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CONTENTS

New Wave. That's what Hewlett Packard is calling their new software for Windows 5.0. I saw a demo of it recently, and was very impressed with its potential. The basic premise is that H-P plans to sell a software library to Wmdows software developers. Products would then be given the attributes ofNew Wave software. H-P has already got the software addmnsworking in anumber ofcommercial products, including Ami Professional, a Windows 5.0 word processor. At the demo, they dropped an animafion and a full motion video into a word processor. The word processor does not need to knew how to create these things,New Wave simply allows

The Computer pepir - B.C. EdNon • Qotober 1990

THE. GOODS AND SERVICES TAX Is Your Business Ready For The GST7 ...................28 The FederalGovernment is coming afteryour money. Are you ready? By Iisytan Singh ISaisa.

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What Is It Going To Do To The Cost Of Computers Sc S oftware) ..............................................................32

ever is then "hot linked" to the Ami'docu-

ment. If you doubl~ck on the New Wave window in the word processor, you can directly enter and edit the other p file. This conceptis similar to DDE, or Dynamic Data Exchange, thatis supported with many Windows programs. The difference with H-P'sNew Wave is the simplicity with which it is executed. The program isdemanding of computer hardware, itneeds a fastSS6 to perform well, and runs best in 4 megabytes of memory. It will be interesting to see how the product develops, if it receives wide support, it will take Windows-based computers a major step forward in the Graphical User Interface wars. It offers the potential to totally integrate your favourite spreadsheet, word processor, page layout program, etc., etc., into the ultimate integrated program, complete with"hot links" and cross application macro capabilities. It retails for C$275. The GST You are probably getting a bit tired of hearing about it. Unfortunately, it is going to have an impact on almost everyone's businesses, so we decided to dig in a bit and find out what it is aH about. I think you will find the artides worthwhile in giving an overview of the types of issuesyou will as abusiness person and a consumer have to deal

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Impacts on mail order, retail, programming and other areas. By Tom Pa&neon.

Survey ef PC Accounting Software Acc o u n t i n g F o r T h e G S T . ss • ~10 . •O •o.ss • . 0 • wo • ~ • .O.s. . a s s o c. . • . . An overview of the accounting software solutions available.

Wave objects into them. The animation, or full motion video, or spreadsheet or what-

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Sound Processing On Computers ... .......................46 A review of computer music options and other addwns that sound off. By Graeme Bennett

Shareware For Windows 3.0 ... • .. • •...•...•..... • . • ...•... • ..49 Unicorn provides Telecommunications. Organize! promise to organize your life. By Gonton Simmonds

A Decade Of The PCCFA II Personal Computing ..50 The Pacific Coast Computer Fairs help to chart a timeline of the rapid development of the computer industry. By LanyDcFehr. t\Lt D ESQVIew QV 386. • . • .. •..•.•.•.•... • .. • .•..... • . • . •.•.•.•.. •.• .•.•....52

Multitasking, multiwindowing IoithotstWmdows 5.0 Bit GeorgeSlode.

2600: The Hacker Quarterly ...................................53 A magazme for Hackers. By Barbara E. MeMtdien &'John F.MeMnlteyL

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When I found out that we would be seeing a new tax on many products and services that did not have taxes before, I was appalled. If you are a business, most of these taxes can bedaimed back. Ifyou are theend consumer, you have to paythem, and you don't get them back. Itwasat this point thatI pondered the possibilityof setting up my family as a child-manufacturing industry — My wife would be president as well as a combination kitchen worker,day care centre operator, bookkeeper and social worker. The family station wagon would become a delivexy vehicle, and our house a production facility. Unfortunately, my accountant did not think it would By . Enjoy the issue. < '

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Atari ST owners can now "jam" with MIDI instruments over telephone lines.

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SD rendering is now possible on a relatively inexpensive Mac workstation. By Graeme Bennett.

NeXT Computer: Does The World Need Another Computers ............59 NeXT rolls out new color workstations. From Nereslytes.

Macintosh 24-bit Color Software Imagine MacPaint on Steroids... reviews of ColorStudio and Photoshop. By GraemeBennet4 h

Computer Calendar .....................................................................................6546 Computer Classifleds...................................................................................6748 Index of Advertisers ..........................................................................................70 Letters to the Editor ............................................................................................7

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Newsbyteo Contribtstiny Editors Wendy Woods, Wayne Yacco, Dana Blanicenhorn,Jon Pepper, Steve Gold, Peter Vekinis, Ken TaItahaehi, Naoyuh Yasawa, Paul Zudter, and Grant Budder Assistant Editor Graeme Bennett Contributing Writers Graeme Bennett, Sean McNamara,John McMormidt gc Beth Goldie., T. Bass, Barbara E McMullen Sc Jcsbn F. McMullen., George Slade, ~ D e Fehr, Gord Simmonds, Tom Parkinson. Proofreader Neall Calvert Office Nsnstter Dharm Kaur Khalsa Resets ptionist: Suzanne Byars Cotrstr Photo Graeme Bennett. B.C. Adteertislny Sttles Harl Singh Kbalsn Albtsrtts Advertising Sales Patricia FitaCerald Ad Production Carolyn Howse, Gtaeme Bennett, Hari Singh Khalsa Distribution Ken Kemp gcKo. Printer Transcontinental Pr1nters, Surrey, B.C., Canada Printed in Canada

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The Penny Group The next time you drop in to your local computer store, you'llwant to look for the Penny Group's new full~alar catalogofhardware and software forMSDOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Atari computers. The &ee catalog showcases some of the most popular products with photos and short descriptions. The Penny Group, Canada's National Independent Computer Dealer Association, consists of over fifty of the oldest and most estab-

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estimated to be $100,000,000 for 1990, while a total of $5 billion is spent annually on all information/technology security. The patented BioPassword technology is awned by BioPassword Security Systems, Inc., a who~wned subsidiary of Vancouver's Trove Resources Ltd. Contact them at (604) 681445L

Color Reference CoraPIerer Color. 10,000 CorIIPIeref-Ger book by Michaeland Pat Rogondino ($29.95 from Chronicle Books/ Raincoast). Called a "must-have reference for anyone who works with computers and color," the 10,000 CMYK color samples show the correct screen percentages for each ink, allowing graphic artists, designers and desktop publishers

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He]p T$QUMF With a suitably high-tech brochure that brings to mind words like spectacular, lavish, expensive, etc., the TRIUMFKAON project is after the hearts and dollars of Canadians. Induded in the package are several impressive stafistics, based on KAON (short-lived subatomic particle) technology: $245 million, induding $75 xniilion in software alone( Chock-full

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Computer Whiz Shortage A suxvey conducted by the computer software and services industry association ADAPSO predicts a shortage of c omputer p r ofessionals. W h il e t h e

number ofjobs for programmers and systems analysts is expected to grow 5.2% each year, the number of computer sci-

ence majors fell from a high of 4.5% in 1985 to 1.7% in 1988. The suxvey showed that 46% of respondents have difliculty finding communications specialists, and twenty-nine percent have trouble finding software

specialists. Interestingly, only 4% of respondents identified technical (network and hardware) skills as most essential to their systems integration business. In-

stead, 54% of those surveyed looked for skills in project and program management, 17% wanted an analytical understanding of customer requirements, 15% sought skills in software design and development, and 15% named interpersonal skills as "most essential." To see the complete results of the suxvey, contact ADAPSO at (705) 5225055.

