Tried getting the word processor working; but the drive keeps failing... not
only the preparing [no, the disks arenÕt locked, it would say so] but also
writing the files, which it just wonÕt work.
The Smith Corona PWP 77d Personal Word Processor is one of those machines I like
a lot... more versatile than my Atari, it serves a functional purpose beyond
entertainment; and as a typewriter, served all those crazes of the eighties and
nineties. There were numerous typestyles to choose from, whichever daisy wheel
was on the machine was what it printed... and can function as both a saving word
processor (to 800k 3.5Ó floppy disks) to be printed later or as a realtime
typewriter. In the world of computers, these documents can be converted to
ASCII text in the machine or to Wordperfect format via a DOS-based utility.
In practice, this machine is somewhat more elegant than the office-oriented
machine (replacing the external CRT with an intergrated LCD) but not by much.
The keyboard is stiff and lags, often resulting in spelling errors, which it
informs you about with a ÒchirpÓ noise. Occasionally, the screen gets wiped to
pan down and lines you typed in moments before simply... vanish.
There are two seperate keyboard shortcutting system; and those familiar with
command line interfaces will still be lost... as I still donÕt know how to copy
and paste in it.
Even if the disk did work, the Mac wonÕt recognize the existance of it due to SC
formatting... so this might not work...
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