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VisiCalc from Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston ; Copyright (C) 1980- Software Arts, Personal Software Inc. (later named VisiCorp.), Paladin Software, Lotus Software, Lotus Development Corporation and finally IBM ; in order of license dissemination#

The main goal of this chapter is to provide the user with informations and templates regarding the killer application Visicalc.#

Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston gave the Atariwiki the following info: How I got permission to post VisiCalc (1999) ; Thanks you very much Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston for your outstanding application of all times. We really appreciate your help and support so much. :-)))

ATR Image#

• VisiCalc_Data_with_DOS_2.5_SD_Color.atr ; typical spreadsheet from Visicalc on a DOS 2.5 Color diskette. For loading please type in '/SL', the filename and press RETURN.

Pictures#

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

Typical spreadsheet from Visicalc with a lot of basic functions

References#

• DIF_Technical_Specification.pdf ; Data Interchange Format (DIF) specifications to exchange data from Visicalc with other programs. Highly recommended! Thank you Bill. :-)

Printouts#

• Spreadsheet_Printout.txt ; typical printout of a normal Visicalc spreadsheet
• VISICALC-Printout_with_Formulas.txt ; printout of a normal Visicalc spreadsheet with formulas