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SoftwareExec Outlines Education Future an Davidson, president of Davidson Associates, held the National Educa-

tional Computing Conference audience in Orlando in rapt attention during her keynote address. Unlike the sales pitch delivered a day earlier by 3DO's Trip Hawkins, Davidson issued a call to action, asking teachers to think of students as custorners to be satisfied, not charges to be led. Her talk, titled "The Future Isn't What It .Used to Be," recalled past conferences

moving the debate forward. Like many other industry veterans, Davidson bristled at suggestions by Trip Hawkins that younger kids should not use computers. "There are powerful products for younger kids â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our Kidworks' and KidCad work with text. And when you work with text you need a keyboard." The pro-

posed 3DO machines will lack keyboards for some time. "I'm not convinced people

will want to learn in front of the TV any-

way," she added. Davidson also addressed the problem of high-tech obsolescence, the fact that many

glitzy. I couldn't get the press or crowds here with CGA (graphics).s For schools, she suggested, "I understand educators want things to stay the same, But they should

schools have only old PCs on which her

not think of technology as something you

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where she sat in the audience when people like Al Gore and John Sculley previewed products and concepts which are now common currency. She was obviously thrilled to be in their place, and her audience, recognizing the former teacher as one of their own, seemed genuinely thrilled to hear her. "In Information Age classrooms, students will move through the school day in a similar way their adult counterparts move through the workday. They will manage their time. They will have tools. They will have teammates. And they will take respon-

sibility for a given task, leverage their skills, ferret out information needed to solve a problem, and work with classmates to get the job done." She said moves toward school privatization, public-private choice and Whittle's Edison Project are stimulating change toward such a classroom, and such stimulus is a good

In Information Ageclassrooms, students will move through the school day in a similar way their adult counterparts move through the workday thing. "In order to serve our customers, we need to embrace the second C of the Information Age: Change." Change isn't something that's done once, but a continual process.

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"The feeling of empowerment a child experiences when she learns to use a tool on the computer is similar to the feeling of empowerment a child feels when she first learns to ride a bicycle. It's exhilarating!" And it can happen every day, she concluded. "Let's commit ourselves to making computer tools a basic, integral and accessible part of the learning environment," she said. ""It's up to use to go back to our schools and be the change-makers. We all entered this profession to make a difference in the lives of our students. What I'm saying to you today is, that in order to do so, you have to also make a difference in your school." Davidson is optimistic that technology is becoming part of America's debate on

schools. "People are catching on. And we're inserting ourselves into the debate more

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Buying a Computer For Your Kids B Y 6 R A E M E B EN N ET T W ITH A D D I T I O N A L

ids like computers for a lot of dif-

ferent reasons. To some, they represent an adventure — something

to explore. To others, they represent an escape from boredom, a box full of fun and games. As they grow older, some children come to view computers as many adults do: as a tool for helping with the

homework, or helping to solve problems. But most kids I' ve talked to don't care so much if their computer has this microprocessor or that one. They want to be compatible with their friends' computers or their school's a lot more than they care about the world of megahertz and DOS compatibility that moms and dads care about. In many ways, I think that

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the C$550 or so that one of these drives will add to the cost of your system, you

designs that could only be loosely termed "paper airplanes." While I heartily recommend a color-capable printer for obvious reasons, anything will do. After all, kids like coloring, too.

should look for these two features: doublespeed access and multisession Photo CD compatibility. It's best if the CD-ROM drive

connects to the computer via SCSI (small computer systems interface). Some of the cheapest PC drives use a proprietary con-

FearleSS CONIPutin You probably know a person or two who is a computer

nection method that is slow and can lead to compatibility problems. I' ve explained these terms enough in the past (june, 93, etc.) that I won't go into them again here, but not all drives have these features, so

whiz. You know, the type that can sit down and figure out anything — what's the secret'? How do they do that? I think the answer is that they are fearless of the computer. They know that if they try everything,

don't take them for granted. Don' t

kids have the right idea: they care more about the content than the deliv-

What do your kids like? If they are anychildren enjoy computer games (especially those transparently "educational' ones), but

dedsions. 5. Longevity — it should have enough

Do they have any special

depth and breadth so that an active child will not exhaust all the possibilities within

interests? Many children (and more than a few adults)

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Trek, music and such things, right? You can just bet that there is a bevy of products out there that hope to capitalize on these loves-

" bargain-brand " CD-ROM drive, or your family will soon be using the word "boring" a lot.

and just about every other fad you can

just about any kind of computer, whether it's an IBM-compatible PC, Macintosh, or

good products, but that's part of the reason you read The Computer Paper,isn't it? So, the first thing to do when trying to

figure out which computer to buy should be to find that "special something" that your kid(s) will love so much that they will be compelled to learn to use the thing. A suggestion: consider getting a system with a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) drive right from day one. CDROM-based games are much richer than their floppy-disk based cousins. And if it' s an educational tool you want, you haven' t lived until you' ve seen the latest generation of multimedia encyclopedias.

Adult Talk I' ve tested a wide variety of CDROM drives here at The Computer Pnper over the last few months. My favorite drives so far have been the Toshiba TXM-3401

and the Sony CDU-561. (The CD300 external and CD300i internal drives for the Apple Macintosh line of computers are based on the Sony mechanism, by the way). I' ve also tested the Texel DM-5024 and the Teac CD50 drives with good results.

If you are not willing or able to spend

ners to gain a positive experience quickly. Like good movies, there are certain characteristics that "classic" software programs share. To ensure long life and great value from your software purchase, look for; 1. Interactivity — the child is in control of the environment, not a spectator but an explorer.

different conclusions based on different

nearly every child loves to explore.

think of. Of course, not all of them are

The initial period of ownership is the best time to take a few lessons. This helps begin-

3. Fun — it must do a good job of combining content and amusement. Learning on a computer should be funl 4. Open-ended — it encourages children to explore, make choices and arrive at

thing like most youngsters, sound, color and lots of variety will be on their list. Not all

osaurs, old Disney cartoons, Star

made a large financial investment that is both frustrating and under-utilized."

competitive with TV and Nintendo, software must use brilliant images, excellent animation and rich sound.

an old one you' ve grown out of, my first suggestion is: think like a kid.

need knowledge if you are to receive value from your investment. The worst thing that can happen is to find that you have

2. Great graphics and sound — to be

ery mechanism. So, if you are thinking of buying a computer for your kids, or handing them down

sion

used to like a TV or VCR," says Cowan. "It is a multifaceted "knowledge" product. You

You canhook a CD-ROM drive up to Amiga — even some game machines have CD-ROM options. Of course, thinking like a kid, you shouldn't worry too much about which brand to get just yet. Let's check out more neat stuff!

