Talk:IBM Displaywriter System

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

is/was? available
IBM Displaywrite says to see here about IBM DisplayWrite/370, which it claims is still available. Here there is no mention of /370 and the past tense is used? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pantergraph (talk • contribs) 17:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Relation to DisplayWrite software
I'm removing the following sentence "The Displaywriter's word processing software was later ported to the IBM PC and to larger IBM computing platforms as IBM DisplayWrite." The similiarity in names is purely for marketing reasons. The DisplayWrite application was not a "port" of the software. It was, in fact, significantly different in its architecture and UI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.218.82 (talk) 18:47, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm going to add something back. Agreed it was not a "port", but the menu interface was similar to ease the transition for experienced Displaywriter operators. Peter Flass (talk) 18:04, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

overstatement
in 1984, IBM announced "DisplayWrite", an almost exact replica of the Displaywriter Textpack for the IBM Personal Computer line, making the Displaywriter truly obsolete.

The quality of the beam spring keyboard included with the Displaywriter wasn't available for PCs of the time, correct? I would revise "truly obsolete." For some professional writers, build quality and ease of use would have been the top criteria, not versatility (being able to run other software like a general PC). 107.77.195.33 (talk) 00:50, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Our secretaries, etc. hated DisplayWrite. Not just the keyboard, but the quality of the PC display was not was good. Peter Flass (talk) 20:02, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you two have sources to support that sentiment? Based on what I've read sales of the Displaywriter dropped off sharply in 1983 and 1984 and the system was universally panned as being functionally dead. Also the Displaywriter display and the PC 5151 monochrome display use the same tube so resolution of text was identical, if not better on the PC if the PC used a 5153 or 5154 etc. Stank Tater (talk) 12:13, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately it's anecdotal, but I spoke to a lot of secretaries at the time and they hted the replacement. Peter Flass (talk) 17:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)