I’m old enough and long enough in the computer industry to not only have used VisiCalc (on a DOS pc) but also used “Dan Bricklin Demo” to mock up PC software applications while selling custom software (by taking screen shot of DOS screen and grabbing and moving blocks of pixels around). He was a true pioneer in the early days of the industry.
In the early 1980’s I was a recent Academy grad and worked in an Air Force program office. I built my first computer from scratch in 1978 from a literal bag of parts, so when I found out that the finance department had VisiCalc on a Z-100 (which was then running DOS, I jumped at the chance to use it (not many did). Dan was a true pioneer in the nascent PC age!
I used SuperCalc in 1985 I was 15 yo teaching financial analysts and CPAs who worked in Financial Planning unit at all the locations of the Port Authority for NJ NY - airports TEB NWK JFK LGA because my boss Mr Diaz wanted his unit to be the first unit completely free of the mainframe and on IBM PC AT computers we had Okidata Printers and Monochrome screens
I definitely remember VisiCalc. I was a teen when I started seeing ads in Byte magazine. I had no need for it, but it was a huge innovation from the articles I read on it.
Those were the days of wonder as each new computer product was introduced to the public.
As I entered college, I did buy a copy of TurboCalc for my own DOS machine, then for Windows 3.1.
I’m old enough and long enough in the computer industry to not only have used VisiCalc (on a DOS pc) but also used “Dan Bricklin Demo” to mock up PC software applications while selling custom software (by taking screen shot of DOS screen and grabbing and moving blocks of pixels around). He was a true pioneer in the early days of the industry.
In the early 1980’s I was a recent Academy grad and worked in an Air Force program office. I built my first computer from scratch in 1978 from a literal bag of parts, so when I found out that the finance department had VisiCalc on a Z-100 (which was then running DOS, I jumped at the chance to use it (not many did). Dan was a true pioneer in the nascent PC age!
I used SuperCalc in 1985 I was 15 yo teaching financial analysts and CPAs who worked in Financial Planning unit at all the locations of the Port Authority for NJ NY - airports TEB NWK JFK LGA because my boss Mr Diaz wanted his unit to be the first unit completely free of the mainframe and on IBM PC AT computers we had Okidata Printers and Monochrome screens
I definitely remember VisiCalc. I was a teen when I started seeing ads in Byte magazine. I had no need for it, but it was a huge innovation from the articles I read on it.
Those were the days of wonder as each new computer product was introduced to the public.
As I entered college, I did buy a copy of TurboCalc for my own DOS machine, then for Windows 3.1.