I grew up in that era too. It was interesting how narrow-minded the marketing was on these things, but we hadn't really explored ideas beyond the things you already did on paper (file recipes, balance checkbooks, track your investments).
Even Apple wasn't immune.
https://www.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/a2origi...
None of this really changed until VisiCalc came along.
