• [September 22, 2005]
  • What was the first word processing program you ever used?
  • By:  Adam Carheden
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Reader Comments

Bad poll. It doesn't include Bank Street Writer.

jasonboche- October 11, 2005

Article Rating 3 out of 5

Where's Electric Pencil? I ran it on TRS-80 model

ksmith@dufresne-henry.com- October 12, 2005

Article Rating 3 out of 5

I used Celebrity, where is it now?

roncarl- November 04, 2005

Article Rating 4 out of 5

I used a tie in application on a Tandy Computer - I think it was called "OfficeMate" of something like that - circa 1990.

Medmarc_Group- November 16, 2005

Article Rating 4 out of 5

It was WordStar, back in 1988! I remember having to use all of the 'Alt' key combinations to get it to do the various formatting commands. It was my first lesson in learning to make a back up of my work, since I lost a term paper by trying to format it!

claimit- November 22, 2005

Article Rating 4 out of 5

The very first would probably be Apple Writer II on the Apple II, but following up shortly after that would be the proprietary DisplayWriter from IBM. In that period, I also handled WordStar (on the Apple II with a Z80 card), Bank Street Writer and AppleWorks.

PeteDude- November 22, 2005

Article Rating 3 out of 5

In the early '80's my oldest son and I worked on a Vic 20 and later a other hardware. The earliest software I can remember are the Apple programs he used in early grade school and WordStar I used at home. We never had anything for the Vic.

He's now a Enterprise Architect for a multi-national and I own my own technology company. We both still use and my oldest grandson is learning the tricks from WordStar.

Swig4Winetmag- February 16, 2006

Article Rating 3 out of 5

 
 

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