[HN Gopher] Volkswriter Deluxe - One of the first word processor...
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       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
        
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