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to help me. I don't have the av time to read it." Canada is definitely an aging p op u l a t i o n ( witness t h e millions of boomers turning 50 this year) and "user friendly" has great implications on what becomes a trend. According to Foot, cell phones are accessible to everyone, because they resemble traditional phones — anyone can learn to use one almost immediately. Acceptance of fax machines takes slightly longer. about six months, and it at least resembles a printer. As for pelsonal computers, Foot says that although the keyboard looks like a typewriter, most boomeis will stay away Ixom the Internet.

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How does this pan o ut i n C a nada? According to a recent Statistics Canada survey„only 7.4per cent of Canadian households accessthe Internet from their home computers.According to Cantel, up to 12 per cent of Canadians already have cell phones. If cell phones are so user-friendly, shouldn' t their usage be higher? My guess is that it would be,if they cost less to use. In hct, that could be why we are inundated with new and innovative takes on the phone.Having one of these new phones may not make you wired in the full sense of the word, but it does lift you into the clan of the wireless — quite an effortless way to join the technological revolution! For example, Bell Mobility's Converto, launched last summer, is a cellular phone thai. automatically converts to a cordless phone once you' re back home. According to a press release, this gives you "the ability to stay in touch more easily as you move from the cellular network to your home, workplace or cottage."What an easy way to keep people from worrying about which side of the door they' re on when the phone rings! Use Converto and presto — you' re wireless, but the basic technology remains the same. Clearnet's "Mike" wireless business-cornmunications system, which c ombines numerous telecommunications features (pager, fax, mobile phone, two-way radio) in one handy little unit, is the precursor to similar products for individuals. Internet phones — currently not hand-held like the phones we' re used to, although some have interfaces resembling cell phones — go one step further by holding out the promise of long-distance calling port, wheteupon they get a busy signaL I doubt the same cauld be said for OS/2. Given the yawing movement to NI' 4.0, ft should suongly reconsider this policy. Myles White may want to venfy this Snding.

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w ithout IongMistance charges. Here, however, you need to use a computerand are thus,in a sense,grounded.Talking long distance via the Internet is is also still quite complicated. Besides a multimedia computer, you need a sound card, microphone, Internet connection, and phone software identical tn the person with whom you' re talking.

Who Indeed But who knows what the f uture will bring? Perhaps in a few years, Internet phone technology will have merged with Converto or Mike, so that you' ll be walking down the street in Vancouver, talking long distance to a friend trekking in Nepal and surfing the Web at the same time — at no additional charge. ln fact, Northern Telecom and Sun Microsystems have already teamed up to incorporate Sun's Java software platform and Java-powered chips into telephones, so that I n t ernet s ervices co u ld b e accessed on screen-based telephones as early as next year, Will boomers accept this technology? Perhaps — if their fingers can still do the walking. Ultimately, even t h ough t h e f u ture phones we' ll be using will seem a logical extension of the phones our grandmothers used, they will have evolved so dramatically that they will be the same only in name. At that point, wireless really will be synonymous with wired.

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Hsing interactive televisiolt to teach can he a juggling act • • By IUNE CAMPBELL • • tudents of t h e I n t roductory Herbology course taught simultaneously at Douglas College in New Westminster and Camosun College in Victoria are experiencing a new approach to an age-old subject. Don Rost, class instructor and Master Herbalist, is using interactive television (ITV) combined with a custom-designed PouierPoiut presentation to teach his geographically divided students. Two large monitors at the front of the room display the PourerPoint presentation and the students from the distant class. Rost must simultaneously operate the switcher, focus a movable camera, run the EGO projector, ensure that his directional PZN microphone is operational, deliver his lectures, and attend to the human requirements of his students. "lt's a juggling act more than anything," he remarks. While ITV i s no t a p a rticularly new approach to teaching, Rost and Bruce Clarke, Douglas College's Media Maintenance technician, have jointly produced what may be one of the most cuttingwdge approaches to ITV in the province.

Step one: Glitch removal First, Rost had to overcome a number of glitches to design a RneerR>int presentation suitable for conversion to TV signal. Since the Power Poirit f iles can be a s b ig a s 1 8 megabytes per dass, a pentium 90 MHz with a large hatd drive and at least 16 MB of RAM was needed. Colour palettes presented specific problems. The graphics were first developed in a software package using millions of colours, then indexed to 256 colours before being imported into Pou:erPoint. Conversion from digital image to analogue NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) further distorts colours (NTSC is jokingly said to mean "Never Twice the Same Colour!" ). Maintaining resolution was another challenge. Accommodations had to be made to overcome the blumng of Sne lines and text created when VGA resolutions of 640H by 480V pixels were converted to NTSC iesolutions of 525 lines. During broadcast, the PouierPoirtt presentations are played on the computer and are converted to analogue television signal using the affordableand effective Aver Key 3 standards converter. Manufactured in Richmond by ADDA Technologies, the Aver Key is available for around $500.

