Here's something fun. A dual interview with Programming Visionaries Donald Knuth and Niklaus Wirth from 1985 - https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/interview-with-programming-visionaries #PChistory #Knuth #Wirth

Remembering how Borland Sidekick 1 was effectively magic.

A full PIM including address book, calendar, and scientific calculator at the touch of a keychord, without quitting your current application.

On a DOS system with 640K RAM, and whose CPU didn't even support multitasking. Well before the 386/Windows revolution.

#PCHistory #TSR #NoTheOtherTSR

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland_Sidekick

Forgot I still have this relic from the AST days. Not my photo since mine is packed away.

When laptops were called notebooks.

#retro #retrocomputing #pchistory