Such a Deal How's this for an irresistible bargain: a practically limitless supply of games, information and educational materials — all for free? That's what you get when you add a modem to your computer, as long as you know a couple of the right phone numbers to dial. In case you were wondering, all this

great stuff you can download is legal. Some of it is "freeware" and some of it is distributed on the shareware "honor system." You download it for free and try it. If you con-

tinue to use it, you are expected to pay the usually meager sum the authors request. It's a good system: cheap software with no mi ddleman. And it teaches that great Klingon virtue, honor.

lwaking It Every kid loves to make things. Hav-

ing a printer connected to their computer will give them a veritable manu-

facturing facility for cards, letters, posters, and probably strange new aerodynamic

something will work. It's a very "whizzy" state of mind. Here' s how to cultivate it.

Here are a few programs which meet all of these criteria. Kid Pix (PC and Mac) — Kid Pix is an electronic paint program with wacky tools and sound effects that absolutely delights

kids (of all ages). You can create cards, invitations, school worksheets, connect-the4ot

Infonnatlon Navigstors According to Blake Cowan, president of Vancouver,B.C.-based WIZ Zone Computers For Kids Inc., children who are "information navigators," comfortable using the computer as a tool, are the children best

prepared to succeed in today's world. Cowan says, "Computer games, read-

drawings and just about anything you could think of. It is as much fun for the

parents as it is the kids. Everybody who uses it laughs with delight. Where in t h e W o rl d I s C a r men Sandiego? — Deluxe Edition (PC and Mac) — An entertaining blend of travel and mystery, this program introduces kids to the

ing programs, electronic paint programs,

wonders of geography and history,

and newsletter/story making programs may seem a little pedestrian when discussing the future, but they are the building blocks that will teach children to be comfortable with the tools that will drive the

while encouraging them to use reference books like atlases and almanacs to catch the thieves. Impressive National Geographic pictures and realistic sounds

computer age."

are blended with inter-

Cowan cites the advantage of a computer over a games machine. "The difference is that the child is in an interactive environ-

esting educational facts. Versions of Carmen are also available for Apple II and Amiga computers, but lack the graphics

ment having to use higher order thinking, reasoning, logic and deduction skills. The

and sounds of the Deluxe edition.

result is hours of play time that are as educational and intellectually developmental as they are entertaining. Just try and say that about TV or Nintendo!"

But are today's computers easy enough

Kids will typically also want a program that makes cards and posters (Broderbund's

Print Shop is available for most types of computers and is a good choice for youngsters); a drawing and/or painting program,

a word processor, and perhaps a typing

for a child t o u se? "Computers have become mature and simple enough that

tutor or other educational application, such as an encyclopedia or, in t h e case of

with the proper setup and training, a threeyear-old can use it unaided," maintains Cowan. As a result, he claims, most parents can actually use them as well. "A computer is very different from the other electronic commodities that we are

younger children, an interactive s torybook o r "playhouse" type of program. Oh yeah — and games, games, games. ~t

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d) Atari, Apple II, Commodore 64, and other "hand-me-down" models. I' ve used most of these models and frankly, I think all of them have the potential to be useful and fun. There are so many factors in establishing a "best choice"budget, compatibility, ease-of-use, etc. that it isn't easy to pick a single "best" choice. But I' ll try. -

I want my, I want my MPC If you want a steady, readily available supply of software, accessories, magazines and training options, your only real choices are to go with an IBM compatible or a Macintosh system. Novice users or first-time buyers should purchase a "ready-to-go" system, pre-configured with a CD-ROM drive, modem, sound card and all the other goodies you want. These are quite complicated to add later, particularly in the case of IBM compatibles. A few years ago, Microsoft and a group of PC manufacturers got together and defined a standard called MPC (multimedia personal computer). It purported to be a decent minimum platform for running sound- and graphics-intensive "multimedia" programs. The original specification's minimum CPU requirement (a 286!) was ludicrously underpowered for the demands of multimedia. Other parts of the original spec were similarly inadequate, so the MPC council went back to the drawing board. This time, they' ve come up with a more reasonable minimum requirement, although it should still be treated as a minimum. The MPC2 spec calls for at least a 25 MHz 486SX microprocessor, color video display with thousands of colors, 4 megabytes of memory (I'd recommend 8MB), a 170MB hard drive with DOS and Windows 3.1, 16-bit sound card, Photo CD-compliant CDROM drive, a mouse, and

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tern can be bought for about $2000-3000 from a variety of suppliers. If this is beyond your budget, remember: save some money to spend on software. It's the most important part of your computer purchase decision. M acintosh f a n s can get a comparable s ystem for about t h e same money (or, more precisely, C$2739). The new Macintosh LC 520, for example, offers a built-in CD-ROM drive (double-speed and Photo CD compliant), stereo sound and a color display in an all-in-one design. Its

Motorola 68030 microprocessor runs at 25 megahertz (MHz). The system includes an integrated 14-inch Sony Trinitron color display with 16-bit color (that's thousands of colors). The system includes eight megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM), an 160 MB hard disk drive, a 1.4 MB SuperDrive floppy drive (capable of reading and writing Mac, front-panel contrast and volume controls, an integrated headphone jack,and an omnidirectional microphone. The biggest disadvantage to choosing an Amiga, Atari, or other less common computer is that you may find software,

accessories and repair services hard — or impossible — to find. However, the Amiga may well prove to be the best bet if your child is interested in cartooning or making videos, just as an Atari ST's built-in MIDi ports make it an excellent choice for the musically inclined. Your kids will probably even enjoy an older hand-me-down unit just fine, as long as the software is interesting and they are allowed to experience computers as perhaps we all should: as

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puServe, GEnie, etc. In the Corel areas on these services, you soon begin to notice recurring themes. One part of the package that a number of users seem to be having difficulties with is the color separation facility.

