tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post5900232752166484566..comments2024-03-28T14:50:06.806-04:00Comments on Borepatch: A personal computer that's almost older than meBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-17466385651321457502008-12-18T19:59:00.000-05:002008-12-18T19:59:00.000-05:00I really wanted an XT even though I suck at teh Ma...I really wanted an XT even though I suck at teh Maths and am relegated to a life of pixel pushing - it took a while before GRASP 3.0 was stable even when we were on the phone with Bridges all the time, it was a big step up from 2.0 and 4.0 was total awesomeness...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-5532108454064714722008-12-17T20:09:00.000-05:002008-12-17T20:09:00.000-05:00Dirtcrashr, good call. Visicalc made the Apple II...Dirtcrashr, good call. Visicalc made the Apple II viable for businesses in the late 1970s, right before IBM swept up the market with the PC and Lotus 1-2-3.<BR/><BR/>What's cool about this one is that it was from ten years before that.<BR/><BR/>Chris, great name for a post tag!Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-46655979948061441372008-12-17T19:08:00.000-05:002008-12-17T19:08:00.000-05:00True that on VisiCalc.I need some of these old mac...True that on VisiCalc.<BR/><BR/>I need some of these old machines to tinker with. Nice techpr0n Ted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-9628952381059168482008-12-17T12:25:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:25:00.000-05:00According to a friend who was the first personal c...According to a friend who was the first personal computer owners I knew in the 70's, the first real killer-app computer software was VisiCalc. It turned weekend finance warriors into Wall Street playboy geniuses.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-67102755978671263962008-12-16T22:22:00.000-05:002008-12-16T22:22:00.000-05:00Brigid, my first computer class was on a mainframe...Brigid, my first computer class was on a mainframe. Room full of computers with processing power you will soon have in an iPhone.<BR/><BR/>And it was COBOL on Hollerith cards.<BR/><BR/>I got better. I think.<BR/><BR/>;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-50589296338015535482008-12-16T22:12:00.000-05:002008-12-16T22:12:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.com