The worksheet itself is a 50×50 grid, with spaces instead of lines marking the columns. Each column is 7 spaces and will hold figures or data. The instructions are easy to read and follow.
Jack Dohany of Redwood city, Ca. has created a customized version for the Larken disc and a big printer, in fact for a variety of printers. Jack has included a simple poke so that it is easy to customize to your own particular printer interface without having to load a printer-driver.
The uses of VU-CALC are many and varied such as calculating mortgage payments and interest, checkbook records, budgets, or simple bookkeeping.
Printing can be up to 19 columns wide and 50 rows and is in condensed print, and will fill an 8.5 x 11 sheet. It is a good idea to imput your printer pokes before you begin and save information as a backup so that you will not have to enter it each time you use the program. The next thing will be to format for the use of decimal if needed. One thing I have found is that if you wait to put this in after you have entered a date you will have a year that will suddenly look like 1988.00. When you enter text you must always prefix it with “, and for commands (save, load, and print, etc.) you use # as a prefix.
My one complaint is the fact that they shorted us on the number of formulae that can be used. So take care with any lavish use of +,-,*,/.
B. Schaffler
Demo of specified number of columns less than 19. Automatic Pica with spaces between columns.
REVIEW by: Betty Schaffler <--1--> <--2--> <--3--> <--4--> A This is a samp le of t he type B of prin tout av ailable with C the cus tomized versio n by D Jack Do hany of Redwoo d City, E Calif. F G Vu-Calc by Psi on is a program H written for th e T/S 2 068 and I has bee n aroun d for q uite a J long ti me, and is not unlike K other s preadsh eets th at are L availab le. But what J ack has M done by making it ava ilable N on Lark en disc and ha ving a O big pri nter ha rd copy , has P made it a much more u sable Q and wor thwhile progra m. R This i s one f ull scr een. <--1--> <--2--> <--3--> <--4-->
Editor’s Note: Jack Dohany’s VU-CALC program provides for titles at the top of the display if desired. Text is printed after each title line is typed in. This text is not saved data and must be typed in for each copy.
As Betty mentions, it is possible to switch between printer IFs as the driver (SD1) supports 2040, AERCO, TASMAN, and A & J. The switch is done with pokes. LPRINT only is supported.
I also ran out of the number of formulae by running totals on a final of 12 columns, and a series of lines, making a line total after each monthly input of added columns for cross-checking. The solution was to take the totals up to that date when it quit, make this a sumation of that number of months, input this data into a new spreadsheet, and go on from there.
The user has the choice of integer numbers or decimal format. If decimal is called for, than all other numbers must be in “text” mode.
Demo of specified number of columns equal to maximum of 19. Automatic compressed printing. The page is cut to show ends of printing, top and bottom and sides.
VU-CALC Review by B Schaffler <--1--><--2--><--3--><--4--><--5--><--6--...<-17-><-18-><-19-> A This is a sample of the type B of printout available with C the customized version by D Jack Dohany of Redwood City, E Calif. F G Vu-Calc by Psion is aprogram H written for the T/S 2068 and I has been around for quite a J long time, and is not unlike K other spreadsheets that are L available. But what Jack has M done by making it available N on Larken disc and having a O big printer hard copy, has P made it a much more usable Q and worthwhile program. R This is one full screen. S T ... AU AV AW AX <--1--><--2--><--3--><--4--><--5--><--6--...<-17-><-18-><-19->