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Article #621352Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:11
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:11
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:34:53 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > > 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). And there was the MITS Altair. It just had panel switches like some PDP computers. You could add cards though and then had video output and keyboard input. But that was not default. If I understand this correctly the BASIC Allen and Gates wrote was also an operating system. >> 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). A shame CP/M was killed of by MS-DOS. Would had been interesting to see what happened to it if not. Especially when the GUIs came out in the mid 80. I know GEM ran on it, but (other than used in an ATARI ST and for UNIX/Linux) it never really took off or was developed further. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: Old word processors
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