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Road worrier One of my staff recently described my fetish as an "uncontrollable lust for electronic personal organizers and i n f ormation m anagement devices." This month, I decided to splurge and get the granddaddy of all I'DAs (personal digital assistants): the Newton MessagePad 2000. I actuallywent out and bought one for$1,549, includin~ a keyboard, spreadsheet and zippered case.

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Ghosts of the past .= My home office is littered with ., the debris of past experiments. Regular readers of this column will support my claim that in =,' these pages I have chronicled kg — 2.2 lb,— but have yet to get . m y passion. Psions, Shar p . 2 . '-. . ~,-; . > P my han d s o n on e ) . T h e —:+='. - = :-'- Newton does everything I need Wizards, H - P Omn i G o's, - =":. +' on the road: word processing, -.-= Windows CE devices, Pilots and ' -::= . numerous PC-based software .. +-., s preadsheets, email, W e b --: 'solutions — I have tried them all. . browsing, and basic informam l' -I My most recent experiment „. 4- tion management. Did I menwas with the USR Pilot. I like :, ti o n i t is fast? this unit because it fits right : .+! ( Batte r y l ife for this unit is into your pocket. It has great supposedly 50 hours of activity connectivity to a desktop. The downside is that (in c l uding Web surfing and using the backlightyou need to tie it to a real computer to get any in g ) on four AA batteries. While I did not time productive data entry done. It does accept handthi s , it took about a week of very heavy activity writing data entry through Graffiti, but has no to k i l l t h e first set of batteries despite Apple's "your optional keyboard for longer sessions away from c l aim of a few weeks of work. As they say, the computer. This means dragging a full-sized m i l eage may vary." Still a week is pretty good notebook along to feed the thing. compared to most notebook computers I have I tried one of the Windows CE handheld PCs t r i ed, which usually die about half way through (HPCs), and enjoyed the compactness of it, but my T o ronto to Vancouver flight. was put off by the tiny keyboard. (Memo to USR and HPC makers: get an optional fuller-size key- Sell the Newton or sell Newtons? I have been reading lately that cash-strapped board happening for your units.) Besides, if I were to go that route, I would probably go back Apple is apparently considering selling off its to the Psion, which is really a great little unit. It Newton division. I think this would be a big misdoes most things a Windows CE device does, but take. The Newton has finally hit its stride. With is a little smaller and more likely to fit into one' s the new chip, the handwriting recognition is pocket. great. It is fast, responsive and very accurate. Another issue is that the CE devices' battery There is a decent selection of third-party softlife goes all to hell as soon as you plug PC card ware available for it. Everything is in place for modems into them. We watched the battery booming sales. charge drop to almost zero after about five minApple just needs to make a compact executive-style unit combining the chip in the 2000 utes of modem use. The Psion uses an external modem with its own battery pack. with a sleek clamshell design that incorporates a keyboard. Then it needs to price it down, closer Needs paralysis to the $600 that the Windows CE devices sell for. My needs this time round for a PDA are a little I think they could sell truckloads of these things. different. I am planning a trip with my family The market is there and a Newton could be very and I want to both travel light and stay concompetitive to Windows CE-powered HPCs. I can't believe there is much difference in manunected. I wanted a decent keyboard for data entry and to be able to browse the Web. Good facturing costs once you get past volume limitations. Apple needs to start thinking big about backlighting was important. Reading everything Newton technology and marketing it. I could on the various devices, I thought that the Microsoft has enough clout to rope in six or Newton might be the ticket. My choices were to buy an older Newton seven major manufacturers to get the CE off the MessagePad 130 for about $900 or the state of ground. Could Apple do the same? At one point the art Newton 2000 for around $1,600. Apple it probably could have. Steve Jobs, with his also sells a rugged clamshell unit called the famous reality distortion field, was reputed to have been able to get people to do things for eMate, but only to schools. After looking at the him that they later wondered why they were specs, I went for the high end. The new Newton doing. I can't help but think a few HPC manu2000 has a chip that runs five times faster than its predecessor and claims double the battery facturers are wondering what they are doing in life. Hard to argue with that kind of improvethat market about now, ment. I nhay keep this one (for a while anyway) After a full week of use, I give my recommendaKeyboard kludges and other design flaws Apple has done it again in its never-ending quest tion for the Newton. This is a fast little computto recreate the computer universe. It is forever er. There are still limitations, the price being the coming up with new kinds of ports. Instead of biggest one, but if you are on the road, you want using the DB9 port that it has managed to make your information close at hand, the ability to standard in the Apple world, the company creattype large volumes of text into it and you hate ed a new port, so — of course — you have to use a your batteries running out on you, try a Newton highly losable, little dongle-adapter to plug the MessagePad 2000. keyboard or serial cable into the unit. Enjoy the issue Not all the applications for Newton are what you would call excellently designed, but there Douglas Alder are usually a couple of competing products to Editor/Publisher choose from. People looking for a power spreadsheet will be disappointed with the Newton Works application shipping with the unit. In our Sources: spreadsheet tests, it was very slow. This seemed http: //www.newton. apple.corn to be related to this particular software, as the http: //www.oewtoostofe.corn -

overall feel of th e Newton is very snappy. A n o t her minor quibble is that the included word p r o cessor lacks a spell checker. The a d do n keyboard is one of the best t h i ngs about the unit, but it also has the feeling o fbeing tacked on late in the design phase.

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onboard cache, since these seemed to affect performance the most. The ST51080A test reports, the reviews, the advertising, the vendor and the specifications supplied with the drive all stated that the spindle speed was 5400 rpm and the internal cache was 256KB. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the internal cache was 128KB. Ironically, I made this discovery by running drive identification software provided by Seagate. I contacted Seagate and got the following

response from Seagate's Tech Support representative: "This is true, our ST51080A come with 128KB of cache on the hard drive for the standard distribution. The drive only comes with 256KB cache for OEM [origina! equipment manufacturer] vendors." The model number for both versions of the drive is identical. I looked high and low after that, but I never did find any means of establishing that the drive came in two versions. Since the documenta-

practice is perfectly acceptable and that I have no reason to feei short changed. Unfortunately for them, I don't share that view! In spite of your Editors' Choice, Seagate wi11 not be my choice this time. Your other Editors' Choices will get my consideration. However, I will be making sure that there is only one version of the drive I decide on. John Jeninga, East Selkirk, MB, via email

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prog am it does not quite measure up. For example, everything in the Royal system is geared to the client card number. If you are running a small business, even if it's from home, according to the bank you need a business client card.That means you now have to have two completely separate datasets even though the handbook says you can set up a dataset for home, business, or home and business. So now you have to make two separate connections and two downloads to update your accounts. If for any reason you have to change your client card, you guessed it, new dataset! I moved my accounts from the West to Ontario so the division code (one digit) on my client card changed. The profile number remained the same, WWW. tCP. CO

but you cannot make any changes to the client card in the system. So I had to make a new dataset, inconvenient but not a major problem, right? Except you cannot transfer the historical data from one dataset to other. All the data in MYM for the online and off-line accounts and all the category information up to the day the transfer was made is now in a separate dataset. As the backup system is not incremental and does a total dataset overwrite, you can't use it to restore any of the data. So, I now have three datasets, the system will only allow me to work with one at a time and I have to make two separate online connections to download my updates! One other glitch appears to be with U.S. funds, According to the handtxmk, on a U.S. dollar account not only can you access the account, but you can show it in U.S. dollars simply by including the letters "USD" in the account name. However, the Royal system is not designed to handle U.S. dollar accounts and you cannot retrieve any information. I realize that PC banking is just getting started here, but these problems are fundamental and considering the time it took before the Royal was ready, you would have thought they would have picked them up. jim Lister, Newtonville, ON, via email A pple not dead but. . . In response to Mr. Bushell's rebuttal letter "Apple not dead, repeat, not dead," firstly, I do not take delight in declaring the death of Apple because I use [Apple computers] everyday. What I do want are companies working towards increasing the strength of the Macintosh market, and from what we have seen so far, Apple is not one of them. Mr. Bushell, why are you quoting figures that are one to three years out of date?Is the truth of just how bad the Macintosh market is that terrifying to face? Let's hope this isn't a sign of things to come ... To quoteMacUSER, "M ac OS 7.6w as arush job, designed more to prove that Apple could actually get a system out the door on time than to deliver significant new functionality." As for Apple's hardware development: the Powerbook 3400s do look wonderful, but at a starting price of over $6,500 who has the money to buy them? Come on Mr. Bushell, the Quicktake 200 is not going to save Apple from extinction! The Exponential chip sounded great to me too, until you leam the processor is to be used only in highend equipment — meaning it will not be seen by the vast majority of users, and because of its power consumption, never in laptops. The rest of us will have to wait for the 620 and G3, due to arrive sometime after the Exponential. And, Apple has just announced another $700 million loss. Looks like another nail in the Apple's coffin to me

