Electronic writing: one reporter’s reminiscence 
These days, we take word processors for granted. But it wasn’t too long ago that most writers banged out their work on a typewriter. My first encounter with a word processor was Speedscript, for the Commodore VIC-20 home computer. In journalism school, I got my first taste of Microsoft Word on a Mac. Then, in the late 80s I got my first dedicated word processor — a Smith Corona PWP. By then, I was hooked and haven’t used a typewriter since.
This article by reporter Steven Poole is a wonderful, concise history of electronic writing. It sure took me down memory lane, and made me feel kind of old …
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