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The
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R E A D O N L Y
-={ September 1985 }=-
The monthly news magazine of the Tampa Bay Kaypro User's
Group and the DataCOM Network RCP/M Systems Group
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Steven L. Sanders - Editor (Sysop)
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The DataCOM Network consists of three remote CP/M databases
with 60 megabyte of files available to members 24 hours at
300/1200/2400 baud. An annual fee of $30.00 is required
for access, an application may be downloaded by calling
System #1 at (813) 937-3608 or send a SASE along with
your request to:
TBKUG/DataCOM Network
14 Cypress Drive
Palm Harbor, FL 33563
NOTE: Articles and reviews of machines, hardware, software,
and other peripherals reflect currently advertised prices as
released by the distributors and are included here for YOUR
INFORMATION ONLY. The TBKUG/DataCOM Network is NOT being
paid to advertise these products and we cannot be held
responsible for the price and/or performance of said
products.
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--={ Big Changes Coming !! }=--
For all of you out there who have been asking me what the
heck is going on with the big #2 system, well it's being
replaced by something bigger and better. I will be taking
delivery on a CCS 22-slot S-100 system which will be running
under the TurboDOS(tm) operating system and configured for
multi-user. I'm still not sure just how big of a hard drive
will be put into it yet, kinda depends on money available at
the time.
After this system goes online, both the #1 and #2 telephone
lines will connect you to the SAME hard disk system and RBBS
module. No more hunting on #1 and then #2 for a specific
file and/or message in the RBBS. As more members are added,
we will add more slaves, modems, and phone lines.
Those of you who would like to support this venture are
encouraged to become a VIP member, all these monies go
directly to system expansion and expenses. We also accept
outright donations of money and/or hardware - I'm looking
for a good deal on a 40mb 5-inch hard drive. Anybody got
one with a SASI (SCSI) ST-506 interface for sale or
donation?? At the very least we need to sell more TBKUG
User Disk volumes - great price/great software!
Look for the new system(s) to be online around the third
week in September or so.
--={ Editor Speaks }=--
I have always read with great interest and sincerity the
past issues of Z-NEWS as distributed by Echelon, Inc., but a
passing comment in Z-NEWS.2Q9 is a bit MUCH.
I refer to "US Robotics must make their 2400 modem less
error prone or they may be black-balled" statement in a
paragraph dealing with the new 1k packet modem protocol.
First I'd like to know WHO takes credit for this obviously
un-documented claim as no one is ever credited as the EDITOR
of these Z-NEWS.* files other then Echelon, Inc. If this is
the case, does everyone who works for Echelon stand behind
these claims and complaints?
How many US Robotic Courier modems do you guys use, and how
many transfers have you done, and what programs are you
basing your test results on?
And just exactly WHO is going to black-ball the US Robotics
modems? Is this some elite group we know nothing of?
I personally have 2 US Robotics Courier modems online 24
hours a day on 2 very active remote systems. The modems
have been working flawlessly here with an MBYE-type remote
console program, XMODEM v108 or newer, and MEX114 or YAM on
the user's end at 2400 baud! The new 1k packet protocol
which is manually selected by the user (if line conditions
are good enough and number of hits or spurious 'garbage'
characters are low) has proven to be a very efficient means
of transferring either ASCII or binary files.
I have a great number of other Sysops and users who now call
the systems regularly with Courier 2400 modems and not one
person has ever complained of any deficiencies in the modem
and/or performance. I don't know of any other Sysop in the
country who spends as much time in front of the screens as I
do and I will personally attest to the quality of the USR
modem. As with any product, there is always the chance of
getting a lemon, I would suggest you send your Courier back
to USR for a replacement as the one you based your tests on
was obviously not working right.
Please don't take this the wrong way guys, I love ZCPR3 and
think you Echelon folk are doing one Helluva job! Please
keep up the good work. I just hate to see such negative and
un-documented claims hurt the reputation of a good product
like the Courier modem.
- Steve Sanders, Editor
--={ Fight Bad BBS Laws }=--
From Chip Berlet, Public Eye Magazine
FEDERAL LEGISLATION RESTRICTING BBS OPERATION DUE SOON!
POST THIS MESSAGE ON EVERY BBS IN AMERICA!
A new federal law that would outlaw some BBS systems and
severely restrict all others could be passed by Congress in
1985. A mobilization of SYSOPS and BBS users is urgently
needed to ensure we have a chance to speak out on the new
law.
