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@bkuhn

I am proud with the fact that I 'wasted' my teenage years with MS-DOS, Windows 3.11, Netware, WordStar, Lotus123 and some other fantastic software.

#DOS #Netware #WordStar #Lotus123

@shrub900 @cwebber

@LeilahLilienruh Viel lustiger ist, wenn der Dozent (meiner Schwester) nur *glaubt*, dass das auf einer Schreibmaschine geschrieben ist, weil er unfähig ist, den draft-Ausdruck eines 9-Nadel-Druckers als solchen zu erkennen.
Also macht er sich die Mühe auf jeder einzelnen Seite etwas anzustreichen und dann meine Schwester zu fragen: "Und bis wann können Sie die Korrektor bringen?" und meine Schwester fragt: "Ist Morgen in Ordnung"?
#Wordstar #cpm80 #z80 #ZilogZ80

@LeilahLilienruh Viel lustiger ist, wenn der Dozent (meiner Schwester) nur *glaubt*, dass das auf einer Schreibmaschine geschrieben ist, weil er unfähig ist, den draft-Ausdruck eines 9-Nadel-Druckers als solchen zu erkennen.
Also macht er sich die Mühe auf jeder einzelnen Seite etwas anzustreichen und dann meine Schwester zu fragen: "Und bis wann können Sie die Korrektor bringen?" und meine Schwester fragt: "Ist Morgen in Ordnung"?
#Wordstar #cpm80 #z80 #ZilogZ80

@LeilahLilienruh Viel lustiger ist, wenn der Dozent (meiner Schwester) nur *glaubt*, dass das auf einer Schreibmaschine geschrieben ist, weil er unfähig ist, den draft-Ausdruck eines 9-Nadel-Druckers als solchen zu erkennen.
Also macht er sich die Mühe auf jeder einzelnen Seite etwas anzustreichen und dann meine Schwester zu fragen: "Und bis wann können Sie die Korrektor bringen?" und meine Schwester fragt: "Ist Morgen in Ordnung"?
#Wordstar #cpm80 #z80 #ZilogZ80

@LeilahLilienruh Viel lustiger ist, wenn der Dozent (meiner Schwester) nur *glaubt*, dass das auf einer Schreibmaschine geschrieben ist, weil er unfähig ist, den draft-Ausdruck eines 9-Nadel-Druckers als solchen zu erkennen.
Also macht er sich die Mühe auf jeder einzelnen Seite etwas anzustreichen und dann meine Schwester zu fragen: "Und bis wann können Sie die Korrektor bringen?" und meine Schwester fragt: "Ist Morgen in Ordnung"?
#Wordstar #cpm80 #z80 #ZilogZ80

@LeilahLilienruh Viel lustiger ist, wenn der Dozent (meiner Schwester) nur *glaubt*, dass das auf einer Schreibmaschine geschrieben ist, weil er unfähig ist, den draft-Ausdruck eines 9-Nadel-Druckers als solchen zu erkennen.
Also macht er sich die Mühe auf jeder einzelnen Seite etwas anzustreichen und dann meine Schwester zu fragen: "Und bis wann können Sie die Korrektor bringen?" und meine Schwester fragt: "Ist Morgen in Ordnung"?
#Wordstar #cpm80 #z80 #ZilogZ80

New post: WordStar: the pre-Microsoft Word days

WordStar was the hand I was dealt when I started working with computers back in the 1980s. It was also probably the cheapest word processor on the market, knowing my boss

https://md-handbook.com/blog/wordstar-pre-microsoft-word-days/

#WordStar #MSWord #wordprocessors #textonly #plaintext

New post: WordStar: the pre-Microsoft Word days

WordStar was the hand I was dealt when I started working with computers back in the 1980s. It was also probably the cheapest word processor on the market, knowing my boss

https://md-handbook.com/blog/wordstar-pre-microsoft-word-days/

#WordStar #MSWord #wordprocessors #textonly #plaintext

New post: WordStar: the pre-Microsoft Word days

WordStar was the hand I was dealt when I started working with computers back in the 1980s. It was also probably the cheapest word processor on the market, knowing my boss

