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THE COMPUTER PAPER MAY '91

Contents

From the Editor

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Features Notebook Computers ................................................33 etting organized is a national pastime. An entire industxy has been built on selling d and paper~ orga n izers designed ta get us organized. Computers can oKer a real advance ever these "lo~h " s ystems. With a camputexized system, yau enter your

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one~ en i t i s there forever, ar at least until you change systems again ordelete it. Many of the computerized systems also can be set up to remind you of appaintments, birthdays or other events by beeping, or displaying a message every time you open up your organizer. If you are hooked up over a network, yau can often cut and paste your ideas or information to your coworkers without having to re-key the information. The down aide of using a computer is that you are often locked into a desktop system for your ideas. Since creativity is nat limited to when you are sitting in your onice, notebaok computers bring a great deal of needed mobility to computing. A new generation of ~y whe r e,decmything machines is arriving.This month we took a look at a broad range af products being eKered — &em the palmtopeized Atari Portfolio and the Sharp IQ, through8088's and 286'sall the wayup ta the statcefMcosrt 386SX &om IBM. The options are expanding and the price diKcrential between desktop units and portable computers is narrowing fast. This month looks like Aldusmonth at Tko GnnlinctcrPapcr. The folksdown in Seattle have been releasingproducts at a great rate.The new version af PageMaker for Windows promises to buy them more marketshare in the page layout battle. We also take fust looks at the new FreeHand 8.0 for the Macintosh, as well as Personal Publishing, a "lovvcxxd" Macintosh packagewith same {we hope) highend" features, We also did a little house cleaningan aur Mac artides in anticipation of the af new products fer the Macintosh with the release of Sptem V.O in May. System .Oisa major upgrade of the Mac apcratingsystem, which wall add many hot new features. In the Windows area, we have a look at Professional Write Plus and a shareware personal infexmatian manager called Active Life. Our Personal Information Manager article covers two Wmdows products, Cuxrent &om IBM and PackRat &om Polaris Software — both excellent products, and cxbnsst goad enough to tempt our reviewer, George Slade, away &am his beloved DOS prompt. And now for something completely diKercnt...this month we included an article called Take an Exercise Brcak It is a series of shart exercises designed to give an invigorating break te those whe work extensively at a desk or on a computer. We hope you will Snd it user@. Next month we tackle CD-ROMa Some of the products we have been qetiing for revieware vcxy exciting. CD-ROM isa technalogywhich uses the same baste disc and player that popular and chsnical music is being distribute an {no, unfortunately, you can'tuseyour stereo CD pLayer te access them). Instead of music,yeu getdatavast cluantitics of data, over 600 megabytes on the avexxagedisk They are bemg used to distribut entire encyclopedias, complete with full ceIer, sound andin some cases animations. Theybrmgncwmeaningto the term "infoxmation overdose."Checkout our June issue for mare details. Enjey the issue.

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14 natcbooks made it into eur overview of the market.By Dan Wcrger. Thexvva x~anhead h SuperNote ...............................................................39 886SX power in a 6.6pound package By GrcueneBcnnctt. o ln n l o d o l e Q S6 lQ I 6 IS T 00 • 0 • 000000000NOO ONSOOON0 0 0 0 00000

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Is the lack ef DOS compatiMity really the "kiss af death" for a computer? By GnxcIno Bcnnctt.

The Sharp lg ®300M Electronic Organizer ....................................50 This pocket oxganiscr premises integxatIon withyour computer. By GrucInc Bcnmtt.

Personal Information Managers .......•..........•.45 Two Windows products face off against Maxunizer. By Danie/ Wager.

Th e Shareware Shelf ......................................................................71 Active Life is a shareware Personal Information Manager. By GordonSinIInondx.

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tion of the CATALYST BBS in your BBS listing. Since PIXhas a specifled mandate to educate and assist volunteer organizations,communityactivistsandnon~oflt groups to get modeming, we believe

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The Computer Paper welcomes readers' comments. Letters may be edited for clanty and brevity.

role to play. Also, as a volunteer organization ourselves, we appreciate any opportunity to inform people about our services We would appreciate it, if you could include CATALYST BBSinyour future BBS lists. Thank you, Peter T. Miller President, Pacific Information Exchange Society.

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VVhat's hlew Intel Intros Inexpensive I4165X INicro processor SANTA CLARA, CAIIFORNIA, APR 23 (NB) — Intel has finall released an official description of the longmmored 20MHz i486SX microprocessor that will be priced just about the same as the 33 MHz 80386 but will lack the built~ fioating point math coprocessor of the

486 chipset While the new chip lacks the full 486's math coprocessor, most software

95 SX4GF, with a 400MB hard disk, will

be U8$12,695, IBM said.

user systems, a company spokeswoman told Newsbytea IBM said it has already begun shipping two Model 90 PS/2s based on the new 486SX chip. Two SX versions of the Model 95 are due to be available inJuly. The Model90PS/2486SX4G5, with an 80MB hard disk, sells for US$8,345, while the Model 90 486 SXOG9, with a 160MB hard disk, sells for USE,945. The Model 95 SXOG9,alsowith a 160MB hard disk„willcost USE,995. TheModel

IBM also introduced two new versions of the PS/2 Model 95 with larger hard disk drives. Company spokesman Kevin Clark said the Model 95 XP 486OJF and 4KF both have a 4Ã4negabyte hard drive, the largest IBM sells. The 4864JF uses a 25 MHz 486 processor while the 4860KF model uses the 33 MHzversion, hesaicL IBM also cut prices on existing Model 90 and 95 machines and doubled standard memoryon these machines to 8MB. Standard memoryon

Model 80 machines was also doubled, to 4MB, with no change in price. At the low end of the PS/2 line, IBM added the Model 30 286-E41,which comes with a 45MB hard disk instead of previous models' SOMB disk This unit is available new at a suglpsted price of

USE,495.

Fmally, IBM axed the PS/2 Model 50 Z, thePS/2 Model 65 SX, the Model 70E61, and the Model P70 386431 and061. Contact: Madeline Epstein, IBM,9146424363.

makes no use of maths coprocessors

anyway, including most spreadsheet operations, so the i486SX will complete most tasks as quickly as a full i486 of the same clock speed at a much lower cost.

The new chip is seen by industry observersas being a response to the development of less expensive and, most recently, Sastm 'clones' of Intel's 80386 micr~ es s or whicharejustbelmaning to challenge the chip maker's market share. It also allows Intel to stay one step ahead ofthe clone chip manufiscturers who are known to be developing 386 chipsets of their own. Computers built with the new 486SX could be sold for about the same price as a 33 MHz80386kasedsystem or possibly less because it is easier to build a computerwith lower clockspeed,yet because most computer operations do not make any use af the coprocessor, many users would find the 20 MHz 486SX as Ssst or perhaps even faster than the 33 MHz 80386 microprocessor. The initial list price for the 486SX is just $258 U.S. each in quantities of 1,000 — about $100 less than the street price of a 33 MH z 80386 in single quantities,and farbelowthecostofafull 25 MHz 80486. As a further comparison,streetprices for 20 MHz iSN' SX coprocessors are presentlyhoveringaroundthe f 320mark by mail order in single quantitieL A 25 MHzi486chipset from the same sources is now selling for nearly $700 each in single quantitiea There areno slreetprices forthenew Intel chips yet but they are expected to be priced about the same as a 33 MHz i386 while providing more power. Also announced by Intel was a comp anion chip, th e i 4 8 7 S X m a t h

coprocessor, which should be available this summer and carry a retail price of

U8$799. Other chips rumored to be in Intel's product basket far a Ml release include 50 and 100 MHz 80486 microprocessors,which out by the end of this year, and the 80586, a 64kit microprocessor which Intel is discussing but says hasn' t reached the final production design stage. Contact: Nancy Pressel, Intel,

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The Brother M-1824 prints at 216 cps Paradox 3.5 Database draf'telite and V2 cpsletter~ ty s peed. VICTORIA, B.C„APRIL 2 (TCP)It includes Vresidentlettergualityfonts, Adapta Softwarehas released new vera built~ parallel interface (serial opsions of the eight modules in the AdaptAccounts family of advanced rela- tional) and an 8KB memory huffer. The M-1824 hasvery efficient paper tionalbusinessapplicatiensfor Borland's handling capabilities including a push to~ted Paradox database managementsystem. These newAdaptAccounts and pull type tractor feeder as well as an optional cut sheet feeder. Its "Paper 8.5 modulesare System Manager, General Ledger, Financial Reporter, Ac- Parking" function allews fox' easy counts Receivable, Accounts Payable, switchover &om continuous foxmsto cut Inventory, Sales Orders and Purchase sheet paper and vice vexsa. Standard pxinter emulatians are the Ordera Prices are unchanged from the Epson LQ510/550, IBM Praprinter previous version «nd reseller discounts are available. versions are X24E and NEC PinwriterP2200XE,/P2 Plus. These emulatians make the M-1824 availahlewith orwithoutfull source code, and module prices range between fullycempatible with today's mostpopu(US)$149 and $595. An eight-module lar software. The Brether M-1824 has a suggested singt~ pa c kage is $2,895. Mul&mer list price of $549 and comes with a twaversions all mclude full source code and year warranty on parts and labor. module pricesxange between $895 and Centact: (604) 2VS4486. $1,095. Upgradahle Trial Versions that include the User's Guide and restricted

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operational software are available for $25 per module. A Menu Makm facility thatprovidesadocumentatian andcode generating facility is also now available. It supports both and multiuser systems and is included with many cenfiguratians. It's also available separately at $149 for the library version and $249 fer the source version. Existing AdaptAccounts 8 users can upgrade ta

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V ANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 2 1 (TCP) — DataTrain hasannauncedanew highwesolufien 1Nnch coler monitor it ubsaysis ideal for CAD/CAM, lishing and graphics intensive applications. The DC 61V supports 8514/A, Apple Macintosh II„Suyer VGA and VGA (maximum 1024 dots x 768 lines neninterlaced). MCGA, PGA and EGA graphics standards are alse supported. The display provides virtually unlimited color and shading capabilities, with the darity essential for sharp textandgraphics. The 1&mch non are viewing area is designed for easy readability, thereby reducing eye strain. All impoxtant conlrols are conveniently located on the f'rant ef the monitor, which is supplied with a tilt and swivel stand.

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VANCOUVER, B.Cao APRIL 21 VANCO U V ER, B.C., MARCH ll (TCP) — Brother International has introduced a 24pin dot matrix printer it (TCP) — Grand Tech Services has resays is ideal for small business, home centlyopened a repaircenter far comoffice or personal use far ward process- puters and peripherals in Vancouver. With ofixces in Toronto and Montreal, ing, data processing, invoicing ar

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School Administration Software for Ks VANCO U V ER, B.C., MARCH ll (TCP) — Not all teachers get Apples, so Chancery Software Ltd. is developing

an IBM version of its succ~ s c h ool administration package for Macintosh computers.

The company will receive a$245,000 repayable contribution from the federal government's Western Diversification Fund far the project. Kim Campbell, Justice Minister and MP for Vancouver Centre,made the announcement today on behalf of Western Economic Diversi-

fication Minister Charles Mayer. Total costs ef the project are estimated at

$850,000.

The firm will receive the funding based on reimbursement for eligible expenses once all conditions of the

agreement havebeen met. The Western Diversification Fund was established to

diversifythe Western Canadian economy byencauragingnew products, new markets, new technology, improved industry-inde productivity and import replacements. Contact: Ralph Van Nes, Communications Manager, Western Economic Diversification, Vancouver, B.C., (604) 6666256 or David Rebak, Director, Chanceiy Software Ltxt., (604) 685-2041.

New, Focused Computer Show For Yancouver V ANCOUVER, B.C., A PRIL 8 (TCP) — Industrial Trade 8c Censumer Shows Inc. (ITCS), a subsidiary of Maclean Hunter Communications and Canada'8largest producer of computer shows, has entered the Vancouver market with the new, tightly focusc:d, Vancouver Business Computer Show, which it says will he devoted to computer software, hardware and the relevant applications for government and business. 'Trends show VARs, computer professionals and MIS managers are turning away from m~ a p peat business erluipmentshows,"says Robert Grainger, ITCS Greup Show Manager who produces the Canadian Computer Show as well as computer shovrsin Halifax,Que bec Cip, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmontan. "Business people have got applications in mind and theywantspecific hardware/software solutions." Recognizingthisneed, KCShas booked the newlyrefurbished Robson Square Conference Centre in downtown Vancouver for the show dates —Sept. 18 and ) 9, 1991. Contact: Bruce Guerin ar Blaine s

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WHAT'5 NEW Woit, ITCS (604) 224-2207.

Custom Data Processing Labels TORONTO, ONTARIO, APRIL 21 (TCP) — Photologic announces custom color printing of fanfold dataprocessing labels. Users can have any design or logo printed from a rainbow of colors on

these self~esive labelL Manyaizes are available. These labels have awiderange ofuses such as: shipping, maiTing, price marking, bar coding, laboratory analysis, labellingofprivate label diskettes and other promotional applications. Anycomputer printer with tractor feed can be used to

enter data on the label. Labelsindude the choice of "Permanent" or "Removable" type adhesive. Small print runs starting at 2,000 pieces cost only pennies per labeL Ordering is easy as the user may either supply artwork or fax a rough sketch of the required design. Price quotes and free

samples are available. Contact: Rick Hofiman, Photologic,

(416) 515-1720.

