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Amiga word processors? Why and which ones? Given that the Amiga never got a strong hold in media outlets unless it was video related, the statement "especially
by bhaak 10y ago
Amiga word processors? Why and which ones?
Given that the Amiga never got a strong hold in media outlets unless it was video related, the statement "especially amongst journalists" needs some backing.
Back in the day, even Amiga magazine weren't done on the Amiga. AFAIK, most used what the industry used (that is, Macs).
- DanBC 10y agoHere's an old submission about "How QuarkXpress became a mere afterthought in publishing" which is pretty interesting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7360076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7360076
- mhd 10y agoI was mostly using it as an example for something quite rare and seemingly weird, even compared to WordStar or WordPerfect. If your newspaper, magazine or website uses some kind of CMS that's based on text files, any old editor or word processor would do. It's not like they'd accept the native formats of WordStar/XyWrite, so once you're down to .txt, anything goes (if UTF-8 is mandatory, some more tech savviness might be required). I think that an Amiga was explicitly mentioned in an old article about Germany's heise publishing house (mostly known for tech publications, so maybe a bit more accepting in that regard). Germany also had a pretty large Amiga fanbase, so that might bias things. (And I remember Ataris being quite popular in publishing, too)