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126: 22: 310:) specification, but adds additional structures. Depending on the DisplayWrite version, the document files use .DOC or .TXT file name extension. The DisplayWrite software can export to and import from pure DCA/RFT files (which typically have .DCA or .RFT file name extension). RFT (IBM Revisable Form Text) should not be confused with RTF ( 482: 1099: 274:
DisplayWrite/36 was the word processing component of IBM Office/36, which allowed an office to use the SQL-based database file for labels and form letters.
239:-based word processing machine. Because the two systems were so similar, an experienced Displaywriter user could start using DisplayWrite immediately. 525: 555: 423: 105: 39: 1092: 1133: 86: 928: 336: 58: 43: 1138: 550: 518: 449: 303: 65: 1085: 294:). DW/370 was a host-based word processor. It was marketed between 1993 and 2015 for MVS/CICS (now z/OS) and VM/CMS. 838: 72: 32: 724: 1123: 1047: 1024: 511: 291: 232: 54: 963: 807: 719: 654: 545: 883: 776: 534: 213: 1128: 1118: 384: 898: 853: 739: 649: 606: 307: 182: 1019: 933: 908: 820: 626: 616: 228:. It was among the company's first internally developed, commercially sold PC software titles. 1034: 631: 397: 357: 332: 256:
platform there were DisplayWrite versions for PC/MS-DOS and DisplayWrite 5/2 programmed under
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Desmond, John (October 7, 1985). "IBM tackles new market, ties disparate systems".
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DisplayWrite/370, a much more powerful version with full graphics and
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IBM DisplayWrite's native file format is based on IBM's DCA (
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Software lifecycle DisplayWrite/370 for MVS/CICS 2.2.x
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Operating system
PC DOS
MS-DOS
MVS-CICS
VM/CMS
OS/400
Type
Word processor
License
word processor program
IBM
IBM PC
PCjr
IBM Displaywriter System
microcomputer
Intel
OS/2
IBM Office/36

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