#SuperPlan
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IMO, SuperPlan is one of the most advanced spreadsheets for the Amiga, maybe
the most advanced ever. Lotus has just copied the features SP had 8 years ago.
Why isn't anyone spreading the gospel? And MARKETING SP??
Anyway, I am a SP user, and I need some technical help. Most spreadsheets allow
user to dump the spreadsheet formulas to a file, and this is helpful when
making revisions, dump to an ascii file and search for strings using a word
processor to be sure we have picked up all the necessary revisions.
I need to go back in to an older SP spreadsheet and make revisions, and this
feature would really be handy. Can you tell me how to do it, or refer me to a
source who knows? Please E-Mail response.
Will appreciate your help. btw, yer fone system sux. (User input fyi)
I also had SuperPlan, and as a spreadsheet, I thought it was about the
best I had ever used. It was a lot like Supercalc, originally for CP/M
and later MS/DOS. However, I had all kinds of printing troubles with SP,
and the file system never did work right. It was extreamly difficult to
keep worksheets in different directories, and switch from one to the
other. There was a time when I would have upgraded willingly, but now, I
belive Gold Disk's ProCalc is as good as SP was, and it is Amigaized.
Oxxi will have to do a major upgrade to convince me to upgrade, and it
will have to be very low priced.
Bill Roberts — Autopilot from Ellettsville, Indiana
I haven't seen SuperPlan for a while, what advantages does it have over
MaxiPlan 4? (IYHO 🙂
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder
>> I haven't seen SuperPlan for a while,…
That's because it has received no support for about three years, and
didn't deserve any back then.
>> … what advantages does it have over maxiplan 4?
None. It also dosen't have any advantages over Analyze! (the first
spreadsheet available for the Amiga 1000, five years ago).
Actually, had SuperPlan been properly "Amigaized" before being ported from
the PC to the Amiga (by Precision), and been supported and upgraded after
it was brought over, it might be a good spreadsheet. Now, it requires
major upgrades just to be competitive. Although Oxxi has made noises
about possibly supporting it when they get time from supporting SuperBase,
I don't expect to see it.
IMHO, get ProCalc (my first recommendation) or Maxiplan (a reasonable
second choice). Unless Oxxi is willing to commit major resources to
SuperPlan, it is a dead dinosaur.
Bill Roberts — Autopilot from Ellettsville, Indiana