Seymour rubenstein and rob barnaby

"Barnaby needed four months to code Wordstar on his IMSAI PCS 80/30 computer.

Subsequently, Rubinstein made an arrangement with Rob Barnaby, a programmer Rubinstein met at IMSAI....

Seymour I. Rubinstein

American PC software pioneer

Seymour I.

Rubinstein

Born (age&#;90&#;91)
OccupationSoftware developer

Seymour Ivan Rubinstein (born ) is an American businessman and software developer.

With the founding of MicroPro International in , he became a pioneer of personal computer software, publishing the popular word processing package, WordStar. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and after a six-year stint in New Hampshire, later moved to California.

In October 1978 Rob Barnaby set to work on Rubinstein's new word processor that was to become WordStar.

  • In October 1978 Rob Barnaby set to work on Rubinstein's new word processor that was to become WordStar.
  • Rob Barnaby was a software programmer and was convinced to leave IMSAI and to tag along with Seymour Rubenstein to joining the MicroPro.
  • Subsequently, Rubinstein made an arrangement with Rob Barnaby, a programmer Rubinstein met at IMSAI.
  • Learn about the origins of word processing, and the rising WordStar invented by Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby.
  • Seymour Rubinstein, a pioneer in PC word processing software, describes his personal background, his initial exposure to computers and his first programming.

    • Programs developed under his direction include WordStar,[1] HelpDesk, Quattro Pro, and WebSleuth, among others. WordStar was the first truly successful program for the personal computer in a commercial sense and gave reasonably priced access to word processing for the general population for the first time.

    Rubinstein began his involvement with microcomputers as director of marketing at IMSAI.

    Early career

    During his teenage years, Rubinstein was a television repairman. After his m