Columbia. The Ubiquity system delivers relatively uncompressed video with full resolution output. Offering both point-to.point and multipoint conferencing, the service is only available between and among subscribers to the system.

No unalloyed joys Rost and Clarke stress that this method of

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lights... Camera choices and placements were another challenge. Clarke selected Sony SSCC370 High Resolution Solar Video Cametas, small surveillance cameras that produce surprisingly good quality video at a fraction of the price of the Beta Cam or even H!4I camera. A total of ten cameras (nine fixed and one movable) are used. This setup allows a ratio of two students per camera, plus one movable camera focused on Rost. On the Camosun College side, one movable camera covers four students. Douglas College and Camosun College are subscribers to BC Tel's Ubiquity Network Services, a premium videoconferencing service that is a unique, proprietary system to British

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there are three levels of skill development for everygude level:foundations, process, and p resentation. Foundations provide students with the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for a lifetime of using information t e c hnology. P rocess allows students to select, organize, and modify information to solve problems. Presentation provides students with an understanding of how to communicate ideas effectively using a variety of information media. Tool time The new curriculum brings together a variety of technology tools, such as tape recorders, camcotders, VCRs, overhead projectors, telephones, and fax machines, as well as computers capable of impordng, producing, editing, and presenting multimedia material. The new plan places an emphasis on issues of ergonomics, security of personal information, ethics, and the safe use of these tools. Of particular benefit to students is the focus on th e skills of t r o ubleshooting and using online help screens. Self-reliance is a prescribed l earning outcome, and it is to be practiced and exercised from kindergarten up to grade 12. In the intermediate grades, the program indudes many opportunities to produce slide show presentations that include sound and guphics, as wdl as text, to express specific ideas. The program also directly addresses issues of bias, relevance, and the validity of electronic information, from sources induding CD-ROM encyclo-

pedias and the Internet. In many ways, the Information Technology package is the embodiment ofsome of the very best teachi ng that is now going on i n t h e province. For example, students at S trathcona Elementary School i n Vancouver have been p r oducing hypertext presentations, induding digital photoguphy, text, animations, and student narution, for several years now. 'Iheir work can be viewed at their Web site. At Wolfe Elementary School, also in Vancouver, there is a multimedia-authoring project successful enough to be offered as a city-wide enrichment progum. These are relatively rare situations, however. The success or failure of this venture into th e t w enty-first century will depend on the ability of the provincial government to make good on its promise to supply all schools with the hardware and software to accomplish the laudable goals of the new curriculum. Since the vast majority of computers in our public schools are far below the minimum standard required to produce and manipulate multimedia fiies, someone in Victoria will have to come up with a magic spell to turn all the Apple lie and the Commodore 64 machines into Pentium screamers with 16 MB of RAM.

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ou may discover just what you want at a very affordable price — and if you lust for a missing feature, most shops will accommodate you by installing a new or used techno-toy to suit your whim. At Encore Computers in North Vancouver, a budgetpriced (and loaded!) Pentium 166 immediately caught my eye. According to owner John Wiggins, the item was a demo model shown at displays and conferences, and yes, if I wanted, his team of technicians could install a new videocapture caid and a SCSI card before sending it home with me. Supposedly, I could leave my cunent computer on consignment, and possibly even mix and match features of the two systems when negotiating a custom deal. Art Skill, owner of Poulson's Office Products and Modern Business Machines in Vancouver, offers a somewhat different slant — a ttade-in artangement for your present system."Most computer retailers won't take trade-ins. Since we sell both new and used machines, we can offer a unique service — and we refurbish as required, We take an

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33-inch floppy drive is, together with power supplies, one of the things likely to give the most trouble. That's because disks aren't used much any more and a lot of dust accumulates inside them. In fad, one of the first things our technicians do is to blow them out." Mike Xie: Buying used from a store? Don't do so without at least a 904ay warranty. Xie giveshiscustomers 100 days. StanNowak: Setthe computer software for a VGA picture. If the picture's okay, make sure it's also satisfactory with an SVGA setting.

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old machine, increase the RAM, upgrade from a 286 to a Pentium — whatever is needed." Poulson's may be Vancouver's oldest used computer shop — they started out as a rebuilt typeamter business in 1965 and evolved gradually into their current reincarnation. Victoria shoppers can visit one of Canada's first used computer stores — Boomers' Computer Exchange Corp., opened in 1995 by Brian Beaupre. If Beaupre is around when you visit, he may discuss some of the issues and challenges he originally faced as the initiator of a new concept. Under city bylaws at the time, for example, Boomers' was classified as a pawnbroker. Boomers' is now the biggest shop of this nature on Vancouver Island, possibly in British Columbia. Offering "one-stop shopping," Boomers' takes used computers on consignment, sells new systems, and refurbishes or rebuilds older systems.

