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11-26-2005, 02:45 PM
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The history of spread sheets
Hello, All!
While ruminating on missing (IMHO) features in Excel, it occurred to me to wonder if anyone has written a history of spreadsheets? I did not become familiar with multipurpose spreadsheets until just before I retired and I wondered how long after introduction were graphs added to Excel and the like? James Silverton Potomac, Maryland, USA 
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11-26-2005, 05:55 PM
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Re: The history of spread sheets
Hi James,
See John Walkenbach's site http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm for a brief history. Ed Ferrero http://www.edferrero.com > Hello, All! > > While ruminating on missing (IMHO) features in Excel, it occurred to me to > wonder if anyone has written a history of spreadsheets? I did not become > familiar with multipurpose spreadsheets until just before I retired and I > wondered how long after introduction were graphs added to Excel and the > like? > > > James Silverton > Potomac, Maryland, USA
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11-27-2005, 03:10 PM
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Re: The history of spread sheets
Ed wrote on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:51:01 +1100:
EF> See John Walkenbach's site EF> http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm EF> for a brief history. EF> Ed Ferrero EF> http://www.edferrero.com ??>> Hello, All! ??>> ??>> While ruminating on missing (IMHO) features in Excel, it ??>> occurred to me to wonder if anyone has written a history ??>> of spreadsheets? I did not become familiar with ??>> multipurpose spreadsheets until just before I retired and ??>> I wondered how long after introduction were graphs added ??>> to Excel and the like? ??>> ??>> James Silverton ??>> Potomac, Maryland, USA Thank you; that page of Walkenbach's is a gateway to some very interesting stuff! I should also admit that googling spreadsheet history, as I should have done before asking, brought up more than I ever needed to know! James Silverton.
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11-27-2005, 03:30 PM
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Re: The history of spread sheets
James wrote to Ed Ferrero on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:08:12 -0500:
EF>> See John Walkenbach's site EF>> http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm ??>>> I wondered how long after introduction were graphs added JS> Thank you; that page of Walkenbach's is a gateway to some JS> very interesting stuff! JS> After investigating, it seems to me that Lotus 1-2-3 was JS> the first computer spreadsheet to have graphics capability. JS> Can anyone say if I am right or wrong? James Silverton Potomac, MD..
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11-27-2005, 07:10 PM
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Re: The history of spread sheets
Hi James,
> JS> After investigating, it seems to me that Lotus 1-2-3 was > JS> the first computer spreadsheet to have graphics capability. > JS> Can anyone say if I am right or wrong? It is always difficult to pin down a 'first' in this sort of thing. The first company to do something is often overshadowed by the first company to popularise it. Visicalc is probably the first shpreadsheet with integrated graphics. See this quote from http://dssresources.com/history/sshistory30.html "From: Jim Ho Subject: Visicalc on HP85 & 87 To: Daniel.Power@uni.edu Organization: DRES Sir, I was reading your "A Brief History of Spreadsheets" and thought you might want to include the fact that Visicalc was also available on the HP85 and 87 in the early 80's. I found it more useful than the Apple version because it had graph plotting and statistical analysis in the same package. At the time, the HP plotter had just appeared so we could produce colour charts on paper or transparencies for presentation. The MIS folks were most disturbed because they could see the writing on the wall. The Honeywell that was just installed for $10 million could not do what the HP85 was doing for less than $10K! I can still remember the sad look on the manager's face when I showed him the colour plots. Our summer students would spend hours watching the plotter perform its stuff. Those were fun days. Jim." Context MBA released in 1981 handled graphs, databases, word processing, and telecommunications. Multiplan for the Mac (1984) had integrated charting (I think). Certainly the first spreadsheet that impressed me with its inbuilt charting was Quattro Pro. released in 1989. The advantage for me was that it ran in DOS so I could actually use it in a corporate environment. See: http://www.secretguide.net/read/inde...e=spreadsheets http://www.aresluna.org/attached/com...nifyandconquer Ed Ferrero http://www.edferrero.com
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