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WordStarAn earlier full-featured word processing program for CP/M and DOS from MicroPro International Corporation, later renamed WordStar International. Introduced in 1978 for the CP/M operating system, WordStar was the first program to give full word processing capabilities to personal computer users at far less cost than the dedicated word processors of the time. Many WordStar keyboard commands became de facto standards for text manipulation (see WordStar diamond). WordStar was later acquired by The Learning Company. A Windows version was also created, and all were subsequently disbanded.
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The first fairly widely available personal computer (Altair 8800) appeared on the market in 1975, Apple Computer was founded in 1976, Wordstar appeared on the market in 1979, and finally, in 1981, the IBM PC made its appearance. To bring in more money, Meiringer also transcribed scripts and other documents on the computer for writers, while Douma was tinkering with Wordstar, an early word processor, to ease the script-writing process. For example, a report prepared in WordStar isn't readable in WordPerfect or MultiMate. |
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