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Title: Word Writer for C64
Post by: HaRuMaN on May 14, 2012, 10:50:29 am

So I've got Word Writer for the C64, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to load a saved file from a floppy.

Any of you old farts remember how?

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: lanman31337 on May 14, 2012, 11:12:46 am

F2, you'll hold shift and F1.   

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: lanman31337 on May 14, 2012, 11:18:02 am

LOL guess what I found?  Instruction manual for WW5.

http://project64.c64.org/misc/wordw510.zip (http://project64.c64.org/misc/wordw510.zip)

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Samstag on May 14, 2012, 02:09:16 pm

Hey get out of the dark ages and use vi (http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/cbm/svicc/) for your C64 word processing needs.

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Thenasty on May 14, 2012, 03:29:01 pm

use Speedscript nice and easy  :P

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Vigo on May 14, 2012, 03:36:21 pm

I'll have to see if I have that cheat sheet thing that you taped on the keyboard that told you what all the word writer special function keys did.

I don't even know what would possess you to dive into word writer these days. I thought using WW is considered a form or torture these days.  :dizzy:

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: HaRuMaN on May 14, 2012, 05:55:49 pm

I have disk with a document on it, and I want to see what's there.

The filename, according to LOAD"$",8 is:

"W/W DATA03/28/92"

What do I use as the filename to load?  I've tried all combinations of the above I can think of.

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Ed_McCarron on May 14, 2012, 07:44:13 pm

Quote from: Thenasty on May 14, 2012, 03:29:01 pm

use Speedscript nice and easy  :P

God, I hated typing that in.  Even with the checksum program running.

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Thenasty on May 14, 2012, 09:18:19 pm

try

load "*",8,1

or

load "W/W DATA03/28/92" ,8,1   but this looks like DATA not the actual program. It prob ended with SEQ not PRG (extension way to the right colum)

then

RUN

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: Thenasty on May 14, 2012, 09:24:10 pm

you can type

load "$",8,1

then type

LIST

see which is the PRG for the program

then type

load "whatever its called",8,1

run

Title: Re: Word Writer for C64
Post by: lanman31337 on May 15, 2012, 08:11:53 am

Since there's just the prg on there, load"*",8,1 will work just fine for you.  You may have to type run as well after.