Word Writer for the 128

[Stephane Richard]

I found that in the downloads (not sure if it's here or elsewhere) and I'd like to know what people that use it think about it, as compared to, let's say, GeoWrite for GEOS?  is it worth it?  one think I like is of course the 80 column screen which helps for this kind of software.

I agree that GeoWrite is more visual, but how big can a geoWrite document be?  compared to a WordWriter document?

[RobertB]

I agree that GeoWrite is more visual, but how big can a geoWrite document be?  compared to a WordWriter document?

Well, I'm not sure about GEOWrite, but a Geopublish document maxes out at 16 pages.

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[mothertrucker]

Word Writer 128 (Timeworks) is not a bad word processor. I prefer BB Writer 128 though. It has superior printer control, and editing control that beat just about anything alse yet published (still!) for the C-128.
The bad news, is I don't know where to find it any more........

[Guest]

I have Word Writer 128 available for $5 plus shipping.  It's original in box with manuals.

[RobertB]

I prefer BB Writer 128 though. It has superior printer control, and editing control that beat just about anything alse yet published (still!) for the C-128.
The bad news, is I don't know where to find it any more........

Our group still distributes BB Writer (The Write Stuff) 128, though finding a manual for it may be tough.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
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[OzOne]

For a long time I only had a 40 column monitor & used Jane, so I am still a little biased towards it. Never was much impressed by GEOS on the 40 col screen as it was too slow - GEOWrite only slowed it further. That changed when I got my 80 col monitor in 1989 when I finally swapped to GEOS/GEOWrite on it.

Oz

[Brendon]

For a long time I only had a 40 column monitor & used Jane, so I am still a little biased towards it. Never was much impressed by GEOS on the 40 col screen as it was too slow - GEOWrite only slowed it further. That changed when I got my 80 col monitor in 1989 when I finally swapped to GEOS/GEOWrite on it.

Oz

I just picked up two (!) copies of Jane off eBay - haven't had a chance to look at it yet, so can't draw any conclusions of it side by side with WW (which I used to use way back when).

Might post  a comparison ?

Brendon

[Andrew Wiskow]

I have a box and manual for Word Writer 128, but I seem to be missing the disk...  I downloaded the copy from here, and it seems to work great.  The only problem I have is that I have to press Esc and select all options from the drop-down menus.  The manual list a bunch of C= key shortcuts (such as C= L for load, C= S for save, C= P for print, etc.), but none of these shortcuts seem to work.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Could it be that my manual is for a newer version, and the version that's available for download here is older and didn't have the C= key shortcuts?

For word processing on my C128, I've only ever used GEOS 128 in the past.  However, I just picked up a Commodore DPS-1101 daisywheel printer, and since it's not a "graphical printer" like the dot matrix printer I was using before, I figured that a "standard" word processor would work better.

Back in the old days, my favorite word processor for my C64 was Pocket Writer 2.  I see that there's a demo version of Pocket Writer for the C128 in the download section here, but does anyone have a full version?  Either original disk or disk image is fine, as long as it works.  

-Andrew

[wte]

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For word processing on my C128, I've only ever used GEOS 128 in the past.  However, I just picked up a Commodore DPS-1101 daisywheel printer, and since it's not a "graphical printer" like the dot matrix printer I was using before, I figured that a "standard" word processor would work better.
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Is it possible to get undeline or bold text with your daisywheel printer?

[airship]

I've pretty much used 'em all. I preferred Paperclip in the C64 days, and Superscript on the 128. In fact, I just picked up a copy of Superscript 128 on eBay a couple of weeks back along with a copy of Superbase 128.



Part of my bias comes from the fact that Superbase 128 was just about the only database program for the 8-bit Commodore machines that deserved the name. And since you could load Superbase AND Superscript both into C128 memory simultaneously, it was a great productivity boost. I could write a review and update its Product Roundup entry at the same time. You could link Superbase address and other files directly into Superscript for mass mailings, and Superbase was programmable.

We used the same combo on our B128s for managing the subscriber database. And the updates I did for the Product Roundup on the C128/1571 could be taken via 'sneakernet' right over to the B128's big IEEE dual drives for integration into the main PR database. (Check out all the great B-version utilities here: http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/b/CBUG/index.html )

There just wasn't anything better. When we switched from the C64 to the C128, we moved from dot-matrix to daisywheel output for the magazine, which we kept with until the Amiga came along with laser printer support.

I always thought the Superbase/Superscript combo was the most elegant productivity suite I ever saw for an 8-bit computer.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Back in the old days, my favorite word processor for my C64 was Pocket Writer 2.  I see that there's a demo version of Pocket Writer for the C128 in the download section here, but does anyone have a full version?  Either original disk or disk image is fine, as long as it works.  

I got an original copy of Pocket Writer 2, which has the 64 version on the front and the 128 version on the back.  I tried to make a d64 of the 128 version to upload here, but it appears that it's copy protected, so the d64 didn't work.  

-Andrew