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When: June 21, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)<br>
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Topic: Implementing VisiCalc<br>
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Speaker: Bob Frankston<br>
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Location: Online: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://meet.jit.si/blu.org" moz-do-not-send="true">https://meet.jit.si/blu.org</a><br>
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<p>Live stream: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtube.com/live/hcjwRFT_uto?feature=share"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://youtube.com/live/hcjwRFT_uto?feature=share</a><br>
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Summary:<br>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New
Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;
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white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">A retrospective look at the early days
of personal computing</span> </p>
<p>Abstract:</p>
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Bob discusses his experience in writing VisiCalc back in 1978, and
the many design decisions made along the way. He gave a similar talk
for the Computer History Museum's “The Origins and Impact of
VisiCalc” panel on April 8th 2003.<br>
<p>Bio</p>
Bob Frankston is probably best known as co-creator of the original
spreadsheet application, VisiCalc. His detailed bio is at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rmf.vc/bob_frankston_bio" moz-do-not-send="true">http://rmf.vc/bob_frankston_bio</a>
[rmf.vc]<br>
<p>Attachments</p>
Implementing VisiCalc (Bob's personal website)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://rmf.vc/implementingvisicalc" moz-do-not-send="true">https://rmf.vc/implementingvisicalc</a><br>
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For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web
site: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.blu.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.blu.org</a><br>
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