Another cool word processor was "PaperClip" for the C=64.
Even though the text screen on the 64 was only 40 characters wide, Paperclip had a preview mode where you could see what a full 80-char wide page layout would look like buy displaying a width-scaled WYSIWYG representation on its 320x200 screen, including text effects like bold and underlining. Many a homework assignment was written on that thing. -sc From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant Yes, GEOS was pretty damned amazing. One can only imagine computing power today if software were so efficient. I recall saving money as a kid ('80 or '81) to buy the 16K expansion for my VIC. PaperMate (word processor for the PET) didn't allow for much text in 3K. It was $116. Good times! I still remember reading the COMPUTE! article from the CES where they described the Amiga Loraine with 4,096 colors. If I recall correctly, they added something like, "no, that was not a misprint" because no one would have believed such a crazy number of colors. I must have read that article a hundred times dreaming of such a machine. -Jeff From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant GEOS -- pure, assembler awesomeness. Sigh. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: I bought the "Schnedler Systems" 4Mhz turbo accelerator for mine (http://vintagetech.netii.net/DRIVERS/TURBO-MASTER-CPU.jpg) and the Berkely Softworks 512K RAM expansion unit to run GEOS. Was big pimpin' for the 8bit days. -sc From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant I sold my C64 so I could use the cash towards buying my Amiga. I loved that Amiga. From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 4:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant LOL I sold my C64 years ago to a guy who had plans to make it into a HAM radio of some sort. Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant Even nostalgia has limits... On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guyer, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: Makes me want to start loading a game, using the cassette player.... Go eat dinner.... Then, go back and still have to wait for it to finish loading.......... :-) Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant Makes me want to go play Bard's Tale I-III or Ultima II-V (never played Ultima). On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]> wrote: Mine too. I have my Vic-20 and C=64 in the attic. Erik Goldoff wrote: :( Vic-20 and C=64 were my first two personal computers On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dead at 83 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225995/Commodore_founder_Jack_Tr amiel_dead_at_83 Pet Vic20 C64 C128 Amiga Landmarks, each of them, and though he didn't have a hand in all of them, he pushed the personal computer industry forward in a big way. 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