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On 16 Jan 2026 01:32:43 GMT, Gordon <
Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
On 2026-01-15, Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> wrote:
On 15 Jan 2026, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-11:
Many years ago we used a DOS spreadsheet called Calc (What we
called it). The files were readable so errors in the spreadsheet
files could be easily corrected in a text editor.
I am using LibreOffice and the Spreadsheet is called Calc. Is the
DOS spreadsheet I mentioned an ancestor of LibreOffice's Calc
spreadsheet/
Here's a page about various DOS spreadsheet products:
https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Software/spreadsheets.php
It mentions CalcStar, SuperCalc, and VisiCalc, none called simply
"Calc". I don't find any connection to LibreOffice Calc.
Lotus 123 is the ansestor of modern spreadsheets.
I'm pretty sure Visicalc was out 2-3 years before 123
(Hint: my first PC was an Apple II and Lotus 123 sold a lot of IBM PCs
2-3 years after the Apple)
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