The DEC Rainbow?! Now there's a name I have not heard in a LONG time. THE
MOST non-intuitive file OS I think. Next to CP/M or Frameworks (User
interface app), anyone remember that one?!
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 18:40, you wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:37:49AM -0400, Norbert Cartagena wrote:
> > Didn't WordStar become StarOffice eventually?
>
> That's what we get for letting these young whipper-snappers on this
> list, dag-nabbit!
>
> WordStar is/was an entirely different thing from StarOffice. Some people
> swore by its arcane keystroke commands, which aren't/weren't near as bad
> as emacs. WordStar was the king until Word Perfect came along. Now it's
> just a footnote in computer history, along with the DEC Rainbow, Pong,
> and Lotus 123. <sniff>
>
> Paul
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