<s>
PaperClip	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
128	B-Device
(	O
native	B-Language
mode	I-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
published	O
by	O
Batteries	O
Included	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
Atari	O
and	O
Commodore	O
versions	O
shared	O
the	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
name	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
significant	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Douglas	O
and	O
was	O
rewritten	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
personal	O
computer	O
by	O
Steve	O
Ahlstrom	O
and	O
Dan	O
Moore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	O
version	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
editor	O
in	O
the	O
Action	B-Language
!	I-Language
</s>
<s>
PaperClip	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
text	O
editor	O
ROM	B-Device
portion	O
of	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
Execudesk	O
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROM	B-Device
was	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Douglas	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PaperClip	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
use	O
word	B-Algorithm
wrap	I-Algorithm
to	O
display	O
text	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
Ahoy	O
!	O
s	O
reviewer	O
wrote	O
was	O
satisfactory	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
users	O
with	O
40-column	O
displays	O
but	O
drew	O
the	O
ire	O
of	O
the	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Whole	O
Earth	O
Software	O
Catalog	O
while	O
highlighting	O
OMNIWRITER	B-Protocol
's	O
support	O
for	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
provides	O
an	O
80-column	O
preview	B-Application
mode	O
with	O
text	O
that	O
was	O
legible	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
Commodore	O
and	O
non-Commodore	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
dongle	B-Device
,	O
a	O
hardware	O
key	O
used	O
for	O
copy	O
protection	O
that	O
plugged	O
into	O
the	O
DE-9	O
joystick	B-Device
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
EPROM	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
copy	O
protection	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
PaperClip	B-Protocol
,	O
however	O
,	O
placed	O
all	O
the	O
user	O
messages	O
in	O
the	O
EPROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
unusual	O
aspect	O
of	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
is	O
that	O
the	O
Control	O
key	O
functions	O
more	O
like	O
on	O
a	O
hand-held	O
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
comprehensive	O
word	O
processing	O
programs	O
for	O
the	O
C-64	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
the	O
$125	O
list	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
called	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
,	O
"	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
best	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
ever	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Atari.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
December	O
1986	O
shopper	O
's	O
guide	O
,	O
a	O
staffer	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
write	O
and	O
edit	O
every	O
word	O
at	O
Antic	O
with	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
before	O
transmitting	O
the	O
copy	O
to	O
our	O
typesetter	O
via	O
modem.	O
"	O
</s>