https://md-handbook.com/blog/wordstar-pre-microsoft-word-days/

#WordStar #MSWord #wordprocessors #textonly #plaintext

New post: WordStar: the pre-Microsoft Word days

WordStar was the hand I was dealt when I started working with computers back in the 1980s. It was also probably the cheapest word processor on the market, knowing my boss

https://md-handbook.com/blog/wordstar-pre-microsoft-word-days/

#WordStar #MSWord #wordprocessors #textonly #plaintext

New post: The Markdown Link no. 12

Among today’s links are #markdowneditors Deepdwn and MarkLite, toolbar app Append, quick-capture app Kraa, and Mat Duggan plumbs the depths of the #filesystem

https://md-markdown.com/blog/markdown-link-no-12/

#markdown #Fountain #MSWord #WordStar #WordPerfect #Deepdwn #MarkLite #Append

New post: The Markdown Link no. 12

Among today’s links are #markdowneditors Deepdwn and MarkLite, toolbar app Append, quick-capture app Kraa, and Mat Duggan plumbs the depths of the #filesystem

https://md-markdown.com/blog/markdown-link-no-12/

#markdown #Fountain #MSWord #WordStar #WordPerfect #Deepdwn #MarkLite #Append

New post: The Markdown Link no. 12

Among today’s links are #markdowneditors Deepdwn and MarkLite, toolbar app Append, quick-capture app Kraa, and Mat Duggan plumbs the depths of the #filesystem

https://md-markdown.com/blog/markdown-link-no-12/

#markdown #Fountain #MSWord #WordStar #WordPerfect #Deepdwn #MarkLite #Append

New post: The Markdown Link no. 12

Among today’s links are #markdowneditors Deepdwn and MarkLite, toolbar app Append, quick-capture app Kraa, and Mat Duggan plumbs the depths of the #filesystem

https://md-markdown.com/blog/markdown-link-no-12/

#markdown #Fountain #MSWord #WordStar #WordPerfect #Deepdwn #MarkLite #Append

New post: The Markdown Link no. 12

Among today’s links are #markdowneditors Deepdwn and MarkLite, toolbar app Append, quick-capture app Kraa, and Mat Duggan plumbs the depths of the #filesystem

https://md-markdown.com/blog/markdown-link-no-12/

#markdown #Fountain #MSWord #WordStar #WordPerfect #Deepdwn #MarkLite #Append

The #commodore #c64ultimate #c64u gets better and better. Did you know that there is a text file editor built in? I would love to see a #wordstar like editor built in the C64U in turbo mode. And a database for addresses and such ... @[email protected] www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNzF...

C64 Ultimate File Viewer: Read...

Today, there are many choices of software for writing. Word, Scrivener, Focuswriter, Final Draft, Obsidian, etc. Even so, there are diehards who won’t give up their pens, pencils, typewriters, or old school software. George R. R. Martin, for instance, has stuck with using WordStar 4.0 on MS-DOS. https://medium.com/@estavillo/the-writing-systems-of-prolific-authors-changing-your-writing-system-may-boost-your-creativity-9ae2aa551565 #GeorgeRRMartin #WordStar #WritingSoftware 13/14

I take an interest in what people think is "before the internet", as people seem to have widely differing notions, but this is a novel twist to me.

Nice article about Michael J Fox's new memoir, but 1985 was neither pre-internet nor *pre-word processor*. For example, WarGames in its initial scene setting was a reasonably accurate film portrayal of what you could do with a modem in 1983, and WordStar launched in 1978.
#internet #wordstar #hollywood

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/14/future-boy-by-michael-j-fox-review-secrets-from-the-set-of-a-definitive-80s-movie

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

El 25 de mayo de 1949 Juan #Perón publica su Mensaje a la Juventud con motivo de la Fecha Patria. En el mismo expone cómo intercambiar la posición de la tecla #Ctrl con #BloqMayús en #Ubuntu para poder escribir al estilo del #editor #WordStar y otros.
https://tinyurl.com/3u3z36s2

Pro Kagi Translate:
Man kann dort jetzt auch #WordStar-Dokumente übersetzen lassen.

