Implementing VisiCalc
Date and Time
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Location
Online at Jitsi
Presenters
Bob Frankston
Summary
A retrospective look at the early days of personal computing
Abstract
Bob discusses his experience in writing VisiCalc back in 1978, and the many design decisions made along the way. He gave a similar talk for the Computer History Museum's “The Origins and Impact of VisiCalc” panel on April 8th 2003.
Bio
Bob Frankston is probably best known as co-creator of the original spreadsheet application, VisiCalc. His detailed bio is at http://rmf.vc/bob_frankston_bio [rmf.vc]
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