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, since we have
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?
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>
>
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 Sou
: 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 Silicon Valley.
>
>
Right. That was sarcasm on my part, sinc
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, since we have been repeatedly told by
armchair historians that w
"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 what is commemorated at Harv
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
> 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."
> >
> > htt
On 18 October 2017 at 01:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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
>
> So, Murray gave us a few extra days to prepare for the
"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 what is commemorated at
