<s>
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-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
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PCjr	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
,	O
most	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
ran	O
on	O
networked	O
minicomputers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
personal	O
computer	O
was	O
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
,	O
which	O
(	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
version	O
II	O
release	O
)	O
operated	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
where	O
all	O
text	O
consisted	O
of	O
uppercase	O
letters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Device
Writer	I-Device
used	O
a	O
black-on-white	B-General_Concept
character	O
to	O
represent	O
an	O
actual	O
capital	O
letter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microcomputer	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
typically	O
had	O
no	O
menus	O
;	O
so	O
to	O
perform	O
basic	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
copying	O
and	O
pasting	O
,	O
a	O
writer	O
had	O
to	O
type	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
keystrokes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
operated	O
in	O
graphics	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
characters	O
were	O
displayed	O
normally	O
with	O
lower	O
and	O
upper	O
case	O
letters	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
provided	O
helpful	O
prompts	O
during	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
was	O
initially	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
school	O
version	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
was	O
published	O
by	O
Scholastic	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
workbooks	O
and	O
other	O
teacher	O
and	O
student	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
became	O
the	O
leading	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
elementary	O
schools	O
throughout	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
results	O
were	O
the	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
and	O
The	O
Voyage	O
of	O
the	O
Mimi	O
,	O
a	O
groundbreaking	O
science-based	O
TV	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
contains	O
menus	O
listing	O
the	O
operations	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
can	O
perform	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
cut	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
paste	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
brief	O
directions	O
for	O
how	O
to	O
perform	O
each	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
addressed	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
would	O
enable	O
elementary	O
school	O
children	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
write	O
stories	O
and	O
essays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
is	O
a	O
modal	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
-	O
pressing	O
the	O
Esc	B-Device
key	I-Device
toggled	O
between	O
editing	O
mode	O
and	O
menu	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broderbund	O
published	O
a	O
successful	O
home	O
version	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
contain	O
the	O
additional	O
school	O
materials	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
retail	O
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
was	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
the	O
best-selling	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
home	O
software	O
"	O
category	O
on	O
what	O
was	O
then	O
the	O
most	O
respected	O
sales	O
chart	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
-	O
the	O
Softsel	O
Hot	O
List	O
,	O
from	O
Softsel	O
Distributing	O
of	O
Inglewood	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
II	O
Computing	O
listed	O
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
eighth	O
on	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
non-game	O
,	O
non-educational	O
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>
<s>
At	O
its	O
introduction	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
a	O
laudatory	O
story	O
in	O
Time	O
about	O
how	O
the	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
(	O
"	O
BSW	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
introducing	O
word	O
processing	O
into	O
the	O
classroom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
stated	O
that	O
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
was	O
suited	O
for	O
home	O
users	O
wanting	O
to	O
write	O
letters	O
and	O
school	O
reports	O
,	O
albeit	O
lacking	O
footnotes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
criticized	O
the	O
slow	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
documents	O
of	O
three	O
or	O
more	O
pages	O
,	O
reporting	O
that	O
he	O
gave	O
up	O
on	O
using	O
it	O
to	O
write	O
the	O
review	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
its	O
shortcomings	O
,	O
BSW	O
is	O
the	O
easiest	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
program	O
"	O
for	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
almost	O
everything	O
going	O
for	O
it	O
—	O
it	O
is	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
decide	O
if	O
it	O
goes	O
far	O
enough	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	B-Device
Bank	I-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
was	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
at	O
home	O
by	O
the	O
family	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
those	O
whose	O
writing	O
needs	O
are	O
on	O
a	O
small	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
really	O
good	O
first	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
-	O
for	O
someone	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
Atari.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
good	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
limited	O
uses	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
approving	O
of	O
its	O
ease	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
use	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
criticized	O
its	O
38x18	O
screen	O
as	O
"	O
simply	O
too	O
small	O
to	O
display	O
any	O
but	O
the	O
simplest	O
documents	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
said	O
of	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
"	O
There	O
will	O
probably	O
never	O
be	O
a	O
perfect	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
...	O
but	O
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
Plus	O
brings	O
us	O
a	O
little	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
unattainable.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
InfoWorld	O
praised	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
ease	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
use	I-General_Concept
,	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
used	O
their	O
review	O
copy	O
for	O
2	O
hours	O
before	O
opening	O
the	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
criticized	O
BSW	O
's	O
user	B-General_Concept
friendly	I-General_Concept
approach	O
of	O
only	O
offering	O
one	O
way	O
to	O
access	O
functionality	O
as	O
limiting	O
for	O
more	O
experienced	O
users	O
,	O
saying	O
there	O
should	O
be	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
bypass	O
the	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
