Turbo Pascal started to ship with an example spreadsheet program, as source. A co-worker took that source and ported it to a version of Pascal running on VAX/V

Turbo Pascal started to ship with an example spreadsheet program, as source. A co-worker took that source and ported it to a version of Pascal running on VAX/VMS. After that you could often see a VT-100 with a spreadsheet running, in his office.