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I don't think users of outdated word processors are just using them for simplicity's sake, usually they're real power users of whatever software they're using,
by mhd 11y ago
I don't think users of outdated word processors are just using them for simplicity's sake, usually they're real power users of whatever software they're using, the fact that it's an old DOS/Win 3.1/whatevs program is not the whole raison d'etre of it, although I guess the "distraction free" environment might help a bit.
If it's just about the latter, a non-networked Amiga without games might suffice, but if it's also about word processor-fu, does the Amiga actually have something unique that's in a league of XyWrite or WordStar? A real reason to pull out the A500, instead of heading for e.g. iaWriter/WriteRoom (for the distraction-free) or Emacs/Scrivener (for the feature-focused).
- tyingq 11y agoI was part of a fairly large cult following of Wordstar that continued to use it after supposedly better GUI based word processors came along. The key bindings and traversal were very well thought out, and once you got into the groove, it was more efficient than anything I've used before or since. A write up on the subject that says it better than I can: http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm And, yes...I can't see why an Amiga would be a plus in a pure editing scenario. Sharp monochrome would have been the right environment for word processing at the time, which was not the Amiga's forte.