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3499 Kinssway, Vancouver, BC V5R5L5 (604)437-311 COMTEX3S6/SX PACKAGE • monochrome graphics monitor • High Density 5.25 Inch FDD

$1699

• Miniscribe 8051A 40MB hard disk

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555 W. Hastings, Harbour Center Lower Mall, Vancouver, a Phone: (604) 6844 146a Fax: (604) 68st-81 28

DA7A7RA IN nsek to nsek to Worki 3863X COmputer Settttott with VGA video

LOW PRICED 80386 COMPUTERS Comtex386-SX • 80386SX-16 cpu, 16 MHz • AMI bios • AT HDD/FDD IDE host adapter • 200 watt power supply

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Mini Tower

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Comtex386-25

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DesktopModel FullTower Mini Tower

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CrushingBlow! Thenicest thing abottt this 33NPscomputerisits lovts priCe. ASurpriSing$2589t! Monitor andbard drive notincluded

To com plete thesystem,wesuggest: Maxtor200A hard drive,207MB, 15 ms,32Kcache, IDEintetface, installed -$1495 NEC3D multisync 14" monitor, wargantied by NEC Canada - $969 We are authorizedALR dealers.

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Datatrain De 606 (800x600) .. NEC 3D.

....$125 .... $489

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Hard Qrlves

Miniscrlbe IDE, 40MB/28ms ..............$488 Miniscribe IDE, 80MB/19ms ..............$958

Seagate20MB/65ms .........................$330 cReal Time Clock and Calendar • 1MB of Fast 80ns RAM

Real Tim Clack and calendar

• 1.2BMB Floppy Drive

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• Smart Tower Case with digital speed display • Chicony Japanese Alps Enhanced Keyboard • Monochrome Hercules graphics printer card • 1¹ paper white monochrome monitor • 1.1 Interleave Voice Cail 40MB 28ms W/82K Cache • TWG YEAR WARRANTY

• 4MB of Fast 80ns RAM • 1.2MB Floppy Dnve • Smart Tower Case with EIgital speed display • Chicany Japanese Alps Enhanced Keyboard

• ATl VGA Card with mouse

VGA Colour Monitor 1024x768 • 110MB 15ms 8.5" Voice Coil Hardcrisk • GNE YEAR WARRANTY

Peripherals

Logitech ScanMan .... Generic VGA.

..........$350 .......$295

Printers

Raven 9101 9 pin............,..................$275 Raven 2417 24 pin.............................$465 FujitsuDL3400 24 pin WC .................$699 Roland LP 110 Laser .......................$2185

Roland LP800 8 ppm .......................$1650

SCQ

Qume Laser Printer .........................$1699

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Logitech Serial Hi-Res Mouse ...........$130 Artcc Hi-Res Mouse...........................$100

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Vision Does Windows VANCOUVER, B.C.— Vlsioxs Presentations Inc., has announced that they now can produce color% mm shdes and overheads from MS-Powerpoint for Windows 5.0.Vision expects demand for this service will become very popuhr as the support for %indows 5.0 grows. According to Evans Data ResearchCorp., estimated sales of business graphic software win grow faster than aly other software category, Vlsioii is an aliHate of the world's largest computer - ~phic organization, GenigraphicsCcxrporation. Contact Ron Jacklin, Vision Presentations l nc., 604/682~6 .

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Dataport Opens Richmond Warehouse A Canadian wholesaler of computer supplies has opened a warehouse in. Richmond to accommodate their western customersmore efficientl. Dataport stocks most -major OEM name-brand products. Dataport is also introducing what they feel is an industry first — the Instant Rebate Chequebook. In conjunction with leading manufacturers, Dataport is offering resellers Instant RebateCheques before the order isplaced. Each cheque is for a specifi dollar value per manufacturer product line, deductible at the time of invoice payment to Dataport. This program is in effect from September 1st through November 50th 1990.Conlact:Dataport 604/688-2555.

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AIVIIGA More Red Ink COMMODORE INTI9tN'ATIONAL reports a loss of U.S.$55 million for the fourth quarter which ended June 50, 1990 on revenues of U.S.$198 milhon. For thewhole year,however, the com-

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Commodore Business Machines, which isrecovering &om a recent quarterly loss, xs tahng a stab at the smallbusinessmarketwithitslatestpxomotion. Commodore Director of Business MarketsDavidArchambault, says, "While the Amiga 5000, our newest and most powerful model, is ideal for advanced applicafions, the popular and costMfective%00 series models are well suited for the small-business/work-at-home audience as well as the first time buyer." The mulfitaskingAmiga hne includes the Commodore Amiga 500, the Commodore Amiga RQOO, two enhanced products — the Commodore Amiga 2000HD and the Commodore Amiga 2500/50 — and the Commodoxe Amiga 5000.

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The Computer Paper I Sept. '90 netic science...promptmg observers that more attention should be given to the issue. He said the National Academies of Science and Engineering is uniquely posifioned to call on preeminent scientific and engineering resources to conduct areview of the entire corpus of reserachconcerning the problem. Onbalance,however, Dr.Nagel stated Apple's pmition that the body of scientific evidence gathered to date supports the behef that VDT's are safe for people using them. Apple Computer was featured in an artide about the heath hazards ofVDT's in theJuly edition of Macteorfdmagazine. The report stated that the AppleColor High Resolution RGB Monitor had the highestemissions of ten monitors tested. The report suggested that users keep this and all monitors at arm's length &om their bodies in order to lower theirradiation exposure. The magazine plans tohave follow upreportsin itsNovember and December issues.

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BC Bytes advancedGravisTo Get Loan From Logitech VANCOUVER BC AUG I'7 (NB)Mouse manufacturer Logitech International has signed a letter ofintent to loan C$840,000toAdvancedGravisComputer Technology. Advanced Gra~ based here, makes joysticks, other input. devices and a line of portable hard disk chives. Lagitech is a major manufacturer of mice and scanners with headquarters in Freiuont, California Dave Reid,vice-presidentandgeneral manager of Gravis, told Newsbytes his company buysLogitech technology for use in its own products, and the companies also share an interest in sound technology for personal computers."We don't compete with each other, we tend to cotuplement each other." While remaiimig separate entities, he said, the companies plan to work together in a number of ways. The loan is to be secured by a threeyear convertibledebenture, Gravis an-

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The debenture will be convertible, at Logitech's option, into 1,500,000 units of Gravis, at a price of G$0.56. Each unit will consist of one share of Gravis common stock and one nontransferable warrant entitling Logitech to purdiase

an additional share at C$0.'swithin five years &oin the date the loan is advanced. Exercising this option would give Logitechabout 54 percent ofAdvanced Gravis on a fully diluted basis and make Logitech the single largest shareholder. Reid said he expects this option to be exercised, although "I couldn't tell you when."AconnectionwithLogitechcould help Gravis in several areas, such as improving its distxibution in Europe, he said. Gravis will also give Logitech a first right of refusal to purchase any further securities it issues, except for any currently outstanding righis to purchase securities and employ incentive opfions. Proceeds&om this private placement will be used to repay a $500,000 (U.S.) bridge loan made by Logitech inJune 1990 and to supplementworkingcapitaL Mth this inveslment, Gravis' working capitalposiiion willbeimprovedandwill allow the company a better opportunity to meet the strong expected demand for its joystick products this fiiil. Reid said the original bridge loan was obtained to "keep our business rollingat the level it is now." By exeseising its option to buy a stake in Gravis, Logitech may help meet future capital needs, he said.

