Visi On (also known as VisiOn) is an operating environment for IBM PCs and compatibles running DOS, developed by VisiCorp and released in December 1983. Visi On was the first piece of software with a graphical user interface (GUI) for the IBM PC platform. [1] It was also one of the first GUIs available on any personal computer.

Visi On Word is a "what you see is what you get" word processor for the Visi On graphical operating environment. The application runs as a window, and text appears bold, italicized, or underlined, just as it would on a compatible printer. It also integrates with the other Visi On applications such as Visi On Calc and Visi On Graph.

Visi On was the first full GUI for the IBM PC. First demonstrated by VisiCorp at Fall Comdex 1982 and released at the end of 1983, just prior to the Apple Macintosh, it pre-dated the release of Microsoft Windows by several years. In many ways, Visi On was very advanced for its time.

2021年12月10日 · Visi On, as a graphical desktop system, was doomed to fail. Right out of the gate. So many of us — myself included — never really got the chance to use and enjoy this early attempt at a graphical PC desktop.

VisionOn是一个轻量在线图形工具，实现了Visio的大部分功能，满足流程图、电路图、平面制图、软件设计、工程管理、思维导图、结构化分析等各种图形绘制。 VisionOn同时也是在线的信 …

2022年11月30日 · VisiCorp Visi On was a short-lived but influential graphical user interface-based operating environment program for IBM compatible personal computers running MS-DOS. Although Visi On was never popular, as it had steep minimum system requirements for its day, it was a major influence on the later development of Microsoft Windows. 1. History. 1.1.

2018年5月15日 · The easiest and fastest way to run Visi On is downloading the archive that contains Visi On in the PCE emulator. Just download it, extract it with 7zip, open the folder and run "VISION.BAT". Also, to release the mouse, press Ctrl+Alt, like VMware.

2002年12月21日 · Visi On was commercially released in October 1983 consisting of an Application Manager, a pointing device (mouse), and application programs including spreadsheets, graph, word processor, and data base.

The Visi On manuals - the complete set! Interestingly the covers of the manuals and outside of the boxes are covered with cloth. (Click graphics for larger images). Here are a few pages from the manual. This shows the type of system Visi On ran on. This shows the …

“The Visi On™ experience – From concept to marketplace” from Proceedings of INTERACT ’84