MultiPlan Spreadsheets

Kicks · Oct 31, 2004

Please help I have a customer who would like to get a copy of an old spreadsheet program called multi plan. It's an old MS spreadsheet program, replaced by Excel. It's DOS based. Please help!!!!

Kodo · Oct 31, 2004

wow, that's going to be tough to find. will excel not open this document for conversion?

bigbazza · Nov 1, 2004

Try

http://www.ordersomewherechaos.com/rosso/fetish/m102/web100/docs/m200-telecom.html#RTFToC50

Converting Multiplan Files for Transfer

Google gave only 3 hits. This probably won't help, but go to paragraph 17.

You can transfer Multiplan files with another computer by converting the file to and from Multiplan's SYLK (symbolic link) format. All versions of Multiplan use the same SYLK format.

To send a Multiplan file:

From the Main Menu, enter the Multiplan file that you want to send. Then press F7, for Transfer, F3, for Save, and F3, for SYLK.

Type RAM: followed by any filename. For example, type RAM:COSTS ( ENTER). This causes Multiplan to save the Multiplan file as a SYLK file.

Return to the Main Menu. The SYLK file has a .DO extension indicating that it is in the format of a text file.

Enter TELCOM and send the SYLK file to the other computer as instructed above in "Sending a Text File."

When the other computer receives the SYLK file, it will need to load the file into its own version of Multiplan using the SYLK option of its Multiplan load command.

To receive a Multiplan file:

Have the other computer save the Multiplan file as a SYLK file. Then have the other computer send the SYLK file to you as instructed above in "Receiving a Text File." When you receive the SYLK file it will have a .DO extension.

From the Main Menu, enter MSPLAN and create a Multiplan file. For example, type ACCOUNT ENTER. Then press I, for Transfer, Ct. for Load, and I, for SYLK.

Type RAM:, followed by the name of the SYLK text file. For example, type RAM:COSTS.DO ENTER. This causes Multiplan to load the SYLK file into the Multiplan file that you have just created.

I know a packrat so will give him a try. Bazza

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Kodo said:

wow, that's going to be tough to find. will excel not open this document for conversion?
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bigbazza · Nov 1, 2004

Googled "multiplan" ands "DOS". 2480 hits

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=20&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=multiplan&as_oq=dos&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images

Should be something there. Bazza

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Kodo said:

wow, that's going to be tough to find. will excel not open this document for conversion?
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Patriot · Jun 9, 2005

I have the program. Use it daily in Win98, but I can't get it working in XP. The program runs but the screen is blank. Any suggestions?

bigbazza · Jun 9, 2005

Welcome to MG. My suggestion, stick to using it on W98. We should not reasonably expect XP to run every old program. Multiplan goes back to my old Tandy days and we should expect hardware and software to move with the times, even though we would like everything to run on XP. Bazza

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Patriot said:

I have the program. Use it daily in Win98, but I can't get it working in XP. The program runs but the screen is blank. Any suggestions?
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