First Internet message and ...

[Richard Pope]

Randy,
     I will argue that that is an engineering computer and not a 
personal computer. No color and probably no sound except for beeps.
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!

On 11/26/2019 9:26 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
> No, this was the first personal computer...
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4050#/media/File:Tektronix_4051_ad_April_1976.jpg
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>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, TeoZ via cctalk wrote:
>>> The only reason Apple sold so many Apple II's was because some software
>>> designer came out with Visicalc.
>> Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston  ("Software Arts")
>> They sold it through "Personal Software", who became "VisiCorp"
>> http://www.bricklin.com/history/sai.htm
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>> Frankly, I think that word processing was more responsible than
>> spreadsheet for microcomputer sales.
>> But, Apple had a headstart by having both.
>>
>> A far from complete and only partially chronological list:
>> Electric Pencil  (Michael Shrayer)
>> Electric Pencil for CP/M  (with a program to transfer files from Electric
>> Pencil disks to and from CP/M disks)
>> Wordstar for CP/M (MicroPro (later WordStar, Inc))
>> Easy Writer (Apple II, by John Draper)
>> Scripsit (TRS80)
>> Electric Pencil for TRS80
>> Easy Writer for IBm PC
>> Wordstar for PC
>> Electric Pencil for PC (Harv Pennington)
>> Microsoft Word  (PC and Apple)
>> WordPervert
>> PC-Write (Bob Wallace)
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> WordPro, Paper Clip (written by local boys) and PaperMate for the Commodore PET (and later for the C64)
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