ugogan@ecsvax.UUCP (Jim Gogan) (05/23/88)
Is anyone aware of any problems with running Lotus 123
(latest version - whatever it is) on an IBM PS/2 Model 80.
We've heard anecdotal rumors of problems, but nothing that
anyone can define with any certainty.
If anyone knows of any specific problem or if you are
successfully running 123 on a Model 80, I'd appreciate an
e-mail note about it.
Thanks in advance.
-- Jim Gogan (ugogan@ecsvax.uncecs.edu)
UNC-CH Micro Support Center
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Jim Gogan mail:ugogan@ecsvax (UUCP/BITNET)
Microcomputing Support Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (05/24/88)
I run 1-2-3 on an IBM PS/2 mod 80, and haven't experienced any problems with it yet. I an not an ultra power-user of 1-2-3, so my spreadsheets may not have gotten large enough or complex enough yet to spring some critical bug. This, of course, is using release 2.01. The hassle is that you have to use copy II pc to move 1-2-3 onto 3.5 media for loading. (Or have bought 1-2-3 recently). I'm glad that the forthcoming utility disk from Lotus will provide an authorized method of deprotecting 1-2-3 while we wait for release 3. About the only thing I've noticed is that after installing an 80387 in the PS/2 that a slight squeal is emitted. The pitch and timbre of the squeal fluctuate, depending on what the PS/2 is doing. I think this is what Infoworld described as "users report a continuous beeping after installing a coprocessor". In all honesty, the noise is quite soft, and is pretty easily overlooked in a moderately noisy environment. The noise is not coming from the speaker; it appears to emanate directly from either the '386, '387 or one/some of the chips in the general vicinity. This is an older 16 MHz model 80 where the CPU is near the bottom of the case. It's kind of neat, because one can tell what is going on just by listening. I don't think that the sound is related to the disks or the power supply. --Bill
David_J_Buerger@cup.portal.com (05/25/88)
I run Lotus 1-2-3 ver 2.01 on my 20 MHz '386 (Mylex motherboard, 4 MB of 100 nanosecond RAM w/ 64K 25 n.s. cache). It works fine.