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computer users working under indirect lighting lostmore than 15 minutes a day because of focusing problems. Cornell's Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, which 'conducted the 1988 study under the direction of Dr. Alan Hedge, returned to the sitelastyear tofind thatemployeesworkingunder the overhead, parabolic lights had modifled nearly half of them to txy to improve their visual environment. The conlguration most appreciated by the employees was the indirect lighting, consisting of lensed indirect fluorescent lights which direct light upward toward the ceiTing, something called

,uplighting. The new type of lighting is being used bycompanies such asAT8eT, USWest, IBM and other companies that rely heavily on computerwquipped workstations, according to the Cornell research team. 71 percent of the employeesworking under the indirectlight preferred it, while 74 percent of those working under the parabolic system preferred uplighting. Dr. Hedge said, "This is an over-

whelming preference.We didn'texpect able parts of the demonstration was the to see results this on~ided, especially ' chanting by the crowd of the Hex Chant, "something we composed last week" It given that the parabolic lighting was designed for computer axeas." Contact: goes like this: "14$4; Kick that lawsuit out the door — $4-74; Innovate, don' t Dr. Hedge, Cornell, 6174$5-2168 litigate —x3A-BC; Interfaces should be &ee — D-E-FQ — Look and Feel has got Radiation SuperShield For to go." 19-Inch Monitors Staihxxan also told Newsbytes that a SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, Lotus employee came out tio pick up AUG 6 (NB) — NoRad corporation has material and stickers and told LPF introduced the NoRad SuperShield, a members that "while there was support radiation, glare and reflection shield for the League within Lotus, managedesigned For 19-inch and two-page dis- ment had instructed the personnel to play monitors induding the Sony 1950, stay away. the SuperMac 19o Display, Radius TwoTom Lemberg, general counsel For Page Display, RasterOps 19" Display, Lotus, was quoted as suggesting that the Megagraphics Rival, Hitachi Superscan protesters should also picket stores that Plus, Sigma Lasexview and other simisell books and records since they, like larly sized and shaped monitors. software, represent the expression of an According toBruce Sperka, director idea, 'The underlying question iswhydo of marketing, the SuperShieldwasdevel- we have copyrights," Lembexg said. 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The fabric is cut on a bias to eliminate the moire patterns also announced that it will work with ClaytonScDubilier, Inc. to form an allithat can be a problem on some color ance under which Clayton Sc DuMier monitors and the shield is attached to the bezel by velcro tabs. The kame is will become the majority equityowne of shaped to confoxm to the horizontal the new subsidiary. curvatureof the bezel. IBM Vice President Marvln I M ann will become chief executiveofhcer of the The SuperShield is now available through NoRad and its dealers at a sug- new company which includes IBM's InformationProductsbusiness,largely&om gestedrelailprice ofU.S4549.00 ConIBM SLcilities in Lexington, Ky., and tact: Michelle Hartzell, NoRad CorpoBoulder, Colo. The new company is ration, 800462-5260 expected bythe end of the year to have 5/00 to4,000 employees. Protest Held At As a result of this announcement, eliLotus Development gible employees in will be CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, offered the opportunity to voluntarily AUG 6 (NB) — A protest march, orgaresign,retire or begin a fiv-year prenized bythe League for Programming renrement leave with an incentive payFreedom (LPF), was held on August 2 at ment Lotus Development Corp.'s Cambridge, IBM spokesperson Mac Jeffexy told MA offlces to protest Lotus' recent legal Newsbytes that the formation of the new activities concerning copyright issues. subsidiary and subsequent selling of it is League President Richard Stallman "another phase of the overall slimxning told Newsbytes that the protest went exof our workforce asannouncedearlier in tremely well and that all demonstrations the year." 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Unix SCO Unix System V/586 Release S.R V.2.0 SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, JUL 29 (NB) — The Santa Cruz Operation is

shipping SCO Unix System V/586 Release 5.2 Version 2.0, which is said to offerimproved speed and new features that make it the most advanced Unix System developedfor586 and 486 PC's. SCO says its new version supports all 586 and 486 computers based on Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA), and Micro Channel Architecture. It's also the foundation of Open Desktop, SCO's graphical operating system.

SCO Unix System V/586 Release 5.2 Version 2.0 adds several new features to the earlier version, including I/O performance improvements, simphfxed managementof Cdh-level trusted systems,

job control under the Korn shell, support for several new peripherals, and support for extended memoxy. SCO Unix System V/586 Release M Version R.Q is available now on S.RS" and 55" diskettes and on cartridge tape from damestic SCO Authorized Distxibutors and Resellers for a U.S. list pxice of

U.S.$595 for a two-user license and U.S.$895 for an unlimitekeser license. An update package forusers of SCO

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Quickmfps Upgrade Due

WEST DESMOINES, IOWA, AUG2 (NB) — An upgxacle of the popular Quicaeys kejkaard mane utility for the

Macintosh will be swailable in mid4ep. tember, CE Soffvutxe officiah say. Q6CKeys 2 is new entering beta test-

ing, said company spokeswoman Sue Nail. Suggested retail pxice win be U.S. $149.95, with upgrades costing U.S. $49.95.Usexswhobuythecuxxentvexaion afherAugustl will beable to upgrade for

U.S. $29.95. QsicKeysisapopuhrutility used to assign single-keystroke equiva. lents to many Macintosh fimctions, induding mouse movements and dicks, menu selections and system funcffons. Among the new features, Nail said, will

be learning mode. QuicKeys 2 will let users show the program the desired functions, replacing the currentmethod of teaching the program with a menu system. Contact: Sue Nail, CE Software,

the agreement is a posi6ve development forthe company and we're happy to be doing business with Apple's blessing. Customers who might have had any concerns in this area can now be assured of Outbound's continued presence in the market." Contacts: Christopher Escher, Apple, 408-974-2202; Jane Rubinstein, Outbound, 505-7869200.

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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, AUG 1 (NB) — Apple Computer, Inc. and OutboundSys~ l n c . haveannounced that theyhave reached an agreement concerning intellectual property issues revolving around Outbound's manufacture and sale of a Macintoshwompatible laptop computer. SpeciSc details of the agreement were not released. The companies issued idenffcal press releases on the agreement, saying only that, 'The agxeement allaws Outbound to offer its products without violating Apple's intellectual property rights. Apple and Outbound believe the agreement will be beneffcial to Apple, Outbound and their respective customers, asitprotects Apple' ermitting Outbaund to pursue market opportunities for its system."

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owners can also choose, foran additional U.S.$59, to receiveany typeface package from the Adobe Type Library of font software. Commenting. on the announcement, Kathy Englar, Adobe group product marketing manager, said: "Many customers want to build their own personal type libraxy but have not been able to. make the investment Now, this special package offers a large collecffon of our •

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August, will have a suggested reeul paice of U.S. $595.

