Here’s the story behind Wordstar and a later clone called NewWord. Classic tales from the history of desktop computing.
The history of Wordstar, click here
The history of NewWord click here
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Great series. You are really pumping them out John.
This is a great series. It deserves a proper venue like old-computersdotcom or (gasp) a book.
My first computer experience was with a Kaypro II with Wordstar. I learned how to hack Wordstar and could really make it sing! I still have a library of .. commands buried in my brain somewhere.
I’m putting these pieces together for a book…to support the blog
Oh yeah, I really miss the ‘dot codes’ of the original Wordstar. NOT!
Can’t somebody say, “Who cares?” Well, I just did.
This nostalgia kick of yours, John, is taking up too much space on your blog. The bog is in danger of becoming irrelevant.
That’s it. The blog is in danger of becoming a bog.
Rich, this is far from being one of the most irrelevant topics on this blog…
“Rich’s Lame Blog” is just a few easy clicks away at blogger-dot-com…
I read this blog for the “infotainment” value and “Whatever happend to…” is informational and entertaining.
Keep’em coming, John!
I remember back in the time when I was a wee lad and the animals still spoke that I used WordStar on my home-built CP/M machine! (64K of RAM, Z-80 overclocked to 6MHz, Dual floppy drive: 360K 5″ and 1.2MB 8″) It was much faster then an IBM PC!
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ANd NO FANS…