On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Roberto Galoppini <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-10-24 16:41 GMT+02:00 Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com>: > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a >> proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which itself >> started as StarWriter, an application written in 1985 by Marco Börries >> . >> >> So next year, in 2015, will be our 30th anniversary. >> >> Any ideas what we might do? >> >> For example, does anyone still have a Zilog Z80 (or an emulator) that >> can run the original StarWriter? >> > > I'm still a proud owner of a ZX Spectrum Sinclair 48k, never heard about a > StarWriter app, though. Does it exist, ideas about to get it? >
Cool! This is from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarOffice#History It references a page on our wiki that claims StarWriter 1.0 was released in 1985. No idea where to get the code. Maybe Juergen or another "old-timer" would have a clue for us? -Rob > Roberto > > > >> >> It looks like some emulators here: >> >> http://www.z80.info/z80emu.htm#EMU_CPU_W32 >> >> It might be interesting to show the history of Writer, from release to >> release, via a set of screen shots (or a movie) showing the evolution >> of the UI. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org
