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6 N O VEMBER '93 THE COMPUTER PAPER ONTARIO EDITION How can people still work like this?

they did add was often erased by people getson for a bookkeepingposition, we were looking ting lost in the details. Who doesn't know over a number of resumesfrom applicants. It someone who was given a computer, who came out that one of thepeople applying for the then proceeded to spend hours creating a

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dites, it would not stop the rush of international competitors who are willing to use

deficit. No longer are the parties easily dis- the Internet means that software is being cernible along a traditional left-right spec- developed in India or the former Soviet

trum. The traditional right-wing Conserva- Union where an entire team of programmers tives are as likely to get involved in job cre- can be hired for a fraction of the cost of a ation as the supposedly left-wing NDP. The good Canadian programmer. Global satellite N DP, when t h e y c ommunicat i o n s finally do get into means that Canadian for making massive

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with electronic mail do flatten the hierarchy ':i:::,'::::::-Jobs? of corporations, eliminating a whole layer of This month we were middle managers. Windows and Macintosh treated to the various graphical user interfacesdo shorten the leamp olitical parti e s ing curve on training — less training, less expounding their solu- demand for trainers. Optical Character tions for getting the Recognition software and scannersdo allow economy back on its companies to lay off typists. Voice mail sysfeet and people off the tems do mean fewer jobs for receptionists.

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get paid $2 an hour. The efficiency of the worldwide distribu-

tion system created by com p uters,

telecommunications and airplanes means that many companies are relocating manufacturing plants in Mexisuccess of whatever the party's approach is. co, Thailand and India — anywhere they can Will we really know whether NAFTA is a achieve a significant wage differential for an good idea until 25 years down the line? Is educated and efficient work force. The worldthe current monetary approach good or bad? wide trends are unstoppable. p ower i s rar e l y enough t i m e t o implement properly and then monitor the

Can any Western government really effectively create new jobs in a slow world economy? How can Canada have full employment (according toMaclean'smagazine there are 1,6 million unemployed, a rate of 10 percent) if her trade partners continue to languish in recessions of their own? Even with its massive spending and debt, the government is only a very small part of the overall economy, which is on the order of $700 billion this year. With its hands tied behind its back because of the deficit, it is becoming more evident that the new jobs are

So What Do We Do? You think I have an answer when all those

politicians can't come up with one? Beserious. Some generalized notions to keep you going, though. Hang in there. Get educated,

keep learning new and valuable skills. Be

entrepreneurial (even if you work for someone else) and watch for opportunities. There are no safe jobs, but there are some big trends and opportunities. Even if you have a job now, look for ways to make yourself invaluable to your company. Or, in the event going to have to come from the private sec- that your company goes bankrupt, make sure tor. that your skill set will be so desirable that someone else will want to hire you. Try to Computers A Net Zero To prosluctlvlty? use computers and technology to your own Why is it taking such a long time for the jobs advantage. Keep moving. Keep learning. Stay to come back after thiI latest recession?One alert to changes that will affect you.

answer, I believe, istechnology.Foryears, the

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surveys have been saying that computers are Enjoy the issue, a net zero to productivity. The claim was that because of their complexity, mainte- Douglas Alder nance and training requirements, they did Publisher/Editor

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One of the most important components of your computer is its display. When making a purchase or upgrade decision, there are several important factors to consider. This guide will help you understand some a not-so-good one. of the e t rminoloygand the key factors that differentiate a great display subsystemrf om graphics card for all IBM compatibles. Most SVGA and other graphics cards also offer a

main motherboard of the computer. Amiga

VGA compatibility mode, There are several other less common

have third-party display card options available for those who want higher resolutions or more colors. Resolution, of course, refers to the number of addressable picture elements (" pixels" )

video standards. At the end of this article, I' ll

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display a full range of colors (or shades of gray, in the case of a gray-scale display)essentially, as many as the video card can deliver. In other words, it is a meaningless

question to ask how many colors a monitor has. It depends on the graphics adapter. One factor which will affect the number of colors available on a system is the amount

of video memory. In most cases, this VRAM (video random access memory) is mounted right on the video card. Sometimes, addi-

tional VRAM can be purchased and added to the video card, increasing the number of available colors and/or the maximum resolu-

Types of Displays If you have been familiar with the world of

computers. for more than a few years, you may have heard that there are various kinds of display systems. Many of the older types, such as CGA, EGA, and Hercules monochrome are now effectively obsolete and aren't worth discussing here. Only a year or two ago, the nunimum display system most users might have considered was VGA. Today, the majority of PC users go a step higher and choose a "Super VGA" (sometimes called SVGA) system, which offers higher resolution. Because we' re stepping into the murky

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play system" is a combination of items: a graphics adapter (and its software drivers), appropriate cabling and a compatible monitor. Let's clear up some details about the

graphical user interfaces popularized the use

of bitmapped graphics displays, a typical DOS screen would only have 80 columns by 25 rows of characters to display. As you can imagine„ it is a lot quicker to move 2000 characters (a mere 2K of data) on a screen than it is to move these multi-megabyte

screen images around. This is the main reason that bit-mapped, pixel-oriented graphical displays arealwaysslower than characterbased displays. For this reason, it is very important that

with higher maximum resolutions and greater numbers of colors will require more VRAM,

cal applications. The standard VGA and SVGA cards that most PC manufacturers sell

In some cases, a computer may have "built-in" video. This is the case with current Macintosh, Arniga and Atari models. With

mean the same thing.

the number of displayable colors on a Mac LC, Centris or Quadra series computer by

of computers, it is now a common type of

days before Microsoft Windows and other

you have a fast video card if you are planning on using Windows or any other graphi-

these computers, you do not have to open

array. Launched in 1987 with IBM's PS/2 line

on the screen. A display card with 1024x768 resolution with 24-bit color (explained later) has to move 2.36 megabytes of data around just to redraw the screen! By contrast, in the

tion. The amount of VRAM a bcerd ran support depends on its design, of course. Boards

graphics adapter that drives our display. By the way, the terms "graphics adapter," "graphics card," "video card," and "display card" are used interchangeably. They all VGA is an acronym for video graphics

(and, to a lesser extent, Atari) computers

them up and install a video card — a connector for a VGA or similar monitor is right on the back You or your dealer can increase

installing additional VRAM into a slot on the

as part of their "bargain-priced" systems usually offer poor performance. As with other aspects of computer systems,you get what you pay for. If you base your purchase decision on the lowest price, you will probably get asystem with poor performance. In other words, if your graphics card costs around $75, it's going to be a slow one. Remember that it is not just the speed of the CPU that determines the overall performance of a computer. It's the "weakest link" Continued on page11

lexmerlrs sets the record straight In your article "HP Leads Bumper Crop of Laser Printers" in the October, 1993 issue

mentioned in Mr. Horne's letter. Thanks for bnnging this error of ona'ssion to our attention.

interuptions in the summer, mostly due to lightning, often no more than a second, but

you mentionthe Lexmark 4029 6P and 10P which were both discontinued by us in April, 1993 and were replaced by the Lexmark 4039 series (which supports automatic emulation

(The latest Lcm~ark printers will print at resolu-

just long enough to clean out the RAM...and make my day.

switching).

tions of up to600 dpi. They support both Post-

Wouldn't it be possible to have a parallel

Script and PCL5 printer languages, and a 5martSwitch feature automatically adjusts to the

battery DC supply behind the main power supply, and of equal voltage so when the

is enough to keep a small system (say a386,

main rectifier shuts down it would keep the RAM from losing all the info in it.

fiveor 10 minutesafterthepowergoes out, Tripp Lite also makes similarly priced and fea-

appropriate language.

The printers are powered by an AMD RISC

Darren Horne, Region Manager,Lexmark Canada inc.

CI's reply: The statements I made in the printers article regarding the lexmark models 1 mentioned are 100% trueas printed. H owever, 1 should have also added that Lexnrnrk has discontinued the 6P and 10P models in favor of the new ntodels

AC line power has been internipted and switches to the backup po~er system within a few milliseconds.A basic unit — the AP250 from American Power Conversion for example — costs about $150 and provides 250 voltwrnps, which

processor operating at16 MHz. The IOR comes with 2MB of memory and the 12R and 12L come with 4MB. They can beexpanded to 16M8.) — DT

This Brief Interruptlotl ... Where I live in the southern interior we

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3. S. Eiriksson, Hedley, BC.

llavld ranakaeepnas Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, sold by a nunker of manufacturers, provide this kind of protection, A standby system typically consistsof a battery, DC-to-AC inverter, and sensing-switching devices which detect when the

hard drive and color monitor) going for about

tured units. Both brands are available in Canada.

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PUBUSHER /EDITOR Douglas Alder MANAGING EDITOR Graeme Bennett

NEWS EDITOR David Tanaka CONTRIBUTINGEDITOR Geof Wheelwright CONTRIBUTINGWRITERS Graeme Bennett Frank Hilliard James MacFarlane Keith Schengili-Roberts Joe Wheeler

INonitors 8 Display Cards Continuedfrom page 9 mance of a computer. It's the "weakest link" principle: a fast computer with a slow video display card will appear slow. As I have writ-

ten before, a balanced mid-range system with a good fast (12 ms or so) hard drive and a fast video subsystem will provide much better performance, overall, than a faster computer with a bottom-of-the line video

card and a sluggish hard drive. Try to avoid bottlenecks when you are putting a system together.

Interlaced Video and Flicker There is a trade-off between colors and resolution. Many video cards have more than

pass, and rapidly alternating the two, interlacing relies on the phenomenon called persistence of vision to allow us to view the two

one resolution available. Common ones are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and, less commonly, 1280x1024. Sometimes, the highest resolution(s) is

sets of images as one. The trouble is, there is

only available in a mode known as interlaced

usually a fairly obvious flicker. Most people find it objectionable.

(Interlaced video does have its place, though. Every Amiga computer has an

video. This interlaced mode is essentially a trick which allows monitors to display double the resolution they would normally be

optional interlaced video IIIode which provides it with NTSC video compatibility. Oth-

capable of. By displaying even scan lines during one pass and odd scan lines on another

such as the Aver AverKey or ConsumerTech-

er computers usually require an adapter box Continued on page14

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monitor does not rely on interlaced video to achieve its stated resolution. When choosing

a monitor and display card, be sure to base your final decision on what you see, not

or vertical scanning frequency. This value is expressed in hertz (Hz). The spec sheets for tal frequency. This number is expressed in kilohertz (KHz). The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA, the same folks who brought us

the minimum for 640x480 and 800x600 dis-

plays, while 1024x768 displays should provide a 70 Hz refresh rate. Higher rates are better. When a display card claims to be "VESA

compatible" or "VESA compliant," it means that the card, either through software

("TSR") or hardware (" BIOS" ), is said to be register-compatible with the VESA specifica-

VL-Bus and Super VGA) have come up with

tion. Some software programs require VESA-

some recommended monitor refresh rates.

compliancy.

According to VESA, a refresh rate of 72 Hz is

what the spec sheet says. Different Cards for Different Tasks There are different types of video cards available. Most tend to be optimized for a particular kind of display task. For DOS applications, a type of card known as a frame buffer provides good performance at a low price. Cards based on the Cirrus Logic GD5422 or the Tseng ET4000 chipsets are top performers in DOS applications, according to a Jan. 12, 1993 PC Magazinesurvey. Basically, this

survey concluded that accelerator cards have the fastest overall Windows performance,

while cards based on the Tl TMS34020 coprocessor are the fastest under AutoCAD,

Typically, coprocessor cards are more costly, but can be programmed to squeeze extra performance gains from specific applications.

Such cards are worth the extra money to AutoCAD users.

