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    From Tavis Ormandy@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 10 06:55:06 2021
    XPost: comp.unix.xenix.misc

    I happened to come across a copy of SCO Professional for Xenix, a 1-2-3
    clone from 1988. It works pretty well, but until I tried it out I was
    under the impression it was a licensed port not a clone!

    The reason I thought it was licensed is because I know there was a Xenix
    port of 1-2-3 announced:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=tjwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Was the official Xenix port ever released?

    The menu layout in procalc is identical to 1-2-3 2.x, but the word
    "lotus" never appears anywhere. This is the welcome message procalc
    prints when you start it up, in case anyone is curious:

    ************************************
    * *
    * SCO Professional *
    * ( 386 Version ) *
    * *
    * Portions Copyright (c) 1985-88 *
    * The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. *
    * Portions Copyright (c) 1985 *
    * VIP Technologies Corporation *
    * All Rights Reserved *
    * Version 2.0.0 *
    * sco001429 *
    ************************************


    Tavis.

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    /\\ _o) _o) $ finger taviso@sdf.org
    _\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso

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  • From Tavis Ormandy@21:1/5 to Tavis Ormandy on Fri Jun 24 15:40:14 2022
    XPost: comp.unix.xenix.misc

    On 2021-12-10, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
    The reason I thought it was licensed is because I know there was a Xenix
    port of 1-2-3 announced:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=tjwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Was the official Xenix port ever released?


    I doubt anyone reads this newsgroup, but I have an update - I was able to
    track down the Xenix port! A copy was discovered on backup tapes from a
    90s BBS.

    I was even able to get it to work on Linux, I wrote an article about it here:

    https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html

    Tavis.

    --
    _o) $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com
    /\\ _o) _o) $ finger taviso@sdf.org
    _\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso

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  • From KP KP@21:1/5 to Tavis Ormandy on Sun Sep 18 17:40:44 2022
    On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 8:40:16 AM UTC-7, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
    On 2021-12-10, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
    The reason I thought it was licensed is because I know there was a Xenix port of 1-2-3 announced:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=tjwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false

    Was the official Xenix port ever released?

    I doubt anyone reads this newsgroup, but I have an update - I was able to track down the Xenix port! A copy was discovered on backup tapes from a
    90s BBS.

    I was even able to get it to work on Linux, I wrote an article about it here:

    https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html
    Tavis.

    --
    _o) $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com
    /\\ _o) _o) $ finger tav...@sdf.org
    _\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso
    Lol nice. How it work out for you?

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  • From Garrett Meiers@21:1/5 to Tavis Ormandy on Tue Mar 21 10:09:32 2023
    On 6/24/22 10:40 AM, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
    I doubt anyone reads this newsgroup, but I have an update - I was able to track down the Xenix port! A copy was discovered on backup tapes from a
    90s BBS.

    I was even able to get it to work on Linux, I wrote an article about it here:

    https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html

    Just read your article -- very nice. I never used 1-2-3 much back in
    the day. I first started playing with spreadsheets on my Apple II using Appleworks. Played with 1-2-3 briefly when I eventually got an IBM PC
    clone.

    I might have to try this out on Linux just for fun.

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