Lazarus Archive · LZ-00949

Kestrel Write 5.3

Estuarysoft, 1984. Application software for the ZX Spectrum.

Description

A word processor for the ZX Spectrum, published by Estuarysoft in 1984.

Provenance

Rescued from a skip outside a former office in Southridge Bay. The label reads ‘Recipes’. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
0d9f760ea1236e4aa7f038506d63e708ec3dc47ecdfa1e263f9370d35e17d7f1
Last verified
Oct 12, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-ZXS-6 · lz-z80 core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ZXS-6, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the ZX Spectrum.

Cite as: Estuarysoft, Kestrel Write 5.3 (1984). Lazarus Archive, LZ-00949.

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