Lotus 1-2-3

Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet software from Lotus Development Corporation, it was sold on its own and later also supplied as a component of Lotus SmartSuite, post 2000 it has only been available as a part of Smartsuite and has not been sold separately.

Versions

 * DOS
 * Jan 1983: Release 1
 * 1984: Release 1A
 * 1985: Release 2.1
 * 1989: Release 2.2
 * 1991: Release 2.3
 * 1992: Release 2.4


 * 1989: Release 3 - first version for OS/2
 * May 1990: Release 3.1
 * 1992: Release 3.4


 * 1992: 1-2-3 for Home
 * May 1994: Release 4 for DOS

Later versions are only supplied as parts of Lotus Smartsuite and are all branded Release 5 but get a version number from the Smartsuite release.
 * OS/2 PM (1-2-3/G)
 * 1990: Release 1.0
 * 1991: Release 1.1
 * 1992: Release 2.0 - 32-bit application for OS/2 2.0
 * 1994: Release 2.1
 * Windows
 * 1991: Release 1 for Windows
 * 1993: Release 4 for Windows
 * Feb 1994: Release 4 for Windows: Multimedia Edition
 * Aug 1994: Release 5 for Windows (16 bit)
 * Feb 1997: Release 5 for Windows (32 bit)
 * 2002 Release 5 for Windows N98.0208.1200

Publications

 * Lotus: Lotus File Formats for 1-2-3, Symphony & Jazz - Addison-Wesley 1986, ISBN 0-201-16824-3
 * Leblond: 1-2-3/G Handbook for Presentation Manager - Bantam 1990, ISBN 0-553-34995-3
 * Ronny Richardson: Professional's Guide to Robust Spreadsheets: With Examples in Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel - Manning 1996, ISBN 0-13-262320-X

Publisher

 * Lotus Development Corporation
 * IBM

Links

 * http://www.lotusmuseum.com/pages/123