From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on
I think WordStar was the first I used. We had a Compaq "luggable" with two
5.25" floppies and no HD. We had upgraded the RAM to a whopping.640K,
though, so we had plenty of room to swing a cat. <g>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:51b403d5-fdfb-4080-8a88-95d0e80f1889(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
Still supported (though, for how much longer?), but they won't sell it
to her!

My first word processor, PerfectWriter, came with my Kaypro 4/84 and
ran on 64 K [sic] RAM.

On Mar 20, 9:34 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote:
> Word 2002 is actually still supported, and the issue seems to be finding a
> version that will run on 256 MB of RAM. According
> tohttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102126751033.aspx, Word 2002
> can
> run on as little as 32 MB (requires 132 MB under Windows XP). HD space
> requirements must also be taken into account.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...(a)verizon.net> wrote in
> messagenews:1ab90cbb-28c2-4944-bf7c-6d6e5c514747(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> I don't see that she said she doesn't want to pay for it; being a long
> obsolete product, wouldn't it be hanging around eBay for a pittance?
>
> On Mar 20, 2:40 am, "Graham Mayor" <gma...(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > You are asking in a Microsoft help forum how to find an illegal download
> > of
> > one of their products? Instead of stealing software, download Open
> > Office
> > which is free and Word compatible.
>
> > --
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> > My web sitewww.gmayor.com
> > Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
> > "Valerie" <Vale...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:6A6C7F40-FB3D-4273-90C1-165721E06B7E(a)microsoft.com...
>
> > >I have only 256 memory and no ms word. Can someone help me find a
> > >download
> > >to
> > > get ms word for windows xp?--