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Robert Frankston at the Annual PC Forum, Phoenix AZ (1986)
Photo : Ann E. Yow-Dyson/Getty Images
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Robert Frankston at the Annual PC Forum, Phoenix AZ (1986)
Photo : Ann E. Yow-Dyson/Getty Images
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80-US March/April 1981
VisiCalc was now available for the TRS-80, and this issue offered a look at it as the feature article (promoted on the cover by one of the Android Nim androids). Acknowledging the spreadsheet's origins, the article closed with "Who knows, maybe APPLE and TRS-80 users will learn to talk to one another." Bill Barden, Jr. looked at the Color Computer, admitting its graphics weren't as good as more expensive computers ("I can see Apple and S-100 microcomputer owners sneering...") and its keyboard brought certain unimpressive examples to mind ("Right away I can hear snide comparisons to the first PET keyboard and the TI-99 keyboard"), but concluding the computer did offer enough to intrigue "experimenters" and "software freaks." Scott Adams was interviewed as he transitioned from "adventure writer" to "head of a software company."
Alan Kay - 1984
Expand Your Memory...
Apple II - VisiCalc Memory Expansion by Saturn Systems, 1983
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧: el programador detrás de 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗰
Cuando hablamos de 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗰, suele mencionarse a Dan Bricklin como el creador de la idea. Sin embargo, Robert “Bob” Frankston fue esencial para convertir aquel concepto en un producto real, rápido y funcional dentro de las limitaciones del Apple II.
A finales de los años 70, Bricklin y Frankston fundaron Software Arts. Mientras Bricklin definía el comportamiento de aquella “hoja de cálculo electrónica”, Frankston desarrolló gran parte de su arquitectura, herramientas de programación y código.
El resultado fue 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗰, un programa que permitía modificar cifras y recalcular automáticamente todo un modelo financiero. Para contadores, empresarios y analistas, aquello representó una transformación radical: ya no era necesario rehacer manualmente páginas enteras de cálculos.
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗰 se convirtió en una de las primeras killer apps de la historia y ayudó a demostrar que una computadora personal también podía ser una herramienta seria de negocios.
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 no solo programó una hoja de cálculo: contribuyó a cambiar la razón por la que las personas compraban una computadora.
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Taking A Look At VisiCalc - The First Ever Spreadsheet Program!
The Story of VisiCalc
Efemérides informática: 14 de junio de 1949 nace Robert M. Franskton, co-creador de VisiCalc
¿Sabías que #VisiCalc, la primera hoja de cálculo, revolucionó la #computación personal? 🤯 Conoce a Robert Frankston #robertfrankston, el ingeniero clave detrás de esta app que impulsó la era PC. Lee su historia en #retrocomputingmx #historiadelsoftware
VisiCalc y la obra de Robert Frankston lo coloca como el arquitecto oculto de la hoja de cálculo que cambió el mundo de la computación