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The Legendary Word Processor Used by George RR Martin

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Summary
Nutrition label

68% Informative

WordStar , an MS-DOS -based word-processing program first released in 1978 , can live a little longer thanks to the archiving efforts of author Robert J. Sawyer .

The beloved software helped writers as diverse as Ralph Ellison , Anne Rice , and George RR Martin .

Sawyer 's WordStar release is a complete archive of the final version of WordStar along with all its manuals.

VR Score

60

Informative language

54

Neutral language

8

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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