Thomas Ganter„Dubbed the Electric Pencil by he and his wife, it was used it to write its own manual, and began its spread through the home computing scene. Landing on the TRS-80 series in 1978 opened it to a mass market, and the word processor genre was well and truly born.“
The FIRST #WordProcessor.
Electric Pencil on the TRS-80
A disillusioned filmmaker turned beach bum turned a hobby project into millions by creating the first word processor for home computers. His creation was so compelling a jewelry salesman reinvented himself as a software publisher just to keep it alive. Let's see what all the fuss was about.