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E3run Word

BrunWord Elite £55

Most word processors, including BrunWord 6128, are

able to drive both daisy wheel and dot matrix

printers. This creates the need for a style of printer

control that is acceptable to two very different

types of printers. BrunWord Elite does not have this

restriction as it is speciﬁcally written to be used

only with dot matrix printers. This gives it a unique

advantage over other word processors and as a

result it is able to provide much more advanced

printer control. This is taken even further, as

BrunWord Elite is supplied with an 8 Bit Printer

Status Port which allows the programme to

continuously monitor the status of the printer, (and

provides the missing Rth bit for the original

CPC6128). This enables the prograrnrne to respond

In a more sophisticated way than normally possible.

It will wait for ON LINE or <ESC> if the printer is

initially OFF or OUT OF PAPER but automatically

returns to the editor it the printer is turned OFF.

24 Pin Fonts

BrunWord 6128 f30

Info-Script 150

BrunWord 6128 is a complete word processing

package with word processor, spelling checker and

card ﬁling programme. BrunWord 6128 out performs

all other word processors for the CPC6128. It has

its own high speed screen routine, giving it a very

fast screen response and the editor features are

logic ally arranged to be easy to learn. The spelling

checker, with its dictionary, load into memory at

the same time as the word processor, making

access very convenient and exceptionally last. It is

supplied with an introductory tutor ﬁ le.

BrunWord Features

.4 0 , BO o r 128 co lu m n d isp la y. 'T o u ch typing sp e e d o ve r 2 0 0

words/min. •T ru e in se rt o r o ve rw rit e . * Ju st if y o r u n iu st if y

paragraph o r w h o le t e xt . 'Ju st iﬁ e d t e xt h a s b a la n ce d

appearance. * I n st a n t w o rd w ra p . * Blo ck sa ve , m o ve , co p y,

in se rt a n d d e le t e . * L o ca l e d it in g w it h w o rd d e le t a iu n d e le t e .

•Adjustable m a rg in s a n d T A8 5 . * C o lu m n / L in e / Pa g e d isp la y

with ﬁ le n a m e . * T ru e w o rd co u n t . 'F in d a n d re p la ce . * H e lp

menus. * M e m o ry ﬁ lin g syst e m . 'Sin g le ch a ra d e r embedded

printer co m m a n d s (1 8 w it h 3 (o d e s a n d 21 w it h le co d e s).

'Page t h ro w m a rke rs. "M u lt ip le co p ie s. 'Od d / e ve n p a g e

headers/footers w it h p a g e n u m b e rs. 'M u lt i ﬁ le p rin t in g

(new p a g e o r co n t in u o u s). 'Prin t sp e ciﬁ e d p a g e s. 'Wo rks

with a n y p rin t e r. * T ru e d isp la y su p e rscrip t a rid su b scrip t

numbers. *User deﬁned print characters. "toad/Save ASCII

ﬁles f ro m it o Ot h e r w o rd p ro ce sso rs, "F ile s ca n b e

encrypted. * M a xim u m ﬁ le size a b o u t 9 p a g e s o f t e xt .

BrunSpell Features

'Memory re sid e n t . * C h e cks 4 , 0 0 0 w o rd s/ m in . •3 0 , 0 0 0 w o rd

dictionary, * N o Am e rica n sp e llin g s. * Ad d u p t o 5 , 0 0 0 o f

your own words. •Instant lookup. eﬁelps to ﬁnd correct

spelling. 'Au t o m a t ic co rre ct io n .

DataFile Features

*Alphabetical, n u m e rica l, d a t e so rt in g . "U se r d e ﬁ n e d

headings. 'Se a rch ro u t in e . "D a t a m e rg in g . 'L a b e l p rin t in g .

Free Booklet

Our 16 page tree booklet explains all about our

programmes. No need to write a letter, last send a

large (A4 size) SAE to 'BrunWord & Printer',

Brunning Software, at the address below.

Info

and includes all the features of BrunWord 61213 and

BrunSpell. The word processor and database can be

resident together giving the speed and convenience

of access to both programmes with no disc delays.