To be sure, the prepress functions of the program have been greatly expanded from p revious versions. PhotoPAINT n o w encroaches on the domain of Adobe Photoshop, Aldus PhotoStyler and Micrografx Picture Publisher as a photo enhanceinent and retouching package, and with "painterly" programs such as Fractal Painter with its

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improve the quality of scanned images, but unfortunately omits one important feature that will probably ensure a bright future for its competitors. There is, as far as I can tell, no way to "feather" the edge of a selection in PhotoPAINT. Cut-and-pasted objects therefore have a harsh and artificial pixelat-

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high-end prepress features such as gray component replacement and undercolor removal (both are procedures used to optimize process-color separations), gammacorrection, and display and printer calibration. With CorelDRAW's enhanced colorseparation and prepress features, I suspect that the company will find that these are

areas where many users report technical problems (and there are a few) or require extensive support. Desktop prepress is not a subject that can be easily mastered and does not lend itself to a set of default set-

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ly complex procedure. Other users detail problems with CorelDRAW's OLE (object linking and embedding) implementation. Corel, in turn, blames Microsoft, saying that a "maintenance release" of OLE 2.0, expected later this year, should address the bugs. Other reports describe various problems with line spacing in paragraph text, PostScript output and the EPS (encapsulated PostScript) export option. There is a fairly detailed list of bugs — and, in some cases, possible workarounds — posted in CompuServe's CorelDRAW 4 f i l e l i brary. Although unduly alarming to read (some of the bugs described in this list, such as a purported problem with the program's "conical fills," did not occur in my tests), it gives some idea of what to expect or at least be wary of. A few of the problem reports, such as complaints about the program being even slower than version 3, are not bugs, per se, but are valuable to know about before buy-

all other users should use 3.55. (Microsoft technical support apparently reports that v3.56 has problems.) Unfortunately, the only driver supported by Aldus is 3.56, which Aldus developed especially for PageMaker. Some CorelDRAW 4.0 users report that they cannot change the page source or orientation with the 3.56 driver. I did not experience this problem, although I found some of the others mentioned earlier. As mentioned earlier, importing EPS files from CorelDRAW into PageMaker caused a checksum error. Aldus also advises against trying to load a CorelDRAW EPS file

into FreeHand, claiming it causes a general protection fault. Ouch. I called Aldus tech support to find out whether the problem was theirs or Corel's. (Users of previous versions may recall that CorelDRAW 3.0a broke TIFF and EPS import functions that had worked correctly in version 2 01 of the program ) After a lengthy delay (and the mandato-

ry opening of a new limited-period support session by Aldus' unusually strict support staff), an Aldus technician informed me that Corel has a new import filter, which corrects this problem. After another lengthy wait in Corel's tech support queue (what we

go through for our readers!), a Corel technician told me the patch is available on CompuServe in the Corel forum (GO COREL; the file is in area 4, called EPSFIX.COM). It is

also on Corel's own BBS. Apparently, currently shipping versions of CorelDRAW 4.0 do not include this fix, although future

manufacturing runs are expected to. He also told me that all other import and export functions worked well in 4.0, with the possible exception of the CGM

(computer graphics metafile, a common PC image format), which apparently has some problems (on CompuServe, some users report images are displayed upside-down!)

ing or upgrading. Corel's CompuServe forum also contains a large number of technical support documents and other helpful tips — a boon for modem users. Although the majority of the bug reports are true, the problems are (dare I say it?) relatively minor, other than the problem with color separations, Aside from attempting to place a CorelDRAW EPS file in PageMaker, FreeHand or QuarkXPress, I couldn't find any that crashed or locked up the system, and Corel has released a fix for this serious gaffe. After all, you don't have to use OLE 2.0's "edit in place" functions, and you can export files in many formats

other than CorelDRAW EPS (including Adobe Illustrator EPS, which does work correctly), Nevertheless, Corel needs to hear a clear message from its users: it should concentrate on getting existing features to work properly, before adding a bunch of new ones. As a matter of fact, all developers would do well to heed this point.

The company must surely be unaware of how awful its automatic technical support system (known as Ivan) is. After dialing the tech support number, listening to a long list of instructions and dutifully making several selections, I was shocked to find that, at least on the day I called, the system only has the answer to one question — how to

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"real world" bitmaps have obsoleted the dinical sterility of the graduated fill.

One amusing side effect of this new fascination with the scanner is a visual anom-

aly I'm sure will gain the same sort of noto-

B Y G R A E M E B E N N ET T s there a look that characterizes-this particular point in h i story? I think there is, just as there was a "look" that characterized every era.

Of course, our perception of any observable phenomenon is derived from our perspective of it. Our visual history is culled from larger sodal and cultural movements.

The "Roaring Twenties" emphasized the new industrialism in its Art D eco an d f a s c i natio n w i t h

Nevertheless, the '80s was the decade where computers made massive inroads in the areas of typesetting and publishing. At the low end, the ubiquitous "Print Shop

Look" started appearing on laundromat signs and "Happy Birthday" banners across the nation, while the swelling ranks of Mac and IBM owners with a floppy disk full of fonts seemed intent on putting every

machines, geometry and the conquest of nature. The "Golden Age of Hollywood" showed the young American (and by cultural osmosis, Canadian) adults of the thirties and forties "the look" of that era in everything from fashion to social behavior. And who can forget the "Psychedelic Sixties" as popularized by film, fashion and print medias? It hardly matters that the Sixties'

computer equivalent of clip-art. At first,

stream until the Seventies.

Although it now seems hard to believe, that ten-year period from the late seventies to the late eighties was the dawn of the era of

personal computers, when early machines from Apple, Commodore, Radio Shack and IBM (and others, of course) brought the promise of increased productivity and personal empowerment to an eager new market. This was also the time when many people

were discovering the growing power and influence of the media on a nation of tube-fixated Americans. It didn't take long for media-savvy

PC pioneers to take the words of A.J. Liebling to heart when he said, "the power of the

press belongs to those who own one." Desktop publishing was born into a world of Gestetner machines and "wet" photocopiers; a world of Selec-

tric typewriters and acetate sheets of "ruin" type. It promised so much that it didn't matter that those early efforts were realized on dotmatrix printers and monochrome screens.

As always, the consumer and small office markets had the high end to look to - for directions and guidance. "Real" publishers were already intimately familiar with digital typography and looked at the crude halftones and typography of the first gener-

cards. The look I am referring to is the quasi-pho- The last few y ears have torealistic "sharPening" ln t goduced awhole new one sees on just about

these were blocky bitmapped images which were invariably stretched wider and/or taller than they ought to be. Later, vector or object-oriented graphics (" outline art") became derigeur. the sort of too-perfect clip art that could only come from a computer.

