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LocoScript is a word processing software package created by Locomotive Software and first released with the Amstrad PCW, a personal computer launched in 1985. Early versions of LocoScript were noted for combining a wide range of facilities with outstanding ease of use. This and the low price of the hardware made it one of the best-selling word processors of the late 1980s. Four major versions of LocoScript were published for the PCW, and two for IBM-compatible PCs running MS-DOS. LocoScript's market share didn't expand with the PC versions, which were not released until after Windows had become the dominant PC operating system.
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| dbo:abstract | El procesador de textos LocoScript de Locomotive Software se incluyó con cada Amstrad PCW, una familia de ordenadores basados en Zilog Z80 y CP/M 3.0 que se comercializaron desde 1985. Posteriormente se lanzó una versión para el IBM PC, siendo de interés para quienes habían comenzado en los PCW antes de comprar un PC. En su momento de mayor popularidad LocoScript tenía una reputación entre sus usuarios de relativamente fácil aprendizaje, sobre todo frente a los éxitos de ventas contemporáneos WordPerfect y WordStar. También, especialmente tras del lanzamiento de LocoScript 2, tenía amplio soporte de los caracteres especiales para casi cada lengua europea; éstos se podrían todos imprimir correctamente en la impresora del PCW, aunque no todos si se empleaba una impresora de terceros. Parte de su facilidad de uso residía en correr en un hardware diseñado a propósito. El PCW tenía las teclas especiales para cortar, copiar y pegar (cut, copy, paste), así como activar formato y desactivar formato (representados por unos signos + y - recuadrados, respectivamente). En algunos otros respectos, LocoScript tomaba prestadas ideas de diseño de las corrientes en boga entonces. Por ej., en comparación con las miríadas de combinaciones de teclas de control de WordStar y WordPerfect, utilizada los menús desplegables situados en una barra de menús en lo alto de la pantalla, con teclas de acceso rápido para los comandos individuales. Sin embargo, esto no era conforme al estándar CUA (Common User Access) publicado en 1987. En su lugar, cada menú se desplegaba pulsando una de las teclas de función. El PCW, como el Commodore 64, sobrecargó las teclas de función; las funciones de evento numerado se accedían pulsando Shift + tecla con número impar. (es) LocoScript is a word processing software package created by Locomotive Software and first released with the Amstrad PCW, a personal computer launched in 1985. Early versions of LocoScript were noted for combining a wide range of facilities with outstanding ease of use. This and the low price of the hardware made it one of the best-selling word processors of the late 1980s. Four major versions of LocoScript were published for the PCW, and two for IBM-compatible PCs running MS-DOS. LocoScript's market share didn't expand with the PC versions, which were not released until after Windows had become the dominant PC operating system. (en) |
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| dbp:caption | LocoScript 1.40's initial file management screen (en) |
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| dbp:discontinued | yes (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | LocoScript is a word processing software package created by Locomotive Software and first released with the Amstrad PCW, a personal computer launched in 1985. Early versions of LocoScript were noted for combining a wide range of facilities with outstanding ease of use. This and the low price of the hardware made it one of the best-selling word processors of the late 1980s. Four major versions of LocoScript were published for the PCW, and two for IBM-compatible PCs running MS-DOS. LocoScript's market share didn't expand with the PC versions, which were not released until after Windows had become the dominant PC operating system. (en) El procesador de textos LocoScript de Locomotive Software se incluyó con cada Amstrad PCW, una familia de ordenadores basados en Zilog Z80 y CP/M 3.0 que se comercializaron desde 1985. Posteriormente se lanzó una versión para el IBM PC, siendo de interés para quienes habían comenzado en los PCW antes de comprar un PC. (es) |
| rdfs:label | LocoScript (es) LocoScript (en) |
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| foaf:name | LocoScript (en) |
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