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Originally Posted by SFSkol
Desktop - Epson QX10 1984
CP/M - Operating System
Running Valdoc
W Epson FX-80 dot matrix printer - I still have and use.
Portable -1989 NEC Starlet
CP/M 2.2 operating system
64K RAM
Software included:
Wordstar - Word processor or writing scripts
Calc - Spreadsheets for logging writing expenses
Filer - Cardfile for project ideas and contacts
Telcom - 300 Baud modem - To submit scripts to Hollywood agent
Still have it! Works!
Now running Linux Mint 18.2 (07/2017 release on 2004 Dell 610 (Had XP-Pro). Runs great
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When I started using a computer at work (my first "real" job at a bank on the far north side of Chicago) in 1983, I was using Word Perfect for word processing and Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheets. The first operating system I had to learn to use at work was MS-DOS.
In 1983 only employees at the bank who had PC's at their desks were admins. and other support people. Managers, directors, VP's and up had no clue about using computers at work (unless they had one at home or worked in the IT department at the bank).
Fast forward to the engineering firm I worked for from 1988 to 2015. In 1988 no engineers or designers were using PC's yet. CAD appeared I think in the early 1990's, and a lot of drafting employees had to retrain to learn CAD if they wanted to keep working. My long-time manager, a VP who was 71 when when we both got the boot (a/k/a laid off/reduction in force) in 2015; in my last few years with this company, he was much more proficient in using PowerPoint than I was.