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From: JimP
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:11

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:31:13 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>The IBM PC was from 1981; before it, the Apple ][, CP/M systems, and 8-bit 
>home computers like the Commodore 64, the Atari 400, and the Radio Shack 
>TRS-80 were popular. The microcomputer era, at least in 
>wealthy North America, started even earlier, around 1977 with the Altair 8800.
>
>There were even earlier microprocessor-based computers, like 
>the 8008-based Mark-8, but they received only very limited attention.

I bought wp software for my Amiga A3000, but while it made nice
documents. Its printing speed was awful. I had a 24-pin dot matrix
printer and a letter size page could take over 5 minutes to print. It
was only text.

--  
Jim

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