Re: [SLUG] ZX-80/computer history

From: Ronan Heffernan (ronan@iotcorp.com)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 04:26:33 EDT


Paul M Foster 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

WordStar is a footnote with an accompanying palindrome:
    "Rats drown in WordStar"

Probably discovered by someone who had to use it eight hours a day.
--ronan



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