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The software had a number of limitations and an oddball service contract that required you to pay USD 20 for each bug fixed. It did manage to gain some ground in the educational market albeit at a steep discount, some users were able to get hold of the software for as little as USD 30.
The software had a number of limitations and an oddball service contract that required you to pay USD 20 for each bug fixed. It did manage to gain some ground in the educational market albeit at a steep discount, some users were able to get hold of the software for as little as USD 30.
==License==
* Commercial software


==Links==
==Links==
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51 A review of Farsight] - 1986 - From Infoworld magazine.
* Rolf Kallenbach: [https://books.google.com/books?id=SS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51 Farsight Clone: 'Likable' 1-2-3] - InfoWorld (May 1986)
 
==License and availability==
* Discontinued commercial software, original retail price USD 99.
 
==Author & publisher==
* [[Interface Technologies Corporation]]


[[Category:DOS Tools]]
[[Category:DOS Spreadsheets]][[Category:DOS Integrated software]]
[[Category:DOS Spreadsheets]]
[[Category:DOS integrated software]]

Latest revision as of 13:36, 19 January 2020

A budget DOS spreadsheet that offered a degree of Lotus 1-2-3 compatibility that was introduced by Interface Technologies Corporation in 1986. It was primarily sold on price but included a few features specifically designed for developers.

The software had a number of limitations and an oddball service contract that required you to pay USD 20 for each bug fixed. It did manage to gain some ground in the educational market albeit at a steep discount, some users were able to get hold of the software for as little as USD 30.

License

  • Commercial software

Links