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George R. R. Martin Still Uses a DOS Word Processor [video]
- tylerdane 5mo agoMaybe I don't need $AI_IDE_OF_THE_WEEK after all...
- montgomery_r 5mo agoWesterDOS.
- andsoitis 5mo agonot just ANY word processor. THE word processor: Wordstar! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar https://www.sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm https://www.sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm
- Rzor 5mo ago11 years ago. Martin a few years ago gave an interview where he stated that he uses a modern PC now, assembled by one of his assistants (and I assume modern software).
- tylerdane 5mo agoBut the modern PC still uses DOS and WordStar lol. "Well, he doesn’t actually write on an old DOS computer. He did write on an old DOS computer, and then it died. Actually, I built him the computer he writes on now, which is a state-of-the-art machine running DOS and WordStar 4.0." - GRRM's employee https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-james-s-corey/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-jame...
- tstrimple 5mo agoSomething tells me he hasn’t been using a word processor for over a decade.