Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:05:09 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1009072066.aadd32@mired.org> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Early desktop history (Was: Re: UNIX on the Desktop) Message-ID: <3C1EC075.C4ECA2FF@mindspring.com> References: <20011216112759.U16958-100000@localhost> <002f01c1866e$1e4d9510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C1DB7EB.9232204A@mindspring.com> <15390.41026.585546.798659@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > I'm pretty sure the first spread sheet was visicalc, and it ran on the > Apple ][. In any case, spreadsheets, word processors, databases, > etc. were all available for the Apple ][, the TRS-80 Model I, Flex, > and various other 8-bit systems that were available at the time. I definitely ran my copy on the KayPro2, which was a decidedly CP/M machine. The TRS-80 model I was Z80 based, meaning that it was also a CP/M machine. The SWTP 6800 (South West Technical Products S100-based machine) where I wrote my first BASIC program (using front panel switches to key in the bootstrap, before hand-cranking the patched paper tape copy of the language) wasn't CP/M, though... but then, that *was* 1976. 8^). To think... you could get an 8K expansion card from A-VIDD for only $350.00 back then, fully assembled! 8^) 8^). ...but I digress. 8^p. VisiCalc was first released on the Apple ][ in 1979. If you want a copy for your PC, it's 27K, and can be downloaded from Dan Bricklin's home page: http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm FWIW: The reasons VisiCalc was never patented is that software patents have only been around since 1981. 8^) 8^). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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