Flexible information management

Elliott Chapin echapin-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Mon Jul 26 13:38:41 UTC 2004


It seems that I got Visicalc mixed up with VP-Planner.

At 10:22 PM 7/25/04, you wrote:
> > Since Visicalc was written in Forth a question on comp.lang.forth might
> > help you find out.
>
>It most certainly was NOT written in Forth.
>
>According to Dan Bricklin's web site:
>
>   "VisiCalc was coded in assembler, first for the MOS Technology 6502
>   microprocessor used in the Apple ][. The assembler Bob started with
>   ran on the MIT Multics typesharing system."
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