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favorite applications. You might think that most video cards ship with bug-free software. Unfortunately, this is all too often not the

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case. AtThe C Paper,we get a surprising number of letters complaining/marveling at the sorry state of most video drivers, Because there are so many poor performers, I' ll mention some of the best Windows accelerators instead. Canadian manufacturer ATI's Graphics -Ultra Plus (US$499), NDI's Volante AT600 Plus (US$395) and Metheus Premier

1280 NI (US$399) all offer excellent performance. The ATI offering is a 24-bit card; the

others provide 15-bit color (32,768 hues). In living Color

The number of colors available may vary depending on the resolution the card is displaying. Although the 256 colors available on a typical VGA system may seem like a lot, many users find that systems offering thou-sands or even millions of colors are only marginally more expensive. A system with 256 available colors is said to have an 8-bit display; 15- and 16-bit displays provide

32,768 and 65,536 colors respectively. Graphics professionals might want a "24-bit" display system with a whopping 16.7 million colors.

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a binary (base 2) number system for all com-

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open the Monitors control panel to change the number of display colors. On the Amiga, this is accomplished through a Preferences option.)

(2x2x2x2). As you may know, computers use a binary (base 2) number system for all computation. Hopefully, you can see how the larger numbers are calculated.

You SayYou Want a Resolution

24-bit displays are pretty much de rigeur for graphic artists and users performing professional-level image editing, photo-retouch-

processor, graphics program or desktop pub-

lution will probably be something in the

lishing application will be about half the size it should be.

neighborhood of 108-dpi. Hence, an onscreen inch looks about 5/8ths of a "real"

In case you don't know what those numbers are in the Font menu of your favorite

Another resolution-related topic is having a

WYSIWYG display. Many users with SVGA

true WYSIWYG display should show 72 dots

4FGe monitors and are running in 640-by480 mode, you can obtain quite a precise

cards feel, well, obligated to run the card at its maximum resolution. The trouble with having 1280x1024 on a 13- or 14-inch monitor is that the ruler in your favorite word

per inch on the screen.

WYSIWYG display, especially if you adjust

If your display card's resolution is 1024 by 768 and your screen is a typical 13-inch

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60 percent more viewing area than a typical 14-inch monitor, but does not cost an unreasonable amount more. (This is less of a problem for Macintosh users. Most PC owners don't realize the Mac can support more than one monitor/display card and move windows and other items between screens as if they were "portholes" looking into a single, larger "desktop.") CAD and DTP aficionados may want to spring for a 19-inch or even a 21-inch display. The main benefit of these larger screens is the ability to view a full page at actual size.

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manufacturers in gray-scale or color. Radius even manufactures a model called the Pivot that can swivel between landscape mode and portrait mode for extra versatility. It is important to remember that the more colors and/or pixels you have on screen, the slower your video performance is going to be. Hence, it becomes essential to have "accelerated video" when you are deal-

ing with many colors or high resolutions. Many Windows users are surprised when they discover that simply reconfiguring their existing video card to display at a lower resolution or with fewer colors can provide a significant performance boost. You may want to try manually installing several different

display drivers, so that you quickly switch modes with the Windows Setup function. (Mac and Amiga users, as usual, have an easier time of things. On any color Mac, just

display such as NEC's excellent MultiSync

(measured diagonally) size, your display reso-

less expensive gray-scale monitor, an 8-bit display card is all you need. It will display a full "photo-realistic" range of 256 grays. A 24-bit display is simply 8 bits worth of red, 8 bits worth of blue and 8 bits worth of green. A 24-bit display is said to be "true color," meaning that there are enough colors that the human eye cannot distinguish between adjacent hues in the 16.7-million color

display. shades of gray.) We suspect few users

If, on the other hand, you have a 15-inch

applications, they are point sizes. There are 72 points to an inch (72.27 precisely); thus, a

ing, or color pre-press work. If you prefer a

the last Seybold Publishing conference that suggested that perhaps 24-bit color isn't really enough; that perhaps we ought to have 48-bit color. (I' ll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out how many colors that would be!) Nevertheless, 24-bit color provides a practically unlimited tonal range. (Of course, a color display can also be set to

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bit bus. As you might guess, it could transmit 16 bits (two characters) at a time over its

puter is equipped

connector. Today, most IBM-compatible PCs

out the price for a good-quality color display

have this AT type of bus, which is now

of that size — the video card alone can cost more than a few thousand dollars!

referred to as ISA (industry standard architecture). Modern-day ISA machines have both

There are a couple of competing local-bus specifica-

Before we leave the topic of resolution, it is worth noting that all "compact" (mono-

8- and 16-bit slots, for backward compatibility with older cards. However, if you use a

chrome) Macs, including the very first model released in 1984, have had 72-dpi screen dis-

card with an 8-bit connector, it is going to communicate with your computer more

and Intel's PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect). Computers equipped

plays. This was one reason the Mac was-

slowly than a 16-bit connector would. While this might not matter in the case of an inter-

with t h e V L - B us local bus (sometimes

nal 2400-bps modem, a graphics adapter

refered to as VESA Local Bus or simply VLB) have been

and continues to be — so popular for DTP applications. Although VGA and its relatives are dis-

with an 8-bit connector can seriously affect

plays for IBM-compatible PCs, Macintosh,

video performance.

Amiga and Atari computers use similar technology,too. You can connect a VGA monitor up to most of today's computers. All monitors have one or moie "scanning frequencies," which determine the video modes it will be compatible with. If the monitor has a fixed number of available frequencies, it is

Further complicating the issue is the fact that, even though current CPUs are much faster than they were in the AT's heyday, the modern PC's ISA bus still operates at the original's speed of 8 megahertz (MHz), On today's fast 32-bit computers (say, a 33 MHz 386 or a 25 MHz 486), this 8 MHz ISA bus acts like a bottleneck. Other bus types, such

said to be a "fixed frequency multiscan dis-

with a local bus.

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available for about a year. As you might expect, there are a fair number of VLB us vi deo c a r d s

available by now. The main limitation of VL-Bus is..that only two or t h ree devices (e.g., a video card and a hard disk

play." The best monitors have a variable number of frequencies. They can adapt to the widest number of video signals. For best results and support for the widest range of resolutions, look for a monitor that offers

as IBM's MCA (microchannel architecture)

variable frequency multiscanning, not fixed

by improving the speed at which the video card (or other device) can communicate with the computer's CPU. As Roedy Green explained in his excellent article on the subject in the April 1993 issue of The Computer

nected at once. PCI, on the other hand, supports up to ten devices on the bus at once. PCI has other technical advantages, too. Dell, which just

announced its first PCI-equipped PC, claims

tiple peripherals to operate independently," Dell's chief Technology Officer Glenn Henry

frequency multiscanning.

What lsa local Busl In a nutshell, a "bus" is a connector. Typically, a computer's motherboard has expansion

and EISA (extended industry standard architecture) provide a 32-bit bus, eliminating this bottleneck

A so-called local bus goes one step further

or multi I/O controller) can be congies only allow one peripheral to operate at a time, PCI has the advantage of allowing mul-

Paper(back issuesmay still be available), the

that because PCI bus devices are not directly

said at the introduction.

slots. These are its bus connectors. The old

local bus attaches almost directly to the CPU

XT-type PCs had what was known as an 8-bit bus. This bus could only communicate data 8 bits (one character) at a time over this connector. The XT's follow-on, the AT, had a 16-

and operates at the speed of the CPU. Hence,

attached to the processor bus, the processor can continue to operate while the PCI peripheral is accessing information from the system's main memory. "While many other local bus techno1o-

Intel says that PCI technology will enable vendors to offer what it calls "auto-configuration." The system can automatically recognize when a PCI-compatible add-in board

the bottleneck is eliminated. Local-bus video

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and Testing) guidelines (advertisements sometimes simply refer to these as "'Swedish emission standards") if you are concerned about the risk. Glare and radiation filters for video display terminals are available from several manufacturers, including No-Rad, Sun Flex Some black area around a monitor's display area is normal, but the image should not have any appreciable concaveorconvex "pincushioning"distort ion,asshown here. Also, check that the display is not crooked, unevenly colored or blurry at the corners.

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and OCLI. For more information on VDTs and radiation risk, refer to the articles on the subject mentioned at the end of this article.

The term "dot pitch" refers to the size of the individual dots of light that make up the dis-.

Finally, you may wish to look for a moni-

equipment. While there is virtually no con-

play. Different types of monitors use differ-

tor that meets the new (U.S.) government standards for energy efficiency set forth in the Energy Star program.

ent technologies to put the dots on-screen. Some use what is known as a "shadow mask," while Sony uses a sort of grill in its Trinitron picture tubes. (Technically, a Trinitron tube doesn't have a "dot pitch," it has

With appropriate software (typically included with the displays), an Energy Starcompliant monitor or other device can automatically power-down when not in use to

an "aperture grill pitch." Now you know.) I prefer the razor-sharp image quality of Trini-

save energy. Besides energy savings, these

tron tubes to any other technology, even

monitors are claimed to have the added benefit of a longer lifespan.

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Equipment Corp. has also declared that its next generation of Alpha PCs will support the PCI standard. Although PCI is technically a superior spec, it is newer and, as such, has fewer PCI-

bus video cards (etc.) available. (In July, 1993; Montreal-based Matrox shipped what it claimed was the first 64-bit graphics accelerator for PCI.) It is probable that you will not

be able to use local-bus cards designed for VL-Bus in a machine equipped with a PCI local bus, or vice-versa.

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2. Can your PC simultaneouslyformat' diskettes, connect to an online service kke CompuServe and print a documenty

Note that just because a computer has a local bus doesn't necessarily mean that the video performance will be better. If you put

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video card in a standard (non-local-bus) PC. Thus, if you have a local bus system, you must use a card desrgned for the local bus. When you do, thouz ., the improvement in video performance can be dramatic. For example, asPC Magazine reported in its Jan. 12, 1993 article on graphics adapters, cards based on the Mach 32 accelerator show the VL-Bus version to be nearly three times as

fast as the ISA version of the same card.

Choosing a Monitor When you are choosing a monitor, here are the most important things you need to know. Red, green and blue light combine to produce white light. This, of course, is where the term "RGB monitor" comes from. An RGB monitor's ability to place dots of light precisely on top of each other is essential for a

sharp image. This is called convergence. The best way to check for misconvergence is to look in the very corners of the screen while it is displaying text or another sharp-edged, steady image. You should not see color

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itizer and true-color paint system, is a good

ry readouts, temporal distortion field calcula-

engineering and development" in recogni-

makes a better work area than the 12-bit (4,096-color) color displays of older Amiga

choice for Amiga users looking for an inexpensive way to output images and anima-

tions and the like that you see on the show are produced on a Macintosh by technical

tion of its Mac-based video production system, the Avid Media Composer. The compa-

2000 or 3000 models. The new Toaster 4000 and the Amiga 4000's AGA chip set support high-resolution,

tions created with Amiga 3-D packages.

consultant Michael Okuda using SuperMac's PixelPaint Professional, Macromind Director

ny claims the Media Composer is the most popular digital, non-linear editing system in

Macs in Hoiiywood

and Swivel 3D software. Rick Sternbach, credited as "technical advisor" on the series, uses a Macintosh and 3-D software, too. Sternbach and Okuda coauthored Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.

the world. Systems range from US$15,000 to almost US$90,000.

