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minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·26 days agoYeah but you have to have seen the evolution from DOS based, text UI Lotus 123 back in the 80’s to understand where it’s coming from.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·26 days agoWhich itself was a digital representation of the physical spreadsheets accounts used to use.
minus-squarePsythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·26 days agoHow did formulas work on physical spreadsheets?
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·26 days agoYou write them in charcoal pencil and slam a sachet of silver fulminate on the cell. Whisper a brief incantation to Luca Pacioli and raise your palm to find #VALUE!
minus-squaredroans@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·25 days agoEh, could be worse. You could have #REF! errors instead.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoYou calculated the formula and wrote it into the spot.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·26 days agoOh god, you just triggered a negative memory with Lotus 123. I’m going to go hug my dog.
minus-squarenotsure@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 days agoLOTUS was the best, nothing since, or perhaps…PCjr wordstar…
Yeah but you have to have seen the evolution from DOS based, text UI Lotus 123 back in the 80’s to understand where it’s coming from.
Which itself was a digital representation of the physical spreadsheets accounts used to use.
How did formulas work on physical spreadsheets?
You write them in charcoal pencil and slam a sachet of silver fulminate on the cell. Whisper a brief incantation to Luca Pacioli and raise your palm to find #VALUE!
Eh, could be worse.
You could have #REF! errors instead.
You calculated the formula and wrote it into the spot.
Calculated with what? A slide rule?
Oh god, you just triggered a negative memory with Lotus 123. I’m going to go hug my dog.
LOTUS was the best, nothing since, or perhaps…PCjr wordstar…