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The Computer Paper j Oct '90 version supports the Communications Toolbox, Internal bitmap and scalable fonts, and many other PostScript-like features. CurrentJetLink owners can upgrade toversion 2.0 for $50, and GDT continues its special $69 trade-in offer for owners of MacPrint, Grappler and DeskWriter. For more information, contact GDT Softworks at (604) 291-9121.

tourists to visit B.C. Packaged with an expensive-looking brochure (a17"x54" foldoutpanorama of Super, Natural British Columbia), the Macintosh computer diskette contains an interactive HyperCard "stack" of animations, sound andgraphics createdwith a new animation program, AddMorion, designed by Vancouver's Motion Works Inc. By following Eddie," a backpacksporting cartoon adventurer, Mac users can check out the travel and vacation spots of B.C.'s great outdoors. 10,000 copies of the brochure and disk are slated for distribution, and users are encouraged to &eely distribute the

program on the diskette. According to the brochure, Mac users"tend to be the

adventurous types — exactly the kind of people who would have a terrific time rafting our rivers, hiking our mountains or fishing our deepsea inlets." (Editor's note: Anrj, they' nioney,too.) Apparently, this is only the first step in B.C. Tourism's high-tech plans. Mr. Michael stated thatfuture plansinduded usinglow-&equency FM broadcasts to air B. C Minister fe Toarlra CliII'Michael, localized information about tourist atAssistant Bepury Miraeter, Mmkcring, Ad tractions. Road signs displaying station Van Haajlen and Morse's Worksprasiderd information would encourage passing Lloyd Bernhanft introduce a pregrara thar' s motorists to tune in for more info. Also an udeentnrein planned are TV broadcasts for hotels in vacation spots and touch~creen information panels for B.C. Ferries. B.C. TomL~m The Minister indicated that by inGoes High-tech cluding advertising or promotional tieVANCOUVER, B.C., Sept 10 — In ins,theseventures could even berevenuewhat the Ministry of Tourism called a producing. Contact: Eileen Schafer, "new high-tech initiative, combining Communications, Ministry of Tourism computer technology with tourism mar- 604/556-9952 or Joseph MacLean, Moketing," B.C. Minister of Tourism Cliff tion Works604/7524289. Michael unveileda computer program designed expressly to encourage more

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Atari Atari Unveils SR MHz TT Series In West Germany DUSSELDORF, WEST GERMAN', AUG 50 (NB) — Atari has put on display production versions of its 68050-based TT machine, a year late and still without the long-promised Unix operating system. The occasion was the Atari Fair in Dusseldorf, August 24-26. An annual event, the Atari Fair has

grown rapidly to the point where it now fills over 20,000 square metres of exhibition hall, with more than 200 exhibitors &om 16 countries. The organizers were expecting over 50,000 visitors mainly from Belgium, France, and H o lland

during the three days. Atari claims its TT computer is completely compatible with ST software and peripherals, and runs the progranis 7-10 times filter with its 52 MHz 68050 proceasor. The machine also comes with a newversion of the TOS operating system and the GEM graphical environment, upgraded by Atari. The TT machine comes with 2MB (megabytes) of RAM, upgradable to 26MB, and Atari expects most machines to be 'sold with color, VGA-like screens and hard disks. West German priceswere quoted atDM 7,000 to DM 8,500, depending on configuration. There was somedisappointmentabout the lack of Unix. According to Bob Gleadow, UK managing director for Atari, "We' ve been developing the TT so long we gotcaught in the changeover

from Version 5 release 5.1 to Release 4. But we' re optimistic we' ll be showing it atHannoverin March, shipping in April." Gleadow hedged on the issue of how important Unix would be to the TT's success. "If the Unix market develops, by definition we' ll benefit," he said. "Will our machine make Unix successful? No." However, one of Arari's main targets for the machine is the education market,

and Unix will be useful, if not essential, in helping the company to crack that notoriously tough nut.

Arari boss Sam Tramiel did think the new machinewould have a positive effect

on sales of existing machines. "I like being my own main competitor, "he said. "It can only help the Sl'. It gives it more credibilitybyprovidingan upgradepath." He also hinted at forthcoming Mega ST models but refused to give details. "Now that the TT is out, you' ll be seeing m any new products over the next year," he said. "But we' re not announcing new that' s a machines until we' re ready togo; mistakewe've made before.

Apple Hypercard 2.0 Approaches CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, SEP 15 (NB) — The fatladyisn'tsingingyet, but it appears that Apple Computer's longawaited Hypercard 2.0 is almost ready to ship. An Apple spokeswoman told. Newsbytes that developers have been sent a "golden master" of the program, perhaps best described as an endower toolkit.

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At the other end of the scale, say informed sources, there will be a highend 68050-based Mac workstation designed to compete head to head with Sun Microsystems X-Windows serversfirmly in the Unix arena. Occupying the middle ground is a new lo~ost color screen Mac called the LC series. Pricing is expected to be around US$2,800 — around two thirds the price of the cheapest color Mac at the moment. A key featureof the new mid-range Mac is its inclusion of a IIe emulator,

Hypercard has been distributed as part

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Version2.0 of Hypercard willreportedly support such features as color and cards of difFerent sizes. A major expansion of the scriptinglanguageHyperTalk is also expected. Several software publishers were showing products based on Hypercard 2.0 atAugust's MacWorld Expo, but they were prohibited &om showing the newversion Hypercard itself. Also, at least one book about Hypercerd 2.0 is available at bookstores. The "golden master," the spokeswoman said, is expected to be the final beta version, &ee &om all bugL If it survives testing, the program will be released to the public. The spokeswoman declined to predict when the release will occur, saying

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Why rely on Microsoft (with whom Apple was and is in litigation on other matters) and not Adobe' Adobe was charging for the use of PostScript; Microsoft would license True Type for f'ree.ALso, True Type was going to be used in OS/2, aHowing Apple an inroad into the PC market. Two days after the Apple/Microsoft bombshell, Warnock stood up at a trade show and — tears in his eyes — called True Type "vapoxware" and "the biggest bunch of garbage and mumbojumbo I' ve ever heard in my life." He then announced dramatically that Adobe wouldpublish the proprietary specificafions to PostScript and its font technology — giving away the keys to the empire. This week, just as suddenly as they split, Apple and Adobe suddenly kissed and made up, though precisely wiry re-

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Apple Delays System '7.0 To Brst Half Of 1991 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA,SEP 19 (NS) — Apple Computer promises to ship beta copies of System 7.0 to developers in October but says that end-users won't receive xt until the first half of 1991, yet another delay in the release of'

the new Macintosh operating system. Alpha versions of the software have

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US$2,799. One 286n computer, the Deskpr'o 286n Model 40, has also been reduced, to a new price of US$2,599. A number ofmemory products have also been reduced: the 1 MB Memory Module forthe Deskpro 286e, 586/20e, 586/25e and 586/25 has been cutto US$149; the 1 MB Memory Module for the DeskPRO 586s now lists forUS$599 and the 2 MB Memory Modulefor the DeskPRO 586/55, 586/55L, 486/25, 486/55L and Systempro now sells for US$799. A number of other memoiy modules have also been reduced. Contact:Mike Berman, Compaq, 715-5742510

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Unix World Unix Users Question Value of Benchmarhs SYDNEY, AUSIRALIA, SEP 15 (NB)

— Greg Rose, president of the Australian Unix Users Group, says that too many Unix users are evaluating systems on benchmarks alone, while ignoring other issues such as support and breadth of software. He told Newsbytes that this was one of the issues to be discussed at his group's annual exhibifionand conference tobe held in Canberra on September 26to 28. The conference theme is"Unix: The Computing Platform for the '90's." Rose expects about500 delegates and 1000 exhibition visitors.

