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A shareware programmers editor originally released for [[DOS]] in 1985 by James Powers as Blackbeard version 3.6. Its main claim to fame was at the time was the support for multiple windows and the ability to act as a [[TSR]] and it came with a separate formatter for printing purposes, all this for the very | A shareware programmers editor originally released for [[DOS]] in 1985 by James Powers as Blackbeard version 3.6. Its main claim to fame was at the time was the support for multiple windows and the ability to act as a [[TSR]] and it came with a separate formatter for printing purposes that also gave the editor some rudimentary word processing function, all this for the very reasonable price of USD 15. | ||
;OEM versions | ;OEM versions | ||
While the editor became much less popular during the 90's than it had been in the 80's the programs author managed to get a number of [[OEM]] deals for the program so it might be more familiar to users as a bundled text editor. The [[Lahey]] company shipped an OEM version of Captain Blackbeard with all of their DOS compiler products from ca 1989, [[Meridian Systems]] shipped it with their [[Ada]] compilers but renamed it '''ACE''' and removed any references to Blackbeard. The [[LaTeX]] editing system [[LaCoD]] was also built on top of Blackbeard. | While the editor became much less popular during the 90's than it had been in the 80's the programs author managed to get a number of [[OEM]] deals for the program so it might be more familiar to users as a bundled text editor. The [[Lahey]] company shipped an OEM version of Captain Blackbeard with all of their DOS compiler products from ca 1989, [[Meridian Systems]] shipped it with their [[Ada]] compilers but renamed it '''ACE''' and removed any references to Blackbeard. The [[LaTeX]] editing system [[LaCoD]] was also built on top of Blackbeard. | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 27 January 2016
A shareware programmers editor originally released for DOS in 1985 by James Powers as Blackbeard version 3.6. Its main claim to fame was at the time was the support for multiple windows and the ability to act as a TSR and it came with a separate formatter for printing purposes that also gave the editor some rudimentary word processing function, all this for the very reasonable price of USD 15.
- OEM versions
While the editor became much less popular during the 90's than it had been in the 80's the programs author managed to get a number of OEM deals for the program so it might be more familiar to users as a bundled text editor. The Lahey company shipped an OEM version of Captain Blackbeard with all of their DOS compiler products from ca 1989, Meridian Systems shipped it with their Ada compilers but renamed it ACE and removed any references to Blackbeard. The LaTeX editing system LaCoD was also built on top of Blackbeard.
Versions
- The last known OS/2 version is BlackBeard/2 1.20
- The last shareware release of Captain Blackbeard for DOS is 3.0 while version 4.11 was for registered users only.
- The last known DOS version of Blackbeard is 7.46
- Last known Windows 32 bit version of Captain Blackbeard is 5.2 (AFAIK this is the only Windows release)
License and availability
- Discontinued shareware, original list price for Blackbeard for DOS was USD 15, USD 20 after 1988, Captain Blackbeard and BlackBeard/2 had a 25 USD registration fee.
Author
- James K. Powers
- Jim Dodgen (OS/2) version.