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Article #621346Re: Old word processors
From: Carlos E.R.
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:11
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:11
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On 2018-03-20 21:03, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:05:48 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >> I forgot about the "Amstrad PCW", a dedicated PC/M based word processor >> machine. Came complete: Display with complete cpu and floppy drive (two) >> in the same box, detached keyboard and a printer. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW > > Their advertisement said you don't need to know anything about > computers. Thus many computerphobes were able to to word processing. Yep. > The last to be introduced seems to be the "PcW16" in 1995. That was > probably the last mainstream computer powered by a Zilog Z80. Wow, that late? -- Cheers, Carlos.
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