Your mileage may vary Most used-computershops offer a guarantee or warranty, although terms vary from shop to shop. All stores provide initial inspection and testing prior to accepting a used computer, but the extent of the testing differs from place to place. Qualilied technicians are usually kept on staff to test, refurbish, and repair the products, as well as to provide product support, but the nature and duration of this support differs. As Beaupre says,"Technicians have to be very

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Macs last longer Stark suggests that buying a PC older than a 5g6 is not a worthwhile proposition, but he says Macintosh IISi and IICi models —which date back to 1989 — can still give good service and run most of today's Mac

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Everybody does it Who buys used computers? Almost everybody, according to the shop owners. Customers include students needing an affordable way to do word processing; seniors wanting to try out the Internet; lawyers setting up shop; school boards; HAM radio operators looking for XTs; people wanting an economical machine for a print server, entry-level users wanting to get their feet wet; and bighead users looking for a good deal. Moreover, there's a social aspect to this type of shopping. In some locations, customers chat, exchange tips, hand out business cards, and make contacts. Other shops

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See whether the picture is straight at the edges. Does it bend at the sides or the top and bottom? That is what is known as the pincushion effect. While external control monitors can usually deal with the problem, others may need to be opened up to do so, a job for the expert.

Monitoring conditions Nowak says AAmazing and IBM monitors seem to come into his store more than other makes. He believes that may be because mote of them were sold than other makes several years ago, and they ate now showing their age. He does not much like IBM monitors, however, which, he says, have parts that are often less accessible than in other makes. You may have to remove everything to get at them, he says."I don't see many from Acer or Darius, but that may be because they are newer." Nowak has a flat charge of $75, which includes parts except for new cathode ray tubes, power sup. plies, and transformers. It is not usually worth replacing a CRT. Rather, it makes financial sense to get a new monitor. "A monitor three years old is about the limit," he says."If it is older than five years, you can expect some breakdowns." A used monitor, he says, should sell for about half the price of a new one. If you can buy for less than that, even if you need a repair, you may be getting a

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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said the famous English playwright. 1Itnt'n stl!I true, even in a very different world, 400 years aAer said writer's demise. Still, it's worth noting that not all roses smell the same. Here we have two Internet telephony

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ucts, issues, and possibilities. The p!oducts — software from such companies as Quarterdeck (which makes WebTalk), VocaITec (internetPhone), Internet Telepfone Company (WebPhone), and C a melot (Digiphone)-areused in conjunction viith any ISP (Internet service provider). Although each

name, but very different products. Users and bards take note! VocalTec Iti. of Northvale, New Jersey„

charges? It's a hard offer to turndown, which is precisely what a number of software companies are counting on. Sounds like a dream come true for longdistance

comes with dlerent bells and whistles, they all

do the same thing, which is allow users to talk via the Internet. Rather than having to Iog onto an IRC sever, and without being limited to the medium of type, callers cannow communicate by voice with other users (as longas they'r» using the samesoftware). There lies one of the technology's problems. To connect and talk, you have to be using identical (not compatible,identical) software. Also, there aresome complementary hardware requirements — 486 systems running at least 8

MBs of RAMare de riguer. Of course, a microphoneand Internetaccessarenecessities. Also, setup and configuration can be plagued by all those annoying gremlinsthat

live around modems, IP addresses,and SUP and/or PPP connections. But me no buts For thousands of people around the world, however, Internet telephony is aiive and well, and they' re gloiying in the freedom to Iog on and talk. The aforementioned software companies are looking forward to burgeoning sales. The only folks who aren't impressed by the amval of Internet telephony are traditional Ion+!stance carriers. In fact, an organization of Iongdistance carriers calling itself ACTA (America's Carriers Telecommunication Association), last year petitioned theFCCto stopthespread ofInternettelephonyproducts. Its petition was met by arguments that the FCC lacks authority to regulate software, that the US Congress has expressed itself in favour of reduced government regulation in the telecommunications industry, and the fact that the petition wasn't supported by major long-distance carriers. The smoke of battle hasn't cleared yet, but a

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a hee download fmm Intel's Web site. It's designed for Pentium-processor PCs running Windows 95, a ful!duplex sound card, l6 MB of RAM, and either Mlcmsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape Nanigator. It's built around Micmsoft's H.323 communications standards, mhich Intel claims"assures that the call mill go thmugh." Recommendations? If you' re curious about Internet telephony and if your equipment isn' t "state of the art," give the VocaITec Version 2.5 n try. If you' ie running all the bellsand mhls. ties, and don't mind testing a beta product,pay a visit to Intel's site. Or get both — and I'md out which mse smells sweeter to you. +