)on Firth, via the Internet And another )umps ln I'd like to point out a few things about the letter you entitled "Apple not dead, etc." First, Apple registered huge losses even with those huge market shares. A company can't survive with losses, no matter what its sales. Second, the older 1995 data could well have changed drastically by now. Third, Apple is not the Macintosh. This is a very important point, which is often missed. The implications are: A. Even if the Mac survives, Apple may not. B. Measuring user satisfaction by repeat purchase is not quite the same thing on an Apple as it is on a PC platform, and won't be until the cloners take a large chunk of Apple's share. A PC user can buy from many different vendors without sacrificing compatibility. Up until recently, a Mac user could only buy from Apple. I' ll wait to see what Apple's repeat customer base is like in 1999 before I form an opinion of customer satisfaction. I would like to point out that Rhapsody is scheduled for mid 1998, not "late 1997 or early 1998". While I don't think Apple has a chance of going bankrupt (It' ll probably be bought out long before that happens even if they don't reverse their

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Do Inkjets fade from under use? I am very interested in buying the Epson Stylus 500 printer after reading your review of color deskjet printers in the Nov. 96 issue. However, I cannot not find this model in any ads. There are 400, 600 and 800 models. Do you know if the 500 has been replaced by one of these other models? Also, I know my color printing will be very limited. Could the color cartridges dry up from too little use? The article mentions that these cartridges go from $35 to $60? Are there significant price differences on the make of printer? Stephen St. Denis, via email

DT replies: The Stylus 500 was introduced in August '96, and as you suspected, has been replaced by the Stylus400. According to Epson Canada, the Stylus 400 is slightly less expensive, while being slightly faster. It will also print 720x720 dpi on plain paper, whereas the Stylus 500 required special, coated paper (more expensive) to pint at that resolution. The 400 includes the samesoftware bundle that was included with the 500. As for the600 and 800 models, these are Epson's latest models, and will print at resolutions ofupto1440x720 dpi. The estimated street price for the600 is about 5450, while the800 wiii likely sell for$650. The 800is slightly faster than the600, and is designed for business, with network interface and PostScript options available.

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As to your question about ink cartridges drying from under use, Epson's latest manual (for the600) suggests that cartridges may have to be replaced after six nronths, even if they still contain ink. It says the signs are prints that don't look as good as they used to, or print quality that doesn't improve evenafter head cleaning. However, an Epson customer support spokesperson told us that the six-month life cycle seems very cautious, and expected they would last longer than that, even under intermittent use. She also points out that the ink in the reservoir doesn't dry out, but the print head nozzles do — and the self-cleaning cycles in the printer are designed to clear the print head. We have acoupleofanecdotal cases thatseem to

Compton's correction Your review of Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia in the May '97 issue was off base in one respect: Contrary to what you say, you CAN obtain monthly updates from Compton's home page even if you'ze not an AOL subscriber. Just go to: hltpy/www.comptons.corn/cieu pd/index. html. I' ve been updating this way since last December via my own Internet service provider andit's a painless and quick process. Alex Bunker, via email

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consumers high-resolution digital photography for under $2,000. The Kodak Digital Science DC120 Zoom Digital Camera boasts a maximum picture resolution of 1,280x960 pixels, for a suggested list price in Canada of $1,399. Contact: Compucon, Tel:604-279-9686. The DC-120 comes with both Mac and Web site: http: //www.compucon.corn Windows software, and has a motor driven 3x zoom lens that can accommodate subjects rangKodak puts 1.2 million pixels of camera In ing from wide angle landscapes to detailed closeyour hand • Kodak Canada has launched the ups. It is based on a radical new high resolution first point-and-shoot digital camera that offers chargedwoupled device (CCD) imager (836,400 Intel's Pentium II processor combines the Pentium Pro processor, MMX enhancements, and Level-2 cache, all packaged in a new format called the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge.— DT

pixels), and comes with a built in LCD display to let users organize and delete pictures from within the camera. Images can be viewed one at a time or in groups of four or nine, and are saved in the FlashPix image file format, developed by Kodak,

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video, and CD-Interactive (CD-I), the maximum throughput is 4,104KB, the company said. C o m p a n y s pokesman T o m Kivett says the two n ew m o d els a r e essentially the same except they support the connection/interface types indicated by their names — the LK-MC686BP EIDE/ATAPI and the the LK-MC606BP SCSI. Both models are for Intel-

based PCs.Panasonic does not have a 24x model for use with Macintosh OS systems, Kivett said. The new drives support CD-ROM, CD-Audio, Photo CD, CD-Recordable (CD-R), and CD-ReadWrite (CD-RW) formats. They also support CD-I and Video CD, but only with the addition of a Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) board or software, which is not included or offered as an option with the drives, but can be bought separately from various suppliers. Both drives can be mounted either verticaliy or horizontally, Panasonic said.

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Contact: Panasonic Computer Peripheral Co., Web site: http J/www.panasonlc.corn/a!ive Pictorius announces lntranet Developer • HALIFAX, N.S. ( NB) — Pictorius Inc . h a s announced INet Developer, a tool for intranet and World Wide Web site development. The company said it offers an easy-to-use visual interface and support for multiple users. Available for

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Continued frompage fd new ThinkPad 760XD and the 760XL also have 12.1-inch active matrix screens, with maximum resolutions of 800x600 on th e 760XL and 1,024x768 on the 760XD. The ThinkPad 760XD has strong multimedia features, including a swappable Bx CD-ROM drive and MPEG-2 hardware support for digital video playback. The ThinkPads come pre-loaded with NetFinity advanced systems management, and Lotus SmartSuite. Prices start at $7,399, and include a three-year limited warranty, and toll-free hardware support.— fE

Contact: IBM Canada, Web site: http: //www.can. ibm.corn Best of shareware balloting online • WARWICK, R.I. (NB) — The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation (SIAF) and the operator of a Web site specializing in shareware distribution are inviting Web browsers to cast their ballot for Shareware

Hall of Fame induction nominees. Net surfers and s hareware users can cast their ballots on t h e Sharewarefunkies.corn Web site until June 1. Ballots can be cast for current or defunct programs regardless of the platform on which they run. Shareware is computer software ranging from simple utility programs to complex business applications, and is usually offered on a "try it before you buy it" basis. Winners will be announced during the 1997

application and graphics software and the vast opportunities presented by the Java-based operating system. We are confident Hoffmann + Associates will lead the Corel CD Home Collection to continued success while enabling us to place better focus on our flagship Corel WordPerfect and CorelDRAW products." Under the terms of the deal, Hoffmann will pay Corel $1 million cash and a royalty fee on future sales of the former Corel titles. As well, Corel will retain a minority interest in Hoffmann, and wdII continue to sell CD Home titles through its online shopping centre, Corel Galleria, and will cooperate with Hoffmann in developing sales through Corel's established channels. I. Hoffmann+ Associates is a long-established Canadian CD-ROM publisher, noted especially for children's titles. According to founder Isabel Hoffmann, "over the years we have worked closely with Corel and have developed a great affinity for the titles in the CD Home Collection while gaining a keen respect for the creative genius of the developers who worked with Corel to produce them. This acquisition represents a natural step in the planned growth of Hoffmann + Associates, The Corel CD Home Collection is an excellent complement to our own successful product lines, especially the Nikolai's Adventures series and our Nikolai's Web site." —fE

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$ 5,000 pr i c e barrier • Xe rox 2 6-29 in Warwick, Rhode island and will b e Canada has included in th e balloting for Hall o f Fame announced what inductees. The new Hall of Fame will be included i t claims is t h e in the Web site set up for the conference. Ballots least expensive, can be cast online at the Sharewarejunkies.corn full featured color Web site, which also contains reviews of dozens laser printer yet, of shareware programs and is currently looking "designed to for software reviewers. Interested readers can bridge the gap apply online.— firn Mallory between low-speed ink jet machines and highend production color systems." The Xerox Contact: Sharewarejunkies, DocuPrint CSS Color Laser Printer is a 12 page per Web site: http: //www.sharewarejunkles.corn. minute (three pages per minute for color), 600 Conference, Web site: http: //www.sic.org dpi printer with a street price around $4,900. With a footprint of only 47x42 cm (18.5x16.5 Corel sells i:D Home Collection multimedia in.), the CSS is also the most compact color laser software line • Ottawa-based Corel Corp. has on the market. The base model comes with 30 MB announced the sale of it s Corel CD Home of memory (6 MB of Flash ROM, and 24 MB of Collection line to I. Hoffmann + Associates Inc., a RAM), and support for PCL. A higher end model, Toronto-based publisher of interactive CD-ROMs. the CSS MP, comes with Adobe PostScript Level 2 The line includes a popular movie guide, and a built in, and an Ethernet networking card for a wide range of family-oriented "edutainment" titles. street price of about $6,100. Corel founder and chief executive officer, Xerox claims a host of innovative new features Michael Cowpland, says the sale is in line with with the CSS, all aimed at lowering cost of ownerthe company's strategy "to move forward in purship and increasing efficiency and ease of use. The suing our interests in the field of productivity ImageFix feature automatically corrects low-quali-

ty digital photos, the Fax-Friendly Black feature converts colored documents into black-and-white patterns that are readable after being sent through a monochrome faxing machine, and the Hold Job Function gives users a grace period to load special media or pick up sensitive documents without being bumped out of the print queue. The C55 also incorporates Intelligent Color 3.0, which applies the best imaging techniques to particular document elements such as photos, charts and other graphics. Xerox CentreWare DP network printer management software and CentreWare Internet Services software for accessing the printer via Net connections with a browser interface are also available for use wdth the C55. Ron Pratt, the vice-president of the Xerox Canada Channels group, claims "The DocuPrint CSS is the first of a new generation of color laser printers and the flagship of the Xerox network printer line. It is differentiated by its productivity and value, providing ingenious solutions to everyday business problems. The color market is growing rapidly as more workgroups integrate color into their documents and the DocuPrint CSS will reinforce Xerox's position as a color leader from the desktop to the production environment." Pratt says that in addition to a lower sticker price, the CSS has greatly reduced cost of ownership, due to simple network integration, lower cost supplies, and higher reliability. An IDC study of th e color laser market claimed that over the next four years, sales will grow from US$564 million to US$2.8 billion. According to Angele Boyd, IDC's vice-president of peripherals research, "Much of this growth will be fueled by products like the DocuPrint CSS, which offer increased functionality at ever-decreasing price points." — fE