Clearly, the 24-bit display of a Macintosh

256,000-color screen images instead of the zoomed-in, low-resolution, 4,096-color display of the original Amigas. It's no wonder many users called earlier versions of Toaster Paint "the weakest module of the system 2.0 software." A PC version of ToasterLink was planned, but sales of the Mac version have been so flat, it has been cancelled. Refer to The Computer Paper'sJune '93 issue for more info on the Toaster. The Video Toaster is by no means the only professional-level movie-making tool available for the Amiga. Sylvie Fefer, a Canadian animator nominated for a Genie award for the animated short film "Brush Strokes," recently bought an Amiga 4000 system so

The Macintosh also figures prominently

in Hollywood. Aside from some major onscreen visibility in the movie Jurassic Park (which, judging by the sales figures, everybody has seen by now), the Mac also figures in such well-known series as Star Trek: The Next Generation. No, that's not a PowerBook on Captain Picard's desk, but most of the animated computer displays, course trajecto-

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Avid has announced an upgrade to the Composer series of products it calls Media Suite Pro 2.0. According to the company, it is the only all-digital, complete desktop video production system on the market that lets users produce finished videotapes with professional-quality images directly from their Macintosh systems. Co n tinued on page 20

she coulduse a $100 pieceofsoftware called Take 2. According to Fefer, Take 2 and the digitizer it uses to capture images is without peer when it comes to computerizing the arduous task of line tests (also known as "pencil

tests"). According to Fefer, Take 2 can switch between 24 fps (frames per second) for film and 30 fps for video output tests. There is,

she says, no other program with its capabilities. "Another great thing," she says, "is that it can print out an exposure sheet to guide

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3D Software Continued from page18 Media Suite Pro 2.0 includes motion control and user-definable picture-in-picture

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ONTARIO EDITION THE COMPUTERPAPER NOVEMBER '93 21 There are numerous 3-D packages for the Mac, with prices ranging from a few hundred dollars at the low end {Adobe Dimensions, Ray Dream AddDepth, Pixar Typestry, etc.) to over $8„000 at the top. Of course, the majority of packages fall into the middle ground between these extremes. Ray Dream

Designer (C$288 street), Aldus Super 3D 2.5 (C$429 street), Swivel 3D Pro 2.0 (C$669

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files for rendering with MacRenderMan). ShowPlace/MacRenderMan is $695 ($495 for the CD-ROM version); a network version called NetRenderMan allows users to design Continued on page 22

called 3-D Stereogram. This filter, based on a technique discovered by a Bell Labs researcher, takes an image and produces a pattern of seemingly random dots that

become a 3-D i mage when you cross your eyes slightly. No word yet on whether this one might be harmful to your vision, but it certainly is interesting. These and other Photoshop-compatible plug-ins from Aldus, Xaos Tools and other

suppliers can also be used with a variety of other Mac applications, including Fractal Design Painter, Adobe Premiere and the 3-D application StrataVision 3d 2.6 from St.

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'CIJI8P~ )rFi Ii'd Pa'I The Feather Edges command inFreciel Pelnter 2.0 makespseudo 3-D effectssuch as thisone easy.

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shades receding. It does three types of geometry: surface mesh, cylindrical and spherical. CyberSave was written by John Knoll, one of the primary architects of Photoshop.

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US$1495 3-D CAD package for the Mac comes from Columbus, Ohio-based

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autoadesasys Inc. MacWeekmagazine recently called it "the best, though not quite the

work of Macs oi Unix machines. Speed

improvements vary, but range between 5 and 50 times faster. Typestry is Pixar's low-end type-rendering utility. It sells for US$299. RenderMan developer's tools and books are also available.

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PresenterProfessional for the Ilec With strong spline-based modeling capabilities and very easy to use, Presenter Professional is thought by many users to have the best interface of any modeling program today. It has extensive import and export options and a spline (smooth curves) design feature It's modeler provides extremely fast

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StudioPro's 3D Sculptor modeling tool creates workable surfaces. The spline/vertex editor makes shapessoft and pliable like vir-

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to render on one Quadra 950 (one of the fastest Macintosh models). Strata, Inc. also offers Strata StudioPro, an expert-level 3-D program for the Macintosh. Created for 3-D design and animation professionals, StudioPro retails for US$1,495 and offers sophisticated tools not previously available on desktop systems, claims Strata. StudioPro includes a spline-based 3-D sculptor, oRayPaintero rendering technology

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animation files support alpha-channels making photo and video compositing possible in Continued on page 24

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management position you' ve always wanted.

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Photoshop and other professional applications. StrataVision 3D users can trade up to Stu-

dioPro for US$599. Sketching in 3-D Another popular choice (and no slouch in the rendering department, either) is Alias

Sketch, from Toronto's Alias Research. Alias has announced a promotion for its Sketch package where customers purchasing

Sketch1.5 forUS$995 receive a free copy of Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. If a person already owns Photoshop or IHustrator, they can purchase Sketch for only US$395. Readers who recall our December, 1992

review of Alias Sketch 1.5 may recall that we termed it "a breakthrough application" for 3D drawing and rendering. The Alias/Adobe deal expires Oct. 29th.

research for the 3-D feature in this issue. It

seems that the company did not notice that the compression utility it used to compress the data on the release disks would expire after one year. When we tried to install Sketch a year and a day after the initial release of Sketch 1.5, we received an error

3 D programs ere olten used for product design. This image demonstrates ths realistic shading and retractions ptsmible with Alias utstch.

message that the "decompression atom had expired." Oops. Fortunately„ the problem was easy to solve. Simply setting the system clock back allowed the installation to succeed. A toll-

Bach from The Future The Computer Paper noticed an interesting problem with Alias Sketch 1.5 during our

. free call to the company's tech-support line verified that this was the recommended fix,

although an Alias spokesperson said that registered owners wishing a new disk set that solves this problem will be sent one. Also new from Alias is version 2.0 of its Upfront 3-D application, a low-end utility intended for architectural design and other 3-D applications that do not require sophisticated rendering. Although Upfront lacks the ray-tracing capabilities of Sketch, it provides

solid modeling features for $295. Alias' Mac packages are actually froma

separate division of the company known as

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into the corporate market. Release 3, introduced at SIGGRAPH '93, improves the

C$3,500 program's anti-aliasing and rendering capabilities.

A Vancouver, B.C.-based company, Spherical Design, used 3D Studio to produce the OTwo Views of a Room" image on the

preceding page, and the castle and desktop computer images shown here. According to Peter Jaworek, who created the castle image, such

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One of 3D Studio's primary competitors in the 3-D graphics arena is CrystalGraphics' Crystal TOPAS Professional. TOPAS is a full spline-based modeler, animator and rendering tool for DOS ($3995) It features what many feel is the the strongest keyframe animator available, with time-graph and curve editing. TOPAS permits unlimited morphing

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Users claim that creating objects is an easteF task in TOPAS than it is in 3D Studio. TOPAS includes modeling options to drill, connect, bend, twist, taper,

TOPAS Desktop Animator. It sells for C$2495 for DOS and C$3500 for Mac. An even more slimmed-down version without animation is called Crystal 3D Designer. It sells for

US$995. CrystalGraphics also offers a US$295 package called Crystal Flying fonts, intended

for users who simply want to produce "flying 3-D logo" animations,

Many CAD, modeling and rendering programs have network licenses available, which can greatly decrease the cost-per-station, It is also worth noting that the majority of high-end titles are copy-protected, typically with a hard-

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Worfcstgatlons Although personal computers continue to make impressive inroads into the studios and produc- . t ion h o u ses o f t h e world, there's no arguing that workstations are still where most of the serious work is being If you are interested In creating geagecibackgrounds, c you might colloider using tpnctnlo. done. As mentioned at the 'qwge are Ingot tgeeggta go, ehngoware ogl e commercial Iatxteaape 0oglocatore ter ag tglaloc oongplxogtsns'agate ynoy gmotgaocot nlachegglncnxgto gaguggggco Pengaita Iattdhgnlo

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Autodesk, 415-332-2344 Avid, 800-949-AVID or 508-640-6789 Adobe Systems, 41 5-961 4400 Alias Research, 800447-ALIAS Auto~des>sys Inc., 61 4488-9777 Byte by Byte Corp., 512-795-01 50 CADD Solutions, 604-681 -4686 CrystaIGraphics, 408496-61 75 Electriclmage Inc., 81 8-577-1 627 FoundationImaging, 805-2574292 Hewlett-Packard Co., 508436-5049 Macromedia, 41 5442-0200 Midmar Images, Inc., 800-245-6472 Newtek, 1-800-847-6111 Octree Software Inc., 41 5-390-9600 Pixar, 51 0-236-4000

here. One good source of product listings and contact numbers is the RenderMan Partners Catalog, available by contacting Pixar. Also, try calling the companies listed below. Many offer demo disks for a nominal fee.•

for furtherreading:

Strata Studlopro shows otf the realistic shading possible with raydiosity.

outset of this article, Silicon Graphics workstations are a popular choice, with a good range of powerful — and sometimes incredibly expensive — 3-D software. Machines from SUN, DEC, NeXT, IBM and and Hewlett-Packard, which claims to have provided the first workstation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab in 1985, recently donated $2.65 million in computer equipment and funds to support research projects at the Media Lab. Hewlett-Packard and MIT researchers are collaborating in what they call The Texture ' and Pattern-Modeling Project. The goal is to pursue "new ways of accessing information in multimedia databases, with the results to be used in medical and engineering applications."

Most serious graphics production houses use workstations for rendering and other

Ray Dream, 800-846-0111 or 41 5-960-0768.

Contacts:

and products I didn't have room to mention

Teichroeb, E. RenderMan and 3D-Studio. The Computer Paper (B.C. Edition), Oct. 1992 G. Bennett.Beyond The Mind's EyeComputer Animation on Videotape. The Computer Paper(B.C. Edition), Dec. 1992 G. Bennett. Sketching in 3-D — review of Alias Sketch 1.5. The Computer Paper(B.C. Edition), Dec. 1992

Specuiar international, 413-549-7600 Spherical Design, 604-583-1267

Strata Inc., 800-869-6855 or 801-628-5218 VersaCAD Corp., 61 7-275-1 800 Visual Information Development, Inc., 81 8-91 88834 VFX Video, 604451-01 37 Thanks to Alias Research, CADD Solutions and VFX Video for providing information on programs and terms described in this article.

It's PC DOS 63 from IBM. And it one-ups MSDOS'6 for a lot of reasons. For one, it's got improved memory The Memory Optimizcr not only gives users morc memory, but also a configuration watcher to run the system more efficiently. It's got utilities you don t get with MS-DOS. For instance,you get a Program Scheduler

m anagement.

high<nd graphics tasks. Universities, which almost always utilize workstations in the sci-

ence and math departments, usually have scientific visualization and other graphics projects underway. In nearly every dty, you ran fmd user groups of CAD; 3-D or graphics enthusiasts who get together to share info about the latest and greatest. Every year, many of these users make a sojourn to SIGGRAPH (a yearly show held by members of the international graphics spe-

cial interest group). There are many videotapes of SIGGRAPH highlights available, and some of the better pieces show up later on commercial releases such as the Mind's Eye and Beyond the Mind's Eyevideos published by Mirimar Images, Inc. (800-245-6472). I reviewed the latter in the Dec. 1992 issue of The Computer Paper.

