Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution

On 8/12/24 1:53 PM, D wrote:

On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:04:28 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/12/24 9:12 AM, D wrote:

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but i did use ventura publisher extensively back in the day . . .
(using Tor Browser 13.5.2)
https://archive.org/details/xerox-ventura-publisher-4.1-for-windows-4.1-1992-10-english-3.5-1.44-mb

Xerox Ventura Publisher 4.1 For Windows
by Xerox
Publication date  1992 ...

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As I recall, when you executed Ventura (from a floppy, of course) it first brought up GEM.  That was the only time I ever saw it.  I used VP first in 1988 or 89, and then at a different job in 1991.  Before Windows 3.0 in 1990, according to Gemini. Must have been MSDOS...

 for me it was back in the mid-80s when most computer users at a local
newspaper office in the denver area were using compaq/xt/286/mac, etc.
there could've been a gem logo when starting ventura publisher, but i
just don't recall; i do somewhat remember testing those archived 1992
vp "4.1" disks in dosbox (0.74-3) about ten months ago, but even then
i don't recall if any gem logo appeared for sure ... i suspect it did;

There were a LOT of disks, and I was really sorry when I pitched them into the recycling bin along with a lot of other stuff that I used to use.  I gave the books to the library because I'm unable to throw books away -- at least they can do the triage with a professional attitude.
I really liked WordStar and was really regretful when I switched to Word Perfect because it did SOMETHING better that I wanted done.  A curious WP thing:  I temped for some title insurance people for a few weeks. They had a system where knowledgeable people would fill in (pencil) a template with codes indicating various descriptions etc. for the drones to type in.  After a while I (a drone) realized that the whole system was done with Word Perfect macro codes, a pretty slick application.

aldus pagemaker was my favorite, others preferred quarkxpress, but it
was wordstar and later wordperfect where most of the work i was doing
took place . . . (these articles are handy so i'm posting them again):
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https://winworldpc.com/product/wordstar/300

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