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Contact: Xerox,Tel:800-ASK-XEROX. Web site: httpf/www.xerox.corn. intel faces cash crisis:makes too much money • Intel Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 1997, and its main problem would seem to be finding rental space to store all the extra cash that keeps pouring in. Gross revenue for the quarter was US$6.4 billion, up 39 percent from the same period in 1996. Net income was almost US$2 billion, a 116 percent increase over the previous year. According to Intel, "revenue andearnings per share both set new records driven by higher demand for the company's most advanced processors, the Pentium processor with MMX media enhancement technology and the Pentium Pro processor." Competing PC processor makers, such as Motorola, Cyrix and AMD, cannot assume that Intel's prosperity will be a flash in the pan. Intel has been investing its profits in a vast and aggressive research and development program to create even more powerful generations of processors. In 1997 Intel plans to spend $2.4 billion on research

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hen one of the companies that began and still leads the portable computer industry puts its mind to entering a tough market, expect it to take a leadership position. Th e ne w h a ndheld Windows CE (WinCE) computers can all boast of computing power greater than the earliest engineering workstations, but NEC's MobilePro 400 — using the 33 MHz NEC Vr 4104 RISC — is the first handheld to use a CPU based on a design (MIPS R-4000) that has actually been used in recent workstations. On the other hand, that same experience leads the company in the direction of choos-

ing a relatively safe Microsoft software base. WinCE is supposed to be the "Windows you already know" in a smaller package. But there are two functional problems with it. First, there are differences that are at times minor irritations and sometimes worse; and second, sometimes "Windows-like" is simply not appropriate. Moreover, it's not the established Windows. You can't ru n y o u r d esktop Windows programs on these handhelds — not yet, anyway. Software experience The applications appear to be like those of other pen-based systems, but they operate more like "keyboard-only" apps adapted for pen usage. For example, despite the pen interface, there are no "digital ink" capture, drawing or paint functions. Neither does it have extensive capabilities for data reusability and integration like the applications supplied on Sharp or Psion machines. The contacts and calendar/scheduler functions are similar in use to those in the HP200LX, though the WinCE contacts file has a much finer and broader array of fields. Pocket Word and Excel are subsets of the larger desktop versions of the software. Pocket Word outline mode works well, as do the font styles and sizes. Some document graphics are supported, but there is no spell checker. The Pocket Excel spreadsheet handles 3D "books" but doesn't make graphs, and some functions are missing. In all, these are generally ade-

O M URA quate applications, comparable to, but not better than, the competitors. The Pocket Internet Explorer 1.0 Web browser included on the CD-ROM gives minimal functionality, including still graphics, but no caching (athough Version 1.1, which does offer caching, is available for downloading). Even with a better Web browser, there isn't enough room for adequate caching and the cost of PC Card memory is very high for use in this way. Email is a more practical Internet duty on the MobilePro 400 and 200. Hardware impressions Physically, I found the spacing on the keyboard was too much of a stretch for thumb typing and too small for touch typing. The latter is a common disappointment for all the current WinCE devices. This is the only problem I found that could not be corrected with software. The screen font for the personal information manager applications was hard to read in bad lighting, but even this could be altered in future software upgrades. Speed tests Fun ti n ~

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Newton MessagePad 2000 Manufacturer: Apple Suggested retail price: $1,399 When Apple launched its first MessagePad back in 1993, it was hailed as the harbinger of the next big wave in mobile computing. The prediction never came true for several reasons, including poor handwriting recognition, mediocre system responsiveness, lack of connection capabilities and limited expansion. Fortunately for Apple, its persistence in sticking with the platform may be about to payoff in a big way. Why? There are three reasons: Windows CF. handhelds are just hitting the market, which will beg comparisons from serious users; that mother of all networks, the World Wide Web, provides a universal way to

networks a n d des k t o p com p u ters (MacOS/Windows). Additionally, there is a dual-mode IrDA and ASK infrared port for beaming information back and forth with compatible infrared devices.

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leaving for the airport. For the airlines, it has been a gradual process. It all started when they began to have a consistent policy about the use of laptop computers during flight, something that many airlines initially regarded with alarm and suspicion following several scare stories about strong electro-magnetic radiation coming from early laptop systems. It soon become clear that this was not a major worry and laptop computers, initially in the form of modest systems like the Tandy Model 100, were cleared for take-off. Then came the on-board phone from companies such as GTE Airfone, which first allowed passengers to make those urgent lastminute calls to the office and later allowed full data communications to fax machines, corporate computer networks and the Internet. And this year, airlines are starting to offer in-seat power sources for notebook computers so that passengers don't find themselves running out of battery power in mid-flight. Meanwhile, the pre-flight and post-flight facilities at airports have been trying to keep pace. Business centres have sprung up at airports all over the world offering services for notebook computer users — and recently even Internet-connected terminals with built-in Web browsers. Last year, Virgin Atlantic also recognized that not everyone wants to use technology to work — at least not until they are stuck onboard the plane. At the airline's "Virgin Clubhouse" at Heathrow (for its first class passengers), it installed a Namco "Alpine Racer" ski simulator. The machine, with stationary ski poles for balance and ski "steps" designed for rapid realistic turns, is supposed to challenge you with t h ree courses that offer increasing degrees of difficulty, including natural hazards like fog and blizzards.

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applications that are primarily memorybased and do not need to access the hard disk often (such as basic word-processing), m ake that the kind of work you set aside to do on the plane. Take PC Card modems out of your notebook. The very act of having them in your s y s tem will d rain some battery powe r to keep them "awake" and ready to use. Unless you know that you want to pl ug y o u r m o dem into th e i n-flight phone system, tuck it safely away in your briefcase and don't let it draw more battery power. Make su r e y o u r b a t t eriesare fully charged, that your power management software is enabled and that — if you have spare batteries — they are fully charged and packed in your carry-on bag. In addition, y o u may want to keep your AC adap t e r in your carry-on luggage, particularly if you have a stop of more than a couple of hours between flights. That way, you can plug into an AC outlet while in t he tr a nsit lounge and have fully charg ed batteries when you resume your journe y. 0

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lthough Canon has been a major technology leader in the inkjet printer market for many years (I bought a Canon PJ 1080A color inkjet over a decade ago, and it still works), the company's bubble jet printers seem to have been overshadowed by the competition in the last couple of years. At times, given the technological advances of the Big Three in the consumer inkjet market, and the unending stream of ever-better, evercheaper new inkjet models from HewlettPackard, Epson and Lexmark, it got to the point where one could almost be forgiven for overlooking Canon's inkjet printers. This wouldn't be fair or wise, however, because Canon has never been out of the game. It may be that the company, which is a huge supplier of products in other lines, such as copiers, faxes, camcorders and cameras, had allowed itself to fall behind in the consumer inkjet market. It came as almost a relief, then, to see a new Canon color printer, the BJC-4200, announced in Canada in mldFebruary. When a demo unit arrived at The Computer Paper, w e were eager to put i t through its paces. Spec sheet I'he BJC is a color bubble lnkjet printer, with maximum 720x360 dot per inch (dpi) resolution with smoothing, and a maximum mono:hrome print speed, with the optional BC-20 alack cartridge, of up to five pages per minute ;ppm). It comes standard with a BC-21 car:ridge, which gives good-quality color prints >n a variety of paper stock. For the PhotoIealistic quality output, an optional Photo Kit s available, with the BC-22 Photo Cartridge, 10 sheets of special high-resolution paper, ind a storage container. This kit makes use of :anon's PhotoRealism technology to allow mage printing that is comparable to the best luallty available on any other consumer nkjet printer, according to Canon. The rptionat monochrome (black) High Capacity lC-20 Cartridge ls available for high-volume, >lack-only printing, and is rated at up to 900 >ages per cartridge, An extensive bundle of oftware is included in the Canon Creative :D package, which ls shipped with every BJC200.

