🪨 PipeDream on the Acorn Archimedes 🛠️
The first ARM-based home computer, powering a bespoke OS, running software that says, "The barriers between productivity apps are a lie we tell ourselves."
#retrocomputing #pipedream #arm #acorn #archimedes #riscos
stonetools.ghost.io/pipedream-ar...
🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
🪨 dBASE on the Kaypro II 🛠️
Armed with only a blinking cursor, I build an inventory system for my failing software retail shop (just play along). I also explore #cpm add-on options for various systems, and whoops! Did I just become a #dBASE programmer?
stonetools.ghost.io/dbase-cpm
#retroComputing
I’m enjoying reading @christopherdrum.bsky.social deep dive into vintage productivity software at stonetools.ghost.io
Fascinated by this @stonetoolsblog.bsky.social post - the idea of trying to implement an expert system on a *Commodore 64* is something I'd never even considered! stonetools.ghost.io/xper-c64/
A productivity suite that willfully rejects common notions on how such software should behave, on an operating system most haven't heard of, running on a processor 30 years ahead of its time.
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CP/M and dBASE were industry giants with everything to lose, and they did. For a time they were the power couple to beat.
Aldus PageMaker dramatically altered my life, introducing me to the world of graphic design. It's been 30+ years since I last touched it, so I gave it the once-over by building my dream project. Who do I need to convince to give me reign over OMNI Magazine?!
Bonus: comes with a free gift at the end
🪨 Scala Multimedia on the Commodore Amiga 🛠️
As a print guy, I had to shed many misconceptions about #multimedia on the #Amiga. I also look at the glue that made such applications even possible.
Bonus: use Scala for Twitch #streaming from an iPhone?!
stonetools.ghost.io/scala-amiga/
#retroComputing
🪨 Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC w/ #DOS 🛠️
Did you know #Lotus123 is still referenced in #Excel documentation, but not #VisiCalc? I spent time getting to know #VisiCalc's killer. When I struggled to make a chart, I called on the help of #AI. AI from 1986!
#retrocomputing
stonetools.ghost.io/lotus123-dos
I was just looking at Scala on Amiga and look how beautiful!
(Source + kudos to Stone Tools: stonetools.ghost.io/scala-amiga)
The tension between my interest to grow closer to this software and its constant moves to push me away was the highest I've felt yet.
It's no Toaster, but it doesn't need to be to hold its own. Possibly one of the most impressive cover disk giveaways in history?
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VisiCalc started it, but 1-2-3 finished it. "It" being the discussion of what a spreadsheet can be, and also VisiCalc itself.
🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
Marcin Wichary
Christopher Drum
While resurrecting a 40-year old defunct magazine, I accidentally-on-purpose resurrect a 40-year old software rivalry.
🪨 PaperClip on the Atari 8-bits 🛠️
Believe it or not, this story about Batteries Included's beloved word processor contains ZERO jokes about #Clippy. It does take potshots at #EA, however.
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#RetroComputing #wordprocessing #atari8bit
Imagine an oven bakes gorgeous cakes, but gives random, severe burns. "When do the burns outweigh the beauty?" is posed by this cute word processor
