IBM PC - Software - Applications - 6024004

VisiCalc (6024004)

Item number:          6024004

Announcement date:    1981-08-12
Availability date:    1981-08-12
Announcement letter:  281-65  THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER


From the announcement:

       VisiCalc for the IBM Personal Computer is a unique tool which
allows the businessman, the accountant, the analyst, and the planner
an efficient way to solve their problems with no knowledge of a
traditional programming language. VisiCalc combines the convenience
and familiarity of a pocket calculator with the powerful memory and
electronic screen capabilities of the IBM Personal Computer. Taking
advantage of the tutorial nature of the documentation, new users will
be able to build a spread sheet of numeric values easily, which they
can then modify, causing the complete spread sheet to be recalculated
using the new value or values entered.
       Users can add labels, headings, and lines to their data to
allow the printing of reports displaying the different "what if"
situations which can be computed with the simple change of one or
more of the data elements.
       The VisiCalc program provides the facility to arrange data
into a grid of up to 63 columns and 254 rows. Any element in this
grid can be a numeric value, a label, or a formula. These formulas
allow elements of the grid to relate to other elements, and have a
wide range of flexibility. The formulas can also use the standard
functions provided by VisiCalc. Some of these are:  summation, net
present value, integer, and trigonometric functions.
       VisiCalc for the IBM Personal Computer is designed to operate
with a minimum of 64KB of memory, 1 diskette drive, and one of the
following display options:
*  The IBM Monochrome Display and the IBM Monochrome Display and
   Printer Adapter;
           or
*  A direct-drive color monitor or any 80-column black and white
   monitor with the Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter.
       VisiCalc also requires the IBM Personal Computer Disk
Operating System (DOS). VisiCalc supports the attachment of the IBM
Printer.


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