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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 provided many of the same features as commercial word processing packages of the 8-bit era, such as [[PaperClip]] and [[Bank Street Writer]]. Versions were published for the [[Apple II]], [[Commodore 64]] and 128, [[Atari 8-bit family]], [[Commodore VIC-20|VIC-20]], and [[MS-DOS]].

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Also of note was the Reader's Feedback column in the January 1986 Compute! which had POKEs to eliminate the DISK or TAPE? question.<ref>https://archive.org/details/1986-01-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/2up</ref> There was, however, a typo in the listing and that was corrected in the March 1986 CAPUTE! column.<ref>https://archive.org/details/1986-03-compute-magazine/page/n127/mode/2up</ref>

Ports toof V3 for the [[Atari 8-bit family]] 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 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" />

A version of SpeedScript for [[MS-DOS]] was created in 1988 by Randy Thompson and published in book form by Compute! Books.<ref name="thompson1989" /> This version was written in [[Turbo Pascal]] with portions written in assembly language, and added incremental new features to the word processor such as additional printer commands, full cursor-control (to take advantage of the PC's Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys), and a native 80-column mode.