And that's more or less true? By 1989 certainly, we had word processors, spreadsheets, email, BBSes. We have better versions of everything today, but fundamenta

And that's more or less true? By 1989 certainly, we had word processors, spreadsheets, email, BBSes. We have better versions of everything today, but fundamentally, yes, the "shape" of the personal computer was firmly established by the late 1980s. Anyone comfortable with MS-DOS Shell would not be totally lost on a modern desktop.