[Coco] Would anyone like some snow?

[Aaron Banerjee]

For once, Virginia has more snow than New York.....  Only 8 inches?   
My young son mentioned to me that the Snow Miser had taken over the  
South....

Going back to word processors, now that we seem to have plenty of time  
around the house (he's only been to school for part of a day this  
month), I thought we'd get into word processing -- starting with the  
basics.  I've got Scripsit and VIP.  He's familiar with the Coco, so  
that's not too much of a jump, but after just a few hours with the  
older word processors, he will probably get a good appreciation of the  
newer ones (sort of like really appreciating integrated circuits after  
trying to build current mirrors with "matched" transistors, or for  
that matter, appreciating transistors after dinking with vacuum tube  
oscillators).

Scripsit was my first word processor (the Model I/III version, not  
Color Scripsit), and I still like it, but it seems a little clunky to  
teach.  My son seems to have difficulty with the WYSINWYG (What You  
See Is Not What You Get) concept.  I'd like him to learn that,  
though.  It seems to have helped me in my programming career....
                                             - Aaron

On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Rogelio Perea wrote:

> I could dispense some snow too, we're on our way to pass the 8" mark  
> here on
> Staten Island.
>
> Regarding CoCo 1/2 Word Processors, I have used both Vip Writer and
> Telewriter 64 (and RS's own Color Scripsit). Telewriter has the  
> bragging
> rights of being the first to go hi-res but IMHO the VIP software  
> took the
> concept one step ahead offering more capable means to get the job  
> done; the
> patch that was issued to Telewriter 64 put it closer to the features I
> sought in a WP and that VIP had.
>
> Opinions will surely swing left & right, each valid per the personal  
> taste
> of a distinct user. For some jobs I had to do back in school the basic
> offerings from Color Scripsit were enough, I loved how that package  
> actually
> provided for a rather good WP system at a very low cost - compared  
> to other
> systems available at the time; even the TEXT application in CoCo  
> Deskmate
> can do well for an occasional note or two.
>
> In a nutshell: the best WP tool in my arsenal is VIP Writer :-)
>
>
> -- Rogelio
>