{"id":46826,"date":"2025-02-24T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46826"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:12:59","slug":"provue-at-the-first-macworld-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/24\/provue-at-the-first-macworld-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"ProVUE at the First Macworld Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Rea<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Forty years ago today the doors opened for the very first MacWorld Expo<\/a> in the Brooks Hall basement in San Francisco. For most of you this event probably seems like ancient history, somewhere back in the mists of time. But for me this was a very real and exciting event that I participated in as an exhibitor, the start of my amazing journey with the Mac community, a journey that continues on today.<\/p>

As I recall there were two or three dozen software booths that first year. Some of the software on display included Multiplan<\/a> (Microsoft), PFS:File<\/a>, Think Tank<\/a>, FileVision<\/a>, Mac Slots<\/a>, Habadex<\/a>, Mac Draft<\/a>, Mac Lion<\/a>, Music Works<\/a>, Click Art<\/a> and of course OverVUE<\/a> (the direct predecessor to today’s Panorama X). Of course all of these companies have long since disappeared, except for two - Microsoft and ProVUE Development.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What an inspiration. OverVUE was originally written in 68k assembly code that he macro-translated from PDP-11 assembly. Now it does AppKit, Unicode, and Apple Silicon. He continues to add major new features and directly support his customers.<\/p>\n

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To celebrate that, and this 40 year anniversary, I’ve set up a 40% discount code for new users - MACEXPO40.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There are old-school Mac developers still going strong, and there are old school<\/em> Mac developers still going strong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n