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was also used for copy protection on the
Commodore PET. Other programs that used such a method just checked for a couple of specific bytes of data in the EPROM, and this check was easily bypassed by a small change to the code. PaperClip, however, placed all the user messages in the EPROM. Thus no
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Commodore versions share the PaperClip name, but have significant differences. The Commodore 64 version of PaperClip was written by Steve Douglas and was rewritten for the Atari personal computer by Steve Ahlstrom and Dan Moore. The Atari version is based upon the editor in the
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Why EASY SCRIPT from
Commodore and PAPER CLIP from Batteries Included continue to sell for the Commodore 64 baffles me. They can't even manage to end lines on the screen without breaking words in the middle.
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One unusual aspect of PaperClip is that the
Control key functions more like on a hand-held calculator. You have to press and release the Control key, then press the key for the appropriate function.
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called PaperClip, "by far the best word processor ever available for the Atari." In the
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wrote that "PaperClip is one of the most comprehensive word processing programs for the C-64", but noted the $ 125 list price.
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mode with text that was legible on a computer monitor, and supported a wide variety of
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Execudesk office suite. The ROM was written by Steve
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417:"In Search Of... A Word Processor"
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513:of early word processor programs
886:The First XLEnt Word Processor
443:"Fifth Annual Shopper's Guide"
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765:Atlantis Word Processor
492:Word processor programs
358:Brand, Stewart (1984).
168:PaperClip does not use
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208:that plugged into the
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128:Atari 8-bit computers
1101:Word processor stubs
856:Atari Word Processor
811:Scientific WorkPlace
744:Nisus Writer Express
147:programming language
453:(8). December 1986.
185:while highlighting
149:by Clinton Parker.
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16:1982 word processor
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278:Pcmuseum.ca
124:native mode
100:Atari 8-bit
46:Atari 8-bit
1070:Categories
967:AlphaSmart
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589:OpenOffice
508:Comparison
400:16 October
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288:2016-07-28
260:References
250:typesetter
187:OMNIWRITER
136:Ariolasoft
987:IBM MT/ST
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906:PaperClip
796:Nota Bene
702:TextMaker
697:Scrivener
633:TextMaker
227:Reception
204:used for
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108:PaperClip
51:Dan Moore
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960:Hardware
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896:MacWrite
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682:Ichitaro
600:Freeware
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213:joystick
164:Features
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191:preview
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