Atari ST
CAD-3D on the Atari ST
Historical "what ifs" are fun. What if IBM adopted CP/M over DOS? What if Atari delivered their TT line on time, becoming Hollywood's SFX king?
Christopher Drum
A nerd who sometimes creates things that delight other nerds.
spreadsheet
VisiCalc on the Apple II
In 1978, Bricklin and Frankston took out a loan to develop "Calcu-ledger," a tool that could project the fiscal health of taking out that very loan
database
Superbase on the Commodore 64
Into the 80s, the promise of a "paperless office" sat always out of reach, but definitely almost here, so long as your office never grows past 1999
word processor
Electric Pencil on the TRS-80
A disillusioned filmmaker turned beach bum turned a hobby project into millions, creating the first word processor for home computers.
Amiga
Deluxe Paint on the Commodore Amiga
Back when EA was cool, they packaged their software in album-style sleeves and promoted their developers like rock stars. I was a Dan Silva groupie.
News
Introducing “Stone Tools”
A blog about the productivity software of the 8/16-bit era. No games, just work.