XP and Older Versions of Lotus 123?

[Ben Alias]

I am wondering whether any of you are using Windows XP but also an
older version of Lotus 123. I am trying to figure out which versions
of Lotus will install and run on XP.

I am only an occasional user of spreadsheets, and have been using
Lotus 123 for Windows v. 4 (ca. 1993). I am happy with the program,
and it installed and runs fine on my Win ME machine. However, I just
bought a new computer running Win XP, and it won't install on that
machine. It just gives me an error message: "chdir failed." A techie
friend says he thinks that is a DOS system call, rather than a shell
command.

At any rate, I am thinking of trying to find a copy of, say, version 5
on CD, since that was designed to run under Win95. But I'm unsure
whether that would run properly under XP.

I have other spreadsheet programs (like Excel and Quattro Pro), but
don't really want to take the time right now to learn a different
spreadsheet program.

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

C'ya,

Ben

P.S. If there is any website that discusses the various versions of
123 from v. 4 to today's version, I'd really appreciate getting the
URL.

[Dan]

I use 123 ver 5.0 running XP Pro. There are a couple of minor things
that don't work with XP but there are work arounds. For the most part
you only need 5.0 and the year 2000 update. I also have ver 9.8 but I
prefer the older version as I really do not want to learn the scrip
language.

[Bernard S]

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> You can buy the XP compatible version on eBay dirt cheap. I think IBM is
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What is the incompatbilty with Windows? I use 123 v9.7 with windows XPand
have no problems.The need to upgrade has always been bogus and hyped. The
identity of windows and Office programs do not mean that they are compatible
with those of the same identity (.i.e. XP).