<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Lutus	O
wrote	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
alone	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
cottage	O
he	O
built	O
himself	O
atop	O
a	O
hill	O
in	O
the	O
woods	O
of	O
Oregon	O
,	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
electricity	O
grid	O
via	O
of	O
cable	O
strung	O
in	O
trees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
1979	O
version	O
of	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
ran	O
from	O
a	O
13-sector	O
DOS	O
3.2	O
diskette	O
and	O
supported	O
40-column	O
text	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
of	O
the	O
binary	O
files	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
1.0	I-Device
produced	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
prefix	O
"	O
TEXT	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
undocumented	B-General_Concept
feature	I-General_Concept
was	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
print	O
to	O
printers	O
using	O
a	O
game	O
paddle	O
port	O
as	O
a	O
serial	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
1.1	I-Device
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
DOS	O
3.3	O
and	O
ran	O
under	O
the	O
newer	O
16-sector	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
featured	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
known	O
as	O
Goodspell	O
and	O
some	O
minor	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
II	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
ran	O
under	O
DOS	O
3.3	O
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
II	I-Device
could	O
display	O
both	O
upper	O
and	O
lower	O
case	O
characters	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
Sup'R'Terminal	B-Device
card	O
in	O
slot	O
3	O
,	O
could	O
support	O
both	O
40	O
-	O
and	O
80-column	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
II	I-Device
files	O
saved	O
as	O
standard	O
text	O
files	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
older	O
binary	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
///	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
enhanced	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
///	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
IIe	I-Device
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
's	O
built-in	O
80-column	O
display	O
and	O
full	O
keyboard	O
and	O
featured	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
larger	O
files	O
,	O
print	O
files	O
to	O
disk	O
and	O
directly	O
connect	O
the	O
computer	O
keyboard	O
to	O
a	O
printer	O
for	O
typewriter-like	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
2.0	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1984	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
run	O
under	O
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
set	O
screen	O
margins	O
and	O
to	O
connect	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
keyboard	O
to	O
a	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
terminal	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
Apple	O
discontinued	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creator	O
Paul	O
Lutus	O
agreed	O
in	O
1992	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
program	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
basis	O
:	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
copied	O
freely	O
and	O
given	O
away	O
,	O
but	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
sold	O
for	O
a	O
profit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
used	O
inline	O
commands	O
,	O
so	O
formatting	O
did	O
not	O
appear	O
on-screen	O
;	O
it	O
would	O
appear	O
when	O
the	O
document	O
was	O
printed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
I	O
feel	O
that	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
very	O
useful	O
document	O
creation	O
tool	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
wrote	O
the	O
review	O
with	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
II	O
Computing	O
listed	O
it	O
third	O
on	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
software	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
1985	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
sales	O
and	O
market-share	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
