MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Word Star, a word processor - program that equivalent to nowdays Microsoft Word - cost $500.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down13
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Word Star, a word processor - program that equivalent to nowdays Microsoft Word - cost $500.youtu.beMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaretwistedtxb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe first home computer that my family bought was a 386sx16 with 1MB of RAM, and it cost well over a thousand dollars, in 80s money. If you think computer stuff is expensive these days think again. On a more related note, Wordstar is still in use today by some authors, notably George RR Martin (A Song of Ice & Fire)
minus-squareCoffeemonkepants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPretty sure that’s a picture of him when he started writing it…
The first home computer that my family bought was a 386sx16 with 1MB of RAM, and it cost well over a thousand dollars, in 80s money.
If you think computer stuff is expensive these days think again.
On a more related note, Wordstar is still in use today by some authors, notably George RR Martin (A Song of Ice & Fire)
Pretty sure that’s a picture of him when he started writing it…