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Post #184,353
by Another Scott
11/17/04 2:49:29 PM
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New My mother used an NBI something or other in the early '80s.
NBI = "Nothing But Initials" supposedly. It used 8" floppies.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #184,368
by jb4
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11/17/04 6:40:16 PM
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New NBI is a word processor, not a computer per se
(Of course, there was a computer of some sort in there, but all it would do is process words.)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Post #184,370
by Another Scott
11/17/04 7:00:37 PM
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New Wasn't Wang's stuff similar?
Post #184,395
by Ashton
11/18/04 3:22:13 AM
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New Dunno, but..
Typing a paper on a Wang - was for me the intro to instant editing sans Whiteout!
You could write your closing \ufffd whenever the little grey cells spit out your Point, and not by some inane serial process of.. waiting. Looked promising, that.












Looking at the km2 of utter c r a p that led-to.. my enthusiasm was wildly misplaced.
Post #184,449
by jb4
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11/18/04 6:29:49 PM
11/18/04 6:31:27 PM
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New Wang also had a word processor
The world leader, in fact. However, as the market for dedicated word processors petered out, Wang upgraded the word processor hardware, added some form of OS (dunno exactly what that was), bundled their word processing package and sold the whole shebang as a "general purpose" computer that also happened to support the leading word processor of the day. IIRC, the thing was non standard in both hardware and software, and very expensive compared to the Apple ][ and that newfangled IBM PC that was just starting to hit the market at the time. Also, a company called AMI released software for the PC called, appropriately "Ami" that worked just like the Wang word processor software. Would even read Wang WP disks, IIRC. That was basically the death of the Wang as a market player.

[edit: typos, what else?]
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT

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             My mother used an NBI something or other in the early '80s. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Nov. 17, 2004, 02:49:29 PM EST
                 NBI is a word processor, not a computer per se - (jb4) - (3) - Nov. 17, 2004, 06:40:16 PM EST
                     Wasn't Wang's stuff similar? -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Nov. 17, 2004, 07:00:37 PM EST
                         Dunno, but.. - (Ashton) - Nov. 18, 2004, 03:22:13 AM EST
                         Wang also had a word processor - (jb4) - Nov. 18, 2004, 06:31:27 PM EST
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