The thing is I'm always thinking of the big picture. ^ Can you spot what comes from WordPerfect themselves and what comes from the written review from Amiga World? Answer, top half is a WP advertisement, bottom half (including bible comparisons and liberal use of the word "perfect") is from Amiga World's review. When they eventually gave up on the Amiga market many wrote in and convinced them to stay a little longer. It was a BIG deal when Borland gave the Amiga market a chance. None of the other major Word Processors on the PC cared enough about the Amiga to even consider porting their software. It was something they were after, as if it was needed to give the Amiga credibility. Even the magazine was strangely (in my eyes) pumped for the release of WordPerfect on the Amiga. I've used it on DOS, I've seen reviews of it in Amiga World. I read all of Intric8's words intently though quite skeptically This was not my first run-in with WordPerfect. A History - Or One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure. When he finally did a pure sense of joy burst through his writings as he had found what he was looking for. He heard rumors about Word Perfect being able to offer what he sought, but was unable to find a copy.
Excellence and Words Worth had their positives but did not offer the more extensive formatting transfers. He ran into issues with all of these products Text Craft would not run under Workbench 3.1, Pro Write and Final Copy did not feature pleasing fonts. These included Text Craft Plus, Pro Write, Excellence, Words Worth, and Final Copy. Searching on Ebay he bought many old school Amiga word processors, including several I had experience with as a kid and today. Intric8's search was extensive and lasted months. Beyond keeping page breaks intact, it would be great to have other formatting like centering, bold, underlined, and italicized fonts. Preferable to have a pleasing font to the eyes.ģ. Must be able to save on the Amiga and transfer easily to modern-day PC with at least page breaks intact.Ģ. His idea of the perfect word processor included the following:ġ.
He longed for a simpler time without spell check, where the word processor assumed you knew what you were doing.
Martin describing his love for simple word processing (using DOS) Intric8 wished to find the Amiga equivalent. Inspired by Intric8's quest for his "perfect" word processor I faced an indescribable itch to dive into Amiga word processing myself. ^ Loading up WordPerfect from Workbench and looking at the start of the same document you're reading *This review was overwhelmingly written using WordPerfect 5.0 on my Amiga 500. Link To Intric8's Original Amiga Word Processing Post: 1987, Borland/WorldPerfect Corporation, $395
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