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Quick glitch fix In some cases, users running Windows 9S may initially encounter problems of printouts that are half to three-quarters of their proper size, or which show large, white bands. This can be corrected by following some simple troubleshooting instructions, included in the documentation, to reset options in the Properties/Device Manager window, and in extreme cases, to make a change in the BIOS settings. Print quality We tested the BJC-4200's output from a variety of software programs, using a variety of paper and ink cartridges. With the monochrome cartridge installed, the BJC-4200 is fast, and produces good laser-quality text and line art in black and white. With the regular color cartridge on plain paper, output quality is similar to what competing color inkjets produce. Printing images with a full 16.7 million palette is quite slow: you can greatly increase speed by printing with fewer colors, and using the Draft print quality, and by resorting to speed-enhancing tactics such as turning off the print manager and creating a permanent swap file (if you are running Windows 3.1), avoiding diffusion halftones, and avoiding screen matched color. Print quality even on uncoated stock is very good. The most spectacular capability of the Canon BJC-4Z00, of course, is the photorealistic printing, with the BC-22 Color BJ Photo Cartridge and the HR-101 Hi Resolution Paper. In the photo mode, the printer is slow, as are the other photo quality printers we' ve tested. It takes several minutes to print out a page. The results, however, were very impressive — very sharp, with good contrast and good reproduction of details in shadow areas and highlights. A more accurate comparison to the other high-quality printers on the market will have to await our next inkjet printer survey, however. Some options for the BJC-4200 that are available in the United States are not yet available in Canada, for some reason. The two models of fluorescent ink cartridges, and special greeting card and brochure paper kits are not authorized for sale in this country. Canon creative software bundle In common with other vendors' consumer inkjet printers, there is a vast array of creativity and productivity software contained on the two CD-ROMs included with the BJC4Z00 printer. This bundle is named Canon Creative 2.0, and the list of software titles includes CreataCard Special Edition, Coloi Store, Curious George Visits th e L ake Norman Rockwell Images, Bartlett's Familiai Quotations, QuiltSOIT, and more. With thi.' software, even the most artistically chal lenged user can create many impressive form. of printed works, such as greeting cards anr stationery. With a bit of artistic flair, the rangr of customized graphics that can be quickl) composed is unlimited. At this first look, the Canon BJC-4200 is; solid product that is a real contender for th i small and home office printer market. It has; suggested retail price in Canada of $449, an< the street price is likely to be under $425 Parallel cable, monochrome ink kit and phot< color kit are optional. 0

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once, read-many (WORM) technology in our survey. The reason for this is the way CD-R works. The laser in the drive encodes the digital data into the disk's reflective layer by altering its chemical composition. Once that's done, there's no going back because the chemistry only reacts once (you' ll recall that PD can rewrite many times because the laser only alters the disk's reflective properties). Now, you may have heard rumors about something on the way called CD-E, or CD

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your CD-R drive. Keep in mind that, if you plan on filling up the whole 650 MB disk capacity, you' ll need that much free space on your hard drive to store the prepared data. The most common failure in the CD-R process arises from the fact that CD-R lays data down i n a s p i ral which makes it absolutely crucial to maintain a constant data stream from your hard drive to the CD-R drive. The moment that data stream is inter-

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To help you along, I'anasonic has written =omprehensive, albeit not entirely simple, manuals to aid you in th e installation and operation of your PD and SCSI utilities. As listed above, you can buy the LF-1004ABK internal version, which is identical to the regular internal drive except there's a SCSI II controller card in the box for those who don' t

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From: Toray Optical Storage Solutions Estimated street price: $549 external/$599 w/SCSI card, $399 internal/$479 w/SCSI card. $60 each PD disk. $79 SCSI-parallel adapter, $99 parallel-SCSI adapter. (Prices represent a huge drop over last year.) l.ike all VD drives, this machine is capable of performing two handy tasks as a PD drive incorporating a 6x CD-ROM drive (replacing the 4x reader of last year). 'I'oray is currently planning the release of the same machine again but with an Bx CD-ROM drive later this year. Stretching things only slightly, Toray touts the VhaseWriter DUAL as actually fulfilling three functions in allowing for backup, interchangeability and the playing of CDROMs — which makes for a great savings in both purchase price and computer real estate to those who would otherwise purchase and use all three (tape backup, interchangeable drive and CD-ROM). 1'echnical specifications for the currently available 6x PhaseWriter DUAL SCSI version include a 256KB buffer, 125 ms average seek time for PD disks and 160 ms for CDs. The peak data transfer rates are 1,141KB per sec-

ond for I'Ds and 900KB per second for CDs. (As usual, expect a 30 to 50 percent drop in speed when going through the parallel port.) Storage capacity on a PD disk is 664 MB. Arguing for a genuine difference between PD manutacturers, however, is 1'oray's claim of hasdng come up with a new recipe for the disk surface: "The active layer where information is recorded on conventional phase change media uses just two or three metals to create the alloy that makes up the active layer where critical information is stored," says a company news release. "1'oray has developed a new formulation by adding a fourth metal to the mix to create a more durable product for vastly i m p roved c yclability. T oray PhaseWrite media are rated for at least one million read/write cycles, unsurpassed in the industry." As another SCSI II device, installation of the I'haseWriter again harks back to all the pains and pleasures that interface has to offer. But one of the new developments for this year is that yo u ca n p u rchase the external VhaseWriter DUAI. in either a SCSI or parallel port version and then, as the price list indicates, buy a separate adapter kit to allow use of the machine through the alternate interface. Very considerately, Toray has come up with a nice new cabinet for the external models to make carrying the machine around as unobtrusive as possible. As before, Windows 95's formatter will get you up and running just fine through the included software package called VD Pak, which allows for low-level formatting (that means partitioning the disk as you please, plus checking and re-writing disk sectors). It is likely most users won't ever want such an option but t h ose who w il l j ust h ave to ensure that the ASPI manager that came with their SCSI controller is the one specified in CONFIG.SYS. Also, if you' re still using Windows 3.x, you must use I'D I'ak because Win 3.x can't format the PD disk on its own. Toray's software bundle also includes the very efficient Seagate Backup utility, which facilitates all the handy items you'd expect backup software to do.

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Hard drive ashackupdevice One of the alternatives often overlooked as a means of backup and storage is a second hard driver. It's likely that everyone knows it can be done, but equally likely that few have actually done it. A second hard drive can be set up as a "slave" drive with it's own address and identity which means it's a perfect place for data storage and protection as long as you make a system boot disk and use the second drive exclusively for backing up. Should the most horrible happen and your "master" hard drive actually crash (or get corrupted), you will have copies of your data on the slave drive. The only danger, and it's more common than you might think, is that many people eventually fill up the master hard drive and start throwing stuff onto the slave as a matter of course, As convenient as that might be, it opens up the door to having only a single copy of your data on the hard drives, which defeats the purpose of putting in the second one in the first place.

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The CD-writing machine I received was an external "es" SCSI unit comprising a 6x CDROM reader and Zx CD-ROM recorder in a beige cabinet. Just as with a PD drive, disk data capacity here is about 650 MB — which amounts to about 74 minutes of audio if Pop stardom is what you have in mind. The box includes all the necessary cables, etc., but no SCSI card. Installation and set-up was as simple as with any other SCSI device so it should be up and running in less than half an hour if you' ve got any SCSI experience at all. And you'd better get it right because, where the device drivers are provided on a regular 3.5- ezflyer 230 MB and sy)et 1.5 CB inch floppy disk, all the really useful utility softv are comes on a CD-ROM which you might just need your 6020 to read (unless you' ve retained any original CD-ROM drive you may have had and configured your syss~r .~ ~ c.' tem so it still operates). But that's where some of the m ajor advancements have been achieved with this technology. Windows 95 compatibility has been greatly improved so many of the idiosyncrasies and glitches experienced last year have been thankfully cirFrom:SyQuestTechnology Inc. cumvented. Estimated street price: $375 ezflyer (external only) Great improvements in how the software parallel or SCSI II, $40 each 230 MB disk cartridge. works have led to the all important ability to drag and drop when a simple quick backup or $629 syJet external SCSI, $569 syJet internal SCSI, $699 syJet external parallel port. $169 each 1.5 GB file transfer is the order of the day. cartridge, $125 syJet SCSI-parallel adapter cable ($50 For just about any CD-ROM concept you when purchased with drive) have in mind, Hewlett-Packard has bundled several packages onto its CD-ROM to help us all through the process. Easy CD is the pack- SyQuest is one of the names that immediately come to mind when you think of removage that lets you transfer files to CD-ROM. Easy-CD Audio is a relatively straightforv ard able storage, and the ez drives constitute its entry-level products. Though examined last package for recording your own audio. time around, this remains a current product Alchemy Personal is a sophisticated custom so here's a recap. database creator that can be used on your selfThe 230 is available in either a SCSI II or made CD-ROlvt or simply on your hard drive, parallel port version, the latter being the conand Magic Lantern is a viewing and editing figuration I received. Where the parallel port utility for any Kodak Photo CD-ROMs you may have (note: Magic Lantern does not cre- was intended really only for printers or scanners or other peripherals sans celerity, the ate Photo CDsl. Though you loadallthese packages as a SCSI interface was built for speed. Specs on bundle into a n e w W i n dow called HP the two versions reflect this: a sustained data SureStore, they operate as separate applicaContinued onpage 70 tions and come with their own independent

