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		AshamedCaptain on June 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can legally get and run WordPerfect for free This is not an useful comparison. I also have some 25 year old utilities that will still run on my current desktop Linux (and the source will build on practically any operating system). What does this say about trying to run a 25 year old office suite? Have you tried running word 4.0 on windows 10 lately? Will it print?

lproven on June 15, 2021 [–]

If you're running 32-bit Windows 10, then yes, Word 4 should work just fine. 32-bit Windows still includes the DOS box and it's highly compatible.

Me, personally, I run IBM PC DOS 7.1 (also a free download from IBM) under VirtualBox, and I run my handful of DOS apps in that.

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