BOSTON, M A SSACHUSETTS, AUG 15 (NB) — The sight of people

Enhancements tothepxeductindude text4andling capabilities and graphing toola The product also indudes a redesigned version of Adobe Separator, Adobe's colar separation sofhvare and provides compatibility with Adobe Photoshop Slea

Mi ng to their Macintosheswill become more commonplace, if the promises of a Massadxusetts company are fuISmed. Articulate Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA,announcedanddemaustxutedVoice NavigatorlIlastweekatMacWorldExpo. The new preduct is scheduled te be available at the end of this month for

Aho bundled with the new version of Adobe Illustrator 5.0 will be Adobe Type

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New PixelPaint Professional Introduced BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AUG 9 (NB) — A new, completely rewritten version of the PixelPaint Professional color painfing program for the Macintiosh has been announced by publisher

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The programwillbe able to exchange files or chapters" with PC versions of Ventura: PC GEM version, Windows 5.0 version, and the OS/2 Presentation Manager Version, a Ventura spokeswoman tellsNewsbytes. Thiscapacitywill be demonstrated publidy on September 50 through October 2 in SanJose, Califoznia, at the Red Lion Inn, site of he 1990 Ventura Publisher Seminar. New features for the Ventura Publisher, Macintosh Edition indude spell checker,undo/redo, apply/cancel with dialog box chaining, movable dialog boxes, 500 on-line help menus and file import/exportcapaMities, theconitrmy

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hlb d Will the decor turn your bxain oSP Are there windows' Natural light is better, butare the fuchsia drapes offensive' Adults have an averageattention span of twenty minutes. Ask how often breaks occur. Sevexal short breaks are better

than a couple of long ones. It is always a treat if the vendor feeds you at breaks, but watch out for too much sugar and cafFeine. These give you a quick "high" but, when it wears oiF, you may feel draggy during dass. Fruit and juice are better snacks as they don't give that "quiC--fi" sensation. {Besides, 87 muffins will ruin your figure.)

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the dass at your leveh It is frustrating to be in a dass where thepxtce eitherlagsordashesahead. This the hardest fitctor for a vendor to cantrol. Pre+lass surveys help, but the humble people underrate their skills and the overconfidentsay they know more than they' do. In addition, every one has a difFerent learning speed and style. A person who knows nothing may be so quick that their inexperience is irrelevant. An experienced person may find themselves trying to unremember their company's old computer system.

How many hours or days is the course compared to competitors' courses) Make sure you are allotted plenty of pxuctise time.

Do you have a computer to use when you return to the of6ceP

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What does the course coverP Does it match your needs' Will you be able to do what the boss wants you to do?

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%hat ihouldyou expect &om the instructorP An instructor should have patience, dear speech, usefulhandouts, flexibiTity and a sense of humour. Unless you are taking an advanced course, a trainer will assumeyou know nothing. Sometimes, a course will have 'homework" to do before arriving at the dass. If this is the case, do the work And, if possible, don' t complete it moments before dass. The point of suchmaterial is to mstke your brain ready to receive new information and ideaL

You shoum alsophysicallyprepare for the course. Get a good night's sleep and eat breakhst.

%hat do you do once you have chosen a course) So, you' ve picked the best course and are in the dass. Now whats Sit there and hopeP In a dass, there are means to help yourself learn more. Make it easy for an instructor to teach you. In a learner, an instructor likes: o Enthusiasm. Nothing makes an instructor more depressed than teaching a class of disinterested slugs. Bring a desire to learn to the dass. • People who ask questions. A good trainer will mod@ the course content on the Qy to suityour needs, if the needs are known. This is the purpose of asking questions. If you are a shy person, try hard to think ef a question to ask. The instructor may ehcita question Rom you

to see if you are following the material. Thosewho talk a blue streak, make sure that you let others ask questions. Vfhat

they say may assist you m yom own vrork. • Don't aak Yes/No questions. To get the most of the instructor's knowledge, ask "what do I have to do to make the computer "o

• Note4xkmg. Some people daim to learn better when they jot down notes. Others Snd itdistracting. The instructor should hand out booklets that outline what is being covered. TIanscnbing ev erything will slowyou and the chas dawn, and having no notes is fataL A compromise is to mite ideas down in the handouts themselves. Rarely wiii avendor ask for the handouts back. >Relevance.As the course pragresses, take the examples presented and imagine how they could be made to St into yourwork Ifyougeta good idea, write it down. If you wonder if something is possible, ask the trainer. In many cases, the answer toyourquestionmayhaketoo long. If instructors defer questions to a break, be aggressive and don't let them forget. Also, remember. the instructor maynotknoweverythmg.Ashlled trainer will admit a lack of knowledge, promise to get back to you, and then actually do

Have Punt All of these ideaswill help to make the computer course a useful experience. Also, make sure you have fun at the class. This is valuable, as relaxation and laughter let your brain absorb more information. If you have fun, you will associate a pleasant experience with the course and consequentlybetter remember the skills you learned.

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Target: The Mass Market With the new PS/1, IBM has taken a huge leap into the home computer market. According to Bill Machrone, writing iu the August edition of PC Mcrguxlsr, ISM has identiSed an incredible number of households which can afford a PC, as many as 66 million. Researchhasindicated thatrhissection

of the buying public wishes to buy compurersasitwouldastereoorVCR,namely at a department store which remains open late on Thursdays and on weekends. Studies show that 70% of all home computers are bought at this time (Le., after work, not on bankers' hours.) Consumers do not wish ro spend time at a specialty store. This means that they are still computer~obic and are reluctant tosallyforthintonewtemtory. They apparently want to buy from stores such as Sears, The Bay and Eatons. When the PS/1 is turned on, KM presents the viewer with a four-quadrant screen display. Simpliciry is the name of

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(top right) PROS (bottom right) and YourSojhuara (bottom left). Thelnfoxmarion sectionconrainsboth System and Works tutorials where the most basic applicadons are explained step bystep. The new user has the option just to read the informadon displayed or to do elementary exercises jn order to become comfortable with the pxogram. MS-Works is a bundled with the computer. This pxofpam includes word processing with the aid of a spell checker, spreadsheets with varied Snanciatapplicarionssuchasbudgers,8at4le databases and a telecommunications packagewith the built-in Hayescampatible modem up to 2400 baud. PC.DOS displays a xnenu of useful tools known as the DOS ShelL The added feature here is that one can use commonDOScommandswithouthaving to know more esoteric DOS command language. Lastly, Your Softwaxe allows the user to locate and run his own software. The screen illustratesfourareas:Drives,Open Folder,Other FoldersandFuncrions.The softwarecan be organized and customized to St the user's needs and wants. On the whole, IBM has crossed its t's and dotted its i' s on the new PS/1. It has answered the needs of a newly deSned brcusd-based market. The manuals and literature have ampleillusrrationswhich

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bundling of 24 built-in progiams, all accessible through DeskMate, to carry out activities which Tandy has determined, through focus groups, are those most desired in a home system. When speaking ef the ease of use of the new system, Roach said: "The Tandy 100Q RL is so easy to use that it guarantees success. Even the novice user can be productive with the 'RL' after just 15 minutes. In a conversation with Newsbytes, Roach explained what he meant by guaranteeing success, saying. We have

Inirodudng the new system, Tandy CEO John V. Reach stressed that the 1000 RL is the first Tandy computer designed especially for the home and that it sheuld be looked at as a combina-

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menth, fer f'ree. Then, if you grant to continue using the proglam, you must register by sending a fee (anywhere from $$ to $60) to the author. Normally the authorsends you some goody in return, such as a spilier version ef the program, a printed manual, the source code, or a version with the advertising and delays removed.