UK: New PICK Quarterly Magazine Released BUSHEY, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, SEP 10 (NB) — A new Pick language magazine — Pick Raorsrces Quarrerf'y - has been published by ALLM Systems and Marketing. It costs UKP 25 for annual UK subscriptions, or US$40 for a US airmail subscription.

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agreement between IBM and Hitachi, majormembersofOSFor Open Software Foundation, to cooperate on porting software to meet OSF/Motif specifications this week has been greeted with mixed feelings here inJapan. Some see the alliance, involving 10 workers &om IBM and 40 &om Hitachi, according toindustrysources, as the end of cooperation within theJapanese computer industry incubated under the protection provided by MITI, or Ministry of Internafional Trade and Industry. In the 1960's, many Japanese electronics firms joined forces with technically advanced Western companies: Hitachi and RCA, NEC and Honeywell, Toshiba and General Electric or GE, and Fujitsu made a pass at IBM but settled down with Amdahl, a spin-off of IBM. Then in 1971, MITI arranged a series of marriages amongJapanese firmsto develop general-purpose computers. Hitachi and Fujitsu teamed up to make an IBMwompatible machine, Toshiba and NEC joinedforcesbecause GE sold its computer division to Honeywell, and Mitsubishi joined with Oki. Japanese journalists suggest the relationship between Hitachi and Fujitsu, which rolled out the first IBMwompatible M series generalgurpose computer in 1975, has come to the tuning point. A Hitachi oKicial, however, stressed that this relationship with IBM pertains only to the Unix arena and has no effect on its entire business. Fujitsu dearlypartedwayswith former partner Hitachi in the Unix arena when itacquired U.K:based ICL to build up its Unix business. Fujitsu has devoted ICL to Unix standardization for Unix International. Also, Hitachihas reconciled with IBM since the espionage scandal of 1982 in which Hitachiwas alleged to have stolen technical information &om IBM with

The Computer paper/Qot'$ 0 Mitsubishi's help. In recent years, the situation has changed between Westernmakers and Japanesemakers, and thejapanese computer industry is expected to face a turning point in the 1990's.

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IRD Predicts Computerized Auto Convoys NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT, SEP 6 (NB) — International Resources Development expects several billion dollars to be spent by the U.S. government in this century to create socailed Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems, which could let cars steer themselves in 100 mile-per-hour bumper-to-bumper traf-

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Hyatt New Father Of The Micmprocessor CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA, AUG 50 (NB) — Twentyyears after inventing the first microprocessor, Gilbert Hyatt has finallyreceived apatent for it an thanks the US Patent OKce for mahng it so diKcult. Hyatt, an engineer and technology consultant who invented the"computer on a chip" at his firm Micro Computer Inc. in 1968, says the patentoffice "scrutinized 'very thoroughly work done by Texas Instruments and Intel," the companies which have until now been considered the inventors of the microchip. "That patent is much stronger because they already addressed those issues and put them to becL They did a big favor by being so careful," Hyatt tells Newsbytes. The US Patent Officeon July 17 granted Hyatt patent number 4,942/16 entitled "Single Chip Integrated Grcuit Architecture," the daun for which was originally filed December 2, 1970based on work done in 1968. Contacted byNewsbytes, patentattorneyGaryHeckerof the lawfirm ofHecker and Harrimau confirms that 'The daim appears to cover all the elements of a microprocessor: main memory to store a computer's instructions, operand memory to store operands (or operational instructions), and a processing circuit to process the operations in response to instructions in memory." He says this could be a patent equiva-

sued, not the date of the invention. Asked how he kept up the patent applicafion process for 20 years, Hyatt told Newsbytes, "You justkeep plugging away. Itwasvetyimportantand itwas worth it"

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VDT Safety Laws Eyed In San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AUG 50 (NB) — San Francisco city supervisors are considering legislation which would mandate safety standards for workers who use computers. San Francisco's legislation could serve as a model for the country, and attempts to make up for the absence of state or federal legislation protecting workers against repetitive motion injuries and other VDT-related health problems. The bill,putforthbySupervisorNancy Walker, would require firms with at least 15 employees to give VDT workers regularbreaks and ergonomically designed, adjustable office furniture, including wrist rests. Violators could be fined US$500 a day. An additional part of the bill requires the city to do regular monitoring of the health of VDT workers. San Francisco employerswould have two years to comply with the new guidelines. A simBar bill was defeated in Suffolk County, New York this year, but San Francisco backers believe this bill has the votes and the support, including that of the unions. In June of thisyear, a number of reporters and editorial workers in New York City brought suit against Eastman Kodakfor cumulative trauma disordersra which they allegedly acquired while working with Kodak's Atex text-processing system. The US$270 million suit charged that the eight journalists, employed by Newsday, The Village Voice, Associated Press and Discount Store News, "developed and suffered severe, permanent and disabling cumulative trauma disorders, as well as psychological injuries" &om continued use of the Atex VDT's. Since the filing of that suit, othershave followed. The legislation comes as there is mounting concern about the health effects of VDT's, especially on pregnant women and on the vision of workers. Also, repetitive+train injuries, caused by

The Computer Paper I oct 'no the repetitive demands of the hand and wrist while typing on a conventional computerkeyboard, areon theincrease.

Managers Axe Spending Too Much Time As Clerks ATLANTA, GEORGIA,AUG 28 (NB) — The proliferation of personal computers on managers' desks has turned too many of them into derks, leaving too little time for managing, according to Georgia Tech economist Dr. Peter Sassone. He said his studies of 1,565 employees in 77 offices induding 4 Fortune 1000 companies showed that a sample of middle-level managers were spending only 25 percent of their time managing, but a third of their time on support tasks and other non-productive activities. Sassone said many companies can dramatically increase productivity and profits by rethinking stafF requirements, redefining job responsibifiities, and taking full advantage of information technology. The key, he said, is to give managers enough of a support stafF so they can get out of their offices and get back onto the shop Hoor. Contact: Ginger Pinholster, Georgia Tech, 404494-5444

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would require4,000-5,000 new tax collectors; now that estimate is slipping up to 10,000-plus. Scary.

Will It Pass? Bill G62 completed final reading in the House of Commons in April of this year. It still has to flght its way through the Senate, but the odds are that it will

pass, and on Januaxy 1, 1991 we will have a new tax system to replace the existing Federal Sales Tax (FFI}. One scenario has the implementation delayed until April of 1991, or possibly July 1991.

The FST is a multiple tax rate with a narrowtax base. Itisimplemented at the manufacturing stage, andas such iscalled a'hidden tax, because when you buy something at the retail level, you don' t know if you are paying it or not,Because itis levied primarily on Canadian goods, it is said to favor imports. The GSI', on the other hand, is a single tax tate with a much wider ttx base, because it taxes both goods and serviceL It is a mu16stag'e tax which will be leviedon primary producers, manufitcturers, service contributors, distribu-

torsandfinailyretailers. The governxnent daims it is a visible tax, because in all likehhood,retailerswill continue to quote their pricesh)forr ter GST to make them appear more attractive. Goods created for export will be exempt &om the GST, which win supposedly favor exports.

How It Will Work The &axnework for the proposed tsx is a bureaucrat's dream come true; they get to tax virtually everything, all the time. Everyone except the ultimate consumer gets to daim credits back. Some income levels of consumers will get rebates through the personal tax system. This iswhere the record-keeping nightmare comesin. Businesseswill have to save all their receipts and be able to prove what theywere in order to get their credits. An example of how it will work is illustrated belovr.

