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Title: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Nellie on May 07, 2013, 11:18:52 PM: There used to be a program that i am not sure if it was an allowed program or not, but it used to let you type things directly into UO and was great for making your text stand out with stars and stuff.

Can anybody remember what it was called and where i could get it from?

thanks in advance.

Nel.
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: dxrom on May 08, 2013, 02:05:53 AM: http://phazm.net/tgh/files.html

It was called Texter. Most likely doesn't work anymore. (Along with the majority of those programs.)
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Masscre on May 08, 2013, 10:44:55 AM: I was thinking more on the lines of Mavis Beacon (http://www.mavisbeacon.com/) teaches typing. Is anyone else old enough to remember this when you could get it on 5.25" Floppy and it took like 4 disks to load it on your 10 Mb hard drive?
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: 12TimesOver on May 08, 2013, 11:01:51 AM: Quote from: Masscre on May 08, 2013, 10:44:55 AM
I was thinking more on the lines of Mavis Beacon (http://www.mavisbeacon.com/) teaches typing. Is anyone else old enough to remember this when you could get it on 5.25" Floppy and it took like 4 disks to load it on your 10 Mb hard drive?
I'm ashamed to say that I totally remember MB on 5.25's and yet I still play video games...sigh, my kids are doomed...
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: TrailMyx on May 08, 2013, 03:41:18 PM: Heh, I used to buy Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing by the truckload back in the late 80s when I worked as a software buyer at a popular local book/media store. Those were strange days; that store was so popular that I had a bit of local celebrity. It got kind of annoying going out to dinner and having people come up to me to say "Hi" all the time. I love my anonymity now. ;-)
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: dxrom on May 08, 2013, 03:55:20 PM: Quote from: TrailMyx on May 08, 2013, 03:41:18 PM
Heh, I used to buy Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing by the truckload back in the late 80s when I worked as a software buyer at a popular local book/media store. Those were strange days; that store was so popular that I had a bit of local celebrity. It got kind of annoying going out to dinner and having people come up to me to say "Hi" all the time. I love my anonymity now. ;-)

Hi.
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Hoby on May 08, 2013, 04:22:26 PM: Quote
I was thinking more on the lines of Mavis Beacon teaches typing. Is anyone else old enough to remember this when you could get it on 5.25" Floppy and it took like 4 disks to load it on your 10 Mb hard drive?

Baa haha. I remember those days!!
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Nellie on May 08, 2013, 10:29:48 PM: Found it thanks, and it still works :)

Nel
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Endless Night on October 08, 2013, 10:24:51 AM: I still have a functional 5.25 inch drive and box of floppys... lol
Title: Re: Typing program... what was it called?
Post by: Masscre on October 08, 2013, 12:44:00 PM: I still own two 5.25 drives. Not sure if they still work, the belts might have rubber rott by now who know but they worked before I boxed them up.