Software Nostalgia....
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by Efrem
If it comes to that, SOAP (Symbolic Optimizing Assembly Program, not today's Web services access prototol of the same acronym) and the Bell 1 interpreter on a vacuum-tube IBM 650.
Jan 25, 2007 | 11:48 am
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:50 pm
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Ok...got it installed...and reminisced for about two minutes before uninstalling the programs. One thing on the box did catch my eye though...there is a sticker stating 'The world's first WYSIWYG Software for Home Computers!' - is that just marketing mumbo jumbo or is there some truth to that? As far as i can remember WordPro was the first WYSIWYG program that i used, prior to that it was Word Perfect!
Jan 25, 2007 | 1:12 pm
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I still use WordPerfect. Been there since v4.0 with the infamous white on blue (Was never a wordstar fan). I'll start using Word when I'm deep in the cold, cold ground.
Jan 25, 2007 | 1:12 pm
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IIRC, WordPro got its start as a program called AmiPro, which I think was the first (Windows) WYSIWYG word processor. Lotus bought it as the word processor for their Smartsuite product. I found its style sheets remarkably easy to use and alter, at least for a casual user, something I still can't get with MS Word.
Jan 25, 2007 | 2:51 pm
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I have two unopened boxes of OS/2 and OS/2 Warp. They are really heavy...
Jan 25, 2007 | 2:52 pm
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I remember SuperCalc II, and how I had to add an extra 64K of memory because my spreadsheets were getting too big.
This was when I had a dual floppy drive before hard drives.
I also had a TSR pop-up note manager that had my address book and I would log my phone calls in. I can't remember the name.
This was when I had a dual floppy drive before hard drives.
I also had a TSR pop-up note manager that had my address book and I would log my phone calls in. I can't remember the name.
Jan 25, 2007 | 2:54 pm
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Jan 25, 2007 | 3:02 pm
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After teasing, now I get to air my dirty laundry too.
I had my TI-99/4A w/Assembler module, and spent some time with both my TRS-80 and my C64. Dang, those were fun little boxes.
On a DOS6.22 286 (IBM-AT), I had my custom built dBaseIII+ applications. Then went to Clipper5. Hoo-man, those were the days...
Then I played with TurboPascal and COBOL for a bit before gettin' giggy with OS/2 - yowza!
I had my TI-99/4A w/Assembler module, and spent some time with both my TRS-80 and my C64. Dang, those were fun little boxes.
On a DOS6.22 286 (IBM-AT), I had my custom built dBaseIII+ applications. Then went to Clipper5. Hoo-man, those were the days...
Then I played with TurboPascal and COBOL for a bit before gettin' giggy with OS/2 - yowza!
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:31 pm
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If you are serious....
To re-live the heady times of days gone by.....
I have Turbo Pascal 1.0 with all 3 manuals and 4 (5 1/4") floppys in near mint condition. Pay shipping and they are yours.
I have Turbo Pascal 1.0 with all 3 manuals and 4 (5 1/4") floppys in near mint condition. Pay shipping and they are yours.
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:34 pm
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Back on topic: I still have my Word Perfect for Windows version 5 disks. I don't have anything to read them on, but I still have them.
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:54 pm
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I do wish I had held on to my old Trash-80 with the 16k RAM and a cassette tape deck for storage. It would be fun to fire that up again.
Jan 25, 2007 | 9:07 pm
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I used my old TRS Model 100 laptop well into the '90s for quick and dirty text stuff. (not that kind of dirty
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