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ited capacity, are affordable enough to let you separately move or store multiple directories on individual disks as a practical alternative to backing up or copying the entire hard drive. The addition of the new Zip Unleashed battery pack this year will also go a long way toward making this an even more popular product. Our newcomer to this survey, though, is the Jaz 1 GB cartridge drive, which also comes as a SCSI or parallel port interface device. The SCSI boasts an average 5.4 MB per sec data

transfer rate aided by a 256KB cache. You can expect an overall reduction of those numbers by about 30 percent for the parallel, And, as the name suggests, the capacity of the pleasantly robust disk cartridges is 1 GB. Strangely enough, no one at l omega would define the software bundle because, they said, it's changing all the time.. However, you can at least expect to receive a disk of specialized Jaz tools for backing up, cataloguing, etc., an d f o r n o w , s o m ething c a lled AppMover that lets you shift your applica-

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From: MicroSolutions Estimated street price: $649, $50 each TR-4 tape cartridge.

From: H-P Colorado Memory Systems Division Estimated street price: $575+ internal, $700+ external, $50 each (es) TR-4 Tapecartridge. This SCSI-only machine was included last time around but remains a very current and popular product. Using the TRAVAN TR-4 tapes means the T4000s is capable of storing 4 GB of "native" (read: uncompressed) data and, as you might guess, 8 GB of compressed data, which makes for an excellent capacity-tocost ratio. Installation, as usual, is mechanically simple but typically SCSI complex. The clear and simple installation guide for the T4000s is about 30 pages but, be warned, the manual for the bundled Colorado Backup software more than triples that. I should mention too that the latter is exceptionally comprehensive with lots of illustrations, but add the codicil that 28 of the book's 99 pages are devoted to interpreting error messages. Conversely, much of the manual explains Colorado Backup software's sophistication in allowing for lots of options in terms of full, incremental and automatic (pre-scheduled) backups. The machine itself is designed to fit any standard 5.25-inch drive bay and comes with the necessary ribbon cable to the SCSI card included. 1'echnically, the T4000s boasts a very happy 514 KB per second data transfer rate, which, for those who don't have their calculators handy, adds up to optimum backup speeds of 31 MB per minute for native data and double that rate when the optional twoto-one compression is applied. Once operating smoothly on a Pentium-based machine, it doesn't take much longer than half an hour to completely backup a 1 GB hard drive. Like so many SCSI systems, the H-P T4000s demands substantial fiddling to get going comfortably. Once done, however, you ought to be able to backup and access your data without much further thought.

This is another TR-4 tape backup system, this time, however, configured for use through the parallel port. This slows things down a bit compared to SCSI, but with an average data transfer rate of about 450KB per second (about 30 percent slower than SCSI) and the ability to backup compressed data at up to 30 MB per minute (that's about half the SCSI rate), the 8000t is an impressive little speedster in the parallel port interface race. Still, as outlined in th e i n troduction, there's much to be said for the parallel interface in terms of convenience and ease of use, which, enhanced by the price and portable design of this drive, makes it a very desirable machine. As well, the Backpack 8000t has both cable-in and cable-out parallel jacks on the back so you can simultaneously connect your printer and the tape drive to the computer in daisy-chain fashion. Specifically addressing the portability issue, MicroSolutions has considerately made an optional Backpack Survival Kit available for about $75 that includes a fitted carrying case, a 1'R-4 tape cartridge and a special tape head cleaning cartridge. Though not torture tested (at least by me), this drive gives the impression of having the robustness of construction necessary for the anticipated porting around. 1'he 8000t comes bundled with Seagate's Backup Software package for Windows, Windows 95 and DOS. A very nice machine.

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MicroSolutions, 132 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL, 60115. Tel: 800-890-7227 (ext 200) Fax: 815-756-2928. SyQuestTechnology Inc.47071 Bayside Pkwy., Fremont, CA, 94538. Tel: 510-226-4000. Toray Optical Storage Solutions, 720-1875 Grant St., San Mateo, CA, 94402. Tel: 415-341-7152. Fax: 415-341-0845.

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Yet another 8 GB entry in the TRAVAN TR-4 tape drive category, this particular machine can be had in external or internal and SCSI or IDE interface versions. The one I received was an internal IDE (contact Seagate for prices and specifications on othe= versions).

Contact: H-P Colorado Memory Systems Oiv., 800 S. TaftAve.,Loveland,CO,80537. Tel: 800-81 0-0134. Fax: 970-667-0997. lomega Corporation, 1821 W. lomegaWay, Roy, Utah, 84067. Tel: 800-MY-STUFF. Matsushita Electric (Panasonic) of Canada, 5770AmblerOr.,Mississauga,ON,L4W 2T3. Tel: 905-238-2254. Fax: 905-238-2414.

The nice thing about the IDE interfacethe same interface commonly used by hard drives — is that you' ll already have an IDE interface somewhere in your computer so you can dodge the need to purchase a SCSI card. However, the IDE interface performance varies in allowing an average data transfer rate equal to that of the MicroSolutions' parallel interface —450 KB per second — but facilitating a backup speed more akin to HewlettPackard's SCSI rate of 30 MB per minute (native) and 60 MB per minute compressed. A nice little bonus here is t hat t h e TapeStor 8000 comes with Seagate's Backup Exec software package, a slightly enhanced version of the Seagate Backup package found bundled with many of the other machines looked at here.

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There are many colors but Thus the software has usuthere are a number of patterns ally been awkward to use and g J:~ too, and borders, and counters unlikely to produce the kind of that are marble or stone or i mages that y o u would l aminate o r l o t s o f o t h e r expect — especially if you judge t hings. This i s where the by looking at the boxes of " g , -q;.8 importance of a 65,000-color these programs. Until now, display becomes apparent. This that is. H O M EI i AutoDesk, the makers of is also where the benefits of a p owerful computer can be AutoCAD, have come out with seen, for each change means a a n e w l i n e of home short wait while the scene is design/decorating/renovation rendered anew. software that is both aesthetic Those are the basics of the program but and as close to intuitive as it gets. Picture This Home! Kitchen is one of the members of this there is a lot more. Because this is a CD-based program, there is enough storage to include family and it is good. videos. These videos explain various features It's a great program for a number of reasons, but first, here is what it does. You pick a and procedures. The program doesn't need a manual because of the excellent help and kitchen that looks like yours and then manipulate it to the correct specifications. Or, like because the software is intuitive. Knocking out a wall, adding a window, me, you find your kitchen is unique so you begin with a box and start placing walls, cab- changing the width of a cabinet, changing the floor color, or wallpaper pattern are relainets, counters and all the other things that tively easy. Save the designs you like and later are in your kitchen onto a floor plan. When you are done, which may take any- compare the differences between your choices and those of your spouse! where from a couple of hours to many hours Also included are other features. Budget is depending on your kitchen, your abilities, your computer's power and your desire to be a program that will give you an approximaprecise, you start the fun part. The fun part is tion of the cost of all the items that you have installed (or just some of them). Shop is a catdecorating. To run this program, the recommended alogue of brand name products, such as refrigerators, stoves, sinks, floorings, wallpaper, /stem is a I'entium-based I'C with 16 MB of windows, etc., from well known manufacturRAM and a video display capable of high ers. The database includes photos and approxcolor (65,000 shades). Other requirements imate prices and is searchable by various criiliclude a sound card, printer and CD-ROM teria. Contact information is also given. drive. The muscle and the high-resolution color give you the power to get things down Included in the box is a coupon book with savings and even a few phone numbers to quickly and the ability to produce realistic receive free catalogues from some renovation images. product companies. This is a Window 95- or NT-based program The interface and glossy look of this proand will not run on Windows 3.x. Most home gram are the primary reasons why the whole renovation programs are 16-bit Win 3.x propackage has the feel of something well grams that run on 95 but do not take advandesigned and useful. There are a number of tage of Windows 95's 32-bit operating system. other nifty features but the main point is that This program is smart. In Picture This Home! Kitchen, you place a cabinet beside we finally have a home design/decorating another cabinet and they click together. 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Summary 'I'he eMate ushers in a whole new class of computers for education. The eMate is not intended to completely displace desktop computers, only to supplement them and to make computing more accessible. One can see Apple's strategy is to leverage the Newton OS into an environment where young minds are open to new paradigms in computing. An elegant and powerful interface that combines a touchscreen pen with a keyboard is a real hit with children. The bundled learning software is a boon to the fundamentals of

reading, writing, math and organizational skills. And as a bonus, the Newton OS reliability is exceptional. All of this power is accessible in a durable package that weighs only 1.8 kg (4 lb.) and is a mere 5.3x30.5x29 cm (2x11.9x11.3 in.). And teachers will appreciate its low-cost, easy integration with Mac OS/Kindotvs PCs and ability to be administered from a server. Initially, eMate will only be available to the educational market. It has been rumored that both an educational and business version of this product might make it into the retail channel sometime in the future. For over a year we' ve al! heard from the industry about how network computers are going to take the world by storm. The only problem is nobody seems to be able to find one. Vvell, surprise — I think the elvlate is a network computer in disguise! J Peter Milburn is a consultant with Elite Systems Support located in Calgary, Alberta. He can be reached on the Internet at elite@cadvision.corn

