EasyWriter was a word processor

Word processor

A word processor is a computer application used for the production of any sort of printable material....

 first written for the Apple II series

Apple II series

The Apple II series is a set of 8-bit home computers, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977 with the original Apple II...

 computer in 1979, the first word processor for that platform. It was written by John Draper

John Draper

John Thomas Draper , also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch or Crunchman , is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak. He is a legendary figure within the computer programming world.- Background :Draper is the son of a U.S...

's Cap'n Software, which also produced a version of Forth, which EasyWriter was developed in.

It was later ported to the IBM PC

IBM PC

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...

 and released when the PC was announced in 1981.

Mr Draper developed EasyWriter while serving nights in the Alameda County Jail under a work furlough program.

External links

• John Draper's "The Creation of EasyWriter" on his own site.