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From: rsl@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Russell S. Laderer)
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Subject: Re: ST GEM-based Word Processors
Summary: Timeworks ST is OK
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Date: 6 May 91 13:13:54 GMT
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I said:
>>
>>I have been using WordWriter ST by Timeworks for about 2 years,
>>and think it is very easy to learn.  It has most of the
>>functionality you could want from a basic wp, and it did not
>>cost me much (on sale, $49).

Phil said:
>>
>>I used WordWriter several years ago, and like many of the ST word
>>processors of the time, the character buffering seemed very annoying.
>>At times I had type ahead, then it would go away, and just didn't
>>flow very nicely.  Someone had told me that this had to do with the
>>architecture of the keyboard interface.

>>Is this still true, or was it ever an accurate description of the
>>way these things work?  I have a very old 1040, and plan to buy a
>>new 1040 STe within the next month; will this change things?

Well, I don't know about the STe, but I never really had a problem
with character buffering (I type about 50 wpm).  However, this does
remind me of a couple annoying features.

1) Related to character buffering, if you hit two or more <RETURN>s
quickly, it won't register some of them. (Never had this problem with
characters though, so I don't know why this happens.

2) Clicking on the Down/Up scroll arrow, it isn't automatic.  You must
click once for each line to move.  Needless to say, I never use this,
I use the slide for scrolling.

Scott Laderer


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I said:
>>
>>I have been using WordWriter ST by Timeworks for about 2 years,
>>and think it is very easy to learn.  It has most of the
>>functionality you could want from a basic wp, and it did not
>>cost me much (on sale, $49).


I used WordWriter several years ago, and like many of the ST word
processors of the time, the character buffering seemed very annoying.
At times I had type ahead, then it would go away, and just didn't
flow very nicely.  Someone had told me that this had to do with the
architecture of the keyboard interface.

Is this still true, or was it ever an accurate description of the
way these things work?  I have a very old 1040, and plan to buy a
new 1040 STe within the next month; will this change things?

Phil Z