pcolsen@super.ORG (Peter C Olsen) (01/05/91)
I'd like to recommend an _excellent_ ``semi-integrated'' software package for laptops --- and it's available for less than $15.00! The Easy-Working TRI-PACK (Spinnaker Software, One Kendall Square, Cambirdge, MA 02139) consists of three separate programs which can exchange data: The Writer (wordprocessor with spell-check), The Planner (a spreadsheet), and The Filer(a database). The Tri-Pack has all three programs for $14.95 list! (I got mine on sale for $9.49.) Documentation is on disk --- it's formatted for a standard printer and each program has a browser for using it on-line. I use all three to help administer a Coast Guard Reserve unit on a GRiDLITE portable from GRiD systems. I keep one program on each of three disks and swap back and forth as I need to. (I could put them all on one disk, but I like to keep the documentation on line.) Bottom line --- they're powerful, easy to use, and you can't beat the price. +-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ Peter Olsen, P.E. | ``Engineering is the art of using pcolsen@super.super.org | mathematics and the physical sciences uunet!super!pcolsen | to improve the quality of life.''