Description
A word processor for Unix workstations, sold to writers by Meridian Computing.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2026. Most of the work survives, but some files are lost. The damage map lists them.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
9c5f138aa233c1bbefba5f10c1b8c275840b81a37ddebddf8b68221970e6c737- Last verified
- Oct 27, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-UNIX-5 · lz-risc 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-UNIX-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Unix workstations.
Cite as: Meridian Computing, Kestrel Word 1.9 (1987). Lazarus Archive, LZ-41186.