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interesting new technologies which allow voice control of the computers. An industry editorial suggested that Apple should stick to the bread and butter lines of computers. Basically they were saying that everyone really — some smart management type. uses computers for word processing and spreadsheets so in their humble opinion Apple was wasting its time because users Wordperfect Itflan would be reluctant to pay a few more bucks I was recently in a government office and I forthese fancy extras. noticed that they had a big color Mac Ilci The promise of some of this technology is that they were using to log on to a govern- very exciting. Using your voice to command ment database. I asked the agent if it was his a computer is a whole new ball game; if it works, it adds the same quantum-leap poten-

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ZipCode features missed The recentarticle titled "AComparative Reviewof PoCo and ZipCode"(Sept.93) byKeith Schengili-Roberts wasinteresting. However, therewereseveral factsthatwereincorrect or missing. Theauthorwentinto greatdetail aboutcerlein features of PocothatarealsoincludedinZipCodebut he fiiled to mention these. I would like toset therecord straight. ZipCodehasfull cut-and-pestefeaturesin bothlhe DO S and Windowsversions. You canpastetheDOSversionintoanywordprocessor or delebese. Theamount of herddrive space(needed) for ZipCodeis4.8Mb,not5.5Mb.ZipCodecanbeloadedasestand aloneapplication. Thepick list featuredescribedin detail for Poco is automatic injtipCode,Thecorrect street typeand directionis automatically inserted. The ZipBase product retails for $199.Contrarytoyour article, it isnotincludedwith 2ipCodebut ratherit is ZipBase that includes efree copyof ZipCode. Theproduct will verify 100,000records perhour andactualy correctandwdteto disk 30,06) perhour.ZipBesewil alsoincludea reverse search featurewhichwil allowyouto entera poslel codeendget lhe province,city, streetendrangeol numbers. ZipCodeincludes

both theDOSand Windowsversionin eachpackage,theyare not soldseparately.Thesix-pack networkcanalso beused with sixstandalonesystems. We doappreciate yourcoverage. Youreffort toincrease awareness for anewtypeof softwareadd-onis commendable, My primarypurposein writing to youis to ensurethat the information youpresent onZipCodeis accurateendbalanced. MichaelBurrows CEO,ZipCodeSoftware Keith Sciaengili-Roberts replies:Ihecopy /received /orthereviewJ'ncludedbof/JZipesseandZipCode, and/assumed/hei uftsfhecesefortf?esoOStfreconsrrmeras mll. Thiswouldalso eJJ IpieinwhyIove/Wirneledfreamount of/Jard driJres/Jeoef/at assneeded. Ispo/ogizefor Ihese enors. Bothsotirerepsc/ragescomeas acombinedDOS/ /f/Ji'?dewsversion,and/sEaledasmuch at theendoi thearticle Continued on page 1L' „,

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whengivingpricinginformation. I wasnot awarethat thesixpack lornetworkscouldbeusedas six stand-alonesystems, and thepackaginginfonnation lor ZipCodesuggests Ihat they are completelydifferentpackages. In my reviewI tried topick outthemost salient of eachof

Ihe two programs. l4hiieZipCodedoesoccasionally providea pick-list whengivenanincomplele orinvalr'd address, thefact is that PoCo capitafizes onthis ideabyproviding potential matches beforea lul addressisentered.Thisfeaturecanshorten Iheamountoiinformation neededto getIhecorrectaddress, especially whensomeoneis doing repetitive postal code searches. Both PoCo andZipCodeareexcelent programs,but Ihey work differentlyandarebest usedin situationsIhatplay to their respectivestrengths.

Graeme Bennett replies:Itislruethalsome areasaremoreexpensivelhan theywere.All theGEnie'Basic servicesandGEMail thatwerefonnerlyfree nowcost $4an hourin non-prime time. (GEMail nolongerlimits thenumber of messa ges).

small number ofcustomers were making heavy demands on Ihe service — demandswhich began to outpaceIhesystem's inlraslructureand capacity. Theresult, saysthecompany, wasa level of performance that pleased no one. Particularly in lhe

Who will seeprices rise underthenewsystem? Clearly,

anyone who' saccustomedtomakingheavyuseolGEnie"Basic serviceswil havetochangehis or herusageto keep monthly bills down, The company saysthat whenit started workingonthe price change it studiedfheusagepatlemsofactive membersto seewhowould beaflected,andto whatextenl. lt concludedthat more than85%of GEnieusers would see aboutthesameor Iowwbills at Iheendofthemonth. GEnie officials maintain that, underthe formerpricing, a

