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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: SpreadSheets
Message-ID: <18790004@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 91 17:02:03 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.002125.8812@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:

>The two bugs that get me every time are :
>
>1) You can't have more than one window open at a time.
>
>2) Every now and then the highlight routine wanders off through the rest
>of memory inverting bits. Does neat things to every other screen open.
>Not very nice for anyone who had some data they were rather attached
>to though.
>
>Regards Alan
>----------

Did they (he) fix this one that causes crashes in MaxiPlan Plus, up
through 1.9b?  :

   Enter a column of numbers, say -1000 followed by 11 entries each
   of +100.  Do an IRR function on this column.  Should be a positive
   number.  Now change the range to include all but the last 100.
   IRR should be zero (pays back just what you put in).  Now do it
   on all but the last two 100's.  Should _not_ crash the system!
   (but it did just that reliably in MP+!)

Also, does MP+ have decent graphics output?  Support for HP-GL?  Graphics
that can drive a 300dpi printer at full resolution for a chart that's
full-page width?

(Those are the two things that drove me to SuperPlan before, even though
it has some problems of its own...)

Tom Bruhns
tomb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com