STpad-Handwriting Recognition Introduced by Atari

TORONTO, APRIL 2, 1991 — Because handwriting comesnaturally to everyone, Atari has announced the SI'pad,akeyboardless portablecomputer that allows the user to write directly on the screen. "Atari is very excited about

being on the forefront of this emerging new technology," says Geofirey Earle,

generalmanagerofAtari (Canada) Corp. "The STpad will make computers accessible to more people than ever before."

Based on a Motorola 68000 CPU with one tofour megabytesofRAM, theSTpad will run all previous Alari ST software and has the added bonus of handwriting

recognition. Expected to be available in the third quarter of 1991, the entire

device will be the size of an A4 piece of paper andonly 8.6cm thick

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new notebook~ed computer it calls the ST Book The new STecompatible machine runs the new TOS 2.05 and will come with built~ software. The STBook (not the final name) comes with an 85

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key keyboard, LCD display, and joypad. The ST Book has a saM, parallel, MIDI, DMA and expansion port, all reduced in physical size from previous ST models. Itis based on the 68000 CPU and will be available with either a 20, 40, or 80mb built~ hard disk. The ST Book is also equipped with a "silicon drive" that uses RAM/ROM cards in place of fioppies. Both units are slated for Sept&et 1991 debut/release dates. Contact: Atari, (416) 479-1266.

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The new online trading system, the first in Canada, will be offered through

count brokerage house. The system has already been approve:d by The Toronto Stock Exchange and iscurrentlyawaiting final approval from the provincial securities commission.

"This is an important step forward for the increasing number of Canadian investors who want to be able to buy and

sell securities with maximum efficiency, economy and simplicity," says Paul K. Bates, president of Marathon.

Investors who have modem~nipped IBM or compatible personal computers will be able to buy and sdl stocks from the four Canadian exchanges via the

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WHAT'5 NEW (shudder t) smoke.

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Stratford SORware's SUZY information sexvice and its purpose is to enable authors to make their works available to readersvia computers and modems. Later, there are plans to make kits available to print and bind the books in an

attractive, inexpensive, and easy~cad formaL Meanwhile,the books are setup for you to pxint them out on both sides of standard computer paper, and then stack the pages and read them hke an

unbound book, or bind them to suit your fancy. Reader can help themselves to fiction, non-fiction and poetry books,all available in the library (authors retain their copyright to books in The Electronic Bookstore ). These are original works which haven' t, (so far) been sold in bookstores,and KentLyons, INkeeper

New IrisVision Video Controller

TeIMerge, telecommunicationssoflware that lets users access data from distant

hosts and electronic information services, and MailList, software that manages telephone and addresslists. In addition, WordScar hasincludeda@uckScart disk to get users up and running tiuickly.

VANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 1 8 (TCP) — Cardz Computers Inc. of Vancouver, B.C. has announced authorization for the sale of three new video t echnologies, including th e n e w

Contact: David Patrick, Vice President of Marketing, WordStar Interna-

IrisVision video controller from SiTicon

Graphics, of Mounkain View, CA. Considered the most powerful video

tional Inc. (415) 3824000, Roy Poloni, National Sales M a nager, W o r dStar

processor currently in production, the IrisVision set of two linked graphics boards uses a Weitek graphics processor

Canada (416) 58M440 or Eileen Ebner, McLean Public Relations (415)5774478.

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tional Incorporated (NASDAQ WDST) today announced theWordStar Laptop Collection, a software bundle created

specifically to increase laptop users' productivity. The collection includes WordStrxr Lrgptop Editioxs,Traveling Software's LrxpLiysk Spgcial Editioa, and Campbell Services' OxsTilxe. For $550 CDN suggested list price, WordStar Laptop Collection provides users with software valued at more than$800 CDN. "Laptops represent the fastest~owing sector of PC sales today, and we're addressing the needs of this market," said Ron Posner, WordStar's CEO. "WordStar Laptop Collection gives laptop users sofkware designed to make them productive when they' re on the road — or in their oaice." Word@or Lrxptop Editioa, a special laptop version of WordStar 6.0, offexs comprehensive printer support and powerful, highl features like Advanced Page Preview, style sheets, multiplesymbolsets,bullt~spellmgchecker and thesaurus, multiple editing, windows, pulldown menus or touch-typing commands, and macroL Italso includes

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magnetic power disturbances, this protection is bisectional and eliminates power disturbances coming &om and going to the equipment. According to the company, the MxcroPC has a UL1449 rating of NO the lowest UL rating in the industry Also, it has a rating of less than 250 volts in all three modes under the IEEE 587 Category B Impulse Test. With a damping time in picoseconds, the device is

Compugraphic Fonts Cheaper on Amiga

Despite the fact that some of you thought it made a xather subtle April Fool's joke, a much more plausible explanation is

Nancy Devitt Lorieau, well-known Amiga writer and enthusiast comments that despite our March, 1991 DTP

on first" epiaodesin recenthistory,many readers called to tell us that we had printed an incoxrect number for NEO Marketing, dislributorsof the HeadMax Disk Cleaning and Diagnostic System

article's contention that Compugraphic

mentioned in last month's B.C. Edition.

backto 12 months again nextyear, okay?

fontsfor theAmiga are expensive,in fact these fonts are relatively inexpensive. In

The Price is Right

said to eliminate even the most severe

We checked the number as supplied to us and found that we had, in fact, pub-

fact, PC users will find it cheaper to get

lished it correctly. Could it be that the

transients quickly, providing the elec-

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tronic equipment with clean, disturbance4ree power. This adds up to en-

company had published a wrong num-

then move them to PC disks.

ber on its own literature? Indeed, when we called, the person

hanced performance and increased rehability over a longer life expectancy. The MicroPC comes with a 10 year, $2000 warranty. Contact: Bill Robulack, ESP Electronics System Protection, (604) 9802688 or (800) 6634409.

ZenithHolds Open House V ANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 28 (TCP) — Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) has moved and expanded its fircilities in

Vancouver. The company will be holding an Open House in mid-May at its newpremisesat1600 — 750WestPender St For further information and aspecial invitation, call 68$8987.

Only in our Dreams Ventura Software was as surprised as we werewhen we reported thatthe price of their popular PC publishing software had "plummeted" to $895. In fact, the price dedinedratherleasdrastically &om C$1,095 to $985. Our overzealous copywriter added the enthusiastic exdamations that saw the "price plummet" and "dramaticallydecrease" Pcrthemain a text had been (incorrectly) typed in. Oops. Also, the "&ee upgrade" of the Mac version is more correctly termed an up-

date, according to the company. Contact: Ventura Software, 8008224221 or 41648$4228.

Headmax Update In oneofthemore convoluted "Who's

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D avid M a r o u n , e d i t o r o f t h e Vancouver Area Rainbow Users Group newsletter, points out that remote PC access progranllike those mentionedin

George Slade's article "Computer Communications"(1%cComputer Paper, April 1991), aren't necessary if all you want to do is access another PC remotely. Says Maroun: "To access an MS-DOS computer remotely, type CTIY =AUX at the DOS prompt on the host computer (the one your remote PC will be accessing) . The computers must be hooked up via modem or null modem beforehand and the remote computer must be run-

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have, however, a great sense of urgency regarding the need for swift action on

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Convert Between Font ~ s FOSTER CHY, CALIFO~ APR 19 (NB) — Ares Software has started

shipping FontMonger, a $99.95 type conversion and editor for Apple Macmtosh systems. FontMonger cenvertsbetween PostScxiptTypc: 1, TxueType, and Type 8 font file formats using proprietary algorithms which a company representative said provide "the highest quality screen and printer characters for each type: format." Aunique featuxeof thissoftavareis its abTiityto combine sevens type fiacesint a single font, permitting fastaccess to all fonts a user normally uses. FontMonger also allows usexs to cre-

atesmall~pandoblique typefacesfrom existing font filets For further information, contact: Ares Software, P.O. 4667, Foster City, CA, 41$578-9090, AppleLinh D8829. ConIact Russ McCann, Ares, 41557MNO.

Monthly Journal For HyperCard Developers LOUISVILLE, Kl~24TUCIK APR 16 (NB) — The Cobb Group hasintxoduced a monthly hovsco journal called Inside HyperCanf, designed specifically for

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Apple VF' Testifies In Senate Hearing W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 9

(NB) — Apple Computer's Dr. David

Nagel testified in support of pending emerging technologies legislation that provides for the creation ofspecialxadio bands for communications between Truevision Video Presentation computers,asystemApplecallsDataPCS. A couple of months back, Apple Software INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, APR 18 Computer proposed that the FCC or (NB) — Truevision Inc., has announced Federal Communications Commission, Videoscript, which is described as "easy the federal agency which allocates com~ sof t ware which provides point- munications f'requencies and polices andMck assembly for composing video their use,establish a dedicated computer resentations using the Truevision communications frequency band beuvisia series videographi card+" The tween 1850 MHz and 1990 MHz. Speaking before the Communicaprogram uses the video dfect capabiliContact: Melissa Haeberlin, The Cobb Group, 50R491-1900.

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to provide avuie1y of recordable 164it, pixel transitions for Apple Macintosh II computers. T hc suggested list p r ic e f o r Videoscxipt is $495, and it is bundled with all Nuvista + cards ordered before July 15, 1991 in the US and August 1, 1991 outside the U.S. During thisperio, current ownexs of Nuvista and Nuvisia+ boards can obtain Videoscript for $85. Contact Cecia Booher, Truevision, 8174414882.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Apple's Vice President of Advanced Technology supported Senate Bill S.218, the Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1991. "Apple and others in the computer industry strongly support the goal of S.218, which is to reallocate additional xadiospectrumtoensure thatthe United States fully invests in its technological future, providing economic growth and world leadership," Nagel testified. "We

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the beginning of a lengthy process to identifyfrequenciesforreallocation and sharing. Thisprocessshouldbeginnow." The major move now underway to notebook or laptop systems would create amajor market for radio communications systemswhich would allowusexs to caxxy a computer with them at work but always have access to a central information system,muchlike the Dynabook proposedbyAlan Kaybackat the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) think tank which came up with other computer ideas such as the mouse. Apple's Data-PCS would link computexsin aradionetworkreachingup to 150 feet Although other companies have shown interest in this new technology,

Apple Computer has been in the forefront of those pushing for the acceptance of standards that would allow developers to begin mahng plans to meet the needs of laptop user in the '90s. Contact: Cindy McCai'rey, Apple Computer, 40L974-1578.

Apple Offers Employees Commutin9 Alternatives

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output. new wares in the Atari booth, including ISD, showing off the new color capabiTities of its highland Calamus SL DTP package and ms Cranach Studio, an electronic imagemanipulation program for enhancing,retouching, and color correcting grayscale and 244it color images; Soft Logik, with its PostScriptbased DTP solution, Pagestream 2; and Goldleaf Publishing, showing an im-

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when it's two organiza6ons speahng." Although ITAC and CADAPSO have only about a dozen members in common, Bull said, the lines between their areas of interest have blurred a great deal in recent years. Hardware compa-

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digital lithography, line art, OCR and ment on industry issues recently, and sociation (CBEMA). Atari Introclucas page layout as well as its own Word Flair Prohesional Iyskams Oroup II graphical word processor. C HICAGO, I L L I N O IS, APR 12 For its part, Atari brought ten Tl'080(TCP) — From April 8-11th, Chicago's 8warkststionscompletewithEpson ECCmassive McCormick Place exhibition 900 color fully scanners and SLMcenter played host to the best and 605 laser prlntera brightestthatcomputer4asedpublishing Contact: Goldleaf Publishing, Inc., has to offer in the annual Corporate 415461~ 2 o r Atari Canada, 416479Electronic Publislsmg Systems (CEPS) 1266. trade show. This is a show where: all the major players in the desktop publishing world come out to show their hardware platforms, software, printers, even paper Canadian Associations stock for laser printers. + T ONER CARTRI JETE REC4ARQE: All MAJoR BR ANdsof PERsoNAl Plan To Mar Alongside such notable neighbors as TORONTO „ O N TARIO, APR 18 CopiERs6 LAsER PRINTERs CRAPhics/OCR Linotype-Hell, NeXT, @MS and Xerox (NB) — If their members give the go(whowereshowcasingVenturaPublisher ahead, CassacLs's two largest computer + M A C RE NTAlS: MAC+, MAC II, MAC SE/30 in a booth thatstretched the entire width industry associationswillmerge later this of the show), Atari used the show to year. The lnformanon TechnologyAsso+ D ISC CQNVERSIONS: I BM M A C introduce its new Professional Products ciation of Canada(ITAC) and the CanaGroup, and "Direct To Press" tools for dian Association of Data, Professional every phase of preyress work from Services, and Software Organizations + TPPESEINff document processing and design, to (CADAPSO) wouldbecomeonenational photocetouching and imagesceer film body representing the hardware, softOPEN SATURDAY 1$ AM - 6 PM

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Burnaby, B.C., APRIL 21 (TCP)Commodore Canada is set to begin abippingitshomemultimediacomputer ( CDTV) May 10th. The CD-ROM~ d CDTV unit looks like an audio compact disk player and connects to a television set and home audio system. However, it has the processing power of an Amiga computer,and can be upgraded with a full keyboard,mouse, trackball, and disk driveL Fifty CDTV software titles will be available within a couple weeks of irs introduction, with close to 100 due by late summer.

