Whatever Happened to Wordstar then NewWord?

Published on November 28th, 2006

Posted by John C Dvorak in Whatever happened to..

Here’s the story behind Wordstar and a later clone called NewWord. Classic tales from the history of desktop computing.

The history of Wordstar, click here

The history of NewWord click here

11 users responded in " Whatever Happened to Wordstar then NewWord? "

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# 1 Gig said, on November 28th, 2006 at 12:55 pm

Great series. You are really pumping them out John.

# 2 sdf said, on November 28th, 2006 at 1:22 pm

This is a great series. It deserves a proper venue like old-computersdotcom or (gasp) a book.

# 3 Brenda Helverson said, on November 28th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

My first computer experience was with a Kaypro II with Wordstar. I learned how to hack Wordstar and could really make it sing! I still have a library of .. commands buried in my brain somewhere.

# 4 John C Dvorak said, on November 28th, 2006 at 3:24 pm

I’m putting these pieces together for a book…to support the blog

# 5 Awake said, on November 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pm

Oh yeah, I really miss the ‘dot codes’ of the original Wordstar. NOT!

# 6 Rich said, on November 28th, 2006 at 6:04 pm

Can’t somebody say, “Who cares?” Well, I just did.

This nostalgia kick of yours, John, is taking up too much space on your blog. The bog is in danger of becoming irrelevant.

# 7 Rich said, on November 28th, 2006 at 6:06 pm

That’s it. The blog is in danger of becoming a bog.

# 8 Olo Baggins of Bywater said, on November 29th, 2006 at 4:43 am

Rich, this is far from being one of the most irrelevant topics on this blog…

# 9 sdf said, on November 29th, 2006 at 6:31 am

“Rich’s Lame Blog” is just a few easy clicks away at blogger-dot-com…

# 10 Fabrizio Marana said, on November 29th, 2006 at 8:54 am

I read this blog for the “infotainment” value and “Whatever happend to…” is informational and entertaining.

Keep’em coming, John!

I remember back in the time when I was a wee lad and the animals still spoke that I used WordStar on my home-built CP/M machine! (64K of RAM, Z-80 overclocked to 6MHz, Dual floppy drive: 360K 5″ and 1.2MB 8″) It was much faster then an IBM PC!

# 11 ECA said, on November 29th, 2006 at 11:36 am

ANd NO FANS…

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