VisiWord

SomeGuy

Probably never seen before on the internet, I present VisiWord from VisiCorp:

https://winworldpc.com/product/visiword

This is a good example of very early PC DOS software. Not very powerful or attractive, but it was what made things go.

This program has some ugly copy protection, and there are no unprotects for it. Therefor it only includes Tanscopy and CopyIIPC/Snatchit images. I did manage to get it to run in the PCE emulator. One of these days I will have to get a Kryoflux and/or Supercard Pro to dump these disks in more detail.

birdy

Wow, looks like the text editor Pico and Microsoft Word 5.5 for dos combined. But it looks like a really good word processor for it's time.

dosbox

http://toastytech.com/guis/vision.html

Nathan Lineback wrote:

In part, the demo and release of Visi On motivated a massive response from Microsoft, promoting their still vaporware Windows product. Between that, Apple fanfare, and both business and technical issues on the part of VisiCorp, Visi On failed to gain popularity and was buried in obscurity. It was forgotten by everyone, and seemed like the last copy had dropped off of the face of the earth....

Until I got my hands on a copy of VisiCorp Visi On!

I finally have Transcopy images that can reproduce workable install disks, with its ugly copy protection in place! Writing these disk images requires a Central Point Deluxe Option Board, although the SuperCard Pro or Kryoflux may eventually be able to write them. Transcopy images are also supported by the PCE emulator.

For the sake of historic software preservation please click the links below:

New: Complete archives with Transcopy disk images! Transcopy images are writable with a Central Point Deluxe Option Board and usable with the PCE emulator.

Visi On Applications Manager
Visi On Calc
Visi On Graph
Visi On Word

SomeGuy

dosbox wrote:

Visi On Applications Manager
Visi On Calc
Visi On Graph
Visi On Word

Despite the similar sounding names, those are completely different products from the DOS based VisiCalc, VisiPlot, and VisiWord.

calvinb

VisiCalc was the popular choice in the very early 80s. I think the original author released it as freeware/