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Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW

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In message <s0ert6$ljc$1@dont-email.me>, at 22:17:15 on Mon, 15 Feb 
2021, ColinR <rail@greystane.shetland.co.uk> remarked:
>On 09/02/2021 16:58, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <51ebeh-6vk.ln1@intheattic.eternal-september.org>, at 
>>19:57:09 on Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> remarked:
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> So, I've been wondering... How good/bad was Wordstar for the Amstrad
>>> CPC? And I mean with that: was it usable?, barely palatable?, packed
>>> with features?, best of class word processor for that computer
>>> platform?, a joy to use?, hellish to use?, seldom used because other
>>> better options existed?
>>>
>>> I would love to read some recollections about how was the user experience
>>> running Wordstar on the Amstrad CPC platform.
>>>
>>> Also, I know the Amstrad PCW was a popular writing tool in the 80's.
>>> Was Wordstar used in that? Or was some other word processor the tool of
>>> choice for the Amstrad PCW platform?
>>>
>>> I really would like to know more about that.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering about running Wordstar on a Amstrad CPC emulator
>>> (caprice32). Is that doable? Is there a better emulator for the Amstrad
>>> CPC to run Wordstar on?
>>  A random collection of thoughts:
>>  I don't recollect any version of Wordstar for the CPC native mode.
>>  There's no reason why a CP/M version of Wordstar would fail to run 
>>on a  CPC1628 under CP/M. (Or indeed on the PCW under CP/M)
>>  In a parallel universe the PCW could easily have been a 
>>CPC6128-alike  running Wordstar (or God Forbid, Tasword) rather than 
>>the LocoScript  which was commissioned for it.
>
>Oyyy, you. I liked Tasword!!

A lot of people did, for writing memos the CPC. But it wasn't up to 
proper word processing (especially things like mixed sizes/fonts on one 
line and right justification). Remember too, it had to drive the printer 
pins direct (in simulated 24-pin mode), not just throw acsii at a 
printer port.
-- 
Roland Perry

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WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-01-28 19:57 +0100
  Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW ColinR <rail@greystane.shetland.co.uk> - 2021-01-30 19:36 +0000
    Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> - 2021-01-31 01:24 +0000
      Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-02-01 02:02 +0100
        Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2021-02-01 16:07 +0000
          Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-02-01 23:04 +0100
        Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> - 2021-02-01 17:17 +0000
          Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-02-02 01:20 +0100
    Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-02-01 01:36 +0100
  Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-01-31 14:55 +0000
  Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2021-02-09 16:58 +0000
    Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2021-02-09 22:23 +0100
      Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2021-02-13 06:25 +0000
    Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW ColinR <rail@greystane.shetland.co.uk> - 2021-02-15 22:17 +0000
      Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2021-02-16 07:01 +0000

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