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Article #29387Re: Lotus and PC-Ditto
From: Dave Yearke
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1987 16:53
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1987 16:53
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In article <6817@sunybcs.UUCP> leo@gort.UUCP (Leo Wilson) writes: >In article <3666@uwmcsd1.UUCP> john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Thomas M Johnson) writes: >>Will Lotus 123 work on an 520ST with PC-Ditto? > >I saw a demo of PC-Ditto on a 520 color system, and it ran Lotus 1-2-3 w/out >any problem. Some of the graphics stuff was a little slow, but it ran. An >alternative, though, might be VIP Professional. This program is pretty much >the same as Lotus. According to an article in the November issue of ST Applications, VIP is compatible with version 1a of Lotus, and lacks many of the features of version 2.01. They had an interesting feature comparison chart for 6 ST spreadsheets, which included Lotus and Excel for comparison. I think anyone wishing to buy an ST spreadsheet should consider looking at this article. -- Dave Yearke, Sigma Systems Technology, Inc. / boulder \ /!cald80!sigmast!dgy ...!< decvax >!sunybcs < \ rutgers / ...!ames >!canisius!sigmast!dgy
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sunybcs!canisius!sigmast!dgy From: dgy@sigmast.UUCP (Dave Yearke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Lotus and PC-Ditto Message-ID: <250@sigmast.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 11:53:57 EST Article-I.D.: sigmast.250 Posted: Sat Nov 28 11:53:57 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Nov-87 03:42:33 EST References: <3666@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <6817@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: dgy@sigmast.UUCP (Dave Yearke) Organization: Sigma Systems Technology, Inc., Buffalo NY Lines: 24 Keywords: VIP, Lotus version 1a Summary: VIP is compatible with Lotus 1a, not 2.01