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Cettlng It riciht the first time WebTaor installation wan simple, nnd worked the IIrst time. It needs a Web bmwser, and if you don't already have one, you cart install Quurienfecir NesaR; which c omes ln t h e p a ckage, along w i th QWmsock, Quarterdeck's dlnfcr. QWmsock indudes the option to sign up with selected ISPs (mdudmg Cnnndlatt ones), If you

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Surplus computer equipment, peripherals, and softwareisacquired from donors and is then channelled to elementary and secondary schools. To qualify in BC, the school must be recognized by the BC Ministry of Education. Certain DOS-based equipment is given to public libraries. All donated equipment is tested, repaired, and refurbished prior to being given to recipients. Telephone Pioneers of America (consisting p r i marily o f r e t i re d t e l ephone employees) provides technical expertise on a volunteer basis. As John Houck, the program m'anager of Computers for Schools, British Columbia branch, puts it, "to get a machine up an d r u n ning, we c annibalize from one machine to upgrade another..." To date, Computers fo r S chools h as

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schools with a total of 1,200 computers. "With today's ever increasing speed of technological change combined with the pressureto save money, our computer-recycling program provides a costwffective way of helping students access technology," says John Houck, CFS project manager (I-80O 665-7222). Provincial and territorial telephone companies have donated space for warehousing and repair operations and the inspection and repair of donated equipment takes place in regional workshops operated by volunteers. The assistanceprovided by private sector sponsors has enabled CFS to ship computer equipment and software to provinces and

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The network has not budgeted its electronic service, however, according to CBC's manager of radio technoworks."1ttere might never be," Bob Kerr recently told the Ottawa Citlseri. Nevertheless, the public broadcaster has s crounged enough money t o p a y o n e employee as the service's dedicated Webmaster by renting out studio space at CBC's Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. CBC is using Real Audio — made by Seattlebased Progressive Networks — which converts its audio signals into digital files. CBC's Net service, driven by three Pentium-pow-

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Apple chief Gil Ameiio was in Toronto last month to preach a message of hope to the doubting, the cynical, and the longwonverted who have never faltered in their faith in the Macintosh. At an uptown hotel, he directed himself mainly to Apple customers beset by a spate of bad news about the Cupertino, Californiabased computer maker. Apple, he dechted, was well on its way to finandal recovery. "I have about $1.5 billion in the bank," he

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Full-spectrum Netcastingy Down the line, the network is also looking at introducing online video, digital radio, and television, and expanding its WWW site to include audio archives. Meanwhile, CBC Newsworld is testing software that will allow it to post its TV signal on the Net. To hear CBCRadio, you need a multimedia computer with at least a 486 (or equivalent)

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Get the word out Initial d e v elopment o f lif l c r o soft Explorer was d one on t h e Ma c, said Apple's chairman and CEO. He admitted, however: "We' ve had stmng capability on the Internet all along but somehow we haven't done a good job in our public relations,

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screen — when I had not installed mouse trails. A minor irritation FtrstAsd 95 Deluxe repaired for me on its test run, along with 37 other irritants.

The colours, the coloursl Start FirstAid 95 Deluxe and you see a screen under the graphicalinfluence of a Web page designer! Its colours are gaudy; its five stamp-sized buttons, bold! I c ouldn' t wait to push them. They are:

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Nlanual service FlrstAlrf 95 Deluxe comes with a 163page manual that is a model of clarity. It will give you in<epth information on those program functions I have touched on and others "too numerous to mention." It also comes with a copy of its industry Yellow Pages for bedtime reading. I have only one suggestion to impmve FlrstAid 95 Deluxe:it should install your CDROM drivers onto the obligatory Start-up disk. +

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Org97 is a client, but not a server — in other words, you can embed documents in it, but you can't embed Org97 bits ia other programs' documents.If,however, you have a Wodd Wide Web bmwser, you can embed Web sites and home pages on Notepad pages.

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In the Address section, the entry mask has been updated to make entering aad editing business and home addxesses easier, although you still hav» to dick twice to call an existing address up. I'd like to see oneMck access — a feature that existed in versions I.x but vanished in later editions —added as an option. The anomaly in versions 2w that saw a contact's name appear twice in some views has mercifully been corrected. In Calls management, Lotus bas added support for Microsoft's TAPI (telephony applications programming interface) dialing, which means more streamlined automatic numberdialing capabilities in both the Calls and the Address sections. Notepad has a pmfusion of improvements including rich text formatting (such as bold, italic, and underlining, plus font size, type, and colour) and full use of all cursor contxols (e.g., PG DN, PG UP, and direction scmlling arrows, as well as TAB keys, all work). Paragraphs may be left, centre, or right aligaecL OLE (object linking and embedding) support has also been added to the note pacL