Database Features

•Very fast (e.g. takes 1 second to search 2000

addresses for surname 'Smith', initial 'Speciﬁ c

ﬁeld search and/or progressive general search.

'Instant sort on any ﬁ eld, alphabetical, numerical, date

or reverse order (takes no time as the data does not

move). '3 sets of user deﬁ ned headings for each ﬁ le.

•4 m a rke rs f o r in st a n t se le ct io n , p lu s o n e t e m p o ra ry

marker. 'Markers can be cleared or inverted and any

pair can be added (allows complex searches to be

quickly a n d e a sily p e rf o rm e d ). 'N o se t t in g u p o f ﬁ e ld

type or length, "Efﬁ cient storage. "Relational records,

Parents, Sons and Daughters. 'Simple ﬁ eld to ﬁ eld

withmetic w it h ru n n in g t o t a l. 'D ire ct d a t a m e rg in g in t o

BrunWord. •Easy direct label printing, 1 across, 2

across, le f t o f 2 o r rig h t o f 2 . * Sin g le o r m u lt i-st e p .

Before we desIgned the fonts tor BrunWord Ellie,

we studied several good magazines. Fineline and

Finety pe are our variations of the two styles

commonly used. Fineline is supplied in 3 sizes and

Finet y pe in 2 sizes. To these we added a display

tort in computer style and a straightforward 'Heavy'

font. Altogether there are 7 fonts supplied, 4 are

full 24 pin, 2 are middle size 21 pin and one is a

small size 16 pin font.

Brun Word Elite Features

BrunWord Elite has all the features and speed of BrunWord

6128 and Brio iSp e ll, p lu s:-

'Print in columns 'Specify page layout *Use special high

quality proportional fonts 'Use advanced micro justiﬁcation

with proportional text 'Set printer margins independently

"Move print head up or down paper, speciﬁed in inches from

lop 'Set micro line spacing within text *Print line or box by

specifying size a n d lin e t h ickn e ss "U se a b so lu t e T ABs w it h

proportional text "Download a tile directly from disc during

printing. *Can be supplied with Info-Script for data merging.

Headline

Data Merging Features

'Simple intelligent system, &N &A LD construct full

name, f u ll a d d re ss a n d d a le . "&1 ,

S2 e t c sp e cif y

indiv idual ﬁ elds. 'Insert or ﬁ xed format merging.

*Automatic ju st if y a f t e r m e rg in g . * Sin g le st e p (se e

before printing) or multi-step. 'Stop any time, go to

word processor, restart same place. *Merge data from

several records for summary, invoice, purchase order

etc. 'Simple arithmetic. 'Running total. 'Punning VAT

total. 'Conditional loading. 'Conditional printing.

"Repeat patterns.

Quotes

'It may seem that I have just written a very long

advert for Brun Word 6128 but I haven't, I'm just so

impressed.• (Phil Craven, ACII Peb 90, page 25).

'One such is Peter Ignffring's EtrunWord 6128 which

is without dockt in my mind, the most powerful ald

friendly word processor available for the 6128

today, with the possible exception of.... BlinWord

Elder (David Dorn, ACU July 90, page 43).

Headline is a print enhancement utility for use with

low cost 9 pin printers. 11 enables virtually all the

features at Brun Word Elite, including the 24 pin

fonts, to be used with any 9 pin Epson compatible

printer with quadruple graphics (that's all well

known modern 9 pin printers). Features include

mic ro justiﬁcation of proportional text, single,

double or eight times beloht arKI I to 9 times width.

9 Pin Elite

Comparisons

We n a ve t e st e d Bru n Wo rd 6 1 2 8 , Pro t e xt a n d

Tasword 6 1 2 1 3 w it h t h e sa m e ﬁ le o f 3 3 6 6 w o rd s.

The ﬁ rst t e st w a s t o co m p a re t h e scro llin g

speed o f t h e scre e n , u sin g lin e b y lin e scro llin g .

