Spreadsheet software?

[JohnBuell]

Now that our own flashjazzcat has released probably THE ultimate 8-bit word processor, (no wonder he calls it 'The Last Word'), is there anything as slick and powerful out there in spreadsheet land? Should we beg and plead with someone to start working on "The Last Cent"?

[+orpheuswaking]

Well I've only ever used Visicalc, SynCalc and Mini Office II... and I can see where there could be some great improvements.

[JohnBuell]

Well I've only ever used Visicalc, SynCalc and Mini Office II... and I can see where there could be some great improvements.

 

My grandfather used SynCalc for his business for a while. I've got it in a box somewhere. My evil enemy somewhere.

So much Atari, so little time!

 

No, wait, better: Atari longa, vita brevis est!

Edited September 1, 2010 by JohnBuell

[+CharlieChaplin]

Hmm,

 

besides Speedscript, I think there is something like Speed Calc, both from Compute! magazine. In my collection of BBK tools, there is also something like BBK Calc. And err, the german GUI "SAM" (Screen Aided Management) also has a calc program. Attached these PD programs here (note: SAM is the type-in version)...

 

-Andreas Koch.

calc_pgms.zip

[JohnBuell]

Hmm,

 

besides Speedscript, I think there is something like Speed Calc, both from Compute! magazine. In my collection of BBK tools, there is also something like BBK Calc. And err, the german GUI "SAM" (Screen Aided Management) also has a calc program. Attached these PD programs here (note: SAM is the type-in version)...

 

-Andreas Koch.

 

Vielen Dank, Andreas!

 

Ich werde heute, nach der Arbeit, diese Programme ansehen müssen!

(I'll have to take a look at these programs tonight after work!)

[Fox-1 / mnx]

On my Klaus Peters external ROM-disk was a version of "Austro Base". Don't know if it's any good as I never got that ROM-disk to work so never had the chance to check it out but fact is that someone took the effort to burn it on an EPROM so it may be something :-)

 

Browsing the dumped EPROM data, it looks like it's in German language. No idea if an English version exists.

[dwhyte]

Here's a file version of SynCalc.

 

SYNCALC.XEX

[JohnBuell]

On my Klaus Peters external ROM-disk was a version of "Austro Base". Don't know if it's any good as I never got that ROM-disk to work so never had the chance to check it out but fact is that someone took the effort to burn it on an EPROM so it may be something :-)

 

Browsing the dumped EPROM data, it looks like it's in German language. No idea if an English version exists.

 

Do you know if there was any kind of documentation? I can still get around auf Deutsch, more or less.

[JohnBuell]

Here's a file version of SynCalc.

 

 

Thanks! That beats getting all hunched up in my parents' crawlspace!

[Fox-1 / mnx]

Do you know if there was any kind of documentation? I can still get around auf Deutsch, more or less.

 

I never saw it but there was at least an AustroBase manual on paper.

 

http://andymanone.dyndns.org/atariarchive/buecher.htm (note that this site loads incredibly slooooow)

 

As with other German titles, AustroBase (and AustroText) may even be available on disk from ABBUC. This is just a guess but I wouldn't be surprised if they have it in their library.

[+CharlieChaplin]

On my Klaus Peters external ROM-disk was a version of "Austro Base". Don't know if it's any good as I never got that ROM-disk to work so never had the chance to check it out but fact is that someone took the effort to burn it on an EPROM so it may be something :-)

 

Browsing the dumped EPROM data, it looks like it's in German language. No idea if an English version exists.

 

Do you know if there was any kind of documentation? I can still get around auf Deutsch, more or less.

 

 

Well,

 

here is the german doc. to Austro Base...

 

-Andreas Koch.

austro_base_pdf.zip

[Fletch]

I still like Visicalc. It may not be fancy, but for quick calculations its good.

 

But since the topic is not visicalc I guess I shouldn't have made a comment

Edited September 3, 2010 by Fletch

[JohnBuell]

I still like Visicalc. It may not be fancy, but for quick calculations its good.

 

But since the topic is not visicalc I guess I shouldn't have made a comment

 

Nah, thanks for your two cents, I might go that way after all

[dmlloyd]

My Indus GT drive came with a decent spreadsheet program called "Albert E. Spreadsheet". Not sure if any images exist anymore. If not, maybe I'll dig up some hardware and see if I can't extract one.

[Tickled_Pink]

There's also Swift Spreadsheet. It's one of the lesser known ones out there. I sold it for a time about 15 years ago under agreement from the original publishers.

 

It was reviewed in an issue of Current Notes. Think I still have a copy lying around here somewhere.

 

Had a bit of a surprise a few months ago when I saw one of my 'under licence' duplicates going on eBay as part of a bundle. I was given a bunch of originals by the publisher to sell on and then made additional copies with my own labels as needed. Didn't sell many of these duplicates - probably no more than 4 or 5 exist.

[JohnBuell]

There's also Swift Spreadsheet. It's one of the lesser known ones out there. I sold it for a time about 15 years ago under agreement from the original publishers.

 

It was reviewed in an issue of Current Notes. Think I still have a copy lying around here somewhere.

 

Had a bit of a surprise a few months ago when I saw one of my 'under licence' duplicates going on eBay as part of a bundle. I was given a bunch of originals by the publisher to sell on and then made additional copies with my own labels as needed. Didn't sell many of these duplicates - probably no more than 4 or 5 exist.

 

I'd be interested in that if you can find a copy, just for the curiosity value.

[rdhays82604]

There's also Swift Spreadsheet. It's one of the lesser known ones out there. I sold it for a time about 15 years ago under agreement from the original publishers.

 

It was reviewed in an issue of Current Notes. Think I still have a copy lying around here somewhere.

 

Had a bit of a surprise a few months ago when I saw one of my 'under licence' duplicates going on eBay as part of a bundle. I was given a bunch of originals by the publisher to sell on and then made additional copies with my own labels as needed. Didn't sell many of these duplicates - probably no more than 4 or 5 exist.

 

I'd be interested in that if you can find a copy, just for the curiosity value.

 

I have a ATR file here. Do you want it or are you looking for a disk?

[jacobus]

I dug through my collection and found these:

 

B-Calc

Calc Magic

Speed Calc

Swift Calc

SynCalc (this is the fully functional version)

VisiCalc 1.74a

 

Interestingly, Swift and Calc Magic appear to be the same application (Swift being published by the authour and CM by Antic)

 

Atari Spreadsheets.zip

[JohnBuell]

There's also Swift Spreadsheet. It's one of the lesser known ones out there. I sold it for a time about 15 years ago under agreement from the original publishers.

 

It was reviewed in an issue of Current Notes. Think I still have a copy lying around here somewhere.

 

Had a bit of a surprise a few months ago when I saw one of my 'under licence' duplicates going on eBay as part of a bundle. I was given a bunch of originals by the publisher to sell on and then made additional copies with my own labels as needed. Didn't sell many of these duplicates - probably no more than 4 or 5 exist.

 

I'd be interested in that if you can find a copy, just for the curiosity value.

 

I have a ATR file here. Do you want it or are you looking for a disk?

 

 

No, just an ATR would be plenty, thanks I found my grandfather's old copy of SynFile+ last night, so now I'm thinking "productivity software demo!"