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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

Desk Rabbit
SubjectRe: spreadsheet ergonomics
FromDesk Rabbit
Date04/12/2017 18:51 (04/12/2017 17:51)
Message-ID<ocllp7$g8b$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org>
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On 12/04/2017 17:25, DFS wrote:

DFS
On 4/12/2017 10:10 AM, Melzzzzz wrote:

Melzzzzz
On 2017-04-12, DFS <nospam@dfs.com>wrote:

DFS
On 4/12/2017 8:33 AM, Melzzzzz wrote:

Melzzzzz
then again, not until 1994 I really start to enjoy computers...

DFS
Why not? I enjoyed DOS programs from '85 to '91 or so: Norton Commander, Javelin, Lotus 1-2-3, dBase, Paradox, Norton Utilities...

And then a little later came Doom and Heretic and Hexen.

Melzzzzz
I couldn't afford PC in that time...

DFS
Yeah, they were expensive back then. I think my Dad gave me my first PC (an 8086).

Today USD 1500 will get you a nice PC. That's 174758 RSD. Will that buy you a good system over there? Is that expensive relative to rent and food and gasoline?

The first IT company I worked for sold 386 machines for around £3000, that's around £6000 in today's money, $7500 at today's exchange rate. Even more if you wanted a maths co-processor which as we were shipping several to the Joint European Taurus labs near Oxford was the standard config.