L Which Word ProcessorP Whether you think so now or not, you willend upusingyom computer forword processingmore(haaanythingehe. Word precessingletgyoucreatelettegs,minutesv aotes, reports, manuals er form letters. The beautyefwerdprocessingis thatyou caa go in at any time and make some small chaages to your clocument, then print out a new, perfect copy with the changes seamlessly incorporated. Most word processors will checkyeur spelling. Auxiliaty Progxauksv such as Graanmatlk, will check your gratatutkar, too People are fiercely loyal te their word processors, no matter hew old-fashioned and slew. Itis more hkely for someone to change spouses than word processors.

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yeu are in an office, you should use the same word processer as everyone ehe. If you don't,youmaynotbe ableteworkon each other's documents. Many of the popular word processing progrants new let you read and write to the file formats of thea competitors. These convemons are not always flawless. It is wise te check them in a "real-life" situation to see hew well they work. Try the conversiens in both directions. It is possible to start the equivalent of a religious war in many onices simply by stating that word processor X is-better than Ybecause it has featureL So de not be surprised when you find experts who disagree with everything I am about to

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better than MS Word at handling grids and columns effi gures. I%Write XYWrite is common in the boolr. pub. lishingand newspaper industry. Itis easy te send XVWrite files directly to the typesetters. XVWrite commands are wordy, but there is a way of crea6ng abbreviatiens chlled macres. XVWrite is the fikstest word processor, but one of the hardest to learn. MestXHVrite users only tap a small part of i(E power.

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4. Sadmpf In theJuly issue of Thc Compute Paper, I devoted a whole column to backup software. Backupisabsolutelymandatoxy. Running without backup software is like skydiving without a parachute.

5. 908 Shells DOS was conceived back in the days when evexyonewho used a computerwas alsoa computer progranuner. DOS has not changed much since. When I teach

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7. So You%ant a DatabaseP A database is just an automated fihng cabinet.Justas building your own house is a undertaking only for the exceptionallyintrepid, building a custom database pragrun is best le@ to professionals. You have a good chance of success buildingadatabaseofonlyafewhundred records,butwhenitgets larger, the thing will probably collapse under its own weight A few errors in a small database are easily corrected manually. That same error rate in a large database makes it unusable. One of the easiest ways to construct a small database is to use a spreadsheet, especiallyonewithdaeabase extensions such as VP Planner Plus. I write my pralpiuns in BBL/Abundance, though other progrannners may choose C, dBase IV, Foxbase, Paradox,

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9. Do I Need A Memory Manager P If youhave 2 MB or more RAM and you have an 80586 SX or DX, you need a memorymanager. Memoiymanageisare hard to understand because they do so many different things. The two most popular are QEMM and 586Max. Memory managers ensure that two different programs don't try to use the samepieceofRAMatonce. Theyalsoplay fancy games with advanced memorymapping features of the 80586 chip to kee up moreroom foryour programs to work in. The most important thing a memory manager doesisconvert some of your extendedRAM into expanded RAM. This implies there is not much point in having amemory manager unlessyou have a megabyte or more of extended RAM. In the August issue, I explained the difference between conventional,expanded and extended RAM using the tapestry analogy. Some programs such as Lotus 1 2-5 version 2.2 cannot use extended RAM directly. They need it predigested as expanded RAM. A computerhas 640 Kof conventional RAM.Above thatis a584-Khodgepodge. Some shadow RAM is in thatregion. The video RAM that describesthe picture you see on your screen is in there. The BIOS program that controls the keyboard, disks and screen is in there, but mostly it is just empty space. A memory manager can find the little pockets of empty space in this hodgepodge region and back-611 them with chunks of extended RAM. Then later it looks for device drivers and small TSR (pop-up) prograins, and instead of running them in the main conventional

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RAM cache thus speeds up calculations. It has no effect on the disk. Heavy4uty ap p l ications like AutoCad and PageM a k er desktop publishing benefit most &om SRAM caching. For $90you might buy one megabyte of e x tendedRAMtouseasadiskcachaOn a p e r-byte basis, static RAM cache is 284 tim es more expensive than disk cache. K n o wing this will motivate you never to c o n fuse the two again. You then need a u t i l ity program called a disk cacher. The purpose of the disk RAM cache is t o hold duplicatesof the parts of the data th e CPU most frequently examines, so th a t the CPU does nothave towait to get them &om the much slower hard disk.

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11. What Is A Defragl pr? DOS is about as good a housekeeper as Peg Bundyon Mtsnied With CMdvstL If you use a tool such as Norton NU, you can see how she scatters files and directorieshaphazardlyall over the hard disk. One chunk of a file might be near the outer rim, and the next piece near the centre "beach," and the rest broken into little &agments scattered like confettL When you go to use the file, the disk arms must thrash back and forth over the hard disk finding all the pieces. This slows things down. Also, DOS does notlike to take out the garbage.Ifyou'closely examine a directory, you will see it is dogged with remnants of old files you deleted months ago. Further, DOS keeps her directories

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L'Biles hsecL X400 offersgreat potential, but there axe issues raised Addxessing the coxnplex SOclsaxacter address string required tia send Email through K400, may be mtimidating te poteatial useas, however Cansumexs argues thattbissystem couldbe quite manageable afhm the initial entering ef the addresses and aliases. The network adxainislxatar, a clever eng r o r e ven Coxssumers So&ware could enter the address protocol and then all the user ever sees is a simple fist of networks aad the indxviduals' addresses on that network. True, once the addresses are assigned all the user has ta do issel~ the ahas on the menu tetany insulated fram any complexity but ls xtas easytiomaintain as Consuxners chunk Long, complex address weuM seem to increase the possi; bilities for exxaxs. If the user had Consumers do the initial addressiag, haw will they deal with updates and changes made to theoriginaladdressabases tobe seat to the xnaia databases A less convoluted method would eacaux3ge users to

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improvement over the typical approach of using Command-8 for this axxd Command-F for that. This is one area in which Electronic Arts should be commended fordaring to deviate from the standard. Itshouldbenotedthatseveral commandsare accessedwith thenumeric keypad, therefore users of Apple's EASY ACCESSutihty should turn itoff to avoid conflicts. Studio/8 loads MacPaint, PICT and TIFF files, and saves in color PICT and TIFF formati. Itcomes with five disks: program, fonts, textures, brushes and backgrounds, and a slideshow called Gallery that allows you to assemble customizable presentations withavarietyofdissolves, Sdesandwipes. -",

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5) The gradient fill tool is simply the most elegant one of its hnd that I have ever seen. Of course, I just lstgttttthose gradient fillsi 4) Studio/8 is justly fitmous for its mashng functions which allow you to mask selected objecrs or the last object created; to mask individual colors or ranges; or even tosave the masks forlater use. With ~ you c an easily create solid objects with airbrushed textures and other layered and stencil. type effects. 5) My favorite feature though, is Define Perspective/Plane. By setting the angles of perspective of a small grid, you can map any selected object ontfo a perspective plane. Indeed,you could fill the entire plane with a marble texture to create an elegant "fioor"I Overall, it is the "feel" that distinguevhes Studio/8. It feels comfortable

L quick, Iikeagood pair ofsneakexs. It is also fikftrly easy to leaxn, and many will find the PIC'textures,backgroundsand brushes to be terxific additions to their publishing arsenals.

