VisiCalc

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VisiCalc
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Name VisiCalc Advanced
Version 2.17 (1984)
Vendor VisiCorp
Author Dan Bricklin
Bob Frankston
Licence
WWW

VisiCalc was a spreadsheet application available for most early microcomputer systems.

History

VisiCalc was developed in 1980 by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston, which founded also the company Software Arts.

Jeff Stephenson converted the Z80 CP/M version to IBM PC.

The software package has been published by Personal Software (later VisiCorp). Lotus Development Corp. took over Software Arts in early 1985.

Interoperability

Files can be saved in Data Interchange Format (DIF) and used by other programs that support it.

Versions

  • 1979: first release for Apple II
  • 1981: first release for IBM PC DOS
  • 1984: VisiCalc Advanced Version VC-217I-IBM
IBM PC (IBM VisiCalc)
  • 1.00 (1981)
  • 1.10 (1982)
  • 1.20 (1983)

Publications

  • David M. Castlewitz, Lawrence J. Chisausky: VisiCalc: Home and Office Companion - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1982, ISBN 093198850-0
  • Robert E. Williams, Bruce J. Taylor: The Power of VisiCalc - MIS 1982, ISBN 0-13-687418-5
  • Douglas Hergert: Mastering VisiCalc - Sybex 1983, ISBN 0-8958-8090-3
  • Stanley R. Trost; Charles Pomernacki: VisiCalc for Science and Engineering - Sybex 1983, ISBN 0-8958-8096-2
  • Donald H. Beil: The DIF File for Users of VisiCalc and Other Software - Reston Publishing 1983, ISBN 0-8359-1305-8
  • Bob Mould, Fran Teo: The Cambridge Guide to VisiCalc - CUP 1985, ISBN 0521319021

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