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Source Code for a Word Processor...........Bob Sander-Cederlof

I finally have had to face it.  I am never going to have time to finish the S-C word processor.  It is certainly usable, because we have been using it here for months now.  And we use it a lot, writing the newsletter, manuals, letters, etc.  My father-in-law uses it, and so does my best friend, Fred.  Fred's 11-year-old daughter is also using it, and loves it.  She is currently typing a research paper using it.

I know it is easy to use, because I didn't even give Fred a list of commands, let alone a reference manual.  Of course, I did sit down with them for a few hours at the first, because they had never even seen a word processor before.

In power, it is somewhere between Applewriter 1.1 and Applewriter II.  It is similar in operation to Applewriter 1.1, and works in 40-column mode only.  It requires a lower-case display and shift-key mod.

It can read Applewriter 1.1 files, and instantly convert them to standard ASCII form.  Normally it uses standard Apple text files (type T in the catalog).  Of course, with Bobby Deen's help, I built in FAST read and write of those text files.  Faster than binary files, actually.  Something like 100 sectors in 7 seconds, if I remember correctly.

I want to make a deal with you.  I'll send you the complete commented source code on disk, together with a few sample text files.  The text files will describe the command repertoire.  If you are already familiar with Applewriter 1.1, you won't have any trouble at all.  The assembled word processor will also be there, in case you don't have the S-C Macro Assembler.

But if you do have my assembler, you can proceed to modify, improve, augment, enhance, and so on, to your heart's content.

I'll send you the disk, if you'll send me $50.  Or your charge card numbers, of course.  I also want your commitment to keep this in the family.  You know, don't go out and write a manual and wrap it in a fancy cover and call it YOUR product!

If you do enhance it, send in your additions and we'll make this a joint effort.  With all of us working on it, we may soon have the world's best word machine!

