Hi Jim, Please post a link to the completed book when it's ready as I would like to buy it I am always interested about reading about the DOS days and have many fond memories of that time from DOS 2.0 onwards.
-Ed EdzUp On Sat, 3 Aug 2024, 21:30 Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user, < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Jim, > Congratulations! > Not a big fine of posting at the bottom. > Still, I imagine you have perhaps come across the articles where George > r. r. Martin shares that he writes his novels in DOS using Wordstar? > would rock if you got an interview, but at the very least any Wordstar > chapter should include him? > > Kare > > > > On Sat, 3 Aug 2024, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: > > > Liam Proven wrote: > >>>> From Canadian SF novelist Robert J Sawyer. (I've met him and read > >>>> quite a few of his books. I like them.) > >>>> > >>>> He writes solely in WordStar so he's put together a freebie distro of > >>>> the final version. > >>>> > >>>> https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806 > > > > Jim Hall wrote: > >>> This is really interesting! I'd seen Sawyer's archived info about > >>> WordStar, but obviously this is new. (I'm writing an academic book > >>> about 'milestones in tech writing history' and I'm considering adding > >>> a chapter on WordStar. Sawyer's info will be good research. I may also > >>> email him for an interview about it.) > > > > Roger wrote: > >> I think, you would be crazy not to ask for an interview from a > >> programmer (or "WABits") from this era! > > > > > > I've emailed Robert for an interview, and he's agreed! So that will be > exciting. > > > > If you know of anyone else I might interview about WordStar, please > > share an email address or other contact info with me. (And if you're > > volunteering for an interview, email me off-list so I can send you a > > list of interview questions.) > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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