The suggeited retail pxice will be US$999. Contact: Duncan Fraaer, Commodore Business Machines (604) 4214448.

The Desktop Video Video

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Computer Select CMtOIN Adds New Magazines NEW YORK, NEW YORK, APR 17

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In an apparent move to stay more competitive with the rapidly faihng prices of PC donee,Compaqhasannouncedprice reductions of erght to 84 percent on its FC systems, and up to 68 percent on certain hardware options. The premium done maker also announced a new pricing structure for its authorised dealers, cutting dealer discount on cheaper items. The fhm also broughtoutaline of new, 'lowemission' monitors. Examples of the new prices include the Compaq LTE 886e/20 Model 80 reduced from $6,499 to $4,899;the Model60reducedfrom $6,999 to$4,799, and the Deskpro 886N now suarting at

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"We beiievtc that our new pricing policywill makeCompaqproductsmore competitive in the North American marketplace and will lead to increased -sales of CPUs, as well as software and peripherals for dealers," said Ross Cooley, vice president for North American operations. "Customers continue to

prefer purchasing PCs through the dealer channeL The changes implemented today more effectively reflect and support customer purchasing patterns in North America." Meanwhile, Compaq's new $799 14. inch reduced emissionsVGAmonitor is touted as complying with the emission standards set by the Swedish national board for me asurement and t esting.

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QSNEF, AUKHtALIA, 1991 APR 8

(NB) — Asitdoesall over the world, IBM inAustrahaturoducestop4inecotpcuate brochures and repmha, The latest IBM quareertyreview, however, had an added feature— an unintended joke an IBh LL A lead artide in the quarterly review proSled BigBlue'scooperationwithone o f Australia'sleadingban~ W Z. T h e bank's chief, Brian Weeks, wae interviewed, and talked of his bank's very large dealings with IBM, induding the und4reaklnginstallationoftheIBM J ax~ oceesor system. The artide had anice color picture of Brian Weeks in his crisp, ef6cient alice, complete with oil painting on the wall and Apple Macintosh on the desk. And if that weren't bad enough, the IBM buyer is poaang with his Macintosh mouse in hand. ••

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and the user plays back the rhythmic notation that is seen on the screen. Thc, three input options for the user are the computer ke)4mard, a Musical Interface Digital Instrument (MIDI) instrument, or any IBM, Logitech, or Microsoft compatible mouse. Although theuseofaninternalsound expansioncard isrecommended when using RhytlunAce, the program is designed to use the internal spealrers of the microcomputer it is being run on. RhythmAce retails at $99.95, and requires 640kilobytesof RAM, DOS 2.0or hi her, at least one Soppy drive, and VGA, EGA, or a Hercules/mono-

iraphicsPackage Set Zo Debut OTTA W A , ON T A R IO, APR 12 (NB) — A Canadian startup will be show. ing a new graphics package at the COMD EX/Spxing and PC Expo shows this spring that it claims offers better integration of charting, drawing, and textfmctions than competing software. Gzaphicway will be available for plain DOS systems at the end of April and for Windowsin late May„accordingto Tmcon Software. Peter Thorp,vicepresidentofTilcon, told Newetrlees thatGraphicwayoutdoes other packages in letting users work

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Nalellan Ilost Popular isC Text ReOieval Software . W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 0 (NB) — Arecent GovernmentComputer News suxveyshows that federal users xate Magellan2.0over bothGoferandAgenda

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toincludeWxndowsS.Owasdisdosedin a phone call from Apple's general counsel, aMicrosoft spokesman announced. "We are curious as to why Apple chose toaddWindowsS.Oto thelawsuit at this time," said William Neukom, Microsoft vice president for legal af-

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faira "Apple appears to be having second thoughts about its strategy now that the case hasbeen limited toonly10 alleged similarities between Windows 2.08 and the Apple ~ sof t ware." Since the original filing of the law suit, Microsoft has maintained that it hasnotinfringedanyApplecopyrighta Apple, meanwhile, is not commenting on Microsoft's daim, except to say that "all derivative wor1xx" of Wmdows

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a $99 discount. ContacL Kristin Keyes, Computer Associates, 408M2-2810.

Contact: Marty Taucher, Microsoft, 2068824080.

Microsoft and IBM dating back to November of 1989 which discussed future directions of OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. The Fl'C, which investigates antitrust and restraint of trade cases, is apparentlyinterestedinwhether Micxosof t was intentionally restricting the functionality and features of f'uture versions of Windows. At the time, Microsoft had been going to considerable lengths to rocauure software deveiopcxswhohadgotten wind of theupcoming release of Windows 8 that there was stim a future for OS/2, and had stated that OS/2 would remain aimed at the networksexver and upscale workstation market. Presumably, the

Fl'C read that as a conspiracy to.restxict the powexs of Windows. At the time, however, the announcement was not

greeted with any surInise, since Windows is still based on DOS, and DOS cannotoffer thesamekindofmulti~ Fi'C: Widens throughput as OS/2. "Microsoft is surprised and disapMicrosoft Investigation REDMOND, WASHINGTON, APR pointed that the incluiry has been 12 (NB) — Microsoft Corporation says broadened," said Microsoft vice presithe staK of the Fl'C (Federal Trade dent,William H. Neukom, the fi rm's Commission) has decided to expand legal counsel. "We will continue tio cothe scope of its investigation of the operate with this investigation. We becompany. The investigation isbasedon lieve that Microsoft has acted in a legal third~ cha r ges that the giant soft- and ethical manner," ware firm is monopolizing the market Contact Marly Taucher, Microsoft, for operating systenLs, operating envi20$8824080. ronments, computer software and computer peripherals for personal IBM BrieSngs Tout OSQ computera NEW YORK, NEW YORK, APR 16

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(NB) — Hoping to create a pricing situation irresistible to those die-hard DOS users unwilling to upgrade, IBM is ofFering new pricing and promotional offerings for OS/2. The priceof a one4ime license fee for OS/2 1.8 Standard Edition (SE), formerly $840, will be $150. OS/2 1.8 Extended Edition (EE), formerly $880, will be $690. IBM DOS users can upgrade toOS/2 SE 1.8for $99 and OS/2 EE for $685. James A. Cannavino, IBM vice presidentand general manager, PersonalSystems, put it this way: "lyrae programs and pricing announced refiect IBM's commitment tocaurent OS/2 customers and our intention to bring OS/2 advanced

ously very c$5cult to learn, the same charge leveled at the less advanced

IBM Says It Won't Kill Display Writer W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 8 (NB) — Unofficial sources indicate that IBM will drop its longu e word processor DisplayWriter in Savor of a new program being developed byXyWrite. IBM has reached adevelopment agreement with Xyguest for a new word processor to be marketed by IBM. A spokeswoman tells Newsbytes that I BM h a s n o t an n o u nced t h a t DisplayWriter will be discontinued, but emphasizes that the product will continue to be supported and enhanced.

DisplayWriter. The new program will reportedly run in either a graphical or text mode.

If XyQuest'snewproductis similar to XyWrite, it will be an "editor' s" word processor, a verypowerful tool for those who need to extensively format or edit documents, traits which have made XyWrite something of a aNandardin publishing offices.

BorlandOHers ObjectNindows as a Standard

technology to awider audience of end users. As current industry trends continue and customers migrate to 586SX-

DisplayWriter which one IBM stafFer,

SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, APR 15 (NB) — Borland announced it has given ObjectWindows, a software interface designed to make programming in Microsoft Windows easier, to the standards group for Windows pro-

who insisted on anonymity, recently told Newsbytes was "the least intuitive soft-

(OMG). The OMG is a nonprofit gro

based systems and higher, 82-bit OS/2 represents an opportunity to exploit the hardware's capabilities through its high

One editor of a major computer newspaper told Newsbytes that he had

performance andadvmcedfunctionalit y." In other promotional efforts, from

April 17 to Dec. Sl, DOS customers may acquireOS/2 1.8for$99 and mayretain their DOS license. Customers who pur-

chase OS/2 SEand EE l.8between April 17 aud Dec. Sl will be eligible to upgrade to OS/2 2.0thisyearatno charge.There will also be an upgrade promotion for

OS/2 2.0availableto customers who purchased OS/2 SEand EE before April 17. Contact: Tracy A. O' Neill, IBM Corporation, 914642-5412.

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ware" he had ever used. also heard that DisplayWriter was being replaced but that there was so little government interest in DisplayWriter that it wasn't considered very newsworthy. IBM's DisplayWriter was one of the earliest word processors, starting life as a

dedicated system, but has failed to keep and now, upwithndustrydevelopments i according to Computerworld, onlyholds about five percent of the market, com-

pared to well over 50 percent for WordPerfect. While XyWrite is a very fast, very sophisticated word processor, it is notori-

graming,the Object Management Group

u currently working on Windows industry standards with a 120 major industry supporters, including, including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, ATScT, Phillips, and Sun. The focus of the OMG is to help maximize the portability, reusability, and interoperability of computer software.

"inherit" the fundamental architecture of a Windom program and thus reduce the amount of code needed to write Windows applications, Borland said. Contact Jim Adams, Borland, TEL 408/489-1880, FAX: 408/489-9848,John Slitz, Object Management Group, TEL 808/4448129, FAX: 808/4448172.

Lotus Increases Sales, Decreases Earnings CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, APR 18 (NB) — Lotus Development Corp. hasreported net sales of $174.4 million in 1991's first quarter, a 5 percentincrease over sales of$166.5 million in the comparable 1990 period. Net income totaled $6.6 million, or 15 cents share, a 71 percent decrease from

22.8 million, or 58 cents per share, in the previous year's corresponding quarter. During the first quarter, Lotus acquired cc:Mail, a privately held Moun-

tain View Calif.-based firm specializing in local area network electronic mail

services, sold Lotus Publishing Corporation to International Data Corporation and agreed to turn overthe marketing

and developments rights of its MCI com-

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Thank you for your letter. I' ll cut it shore — you want to know which computer to buy and do not want to spend too much. Further„ I would guess that you do not want a lot of detail, just an answer that you could go into a shop with. I do not know how far you have got into this yet, so please don't think that I am talking down to you, I am just starting at the beginning. I take it very seriously being asked about your computer purchase, so I will try to xnake it easy for you. The good news is that it can be as easy asjust going into a shop and buying the whole thing. If the machines described below don' t

satisfy you then you will have to read on to the end.

The Quick Answer You can walk into a shop with these. I got hold of arecentlocal magsuine and priced up a couple of good machinea Of course, you may find hetter deals yourself, so, go look. If the text only gives you something to reject then at least it will have narrowed the field for you. Here goea.... For all systems, add $15 for paper and $80 forfi oppy disks.Consider adding $40 for shareware (described later) and some gameL I can only recommend one brand name: WordPerfect which is a topclau word processor and costs a fair chunk of cash ($250). It will, however, do everythingyou want now and keep you going for a long time. I use WordPerfect for letters and it has enough clever sfxdF for me to write all the playreading society newsletters with Smcy columns and gxaphica Beyond that there isa table feature; several people I know prepare invoices and other documents that require calculations. I use the Sort feature for my inventory and priority (to do) lists. Iwouldalsorecommendatleasta24pin dot matrix printer, the technical detailsof which Iwill explain later. Such a printer provides high quahty output for anacceptable price.You can get a $250 printer but you may not find it acceptable for businemcoxrespondence. You can pay g00 for the next step up in quality but the price per sheet may rise. Mypxinter is a 24pin, it cost $400 and it gives a quality that even I find satisfying. Only you can decide. I' ll explain more lacer.

Answer 1. The Laptop Alaptop can be put in the car if you have a weekend away or an assignment. It will also fit bette into your apartment as you can pack it away on a bookshelf when not in use. I have put a cheaper non~rtablepxinterhereasanexample. I recommend a hard disk because you are not areal technical sort of chap and a hard disk makes life easy.

laptop,20MS Hard disk,286 CPU ..$2300 9+in dot matrix printer ................... $250 DOS (usually comes free with laptop) n/c WordPe rfect ............................... $250 Grand Total ..............approx. $2800

Answer R. The Desktop A desktop computer needs more

room in thehouse and cannot be moved

easily. The screen and keyboard are bigger and easier to use so you get tired less quickly. As desktops are cheaper than laptops, I recommend that you buy a fisster type of PC as the base system. 3865X system with 640KB RAM, 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, 40MS hard disk, YGA Color......,....$1900 Panasonic KX 1124 printer........,.....$400 005...................................................$85 Wordperfect .................................... $250 ................................... Grand Total $2635

Answer 3. The Deluxe

likes games. For the serious ones, a text screen means no graphs or charts.

