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Originally Posted by HarryT
Probably Wordstar format on CP/M. You would struggle to find something that would read that today.
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If I recall correctly, he used a program called pencil or something like that. It was a program that as he put it "got out of the way and let him write".
I'm pretty sure that Pournelle was very conscientious about backups. I seem to recall him mentioning that he had a backup machine that had all his manuscripts on it. I have both his books that were collections of his Byte columns and I'm pretty sure that he mentioned his work flow and changing formats. I also remember that piracy was somewhat of a sore spot for him.
Yea, here is one of his blog posts where he mentions early word processing and the various programs he used
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosm...rd-processing/
He also mentions elsewhere that he got his Z-80 in 1976.