Tasword is a word processor for microcomputers developed by Tasman Software .[ 1] The first version was released for the ZX81 in 1982 and spawned two major revisions in addition to several add-ons and, later, tailored versions for the +2 and +3 Spectrum models, the SAM Coupé ,[ 2] the MSX ,[ 3] the Timex Sinclair 2068 [ 4] and the Amstrad CPC [ 5] range.
Many of the features of modern word processors were included, such as justification , word wrap and page header . Features such as bold text and italic type were achieved through sending special escape sequences to a printer.
It featured the ability to use a 64 characters per line font in the standard ZX Spectrum screen.
Add-on products included TasMerge for mail merge functionality (which was later included in Tasword III and later versions) and TasSpell for spell checker .[ 6]
Releases
Tasword Two "The Word Processor" - 1983[ 8]
Tasword Three "The Word Processor" - 1986[ 8]
Tasword 128 "The Word Processor for the Spectrum 128" - 1986[ 8]
Tasword +2A - 1991[ 10]
Tasword 64 "The Word Processor" - 1985 (80 column)[ 12]
Tasword MSX "The Word Processor" - 1984[ 13]
Tasword MSX-2 - 1986[ 14]
Tasword 464 "The Word Processor" - 1984[ 5] [ 15]
Tasword D - 1985[ 16] [ 17]
Tasword 6128 "The Word Processor" - 1985[ 18] [ 19]
Tasword Einstein "The Word Processor" - 1985[ 21]
Tasword PC "The Word Processor" - 1986
Tasres PC (special Terminate and stay resident version) - 1988
Tasword 2 PC - 1990 (named TWIX in the Netherlands)
References
^ "Tasword" . World of Spectrum. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ "Tasword Two" . World Of Sam. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ "Tasword (Eng.) (1984, MSX, Filosoft)" . Generation-MSX . Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ "Tasword Two" . World of Spectrum. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ a b "Tasword 464" . CPCWiki. 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ Goodwin, Simon N. (February 1987). "The word according to Tasman: The ABC of +3 writing" (JPG ) . CRASH (56): 76– 77. Retrieved 2008-09-14 .
^ "Advertisement July 1982" . SINCLAIR USER. Retrieved 2015-02-04 .
^ a b c SOFTWARE CATALOGUE SPRING 1986 - ZX SPECTRUM, ZX SPECTRUM+, ZX SPECTRUM 128 (PDF) . Tasman Software. 1989.
^ "Tasword Two" . Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware .
^ Tasword +2a (1991)(Alchemist Research)(+2a) , retrieved 2025-08-13
^ "Tasword Two" . Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware . Retrieved 2025-08-12 .
^ "TASWORD 64" . eBay. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ "Tasword (1984, MSX, Tasman)" . Generation MSX . Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-12 .
^ "Tasword MSX-2 (1986, MSX2, Filosoft)" . Generation MSX. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
^ "TASWORD 464" . CPCRULEZ . Retrieved 2025-08-13 .
^ "Tasword D 464" . CPCrulez . 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2024-08-13 .
^ "TASWORD D - besser denn je! (CPC Magazin)" . CPCRULEZ . Retrieved 2025-08-13 .
^ "Tasword 6128" . CPCWiki . 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
^ "TASWORD 6128" . CPCRULEZ . Retrieved 2025-08-13 .
^ "TASWORD 8000 - LOCOSCRIPT BEATER ?" (PDF) . Amstrad Action . No. 11. August 1986. pp. 32, 33.
^ "Tasword Einstein" . Computing History. Retrieved 2014-06-19 .
External links
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Discontinued Hardware