About
Genesis Word Processor from Solo Software: “A complete text editing system for your Einstein which has been designed with the first-time user in mind. Very simple to operate but comprehensive,” in the words of its case. Run it and it calls itself Genesis Text Editor V1.6 (C) S. Demant. The case gives the publisher as Solo Software Ltd of Blackpole Trading Estate West, Worcester, and carries an “Einsoft ‘Approved’” badge. No year appears on the disc or the case.
Running It
The case’s loading instructions: “Place this disk in Drive 0 and then switch on computer (or press reset). When ready, type GEN to load program. The instructions are on this disk as a file called GENINST. To read file, after loading the program, press the CTRL and the R keys together and then type GENINST in response to the request for the FILENAME?” Side A boots XtalDOS 1.11 and Genesis runs from it in MAME. On this copy the instructions text is in GENINST.DAT; the file called GENINST is blank.
Files in the Package
| File | Side | What it is |
|---|---|---|
GENWORD_A_GENESIS.dsk | A | the boot disc with Genesis, as a disc image |
GENWORD_A_GENESIS.mfi | A | the same as a MAME flux image, which MAME can save to |
GENWORD_A_GENESIS.scp | A | the same as flux, generated from the .dsk |
GENWORD_B_BLANK.* | B | the other side: blank, formatted as an Amstrad CPC data disc and never written; its .scp is the raw capture |
About this Dump
Dumped on 26 September 2026 with a Greaseweazle V4 and an original Einstein 3″ drive, and checked with the Einstein Disc Tools. Side A read all 400 sectors with good checksums on the first pass; side B all 360 of its CPC-format sectors.
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