I'm a big fan of portable computers, and besides my beloved Model T, I have an Amstrad NC100, a mid-90s machine in a similar form factor but with a fairly sophisticated word processor on board. Like most machines from that era, the word processor saves in an obsolete proprietary format, but someone has written a clever BASIC program for it that converts files to Rich Text Format. They can then, of course, be opened up with Word on a modern PC, with formatting maintained.
The program is here: https://www.ncus.org.uk/utils.htm#nc_to_rtf It got me wondering whether BASIC on the Model T could support something similar. Obviously TEXT doesn't directly support bold, underline etc, but it wouldn't be difficult to just use some symbols as on/off indicators for these. Would it then be possible to use a BASIC program like the one above to create a new file with the relevant RTF formatting codes in it? I'm sure you see what I'm getting at here. Maybe someone has already done something similar? Or there's a better word processing program out there than TEXT? It would be really helpful as I use my Model T for writing quite a lot. I have a Backpack drive so transfer across to a PC is very simple. Do let me know your thoughts on this! Lee
