Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Are there any good PD DB or Spreadsheet programs? Keywords: database pd spreadsheet Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 15:03:35 GMT References: <1991Mar26.141106.2015@cbnewsk.att.com> Sender: root@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (ECN System Management) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 27 paulb@cbnewsk.att.com (paul.l.bidwell) writes: >Also, how about spreadsheets? The only one I've heard about is the >AnalyticCalc on the FF disks, but I've been told it is not very >robust. Have ys seen SC ? It was just posted to c.s.a.binaries/sources a few days ago. It's not REAL amig-ish, but it seems to do a good job. And it's PD. Just like the UNIX SC program. I haven't read the manual thourourly, but it looks ok. seems compentant, but it don't do the Spiffy stuff people expect spreadsheets to do, (Like Graphs, ect..) SO if cash is ya Limit, check it out. ps: it includes the UN*X man pages, so ya may have a problem reading them. (Use Nroff to print them eh?) Well only down point i saw was that it was SLOW. (Seemed Slow) But it was using Curses. -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu aka Willis F York aka Squid on IRC The only thing that Apple invented is the idea to borrow Xerox-invented ideas. (Hope THIS sig don't insult anyone!) :^)