Computer History Museum

Personal computer (PC) software workshop : personal productivity software

The participants examined Personal Productivity Software from the perspective of software vendors and developers; historians and members of the Museum community also participated. The practitioners represented firms which created and sold computer games, word processing software and spreadsheets. Peter Roizen, Heidi Roizen and Royal Farros discussed the development of T/Maker, ClickArt and PFS: First Publisher. Doug Carlston explained the evolution of Broderbund as a "software publisher" of Bank Street Writer, For Comment, and PrintShop. Camilo Wilson of Lifetree discussed the history of Volkswriter.

Item Details

Date
2004-11-19 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102658266
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Editor)
Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Historian)
Edward LaHay (Participant)
Camilo Wilson (Participant)
Peter Roizen (Participant)
Heidi Roizen (Participant)
Nathan Ensmenger (Historian)
Oscar H. Schachter (Participant)
Williams, Michael (Historian)
Bernard L. Peuto (Participant)
Douglas Jerger (Moderator)
David Grier (Historian)
Royal P. Farros (Participant)
Douglas G. Carlston (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
28 p.
Place of publication
USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4622.2008
Subject
Venture Capital, CP/M, Software Publishing Association (SPA), Software Business History
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection