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)
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#
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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