Description
A word processor for the PDP-11, sold to writers by Marridge Software.
Provenance
Donated with the machine it was used on. Mould on three disk surfaces was cleaned off before imaging. Most of the work survives, but some files are lost. The damage map lists them.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
adb6f3909d936a0c9ad9fdbbb05e7df19f69e8e81cb06827dc137a0cae3f0628- Last verified
- Sep 30, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-PDP11-3 · lz-pdp 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. The license does not permit copies to be taken away.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-PDP11-3, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the PDP-11.
Cite as: Marridge Software, Nova Word 4.2 (1977). Lazarus Archive, LZ-11737.