MS-DOS and PC-DOS [antikvár]

An interesting, curioiis, and—so far as I know—bootleg variation on EKDS, known as 1.85R, was used during part of the writing of this book. No standard word processing program was used to write this book. Instead an excellent editor program (which is half of what a word processor is), "Vfedit by CompuView Systems, was used to compose the text of this book. Sp)elling checking was done by two programs—for fast, convenient, and occasionally faulty spelling, EasyProof from NoreU Data Systems, was used. For a final, slow, and laborious—but rigorous—check, the ProofReader (also called the Random House Dictionary spelling checker), from Aspen Software, was used. Printing of draft copies was done on two computer printers—one popular Epson MX-80 printer, which is the standard printer for the IBM PC—cheap, and reliable, if not pretty. The other, a letter quality printer, was a Daisyvmter 2000. Software and hardware, I love it aU. About the Author Peter Norton was raised in Seattle, Washington, and educated at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. During the past 20 years, he has worked with a wide variety of computer equipment, from personal computers to the largest "mainframes," and he has worked on every kind of software, from the most intricate system programming to thoroughly mimdane commercial applications. Although Mr. Norton continues to develop software for small computers, his work now concentrates on writing about the use of personal computing. Mr. Norton lives by the beach in \fenice, CaMomia, and avoids wearing shoes that have laces.