21 Sep
2010
21 Sep
'10
6:26 a.m.
The whole point of a killer app is that is sells systems just to run that
app.
How many months or years was it before you could run Visicalc on anything
but an Apple II?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Smallwood" <rodsmallwood at btconnect.com>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only'" <cctech at
classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:29 AM
Subject: RE: Apple II Killer App
Visicalc..
But ..
It was the Visicalc they were buying.
The Apple was considered just something you needed if you wanted to run
Visicalc.
Visicalc also ran on Apple Lisa, Atari. IBM PC and Commodore PET.
Regards
Rod Smallwood
(Formerly Visicalc Product Manger - Rapid Recall)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: 20 September 2010 20:52
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Apple II Killer App
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Marden P. Marshall wrote:
So now that I know that my recently restored Apple II
is going to turn
into dust in the not too distant future, how can It best be demonstrated
to illustrate why it was so awesome back in '78? For example, with an
Altair, you can either load Billy's Micro Soft Basic or play "Fool on
the Hill" through your AM radio. But what application do you run on an
Apple II that epitomizes Steve and The Woz's gift to man kind?
VisiCalc
Flight Simulator