Comments for Gerald Brandt http://geraldbrandt.com Stay-at-home Dad/Writer/Computer Programmer   Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on WordTsar Update by Al Williams http://geraldbrandt.com/2011/11/06/wordtsar-update/comment-page-1/#comment-12786 Al Williams Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:21:36 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1109#comment-12786 Wow! I want it! About 1981 or 1982 I worked for a small gov't contractor. I was writing a whole system for the 6805 CPU (which didn't have much address space, but still). We had S-100 computers running CPM (Quasar QDP-100s with 8" floppies). One had an ADM-3A but mine had a sweet TeleVideo 920. But... I was writing all the code in ed! I had finally had enough (about 3 months worth). I told my boss either we needed some new editing software or I was going to buy something myself. He said, "I'm not spending another dime on software. We bought WordStar and no one could get it to work!" I did a spit take. "We have WordStar?" An hour later (had to write the keyboard and video hooks) I was in hog's heaven. I still have a lot of finger memory for WS even though I gave up the emulation in emacs years ago. I wrote my first couple of books on WS and really griped having to go to MSWord. Great stuff. Of course, I can run real CP/M WS on my Briel Altair clone but it is hard to get it back off to the real world. Wow! I want it!

About 1981 or 1982 I worked for a small gov’t contractor. I was writing a whole system for the 6805 CPU (which didn’t have much address space, but still). We had S-100 computers running CPM (Quasar QDP-100s with 8″ floppies). One had an ADM-3A but mine had a sweet TeleVideo 920. But… I was writing all the code in ed!

I had finally had enough (about 3 months worth). I told my boss either we needed some new editing software or I was going to buy something myself. He said, “I’m not spending another dime on software. We bought WordStar and no one could get it to work!”

I did a spit take. “We have WordStar?”

An hour later (had to write the keyboard and video hooks) I was in hog’s heaven. I still have a lot of finger memory for WS even though I gave up the emulation in emacs years ago. I wrote my first couple of books on WS and really griped having to go to MSWord.

Great stuff. Of course, I can run real CP/M WS on my Briel Altair clone but it is hard to get it back off to the real world.

]]> Comment on WordTsar Update by Richard MULLER http://geraldbrandt.com/2011/11/06/wordtsar-update/comment-page-1/#comment-12785 Richard MULLER Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:30:24 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1109#comment-12785 Sounds great! Wordstar was my first word processor on my first computer (a Kaypro 10). I'd like to try your software. Sounds great!

Wordstar was my first word processor on my first computer (a Kaypro 10).

I’d like to try your software.

]]> Comment on WordTsar Update by Rich Sezov http://geraldbrandt.com/2011/11/06/wordtsar-update/comment-page-1/#comment-12784 Rich Sezov Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:17:25 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1109#comment-12784 Sign me up to test when you're ready! --Rich Sign me up to test when you’re ready!

–Rich

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12736 gbr Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:10:29 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12736 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-12729"> <strong><a href="#comment-12729" rel="nofollow">Shayne O</a> :</strong> Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 Mac OS X 10 <a href="#" title="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1" rel="nofollow">*</a><p> Any progress on this? I’d love to use it on my mac!</p> </blockquote> Hi, Progress, yes. Ready for release, nope. I'm currently working on a nasty text display bug. Gerald

Shayne O :
Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 Mac OS X 10 *

Any progress on this? I’d love to use it on my mac!

Hi,

Progress, yes. Ready for release, nope. I’m currently working on a nasty text display bug.

Gerald

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Shayne O http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12729 Shayne O Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:48:54 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12729 Any progress on this? I'd love to use it on my mac! Any progress on this? I’d love to use it on my mac!

]]> Comment on Where have I been? by Gregor http://geraldbrandt.com/2011/05/16/where-have-i-been/comment-page-1/#comment-12652 Gregor Tue, 17 May 2011 01:40:52 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1066#comment-12652 OMG! a blog entry :-) OMG! a blog entry :-)

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Rich Sezov http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12609 Rich Sezov Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:06:41 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12609 Wow! I just happened to come across this site while I'm in the middle of trying to put all the WordStar key bindings into jEdit. :-) I'd be highly interested in beta testing this when it's ready! --Rich Wow! I just happened to come across this site while I’m in the middle of trying to put all the WordStar key bindings into jEdit. :-)

I’d be highly interested in beta testing this when it’s ready!

