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   Nil to knuttle   
   Re: HISTORY   
   15 Jan 26 15:04:47   
   
   From: rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid   
      
   On 15 Jan 2026, knuttle  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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