Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rayner Lucas Newsgroups: comp.sys.amstrad.8bit Subject: Re: WordStar for Amstrad CPC and PCW Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 17:17:56 -0000 Organization: The Lumber Cartel (TINLC) Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <51ebeh-6vk.ln1@intheattic.eternal-september.org> <2j0keh-qqh.ln1@intheattic.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4b267472e08ee1784c39b061a444adc7"; logging-data="20930"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18uWf8MEnKbHfgq1ibOxo3O" User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q2w8UQsSBmqBaA2B5ddIgcRgerI= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.amstrad.8bit:362 In article <2j0keh-qqh.ln1@intheattic.eternal-september.org>, eternal@notreally.com says... > Do you know if VDE was ported to the Amstrad CPC. Yes, just to be clear, it was available for the CPC. > So far, Protext looks like the summit of word processing power for the > Amstrad CPC (but I've not searched much yet). The three big contenders in the CPC word processor market were Tasword, Protext, and Brunword. All had their fans; I mostly used Tasword but later got a copy of Protext and found that pleasantly speedy and usable. Never tried Brunword, but the later releases (particularly the versions that came on a custom ROM module) looked very impressive and comprehensive indeed. Rayner