<s>
WordMARC	B-Protocol
Composer	O
was	O
a	O
scientifically	O
oriented	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
MARC	O
Software	O
,	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
MARC	O
Analysis	O
Research	O
Corporation	O
(	O
which	O
specialized	O
in	O
high	O
end	O
Finite	B-Application
Element	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
software	O
for	O
mechanical	O
engineering	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ran	O
originally	O
on	O
minicomputers	O
such	O
as	O
Prime	O
and	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
VAX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
emerged	O
as	O
the	O
platform	O
of	O
choice	O
for	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
WordMARC	B-Protocol
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
easily	O
move	O
documents	O
from	O
a	O
minicomputer	O
(	O
where	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
easily	O
shared	O
)	O
to	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordMARC	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Pedro	O
Marcal	O
,	O
who	O
pioneered	O
work	O
in	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
and	O
needed	O
a	O
technical	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
both	O
supported	O
complex	O
notations	O
and	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
on	O
minicomputers	O
and	O
other	O
high-end	O
machines	O
such	O
an	O
Alliant	O
and	O
AT&T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordMARC	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
MUSE	O
(	O
MARC	O
Universal	O
Screen	O
Editor	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
trademark	O
conflict	O
with	O
another	O
company	O
when	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
with	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
WordMARC	B-Protocol
's	O
codes	O
were	O
always	O
hidden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
billed	O
as	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
system	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
for	O
display	O
of	O
proportional	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Unix	B-Application
version	O
of	O
WordMARC	B-Protocol
supported	O
PostScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
