<s>
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
(	O
VZ	O
,	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
a	O
computer	O
programmer	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
computer	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
as	O
EZ	O
Editor	O
by	O
PC	O
World	O
Japan	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
by	O
Village	O
Center	O
,	O
Inc	O
,	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
Japanese	O
computer	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
features	O
include	O
small	O
size	O
,	O
smooth	O
scrolling	O
,	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
enhancements	O
for	O
a	O
command-line	B-Operating_System
,	O
advanced	O
customizing	O
and	O
automated	O
macro	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Hyodo	O
went	O
work	O
for	O
Hitachi	O
after	O
graduating	O
the	O
Nagoya	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Hitachi	O
S1	O
personal	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
he	O
purchased	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
U2	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
himself	O
to	O
write	O
programs	O
on	O
that	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
he	O
released	O
his	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
as	O
EZ	O
Editor	O
which	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
a	O
computer	O
magazine	O
publisher	O
,	O
PC	O
World	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
offered	O
a	O
reasonable	O
price	O
in	O
comparison	O
with	O
other	O
commercial	B-Application
softwares	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASCII	O
magazine	O
wrote	O
in	O
1991	O
that	O
"	O
Its	O
TSR	O
mode	O
and	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
are	O
useful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
was	O
entirely	O
written	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
because	O
Hyodo	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
writing	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
rather	O
than	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
sold	O
175,000	O
copies	O
by	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
popularity	O
,	O
Hyodo	O
stated	O
in	O
1993	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
n't	O
offer	O
a	O
new	O
major	O
version	O
nor	O
an	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
he	O
stated	O
"	O
Anyone	O
casually	O
say	O
they	O
want	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
VZ	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
never	O
plan	O
to	O
bring	O
VZ	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VZ	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
VZ	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
I	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
I	O
need	O
to	O
learn	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
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