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Article #464Re: SlimSport 286 problem with WP5.0
From: David Halliwell
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 06:41
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 06:41
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In article <1991Jan11.174824.17904@noao.edu>, buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz) writes:
>My wife just got a Zenith Slimsport 286 to use at her office and we are
>experiencing some weird problems.
>
>The machine has a copy of WordPErfect 5.0 which is acting up. The symtoms are
>as follows:
>
[list of symptoms deleted]
>
>Has anyone out there seen this behavior? Is there a fix? Is the slimsport
>a boat anchor? HELP!!!
>
When WP 5.0 was first released, I saw it installed on several Zenith
286-based machines, and all had problems with the keyboards behaving in
a manner similar to the one you described. No problems with 8088-based
Zeniths, but definitely on 286-based ones. Never heard a good explanation,
but when later releases of WP 5.0 became available, there appeared to be
no problem. Check the release date of the WP 5.0 files. I think the very
first release was in May of 1988. Don't know what other dates there are,
or when the problem was cleared up, but I don't think you are alone.
Dave Halliwell
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