Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roland Perry Newsgroups: comp.sys.amstrad.8bit Subject: Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:01:32 +0000 Organization: Roland Perry Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <51ebeh-6vk.ln1@intheattic.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: individual.net Gn+Tzz3MoNj9v8mhE734SAxhwcmM/R6toiv8xHLgjUeRd6Vvxt X-Orig-Path: perry.co.uk!roland Cancel-Lock: sha1:KMUTfeoN6HG14Fx68iEWfbflKc4= User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<5Ru5fF71$jxzR1U9dxU62mV70X>) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.amstrad.8bit:369 In message , at 22:17:15 on Mon, 15 Feb 2021, ColinR 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 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