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October 11, 1979: Visicalc – First Killer PC App Released
<img width="612" height="618" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Visicalc - Dan Bricklin" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg 612w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg 297w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px" />
<img decoding="async" width="297" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg" alt="Visicalc - Dan Bricklin" class="wp-image-20014" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg 297w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-65x65.jpg 65w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg 612w" sizes="(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px" />Dan Bricklin Shows off Visicalc
1979– Visicalc is released by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. The spreadsheet application is called the first killer app for personal computers. It turned the PC from a hobby to a business tool.
The software was released under their company name “Software Arts”. It was developed for the Apple II computer with 6502 assmebler.
Only downfall for the company was they did not patent the system, therefore, clones like SuperCalc, Microsoft’s MultiPlan and Lotus 1-2-3, would show up.
Visicalc is short for “Visual Calculator”.
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<img width="612" height="618" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Visicalc - Dan Bricklin" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg 612w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg 297w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px" />
<img decoding="async" width="297" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg" alt="Visicalc - Dan Bricklin" class="wp-image-20014" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-297x300.jpg 297w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1-65x65.jpg 65w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/visicalc1.jpg 612w" sizes="(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px" />Dan Bricklin Shows off Visicalc
1979– Visicalc is released by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. The spreadsheet application is called the first killer app for personal computers. It turned the PC from a hobby to a business tool.
The software was released under their company name “Software Arts”. It was developed for the Apple II computer with 6502 assmebler.
Only downfall for the company was they did not patent the system, therefore, clones like SuperCalc, Microsoft’s MultiPlan and Lotus 1-2-3, would show up.
Visicalc is short for “Visual Calculator”.
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- Poloroid files Chapter 11
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