EasyWriter
Sign in to saveEasyWriter was the first word processor for the Apple II. It was written by John Draper and released in 1979.
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- Instance of
- word processor
- Developer
- John Draper
- Official website
- www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/Play/ibmstory
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- inception
- 1977-00-00
- programmed in
- Forth
- user manual URL
- archive.org/details/EasyWriter_Manual
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EasyWriter was the first word processor for the Apple II. It was written by John Draper and released in 1979.
==History== Published by Information Unlimited Software (IUS), it was written by John Draper's Cap'n Software, which also produced a version of Forth, which EasyWriter was developed in. Draper developed EasyWriter while serving nights in the Alameda County Jail under a work furlough program.
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