<s>
PC-Write	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
computer	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
widely	O
popular	O
software	O
products	O
sold	O
via	O
the	O
marketing	O
method	O
that	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC-Write	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
modeless	B-General_Concept
editor	O
,	O
using	O
control	O
characters	O
and	O
special	O
function	B-Application
keys	I-Application
to	O
perform	O
various	O
editing	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
it	O
accepted	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
control	O
key	O
commands	O
as	O
WordStar	B-Application
while	O
adding	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
produce	O
plain	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
also	O
features	O
that	O
embedded	O
control	O
characters	O
in	O
a	O
document	O
to	O
support	O
automatic	O
section	O
renumbering	O
,	O
bold	O
and	O
italic	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
such	O
;	O
also	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
useful	O
in	O
list	B-Language
processing	I-Language
(	O
as	O
used	O
in	O
Auto	O
LISP	B-Language
)	O
was	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
find	O
matching	O
open	O
and	O
closed	O
parenthesis	O
"	O
(	O
)	O
"	O
;	O
this	O
matching	B-Application
operation	I-Application
also	O
worked	O
for	O
the	O
other	O
paired	O
characters	O
:	O
{	O
}	O
,	O
[	O
]	O
and	O
< >	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Quicksoft	B-Protocol
distributed	O
copies	O
of	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
for	O
$10	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
encouraged	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
for	O
others	O
in	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quicksoft	B-Protocol
asked	O
those	O
who	O
liked	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
to	O
send	O
it	O
$75	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sum	O
provided	O
a	O
printed	O
manual	O
(	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
many	O
pictures	O
of	O
cats	O
,	O
drawn	O
by	O
Megan	O
Dana-Wallace	O
)	O
,	O
telephone	O
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
,	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
registration	O
number	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
entered	O
into	O
his	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
configuration	O
file	O
allowed	O
customizing	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
,	O
including	O
remapping	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
registered	O
(	O
paid	O
for	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
included	O
a	O
thesaurus	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
shareware	B-License
)	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilities	O
were	O
also	O
provided	O
to	O
convert	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
that	O
were	O
common	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Wallace	O
found	O
that	O
running	O
Quicksoft	B-Protocol
used	O
so	O
much	O
of	O
his	O
time	O
he	O
could	O
not	O
improve	O
the	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1991	O
,	O
he	O
sold	O
the	O
firm	O
to	O
another	O
Microsoft	O
alumnus	O
,	O
Leo	O
Nikora	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
product	O
manager	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
–	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wallace	O
returned	O
to	O
full	O
programming	O
and	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
unusual	O
feature	O
of	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
was	O
its	O
implementation	O
of	O
free	O
form	O
editing	O
:	O
it	O
could	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
a	O
block	O
of	O
text	O
anywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
jEdit	B-Language
are	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
performing	O
this	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
market	O
changed	O
to	O
multi-program	O
software	O
(	O
office	O
suites	O
combining	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
database	O
programs	O
)	O
,	O
Quicksoft	B-Protocol
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Trojan	O
horse	O
(	O
appearing	O
in	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
Trojan	O
,	O
masqueraded	O
as	O
"	O
version	O
2.72	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
PC-Write	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quicksoft	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
release	O
a	O
version	O
2.72	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC-Write	B-Protocol
had	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
"	O
as	O
you	O
type	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
"	O
real-time	O
mode	O
"	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
;	O
earlier	O
spell	B-Application
checkers	I-Application
only	O
worked	O
in	O
"	O
batch	O
mode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC-Write	B-Protocol
'	O
s	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
version	O
1.3	O
of	O
"	O
PC-Write	B-Protocol
rates	O
extremely	O
well	O
and	O
compares	O
favorably	O
with	O
many	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
costing	O
much	O
more	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
