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From: rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn)
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Subject: Re: Excel and Mac IIsi FPU problems...
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Date: 4 Feb 91 21:49:28 GMT
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In article <01.Feb.91.201223.28@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu>, wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (William J. Bogstad) writes:
|> 	My older version of Excel doesn't want to work on my new Mac IIsi
|> (no FPU).  I've been told that there is a set of modifier keys to use the
|> the application is launched which will allow me to continue to run my
|> software without purchasing the FPU upgrade.  Does anybody know if this is
|> true and what they are?

Hold down Command, Option, and Shift while launching Excel, and it will disable
the check for an FPU.  You can also use PseudoFPU, as someone suggested, or
call Microsoft and have them send you version 2.2a (although version 3.0 will
be along in a few months).

-- Russell S. Finn
rsfinn@{athena,lcs}.mit.edu