–Rich

]]> Comment on Guest Blog – Tina Wald by Tina Wald http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/12/31/guest-blog-tina-wald/comment-page-1/#comment-12601 Tina Wald Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:25:13 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1022#comment-12601 Just an additional note, the Illinois Labor History Society just unveiled its new website, stop by and take a look. http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/ Just an additional note, the Illinois Labor History Society just unveiled its new website, stop by and take a look. http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/

]]> Comment on Hans Rosling – 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes by Gregor Brandt http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/12/16/fantastic-video/comment-page-1/#comment-12575 Gregor Brandt Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:45:00 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=1014#comment-12575 Gerald, You can see more of the wonderful data manipulation of Hans Rosling on the Ted Talks website. He uses statistic in amazing ways. Gerald, You can see more of the wonderful data manipulation of Hans Rosling on the Ted Talks website. He uses statistic in amazing ways.

]]> Comment on Guest Blog – William C. Mills by Bill Mills http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/11/26/guest-blog-william-c-mills/comment-page-1/#comment-12564 Bill Mills Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:37:30 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=992#comment-12564 Gerald, thank you so much for posting my short blog posting, you are most generous! Many blessings to you and your family :) Gerald, thank you so much for posting my short blog posting, you are most generous! Many blessings to you and your family :)

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12555 gbr Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:05:16 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12555 @Rob - Thanks! The basics are all there, but I really need to finish printing, RTF import/export, and macros before it's really usable. @Pat - I haven't started the iPad port yet, but I've been looking at code that use a custom keyboard. I should be able to get a CTRL key functioning. @Rob – Thanks! The basics are all there, but I really need to finish printing, RTF import/export, and macros before it’s really usable.

@Pat – I haven’t started the iPad port yet, but I’ve been looking at code that use a custom keyboard. I should be able to get a CTRL key functioning.

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Pat Mooney http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12554 Pat Mooney Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:17:49 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12554 I would love Wordstar on the iPad, Gerald. I used it until I converted from CPM to Windows and though it continued for sometime in the DOS/Windows world, I consider that its owners abandoned the field to Word by sitting on their well-deserved but increasingly dusty laurels. That having been said, I'll gladly jump on an iPad version. Remember, this puppy was running fine on a 64K Osborne and its peers so it wouldn't have a problem running on the iPad. But . . . how will you duplicate the CTRL key so integral to Wordstar on a platform that doesn't have one? Pat I would love Wordstar on the iPad, Gerald. I used it until I converted from CPM to Windows and though it continued for sometime in the DOS/Windows world, I consider that its owners abandoned the field to Word by sitting on their well-deserved but increasingly dusty laurels.

That having been said, I’ll gladly jump on an iPad version. Remember, this puppy was running fine on a 64K Osborne and its peers so it wouldn’t have a problem running on the iPad. But . . . how will you duplicate the CTRL key so integral to Wordstar on a platform that doesn’t have one?

Pat

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Robert J. Sawyer http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12553 Robert J. Sawyer Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:45:16 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12553 This is so, so cool, Gerald! I still use WordStar (WordStar for DOS 7.0) for all my writing, for all the reasons I outline here: http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm It's the best! But I'm very interested in your clone -- good work, my friend! This is so, so cool, Gerald! I still use WordStar (WordStar for DOS 7.0) for all my writing, for all the reasons I outline here: http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm

It’s the best! But I’m very interested in your clone — good work, my friend!

]]> Comment on Arnie Kasdorf by Nichole http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/10/16/arnie-kasdorf/comment-page-1/#comment-12548 Nichole Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:52:30 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=688#comment-12548 I still think of him often...what a kind, generous and caring man. I feel very blessed to have known him. I still think of him often…what a kind, generous and caring man. I feel very blessed to have known him.

]]> Comment on I have nothing more to say… by Sherry http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/10/15/i-have-nothing-more-to-say/comment-page-1/#comment-12545 Sherry Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:13:41 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=966#comment-12545 I love it, so much. Is my favorite clip from Family Guy! I love it, so much. Is my favorite clip from Family Guy!

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