17 Jul
2019
17 Jul
'19
10:43 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks via
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Sent: 18 July 2019 04:24
To: Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-
Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:54 PM Jason T via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I think even if you have the key it fails today. There was a thread recently on
comp.os.vms
Saying it expires after 9999 days and theirs had just expired...
http://www.novabbs.com/index.php?t=msg&th=292017&start=0&
Dave
I have a .tap image of WP 4.2 and 5.0 for VMS
that I made from my own
tape years ago. The image has been successfully mounted but IIRC the
software looks for a license key that I've never found. I do not
believe it is a PAK as with other VMS packages.
I worked for a guy in 1988 that was a WP for VMS reseller. I remember one
particular sale of 10-12 seat licenses for which the commission made his
entire year. Unfortunately I have no information on how the licensing
worked. There was, IIRC, a bit of paper in the box with the key information
on it but I have no idea how it worked.
-ethan