Lotus 1-2-3 3.x (DOS)

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Lotus 1-2-3 3.x (DOS)

Lotus 1-2-3 was an early spreadsheet application available for MS-DOS. It became extremely popular in the late 1980s, displacing the former leader VisiCalc. Lotus had difficulties adapting 1-2-3 to the Windows environment, and was overtaken by Microsoft Excel. Spreadsheet functionality was also included in Lotus Symphony. Later versions were included in Lotus SmartSuite.

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StephenL

The download section has both a 3.4 and a 3.4A version. Both are for DOS. What is the difference?

SomeGuy

Here is a review of 3.4a: https://books.google.com/books?id=E9TvMcu1mIwC&lpg=PA202&ots=t9v773O7Ie&dq=lotus 1-2-3 "3.4A"&pg=PA202#v=onepage&q&f=false

In a nutshell, it was a performance, feature, and compatibility enhancement that finally brought the 3.x product, which was re-written in C, up to par with their 2.x product.