Date   : Sat, 31 May 1997 16:44:47 +0100 (BST)
From   : Chris Johns <cmjohnj@...>
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processors / InterWord and ENET

> A local school asked me whether I knew of any word processors with
> relatively modern features that they could use on their old Beebs. 
> The main aim is to introduce the students to basic concepts of
> electronic word processing.  (They currently use mechanical
> typewriters.)  The only suitable programme I could think of was
> InterWord.  However there are two problems:
 
Edword is quite good, runs in MODE 3, its pretty much WISIWIG. We always 
used to use it at school.

> 2) Ideally they would like to load the programs off the network 
>    server.  Are there any word processing packages for the Beeb that 
>    don't have to be in ROM?

If you have sideways RAM then you can load Edword into it (thats how we 
did it). Its hard to get a WP into a beeb with enough memory left for 
some text!

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