Visicalc
From West Elmira Computers Museum
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| Visicalc | |
| Developer | Software Arts |
|---|---|
| Publisher | VisiCorp |
| Systems | Apple II, Apple III, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET, CP/M, DOS, HP 125, SMC-70, TRS-80 |
| Released | Visicalc Apple II: 1979 Apple III, Atari 8-bit, CP/M, DOS, HP 125, TRS-80: 1980 SMC-70: 1981 VisiCalc Advanced Version Apple IIe, Apple III: 1982 Visicalc Enhanced TRS-80 (with over 64KB RAM): 1983 |
| Added to Museum |
DOS (from Dan Bricklin): April 3, 2020 |
Visicalc was the first spreadsheet application. Developed by Software Arts, it was first released in 1979.
Development
Visicalc was developed and published on several computer systems.
Discontinuation
Visicalc was extremely popular. However, when Lotus-1-2-3 was released in 1983, it could not compete.
Lotus purchased Software Arts in 1985 and discontinued Visicalc and all of their other software.
Free release
Around 2001, Lotus gave Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankson, the creators of Visicalc, permission to host the original DOS version of Visicalc for free download for non-commercial usage.
