[Framers] Nostalgia - was Re: FrameMaker 2015

[Lin Sims]

I started out as a temp, not a tech writer, which meant I got to work on a
whole LOT of systems. My agencies used to send me when someone called in
with a program they'd never heard of, because they figured I either knew it
or could figure it out very quickly. Alphabetically, they were,

DECmate (?)
FrameMaker
MASS-11
Multimate
Office Writer
PC-Write
Philips Micom
Volkswriter
Wang
WordPerfect
WordStar
XyWrite
emacs (VERY LITTLE)
vi (even less)

On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:32 PM L Larson <l2larson at outlook.com> wrote:

> Wow, this brings up SO many memories...
>
> Does anyone remember Micom, where an 8" floppy could hold as much as 100
> pages of straight text? How about Displaywriter, one of the first to move
> from a dedicated system to a PC?
>
> Later, I remember having to choose between Word Perfect, WordStar, and
> Word for a PC, and chose Word Perfect because it favored keyboard commands
> over Word's menu commands and a cleaner look than WordStar.
>
> Those were the days when Wang and Interleaf were used by companies like
> General Motors.
>
> Finally, in the early 90s, I was able to move to an early version of FM
> for large document sets. What a joy it was then!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+l2larson=outlook.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> On Behalf Of Jerilynne Knight
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 6:56 AM
> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <
> framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Nostalgia - was Re: FrameMaker 2015
>
> Hey there Peter, I totally forgot about WordStar! I'm still a keyboard
> shortcuts person and grumble heartily when they're not available. I can do
> things so much more quickly with the keyboard!
>
> J
> 317.593.5551
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:11 PM Peter Gold <peter at petergold.photography>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:31 PM Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I used FullWrite on an SE/30 in the late 80s. I think it was my
> > > preferred word processor for a while.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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