Wish List Studio/8 does not directly produce color separations, so if you want to publish your color mastexpieces, you' ll need to import them into Qmrk XPress or Aldus's new Separator utTiity for PageMaker. Photoshop, Colorsxndio and a few other "high end" progxaxxl can also produce color separatlona Nevertheless, I was able to open several fullwolor pictures simultaneously. Macintosh users with less copious amounts of RAM will prolagbly not notice this slight anomaly. As alway with

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System Requirements: IBM PC compatible with VGA or EGAcolor graphics. The current version requiresthat you program in Borland's Turbo C or Turbo Pascal. A new release, that shoukl be ready by the time you readthis, will also support Hercules and CGA graphics and allow you to pegtamin Microsoft's Quick C or Quick Pascal. Price: $99.00 Luge companies like Lotus or Microsoft can spend tens of millions of dollars hixing dozens ofprogxxunmers to add ~ xt f o r different graphics dis-

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Event Driven Generally, as in many windowing

packages,y ouw riteyour codeinanevent-

driven manner. In this case, instead of polling the mouse and keyboard for input aud then figuring out what to do based on the keystroke, mouse button state, and mouse cursor positicm, you set up event handlers, so that when certain events occur certain routines in your program get called. For instance, if the left mouse button is dicked over a specific icon, then a routine in your is called txt perform theaction. ' could besomexhing like chcking the "save'button in the file menu, causmg the routine in your program to save the current user's work to be called. Working with this sort of methodology makes the progxaxxuning of highly interactive applications much easier, as they become more h a ply structured, and thusmere xnaixxiainable.

No Run-Time Royalties TEGL produces a stand&one progaun that requires no speaal environment. This means you do not have to distribute any sort of run-time environment, nor pay any additional royalties when you sell your prograxn. For games protpaxnmers this is a must, since they cannot rely on home users having packages such as Microsoft Wmdows, or even having computers powerful enough to run Windows.

Nothing,'s Perfect On the down side, TEGL offers no prmter support (however, other packages are available for printer support only); you have to use one of the supported Luiguages, and the end user must have a supported display driver (when Hercules is supported, this should not be a problexu). With the introduction of Microsoft Windows 5.0, which indudes very high quality graphics, printer support, multitasking, advanced virtual memory management andavery large user base, much of the graphics market is going to

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All the latest do-dads by Cesemc 8ennsu

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Thebiggestnevrslheznd rumble through the Amigeid community this month is an amazing aew graphics enhancement known as HAM-K &em a company csHed Slack Belt. Basicallya video card thatplugs into the RGS outputef any (yesl) Amiga, the HAM-K device can generate up te 16.8 million colors, while maintainingfuH compatibility with Amiga genlodrs andother video output options. Priced at a remark-

able US $500 and already attracting support &om most key Amiga graphic software developers, HAM-K looks like a sure winner.

Amax II Also newsworthy is an ad placed in the latest AmigeWurfd znagazine by Canadian

can digitize pictures in 16 true gray scales, er 51 apparent gray scales, as weLL as the diithered patterns available in the beta reLease.

The advantage of Izue gray scales becomes apparentwhenyea resizean im age. If the different gray shades were saved as

Sxed pattezasofdots, these dotsw iLL "clump together" when the image is shrunk. However,with gray scales, the gray areas

are saved asactual "colors"of gray. Hence, when the picture is resized, the grays stay

gray'. The actual dots are rendered by the euzputdevice,m this case theAmigaprinter

driver. Iadeed, Touch Up 1.0 was weH worth the waitl

ACQI'I R emovableStorage for ST

Also kichngaroundisapatch thataHows owners of earlier Amigas te usethe new WerkBench t.0 thatis shipping at this time only with the aew Amiga 5000. The ealy catch is, Amigaowners with ealy 512K ef "chip RAM" wiH Gnd that the new Work= bench and 0/S patchleave them with a marginal amount ef usable RAM, at best.

TQQch Up Newshippingis themuchMLayedAmiga vermea ef theMiGraphhandscanner,with version 1.0 ef its Touch Up zeflzvare. The MiGraph scanner with Touch Up has fer some time been the premiere scanner package for the Atari Sl" market. Teuch Up is also available for IBM

comp atibles.

, With the abiTity te load and save pepular

IBM and Mac gxaphicformals such as TIFF, MacPaint and PCX, Touch Up is a useful ; tool for desktop publishers. When liirstgot thescaaaerafew months ager lt seeals that MiGraph management

said "Ship it anyway," because the Amiga version's box said "Beta Sofhvare 0.9Free upgrade to1.0when it'sready." What this means is that, ifyou purchased ene of

Sketch includes a bevy of features that

So, did it survive the traxislation? Hap-

will delight hackers, Like the ability to load in several contiguous screens to make a scrolling background, output graphics as source code, even send graph-

pily, yesl The North Ameriam version does not suKer &om theQWKRTYanomaly

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noted in Sketch, ner does it lack the features of its Macintosh counterparts: multiple fonts, graphics, footers, headers, speHing checker and multiple

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printer drivers (if yeu dare), and Sketch includes direct support for scanners, with

document windows.

customizable "dither matrixes." There' s

even a59 object editerand animater.

Script, like Sketch, requires an Atari ST,

STKor Mega computer with monochrome

Gh, yeah, you can sketch with it, toe.

Sketch comes with a giant multi~een "Lifesize" demonstration picture of a, er, buxom young lady in Iairly revealing garb that' s a big hit with the guys at the software stores, at Least.

