# Text spreadsheet #💡 [[Spreadsheets]] [[💡 App ideas]] [[Databases]] The idea would be to build something similar to asksam/dbase with MSDOS. From [HYTRADBOI matrix](https://matrix.to/#/!qyeDRFUJpqbdukUDJQ:scattered-thoughts.net/$YdmLKRtM-dWgG_NDvTqRBD-MgPleizye_KSBtm46iZY?via=scattered-thoughts.net&via=matrix.org&via=hytradboi.com) i'm starting to gather thoughts on a project / concept i want to explore during [[My retreat at the recurse center]]. Not sure what it will be exactly, but it's going to combine text mode TUI spreadsheet / form editor, like asksam and lotus-1-2-3, but with modern technologies built in (say, sqlite, some way to stream live data into it, potentially make it an ssh app) not sure where this is all going, but the concrete use case i have is making easy POS kind of systems for people at my company to work with inventory / fulfillment / etc... ## Notes - [[BOOK - Spreadsheet Implementation Technology - Peter Sestoft]] ## Inspiration ### AskSam - [DANIELSAYS.COM - Daniel's Legacy Computer Collections - Screen Shot Gallery - DOS - askSam 5.0a](https://web.archive.org/web/20150127064519/http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-asksam-50a.html) - [Download askSam 5.11 by askSam systems | VETUSWARE.COM - the biggest free abandonware collection in the universe](https://vetusware.com/download/askSam%205.11/?id=11066) ### dBase - [History_03_dBase3 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x37gAnVoJE8)