Re: CEnie Rates I feelthatImustcorrectafewfactsinyourAugust'93Whats New item "GE nie Cuts Its Rates." Theuserfeerestructuring thattook place onJuly 1st, 1993wasmo reextensiveandwide-reachingin itseffectsthanyourarticle indicates.Althoughyourarticle did have thecorrecttiguresin thedecreaseofthehourly connectrate fromC$8toC$4,it neglectedto me ntionthefoffowingfacts: 1) Themonthly subscription feebeforetheratecut was $5.95Cana dian,andassuchhas nearly doubled, althoughit nowdoesincludefourhours amonthfreeatthenewhourly rate. 2)Therestill remainsa premiumchargefor high-speed connections (over2400baud). 3) Mostimportantly,agoodnumberoftheBulletin Boards of therecreationalRoundTableswere,until theJuly 1streorganization,whatwerecalled"Ba sic Services."Thismeant thatfor these areasthehourly connectchargeof $8did notapply. They werefree.Unlimited useofBasic Servicesaspartof themonthlysubscriptionwasa majorsellingpoint inGEnie's promotionalliterature.Amongthe"Basic" areaswerediscussionareasfor

earlyeven ings andonwlkends, GEnie services ere painfully sluggish, Onseveral occasions, TheComputer Paper witnessedGEnie systemcrashesanda variety ofotherenors. yye a~pactthatthenewpricing wil helpGEnieimprove Ihequalify and reliabilityofitsseNfces CD-ROIIII on an Audio CD Player? Iamst audentandunabletoaffordthe$750-$800fortheMultimedia Upgr adeKit. Ho wever,IaminneedofaCD-ROMsystem. Iam interested inlearning if CDROMandAudio CDplayersmaybeinterchanged. That is, is it possibleto interfacean

audio CD playertomycomputersystemtoemployit asaCD ROM throughsomesortof modulator? Nava SinghGil, Abbotsford,BC.

Kit Griffi replies: The shortansweris",No."The slightly longer answeris IhatIhequality and"sampling' (checkingbycomparison of readdata) is moresophisticated on aCD-ROM Ifa noleis slightlyimperfectin musicitis ofminor consequence(punintended); howuverifdalais readincorrectly it could be amal'ordisaster. •

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Issues, Religion, anda great manyothers. Inyourarticle, you statethat"bulletin boards...areaff available for$4anhour. This is halwhat f GEnie customers havebeen paying." Asyou can see, lorthosewhofolloweddiscussionsintheBasic areas, it is $4an hourmorethanwehadbeenpayingpreviously. Asanillustrationof this lastpoint, a userwhospent 10 hours a weekreadingor replyingto discussionsintheBasic ServicesBulletin Boards,andusednoother GE nie services wouldhavepaid, beforethefeerestructuring, onlytheflat subscriptionfeeof C$5.95 a month. After theso-caffedrate cuts, he would nowhavetopayfor36hours of connect time,sothat his monthlbi yl wouldincreasetoC$154.95. Hadourhypothetical userloggedevenmoreconnect time a month,theincreasein his bill would beevenmorepronounced.Il this is indeedtheeffect of a "ratecut," I would quake withfeartoseewhatwouldhappenafterarateincrease. It may bethat your artide wasformulateddirectly fromaGeneralElectricpressrelease,whichwouldexplainwhythenumbersin yourstory,andtheabovenumbersseemsodiferent. Ifeel, asaformerGE niesubscriber,thattheeffectsofdroppingBasicServicesare tooimme nsetobesweptunder thecarpet,andshouldbemadeclear toanyone whoisconsideringsubscribingtoGEnie. J. PaulRocchi (formerlyP.RocchionGE nie)Toronto,ON

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Accounting software comes in many varieties — expensive high en-d packages all the waydown to inexpensive, entry le-vel software In .this article, I look at a num ber of mexpensive, entry lev-el programs As part of your evaluation of an account-

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Price is an important consideration, but its importance is often overstated. Other costs such as set-up and training can easily run to several times the purchase price. Any initial cost difference will disappear in the long term if a future conversion to a more expensive and sophisticated package is required. You should also consider the world of ,s

Windows. Windows is an operating environ-

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Windows versions of their accounting programs. Using Windows offers advantages

and disadvantages. The major advantage is that routine tasks (

are handled by clicking on little icons (pictures) with the mouse. This eliminates the

need to learn complex DOS commands. The screens themselves resemble the task that you are doing. When you pay a bill you see a check blank on the screen. When you create an invoice you fill in the detail on an invoice on your screen.

