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Comment: The end of history (Score 3, Interesting) 123

by NoNonAlphaCharsHere (#43781053) Attached to: Goodbye, Lotus 1-2-3
In the same way VisiCalc made the Apple ][, Lotus 123 made the IBM PC. Later, when people said "IBM compatible", what they really meant was "123 compatible", because it wrote directly to the video memory, rather than doing screen output through BIOS calls; so "compatible" hardware had to address its video memory the same way IBM did.

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