There's a certain retro charm that older wordprocessors possess - the wordprocessor that always springs to mind is the one Peter Coyote used in Bitter Moon. I remember searching for it on the Intertubes, with little luck.
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Nothing masochistic about WordStar. The command sequences were considered arcane by many but had a certain amount of logic [...]Exactly, the logic was kinaesthetic, not intellectual. Once you'd trained your fingers, they knew what to do without needing your brain thereafter.
But far and away the most important thing about WordStar was the fact that you could do everything without moving your hands away from the home keys.
There's a certain retro charm that older wordprocessors possess - the wordprocessor that always springs to mind is the one Peter Coyote used in Bitter Moon. I remember searching for it on the Intertubes, with little luck.
I don't remember the name of the word processor that came with my Leading Edge XT Clone. But it made heavy use of the Function Keys.Wasn't that WordPerfect 5.1? It was controlled by functionkeys almost 100%
Exactly, the logic was kinaesthetic, not intellectual.It was a little more than just kinaesthetic (if I understand that term correctly) - at least for the 'core' navigation keys. There was a logic to the command key layout that mirrored the desired navigation. As Wikipedia puts it:
For example, the "diamond" of Ctrl-S/E/D/X moved the cursors one character or line to the left, up, right, or down. Ctrl-A/F (to the outside of the "diamond") moved the cursor a full word left/right, and Ctrl-R/C (just "past" the Ctrl keys for up and down) scrolled a full page up/down.
It was a little more than just kinaesthetic (if I understand that term correctly) - at least for the 'core' navigation keys. [...] This idea of placing the commands to mirror the action works well enough that I could remember the actions of those particular keys even after not using the Wordstar layout for more than a decade (which I think is unfortunate, but I got tired of fighting to have to configure every last bit of software to respect the Wordstar commands).That's true, there is an "intellectual logic" to the WordStar Diamond, if not always the other keys.
I don't remember the name of the word processor that came with my Leading Edge XT Clone. But it made heavy use of the Function Keys.Wasn't that WordPerfect 5.1? It was controlled by functionkeys almost 100%
Getting online into mailbox systems with 300 bd, later with a lightspeed modem at 1200 bd and a software that somewhat sounds like Qemm, don't askQModem?
I don't recall the DOS program name that became InfoSelectTornado Notes. It was mentioned in another DC thread recently.
Yah. I vas dere. These short-term memory lapses get frustratingI don't recall the DOS program name that became InfoSelectTornado Notes. It was mentioned in another DC thread recently.
. On the other hand, things don't keep me awake at night very much 
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On the other hand, things don't keep me awake at night very muchPlus, every day you get to meet a new friend… in the shaving mirror.
. Pretty much weekly or three (3) times a month. Might be the original shabby - er, make that shaggy - coder ![:-\](/forum/Smileys/fun/sleepy.gif ":-\")
. OK, prolly not, but I try .
Visicalc!
I didn't realise that it is time for: Celebrating VisiCalc's 32nd birthday with the inventors of the spreadsheet
Visicalc!
I didn't realise that it is time for: Celebrating VisiCalc's 32nd birthday with the inventors of the spreadsheet
Don't forget to get a copy (as indicated on the linked site) of the MS-DOS version from Bricklin's site: http://bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm
Original address: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=27548.0
