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Article #621426Re: Old word processors
From: JimP
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:44
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:44
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On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:50:12 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: >On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 22:46:36 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote: >> >> On 3/24/2018 3:31 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >>> >>> I still maintain that before the IBM PC, personal computers were >>> still a specialty niche market. Yes, there were Radio Shack >>> and Apple computers out there. But in _relative_ terms, the >>> number of users was still very small. >>> >> >> What you should say is... widespread use of microcomputers in the >> *business* sector did 8not* occur until the IBM PC. It even took thw >> slow-witted business managers *years* to realize they could ge much >> better computers for less money... by purchasing IBM PC clones. > >What is with the Osborne and the office software coming along with it? >Since WordStar and other could run on any Z80 (8080) I assume that at >least small businesses used it a lot. I was finally able to remember/discover online, the name of the Amiga word processor software: Final Writer. it was great, until I tried printing. Then it was incredibly slow.
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