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From: shao@ai.toronto.edu (Sherwin Shao)
Subject: Re: V.I.P. Professional, LDW Power, and XPRO
Message-ID: <89Jan10.012116est.38118@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
Keywords: VIP Professional, Spreadsheets
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 89 01:21:07 EST

In article <951@scbhq.UUCP> ooa@scbhq.UUCP (O.Atkins) writes:
>> 
>> Why hasn't anyone mentioned LDW Power, developed in Europe, as a VIP 
>> alternative? 
>
>Does LDW Power use GEM as VIP does.  I kind of like some of
>the features of GEM, though it slows VIP down considerably!
>

Yes, it does use GEM.  Why it is so much faster is beyond me...  Maybe it's
some unknown German compiler.  Maybe that's why all the German software are
taking over!!!

And to the comment that LDW Power takes more memory than VIP, that's nonsense.
I worked with VIP on a 520ST, and was only able to get about 2 pages or work.
(ie, 50 by 10 or so).   So the minimal memory configuration for both is 1Meg.

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sherwin shao		shao@ai.toronto.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada