FORTY YEARS!

[Wayne Smith]

In addition to all of the above, add a Radio Shack PC-2 Pocket Computer
complete with Base (printer).  I luved it and wrote a program (in Basic) on
it to calculate die curves for a Metal Bellows company here in Daytona
Beach.  Got at least one raise from it .....LOL.

Wayne Smith
Port Orange, Florida

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 8:03 PM Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> I had something similar, maybe HP 41C? Printer was a side option, I think.
> I modelled my business income on it.
>
> Here's an interesting question for all: what have you programmed that's
> not a computer, per se? I can think of:
>
> * Programmable calculator
> * Daisywheel printer
> * Laser printer
> * Dot matrix printer
> * VCR
> * Thermostat
> * Light switch
> * Modem
> * Router
>
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2019, Bill Campbell via Filepro-list wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 01, 2019, Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list wrote:
> >> FORTY YEARS! I've been in the software business forty years today,
> first as
> >> Rasmussen and Associates and later as Rasmussen Software Inc. I started
> out
> >> by purchasing a desk, a typewriter, an answering machine, and a 2-line
> phone.
> >> Not even a computer.
> >
> > Congratulations Bob!  40 years ago, the closest thing I had to a
> > computer in my business has an HP-97 calculator which was less
> > expensive than a Radio Shack Model I, and had a builti-in thermal
> > printer and used programs stored on magnetic strips (which I
> > still have).
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Bill
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> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
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Wayne Smith
Port Orange, Florida
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