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Temphtes —master documents containing layout and format inf3rmatiort — axe parncuhdy helpful for users who sxe unGuniliar or uncomfortable with document hyout and design. 'Ihe pxogtam oKexs a variety of text-manipulation options, induding lrnnir~ and leading. Kerning is the manual adjustment of space

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11ie Sharp Zauneand Apple New<on PDA product lines have gone in substantially different directions this year, but both seem to be sticking to the common theme of "information anytime and anywhere," using new standard and optional communications support and backlighting. The MP-130 is the second half of the upgrade to the Newton MP-120 that began

While neither has a really bright backlight, the Zaurus backlight is particularly weak.It is marginally usable, but wui be welcome in emergencies. Since the added "system RAM" in the MP130 is mainly aiined at improving perforinance when using "add on" software applications, no significant changes were found in my benchmarks. Both the Newton and Zaurus integrate their Contacts" or "Names" files and other

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w as to p r ovide everything needed t o receive, annotate, and forward documents, I tested the Newton system receiving fax documents, annotating thein using both "text" and "ink" notes, and forwarding the annotated fax from the Newton to my laptop. There were some minor problems. The faxreceive system is not fully niultitasking, so once the Newton is set to receive fitxes, there is nothing else one can do with it until the fax receive function is "stopped."When I

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ter. The new hardware upgrades are minor refinements, answering user requests for screen texturing and backlighting, and positioning the Newton MP-130 for the future with an additional 0.5 MB system RAM. Similarly, the only hardware changes visible to users between the ZR-5800 versus the ZR5000 is the addition of the baddight and a permanent icon for t h e n e w P e ncell Spreadsheet function, but additional standard-communcation software answers users' communications needs. Emphasizing communications capabilities, both companies «lso supplied their proprietary hx/modems for testing.

functions, Sharp included the "Link" system to jump between spreadsheets to and from the "Contact" and "Data" files, but does not connect the spreadsheets to the generally more powerful "Filer" system. Earlier this year, Apple closed down the "Newton Mail" service, so for a limited time, Apple is providing free Compuserve software to purdtasers of MP-120s and MP-130s. There is no special deal to get connected, however.

tried annotating the fax the screen scrolling tended to "jurnp" while I was writing, inaking it difficult for me t o w r ite a s entence. Although I got it done, the system is a bit

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clumsy and needs work. lastly, lax documents that are" ForwmM" ate scaled down slightly. I would prefer to ovemde this and send documents in their original size. The Newton used about 44 KB pet page to store faxes.

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Dawawaral larlce trends These cameras axe getthxgsmager and cheap. er by the day (at least one unit has chopped in pxke by neady haif since it was reviewed in ICI in April of this year). 'Ihe quality of i mages taken on digital cameras still has a ways to go, however, befoxe it will match the quafity of filmbased cameras. Still, if one consid. exs the exist of a uaditional camera,fiim, developing, scanner, and software, versus the fkxibiTity offered by the IX 20, it can be an

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Offi ciallytitled "OS/2 Warp Version 4," this latest edition of OS/2 was released September 25.1Iie shipping package contains a total of four CD-ROMs: the operating system (with Bonuspak);a special Device Driver CD; an Application Sampler (which contains 80 beta or demonstration progruns, induding Star a+lee 3.1, MGI PbotoWorks, Clearfooix 1.7 word processor,Lotus Word Pro, and Back Again/2 backup utility, to name but a few popular titles); andLotus Notes 4.1.

Wait a sec But where the beep is the advertising? As I write this, it has been over a week and I have yet to find a radio, TV, or print advertisement If you haven't been following developments on

