Favourite text based word processing software

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Sun Dec 14 14:03:09 CST 2014


On 12/14/2014 09:10 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:

> Many years after performing this somewhat less than useful task, my advice is:
> don't write your word processor in FORTRAN IV on an IBM S/370.

On the other hand, WPs can be written quite successfully in BASIC 
running on a 3.5MHz 8085, given the necessary "hooks" (e.g. direct video 
displays).  Pretty much full-featured too, with font changes and all of 
the usual stuff.

--Chuck



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