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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="15c00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Home</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 2005 Newsletter"><U>April 2005 Newsletter</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4.05 New Features Overview"><U><B>4.05 New Features Overview</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BEST News From SAGE!"><U><B>BEST News - From SAGE!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><This link's target cannot be found></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TimeClock Plus"><U><B>TimeClock Plus</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABRA News"><U><B>ABRA News</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id163_act_needs_evaluation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 2005 Newsletter"><U><B>ACT Needs Evaluation</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id168_m.htm#ancient_greek___roman_abacus" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="FRx"><U><B>Ancient Greek & Roman Abacus</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>FRx</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="5e4947d0.gif" border=0 width="404" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="657" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 417 WIDTH="649"><div> The abacus as we know it today, appeared circa 1200 A.D. in China; in Chinese, it is called <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>suan-pan</B></I></FONT>. </div> <bR> <div> Around 1600 A.D., the use and then, the evolution, of the Chinese 1/5 abacus was begun by the Japanese. In Japanese, the abacus is called <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>soroban</B></I></FONT>. The 1/4 abacus, a style preferred and still manufactured in Japan today, appeared circa 1930. </div> <bR> <div> There have been recent suggestions of a Mesoamerican (the Aztec civilization that once existed in present day Mexico) abacus called the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Nepohualtzitzin</B></I></FONT>, circa 900-1000 A.D., where the counters were made from kernels of maize threaded through strings mounted on a wooden frame. There is also debate about the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT>Incan <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Khipu</B></I></FONT>— was it a three-dimensional binary calculator or a form of writing? </div> <bR> <div> The abacus made possible rapid calculation of great quantities.  But those quantities had to be reported by hand, making accounting in ancient times a slow and laborious process.  </div> <div> Imagine the reaction of those accountants of bygone days to the advancement of today's accounting routine!  With a product like FRx, and its tremendous flexibility and ability to completely customize financial statements, and adapt different formats, i.e., change columns and rows, etc., and display calculations and formulas, they could have saved time beyond their imagining.  And so can you!  Would you like to see a demonstration of FRx?  Please do not hesitate <A HREF="id6_to_contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>To Contact Us</U></A> .</div> <div>  <A NAME="ancient_greek___roman_abacus"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 132 WIDTH="649"><div> <IMG SRC="5e5957e0.gif" border=0 width="405" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>