Re: WordCheck app, circa 1980

From: William Levak <wlevak_at_SDF.ORG>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 06:47:44 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1901090643570.11@sdf.lonestar.org>
On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, Bill Degnan wrote:

> 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.

My memory may be a little off, but this is what I remember:

CBM 8032   $800
CBM 8050   $1000
TEC F10 daisy wheel printer $1000
Toshiba 1350 24 pin letter quality dot matrix $1400, later reduced to $1000


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Received on 2019-01-09 08:00:36

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