the Internet or at a local User Group, then you http: //xevsoft2.ismetfic/ intercom>tml might have missed this hunch. Come on, IBM. It UnReld's List has moved pays to axhclflse your pxoductsl Iinfieid's list,my fitvoudte OS/2 fieewaxe page, Whge on the topic of 092, it is pleasing to note has moved to http:/~ io . oxg/-to2/fieewaxe that the other member of the Warp emily is doing Please update your Web&gixrrer, Lyru; and welL IBM has announced that Warp Server has ¹t scape bookinaxks>iso note that as of the dme kicxeaseditsserver market share fiom 14.1 per cent I w r it e t h is, t h e I n t ernet F I P s i t e to 152 per cent during the fitst half of 1996 and is hobbes.nmsu.edu is having some hardware prob. second only so Novell ~ % b e symmetdc IS. Iems, so some links may be temporarily down. tipxtxtxssor (SMP) version of Warp Serveri now Software updates ~a ndI BM expects saks to ~ to di m b My favourite communication softens, in the mtpoxaae fiekLChedt out http//wwwsoftZap-&Comm, has recently been updated. waxe3xn.corn/ trr iixxe inroxxnation. Version 3.01 is now available from Emtec's 0$/2, phon» home Web page athttp:/~.emtec.corn/ Although they have been compaxed to the CBThe author has also released Windows NT xaxfi o fi rd of the 1970s, Internet phones have and Window s 95 versions, so you can use the become quite populm With them, you can con. same excellent program whatever your operverse with people all around the wodd —in most ating system. txses total struigexswho shue an ~ Most of us rememberGalactic Ctxrttirations, Two Internet phone pmducts erdst for OS/2: the excellent, native strategy game by Staxdock IBM's Internet Connection Pbone, and the Systems. Finally, after almost two years in develshaxeware productInterCom. The nicest thing opment, Staxdock has finally released the longabout IBM's product is that it is Pee fmm awaitedAr/arke: Tbe Iitnal Saga. Axaxrs'ceis a http: //www.ics. raleigh. ibm.corn/ics/ game in the genre of Myst andybe 7tb Guest, icphone.htm and is available for OS/2, but supports true 24bit colour and multiple Windows 3.x, and Windows 95 — but be iesoludons (up to 1600 by 12&0). warned that as I write this the pmduct is still The object of the game is to explore your in the development stages. long-lost uncle's island estate and find out InterCom costs US$30, worksonly under what happened to him, as well as discover OS/2, but (and this is the biggie) it also lets you what his "opportunity of a lifetime"is.Avartce txansmk video via a bhck~dwhite Connectix has a suggested retail price of US$70 and QuidtCam, You can downloadInterCom fiom should be available in computer stores now.

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Warp 4 Canadian User Croup special How many of you are dedicated OS/2 users, but do not belong to a User Group? This next piece of news may make you change your mind. Due to a special aixangexnent between the Tomnto OS/2 User's Group (TO/2), Canadian OS/2 distributor House ofTechnology, a number of Caxxtdhn OS/2 Retailers, and IBM Canada, TO/2 is offering a special OS/2 WARP 4 deal, administered thxough the Toronto OS/2 User's Gmup. For a limited time, this special deal is making OS/2 Warp 4 available to meinbexs of all Canadian PC User Gmups (not just OS/2 users groups) at a significantly discounted price. 'Ibis deal is not open to the public, and all orders must be placed by User Group members.The non-upgrade version of OS/2 Warp 4 has a suggested retail of $349, but the special makes it $254. If you already have any pxevious version of OS/2, the upgrade package is available for $144. TO/2 notes that there is no profit maxyn in these prices.'Ihe dealer and etaaiets involved axe participating to encouxay: the gmwth of OS/2. For more i n formation, see h t tp: // www.io.org/-to2/deals/warp4.html or email warp4deal@ibm.net Kevin tjnfield can be reached via e.mail at linfietd®torfree.net

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Ihite's 8fftes Judging fr»m my recent mail, a flood of new memory types have a Iot of TCi's readers confused. Hopefully, this mini-tutorial will help you sort 'em out. DRAM —dynamic random access memory —comprises the main system memory on most older and some newer PCs. It's also known as FPM (fast page mode) DRAM, and comes in 80, 70, or 60 nanosecond (ns) speeds. The lower the number, the faster the memory. DRAM is "dynamic" because it gets zapped with a small electrical current each time it changes state (i.e., to read fry>m it or to write to it), and th e c harging time ( latency) reduces its speed. FPM DRAM takes two processor wait states (cycles where the CPU does nothing except wait) each time a read or write takes place. Advantages: it's compatible with just about everything and is the least expensive of the types cunentfy on the market or soon to appear. Disatfvantage:it's the slowest of the memory types.

According to the 7iff Davis publications Computer .Shopper and Mac User, EDO RAM may provide from 30 to 50 per cent greater performance than standard DRAM, but most other sources cite from 4 to 15 per cent. EDO RAM uses one wait state instead of DRAM's two, so that could explain the confusion. In order to use EDO RAM, your motherboard's chipset must explicitly support it. RDRAM —Rambus DRAM, after the company wlxich developed it — is currently being toyed with hy Toshiba and Samsung. It's similar to SDRAM (see below), but faster, says Rambus. You' re more likely to find it appearing on accelerated graphics cards and the n ew Nintendo N64, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it show up on somebody's PC, too. SRAM —static RAM — is powered once and doesn't need to be continually refreshed, unlike dynamic RAM.Typically, SRAM is used in external (also known as L2) cache memory atspeeds of 20 ns or 15 ns.Pentium-dass CPUs directly tied to 60 ns or 70 ns DRAM waste wait states. The traditional solution: place 15 ns or 20 ns static RAM as a buffer between the two. A Pentium running its memory bus at 66 MHz, however, requires only 15.2 ns for each cycle — somewhat of a close shave — which brings us to synchro>nous SRAM. Older, asynchronous SRAM performs reads

n:DRAM —Cached RAM — was invented by Mitsubishi Electronics. It combines an S>RAM (static RAM — see below) cache with 4 or 16 MB of DRAM within a single chip. This onboard SRAM can be used as both a cache or a buffer and gives the RAM an appn>ximate 15 ns accesstime. Because the RAM does not have to send its information to an external SRAM cache, overall system performance is improved considerably.

