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Article #621567Re: Old word processors
From: Andy Leighton
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:24
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:24
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:50:11 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:35:55 -0500, JimP wrote: >> >> On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 04:49:27 -0500, Charles Richmond >> <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: >> >>>Wordstar was a counter-example, as I thought the original IBM PC had a >>>more powerful, faster processor than a 4 megahertz Z80... and the Z80 >>>handled word processing well using Wordstar. >> >> I remember a word processor for the Sinclair ZX-81 with the 16Kb ram >> pack, but I don't know how well, or bad, it worked. > > I think I once ran in on an emulated Spectrum. It used graphics to > display an 80 columns display. Cannot locate the tape image on my > computer anymore to verify. The Spectrum's display was only 256 pixels wide so you may be misremembering. The Spectrum word processor I am familiar with is Tasword which did 64 columns (and that was difficult to read). I believe it originated on the ZX81. -- Andy Leighton => an...@azaal.plus.com "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" - Douglas Adams
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