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What was the first word processor hardware/software you ever used?

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AStar617

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Typewriters not included.

For me... WPS-80 on a DEC Rainbow 100 running CP/M. 🙂 My father worked for DEC so this is a bit deceiving, I'm only 24.

It definitely sucked trying to print a paper on the deafening LA-50 dot matrix printer when I was supposed to be in bed... lol
 
What was the first word processor hardware/software you ever used?
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I don't remember what it was called, but it was a stand alone unit w/ a small amber screen IIRC 😱
 
Typewriter of course, but AppleWriter on an Apple II+ clone carried me through many school years. I had both a 9-pin dot matrix printer, and an actual wheel type printer <-- As good as laser but slow.
 
Originally posted by: zanieladie
A Brother...can't recall the model or anything. All it did was word processing.
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ditto. I typed all my college papers on it. Them newfangled compooters were waaay to expensive in my day😉
 
Wordstar probably version 4 on I think a Sanyo MBC-555 running at 3.6 Mhz. It was in DOS. I think Wordstar was awesome. I wish they had a new version. ^K's
 
First for me was AppleWorks, and my favorite has to be MS Word 2.0a (home use). However I used Word Perfect 5.1-6.x extensively at school & work.
 
Electric Pencil.... on TRS-80

...no lie!


-just checked. There is no mention of Michael Shrayer - the author of the word processing program Electric Pencil in Wikipedia-
 
program called first or i believe thats what it was called, my step dad had one of those computers with the tower and montior all in one, i played monopoly and lump on it all the time 🙂
 
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