VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program but its release for the CP/M operating system ran only on the HP-125, Sharp MZ80, and the Sony SMC-70. SuperCalc was created to fill that void and market opportunity. Alongside WordStar, it was one of the CP/M applications bundled with the Osborne 1portable computer. It quickly became popular[citation needed] and was ported to MS-DOS in 1982.
An improvement over VisiCalc (though using much the same command structure using the slash key), SuperCalc was one of the first spreadsheet programs capable of iteratively solving circular references (cells that depend on each other's results). It would be over 10 years after the introduction of SuperCalc before this feature was implemented in Microsoft Excel, although in Lotus 1-2-3, manual programming of iterative logic could also be used to solve this issue. According to the SuperCalc product manager, iterative calculations were added when Sorcim changed from binary-coded decimal to binary math. Since the precision of the two math packages was different, some IF statements resolved differently, and iterative calculations helped solve this problem.[1]
Versions of SuperCalc were later released for the Apple II, for PCs running MS-DOS, and, after Sorcim was bought by CA Technologies (CA) in 1985, for Microsoft Windows (under the name CA-SuperCalc). SuperCalc was CA Technologies' first personal computer product.[2] The MS-DOS versions were more popular with many users than the market-leading Lotus 1-2-3, because it was distributed without copy protection,[3] as well as being priced lower.
By the release of version 3 in March 1987, a million users were claimed.[4] New versions were published into the early 1990s, after which Microsoft Excel dominated the spreadsheet market.
In 1993, the Ministry of Railway of Russia signed an agreement with CA Technologies after a Russian employee illegally used SuperCalc for government purposes.[5]
Versions
1980: SuperCalc
SuperCalc 2, which featured a novelty: Split screen with formulas on one side, and graphs on the other[6]
1986: SuperCalc 4,[3] evaluated #2 on the spreadsheets market after Excel,[7] with introduction of automatic construction of macros[8]
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supercalc, spreadsheet, application, published, sorcim, 1980, supercalc, developer, sorciminitial, release1980, years, 1980, stable, release5, 5operating, systemcp, vmstypespreadsheet, contents, history, versions, references, external, linkshistory, editvisica. SuperCalc is a CP M 80 spreadsheet application published by Sorcim in 1980 SupercalcSuperCalc 5 1 for MS DOS Developer s SorcimInitial release1980 43 years ago 1980 Stable release5 5Operating systemCP M MS DOS VMSTypeSpreadsheet Contents 1 History 2 Versions 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditVisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program but its release for the CP M operating system ran only on the HP 125 Sharp MZ80 and the Sony SMC 70 SuperCalc was created to fill that void and market opportunity Alongside WordStar it was one of the CP M applications bundled with the Osborne 1 portable computer It quickly became popular citation needed and was ported to MS DOS in 1982 An improvement over VisiCalc though using much the same command structure using the slash key SuperCalc was one of the first spreadsheet programs capable of iteratively solving circular references cells that depend on each other s results It would be over 10 years after the introduction of SuperCalc before this feature was implemented in Microsoft Excel although in Lotus 1 2 3 manual programming of iterative logic could also be used to solve this issue According to the SuperCalc product manager iterative calculations were added when Sorcim changed from binary coded decimal to binary math Since the precision of the two math packages was different some IF statements resolved differently and iterative calculations helped solve this problem 1 Versions of SuperCalc were later released for the Apple II for PCs running MS DOS and after Sorcim was bought by CA Technologies CA in 1985 for Microsoft Windows under the name CA SuperCalc SuperCalc was CA Technologies first personal computer product 2 The MS DOS versions were more popular with many users than the market leading Lotus 1 2 3 because it was distributed without copy protection 3 as well as being priced lower By the release of version 3 in March 1987 a million users were claimed 4 New versions were published into the early 1990s after which Microsoft Excel dominated the spreadsheet market In 1993 the Ministry of Railway of Russia signed an agreement with CA Technologies after a Russian employee illegally used SuperCalc for government purposes 5 Versions Edit1980 SuperCalc SuperCalc 2 which featured a novelty Split screen with formulas on one side and graphs on the other 6 1986 SuperCalc 4 3 evaluated 2 on the spreadsheets market after Excel 7 with introduction of automatic construction of macros 8 1989 SuperCalc 5References Edit Wally Feigenson s Blog http feigenson us blog p 10 Archived October 8 2011 at the Wayback Machine SuperCalc Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia www pcmag com Retrieved 2019 10 27 a b SuperCalc 4 Is Serious Competition for Lotus 1 2 3 Google Books Infoworld Magazine 11 August 1986 Retrieved July 7 2016 C VG magazine Extra Bits issue 65 page 96 http www worldofspectrum org showmag cgi mag C VG Issue065 Pages CVG06500096 jpg dead link Science Russian piracy in a sea of software Illegal copying of The Independent 1993 06 14 Archived from the original on 2022 05 25 Retrieved 2019 10 27 Syndicate Peter McWilliams Universal Press SUPERCALC TO THE RESCUE FOR SPREADSHEETS chicagotribune com Retrieved 2019 10 27 Inc InfoWorld Media Group 1987 11 09 InfoWorld InfoWorld Media Group Inc a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a last has generic name help Sandberg Diment Erik 1986 09 16 Personal Computers New Supercalc Offered as a Rival to Lotus The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 10 27 External links EditSuperCalc 1 00 running on an IBM PC Model 5150 at the System Source Computer Museum This business software article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SuperCalc amp oldid 1089858462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
