Lucid 3-D
Lucid 3-D[1]was aspreadsheetpackage that began in theMS-DOSera;[2]Windowssupport came later. [3][4]
History
[edit]Sam Redman[5]and Michael Stanford[6]incorporated as PCSG corporation (Portable Computer Support Group).[7]
Their Lucid 3-D spreadsheet was marketed byDac Softwareof Dallas, Texas.[8]
Features
[edit]Lucid 3-D was considered noteworthy at the time for being "the only major memory-resident spreadsheet available for the PC."[9]
The selling point of the product was being "three dimensional.Any cellof the spreadsheetcan contain a complete other spreadsheet that you can access with a single keystroke. "[10]
Another technical feature was what their ads called "not only minimal recalc, but background recalc"[11]
The Windows versions could display "up to nine overlapping spreadsheet windows."[1]
File extension
[edit]Data files were stored using the extension ".lcw" (Dot LCW).[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Lucid 3-D".InfoWorld.February 1, 1988. p. 44.
Lucid 3D comes with a reference manual in the form of... Lucid 3D can display up to nine overlapping spreadsheet windows
- ^"Lucid 3-D 2.x".WinWorld.
Lucid 3-D 2.x. Lucid 3-D, created by PCSG, Inc. and sold by DacEasy, Inc., is a spreadsheet program for MS-DOS
- ^"Lucid 3-D Professional Spreadsheet for Home And Office".
REVIEW: Lucid 3-D for Windows is easy to learn, takes full advantage of Windows, designed to make 3-D charts look good, and features over 50 templates.
- ^"Lucid announces Windows version of spreadsheet".NLA.gov.au.
- ^"About the Ezian Company".
In 1983, Redman was the founder of PCSG, later named Lucid Corporation,...
- ^"LUCID CONFERENCE - MODEL 100 SIG August 3,1986".
Redman and Michael Stanford Co-founders of Portable Computer Support Group.. (PCSG)
- ^"Lucid's History".
... they incorporated as PCSG corporation (Portable Computer Support Group).
- ^Bryan, Marvin (February 6, 1989)."Multidimensional concept gains momentum".PC Week.6(5). Ziff-Davis: 106et seq.– via Gale.
- ^"Lucid 3-D VERSION 1.22".InfoWorld.January 16, 1989.
Lucid 3-D is the only major memory- resident spreadsheet available for the PC. The product was originally developed in 1984 as...
- ^italicized is the heading of pages 2 & 3 of a four page ad published September 1988.
- ^PC Magazine, Sept. 29,'87/p.29, Oct. 27,'87/p.88, Nov. 10,'87/p.90
- ^"Open LCW files - File extension LCW".
.lcw - Lucid 3-D Spreadsheet. LCW file is a Lucid 3-D Spreadsheet. Lucid 3-D is a low cost spreadsheet program with several unique features
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