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hy on earth would anyone want to buy a notebook? Generally, they' re expensive, cumbersome, relatively slow (compared to a desktop PC with the same processor) and m or e d i f ficult to upgrade. 'I'hey have small keyboards, and even smaller display screens. Yet, notebooks remain an i n dispensable item for many mobile professionals. Notebook users tend to fall into three categories: • First are marketing professionals v ho use notebooks for off-site presentations. These people are selling ideas by using their notebook's, multimedia capabilities to

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wow an audience. Second are the remote professionals. For these users, the office has no walls. Today, notebooks are found in some of the most rugged environments, from construction yards to swamps. 'I'hird are general mobile professionals, w ho take their work home o r t o t h e boardroom. For them, their notebook must be a desktop replacement.

Fortunately, there are systems to suit all needs. The notebook market has fragmented into several niche markets. each vying for an increasingly specialized audience. Each niche places greater or lesser emphasis on the tollowing characteristics: mobility, durability, and multimedia functionality. For example, general mobile and marketing professionals are likely to have a wall socket nearby when the system is up and running. Therefore, concerns such as maximum battery life are a lower priority. As with all systems, the quality of notebooks is defined by four elements: memory structure, processor pov:er, display screen and component integrat ion. 'I'his month we reviewed the extreme high

end of the notebook market. These notebooks are loaded with all the latest features, and then some. This market is designed for users who place a premium on functionalitv. A central characteristic in these systems is multimedia functionality. The technologies associated with these notebooks have evolved to the point v here they are of comparable q uality t o their d esktop c o unterparts. However, buyers must beware of the trade off between miniaturization and performance. Processors One exciting development is the use of leading-edge chips in mobile systems. In the past, there v as a significant lag in the movement of high-end chips from desktop to notebook systems. However,the systems we reviewed this month are sporting the latest MMXenhanced chips with clock speeds of up to 200 MHz. Both heat and power requirements influence designers' decisions on what processor to use in a mobile system. Faster chips require more power and cooling mechanisms. In notebooks, electricity is a particularly scarce resource. It takes time for chip manufacturers to effectively redesign their latest chips to make them smaller and less power demanding. The end result is a slov er pace in notebook processor speeds. Readers will note some of this month's manufacturers didn't wait for the mobile version of the processors. They have included 200 MHz desktop processor chips in their mobile systems. At present, Intel only makes a 150 MHz and 166 MHz version of its mobile MMX chip. These chips operate at 2.45 volts whereas the desktop variety operate at 2.8 volts. The lower voltage means longer battery life and less heat dissipation. By including a regular desktop chip in their machines, some of our lab participants

are trying to avoid the trade off between miniaturization and p r ocessor speed. llowever, the trade off doesn't disappear; it simply shifts.

Display screens ln the recent past, notebooks had very limited graphic capabilities. Today, the quality of flat-screen displays has vastly improved.

Still, buyers must remember that unlike desktop models, the laptop's display is a keeper. You may be able to upgrade most of your notebook's parts with the exception of the display. Fortunately, LCD flat-panel technology has progressed so rapidly that

the best displays are of equal quality to their desktop cousins. Common to all the systems is the incorporation of larger screen sizes. Some of the systems are pushing 14 inches at the time of this writing. In addition, almost all of our tested systems use active matrix TFT rather than older, passive matrix (DSTN) display technology. The benefits of active matrix over passive matrix are sharper picture quality and the ability to view the display at a variety of angles. Active matrix machines can give viewers the benefit of millions of colors, with instantaneous response times, which are essential for multimedia presentations. The active displays also differ from passive displays because you do not need to have a direct, head-on view of the screen to see the images clearly. For people using their systems for boardroom presentations, this latter capability is of upmost importance However, there is one key drav back to active matrix displays — price. Active matrix displays are still rather expensive, so users who are looking for a mobile system with cost as a key factor should consider forgoing the fancy display and investing in other components.

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Storage Processor and processor-enabling technologies are not the only advances in this round up of notebooks. Storage and connectivity devices of all kinds are appearing in notebooks. Storage capacity is no longer an issue for these top-of-the-line systems. Hard drives designed for notebooks have grov;n in capacity and continue to be more compact. A 2.1 GB hard drive is standard in this month's round up, with one particular model sporting a 3.1 GB drive. Several systems offer space for an additional i nternal hard drive. Again buyers should be aware that hard drives designed for mobile systems are much slower than their desktop cousins. This is due to a combination of compact system integration, slower transfer rates, lower spindle rates and higher access times. This is a key reason why a typical desktop machine v ill almost always outperform a similarly configured notebook. In addition to hard drive improvements, this month's tested notebooks have some of the most up-to-date storage features, like 10x CD-ROM drives, and PD (phase change dual) Corrrirrrrerf orrpage 92

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timedia applications, and should make your games and presentations come alive, especially when used in conjunction with the videoto-IV port found on the back of the machine. Although the Powerlite 6000 does not have the 10Base-T network connector, it does have a faster 33.6Kbps faxmodem. This model is priced at $5,999 and comes with a threeyear "I-Care" limited warranty. This includes 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, bilingual (I:rench

One of the most appealing things about that model was its built-in communications support with both a 28.8Kbps faxmodem and a built-in 10Base-T Ethernet connector. The Powerlite 6000 is a newer model, with a few differences. Themodel we reviewed was equipped with a 166 MHz MMX processor, 32 MB of RAM, a 2.1 GB hard drive and both an internal 10x CD-ROM drive and floppy drive. The ESS 1888 will provide great quality 16-bit digital and 3D surround sound for your mul-

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PowerBook 3400c Apple's full-featured laptop packs a 240 MHz punch BY PETER or years, the promise of desktop performance in a notebook computer has never quite lived up to the hype. The compromises have generally been related to issues such as power consumption, heat dissipation in t h e C PU, and bu s design constraints in trying to accommodate fullfeatured circuitry into a portable package. 'I'he good news is that the wait is finally over.

I I(IIL B U R N d ecided t o t h r o w in more smooth curves and give >t a more "muscular" look than t h e s quarish 1400 design. There are two raised

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four hours of use on a single charge and recharges in a couple of hours. One drawback to the 3400c is that it' s not as easy to upgrade internally as the 1400c. It requires some disassembly with torx s crewdrivers. It's d i mensions are 6.6x29.3 x24 ctn (2.57x11.42x9.36 in.) amd

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supports video-mirroring and not the tiled video capability that Mac users have become accustomed to. 'I'he CD-ROM and floppy drive modules are designed to be hot-swappable, something you don't want to try on a PC. To round out your selection is the standard fare of wireless lrDA, SCSI and ADB. The 3400c ships with software siinilar to the 14(X)c with the exception that h lac OS 7.6 is bundled with this unit.

Summary The I'owerBook 3400c/240 admirably fulfills the objective of desktop performance in a portable design. It is a scintillating "road rocket" that i s i n d isputably th e performance champion of the portable market. Although its sticker price is beyond the justification of most mere inortals, its pricing is in line with the top offerings from IBM

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limit th e n u m ber of l i n k s t o o t her W eb pages, and to keep the total number of Web pages on your site down to a manageable level. Layers add this Rolodex function, so that when a user clicks on a link it brings another page "forward" to the display. In this way you can have many layers of individual pages contained within what is actu-

ally a single Web page. In effect, you are flipping through the Web equivalent of a Rolodex, all while staying within the single Web page. 'I'o explain Netscape's Layer tags further, now imagine that this imaginary Rolodex holds cards that are transparent in some .

