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Article #621350Re: Old word processors
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:34
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:34
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:56:46 -0400 Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > Yes, 1977. That was when the Commodore PET, the Apple ][ and the Tandy > TRS-80 were offered. The first computers which also had a keyboard and > monitor (well for the Apple ][ the customer needed to buy a > monitor). Thus people not being nerds could actually use them. That > kicked off the home computer revolution in my opinion. Agreed, prior to those three home computing was about building a computer, afterwards it was about using one, not just home use either but also small business use started with these three (I wrote a cattle feed program on the TRS-80 for one farmer). > I say it was triggered in the late 70s but really kicked off in the > 80s. The next important thing after the PET/Apple/TRS-80 appearing was CP/M bringing with it industry standard applications (WordStar in particular). While the PC set the next and future standards, it wasn't IMHO all that important except that it switched us from a loose industry standard to a tight hardware spec for a while. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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