Further off topic...
I recently discovered a program (Notepad++) that has an assortment of=20
features that allow the use of customizable controls. Not quite as=20
convenient as Wordstar, but it does minimize the mouse-work. As I age,=20
my control with the mouse suffers but the keyboard seems to be fine. I=20
really do need to be able to cut & paste from the keyboard with=20
characters, words,lines and paragraphs.

The trend seems to be to eliminate the command line, but for me I work=20
better if I don't need the mouse.

On 7/4/2012 4:12 PM, Veronica Merryfield wrote:
> On 2012-07-04, at 11:45 AM, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>>> I keep coming back to the question of how many compilers (or word
>>> processors) really need to be bigger than a 64k DOS .COM file...
>> Word Star! I ran it on 8 inch floppies under CP/M. When MS-DOS took over=
,
>> I found a program called z80mu that would emulate CP/M under MS-DOS (and
>> Windows, at least up through Windows 98). I used it to run WS, dBase II,
>> and cross-assemblers for the MC6800 up through 1999 when I had to do som=
e
>> Y2K fixes for some 6800 code. I still have that 80286 computer with DOS
>> and z80mu, though I have not powered it up in 5 or 10 years.
> I use to use Perfect Writer on a CP/M machine with 3 5.25" floppies. Had =
DbaseII also.
>
> I remember having to rewrite sections of the libraries handling longs in =
the early Astec C compiler I use to use. Builds use to keep those floppy dr=
ives busy, almost musical.
>
> My current version of LCC is small but not less than 64K. I wonder how mu=
ch of that is due to it not being on an 8-bit machine.
>
>
>
>

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