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(cross-posted from comp.text.desktop)

Ansgar Strickerschmidt (NOsPAMtargar@gmx.de) writes:
> John Evans schrieb:
>> 
>> I have done a trial load of Ventura 8 on my rather non-standard PC (586)
>> 28Mbt and Windows 95 -  but the Wizard fails with an error message of
>> premature program failure from the Microscoft C++ library.
>> Ventura 5 was fine.
>> 
>> Any Ideas?
>> John (Hampshire UK)    johnfo@argonet.co.uk

> Seems a little bit too little memory, if you ask me. Don't even think to
> run with less than 64MB... you won't have fun. If you can't afford, take
> at least 32MB; I think V8 needs it. If you need more assistance, visit
> the Corel support newsgroups on server cnews.corel.ca, e.g.
> corelsupport.ventura8 . There are really skilled experts there, ready
> and willing to help.

Ventura 3 DOS/GEM runs inside 640K, is powerful enough to produce long,
illustrated, cross-referenced, indexed documents with complete control of
all page elements, is quite easy to use, very stable and reliable, and can
run satisfactorily on a 286. 

On the other hand, Corel Ventura 8 apparently needs a heavy-duty Pentium
with 64 MB to do essentially the same job, and I gather it's somewhat
unstable.  Framemaker 5.5, which I use, has only marginally more
functionality than VP 3 (cross-referencing is more convenient, conditional
text is supported, that sort of thing; but drop cap, paragraph break, and
publication control, for example, are inferior) -- but would have no hope
in hell of running on a 286 with 640K. 

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                                     James Owens  ad354@Freenet.carleton.ca
                                     Ottawa, Ontario, Canada