Professional typographers and artists alike shuddered then, and we should all pause and shudder now. Now that fonts sell for about a buck

apiece, thanks largely to Microsoft (and much to the chagrin of nearly everybody else in or out of the font business), people are starting to realize that having fifty fonts doesn't mean you have to use them all on

the same page. With the mainstream business community's gradual assimilation of the

desktop publisher's vocabulary has come a better understanding of what makes a page look good. Of course, there are still plenty of hideous layouts, fonts and dipshit collections out there, but at least there are a few exam-

ples of what's good, too. And my prayers have been answered! I hardly ever see any-

body trying to pass off dot-matrix output in resumes or business correspondence.

Although we' re seeing a general improvement in the quality of desktop typogra-

phy, the last few years have introduced a whole new set of technologies to the desktop, and with them, a new set of caveats. One of the most obvious current trends is probably a backlash against sterile clipart. Instead of a plain shaded box, the look du jour is a scanned texture: perhaps mar-

Some of these are utilities designed for a specific purpose. Adobe's Dimensions and Ray Dream's Add Depth, for example, are

oyies to the been scanned and de sktop, andwith them, «touched on the desk- a sew set of caveats.

one of them onto each tractor-fed page.

Along with these endless pages of badly kerned type — Times (Dutch), Helvetica (Swiss) and Courier, mostly — came the

"Avant Garde" look didn't become main-

r iety that Ektachrome color did in t h e home movies and feature films of our childhoods. It's not so different from the exaggerated colors one gets from a Canon Color Laser copier. Oh, sure, it's good, but so were h and-colored p o s t -

Compugraphic typesetters of their domain.

in /arossic Pork, "Just because ~ w e can d o esn't m e a n w e should." Looking into my crystal ball, I predict that 3-D imaging, coinplex lighting effects and/or animation will be the next areas of fascination for many computer graphics buffs. In the first category, I am noticing significant movement in the low end of the 3-D market, which may finally give the over-$1000 modellers some competition.

a ny photo t h a t

has

top. It's visible on the . covers of a surprising

artwork into 3-D. Both programs output PostScript files for use with object-oriented drawing (Illustrator, Free-

number of magazines. Look for it next time you' re in the supermarket checkout line. After you know what to look for, you can spot it almost immediately: artificially high contrast between foreground

and background images, halos of dark or light around the denizens of this photographically altered world. Naturally, everyone has a good reason why they use this sharpening (more specifically, it is usually a type of sharpening called "Unsharp Masking" ) It makes the image look better when printed. Images are better-defined; resolution appears higher. Why the sudden emphasis on unnaturally sharpened images? Simple — the programs (Photoshop, for example) which create this effect didn't exist on desktop PCs five years

ago. Hopefully, would-be photo retouchers will soon realize that the effect looks crummy when toomuch has been applied and unsharp mask fringes won't be the look of next year, too. The way the computer industry moves, we need no longer wait a decade or even a

Hand, etc.) or desktop publishing applications. We' ll be looking at 3-D

graphics more closely in our October. issue. For lighting effects, you need look no further than programs such as Photoshop and/or Fractal Painter — both available on both Macs and PCs. The former can simu-

late such phenomena as the lens glare of a 35 mm camera refracting the sun right out

of the package and with add-ons like the KPT Lens Bright filter in Kai's Power Tools, you can make objects look as though they

are being viewed through a 3-D sphere. Painter takes the idea of lighting a 2-D image further still. You can set up a pseudotextured surface as your picture's "canvas" and shine simulated light onto this "virtual texture" at any angle. You can light a scene with an unlimited number of virtual spotlights, of any color, with or without ambi-

ent background lighting. You can make your "brush strokes" catch the lighting and/or be affected by the "canvas" texture.

It's a wonderful program no aspiring com-

year to observe new trends. Every six months, it seems, a new graphics

puter artist should be without.

technology filters down from the big iron (larger, more powerful computers) and hits "the desktop," Morphing is all the rage since Terminator 2 (although, special-effects buffs may know, it was first used in the film Willow) — will it be passe tomorrow?

Macintosh utilities specifi-

cally designed to turn 2-D

As numerous 3-D rendering programs (not to mention the Movie of the Week

intro on your favorite TV station) have shown, complex lighting effects add a sense of drama and dynamism that are worth all the time the effects take to create.

Remember when type manipulation utilities (LetraStudio, TypeStyler, Corel-

Someday, I hope that computer graphicswill have the subtlty and depth that will earn them the ultimate compliment: we

ation of laser printers with disdain. And

ble ora weave pattern. A few years ago,

rightly so. A 300-dpi LaserWriter with 16or-so shades of gray and a sparse collection

when CorelDRAW and FreeHand were the

DRAW, etc.), first hit the market? Soon, the

won't know they were created on a comput-

latest rage in graphics software, the "design-

world was besieged by an onslaught of

er. Already, there are a few programs (Frac-

extruded and warped type. Words were pulled like taffy — even if they never should have been. It's as Ian Malcom said

tal Painter for the Mac and Windows is one of the most promising) that suggest we won't have to wait long. •

of fonts — many of them bitmapped or unhinted — was (and, some would argue, is still) little competition for '73, 74-vintage

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conveniently, generate relatively poor quali-

ty images and are a generally a hassleespecially for OCR. Flatbed color scanners, of course, are beyond the budgets of many users. Even with its minor problems, the Plustek ColorScan 6000 does an admirable job of b r i d ging t h ese two w o r lds. It approaches the price of a good handheld, but offers much of the feature set of a flatbed unit. If you can afford to spend a few hundred dollars more, a flatbed unit such as the Microtek ScanMaker II will give you better results, but if your budget is tight, the ColorScan is a decent alternative.•

