I started out as a temp, not a tech writer, which meant I got to work on a whole LOT of systems. My agencies used to send me when someone called in with a program they'd never heard of, because they figured I either knew it or could figure it out very quickly. Alphabetically, they were,
DECmate (?) FrameMaker MASS-11 Multimate Office Writer PC-Write Philips Micom Volkswriter Wang WordPerfect WordStar XyWrite emacs (VERY LITTLE) vi (even less) On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:32 PM L Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, this brings up SO many memories... > > Does anyone remember Micom, where an 8" floppy could hold as much as 100 > pages of straight text? How about Displaywriter, one of the first to move > from a dedicated system to a PC? > > Later, I remember having to choose between Word Perfect, WordStar, and > Word for a PC, and chose Word Perfect because it favored keyboard commands > over Word's menu commands and a cleaner look than WordStar. > > Those were the days when Wang and Interleaf were used by companies like > General Motors. > > Finally, in the early 90s, I was able to move to an early version of FM > for large document sets. What a joy it was then! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Jerilynne Knight > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 6:56 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Nostalgia - was Re: FrameMaker 2015 > > Hey there Peter, I totally forgot about WordStar! I'm still a keyboard > shortcuts person and grumble heartily when they're not available. I can do > things so much more quickly with the keyboard! > > J > 317.593.5551 > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:11 PM Peter Gold <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:31 PM Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I used FullWrite on an SE/30 in the late 80s. I think it was my > > > preferred word processor for a while. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
