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To: Dr. Sivana

“I did my thesis on one of those with Wordstar 3, coupled with an NEC Spinwriter.”

You did anything constructive on that tiny screen?


10 posted on 09/15/2014 4:57:06 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: PLMerite
You did anything constructive on that tiny screen?

Yup, I wrote 2/3rds of a 65 page thesis on it on spring break. When I got back to college, I used Uniform-PC to read it into a PC's Limited '286 and imported it into WoredPerfect, which handled footnotes and foreign characters better. I also had to modify the LaserJet I print driver to print foreign characters easily. HPCL was largely composed of lower case letter-l, the number 1, zeroes, and capital letter O. It was hellish, but in a funny sort of way.
15 posted on 09/15/2014 5:13:34 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: PLMerite

I put my family’s business inventory on my Kaypro and C64. That was fun..


32 posted on 09/16/2014 11:58:56 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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