Hotze wrote:
> Hi. Now, I don't want to start a flamewar, but still, Microsoft HAS played
> an important part in personal computing, for better or for worse. From 1986
> or so onwards, they were a industry dominator.
> Now, from what I understand, the origional MS logo was GREEN? Somebody
> have a picture?
> Other than OS's and current Office Applications (and, of course,
> Internet Explorer, which is a decent browser, and DOES have pleanty of
> innovation, if you're prepared to admit it.), what did MS make? Anything
> for say... the Apple II? PDP's? UN*X boxes (once again, omitting current
> ports of IE 4.0)?
Microsoft did write some early game software for the 8-bit computers. I have the
original cassettes and disks, and manuals, for such programs as: Olympic
Decathlon for both the Apple and the TRS-80, a debugger for the TRS-80, a Level
III (yep) BASIC for the TRS-80 Model 1 on cassette, a version of Colossal Cave
for the TRS-80, and even a texted based application for the TRS-80 Model 1 that
I can't even remember what it is for sure right now. This last one was a _very_
early application of some sort, as I remember it only flashed Microsoft for
about an 8th of a second on the startup screen.
Anyway, they did do some early stuff that was fairly decent before they (he?)
decided to play monopoly with the world of computers. :-)
CORD
> Thanks,
>
> Tim D. Hotze
--
____________________________________________________________
| Cord G. Coslor : archive_at_navix.net |\
| Deanna S. Wynn : deannasue_at_navix.net | |
| on AOL Instant Messenger: DeannaCord | |
| http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/4395 | |
|------------------------------------------------------------| |
| PO Box 308 - Peru, NE - 68421 - (402) 872- 3272 | |
|------------------------------------------------------------| |
| If you don't have AOL (like us) but want a great instant | |
| chat feature, just go to http://www.aol.com/aim | |
|____________________________________________________________| |
\_____________________________________________________________\|
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 11:11:22 BST