33
/
AIzaSyB4mHJ5NPEv-XzF7P6NDYXjlkCWaeKw5bc
November 30, 2025
1476343
115533
2
Public Timelines
FAQ

feb 27, 1979 - 1979

Description:

Word processing becomes a reality as MicroPro International releases WordStar. "The defining change was to add margins and word wrap," said creator Rob Barnaby in email to Mike Petrie in 2000. "Additional changes included getting rid of command mode and adding a print function. I was the technical brains — I figured out how to do it, and did it, and documented it. "

Added to timeline:

22 Aug 2018
0
0
627

Date:

feb 27, 1979
Now
~ 46 years ago