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Applications / [Looking] Excel for OS/2 2.21
« on: May 18, 2025, 09:55:01 am »
Hello everyone.
For 15 years now, I have been haunted by the mythical version of Excel 2.21 for OS/2.
It was an Excel 2.20 update release. It was released in two forms:
– patch release updating the already installed version 2.20. It was distributed on a single floppy disk. I do not know what the conditions for providing this patch are. It was probably necessary to own a 2.20 license.
– full package.
The program definitely existed, as it is often mentioned in MS KB articles and software catalogs.
Version 2.21 fixed many printing and font issues, as well as improved compatibility with OS/2 1.2.
This particular version has not been preserved in any source. It looks like Excel 2.21 has been on the market for a very short time and has not received any distribution.
I assume that the release date roughly corresponds to the second half of 1990.
Is there anyone here who still has the full distribution, a patch floppy disk, or a pre-installed program?
I also don't know what floppy disks look like. American floppy disks could be labeled identical to version 2.20. European floppy disks could be labeled AV2.21. At the same time, the contents of European floppy disks should be identical.
Best regards
–Man42
For 15 years now, I have been haunted by the mythical version of Excel 2.21 for OS/2.
It was an Excel 2.20 update release. It was released in two forms:
– patch release updating the already installed version 2.20. It was distributed on a single floppy disk. I do not know what the conditions for providing this patch are. It was probably necessary to own a 2.20 license.
– full package.
The program definitely existed, as it is often mentioned in MS KB articles and software catalogs.
Version 2.21 fixed many printing and font issues, as well as improved compatibility with OS/2 1.2.
This particular version has not been preserved in any source. It looks like Excel 2.21 has been on the market for a very short time and has not received any distribution.
I assume that the release date roughly corresponds to the second half of 1990.
Is there anyone here who still has the full distribution, a patch floppy disk, or a pre-installed program?
I also don't know what floppy disks look like. American floppy disks could be labeled identical to version 2.20. European floppy disks could be labeled AV2.21. At the same time, the contents of European floppy disks should be identical.
Best regards
–Man42