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"Writerdeck' or simple word processor? They were first sold in the 1960s or 70s. Why? Buy, not build I'm thinking.
by hank808 4mo ago
"Writerdeck' or simple word processor? They were first sold in the 1960s or 70s. Why? Buy, not build I'm thinking.
- kibwen 4mo agoThe author already had the hardware, better to not buy than to buy.
- hank808 4mo agoYou're not gettin' the point. There's nothing here if you think about it for 10 seconds. Any ancient anything, could run vi, or vim, or Emacs, or friggin' wordstar, natively or via emulation or WHATEVER. There's nothing here.
- McGlockenshire 4mo agoYou seem to be missing the entire point of the exercise and perhaps you should go back and read the article again to understand what you're missing.
- hank808 4mo agoNopes. I'm strongly suggesting that we already had a frigging word for these things, that's also still valid AF today, and it's "word processor." Not f'n writerdeck or whatever. Dumb.
- retired_account 4mo ago> valid AF Nope. We already had a frigging phrase for that, and it’s “completely valid”, not “valid AF” or “cromulent” or whatever. Dumb.