SIGforum
What were your earliest software packages?

This topic can be found at:
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/320601935/m/1870097744

October 05, 2018, 02:02 PM
greco
What were your earliest software packages?
I had Trash80s and commodore pets. My favorite was a 286. With the black screen and green characters. Storage was 5.5” floppy. If I was in a document and needed to scroll down the page I could hit the down arrow, go get a cup of coffee, and be back before it was done moving the lines of text one by one. When my department upgraded to 386, life was good as it shuffled the page almost immediately. Hallelujah!




Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom
October 05, 2018, 06:30 PM
signewt
one of my own earliest programs to install was something called "DOS 2.0"


**************~~~~~~~~~~
"I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more."
~SIGforum advisor~
"When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey

October 05, 2018, 08:26 PM
Jeff Yarchin
I don't remember the brand but the processor was an 8088. I used Dos, Wordperfect and Lotus 123.I can still hear the sound of that dot matrix printer.