to copy from another hard copy, only around 40wpm. Though this
is by no means stupendious, I have over taken the wife this past year ;^}.
> For anyone considering buying WP, I'd like to emphasize once again
>that even *with* the bugs in the current version, it's eminently usable.
>I had the luxury of being able to borrow a copy of WP from the English
>Dept. here last fall. I gave it a fairly solid workout for a couple of
>months, so I had a pretty good idea of what bugs and limitations I could
>expect to encounter, before I purchased my own copy. (The educational price
>in Canada, BTW, is $160). If you need the power (I especially like the
>recursive macros, and the superb merge facility), WP is indeed worth every
>penny.
In the above I fully agree. Tis a WP that will have to be beaten.
-rich
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!pasteur!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!lakesys!rich From: rich@lakesys.UUCP (Rich Dankert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: WordPerfects??? Keywords: WP Message-ID: <413@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 26 Jan 88 06:38:05 GMT References: <8801250003.AA27676@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: rich@lakesys.UUCP (Rich Dankert) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI Lines: 36