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product is an example of howeasysuch atask may be made with the intelligent use of menus, dialogs and defaults. Separate mail and

news servers or other servers are supported. Defaults provided will work fine with standard UUCP hosts but the package also allows custom login sequences to be specified for those

users whohavespecialized demands. Mailboxes for Organization UUCP/Connect allows the user to create any number of mail boxes. A mail box is a

collection of messagesmuch the same as a folder is a collection of files. A mail box is defined with the same name as the E-mail user whose incoming messages are routed to it. The package facilitates easy move-

ment of messagesbetween mailboxes, copying and import or export of messages/files. Arbitrarily named mailboxes may be created to organize messagesand news articles under categories. Although the news and mail reader interfaces are separate dialogs, they have the same intuitive look and feel and use the same underlying mechanism. Mailboxes may be used to file news items with the same click and drag as is used to move mail messages from one box to another. UUCP/Connect allows many options. Fonts used for various displays or printing are configurable, the creator of files saved from messagescan be set to whatever the user likes and many other customizations are possible. Additional functions such as split, join and binhex are alsoprovided.

multi-location organization with unconnected AppleTalk LANscould use UUCP/Connect

Perfonnance This package runs on the minimal system, an 8 MHz Mac with 1 megabyte of memory and a hard disk, but a faster Mac with much more memory should be strongly recommended. UUCP communications run in' the background but the faster machine is required for comfortable word processing, news reading or similar functions in the foreground. A component called

One of the more resource-demanding functions of UUCP/Connect is the opening and closing of mailboxes and newsgroups. Internally UUCP/Connect keeps amailbox or newsgroup as a single Macintosh text file. When this file hasmany items in it, it is time consuming to open as an index of items must be set up. It is timemnsuming again to close when several items are being deleted. If the mailbox was kept as a Madntosh folder with each item as asingle file it could be faster and more convenient in some other ways. But mail messages which commonly only useone or two hundred bytes would consume 2K each in the Macintosh file system. For users who have the diskspaceand would like to use

the UUCP command machine is not quite as

any editor or tool directly on the message,

friendly about running in the background. For serious UUCP, modem speed and disk capacity become more important constraints than CPU speed. Twenty minutes a day of UUCP connection at 2400 baud will transfer enough news and mail to keep someone quite busy reading and replying. If several busy Usenet newsgroups are being spooled, newscan be a big connect time and disk spaceconsumer. However, the ability to accumulate a backlog of news is one reason some people prefer running their own

this would be anice option.

a LAN are provided with local e-mail system and internal conferencing via local Usenet newsgroups. This feature allows the complete implementation of an internal e-mail system for an organization using Macs on a LAN. Such a LAN setup may use one Mac with a modem as a gateway to external email and news. An aliasing feature of UUCP/Connect allows e-mail addresses anywhere on the LAN to appear externally as if

UUCP over on-line news reading. On-line services can't always keep all the news that

Overall

they were on the single-gateway machine. An e-mail system internal to an organization

will find a 9600 baud or better modem useful. The long-distance user can find that a

doesnot have to have any external access.A

fast modem quickly paysfor itself.

Communications Options UUCP/Connect works with the Macintosh Communications Toolbox to provide several options in serial communications. It can also run UUCP through AppleTalk. UUCP/Connect does not restrict the Mac to being a leaf node in the UUCP network. It allows a Macintosh to do mail and news for-

warding for other nodes. This can be particularly useful for an AppleTalk LAN. Macson

and modems to bridge their LANs. This allows

basic file exchange and mall across a wider network than just the co-locatedMars.

goes by over a period where the user may temporarily be unable to keep up, Someone watching a busy group who get behind in reading will find collecting their own news is a means of ensuring that nothing in some

newsgroup is missed. Heavy Usenet news consumers should be prepared to allocate tens of megabytes of hard disk to news and

Documentation The weakest part of the UUCP/Connect package is its documentation. This consists of a manual and two addenda. All the basic necessary information for installation and

use of the package is there. However, it is not fully indexed and has not been re-organized and fully synchronized with the lat-

est changes to the actual package. All in all, even with the weak documentation, UUCP/Connect is a very usable and

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Winnipeg BBSesBusted for X-Rated Images B Y GORD T V L L O C H i nce the dawn of th e

personal computer revolution, the sins that a fflict s o c i ety a s a whole have not spared computer users. Early on, it was ASCII images of scantily clad ladies laboriously keyed by

hand by computer nerds with plenty of time on their hands and a underdeveloped social life. Now, sophisti-

animated feature thrown in for the more sophisticated "taste."

cated scanning and graphics devices

lated through government agendes, no such regulation exists on electronic pornography. Materials that would have been stopped at our borders are transmitted with impunity and distributed on disk and through elec-

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can display photographic quality images of the same materials which reside behind the counter in your local drugstore, with the occasional

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pices of a search warrant, utilizing the services of a locksmith if the unfortunate sysop (system operator) was not at home. All computer equipment was confiscated, as

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whatever else was at hand. While nothing has been returned, as yet no charges have been laid. It is evident from the handling of this case that these seizures are intended to warn other computerized systems that material of this nature will not be tolerated. This is the first such seizure in Canada — it will likely not be the last. Several sources have implied that the very public nature of these cases is the

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32 S EPTEMBER '93 THE COMPUTERPAPER ONTARIO EDITION The final resolution of these matters will

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nter the Internet — a domain of the networked thoughts, ideas and work of over ten million people around the planet. No other technology rings truer to the notion of the global village than the Internet. Many of us have heard about the Internet and some of the interesting stories surrounding its use, but many people are either afraid to check it out, or are simply having a hard time getting more information about it. I' ve been using various aspects of the Internet for years, but I still never knew that much about it — like who runs it, who pays for it and what nifty resources are out there — until I was sent a copy of The

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What's interesting about this book about the Internet is the way I used the Internet to get it. I saw the book listed in a newsletter that was sent to me by the publisher, O'Reilly and Associates. In the newsletter was an Internet e-mail address: nuts(<ora.corn. I logged on to a local BBS and fired oft a request for a review copy. A few hours later a message appeared in my Internet mailbox confirming that the book was on its way. Two days later it was in my lap. This demonstrates one very powerful thing about the Internet — you can send mail almost anywhere in the world, virtually for free, within a matter of minutes. All you need is the person's address (The Computer P a per's a ddress i s TCP(n'mindlink.bc.ca). When you don't need to talk to someone in real-tilne, Internet E-mail is one of the most inexpensive, convenient and effective ways to communicate with anyone, anywhere.

