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GregW said:
My issue with OS/2 was it would run yesterday's MS software. 16 bit was what they were allowed where NT was switching to 32 bit around that time. Played with Be as well. Neat idea, no support from vendors.
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I've still got an unsold copy of NT Server here someplace..
 
So, does anyone remember *why* it was called WordStar?

trivia time
trivia time!
 
Not sure why it was called WordStar, but know it was the predecessor to WordPerfect, then MS stepped in with Word and seemed to have scoffed up the market. MS has been doing that ever since. PJ
 
It's the "WordStar Diamond". Take a look at the cursor control - you could move the cursor without taking your hands off the alphabet keys. No mouse back then, and most other word processors required you to use the "arrow" keys, which weren't part of the keyboard itself.

_WDSTAR.GIF


Cursor Left - Ctrl S
Cursor Right - Ctrl D
Cursor Up - Ctrl E
Cursor Down - Ctrl X

Interesting history of WordStar, and how it lost out to MS Word.

https://www.wordstar.org/index.php/wordstar-history

Note how the author blames WordStar marketing department for the loss - not MS.

I started with WordStar on my cp/m Osborne back around 1980. Themz wuz th' daze!
 
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