Watch BBS's for messages with "BBSLAWXX.MSG" headers or
"HELP FIGHT BAD BBS LAWS - XX" titles. An ad-hoc group will
be posting these messages on BBS's and the commercial
systems.
LAWMUG SYSOP Paul Bernstein and I have learned the law could
be introduced as soon as MID JULY! Although aspects of the
new law have been discussed for months by "experts" in
Washington, NOT ONE SYSOP WAS CONSULTED until a June 20
conference in Chicago which Paul and I attended.
Vague language in another telecommunications law already
introduced in Congress might also restrict BBS activities.
We urged the Congressional aide involved in that legislation
to exempt BBS systems until we could let SYSOPS and lawyers
study the language more carefully. We must also monitor
this law.
The law restricting BBS operations was prompted by panic
over the possibility that children (minors) might read
pornographic material, and by the wave of publicity
regarding the malicious hackers and illegal credit card and
phone information posted on BBS's by electronic graffiti
vandals.
Among the ideas SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED for the new federal law
restricting BBS's are provisions which would require:
* Registration of all BBS's as a public utility.
* BBS users to log in with, and post their legal names.
* SYSOPS to keep a log of all names of users.
* SYSOPS to keep a log of all messages & access times.
* Criminal penalties for SYSOPS whose BBS's have illegal
messages posted on them - even if the SYSOP was not
aware of the message and had not been informed the
message was there nor given a chance to remove it!
While the law is currently only being discussed, there is
much pressure to restrict and regulate BBS's. A good BBS
law could protect BBS's and SYSOPS. A bad law could destroy
BBS's in their infancy as a telecommunications phenomena.
BBS's put the individual back into mass society in the age
of telecommunications. BBS's encourage information sharing
and remove barriers to discussion posed by social status,
wealth, class, race, sex, physical size, and many physical
handicaps. BBS's encourage the democratic process and are a
powerful new communications system which deserves
Constitutional protection and First Amendment Rights.
NO LEGISLATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! There will be
differing views of wording, law, and tactics; all should be
given a chance to be heard. Congress should delay passage
of any BBS legislation until BBS users and SYSOPS have a
chance to discuss the legal issues and make their opinions
known in a series of Congressional hearings. Our discussion
must start immediately and we must organize to block bad BBS
legislation until our voices are heard.
We share the responsibility. Time is short. Spread the
word. It is the electronic age. We are all Paul Revere....
{Editor's note: Please take the time to read and then
send in a copy of the following letter. If you don't - you
may be getting all your future $R/O's by mail!}
THE FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE LETTER THAT IS TO BE COPIED AND
ADDRESSED TO YOUR TWO SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN. IF YOU HAVE
ANY INTEREST IN PRESERVING YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, I
STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU SIGN AND MAIL OUT COPIES OF THIS
LETTER.
To:
United States (Senator/Representative)
(US Senate/House of Representatives)
Washington, DC
Dear Senator:
As a user of a personal computer for telecommunications, and
as a member of the new "electronic community," I wish to
strongly protest the current proposals for laws regulating
electronic Bulletin Board Systems.
Recent negative publicity about a few such systems being
used to spread illegal long-distance access codes and stolen
credit card numbers has cast public doubt on our hobby. It
is time that the record is set straight.
Electronic BBS's are the freest form of interpersonal commu-
nications ever created. The people who use them do so as a
way of sharing their thoughts, ideas, and information on the
rapidly changing computer technology. Also shared are
thoughts and ideas about the world in general; many systems
have ongoing debates about National and world issues. Not
since the days of the American Revolution, when thoughts and
ideas were first spread around through pamphlets and flyers,
has such a system of rapid communication been developed.
The vast majority of BBS's and their users are honest
people, who use this new technology in their work and as a
hobby. We should not be punished for the illegal actions
the few misguided people about whom there has been so much
publicity.
I therefore recommend that before any laws restricting the
use of BBS's are passed, input is received from the
operators and users of these systems. Representation of our
interests in promoting the freedom of speech we exercise on
the BBS's is the answer to reactionary laws. I urge you to
support our position in this matter.
Sincerely,
(be sure to sign it!)