SalesPurchasesTaxlnputNet oh Tax Tax SalesCrsdit P rim. Producer$100 — $7 $— $ 7 Manufacttrrer $30D $100 $21 $7 $14 Distributor $ 4 0 0 $300 $ 2 8 $21 $7 Retail Level $800 $400 $42 $28 $14 Ultimately the only tax paid is at the levelof the consumer.

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Quick And Streamlined? On June 1,1990 the government released a quick method" for certain smaUer businesses. Instead of keeping track of the tax paid on purchases and the amount of tax collected and then remitting the net difference, "qualifying small businesses can instead remit at a prescribed rate, which is less than 7%. However, there is no compensating deduction for the input tax credits, as the rate reduction is meant to account for the avexage purchases byvolume. Therefore, the remittance is simply calculated as the prescribed rate times gross revenue. Qualifying businesses will still collect &om their customers at a 7% rate but theywill not have to setup the systems to track the input tax credits as they make normal inventory purchaseL GST on capital purchases will still be accounted for in the "normal" method and input Iax credits will be available for them. The "streamlined method was conceived of for businesses in the food industxy, where the GSl' is particularly complicated. For instance, a purchase of six prepackaged mtdnns is exempt while a purchase of one is taxedl Note that you must determine which of the three methods (basic, quick or streamlined) is most advantageous to your business.

The Thought Police There will be a rebate on the federal sales tax paid on inventories held for resale (not supplies). Therefore, businesses with inventory must do a count at December Sl, 1990 to differentiate productwhichis tax paid &om thatwhich is not. Note that you must be registered by January 1, 1991 to collect the rebate. If Revenue Canada believesyou have a decent perpetual inventory system, they may not require you do inventory. The approval process for what constitutes a satisfactoxyinventorysystem has notbeen released at this time. The government has expressed an intention to t r ack businesses which do not pass this savings on to their customers.

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The Computer Paper I oct 'ss Taxable is where most of us will SLll as thegreatunwashecLAlmostallbusinesses producing goods or sexvlces wiI be taxable, as will be the eud consumers. The fundamental dilerence between a busjness and a consumer is that the business willbeable to:daim credits back,asa part of the process of creating their good or service. The consumer will not. Tax Free items will be basic groceries and exports. There will be notax on the sale af these goods and the producers will be able to daim input credits back for puxd~es they made to create these goods. If you buy one single sexving of yoguxt, it will not be basic groceries but if you buy a four-pack, it will be considexed a basic gxocexy item. Tax Exempt services will indude doctors, dentistsandresidentialrents. These people win not have to collect the GSI' on their services, but theywill also not be able to daim credits on their purchases. The net effect is likely to be increased costs for doctors, dentists and landlords, because they cannotdaim the GST back on things that they buy for their businesses. In all likelihood, these increased costs will be passed through to the consumer anyway,although they may not be as high as if the GST had been included.

Welcome to The Public Service If you run a business that hlls under the Taxable group outlined above, you will join the ranks of government employeesas ofJanuary 1st,aud become a tax collector for the government If you are engagedin acommercialactivity that results in tangible personal properly being delivered in Canada, supply intangibles that will have their use or benefit in Canada, sell real property located in Canada, or supply services for end use in Canada, you w'ill become liable to remit on all taxable sales made.

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nually„but may be required to make monthlypayments. Businesseswithsales between $500,000and $6 million annually must file quarterly, but may elect monthly filing. Businesses over $6 million in annual sales must pay their GST bills monthly. The trick is that you can only daim your credits on the same basis as you are liable for them, so for cashflowshortbusinesses, it maybe advisable to fil emore reguhrly soyou can getyour credits moxe rapidly as welL

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"When does the GST become payable?" you might ask. According to the government in Section 168 of the proposed GST Act, payment is due to the government the earlier of (A) the date the consideration is paid, or (B) the date the considerahon becomes due. That date is deteimined by the date of the invoice, the day the supplier would have issued the invoice butfor undue delay, or the day the receipt is required by agreement, whichever is earliest. Whatall thismeansis that therewillbe incxeasedpressure tokeepreceivablesin line.After 50 days,ifyour customer has not paidyou,you will still have to pay the government their share. Interestingly, ifyou delayyour invoice until the first of the month, you win not have to pay the gavexnment until the end of the month following the invoice date. On theother hand, you may be under pressure from your customers to invoice earlier,say the 50thof the month, so that they can daim their credit m the month following.

One factorto consider for your accounting system is the need to possibly change your invoices or cash-register slips. The GST Act requires documentation for the Input Tax Credits. These inClud:

How Of'ten Do You Have To Pay The GST?

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In most cases, the GST will just be an accounting headache. They will have to pay the GST for your good or service, but then they will be able to get credit for it The real cost is going to be in changingyour accounting system to keep track of whatyou owe the government, and what they owe you. Another cost is the time value of your money. Thegovernment has structured itso thatyoupaynastypenaltiesifyouare late (6% penalty plus interest compounded daily), and yet they don't pay much interest if they are late in repaying you. Higher storage costs may also be incurred, because your volume of documents may be larger. You still have to meet the current requirement of saving all invoices for six years should Revenue Canada Customs and Excise wish to do an audit on your business. If you are selhng to consumers, there will beaperxod ofgettingused to thenew uut. Evexyone will have to get used to the price being 'l% higher, and asking whether the price tag indudes GST or

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difFerence between the tax charged to the next level and the tax paid to the previous level — so that the tax is not compounded. Value Added Taxes are common in many countries, including throughout Europe. Typical rates are in the 15% to

refusing to buy — temporarily. A downturn in sales the first week of the New Year should rapidly bring prices back into line. Low-volume computer products and hot new equipment will face a different impact &om the GST. The selling price of this equipment is often set atwhat the market canbear. The mark-up between manufacturing cost and wholesale can be high, both to cover development and advertising costs, and to maximize profits. This can be particularly pronounced where the Canadian distributor is wholly owned bythe manufacturer. In this case, after adjusting for differencesin corporate taxes and any oIFsetting tax losses between the two countries, the manufacturer may import the

item at the lowest price possible — to pay

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on luxury goods. By these standards, the Canadian uniform 7% GSI' is modest, and herein lies the danger. Once the GST is in place, future governments have a goose that can lay a golden egg. Increases will generate higher revenue immediately, without extraadministrative eKort. There will be obvious temptations to increase the tax to reduce the Federal deficit.. Given the negative long-term consequences of our growing deficit, this may not be a bad thing,althougheverythingwillcostmore, increasing inflation in the short term.

the profit &om the higher mark-up back to theparent company. Forexample thathot, new,2-kilogram 286 notebook computer could beimported at $1,500, priced at $5,600 wholesale and sold on the street for

Computer Programmers WQ1 Be Taxed In the computer world, the GSI' will have mixed impacts. All services, including repairs and custom programming, will immediately cost 7% more. Conversely, the cost of printed computer forms and other custom-printed items like advertising fiyers, which have the FST added at the retail level, will drop by

65%.

