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Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW

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In article <rv4cg6$u56$1@dont-email.me>, rail@greystane.shetland.co.uk 
says...
> 
> On 28/01/2021 18:57, Juancho wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I never used Wordstar but used a similar programme called Tasword by 
> Tasman Software. I even continued using this when I moved from an 
> Amstrad CPC onto a full PC. It was very comprehensive, but being a text 
> based system, it could not be WSIWYG so could never be called user 
> friendly these days, although then was sufficient.

A version of Wordstar existed for the CPC, but I don't remember ever 
seeing it advertised for sale. Between the lack of promotion and the 
eye-watering price (£120 compared to around £25 for its competitors), I 
don't think it saw widespread use.

There was a superb public domain word processor called VDE that was 
compatible with Wordstar's command keys and file format. A DOS/Windows 
version still exists today: https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home

Tasword was a stalwart tool that served me well. IIRC the "power user" 
choice on the CPC was the ROM version of Protext, as this left you the 
most RAM available for your document and also had the nice bonus of 
starting up instantly.


Rayner

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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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