Oh, neat. We actually ran WordPerfect for SCO Unix back in the day. This was on a dual-processor Acer / Altos system, with a whole bunch of serial terminals. That was the first Unix system I had ever purchased! Though one of the two CPUs had to be disabled because of OS stability issues.
I wanted to use Livingston Portmaster Ethernet terminal servers, but was overridden by my boss. I eventually got them anyway, because expanding the RS-485 for the serial ports was severely limited.
Overall, WP ran pretty well on the hardware of the day. With Wyse 160 terminals running at 115200 bps, it wasn't quite as fast as on a DOS PC, but still pretty snappy. It even had print preview, because the 160 was a graphics terminal.
I wanted to use Livingston Portmaster Ethernet terminal servers, but was overridden by my boss. I eventually got them anyway, because expanding the RS-485 for the serial ports was severely limited.
Overall, WP ran pretty well on the hardware of the day. With Wyse 160 terminals running at 115200 bps, it wasn't quite as fast as on a DOS PC, but still pretty snappy. It even had print preview, because the 160 was a graphics terminal.