Conclusion Computer graphics technologies and techniques are now quite commonplace in cartoons and other animation sequences. Major Disney successes such as Aladdin and Beauty and the Beastare prime examples. If you' ve

ever seen the famous ballroom sequence in Beauty and the Beast,you' ll understand why

the techniques have so many animation professionals excited — and worried. Now that systems are starting to appear with the storage capacity and bandwith to be able to produce professional-level output, we may expect to see rapid acceptance of nonlinear digital film, video and audio editing systems in the professional, corporate, education and — when the prices hit mainstream levels — consumer markets. In much the

same way that digital typography and prepress techniques have demonstrated their advantages over traditional processes, digital video solutions will soon be common in past-production facilities, production companies, television stations, advertising agencies and corporate film and video departments worldwide.

from any program or DOS command, and a new editor that allows you to edit files at the same time. It's got features you don't gct with MS-DOS. Such as support

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acceptin ganynew members.Ityousream em ber,andyou

have the number you may add it in by hand, but only in the converted dialing directory list ot you own communications software, NOT in a list to distributed or posted anywhere.

RecordsofBBSss containing 999-9999 numbersWILL be

written to your communications software dialing directory with the BBS//CNVT.EXE utility, ready for manual edit by yourself. Accidentally dialing a 999-9999 number will result in a "We are sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed...." message from BELL. BAUD Th e maximum bps rate supported at PHONENUM. 2400:2400/1200/300 bps supported 9600: 9600 to 300 bpssupported. 144: Up to t4400 bps

supported

ACCESS BBS access times in 24 hour format. 00-24h Open 24 hours around the clock (&Oeh: Open earn till the next day earn (so one hour shutdown from 8 to 9) 19-02h: Open from 7pm till 2am the next day. 17-23h: Open from

5pm till 1 1 pm evenings only (6 hours per dsy only) FEE The cost to become a member of the BBS in question. $00: Free Board - No Charge. $$$: Cost Unknown or Fee Optional.$95: Yearly Membership. NOTE: on yearly membership fees. All user fees were given to us by the boards. The Guild is nol responsible tor their correctness. Usually there are additional initiatipn fees, but these initiation fees, if any, are NOT included in the FEEs as indicated in the BBS/f database shown above.

7% G.S.T. may or maynot be added ontop of that fee. MFG Indicates if Messages, PD-Files and/or on-line Games are supported. M-G Messages and Games supported (No Files). M — Only local Message bases supported. C- LocalConferences and Message bases supported I- In ternational NetMail Message and Conference bases supported -F- Only Files available, no Messages, no Games?? Not Verified, Can't Connect! SPECIAUTY Ths most imporlant features of the BBS, or node 8"........ ...."means thatthe Sysop did nolconvey to the Guild what their BBS's specialization is, or that they specified that no features should be mentioned. "Private Board"means it 's NOT a public BBS and should be accessed with caution and only after having spoken with the owner. "neseLocation"Shows that this BBS is also a WAN (Wide Area Network). n means the code tor the

The totally integrated software package with an open door policy that allows dynamic linking between Database, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Graphics and Communications applications.

WAN's nameF = FidoNst Node.G = GuildNetNode P = PunterNst Node R = RelayNet Node 0 = Other nst Sfe means the Node number ot that WAN.ie, "F412 Mississauga" indicates a Fido network node, al a location in Mississauga. "1.Voice SS5-1212" means the Sysop requires you to call him/her first at the voice phone number given, then they will give you access. Such private BBSes usually also have the 999-9999 number in the BBS dateline PHONENUM field which you may then edit when you receive the real BBS number from the Sysop. "Tpmporsrtly Down" the Sysop instructed us to indicate to the users that his/her BBS is temporarily oul of commission due to major repairs, maintenance, rebuilding or renovations. "Couldn't Connect" means that the Guild could not verify the BBS as operational this month. If unable to verify for three consecutive months the BBSwill be deleted from the list. "2nd. Month Down"means that this BBS was last month "Couldn't Connect" making this the second month that NO connection could bs established. "BBS Down and Out"the Sysop instructed us to indicate to the users that his/her BBS was permanently closed down and ceased all operations it could also mean that this BBS was last month marked as "2nd. Month Down" making this the third month that NO connection could be established. This will be the last entry mentioning this BBS. This BBS record line is ready to be deleted at the next issue of the BBS// listing. "Recently Revived"indicates that last month this BBS was listed as one of the following: "Temporarily Down", "Couldn't Connect", "2nd. Month Down", "BBS Down and Oul", but veritied as operational this month.

SW Contains a 2 character code for the BBS-Soflware

used. AL = Alchemy; BB = BBS BBS; PA = PronetSysism ; BM = BBS Management System;CH = Chairman; DR = Dracona;EM = Emulex or EMIX; R = Fido; FO = Forem; GA = Galacticom; GH = PC-Ghost; GT = GT Power; HE = Hermes; HM = Home-Made Software; HO = Host; IB = IBBSlcon; M2 = Michtron 2.0; MI = MiniHost; MX = Maximus;NC = NCC i;OP = Op us;PB = PC-Board;PC IH = In-House Software;PU = Punter/PCPN; PY = pyroto; QB = QuickBBS;RA = Remote Access;RB = RBBS-PC; RG = Renegade;RO = Robo-Board; SL = SearchLight; SP = Spitfire;SU = SuperBBS; TA = TAG; TB = TBBS; TG = TeleGard;UL = UltraBBS; VA = Vanguard; Wl = Wildcat!; WW =WWlv Nel;?? = Other TO CONTACT THE PROGRAMMERS GUILDeit her by; VOICE (905) 624-7947 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm by FAX line- (905) 824-51 39 or by eMAIL logon to GUILD BBS (905) 824473f at any time FidoNet Node 259/419 to have

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BI% Populi Continued from page28 ignore the fact that Canada and every other modem-capable country exist even though most of the services in both its editorial and advertisingare accessible from almost anywhere in the world. The magazine seems aimed more towards the online giants like GEnie, CompuServe, Delphi and Prodigy than the BBS scene, which is great if you' re considering joining a large online service and happen to live in the continental U.S. Online Access may be good at delivering some basic information to the beginner but the publication's narrow focus makes the whole thing feel like it's simply an advertising vehicle for the big commercial systems.

through the Internet, but you' re unsure of how both of you can get access to the Inter-

net. This books gives listings of every country and region and which organization is responsible for public Internet access in that

region. A Directory Of Electronic INall Addressing 4r Networigs The Internet is not a single worldwide network, it's a network of networks. Networks that are internal to a company, institution, government or region are all patched together into a larger umbrella network

called the Internet,

The book is aimed at the avid Internet user or administrator as a guide to navigating some of these sub-networks. This is a handy

The book has some handy appendices, such as a listing of international subdomains categorized by region. This allows you to find the E-mail addresses of many compa-

resource because not all networks use the same electronic mail-routing schemes, sometimes causing your mail to be returned or "bounced." Another use for the book is simply making people aware of the organizations that comprise these networks and what types of service they offer. For example, I found something called Giant Toad Systems, which is a free public-access USENET news access point in Toronto.

nies, institutions and organizations, such as Air Canada, Alberta Packet Radio Network, Calgary Board of Education, City of Toronto, NeXt User Group Yukon, and of course Mind Link, where The Computer Paper'smailbox resides. If you have a friend who resides at one of the sites listed in the book you might want to let them know — they probably have Internet access and don't even know it. Try sending them mail and see if it works.•

Connect $5.25, Bimonthly Connect is new, only in its third issue, but it looks to be a promising magazine for people

who have a modem and are looking for interesting services to call. It strikes a good balance between news, issues, large systems and BBSes. It's aimed at the average modem

user. It contains some very handy advice for both the user and sysop and does a good job of explaining technical topics. It looks at places to explore via the Internet, on CompuServe, GEnie, America Online, Pelphi and BIX and it investigates the BBS scene from new software to legal issues. Issue ¹3 contains a look at investing online — how to do it, where to get stock information and other online services like stock pricing history

databases. Connect is worth picking up if you can manage to find a copy. It took me a week of hopping from one bookstore to another to find mine. You' re better of subscribing.

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To Uni Unix At Last NEW YORK (NB) — In a move that may well turn out to be the real end of the "Unix wars," the two major Unix camps — X/Open and a long list of hardware and software vendors — have announced plans for a set of common application programming interfaces (APls) that they claim will make Unix applications fully portable. Unix International (UI) and the Open Software Foundation (OSF), which for several years have backed similar but competing versions of Unix, have joined X/Open in backing a comprehensive Unix specification. They said any Unix application that complies with the APIs would be able to run on any implementation of the operating system that does so, with only recompiling needed. Geoff Morris, president and chief executive of X/Open, told Newsbytes that the announcement ends the fragmentation of Unix that has been seen as a key weakness

tern V Interface Definition (SVID) and Application Environment Specification (AES). A working group of Unix system vendors, Unix International, and the OSF has put together an initial draft specification, and

will work with X/Open to finalize it. Member companies of both Ul and the OSF will review the final document, which X/Open will add to its Portability Guide. The draft was to be available for review

will be developed. Standardized documentation should be available by the middle of 1994. Products supporting the specifications can be expected by late 1994 or early 1995, Morris said. The final specifications will be available to all organizations, the standards-makers said. •

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for many years. The only way Unix could become more standardized, he said, would be if there were a single source of the system, which would not necessarily be desirable. Industry analyst Norton Greenfeld, director of Unix systems and applications at Infocorp, agreed. "I think it finally means that Unix as viewed by application builders is really one system," he told Newsbytes. The list of vendors backing the initiative is a virtual census of the Unix business, including ATILT, which developed Unix in the 1970s, IBM, Digital Equipment, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Unix International, Santa Cruz Operation, and a variety of major applications software vendors such as Computer Associates International, Lotus Development, and WordPerfect. The biggest name missing from the list is that of Microsoft, whose Windows NT operating system is considered something of a threat to Unix and may have helped concentrate the minds of Unix vendors on the need

for a true standard. Morris admitted the NT threat played a role, saying "competitive claims from the Microsoft NT community that the Unix community is fragmented'" helped push Unix vendors toward a common standard. So did a growing user interest in open systems, he said. The efforts of the Common Open Software Environment (COSE) initiative, in which a group of v e ndors last spring announced agreement on several vital Unix specifications, also helped lay the groundwork for the latest announcement, Morris said. Greenfeld said the move "takes a little bit of the wind out of the NT marketing," but he believes that user demand was a bigger factor in forcing the standards move than the NT threat was. Unix vendors have finally realized that they can differentiate their products in other ways that do not require making them mutually incompatible, Greenfeld observed, and the move is "long overdue." The effort's backers said that APIs were

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After reigning for a decade in engineering and businessc-ritical computing, workstation vendors brace themselves for a nevjf rival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the personal computer. Worirstatlon Computing Workstations are computers designed for intensive data processing needs. During the

Apple Macintosh or IBM PC. The terms Workstation and RISC Workstation are usually synonymous,

1980s, workstations took over the roles traditionally held by mainframes and minicom-

Workstation applications are usually categorized as "vertical." That is, they have a

puters in business, governmen, and academ-

narrow audience of interest; a typical vertical application might be an airline flight reservation system. Conversely, horizontal applications are programs with widespread use, such as wordprocessorsand spreadsheets.

ic computing; they also invented a few new

roles for computers: scientific engineering and research, departmental database servers, terminal servers, network servers and high-

performance graphics.. There are a number of major players in the workstation industry, including Sun Microsystems (the current market leader), Hewlett-Packard (HP), Digital Equipment (DEC), IBM and Silicon Graphics (SGI). Modem workstations are built on top of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessors. RISC processors employ a limited and simple instruction set, a large

number of general-purpose registers, optimized instruction pipelining, multilayer cache memories, and even multiprocessor capability to gain performance over traditional Complex Instruction Set (CISC)-based microprocessors, such as those found in an

Workstation applications frequently have

many simultaneous users, such as our airline example, hence workstations are always multi-user and multitasking systems. Workstations are often connected to many "dumb" text-only terminals, or sometimes over widearea networks to thousands of other worksta-

tions. The Internet is an international network of computers comprised almost entirely of Unix workstations. Graphical workstations are used exten-

sively rn computer-aided design (CAD), as well as in scientific, engineering, and architectual modeling. They are also used in a wide range of visual applications including animation, special effects, post production,

Unhr Worirstations The Unix operating system was born on a Digital Equipment Minicomputer, the PDP-7,

in 1969 at ATILT Bell Labs. Unix is by far the most common operating system running on modern workstations. In many respects, Unix defmes what a workstation is, much in

the same way that DOS defines a personal computer, and the name "workstation" often

implies "Unix workshgion.' There are a number of reasons for Unix's popularity on workstation hardware. Unix is mostly written in C, a systems programming language, and was one of the first operating systems written in a high-level language rather than coded in assembler. C enabled Unix to be quickly ported to new workstation architectures by hiding much of the underlying hardware behind the C compiler. Unix provides a large virtual memory model, multitasking, security, and networking fadlities suitable for scientific and busi-

ness applications, and therefore made an ideal operating environment for workstations.

derived from either Unix System V from ATRT, or Berkeley Unix, developed at the

Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California. Many workstation vendors have combined, modified,

and enhanced Unix to position themselves apart from the competition, leaving the industry full of non-standard Unix operating systems. Multiple nonstandard Unix variants pose a serious problem for software developers, as applications written for one Unix platform will not necessarily run, or even compile, on another. This translates into making an already small software market even smaller, as application software will often run only on one particular workstation. Softw'are developers are faced with this, or increased

software development costs, by being required to write multiple versions of the software for multiple platforms.