The disadvantage to the Windows envi-

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software had to have a street price of

under $300 and have a Canadian version that handled the Goods and Services Tax, It also had to be easy to install and use. When evaluating acCounting software you need to consider many things, such as

trouble-free installation, ease of use, a good feature set, adequate documentation, good

vendor support and a regular upgrade policy. You need to ask a lot of questions and you need to find a knowledgeable sales person to answer them and this is often difficult to manage. Typical questions include: Is the installation automatic or do you have to use DOS commands to create directories and sub-

directories? Is on-screen help available? Is support available by telephone from the vendor at a reasonable cost? Is the manual easy to understand?

Even more important, is using the program on a daily basis easy? Selecting menus and functions should be simple, data entry screens must be intuitive to understand and

use. The various modules should use the same interface so you only have to learn one. Error messages should be helpful and

make error correction easy to accomplish.

Basic computerized accounting programs incjude general ledger, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory. Additional modules may include payroll, cash management, budgeting and purchasing. Buying a program with a ton of modules is not necessarily the best solution as it may introduce unnecessary complexity.

A key point to evaluate is the report-writing capabilities of the program. It is essential that you get the management information you need to run your business. Look carefully at the sample reports in the manual. Also check to see if you can create custom reports from within the program. If you cannot, check to see if there is a separate report writer available or if you can export the data

to a spreadsheet program. Make sure you do not get trapped into having to buy preprinted formsfrom the vendor. Preprinted form requirements vary from package to package. Sometimes forms are only available from the software vendor, sometimes only from third-party printing houses while with many of the programs you can print the forms on plain paper with a laser printer.

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slower in Windows than in DOS. It also requires some sophisticated hardware. You really need a 386-based microcomputer with at least 4 MB of RAM and a 120 MB hard

disk to run Windows programs. If you are using an older microcomputer the conversion cost can be expensive. With that i n t r oduction to l o w-end accounting software let us now take a look at

the more popular programs available in Canada today. Access To Platinum Access to Platinum runs under Windows and you need a working knowledge of Windows to use it. Installation is straightforward and takes

about five minutes. The manual is well-written and easy to follow. Novices will benefit from sections in the manual that discuss basic accounting principles and all the Plat-

inum Windows components. This is helpful because the screens are not as intuitive as I would like them to be.

You can select an on-screen tutorial by clicking the tutorial icon. The tutorial is quite extensive, containing eight lessons. I

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load the tutorial lessons when you first install th'e program. This is a welcome option because the tutorial lessons can take

up a lot of disk space, particularly since there are eight of them. Transactions are entered in screen displays that look like paper forms. A feature . called "multiple document window" lets you view multiple forms and reports concurrently on screen. For example, you can view a customer's credit record while you enter an invoice for that customer. Another feature called "zoom window" lets you enter information (customer, vendor, employee, inventory item, client or general ledger account)

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The general ledger accommodates an unlimited number of companies, checkbooks, and transactions. Details of financial

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and recurrin'g journal entries are easily set up. Modifiable, predefined charts of accounts

are provided, and you can also create your own custom chart of accounts. Unlike most accounting programs that provide predefined accounts, these charts are not orga-

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ferent from most programs. Instead of having a menu bar across the top of the screen, the main menu occupies the full screen. After you make your selection from the two rows of choices you move back into the program itself. It is innovative and easy to use, once you get the hang of it. The documentation is also unique. The BusinessVision II box is triangular in shape and very eyecatching. The manual itself is 5 I/2" x 5 I/2" x 2" and fits inside the triangle. It is wellwritten and easy to follow. Setting up the chart of accounts could be improved. You cannot add accounts on-theflyand you must move between the add, modify and delete screens to use these functions. The general ledger allows for multi-company ledgers with or without consolidations of the financial reports. Thirteen period accounting is supported and account numbers are user-definable with up to 5 digit numbers. The system is totally date-sensitive and transactions are automatically posted into the correct accounting period by transaction date. Bank reconciliation is straight-

or detail. Reporting options include daily sales, customer, salesperson, inventory item, and profit per item reports. The inventory module is also strong and provides a host of different and useful reporting options. Non-inventory items and services can be entered in the order entry module and tracked through sales analysis. The payroll module can handle all the

normal types of employees including hourly, salaried, and commission. Tax tables are provided for all the provinces and the territories.

