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Maybe George R.R. Martin will like this new version:

https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/14/5716232/george-r-r-martin...

I never used Wordstar, back then, for WP I used Wang WP on a 286 Machine. But it is nice to see this version of Wordstar set free.

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I recall using a dedicated Word Processing Machine that my Great Uncle had purchased. I can't, for the life of me, recall what its name was, but it was exactly that: a computer that could only do word processing.

It was quickly replaced with a PC clone running Word 1.0 under DOS.

Edit: Heh... I think it was one of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/126483680190?itmmeta=01J4M9RV37R76T... (Brother word processor WP-55)

For writing what? I doubt he even typed a page for TWOW in this year.

My (baseless) theory is that he has finished every novel in the series already but will not release them until he passes away to avoid massive backlash from his fanbase.

The best conspiracy theory I encountered in my life. It is so true at the same time so not true. After the backlash of the GoT, ...

Let us see who will survive longer than him and saw these unfolded. (The good part is I probably never knew as might be dead then.)

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