<s>
SpeedScript	B-Device
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
originally	O
printed	O
as	O
a	O
type-in	O
MLX	B-Device
machine	O
language	O
listing	O
in	O
1984-85	O
issues	O
of	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
5KB	O
in	O
length	O
,	O
it	O
provided	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
as	O
commercial	O
word	O
processing	O
packages	O
of	O
the	O
8-bit	O
era	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
and	O
Bank	B-Device
Street	I-Device
Writer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
128	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
published	O
Scriptor	B-Device
,	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
written	O
by	O
staff	O
writer	O
Charles	O
Brannon	O
in	O
BASIC	O
and	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
as	O
a	O
type-in	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1984	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
his	O
new	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
SpeedScript	B-Device
appeared	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
VIC-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
March	O
and	O
April	O
1985	O
.	O
Corrections	O
that	O
updated	O
3.0	O
to	O
3.1	O
appeared	O
in	O
May	O
1985	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
full	O
3.1	O
version	O
appeared	O
in	O
a	O
book	O
published	O
by	O
Compute	O
!,	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
:	O
The	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
VIC-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
POKEs	O
for	O
the	O
64	O
were	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
full	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
3.2	O
article	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
reprinted	O
in	O
the	O
May	O
1987	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
SpeedScript	B-Device
3.2	O
,	O
alongside	O
SpeedCalc	O
,	O
Fontmaker	O
,	O
and	O
five	O
other	O
utility	O
programs	O
,	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
special	O
Best	O
of	O
COMPUTE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
V3	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
were	O
printed	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
SpeedScript	B-Device
was	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Publications	O
later	O
released	O
book/disk	O
combinations	O
that	O
contained	O
the	O
complete	O
commented	O
source	O
code	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
machine	O
language	O
in	O
MLX	B-Device
format	O
)	O
for	O
each	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Randy	O
Thompson	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
book	O
form	O
by	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
with	O
portions	O
written	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
added	O
incremental	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
additional	O
printer	O
commands	O
,	O
full	O
cursor-control	O
(	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
's	O
Home	O
,	O
End	O
,	O
PgUp	O
,	O
and	O
PgDn	O
keys	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
native	O
80-column	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
versions	O
of	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
were	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
40-column	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
the	O
22-column	O
VIC-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
an	O
80-column	O
display	O
,	O
many	O
users	O
requested	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
new	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
published	O
SpeedScript-80	B-Device
,	O
a	O
short	O
patch	O
for	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
3.0	O
or	O
higher	O
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
VDC	O
's	O
new	O
80-column	O
capabilities	O
on	O
a	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
running	O
in	O
64	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
native	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
C128	O
called	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
128	I-Device
,	O
written	O
by	O
Bob	O
Kodadek	O
,	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1987	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
published	O
Instant	O
80	O
,	O
a	O
utility	O
for	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
of	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
that	O
allowed	O
80-column	O
document	O
previewing	O
(	O
though	O
not	O
editing	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
did	O
not	O
include	O
a	O
built-in	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
additional	O
utilities	O
were	O
soon	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1985	O
,	O
SpeedCheck	B-Device
was	O
published	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
external	O
utility	O
accepted	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
files	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
those	O
from	O
compatible	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
spell-checked	O
them	O
against	O
a	O
user-defined	O
dictionary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
80-column	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
C128	O
,	O
SpeedCheck	B-Device
128	I-Device
,	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
September	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
utility	O
,	O
ScriptSave	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
provide	O
automatic	O
saving	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
would	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
timer	O
program	O
to	O
save	O
documents	O
to	O
disk	O
,	O
before	O
loading	O
and	O
running	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
along	O
with	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptRead	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
identify	O
and	O
preview	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
documents	O
on	O
a	O
disk	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
scratch	O
any	O
files	O
no	O
longer	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeedSearch	O
provided	O
full-text	O
search	O
of	O
all	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
documents	O
on	O
a	O
disk	O
,	O
returning	O
a	O
count	O
of	O
how	O
many	O
times	O
the	O
searched	O
word	O
or	O
phrase	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
each	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Date	O
and	O
Time	O
Stamper	O
introduces	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
the	O
disk	O
drive	O
that	O
adds	O
time	O
stamps	O
to	O
files	O
on	O
disk	O
,	O
then	O
executes	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
four	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
The	O
Transactor	O
in	O
May	O
1986	O
praised	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
as	O
"	O
extremely	O
sophisticated	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
large	O
text	O
buffer	O
,	O
logical	O
cursor	O
navigation	O
,	O
and	O
undo	B-Application
command	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
criticizing	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
right	O
justification	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
was	O
not	O
only	O
"	O
an	O
easy	O
winner	O
"	O
among	O
budget-priced	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
also	O
"	O
a	O
serious	O
contender	O
even	O
when	O
compared	O
with	O
the	O
higher	O
priced	O
programs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpeedScript	B-Device
was	O
sufficiently	O
popular	O
to	O
receive	O
coverage	O
in	O
reference	O
works	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Wordprocessing	O
Reference	O
Guide	O
"	O
of	O
Karl	O
Hildon	O
's	O
Inner	O
Space	O
Anthology	O
and	O
Mitchell	O
Waite	O
's	O
The	O
Official	O
Book	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Columbia	O
University	O
's	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
software	O
for	O
Commodore	O
computers	O
supported	O
transferring	O
SpeedScript	B-Device
files	O
.	O
</s>
