Comment by alexpotato

5 days ago

As a kid in the late 1980s, my dad got me a PC (an Olivetti IBM clone to be precise).

I distinctly remember that there were separate apps for spreadsheets (Lotus 1-2-3 [0]), charts (Harvard Graphics [1]) and word processing (Chi Writer [2]).

And now we just have a basic office suite for free in one website.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Graphics

2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChiWriter

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bombcar 4 days ago

Harvard Graphics was like a billion dollars if I recall, we only ever got a copy long after it wasn't state of the art.

youngNed 4 days ago

i mean... yeah.. but a bigger change, surely is that everything in this photo, of tech from the 80s, is currently in your pocket: https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/80s-sma...

yread 4 days ago
You have over ear headphones in your pocket? And a set of stereo speakers?
- youngNed 4 days ago
  
  No, nor do i have VHS tapes. Oh you got me good, well done you.
  
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