Home Computing Weekly
28th February 1984
Designed for the small business user, this enables a spreadsheet to be built up and maintained in conjunction with a cassette recorder. Spreadsheet programs are currently fashionable for home micros and this version will presumably allow the Oric to penetrate the business sector.
A comprehensive booklet explains the operation and the numerous options available for moving the entries around. To those unfamiliar with a spreadsheet, the basic idea is to enter values and descriptive text on to a sheet divided up into columns and rows. Formulae can be entered into boses on the sheet to enable entries to be totalled, averages or have more complex operations performed. A worked example of an accounts sheet with VAT entries etc is provided.
Certain parts were a little slow, but in general I found the program worked well, as long as you kept a clear head. Once you have decided the layout required, operating the system is quite straightforward.
Only a limited amount of protection against invalid entries is provided and I found I could get errors if very large numbers (above a million) were being handled.
