Lotus 1-2-3 ported to Linux
Lotus 1-2-3 enthusiast Tavis Ormandy has "ported" an early 32-bit terminal-mode Unix port of Lotus 1-2-3 to run natively on current Linux releases.
Details about how he managed this, and more information are here: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html
This Unix version, which appears to be dated 1991, is itself a direct port of the DOS version. It is not the later Windows version. It was intended to run on 386 32-bit Unixes such as SCO Unix, but was a very uncommon piece of software.
This was made possible because this Unix version shipped the binary as an unlinked object file - and also included incredibly useful debugging information.
In the process, not only did he unearth Lotus 1-2-3 for Unix, but he also unearthed the software development kit used to create 1-2-3 software extensions.
That is some very serious digging around!
BTW, here is a direct link to the video that hopefully won't rape your eyes and browser with advertising: https://www.youtube.com/embed/hMUhIg9B_So
Details about how he managed this, and more information are here: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html
This Unix version, which appears to be dated 1991, is itself a direct port of the DOS version. It is not the later Windows version. It was intended to run on 386 32-bit Unixes such as SCO Unix, but was a very uncommon piece of software.
This was made possible because this Unix version shipped the binary as an unlinked object file - and also included incredibly useful debugging information.
In the process, not only did he unearth Lotus 1-2-3 for Unix, but he also unearthed the software development kit used to create 1-2-3 software extensions.
That is some very serious digging around!
BTW, here is a direct link to the video that hopefully won't rape your eyes and browser with advertising: https://www.youtube.com/embed/hMUhIg9B_So