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"obscure British word processor, originally for CP/M and MS-DOS, now supported as a hobby project by one of the former developers -- the company is long since b
by keithpeter 15y ago
"obscure British word processor, originally for CP/M and MS-DOS, now supported as a hobby project by one of the former developers -- the company is long since bust."
Charlie, I'm racking my brains here. Ami Pro? Pipedream (no, that was Acorn Archimedes, and don't we wish Thatcher had supported that particular lame duck).
And how on earth does the revered author get the words out to publishers? OCR and an Olivetti might be easier...
- StrawberryFrog 15y agoI'd guess WordStar. Or failing that, WordPerfect. WordPerfect was more commonly seen, but WordStar fits the description of "Runs on CP/M and is not supported" better. Edit: See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar#Abandonment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar#Abandonment
- cstross 15y agoNope: Protext. http://www.tigerteam.co.uk/protext/ http://www.tigerteam.co.uk/protext/
- keithpeter 15y agoNC100 - got it
- 2mur 15y agoGeorge R.R. Martin writes on WordStar. http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/1220865-talking-about-the-dance http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/1220865-talking-a...