Software and Documentation, Software Arts, Inc., Visicalc
date: label: date made
content: 1979
name: label: maker
content: Personal Software, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Visicalc is software for the Apple II and II Plus was written by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston for Software Arts, Inc and published by Personal Software, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, in 1979. The binder includes a 5.25" disk with sleeve, a user manual, and a reference card. Visicalc was an early spreadsheet application that organized data in a grid of columns and rows with the capability of creating formulas to run arithmetic operations. The data and calculations could be saved, updated, and printed. According to the user manual, "VisiCalc combines the convenience and familiarity of a pocket calculator with the powerful memory and electronic screen capabilities of the personal computer - a better 'pencil' and 'sheet of paper'."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Sunnyvale
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3098.050
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3098.050
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software with documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/16 in x 7 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 25.87625 cm x 19.3675 cm x 3.81 cm