IBM DisplayWrite

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DisplayWrite was a word processor software application that IBM developed and marketed for its line of IBM PCs.

File format

Its document files used the RFT (Revisable-Form Text) or DCA (document content architecture) filename extension, both of which were standards on IBM mainframe computers.

Features

DisplayWrite's feature set was based on the IBM Displaywriter System, a dedicated microcomputer-based word processing machine.[1] Because the two systems were so similar, an experienced Displaywriter user could start using DisplayWrite immediately.[2]

DisplayWrite/370, a much more powerful version with full graphics and WYSIWYG support, is still available for IBM zSeries mainframe computers as of May 2012[1] (see IBM Displaywriter System).

Books

  • Dennis P. Curtin: Displaywrite 4: Procedures Manual, Prentice-Hall 1988, ISBN 0139642226

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IBM DisplayWrite
  2. ↑ Dickinson, John (1984-09-18). "DisplayWrite 2 and Displaywriter: A Close Correspondence". PC Magazine. p. 248. Retrieved 25 October 2013. 
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