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+ | ====== PROSPELL v2.02 - v2.11 - v2.14 ====== | ||
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+ | ^ Company | [[..: | ||
+ | ^ Distributor | [[..: | ||
+ | ^ Year | 1986 | | ||
+ | ^ Packaging | Hard plastic case | | ||
+ | ^ Compatibility | PCW 8256 - PCW 8512 - PCW 9512 | | ||
+ | ^ Peripherals | Keyboard | | ||
+ | ^ Load | CP/M+ | | ||
+ | ^ Gender | Spell Checker | | ||
+ | ^ Language | English | | ||
+ | ^ Price | Spain: 0,000 - England: £29.95 | | ||
+ | ^ Status | [[en: | ||
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+ | ===== Screenshots ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Description ===== | ||
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+ | After the success of Arnor' | ||
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+ | Locoscript was the word processor par excellence, but lacking a spell checker, it began to decline for most users, which led the company Arnor, one of the pioneer brands in this type of product, to create Prospell for the aforementioned versions, which was what the users of these machines demanded. | ||
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+ | Unlike many other spell checkers, prospell works with several word processors, including Tasword in all its versions and, of course, Locoscript. | ||
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+ | The factory packaging is usually hard plastic, with your software on a 3" disk and a 17-page manual. Arnor advises you to work with a backup of the original disk first, to avoid formatting or deleting the files. originals containing the same on both sides. | ||
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+ | Once the prospell is started, it will work with one or two units. The program automatically detects if you are using a second disk drive, since it will warn you when you need to change it and it doesn' | ||
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+ | Once we have loaded the prospell, it is presented with a menu that will allow us to select, in a few steps, the spelling, the directory, change the current unit or choose a file from the control group. Group files are a set of files that contain a piece of text, for example, if a text file does not fit with Locoscript, we can split it into group files that the machine prints or spell checks treating as a single file. | ||
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+ | The printer feature when enabled will display all unknown words in 4 column format. This option is especially useful when using the spell checker in the first step and before correcting it in the second step. | ||
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+ | Once in the corrector, if the program finds any words that it doesn' | ||
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+ | If you want to change a misspelled word, pressing " | ||
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+ | Using the " | ||
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+ | Quite a great program that works for most word processors in the Amstrad range. | ||
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+ | ===== Packing ===== | ||
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+ | In the following images you can check the original packaging. | ||
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+ | ===== Cover ===== | ||
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+ | *** __Here you have the original cover.__** | ||
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+ | *** __Here you have the restored cover.__** | ||
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+ | Actual measurement of the cover: Width: 35.20 cm x Height: 21.30 cm | ||
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+ | ===== Disk ===== | ||
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+ | Original disc supplied with Prospell. | ||
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+ | ===== Labels ===== | ||
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+ | Custom labels to print. Over the years due to their use, the labels are damaged and lose their color and quality. Now we try to adapt the most similar to the extent of our possibilities, | ||
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+ | ===== Extras ===== | ||
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+ | Product advertisement. | ||
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+ | ===== Download ===== | ||
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+ | __**Program**__ | ||
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+ | The disk images, obtained from the original version of Prospell, have been recorded and verified. | ||
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+ | __**Manual**__ | ||
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+ | Below you can download the Prospell program manual or view it online. The manual sheet measures: Width 14.80 cm x Height 19.40 cm. | ||
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