Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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I remember Geoworks...at least the name. Not much else.



Geoworks came out around the same time as Windows 3.0 and was a similar
GUI interface.

I think the original Apple computers had the first mouse driven "click"
to navigate type GUI OS and Geoworks was an attempt at a PC version

Last I knew, Geoworks was still around but not doing this type of
program software development.

Eisboch



When I was about to buy my first pc, IBM and Apple had just come out
with competing models...the Apple Macintosh I think it was called.
Anyway, I looked at both, and decided against the Apple because the
company was charging extra for add-on numeric keyboard and the numerics
were part of the standard IBM keyboard.

My first pc came with WordStar. I hated it. Fortunately, a few days
later, I stopped by the computer store to whine, and the sales guy gave
me something called Volkswriter. It was *the* word processor for
computer newbies like me. Great little word processor. Had a
clackety-clack daisywheel printer and a real slow Hayes modem.

Now, as my crepitude approaches, I have pulled my PC desktop out of
service to set it up as a server and for the moment I am using my Apple
Mac as both a Mac and a PC. I need the PC mode because for a couple of
the software packages I use, there are no Mac counterparts. One of these
happens to be the software for my Garmin chart plotter. Most of the
software suites, though, work about the same on Macs and PCs. Some of
the Mac software is a bit more ergonomic than the PC software.

As soon as I get around to it, I'll be setting up an Apple desktop machine.