[Coco] Would anyone like some snow?

[Brian Blake]

I used to be a Telewriter only guy (used 64 and 80, have yet to use 128). On
I have tried lately, but, not used heavily is WordPower 3.3. Seems to be
VERY capable and fairly easy to use.

Good luck.


Brian



On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Aaron Banerjee <spam_proof at verizon.net>wrote:

>
> 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
>>
>>
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