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I had one of these in college! I hooked it up to a serial port and set up Linux to use it as a login terminal, so I could do email in Pine while my girlfriend w
by raldi 6y ago
I had one of these in college! I hooked it up to a serial port and set up Linux to use it as a login terminal, so I could do email in Pine while my girlfriend worked on homework with the actual keyboard/mouse/monitor.
It didn’t just have Lotus; it had a dedicated Lotus key.
- selcuka 6y agoLotus 1-2-3 was the killer application. It was the reason for many people for buying a computer.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoA PC was not fully IBM compatible unless it could run Lotus 1-2-3.
- bitwize 6y agoBasically, if it could run the IBM PC versions of Lotus and Flight Simulator, it was deemed "100% IBM compatible".