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As I said, LocoScript is about the best WP I saw on any 8-bit. I don't want to denigrate it. But I suspect it achieved that because of 2 things: [1] It was wr
by lproven 4y ago
As I said, LocoScript is about the best WP I saw on any 8-bit. I don't want to denigrate it.
But I suspect it achieved that because of 2 things:
[1] It was written by 2 experienced developers, already veterans of the Data Recall Diamond system, as referenced here:
https://www.theregister.com/Print/2015/09/09/joyce_turns_30/ https://www.theregister.com/Print/2015/09/09/joyce_turns_30/
[2] And because it came along late enough to be influenced by the new wave of 16-bit computers and GUIs and the combination of those and how they affected word processors.
LocoScript didn't expose any CP/M functionality because it didn't run on CP/M. It used the disk structure, and that meant it could use CP/M User Areas as a single-layer directory structure, which was inspired. TBH for non-technical users, 8 flat folders & multiple disks is enough, I suspect.
As for the Cat, yes, it was profoundly different, from the demo videos I've seen. Martin Wichary got lucky finding a cheap one. I've never seen a working one. :-(
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI bet there's some bloody ASIC in a Canon Cat that's not in any meaningful way documented and renders it uncloneable and hard to emulate.
- lproven 4y agoNot at all. Other posts in this thread have linked to emulators. There's one on the Internet Archive, which runs in your browser. https://archive.org/details/canoncat https://archive.org/details/canoncat