This episode features GT Albert E. Spreadsheet released in 1983 by Indus Systems. It was programmed by David H Hewit, and is actually a product of SIM Computer Products, Inc.

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GT Albert E. Spread Sheet in ActionBooting

• Wait a while we it preps…

• Looks like a spreadsheet! ESC. Cell Entry

• Prior value is shown and new entry awaits.
• Calculation error. SUM formula and multiple by negative number BOTH have to be first in the formula, which is impossible.

• Input error. R. Replic

• Copy SOURCE to destination range (FROM and TO). Copying the — cell.

• The — cell fully replicated. G. Goto

• Entering new top left cell.

• Result. C. Recalc

• This takes a LONG time. P. Print

• S. Save

• Sadly, you can only get a directory of drive 1.

• But you can save and load from any drive. L. Load

• N. New

• This takes a bit of time, just like at the start. Q. Quit

• I didn’t notice this until posting the image, but it says Quit BASI-CALC and not Quit Albert E Spread Sheet! Files

• VTOC has been moved, and the disk is copy protected. Print OutputMy example budget:

S7E04-prt-sheetDownloadShow Links* Manual @ Internet Archive: https://ia800805.us.archive.org/17/items/GTAlbertESpreadSheet/GT_Albert_E_Spread_Sheet.pdf * App @ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cssa8d_GT_Albert_E_Spread_Sheet_v2_3_1982_Indus_Systems_US * Atari Mania entry: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-gt-albert-e-spread-sheet_31912.html * Inverse ATASCII S1 E8 VisiCalc: https://inverseatascii.info/2015/01/13/s1e8-visicalc/ * Inverse ATASCII S6 E5 Calc Magic : https://inverseatascii.info/2021/01/24/s6e05-antic-software-calcmagic-supplement/ * Inverse ATASCII S2 E8 SynCalc: https://inverseatascii.info/2016/02/23/s2e08-synapse-software-syncalc/

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway. It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.