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UG: Central Alberta OS/2 User Group (CAOS/2) 12 March 1998
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Whitelaw)
Thu Mar 5 10:59:17 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 05 Mar 1998 04:11:00 -0500
From: info@caos2.ab.ca (Jim Whitelaw)
Reply-To: info@caos2.ab.ca (Jim Whitelaw)
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FREE ADMISSION FOR EVERYONE
SECOND Thursday of every month, 6:30 pm
LOCATION: IBM Edmonton Office
1st Street Building (see map below)
10250 - 101 Street
14th Floor in Conference room 1406
* Check in with security at the main entrance to get to the 14th Floor *
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## This Month's CAOS... #############################################
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Agenda: March 12, 1998
It's all in the numbers... This month's CAOS takes off on a decidedly
mathematical tangent. We'll add up the pluses and minuses of two top
spreadsheet applications, then crunch the performance numbers with a
system benchmarking utility. And we even have DooDads that have a knack
for knawing on numbers.
OK! Enough with the bad puns. Here's the bottom line (sorry...):
o Lotus 1-2-3
Due to be released soon, Lotus' latest version of 1-2-3 for OS/2 has
been anticipated for some time, as the release of the entire SmartSuite
has experienced a number of delays. We'll find out if it's been worth
the wait.
o Mesa 2 2.2
Mesa 2 is a native spreadsheet that thrives in OS/2's advanced
environment to work just the way you expect. Mesa 2 offers
context-sensitive on-line help and pop-up menus as well as
interoperability with other OS/2 applications. How does it stack up
against veteran 1-2-3? We'll attempt to find out.
o SysBench
Just how fast is your system? Get some real numbers with SysBench.
Sysbench measures CPU, memory, graphics, DIVE, disk, file I/O, and
CD-ROM Performance.
o This month's DooDads - Calculator utils
We'll take a look at a couple of nifty calculator utilities. OK, so
they're not exciting, they're not sexy, and they won't make you coffee
in the morning (you need Java applets for that), but they're useful,
and oh-so-handy when brain rot or old age takes its toll and you've got
some quick math to do.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS:
April - Programming: Rexx, Perl, Java, C/C++
May - Internet Apps & tools
June - Graphics/Design software
July & August - Summer Break - no meetings
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!! We're Webbed! Stop by our site at http://www.caos2.ab.ca/ !!
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!! We're always looking for volunteers to work on the web site, !!
!! so feel free to offer up your Web talents or interests. !!
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Admission is free and open to everyone from N to G (newbie to guru). Each
meeting begins with a Q & A session and includes a draw for some terrific
prizes (OS/2 software, paraphernalia, etc.) If there is anything you want
to see, please suggest it or, better yet, show it off yourself!
Web site........................................http://www.caos2.ab.ca/
Email..................................................info@caos2.ab.ca
Mailing list......................................caos2-list@nl2k.ab.ca
(To subscribe to our mailing list, send email to majordomo@nl2k.ab.ca
with "subscribe caos2-list in the message body)
Jim Whitelaw (Chairman).................................jim@oanet.com
Mach/2 BBS.....489.4250/484.3982............see the CAOSUG conference
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Jim Whitelaw tel: +1.403.414.6664
jim-at-pdsys-dot-com fax: +1.403.484.9239
Pathways Data Systems Inc. http://www.pdsys.com
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