When I 6rst installedScript, I had the strangest sensation of Deja vu. N%are hsd 1

seen this before? Sure, it was based on the original (German) Signum Write, which in turn was derived &cun the powerfuL (anti technical documentprecespricy) Signum sor, but mere thaa anything else, Script besrsanuncannyresemblsace teMacWrite. From the rulers to the menus, this program

onitor and a minimum of one megalzyte

of RAM. Both programs have also been tested successfuHy en Atari's new TT 050 computer. The manual waras that ST users with 1 meg may want to skip the speHing checker if theywant tense several fonts. Sketch comes with one highguality family ef fonts, aad (you guessed it), an orderform forlotsmore. If you' re an Atari SI' user with monochrome meniter, at least one meg of RAM (preferably znere te take advantage ef aH features) aad want easy~use pragxaxm with unbeatable print quality, Sketch aad

Script are well worth a Look

is clearlyan Atari done of MacWzite5.0 (or possibly WriteNew 2.0)

Fer the last few months, I have had the

pleasure of working with Atari's new Mega6le44,aSyguest+ased 44 megabyte

company ReadySoft promoting Amax II/ Plus, an upgrade te their previously seso removable haxd diskfer their SL' series ef Mac emulator. And what an upgrade it isl computers. This quietunit has perfoxmed W ith an Amiga 2000 or greater,you can . flawlessly, and is quite speedy, too, with an new read/write MacdisksonAmigadrives, appreximat» access time of 25 ms. printdirecttioIslerWriterseverAppleTalk, The supphed software allows formatting, connect Mac SCSI devicessuch as scanners, babecctor mapping (mine had none), hard drives, etc. Amax 11/PLus also suppartitioning, autoboeting and parking ef ports Mac MIDI, Mac digitized sound and the hard drive. Better still was the news the ability te use partitions on most existthatinside the Mega6le 44'sattractive case ing AmilpiDOShazd drives.Nethad for a is aH the circuitry, connectors andprivrer machine that also has an ISN'T cempatnecessary to conaecta secend hszd drive. ibiTity option.

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Hght are right there, ready for a standard PC-type SCSI drive and cable tobedropped inl Reportedly, the next version of Spectre GCR, the papular Macintosh emulator fer the Atari, wiH be able to read and write

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Prints Charming "New tio North America" is a pair ef

programs that have been popular in Germany for about two years. Created by Ap-

plicatioaSystems/Heidelberg, the German titles STnd and Signtzra Wtitehavereached eur sheres «s 8ketrk and Snipt. Marketed

here by MegalNax/ASD, each nen~pyprotected, monochrememnly program

features apleasaatly Low price of around a hundred bucks, a completely rewritten manual and includes printer drivers for 9,%+pin,iakjetaadlaserprinters. Happily, the print quality is nothing shert ef spec-

these "beta releases,' instead ef several of

the eperatioas described in the manual, a dialog box popped up sayinguStiH Under Gmstruction." Luckily, all the scanning functions worked Bne, with up to 400 DPI resolution. After sendiag in the registration card, theBnal release arrive recently, with aH of the pxogram's advanced image manipulation functions active, and an extra surprisel 'Ihe Amiga 1.0 version of Teuch Up features a "true gray scale mode" unavailable in the Touch Up beta or the Atari

The only bug Iceuld Snd was in Sketch, where a special function keir command allows you to load super4igh resolulen

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moval, an6eliasing features offered by other SD programs, Sculpt SD also has full-image ray-tracing and a number o color and light sources. It retails for around $1800. Dimensions, &omVisuallnformatioq Inc. in California, has a set of SD design modules that can read and write files t a number of CAD formats and produc high resolution animation for film o video output Itwill supportupto M bi ofcolor (16.8million colors) and has optionalRay Tiacingmodulewithbuilt in marble, wood, metal and other corn mon textures. The Dimensions Pr senter, Ray Trace, Design, and Inter retermodule pricesrange &omaroun 500 to $2000.

RD Animation V ideoWorks I, &om MacroMind, one of the first popular animafion pr gxams for the Mac. Clips created wi

thisprogram have appeared on net work television bug due to the jag black and white nature of the' outpu only as part of program content. MacroMind Director is an upgrade &om the earlier version VideoWorks II which is rumored to end publication. Director isapowerful Shit color animal tion program which supports MIDI sound, imports MacMnt, PICT, and PICT2 files, and contains a nice pain) prognim. However, hke its predecesj sor,itrequires8MBofIAM to run large files properly. Version 2.0, due to be released soon, will support 52-bits o color and have drivers to control audid and videotape' and video disk pl

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The Computer Paper I Sept. '90 sion2.0ofHyperCard. When an animation is created with AddMotion it is simply saved as a stack Aplayer XCMD for viewing the animation is also saved in the stack together with automa6cally generated command scripts and buttons. AddMotion extends HyperCard's graphic manipula6on capabiTities with many features such as scaling, transition effects, auto-transform, multiple path animation, four voice sound, and the option of 24-bit color. The progxam will retail foraround $290. A fully loaded Macintosh FX with a Motorola680$0CPU runningat40MHz with co-pxocessoxs, a RAM cache card, accelerators, virtual memory, and a 80 MB hard drive together with ahigh resolution 19" color monitor, rivals the capabiTi6esofworkstationscosting many times m ore thanthe $20,000 you willpay for the Macintosh system. (A basic color Macintosh starts at around $N00, and less powerful Macintoshes can be purchased for much less.)

The Aedga When Commodore released this Motorola68000-basedcomputerin1985, it was the first microcomputer that included the necessary built-in video circuitxy, to produce reasonable quality', NTSGcompa6ble video graphics. This, coupled with the capacity to eliminate (overscan) the borders around the active screen area makes the Amiga par6cuhirlyappropriaxefor titbngandother output to video. The Amiga series of computers have acquired, since their iniroduc6on, a dispropoxtionately large base of artisticallyindined use. TheAmigapioneerscame because of the machine's (then spectacular, now unrexnarkable) hardware capabiTities; the others came for the graphics sokwme that has grown steadily in quantity and quahty. Today's Amiga artists are blessed with a seemingly endless supply of SD editors, video titling, paint and animation programs.

the cost of the AT BxidgeCard.) Nonetheless, according to the Amiga's product managerJeff Evans, Amiga has alreadycaptured over 60% of the lowend video graphics market.

Growing Pains The Amigawasn'twithout its growing pains. The genlock cards (controller hardware whichsynchronize incoming video signals with computer graphics) were along time in coming and developers were slow to produce enhanced graphics boards for the platform. Today there are a number of broadcast~uahp genlock systems to choose

&om, the most popular of which is the SuperGen &om Digital Creations — it retails for $1,400. A company called NewTek is due to release "Video Toaster" — a 244it, &arne grabber, s~tore, character generator, video switcher, digital efl'ects board which has four built-in processors. The video graphics board will be bundled with SD and paint programs and will sell for around $2,000.

Software for the Amiga As any computer widow can tell you, the cost of the hardware is by no means the major por6on of your long-term

5-D Software For Amiga The third genexation ofAmigagraphics are almost, but not quite here. A smattering of Amiga programs such as Turbo Silver (SD rendering) now support '24-bit color, o r r e solutionindependent output tn fiim recorders and other ultxa4ighquality output devices, but there axe few higherwesolution oulput options other than those that plug into the IBMwompa6ble slots found in theAmiga 2000 and above. These slots can be used with an IBM emulator called the BridgeCaxd, which enables the use of most PC ~ e and

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computer investment. Software usually represents the lion's share of the money spent. Luckily, the Amiga fares quite well here. Because it is perceived as a budget machine, software prices tend to be low; compared to IBM or Macintosh. There is a good selection of software for the Amiga.to choose &om today. Sculpt-Animate 4D &om Byte to Byte (the same people that make Sculpt SD for the Mac), make a nice SD modelling and animation package. It has features like: metal, glass and mirror textures, selectable phong shading, ray tracing, unlimited number of lights,

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Speedy Animations Partly due to the Amiga's specialized graphicsco-processors,notablyitsBlitter (Block Transfer) chip, and partly due to its relafively low resolution and number of colors, animations axe speedy, even on alowend 7.16MHz Amiga.As Macintosh owners who upgrade to graphic boards with millions of colors will tell you, many colors and higher res make for slower graphics performance. The Amiga is we@equipped to act as a presentation vehicle for animated graphics and soundtracks. The new AmigaVision authoring software currently bundled with higherwnd Amigas is a good step in bringing "multimedia to the masses." AmigaVision makes it relatively easy for a non-artist to create sophisticated visual effects, presentation graphics and animations. The package will also be available sepaxately to current Amiga ownersandis expected to sell for under $200.

