Subj : Wordstar 7.0 Archive
To   : Ben Collver
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 13:11:57

  Re: Wordstar 7.0 Archive
  By: Ben Collver to All on Thu Aug 01 2024 02:33 pm

 > <https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm>

 > WordStar was first introduced in 1978 and the final release--WordStar for DO
 > 7.0 Rev. D--came out in December 1992. The program has never been updated
 > since, and the company that made it has been defunct for decades; the progra
 > is abandonware.

Nice - I use DOS/Windows console text editors like VDE, Qedit and TSE - at the heart of them is the same Ctrl-K command set that Wordstar used.

There's a lot to be said for undistracted writing - open up a full screen DOS window and Just Start Typing. You've got no Wikipedia rabbit holes to go down, no web to browse when you're stuck for an idea, and no email to distract.

I keep an old Thinkpad X60 for just such opportunities.
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