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       LOTUS Freelance Plus*
    
       Freelance Plus is a business graphics program for personal computer
    
       users.  It offers charting tools and drawing tools all in one package.
    
       This package was tested on a 16 MHz Intel387 SX based computer with an
    
       Intel387 SX-16 Math CoProcessor. The test redrew from a definition of 4
    
       pie charts with 16 sections each.
    
       with MCP  13.5 sec  Lotus Development Corp.
    
       w/o MCP   18.0 sec
    
    
    
       Arts & Letters* Graphics Editor
    
       Arts & Letters Graphics Editor turns your computer screen into a
    
       high-tech drawing workstation.  It is an graphics tool which allows you
    
       to move, reshape, stretch, scale, rotate, flip, and color. This package
    
       was tested on a 25 MHz Intel386 DX-based computer with an Intel387 DX-25
    
       Math CoProcessor.  The test employed the Autotrace test sample.
    
       with MCP     11.7 seComputer Support Corp.
    
       w/o MCP      49.7 sec
    
       
    
       dBASE IV
    
       dBASE IV* provides PC users with a system to manage all types of data.
    
       This package was tested on an 8 MHz 80286-based system with an
    
       Intel287-6 Math CoProcessor.  The test employed the square root
    
       function.
    
       with MCP     27 sec Ashton-Tate, Inc.
    
       w/o MCP      78 sec
    
    
    
       Freedom Of Press
    
       Freedom of Press is software that lets you print PostScript* language
    
       files on a non-PostScript printer, both black & white and color. This
    
       package was tested on a 12-MHz 80286-based computer with an Intel
    
       80287-8 Math CoProcessor connected to a Hewlett-Packard Laserjet Printer
    
       using PostScript emulation.  The test employed the computer's memory to
    
       interpret the PostScript code and make a customized bit map for the
    
       printer.
    
       with MCP            1050 sec           Color Age, Inc.
    
       w/o MCP             2730 sec
    
    
    
       LOTUS 1-2-3 Release 3
    
       This spreadsheet, features three-dimensional worksheet environment, 
    
       data management,  business graphics, /networking support and programming
    
       tools.  It supports advanced analytical functions, access to external
    
       data via file linking, and the familiar 1-2-3 interface. The package was
    
       tested on a 16-MHz Intel386 SX-based computer with an Intel387 SX-16
    
       Math CoProcessor.  The test calculated a Mortgage Payment Schedule.
    
       with MCP            10 sec             Lotus Development Corp.
    
       w/o MCP             33 sec.
    
    
    
       Microsoft EXCEL*
    
       This spreadsheet software includes analytical features, data
    
       consolidation, data integrity, and was designed specifically to support
    
       personal computers using the Intel 80286, i386, and i486* chips. The
    
    
    
       package was tested on a 16 MHz 386SX-based computer with an Intel
    
       387SX-16 Math CoProcessor.  The test calculated a trigonometric formula
    
       using the @tan, @cos, and @sin functions.
    
       with MCP            41 sec             Microsoft Corp.
    
       w/o MCP             67 sec             
    
    
    
       Microsoft WORKS For The PC
    
       Microsoft Works* for the PCs and compatibles contains a word processor
    
       with spelling checker and thesaurus, database with reporting,
    
       spreadsheet with business graphics, and electronic communications. The
    
       package was tested on a 16 MHz Intel386 SX-based computer with an
    
       Intel387 SX-16 Math CoProcessor.  The test calculated a logarithmic
    
       equation.
    
       with MCP            1.85 sec           Microsoft Corp.
    
       w/o MCP             3.20 sec
    
    
    
       PARADOX 3.0
    
       Paradox 3.0 is a relational database that lets you indicate examples of
    
       the data you want, and get an immediate answer, create forms showing
    
       multiple tables and records to show one-to-many or many-to-many
    
       relationships without programming.  Paradox 3.0 provides outstanding
    
       network support, and supports 8087, 80287, and 80387 math coprocessors.
    
       The package was tested on a 33 MHz Intel386 DX-based computer with an
    
       Intel387 DX-33 Math CoProcessor.  The test was a random set of
    
       mathematical calculations.
    
       with MCP     40 sec Borland International
    
       w/o MCP      50 sec
    
    
    
       Quattro Pro And Quattro
    
       Quattro Pro employs Borland's proprietary VROOM technology to make
    
       possible multi-page consolidation and advanced spreadsheet publishing
    
       features in a single spreadsheet product. It offers Bitstream fonts for
    
       presentation-quality text, and integrated drawing tools to enhance your
    
       graphs. The package was tested on a 16 MHz Intel386 SX-based computer
    
       with an Intel387 SX-16 Math CoProcessor.  The test calculated a Mortgage
    
       Payment Schedule.
    
       with MCP     12.5 seBorland International
    
       w/o MCP      65 sec
    
    
    
       STATGRAPHICS 4.0
    
       STATGRAPHICS* is a statistical analysis package that offers over 50
    
       different types of graphs (bar & pie charts, 2D & 3D line and
    
       scatterplots, time sequence & response surface plots, and many more).
    
       The package was tested on a 20 MHz 80286-based computer with an Intel
    
       80287-6 Math CoProcessor. Test was a multiple regression.
    
       with MCP               20 sec                    Managistics, Inc.
    
       w/o MCP                       36 sec
    
    
    
       WINGZ Graphic Spreadsheet
    
       Wingz* is a spreadsheet that can can combine numbers, words, and
    
       graphics in one window, and on one printed page, all with a single
    
       product.  With over 140 built-in functions, Wingz also serves as an
    
       analytical tool.
    
       The package was tested on a 25 MHz Intel386 DX-based computer with an
    
       Intel387 DX-25 Math CoProcessor.  The test employed a 100,000 cell
    
       spreadsheet calculating a highly complicated cosine function.
    
    
    
       with MCP            8 sec          Informix Software, Inc.
    
       w/o MCP             32 sec
    
    

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