Word processing on classic amiga?

[runequester]

What is a decent word processor with a reasonable graphical interface, that will run on 3.1 with very limited ram (2 megabyte +)

[nagaflas]

You might want to look into some of the earlier versions of a program called Final Writer. Also, Wordworth might also work with 2MB.

[runequester]

I have a copy of Final Writer 97 but it wont run. I guess I'll wait with that until I get my accelerator card in the mail, and look for an older version until then.

Any preferences between Final Writer and Wordworth ?

[pVC]

FinalWriter is my favourite, which I still use. AmigaWriter gets occasional use sometimes. And for more complex layouts Pagestream. Never got into WordWorth myself.

[Hattig]

I used to use Final Writer back at university. Wasn't there something like a Final Office Suite or something? Final Calc (TurboCalc) and Final Data were also included.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_productivity_software#Word_processing_and_page_layout

Word processing used to be a lot more about words and less about fonts and layout. Protext, Scribble!, etc, were very popular.

[meega]

The earlier version is called Final Copy (and Final Copy II). It's good.

[Thorham]

The earlier version is called Final Copy (and Final Copy II). It's good.

Yep, nice program, and produces good prints when needed.

And for more complex layouts Pagestream.

Pagestream is a desktop publishing program, don't use it when you're only interested in word processing, it's like using Quark Express for writing a letter :lol:

[Matt_H]

I think I had Final Writer 97 working on my 2MB A600 (can't remember if I had my PCMCIA RAM plugged in).

[Xanxi]

I had Excellence 2.0 running perfectly on basic A500 Plus with 1MB, that served me well from 1991 until 1999.

[hardlink]

Well, I got through a graduate degree using WordPerfect on an A1000 before 2 MB of RAM were even available for it; you can't get much more classic than that! As far as capability, I still think WordPerfect can do more than 99.99% of users will ever need in a lifetime.

Edit: I suppose I should point out that I hardly ever to never use a 'word processor' to enter text. I use a 'text editor', usually the great ne (nice editor), then import it into a wp to tweak it. Perhaps that's why I strangely still like WordPerfect.

I just found a newspaper article on WordPerfect Amiga:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19871217&id=W7sTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3821,4561977

" WordPerfect Amiga incorporates many of Amiga's features which are unavailable with the conventional IBM-compatible system."

[motrucker]

Final Writer 97 is the best. I also use Excellence 3.0 on a 2.5Mb A1000 - not bad, but the output is not quite as good as Final Writer.
I don't like Wordworth at all.

[Nostalgiac]

I used Wordperfect on a 5mb A2000/030 to do my university dissertation on due to my 'partner' using WP on a PC... but I prefered Wordsworth 2.0 at the time.

Tom UK

[Xanxi]

Would be interesting to discuss also about any possible compatibility with Microsoft *.doc.

[hardlink]

Would be interesting to discuss also about any possible compatibility with Microsoft *.doc.

I think RTF (rich text format) is as close as you can get.

[the_leander]

Would be interesting to discuss also about any possible compatibility with Microsoft *.doc.

Wordworth 6 and 7 had RTF compatibility, as did FinalWriter97.

As to the OPs question regarding what would run on an unexpanded 1200... I (briefly) ran Wordworth 4.1 that way, but I have to say it was a deeply unpleasant experience and offered no real way of exporting files to other word processors beyond .txt.

I have to say that I prefered Wordworth, but then my needs didn't really extend to the things offered by FinalWriter.