Effects On Hatthvare And Sof'twaxe Changes in the price of computer hardwareand packaged software vrillbe smaller andmore varied — dependingon the mark-up between the import cost and the retail price. Take aggressively priced equipment hkePCclonesandlcnvendprinterL Both the component importer and the value added retailer work on low margins, often avoiding distributor and assembler stages. A computer with $1,000 of imrted parts could sell for as little as 1,500. Duty of 5.9% at the import level remains the same, but the FST ofl5.Ho

on $1,000is$1% while the GST of 7% on $1,500is$105. In simple terms,your cost

should drop $50, or 2%. There will be anomalies at the beginning of1991. Computer equipmentand components already in hand will have paid the 15.5% FST and the 7% GST would be added on top. While double taxation is not unusual in Canada, Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise, has made arrangements to avoid this situation by offering FST Inventory Rebates forall stockm hand atyear end. Itisup to the importer, distributor and retailer to daim this rebate and adjust the selling price accordingly onJanuary 1st. The announced government watchdog on price gouging is unlikely to have any immediate dfect and inJanuary it is up to the consumer to resist having 7% simply added to the December price by

$5,995. 15S%%u o FST on $1/00 is $200,

while7/o GST on $5,995 is $280, an increase of $80 or 2%. Alternatively, the distributor, facedwith little competifion, will leave the wholesale price unchanged and pocket an additional $200 profit, stifimg the consumer with 7% more. If you are in the market for such productsyou may be wise to buy before the year-end — orplay the technology/ price curve game and wait a year until competition brings the price down, say to $5,000.

Computer Books And MayLKines To Be Taxed Books and magazines are not subject to FST but the GSTwill apply, increasing their costby7%. Thisincrease should be partly offset by the fortuitously higher Canadian dollar. However publishers and Canadian distributors have used the opportunity of our low dollar over the last few years to widen the gap between the U.S. and the Canadian list price. There seems little momentum to reduce tbis gap now the dollar is up. Once again, the consumer can take charge by choosing books with a reasonable differential, by buying at stores that offer a discount, or by ordering by mail &om the United States. Afher January 1st, mail-order costswill change. Revenue Canadawillcontinue to collect duty and taxes on the landed priceof goods &om abroad. The 15.5% FSI' will be replaced by the 7% GSI; making allimported computerhamhere 6H% cheaper. However, software and books will now carry the GST for an increaseof7%. One of theadvantagesof mailwrder — and an inequity for local dealers — is that provincial sales tax is avoided. Technically you should remit sales tax to the province on itemsbrought in, but this is only enforced on automobilesand major corporate purchases. The provincial gavernmentshavebeen discrsssing arrangements whereby Revenue Canada would collect provincial sales tax at the same time as federal duties and taxes. There is no agreement as yet, but if it occurs, it will wipe out the advantages the GST brings to hardware maRarder and further penalize private software and book imports. After the year-end, the higher Canadian dollar, coupled with reduced taxes, will make ma5erder look more attrac-

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Effects On U.S. Mail Order Sevexal U.S. mail~rder suppliers do not ship outside the continental United Stateg othersadd high shippingcharges to Canada, while others no longer offer postal delivery. The much-maligned postal sexvice has advantages as it indudes &ee brokerage. Your package amves at your doorstep with an invoice for duty and taxes. Revenue Canada informally exempts shipmenis with duty and 1axesless than $5, so itemsworth less than C$5040 enter &ee. AfterJanuaxy,

if this policy remains, goods up 'to approximately C$60-70 could be exempted duty and GSI'.s Brokerage is alsoinduded in UPSand Federal Expressairshipments. You have to supply the shipper with a power of attorney so they can dear your goods, and you will have to pay the shipper the duties and taxes plus a surcharge, typi-

cally $7 to $20.

The commonly used UPS ground shipping does not indude brokerage, which adds$25 to $50 to the cost of duty and tax. In all cases, you can go to the shipper's bonded warehouse near the airport and process the paperwork through Customs yourself; any savings

depends on how much you value your time. Warranty service in Canada isa potential problem with the majoxity of maiorder purchases. Only a few U.S. mailorder vendors — usually not the lowestpriced — have Canadian service arrangements. Most Canadian distributors will repair items personally imported — at their full labor and parts cost, a few will honour International Wasrantisp — you pay labor butparts are covered; a fewwill not repair self imported equipment at all. Although most equipmentmeets both the UL and CSA electrical standards, some does not. There are slight differences in the US and Canadian siandards. I

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bihtier; at the otherend of the scale, you' re deahng with a product rohichroasdesigned by accountantsfor accountants. " — Murray Aston of BusinessVision Management Systems Inc. If you run a business, you probably realize that the GSI' will introduce an increased level of complexity in your day-to@ay opemtions. Because of this, many businesses that have in the past resisted computerizing their accounting system realize thatnowis the time to bite the bullet Others may flnd that their l~ n daccounting so@ware is not able to handle the additional complexities of the GSL Beforeyou dive headlong into the sea of automated accounting solutions, here's a quick look at some of the products that can help. While by no means complete(there are over RS Canadian accounting packages), we have tried to coversomeofthemorepopularpackages in Canada. Please contact the companies for furtherinformation on their products and plans for the GST. The growing maturity of accounting software has led toa segmentation of the market into three streams: entry-level, and high~d. The entry-level market has prograxns priced at $250 or less and indudes such top sellers as ACCPAC Bedford Integrated Accounting from Vancouver's Computer Associates and Dac-Easy Accountingfrom DacEasy Canada of Don Mills, Ont. High-end accounting prof paxns typically sell for more than $2,000 for a complete system of several modules. Everyone in the accounting software businessin Caxiadaagrees thatACCPAC Plus has a lock on the high end of the accountingsoft@me market.There are,as we shall see, several competitors outthere trying to change that.

middleweightcrown. There are however, plenty of other strong contenders. Consider that product training and support may be a package's most important features. Be sure to contact the companies

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— High End Much to the disappointment of the competition, Computer Associates has achieved overwhelming success in Canada with its ACCPAC Plus line of modular accounting software. Market surveys show ACCPAC Plus riding high with an 809o-plus share of the IBMwompafibl e highl accounting software market If you' ve got an accounnuit, chances are good that he or she uses it. If you need a customizable system, there are a few accounting systems that come complete with modifiable source code, including SBT Database Accounting Libraxy and Open Systems Accounting Software.

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nesses' accounting procedures," said Ronn Lepage, national partner of microcomputing services for Deloitte Sc Touche. "Using a computerizedaccoundng system to track GST input credits and receipts will reduce this effort for most businesses. However, businesses planning to automate their accounting systems for the GST should begin doing this now." The GSI'upgrades for each ACCPAC Familyproductlinewillbe released prior to the federal government implementation date (currentlyproposed as January I, 1991). GSI'upgradeswill be provided

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ACCPAC Easy is a re-vamped version of the Entry One accounting program &om SPI Software, which Computer Associatespurchased about fwo years ago. As its name implies, Easy is asimple, easyto-use, accounting program. It comes with fairly comprehensive general ledger capabiTitiesaswellas certain accounts payable aad accountsreceivable functions. However, these latter functions aren *t complete. For example, there is no facility for preparing customer statemeats in accounts receivable. Easy operates just hke many basic manual bookkeepmg systems. You enter your transactions in anyof six journals, including cash disbursements, aiei chandise purchases, aad so forth. These are then posted iil batches to update the You cail have up fo 8 >000 ac-

