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Just to further obfuscate things, the Omega (.ORD) format stores dates as a
signed long integer (day) offset from a base date (if memory servese me
correctly it's 1/1/1900) while the Equis data format (thru MsW 6.0 - I don't
know if this changed in 6.5 but would bet it did not) uses an antiquated
form of single float called Microsoft Binary Format replaced many years ago
by the IEEE standard single float. The Omega format is capable of storing
dates through approximately 2030 while the Equis format is dead on 12/31/99.
No matter the format, neither current Omega or Equis software is capable of
converting downloaded/imported/keyed data for dates beyond 12/31/99. The
Omega software will properly store imported/keyed data for dates near the
beginning of this century while the Equis format will not. The Omega
software will not cope with weeks ending on Saturday - my weekly data which
goes back to 1920's had to converted from W/E Saturday to W/E Friday before
it could be imported or displayed.
Earl Adamy
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Parsons <richard.p.parsons@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Vitas Rasys <vrasys@xxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: SuperCharts V.2.x
>1. Saturday trading prior to 1952 is of no interest to me so I can't
>comment.
>
>2. The data for the Dow Jones Industrials back to 1900 was gleaned from the
>Equis website. I store this file in Metastock format and SuperCharts can
>take all 27,000 lines of data and display the whole file as a monthly Bar
>Chart, except for year '00'.
>
>Can Metastock do this? I think not
>
>I purchased Metastock v.5.11 in April 1996 having used SuperCharts since
>'94. My first impression was that it just wasn't as easy to use as SC. Lots
>of small, seemingly insignificant, things like:
>1. The Chart Setup Screen.
>2. Customizable Easy Icons.
>3. Configurable Chart Tools; i.e. Retracement tool.
>4. Inability to alter the position of individual graphs on the desktop.
>5. Will not read ASCII data directly.
>6. Fewer configurable options.
>7. Unable to chart intraday data.
>
>I guess you will be wondering why I didn't use the 30 day Money Back
>Guarantee?
>
>Well, I bought the package to use with an EOD data provider here in the UK.
>I have used the downloader every day since to generate my database of UK
>Equities. Occasionally I have another go with Metastock but I just can't
get
>excited about it.
>
>Have I had value for money?
>
>I paid what I had to pay to get the capability to do what I believed I had
>to do at the time. I shall be disappointed if I have to pay a lot more to
be
>Y2K compatible. I have a choice; either accept the Equis solution (when it
>arrives); or bin the software and look for something else.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vitas Rasys <vrasys@xxxxxxx>
>To: Richard Parsons <richard.p.parsons@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: 14 January 1998 02:27
>Subject: Re: SuperCharts V.2.x
>
>
>>How do you get the Horse to display Saturday market data from pre 1952
>trading?
>>
>>How do you get the Horse to display more than one year of the chart?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Vitas
>>
>>>Omega's advert, that a Shetland Pony compares to a Race Horse as
Metastock
>>>compares to SuperCharts, is absolutely correct <g>. My daily data file of
>>>the Dow Jones Industrials from 1900 will not even load into Metastock
>(only
>>>7000 lines of data), SuperCharts has no problem, except that it cannot
>read
>>>'00'.
>>
>
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