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by: Anon Ymous - Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:35 UTC

On Friday, 18 June 2021 at 12:44:05 UTC+1, roger wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the spreadsheet I use to use on DOS was called 'The Cracker'.
>
> Try googling anything with spreadsheet and cracker in it and you get a zillion links for unlocking password protected excel files!
>
> I have tried looking through DOS program archives, wikipedia spreadsheets articles etc. and can find no mention of it.
>
> Did it really exist or is it just my age playing tricks on me?
>
> BTW, does anybody know of a definitive archive of MS-DOS software? I've find many sites that list a lot of DOS apps but they all seem only partially complete; either that or MANY dos apps I remember never existed!
Cracker was a spreadsheet program for the Tatung Einstein TC01 computer (and maybe others). Can be used in emulation from the Tatung Einstein Reborn site http://www.tatungeinstein.co.uk/
Hope this helps

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by: Kerr-Mudd, John - Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:21 UTC

On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:35:51 -0700 (PDT)
Anon Ymous <iownertoday@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 18 June 2021 at 12:44:05 UTC+1, roger wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure the spreadsheet I use to use on DOS was called 'The Cracker'.
> >
> > Try googling anything with spreadsheet and cracker in it and you get a zillion links for unlocking password protected excel files!
> >
> > I have tried looking through DOS program archives, wikipedia spreadsheets articles etc. and can find no mention of it.
> >
> > Did it really exist or is it just my age playing tricks on me?
> >
> > BTW, does anybody know of a definitive archive of MS-DOS software? I've find many sites that list a lot of DOS apps but they all seem only partially complete; either that or MANY dos apps I remember never existed!
> Cracker was a spreadsheet program for the Tatung Einstein TC01 computer (and maybe others). Can be used in emulation from the Tatung Einstein Reborn site http://www.tatungeinstein.co.uk/
> Hope this helps

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devel / comp.os.msdos.programmer / Re: A spreadsheet called 'The Cracker'

Subject	Author
A spreadsheet called 'The Cracker'	Anon Ymous
A spreadsheet called 'The Cracker'	Kerr-Mudd, John