Hip Linlo Before we get too Sir into this, let' s

have you sounding good. It is so much nicer to say "xam, "seaye~ ve" and "doss" than " army'", "sipew" and dose

- eighty eighty-eight - two eighty' or two eight six - three eighty-six, three eight six as a wise Inan oxice said: - three eighty-six "People always want to do more than or three eight six eu-ex when they firstbuy their computer" It' s 486 - four aighfyaix or four eight six ex-tee true; so for your infoxmation I will put in XT AT ay-tee a more expensive system here just in case your lottexyticketcomesup. Notice computer - corn-pew-tah (at least that' s the way we grits pronounce how a couple ofhundred here and there itl) add up quickly. P 5/2 pee-ess-two The er e nce between the 886 and DOS doss oh-ess-two the 886SX above is the way they com- 05/2 see-pee-ewe municate with the other parts of the CPU - ram (a lot of sheep talk here) computer. The 886 sends and transmits RAM

I' ll try to keep the price down when I suggest a computer sptem for you. But

twice as much in one go as the SX, thus the 886cannothelpbutbe fasteratsome thmgs. Internally the chips are the same so a SXwillrun any 886 programL The extra RAM is to make sure that you can run the memoxy-hungry prograam of today and tomoxrow. The Desk Jet printer is like a poor man's laser; it sprays ink on to the page. It is more expensive to buy and to run but produces great quality output. 386 system with 1MB RAM,

3.5-inch floppydiskdme, 40MB hard disk,VGAColor ............ $2200 Larger harddisk (swap 40MB for 60MB).................... $110

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525-inch floppydiskdrive ............... $100 Hewlett-PackardDesklet printer ...... $700 DOS...................................................$85

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AIewer 4. The Cheapest I cannot sanction buying this computer but put it in here to let you know what buying cheap will cost. Xf system vvith 512KS RAM, 2 floppy disk drives, monochrome text monitor ............... $750

Raven 9101 printer ..........................$250 D05...................................................$85 Micnsoft Works (basic wordprocessing, spreadsheet, databaseand cornrnunications)........$100 ................................... GrandTotal $1155 First, the machine would bepainhdly slow. Today's programs are complex so to keep some speedyou will have to limit yourself to older, less sophisticated program+ This is all right, there is a lot of good shdF about; it just lsn't as good as the new stuK Nothavinga hard disk,youwillspend much of your computing thee exchanging diskL It' s not such agbig deal but it' s nice not to have to bother. There are some pxograxns that will not even start without a hard disk. Having a text (non~ p h ics) monitor means almost no games. However serious we try to be,just about everybody

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Awordprocessorisapaxagrapl Assed editor. You type your wordswithoutworxying about the margins, and the word processor works out when to start a new

line orpage. Ifyou add or delete words in the middle of a paragraph then the words that followare moved to make the page look right. Woxd processors do lots more: they will decide when to start a new page; check your text for spelling; take a slandard letter and a list of names andmerge them to make amass mailmg; letyou use

columns, do calculations in your document; impoxt graphics files kom other programs and much more.Ifyour word processor has a thesaurus, it can even offersynonyms for words. When you've typed in a letter, you just give it the command to Print, and bingol Outpops the page &om your printer.

Database You can consider a database asa list of information with one hne for every item in the hst. The database program will allowyouto enter theinformation (data), change it and access itin avarietyof ways. For example, in an office the list of personnel is a simple database. Each person has a name, telephone number, home address and section where they work The database can be asked for reports such as atelephone book (alphabetic listof staff in each section) or a carpool list (the people living in a certain

You have two things in this life: hardware and software. Some think there is more to it — like art, literature, good area) e health, faxnily and the rest — but such Spree cisheet people do not own computerL A spxeadsheet is good at arranging Hardware is the computer, the plas- and manipulating numberL It is made tic or metal case it comes in, the stufF up of cells (little boxes) in inside the case and the printer. Your fixst columns and x'ows like an empty piece of hardware decision boils down to portable or not, powerful or not and how gxaph paper wailing for you to write in much do I want to spench Your next the numberL With arithmetic done on you use columns to line up the hardware decision is what extras do I paper numbers and one row for each entry. want to buyP Like a car, Corolla or Coso with a spreadsheet. rona, two litre or 1600cc, fully loaded or JustWhen you do your accounts on pa economy. Add on: automatic transmisper,you write numbers in specM places sion; halogen spots; super stereo and on the sheet You then do the calculafurry dice. tions and write the answers in other Software is the programs that make the machines do thinga You can't do special placea A spreadsheet lets you the calculations and does them diddly without software bnt you have to define foryou.Myfavoriteuse foraspreadsheet pick the right one for you. Your hard- is to prepare blank tables that have all ware decision starts with your software the formulae entered. All I then have to decision. First decide what it is thatyou do is put in the raw data and the calculawant your computer to do for you. tions are done.

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Communications Introduction Without softeere the computer cmnot work. When you buy a software program, you get manuals, good quality disks, little chance of problems vnth the progxsun and often the right to upgrades (improvements) of the program as they occurs There is some excellent stufF out

there. I shall concentrate on the main types of programs; I consider these tobe Word Pxocesing, Database, Spreadsheet, Communications, Accountmg, Opexating Systems and GameL The different types of programs axe called "Applications," I suppcee because they apply themselves to something.

Nerd isrOCeSSin9 For me, this is the mostexciting (and useful) application as it makes wxiting and editing so much better than in the old cLr)stwith typewriters, acissorsand glue.

To link your computer with another computer youneed a modem, which is haxxtware. Tocontrolamodemyouneed communications sofiware. This is a little difficult to descxilse but easy to use so I'I let you find out about it

Accountinl An accounting package is designed for one purpose only, thatis to keepyour books in order. These run &om simple check balancexs to programs that can manage amedium~ b u s iness. I don' t use one personally, but fiends of mine love them.

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Prices do vary. We based our evaluation on the suggested retail price (S.LP.) provided by the distributor or manuSacturer. The reality of the competitive marketplace is that prices are changing rapidly. Not only do dealers discount from S.R.Pâ&#x20AC;&#x17E;but manuStcturers are prone to lower their S.R.P. when the product is not selling. Keep'this in mindwhenmakingyourown evaluation. What did not seem a good deal at the S.R.P. we were given, may become a great value at a lower price.

compare with any of the other machines listed here, but if the user does not need vastamounts of storage anddoean't need

quick data exchange (floppies), then the Portfolio (at a list of $%8) is a great alternative to the highyriced power of the other systems listed.

Panasonic CF-170 There is resmy nothing remarkable about the CF-170. Ituses an 8088 processor, CGAdisplay, andoccupies 211 cubic inches. It is the lightest of the machines looked at here (6.1 lbs), but other than that,with ahstprice of $2999.95, itaeems uncompetitive.

by Daniel Wager Products: 8088tSOC86 Systems Atari Portfolio Panasonic CF-170 Toshiba T1000LE 80286 Systems Panasonic CF-270 NEC Ultralite 286F Tandy 2810HD Zenith Slimsport286

around 2inches thick, 10-11 inches deep and 12 inches wide. I suppose if one wanted to nitpick, a true notebook should be no more than 8.5 by ll by 2 inchea I tend to uae "notebook" more loosely, since the weight and overall cuart All machines bic di had 1.44MB floppydriveL All had 20MB hard drives, except the IBM PS/2, which had a 65MB drive.All had 640 by 480 VGAbackiit LCD displays except for the Panaaonic CF-170, Toshiba T1000LE, NEC Ultralite 286F and the Atari Portfolio. Also, all had the capacity for internal modems except the Atari Portfolio. The range ofprocessorsindude8088,80C86/ 9MHz,286/16MHz, 886SX/16MHz and one 8868X/20MHz (Hallkan).Seven of the CPU's were 586SX'a In terms of weight and size, the heaviest machine was the Zenith S imsport 286 at 9.5 lbs. The lightest were the Panaaonic CF-170 and Tandy 2810HD. The largest was the Zenith Slimsport 286, and the smallest were theQ886 Notebook and the Atari portfolio. As well, almost every system has the standard serial, parallel ports, math copmceaaor socketL The weights men-

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units here, but its size is due to the lack of a disk drive, hard drive and backlit/ sidelit display, and the Sact it has a key boaxxf nowhere near fum size. What it also has is a SOSS CPU, built~ Lotus 12-S compatible spreadsheet, texteditor, calculator, diary and address book, Ev-

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size,shapeanddeiign.Again the T100LE is well made, with a generous, comfortable keyboard, quiet operation, and adequate display. Special features include auto resume mode, popep vrindow to change configurationsand check battery gauge, intelligent power supply. Options include additional batteries, external 5.25 Soppy drive and expansion unit At a list price of $8,599, this

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dimensionsas the GF-170. Again,itseems a little out of place, in that at a list price

of $4299.95,itoffersan80286processor running at 16MHz. The display is standard 640 by 480 VGA. Both the CF-170 and CF-270 are well made, solid machines, but in light of many of the other systems here, they seem unlikely to attract attention.

The Tandy runs on a CS80C286 16MHzprocessor,with a 640by480VGA ' LCD backit display. The casingis a gunmetal color and the shape is recrangular with rounded edges. The design is attmctive ~u i t e professional loohng. This machine has all the features of many of the other units looked at here. Included are a 20MB hard drive, 1.44 Soppy, serial andparallel ports, external video andkeyboard connectors, etc. The hard drive is fibst (28 msec.) and the display is dear and bright. The size (195 cubic inches) is very compact considering the floppy drive, and the weight is below average amongst the machines reviewed here (6.2 lbs). O vergbil, the

WO s Consider whereyouwill be usingyour newcomputer. List the places — home, ofBce, cment's office, whdeflying, etc. Do youplan tohing it toothercountriesfHowoftenwill youphysicallycarry it withyou andwhat otherdevices,forexampleaprinter,will you wanttobang too'7Will yournew laptop beyour main computer or will yoube usingadeshop systemaswell?

Th r e e e phoae canada pmtabie compomr.Ak whichofthedmeoa of modelsavailable bestmeetsthe needsyouhave outlined. Find out about waaanties, service availability and technical support. Enquire about"specialsta thatcan save you a bundle.Ask about having your new system confiynedexactly tofrtyourneeds-atnoadditionalcost-and aboutCanada Portable Computer's total satisfactionguarantee.

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'40 MB HardDiskDrive (19 ms) * 3.5'-1.44 MB Disk Drive NEC Ultralite 286F Although this note:book runs on an 80C286 processor, at 12MHz, it has an appeal because of the sleek casing dc, sign, compact keyboard and bright display. The weight is 6.5 lbs and it is the second smallest machine at 195 cubic inches (8 Pb by 11.5 by 2). Like many of the others, it comes standard with 1MB of RAM expandable to 5MB. Unforntnately, the displayisonlya 640by400by 8 gray level CGAwompatible. One unique featurenot found on any of the other machines examined here is a "stand by button located above the key board. This allows the user to throw the machine into temporary shut down mode, thus extending the potential batterylifejust thatmuchlonger. Although a 286/12MHz, the NECisvery attractive, a good buy for the user. Anothc:r NEC product was just announced — the NECUltralite 286V, This pgcgtt machine is a 286 12MHz with a 640

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mottled, textured finish. The keyboard reminds one of Tektronix equipment (build to mihtary standards). Very comfortable) Thespecificauensof this 886SX 16MHz machine are not unusual, but some features vrhich are optional on ether machines are standard en the Altima. For example, 2MB of RAM instead of 1MB, 2400 baud SendFAX capable modem, 20 watt-hour removable NiCad battery pack. The Altima has the option te exchange the 20MB hard drive for a 60MB one. The screen is very readable, with brightness and contrast adjustmenst to suit manydifferentlighting conditions. The construction ef this machine is of high quality and ceuld withstand the rigors of a hostile environment. In terms of weight and size, it is the second-heaviest machine at 9.8 lbs and occupies 308 cubic mches. The list price for this unitis$4548.95. Ifyou want to be distinctive and productive, this machine is designed fer both.

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iIN PSi2 INodel L40 SX This is IBM's entry into the notebook arena, and in traditional IBM fashion,

everything about this machine is done we11 The first thing that strikes you is that it looks and feels like a l(4nch pizza box) The reason is the tep is quite thin and two fianges on either Inde hang

dewn almost the full height of the machine. There is a certain flex to the top

evident that this is an impressive machine. Thisparticularmodelhad6MBof RAM (base medel has 2MB expandable to 18MB), a 60MB hard drive and runs on a 886SX 20MHz Intel pmcesser. The L40SX has awenderful keyboard with 84 full~ s t a ndard spaced keys and although the keys are half+eight, they have a very pleasant teuch — they den't force you to question your j oke s ) It also has connectors for both a mouse and numeric keypad which can be attached directly. One curieus note is that the VGA display seemed lachng in contrast, even after tweahng the controls. Ialend Datatram DPC3818 '111e DPC%16isagaina586SX 16MHz The price is impressive at g'195.00.