An annual support fee of $129 provides you with a complete tax table update service. Initial support is free; after installation you can purchase an annual support contract for $99. My test call to the support line was answered promptly and the support person was knowledgeable and very helpful. Businessvision II is a strong contender in the entry-level software arena. Its strength is in its handling of order entry and point of sale. It could be improved with some small changes in its handling of the chart of accounts, recurring entries, and purchasedisContinued onpage 18

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Accounting Continued from page16 counts.

Overall, it would be an excellent choice for a small business that needs accurate and timely accounting, particularly in the sales and inventory area.

DacEasy Accounting

recurring journal entries. The program features automatic reversal of adjusting journal entries at the close of a period, and lets you

converted back to open purchase orders; this

to the Windows environment and the use of

enables you to track back orders.

a mouse.

keep all detailed transaction information in the files. You can also print out the data and purge the files to save space.

take advantage of available discounts, you can print a payments report that lists all open invoices by due date and discount date.

not accountants and its organization is very different from the traditional joumalwriented accounting software programs.

The general ledger can be used alone without other modules, and this is an excellent way for a novice to start using the sys-

Advance payments are applied to the invoice created when the merchandise is received. Payments that are the same each month may be entered once and automatically generated

When you first start M.Y.O.B. a "command center" shows a logical flow chart of the functions for each area of the program. For example, the checkbook flow chart

thereafter. The program supports multiple inventory

shows the logical steps of writing cheques,

cial ratios? DacEasy does it and also gives

costing methods such as last purchase, average cost, and standard cost. A price adjustment feature automatically generates new

you the power to create monthly budgeting

prices for inventory items on request. These

and budget comparisons with the previous

adjustments can be a flat dollar amount or can be calculated on a percentage basis. You can also make book-to-physical inventory adjustments. Printing is flexible: print to the printer,

reconciling accounts, making a deposit, recording cash receipts, and stating cash flow. Other command centers include general ledger, sales and receivables, purchases and payables, inventory, card file, and

tem. DacEasy allows multiple companies that can be consolidated on the financial

DacEasy Accounting is a fully integrated, multimodule package that combines ease of use, power, and low cost. It was one of the first low-cost, entry-level accounting soft-

statements. You can also use this feature to keep track of the departments and branches

of a single company. Need to calculate finan-

ware programs. Installation could not be easier and takes just a few minutes. The manual is well-written and easy to follow. The appendix contains all the system error messages together with clear explanations. You do not get a sample company to practice with, but a self-

year. Invoices can be prepared for inventory, service, or miscellaneous item transactions.

You can generate recurring invoices without re-keying, and an unlimited number of sales tax rates can be calculated. Invoice pricing can accommodate quantity price breaks for different types of customers. New customer accounts can be added on-

paced tutorial that contains sample transactions is available at extra cost. All modules are fully integrated but can

also be used as stand-alones. The transactionoriented pulldown menus for data entry are easy to follow, and the number of transac-

the-fly during transaction entry, and finance

To make vendor payments easier and

M.Y.O.B. is designed for users who are

printing checks, mahng cash disbursements,

administration.

A feature called linked accounts allows a single entry to be used to post multiple

accounts. You can link the accounts receivable account to the sales account for sales

screen„or a disk file. A section in the manual shows samples of all reports and gives instructions on how to print them. A full complement of forms is available from DacEasy and several national form vendors.

entry. Other links are sales tax to sales tax

payable, and customer deposits to a counterbalancing liability account. .

The manual contains a helpful section called "Accounting Entries — What Happens

Reports can be modified with the built-in

tions the system can handle are limited only by the capacity of the hardware. Help screens are available at two levels. Field-sensitive Help gives information on any specific field selected, while the Help index lets you select any topic. The onscreen explanations are easy to follow, and further assistance is provided by field-sensi-

charges can be automatically generated

report writer. Customized reports of up to 15

When You...". This is followed by a series of

based on terms you establish. Partial pay-

columns can be generated and you can select data from the 13 accounting periods of the

paragraphs under titles such as "Write Checks, Make a Deposit," and "Record an Item Invoice."

tive lookups (e.g., account numbers). When

maintained.

easy to use with the pull-down menus. Both batch and on-line processing are accommodated, and the software works with a wide variety of printers.

