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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My first computer, a NEC PC8201A, only had a text editor (it was a close relation to the Radio Shack Model 100 – the size and shape of a loose-leaf binder, with a 4 line x 80 character display). My first PC was a Columbia, which ran DOS and came with the Perfect Software suite (later sold to Thorne EMI and promptly killed by its purchaser). Hubby, meanwhile, had a CP/M system – I can’t recall what – and used WordStar. Then again, he was running a BBS on an S100 with 8 inch floppies …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was in the beta test for Windows 3.1 – Brad Silverberg ran the beta from a Compuserve forum. That was fun. I’m good at breaking stuff. I think I’ve beta tested every version of Windows – even worked with pre-beta Windows 7.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Todd R. Weiss via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2019 2:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Hess via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Todd R. Weiss <toddrweiss@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Like Lynn, I arrived later on the tech scene and never used WordStar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I feel like I missed out. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But I did get to use DOS and Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and then Windows 95, so that's something. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I love that those of you who were there in the beginning have such amazing experiences to share with the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am always truly impressed by the leaders, luminaries and experts among our fascinating group. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Todd <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>:)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Todd R. Weiss</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Technology Journalist</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Contributor:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://www.channelfutures.com/" target="_blank">www.ChannelFutures.com</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ChannelPartnersOnline.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>www.ChannelPartnersOnline.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.eWEEK.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>www.eWEEK.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Formerly with eWEEK.com and Computerworld.com</span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>TechManTalking</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>717-806-5932 office<br>717-413-9630 cell</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="mailto:toddrweiss@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#20627F'>toddrweiss@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TechManTalking" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TechManTalking</a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrweiss/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrweiss/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Google+ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ToddRWeiss" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ToddRWeiss</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechManTalking/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/TechManTalking/</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Member, Internet Press Guild</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:17 AM Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p>I had a word processing business before I went both feet into writing. When I started using WordStar, I used a program called Smartkeys to map the Burroughs Redactron keyboard to WordStar. Eventually, I had to migrate over to WordStar. <o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/19/2019 11:35 AM, Logan Harbaugh via Ipg-smz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>For me, it wasn’t the interface that I miss it was the ability to jump to page 243 of a 400 page document in less than a split jiffy. No distractions, no worrying about formatting, just plain writing. My favorite was Xywrite on CP/M (on a Kaypro II), but the same themes apply. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Logan G. Harbaugh<br><a href="mailto:logan@lharba.com" target="_blank">logan@lharba.com</a></span><span style='color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>530-243-1346</span><span style='color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>1547 Magnolia Ave.</span><span style='color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Redding, CA 96001</span><span style='color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'><a href="http://www.lharba.com/" target="_blank">www.lharba.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Ipg-smz [<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org" target="_blank">mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 19, 2019 10:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz<br><b>Cc:</b> Phil Shapiro<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> We all know that sjvn would much prefer to be writing in WordStar (from circa 1981), using the CP/M operating system.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> Well, now you can, using this importable style for Google Docs. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://userstyles.org/styles/130410/wordstar-customizable-theme-for-google-docs" target="_blank">https://userstyles.org/styles/130410/wordstar-customizable-theme-for-google-docs</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> Fun to have open on your laptop when you're at conferences. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> You just tell people nonchalantly, "I prefer writing in WordStar. I just upgraded to the latest version of WordStar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>(pause) Do you use WordStar, too?"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> phil</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Don't forget to change to Courier font -- for the real thing experience.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>