30 Jan
2020
30 Jan
'20
4:24 a.m.
On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, Toby Thain wrote:
Speaking of WordStar, on CP/M there was also
WordMaster, lighter weight,
better as a programmer's editor. Not sure who wrote it (but istr it came
from the WordStar people?) Adding here for completeness...
I used WordStar a lot on my old Microbee (an Aussie CP/M box) but I never
heard of WordMaster...
Getting a full ANSI C compiler for CP/M was great; I could use some Unix
tools on it :-) Can't remember if it was BDS or Hi-Tech; one was ANSI
(function prototypes and the works) whereas the other wouldn't even
recognise things like "int i = 1;".
I even found a UUCP for it too, but it was overlaid to hell and back; at
least it worked...
-- Dave