You can use this module to create purchase orders, receive merchandise, return merchandise, and print appropriate journals to record activities. For partially received orders, the items that were not received are

Reports can be exported to ASCH text or comma-delimited files that are used by many spreadsheet programs, such as Lotus 1-2-3. DacEasy also has built-in graphics, and is able to produce bar, 3-D bar, 3-D pie. line,

ments from customers are not a problem, and when customer checks are applied to accounts, all open invoices for a given customer are displayed on the screen. Flexible account aging is available on reports, and

customer back-order information can be

the necessary information is obtained, it can

be pasted into any data entry screen. DacEasy offers a modifiable, predefined chart of accounts. Journal entry is flexibie, and you can automatically enter and modify

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required to close a month before starting the next month and you can work in the next fiscal year without doing a year<nd closing. Setting up recurring entries for transactions that are done each month is done through an automatic reminder system that displays

a message when the posting is due, indicating the transaction name, frequency, date

stacked bar, and other charts. To run

last recorded, and due date.

DacEasy on a local area network you need

M.Y.O.B. handles both item and service invoices, and you can set selling prices to give a selected profit margin, percentage markup, or gross profit. M.Y,O.B. also calcu-

on all local area networks. Five levels of password protection are available. There is a built-in backup-andrestore feature and backups can be made to multiple floppies or to another sub directory

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on the hard disk. You can also make a quick backup before posting. You do not need to leave the program or execute a DOS command to run the backup routine.

DacEasy Accounting is an extremely powerful and easy-to-use program that does

lates sales taxes automatically. You can place customer orders that are not ready for immediate shipment in a pending file. Available features include the ability to

set a primary vendor when multiple vendors are available, and the designation of a buying unit of measure that can differ from the selling unit. You can automatically calculate sales tax and discounts.

also like its easy-to-follow manual.

M.Y.O.B. also has a number of handy, built-in reminder systems. For instance, one ensures that early payment discounts due

BI,V.O.B. M.Y.O.B. was one of the first accounting packages available for Windows. It features clear screens that are easy to navigate, thanks

from vendor payments are not missed, and another tracks vendor orders that are not ready for immediate processing. Reorder levels for inventory stock are

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Terms such as owed and paid replace the accounting phrases debit and credit on the

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and QuickTrainer, a comprehensive on-line tutorial that literally pops up how-to-do-it information whenever the keyboard sits idle for too long. You can adjust QuickTrainer's response time or turn it off altogether for the more experienced user. QuickBooks communicates to the user in plain English such as, "You have checks to print, press 7.1." There are no screen names like "Accounts Receivable Transaction Entry" in the program. Instead the screen message will say "Write/Print Invoices."

entry screen; this makes the program remarkably easy to use.

A series of preset financial reports comes with the package; some have a great deal of customizable criteria, some do not. Invoices, statements, checks, purchase orders, and mailing labels are customizable, Standard

pre-printed forms are available for purchase from the vendor.

If you are familiar with the Quicken program, then QuickBooks will seem like an old friend, There is the same clear and simple interface with pop-down menus accessible from most screens. The forms approach which Quicken started is raised to a new lev-

from three predesigned invoices for product, professionalor service-related businesses. These can be customized by going back to the main menu to make the changes. You have the ability to add text and calculated

fields for things such as taxes and shipping charges. You can also take and store notes on-the-fly, which is a nice feature when you need to remember something about a customer's order.

el with QuickBooks. The invoice entry

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screen looks exactly like the invoice it

either issue checks immediately or enter

prints. And, of course, the bill-paying menu looks like a check on the screen. In the invoicing module, you can choose

vouchers to be paid on a future date. The entry screen looks like a checkbook register

You have a choice of sending reports to the printer, screen, or disk. Those sent to disk can be tab delimited, which permits them to be exported to many spreadsheets, databases, or word processors. A feature called card file creates a series of electronic cards containing information on any desired entity, such as customers, vendors, employees or personal contacts. These cards are used to produce reports like contact

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you can use the program. You can set up passwords to control access to data files.

Backup of data files is handled by the program but it is not automatic, the user has to initiate the process.

As one of the first accounting packages available for the Windows environment,

M.Y.O.B. has an entirely different look and feel from most standard PC-based accounting software. While this novel approach may put of f t h ose tied to t r a di t i onal accounting, it works very well with the novice small-business user it is intended for, blending useful features with an easy-to-use interface. M.Y.O.B. is a well-designed program that is particularly useful for the small-business person with limited accounting experience.

