Mike on Sat, 2 Mar 2019 19:28:12 -0800 typed in
alt.windows7.general the following:
On 3/2/2019 7:02 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Ken Blake on Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:05:21 -0700
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:39:53 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

"Mayayana" on Sat, 2 Mar 2019 15:46:24 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
In that world it's not your computer and you
have no business doing much of anything other
than writing Word docs and saving them to your
docs folder.

I have been using Wordperfect since it was Wordstar.

WordPerfect was never WordStar. They were two different competing
products.

You're probably correct.

No probably about it, he is correct. And don't forget PC Write, but I
might be dating myself. PC Write was I think written in assembly, and was
lightweight and super fast. Not as full featured as the others, of course,
but infinitely preferable to EDLIN (egads). My students don't know how good
they have it nowadays, by not having to use EDLIN to write their reports.
Or having to use a typewriter.


You ain't lived until you've had to walk 100 yards across the building
to get a printout to see if your text formatting was was you wanted.
Those who popped out of the womb with an iPad in one hand will never
appreciate what they have.

GF would use the punch card machines. Turn in the deck, go to
class, come back with the results. "Beat waiting for a terminal."
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pyotr filipivich
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