This article is from the Anne Rice FAQ, by Laura Ann lat13@columbia.edu with numerous contributions by others.
True. While no one has asked this of Anne herself, the
generally accepted theory is that these programs are the
ones that Anne herself is familiar with. Authors are a
notoriously stubborn breed when it comes to updating
themselves to new technology so the reason why, for example,
Lestat uses WordStar instead of Word6, is probably because
that's what Anne uses.
 
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