Comparison of early word processors

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This article compares early word processing software.

## Operating system compatibility

This table gives a comparison of what operating systems are compatible with each word processor in 1985.

Word processor | Apple | Atari | CP/M  | CPT  | Commodore 64 | HP | IBM PC | Kaypro | Macintosh | Morrow | IBM PCjr | Rainbow 100 | TI Professional  | Tandy | ZX Spectrum

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Tasword | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes
Homeword | II, IIc,IIe | 800 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No
MacWrite | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No
Pfs | II, IIc,IIe | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No
AtariWriter | No | 800XL, 1200 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
OMNIWRITER | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Word Juggler | II,IIe,III | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
PC-Write | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No
Wordvision | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Volkswriter deluxe | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No
Perfect Writer | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Plu Perfect | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 2,4,10 | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No
Wordstar | II,IIe | No | Yes | No | No | 110,150 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | TRS-80 | No
Newword | IIe | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No
Appleworks | II, IIe | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
AppleWriter | II, IIe, III | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
III E-Z Pieces | III | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Symphony | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Framework | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
XY Write II+ | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
WordPerfect | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Tandy 2000 | No
Microsoft Word | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Tandy 2000 | No
CPT Word Processors | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No

## References

* Whole Earth Software Catalog. 1984. pp. 50–51. http://wholeearth.com/issue-electronic-edition.php?iss=1230.

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Word processors

* List
* Comparison
* of early word processors

Open-source|

* AbiWord
* Apache OpenOffice Writer
* Bean (up to v. 2.x)
* Calligra Words
* GNU TeXmacs
* KWord
* LibreOffice Writer
* LyX
* NeoOffice Writer
* OpenOffice Writer
* ShareLaTeX
* Ted

Freeware|

* Adobe Buzzword
* Atlantis Nova
* Bean (since v. 3.x)
* Google Docs
* IBM Lotus Symphony
* Jarte (standard)
* TextMaker (2008)

Retail|

| Cross-platform|

* Adobe InCopy
* Corel WordPerfect (up to v. 9.0)
* Hangul
* Ichitaro
* Kingsoft Writer
* Microsoft Word
* Scrivener
* StarOffice Writer
* TextMaker

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Classic Mac OS only
(and Classic Environment)|

* Nisus Writer

MacOS only|

* Apple Pages
* Mellel
* Nisus Writer Express

Windows only|

* Atlantis Word Processor
* Corel WordPerfect (since v. 10.0)
* IBM Lotus Word Pro
* Jarte (enhanced)
* Microsoft Works
* Nota Bene
* MobiSystems OfficeSuite
* PolyEdit
* Scientific WorkPlace
* WordPad
* XyWrite

Hardware word processors (pre-PC)|

* AlphaSmart
* CPT Corporation
* Friden Flexowriter
* IBM Displaywriter System
* IBM MT/ST
* Wang

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