🪨 Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC w/DOS 🛠️

[stonetoolsblog@mastodon.social]

🪨 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!
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Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC w/DOS

VisiCalc started it, but 1-2-3 finished it. "It" being the discussion of what a spreadsheet can be, and also VisiCalc itself.

Stone Tools (stonetools.ghost.io)

[dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz]

@stonetoolsblog
[I accidentally originally made this a standalone post rather than a reply to you, so sorry for the repeat:]

> When I struggled to get a chart made, I turned to the only one who could help me: an AI. From 1986!

I will pretend you mean the AI was from 1986, and I am suitably impressed!

But seriously, this sounds like a good use case.

[stonetoolsblog@mastodon.social]

@dougmerritt I *do* mean an AI from 1986!

[dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz]

@stonetoolsblog
Oh, I missed that! Do you mean you used the XPER expert system in the other column linked-to?

[stonetoolsblog@mastodon.social]

@dougmerritt No, a completely different one. If you read the article you'll find out!