Article View: alt.folklore.computers
Article #621425Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 21:50
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 21:50
23 lines
3036 bytes
3036 bytes
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. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<87h8p3su3v.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>Path:
mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!l13ni203wmd.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.mixmin.net!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mailReferences:
<87k1ub4vgf.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <396ec331-b5a3-4137-ac0f-c45471afccb7@googlegroups.com> <87fu4y4d8m.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <dng0oe-0hq.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <nejuadhun30mn34o7tvqbs6fhaq9d42m9m@4ax.com> <dce9e1b3-38a3-4815-b8e3-f788819f24d0@googlegroups.com> <p94p0f$uul$1@dont-email.me> <784f741a-e2b9-45db-be4d-3dadc905b18a@googlegroups.com> <p9762o$84t$1@dont-email.me>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Received: by 10.28.20.18 with SMTP id 18mr1778936wmu.22.1522014613531; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com
Received: by 10.28.146.133 with SMTP id u127ls1204963wmd.4.canary-gmail; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.28.45.84 with SMTP id t81mr1751552wmt.24.1522014612313; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!l13ni203wmd.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.mixmin.net!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Old word processors
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:50:12 -0400
Organization: https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
Lines: 23
Message-ID: <87h8p3su3v.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
References: <87k1ub4vgf.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <396ec331-b5a3-4137-ac0f-c45471afccb7@googlegroups.com> <87fu4y4d8m.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <dng0oe-0hq.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <nejuadhun30mn34o7tvqbs6fhaq9d42m9m@4ax.com> <dce9e1b3-38a3-4815-b8e3-f788819f24d0@googlegroups.com> <p94p0f$uul$1@dont-email.me> <784f741a-e2b9-45db-be4d-3dadc905b18a@googlegroups.com> <p9762o$84t$1@dont-email.me>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Trace: news.albasani.net ofmkB6gTIFhoxVABSLkztkhpCOVd0gIzOUxFjv29k9+XfKrQ/SHLhe4Xf0+XuZty6JVnM7wEPIgAUzixGq1mkF6mbGnsYglmYQB/0XkkblRGL5RQ+0bXP5GUPifioq7t
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 21:50:12 +0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="8k23XERSDbQ/HWuR89LRZZKMo0vJ9WQIX3qdoHrWV1s+l/pD0nv7fpbTzqlY1FaP0etNUFzMsgRawkGX6W5TnadkxjYUlu9V/0gSpiWEAtjHmvcyXXYpsPrkpaLVLZ/S"; mail-complaints-to="ab...@albasani.net"
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)
X-Face: '#R~-oJz-_!iXhczPJ;=w1(`5-uQ2$0qHB7KKDV,]VoAC!P?swaa#m|eB<DkOt*XH=~9C[g S^w)b,)1q,{P\7Z3H,N(^m.YKuYM//B{X:PvbDk.|:g:$wVr*3*)[K6F+k\z-s32+oB]YJPy11wuGGz'bQAk~1.b1[;M{^A2@bboIENBB:Wd:<Fm~r7OuiJA1g}7KC-T'>Du+
Cancel-Lock: sha1:8qOqChDJpFzMp5qJQCLCK2p1Ods= sha1:vMUL+n7ELoe5gwsderJzaHzcmfE=
X-Face-What-Is-It: Capture Bee from Galaga
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit