On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:45 PM saipan59 <saipan59@q.com> wrote: > Thanks Chris! > I worked for DEC for many years - it was a great company to work for (up > until near the end). I spent my entire career in the Storage business, > working on the same campus (for DEC, Quantum, Compaq, HP, HPE). > > And one more thing for the "who's first on micros" discussion, I found that > an app called "Spellguard" for CP/M came out at almost exactly the same > time > as WordCheck. So, for which one was developed first, announced first, sold > first, shipped first, etc., I think we'll never know... > > Pete > > > What was the cost of a CBM 8032, with 8050 drive, Diablo or similar printer, and WordPro / WordCheck? Definitely a business market application. Most CP/M systems in 1980 were also for business. One could argue that it was logical to have had spellcheck come through business micros as this would have been one of the things a customer switching from a more-expensive mini would have wanted, if they were to switch to a micro platform.Received on 2019-01-08 23:05:44
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