HnRAM —Enhanced DRAM — like CDRAM, also incorporates an onMip SRAM cache. Developed by Ramtn>n International Corp. of Colorado Springs, Colorado. By improving the DRAM's performance (with the reduction of parasitic capacitance and an inctv:ase in transistor gain) to 35 ns, and combining it with a 2 kb, 15 ns SRAM cache, a DRAM chip with a 15 ns access time is created. In contrast, CDRAM uses a inuch larger 15 kb, 15 ns cache and DRAM with a much slower 70ns access time. EDO RAM — Extended Data Out RAM — is a form of DRAM that works by extending the time during which data can be read from memory, because the available read time doesn't become invalid until an additional signal is sent to the chip. By contrast, conventional DRAM normally discharges its contents after each read and must be refreshed before another read can occur.

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burst SRAM can cut cycle time to roughly 1( ns, aneasy match fora 66 MHz bus. SDRAM —synchronous DRAM — l>as it. timing sgmcl>ronized to the system clock. 8 running in sync to an external clock xi~~ SDRAM can run at the same speed as thi CPU/memory bus. This results in a memor

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SCRAM — synchronous graphics RAM — i, a form of DRAM for graphics controllers an printers that is synchronized to the systen clock and, according to one of its manuf'a tuters, Fugitsu, produces data bandwidth u to five times that of standard DRAM.

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Shakespeare's Richard III o nce declared, "Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York."As we approach winter, let's hope Apple can get back in gear and make it to summertime. During the last three months, we' ve witnessed an agonizing lack of PowerBooks, a p roduct-engineering group that must b e locked i n t h e T o w e r ( s i nce i t h a sn't launched anything new), and marketing that makes thecompany's products as attractive as deformed Richard himself. Customers kept on buying, though, much to Apple's relief. Autumn has always been a busy time for th e c o mpany. The back-toschool p ro motions ga i n mo mentum i n September,the company's new fiscal year starts in October, and, of course, Comdex (/ifucb Ado About /r/otbirrg) is h eld t his month in sunny Las Vegas. Et Tu, Brutusl One of the busier booths at Comdex will likely be Motorola, yet another major player in theMacwlone game.The company's computer group introduced a new family of PowerPC-based workstations and servers aimed at the corporate and small- to medium+ized business inarket. The neat thing

about these workstations is that they can run a Mac, Windows NT or Unix operating system (OS). As readers of this column know, Motorola has had strong ties with Apple for years, most notable of which have been the RISC chip design and the PowerPC. Motorola says that the new Mac~lone line, called StarMax, is the first of a series of advanced Mac OSbased systems. The entry level StarMax 3000 series with a 603e microprocessor operating at 160 MHz or 200 MHz is available as a desktop or mini tower. All configurations in the 3000 series include a M otorola 28.8 Kbps data/fax modem as well as a software bundle that includes Internet connectivity, office productivity, and financial applications, system utiTities, and additional CD t i t les. Pricing begins at a reasonable USS1,595.

Apple recentlyannounced an upgrade to ColorSync that will make your melancholy turn to merriment. The company says the new software has buckets of new features that not only make colour rendering more accurate, but also 15 to 20 per cent faster than the previous version. P erhaps best of a ll , ColorSync 2.1 i s o ffered free of char ge at http://www.macos.apple.corn/ in th e "Innovative Technologies" section.

To Be or not to Be The Ranting One w a s u n dercover at Cupertino's Peppermill restaurant sipping his hot waterrecently when he overheard two Apple flacks whispering. "Have you heard about Be?" one asked in a quiet voice. "No," said the other, looking around nervously, "what's up w ith Be?" A hush, then the punchline, "...turns out it' s not to Be...get it?"The two laughed and continued munching their nutritionally unbalanced lunch. B efore you think this is some kind of rehearsal for a new production of Hamlet, let us explain. Rumours are flying that Apple is talking with Menlo Park, Californiabased Be Inc. to either acquire the five-yearold company or license its multiprxrcessingcapable operating system. Be Inc. was founded by ex-Apple veep Jean-

