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When WordStar Was King (2009) [pdf]

• simonblack 12y ago
  I got imprinted with WordStar back in the early 80s. So much so, that when I program today I use those same text-editing command-codes. So I can jump seamlessly from programming on CP/M, Linux or even MSDOS. Frightening, isn't it? <grin>
  • ljosa 12y ago
    A bunch of us got those commands imprinted on our brain by using Turbo Pascal, even though we didn't use WordStar.
    • wslh 12y ago
      Ctrl-KB Ctrl-KK Ctrl-KC
• lobster_johnson 12y ago
  Second WordStar article posted today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272952.
• cbd1984 12y ago
  Here's an editor with a WordStar-style interface: https://www.mirbsd.org/jupp.htm https://www.mirbsd.org/jupp.htm
  • twotwotwo 12y ago
    Huh! I use joe, and wasn't aware someone had forked/worked on it. Nifty.
• brickmort 12y ago
  I kept reading this title as 'When WorldStar' Was King...
  • onedev 12y ago
    Same here. I was surprised to find HN talking about WSHH....