Amaya Toman Varidzi vemakomputa eApple pari zvino vane akati wandei emhando dzemaapplication dzavanadzo. Pakupera kwemakumi manomwe ezana ramakore rapfuura, apo komputa yeApple II yakaona chiedza chezuva, iyo software yekupa yaive yakati wandei. Asi ndipo pakazoonekwa VisiCalc - iyo spreadsheet software yakazopedzisira yaita manyepo munyika.
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Chirongwa ichi chinodaidzwa kuti VisiCalc chinobva kumusangano weSoftware Arts, uyo wakabva waitwa nemabhizimusi Dan Bricklin naBob Frankston. Panguva yavakaburitsa software yavo, makomputa emunhu akange asati ave chikamu chiri pachena chemhuri yega yega sezvaari nhasi, uye aive chikamu chemidziyo yemakambani, mabhizinesi nemasangano. Asi Apple - uye kwete Apple chete - yanga ichiedza kushandura mamiriro aya kwenguva yakareba. Kwakanga kuri kuburitswa kweVisiCalc kwakaunza makomputa emunhu padhuze neruzhinji rwevashandisi, uye zvakachinja maonerwo aiitwa michina iyi neruzhinji rwevanhu panguva iyoyo.
Kunyangwe panguva yekuburitswa kwayo, VisiCalc yanga isina kufanana nemaspredishiti anhasi - kungave mumabasa ayo, zvidzoreso kana mushandisi - yaionekwa sesoftware yemhando yepamusoro yerudzi rwayo. Kusvika zvino, vashandisi vanga vasati vawana mukana wekushandisa zvirongwa zverudzi urwu pamakomputa avo, saka VisiCalc yakave yakanyanya kurova nekukurumidza. Mumakore matanhatu ekutanga ekusunungurwa kwayo, yakakwanisa kutengesa makopi anoremekedzwa 700, pasinei nemutengo wakakwirira, uyo panguva iyoyo wakasvika kumadhora zana chaiwo. Pakutanga, VisiCalc yaingowanikwa mushanduro yemakomputa eApple II, uye kuvapo kwechirongwa ichi ndiko kwaive chikonzero chekuti mushandisi mumwe chete atenge muchina uyu nezviuru zviviri zvemadhora.
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Kubhururuka kutenderera pasirese neApple Nekufamba kwenguva, VisiCalc yakaonawo shanduro dzemamwe mapuratifomu ekombuta. Panguva iyoyo, kukwikwidza muchimiro cheLotus 1-2-3 kana Excel mapurogiramu kubva kuMicrosoft akanga atotanga kutsika zvitsitsinho zvayo, asi hapana anogona kuramba hutungamiri hweVisiCalc munzvimbo iyi, sezvazvisingagoni kurambwa kuti dai kwete yeVisiCalc, iyo yambotaurwa inokwikwidza software yaisazomuka, kana kukura kwayo uye kubuda kwaizotora nguva yakareba. Apple, zvakare, inogona kutenda pasina mubvunzo vagadziri veVisiCalc software yekukura kwekutengesa kweApple II komputa.