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BePmt discovered that DacEasy has the unusual ability to make gadded journal entries, leading to an outwf-balance balance. Although this step caa be pass. word-protected, fhat password is the same one that users must use to make masterfile changes or additions. Hence, if you want to give your users the ability to add vendors or customers, then there is little stoppiag theiu from making onecided journal entries. Other weak spots indude no way to prmt a precheck-pmbting report, and although its Amounts Payable module caa quickly turn a purchase order into a voucher and update inventory, only the individual selection of vouchers for paymentis possible. Also, because it uses an alphanumeric account number that can mdudeup to ten characters, the account structure is potentially confusing. AI-

though possible, departmental accountingis cumbersome,asyou mustmanuaSy add each departmental account to the

chart of accounts. Nevertheless, DacEasy's custom and standard report writer and standard reportsmakes for strong Geaeral Ledger repor(ing. Using these filciTities will al1owyou to produce any reportyour business might need, including detailed turnover analysis, financial ratios, and detailed general ledger and custom 6nancial s{atements. For versatility and ease of use, DacKasy is a good choice, aad with an inexpensive multi-user option„DacEasy can provide a growth path to those users that may Liter expand to a

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Ontario, Pro6twise is the entry-level part of TLB Inc.'s Solomon line of accounting products, which also include the oriynal Solomon III series, aad an advanced productbeing readied for market. Profitwise's biggest stumbling block etting started. Even though the installation process is largelyautoaiated, it fakes almost aa hour of set-up work before the system is readytos{artentering accounting records. This~ tion is timeconsumingfor a beginner's system, and is similar to

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Iistmg for $299. The fiixt coafmiasall the accounting functi,ons that many companies wBI ever need, induding general ledger, accounts receivable, invoicing, fixed assets, payables, payroll, and mailinglabd management.Another module covers inventory and job costing, while the third has a report writer mad graph designer. Profitwise is designed as a starter accounting package for smaller companiesHowever, it shares the same database structure as the Soloinoa IH aecountiag series for lguger companies. This means fhait compa1ueswhlch oufgrowprofitwme can upgrade to Solomon III without going through the pain ofa timecoasuming data conversion. The package has several arbitrary limitations, seeminglyimposed to distinguish it &om the higher-priced Solomon ID, such as the odd inability to void checks,itsmsximumof ten mlFNccouats, a 5MB database, and — accogding to PC Magngincr —"an underlying database that caa be too easily corrupted. Profitwise is also weak in its Inventory Module's mtegration with the rest of the system. Less knowledgeable users are likely to find this sofNyare unwieldly. MKTCAN Information Technologies Iac., 77 Steelcase Road West, Unit 4, Markham, Ontario LSR 2M4, {,'416) 4V9'1%4.

SET Database Accounting Xib~ Toronto's MSR Iac., distributes a series of progragns that helps companies

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tailor their accounting system to match i n g is also timeconsuming, as you wait perienced with its popular dBase profor progrannners to write the software. granuning language are relatively easy to their needs. OriginallydevelopedbySBTCorp.,of Ad d i tional time is required to test and find. Running SBT in the source code verSausahto, Califoinia, the SBT Database d e bug the fimshed programs to ensure sion can be rather slow. So, once the Accounting Library comes with source that the software operates properly. code written in Ashton-Tate's dBase proSBT i s positioned as an affordable code has been modifiedto meet your needs, it should be compiled into object middle g r o u n d bet w ee n the grtmming hnguage. This means that you can rewritethe code of the ac- unmodifiablepackage and completely code. Theobjectcode version cannotbe counting program to change its opera- c u stom software. You can start with the furtherchanged, but a backup of the source code can be retained for any futions. MSRhasmodified theprograms to c ode for a capable standard accoun6ng ture enhancements you wish to make. be more suitable for the Canadian envi- s ystem, and, with a nip here or a tuck ronment by including support for fedt h e re, tailor your own accounting sys- If you don't feel like progiainming yourself; MSR maintains a directory of e ral sales tax calculations and Canadian t e r n. dealers and.consultants across thecounUsing SBT as a base, tailoring can be payroll, for example. These days, completely customwrit- a c complished quicker and more eco- try who are Suniliar with SBT and can tensoftwareistooexpensivetobeafFord- n o m ically than a completely custom so- change it for you. There is also a catalog able for most companies. Custom cod- l u t ion. Furtherinore, programmers ex- of dozensof ready made enhancements

prepared by third parties for special vertical applications, such as funeral homes. SBT runs on many difFerent hardware platforms and operating systems induding MS-DOS, Macintosh, arid Xenix. Soon a version for Digital Equipment's VAX minicomputers will be ready. A wide range of accounting functions is available, from popular capabilities such as general ledger and accounts payable to harder-to-find modules such

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BCS (Business Control Software) by Toronto-based Informatic Systems is ideally smted for companies thatwant to do business south of the b o rder. Informatic accounting programs can accommodate transactions in up to 15 difFerent foreign currencies. Customer accounts receivable listings and sales analyses can be reported in either the originalcurrencyorin Canadian dolhrs. BCS providesa lot of power and requiresasubstantialinvestmentof time to learn to use all its capabilities. Its target m arket is the small- to medium~ e d company with demanding accounting requirements. BCS is definitely not for accounting neophytes nor for start-up companies. Thesystemhasunusuallylarge capacities in some areas. For example, the inventory product code can have up to 25 alphanumeric characters, whereas most competitors limit you to 15 or so. In addition,you can use another 50 characters to describe the product. Many of the modules have built-in graphics capabiTities. For example, the general-ledger module allowsyou create a bar chart to compare actual results to budgetforeverymonth of theyear. The priceof BCS ranges &om $695 to$1,495 for most accounting modules in the single-user version. That'sa little pricier rograms, than some other but it represents good value given its capabiTities. The multi-user version costs an extra$400 per module for each additional four workstations. Informatic Systems, 1000 Finch Aveitue West, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario

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The Computer Paper I oct '96 financial reporting models and proce-

dures called NVTIMEBIU. ($2%) that automates time entry, biHing, and re-

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TimebHI can accommodate up to 10,000 clients with as many as 100,000 projects per dient. Time and expenses for 1,000 professionals can be tracked in the system. A dMerent hourly billing rate can be established for each service provided bya professional to each dient. You have up to 50 characters to describe each service on an invoice. AdcStional informa6on can also he entered,

however this cannot easily be printed out on a hill. This could be a limitation, particularly to professionals whowant to indude a detailed record on the invoice of aH services provided. NewViews has been criticized in the past for weak error-handhng capabsli-

ties, but the TimebiH system has beefedup controls. It won't allow you to enter tiine into a nonexistent dient account,

are in the business of taking orders and selling something." The current version of NewViews

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BusinessVision H BusinessVision, originaHy introduced in October 1987, is excep6onaHy strong in the preparation of billings. The newest version adds functions for payroll and sales analysis to the ac-

