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Magic Desk

Magic Desk was a planned series of productivity software by Commodore Business Machines for the Commodore 64. Only the first entry, Type and File, was ever released. It was introduced at the summer edition of the 1983 Consumer Electronics Show in June, slated for an August 31 release. Commodore developed the Magic Desk suite both in response to a…

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Developer
Commodore Business Machines
License
Proprietary software
Original authors
John Feagans · Andy Finkel · Michael Tomczyk · Jeff Bruette
Other names
Magic Desk
Platform
Commodore 64
Release
November 1983; 42 years ago (1983-11)

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Magic Desk

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples99
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Magic Desk

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related to Development · 29
Magic Desk → Andy Finkel, BASIC, California, CES, Commodore, Commodore's, Consumer Electronics Show, Development, Feagans, Finkel's, Hartmann, He, Jack Tramiel, John Feagans, Mastering, Meanwhile, Moorpark, On Finkel's, PARC, Pennsylvania
related to Legacy · 24
Magic Desk → According, Berkeley Softworks, CES, Commodore, Commodore's, Despite, Feagans, Finkel, GEOS, In, It, Jim Butterfield, KB, Magic Desk II, Magic Desk's, Plus-1, Plus/4, Rolodex, TED, The
related to Reception · 21
Magic Desk → After, August, CES, Charles Brannon, Commodore, Compute, Gazette, George Stewart, He, InfoWorld, Instead, Magic Desk's, Mary, November, Phillip Robinson, Popular Computing, Reviewing, Run, She, They
related to Functionality · 12
Magic Desk → Additionally, Backspace, Commodore, Document, It, On, Pressing, Return, Rolodex, Text, The, When
Original authors · 4
Magic Desk → Andy Finkel, Jeff Bruette, John Feagans, Michael Tomczyk
Type · 2
Magic Desk → File manager, Word processor
related to External links · 2
Magic Desk → Nathan Lineback, Toasty Tech
Developer · 1
Magic Desk → Commodore Business Machines
License · 1
Magic Desk → Proprietary software
Other names · 1
Magic Desk → Magic Desk

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commodore desk magic user file word 64 feagans processor software typewriter graphical computer productivity release cabinet interface screen 1983 pressing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Magic DeskDeveloperCommodore Business Machines1.00infobox
Magic DeskLicenseProprietary software1.00infobox
Magic DeskOriginal authorsJohn Feagans1.00infobox
Magic DeskOriginal authorsAndy Finkel1.00infobox
Magic DeskOriginal authorsMichael Tomczyk1.00infobox
Magic DeskOriginal authorsJeff Bruette1.00infobox
Magic DeskOther namesMagic Desk1.00infobox
Magic DeskPlatformCommodore 641.00infobox
Magic DeskReleaseNovember 1983; 42 years ago (1983-11)1.00infobox
Magic DeskTypeWord processor1.00infobox
Magic DeskTypeFile manager1.00infobox
Magic Deskrelated to DevelopmentJohn Feagans0.60section

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