Alexander ShendiStand by for a demo of Visi Corp Visi On on real hardware!
Yes, the fabled GUI whose demo at the 1982 Comdex sent one William H. Gates III screaming into the dev department to initiate the creation of Window 1.0!
OK, here is the promised demo:
Well that went better than expected.
Pity I don't have a Mouse Systems mouse!
It might barf due to missing INT 13 support, tho.
Works now. Must enable the COM port in bochs settings.
(EDIT: fixed video)
That's as far as I get. Mouse doesn't work.
#VisiOn #VisiCorp #AppManager #bochs
#retrocomputing
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Paul Houle💾 On recreating the lost SDK for a 42-year-old operating system: VisiCorp Visi On
jbzOn recreating the lost SDK for a 42-year-old operating system: VisiCorp Visi On // nkali
RetroComputingMXEl 28 de junio de 1982, VisiCorp (creadores de VisiCalc) muestra al mercado VisiOn, la primera interfaz gráfica de usuario completa para IBM PC y compatibles. Se lanzó al mercado a finales de 1983. Se cuenta que Bill Gates estuvo en la demo y apuró el desarrollo de Windows
#retrocomputingmx #vision #visicorp #computerhistory
#retrocomputingmx #vision #visicorp #computerhistory
Colin Haynes@nina_kali_nina VisiCalc on my 80 column Commodore PET a week or so back. It still runs just fine.
#commodore #commodorepet #visicalc #visicorp #vintagecomputing
Blisscast's Journal 
GUIs are certainly awesome, and they look like they’ll be the future of IT; but what if you desperately wanted one, yet all you had was a regular IBM PC? Lucky you, as Visi On was just what you needed; let’s explore it in our newest Episode of GUI Wonderland!
Anche in 🇮🇹
https://blisscast.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/visi-on-vision-visicorp-gui-wonderland-6/
