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Electronic Typewriter With Floppy Disk Wang .

The word processor started as a standalone machine in the 1960s that combined keyboard text entry, printing, and a recording unit to save documents on tape or floppy disk. Early word processors had a dedicated computer processor added for text editing and featured a monochrome display and ability to save to memory cards or diskettes. Later models introduced innovations like spell checkers, improved formatting, and dot matrix printing.

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Electronic Typewriter With Floppy Disk Wang .

The word processor started as a standalone machine in the 1960s that combined keyboard text entry, printing, and a recording unit to save documents on tape or floppy disk. Early word processors had a dedicated computer processor added for text editing and featured a monochrome display and ability to save to memory cards or diskettes. Later models introduced innovations like spell checkers, improved formatting, and dot matrix printing.

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The word processor was a stand –alone office machine in the 1960s, combining

the keyboard text -entry and printing functions of an electronic typewriter, with a
recording unit, either tape or floppy disk (as used by the Wang machine), and a
bank of relays t o perform basic formatting .soon the word processor had a
dedicated computer processor for the editing of text .[1] Although features and
designs varied among manufacturers and models, and new features were
added as technology advanced, word processors typically featured a
monochrome display and the ability to save documents on memory cards or
diskettes. Later models introduced innovations such as spell-checking programs,
improved formatting options, and dot -matrix printing.
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