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- This was never proven, but it
- became part of the folklore of the mid
- 80's. At the time, it seemed that
- whenever Microsoft released a new
- version of MS-DOS, applications from
- other companies never worked right
- again, while Microsoft's programs did
- fine. Some years later, while
- battleing Netscape in the "Browser
- Wars", Microsoft removed most of
- Netscape's source of revenue by
- bundling Internet Explorer for free
- with the Windows operating system.
- Some people called this a normal
- business strategy. Others argued that
- Microsoft was brandishing its
- monopolistic power.
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- Softdisk Publishing launched a new
- disk magazine in 1984 for the C-64.
- A contest winner camed up with the
- name LOADSTAR -- since LOAD"*",8,1
- would load and run the issue. Of the
- many different disk periodicals
- Softdisk published, only LOADSTAR
- continued for over 20 years, becoming
- the longest running computer magazine
- in history. (Someone needs to contact
- Guinness Book of World Records, eh?)
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- Commodore Business Machines
- announced the C-128, which included
- an 80 column screen, 128 KB of memory,
- and extended BASIC 7.0. Also on-board
- was a fully compatible C-64 and a Z-80
- CP/M operating system.
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- Berkley Softworks introduced GEOS,
- a Graphic User Interface operating
- system for the C-64, giving it much of
- the look and feel of Windows or the
- Mac. However, full productivity had to
- wait for disk and CPU accellerators
- and larger disk capacities.
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- In August, CBM purchased Amiga
- Corporation. This was the beginning of
- the end of manufacturer support for
- the 8-bit computers.
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- It was also the last gasp of the
- proprietary computer -- machines
- designed to exploit particular ideas
- and technology. Creativity in design
- would soon gave way to compatibility.
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- And then the personal computer was
- ready for the masses.
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- History never stops. Though the
- Mac made a valiant come-back, the IBM-
- type PC, driven by Windows, has
- totally dominated the home computer
- market. Moore's Law -- that component
- density (and thus, processing speed
- and memory access) doubles every 18-
- 24 months -- has held true.
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- With the arrival of the Internet,
- home computing has taken on a whole
- new personality, with instant
- information, obnoxious advertising,
- and vicious viruses adding to the
- world of cybernetics.
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