Re: Bug in EXCEL v. 2.2, and a flame

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From: Dave Seaman
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 22:37

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In article <16497@ut-emx.UUCP> bill@emx.UUCP (Bill Jefferys) writes:
>In article <3531@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ags@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) writes:
>#But since it was claimed that Excel 2.2 on a Mac II
>#did not agree, I decided to check it out.

>This is NOT what I claimed. I said that the result on the Mac II is
>correct (when you widen the field to 16 digits). Another poster
>showed that on the SE/30 the answer is correct. APPARENTLY THE BUG
>ONLY SHOWS UP ON A MACHINE WITHOUT THE COPROCESSOR. IT IS DEFINITELY
>THERE ON A MAC+.

I didn't say who made the claim.  It wasn't you.  Because of your typing error
(which I noticed only after posting previously), everyone was posting answers
that were very close to the Mac+ result and considerably different from what
you gave as the Mac II result, generally with sarcastic comments about how so
many different calculators were all getting the same "wrong" answer.

I have verified that the bug exists on a Mac Plus.  Changing the format and
widening the cell does not make the displayed result any more accurate, as it
does on the II.

-- 
Dave Seaman	  					
ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu

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From: ags@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
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Subject: Re: Bug in EXCEL v. 2.2, and a flame
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Date: 2 Aug 89 22:37:39 GMT
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