This is a vit a ; p e rf o rm a n ce t e st a s t h e CPC6128

tends t o be n a t u ra lly slo w a t t h is t a sk. Bru n Word

scrolled 40% faster than Protext which in turn

scrolled 19% faster than Tasepord.

Protext was the fastest to justify but used a

simple process that added spaces at the centre

of each line, giving the middle of the text a

bulging appearance. It did not dispiay as it went

along a n d so n e e d e d a se p a ra t e o p e ra t io n t o se e

the re su lt . Bru n Wo rd d isp la ye d a s it ju st iﬁ e d a n d

produced t h e b e st a p p e a ra n ce o f a ll t h re e .

BrunWord was 30 times faster than Tasword.

Our sim u la t e d t yp in g t e st a ch ie ve d 2 1 8 w o rd s

per m in u t e . Bo t h Bru n Wo rd a n d Pro t e xt h a d n o

trouble a t t h is sp e e d b u t T a sw o rd w a s ve ry slo w

ins erting text into the star1 at a paragraph and

could only handle 16 words per minute.

The sp e llin g t e st ch e cke d a ll 3 3 6 6 w o rd s.

BrunSp e ll t o o k 5 2 se co n d s a n d n e e d e d n o d isc

changes. Prospell took 6 min 24 sec and needed

8 disc changes. Taspell took 18 min is sec and

needed 3 dis< changes.

How They Compare

The Elite system for 9 pin printers

consists of arunWord Elite, BrunSpell,

Headline, 8 bit printer status port and 7

'type setting' fonts (fonts are 24 pin in

size but only for g pin printers). Total

price 655.00 inclusive.

9 Pin Elite-Plato

The Elite system as above but including

Info-Script and a backup disc. Total

price 692.00 inclusive.

24 Pin Elite-I-Into

BrunWord 6128

a arunspell

Pro t e xt D isc

a Pro sp e ll

Tas word size

& 'aspeli

218 w/m

210 va m

218 tarn

16 wirn

150 w/m

Typing in t o 2 4 1 w o rd p a ra g ra p h

Typing in t o st a rt o f t e xt

I min 27 sec

2 min 2 sec

2 min 25 sec

Scro ll t o e n d , lin e b y lin e

1 sec

0.2 sec

34 sec

Justify p a ra g ra p h o f 2 4 1 w o rd s

Change appearance to format

and Appearance to Format

17 sec

53 se c

52 sec

3883 w/m

None

0 min 24 sec

526 earn

18 min 46 sec

179 yam

Spelling check 3366 words

Average speed

Dis c changes

1 sec

Spelling help 'NECESERY'

Spelling check word at cursor

Not possible

Brun Word Elite, BrunSpell, Info

0.5 sec . , 12 sec

Script,

back up disc, 8 bit status port and 7

'type setting' fonts for downloading to a

24 pin printer. Total price 690.00 inc.

Not possible

Scre e n f o rm a t - co lu m n s

Page boundaries

40, 8 0 , 1 2 1 3

Sh o wn

40 o r 8 0

Not sh o w n

00 only

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Send cheque/PO/Access number/Visa number to:

BronWord 6128 with BrunSpell & DataFile... 630.00

Info-Script with BrunWord 6128 & BrunSpell.. 60.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite

655.00

692.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info

Brunning Software

138 The Street,

Little Clacton, Essex, C016 9LS

Telephone (0256) 862308

£90.00

24 Pm BrunWord Elite with Into

100 Letters (needs Info-Script)

615.00

Supplied on 3in Disc for CPC6128 or CPC6128 Plus.

You must state which computer.

All prices are inclusive for UK. Overseas orders sent

insured air mail - Europe add 62.50 : Rest add 67.50

User March 1991

ELOS

Published by MSM Ltd.

A division of MCPC Ltd'

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NEWS

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Spidey takes pole position with some

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IN THE

BEGINNING 27

ZINGS AND

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ELECTRONIC

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enter in to p e g m cm a t Correspondence

Andrew Banner went to see sparky genius

Chris Price to see just what you can do

with your CPC.

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