Roll 'em! WithanAmiga, video camera,genlock and aVCR, virtually anyone can afFord to produce theirown video extravaganza. The Amiga is a cost efFective solution for desktop video and, like the Macintosh, provides current users with an affordableupgrade path &om their older machines. '

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Decidedly more popular in Europe than NorthAmerica, theAtari STE share much in common with the Amiga. With its animation-enhancing Blitter chip, stereo sound, a maximum of 4096 colors andbuilt-in compositevideoandgenlock compatibiTity, Atari has dearly designed the STE as a competitor to the Amigo An STE with color monitor sells for around $1400.

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such applications available for the Sl' series computex. CAD SD, Cyber Studio and CyberSculpt are SD graphics editoxs, Cyber Texture isa texture mapping

utiTity for CAD SD/Cyber Studio, Cyber Control is a proceduxul language to assist in the creation of complex SD Cyber Studio animations. CyberPaintisa2D/SDanimation and paintprogram virtuallyidentical in commands and functions to Autodesk Animator for theIBM (notsurprisingly, both were written byJim Kent, who also wrote Aegis Animator and Zoetrope for the

Amiga.) Spectrum 512 and UniSpec are second~neration512colorpaintprogr'uns much like the Amiga's DigiPaint. Cyber VCR allows an Atari ST to rem otely control certain DI N p l u g equipped SonyVCRs, allowing the seamless splicing together of complex animations &om the'above-mentioned products. A handful of other Cyber utilities round out this well-integrated and extremely inexpensive library of graphics and animation utilities. (As an example, Cyber Paint sells for less than $100, compared toAutoDesk Animator's price

of nearly $400 )

New Phase Interestingly, several of the programmers thatoriginallyworked on the Cyber series of programs for Antic Software have left that company to form a new venture called Lexicor SoftwareInc. They are, by the time you read this, slated to release a series of "nextgeneration" imaging and animation products. Called "Phase4," the series consists of four modules: ROSETTA SD Object viewer, CHRONOSKeyframeAnimation Studio,PRISM Rendering Package and KENITC Player Package. Phase4features math coprocessorsupport and resolutions up to1024x768 in 4096 colors, using the above-mentioned colorboard &om Image Systems. The Phase4 prognuns at~ support an application dala exchange protocol that provides output of RenderMancompatible RIB files and six other formats. This allows Ataxi artists to use their equipment as om-'line workstations and then have the images transmitted to higher-performance machinesfor fi nal photo-real rendering. IA:xicor is reported to be initiallymarketing the Phase4software bundledwith Image Systems' above-mentioned hi-res color board.

The Mac Option Another option for ST owners is a f700 cartridge called Spectre GCR that enables the Atari to run most monochrome Macintosh propos induding animation softwaresuch as Super SD, VideoWorks H, Macromind Director, Studio/1, HyperCard, SuperCard and others.

IBM and Clones IBM and done usershaveanumber of low-priced, mouse-driven animation programs to choose &om, the most popular of which are GRASP and Autodesk Animator. The Professional GRASP animation program &om Paul Mace Software in

Oregon sports an acceptable on-board paint package. Animated dips can be accessed &om within other applications

through external commands;however,

scripting is required in order to animate imageL It sells for about $150. AutodeskAnimator &om AutioCAD is probably the best of the lovtpcost anima.

The Compaater Paper l Sept. '90 tion pxogrants for IBM DOS VGA platform. It is compatible with Autoshade end AutoCAD 6le formats and it will supportAmiga,Arari, RenderMan, Targe and PCX image files. It sells for approximately $400.

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The leadingedge in video and computer technology is at best a tenuous place tobe. Some of the largest sad best computer~imarion houses have had to dedare bankruptcy. Is the big league woxxied about microcomputerscreeping iato their lairP No, the networkswill always be able to afford the best. AHarry Suite withQuentel s~ e c a n do just about anythingyou can ever imagine withvideo. Ia Vancouver the Harry Suite costs$800 per hour and TV show producers and major corporate TVadvertisexs won't mind paying for it. It's the manufacturers of mid-range machines, between the dedicated highwnd systems and the new breed of micros, that are probably womed.

I recently spoke witha localcomputer animator who had purchased one of the

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Micro Advantages Some of the advantages of the lowerpriced microcomputer systems like the Macintosh, Arxuga, Atari or IBM are that they support the integration of sophisticated MIDI or internal sound playback with the aaimation,allow for SMFIE time coding, have relatively shallow leerniag curves and, probably best of all, have a large installed base. This means that the software will be less expensive to purchase and, when you have a problem, there are a lot of people who cen help you+

h igh er'axachineswhichwasruxming expensive software that had been developedinEurope. Hesaidrhathehadjust spent an hour talking to someone in France m an atteinpt to solve the problem he was having. If your softsare/ bsxrdware support line isn't in the same time zone, at least it should be on the same continentl Rendering individual SD images with assigned texture maps, antiMasing, shading,andshadcrttpcastingfxamesfrom an animated sequence require a lot of computer processing capability and memory. A smgle kame of broadcast quelityenimauon can take 15 minutes to process even on a Sun workstation. (That's '75 hours of processing time for 10 secoads of axtixxtatlon). To render a single fxame of a complex, ray-traced image oaordinary microcomputers can take hours. Once processed, the &ames are stored as 2D images each of which can beup toe few 100Kia size,so even a few seconds ofhigh-resolution color animation will require asubstantial amount of storage space. Regardlessofwhich type ofrendering and animation system one decides on, it is recommended that you purchase all the nec~ com p onents well in advance ofthe projects they are intended

If you need to include memory-intensbre special effects in your pxeseatations then the higher', dedica ted animation workstations are probably the best bet because hxgh+uahty anxmatioa ls what they axe designed to do best. However,ifyou want ao use the madune for other things like desktop publishing, accounting or word processing, then the lower-priced microcomputers bke Macintosh, Amiga, IBM or Atari are the way to go.

Bus Pass To paxaphrase Chipp Walters from Design Edge, You can either get on the bus,getrun over by the bus or,watch the bus go by. The fmal chapter on computer animation hasn' t been writtea yet, so the bestyou cea do is determine what itisyou would like to do withe computer and then nnd a package that will do it with the dollars you have to spend.

