BrunWord

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BrunWord is a word-processor, spelling checker and Datafile from Brunning Software.

Versions

  • BrunWord 6128 requires 128K RAM (works on CPC 6128, or on CPC 464 with Standard Memory Expansions). Available as Disc-version and ROM-version.
  • BrunWord 464 works on any CPC 464, 664, or 6128. According to the manual, this comes on disc, too, ie. not on cassette (?)
  • Newer/older versions - early versions (1985) didn't have the spell check

Covers

Disc

ROM Cartridge and 8bit Status Port

Technical

ROM version has a size of 256K. It is split into 16K pages. 2 Pages are standard CPC roms, one of which is a "extension rom". Part of the Brunword word processor is copied into RAM, the "extension rom" does most of this.

The ROM Select port (&DF00) is decoded and has 2 roles. First is to select which ROM page appears in the range &C000-&FFFF of the Z80's address space. The second role (when bit 5,4 are used), makes a page visible in the range &4000-&FFFF of the Z80's address space.

The exact decoding of the ROM select port is unknown. The exact function of all the data bits is not known.

Manual

Downloads

Links