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printers, such as the IBM/Lexmark LaserPrinter 6P and 10P models, support automatic emulation switching through software

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WordPerfect 6.0 Continued frompage29 user, definitely consider getting an upgrade, as long as your machine meets the recommended system requirements. If you' ve got an older PC, this single program may help prolong its useful life, though you may find performance sluggish when using a lot of graphic images or different fonts.

However, the ActionLaser II does have an

option for adding Adobe PostScript, which is important if you plan on creating highquality graphics or DTP layouts. Of course, these users would probably not choose a 300-dpi unit in the first place.... Business Demands Higher Performance For business use, the question of which printer to buy becomes more complex. Net-

If you' ve got WP S.X for Windows, wait

for the upgrade to WordPerfect for Windows 6.0, which will incorporate many of the same functions seen here, and is expect-

work compatibility, duty cycle and speed are more critical factors here than in the home.

ed to be released later this year.

If you are looking for Windows functionally but don't like Windows itself then this is the program for you. While in graphics mode this program is no speed-demon, it provides many of the most popular Windows functions without making the same

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full evaluation when it does.

New Players Long known for their dot matrix printers and notebook computers, Citizen entry in the laser printer market might well be worth watching. Citizen's ProLaser 6000 is reported to be a powerful laser printer with advanced print-

with DataProducts' LZR 1555 and 1560 receiving honorable mention.

implementation of a one-piece cartridge

most will require a new drum after several

petitive with other brands. The ProLaser

thousand pages. Only Kyocera's EcoSys printer claims to never need a drum replacement. Because of this lower"cost-of-consumables, the EcoSys claims a lower cost per page (0.8C/page) than other printers, which average about 3c/page.

6000 is maintenance-free, as the self-contained cartridge unit requires no cleaning.

printer you choose is specifically mentioned

containing both toner and the printer drum.

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40 seconds means that users are up and running quickly. The internal paper tray han-

that article was NEC's SilentWriter Model 95. As the first printer to sport a PostScript fax option, it attracted attention from users who imagined the benefits of two offices with

desk. Plus, the ProLaser is quiet, operating at

Model 95 printers, faxing publication-quality printouts to and fro. Unfortunately, the Model 95 does not have the ability to turn

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OC T OBER '93 THE COMPUTER PAPER ONTARIO EDITION Computer-related eyestrain is one of the chief causes of headaches among office workers. Studies have shown that computer users tend to blink less while intently scrutinizing their work, which exacerbates the problem. Therefore, the first decision most would-

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their new computer will reside. If you place a desk facing a bright window, you may find

that the screen is dim and hard to read. In this case, curtains or blinds should be considered.

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ly noticed what their users have known for years: an uncomfortable mouse tires the hand, or worse, leads to muscle strain. Another "ergonomouse" specialist is Log-

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often, too. The first thing to break on a mouse is usually a wire inside its cord — typically, it breaks right where it connects to the

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in 1983, was an ungainly beast; a subsequent model released in 1987 was dubbed the "Dove

bar" mouse for its shape. This year, Microsoft again updated its mouse. The new model is shaped something like a lima bean and is surprisingly comfortable for both right- and lefthanded users — something the other handspecific PC mice from Colani, Logitech, and several other suppliers are not. Graphic designers, desktop publishers and other heavy mouse users were among the first to discover that those countless clicks of the mouse could lead to RSI. In response, Apple has revamped its mouse several times,

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appealing — a process that can be both timeconsuming and expensive. Not surprisingly, WCB officials deny that the organization is reluctant to pay RSI claims, but we' ve spoken

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US$43 million at current market prices. The acquisition will be accounted for as a pooling of interests as Symantec will issue approximately 2.8 million shares of its common stock for the current outstanding

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tions run on Unix machines, on the 15/6000 line. In exchange, SunSelect is to be allowed to use certain IBM technology to enhance WABI further.

SunSelect announced WASI earlier this year. Initially the name was described as an acronym for Windows Application Binary Interface, but lately the company has stopped spelling it out, reportedly because Microsoft objeted to the use of the word Windows. In a press release, ISM said it would provide further details on WABI availability for

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Software Dev't '93

- Objects Hot, Says IBM offers stand-alone monitors, announces Pentium-based server IBM Director BOSTON (NB) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In the ever fluctuating

computer industry, where can the best career opportunities be found? According to John Soyring, director of software development for IBM, object technology and distributed client/server computing hold two of the

keys.