--={ GTE Offers Flat-Rate Data Service }=--
{Reprinted in whole from the August 19, 1985 InfoWorld
magazine.}
FLAT-RATE SERVICE OFFERED
By Mary Petrosky
GTE UNVEILS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FOR HOME USERS OF
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
A new service from GTE Telenet, PC Pursuit, gives home
personal computer users in 12 major mteropolitan areas
unlimited evening and weekend access to noncommercial
databases, bulletin boards, and other personal computer
users in those areas for a flat $25 monthly fee.
Personal computer users with a 300 or 1200-bit-per-second
auto-answer modem and asynchronous communications software
can access the PC Pursuit service with a local phone call,
saving as much as 75% on long distance charges, GTE Telenet
claims. Currently, users access other personal computers
and bulletin boards through traditional telephone services
at rates up to $10 per hour.
According to GTE Telenet, PC Pursuit provides an inexpensive
means to send and receive real-time communications, share
programs, download computer software, and exchange messages
on bulletin boards. The company expects that offerring
lower rates will help promote use of home banking, home
shopping, and home educational instruction.
Kevin Kelly, editor of the Whole Earth Review in Sausalito,
Calfornia, says PC Pursuit could have several positive
consequences, including giving local bulletin boards -- many
of which specialize in one subject, such as music or
medicine -- the option of going national. Kelly thinks the
flat monthly fee may also cut down on the illegal use of
phone lines by heavy users of bulletin boards who try to
avoid paying hundreds of dollars monthly in long distance
phone charges. Kelly also predicts that acessing bulletin
boards, many of which have only a single incomming phone
line, could become more difficult as lower phone charges
inspire greater usage.
Subscribers to PC Pursuit are billed through their Visa or
Master Card account, so users must hold one of these cards
to subscribe. PC Pursuit is currently available in Atlanta,
Boston, Chicago, Dalas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los
Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and
Washington, D.C. According to a company spokesperson, the
number of cities supported will be expanded based on user
demand.
{Editor's note: Well there it is folks, cheap long distance
service for remote database systems. Don't delay - flood
GTE with requests to cover the greater Tampa, Florida area
and if you live in one of the cities previously mentioned
you could call The DataCOM Super Systems!! And it can't
hurt if you live in any of the other major metropolitan
areas either. The more requests they get, the sooner it
will be a reality everywhere... Mail em a letter today!}
--={ Hard Disk Repair }=--
A while back I had mentioned an outfit in Oregon that did
hard disk repairs for a $250 flat charge. Well I have found
another outfit that will do it for only $145 now! I just
talked with Ken Fowler who is Sysop for the BAKUP RCP/M in
California and he told me he had just had a 10mb Seagate
drive re-done for a measley $145 total.
Contact: FRS, Inc., 1101 National Drive, Sacramento,
Calif., 95834, (916) 920-1107
This price includes any needed parts and two new platters
for the hard disk. I would recommend that you call for a
quote first and get the necessary shipping instructions.
--={ Micro C's BBS is OnLine }=--
My good friends at Micro Cornucopia (a great magazine for
hackers and semi-hackers) have just put up a remote bulletin
board system. It is accessible at (503) 382-7643, use
either 300 or 1200 baud and set for 8 bits/no parity/1 stop
bit. The board is up and ready to answer your calls 24
hours a day. Micro Cornucopia is a great source for Kaypro
upgrade ROMs and technical information. The magazine covers
many different operating systems and hardware configurations
with monthly columns and letters to the editor.
--={ Micro C's Turbo Pascal Contest }=--
Micro Cornucopia currently has a Turbo Pascal contest going
on and is looking for submissions. If you're handy with
Borland's super language and have written what you consider
to be a "worthwhile" program why not see if you can win one
of the following:
GRAND PRIZE (1)
Microsphere's 1 Megabyte RAM DISK
or
Trevor Marshall's 32032 Coprocessor Kit
NEXT 5 WINNERS
Choice of 2 Borland products
or
$100 worth of Micro C goodies
Send your entries on 5-1/4 or 8-inch diskette (clearly
marked as to which format is used) and if possible the
listing in hardcopy form. Mark "Turbo Pascal Contest" on
the outside of whatever you send your disk/listing in. Any
version of Turbo Pascal is OK - 2.0, 3.0, CP/M, or MS-DOS.
The deadline for entry is November 1, 1985.