Contra Kagi Translate:
Wenn man das tut, steht im übersetzten Text der KI-Prompt, der im Hintergrund ausgeführt wurde.

🤦‍♂️

https://kagifeedback.org/d/5305-kagi-translate-feedback/794

Get the marvelous MicroPro #Wordstar hand and touch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC8J3CD5JuE
#retrocomputing

I even have it installed* on my Mac…

* both it** and its modern clone, WordTsar:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wordtsar/

** on DOSBoX: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/7

#retrocomputing #WordStar #WordTsar
https://stefanbohacek.online/@discontinued/114492099046692828

I even have it installed* on my Mac…

* both it** and its modern clone, WordTsar:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wordtsar/

** on DOSBoX: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/7

#retrocomputing #WordStar #WordTsar
https://stefanbohacek.online/@discontinued/114492099046692828

I even have it installed* on my Mac…

* both it** and its modern clone, WordTsar:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wordtsar/

** on DOSBoX: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/7

#retrocomputing #WordStar #WordTsar
https://stefanbohacek.online/@discontinued/114492099046692828

I even have it installed* on my Mac…

* both it** and its modern clone, WordTsar:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wordtsar/

** on DOSBoX: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/7

#retrocomputing #WordStar #WordTsar
https://stefanbohacek.online/@discontinued/114492099046692828

I even have it installed* on my Mac…

* both it** and its modern clone, WordTsar:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wordtsar/

** on DOSBoX: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/7

#retrocomputing #WordStar #WordTsar
https://stefanbohacek.online/@discontinued/114492099046692828

@cstross George R. R. Martin would doubtless beg to differ. #wordstar

Episódio 160 – Integrados e Suítes – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/12/episodio-160-parte-b/

#Podcast #aplicaes #atari #AtariWorks #Borland #BorlandOffice #CorelOffice #DeskMate #epson #HAL #Halnote #integrado #LibreOffice #Lotus #LotusSmartsuite #Micropro #microsoft #MSX #Novell #office #OpenOffice #PerfectOffice #podcast #QX10 #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #Software #Starburst #StarOffice #suite #Valdocs #WordPerfectOffice #WordStar

Episódio 160 – Integrados e Suítes – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/12/episodio-160-parte-b/

#Podcast #aplicaes #atari #AtariWorks #Borland #BorlandOffice #CorelOffice #DeskMate #epson #HAL #Halnote #integrado #LibreOffice #Lotus #LotusSmartsuite #Micropro #microsoft #MSX #Novell #office #OpenOffice #PerfectOffice #podcast #QX10 #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #Software #Starburst #StarOffice #suite #Valdocs #WordPerfectOffice #WordStar

Episódio 160 – Integrados e Suítes – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/12/episodio-160-parte-b/

#Podcast #aplicaes #atari #AtariWorks #Borland #BorlandOffice #CorelOffice #DeskMate #epson #HAL #Halnote #integrado #LibreOffice #Lotus #LotusSmartsuite #Micropro #microsoft #MSX #Novell #office #OpenOffice #PerfectOffice #podcast #QX10 #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #Software #Starburst #StarOffice #suite #Valdocs #WordPerfectOffice #WordStar

Episódio 160 – Integrados e Suítes – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/12/episodio-160-parte-b/

#Podcast #aplicaes #atari #AtariWorks #Borland #BorlandOffice #CorelOffice #DeskMate #epson #HAL #Halnote #integrado #LibreOffice #Lotus #LotusSmartsuite #Micropro #microsoft #MSX #Novell #office #OpenOffice #PerfectOffice #podcast #QX10 #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #Software #Starburst #StarOffice #suite #Valdocs #WordPerfectOffice #WordStar

Episódio 160 – Integrados e Suítes – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/12/episodio-160-parte-b/

#Podcast #aplicaes #atari #AtariWorks #Borland #BorlandOffice #CorelOffice #DeskMate #epson #HAL #Halnote #integrado #LibreOffice #Lotus #LotusSmartsuite #Micropro #microsoft #MSX #Novell #office #OpenOffice #PerfectOffice #podcast #QX10 #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #Software #Starburst #StarOffice #suite #Valdocs #WordPerfectOffice #WordStar

Safe space. Wordstar. #vintagecomputing #wordstar

@nixCraft
My high school didn’t have enough fancy 286 computers so some of us used original 8086 with just 384kb of ram? IDE (had to use #WordStar key bindings) was Turbo #Pascal 3.0 and I’d exit back to DOS to compile.

