Randy,
I will argue that that is an engineering computer and not a
personal computer. No color and probably no sound except for beeps.
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!
On 11/26/2019 9:26 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
No, this was the first personal computer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4050#/media/File:Tektronix_4051_ad_April_1976.jpg
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, TeoZ via cctalk wrote:
The only reason Apple sold so many Apple II's was because some software
designer came out with Visicalc.
Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston ("Software Arts")
They sold it through "Personal Software", who became "VisiCorp"
http://www.bricklin.com/history/sai.htm
Frankly, I think that word processing was more responsible than
spreadsheet for microcomputer sales.
But, Apple had a headstart by having both.
A far from complete and only partially chronological list:
Electric Pencil (Michael Shrayer)
Electric Pencil for CP/M (with a program to transfer files from Electric
Pencil disks to and from CP/M disks)
Wordstar for CP/M (MicroPro (later WordStar, Inc))
Easy Writer (Apple II, by John Draper)
Scripsit (TRS80)
Electric Pencil for TRS80
Easy Writer for IBm PC
Wordstar for PC
Electric Pencil for PC (Harv Pennington)
Microsoft Word (PC and Apple)
WordPervert
PC-Write (Bob Wallace)
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WordPro, Paper Clip (written by local boys) and PaperMate for the Commodore PET
(and later for the C64)