Users and system administrators are also inconvenienced by this lack of uniformity. There are a number of competing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) available for Unix

workstations, and few generally accepted application interface guidelines for software developers to follow. An application written for a NeXT workstation will have a very different appearance from one running on a Sun workstation, despite the fact that both

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system can also be difficult, as personnel

fear of losing sales to the competition, and businesses began to question the wisdom of

investing in computer solutions with such a narrow range of application. However, if there is anything that can

trained on one particular Unix workstation will not necessarily be familiar with your system. It is common marketing practice for workstation companies to design propriety features into their systems that are different or unavailable on other machines. This enables them to differentiate their product from the competition, and also locks users into their products. After a company has signed on to a particular workstation vendor, when it comes time to upgrade or buy new inachines, this

unite a group of adversaries, it is a common

company is unlikely to invest the time and money involved in purchasing new applica-

Commonly, Open can be thought of as the

enemy. Recognizing that divided they could

not expect to compete with the mass PC market, workstation vendors have hopped on the "Open Systems" bandwagon, with the hopes of attracting more mainstream applications and building a larger commercial desktop market. The term "Open" is used to describe a standard interface, the details of which are published and available to any vendor to implement, be it a graphical interface, hardware interface, or Unix system interface.

tion software, or retraining users and system administrators. They are much more likely to

opposite of proprietary. The term Open is currently the buzz word of choice in workstation marketing.

continue buying products from the same

DEC has even named the revised version of

vendor, even if better products from other workstation companies are available.

its VMS operating system "OpenVMS" (this

Open Systems The proprietary and nonstandard nature of

proprietary systems).

the workstation industry divided the already small market and minimized the number of software applications available to customers.

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drives in the personal computer market.

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tions are more expensive, have more powerful RISC-based hardware, and run a true vir-

tual memory/multitasking operating system with some vertical but few mainstream

It is unclear whether the shift towards Open

applications. PCs are less expensive, have less-powerful Intel CISC-based hardware, and

develop a Common Open Software Environment (COSE). COSE will be a set of Open standards by which all vendors agree to comply, unifying

Jittle too late, or exactly what is needed for them to remain a large part of the business

the Unix industry. A first useful draft of COSE can beexpected by mid-1994. Some workstation companies have even

personal computer and workstation industries are on a collision course. In fact, with the recent release of Windows NT by

migration of Unix-based workstation operat-

adopted some Open hardware standards.

Microsoft and the release of the Pentium processor by Intel, they may have already

time (SCO Unix, for example). This year saw the release of Sun's flagship operating sys-

collided, and probably only after some settling of the dust will things become clear again, Unix/RISC workstations have historicaHy had three undeniable things differentiating them from personal computers. Worksta-

tem, Solaris 2.1, to the Intel 486. NeXT Computer went one step further this year and left the workstation hardware industry altogether, becoming a software-only company d ependent entirely on it s port o f t h e NextStep operating system to the 486. Then there is Pentium, the 486's successor. Pentium many RISC techniques in its architecture, while maintaining compatibility with the 486's complex instruction set. The Pentium processor, combined with a

SCSI-2 disks, tapes, and CD-ROMs can often be swapped between different workstations. Some workstations now accept standard memory modules (SIMMS), and several vendors have promised to support Intel's PCI bus. Until these standards were adopted, workstation users often had to pay two to

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hardware model, the NeXTstation Turbo.

And, in what seems a bizarre twist, it's no longer possible to run DOS or Windows programs under NEXTSTEP — at least until version 3.2. More on this later. Because NeXT has long touted its sys-

tem's Display PostScript features, we were surprised that 3.1 only supports PostScript printers — especially since release 3.0 on black hardware supported Epson and IBM dot-matrix printers. Also, it is unfortunate that the only way to run DOS or Windows programs at the moment is to partition the system's hard drive and install DOS on the other partition. Version 3.2 is expected to address this and other shortcomings of the initial Intel release.

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NEXTSTEP, with its Mach underpinnings, is

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send and deaver mail and Mes automatically Few people will argue with the assertion as you work. One, called SendMail, delivers that NKXTSTEP is a great operating system. E-mail. After you haveproperly configured Most will even go so far as to admit that the your system, UUCP wakes up at a pre-deter- NEXTSTEP GUI is the best, bar none. But a mined time, logs in to the net and delivers great operating system is not enough for the Usenet news, which you may then read at majority of users. They buy computers to run your leisure with a program called News- applications and this, unfortunately, is Grazer. This free utility, Bajwa notes, was where NeXT is a little shaky. written by an ex-NeXT employee. NeXT buffs will point to several key applications that highlight the operating sysThls looks like a Job for RencferlNan ter n's strengths.

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recently a special Evaluation Kit containing

US$299. However, be forewarned that the

both the user and developer versions of NEXTSTEP 3.1 for Intel processors for

Evaluation Kit is not upgradeable to subsequent releases (e.g., the f 3.2

described as FreeHand for t h e N e XT, although it surpasses the current Aldus releases for the Mac and Windows in several

US$299. Unfortunately, this special offer expired at the end of September, although any distributors, retailers or value-added resellers that have stock purchased at the

release). For that, NeXT says, you must fork

special price may still be able to offer this bargain.

ing. Although the company now depends

ways. After Adobe's rather lackluster support of its NeXT products, the company signed a letter of agreement allowing RightBrain Software to develop and market its NeXT products Illustrator and TouchType. Other com-

panies, too, have stepped back from early commitments to the platform. Users of the NeXT release of Lotus Improv 1.0, for example, have to "upgrade" to Windows in order to get Improv 2.0.

The Evaluation Kit consists of the user

and developer releases on CD-ROM, a user's guide, "The NEXTSTEP Advantage Kit" promotional booklet, diskette and video, a programming guide and a half-price coupon for technical documentaion. This "tryout" version is a bargain at the special price of

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porary problem only. NeXT software engineers are said to be currently preparing a release of the software that will work in concert with a special "Intel version" of the SoftPC software emulator by Insignia Solutions. This version, currently in beta under the name of "SoftWindows," will be bundled in a demo version with the 3.2 release. Accord-

ing to a NeXT spokesman, it offers about 8096 of native 486 performance. NEXTSTEP 3.2 is expected to be released in November '93. Insignia Solutions' SoftPC DOS emulation software doesn't currently run under NEXTSTEP but, according to Bajwa, version 3.2 will support it i n n a t iv e mode, as opposed to releases on the original NeXT

machines (fondly referred to as "black hardware" by NeXT buffs), which have typically needed to emulate an Intel chip on other CPUs. NEXTSTEP supports DOS partitions from NeXT's Unix file system. It reads DOS disks and, interestingly, can also read Macintosh HD disks directly. One very interesting program we saw running under NEXTSTEP was called Executor. It is a software program which runs Macintosh applicktions on an Intel-based PC (a version for "black hardware" is also avail-

able). Although it does not run all Mac applications (PageMaker and HyperCard are two major apps on the "not yet" list), it does support quite a few, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Quicken, and other important "prod uctivity" p r o grams. Combined w i t h NEXTSTEP's innate ability to read Macintosh HD disks, it provides another solution to the

current — and hopefully temporary — paucity of native NEXTSTEP/Intel applications. The future NeXT says it already has commitments for 25,000 units of NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. It also has deals with several hardware manufacturers to bundle the operating system with PCs and even Hewlett-Packard's Apollo workstations. Some of the PC vendors include Digital Equipment Corporation

(DEC), Compaq, Epson, and NCR. NEXTSTEP is currently being ported to HP's PA/RISC architecture, and is expected to be released on that platform next year.

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and, as such, shouldn't be expected to price its software like a loss leader the way IBM has with OS/2, the inescapable conclusion remains: if people don't buy NEXTSTEP, the company's not going to last. A recent estimate suggested that the company needs to sell 40,000 units per year to be profitable.

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other operating system platforms. To encourage firms to consider the development of client/server applications using NEXTSTEP, the company offered until

copies, and urged NeXT users to "spread the gospel" to their PC-using brethren. And so theyshould. There are plenty of PC users out there, dissatisfied with the limitations of D OS, Wi ndows, Unix, etc. Chances are, PC users who try NEXTSTEP will love it. NeXT should put as few obstacles as possible in the way of that fact. At this point, NeXT needs all the users it can get. • Thanks to Bob Bajwa of 1st Step Consulting for assistance with this article.

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What iscompression? As a computer user you may have come to the point where you realize you need more

room on your hard drive or you need to speed up the way you work across networks

type of compression can occur at either the

driver or fiIe leveL Driver-level compression Driver-level compression makes your operat-

or phone lines. How do you remedy the situation? Well, short of a major investment in additional hard drives and CPU accelerators,

ing system think your hard drive is twice as

big as it is because it compressesevery Ale on your system. Your computer must decompress and recompress each file as it is used. When you create a file, it is compressed before it is written to disk. As such, all file

compression software is the answer. With a compression utility you can inaximize your hard disk space as well as create smaller files to speed file transfer time.

How does compression work? Just as you don't have to be a computer engineer to

need more disk space or faster file transfer, you don't need to be an engineer to understand and use compression software.

