#Protection schemes
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Ron – I agree completely. Business products are the thing the Amiga needs
most.
BTW – I don't know this for sure, but doesn't SuperBASE read DBIII files? And I
thought one of the spreadsheets (Analyze?) read 123 files.
Let's ask Tim about this when he comes bac on. I think he has a product that
reads 123, but I can't recall the name of it just now.
I've never heard anything about sbp reading db3 data and program files and
handling them correctly. Analyze reads 123 wks files, but can't handle macros
– a deliberate decision by MSS, that has the effect of making any decent 123
file unusable on Amiga, since no one else handles it either. There was vip, but
it was a clone, and I think they're long gone.
Ron
A friend of mine bought VIP and used a number of 123 sheets on it. It was
big, had some bugs, and as I recall wasn't 100% compatible. It was close
though. I don't know if they went under or not. Probably.
They are still around. They are a horrible company. If you want more info,
leave me a message in AmigaArts-applications, and I can tell you more.
I seem to remember that Lotus was not too happy about them. It also was not
supposedly V2 compatible, just 1A, or so I heard. What bugs me so much is that
no one on Amiga can properly use a 123 wks or wk1 sheet with macros in a decent
Amiga based spreadsheet program.
Ron
As a matter of curiosity, what is the legality of being able to read the output
files of 123 or wp? Also is it legal to produce an poutput file that is in a
format that could be read by 123 or WP?
Terry
Good question. For whatever its worth, I've read that excell can read and use
a 123 sheet including macros. Analyze can read the data, but not handle most
of the macros. It is my impression that if the program itself has the look and
feel of the original it may well be illegal, at least according to the
arguments I've heard that Lotus and Apple have used in various battles with
competitors.
Ron