Microsoft KB Archive/22730

Multiplan: Slow Keybard Response on Tandy 2000 PSS ID Number: Q22730 Article last modified on 04-12-1991 PSS database name: D_MPlan

3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04

MS-DOS

Summary:

The Tandy 2000 runs slower with Multiplan versions 3.0x than it did in earlier versions. This is especially apparent when the available memory drops below approximately 60 percent. Multiplan becomes more sluggish as available memory decreases.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Type “123456789” (without the quotation marks) in R1C1.
 * 2) Copy Right 4. Cursor movement should be acceptable at this point.
 * 3) In R1C1 Copy Down 4000; cursor movement at this point will begin to get quite sluggish and will continue to get slower as you move right and Copy Down 4000.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Multiplan versions 3.0x.

More Information:

A short-term workaround for this problem is to install the ANSI 2.x Device option. This type of installation will not reflect the speed problem described above.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.