>>>WordStar was around long before WordImperfect or Multimate
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>>>>Word - WordPerfect, Multimate
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>>I had WordStar version .92, which ran on my IMSAI S-100 computer. We could do everything needed with just 64K of RAM, including running dBase II, using CP/M and MP/M operating systems. How I miss those 8" floppies! :)
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>You had floppies? ;-)
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>Actually some of the early PCs -- i.e. before the IBM PC -- did not have floppy drives. The storage mechanism was cassette tape.

Yep, that was my original Apple computer. It used tape.