In a nutshell, compression makes your Ales smaller. It works by looking at files and replacing repetitive chunks of information with simple codes, thereby reducing the size of files while retaining their original integrity. Let's use the following sentence as an example: That's one small step for man, one giant

leap for mankind. If we replace words or parts of words repeated in the sentence with a token, let' s

saving and opening operations are likely to be slightly slower than they are on an B Y 6 R A E INE B E N N E T T uncompressed drive, especially on slower computers. (Many users report that the slowredundancy can be compressed more than TIFF (tagged image file format) files.Admitone that does not. If every character of a file t e d l y, it all gets to be a bit of an alphabet down is most noticeable when saving.) DR-DOS 6.0 (which uses compression technology from SuperStor version 1.0), MSrence), you would not achieve any compres- most common names you are likely to hear. sion at all — in fact, the "compressed" file Oth er t e chnologies are best suited for DOS 6.0's DoubleSpace option (reportedly based on the DoubleDisk product from Vertiwould be larger! Practically speaking, this co m p ressing the differences between frames, means that executable Ales will usually not a n dare most appropriate for use in anima- soft, which was at best a mediocre percompress as much as text files, images or t i o ns, video games, video playback, etc. former), Golden Triangle's Times Two for the sounds. "Dithered" black and white bitmaps B r uce Artwick's Flight Simulator (licensed to Mac, and all Stacker products for DOS, OS/2 and compact formats like fax files don't Su b l ogic and Microsoft) was one of the earli- and Mac perform driver-level compression. Because of the extra overhead involved, compress much at all. est examples of this so-called "delta compresthe use of virtual memory (using a "swap There are a variety of different compres- s i o n." file" on your hard disk as a substitute for sion algorithms. Some are optimized for text, RAM) is not advisable on a compressed drive. while others are best suited for compressing Tr a nsparent compression was unique (admittedly, a very rare occur-

s o u p after a while, but these are some of the

say "¹" for "one" and "$" for "for man", the graphics images. Many compression proTr a nsparent compression works to compress sentence becomes: grams are based on compression algorithms f i les transparently, which means that a comThat's ¹ small step $, ¹ giant leap $kind. developed by researchers named Lempel and pressed file has-no outward appearance of Because the tokens ¹ and $ take up less Zif. So-called "Huffman coding" improved be i n g compressed. The only factor that

space than the words they replace, the resulting sentence is smaller. In very much the same way, compression algorithms work on the entire contents of a file to make a file that is smaller and that takes up less disk

compression ratios for text (hence "LZH"),

while a man named Welch was responsible for the "W" in LZW's graphics optimizations, such as those found in compressed

All of the driver-level products allow an area of your drive (typically, a "phantom parti-

tion") to remain uncompressed to address this problem. Most users agree that Stacker is the best ch a nges is that the file takes up less storage of the driver-level compressors. Stacker is space on your hard disk. Transparently comavailable for DOS and Windows, OS/2 and softp r essed files depend on w a r e to be decompressed and opened. This DOS, and the Macintosh. We tested all of

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well, We were disappointed that Stacker for OS/2 and DOS only supports DOS'"FAT" (file allocation table)-format partitions. We have gotten rather used to the long (up to 256 characters) filenames available with OS/2's HPFS high performance file system. Nevertheless, we had 16 MB of disk space available on our 300 MB hard disk before Stacker and 150 MB afterward — with no perceivable slowdown, As a matter of fact, on a fast computer, compressed files may copy to or from standard disks even faster than uncompressed data, because there is less information being transferred. For exam-'

space. Types of compression There are basically two types of compression: transparent and archiving. The latter category has several sub-genres, including "lossy"

methods such as JPEG and fractal compression — both are methods exclusively used to compress images. We will not discuss lossy compression here, as it has been covered in several previous articles — most extensively in the article entitled PC Image Processing with Stylein our Jan. '92 issue). All of the methods used for general-pur-

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ple, copying 8.5 MB of OS/2 2.1 data from

meaning that they do not throw any data

one disk to another on a 33 MHz 486 with a 14;25 ms hard drive and 16 MB of RAM produced these results:

away during the compression process. Well, hopefully, anyway. As such, they are appropriate for all types of data.

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aeter, which has been improved to provide a highly sophisticated drawing environment reminiscent of a combination of the best of

of the program, and editing

FreeHand, IHustrator and Canvas. The Preferences selection has four sub-menus that allow the user to select the number of

menting with a few of the variations available in the Preferences section, I was

"Undos" (up to 101), how far a cursor key

able to modify the drawing

will nudge a control point, size of a grid, manner of snap-to-grid behavior, what gets selected when a path is clicked on, how contioI points will be displayed and with what on-screen labels and co-ordinates, and the fit and placement of windows and dialog

features to best suit my drawing style and hence get the most satisfying results. A full array of 18 drawing tools is provided in a palette, and a "Layers" palette is available to switch between the Out-

Continuedfrom page 45 that relate to theart of type design. For those who hate reading manu»s there is a respectable implementation of Bal-

loon Help for System 7 users, as well as numerous "hints" and Help entries embed-

ded in the program's many dialog boxes. An awkward 21"-long three-fold double-sided Ouick Reference Card contains concise illustrated summaries of the program's main features and the many keyboard shortcuts. Systern 7 users will also find that they can

"drag and drop" any PostScript or TrueType

Actual manipulation of the control font on the program's icon or alias and the p o i n ts is smoother than in previous versions Program launches and J „, nl r@( (ee,g' r(dade (,@etc. yet(ud '((((ede,s" ((late l s (m reads in the font. If all e this isn't enough, Alt.let ese .testa te s

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Arguably the most advanced feature of Fontographer 4.0 is the ability to create Multiple Master fonts, a technology pioneered by Adobe Systems Inc. One of the drawbacks of computer outline fonts as compared to traditional ehot lead" fonts is that in the latter, the typesetter could utilize characters that were individually rendered at a given point size to be visually appropriate for the size used, i.e., the stems, tapers, bowl sizes, etc., were larger for small sizes and became relatively finer at larger sizes to suit the visual needs of the reader. Electronic outline fonts can only generate the same proportional relationships at any point size, affected only by "hints" that would adjust small point sizes to conform to the available "dots-per-inch" of the output device and hence somewhat improve the smaller fonts' appearance. With the advent of Multiple Masters it is possible to achieve complete "optical scaling" of a font, and additionally to produce custom weights of a

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"on the fly" within any program. Fontographer does its best to automate the process of producing a Multiple Master typeface, but the process is so complex and fraught with pitfalls that it falls to the user to proceed

So, included in the program is a full-featured and intuitive bit-map editor for "finetuning." Similarly, for those who want to go beyond the program's automatic kerning and hinting, there are extensive controls available for these parameters.

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keystrokes. Entering the complex world of typography can be challenging and intriguing; Fontographer 4.0 won't inake you into a

world-class type designer, but it can provide the most convenient, powerful and exacting

means available for turning your evolving skills into realities. Joe Whaler is a Macintosh computer consultant, media theorist and freelance writer residing in Victoria, B.C.

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Compression Continued from page46 Standard disk to standard disk: 71 seconds Stacker drive to standard disk: 66 seconds Standard disk to Stacker drive: 68 seconds There is a transparent compression extension for OS/2 that supports HPFS partitions. DCF/2 (DCF stands for disk compres-

sion facility) comes from a small company based in Ft. Collins, CO called Proportional Software Corp. It allows the user to create a

compressed HPFSdrive on either an HPFS or FAT-based drive. However, at least in version

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Flic-level compression File-level compression works to compress

and verify each file individually, and only the files you indicate. When you create a file, it is first written to disk in its original

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which files to compress — for example, files you haven't used for a long time or don't use often — and the files are compressed in the background. . This type of compression is quite coinmon on the Macintosh, but virtually nonexistent on t h e PC. AutoDoubler, Now

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no outward appearance of being compressed, except for the smaller amount of space it occupies on your hard disk (AutoDoubler can optionally display a small RDD" symbol on the icon as a visual clue to its status). Launch the item and it is decompressed into memory as it is used, so that it appears to

your system just as the uncompressed version would.

The particular compression utility that created the files must be running on your system in order for you to use transparently compressed files. This is perhaps the biggest hassle with a "background" file-level compressor. If you turn the system extension off,

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parent compression extension re-enabled. Although there aren't too many compatibility hassles with file-level compressors, there are a few with each of the leading

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ognize DiskDoubler-compressed files properly, at least in some cases. Because of the way Now Compress checks the serial port, users of a serial-port graphics tablet such as the Wacom SD-420 ~ill find that background compression never kicks in. Although StuffIt SpaceSaver appears to be the most troublefree, even it has trouble with Adobe's SuperATM unti l y o u t u r n o f f S paceSaver's

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7.0 supports drives compressed with DOS 6.0 DoubleSpace, Stacker, SuperStor and SuperStor Pro. Central Point Anti-virus detects viruses inside files compressed with PKZip, PKLite, LZEXE and ARJ.

Stacker for Macintosh claims to work cor-

rectly with disk recovery programs such as Norton Utilities, Mac Tools and Disk First Aid; however, it is incompatible with disklevel encryption products. Interestingly, both Symantec and Central Point Software licensed Stac's compression

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ONTARIO EDITION THE COMPUTER PAPER N OVEMBER '93 5 1 you read this, will also include a bevy of advanced features, including pre-emptive multitasking, peer-to-peer networking, security, backup, anti-virus and, as might be expected from Novell, Netware client support.

INanualTransparent Compression Manual compression allows you to create compressed files immediately where you require them. If you do not warit to wait for idle-time compression to compress certain files or folders, you can select them and compress them manually. On the Mac, DiskDoubler, Stuffit SpaceSaver and Stuffit Deluxe (which includes SpaceSaver), Compactor Pro and Now Compress all provide manual file-level compression. As stated earlier, this technology isn' t relevant to driver-level PC products. Each of the Mac utilities includes a system extension that allows compressed files to be transparently decompressed as needed, so they may be used normally by standard applications. In all the leading Mac file-compressing utilities, the System Folder (where all the computer's operating system files are kept) is never compressed.

What else ls there? If transparent compression is so great, is there any reason to use anything else? If you want to archive information to floppies and other storage media or send compressed files via modem, the answer is probably "yes," By their very nature, transparent compressors automatically decompress files whenever they are accessed, This occurs with both driver-level and file-level compressors. Thus, if you select a file to send to a remote computer with your modem, the system transparently decompresses it before sending

it. The same thing happens when you copy compressed files to a floppy or other removable backup device — they arrive at the destination decompressed (most Mac file-level utilities can optionally maintain compression during file copies). Other users will need a manual file compressor to create archives that can be distributed to others.

On the PC, PKZip is by far the most popu lar manual f i l e-compression ut i l i t y , although ARC and a few others are sometimes used. In case you were wondering, the PK stands for Phil Katz, the developer of PKZIP and several other compression-related shareware products. The current version of PKZip is PKZ204g.EXE. Because of the ubiquitous nature of the "ZIP" file format, there are numerous utilities that can decompress ZIP files — the most popular being PKWare's own PKUNZIP. To use it, you simply type PKUNZIP <filename>. It is not necessary to type the ".ZIP" exten-

sion — it is assumed. You have to make swe that PKUNZIP is either in the drive or directory you are working on (i.e., in the same location as your ZIP archive) or in a location mentioned in the PATH statement so that DOS can find it. Also, you need to have extra room on the disk for the soon-to-be-expanded files. If you want to decompress to another drive, well, it can do that, too. Type

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Compression

Some programs, such as Now Compress or

Continued fromage p 51 ry on your drive, and the required subdirectories and files would be constructed relative to the original. In the case of the latter, the entire directory "tree" is explicitly specified.

If you are not big on typing obscure commands at a DOS command line prompt, you might prefer the graphical ease of PC Tools for Windows. Its version of the Windows File Manager allows you to ZIP and unZIP files with.a click of the mouse. Among its many other talents, Norton Desktop for DOS allows DOS users to easily create and extract ZIP files. UnZIP and unARC utilities (with a variety of names) are also available on other computers, including Amiga, Atari, and the Mac — primarily to facilitate the decompression of files created on a PC. You' ll find shareware compression and/or decompression utilities

on virtually any BBS (bulletin board system). This cross-platform compatibility issue

has led to several programs that can decom-

press a wide range of "alien" archives. For example, Aladdin Systems recently released a PC version of its UnStuffit utility to assist PC users in accessing files archived with Stuffit on the Mac. Now Compress' freely distributable "Now Expand" utility handles most of the common Mac file formats. It can decompress and

Stuffit SpaceSaver, allow you to have both options simuitaneously available. Norton Desktop for DOS, DiskDoubler

and AutoDoubler can even be configured to choose the best method for each file automatically.

