Software, Perfect Software, Inc., Perfect Writer
date: label: date made
content: 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This software program, Perfect Writer, released in 1982 by Perfect Software, Inc. was for Kaypro computers. The software was on four 5.25" diskettes.
label: Description
content: Perfect Writer was a full featured word processing program with all the standard elements. This version also provided the ability to edit documents larger than the computer's memory (up to 200 pages) by using virtual memory. Other features included the capability to restore the user's last deletion by using a recall command, form letter design tools, and the automatic generation of footnotes, indices, and table of contents. In 1982 the program sold for $389 ($1,032 in 2019 dollars).
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: "InfoWorld," May 24, 1982, p. 7 (Advertisement)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Berkeley
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3098.048
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3098.048
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/16 in x 5 11/16 in x 1/16 in; 13.49375 cm x 14.44625 cm x .15875 cm