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Salnsuni Notelnaster 3$SSI1S The Samsung Notemaster is very similar to the NRC,Q%6aad Datatrain. Itweighsapproximately6.5lbsaadmeasures 8.5 by ll by R.2 incheL It ha& the same a@ared deaiga. It is a practiag, e8icieat machine that would do well ia

both a technical or business environment. Again, like the others, a good overall system.

Halikan 3ISSX ilotehook PC Thismodelranat20MHzoaa 886SX CPU. Made by Chaplet Syittemainc. • itis a fairly slrihng machine. Its most outtdaadingaapectiatheahghtly "newwave" design, brightneas and contrast alidera, and pleasing ctsrvu4bhnear de&ign. Ia terms of size and weight, it is abghtly

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Commodore, betterknown for the manu&cixxre of the Amiga and C64 computers, has been an alsoean in the business of producing PC cloneL This may soon change, With the production of the C286/ S86-LT line of notebook computers, Commodoreistahng adixectrunat the tapofWc4neand, for a change, iscompeting inthe area of pexformance as well as price. Andwhatapxieel The street price of the C286-LT is under $2500 Canadian, and a CS86-LT can be had for about

$S,500. Soth models weigh in at less than 7

mode which provides640 by 480 pixel resoluiion when plugged into an external color monitor. (The display on the CSEX.T is slightly more gray and more than that on the C286.) e C286 and CS86-LT are designed to uliTize the Connor 44aegabyte haxd drive, in addition to a S.Mach 1.44meg internal drive, but are currently shi~ pingwithConnor's20megvorsion. The •

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I hked the feel of the keyboard, the The C286and C586-LT have two pro- availaMity of twelve Smction keys, and prietary memory slots. To Bll them, the f'act that the keys do not seem as Commodore offers memory expansion . cramped as on some notebook computmodules ($699for 2 mega s, and a 240Qbaudinternalmodem ($529). Also The embedded key features are very available are spare batteries ($219) and easy to get used to. a spare tsansformer ($265). One feature I was especially interOne of the things I like best about estedin (butwhichwasnotimplemented these computers, though, is the fact that in the models I tested) was the abiTiiy to theycanbe utilized withmost thirdparty automatically access foreign key maps, a products. One line deserving of special particular asset in bilingual Canada. mention (and recommended by ComThe company advertises a twokour modore) is the XisCom line, distributed life for its rechargeable NiCad battery in Canada byKeating Technologies (505 pack, but by utilizing the computers' Hood Road-Unit 20, Markham ON LS4 memoryaavisig featur~ I was able to 5V6; Telephone 8005654284). obtain an average baorery life of more Xircom offers "plug and play" than 2.5 hours. adaptersfor Arcnet, Ethernet and ToI would recommend these two comken Ring local area networks (LANS) puters tomostbuyerswith only one word which allow laptops to be connected to of caution. In spite of the power and these netssorksthrough theparallelport manyfeaturesof the C286and C586-LT, The company also overs a parallel post Commodore offers onlya SMaylimited multiplexer,or splitter,which allowsone wasranty for repair or replacement. If parallel port to be split into two with no their product is really as good as they say loss of transfer speed. itis, the company should be prepared to stand behind it a little more solidly.

Goodliarks Overall

Commodore g e t s a B+ f or expandaMity. Both modelscome with 1 meg'ibyte ofRAM on board and are expandable to 5 meg. Both include a math coprocessor socket.

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NetObOOkS continued from page 38 combined onto one chip, makmg the size decrease and the overall speed increase chamatically. The three major stumbhng blocks for further reductions in size and weight for notebooks are; the

For further reedln9,see the Jan. 1991 Issueof The Computer Pa . Here you'll find reviews of the Toshiba T1200XE, Sanyo MBC-17NB, Sharp PC-6220 and Intra LT-286SX laptops, plus "Bridging the Laptop Gap," a discussion of ways to Sct that the keyboard must fit our Sngers; the battery must supply enough transferfiles between portablesandnonMS-DOS computers. The What's New power; and there must be a standard floppychive of some kind. The keyboard section of that issue also carried details of will ys b e a constraint to the width Samsung's3&6SX NoteMaster notebook and depth. The battery and to a lesser extent, the Soppy drive, will always constrain the weight. Another aspect to choosing a notebook is its ability to withstand harsh environments andregularphysicalabuse. No matter how carelll you may think youcanbe,movinganycomputer around will result in bumps and grindL If your intention is to simply replace an onice desktop machine with anotebook.so you can take your "once" home at nighsthen any of the above machines will survivethe journey from work to home and back again. On the other hand, if your in and out of plane seats, cars, boats, ofBces, bars, etc., you should choose a system that is put together to endure this of r u ggednesL Finally, The bottom line is that the machineyouchoose must;runyour soRware; be light enough to casTy in a briefcase or over the shoulder; be readable under a number of lightmg conditions and; be low enough priced to not break the budget OR be impressive enough to cause attention (egol). All of the machines reviewed here fit two or more of those criteria.

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Solid State Disks as their primaxy storage medium, which (besides being considerably faster than conventional drives) permits them a design feature I wish all portables had. When I tapped the "oN" key after the machine had been turned off, it instantly resumed at the last point it was at. If you had been typing a letter into the built~wordprocessor, thecontents would be justas you left them. The onlyother machines Ihaveseen with this

The Psion MC models200 and 400 diNcr &om the vast majority of other portable computers in that they have a proprietary operating system, built~ graphicalintexSace,mul64asking~ softwareandanmtegxaltouchpadwhich allows you to interact directly with the graphics displayed on the high resolution screen. For example, you can pull down a menu simply by pointing at it. The MC computers utilize socalled

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myselftempoxarilyinNtMLocxmode. Of course,just pressing the keys again toggled the function oK When it came time to tun the machine off, I once again resorted to the index of the 808page manual, and found that the secret key combination was"PsxoisCoNmox 1." Other than that, the Psion's operating system is the very picture of dummy-

proof computing.

Along the bottom of the main screen

isarowoficons (see Figure I): anotepad

for text processing, a calendar for diary, date andtimeenanagement, a Rolodex for your personal dalsLbsse, an adding madiine for doing numerical calculations, an alarm clock for scheduling and appointmentkeeping,an icon of agroup of windows signifying 6le management, another of a cable connecting the Pslon to a desktop PC; this is a file transfer utility for exchanging data with other PCL Although not usually visible, there are also icons for user progxaxns written in the system's OPL and a Sys. tern icon Lastly there is a picture of a telephone handset inside a VDT. This is a terminal program, complete with

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lhe LFF My Least Favorite Feature is, surprisingly enough, the touch pacL Although I'm a cenfirmed moiisaahelic, I found thatmyfingeruailgatrather uucarnfoxtable afteran hour er two of pointing anci pressing. I suspect Iuxuriantlyaailed female eirenxtivesmay Snd the touch pad even more bedevilhng. I tried using the ball ofmyfiuger, but the pxessurenecessary' to "click" a selectien caused further

discomfort as my fager bent backwards repeatedly. Poiuting with the eraser tip afapencilwasvexycomfoxtalile;efceurse the caustautdxriggingand pressingsoou adds up to eraser' xllbblllgs all aver the touch pacLAsyoumsyhaveguessed, I'm really stretching to beef about the touch pacL It's nat that uncomfortable; in fact,

the 2- by Ssnch pad is scixprismgly responsive+

Friendly Interface Handily, the Psien's operating system inchides keybaard ectuivalents fer most fimctiona Users SuniTiar with Microsoft Windows, GEOS/PC or the Macintosh will feel right at home here. There's even a Hzu eptien to aid begiunexs in getting the hang of thmgL Windows have all the usual reiziug and dragging methods, and pressing the Psxoii Key in conjunction with a nuuiher key will drep dawn the caxrespanding menu. Once drepped dawn, the cursor keys and Ewxxrr keyalleweasyuavigiifion and selecfien of menu items. like Windows,taskscau hesliruukto icans, and in best Macintosh tradition, everyapplication shares theua~~hiqnitous Edit menu's command k:i r cl~.~v cleats Z, I, C and V far UNna, CI.', (;i >re ANDPAslKAliappficatiousshsre the .~ze

commands fer epening, saving and printing flea Other common fimctions are intelligently integrated, such as pressing ESC fer Cswcm., Esaxa far OK, etc.

Files and directories are kept in an MOOS cemphant format, and all the iisual DOS Sle management functions are available. The Psion's designers obviously borrowed heavmy &om the design ofthe Macmtoshuserinterfamwhen theycame to the problem of text selections. Any graphical wordprocessor user will feel "write" at home with lite pressing SanY ta extend a text selection,

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word, rather than letterky4etter.

The system is equipped with parallel and serial ports and comes with Epson and CanonSJIQe printer configuration iles. The manual alse describes how to configurecustem chivcmfer other printers, although this is nat a task for the Sunt+eartecL I csrperieuced na bugs ar software ghtches during my tests; the hardware also looks to he durable and welLmanufiicturecLThe screen isnathacMit,which maybe aproblem for someusers, hut this design contributes greatly ta its impressive hat tray life.

Compat ibility The issue of compatihiTityis relatively

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computers are vny popuhr as mobile data collection units and a wide variety of data collection programs have been wxittene These programs~ and sllpport ing hardwaxe like barcode readers, are avaslable from the company. Psion also sells a C$259 spreadsheet apphcation.

Condusion Machines hke the Psion, Atari Partfoho or the Sharp IQunitsarebestused for the applications built into them. Users with clearlycfefmed needs may fmd that the built~ software toals are enough, but users with more geaeralized purpcascsmay fmd that, despite thc: foibles of MOOS, the vast axxay of PC software available lends an undeniable advantage to DOS laptopa All in all, the Psion is an impressive unit that is easy to use and flexible enough to f'md its way into a variety of vertical market nicheL According to Psion, it is targeted ~ at e x ecutives and salespeople on the roatL Although its proprietary opnxstingsystem virtually assures it the hss of death in today' s DOSbound market,itdesenresalookas a solid and innovative alternative to MSDOSkased partable madsmea

The xsame "personal information manager" suggests a computer program that helps to manage your personal infoxxnatioa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a database of addresses, to

dohsts,day timer f'uactioas, etc. The key word here is pcnmwl There are as many different bits of infoxmation that need to bemanaged as there ire people. Just as each personal computn is set up differently, each person will have different information management needs. It would seem then, incoxrect to atamspt to compare personal lxsformation managers on a best~rat scale. I may have certain needs which one program addresses sndyoumayhavedifferentneeds which another program adchesseL Direct comparisons of PIMs are unfair at best and dishoaest at worst. Each PM is

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sa different and address' different functions. As a reviewer I may see value in one hmction that is of no value to someone else. And, I maysee no value in a function that to another person there is great value. So you should look vny carefumyatyour own relturements for a PM, and then select the Isrogrrams that have the functionsthatmeetyourneedL At last, hne is a ~ xy o f s oftware where it is best to not listen to your fricndsorconsultantL Makeyour choice based on your needs and the progxam's functions. Hne we look at four PIMs, each with a different approach to managing infoxmation and each worth considning.

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Publisher: Richmond Software Inc., 420 - 6400 Roberts Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4C9 Phone (604)299-2121

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System Requiremetsls:PC XT/AT or compatible, 1.3M bytes dlk space required, DOS 2.1 or higher,512K bytes available RAM, 80 column dot matrix printer

Price:MSRP$295, LAN version $695

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Overview Maximizer is a customized database application program for sales, market ing, and follo~p purposeL It can aid a sales person in following through on the many differentrequests for information and call+acks that occur in a sales cycle. Customer information is atutched to notes, dates, deaciiptions and

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tion, but this does not liuut the program to sales people only. If your business brings you in contact with many people on many different issues, Maximizer will help you organize. There is no doubt that the investment for this product will pay off in any direct sales or marketing environment. If one wants to increase productivityandprofessionalismin their sales force, or any professional relationships, Maximizer will go a long way in obtaining these goals. (At press time, a release &om Richmond Sokware anivcd stating that a ncw research shady by Market Intelligence Research Corp (4154614000) has the Maximizer leadinq Pcbased individual sales lead trackmg pmgrams as well asia the IANkesed area. Theyhave 44% of the market for individual users, and 25% of the LAN market. The study also notes that it is the youngeat of the salesautomation softwarecompauiesand it is the only non-U.S. fmn to hold a strong market position.— Ed)

Opera@ oh Maximizer is a simple, menudriven custom database application. The user enters name, address aud other information in the database. Each time a contact is made with a person, their recordsare updated with new mfoimaiion &om the new contact. Each phone call or letter is tracked with notes to show what transpired. If you spend most of your computer time managing coniacts, you can get fullbcnc6t&om Maxnnizer. Ifyouspend most of your time in other applications and are in need of a program that will quickly schedule time, there are other PIMs available that can stay memory rcmdcnt and arc easier to access

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I can usually spot a person who uses Maximizer. If they say they will call me back on a particular day, they do call back on that day. They also have all the inforsnation about our last contact at their fmgcr tips. Maxiinizer is an excellentmarketing and sales management pachtgc. Maximizer will keep a sales person on top of more customer requests than can possibly be handled manually. Thus customers will scuse a more individual and human approach rather than a mass market, computer aided approach. mation management for a sales atua-

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tween pieces of information. For example, a. salesperson might include a "product sold" field in their contacts category. The salesperson could then look under a specific product and find each person who bought the product. Current might be your choice if you want more &om your rc:ports. Current allowsyou to create templates for letters and merge information to the template. By selc:cting a template your letter is complete when you view it. Current's multikont capabilities provide reporttng power.