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nor will it let azerodoHar entry slip past. Segregated dient trust fund accounting is provided for law 6rms. RichardMorochove, oftheaccounting Srm Morochove and Associates, is the "INkeeper" of Smy's online Computerized Accounting Information Network. In his review of NewViews on that network, he states,"Although these account ucts. capaci6esaremore than adequate foraH The package posts transac6onsimmebut the very largest professional Grms, diatelyasyou approve them. Thismeans the reporting capabilities aren't equally that youi' accouiltnlg i'ecoi'ds are ahvays as strong. For example,invoices are up to date. This allows the small business prepared one at a time. You view the to closely monitor the amount of cash in account details on your screen and then the bank, for example. However, with decide if you want to prepare a bilL This this online type of system, you may need could be techous and timeconsuming if to wait a few seconds until pocessing is you have more than a few dozen active completed before you initiate another dients. More capable time and billing tnmsac6on. Large companieswith inany packages aHowyou to set overall criteria transac6onswiHprobablybebetter served for billing purposes, such as aH accounts by a program which "batches" transacwith a work~-process balance greater tions, accumulating them un61 they can than $500." be posted aH at once. Due to the design of the NewViews The automatic posting feature of accounting system, you have a great deal BusmessVision allows you to set up stanof flexibility in modifying the program. dard postingaccounts for many areas, For example,you can change the calcusuch as product sales. This means that lations and reports of the TimebiH proyou don't need to consider the accountgram byadjusting the "procedures"writing debits and credits with each sales ten in Page's proprietary computer lantransac6on. The program will calculate guage. However, this should not be the entries and post them automatically. attempted by neophytes without previHowever, this automa6c pos6ng can be ous progratnming experience. overridden ifyou want to process an Murray Aston of BusinessVision exception. Management Systems Inc., the manuUnlike some other prolpaxns which facturer of competing product Business require you to print out most of your Vision, calls NewViews a"super general information requests, BusinessVision has ledger." However, he says, "It is not good online inquiry capabilities. Its mu16user and you do need to have an screen orientation allows you to view extensive knowledge of accounting to important information on your monitor use the product. They don't have an order~ fu n c tion andmostbusinesses without the need to run pages of reports.

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The HexAccounting Software System by Toronto's Flex Software Corporation (formerly known as Ray Computer Systems) mdudesdozensafaccountlngand reporting alternatives. For example,you can decide ifyou want to allow for drop+shipments to customers. By selecting this option, yau then activate this otherwise hidden capability in the saftware. On the other hand, if you don't require this functian, your computer screen never shows this menu item. In this way, Flex can offer a lot of functions without confusing the user with irrelevant capabiTities. Flex isn' t positioned as a general purpose accounting system equally suitable for all companies. It has principal vertical markets: distributorsand hghtmanu-

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that I' ve seen." The Fortune system consists of accounting modules far general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, imrentoxy and Fortune Calc, a spreadsheet package. Each module sells for $495. A mul~ampany option lets yau keep the books for more thaxi ane business. However, no networking version for multiple users is yet available. Fortune 1000 is fast, with quick movement&om screen to screen and a speedy response to our queries. The input

The Computer Paper I Oct '90 screens arerather spartan, giving you little informa6on beyond that which is absolutely required. Operations of the system are somewhat unconvenfional. It uses the slash and question-mark key to control menu movements. This is dMerent &om most other progranis which use the escape key to back out of operations. However, neophyteswho don'tneed to unlearn old habits should pick up operations quick enough. There have been argumentsover which method is bestwuited for processing accounting transactions: an online system which posts entries immediately, or a batching method which doesn't post transactions until after you check them. With Fortune 1000 you can use either method. The standard programis setup for online processing but a batch processing program is available. A pointwf~e option is available for retailers. This prints out a sales invoice for customers on the spot and controls a cash drawer. The instruction manuals and input screens were obviously translated by soxaeone whose mother tongue was not English. However, this is more of an annoyance than a major flaw asthe meaning is usually quite apparent. According to Doucette, a re-write of the manuals is planned. Lotus Development Corp. needn' t woxxy about stdf competition &om the Fortune Calc spreadsheet. It features adequate, but unimpressive, basic spreadsheet capabilities. However, Gale is integrated with the accounting modules toaremarkabledegree. You can pull

outselected datasuchasaccountdescriptions and amounts directly &om your accounting records and develop a cash flow forecast very quicMy. Fortune 1000, CP 158 succ. C, Montreal, @xebec H2L 4K1, (800) 465-

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Vigilant Business Software Toronto4ased accounting software developer Vigilant Business Software's integrated accountingsystem,also called Vigilant Business Software, has sold approximately 5000 modules to some 400 companies. Vigilant tries to straddle the line between the general-purpose horizontal accounting packages, with their "one. size fits all" approach to business information, and the vertical accounting systems oriented towards a specific industry such as construction.

The company has put together a set of nine complete accounting packages, tanging in price from $5,600 to $6,145, for businesses as diverse as wholesale distributors, professional firms, and process manufacturers.Each package includes half a dozen or so modules of the

Vigihnt software. You can run the packages on single-user MS-DOS computers or on a multiuser local area network for an additional $500. The customer order and invoicing function can vaxy considerably among different businesses, so this is one of the key areas to examine in any vertical system. Unlike true vertical systems, the Vigilant modules aren't always specificallywritten for the induslxyapplicafion. For example, the same order entry/billing module is included in several packageso

The company handles the vaxying requirements bybuilding-in a great deal of functionalityin each module. Industries that are radically different require special billing modules such as point-of-sale for retailers, and contract-billing for leasing companies. About half of Vigilant's users are in

California,rather unusual fora Toronto-

based software developer. Company PresidentJon Mainwaring attributes this to strong dealers in the state. However, the unusual dual~ ncy c apabilities of the software may also be a contributing factor. Billings and customer receivables can be tracked in either U.S. or Canadian dollars. All foreign currency amounts are automatically translated, even customer credit limits. This feature can be very useful to companies with a large cross@order trade. The accounts payable module also indudes this useful foreign~ e n cy capability. Listening to customer needs has resulted in new features being added all the time, according to Mainwaring. For example, pricing goods on an invoice is exceptionally flexible. The software has separate pricing tables for both customexs and products. This means that you can assignone offive discount levelstoa customer, offer additional price breaks for quantity purchases, and temporarily override regular prices for a sale. Transactions are posted immediately as you approve them in Vigilant. This means that your books are always up to date, unlike the updating required with other,batch~osting,accountingsystems. However, I noticed apercepiibledelayas each entry was posted. This could become tedious for a larger company with many transactions and may require the use ofa more powerful computer than would otherwise be necessaxy. Your bookscan remain open forup to three years. This allows you to post adjuslments fitrther back than the year or so offered by most other accounting systems The software manual is Vigilant's

greatest weakness. The documentation is barely an inch thick for a complete package. Important applications such as inventoxy and order entry/billing are allocated a scant 25 or so.pages apiece, compared to the comprehensive 100200 page manualsprovided by competing highend accounting systems for each module. Themanuals of other accounting systems indude vital tutorial lessons, quick-commandreferencesandanindex. Vigilant software has none of these. Right now the company is small enough so that users can ignoxe the manual'sshortcomings, call upwith their questions, and get individual attention

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In Summary Some accounting programs stretch the truth by daiming to be "GST ready." When you probe a bit, you usually find they' re talkingaboutproducingupgxades in December. If the GST passes, which certainly seems likely, one thing's for certain: businesses will submit GSI' returns and remissions quarterly or monthly, deducting as credits the GSI' they' ve paid on business inputs. For firms wishing to avoid the drudgeryof traclCing GSTcollectionsand input credits manually, the first step will be to make sureyour accounting system is GSTcapable. And who knowsi Maybe you' ll find thatupgrading your accounting system was a pretty smart move, after all.

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tots used one or more oscillator circuits to produce sounds notunlike those emanating &om a Nintendo game machine (which not coincidentally, uses this vexy methodofsoundgenerafion.) OldApple II sound cards such as the Alf synthesizer are of this type. The sounds produced by a cheap electronicorgan are another example of this type of sound generator. One step up the ladder were those sound generators that could produce sawtooth, triangle and noise waveforms (see Figure l) in addition to the square or pulse wave. Byadding filters an other

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discrete oscillators generate harmonic &equencies sepaxately, and then these outputs are added together to greatly improve the realism of the synthesized sound. T h e M a c intosh program Turbc6ynth (and a compatible musical instrument) allows additive synthesis. But, just as analog synthesizers gave way to more sophisticated digital electronic musical instruments in the mid '80's, so did computer sound options...

