Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!ogcvax!omsvax!icalqa!hplabs!sri-unix!ucsfmis!harrison@berkeley From: harrison%berkeley@ucsfmis.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Supercalc & Multiplan Message-ID: <3704@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Aug-83 17:20:57 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3704 Posted: Mon Aug 1 17:20:57 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Aug-83 08:35:37 EDT Lines: 10 I have found Multiplan unacceptable because it loses the second digit of a number at even relatively slow typing speeds. The problem is that anything you type at the top level is a command (as opposed to Supercalc where a command is invoked with "/". When you type a digit, Multiplan goes off to decide that you hav invoked the value command, but by the time it comes back, you are up to the third digit. If you don't have a hardware type ahead buffer, it means you have to watch the screen pretty carefully, and wait a bit till you type the second digit. Peter