Old? I remember flipping switches back in 1965!
Posted on 10/22/2024 10:16:20 AM PDT by ShadowAce
I used Word Perfect on MS Dos to print receipts on a dot matrix printer. They were the pre-printed versions with white/pink/yellow copies that could either be filled in by hand or done with a word processor. You could order them from a printing place with your logo printed in the corner but I just set it up for the dot matrix to fill that in with company name, address, phone. It was a little tricky to get everything lined up to print inside the boxes but I had fun.
I purchased a Zenith 8 Bit CPM, 16 Bit DOS dual processor with a 5 Meg hard drive in 1982.
I used it, with Multiplan in my CPA firm. Cost me $2,500 just to replace the 5 Meg hard drive. Had to park the heads after each use.
That was the first one after the Apple crap. Used the Apple 2e at the university and hated it.
I left off with Lotus 123 and Quattro Pro. Did everything I needed.
No thank you, I don’t any help in that department. LOL!!!!!
Let us not forget Lotus123!…
Let us not forget Lotus123!…
I remember Quattro.
It had the best memory management.
Eventually Microsoft kept their new format secret and not available for use by other vendors, and we had to switch to Excel to be compatible.
“When I wanna feel old I remember punch cards.”
IBM had some amazing machines that processed punch cards. Their keypunch had the best keyboard I’ve ever used. Their fastest sorter could do 2000 cards per minute.
Regarding Excel on the MAC, all of the Office products were and are produced by Microsoft, and Apple has incorporated them into their products.
I was given the original disks for the first few versions from my Dad. They are still sealed and in original packaging.
I actually saw a manager use Excel for typing memos. He thought it was really great to use a cell on the right side to put a date on it.
“””I also remember Visicalc and Lotus 123.”””
Thanks for reminding me. And how can anyone forget ‘real’ floppy disks.
But I'm almost to the point where I don't need Windows software either, except for when I need to run my older Acrobat 10 and Photoshop CS5 software. That's really all I need it for. So when the time comes, I'll program me up a Linux disk and tri-boot my systems. Linux will (once again) be my primary go-to O/S and my Windows O/S's will be used very sparingly.
A word of caution with the newer Linux O/S's, especially Mint 22. I found out (the hard way) that Linux will wipe the bootdisk.ini and make Windows inaccessible if you try to program it in side-by-side with Windows. So if anyone plans on dual-booting Windows and Linux like me, take care not to lose your Windows O/S in the process. It can be done but it takes some tinkering.
Those may be worth something.
When I was young, I put a heathkit together.
You reprogrammed it by re-wiring it.
Old? I remember flipping switches back in 1965!
He gave me a boatload of software recently that he has safely tucked away for decades. I always told him that I wanted him to give it to me someday. My son (22) told me the value and he was shocked. +$15k for most all of the software.
Lotus 123, Express, Symphony, etc.
All good programs at that time.
Oh, Lotus Organizer.
I ran VisiCalc on an Apple II
Thanks for the warning. I don't plan to dual-boot my machines. I've seen too much go wrong with that setup, even though many are successful. I want Windows 10 for some apps that I don't have a substitute for in Linux. The long pole in the tent will be software like TurboTax. It isn't available for Linux, and they won't release it in the future for Windows 10 (like they did with Windows 7 when it was EOL). And I refuse to do cloud-base tax filing.
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