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| − | IF YOU WISH TO | + | | - 32K RAM add-on (512K available) |
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- computer-to-cassette cable | - computer-to-cassette cable | ||
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| − | equipment as your budget allows. | + | |
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| − | a printer. Almost any kind will do: thermal, daisy wheel, dot | + | This cartridge is your entry into word processing. You can add equipment as your budget allows. |
| − | matrix, ink jet, pen plotter, or laser. You will need a | + | |
| − | connecting cord with a plug on one end that fits into the back of | + | Beyond the console and this cartridge your biggest expense will be a printer. Almost any kind will do: thermal, daisy wheel, dot matrix, ink jet, pen plotter, or laser. You will need a connecting cord with a plug on one end that fits into the back of your printer. The other end must have a plug which fits an accessory called an interface; the interface plugs into the right side of the console. Printers are either Parallel or Serial. Many printers (even the least expensive) have both kinds of inputs. If you have a choice I suggest using Parallel; this frees your computer to also use a modem, which is serial. Buy the correct cord when you buy your printer. Computer repair shops can make you a cord; they need to know the wiring diagram, which you can get from TI. |
| − | your printer. The other end must have a plug which fits an | + | |
| − | accessory called an interface; the interface plugs into the right | ||
| − | side of the console. Printers are either Parallel or Serial. | ||
| − | Many printers (even the least expensive) have both kinds of | ||
| − | inputs. If you have a choice I suggest using Parallel; this frees | ||
| − | your computer to also use a modem, which is serial. Buy the | ||
| − | correct cord when you buy your printer. Computer repair shops can | ||
| − | make you a cord; they need to know the wiring diagram, which you | ||
| − | can get from TI. | ||
The Plus version of WORDWRITER lets you connect a printer directly | The Plus version of WORDWRITER lets you connect a printer directly | ||
to the WORDWRITER cartridge. The cord goes from the cartridge | to the WORDWRITER cartridge. The cord goes from the cartridge | ||
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Wordwriter is Word Processor distributed created by Databiotics for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released during the second quarter of 1987 as part # TRI-BJBW. It originally retailed for $39.95 (USD) and was programmed by Todd Kaplan.
| Wordwriter | |
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 Wordwriter Manual (Front Cover) [1] | |
| Publisher(s) | Databiotics |
| Original Retail Price | $39.95 (USD) |
| Programmer(s) | Todd Kaplan |
| Part# | TRI-BJBW |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1987 (2nd Quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Word Processor |
Contents
Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog Spring 1987
Wordwriter is a revolutionary new cartridge that makes your Tl-99/4A a powerful word processor.
Simply plug your Wordwriter cartridge into the module slot and instantly you can: create mounds of text, up to 12,286 characters (36,782 with memory expansion); insert and delete characters, lines or whole paragraphs easily; turn word wrap on and just type; turn line number display on or off at will; reformat text to neat margins after changes are made to your document; search and easily find key words or phrases within your document; and set left and right margins and horizontal tabs where you want them from the keyboard.
Wordwriter allows you to load and save from disk or cassette, as well as print a hard copy. Team Wordwriter up with one of the great printers on the previous page and start saving precious time and money wasted by duplication of typing effort. From DataBiotics. (Requires RS232 Interface and printer cable or Parallax-TI Interface and Printer.)
Manual
Introduction
WORDWRITER is a cartridge which fits into Texas Instruments home computer, model TI 99/4A, converting it into a "word processor", equalling (or at least rivalling) systems costing much more. When using this word processor you can:
- insert, delete, or rearrange the order of single characters, words, phrases, sentences, and whole paragraphs
- insert blank lines, copy existing lines, change the margin width.
- perform Full Screen Text Editing.
- edit Text of over 12286 Characters (16K Console).
- edit Text of over 36286 Characters (16K Console +32K Extended Memory).
- save to or load from cassette, floppy disk, or hard disk.
- arrange the text through the use of the Moving Text and Copying Text functions.
- print via RS-232 or Parallel Output to Printer.
- the + version of WORDWRITER will print through its own Module Interface Output (MID) so that you do not have to buy a parallel interface (PIO).
- display and print disk directory (of course, this requires a disk drive)
- search text for a symbol, word, or phrase.
- replace a symbol, word, or phrase with something else
- scroll screen up/down/left/right
- window screen up/down/left/right/ to first screen/to last screen
- set margins, tabs, and indentation.
- reformat lines or paragraphs to where the cursor is or to the left margin.
Minimum Hardware Required
- TI 99/4A Home Computer
- television set (or "composite" monitor)
- computer-to-TV cable
- computer-to-wall plLlg cable
| IF YOU WISH TO PRINT . . . | IF YOU WISH TO USE A DISK . . . |
| - printer
- parallel interface - computer -to-printer cable |
- disk drive
- controller - manager (a diskette) |
| IF YOU WISH TO BOOST MEMORY . . . | IF YOU WISH TO USE A CASSETTE . . . |
| - 32K RAM add-on (512K available) | - Cassette tape recorder
- computer-to-cassette cable |
This cartridge is your entry into word processing. You can add equipment as your budget allows.
Beyond the console and this cartridge your biggest expense will be a printer. Almost any kind will do: thermal, daisy wheel, dot matrix, ink jet, pen plotter, or laser. You will need a connecting cord with a plug on one end that fits into the back of your printer. The other end must have a plug which fits an accessory called an interface; the interface plugs into the right side of the console. Printers are either Parallel or Serial. Many printers (even the least expensive) have both kinds of inputs. If you have a choice I suggest using Parallel; this frees your computer to also use a modem, which is serial. Buy the correct cord when you buy your printer. Computer repair shops can make you a cord; they need to know the wiring diagram, which you can get from TI.
The Plus version of WORDWRITER lets you connect a printer directly to the WORDWRITER cartridge. The cord goes from the cartridge (not from the right side of the computer) to the printer. If you do not buy the Plus \/ersion you will need to buy a Parallel interface that plugs into the right side of your console; the printer cord connects interface and printer. If you buy the regular (non-Plus) version of WORDWRITER Data9ioTics will let you trade it in for the Plus version for a fee. You will need the Plus version cable, too. Quite often a parallel interface is combined in one unit with 32K memory, disk controller, power supply, serial interface, and disk controller. It is in the long run cheaper and more convenient to buy everything at once; however, you can also add bit by bit. ore than likely you already own some sort of tape recorder. It
Downloads
Wordwriter Manual Cover
Wordwriter Manual Complete (pdf format)
