![]() ![]() Today’s entry is about a recent advance that has substantially changed my working life for the better. I dust off the walnut every so often.Īt the end of this post I’ll include links to some entries from that era onward, about programs, machinery, advances, and setbacks I have found notable through the personal-computing age. The software was a writing program called The Electric Pencil, invented by the filmmaker Michael Shrayer. The hardware was a Processor Technology SOL-20, designed by Lee Felsenstein and renowned in the computer world as the machine that came in a lovely burled-walnut case. The topic has fascinated me ever since I patched together my own first computer and programs in the late 1970s. ![]() This is an installment in the “ Interesting Software ” chronicles.
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