I volunteered to use the worst computer so the following semester I’d get first dibs on new (for the school) computers: 386 w/4MB ram. 😎

#Borland

#Wordstar v4.0 on #RunCPM not with READ.ME,
but with RUNCPM.DOC ;)

T3X/0 now has a WordStar-compatible editor for CP/M that can compile T3X programs and locate errors.

It runs fine on my Agon Light 2 and makes T3X programming on CP/M much more fun, because you do not have to leave the editor for compiling. The Agon is fast so that you barely notice how the compiler overlay is loaded.

Homepage: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/
Download: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3x0cpm.zip

#CPM, #compilers, #WordStar, #retrocomputing, #T3X

T3X/0 now has a WordStar-compatible editor for CP/M that can compile T3X programs and locate errors.

It runs fine on my Agon Light 2 and makes T3X programming on CP/M much more fun, because you do not have to leave the editor for compiling. The Agon is fast so that you barely notice how the compiler overlay is loaded.

Homepage: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/
Download: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3x0cpm.zip

#CPM, #compilers, #WordStar, #retrocomputing, #T3X

T3X/0 now has a WordStar-compatible editor for CP/M that can compile T3X programs and locate errors.

It runs fine on my Agon Light 2 and makes T3X programming on CP/M much more fun, because you do not have to leave the editor for compiling. The Agon is fast so that you barely notice how the compiler overlay is loaded.

Homepage: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/
Download: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3x0cpm.zip

#CPM, #compilers, #WordStar, #retrocomputing, #T3X

T3X/0 now has a WordStar-compatible editor for CP/M that can compile T3X programs and locate errors.

It runs fine on my Agon Light 2 and makes T3X programming on CP/M much more fun, because you do not have to leave the editor for compiling. The Agon is fast so that you barely notice how the compiler overlay is loaded.

Homepage: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/
Download: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3x0cpm.zip

#CPM, #compilers, #WordStar, #retrocomputing, #T3X

T3X/0 now has a WordStar-compatible editor for CP/M that can compile T3X programs and locate errors.

It runs fine on my Agon Light 2 and makes T3X programming on CP/M much more fun, because you do not have to leave the editor for compiling. The Agon is fast so that you barely notice how the compiler overlay is loaded.

Homepage: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/
Download: http://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3x0cpm.zip

#CPM, #compilers, #WordStar, #retrocomputing, #T3X

@BrideOfLinux just like "you have not experienced Shakespeare until you read it in the original Klingon", you have not experienced #WordStar until you have used it on the original CP/M 😉

'Logical, beautiful, perfect' WordStar rises again: How you can type faster with this old tech https://zdnet.com/article/logical-beautiful-perfect-wordstar-rises-again-how-you-can-type-faster-with-this-old-tech/ by @sjvn

#WordStar was my first word processor back in 1981. Now, 30 years after its last update, it’s making something of a comeback.

📬 WordStar: Autor stellt Kult-DOS-App kostenlos zur Verfügung
#Artikel #Abandonware #AnneRice #GeorgeMartin #RobertJSawyer #Texteditor #WordStar https://sc.tarnkappe.info/f48409

It took some time to figure out but now I can print directly from WordStar! Removing page height makes the nice print on tractor/infinite paper I really needed.

#DOS #WinXP #WordStar

I spent some time reading the @arstechnica article about #WordStar ... And the comments, and #Wordtsar and Joe/jstar and the previous article from 2017. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/wordstar-a-writers-word-processor/ Quite interesting, now I will review my keyboard Shortcuts for #nvim and my #Mac / #linux.