WordVision was a word processor from 1983 for the IBM PC with some features unique for the time period, such as unerase, automatic document saving, and long descriptive filenames at a time when DOS did not contain that support.
From an interesting technical standpoint, the installation disk was self booting: You booted from it to create working copies. The typical error beep was also replaced with a more pleasing "chime" sound while the program operated.
This archive was produced in cooperation with the designer, Jim Edlin, and came from original materials he provided.
Requirements: IBM PC or compatible, 96K RAM, 80 column display, 1 disk drive, PC-DOS 1.0 or 1.1, and a printer.
Note: This program seems to have an issue running on PCE, the emulator gets stuck on a "Keyboard Reset" when the first key is pressed. Some other emulators may have an issue. It worked in QEMU, DOSBox, and on real hardware.
Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
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WordVision 1.03 (1983) (5.25-160k) | 1.03 | English | 71.15MB | 0 | |
WordVision 1.x Manuals (1983) | 1.x | English | 114.53MB | 0 |