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Lotus 1-2-3, la killer app du PC d'IBM

https://peertube.pcservice46.fr/w/w4aRXvwPwJfFcL9TXepWbN

Today Microsoft #Excel differences on Windows to macOS (missing menus just ribbon) got me thinking: can I not just run a #SpreadSheet in the #Linux #terminal for basic data work and visualisation?

I want something akin to the original text only #Lotus123 (which I used for school work on DOS), but ideally with in-terminal graphics for #DataViz.

There is https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im (must self compile, not trivial), several apparently abandoned tools like https://www.syntax-k.de/projekte/teapot/ - and multiple vibe-coded rust tools I'd rather avoid...

Suggestions please?

@12thRITS

Yes but #computers were fun in those days.

Everybody was either head over heels about what you could do with #Lotus123 or writing their own #Basic programs, or sometimes #Pascal, at home during the weekend.

I worked in a consulting engineering office and we would all get together on Mondays to show off our weekend creations!

Later, when #MicrosoftWord came along you could secretly program a friend’s computer to do crazy things when a common QA phrase was typed. For instance ISO9000 could be replaced with.” hey guys! I brought all my goldfish to work this morning in my underpants.!”

@bkuhn

I am proud with the fact that I 'wasted' my teenage years with MS-DOS, Windows 3.11, Netware, WordStar, Lotus123 and some other fantastic software.

#DOS #Netware #WordStar #Lotus123

@shrub900 @cwebber

Ah, the world was clearly clamoring for a Lotus 1-2-3 #reboot 🤔—because who wouldn't want a #spreadsheet that feels like it's stuck in the '80s but pretends to speak Excel? 🕹️ Apparently, #GitHub thinks this is #innovation, while the rest of us are still trying to figure out how to navigate their labyrinth of features. 🔍
https://github.com/duane1024/l123 #Lotus123 #Nostalgia #Excel #HackerNews #ngated

L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility

https://github.com/duane1024/l123

#HackerNews #Lotus123 #Terminal #Spreadsheet #ExcelCompatibility #OpenSource #TechInnovation

Lotus 1-2-3 Installation

#RetroTech #90sComputing #Windows95 #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #PCHistory #TechThrowback #NostalgicVibes #1990sTech #Lotus123

RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn50/116203920212370325

@stonetoolsblog

The best post I've read this year! Currently learning how to do spreadsheets with Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4 for DOS (multiple worksheets per file is non-negotiable.)

#RetroComputing #DOS #Lotus123 #Spreadsheet

🚀🎩 Oh look, a thrilling 33-minute ode to a fossilized spreadsheet—Lotus 1-2-3—because apparently, we're desperate for #nostalgia over functional software. Next, let's pine for dial-up modems and floppy disks, because who needs progress when you’ve got vintage tech? 🙄📉
https://stonetools.ghost.io/lotus123-dos/ #vintageTech #Lotus123 #softwareHistory #techThrowback #HackerNews #ngated

Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS

https://stonetools.ghost.io/lotus123-dos/

#HackerNews #Lotus123 #DOS #PC #Technology #RetroComputing #SoftwareHistory

RE: https://mastodon.social/@stonetoolsblog/116184728275122986

I've been good friends with #VisiCalc over the past five years, but I've always turned my nose up at #Lotus123 for some reason. "Thinks he's so special. He's not special. Just a copycat wannabe jerk and..." well, I'll save all that for therapy.

