ChiWriter
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ChiWriter was a scientific word processor for MS-DOS, created by Cay Horstmann and released commercially in 19861. It was one of the first WYSIWYG word processors that could write mathematical formulas, even on IBM PC XT computers. It was easier to use than TeX. It was relatively affordable and ran on personal computers, unlike TeX, which ran on expensive Unix computers . ChiWriter was discontinued in 1996. Since then, Horstmann has placed the ChiWriter executable in the public domain. The source is unpublished.
ChiWriter was a scientific word processor for MS-DOS, created by Cay Horstmann and released commercially in 1986. It was one of the first WYSIWYG word processors that could write mathematical formulas, even on IBM PC XT computers. It was easier to use than TeX. It was relatively affordable and ran on personal computers, unlike TeX, which ran on expensive Unix computers . ChiWriter was discontinued in 1996. Since then, Horstmann has placed the ChiWriter executable in the public domain. The source is unpublished.
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