[Year 12 IT Apps] For the other greybeards out there - Visicalc on Windows

[Royce Williams]

I had thought I was the only one old enough to have used VisiCalc
The actual first Spreadsheet ever.

Probably the most important software ever.
Spreadsheets are the killer app that allowed PC into business.


Royce Williams
Sent from my Appleberry 4

On 16/07/2014, at 1:07 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> I have recently found myself reverting to old versions of some software after finding the latest 'update' is worse than the previous version.
> 
> http://www.oldversion.com is your friend when an 'upgrade' of your favourite software betrays you.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 16 July 2014 09:24, Savage, John L <savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> http://www.danbricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm
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>>  
>> 
>> Laurie Savage
>> 
>> Assessment & Reporting Coordinator :: Pascoe Vale Girls College
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
> 
> The two most important things to remember in order to become powerful are:
> 1. Never tell your competitors everything you know.
> 
> 
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