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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:42:58 -0000, Michael Rigby-Jones
wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Pearson
> >
> >Is there a spreadsheet that offers direct real-time
input from
> >a serial port?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >John
>
> You could use Excel with the MSComm OCX ( or one of
the third party
> equivalents) and some simple VBA code.

Or if you're running OS/2 (unlikely, but just in
case...), Sundial Systems' MESA 2 spreadsheet has live
external feeds as a standard feature, and you'd write a
simple REXX script to read the serial port and feed it
across.

http://www.sundialsystems.com

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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