Dennis Van Dusen

Dennis Van Dusen

First in TI Personal Computer Division

About

First employee in the Personal Computer Division of Texas Instruments, as Business Development Manager for the Personal Problem Solving product (1977). Integrated components: Memo Processor (word/correspondence manager), Table Processor (spreadsheet), Data Processor (Basic), Database Processor (Query-By-Example), Point-Path Processor (Pert charts / mind mapping / decision analysis), Communications Processor (email, connectivity), Prompting and Tutorial Driver User Interface (forms and formatting tool (SGML with form fill-in), File Management, and Calculator Sub-Mode (pop-up calculator). Partnered with Fylstra to develop the spreadsheet tool. Fylstra provided the plans and designs to Bricklin and Frankston who followed the design faithfully without attribution to produce Visicalc.

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