ChiWriter
Sign in to saveChiWriter was a scientific word processor for MS-DOS, created by Cay Horstmann and released commercially in 1986.
Key facts
- Software.name
- ChiWriter
- Software.screenshot
- Wilderness-Fund-1989.PNG
- Software.caption
- A document published in 1989, using ChiWriter with user-designed fonts.
- Software.developer
- Cay Horstmann
- Software.latest release version
- 4.20B
- Software.latest release date
- 1993
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.operating_system
- MS-DOS
- Software.genre
- Word processor
- Software.programming language
- C and C++
- Software.license
- Proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
ChiWriter FAQ
horstmann.com →ChiWriter is a scientific word processor that was sold by Horstmann Software Design Corporation between 1986 and 1996. First, install the PostScript printer driver and fonts from the original distribution disks. CD CHIWRITE DOC (or whereever your document is stored) COPY CHIWRITE PSCRIPT INIT.PS+ CHIWRITE PSCRIPT .PSF+yourdoc.BIN yourdoc.PS Sadly, I am not aware of any formatted manual in English. You can read these manual files in ChiWriter. This page has user and reference manuals in French. I don't understand the directions about running ChiWriter or creating a PostScript file. Can you give me further help?
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Wilderness-Fund-1989.PNG
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- described at URL
- www.horstmann.com/ChiWriter
- inception
- 1986-00-00
- discontinuation date
- 1996-00-00
Sources (3)
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Operation
- History
- Access to old ChiWriter documents today
- Via conversion to TeX
- Via laser output
- Via dot-matrix output
- External links
- Notes
- References
ChiWriter was a scientific word processor for MS-DOS, created by Cay Horstmann and released commercially in 1986.
It was one of the first WYSIWYG word processors that could write mathematical formulas, even on IBM PC XT computers. It was easier to use than TeX. It was relatively affordable and ran on personal computers, unlike TeX, which ran on expensive Unix computers.