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| Commit | 3785fcdd54d0b4f043d5e8b454630a9dc70a50a1 (patch) | |
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| Author | 2022-11-11 19:35:29 +0200 | |
| Committer | 2022-11-11 19:35:29 +0200 | |
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[talks/hwctp] Reworked slide content so it would fit on 15 slides and removed attribution slides
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diff --git a/src/talks/how-windows-came-to-power/index.md b/src/talks/how-windows-came-to-power/index.md index 1a44780..d1b33b5 100644 --- a/src/talks/how-windows-came-to-power/index.md +++ b/src/talks/how-windows-came-to-power/index.md @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ BBC Micro: UK's educational computer, sold ~1.5 million units ## No user interface: you were the programmer! +&&flexer + &&font27 &&frow  @@ -76,25 +78,34 @@ Save a file to a floppy disk? SAVE "myfile",8 ``` - &&/frow &&/font +&&flexer + +&&/slide + +&&slide + +## Well, technically there were graphical OSs but ... + +&&flexer + +Available graphical OSs were computer-specific, limited and rare + &&frow -&&fright  -&&/fright -&&font18 - -Available graphical OSs were computer-specific and limited -&&/font + &&/frow +&&flexer + &&/slide + &&slide ## IBM joins the fight... kinda @@ -131,31 +142,47 @@ IBM mostly did business-oriented mainframes &&slide -## PC-compatibles and Apple +## PC-compatibles + +&&flexer &&frow  &&font27 -<br> -IBM used off-the-shelf components and published full technical documentation. -PC-compatible machines filled the market. -By 1988, MS-DOS software comprised 77% of all sold software. +<br><br> +IBM used **off-the-shelf components** and published **full** technical documentation. +PC-compatible machines **filled** the market. +By 1988, MS-DOS software comprised **77% of all sold software**. &&/font &&/frow +&&flexer + +&&/slide + + + +&&slide + +## Apple's contribution to the GUI world + +&&flexer + +Apple popularized the UI, first with the Apple Lisa and then with the Apple Macintosh from 1984 + &&frow  -Apple popularized the UI, first with the Apple Lisa  -and then with the Apple Macintosh from 1984 &&/frow +&&flexer + &&/slide @@ -208,29 +235,45 @@ VisiCorp, the people behind Visi On, self-destructed. However, the product inspi &&slide -## ... in the DOS PC market ... +## ... because most were made for non-PC computers ... -&&fcol &&frow -GEM tried, but it mostly lived with the Atari computers. +&&font30<br><br><br>GEM tried, but it mostly lived with the Atari computers.&&/font +  -DeskMate was for the TRS-80 +&&/frow + +&&frow + +&&font30<br><br><br>DeskMate was for the TRS-80&&/font +  &&/frow +&&/slide + + +&&slide + +## ... and some of them were really good! + +&&flexer + +Amiga Workbench was for ... the Amiga. RISC OS was for the Acorn line of computers + &&frow -Amiga Workbench was for ... the Amiga +  -RISC OS was for the Acorn line of computers  &&/frow -&&/fcol + +&&flexer &&/slide @@ -238,18 +281,40 @@ RISC OS was for the Acorn line of computers &&slide -## ... and in the general computer market ... +## Let's talk about UNIX UNIX was used and created for fancy expensive machines, to do fancy expensive stuff +&&frow +  +  +&&/frow + +&&/slide + + + +&&slide + +## And IBM's lost friendship ... + +&&flexer + OS/2 was 32bit based, so they didn't target the millions of 16bit machines +&&frow +  +  +&&/frow + +&&flexer + &&/slide @@ -264,64 +329,29 @@ Byte magazine put the article on the cover, but didn't say much for versions lea  -&&fcol - +<br><br><br><br>  -&&font27 ->   In the meantime, on both technical and strategic grounds, Windows 3.0 succeeds brilliantly. After years of twists and turns, Microsoft has finally nailed this product. Try it. You'll like it. -&&/font - -&&/fcol &&/frow &&/slide - &&slide -## Attribution - -- Slide 2 - MOS 6502 processor - [Dirk Oppelt, CC BY-SA 3.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91538) - BBC Micro - [Stuart Bradyderivative, Public Domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11672213) -- Slide 3 - Commodore Directory listing - [Syp, CC0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60447956) - GEOS floppy - [Auric, CC BY-SA 3.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29663306) - GEOS screenshot - [Nathan Lineback](http://toastytech.com/guis/c64g.html); Used under Fair Use! -- Slide 4 - IBM PC photo - [Ruben de Rijcke, CC BY 3.0,](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3610862) - IBM 4381 mainframe - [\[Tycho\] talk](http://shansov.net)[, CC0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76415930) - PC DOS screenshot - [Remember the dot, Public Domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15830013) -- Slide 5 - IBM Technical Reference picture - https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/ - Apple Lisa - [Timothy Colegrove, CC BY-SA 4.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123322968) - Apple Macintosh - [Sailko, CC BY 3.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55033088) -- Slide 7 - Deluxe Paint screenshot - [By Grabbed with E-UAE. Fair use](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45463614) - Word Perfect screenshot - [By Own work, Public Domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19987888) - Visi On screenshot - [By MESS, Fair use](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32263530) - Norton Utilities screenshot - [By Peter Norton and later Ozzmosis, Public Domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11274398) -- Slide 8 - GEM 1.1 Screenshot - [Nathan Lineback](http://toastytech.com/guis/gem11.html); Used under Fair Use! - Personal DeskMate screenshot - [Nathan Lineback](http://toastytech.com/guis/pdm.html); Used under Fair Use! - Amiga Workbench screenshot - [Nathan Lineback](http://toastytech.com/guis/pdm.html); Used under Fair Use! - Acorn Archimedes screenshot - [NightFallCrew](https://www.nightfallcrew.com/25/05/2014/test-of-the-correct-operation-of-a-acorn-archimedes-a420i/); Used under Fair Use! +&&flexer -&&/slide +&&font30 +>   In the meantime, on both technical and strategic grounds, Windows 3.0 succeeds brilliantly. After years of twists and turns, Microsoft has finally nailed this product. Try it. You'll like it. +&&/font -&&slide +&&flexer -- Slide 9 - IBM 3090 photo - [By Norsk Telemuseum](https://digitaltmuseum.org/021016855260/datamaskiner-norsk-data)[, CC BY-SA 3.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110960646) - Sun386i photo - [By htomari](https://www.flickr.com/photos/htomari/8861168413/)[, CC BY-SA 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107749520) - OS/2 text mode screenshot - [By Self made, Public Domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93311794) - OS/2 1.1 screenshot - [By Self made, Fair use](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65000889) -- Slide 10 - BYTE Magazine Screenshots - [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/BYTE\_Vol\_15-06\_1990-06\_Windows\_3.0/mode/2up); Used under Fair Use! - Windows 3.0 Screenshot - [Uploaded by Tyomitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2611871); Used under Fair Use! +&¢ered +## Thank you for your time! +&&/centered +&&flexer &&/slide |