> On 2014-10 -24, at 11:15, 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? > > Roberto
You could ask the originators of the program. Eg, Marco Boerries, now—or was—of No. 4 (as in his 4th company), or early (and still at it) developers, many of whom are now at Open-X (I think that’s what it’s called), in Hamburg. Perhaps Juergen knows. louis > > > >> >> 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
