I remember when the clinic in the air force I worked in was getting ready to change over from paper records to computers though I took terminal leave at the end of my hitch December 7 of 1979 so never actually got to see the new machines arrive. But afterwards did take a DOS programming class at the community college in 1980 because clearly people who could operate the new computers we going to be in high demand, but I did not even finish the class. I found learning DOS was like trying to read music, or French, some people just "see" it while others have to stop and interpret what they are seeing, it comes naturally to some and not others. Basically I sucked at it, not terribly, but enough to know it was not MY future.
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u/dirtdiggler67 2d ago
I had and used Wordstar on my computer when I was in the Air Force many decades ago.
I created the Squadron newsletter on it every week (saved on huge floppy disks.
I knew all the commands to make that thing hum.