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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:23:35 -0400
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Robert,

I wasn't aware that it was styled after Wordstar.  I haven't ever used
Wordstar, but understand that it was THE program to use, back in the
day.....and today, by a few :-)

I used the DRDOS editor just today, just a bit.  Given the info you
provide below, maybe I'll take some time to look it over a bit better.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Robert W Moss wrote:
> 
> DRDOS's text editor was written to emulate Wordstar commands.
> At that time Wordstar was the standard and most used word processor.
> It was written to take advantage of pure typist abilities to use the
> little
> fingers on shift/control/alt keys in combination with other keys.  When
> Word Perfect came along they took over the word processor field
> because the powers that be in Wordstar INC didn't change fast enough
> to suit the competition.
> 
> Those of you who were not around in circa 1985 problably don't know
> and have not heard anything about the old Wordstar, but DRDOS has
> kept an almost pure copyof the style.  It is a pretty powerful program
> if you have the time to study all of its capabilities.  A touch typist
> will
> be able to learn it quickly, but for many who learned to Hunt And Peck
> it is difficult.
> 
> MSDOS's Editor  requires their Basic Program to be on the computer or
> it will not run properly if at all.
> 
> BOB "DOMAN" MOSS