Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!styx!mordor!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!cae780!tektronix!tekcrl!vice!tekfdi!videovax!stever From: stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Future Amigas & suggestions Message-ID: <4036@videovax.Tek.COM> Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 03:58:30 EST Article-I.D.: videovax.4036 Posted: Sun Nov 16 03:58:30 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Nov-86 20:13:02 EST References: <320@plx.UUCP> Reply-To: stever@videovax.UUCP (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix Television Systems, Beaverton, Oregon Lines: 21 Summary: Are you sure? In article <320@plx.UUCP>, Ed Chaban (ed@plx.UUCP) writes: > . . . > The personal computer marketplace demands THREE (count 'em 3) basic > features to insure a product's success: > > (1) Spreadsheets > . . . > > (2) Word Processing > a. IBM practically defined it with Wordstar. > . . . IBM?? I seem to recall that Wordstar was available on the Osborne, an 8-bit 8080-based CPM machine that considerably antedates the IBM PC. Steve Rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!stever