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Posted by sharx35 on February 9, 2008, 10:05 pm
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> Hi, Doug.
>
> Well, that was interesting! In 1987, I was still in practice, preparing
> tax returns using a professional program that I can't even recall the name
> of at this moment. I was printing the returns on what I believe was the
> first Xerox 4045 laser printer in the state of Oklahoma; I got it in 1985.
> I had not yet used TurboTax, which was still produced by ChipSoft - and it
> was interesting to see Michael Chipman's demo at your link.
>
> Gary Kildall's comment that CD-ROMs would be good for tax work was
> interesting. I got my first CD-ROM in 1989, precisely to replace much of
> the wall of tax books that I subscribed to then (for about $4,000 per
> year) and spent much of my and my secretary's time keeping up-to-date. I
> mentioned this in some newsgroup and a reader asked why in the world a CPA
> would need a CD-ROM! At that time, CDs were used for music and games and
> little else.
>
> Did you hear the prices of hardware then? Nearly $5,000 for an Apricot
> 386 with 1 MB (not GB) of RAM and a 30 MB hard drive!
>
> Ah, a tax accountant's nostalgia... ;^}
>
> RC
Step back from the keyboard..........
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>
>> Doug wrote:
>>
>>> Found this while Googling around for info about tax prep softare.
>>>
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDB133FF934A35750C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
>>> Head-to-head comparison from 1988 !
>>> I used to use "Ask Dan"
>>> Doug
>>
>>
>> Jeez, this time machine stuff is fun. See here:
>> http://www.archive.org/details/TaxPrepa1987
>>
>> Bonus - this one features Gary Kildall !
>>
>> Doug
>
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