The Visible Calculator
Version 1.35 · Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper A Visible Calculator For the APPLE II with 4 REFERENCE CARDS (as graphics files and HTML). This is the first electronic spreadsheet for the Apple and IBM PCs. To run it on the Palmtop, load it and reboot the machine and press ALT and choose a boot option that does not process any start-up files.
Technical details
- File
visicalc.zip- Size
- 403.3 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1999
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1999-10-26
- Files inside
- 8
- Author
- Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston
- Path
anonftp/pub/visicalc.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 394.4 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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VC.com→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 26.9 KB
No need to put
0553c440.gif, Image1.gif, 0573c440.gif, VISICALC.html, 053443f0.gif, 051393a0.gif, 04f3c440.gif:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 394.4 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy VC.com to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.