About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 103. Chapters: QuickBASIC, WordStar, Lotus 1-2-3, Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Graphical Environment Manager, Netwide Assembler, Multiplan, WordPerfect, MultiMate, Turbo Basic, EasyWriter, IBM DisplayWrite, Lotus Symphony, Quattro Pro, FASM, Btrieve, Harbour, Microsoft Macro Assembler, DBase, GT-Power, PCBoard, SpinRite, The Major BBS, FastTracker 2, WWIV, Citadel, Paradox, R:Base, Visi On, FreeBASIC, DESQview, DataEase, GEOS, QBasic, Norton Commander, XBase, SideKick, Arachne, TBBS, McBBS, Clipper, Lotus Agenda, StarDoc 134, RemoteAccess, QuickC, Framework, FastEcho, Dos Navigator, Fractint, JAM Message Base Format, The Print Shop, Ability Plus, PC Tools, Attrib, OpenGEM, IBM TopView, Maximus, Volkov Commander, Renegade, As Easy As, Scream Tracker, TAG, SeaTools, Qmodem, DHPOS, 2M, Harvard Graphics, Integrated software, TUME, PathMinder, A86, Telegard, FIPS, RBBS-PC, Ezycom, FreeGEM, WordPerfect 4.1, Spitfire, PabloDraw, Track0, Terminate, Turbo Assembler, Lotus Magellan, Commo, HyperACCESS, Pfs: Write, Squish, SuperCalc, Telix, KeyRus, Deluxe Paint Animation, Yasm, Show Partner, SEAL GUI, NeoPaint, BlueBEEP, HDCopy, DESI-III, Context MBA, SmartDrive, CWSDPMI, Bank Street Music Writer, EMX, Microsoft File Compare, RoboBOARD/FX, Wildcat! BBS, Batch Enhancer, ToneLoc, SmartKey, EXodus, RaWrite, RaWrite2, QuickBBS, Close-up, Lotus Manuscript, PegaSys. Excerpt: WordPerfect is a word processing application, now owned by Corel. Bruce Bastian, a Brigham Young University (BYU) graduate student, and BYU computer science professor Dr. Alan Ashton joined forces to design a word processing system for the city of Orem's Data General Corp. minicomputer system in 1979. Bastian and Ashton kept the rights to the WordPerfect software they designed for Orem, deciding to market it through their own company. Ashton and Bastian started Satellite Systems Int...