Conclusion

If you use Windows a lot, this package is usefuL With adequate memory, you can quickly access Current while in other applications. If you are only a part4me Windows user, you may not get full benefit from this pacltage. Your personal information manager should be in the en' ronment thatyou are in the most. When

not running Windows, you do not have quick access as you would with a DOSbased memoxycesident PIM, such as Instant Recall. Unless you are in a situation whereyouwouldbein theprogram most of the time, such as a salesperson,

Current may not be as useful to you. If you are in other non-Windows applicationsmostofthetime,amemoryresident PIM that can be accessedanywhere may be more effective. Current is a fiIil featured PIM that can keep even the busiest person organizecL With Current's customizing capaMities, its uses are limited only to your imagination,

attach any item to another item. An extenswe search feature allows you to search forinformationwithin andacross faciTitieL

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example, you can put all the information for your company'sgolf tournament in a separate file so that you don' t have to search through everything to find information. PackRat also can transfer information with Casio Boss or Sharp Wizard so you have access to information when your computer is not handy. PackRat uses the power of other Windows applications for word processing and spreadsheet needs, Tasks such as mail mecieshave tobedoneusingWorcL Included with PackRat are macros for Microsoft Excel and Word for Windows that allow you to track activity of Word and Exceldocuments in PackRat

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view Corporation, a company specializing in independent testing, evaluation Product: PackRat ver. 3, Personal antfg review of MS-DOS-based products. information manager for Windows. For f u rther i n f ormation p h o ne Publisher: Polans Software, 18 2 0 S. Escondido Blvd., Suite 102, (604) 538-05 1 7. Escondido, California 92025 Phone

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Overview PackRat stores your information in data files that you open. You can have one or more data files open at a time. Iniormation items (appomtments, contacts, etc.) are stored in Facilitiea" Infoxmation can be related within one &ciTityor between different Suilities by

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Product:IQ-B300MElectronlcorganizer(also knownasthe Wizard in the USA) iiwanufacturer: Sharp Electronics, 335 Brittania RoadEast, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 9Z9

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pressed into your palm to keep track of. Today's business people often rely heavily on "Day Timer ~ o xg a nization books and various desk and pocket organizers to keep track. of their schedules and take notes with. Further, who doesn't need to do numexical calculations once in a while? So, at the vexyminimum, people try. ingtoconductbusinessin aprofeesional fashionreallyneed to carry around a

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calendar (withroom for dailyandweekly notes), a telephone book, a notepad, a stack of business cards and, if they still have any room left in their pockets,a pocket calculator.

To really have his or her act together though, a person should also have a timepiece that can calculate tim~ones around the world, be able to whip together outline suxnmaries of complex subjects or tasks; maybe even network with the once &om remote locations. And of course, they'd aexrerxniss a birthday or anniversary. Why, having all these abiTities would make a person a veritable jrcggarsrcsc ctout therein thebusinessworld. (Canyou tell what this is all leading up toP) Of course,any portable computer could perform all these tasksl But they are too big, too intrusive to really go csaytxrheve. As people who fake casual photos can tell you, the likelihood of having your camera with you at the moment a picture opportunity arises is inversely proportional to the size and weight of the camera So it is with bulky laptop or notebook computers, with their decking keys and biiefcase stylings. No, the perfect executive organizer would Gt neatly in a bteastpocket and look like a checkbook This pretty much smnmarizes the dengn concept ofthe Sharp Electronic Orgaxxlzer. It pexfcmns all the abovexnentioned functions (requiring an optionalRS48R connector and modem to telecommunicate), neatlyinterfacing to a desktop PC or Macintosh to tramper its data as desirecL Resembling an overgrown calculator with its alphanumeric keypad, the dark gxay~cLBack IQ8800M does not particuhtrly behave like a computer. Once tumed on, twelve colorwoded buttons taketheuser into thedifferentorganizer areaL Calendar,Weekly, Daily, Schedule, Tel, Outhne, Memo, World, Home, Business Card, Cele and Card. WorldandHomearetimezonemaps; as shipped, Card is a demonstration of the built~ Help faciTity for the other functions, however, it is also where you would plug in other applications on optionalIC cards.Adozen or so other cards exist,mcluchng Txme Expense Manager, Thesaurus Dictionary, 8-Language Translator, Money Planner, 8-D Spreadsheet, BASIC Scientific Computer ,.Caid, and English@reach and EnghshGerman Bilingual Dicfionaries. You' ll besoorganizedyou'I knowwhenyou've got the time to kick back and enjoy the Tetxis or Chess cards. In a Sne example of technological

gimmickry, the IQ8800M's Help function allowsyou to discoverfeatures of the

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unit by touching icons of the various a n other proprietary level converter modes. When you slide a dikferent IC c a ble, only thxs one connects the Orga cardinto the unit, aclear plastic window n i zer to your computer's modem poxt. showsthenewcard'siconsforthistouch(Despite what I was told, I suspect this screen function. Unfortunately,thisgee- c able could be used if an adapter was whiz feature appears to be one of the a d ded with the appropriateap in reasons the IQ4500M's ECD screen oc- assignmenis and gender4xnding.) cupies only about 60% of the top half of The T e xxninal has some clever feathe unit. The 4&eolumn a t u r es, including a virtual 86column SOcohxmnmodeisalsoavailable) hasall s creenthatscrolissideways,upanddown the usual symbols, although lower case to simulate a standard 80x25 display. an lettersdonotdescendbelowthebaseline a u todialingdirectoxy,uploadanddownof therowandsome symbols,such as the load of Memo data, MNP support and a apostrophe key, are only available via a walmupSmctionthatautomaticallyturns specM symbol menu (accessed bypress- on the Oxganizerwhenever itisaccessed ing the SMEL key). The laeypad is far too b y the remote computer. small to typewithanyspeedornormalcy, although two4ngertypistswon'tmind. I D e s l gll CollSICleAICIOIIS had the best success by pecking away A fe w problems exist with the overall with one Qnger of each hancL ergonomics of theunit. For aunit appar-

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Once you' ve typed in memos, names entky designed for nonwomputer4teror other daN, it xs a simple matter to a t e f olks,thewarningsonthedummyIC search sequentially,byletter(s) ofatitle, c a rd ("CAUTIO¹ M ake sure the applior by ~ xd s in individual entriea cation card is Sace down [silver band For ezainple, if one of your Memo f o r ward]beforeinsertiont ) arepoor,in entxies was titled 'Things to Do" and its h ght of the fact that there is no silver second line said "Buy diskettes," you b and on the dummy caxd shipped with could search by title (i.e., type "thmg" t h e unit, How's Joe Computerphobe and press the SzaacH key, or search for s u pposed toknowwhatisorisn'ta "real" the word "disk" and press SxmT4amcH. I @ card? There's even a W hen y o u S eek S e a r c h type in new enSmction that lets

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tioned cable that performs the necessarylevelconversionsbetweentheMac's R$422 and the IQ8800M's RS-282 serial porta Data entered on the Electronic Orga Considering that Danny Goodman nizer can also be uploaded to the Mac is supposedly such a HypexCard expert and converted into formats readable by ( he w r o t e "The H y p e r Card virtually any spreadsheet or database Pregxammer's Handbook"),itisstrange product, including Works, Excel, Full that the product suffers from such anImpact and Wingz. noyances as menus that don't behave Written by HyperCard guru Danny the way they should (l.e., you can' t select a menu next fa the ane yau re lookingat by holding the mouse button down and pointing te it, as you can in every' ether Mac program), and program flaws like the one that causes the whole computer ta lock. up if the program goes lookingfor an Organizer that can't be found. Luchly, Sob Cotter of Advantage Computers reports thatvirtuallyanyMac terminal program can be used in place of the supplied software, which, by the way, wor4 fme once every thingishookedup correctly. Also, censidering that Goodman writes far a hving, it is odd that this product's manual makes absolutely ne mention of whether the Electronic Organizer and Mac should be on or off when connecting the two units via the interface.

puter usexs can enter Schedule/Tel/

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members (including DannyGoodman) regularly discuss Sharp Wizard~elated topics in the message base here, toa.

Condusion The IQ8800M is fairly easy to use once you get the hang of typing on its minuscule keypad, and the sometimes. confusing labels on the keys, but like the overgrown calculator it resembles, you' ll need to consult the manual ta fully exploit its many features. Wxith its easy storage and retxieval of appraximately2,580namesandnumbers, 1,820 Schedule mode or 810 memo mode enlxies, this machine hves up to its billlxlg as an ElectroxBC Organizer+ The

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Despite the t o uted b ene6lts of a

phical user intedace, I know many veteranswho aresimplynotwillingto take the performance loss that comes as part of it. Their character+aced applications are displaying perhaps &0 coluxnns, by 25 lines, or 2000 charactexs on a screen. When they switch to a OUI, they suddenly have S07/00 pixels to push around on a screen now expressed as 6404iy480.

(Other, more cynical observers Why Fix it if it ain't Broke speculate that Miicrosoft convinced the It is conceivable that Apple's muchother big software houses to write for delayed System 7.0 may suifer a similar OS/2, then deliberately hlled it, giving Sate to that of OS/2. Long perceived as themselves a huge headstart on captur- having the best graphical user intexface ing the major share of the market they on the market, Apple has been under cssly cared about all along: Windows Sre recently kom those who daim that S.O.) Now,imaginealesscapableversion Windows removes the last reason that of OS/2. Is it called OS/li Nopel Winanyone would havefor choosing a Mac dews S.O is, of course, a perfect example over a PC (an argument thatanyone who of rehegrade. has tried both systems would probably disagree with). Cut the Sells and Whistles Now Apple is placed in the xather There is an interesting parallel here uncomfortable position of having to to the automobile industry. Studies have prove itself better (again), snd xexsate shown a considerable bacMaah against the Macintosh advantage. The di8iculexcessive beHs and whistles that confuse ties of trying to provide a superior opor intimidate the operator. Chrysler, for erating system without i n ducing one, has responded with new, leaner- unmanageable levels of complexity, inlooking dashboard controls that have at compatibilities and bugs has proven least the look of utter simplicity. It is challenging, to say the least. SutisApple accepted thatconsumerswillnotchoose doing this for the users, or the analystis a product that makes them feel stupid Many corpoxate Mac usersdaim they and inadequate (although the contin- are not going to upgrade at alL Their ued success of acertain characterised cuxrentsystemsokwmegetsthejobdone, and command lin~xiented operating and they can't afFord extra dowse system seems to refute that theory). while they hunt down bugs and soSNvare This may in part explain the extraor- connicts caused by the upgrade. "If it dinary success of videogames like the ain't broke, don't flx it." Nintendo, while manufacturers of lowOne suspects that Apple's machinacost "home" computers scratch their tions are as much intended to convince heads and (rightly) daim that their sys- Wall Street of its continued viability, as tems are comparablypriced and offer they are to serve its current users. greater espansion and flexibility.

Less is More

Fevv — if any — programs thatincrease in size and complexity become Saster. One can only hope that thenewfeatures gained, more than oIFset the performance losses. Frequently, software upgrades that add esoteric new features at the costof system pexformance cause users to eventually return to older, speedier versionL Reportedly, the new enhanced graphicalinterface on version 5 of Norton Utilities for the PC has caused many usexs to retreat to the safe

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The very first thing experienced users of PC PageMaker will notice is that PageMakm 4.0 uses a new menu and multiple window structure. This design is required to su pport ma ny o f PageMakm's more powcxful new 'features. For example, the old Line and Shade menus have been integrated into a new Element menu. This makes more sense than before. Additionally, PageMaker supports multiple menus just as it does on the Macintosh. The Type menu now includes a Font item, which, when selected, displaysan add~ menu listing all of your fonts. A dnnvhmk of these aden menus is that, unlike the Macintosh, Windows does not support scrollable aden m enus. So if your typeface selection includes more fonts than can be displayed on your screen at once, you will not be able to see the bottom selectionL This is only a minor inconvenience since all fonts can be accessed through the Type Specs item in the Type menu. Mostusers shouldn' t even notice this problem. With PageMaker 4.0, Aldus turns their page4ayout program into a much moreprofessional design tool than ever before. PageMaker has always been popular, first, because it ran within the Windows environment and second, becauseofits'pastecsp' approach to document design. Most people who have done manual pastecapfi nd PageMaker easy to use since it provides them with an cbetfcnsicpasteboarcL These features alonemanaged to bring PageMaker full acceptance within the lSM PC world. New features such as a 3foryEditor, enhanced 3Iyk 84ct and Typogrcspjsic controls,morekeyboarclshortcuis, Long Docfstncnt management tools, 4 Tcsbk Editor and a hot link to Micros' Enccl spreadsheetsmakePageMIakei4.1) a truly powerful pageaayout program. It still doesn't have everything you may want in a layout program, but vernon 4.0 goes a long way towards satisfying anyone's needs.