I finally broke down and learned it, and you know what? I didn't hate it. I liked it, even. Maybe I even... loved it?!
#retrocomputing

🪨 Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC w/DOS 🛠️

Did you know that #Lotus123 is still referenced in Microsoft #Excel documentation to this day, but not #visicalc I finally spent some time getting to know VisiCalc's literal killer. When I struggled to get a chart made, I turned to the only one who could help me: an AI. From 1986!
#retrocomputing #spreadsheet

https://stonetools.ghost.io/lotus123-dos

#silicium collection
Data General/One (1984)
Parmi les tout premiers portables #clamshell
Batterie, écran LCD et lecteurs 3,5"
Arrivé entre le #GRiD Compass (1982) et le #Toshiba T1100 (1985)
🧳💪
#retrocomputing #MSDOS #80C88 #Lotus123 #WordStar #IBMPC #heritage #geek #toulouse

@paul @rolle @monarchist

Yay! #Lotus123

Sabadaço do Garbage Collector de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/04/05/sabadaco-do-garbage-collector-de-retropolis/

#MundoRetro #Commodore #Fax #FitaCassete #GarbageCollector #GravadorCassete #KenShirriff #Lotus123 #mainframe #MSDOS #PDP11 #Pentium #UNIX #Windows98

Ah, the thrilling tale of #debugging Lotus 1-2-3 via ✨fax✨—the pinnacle of ancient IT heroism! 🦸‍♂️ Remember when global tech support involved a 3-day waiting period for each interaction? 📠 It's like a time capsule, but instead of treasure, it’s just a pile of old paper. 😂
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/03/debugging-lotus-1-2-3-by-fax.html #Lotus123 #ITHeroism #FaxTech #Nostalgia #TechSupport #HackerNews #ngated

Lotus 1-2-3 Installation

#RetroTech #90sComputing #Windows95 #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #PCHistory #TechThrowback #NostalgicVibes #1990sTech #Lotus123

somebody needs to make a spreadsheet #tui for #ratatui #rust #lotus123

Lotus 1-2-3 was a groundbreaking spreadsheet software program released in 1983 by Lotus Development Corporation. It combined three key features—spreadsheet, database, and graphics—which revolutionized business computing during the 1980s. Dominating the market in the 1980s and early 1990s, it set the standard for productivity software until Microsoft Excel overtook it in popularity.
🏷️ #RetroTech #Lotus123 #80sTechnology #VintageSoftware #OldSchoolComputing #SpreadsheetHistory #NostalgicTech

My standalone distribution of the Lotus 123 9.5.

Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/2zct2l4fqowi39l/Lotus123-9.5.exe/file

I created an executable package using the WinZip self-extractor. You can run Lotus 123 without doing anything, but it will work better if you add the information from the "123SETUP-v3.reg" file to the system registry, this file contains all the settings, so it is recommended.

Click and run, without installing.

#Lotus #Lotus123 #LotusSmartsuite #Windows

I am way too excited about this.

#lotus123 #linux

Domingo dos filmes: A guerra das planilhas.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/15/domingo-dos-filmes-a-guerra-das-planilhas/

#MundoRetro #domingo #duelo #Excel #Lotus123 #office #planilhas #Videos #visicalc

I know many folks who are in love with #PivotTables in #SpreadSheets 😅:

“The History Of The Pivot Table, The Spreadsheet’s Most Powerful Tool” [2020], Quartz (https://qz.com/1903322/why-pivot-tables-are-the-spreadsheets-most-powerful-tool).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37820877

#ComputerHistory #SteveJobs #Lotus123 #Excel

@the_etrain

Made a career of crunching data and loading spreadsheets. Pivot Tables were a godsend.

#EasyCalc
#SuperCalc
#Lotus123
#QuattroPro
#Excel

Even used a text based one on a MVS mainframe, but I forget the name of the program!

@psf
I thought i've seen it all but seeing a #Palmtop running #DOS and able to execute #Lotus 1-2-3 makes my head spin.

#Lotus123 #200LX

@antygon Lotus 😍

Albo 3-wymiarowy Improv (kiedyś).

Excel to podróba i "kłit markentingowy".

Piwo dla osoby, która rozszyfruje:

/wcs

#Lotus123 #Spreadsheet #arkusz
@emill1984

An interesting history of VisiCalc and the birth of the spreadsheet as a category of software. https://youtu.be/nDPD7U_M8yw #Lotus123 #Visicalc #Apple #MitchKapor #DanBricklin #Apple2