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whether it be by hand or by keytroke) into one which handles the GST, Computer Associates will provide an outline on how the GST can be implemented into ACCPAC (the number

Commons, Canadian business

one selling modular accounting system in North America), while for first timers, or those lookingataddingnew computer e q u ipment,

will venture into a time of confusion and uncertainty.

Although being well informed is one part of the solution, it is important that the information coincides with a

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strategy for implementation. Whether you' re a professional, a farmer, importer/ exporter, sell commercial or residential real estate, or simply manage a small retail store, the changes will be paramount. In a move to aid business in this

which to tap will be available. Such

will be presenting guidelines on selecting the rightbusiness system for your needs. This agenda will be repeated for

respected names as Peat Marwick the afternoon session, except for

Thorne,Computer Associates,Canon, ANO's discussions, which will focus AST Research, and Roland DG, will on networking personal computers. be onhand totackle your concerns, Whether you're requirements be a transitional period, ANOOffice Auto- and present you with some fresh two station LAN, a full scale multimation has brought together some heavy weights in the industry, for a one day only look at the tax itself, how it will affect you, and ways to combat it in a computerized environment. A wealth of information from

ideas. station/multi-purpose communicaThe seminar, aptly titled "Auto- t i o n s system, or somewhere in bemating The GST", is broken into a t w e en, no stone will be left unturned. m orning and an afternoon session to Befor e , d u r ing, and a fter t h e

fit your busy schedule. In the morn- seminar, you will be able to see some ing, Peat Marwick Thorne will dis- o f the most state of the art equipment cuss migrating your existing system a v ailable on the market today - in-

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SMALL WONDER Problem: You would love to have the same quality print on the road as you get at your desk.

combined with the optional battery pack (add another .6 Ibs) this little beauty can be brought anywhere you want it to go.

Utilizing Canon's incredible Bubble Jet technology,

Solution: The Canon B J-10e. Problem: You can't afford to buy both a printer for your desk and a printer for your portable computer. Solution: The Canon B J-10e. Problem: Most portable printers are okay for rough

also available on the BJ-130e (a full size wide carriage version), the BJ-10e will make you look good without making a whole lot of noise. The 360by 360 dots per inch

output makes text and graphics quality absolutely phenomenal. Another option which makes the BJ-10e excellent as a desktop printer is a multiple page, automatic document feeder. Simply clip it on when you get back to the office

drafts, but you need something you can make and you have a full blown, ready to go, business printing presentations with.

system.

If you think this little puppy will cost you a lot of Solution: The Canon B J-10e.

money, well you' re in for another shock- ANO has priced

the BJ-10e at only $575.00 Canadian. Plus, you won't be Problem: The portable printers you' ve looked at require special paper which costs a fortune.

Solution: The Canon B J-10e.

spending another heap load~ b ucks on consumables.

The 10e uses regular everyday plain paper (letter, legal, A4, orenvelopes), acetate paper for overhead presentations, and the dry ink itself costs only pennies per page. Quiet, portable, and inexpensive - the Canon BJ-10e.

This may sound too good tobe true,but the Canon BJFor further information, or if you would like to ar10e Bubble Jet printer is truly a printer made for both the range for a demonstration, simply call the ANO office desk and theroad. Smaller than the Vancouver White nearest you.

Pages,weighing in at an impressive 4.4 pounds, and Advertteina Supplement to theComputer paper.

Cal1ing A11 Computer Corner Customers

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Computer Corner chain of stores at theend of June,m any of Computer Corner's customers have been without warranty support for their systees. Limited salvationis now available. Due to a recent agreement with some ofComputer Corner's former suppliers, ANO Office Automation is now able to offerpartialcoverage for Computer Corner customers who haveequipment which should still be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Our service division will not be able to offer100% coverage,butwe arill be able to replace defective parts onsomeitems which are still covered by the original manufacturer's warranty at discounted rates.

When we asked for HP LaserJet Series II compatibility, Roland listened. When we asked for dual font cartridges, Roland listened. When we asked for additional memory expandability, Roland listened. And when we asked for a manual paper feed slot, Roland listened. Now, after listening to our requests, Roland is acting. Recently previewed at the VAR show this spring, Roland and ANO are now shipping the LP-1110- the offspring of its highly successful LP-1100. The Raven LP-1110 is a feature rich 11 page per minute laser printer. Its advanced paper handling, multiple emulations, and font capability meet all of your business laser printing needs.

Two 250 sheet paper cassettes mean less paper refilling and easy printing of large jobs. An adjustable manual feed provides even more paper flexibil-

them previously. lfyou havea system rohich w as purchasedfrom Computer Corner,

ity. The LP-1110 prints on letter, legal, and A4 size paper, transparencies, labels, and envelopes. HP Laser Jet Series II, dot matrix, and Diablo p emulations ensure compatibility with today's most popular software. Plus the 512KB RAM buffer is expandable to 4.5MB so as to handle complex graphics and desktop publishing jobs. The LP-1110 produces output at 300 dots per inch (dpi) for clear, crisp text and graphics. Thirteen built-in fonts and the downloadable font capability create high quality business output. There are also two font card slots to

arul require servicing, bring your system to the Service Department at our Richmond location, or telephone

Scorching speed, uncompromised compatibility, and smart looking ou tput make the LP-1110 a must see! ad

Labour charges urill still apply, but we are hoping to be able to offer

ComputerCorner customers a level of support and service unavailable to

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accommodate any of the 5 optional font cartridges.

us at276-8898, Automating The GST Cont'd .. eluding Canon's impressive BJ-10e, Roland's comprehensive line of dot matrix printers, and AST's award winning CUPID computer systems. As well, representatives from all of the companies will be available to answer yourquestionsand demonstrate their wares. As seating is limited, we recom-

mend that you register early. To register, or for further information,

DATE:

September 19, 1990

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Pa nPacific Hotel Pavillion "A" 999 Canada Place Vancouver, B.C.

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please call ANO's Western Canada Head Office at (604) 276-8898. If you attend only one seminar this year, be sure this is the one. We look forward to seeing you there! PS..... Don't tell the boss, but we will also be givirtg away some very attractive door prizes after the morning and theafternoon sessions, plus there will be plenty of ref' reshments so you don't starve!

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internal 32-bit processing with a 16- hog your desk space. Priced dose to most competitors means that it is capable of using less 286 basedsystems, the Bravo also expensive 286 technology, while boasts AST's shining track record for providing 386 compatibility. New award winning computer systems. If your concerned about price, applications such as Window 3.0, Desqview/386, and a host of other but don't want to be left out in the 386 programs are already capable of cold a couple of years from now, the taking advantage of the SX's capa- AST Bravo/SX is for you.

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wagon, is AST Research with its affordable Bravo/SX personal work-

Intel Corporation, the largest manu- station. Where the Bravo really make its facturer of PCbased microprocessors impact, other than a truly brilliant in the world. With 3&6 technology beginning performance rating, is a host of stanitsdominationof thePCmarketplace,

Intel is making great efforts to move buyers into selecting its nearly two year old 386sx microprocessor, over systemsrunningthesixyearold 80286 chips. In a nutshell, the 80386sx chip is

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