WordStar
Developed by: MicroPro Internacional (Rob Barnaby, Jim Fox)
Launched: 1978
Innovation: WordStar incorporated a menu in the upper third of the screen, which could disappear as the user memorized the key combinations (Ctrl+key) that allowed the commands to be launched.
Launched: 1978
Innovation: WordStar incorporated a menu in the upper third of the screen, which could disappear as the user memorized the key combinations (Ctrl+key) that allowed the commands to be launched.
The veteran WordStar word processor was already available on CP/M operating systems.
WordStar 3.0 was the first version released for the DOS operating system in April 1982.
By the mid-1980s, WordStar had become the most popular word processor in the world.
