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In article <1579@ubc-cs.UUCP> fraga@tennents.cs.ubc.ca (Eric S Fraga) writes:
>- How usable is WP without a hard disc?  i.e. how big is WP and
>all the files needed at run time?
Sort of.  I use a 400K RAM disk on a 1040, and copy the main program and
associated startup files to it.  There's space for the help program if you
need it.  This leaves you with only enough memory for two windows though.
And there is no speller (I do this only when I know I will not revise any
more) and thesausrus, but these can be run from a floppy
	Optimally, I would copy the thesaurus to the ramdisk, and run 
WP from a floppy, but I like to run other programs during a work session,
and WP (like many other commercial programs) has no shell escape feature.

>- Does WP generate Postscript output?  I tend to print all my
>documents on Postscript printers at work instead of on my Gemini
>10x.
Yes.  There are drivers for the Apple Laserwriter.  I think there are also
drivers for some QMS printers as well.  But you can use only Times or
Helvetica, so if you want another font, you have to hack the PS code.
I just implied that you can save the PS output to disk didn't I?  You
can also send output to the serial port and the MIDI(!?!) port.

>- Does the ST version of WP understand ms-dos created WP files?
I think it does...

                  John Kawakami    c60c-3ds@web.berkeley.edu 
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