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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: A Sub-512K Word Processor, Anyone?
- Message-ID: <wlfn!jq.messina@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 11:38:34 GMT
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <18476.2a9e6673@levels.unisa.edu.au> <1992Aug28.192013.8728@wixer.cactus.org>
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- cb@wixer.cactus.org (Cyberspace Buddha) writes:
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- >> A friend of mine has an AMSTRAD 1512 PC with no expansion boards.
- >>
- >> Can anyone recommend a Word Processor that will run on the system
- >> (512K) and still have enough RAM left to cope with documents up to
- >> 30 pages in length?
-
- >hmmmm... 80 columns x 66 lines x 30 pages = ~155k
- >I'd guess that Qedit <~45k> will do the trick, unless there's
- >something truly funky about the Amstrad...
-
- As much as I like QEdit (I use it on every machine), I believe the
- original poster was asking for a Word Processor, not a text editor.
- Most of the existing old word processors for DOS will work just fine
- on such a computer. Try old Word Perfect or Word, they should be just
- fine. I am sure there are many more, but I haven't used them.
-
- t.
-