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Article #621455Re: Old word processors
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:00
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:00
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On 2018-03-20, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:46:46 -0500 >> Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote: >> >>> WordPerfect was very popular with >>> business in the US, in part due to their exceptionally good telephone >>> support and aftermarket add-ons for the medical and legal professions. >>> The F-key orientaton slowed me down, but I never used it for >>> production typing. >> >> Wordperfect (5.1 anyway) was pretty good provided the keyboard had >> function keys to the left in a block, it was a disaster with function keys >> in a row over the top. > > Everything is a disaster with the function keys across the top. Different strokes for different folks. I prefer the function keys on top. I had the Amiga version of WordPerfect, complete with a little card that fit perfectly into the slot on the A1000 keyboard above the function keys. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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