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InfoWorld in 1985 described TopView as "bland, plain vanilla software that hogs far too much memory". [13] BYTE also criticized TopView's memory usage, but stated that "you will find that most software written for the IBM PC is TopView-compatible". Noting the low price and "innovative multitasking features", the magazine predicted that the ...
IBM AIX Version 4 console login prompt. The terms "login" and "logon" became common with the time sharing systems of the 1960s and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) in the 1970s. Early home computers and personal computers did not generally require them until Windows NT , OS/2 and Linux in the 1990s.
Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software. Within a given version number category (e.g., major or minor), these numbers are generally assigned in increasing order and correspond to new developments in the software.
Windows 2.0 is the last version of Windows that ran solely on floppy disks. [ 31 ] The operating environment is shipped with fifteen programs, [ 32 ] and it also introduced the GUI based programs Microsoft Word and Excel , to compete against the then-reigning competitors WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 . [ 27 ]
RBBS-PC; RemoteAccess – written by Andrew Milner. Renegade – written by Cott Lang until 1997. Currently maintained by T.J. McMillen since 2003. RoboBOARD/FX – written by Seth Hamilton. Searchlight BBS (SLBBS) Spitfire; SuperBBS – by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala. TBBS; TCL; Telegard; TriBBS; TAG; Virtual Advanced – also known as VBBS.
VisiCalc ("visible calculator") [1] is the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, [2] originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp on October 17, 1979. [1] [3] It is considered the killer application for the Apple II, [4] turning the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and then prompting IBM to introduce the IBM PC two years ...
Following GoToMyPC's launch, beta user Greg Alwang wrote a positive review of the software for PC Magazine. [8] He said the file transfer features were "basic" compared to those offered by competitor pcAnywhere, but complimented the product's usability and concluded, "GoToMyPC is revolutionary, and pcAnywhere is evolutionary."
Windows 2.1 is a release of Microsoft Windows.It was released to manufacturing on May 27, 1988, as a successor to Windows 2.0.. It was released with two different variants with differing CPU compatibility, also known as Windows/286 and Windows/386, so the versions are considered to be similar to its predecessor.