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Editin9 Stories T he Story E d itor i s o n e o f PageMater's stmngest feaexrea Itconaislesof a simple word pmcessor built into the PageMakex fiamework This that if you wanted to, youcould write~ proof and layoutan entire pubhcationwithout ever leaving PageMaker 4.0. Whxle this is possible, it is not necessaxdydesirable. PageMakm's Story Editor is simple to use: er'pie chckwith the pointer tool on a text block or select it and press Control-E A new window opens to display text in worcl processing format. This wmdow incluctes a spelling utiTity with avery though most of the typographic and graphic deign terms used in this article were not foun d in this dictionary); it ineludes a powerful search and replace feature (which even supports searching for text attributes such as bold or itahcs) and itletsyou mate major correctionsctuickly and easily. But it does not include sophisticated word processlIlg features such as glossaries and automa tic entries. I still believe that the best way to start a PageMaker layout is to use areal word processor to enter text Once the story isplacedinto aPageMaker layout, the story editor is good to pexform m inor changes and fi nal proofs of the document.

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Style Sheet contmls have improve munensely in PageMaker 4.0. Paragraphs can nowbe:aligned to abaseline grid, mahng sure that your columns always balance across the page. Headmgs can be tied to the following text to avoid havingthe headline appear on ne page and the following text on another. Major headlines can support page breaks before mahng sure that major stories are always on a new page. Andrulinglines can be appliedtoparagraphs to create strihng eFectL Sut the most powerful new feature supportedbyPageMaker Style Sheetsis aPNoue'«g +la, This feature, like most of PageMaker's word processing features, orighrated in Microsak WoxcL It that you can create a style and another style to follow it. For csample, Subhead 1could be followed by SodyText. The dFect of this is that when you assign Subhead 1 as you type text, th e Body Text style will automaecally beassigned to the following parag ph as soon as you press Enter. This makesthe usage of Style Sheets much more c omprehensive.

Along with new style conlrols, PageMakm 4.0 supports new typographic contmls such as kerning, font width changes,eacklngandletterspacing. Each of these features is new to PageMakcx. Kerning can now be performed in 1/ IOOths of an em. This would not mean much in PageMaker S.O since we could never reallyseea type& cepmperlyonce it reached a certain size, but in PageMater 4.0 along with the free Adobe Type Manager (to see the typehce as it appam on pap ) , pm p rxu n g 4 easily achieved. The Type Specificationsdialoguebox now includes the abihty to change the width of a font. For users with lhnited

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can be stretched or condensed by 5% to 250% ofitsoriginal width. Each typeSace can also be sized &em 4 to 650 points in I/10th of a point increments. With the ATM, thesefeatures areeven supported on HP LaeerJets, Users of PageMaker S.O will remember that the Type menu contained a feature called Spacing vrhich never seemed to work properly. Not only does word and letter spacing work in PsgeMaker 40, but it works extremely well. Version 4.0 also inchxdes a new truabag katnrewhichletsyougloballykern words inposieveor negativeincrements. Once a word is pmperly set, it can then be rotated in increments of 90 degrees. All in all, these typographic controls alone warrant the change from S.O to 4.0.

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arose for a new version of Unix which would both take advantage of these inaovahons and merge these "Uaixesse into a coheive, weIMefmed standarcL Seeing this need, AT&T annouuced thatitwasmahngsuchasystem,in Unix Vession 5.4, which would merge Serkeley Unix dL2/48, AT&T Unix Version 5.5, and Microsoft Xenix, therefore establishiag a solid Unix standard, aad would aho use a newgraphic user interface for Unix,-csdled Open Look One small detaiL Open Look was developed by Sun Micro , and they alone are helping AT& make its new Unix. This means that Sun would become the most

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It was the end of a very long day of word processing; I couldn't alphabetize one more bibhography for another owleyed student without screauimg. Microsoft Word 5.0's menu was already beginning to etch into my new white screen. I thought I could never take on another word processing program during the spring essay &enzy, until I saw Professsonal Write Plus for Windows S.O by Software Publishing Corp. You see, I had become disillusioned by word processortn the upgrade Word 5.5 was a ditssppointment, merelyWorks

stu8edintothe characterised Word; Word for Windows was okay for straight but was clumsy and prone to crashing, Ami Professional was shoit on fcahsres (even auitere), and I'd hsve to getachanceatWoidPerfectfor Wmdows, but it hasn't been released yet. So now youcanunderstandmyenthusiasm upon seeing a totally new product, with some unicpze featureL Foliawing is an over-

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Prafeeional Write Plusgives the new user a heachttart with their style bo)r. Anycme who has ever hied to create styleslseetsinotherwordprocessing programs (aud given up) will fmd this feature very athstchvcaFor Instancca thc default.sty has sophisticated styles to choose &om, like bulleted paragraphL Afeature I have: not seen else+ere is an automatically numbered list. Styles are applied by chckmg on the style deized in the style box or by using the function keys listed by each style. SoftwarePubhslsmghasindudedhvenfy sample styles that you could modify to your needs, induding styles for multicolumns, memos, fax sheets, and Ieleaseaaswellasthemorecommon etter, report and legal formats,

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WINDOWS REVIEW While I'm on the topic of formats, PxefeasionalWxite Plus'Layoutdialogue boxindudesall the margins,a tabxuler, headers and footers and a thumbnail sketch of the page, all of which streamhnes aetiing up a document. Columns (the banco wordprocesingoperatexs), aretamedin thisprogram. Youcan have uptoeightcolumnsaetupautomatically in theLayoutmode, andyeucouldeven insert columns in the headers and footers (thoughwhyanyenewouldwant to do this, I don't know). While Professional Write Plus is missing an automatic tableanakingfeatnre, such asyou could find in Word for Wxndows, yeu could, with much fiddling, adapt the columnar format to use as a table,

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Another feature that makes this pro gram very suited to network use is their version of those sticky yellow notes that still can be found in the best of automated offices. A user can insert a cute note thatwillpopupaprivatemessage tie another user: inesisiiMe.

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Nehvork Professional Write Plus indudes a fronte d E m ail fer uae with Novell. With the right bits and pieces of Local Area Network software, this feature can make sending Email painless — just a matter of selecting the address from a list box. This Email program can send graphics and styieaheets along with the document through the network, so that the document looks the same to the receiver as it did to the sender. The Email can be used as part of a Wide Area

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If you' re like most Mac users, you'll findyourselfdoingthesameactionsover and over.You may change type stylesor open the Chooser and select the proper

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The program's paiettes can be "minimized" so that just their titles are visible. In addition to the Getting Started booklet, User's Guide,Quick Reference and New FeaturesGuide, the package includes a 47~ u t e " how4:o" videotape and tutorial manual, plus &ee support on Claris' Technical Hotline. The package does not directly support DXF and IGES drawing formats, but an o p t ional U S$299 Graphics Translator is avaihtble that allows import and export of these industryetandard file types.

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of text effects such as shadows, inlines, outlines, zoom textetc., all of which are now visible as yau work Only the custom PostScript fills are not previewed, although the m e thod for accessing

these, too, has been improved considerably.

ScreenOlitches Abugin the program occurs when a Zoom Text block consisting of two or more lines zooms to a size other than

100% (see below). Strangely, even a 1% change in the "zoom to" valueproduces a radically different screen dis-

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Version S.O improves FreeHand's alreadyconsiderable support of multiple drawinglayers. Layerscan nowbenamed, and moving objects f'rom layer to layer is as simple as the names around in the Layer list. When it comes to printing, layers can be specified as nonprinting, and the program can naw apply traps by spreading basic lines or fills automatically. The program ships with new printer description files that Aldus says will minimize unwanted moire patterns on color separations, plus extensive documentation including booklets called Tips porn thePres and Atrhax Fm. Hand anrt Grrnnrereirx/Printieg a guide to color trapping, colormonitor adjustment

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When the zoomed text is moved around on the screen, bizarre angles are misapplied to the bottom line of text on the screen. (Printing is not affected, and the program never crashed or misbehaved in other ways.) Additionally, when the resulting block is moved around, unsightlyblobs of zoom (ughl) areleftscatteredaround

the screen. Luckily, a workaround is easy. Just create a graup and select "Element info." Click on the "Group Transforms. as a Unit" aption and the block wiR zoom, scale and xedxaw all text

Another new feature in S.O allows text separated by a carriage return to have two differentpathswhenitisjoined to a circle. Half the text curves along the top and half along the bottom of the circle automaticaliy if the twa text segments are separated xetum.

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Version S.O fixes a bug that had plagued me in the past, In low~emory situations, fonts in version 2.02 sometimes acquired strange kexning values between certain lettexs, despite the fact that they appeared correct ano n, and were not kerned or otherwise transformed. Once their kerning tables had been corrupted, these incorrectly spaced characters would print that way from different computers, with different copies of the font, running'different copies of FreeHand 2.02, Happily, files that previously exhibited thxs behaviornow printcorrectlyunder FreeHand S.O. Several impoxtant new features ap-

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Our eyasareimportantmessengerstoourbrains. Often, dose visual work can create musde tension which becomes chronic if not relieved. These basic exercisescan help prevantayastrain, a mmmon cause of headaches. a. Blinking and yawning are two natural responses to tension. Intensive dose work can decrease your blink rate, so remember to blink. Yawning suppliesa burst of oxygen and lubricates your eyes. b.6ivoyour eyssa chance to rest. About once anhaur, look awayfromworkdocumentsand the VDT. Focus on an object 20 feet away or c. Briskly rub your handstogether; then, making shallowcups, gantlyplacepalmsover both eyes. Without pressing down on your eyes, make sure no light comes in. Hald palms in placefor30 seconds ata time. d.while palming, roll your eyes to the left five times, thentotheiightanotherfivatimes. You can also do this exerdse with your eyes open.

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Sanyo To Offer Mips Workstation TOKYO, JAPAN, APR 18 (NB)-

Sanyo Electric will release its Srst workstation, a machine with a Nips RISC (reduced instruction set computing)based microprocessor early next year, according tio the Nikkei newspaper. The price of this workstation is expected to

be around 2 million yen ($14,800). Sanyo is also tliinking of joining the

ACE group, which is a multinational computeralhance createdrecentlyby21 computer makers,according to the report Competition in the workstation market is Serce in Japan. A total of $50 billion yen ($2,5 billion) worth of workstationswere sold in Sscal 1990. Sales are expected to double in Sscal 1998 if there isarecovexyin Snancial markets, such as banks and securities Srms. Contact: Sanyo, +8144885-1111.

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— The American Computer Association (ACA), a nongroSt group, is the computer owner's equivalent to the auto club.For an annual fee year ($60 forthe Srstyear, then $45) the ACAofFersphone suppoxt, up to three visits a year by a computer technician, advice/discounts on the purchase of computers and computer equipment, and training classeson computer management and maintenance,said Ken Logan, chairman of ACA. "It's a umque concept but a logical one," said Ken Logan. "For small to medium businesses without skilled technicians on staK — or for home op-

SUNNYVALE,CAUFORNIA,APRll (NB) — RISC (reduced instruction set computing) architecture from U.S.based Nips Computer Systems has been chosen as the hardware bsNe for the new ACE (advanced computing environerators — it's reassuring to know help is ment) announced April 10th. Called ARCS (advanced RISC computer speci- just a phone call away. And we' re not Scation} the chip family &om Nips has beholding to any commercial interest," recently had an addition — the R4000 he added. Although many computer malfuncwhich will ship later this year. tionscan be solved over the telephone, if The 64hitR4000includes CPU,integer processor,Soatingpointcoprocessor, necessary ACA will send out an expert memory management unit and primary &om one of it's prescreened, indepencache unit, all in the one chip. Nips dently operated computer service condevelops the chips, but doesn't make tractors in Orange and Los Angeles them — instead licensing a number of counties, according to the group. The chip Scbricators to do the job. Nips is Srst 20 minutes is &ee to members, and bestknown for itssupplyof computersto three visits can be made annually. Further repair work is available at a 10 perother manufacturerswho add theirown badges (called OEMing). Nips says it cent discount for membera Contact: Ken L o g an , A m e r i can plans to have an ACE machine available for OEM use late this year, though ma- Computer Association, TEL 714/549jors like Compaq will design their own SSSS, FAX: 714/7524516 &om Mipsaicensed processor chipL NEWSBYTH News Network is the largest One feature of the Nips RISC chips independent computer industry news service which is claimed to increase speed is in the world, published continuously since "superpipelining," a scheme in which May, 1983, viith 4 U.S. and 7 international inslruchons arepaired so two are sent bureaus in London, Brussels,Toronto, Tokyo, each dock tick The 64kit dna path Hong Kong, and Sydney, Australia, devoted might seem excessive, but Miips points to gathering the week's most significant miout that this will become essential crocomputer andconsumertschnologynevvs. through the '9th, especially as graphics NBh5BYTES was honored to receive the "Best applicationsexceed the 82-bitaddxessing Online Publication" award from the Comlimit of four gigabytes (which is less than aminute of broadcast video). In fact, the puter PressAssociation. Editor ln Chief: Wendy Endri |onas,OsnaBl ankenhom, cache bus is an amazing 128 bits wide, to Woods.)anet John McCormick, John and Barbara McMutlen, accommodate theprocessor speed. Steve Gold, Peter Vekinis, Ken Takahashi, Naoyuki Yazawa, Paul Zucker and Sean 1891 SCO HardwarelSoftware McNamara, Keith Cameron, Norman Directory puhlishecl Wingrove, Kirill Tchsshchin. SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, APR 22 (NB) — SCO, the Santa Cruz Opera- GOIADlANKDFfOR:Grant Buckler, 52Yonge tion, has published the 1991 edition of Street, Kingston, ontario, Canada, K7M 1E5, the 'SCO Directory: the Guide to Soft- (613) 5484213, (613) 548-3315.