Micro Cornucopia
P.O. Box 223
Bend, Oregon 97709
--={ ZCPR3 - Feedback and Updates }=--
By Michael Broschat
[NORTHWEST COMPUTING (July 1985)]
More recently, in April and May, I wrote about ZCPR3, a
CP/M-80 modification for Z80- and 8085-based micros. When I
started writing about it, I knew little more than some
general facts. I am happy to report that it has been
running on my computer for nearly two months now and it has
progressed to being one of those things you wonder how you
did without. Jerry Pournelle was nice enough to say
recently (in answer to a question about whether CP/M is
completely dead), "You can even get ZCPR3, which revamps the
operating system into something a heck of a lot nicer than
MS-DOS" [BYTE, May 85, pp. 349-350]. Since he mentions this
in only one sentence, I am sure that although he knows about
ZCPR3, he does not actually use it.
Let me give you an example of what it is currently doing for
me. When I boot my system (with word processing disks in
the drives), the first thing I see (after the initial
"loading" messages) is a menu that I have written. This
menu allows me to initiate several activities with only one
keystroke. Let us assume that I have been working on a file
that I now want to check for spelling. After exiting
WordStar, I am automatically back at the menu. I push "j"
and the following sequence begins automatically: The
computer changes over to drive A (so that the spelling
program can refer to the dictionaries on that drive); it
runs SPELL on the file that I have been working on (it knows
it automatically) and automatically gives SPELL certain
parameters that I have written into the command; if SPELL
finds any words in my text that are not in its dictionaries
(it automatically consults a specialty dictionary, the name
of which is also part of the command), then REVIEW is called
up t about where my text file is; when that last program
finishes, control is restored to drive B and I am back in
the menu again. All that in one key-stroke after a little
work (actually, "fun") to set up the menu.
Although ZCPR3 is public domain it is supported and licensed
by Echelon, Inc [101 First St., Los Altos, CA 94022]. That
is extremely important, in my opinion. First, having a
distributor gives you someone to talk to when you have
questions (this is what is called "support"). Second, and
perhaps more important, Echelon is a focus for other
programming activities that revolve around ZCPR3. Many Z80
"hackers" have become excited enough about ZCPR3, the 70
utilities that come with it (with source code), and its
possibilities, that there has been much work to both improve
and expand what is now called the "Z System." Echelon
handles distribution of the "free" stuff and also sells the
"commercial" stuff. The Z System has evolved so far that it
has now completely replaced CP/M. The former BDOS section
of CP/M has been replaced by ZRDOS, a $50 piece of hex code
that you just patch over the old BDOS (and get automatic
disk reset instead of the manual ^C that we don't always
remember to do!). In addition, they have worked up
replacements for all the programming aids (assemblers, etc.)
that used to be available from Digital Research and
Microsoft, but which, in this world of IBM PC domination,
are apparently no longer well supported (or even available).
Echelon also publishes a twice-monthly newsletter with news
of updates and related events, etc. Two of these I will
pass on here. Steve Ciarcia has apparently designed a
computer around the new Hitachi 64180 chip. What is
important about this is that this microprocessor runs the
same code as the Z-80 (all your CP/M software stills
works!!) but has many advanced features (including greater
use of memory, multiply and divide, speed, etc.), at least
the equivalent of the 8088 and probably better. Ciarcia's
articles (and kit) will be furnished (through MicroMint)
with the complete Z-system operating system. A second note
from the newsletter is that Digital Research has apparently
cut back their operations drastically. Information is too
scanty to say for sure, but it seems the the Z system will
be taking over more "responsibility" for Z-80/Z-800 based
systems that it ever dreamed. Now, is there anything there
to "take over?"
--={ WHATSNEW in Public Domain }=--
LCAT20.LBR is a CP/M disk cataloging system similar to the
MCAT45/XCAT42 series but also catalogs internal library
member files as well. The LCAT20 version is now an all-in-
one utility that will automatically adjust itself for any
size TPA of 30k or better. There is also a cross-refference
lister program called XLCAT10 which does the same as XCAT
and can create a sorted diskfile or printer output.
PRTLST14 and KPRLST14 are two utilities for formatting the
MAST.LST created by MCAT/XCAT or the MASTL.LST created by
LCAT/XLCAT. It allows you to generate the output to the
CRT, printer, or diskfile in a neat 3-across format that
really saves paper. The PRTLST14 file is generic and is
usable on any CP/M machine. The KPRLST14 file is for video-
able Kaypro models only and has a really flashy CRT display.
Z8E.LBR contains the most powerful and fully-featured Z80
de-bugging monitor in the public domain today. It allows
for on-screen monitoring of a running program and allows you
to use several different symbol tables at the same time.
