Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:20:52 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1009081252.0689e5@mired.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Early desktop history (Was: Re: UNIX on the Desktop) Message-ID: <15390.50212.447906.685469@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C1EC075.C4ECA2FF@mindspring.com> References: <20011216112759.U16958-100000@localhost> <002f01c1866e$1e4d9510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C1DB7EB.9232204A@mindspring.com> <15390.41026.585546.798659@guru.mired.org> <3C1EC075.C4ECA2FF@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> types: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the first spread sheet was visicalc, and it ran on the > > Apple ][. In any case, spreadsheets, word processors, databases, > > etc. were all available for the Apple ][, the TRS-80 Model I, Flex, > > and various other 8-bit systems that were available at the time. > I definitely ran my copy on the KayPro2, which was a decidedly > CP/M machine. Possibly I should have said "first ran on the Apple ][". We sold a few of them just with that before it was available on CP/M. > The TRS-80 model I was Z80 based, meaning that it > was also a CP/M machine. The TRS-80 Model I ran TRS-DOS by default. It had ROM at location 0, so you couldn't run stock CP/M on a stock Model I. You could get a version of CP/M that ran on it, but any binaries had to be built specifically for that version. You could also get hardware mods for the Model I so it could run stock CP/M. > ...but I digress. 8^p. > > VisiCalc was first released on the Apple ][ in 1979. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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