Another example: I'm a follower of the alternative music scene and culture. I frequent an i n t e r net n e wsgroup called ALT.GOTHIC, which, if you' re interested in bands like Bauhaus or The Sisters of Mercy, is the place to be. I was on my way to Germany to attend CeBIT. I was going to be spending a few days in Berlin and knew this would be a fine opportunity to find

some groovin' night clubs. I dropped a note in ALT.GOTH and twopeople sent me back E-mail with their phone numbers. They told me about a few places to go and instructed me to call them when I arrived — they'd be happy to take me out on the town. Not only did I have a great time, I really felt the impact of the whole concept of the global village and how it was changing society. (If you really dig this, pick up PowershifI by Alvin Toffler [Bantam books] and he' ll tell you the whole story). ALT.GOTHIC isn't the only newsgroup on the net. Currently there's over 2,000 of t hem, d i s cussing e v e r y t h in g f r o m BIONET.NEUROSCIENCE to REC.MOTORCYCLES.HARLEY and, of course, ALT. ENSIGN. CRUSHER.DIE.DIE,DIE. It's a mind-boggling array of academia, popular and fringe culture that's catalogued in something akin to a verbose form of the Dewey Decimal System used to catalog books in libraries.

If you recorded every conversation that took place in any given newsgroup for a few months, you would probably have more information on that topic than is documented in any book in any library. That's not just information — that's power. Not only did I find some dance clubs in Berlin, I found that someone at a place called "MATHS.TCD,IE" had a library of lyrics from many different bands. I was delighted to find that, even though the files were on someone else's computer thousands of miles away, I could download them for free. Read on, it gets even better.

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the various services available: E-mail, newsHow much you pay to get on the Inter-

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useful, commands that you' ll encounter when using things like advanced threading

where to cycle around Nova Scotia.

Telnet:connecting to other»rvlces Telnet is an Internet utility that allows you to log on to another system that's also on the net. Just as you'd call up a BBS over the telephone, Telnet allows you to call up a BBS or similar service via Internet. Telnetting to other places is something The Whole Internet Guide is really useful for. It lists hundreds of sites you can link up to and what they offer. While most of them are academic organizations there are a lot that are just plain fun, like the online collection of Monty Python sketches at U.C. Berkeley, or Biking Information Canada, where you can download GIF maps of

Just like calling up BBSes there are

mail readers and other Internet utilities. Sources: I'd like to thank David Mason and the gang at Internex Online (voice

membership requirements, such as yearly fees, to use some of the services at other sites.

363-8676) for demonstrating how easy and fun the Internet can be. I'd also like to thank Rick Broadhead for providing the following list of public Internet sites. If you have any comments, or would like to add your system to the list, you can contact Rick at YSAR1111CaVMI.YorkU.CA and you can reach me at DIGITAR(alO.ORG. •

)ust do lt After reading the book you might still feel a little uneasy with using the Internet (don't worry, I did when I started too). The best thing to do is to capture everything to disk as you go, then make up cheat-sheets and hang them on the wall behind your monitor. You' ll soon begin to feel more familiar with many of the complex, and

to allow people to find things by providing keywords. Every month Archie logs onto every major system on the net and downloads every publicly available file listing, then updates its own database using this information. If you want to know where something is, just ask Archie.

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The world's largest live chat On the Internet is something called IRC — Internet Relay Chat. It's a chat program that has thousands of "channels" and allows anyone on the internet to join in. Unlike chats that are on BBSes, this one doesn't really exist, i.e., it doesn't run on one particular machine somewhere — it runs everywhere. IRC is like CB radio. It' s just "there" and all you have to do is tune in to use it. Also unlike most BBS chats, this one includes members all over the planet and has a much wider scope. Another good point: since it doesn't really exist anywhere except in the connections of the network itself nobody charges you for it. Once you have the ability to connect to the Internet it's FREE!

Ilultl-user games for freel If everything I' ve said doesn't make you want to gct onto the Internet, this will. There are programs called Multi-User Dungeons (or MUDs), and they' re very sophisticated multiplayer real-time online adventure games. These games resemble the text-based infocom-style adventure games except you' re not the only one playing. While many of them follow the traditional dungeon theme there are ones for Star Trek fans and other SF/fantasy genres. Chess and other board games are also available online.

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humble beginnings. In 1986, Gerhard Lengeling released

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capacitors. It displayed a split screen hi-rez Just Illte starting over Notator Logic, for those readers who

Grand Staff/Event list. Several early MIDI

albums were released using only this program. About a year later Mr. Lengeling switched to the Atari ST and Notator {the precursor to Logic) was born. N ow at r evision 3 .2, N otator h a s

missed my April 93 article "Desktop Music Publishing," is Emagic's successor to Notator SL. Billed as a new sequencing environment, it is currently available for the Mac

spawned a considerable collection of add-

and ST. Virtually everyone who has seen it agrees: it's totally different from any other

ons, including HUMAN TOUCH (a device which allows a human drummer to control the sequencer's tempo), built-in SMPTE boxes like UNITOR (a plug-in SMPTE box) and UNITORII, EXPORT (additional MIDI ports), and STEADY EYE, which allows Notator to sync SMPTE 'frames" to video frames.

sequencer they' ve ever seen. Those who are expecting or hoping for Notator for the Mac will be disappointed. Instead of being Notator re-born, Logic is a completely new program. None of the editing screens look even remotely the same. It takes a completely different "top4own" approach to sequencing. It is extremely graphic in its approach — there are icons for everything. First you create a song folder. Within this might be several other part folders, inside this might be the sections of your

SMPTK iwarvelous If you' re an audio-for-video guy or gal, SMPTE is crucial. There are a n u m be r o f e x t e r nal SMPTE/MTC boxes that will read/write SMPTE and feed a computer MIDI time

songs, and inside this (or any number of nested folders) might be your sequences,

code timing information, thereby giving SMPTE lock. Such external SMPTE/MIDI converters will work with most (but not

which actually contain the MIDI data, instrument "objects," and notes. Each of

all!) sequencers. Although Notator has a

these folders or objects can exist anywhere

"Clock In" function, it doesn't support Midi Time Code — just Midi clocks 6r Song

on the timeline of the song. You can change

sequence or folder lengths, and can drag

thin drag things around to where you want them, anywhere on the bar ruler. There are unlimited tracks available, and you can set up as many faderobjects as you want and have them transmit or modify any instrument object, track object, or other processing objects in the environment window. In the Environment window, you use virtual cables to connect this instrument object to various MIDI processors and other instruments for virtual layers, splits, delays, etc. All this is then routed to the real MIDI outputs by more virtual cables, as well as connected to real MIDI inputs for devices like keyboards, etc. Virtual spaghet ti anyone? Unfortunately, more than a few Logic users find its user interface confusing. Paul

Garay of Simply Computing, who characterizes himself as a Notator expert, says he' s still baffled by the Logic look and feel. GEnie user MITCH G. writes, "even after

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you anythingabout how orwhy you would use these things. This program really needs a tQtorial manual. For example, the first couple of times I worked with it, I recorded notes, and could play them back, but I c ouldn't find the data for editing or viewing...it was lost somewhere in a 3-dimensional maze of

nested folders and objects. What did I like best? The fact that every thing is an object with an associated icon (of your choosing) is very cool and flexible.

