Sunday, November 28, 2010

White and Nerdy

Microswift Calc was a powerful spreadsheet for the C64, not freeware, it cost $7.99 at K-Mart and was worth every cent as it was almost a complete clone of Lotus 123 and had all the functions we needed for our home budget tracking sheet aptly named "Houseplan"

Microswift Calc evolved into Swiftcalc from Timeworks and became GEOS compatible, I bought Swiftcalc to try with my GEOS setup and it was a dog, looked pretty, but was slow and painful.

Houseplan was honed and converted over the years to different formats, "As Easy As" a clone of Lotus 123, Borland's QuattroPro and finally Microsoft Excel.

It is still being used today as an expenditure/tax planning tool.

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