COMPSCI 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: West Coast Computer Faire, Bob Frankston, Dan Bricklin

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: COMPSCI 105
• Professor: William Verts

Document Summary

Prior to 1978 spreadsheets were just that- a piece of paper spread out on your desk, ruled off into rows and columns. You manually lled information into the cells with a pencil. 1977: apple ii demonstrated at first west coast computer faire. 1978: dan bricklin, bob frankston release visicalc for apple ii. 1982: lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet released for pc () 1984: apple mac released, steve jobs red, borland quattro spreadsheet (. 50) 1988: steve jobs announced next, including improv spreadsheet. 1996-2012: not a lot happens in the spreadsheet world except that existing products get better and better, with more features, but the fundamental underlying metaphors do not change.