A profile of VisiCalc co-creator @danb Dan Bricklin.
#VisiCalc
¿Sabías que #VisiCalc, la primera hoja de cálculo, revolucionó la #computación personal? 🤯 Conoce a Robert Frankston #robertfrankston, el ingeniero clave detrás de esta app que impulsó la era PC. Lee su historia en #retrocomputingmx #historiadelsoftware
Un día como hoy, 10 junio pero de 1977, el Apple II hizo historia Con su MOS 6502, gráficos a color y 8 ranuras de expansión, inició una revolución de computación personal
#retrocomputingmx #AppleII #apple #stevewozniak #westcoastcomputerfaire #VisiCalc
@thomasareed it's quite interesting rabbit hole, if I understand things correctly the reason why it does what it does, is that back in VisiCalc there was no way to look up a "bracket"
And I guess back then people read the manual so they knew it had to be sorted and it won't be exact.
I have no idea why it has not been deprecated though. Sure, backwards compatibility is important but in this case I think it would have been a net good to fix it a long time ago.
@nina_kali_nina VisiCalc on my 80 column Commodore PET a week or so back. It still runs just fine.
#commodore #commodorepet #visicalc #visicorp #vintagecomputing
On this day in 1979, VisiCalc, the world’s first spreadsheet software, transformed the PC from a fun gadget to a business essential - paving the way for Excel and more. What spreadsheet software does your team use today?
#TechHistory #Innovation #VisiCalc https://thisdayintechhistory.com/01/02/software-arts-incorporated/
I'm intrigued by the 23-page booklet included in the #VisiCalc package: "Software Arts Product Corp" "DIF Clearinghouse Data Interchange Format".
Mine's the 1983 edition - here's a version from 1981: https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_visicorpDISpecification1981_745801/page/n2/mode/1up
It includes #BASIC and #PASCAL programs for reading and writing the DIF file format. (The BASIC program doesn't look like #ATARI BASIC.)
Wow, the #GreaseWeazle really is an incredible piece of equipment.
I've successfully made a raw flux dump of an original #VisiCalc for #Atari800 5¼-inch floppy disk and written the image to a fresh disk. My Atari 800 boots successfully into VisiCalc from the fresh disk in my #Atari1050 floppy disk drive.
I am seriously impressed. This is proper #SoftwareArchaeology.
No skill exhibited on my part; the Greaseweazle guide includes an example of how to specify the correct parameters for the gw command line program to successfully image an Atari disk. Raw flux allows us to image the disk, copy protection and all.
I'm inclined to put the image up on Archive.org, along with quality scans of the box and manuals.
GUIs are certainly awesome, and they look like they’ll be the future of IT; but what if you desperately wanted one, yet all you had was a regular IBM PC? Lucky you, as Visi On was just what you needed; let’s explore it in our newest Episode of GUI Wonderland!
Anche in 🇮🇹
https://blisscast.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/visi-on-vision-visicorp-gui-wonderland-6/
Software Arts fue una compañía de software fundada por Dan Bricklin y Bob Frankston en 1979 para desarrollar VisiCalc, que fue publicada por una compañía separada, Personal Software Inc., más tarde llamada VisiCorp. Lotus Software la compraría en 1985.
#retrocomputingmx #VisiCalc
El 17 de octubre de 1979, Dan Bricklin presenta al mundo VisiCalc, la hoja de cálculo electrónica que transformó las PC en herramientas de trabajo, cuando se usaban más como juguete o como electrónica de novedad. Desde esa fecha, en este día se celebra el Día de la Hoja de Cálculo
#retrocomputingmx #VisiCalc #hojadecalculo
I did subscribe to #ByteMagazine back then, but I don't remember that issue. Wasn't #HyperCard already a big thing by then? I remember people calling HyperCard the new killer app for the Mac, like #VisiCalc had been for the Apple II.
Fun anecdote for #Swedish speakers: I worked at #Ericsson earlier in the 80's, and we had to submit subscription requests for American magazines via the US office. When I asked for Byte, they replied that they couldn't find a mag called Change.
VisiCalc for the Apple II computer was the first spreadsheet program. It turned 8-bit microcomputers from toys into serious business tools, and it ruled the spreadsheet market from 1979 to 1983 when Lotus introduced 1-2-3.
But if there's VisiCalc, is there also OstroCalc?
@danb @billseitz
I swear, I did not intend to talk shit about spreadsheets to one of the VisiCalc guys! 🤦🏻♂️
In fact, I have a draft post which name drops #VisiCalc and #OregonTrail as unaddressed disruptors of the #education industry.
Ironically, I think #EdTech is a market problem space which lends itself to the strengths of the VisionPro product https://www.superversive.co/blog/visionpro-product-vision
#VisiCalc and #OregonTrail are two halves of the business and gamefication of computers that broke #education and #industry.
Who knew there was MS Excel spreadsheet competition? 🤷🏻♂️
https://apple.news/A39Y6Mik1QOKebWl3C2fQjg
#lotus123 #visicalc #excel
TIL #VisiCalc was released on this day (Oct 17, 1979) positioning #Apple as THE company for microcomputers. According to Wikipedia:
> It is considered the killer application for the Apple II, turning the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and then prompting #IBM to introduce the IBM #PC two years later.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc
I never used VisiCalc, I'm from #Lotus 123 and forward.
Domingo dos filmes: A guerra das planilhas.
https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/15/domingo-dos-filmes-a-guerra-das-planilhas/
#MundoRetro #domingo #duelo #Excel #Lotus123 #office #planilhas #Videos #visicalc
I bet you didn't know The GAP clothing stores were once run on Atari 800's with VisiCalc, Atari Word Processor, and File Manager+. Now you know! Article from Antic Magazine June 1983. #Atari8bit #visicalc
🌘 VisiCalc：其創作者Dan Bricklin和Bob Frankston提供的資訊
➤ 關於VisiCalc的歷史和評論
✤ http://www.bricklin.com/visicalc.htm
這個網站提供了關於VisiCalc的大量資訊，包括其創作者Dan Bricklin和Bob Frankston的直接資料，以及來自他們的公司Software Arts，Inc.的其他東西。此外，還有許多其他有關VisiCalc的內容，包括VisiCalc的發展歷史、早期廣告和評論、VisiCalc的原始照片掃描、可運行的VisiCalc複本等等。
+ 我從未想過VisiCalc的歷史如此豐富，這個網站真是太棒了！
+ 真希望我在學校時就有這個網站，這將對我的研究項目有很大幫助。
#試算表 #VisiCalc #Dan Bricklin #Bob Frankston
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