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ferent exercises, affecting six areas. The exercises were designed by ergonomic experts, and the program makes it quite dear that if any one causes pain, you should stop it immediately and consult a doctor. The experts also designed the sequence and frequency of each exercise. The software uses QuickTime animations to piesent each stretch in an cute~ and instructive way. A series of characters

performs the mutines, and the software also offers motivational slogans and working hints. They' re well done — I get a kick out of just watching. Each "Ergo Break" consists of two exercises. Each is timed, but it struck me as odd that there's no audible tone at the end of each repetition of an exercise (there are usually two reps), even when it involved keeping

to take a break hen IVe been slaving over a hot keyboard for s everal hours, I seize up. My shoulders hunch so I look like Gaylord, the buzzard in Broont ada cartoons, my neck aches, and my arms and hands sometimes get tingly. Sound hmiTiar? If it happens to you, too, you know that it's not only an uncomfortable nuisance, it can really impair prtxiuctivity. Worse yet, it can be a sign of RSI (repetitive strain injury), a problem that's rusting bindnesses (and healthinsutance plans) millions each yean Telewoikers are often at greater risk of RSI than the ofllmbound. Why? For one thing, our wo* a reas are often anything but eigonomically conect. Keyiioard sudaces are too high, chairs don't ofler pmper support, and, in my egx.rience at any rate, we tend to work longer at a stretch before surStctng Sir a break. It's a recipe for disaster.

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Mht it up Reananging your workspace can help prevent — or at least, delay —RSI pmblems. Sit at your desk, the way you usually sit to use the keyboard, and place your Sngers on the keys. Are your elbows bent at a 90 degme angle? If not, you'8 need to adjust chair or work sudace until they are. Feet should be flat on the floor, and the monitor positioned so it's a bit below eye level.1tus prevents cricks in the neck. If you' re bespectacled, tell your opthamologist you work with computers, and he or she may prescribe glasses specially focussed for the monitor-toeye distance. Mousing for pmlonged periods bends the wrist at an unnatural angle (I Snd my faithful Mouse Pen helps here — the movement is less stressful), and wrist rests may make matters worse by putting pressure on critical spots. Regular breaks, with stretching and eking of stresses, can help — if we remember to take them. This year, at Comdex Canada, I wandered by a booth that offered an entertaining solution to at least some of these difSculties. It' s a pmgram calledErgo Break, fmm Toronto's Vanity Software, that perlorms a number of functions.

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Apple's vice president and general manager of its PowerBook division. Accoitling to Apple, Fuller will be responsible for design, development, and marketing of PowerBooks and take full responsibiTity for profits and losses within the division. Fuller returns to Apple from NEC Corp., where he was vice president of laptop computer products. By the time you read this, Apple's new "Epic" PowerBooks should be shipping, so Fuller will have a bit of breathing room.

The Taamlng of the Shrew After years of delays — and the resulting near-absolute entrenchment of Microsoft in the Mac market —Kanata, Ontario-based Corel Corp. has f inally launched i t s CorelDrasfrsuite of applications for the Mac. The suite indudes the first Macintosh version of Corel's flagship graphics package Coreloraur, Corel's WordPerfect word

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Once the novelty of visiting your Web site has worn off, people visiting your site will expect to see new and different content. To keep yoursite current,change the information regularly and as often as possible. High hit-rate sites like Microsoft's and Netscape's are changed every single day. Much can be gleaned from the standard newspaper front-page format. Newspapers feature changing headlines, smiles of the day, changing images, and newsworthy topics. For the corporate Web site, the parallels are obvious: press releases, company initiatives, successes, employee of the day, and so on. For the personal Web site, perhaps the format isn't as obvious, but the same rules of changing content apply, and using a little creWhat exactly ls cool' ? ative ingenuity will help. The big question, of course: change into One of the treasures you can add to your what? By the time you' ve changed everyWeb site is CGI (common gateway interface) thing on your site to match what's curscripts, which detect the capabilities of the rently cool, the trendsetters have warped browser being used and bounce back the into another design galaxy. Granted, the appropriate page information. For example, house-party scenario may not apply here, your site can be set to automatically detect if but in terms of Web design, where an the browser is capable of reading liame I nternet year is th e e quivalent of o n e information and subsequently cause the human week (and a month is a lifetime), server to transmit the appropriate data. you may justnever catch up. Unless you These functionsare called preprocessing know where to look for some design guidcommands. Theycan be a collection of up ance, that is. to three-dozen commands that do things While it's true that beauty is in the eye of such as detectthe users IP address,send the beholder, if the aim of your site is to time and date information, and selectively impress your audience you' ll need more send certain parts of t h e H TML page than a cliche to catch their eye. Now, the depending on a user's address or domain danger here of physically mentioning sites name. This CGI stuff isn't just for nerds — it to check out on the Web is that by the time ran be pretty cool. you read this they' ll either have disapContrary to popular belief, though, adding c h a nged peared, changed names, o r CGI scripting to your Web page will have litdesigns — or all three. Heeding this distie effect on the overall design appearance claimer, I won't point you toward any sites on the Web, but recommend instead that you perform a search for the phrase "Web

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