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    From knuttle@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 13:59:25
    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/

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  • From Nil@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 15:04:47
    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.

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  • From knuttle@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 15:39:56
    On 01/15/2026 3:04 PM, Nil 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.
    The one we used was SuperCalc.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nil@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 17:16:34
    On 15 Jan 2026, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-11:

    On 01/15/2026 3:04 PM, Nil 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.

    The one we used was SuperCalc.

    Here's its story!

    https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Software/supercalc.php

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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 23:56:19
    On 2026-01-15 19:59, knuttle wrote:
    Many years ago we used a DOS spreadsheet called Calc (What we called
    it).ÿ 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.ÿ Is the DOS spreadsheet I mentioned an ancestor of LibreOffice's Calc spreadsheet/

    The ancestor of LibreOffice (and OpenOffice) was StarOffice.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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  • From Gordon@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 16, 2026 01:32:43
    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.

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  • From Stan Brown@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 17, 2026 11:35:37
    On 16 Jan 2026 01:32:43 GMT, Gordon wrote:

    Lotus 123 is the ansestor of modern spreadsheets.

    A case could be made for VisiCalc, which preceded Lotus/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc

    --
    "The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by
    those who don't have it." --George Bernard Shaw

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  • From Gordon@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, January 18, 2026 03:53:01
    On 2026-01-17, Stan Brown <someone@example.com> wrote:
    On 16 Jan 2026 01:32:43 GMT, Gordon wrote:

    Lotus 123 is the ansestor of modern spreadsheets.

    A case could be made for VisiCalc, which preceded Lotus/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc

    Fair point.

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