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



>
> 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
>
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