The built-in arpeggiator, delay and other processing objects are very cool. Unlimited tracks, unlimited faders.... What did I dislike most? I really had trouble grasping the way that the folders/instru-

B,C,and D effectively replace C-Labs's EXPORT hardware). Unitor ll owners can just plug into this new Logic dongle.

ou t p u ts. This is the first copy protection ab i l i ty to store different midi set-ups... Well s c h eme I' ve seen that proves to be a benefit t he s e Anatek boxes will store a bunch of rather than a drawback." different situations, editable in the software!

Here'sa quote from the May 1993

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issue of KEYBOARD "Emagic's new sequencing program, Notator Logic, includes a new copy protection key that provides three discrete MIDI

Have you heard about the cool programmable MIDI+audio patchbays from Creation Technologies (formerly Anatek, the company can be reached at 604-980-6850).

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networks with 1.4 million hosts, students have literally hundreds of thousands of

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ONTARIO EDITION THE COMPUTERPAPER SEPTEMBER '93 41 information for re-adapting their skills to a mercurial job market. Computers are crucial to that process, but they' ll never make teachers obsolete, says Smith. Computers are just a tool. The role of the teacher is to get students started with technology and coach them in achieving skills with new soft/hardware. "We also have some specialized technol-

with multimedia technology because it' s interactive, whether the technological device is a video disc or CD-ROM. A piece of paper doesn't interact with you. "As a case in point," Smith says, "during our first year open, there was a child who couldn't put anything down on paper whatsoever — a learning disability." When introduced to a word processor, for the first time

nal text and graphics and some picture files for photos of the student authors. The students also used HyperCard to make key words active for further hypertext definitions, graphics and in some cases QuickTime movies, which were edited in Adobe Premiere with student vole~vers added. nOur children were born into a world of technology," Smith says. "They' re used to it

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computer coaches." When that coach comes into the classroom and takes over the dass, the teacher becomes a student. "Boy, does it work," Smith exclaims. "And the kids are even better coaches. Our grade twos taught the kindergarteners how to use

A study of this learning phenomena, conducted in 1989 at Smith's previous school (Milton) showed that the first draft of a composition written with a computer was better than the final draft done with pencil and paper in all cases. Gifted students can take that same word processor software and use it to its fullest capability. Smith says, "They' re into justification, fonts, style and the rest...." An example of "the rest" was recently demonstrated by River Oaks' grades 7/8

what a lot of our kids can do." Children leam to use multimedia easily with the correct curriculum, according to Smith. In Milton, he had about 150 comput-

computers." A group of grade eights worked with a group of grade threes giving one-onone HyperCard training. It's a lot better than any one teacher can do with 30 kids. "The computer buddy system is fantastic because it helps to enhance all three E'sto Engage, Enable and Empower," Smith says. But computer coaching works best

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the addictive effects of its games on

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Installation The game requires a minimum configuration of an IBM AT or 1009» compatible„ 640K of RAM, VGA graphics, and hard disk. The game was tested on a 286-compatible with 1MB of RAM, and a Bondwell 486 with 4MB of RAM. It worked well on both systems, though play was noticeably smoother and faster on the Bondwell 486. The game is a bit unusual in that the version tested

came with a sound card and speakers. Both the software and the sound card installed easily as per the instructions included, and the sound card performed well. It has been tested with other games, including Lem-

mings! from Psygnosis and Eco-Quest from Sierra On-Line, and worked well with both.

Came Play In some ways, the game resembles Broderbund's "Carmen Sandiego" series. The player's character (Luigi) sneaks through teleportation portals and then has to find out where he or she has turned up in the

world by asking passersby and collecting clues. The game is also a typical Nintendo game, in that there are plenty of whimsical characters, unpredictable events, and the player spends a lot of time collecting things.

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contains elements of a traditional Nintendo game, with the addictive humor, action and simple plot and behaviors, and an interesting way of unfolding the problem to the player. It also has an ostensibly "educational" element, since it encourages the player to solve problems by learning geographical information and using it to help solve the puzzle. Unlike "Carmen Sandiego," however,the game doesn't include a reference book to encourage the kids to read and do research to help solve the puzzle. The documentation is sparse, consisting of a large fold-out map that has a picture of the continents on one side and instructions on the other. A single paragraph rather lamely urges parents to involve themselves in the game and encourages the players to search for additional information from oth-

er sources. Overall, this game is worth the price of . admission. It mixes a little learning along with a lot of fun. It would be nice if, in future titles, there was more depth to the

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ferent types of Unix that are available. Its troubleshooting guide (titled: "My Computer Says It Hates Me") will prove invaluable to all but the most expert Unix user. In short, I wish I had this book when dealing

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wrong. Take it from somebody who fits the book's characterization of "computer nerd" — this is a good book to have.

body who buys this book will find it a

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his book assumes you know nothing about Windows operations-

eading this book brought back not-

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in fact it goes to some pains to

so-fond memories of the time I had to use a mainframe computer at a university. It ran on Unix, and so I can fully appreciate the author's subtitle for this book: "Your First Aid Kit for Dealing With the World's Least Intuitive Operating System". Essentially this is a book with an attitude. The attitude translates roughly as: "You bought this book so you must be dealing with Unix. Too bad. Here's a couple of dozen reasons why its far from ideal as an operating system, but read this book, it' ll help you." As with all of these types of books, the cutesiness can get to you sometimes, but nevertheless this is one of the best books I' ve seen on how to deal (or maybe "cope" is the better word) with Unix in understandable language. It tells the reader enough to be able to understand

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Canadian Product

Launch Update IBM's PC-DOS 6.1, Ollvetti's Quaderno 33

subnotebook and M6 Suprema desktop PCs, and Xerox's 4700 II' laser printer. IBM Canada said that its latest version of

the DOS operating system, PC-DOS 6.1, will be available this week. The Canadian list price is C$189, and an upgrade from a previous version of DOS will cost C$109. IBM