As you might have guessed, you can' t compress a file that is already compressed to make it even smaller. A file can only be compressed once. Most programs will try to compress a file that is already compressed, but nothing will happen, even if the file was first compressed at the "Faster" setting and you change the compression setting to "Smaller."

Executable file Compression There are several programs that can perform a different kind of compression. Variously

termed "resource compression," "executable file compression" and other such terms, the basic idea is this: after the compression pro-

gram squashes yow program, it appends an unsquashing routine to the program code, When you run the program, this code is executed, your program decompresses and "Bob's your uncle." For the PC, the shareware title PKLite offers executable file compression capability (most Norton products are already compressed, by the way). Although we know of no shareware titles of this nature for the

tions are included in the file, so the person receiving it can simply double-click the archive and it will be decompressed without having the compression software installed. On the PC, such executable files may be created with PKWare's SEZIP utility, and necessarily end with ".EXE"; on the Mac, they

sors offer both of these safety features.

often end with ".SEA" (for "self-extracting archive"). Of course, an installation program may handle everything for you with a dou-

with driver-level compression is to move cer-

Mow safe ls compression?

press and/or decompress files according to

The concern over file integrity, or guarding against the loss of data, is sometimes raised in regard to file compression. Because compression reduces the redundancy of a file and changes the context of its contents, it is more difficult to reconstruct a compressed file that has become corrupted or damaged than an uncompressed file that is damaged. The key, therefore, is to reduce the chance of

name, label, location, filetype and a variety of other criteria. Now's offering, on the other hand, offers a good balance of features (induding a number of unique options like "compress at specified time" or "exclude if recently modified") and is somewhat easier to use. Stuffit Deluxe is the only Mac compression utility currently available that supports

damage. This can be done in several ways. Files can be compressed individually, as is done with file-level compressors. Driver-level com-

Apple Events and user scripting. This means

pression, which compresses all the files on the hard drive, presents a greater risk of damaging or losing entire files if a single glitch occurs. Stacker, DiskDoubler and AutoDoubler are the only titles we' ve seen that specifically daim to be "fault tolerant."

Mac, Salient's AutoDoubler 2,0 comes with such a utility. The Amiga has shareware programs PowerPacker and Turbo Imploder, while Atari users can look for Pack/Unpack to serve this purpose.

for the Macintosh, Vertisoft's DoubleDisk and Microsoft's DOS 6 do not provide an easy method for removing the compression and restoring your data, and require that you reformat the disk. In the worst case, you

Archiving

could lose all the data on your hard disk.

gies elsewhere.

An archived item is a copy of the original item which has been placed into an archive, a sort of folder whose purpose is to compress one or more items to their smallest sizes and then combine them into a single file to simplify transfer from your computer. Open an archive and the items it contains are decompressed and copied out of it. In most cases, an archive is self-extracting, which means it can be used by people who don't own the compression application you used to create the file.

This is another reason why some users do

many others. Its menu implies that it decompresses DiskDoubler files, but actually requires third-party software to handle this format. At least the "DDExpand" utility it requires is freely available. Indeed, in virtually all cases, companies release a freely distributable "expand-only" files. To not do so would be inviting piracy.

Archiving compression allows you to create a collection of compressed files, called an

Speell or Size

archive, which is used to speed up modem and network transfer time and backups.

utility to allow users to access compressed

Most compression utilities offer a choice of

When you create an archive, a copy of. each

speed or compactness. Files archived using a

file you select to include is compressed into an archive, while the original file remains unaltered. An archive is usually self-extracting, which means that decompressio'n instruc-

program's "smallest" setting will typically be substantially smaller than those compressed with the "fastest" setting. (Norton Desktop for DOS, as well some other products, refer

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that Stuffit Deluxe can be easily made to search for and extract all ".ARC" or ".ZIP" files on a Mac user's desktop. To accomplish this, you must write a "script," or use Stufflt's "Watch Me..." feature to create one automatically. Here's a script to extract ZIP files; you could change it to work with ARC files by substituting the word "ARC" instead. Translate Zip Begin D ecode Des k t o p F o lder . Z IP" i n t o "':Desktop Folder:" noConvertCRs End Although scripting has, up to now, been a relatively foreign concept to most Mac users, we expect it to grow in popularity as they realize what PC and Amiga owners have known for years: batch files are a powerful way to control your computer, especially when the syntax is easy enough to understand that you don't have to be a programmer to create one.

Conclusion The compression utility you choose will nat-

urally depend upon your needs. If you regularly send or receive files with a modem, a manual archiving/dearchiving utility is

handy. You' ll probably be able to find a shareware title that serves your needs. A few of the many titles available include PKZIP for the PC; Compacter Pro for the Mac, PKAZIP for the Amiga, and ARC.TTP for the Atari,

Even if you never upload files (shame on you!), at the very least, you' ll want to track

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AutoDoubler, DiskDoubler, Compact Pro, SpaceSaver and Stuff lt 1.5.1, although, strangely, it does not support Stufflt Deluxe files. According to Now, Aladdin already supplied a freely distributable UnStuffit utility, so Now's programmers devoted their ener-

BinHex, Compactor Pro; SpaceSaver, and

pressed will be left alone. The only option available to PC users

ble-click on an installer or "SETUP" batchfile.

convert files and archives compressed with

Aladdin's Stuffit Deluxe for the Mac handles perhaps the widest range of archive formats, including ZIP, ARC, UUENCODE, TAR,

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products. According to Gore, Apple will try to simplify its product line by doing away with the Centris name, replacing existing Centris models with equivalent Quadras. On October 21, he forecast, Apple would launch seven new Quadra models using 25

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megahertz (MHz), 33MHz, and 40MHz Motorola 68040 processors. Six of these will have Ethernet local area network (LAN)

To the user, Gore said, the PowerPC Macs will look and work just like existing Macs. He while the machines will added onewarning: run existing Mac software, they will not deliver the hoped-for performance improvements with software written especially for the PowerPC chip. And when will t h at appear? Gore said Microsoft Corp., one of the key Mac application suppliers, is running behind in its efforts to develop PowerPC ver-

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packages ready within 90 days after Apple launches the PowerPC Macs in March. The first Duo portable based on PowerPC technology is expected next fall, he added. Gore also touched on a rumored new Mac, called Blackbird, which he said will be a notebook intended as a response to IBM's recently launched ThinkPad 750. Expected in March, he said, it will have an activematrix color screen that will be the largest on any PowerBook at 9.4 inches, and will use

Electronics (PIE) division, Gore praised the Newton and dismissed the PowerCD CD-

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ROM device, which he said is "a pretty lackluster CD-ROM drive." Despite complaints about the handwriting recognition in the Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant, Gore said, Apple is

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He said more products in the Newton line can be expected quite soon, and not just

from Apple — other companies, including Panasonic, Siemens, and Motorola, have licenses to build products around the tech-

nology. And the Newton line may use other processors than that in the initial model.

Soon AMIGA and MAC support

Gore said he expects Apple to launch a New-

Powerful file viewing software included for non-BBS use

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sad commentary about the level of computer

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operating system. Yes, it also increases CPU power, RAM and hard drive capacities. But the AMIGA does this to permit even more complex software applications, not to keep breathing new life into a dated design.

of a single platform. why have they not attempted

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applications are inevitable, and the programs

presented with a screen that looks somewhat similar to KeMaker Pro. The database module is immediately familiar to anyone who knows the Claris database application. An opening menu presents the user with a choice of the type of document: word processing, graphic, spreadsheet, database or communications. When the product was launched, Claris crowed that it presented a "breakthrough in interface design that offers

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Recall: NEC Notebook Batteries BOXBOROUGH, MA (NB) — NEC Technologies has recalled batteries used in two models of notebook computers that were sold in the United States and Canada from December 1988 to April 1990. In seven reported cases, the batteries short-circuited while being charged, destroying the computers and sometimes causing fires. There were no injuries as a result of the incidents, a spokeswoman for the company said. The lithium metal batteries were used in NEC's PC-17-01 and PC-17-02 notebooks, which were sold only in the U.S. and Canada, the company said. According to the spokeswoman, they were not used in any

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panies — that approval is likely to be given. Unitel still faces one obstacle, though. The Saskatchewan government — which owns the telephone company, Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel) — has shown no sign of allowing competition. New federal telecom legislation that became law earlier this year will eventually put the province's telecommunications under federal authority, but not for another five years. Contact: Unitel, (514) 395-5259

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INonitors & Display Cards Continued from page17 down the screen. Sony,.Mitsubishi, Seiko, Apple, Radius and other less well-known manufacturers use Trinitron tubes in some of their monitors. You should get a monitor with as fine a dot pitch as possible. This measurement is expressed in millimeters, as in "0.26 mm" or ".26 dot pitch." Sometimes dot pitch is

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can quickly lead to eyestrain. Do your eyes a favor and spend a little extra on a betterthan-average monitor.

Hilliard, F. Upgrading to VL-Bus. The Computer Paper, July, 1993 Alfred Poor et al. Graphics Adapters.PC Magazine, Jan.12, 1993 Oliver Rist et al. 17-inch Displays. PC Maga-

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even buy digital services under ISDN standards. Most adults still don't know what

people still don't understand those benefits. They must be shown how to gain them, one-onone. If you are within the sound of my modem, you are, by definition, a computer guru to your neighbors. Remember what you were like before you first set fingers on a computer? Now, look across the street or down your block You have something to teach your neighbors.

modems are. This was brought home to me recently

Fact is, when looking at this technology you and I take for granted, most people still

when I attended my first PTA meeting at my daughter's new school. Their big problem was communications. They talked about newsletters, about sending notes home, about phone trees. I mentioned the idea of putting in a computer bulletin board, maybe with fax and voice capability, They looked at me like I was the Man in the Moon. Despite all this hoopla about "Information

only see the dark side. They see client-server networks taking away their jobs. They don' t see the new jobs, or the new business opportunities„awaiting them if they use those same networks to gain new skills and new insights. It's becoming the new political dividethe computer literate and the computer illiterate. Most of the computer literate like NAFTA, because they know that their minds can conjure up better jobs than their hands. Most of the computer literate understand health care

building and serving them, despite all the stories about Internet junkies from the White House on down, the fact is that if you' re a BBS

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But the computer illiterate remain the majority. They have to be educated, with respect and not put-downs, one-on-one, on how to use this technology and how to benefit from it. They' re not dummies, and if they' re treated like dummies they' ll rebel, slowing the technical transformation which still must take place if our government and our other institutions are to become efficient. There's a danger here. The market's "invisible hand" does not respect national borders, If this freewheeling democracy rejects efficiency, and the paternalistic oligarchies to our Far East embrace it, as they are embracing it, the "invisible hand" will just write.us off and move on. The future is at stake, •

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plenty of fanzine-style shots of every nextgen Trekker's favorite crew and their gadgets), and the text is both informative and breezy — just the thing for the Trekker on your Christmas list. Contact: Alpha Books, a division of PrenticeHall Publishing, (416) 293-3621.

IBM division builds Inmac's Insignia PC Mail-order personal computer and accessories supplier, Inmac, has launched a new line of Insignia personal computers that have been built for Inmac by IBM Corp.

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said. Microsoft Art Gallery will ship worldwide at the end of this year with a suggested list price of US$79.95 or its local equivalent. The disc needs a multimedia-equipped PC with Windows.

