Author: Bo Persson
Date: 10:45:36 08/02/00
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On August 01, 2000 at 19:48:58, ShaktiFire wrote: >Hi. I am writing a general info article >and my basic premise is that since computers >gain a speed factor of 10 every 5 years, >a new application becomes possible.So... >if I consider PC era starting in 1980, then >I need applications that became possible >in 1980,1985,1990,1995,2000,2005 since each >5 year increment represents a order of magnitude increase. > >For example, my year >2000 application is voice recognition which >became pragmatic with 700 Mhz and 128 Mb Ram. > >I am thinking the 1980 application is the >spreadsheet (I believe called VisiCalc). > >Any ideas for the application that became >possible and implemented in the other 5 year >milestones? 1980 Definitely the spreadsheet. For many, this was the *only* reason for buying a computer! 1985 Graphical operating systems, MacOS & Windows 1.0 1990 Desktop Publishing, PageMaker and Ventura Publisher. 1995 Windows 95 and Graphical Internet Browser 2000 Games. 3D hardware wasn't at all up to his in 1995! 2005 Tell me, and I'll create it :-) Bo Persson bop@malmo.mail.telia.com
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