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'''SpeedScript''' is a [[word processor]] originally printed as a [[type-in program|type-in]] [[MLX (software)|MLX]] [[machine language]] listing in 1984-85 issues of ''[[Compute!]]'' and ''[[Compute!'s Gazette]]'' magazines. Approximately 5 [[Kilobyte|KB]] in length, it
==Versions==
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SpeedScript 3.2, alongside SpeedCalc, Fontmaker, and five other utility programs, was included in the special Best of COMPUTE! & GAZETTE<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/1988-Best-Of-computegazette/page/n103/mode/2up | title=Compute! Gazette Issue 1988 Best of | date=December 1988 }}</ref> disk/magazine in 1988.
Ports of V3 for the Atari 8-bit computers and the [[Apple II]] were printed in ''Compute!'' in May<ref name="Brannon198505" /> and June 1985 respectively.<ref name="Brannon198506" /><ref name="mitchener198606" /> SpeedScript was written entirely in assembly language, and Compute! Publications later released book/disk combinations that contained the complete [[Comment (computer programming)|commented]] [[source code]] (as well as the machine language in [[MLX (software)|MLX]] format) for each platform.<ref name="Brannon1985commodore" /><ref name="Brannon1985atari" /><ref name="Brannon1985apple" />
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[[File:SpeedScript 128 in action.png|thumb|right|SpeedScript 128]]
A native version for the C128 called SpeedScript 128, written by Bob Kodadek, was
In December 1987, ''Compute!'s Gazette'' published
==Utilities==
Although SpeedScript did not include a built-in [[spell checker]], additional utilities were soon published. In December 1985, SpeedCheck was published in ''Compute!'s Gazette''.<ref name="cowper198512" /> This external utility
Another utility, ScriptSave, was developed to provide automatic saving functionality to the Commodore 64 version of SpeedScript 3.0.<ref name="lambert198505" /> This program
Several additional utilities were published in the May 1987 issue of ''Compute!'s Gazette'' along with SpeedScript 3.2. ScriptRead<ref name="childress198705" /> was developed to identify and preview SpeedScript documents on a disk, with the ability to [[File deletion|scratch]] any files no longer needed. This was an important addition as on a single-drive system there would be no way to save work if the disk became full. SpeedSearch<ref name="stclair198705" />
==Reception==
In a review of four word processors, ''[[The Transactor]]'' in May 1986 praised SpeedScript as "extremely sophisticated", citing its large text buffer, logical cursor navigation, and [[undo]] command. While criticizing its lack of [[typographic alignment|right justification]], the magazine concluded that SpeedScript was not only "an easy winner" among budget-priced word processors, but also "a serious contender even when compared with the higher priced programs".<ref name="bose" />
SpeedScript was sufficiently popular to receive coverage in reference works, such as the "Wordprocessing Reference Guide" of Karl Hildon's ''Inner Space Anthology''<ref name="inner" /> and [[Mitchell Waite]]'s ''The Official Book for the Commodore 128''.<ref name="128book">{{cite book | chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/The_Official_Book_for_the_Commodore_128#page/n87/mode/2up | title=The Official Book for the Commodore 128 Personal Computer | publisher=Howard W. Sams & Co. |author1=Waite, Mitchell |author2=Lafore, Robert |author3=Volpe, Jerry | year=1985 | pages=76 | isbn=0-672-22456-9 | chapter=The C64 Mode}}</ref> [[Columbia University]]'s [[Kermit (protocol)|Kermit]] software for Commodore computers
==Gallery==
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