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TIL that Word Star, a word processor - program that equivalent to nowdays Microsoft Word - cost $500. (youtu.be)
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[โ€“] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The first home computer that my family bought was a 386sx16 with 1MB of RAM, and it cost well over a thousand dollars, in 80s money.

If you think computer stuff is expensive these days think again.

On a more related note, Wordstar is still in use today by some authors, notably George RR Martin (A Song of Ice & Fire)

[โ€“] Coffeemonkepants@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that's a picture of him when he started writing it...