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Re: What was your first word-processor?



Mike Ching (kulasoft@pixi.com) wrote:
: Jorn Barger wrote:
: >  
: > To jog your memories, here's a rough timeline of micro word
: > processing from 1976 thru 1985 (corrections appreciated), followed by
: > a partial inventory of wp names for various micro platforms (Apple,
: > Atari, C64, IBM, etc):
: > 
: > 1976: Michael Shrayer's Electric Pencil for Altair (1975)
: > 1978? Word Pro 1.1, a very slow, tape-driven line-editor for CBM Pet
: > 1978: MicroPro introduces WordMaster (CP/M?) by Rob Barnaby
: > 1979: MicroPro's WordStar for CP/M, by Rob Barnaby
: > 1979: Apple Computer releases Paul Lutus's AppleWriter 1.0 for Apple2
: > 1980: Mark of the Unicorn's Mince (PerfectWriter/FinalWord) for IBM,
: > CP/M
: > 1980?: EasyWriter for Apple?
: > 1981?: EasyWriter by Capt Crunch/ John Draper for IBM
: > 1981?: Applewriter 2

: ...

: Yeah, I remember AppleWriter 1, working in 40-columns and all upper
: case.  Those were the days.

: For those who missed it, the story of Cap'n Crunch's creation of
: Easy Writer is at

:   http://www.vcomm.net/~crunch/ibmstory/

: - mike 
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You are skipping some like Benchmark and SpellBinder.  Sorry, can't
help on dates.
						 - don