There is an extensive doc file (165k) to tell you how to use
it properly but this is really a hacker's utility. If you
now use DDT for de-bugging, give Z8E a try, you'll love it!
PDSE-065.LQT is the squeezed listing of all known publically
accessible systems with PD software for download via XMODEM
protocol. This list is updated every month and the systems
are periodically checked to see if they really are ONLINE!
MBROT2.LBR contains a Turbo Pascal program that generates
some wild looking print-outs on an Okidata 92 printer by
calculating a series of mathematical numbers. This can be
altered to be used by other printers if you know all the
necessary codes for your printer and it's capable of doing
bit graphic printing.
PAIRX13.LBR is the latest update to the utility used for
finding un-balanced pairs of Wordstar print characters used
in document files. Real handy when looking for the un-
paired ^PS or ^PB that causes excessive underlining or bold
facing.
VALIAS2B.LBR is a super full-screen video-oriented ZCPR3
alias editor. It allows you to insert, delete, change, or
clear existing alias command lines without re-writing the
entire alias every time.
VERROR11.LBR is another new ZCPR3 error handler that allows
you to edit a commandline error during processing. It uses
Wordstar commands like ^S and ^D to move back and forth
through the commandline and then you just edit/replace the
command in error.
SRW141.LBR is Eric Gans' latest update to his Super-RW
program which is a real nice file and memory editor similar
to PATCH but smaller and faster.
MACPRINT.LBR has been updated for the C Itoh printers as
well as the Epsons now. This is a hi-res printing
enhancement allowing for different types of print characters
to be generated by an alphabet file which is loaded into the
printer's memory.
LUCIDATA.LBR is a nice series of financial management
programs written in Turbo Pascal. All files in Turbo source
form and a good learning tool.
TTUTOR1.LBR is a "learn while doing" teaching system for
Turbo Pascal programmers (beginners and others.)
--={ OF LIGHTNING SPEED AND PHILOSOPHICAL MYSTERIES }=--
By: Philo S. Opher
Have you ever noticed how many peculiar contrasts there are
in the computer field? Here is this marvelous appliance -
the crown jewel of modern technology - a computing machine
of such lightning speed that history's best mathematicians
would have sold their souls to own one. Yet, it isn't even
capable of balancing a check book unless you spend hours
teaching it to do so...
Of course, the mathematicians of antiquity wouldn't know
about the three foot high stack of manuals written in
gibberish which came with our machines. And one might well
suspect that they would have had as difficult a time coping
with documentation which was out of date and impossible to
read as we did. But then no one ever said that making a
deal with the devil was easy.
Or perhaps you've experienced a phenomena we've come to call
"perceived performance inversion". This one manifests
itself in the machine running slower and slower in an
inverse relationship to the experience of the user. There
you sit after barely six months of use chiding your computer
for the time it takes to read a 200,000 character file from
disk, print a report, compute an answer, etc. Of course,
the machine takes the same amount of time to do a given task
as it did months ago; but somehow it seems a GREAT DEAL
slower!
Then again, there's the he-got-what-he-deserved phenomena.
This one comes up frequently in conversations and usually
involves a local retailer who has finally closed his doors.
You know the story... After months of seeing buyers parade
thru his store to buy his $50-cheaper computer and watching
those same customers wander down the street for a $25-
cheaper printer, then on to a third store to buy $1-cheaper
ribbons, the retailer has finally given up in frustration
and switched his attentions to more profitable endeavors.
Discussions about the demise typically involve two or more
of his save-a-buck customers and one of them will be saying
something like: "He got what he deserved, 'cause he never
gave ME any support anyway..."
Of course there are two sides to every issue; and we don't
mean to suggest that the dealer is the innocent victim in
this story. It's just an interesting note on human nature
that we've never heard a user say: "Well, I bought my system
as cheaply as I could and didn't expect much support from
the dealer anyway."
And lastly, have you ever puzzled over the strange quirk in
ethics involved when individuals -- who'll labor mightily to
meet their financial obligations and would not consciously
consider stealing anything -- will copy copyrighted software
without a second thought and then be surprised when their
user group or other individuals prefer not to participate...
If you're wondering about the point of this article, we
don't really have one. Philosophers, after all, don't
specialize in answers -- just questions.
The real point is that we're involved in a field and are
living through a period which provides a vast array of new
issues to consider and a variety of technical, moral, and
ethical dilemmas to resolve. Somehow, we suspect that the
ways we solve them will tell future generations more about
our era than any of the history books written over the next
several years.
