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ARPSTOCK --- Sundial Systems pounded their OS/2 muscle on the showroom floor with demonstrations of the latest Mesa 2 spreadsheet release.  The new Mesa 2 version has plenty of added features, and the one I rate as the most spectacular is the new 3-D graphics capabilities which includes the ability to rotate a 3-D graph in real time so you can watch it spin on the screen.

           Sundial also had Relish, Clearlook and DBExpert available for demonstrations.  Relish is their must-have do-everything personal time organizer, Clearlook is their very-speedy word processor, and DBExpert is their database offering.

           Relish comes in two versions --- the Relish single-user version, and RelishNet which updates files across a network.  There's also RelishWeb which creates HTML files for browser access to your Relish information.  I've owned Relish for several years and I must say I've always been extremely happy with it.  Sundial knows how to write good software.  And I picked up RelishWeb at last year's Warpstock and, believe me, it's perfect for sticking Relish schedules, phone books and the like into web pages or onto a floppy that you can then view on any machine with a browser (the files are HTML).

           I like Clearlook because it's fast.  When I'm writing columns I don't want to wait a few seconds while some unneeded routine loads; I want to get my thoughts written down pronto.  Clearlook beats the other word processors I've got.

           And I've always been intrigued with DBExpert because it supports a lot of different database formats.  There's no need to convert your existing database, you just continue to use it as-is with DBExpert as the front-end engine.  Plus, DBExpert is relational.

           Further, Sundial has widened its product line with the addition of Rover, developed by Orange Hill Software.  Rover has some very neat add-on features for your desktop, and the Sundial release of Rover is scheduled for November.

           Sundial is very generous with their demo copies.  See their web site.

           For other Warpstock '98 articles see the Warpstock '98 Article Index.

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