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S8NSSON

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This day in history...
« on: October 08, 2007, 08:34:07 PM »
1978:    First VisiCalc prototype
http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm

blaa

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2007, 11:09:39 PM »
che

Termin8oR

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 11:13:41 PM »
Wow, that is old! :D

KnacK

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2007, 07:59:51 AM »
That program came out before 90% of you guys were born.

I taught a class on Visicalc back in 80/81 at my high school, along with Wordperfect ( or was that word star....)

GreenAffairz

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2007, 10:03:24 AM »
darn how old are you KnacK

KnacK

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2007, 10:38:24 AM »
Just  tad older than S8NSSON

Zorchenhimer

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2007, 11:56:15 AM »
Just  tad older than S8NSSON

ie. five days older than dirt. :D

Termin8oR

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2007, 12:19:03 PM »
ie. five days older than dirt. :D

Lol, nice way to put it! but I agree! :D

KnacK

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2007, 12:44:20 PM »
* KnacK grabs his 400 page book on UCSD PASCAL and knocks Termi in the head with it.

y00tz

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2007, 12:45:19 PM »
I'm just happy he stopped using the cane.

Termin8oR

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2007, 02:08:08 PM »
* KnacK grabs his 400 page book on UCSD PASCAL and knocks Termi in the head with it.

Ouchies, but thank you!

I'm just happy he stopped using the cane.

The cane would of hurt a lot less!

ViciouZ

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2007, 02:26:06 PM »
My dad used to make golf score overlays for TV back in the 70s, using COBOL.

Apocalypse

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Re: This day in history...
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2007, 03:05:01 PM »
ie. five days older than dirt. :D
*five decades