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From: edward@engr.uky.edu (Edward C. Bennett)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Re: SOFTWARE LIST FOR THE 3B1
Message-ID: <1959@ukecc.engr.uky.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 88 18:57:22 GMT
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Reply-To: edward@engr.uky.edu (Edward C. Bennett)
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In article <3814@islenet.UUCP> richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes:
>> Smart may not be too bad on the PC, but on the 3B1 it is unuseable. 
>> Creating a font that fit 80 characters in a *bordered* window makes it
>> very hard on the eyes.  All those little, tiny characters surrounded by
>> a Smart window border surrounded by the 3B1 border makes for a very poor
>> implementation of a product.
>
>I second that observation.  It is an amazingly stupid implementation.

That, however, seems to be its only drawback. I had the opportunity
to play with Smart over the weekend. So far it seems like a very nice
package, but, like you said, the font is hard on your eyes.

OK, if we rule out Smart as a viable spreadsheet/database package, what
else is there?
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