Canada also has a 90-day introductory offer,

which says that by calling the company at 800-465-7999 customers can get the software for C$59.95. Olivetti Canada announced the Quaderno 33, a new version of its subnotebook computer that comes with Microsoft Windows 3.1 plus Microsoft's Works for Windows integrated software and Lotus' Organizer personal information manager pre-

loaded. To be available in August, it has a list price of C$3,269. Olivetti also launched its M6 Suprema line of personal computers in Canada, which includes models based on the Intel 33megahertz (MHz) 486SX, 33-MHz 486DX, and 66-MHz 486DX2 processors. Olivetti is now shipping the 486DX and DX2-based models in Canada at list prices of C$3,500 and C$4,300 respectively, with eight megabytes (MB) of memory, 240MB hard drive and video controller. The 486SXbased M6420 is not yet available in Canada, a spokesman said. Xerox Canada launched its 4700 II Color Document Printer, a full-color laser pdnt-

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Fear of Technolo Is Phobia o the '90s AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A. (NB) — According to the results of a nationwide survey by Deil Computer Corporation, more than half of all Americans are stilt resistant to taking advantage of technology in their lives. The survey showed that one-fourth of all US t a VCR adults have never used acomputer, se

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do but not how it does it. A techno-boomer, says Dell, wants to look smart, does research

and seeks recommendations before making a purchase. Techno-phobes reject technology or avoid it whenever possible. Corporate techno-teamers usecomputers ta work, usually on a network. Productivity is their primary concern for work that is largely

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large paper notepad, it comes with a large LCD display and pen and weighs just under a pound. Its Newton recognition architecture allows users to print or write

messages on its screen, which the Newton can decipher and transform into formatted text. It can also clean up rough sketches

entered into it, by straightening out lines and recognizing the symmetry of objects.

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AMIGANA UTSMEETING-Onthe secondSundayeachmonth, M pm, at 2975DonMi1ls Rd.West, Oriole Community ResourceCentre, 2nd floor, Games Rm. Full Amigauserssupport, monthlylutmials and presentations for theAmiga. Forinformationeall Brendan944-2843. ANIMATO RS' GROUP—Interestedin thecreation ol 2-0 and3-Danimation?ZimgraphicsLtd. offers hands-ontraining andmemberships for thoseinterested in computergraphics. Formareinfmmation call (416) 601-1785. CANADAROUNDTABLEON GENIE— Nighgyandweekendmmgngs. DiscussCanadianPolitics, Sports, Canada-U.S.Relationsi Travel, Entertainment.TryEnFrancais, whichIn@ores aFrenchtutorial. More info? 1400438.9636. CANADIAN COMPUTERGRAPHICSASSOCIATION — CCGA'smissionis "to pnwideducahonandinformation in computer graphicstechnohgyand ils applications." At special events members areinformedof developments in the ¹dushy,andprovideda networking forumto develop careerand business oppoitunNes. Additional benefits indude;insurance, newslegers, suhscripgons, employment liaison office, andannualart 6designcompegtion. CC GA, 2175SheppardAve. E., Suite 110,Wglowdale, Ontario, M2J IW&.Fac491-1670Tek491-2886. CASE SPECIAL INTERESTGROUP—A special interest groupor SIG is currentlybeingformedto helpmeetthe needsof people¹terested in learning moreabout CASE. Thepurposeislo provideaforumwhem membersmayshare their experiences.Experiencedusers or those contempbtingintroducingCASEto their organizationareinvited to call eitherJoeDaSilvaat 252-1408, orRobBeckman 928-2694. CASE—Computer AidedSoftwareEngineering is opento anyone interestedin beingtool independent, andtechnology independent. 1-1 I/2 hours,monthlyscheduledmeegngs, Vendor presentations aswel as individualBBS , 497-5263, (logonif MISAffgiated messages, into Tech2ndcategorycalled CASE). Contact JoeDaSilvaat 252-1408or RobBeckmanat 928-2694. CLUB CUBASE—Toronto areausersol SteinbergSoftwareproducts, espec iagytheirpowerhousesequencerCubase.now havealorum to share informationanddevelop Iheir skils. ClubCubasemeets at 7:30 pm onthelast Nlondayol everymonth, in RoomC426at the Casa

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Professional CADD programs, spreadsheets, databases, simulations of molecular structures, three dimensional plotting of complex mathematical equations, high level programming languages; the list is endless. And as always, these tasks are run within the intuitive interface of the Amiga. Of course, an Amiga purchased for your children will very likely end up being used by their parents as well. From wordprucessing to tax planning, &om keeping an eye on your stock portfolioto professional desktop publishing, or from graphic design and illustration to professional, broadcast quality desktop video work, the Amiga does it better, quicker, and always, intuitively.

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Amsoff Computer Systems is an Amiga specific computer dealer. The owner taught with the Toronto Board of Education for nine years and being a proud parent of two quite computer literate children, has a vested interest in Computer Education. Purchasing a computer for your children is an important decision, requiring considerable consideration. We invite you to visit our store to see and discuss the merits of the Amiga first band.

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE FOR THE AMIGA Modem Amiga wordprocessors mirror your child's thoughts. They vary the text to suit the story. They change the size of the words, or tilt them, or change letterfaces to suit the message. They wrap around pictures. They change colours. They print in near laser quality output on an ordinary dot matrix printer. Some wordproceasors can even read your child' s story back. And they do all this with a child's intuitive band on a mouse and keyboard.

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of doing a job efficiently and accurately. Modem software is not designed for specific tasks, but rather for a wide range of duties. So that your staff may realize both the computer's and their own potential, an expedient method of producing the skills to utilize their office tools is needed. This need has spawned the software skills training industry available to computer operators. The diversity of software skills training currently available runs from basics at night school classes to authorized certification in a software package sponsored by the parent software company. Microsoft Corporation evens runs its own university in Redmond, WA for the very serious-minded.

you are inviting an atmosphere where bad habits are learned and practiced through repetition. A brief education in all companyspecific procedures, starting with your filing system, should be given to all personnel coming in contact with your office computer system. Have your standard office procedures recorded in forms ranging from handout sheets and e-mail memoranda to full workbooks and on-line help. Keep this documentation readily available for distribution.

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