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North American newsstands later this Fall. The premier issue will look at the Canadian Internet scene and will feature articles on the FreeNet movement, SchoolNet and Canadian politics on the Internet. Therewill also be regular articles on various Internet tools, games, and on the general subject of "Sex, Drugs and E-Mail.e It will be published six times a year and costs C$29 for an annual subscription. Contact: Strangeiove Press (613) 747-6106 or 72302.3062®CompuSetve.Com onthe Internet

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developed by IBM, Apple and Motorola. The four PowerPC-based workstations and servers are part of IBM's RISC System 6000 line. They include a base 250 system unit, two PowerStation units — designated 25T and 25W — and the PowerStation 25S.

IBM says the systems offer approximately twice the performance of its Model 230 systems but cost the same.

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Nintendo 3rd Most Profitable in Japan

over 3,500 shareware titles for Microsoft Windows and DOS; Soundsations with over 1,000 sound clips for Windows or Macintosh computers; and the World Literary Heritage, containing over 700 classical literary works.

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public-domain software pre-tested by Softbit,

profitable business in Japan last year, following Toyota Motor and NTT.

Fifteen categories are available and the breakdown includes: 900 Windows tools; 220 accounting, spreadsheet, and home manage-

Nintendo exports most of its game machines to international markets, but due to the relative strength of the Japanese yen, has plans to produce more of its hardware overseas. Nintendo is currently planning a spacesatellite based game service on which it will sell game software and hold a variety of game competitions. Despite the slump in the Japanese computer industry, Nintendo continues to do well with a 163.8 billion yen (US$1.64 bil-

lion) profit for fiscal 1992, which ended in March 1993. Nintendo's profit passed that of fourth place Matsushita Electric. Contact: Nintendo, tel 481-75-541-6111, fax +81-75-531-1820

Shareware, Sounds, LiteratureOn CDs IRVINE, CA (NB) — Softbit has announced three new CD-ROM (compact disc read-only

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ment programs; 70 database tools, 200 edurational programs, 350 games, 400 utilities, and even 170 programming languages. Each category is broken down into sub<ategories to help users find what they' re looking for and there's a graphical user interface with icons to make access easier, the company added. An alphabetized index is included and on-screen installation instructions are available for both DOS and Windows. The Soundsations CD offers 1,000 royalty-

free sound effects indexed by topic. The sounds come in both Macintosh format in the System 7 Sound edit format and PC format in the Windows-supported .WAV format. Cartoon-like effects, animals, sneezing,

musical instruments, machinery, laughing, clapping and more are all available for use in multimedia presentations or for use on the

desktop. The sounds range in length from a few seconds to a full minute. For students, teachersand history buffs, the company is offering the World Literary Heritage CD-ROM with 700 great literary

works. Not only does the disc have famous speeches fromleaderssuch as George Washington, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, but over 20 minutes of voice narration by celebrities and images of the authors as well.

Ed Begley, Richard Burton, E.G. Marshall, and JamesMason read selected passages and over 150 high-resolution images, some with a biography and image of each author, can be viewed. Contact: Soflbit, (714) 251-8600, fax (714) 2617336

Dell's Pentium Prototype UsesPCI Bus AUSTIN, TX (NB) — Dell Computer Corporation has rolled out a Pentium-based desktop prototype PC that incorporates Intel's Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

local-bus. The system was demonstrated at the

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I/O card suppliers. They also point out that

because PCI bus devices are not directly attached to the processor bus, the processor can continue to operate while the PCI peripheral is accessing information from the

system's main memory. "While many other local bus technologies only allow one peripheral to operate at a time, PCI has the advantage of allowing mul-

tiple peripherals to operate independently," Henry said. Intel says that PCI technology will enable vendors such as Dell to offer what they cail "auto-configuration." That's the system's ability to automatically recognize when a PCI-compatible add-in board has been installed and will reconfigure itself to accommodate the card. Intel says that PCI is also designed to handle future design advances in the Pentium architecture. Contact: Dell Computer, 800-289-3355

Cricket 3-D 'Mouse' Adds Tactile Touch FREMONT, CA (NB) — A new player in the three-dimensional (3-D) mouse controller market, Digital Image Design (DID) has introduced the Cricket. The company says the Cricket offers all the control of traditional mice and joysticks but adds tactile feedback that can be linked to software events. Like Logitech's Cyberman, the Cricket is

specifically designed for role-playing, adventure, and action games in a 3-D virtual envi-

ronment. The device looks like something you might find on Star Trek: it is an arched

banana-like shape attached to a wedgedshaped head. While other 3-D controller manufactur-

ers, such as Logitech, say their 3-D products are not recommend for flight simulators, DID says the extended shape of the Cricket is made for use as a joystick in-flight simulation. The company says the unit offers flight control, a button that allows pressure and

direction to be fed back to the computer, rows of tactile sensors that can display vibra-

tion, amplitude, and frequency in the user's palm, a trigger button that returns pressure

as does the long hand grip, a magnetic position sensor, and microphones for ultrasonic

tracking. The Cricket has been designed for use with the Inscape software library from

Advanced Visual Systems (AVS) used on workstations. However, the company is planning a IBM-compatible personal computer (PC) version of the Cricket for release sometime in 1994. Contact: Digital Image Design, (212) 222-5236, fax (212) 864-1189

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Internetfills in some gaps from the first book on how to assesswhat sort of equipment you need to connect to the Interne, the world' s fastest growing communications network.

ful and fun applications available on the Internet, ranging from getting information for a school project, to downloading pictures

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of planets from NASA. The main difference between this and other books is that this one is aimed specifically at the dial-up caller, where the author himself started out, and where the most growth on the Internet is occurring. You' ll

net. While there is a section devoted to the typical dial-up user, such users will find oth-

typographical errors which is very uncharacteristic of other O'Reilly titles. Despite that, the research behind the book is sound, and it explains in detail the types of telecommunications options and the

computing resources needed to set up the Internet within an organization. It also warns about pitfalls most often associated with setting up an Internet link,

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AMIGANA UTSMEETING Onthe second Sundayeach month,6-8 p.m.,at2975 Don Mills Rd.West, OrioleCommunity RessourceCentre, 2ndfloor, GarnesRm. Full Amigausers support, monthly tutorials and presentations of latest software and hardware for theAmigaand, coming soon, aBBS. ANIMATORS' GROUP— Interested in the creation of2-Dand3-Danimaliong ZimgraphicsLtd. offershands-ontraining and membershipsforthoseinterested in computer graphics.Formoreinlormation call (416) 929411 55.a CANADAROUNDTABLE ON GENIENightly andweekendmeetings. Discuss CanadianPolitics, Sports, Canada-U.S. Relations, Travel, Entertainment. Try En Francais,whichincludesaFrenchtutorial. More info71-800-638-9636. CANADIAN COMPUTER GRAPHICS ASSOCIATION — CCGAs' mission is "to provideeducationandinformation in computer graphicstechnologyandits applications. At special events members are informedof developmentsin theindustry, and provided anetworking forumto develop career andbusiness opportunities. Additional benefits include; insurance, newsletters, subscriptions, employment liaison office, andannual art 8 design competition. CCGA, 2175Sheppard Ave. E., Suite 110,Wigowdale, Ontario, M2J 1WB.Fax:491-1670 Tek491-2886. CANAMCOMPUTER CLUB -for serious computerhobbyists. Breakfast meetings are heldeverySaturday morning at Obies Restaurant inWardenWoods Mall, Scarboro. TheClubhas asister grup in the U.S. where info„ ideas and help are exchanged.Membershipis freebutafull breakfast is $5.00including grtuity. For info. call Cy Leonandat 2884I318. CASESPECIAL INTEREST GROUP — A special interestgroup is beingformedto help peopleinterested in learning more about CASE. Thepurpose is to providea forum wheremembers mayshare their experiences.Experiencedusersor those interested inCASEcall Joe DaSilva at 252-1408,or RobBeckman928-2694. CASE — Computer Aided Software Engineering is open to anyoneinterested in being toolandtechnologyindependent. 111/2 hours,monthlyscheduledmeetings. Vendorpresentationsaswell asindividual, BBS 497-5263, (log on if MIS Affiliated messages .into Tech2ndcategorycaged CASE).ContactJoe DaSilva at 252-1408 or RobBeckmanat 928-2694. CLUBCUBASE—Toronto area users of SteinbergSoftwareproducts, especialy their powerhouse sequencer Cubase, now have a forum to shareinformation and developskils. ClubCubasemeets at 7:30 pm onthelast Mondayofevery month,in RoomC426attheCasaLornaCampusof GeorgeBrownCollege - 160KendagAve. For moreinformationcontact ClubCubase at 62 HamworthDrive,Willowdale, ON, M2H3C2orcall 496-9905. CLUB MAC COMPUTERGROUP OF ONTARIO —AgMac users, Macintosh OS 6 related issues, meets 2ndTuesday, Michener Institute, 222 St. Patrick St., Toronto, 7 pm to 10 pm, infoline 4621702. COMPUTERTRAINERS'NETWORK — A group of teachers,tutorsandconsultants who meet the first Thursday of every month to discusstraining or computerrelated issues.Meetingformatconsists of refreshments, business portion, guest speaker andmemberships available. Location: 121KingSt,W., 24th Floor,Toronto, Ontario. Formoreinformation pleasecall Veronicaof VisionComputer at(416) 3230406. CYBERP UNK RESEARCHLABORATORIES — Merry hackers in search of picturesque;mountains,RAMandfairytales. For further data write c/o CyberPunk ResearchLabs.-SenecaCollegeofCom. munication Arts, 1124FinchAve.West, North YorkONM3J 3J3, ELECTRONICGAMES PLAYERS'ASSOCIATION(EGPA)- EGPAannounces the start of theirCanada-widesearchfor computer andvideogameplayers interested in swappin gtheirusedgames.Asamember of the EGPA,individuals will be able to exchangegamesoftware. Memberswil

also beableto buyusedgames without a trade. Membershipavailablefor the first year with anannual renewaLIf youare interested in joining or would like more information, please send $1 to cover postageand handling to: EGPA,292 Patricia St.rNorthBay,Ont., PIB7Z3.Theone dollar isappliedtoyourmembership fee. IRMAC — Information ResourceNlanagement Associationof Canada: dedicatedIo data manage ment, IRM.data dictionaries, CASE,andstrategic pier.ningin thecorporate environment. Monthly meeting in Toronto, Ottawa,andVtctoria. (416)9606508. K.R.D.— 1995(TheKidstuff ReunionDrive GroupFor 1995) At 144GigardAve., Rlverdale.Tek461-1343. Callfor meeting dates 11AM Saturdays.Group'sfocus is to collect 1975-6Canadianpenniesin order toreassert interest bysigning apetition to reinstate the1975-76 CTVShow "Kidstuff". Komputer Kidstuff 199522 20052?.Askfor Jeffrey Leitner (416)4611343.

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fees. LOGIC —An Independent Apple User Group: Provides a support andinformation network tousersat aglevels. LOG IC accomplishesthis by: holding monthly meetings,hostingSpecial InterestGroup meetings, providing anelectronic bulletin board, publishingtheMapleOrchardmagazine (freeto members), andmaintaining an extensivelibrary of sharewareandpublic domainsoftware. Iiileetings1st & 3rd Tuesdayof themonth, North YorkCentre, 5110 YongeSt., in the Memorial Hall at 7:30 pm.Messages(416) 3234828 BBS (416) 487-9771. METROTORONTOADAM GROUP (MTAG) - Supporting ADAM, CP /M-TDOS Users contact; (416)424-1352or write to: P.O. Box165,260AdelaideSt.E.,Toronto, ON, MSA1NO . Meetings 2ndMondayof each month, 1485Albion Rd(Community Cen-

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