[HN Gopher] Volkswriter Deluxe - One of the first word processor... ___________________________________________________________________ Volkswriter Deluxe - One of the first word processors for the IBM PC Author : todsacerdoti Score : 13 points Date : 2022-08-27 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (computeradsfromthepast.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (computeradsfromthepast.substack.com) | pinewurst wrote: | I remember buying VolksWriter back when it was the simple WP | choice on the PC. EasyWriter did suck and I don't think native | WordStar was available yet. I used it through college more or | less. | gregsadetsky wrote: | Couldn't fully try it out on mobile, but Volkswriter does seem | available here thanks to archive.org's emulation efforts: | | https://archive.org/details/Volkswriter_3 | tpmx wrote: | That ad/cover art. This particular example is eh, somewhat over | the top, but: I miss this genre. Back then software (companies) | had personality. | selfhoster11 wrote: | Wow you weren't kidding. This particular cover looks opulent. | userbinator wrote: | It's a similar style to a comic book cover. Definitely more | interesting than the Corporate Memphis that has taken over | today. | amelius wrote: | Does anyone remember ChiWriter? | | https://horstmann.com/ChiWriter/ | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChiWriter ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-08-27 23:00 UTC)