What was the first word processing program you ever used?

Bad poll. It doesn't include Bank Street Writer.

jasonboche October 11, 2005 (Article Rating: )

Where's Electric Pencil? I ran it on TRS-80 model

ksmith@dufresne-henry.com October 12, 2005 (Article Rating: )

I used Celebrity, where is it now?

roncarl November 04, 2005 (Article Rating: )

I used a tie in application on a Tandy Computer - I think it was called "OfficeMate" of something like that - circa 1990.

Medmarc_Group November 16, 2005 (Article Rating: )

It was WordStar, back in 1988! I remember having to use all of the 'Alt' key combinations to get it to do the various formatting commands. It was my first lesson in learning to make a back up of my work, since I lost a term paper by trying to format it!

claimit November 22, 2005 (Article Rating: )

The very first would probably be Apple Writer II on the Apple II, but following up shortly after that would be the proprietary DisplayWriter from IBM. In that period, I also handled WordStar (on the Apple II with a Z80 card), Bank Street Writer and AppleWorks.

PeteDude November 22, 2005 (Article Rating: )

In the early '80's my oldest son and I worked on a Vic 20 and later a other hardware. The earliest software I can remember are the Apple programs he used in early grade school and WordStar I used at home. We never had anything for the Vic.

He's now a Enterprise Architect for a multi-national and I own my own technology company.
We both still use and my oldest grandson is learning the tricks from WordStar.

Swig4Winetmag February 16, 2006 (Article Rating: )