The Birth Of FM Synthesis Developed by John Chowning of Stanford University; FM (Frequency Modulation) synthesisinvolvesmodulating one oscillator with another to create complex waveforms. FM was popularized by Yaxaaha, who acquired exdusive rights to ifis musical apphcationsforseveralyears. From their first F instrument, the enormously expensive (US$50,000) and unwieldly CXI used by Stevie Wonder, Keith Emerson andfewothers, to theirphenoxxtenonaily successful DX-7, the impact elf FM synthesis on modern music is undeniable. The DX-7, with a maximaun of six

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a Mirage, on a single chip that probably cost $20 to producel When Apple released their IIgs computer, they licensed and built in the 16.voice Ensoniq sound chip. Soon, the electronic musical instrument manufacturersmoved to 12bit, then 16 bit, in their quest for everbetter sound quality... and on it goesl

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Mathews, Max V., andJohn R. Pierce. IheComputer asaMusical Instruxnent.' Scientifk Amenoan,February 198'y. Moog, Robert A. "Digital Music Synthesis." BF2Z,June 1986. Thanks to Tennis Morton of Strider GresPuterx ain't I Certett of Annex HigATeehfor their assistance.

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THE CASE AGAINST USING COM P U T ERS FOR EVERYTHING Editmial by JJlkCmmick WASHINGTON, D.C, SEP 8 (NB)I use computers dailyandmake myliving with them,butI still advocate thatpeople carefully consider whether they really need ene, especially in a small business. I want ta say a goad word for Rainey's GeneralStere here because they don' t make use of computers; they only phone when something I ordered has arrived; they deliver, and they take personal checks without loohng at my driver' s license or demanding my social security number.

O f course asana~omputerized stare they don'trike credit cards, but they will open a creditline in about ten seconds if they already know you, so I de business with them in preference to any other store of any size, even when it is slightly less convenientte do so. It just goes to show what personal sexvice can still de,and their prices aren't thatdifferent &em bigimpersonal stores in large cities because what personal service costs them in time is xnore than compensated for by their mudi lower overhead. Small-tawn life has many good peints tomakeupfor thelackefamovietheatre and the Sct that the closest hbxury is mostly known as the hcune of aweatherferecasting xodent known worldwide as PunxsutawneyPhiLTVislibraxyonce had an IBM-PCjr available for patron's use, Iiut even that awed system has SnaHy

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Photoshop ColorStudio Save to "native file format" : 51 3 5 ' 7

File size of above save 4452K 12'/6K To compare more equivalentfunctions, I also used Photoshop's "Save as compressed TIFF" function, which — afteradangerouslyboringsevenand ahalf minutes — yieldeda file size of only1118 T o round out the SAVE test, I also tried compressing the native Photoshop file with Stuflit. Interestingly, Stu8it took

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Thankfully, the fix is simple: just swap the values. Bycontrast, Photoshopnever crashed or misbehaved on me during sixniLxr usage. Toitscredit, though, ColorStudio has several benefits over Photoshop. On a standard 256 color Mac II monitor, Photoshop has no comparable equivalent to ColorStudio's "quantized

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ColorStudio loads and saves its own proprietary RIFF format, several variations of TIFF, PICI' and PICT2, EPS and TARGA. It also imports and exports a format compatible with the highwnd Crosfield image scanner, usually ultraIaxge files held on 9-txack tape drives. The text-handling capabiTifies of the programsdiFersomewhat. ColorStudio's built~ text tool createsonly simple (one color ata time) bitmapa These may then be smoothed or blurred, in a separate operation to eliminate their rough edges. However, with another Letraset offering, LetraStudio, you can use its highresolution screen rendering option to create smooth characters of any size that eliminate most of the 'jaggies.' ButAdobe goes one better: using their Type Manager program and a built-in Photoshop text option called antialiasing, the chaxacter edges are automaticaily blurred to blend smoothly into the background. Both programsallowyou to work with various color models: Grayscale, RGB (Red/Green/Blue), CMY (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow), or HSV (Hue/Saturation/Value). Predictably, ColorStudio also supports Letraset's own Pantone color matching system. Each program includes the ability to mask part of an image, in order to control how various operations affect the image layer, but while ColorStudio has one mask layer, Photoshop goes all out with 16 channels, 8 for RGB, leaving 15 for its Alpha channels.

I converted a grayscale (single channel) image to RGB mode, producing three separate layers or channels, plus a fourth full-color RGB channel (quadrupling the size of my file!). I was then able to edit the RGB channel, afFecting all four channels simultaneously, or edit the red, green or blue channels separate!. Fortunately, Photoshopallowsyou to save Alpha channels with your image, separately, or delete them when no longer needed.

50 MB Temporary "Workmg" Files A word of warning: these programs have a positively ravenous hunger for disk space. In the above-mentioned instance, I started with 50 megabytes (!) of &ee hard disk space. I opened a twomegabyte gray-scaleTIFF, and converted it to RGB color mode, with the intent of colorizing the image. I saved a partly colored interim working version (now over '7 MB), then reloaded the original image. I then decided that I wanted to cut out a piece of the colored picture, and paste it into the originaL "DISK

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I almost fell off my chair! Admittedly, it was (ahem) a rather laxge piece of picture I was trying to cut and paste, but

only after I deleted the interim version, was I able to complete the operation. With a morbid sense of curiosity, I discovered that in such an operation, tem-

porary"working" filesofover BOMB are not uncommon! Needless to say, once

you get one of these programs, you' ll probably want a bigger hard disk, too. An unrelated, but equally distressing situation may occur if a screen saver, oncalendar accessory, screen E-mail and/or filesharing network kicks in and interrupts you while you are editing a huge image. If such events or users send messages to your screen, the screen updating (when they disappear) asyour mul& megabyte file reloads &om disk can be dangerous to your patience and/or sanity! Which one should you get? After all, ColorStudio is over twice the price (and size) of Photoshop. ColorStxscho, I suspect,iscapable of better coIor correction and control (imperative for reproducible results) but overall, Photoshop is somuch quicker and generamy more nimble 'feeling' that this proves to be ColorStudio's greatest habiliqr. On the other hand, its US$295 Shapes PostScript rasterizer adds a level of functionality that lar exceeds the current capabiTities ofPhotoshop. Of course, the truly well-heeled should have both... ColorStudio has somewhat steeper system requirements, requiring a minimum4MB of RAM, System 6.04 and Mbit Color QuickDraw. By comparison, Photoshop's default memory requirement is a relatively spartan 2048K, and does not require Color Quickdraw or 256K ROMs. It will even run on a 2 MB Mac Plus with System 6.02, although the stated system requirexnents specifyan SK or higher.Of course, many of the ben-

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be fully realized without a colar~pable Macintosh. While you' re at it, a scanner (preferably color) is an appropriate addition. We' ve certainly come a long way &om the original MacPaint's 128K RAM

requ irement! How about results? We' ve used one or the other of these prograxxis in conjunc-

tion with Quark XPress to produce the last few covers of TheComputer Poper and Sherif Visionmagazines, with generally good results. And doing our own desktop separations saves lotsof money. (Ifyou're interested, the RGB image files are typically converted to ~ sav e d as EPS binary files which are then placed in XPress.) While notup to Voguestandards, for publications such as ours, desktop color is worth the elfort.

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