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DerekHal:
My first love was XtreeGold:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/XTree
Unique piece of software.

... or maybe first version of Leisure Suit Larry  ;)

mwb1100:
Visicalc!
I didn't realise that it is time for: Celebrating VisiCalc's 32nd birthday with the inventors of the spreadsheet
-IainB (October 21, 2011, 04:31 PM)
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Don't forget to get a copy  (as indicated on the linked site) of the MS-DOS version from Bricklin's site: http://bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm

I think it'll work on most or all 32-bit Windows systems (did Vista or Win7 remove 16-bit compatibility in 32-bit installs?), but probably won't work on any 64-bit OS (you'll need to fire up a VM with MS-DOS or an earlier version of Windows in the guest).

40hz:
Visicalc!
I didn't realise that it is time for: Celebrating VisiCalc's 32nd birthday with the inventors of the spreadsheet
-IainB (October 21, 2011, 04:31 PM)
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Don't forget to get a copy  (as indicated on the linked site) of the MS-DOS version from Bricklin's site: http://bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm

-mwb1100 (October 21, 2011, 05:09 PM)
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Wow! A blast from the past.



I remember the first time I saw it in action on a Radioshack TRS-80 III and immediately thought "I gotta get me one of these." (Bought one a few weeks later too!)

Thx for the download link. I grabbed a copy (all 27.5 kilobytes of it) and have it running under DOSBox on a Linux machine right now. Works like a charm. I'm surprised I still remember how to use it. Only had to look at the crib sheet a few times before it all came back to me. Awesome!

I think I'm gonna keep it there just in case I decide to start using it again.

Übergeek Retro Rulz! Almost Steampunk by today's standards. How cool is that?  ;D :Thmbsup:



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