--={ PERFECT CALC - SHARING BETWEEN SPREADSHEETS ]=--
(Reprinted from PeopleTalk's Quarterly)
Over the months, we have probably had more inquiries about
how to pass data between Perfect Calc Spreadsheets than on
any other single subject related to Calc. If you haven't
yet experienced this problem, it usually goes something like
this....
Dear PeopleTalk:
I own a Kaypro computer and am using Perfect Calc. I've run
into a problem which my local dealer doesn't know how to
solve which involves my year-to-date widgets report. You
see, I need to be able to carry the ending totals from each
month forward as starting numbers into the next one and Calc
won't let me do that unless I associate the two spreadsheets
together.
This means that I must copy down the 200 ending totals by
hand from each month and then manually re-key them into the
next month's spreadsheet to carry them forward. It
frequently takes me the first 10 days of the month to get
these numbers re-keyed and checked and that means I fall
farther and farther behind. I just filed my sales report
for December '83 but my boss is asking when he'll know about
September!
My brother-in-law has Big-Bang Calc on his Prune-II computer
and it will handle this situation fine. Should I throw my
Kaypro away, or can my Kaypro do it too??
Sign me --
Frustrated and Needin' a Prune
For months we could only respond to this type of letter with
our condolences. But recently we heard about a solution
from Mr. Mike Dudley of Arlington, TX and it was so
ingenious that we decided to passit along...
Dear Mr. Needin:
We're pleased to report that Calc can do it too! The
solution turns out to be fairly simple. In the spreadsheet
which contains the numbers you need to carry forward you'll
need to allocate two columns below and to the right of the
cells whose results you wish to use. Remember, this below
and to the right bit is important if you want the correct
results carried forward. You won't necessarily need the
whole columns, but you'll need to allot one row for each
number to be carried forward.
In the left hand column of these two, you'll be entering the
cell address where you want the data in the next column to
appear in the new spreadsheet. In the right hand column
you'll be entering formulas which point to the cells you
want carried forward.
For example, let's presume you wish to carry forward the
results stored in a75, b75, and c75 into cells a1, b1, and
c1 in the next month's spreadsheet and let's further presume
that you've decided to put the carry-forward fields into d76
thru e78.
In this case, the values in column d will look like this:
Cell d76:{ }>a1:
Cell d77:{ }>b1:
Cell d78:{ }>c1:
You'll also need to adjust the width of this column to four
characters with Calc's [CTRL-x w c 4] command. Now switch
over to column e and enter the following formulas in cells
e76 thru e78:
Cell e76:{ }=a75
Cell e77:{ }=b75
Cell e78:{ }=c75
Your next steps should be to change the justification
parameter for column e to be left rather than right:
[CTRL-x j c l] and to increase the decimal display and
column width for this column to match the accuracy you need
in the new spreadsheet.
Let's assume that you need 10 character decimal accuracy and
you expect 5 digits to the left of the decimal point. That
means you'll need to change the column width to 17
characters (15 digits, plus decimal, plus sign):
[CTRL-x w c 20<cr>] and increase the decimal display to
10:[CTRL-x d c 10<cr>]
Now your display for colums d and e should look something
like this:
Row 76:{ }>a1:7500.0000000000
Row 77:{ }>b1:9200.0000000000
Row 78:{ }>c1:3000.0000000000
Your last step in the process involves printing this section
of your spreadsheet to a disk file by marking a region from
d76 thru e78. Put the cursor in d76 and type:
[ESC spacebar] then move the cursor to e78 and type:
[CTRL-x p TOTALS.PC<cr>]
The file named TOTALS.PC now contains the totals you wanted
to carry forward and it looks almost exactly like any other
Calc spreadsheet file. Note that we said almost! You'll
have to take one more step before you read this file into
Calc as it contains some space characters which are No-No's
so far as Calc is concerned. The simplest solution to this
is to use either WordStar (in Non-Document mode) or Perfect
Writer and get rid of the space characters with the Global
replace command. Then restore the file and you're in
business.
This TOTALS.PC spreadsheet can be read into Perfect Calc as
an Overlay file and it will work just fine. Your numbers
will be carried forward and Calc won't know that you've
tricked it into doing the impossible...
Good Luck and Happy Computing!
--={ That's All Folks !! }=--
That does it for another month gang - may all your diskette
failures be on backed-up disks...