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  1. Using #MSDOS based #QuattroPro 5 to compare #GeekBench values and decide on Apple #MacBookPro #M1Max 10/32 upgrade path. M4 Max seems to be the only viable path.

  2. New bloggage - in 2014 I tried to read some old #QuattroPro for #DOS #spreadsheets in modern software, and concluded the format was effectively obsolete.

    More than ten years onward, things are looking much better now, thanks to @libreoffice. But my latest tests also highlight some gnarly issues.

    bitsgalore.org/2025/05/28/quat

  3. Attention #digipres hive mind - I came across quite an intriguing compatibility issue between an old #QuattroPro for #DOS file that uses the VLOOKUP function and #LibreOffice #Calc.

    Details + a demo file here:

    github.com/openpreserve/format

    I'm using a fairly old version of LibreOffice (6.4.7.2), so I was wondering if anyone can reproduce this in a more recent version? If so, please let me know, so I can report this as an issue with the LibreOffice devs.

    (Also paging @euanc)

  4. Time again (not?) to #WheelOutTheDigitalDarkAgeKlaxon 📯, as here is one of my vintage #QuattroPro for #DOS spreadsheets from 1996, rendered by Quattro Pro for DOS 5.0, running in #DOSBox-X

  5. Funnily enough this immediately gave me inspiration for a new (yet to be written) follow-up to my 2014 post about #QuattroPro for #DOS spreadsheets.

    Back then I declared those obsolete because no modern application was able to read them.

    Fast-forward 11 years, and @libreoffice calc appears to read them without any problems at all!

  6. @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!

  7. @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!

  8. @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!

  9. @the_etrain

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





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

  10. @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!