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Mos t 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 8th bit for the original

CPC6128). This enables the programme 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 if the printer is turned OFF.

24 Pin Fonts

Before we designed the fonts for BrunWord Elite,

we studied several good magazines. Finaline and

Finet y 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

font 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.

BrunWord Elite Features

Bru n t iVo rd Elit e h a s a il t h e f e a t u re s a n d sp e e d o f Bru n Wo rd

8128 and Bru n Sp e ll, p lu s:-

*Print in co lu m n s * Sp e cif y p a g e la yo u t * U se sp e cia l h ig h

quality p ro p o rt io n a l f o n t s * U se a d va n ce d m icro ju st iﬁ ca t io n

with proportional text 'Set printer margins independently

*Move p rin t h e a d up o r d o w n p a p e r, sp e ciﬁ e d in in ch e s f ro m

top * Se t m icro lin e sp a cin g w it h in t e xt * Prin t lin e o r b o x b y

specifying size a n d lin e t h ickn e ss * U se a b so lu t e T AI 3 s w it h

proportional t e xt * D o w n lo a d a ﬁ le d ire ct ly f ro m d isc d u rin g

printing. 'Can be supplied with into

ErkillWord

Brunkliord 6128 £30

info-Script £50

Into-Script is a complete data processing package

and includes all the features ot BrunWord 6128 and

13tunSpell. 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 '8'). *Speciﬁ c

ﬁeld search and/or progressive general search.

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

or re ve rse o rd e r (t a ke s n o lim e a s t h e d a t a d o e s ro t

move). '3 sets of user deﬁ ned headings ler each tile.

*1 markers for instant selection, plus one terrporary

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

Bru n Wo rd . 'Ea sy d ire ct la b e l p rin t in g , 1 a cro ss, 2

across, left of 2 or right of 2. 'Single or multi-step..

Data Merging Features

*Simple in t e ll.g e n t syst e m . &N &A &D co n st ru ct f u ll

name, full address and date. '&1 &2 etc specify

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 p rin t in g )

, o r

BrunWord 6128 is a complete word processing

package with word processor, spelling Checker and

card ﬁ ling 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 fast. It is

supplied with an introductory tutor ﬁ le.

BrunWord Features

*10, 8 8 o r 128 co iu m n d isp la y. * T o u ch t yp in g 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 ju st it 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. ir/ 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 cle le t e t u n d e le t e .

*Adjustable margins and TABs. 'Column/Line/Page display

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 ct e r embedded

printer co m m a n d s (1 8 w it h 3 co d e s a n d 2 1 w it h 1 0 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 with page numbers. 'Multi tile printing

(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 n d su b scrip t

numbers. * U se r d e ﬁ n e d p rin t ch a ra ct e rs. * L o a d / Sa ve ASC I I

ﬁles f ro m / t o o t h e r w o rd p ro ce sso rs. * F ile s ca n b e

encrypted. * M a xirrio n 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 vro rd st rn in . '3 0 , 0 0 0 w o rd

dictionary. -No American spellings. 'Add up to 5,000,01

your own words. 'Instant lookup. "kelps to ﬁnd correct

spelling. * Au t o m a t ic co rre ct io n .

DataFile Features

*Alphabetical, numerical, date sorting. "User deﬁned

headings. *Search routine. 'Bata merging. 'Label printing.

Free Booklet

word processor, restart same place. 'Merge data from

several records for summary, invoice, purchase order

etc. 'Simple arithmetic. *Punning total. 'Running 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 haven't, l'm just so

impressed.• (Phil Craven, ACU Feb 90, page 25).

*One such is Peter Brtreing's BrunWord 6128 which

is without docbt in my mina the most powerful and

friendly word processor available for the 6128

today, with the possible exception of._ BrunWord

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

mergi ng.

Headline

Headline is a print enhancement utility for use with

low cost 9 pin printers. It enables virtually all the

features of 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

micro justiﬁcation of proportional text, single,

double or eight times height and 1 to 9 times width,

9 Pin Elite

The Elite system for 9 pin printers

consists of BrunWord Elite, BrunSpell,

Headline, 8 bit printer status port and 7

'type setting' fonts (fonts are 24 pin in

size but only for 9 pin printers). Total

price £55.00 inclusive.

9 Pin Elite-I-Info

The Elite system as above but including

Info-Script and a backup disc. Total

price 02.00 inclusive.

24 Pin Elite+Inio

BrunWord Elite, BrunSpell, Into-Script,

back up disc, 8 bit status port and 7

'type setting' fonts for downloading to a

24 pin printer. Total price 00,00 inc.

Our 16 page free booklet explains all about our

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

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

Brunning Software, at the address below.

Comparisons

We h 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 8 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 t lin g

speed of the screen, using line by line scrolling.

This is a vital performance test as the CPC6I28

tends to be naturally slow at this task, BrunWDrd

scrolled 40% faster than Protext which in turn

strolled 19% faster than Tasword.

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 a p p e a ra n ce . I t d id n o t d isp la y a s it w e n t

along and so needed a separate operation to see

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

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

Bru n t h o rd va s 3 0 t im e s f a st e r t h a n T a so o rd .

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 minute. Both BrunWord and Pretext had no

trouble at this speed but Tasword was very slow

ins erting text into the start of a paragraph and

could only handle 16 words per minute.

The, spelling test checked all 3366 words.

BrunSpell took 52 seconds and needed no disc

changes. Prospell took 6 min 24 sec and needed

8 d isc ch a n g e s. T a sp e ll t o o k 1 8 m in 1 6 se c a n d

needed 3 disc changes.

How They Compare

Protext Disc

& Prosprell

Tasword 6 1 2 8

& T a sp e ll

Et ru n Wo rd 6 1 2 8

& BrunSpee

218 von

218 w/m

16 w/m

150 'am

218 w / m

218 w/m

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

Ty ping into start of text

I min 27 sec

2 min 2 sec

2 min 25 sec

Scroll to end, line by line

1 sec

0.2 sec

34 se c

Justify paragraph of 241 words

Change appearance to format

and Appearance to Format

53 sec

17 sec

52 sec

3883 ilim

None

6 min 24 sec

526 w/m

18 min 46 sec

179 Win')

Sp e llin g ch e ck 3 3 6 6 w o rd s

Average speed

Disc changes

1 sec

0-5 sec

12 se t

Not p o ssib le

Not possible

Not p o ssib le

Spelling help 'NECESERe'

Sp e llin g ch e ck w o rd a t cu rso r

40 or 80

Not sh o w n

Screen format - columns

Page boundaries

40, BO, 128

Shown

00 o n ly

Shown

BrunWord 6128 with BrunSpell & DataFile... 00.00

Info-Script with BrunWord 6128 & BrunSpell.. 60.00

Send cheque/PO/Access number/Visa number to

65.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite

£92.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info-Script

f 90.00

24 Pin BrunWord Elite with Into-Script

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Brunning Software i%

£15.00

100 Letters' (needs Into-Script)

Supplied on 3in Disc for CPC6128 of CPC6128 Plus.

You must state which computer.

All prices are inclusive for UK. Overseas orders sent

ins ured air mail - Europe add E2.60 : Rest add £7.50

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