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C anadian lawyers i n terested i n t h e Internet and its legal implications operates this site. It is also horne to the Digital Clock. html Web site: http: //www.cataiaw.corn/logic/ 3. The Anonymizer • Th rough this site 7. American C ivil L i b erties U n i on "Cyber-Liberties" Page • The ACLU is you can surf the Web without leaving a trail of digital footprints. the only organization in the world with Web site: http: //www.anonymizer.corn/ deep enough pockets to be able to fight 4. CensorScan • A p roject of Canadian effectively against government censorj ournalist D o n n a L a f ramboise, t h e ship ot the Net. Read the details of the CensorScan site keeps you informed on U.S. Supreme Court battle that began 0. Electronic Frontier Canada • This what t h ose b u sybodies a t C a n ada site is run by Canada's preinier organizaMarch 19 and will have lasting impact tion dedicated to protecting freedom of Customs are up to. around the world. Web site: http: //www.razberry.corn/raz/censor/ Web site: http: //www.aciu.org/issues/cyber/ expression and the right to p rivacy in top.htm cyberspace. Are you a member yet? 8 . Decla n McCul l a gh' s Fight 5. Chronicle ofFreedom of Expression Censorship Mailing List Archive • It Web site: http: //www.efc.ca/ ain't pretty, but it's the most cornprehen1 . Electronic F r o n t i e r F o u n d a t i o n in Canada • This site tells the sad history of Canadian censorship. It is put sive and up-to-date archive of what's hap(EFF) • This group is the largest, oldest, together b y t h e P e r i odical W r i ters and best-funded organization devoted to pening on the front lines in the fight to Association of Canada and the Book and protect freedom of expression in cybercivil liberties in cyberspace. It is host to P eriodical Council, b o t h b a sed i n space. h uge archives, but i s d evoted to t h e Toronto. Web site: http: //www.eff.org/-declan/fc/ American perspective. Web site: http: //www.elc.ca/pages/chronicle/ FTP site: ltp://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/I-c/ Web site: http: //www.ell.org/ 2 . Electronic P r i v ac y I n f o r m a t i on 6. LoGIC: the Legal Group for the 9. Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) Internet i n C a n ada • A g roup of • This is EFC's sister organization down Center ( E PIC) • I'h i s i s a n o ther

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</FORM> </LAYER> 'I'he line of JavaScript code added to the < SELECT> tag t r i ggers th e r es t o f th e JavaScript program on th e Web page to switch the visibility of the layers depending on what has been selected by the user. Put all of the code together on a single Web page, and you geta working, layered Web page. Note that this will only work in the latest release of Netscape Navigator 4.0 (currently in "pre-release 3" at the time of writing). It should be noted that we have only touched the surface of what can be done with layers. There are several more attributes that have not been discussed here, such as Z-INDEX, ABOVE, BELOW (which determine positioning of the layers in the stack), CLIP (which allows you to create a transparent wi ndow i n a la y e r), BGCOLOR (which allows you to add a background color to an i ndividual laver) and BACKGROUND (which adds a tiled image background to a layer). At the time of writing, very few Web sites seem to have adopted Netscape's layer tags. It has a few strikes against it being widely adopted within the HTML authoring community: i t r e quires JavaScript to function, it is a Netscape-only tag set, and much the same effect can be achieved u sing c a scading s t y l e sh e e ts (see Positionin g HTM L El eme n t s at : http: //www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-positioning for more information). 2

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standby seat on the last shuttle. Hey, what better way to decide who's worthy? man, really f a st, Anyway, the rest of the game is spent with colors, details behind the wheel of your vehicle, one of seva nd f r am e r a t es eral land-locked space-age craft that give new t hat' ll k n ock t h e definition to the word traction. You' ll comsocks off a n y one pete with other drivers on more than 16 l ucky enough t o tracks in an environment that is oh-so-remiown an MMX-bolniscent of Mindscape's pinballing Megarace 2. stered Pentium with With one exception, that is — the darned a 3D a c c elerator thing looks and sounds awesome. If you' re a fan of fast frame rates, Pod is c ard. I t ' s p r e t t y mundane stuff for anyone else, but if you' ve the ticket, Ubi Soft claims up to 80 frames per second on a 3D-accelerated system, and all I got the latest gear, Pod is simply a great show. can say after hours of real-world testing is that they' re probably right. This thing flies, baby, The plot (for what it's worth) goes something like this: a planet-eating virus by the and will make you forget there's such a thing name of Pod is doing what planet-eating as individual frames in the first place, an viruses do, namely consuming planets. Your absolute blessing in a genre where the frame rate issue has always been a sore spot. And in home turf is gonna be next, and in order to get off the thing before it's nothing but a case you think Pod's speed has anything to do galactic belch, a series of car races have been with sparse scenery, you' re wrong, 3D breath. organized to determine who gets the last Pod is a true 3D world, one that comes :«4

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Compaq struts its stuff Cvntinwer/ frvrn page 776 The second key element in this retooling is Compaq's plans to offer custom configuration of i t s p r oducts — which allow either its "channel partners" (including distributors, dealers and resellers) to custom c onfigure p r o ducts f o r c u s t omers o r Compaq itself to do the custom configurations directly. While some of C ompaq's rivals do offer such a service, it is generally available only through those v ith a direct sales model (such as Dell Computer or Gateway 2000). The key for Compaq is that it allows the company to match its competition, while still m aintaining a good relationship with i t s extensive existing partners in the indirect distribution channel, where it currently makes about 90 percent of its sales. "We' ll let the customer and the channel define exactly where the configuration should be done," said Pfeiffer. "Compaq is the only manufacturer who is partnering with the channel-

not competing with [it]." C ompaq is implementing the plan i n the United States and Australia beginning in May, with "similar phased implementations" through th e company's worldwide operations throughout the rest of the year. In the U.S., Compaq is hoping to h ave betv een 80 to 90 percent of its volume generated through "build to order" by the end of 1997. An Armada for the masses Compaq also announced a new, aggressively priced $3,000 (street price) portable computer

w ith b u i l t -i n C D ROM drive, sound card, modem and 1 6 MB o f R A M , which is aimed at returning the company to its former number one position in the notebook c o mputer market. K nown as t h e C ompaq Arma d a 1 500, i t i s ai m e d a t achieving what Pfeiffer has termed "a large and long-range opportunity for growth" amongst the company's core businesses. "No one knows more about the PC than Compaq," said Pfeiffer. "No one has app! ied PC technology to more areas of business or the home. That said, we' re far from satisfied. We still see a huge opportunity t o s t rengthen our core business by getting continuously better at the fundamentals." Compaq senior vicepresident Mi ke • Ci. Winkler was even more specific about the company's objective to knock a rch- c o m p e t i t o r Toshiba from the top worldwide notebook computing s p o tparticularly as Compaq virtually pioneered the w h ole portable computing market and once held a vice-like grip on it. "We are dedicated to re-

establishing ourselves as number one in portables," he said. Winkler said that since the introduction of an earlier range of value-priced notebook computers last summer, the company has atreaOy made some strides in regaining market share — claiming a number one position in recent market surveys of $3,000plus notebook computers (which are primarily those used in business and by corporations). T he n e w Arm a d a 15 0 0 machines come in three models and offer a choice of Intel's Mobile Pentium Processors in either 120 MHz or 133 MHz; 16 MB of RAlvl (expandable to 80 MB) and either a 11.3-inch color passive matrix or a 12.1-inch color active matrix display. Also included in these machines are either lithium-ion or enhanced smart nickel metal hydride batteries, two Type II or one Type III CardBus PC Card slots, four user-programmable keys an d a t o u c h pad-style pointing device. All m odels include an integrated 10x CD-ROM drive, an integrated 33.6Kbps data/faxmodem, and sound capability. In recognition of the fact that many corporate customers h av e n o t m o v e d to Microsoft's Windows 95 computer operating

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newsletter, meetings, supplies. Contact David Cobley,417, 885 Berwick Rd,Qualicum Beach, BCV9K 1N7. (604) 752-1984. ALT2600 VANCOUVER USER GROUP Meeting are 1st Friday of each month at Pacific Center Mall by payphones in food court, north of Dunsmuir at Granville 4pm to 9pm. Starts early to catch the evening shift 2600ers. For more information contact Stevevia email

2ndWednesday,7:30 p.m.,Hastings Comm. Ctr..3096 E.Hastings. B.C. EDI USER GROUP. For more information call 532-8204 (preferred), or voice mail 532-8219. B.C. INTERGRAPHUSERSGROUP (BCIUG). Contact Mike Barnes 528-1936 (voice) or 528-2944 (fax) for info on nextmeeting. B.C.OPENSTEP GROUP.Regutsrmonthly meetings focus on vari -

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bers 231-0363 or 231-0364. APPLESB.C.COMPUTERSOCIETY. A User Grdup for Macintosh

ous themes, for single users. corporate users anddevelopers in the Vancouver area.NextStepandOpenStep arethe preferred platform for rapid development. Formeeting information and email server call Kewn Hiebert at 264-1 584 or <khiebert@wimsey.corn>. B.C. REGIONAL USERSGROUPSOCIETYof Hewlett-Packard Users. For information, call DarenStatichuk at 661-8753 or BCRUGat 6618048. B.C.VAX/VMS Local Users Group (BCVAXLUG)provides a forum for the professional growth andeducation of its members through

Bldg., Lecture Theatre 168. Also, special interest group meetings. 382-3934. CANADIAN INTERGRAPH USERS GROUP CONFERENCE.

are held the 3rd Wednesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m with location to be advised. For further info please call voicemail 2766966. BIG BLUEANDCOUSINS. POBox 5309, Station 8, Victona BCVBR 6S4. Gereral meeting last Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. at U. Vtc.-Elliott

center around politics, society, customs and conflicts. Plus, there' s

the exchangeof solutions, ideas, andopinions. User groupmeetings

September 8-11, 1996.Delta Meadowvale,Mississauga,ON.'Drive The OpenRoad. Contact Laura Banman,Intergraph,2912 Memorial Dr. SE,Calgary ABT2A7R9. Voice: (403) 569-5562 Far. (403) 5695801 e-mail: Ijbanmefiingr.com CANADIANSON COMPUSERVE. Canadians around the world and anyone interested in things Canadianarejoining the Canadian issues

section of The Issues forum on Compuserve. Lively discussions a growing library of Canadian files. Go Issues at anyCompuServe prompt. Dial 1-800-848-8199 for more info.