MARKHAM, ON (NB) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; IBM Canada Ltd. of Markham, like its U.S. parent, has begun to sell monitors that will work with personal

computers from other manufacturers. The IBM 14V, 14P, 14PT, 15V, 15P, and 15PT color monitors, and the 21M monochrome monitor, were made available in

Canada in August. Suggested retail prices range from C$650 to C$2,100. IBM Canada said it had about a 10.9-percent share of the Canadian monitor market in 1992, and it expects the market to grow at 11.4 per cent through 1997. IBM Canada also joined its parent com-

pany in announcing the PS/2 Server 95 560, the company's first piece of hardware based on Intel Corp.'s Pentium processor. The Serv-

er 95 560 was to be available for ordering in Canada in September, the company said.

In a presentation at Software Development '93, held in Boston, Soyring asked developers in the room for a show of hands as to how many were currently working in OT-oriented development. After seeing that many of them hadn't yet hopped aboard the

OT bandwagon, he advised audience members to start getting ready now for the industry changes to come. A recently released IDC study revealed that 56 per cent of participating companies

were "exploiting or expecting to exploit OT," along with a strong positive relationship between use of OT and client/server technology, he said. Organizations are interested in these technologies as methods of downsizing applications to the desktop, he explained. Vendors are supporting this movement

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by developing new hardware, user interfaces, operating systems, and standards, Soyring added. Computer professionals can assure themselves of future employment by starting to gain expertise in OT and client/server technology now, he advised. New hardware architectures such as Pentium and Power PC are already extending the capabilities of PCs for use in distributed computing, he indicated. Other hardware technologies, such as digital signal processing (DSP) chips and asynchronous transport mode (ATM) network switching, are furthering the trend. "We as an industry have not yet provided the tools for managing distributed computing," he contended. But this current industry "weakness" presents great opportunities to computer professionals who can fill the gap. At the same time, deployment of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) is becoming more and more widespread. Yet many organizations report that, so far at least, GUIs are actually bringing a loss of productivity. "The GUIs are pretty, not but very productive,"

Soyring noted. Similarly, computer professionals can convert this weakness to an opportunity, he said. Vendors are laying the groundwork for OT and distributed computing by establishing such standards as DCE (Distributed Computing Environment), DME (Distributed Management Environment), and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), according to Soyring, In addition, smaller coalitions are working together on such efforts as COSE (Common Operating System Environment), OpenDoc, and Taligent, a joint effort between Apple and IBM. "IBM intends to layer OS/2 and AIX above Taligent," Soyring stated.

Programmers can get a head start on their colleagues by beginning to develop for these emerging industry platforms now, he told the audience.

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Consumer Reports Rates Macintosh, DOS, Windows

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NB — Although most serious computer buyers know that cost and availability of popular software are usually the most important fea-

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tures to consider when looking at computers, some first-time home users may benefit from

reading the comparison results gleaned by the respected testing experts at Consumer

Reportsand reported in the September 1993 issue. Apple Computer's Macintosh rates best in overall ease of use. The report concludes that both Windows

and Macintosh systems are easier to use than MS-DOS versions for word processing tasks,

Apple users.

but the differences narrow considerably when comparing file management capabili-

elists who rated both Windows and Mac sys-

ties with even lowly MS-DOS rating somewhere between very good and excellent. Consumer Reports does point out that

Nevertheless, the concluding paragraph says,

Macintosh systems were still more expensive than comparably equipped Windows or MSDOS computers and that more software and hardware choices were available to non-

One surprising result was that the pantems as easier to use were mostly experienced MS-DOS users, not complete novices. "Don't be stampeded into a costly purchase

if you' re happy with DOS." The four-page report did not compare different computer or software brands in any detail.

AII? LOS ANGELES (NB) — American Telephone R Telegraph (ATRT) is struggling to differentiate its ATRT/EO Personal Communicator

from the newly announced Newton MessagePad from Apple Computer. Market analysts are saying ATRT, Apple, and the rest of the crowd that will announce pen-based personal digital assistant (PDA) devices, have much work ahead to educate the public as to

what the differences are and how the devices will be beneficial to users.

