Re: What was Sprint

[Daniel Say say@xxxxxxxx]

Harry Binswangr wrote:
> Sprint . . . what was that, back in the day?
>
>
	Sprint was Final Word, etc.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_%28word_processor%29

    See also MINCE


	Electric Pencil?
    Ah the days of the wooden-sided Sol 20s
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Pencil

    WordStar was so dominant in its day that most
    other Processors had some conversion utility for
    the imbedded codes.
    I was using PC-Write from Seattle at the time
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar (many languages
      and perspectives in the left rail)
 
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-Write
      a very popular Textverarbeitungsprogramm


    And of course our dearly beloved, super fast,
    and multi-configurable
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XyWrite
        (Why only in English?)

                  Daniel Say

> Electric Pencil is credited by whoever wrote the article at
> Wikipedia with being the first microcomputer Word Processor.
>
>
> >By "Sprint", I take it you are not referring to the cell phone
> >service company . . . .
> >
> >Wordstar goes back to the dawn of the PC. (Does it even predate
> >Xy ? Perhaps.)
> >
> >If old word processors are getting some trace of a second wind,
> >courtesy of vDos, don't forget about Textra. That was probably
> >the next best word processor I ever tried, after XyWrite.
> >
> >
> >   Jordan
> >