<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I had thought I was the only one old enough to have used VisiCalc</div><div>The actual first Spreadsheet ever.</div><div><br></div><div>Probably the most important software ever.</div><div>Spreadsheets are the killer app that allowed PC into business.</div><div><br><br>Royce Williams<div>Sent from my Appleberry 4</div></div><div><br>On 16/07/2014, at 1:07 PM, Mark <<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com">mark@vceit.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>I have recently found myself reverting to old versions of some software after finding the latest 'update' is worse than the previous version.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.oldversion.com">http://www.oldversion.com</a> is your friend when an 'upgrade' of your favourite software betrays you.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 July 2014 09:24, Savage, John L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a link to a working version of the original VisiCalc. I remember using it to generate sales forecasts when I worked in Telecom in (76-83). Ah, the Apple IIE with RAM boosted to 64KB. Before Visicalc I drew up tables of figures and
calculated by hand/desktop calculator/slide rule.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div>
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