''Tasword'' is a

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for microcomputers developed by

Tasman Software Accusoft is a privately held software company that is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 1991 as Pegasus Imaging, by Jack Berlin, the current CEO and President. Currently, the company provides imaging software development kits (S ...

. The first version was released for the

ZX81 The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-c ...

in 1982 and spawned two major revisions in addition to several add-ons and, later, tailored versions for the +2 and +3 Spectrum models, the

SAM Coupé The SAM Coupé (pronounced /sæm ku:peɪ/ from its original British English branding) is an 8-bit British home computer manufactured by '' Miles Gordon Technology'' (''MGT''), based in Swansea in the United Kingdom and released in December 1989. ...

, the

MSX MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983. It was initially conceived by Microsoft as a product for the Eastern sector, and jointly marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, the director at ASCII Corpo ...

, the Timex Sinclair 2068 and the

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

range. Many of the features of modern word processors were included, such as justification,

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and

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. Features such as

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and

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were achieved through sending special

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s to a printer. It featured the ability to use a 64 characters per line font in the standard ZX Spectrum screen. Add-on products included TasMerge for

mail merge Mail merge consists of combining mail and letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels for mass mailings from a form letter. This feature is usually employed in a word processing document which contains fixed text (which is the same in ...

functionality (which was later included in Tasword III and later versions) and TasSpell for

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Releases

ZX81 The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-c ...

* Tasword - 1982

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* Tasword Two "The Word Processor" - 1983https://archive.org/download/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror.zip/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror/sinclair/company-pics/t/TasmanSoftware/TasmanSoftwareCatalogueSpring1986.pdf * Tasword Three "The Word Processor" - 1986

Timex Sinclair 2068

* Tasword Two - 1983

ZX Spectrum 128 The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. ...

* Tasword 128 "The Word Processor for the Spectrum 128" - 1986 * Tasword +2A - 1991

ZX Spectrum +3 ZX may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Kamen Rider ZX (pronounced "Zed-Cross"), the tenth fictional superhero in the "Kamen Rider" franchise * ''Mega Man ZX'', a video game for the Nintendo DS * ''ZX Tunes'', remastered soundtracks of the "Meg ...

* Tasword +3 - 1987

Sam Coupe Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

* Tasword II - 1990

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...

* Tasword 64 "The Word Processor" - 1985 (80 column)

MSX MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983. It was initially conceived by Microsoft as a product for the Eastern sector, and jointly marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, the director at ASCII Corpo ...

* Tasword MSX "The Word Processor" - 1984 * Tasword MSX-2 - 1986

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

* Tasword 464 "The Word Processor" - 1984 * Tasword D - 1985 * Tasword 6128 "The Word Processor" - 1985

Amstrad PCW The Amstrad PCW series is a range of personal computers produced by United Kingdom, British company Amstrad from 1985 to 1998, and also sold under licence in Europe as the "Joyce" by the German electronics company Schneider Computer Division, Schn ...

* Tasword 8000 - 1986

Tatung Einstein

* Tasword Einstein "The Word Processor" - 1985

IBM PC compatible An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central p ...

* Tasword PC "The Word Processor" - 1986 * Tasres PC (special

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version) - 1988 * Tasword 2 PC - 1990 (named TWIX in the Netherlands)

References

External links

* Word processors ZX Spectrum software {{text-editor-stub