<s>
Scripsit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
word	O
processing	O
application	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Radio	B-Device
Shack	I-Device
TRS-80	I-Device
line	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
most	O
if	O
not	O
all	O
computers	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
name	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Color	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
and	O
several	O
pocket	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Tandy	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Xenix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tandy	O
Corp	O
.	O
also	O
produced	O
a	O
version	O
running	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
for	O
its	O
line	O
of	O
PC	O
compatible	O
computers	O
(	O
Tandy	O
1000	O
and	O
successors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
scripsit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Latin	O
verb	O
equivalent	O
to	O
the	O
English	O
"	O
wrote	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripsit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
had	O
special	O
handling	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
lowercase	O
letters	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
hardware	O
itself	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
mixed-case	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
limitations	O
,	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
was	O
seen	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
as	O
a	O
killer	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
line	O
of	O
machines	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
breakthrough	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
VisiCalc	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
competitor	O
was	O
Michael	B-Application
Shrayer	I-Application
's	O
Electric	B-Application
Pencil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripsit	B-Protocol
dominated	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
TRS-80	B-Device
market	O
because	O
no	O
other	O
software	O
were	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
ubiquitous	O
Radio	O
Shack	O
retail	O
stores	O
,	O
being	O
known	O
to	O
the	O
computing	O
public	O
and	O
available	O
only	O
through	O
advertising	O
in	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
computer	O
press	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
80	O
Micro	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
market	O
evolved	O
quickly	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
's	O
popularity	O
soon	O
gave	O
way	O
to	O
packages	O
running	O
on	O
other	O
more	O
modern	O
computers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
running	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
typically	O
require	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
special	O
function	O
keys	O
to	O
access	O
editing	O
commands	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
text	O
entry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
challenge	O
on	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Models	O
I	O
and	O
Model	O
III	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
keyboards	O
had	O
no	O
non-typewriter	O
modifier	O
keys	O
—	O
not	O
even	O
a	O
 [ Control ] 	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternate	O
disk-only	O
version	O
named	O
Superscripsit	O
was	O
available	O
with	O
spellchecking	B-Application
for	O
some	O
platforms	O
,	O
specifically	O
the	O
Model	O
I	O
,	O
Model	O
III	O
,	O
and	O
Model	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
basically	O
matches	O
the	O
functionally	O
of	O
the	O
normal	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
for	O
disk-based	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Model	O
II	O
,	O
Model	O
12	O
,	O
and	O
Model	O
16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
additional	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
boilerplating	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
Profile	B-Application
,	O
Tandy	O
's	O
database	O
program	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
TRS-80	B-Device
platforms	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
disk	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presumably	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
limited	O
screen	O
area	O
on	O
most	O
TRS-80	B-Device
models	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
visible	O
menus	O
on	O
the	O
editing	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superscripsit	O
for	O
the	O
Models	O
III	O
and	O
4	O
could	O
handle	O
text	O
files	O
larger	O
than	O
memory	O
by	O
paging	O
text	O
data	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
RAM	O
to	O
disk	O
(	O
effectively	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
technique	O
,	O
but	O
implemented	O
by	O
an	O
applications	O
program	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripsit	B-Protocol
Pro	O
required	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
4	I-Device
equipped	O
with	O
the	O
full	O
128	O
KB	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
also	O
chain	O
text	O
files	O
,	O
handle	O
footnotes	O
and	O
columnar	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
with	O
a	O
customizable	O
dictionary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripsit	B-Protocol
had	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
significant	O
bugs	O
that	O
could	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
eliminated	O
in	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
a	O
printer	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
intrinsically	O
supported	O
by	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
different	O
fonts	O
or	O
colours	O
,	O
or	O
printing	O
extended	O
ASCII	O
characters	O
to	O
produce	O
simple	O
lines	O
and	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Isaac	O
Asimov	O
used	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
running	O
on	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
II	I-Device
Computer	O
for	O
over	O
nine	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
over	O
11	O
million	O
words	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
thriller	O
author	O
James	O
Follett	O
also	O
used	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
,	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
to	O
write	O
The	O
Tiptoe	O
Boys	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
filmed	O
as	O
Who	O
Dares	O
Wins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
Fallows	O
praised	O
Scripsit	B-Protocol
as	O
"	O
the	O
word-processing	B-General_Concept
program	O
I	O
prefer	O
above	O
all	O
others	O
...	O
the	O
best	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