ATRT is complaining loudly and bitterly that the Newton is getting undue attention

as a business communication device. ATRT describes the MessagePad as "little more than an advanced organizer with 'add-on' capabilities that provide limited communication." The EO was the first of the new breed of

PDAs to market, available by special order beginning in April. However, the ATRT/EO 440 just became available in the retail market in select ATRT Phone Center stores

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cellular phone capabilities (at additional cost), a larger-size screen, and a built-in 20 megabyte hard disk drive. The retail prices of the EO start at $2,000 US and goto $4,000 but the MessagePad starts at $699 and goes to an estimated $949. According to Cole, the difference in price gets much smaller when you consider that the 2MB Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) memory cards for storage of data and applications on the Newton are $300 each, compared to the built-in 20-megabyte drive offered with the

EO. Apple daims the MessagePad's operating system requires less storage space for data than the Penpoint Operating system for the EO, so users don't need as much additional storage space, but Cole says that remains to be seen. Contact Dataquest, tel4&4374245, fax 408437-0292;AT&T, tel408M2-3966, fax 408437-0398.

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scale test in the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos has been a resounding flop.

The new version offers plug-in filters, including Adobe's Pathfinder technology-

able now for the suggested retail price of $595. Registered owners may choose either a regular

ber 31, 1993, and $199 after that. The Deluxe

A Los AngelesTimes story also carried in the Washington Postreports that after a fouryear trial GTE's two-way cable TV experiment has had little impact on Southern California residents who had access to the services.

a set of filters that allows users to modify the intersecting areas of overlapping objects. The new'software offers a number of oth-

upgrade on standard diskettes or the Deluxe CD-ROM Edition upgrade. Both versions include Adobe Separator and Adobe Type

WASHINGTON, DC (NB) — If the pundits are watching the West Coast for the lead on

interactive television, then they might soon be downgrading their rosy estimates of just

March 1, version 5.0 costs $149 through OctoCD-ROM Edition will be offered to registered users at the introductory price of $199 through October 31, 1993, and $249 after that. Contact: Adobe Systems Inc.415-962-3967

Newsbytes has spoken with several affluent families in Cerritos, and haslearned that not only do they not have cable service, they

have never even heard of the GTE experiment. Many people there just don't spend much time watching television, not even retirees. Swimming pools and other outdoor activities seem to take up most adults' and teenagers' time. Although this may not have been a good sample population on which to test interactive multimedia cable services, the fact that only about five percent of the cable subscribers even participated in the interactive

test should yve pause to those cable companies which are making big plans to invest in the new technology, espedally since another interactive cable test in Virginia (suburban Washington) has also disappeared almost without a trace. The services offered in Cerritos include

all of those which have been hyped as having such a gigantic potential market: banking services, movies on demand, shop-athome services, and an online encyclopedia.

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suggested retail price of US$795. Adobe will also offer Acrobat Reader soft-

ware in single-unit packaging. Adobe Acrobat enables one to view, navigate, and print electronic documents received as Portable Docu-

ment Format (PDF) files. The viewer was previously available only in multipacks involving 50 seats, 100 seats, or 500 seats. The Adobe Acrobat family of products includes Acrobat Reader„Acrobat Exchange and Acrobat Distiller. Suggested retail price of individual packages of Acrobat Reader for both Macintosh and Windows platforms is US$50 per copy. Contact: Adobe Systems Inc. 415-962-3967 or 415-962-3840.

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Saskatchewanto TestVideo On Demand REGINA (NB) — About 200 households in Saskatchewan will be able to watch current

hit movies whenever they want for the next year as part of a trial of video-on-demand

technology delivered through Saskatchewan Telecommunications' fiber-optic network. SaskTel, the telephone company serving the province, has joined with Acme Video, a Regina videotape distributor and operator of five video superstores in the city, to run a

one-year trial of the video-on-demand technology, which can deliver video signals over optical fiber to individual subscribers.

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five minutes of asking for them, the companies said.

The service is unlikely to be extended to rural areas in the foreseeable future, he said, as the cost of the technology today requires a

The service will compete with video-

the trial is completed, Steinberg said, although of course that depends on the tri-

rental stores and its offerings will be priced accordingly — $3.99 for a new release, possibly with midweek specials and other incen-

fairly dense population to support it.

tives like those that video stores sometimes offer, Steinberg said.

panies in installing optical fiber in the 1980s.

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Palm Computing — a partner in Zoomer with Tandy and Casio — has kept a "fun" interface in mind, Dubinsky explained, during a special session at PenExpo. Written for the Geoworks graphical operating system environment, the Zoomer

software includes five components: a palm calculator, a PIM, America Online, three games, a series of pen-driven reference tools, and Pocket Quicken, a pen adaptation of

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