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ome on, admit it. You are a "Do-It-Yourselfer" at heart. And, like most of us, can't resist dreaming about the extra control, satisfaction and, of course, the cost savings we can achieve if "we" w ere doing it. If you are one who has not

yet succumbed to the wiles of do-it-yourselfer desktop publishing, it is time to take another look at how far the tools have progressed and reevaluate how you can make them work for you.

We have compiled a few general questions you should ask yourself about yourpublishing needs -and your business's resources required to meet those needs through a desktop publishing system. t

HO'Nj' MUCH IS ENOUGH'P If obtaining some degree of publishing self sufficiency is your goal, first ask the question "How much do I need?". This question depends on the nature and scope of your business, your current computer experience, hardware stock - and how much you are now doing (or are not doing) that can be transferred to computer based publishing. At a basic level most of your current day-to-day business communications such as letters, price lists, order forms, proposals, and the occasional newsletter are easily accomplished with a modest system. Your investment will pay back even sooner if you have your own existing equipment and are just adding, say, a laser printer, software and training to the package. IContinuedon page 2...)

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CAMERA-READY ART graphic formats. More thanjustthe resources you The pages you create for your will spend on equipment, software printer to use in traditional offset TIFF and trainingare the new ways you printing. The printer literally takes a Tagged Information File Format. and your staff will have to work. The picture ofyour artwork and creates These kind of picture files are of the reallocationof resources and responphotographic negatives to make the "raster" variety. That i s t hey ar e sibilities is sometimes difficult. The printing plates used in the process. composed of individual blocks of sales/marketing team may want to Always talk to your printer about the black or white scaling them down produce new sales support docujob first, until you are very experimakes them look better, but scaling ments, a proposal and estimate just enced. Even veteran graphics people them up creates less quality images. as your company newsletter is due take the time to consult with their There is a real file size limitation for on the press. Most people find that printer - so should you. Your printer this format with even small images there are so many things that can be will tell you the best way to produce translating into very large files. done on the system that it becomes a the artwork for your specific project little competitive for time on the sysand printing method. Yes there are CD-ROM tem and or its designated operator. quite a few methods. Be prepared to Compact Disk Read Only MemThe true value of ory - Similar to the Desktop publishing now nearly univeris usually the drasal musical CDs these matic in crease in cousins use the same "The true value of Desktop Publishing is usuboth flexibility and laser technology to ally the dramatic increase in both flexibility t urn around t i m e store vast amounts of y ou ca n a c h i e v e and turn around time." graphical images, or when you only have f onts on t he m f o r to c o m m u n i c ate yourconveniencelityour requirements erally thousands of to a co-worker, or just move them learn lots. Some things you can do on images are readily available. Fredirectly onto the screen of your comthe computer that look fine to you quently thesedisks have 600 Mega puter. just won't translate well into print. Bytes of files on them, enough to fill up justas many ordinary floppydisks.

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LETS TALK TERMS Here is a list of terms used in the lingo of Desktop Publishing translated into plain English and illustrated with relevant issues.

DPI DOTS PER INCH Number of dots a laser printer can produce in one square inch. This is relevant for quality of image. The higher the number the better the image quality of your graphics. 300 DPI is a standard in the industry and printers at and around this resolution produce crisp type and graphics for most needs. Higher resolution laser printouts of up to 2,400 dots per inch (on photographic paper) can be obtained through service bureaus around town for your high quality newsletter, brochures, flyers,proposals etc. RR

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GRAPHIC FILES

Postscript

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Postscript is a page description language that drives your (and anybody else' s') Postscript laser printer. What this means is the computer file created that the printer where each word, line and graphic should go is consistent from printer to printer eithe= your 300 DPI laser printer or the service bureau's2,400 DPI imagesetter. The output file is, therefore, said to be device independent.

Desktop pubishing is quickly becoming a standard function (in some shape orform) in homes and offices a round the world. T h e a b ility t o combine graphics and text in a document that would r i val anything a typesetter could produce is making it very attractive indeed. As well, today's hardware which best suites DTP is falling in p r ice rather rapidly. Such items as 33MHz 386 systems and laser printersare now within reach for many home and small business users. If you would like to go as far as to produce a newsletter, or simply want to spiff up your price list, there is something to fit both your needs and budget. Good luck and happy pub!

EPS Encapsulated Postscript Files produce the best quality graphics since the Postscript page description language creates graphics which may be scaled to any size and still retain all their original detail. File sizes are also relatively small compared with other

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er e aking a decision on which type of network scheme to use is a very difficult one indeed. With all the possibilities it can sometimes be a little overwhelming. In this, our first of a series of articles on network computing, we will cover the Ethernet (also known as linear-bus) network topology. Our primary focus will be on what it is, and what networks does it best suit. If you have any questions on this or any other matter on networking, please feel free to talk to a network consultant at any one of our 9 locations.

â&#x20AC;˘ Network Corner â&#x20AC;˘ By Carmine Di Marco stations and file servers (see Figure I). Thetrunkisreferredtoasalinearbus because it is a single line which is being constantly poled by all stations. Each workstationhas a network interface card (NIC) attached to the trunk. The NIC constantly monitors the network for signals. If a workstation has a request, it checks for a clear line and transmits the request. Should two or more stations send out a request at the same time, the signals will collide. Each station will

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then be given a scheduled retransmission time. This is known as a contention scheme with CSMA-CD (Carrier Sensitive Multiple Access with Collision Detection), and is defined by the IEEE specification 802.3. This specification is very important. Without it manufacturer's could theoretically create their own standards, thus raising havoc for end users.

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT? Ethernet differs from ARCnet and Token Ring by the way the line is poled. A s was discussed earlier, under the linear-bus scheme, each station monitors a single line or trunk for a clear signal. When it gets the go ahead the NIC makes the transmission. ARCnet and Token Ring use what is referred to as a token passing scheme. With this type of topology a token ispassed around to each station. If the station has nothing to transmit the token is passed on to the next NIC. Since only one station has access to the network at a time, their is no collisions in transmission. Over allthere are no major performance differencesbetween linearbus and token passing topologies. Raw specifications (Mbps transfer rate), however, would dictate that Ethernet and Token Ring are the faster of the three. These specifications are important only under certain conditions. MAY 1991 ANOVATION ~

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DISADVANTAGES OF ETHERNET There two obvious disadvantages to Ethernet. First off, the IEEE 802.3 standard only supports line or trunk cable distances of just under 700'. This is easily avoided by u sing either multiple network cards in a single file server, or repeaters that retransmit the signal after a certain distance. Secondly, should the trunk cable experience problems the entire network will crash. On larger networks over longer distances finding the problem with the trunk could be difficult. This, however, is not a comRR

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ADVANTAGES OF ETHERNET Generally speaking, Ethernet is ideal for small networks (under 30 nodes) which have relatively light traffic requirements. It is very quick under these conditions and acts as an ideal backbone for internetworking other LANs in the same premises. Ethernet is also much less expensive to cable since only one dedicated cable runis required. Under token

passing schemes each station has a dedicated line which is attached to expensive hubs or multistation access units.

IN REVIEW Ethernet is quickly becoming the most popular network protocol. Its cost effective cable and hardware requirements,and performance specifications make it the ideal solution for small to medium sized networks. ENO

MAXIMIZING LANTASTIC Here are a few tips on loading the network version of The Maximizer onto a LANtastic peer-to-peer network. 1. Y o u must be using Microsoft DOS 4.01 or higher (we haven't tried Digital Research DOS 5.0 so no guarentees there). 2. S H A RE must be loaded on initial boot up. 3. I f the version of the Btrieve runtime included with your Maximizer is lower than 5.1 than you must up grade. This is available through Richmond Software.

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A. Th e difference is quite simple. With duplexing you have two hard drives and two controllers. When data is written to one drive it is simultaneously written to the other drive. This is common in fault tollerant networks where down time is critical. Should one drive cut out, the second drive will continue to function without interference to the user(s). Mirroring is quite similar except that it uses two hard drives and only one controller. Consequently, should the controller or the primary hard disk fail so will the system. However, downtime is minimized since only one of the drives or controller need be replaced. Of the tw o m e t hods, duplexing makes more sense.

disk drive. One of the most unique features of this system is the CD-ROM drive. Like the CD for your stereo it can play music using standard compact discs in full stereo sound. Just pop in your favorite disk into the system, select CD Player from the HeadStart menu using the mouse and up comes a full colour image of a home CD system. Click on the play button on the screen and enjoy. Plus you can continue to use your system normally while the CD is still

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Putting together a home computer system can be both confusing and expensive, when adding in all the software and extras that you may need. Ideally, a home system should come with all the bells and whistles built right in, with a little room for future requirements. All at a price that won't send you to the poor house. The HeadStart CD series from Magnavox / Philips meets the above criteria with flying colours. Available in a 286 and 386sx versions, the HeadStart offerseverything home computer users of every age could want. Standard features include a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive, one 5.25" 680MB CD-ROM drive with full audio capability, VGA graphics adapter, VGA colour monitor, 2400bps internalmodem, 3 button mouse, headphones to listen to music, and 52 different software packages with full documentation (22 applications plus 30 games). Each 286 includes 1MB of RAM and a 40MB hard disk, while the "86sx versionsincludes 2MB of RAM and an 80MB hard

Some of the more notable applications which are provided with the HeadStart (on compact disc of course) include all 21 volumes of Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia with graphics, PC Globe (world atlas with graphics and statistics), The Manhole adventure games with full stereo sound, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing,Borland's Quattro 1.0 spreadsheet, Deluxe Paint II (for the artistic computer user) and Q&A 3.0 word processor/flat file database. The intuitive HeadStart Environment makes learning on the computer that much simpler. By using pull down menus and the mouse, first time users will find starting programs and getting around easy and fun. All in all the HeadStart is the best home computer system money canbuy. The software selection and hardware provided is like nothing available on the market today. Ask your ANO rep for our special introductory pricing on the HeadStart 300CD (286) and 500CD (386sx).

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. 'CGA AII. :PRCVFQ':." ' ; . ' ::: ;.: ."; PAL)P8j ROM,tla9,-.-:,:': Today's question is not whether to backup your hard disk, but rather how to go about doing so. With the shear size of applications growing, and the popularity of n etworking becoming stronger,the need for a reliable tape backup system which still fits the budget is becoming paramount. Whether you' re networked or running stand alone, one of the best products on the market today for backup purposes is Mountain's FileSafe 8000Plus line of subsystems. Available for both IBM compatibles and PS/2's, the 8000 line offers both reliability and performance.

HIGH CAPACITY Utilizin g D C 2 120 e x t ended l ength cartridges, coupled w i t h Mountain's proprietary MACH controller and FileSafe software, between 80 and 304MB of datacan be stored on one tape. M a k ing i t th e ideal solution for your growing needs. Plus, if you are already using a QIC-40 format compatible drive(such as Mountain's4000 family or the Colorado Jumbo), the 8000 series can read tapes which they have created. Thus making the upgrade path that much easier.

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EASY TO USE FileSafe, the standard tape operating software used on all Mountain tape storage platforms, provides a consistent user interface. FileSafe combines the power to perform sophisticateddata management tasks with the flexibility that allows you to define tape operations that meet your own individual data management requirements. You can specifiy any level of selective file or full image backup and easily program a M o untain tape system to perform unattended backup operations. The software can be operated through menus or from the command

line, making FileSafe equally productivefor novice and advanced users. Context sensitive on-line help screens can guide you through all of FileSafe's features, virtually eliminating the need to refer to the user manual.

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NOVELL APPROVED With Novell Netware being the number one network operating system of choice for PC LAN environments, it only makes sense that the 8000 seriesistested and approved by Novell Inc. . The F S8000 is also compatible with PC LAN, LANtastic, MS Net, and 3Com LAN operating environments. For more information on this or other Mountaintape backup systems please contact the ANOoffice nearest you, ormail in your reader response card.

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