On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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VisiCalc was written and developed in Massachusetts. 3 thousand miles
from Silicon Valley.
Right. That was sarcasm on my part, si
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Is that like the notion that we have Stallman to thank for Open Source
> software?
>
>
>
Exactly.
Right. That was sarcasm on my part, since we have been repeatedly told by
armchair historians that we have Silicon Valley alone to thank for the
state of computing today. ;)
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Is that like the notion that we have Stallman to thank for Open
: Fred Cisin; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Visicalc Addendum
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>>>> ??
> VisiCalc was written and developed in Massachusetts. 3 thousand miles
> from Sili
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>>>> ??
> VisiCalc was written and developed in Massachusetts. 3 thousand miles
> from Silicon Valley.
>
>
Right. That was sarcasm on my part, since we have been repea
"Entry in my journal: First complete VisiCalc in a package was October
19, 1979. I received a copy the next day as I recall."
http://www.bricklin.com/history/saiproduct1.htm
So, Murray gave us a few extra days to prepare for the party.
BTW, "conception of the idea" is
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 18 October 2017 at 01:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > "Entry in my journal: First complete VisiCalc in a package was October
> 19,
> >
On 18 October 2017 at 01:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> "Entry in my journal: First complete VisiCalc in a package was October 19,
> 1979. I received a copy the next day as I recall."
>
> http://www.bricklin.com/history/saiproduct1.htm
>
&
> On Oct 17, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
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>> On 17 October 2017 at 22:51, Murray McCullough via cctalk
>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>> Today marks the 36 anniversary of Visicalc a seminal pro
"Entry in my journal: First complete VisiCalc in a package was October 19,
1979. I received a copy the next day as I recall."
http://www.bricklin.com/history/saiproduct1.htm
So, Murray gave us a few extra days to prepare for the party.
BTW, "conception of the idea" is
On 17 October 2017 at 22:51, Murray McCullough via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Today marks the 36 anniversary of Visicalc a seminal program in the
world of classic computing.
Happy computing!
Murray :)
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
I just had a dig throu
On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
Today marks the 36 anniversary of Visicalc a seminal program in the
world of classic computing.
Happy computing!
Murray :)
36 years is not accurate. Nor is "today".
38 and a half years.
http://www.bricklin.com/histo
On 17 October 2017 at 22:51, Murray McCullough via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Today marks the 36 anniversary of Visicalc a seminal program in the
> world of classic computing.
>
> Happy computing!
>
> Murray :)
I just had a dig through Dan Bricklin's website
Today marks the 36 anniversary of Visicalc a seminal program in the
world of classic computing.
Happy computing!
Murray :)
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