Komawa Lokaci: Anan ya zo VisiCalc, software na juyin juya hali don gabatar da jama'a zuwa kwamfuta

Masu kwamfutocin Apple a halin yanzu suna da manyan aikace-aikace na asali da yawa a wurinsu. A ƙarshen shekaru saba'in na ƙarni na baya, lokacin da kwamfutar Apple II ta ga hasken rana, tayin software ya ɗan fi talauci. Amma a lokacin ne VisiCalc ya bayyana - software ɗin maƙunsar bayanai wanda a ƙarshe ya yi ɓarna a duniya.

Shirin mai suna VisiCalc ya fito ne daga taron karawa juna sani na Software Arts, wanda 'yan kasuwa Dan Bricklin da Bob Frankston suka gudanar. A lokacin da suka fito da software nasu, kwamfutoci na sirri har yanzu ba su kasance wani ɓangare na kowane gida ba kamar yadda suke a yau, kuma sun kasance wani ɓangare na kayan aikin kamfanoni, kamfanoni da cibiyoyi. Amma Apple - kuma ba kawai Apple - yana ƙoƙari ya canza wannan yanayin na dogon lokaci. Sakin VisiCalc ne ya kawo kwamfutoci na sirri kadan kusa da babban tushen mai amfani, kuma hakan ya canza yadda galibin jama'a ke fahimtar wadannan injina a lokacin.

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Ko da yake a lokacin da aka fitar da shi, VisiCalc ba kome ba ne kamar maƙunsar bayanai na yau - ko dai a cikin ayyukansa, sarrafawa ko mai amfani da shi - an dauke shi wata sabuwar sabuwar software ce mai ci gaba. Har ya zuwa yanzu, masu amfani ba su sami damar yin amfani da irin wannan nau'in shirye-shiryen akan kwamfutocin su ba, don haka VisiCalc ya zama babban abin burgewa cikin sauri. A cikin shekaru shida na farkon fitowar ta, ta yi nasarar sayar da kwafin kwafi 700 masu daraja, duk da tsadar farashin, wanda a lokacin ya kai dala ɗari daidai. Da farko, VisiCalc yana samuwa ne kawai a cikin nau'in kwamfutoci na Apple II, kuma kasancewar wannan shirin shine dalilin da yasa masu amfani fiye da ɗaya suka sayi na'ura akan dala dubu biyu.

Bayan lokaci, VisiCalc kuma ya ga juzu'ai don sauran dandamalin kwamfuta. A wancan lokacin, gasar a cikin nau'in Lotus 1-2-3 ko shirye-shiryen Excel daga Microsoft sun riga sun fara tafiya a kan dugadugansa, amma babu wanda zai iya musun jagorancin VisiCalc a wannan yanki, kamar yadda ba za a iya musanta cewa idan ya kasance. ba don VisiCalc ba, software ɗin da aka ambata a baya ba zai iya tashi ba, ko haɓakawa da fitowar sa zai ɗauki tsayi sosai. Apple, bi da bi, ba shakka, na iya gode wa waɗanda suka ƙirƙira software na VisiCalc don haɓaka tallace-tallace na kwamfutar Apple II.

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