Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!geowhiz!scott
From: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Wordperfect //GS
Message-ID: <600@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 87 20:30:24 GMT
References: <8712101823.aa14688@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf)
Organization: UW Madison, Geology Dept.
Lines: 23
Summary: WordPerfect can save on bootdisk

In article <8712101823.aa14688@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> "MAJ ERIC S. FORD"  writes:
>His setup consisted of one 3.5" disk and one
>5.25" disk.  He was unable to use the 3.5 disk for data storage.  It seems that
>WP reserves its boot location and won't accept that device for data storage.
>Considering the unlikely case that WP needs 800k of disk storage for itself,
>this seems like a considerable waste.  Not to mention the fact that it defeats
>the purpose of large capacity storage devices.
>
>Eric
>------

WordPerfect works just fine this way.  This is how mine is set up.  I use
my 3.5" disk as a boot, work, and data disk all in one.  I have not problem,
except that WordPerfect does hog disk space.

					Scott
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