geek redux

Jun 16, 2008 13:25

You know the program I gushed over a couple of days ago, WriteRoom? And did anybody ever use WordPerfect back in its single-digit-version days, when it was a hideous blue with big pixellated letters? Yeah, me, too. Wasn't it great?

So I tweaked WriteRoom and it's all ancient WordPerfect. Heeeee. And here's the Commodore 64 version with a ( Read more... )

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txvoodoo June 16 2008, 22:34:37 UTC
Wordperfect was f-in FANTASTIC. I knew all its codes backwards and forwards. To be really honest, knowing those made learning HTML easier, because, hi, the concept of container codes wasn't foreign to me!

And you could make it do SO MUCH.

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hikethekilt June 16 2008, 22:48:18 UTC
I misses it, precious. *sigh*

I remember opening it and staring at the blue and thinking, "I don't really have anything to write," so I'd make something up just so I could type and use it. That's pretty much why I do anything.

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txvoodoo June 16 2008, 22:51:57 UTC
I used to use it every damned day :D

I don't know if I'd remember the commands now :/

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hikethekilt June 16 2008, 23:11:50 UTC
I don't remember them at all. I remember the whole incident only vaguely... the way you don't remember the details of a sex dream, only that you were having a really good time.

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