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To: central_va

I owned a computer in the ‘80s and ran autocad and lotus 1-2-3. I had to install a math co predecessor for autocad. I think the CPU was an 80386.
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You probably remember VisiCalc and Wordstar. Lotus wiped out VisiCalc and Wordstar couldn’t compete with Microsoft Word.


62 posted on 05/20/2017 6:43:32 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: InterceptPoint
Wordstar couldn’t compete with Microsoft Word.

Wordstar couldn't make the transition from CP/M to DOS. They did port it to DOS, as I recall, but it never caught on. But it was Wordperfect, not Word, that killed Wordstar. Wordperfect lost out to the Microsoft empire in the DOS/Windows transition, but it was very popular in the gap between Wordstar and Word when DOS ruled the world.

I still remember some of the Wordstar dot codes. That's wasted space in my brain.

73 posted on 05/20/2017 7:21:46 PM PDT by PAR35
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