When Was Wordstar First Released?

WordStar, one of the first commercially successful word processing software programs for personal computers, is released by Micropro International. July 1, 1979 — The first Sony Walkman is sold.

What was the first processing program used in 1979?

Released in 1979 by Micropro International Inc., WordStar was the first commercially successful word processing software program produced for microcomputers and the best selling software program of the early eighties.

What came before MS word?

The first software for word processing I ever used on the Apple ][+ was the original WordStar, which ran on the CP/M operating system, which had commands very similar to the MS-DOS on the original IBM PCs.