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Re: WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)

From Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)
Date 2014-09-05 16:41 +0300
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

> http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm
>
>    Many Science Fiction writers - including myself, Roger MacBride Allen,
>    Jeffrey A. Carver, Arthur C. Clarke, David Gerrold, Terence M. Green,
>    James Gunn, Matthew Hughes, Donald Kingsbury, Eric Kotani, Paul
>    Levinson, George R. R. Martin, Vonda McIntyre, Kit Reed, Jennifer
>    Roberson, and Edo van Belkom - continue to use WordStar for DOS as our
>    writing tool of choice.

Since that's so old (1996), it would be interesting to know who of the
writers on that list are still using WordStar almost 20 years
later... Off the top of my head Martin does and Clarke doesn't but I
have no idea about the others.

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WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-05 09:57 +0000
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-09-05 16:41 +0300
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-05 10:18 -0400
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-09-05 15:45 +0100
      Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-05 14:45 -0400
        Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-06 01:38 +0000
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-09-06 17:18 +0000
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Murphy <fake@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-06 17:54 -0400
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-07 10:12 +0000
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-11 18:38 +0100

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