CIPS VANCOUVERSECTION. (Canada's largest Association for

Computer Professionals). CIPSMem bers enjoy unparalleled networking andprofessional developmentopportunities at our monthly meetings andspecial events. Discounts offeredfor student members. POBox20522, HoweSt, Vancouver, BCV6Z2NB. Phone(604) 681-2796 or Fax(604) 689-1879for next meebngdate. CORELARTISTS USER GROUP. LastTuesdayofeverymonth,7:00

to 10:00 pm, at Kwantlen College in Richmond. BC. Monthly news!etter. Contact Bev Harcus, 533-5854. DATA-LINK/USERSGROUP. Tel321-3387.PC support BBS: 3218873 (24 hr service), with specialized self-made BBS software. The purpose of this User group is to allow users to get together for problem solving, discussion of setup and to meetpeople. Call by voice 8

a.m.-4:30 p.m. ONLY please. This group is dedicated to RoboBOARDby Seth Hamilton. Other BBSsoftware are welcome. Membership is free!

FOXSOFT, EDMONTON'S FOXPRO USERS GROUP-secondTuesday, 7.00 pm, GrantMacEwanCity Centre Campus,East Wing, RoomC137/C-135, 10700-104th Ave. Contact: KenRayner at 437-0315 or

Robin Stuart at 460-3712 (days). Into Bulletins on BBS457-4105. GENERICCADD USERS GROUP. Contact:Frank Zander(604)5828283. BBS: 294-8287 (9600 n.8,1). HELP DESKINSTITUTE LOCAL CHAPTER.An organization providing training, education and a networking forum for Help Desk Professionals: Those people who help computer users with hardware or software problems. For more information on memberships,

...... at MacPherson Centre ~ The Lower Mainland's Computer Market Place

please call KarenYuenat 631-6088. INDEPENDENTCOMPUTER CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATION OF BC. The ICCAis a non-profit association of consultants who provide services in the field of Information Technology. The objectives of the ICCA are to provide a forum where consultants can network with each other, exchange ideas, and improve their business and com-

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of eachmonth; Beginner'smeetings: 3rdWednesdayof eachmonth. 7:30 p.m., Guildford Public Library, Surrey.Messagesandinformation at 268-9530.

MS ACCESSTECHNICAL USER'S GROUP. For those who wantto participate in teaming more about MSAccess. For information call Greg Hind at 454-0262, from 9:00 to 5:00. NANUGS !Northern Alberta Novell Users Group Society) - meets guarterly at the CompuSmart store on Mayfield Road. For informa-

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tion, please e-mail to nanugs©freenet.edmonton.ab.ca or phone Mike Brown (403)487-7666. OBJECTSUSERSOCIETY. See British Columbia OpenStep Group (B.C.O.G.). OPENSTEP USERSOCIETY(VNUS). SeeBritish Columbia OpenStep Group (B.C.O.G.). PACIFICNOTESUSERGROUP (PACNUG) - Lotus Notes usersmeet thelastW ednesday ofeach month.5:15pm atRosie's on Robson on July 31st. Contact Delores Beier at 988-2141 or deloresbfifi awcda.corn PC/MAC USER GROUP. Wanted Professional Photography/Graphic Designers to share, network and learn the latest hardware andsoftware programs available. Starting May 7th we will meet at 7:00pm every 1st and3rd Tuesday of the month, at Tricera ComputerCenter, 4203-1836 W 5th Ave. If you are interested please contact: B. Hanington at either 873-6915 or rasta@mindiink.bc.ca for further info. PORT COQUITLAMCOMPUTERCLUB. Commodore, Amiga - IBMMac. 1st 8 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Room 8 MinnekahdaMiddle School, 1390 Laurier Ave., Port Coqurtlam. Ed Dyer-Publicity at 942-0954. POWERBUB.DER. Usergroup being formed. Meetings are planned for first Wednesday To enroll call Perform System Developers at vrxce mail 604-264-0247. SQL SERVER.User group being formed. Meetings are planned for

first Monday. Toenroll call Perform System Developers at voice mail 604-264-0247. T I.99/4ACOMPUTERB.C. 99er Users Group, every Thursdky 7-10 p.m. For information, call Ron: 522-2598. 1st Thursday Tutorials,

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2nd ThursdayGeneral, 3rd Thursday Tutorials, 4th ThursdayUbrary night. BBS "Dial A T1" 522-9830 Tl only please. TEENSINVANCOUVER USER GROUP. Forteens undertheageof16 interested in doing computer related protects regularly, WWW,proin goal is to share computer gramming, games; anything! The ma knowledge and to make fnends. If there are any homeschoolers interested, that would be great. If interested, please call Orton Mak at 926-2835. THE TOPKIDSCLUB. A user group for kids, teens and parents. Monthly meetings are family focused with software/hardware demonstrations, guest speakers, WindowsandMac tips and online demonstrations. A BBS is available to members. Call Garland Coulson 279-5439 oremail garland coufson@topkidscorn VANCOUVERAUTOCAD USERS SOCIETY.1st Wed.of the month. 7:30p.m.,8 C.I.T.Bby.Campus Bldg.SW5 Room 1850 Contact: Frank Zander (604) 582-8283

VANCOUVERDELPHI DEVELOPERSASSOCIATION meets once a month at the Vancouver Pubhc Library (downtown). The meeting is

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Join us for an informal workshop beginning at 11:30 am on the first and third Saturdays of each month at Doppler Computer Superstores, 485 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver. Contact: Jim Shewchuk 876.4780. VANCOUVER PC USERS SOCIETY (VPCUS; 2nd Thursday. 7pm at Science World. 55 guest admission General 0&A session. fealure presentation. Speciai Interest Groups (seeaiso seoarate listings) and educational seminar registration. Ondisk newsletter. Telephone 290-0660. VANCOUVER SMALLTALKUSERS GROUP (VSMUG) is a group of individuals and Organraabons interested in obiect-onented analysis. design, and programmmg with a

(VFUG) September-June,2nd Tuesday,at 1900 hours: 200-1177 W. Broadvvay. Info Doug at 736-2922. BBS 231-9709 and email to joytan@uniserve. corn VANCOUVER GEOWORKS USERSCLUB

ideasand expenences, discuss technical issues and learn cool stuff. It s designed not to be a forum for sales pitches f;om vendors RSVP VSMUGCvcn.BC.CAor

usually on the 2nd or 3rd week of the m onth on Tue ar Wed dependmg on availability of facilities. The purpose of the graup is to provide a commonand regular farum far Oelphi developers to get together and discuss Delphi related issues 610 admission to cover rental ot room. All meeting notices aresent via fax or email To add your name to our distnbution list, sena

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leves). VANCOUVERGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS USER GROUP Meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month,

September through May. at B.C I.T. Town SquareRoom 'C at 7:30pm. Contact

Dwight at 940-151 8 for informaIion. VANCOUVER KAYPRO USERS GROUPVANCOUVER PORTABLE COMPUTER CLUB (VPCC).AMO17, fnendly members. heritage CP/Msoftware. the latest DOSand Windows files, plus inexpensrve access to the planetwide Fidonet! Visitors welcometo our BBS Contact person: Jay Siegel. 4251 LancelotDr, Richmond, B.C., V7C 4S4. 271-1519; BBS 271-5934

VANCOUVER NETWARE USERS GROUP (VNUG) is anofficial user group recognized by the Netware Users' International Assoc and supported, in part. by Novell. Meetings are held on the first business Monday of every month at The Stanley Park Dining

Pavilion All aspects ot the netwarking environment are discussed and presented with emphasis on the Netware network operating system The workshop begins at: 400p.m., buffet dinner at 6:00pm, at 7:00pm is a 08 Asession followed by a presentation ending at around 830pm Member, no-member and student pricmg appkes to the workshopand/or dinner-pre. sentation. For further information or meeting topic announcements call aur voice mail at 689-VNUG(689-8684) . VANCOUVER OS/2 USERGROUP Attended by OS/2 gurus and novices alike and well supported by IBM. The large and Irvely meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month at the BC Te( Building. 3777 Kingsway, Burnaby and starts at 6:45 pm.

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hose of us who use PCs tend to assume t hey' ll b e that always be around. In fact, computing "personal" may turn out to have been a temporary aberration. We may be onthe verge of s eeing computing t u r n decisively away from the

individualistic model of the I'C, and back towards a more collective and centrally controlled form of computing.

The dream of the one big computer Con>puting in the 30 years prior to the invention of the PC (1947-1977) was very different from the computing we' ve known in the PC era. 'I'he daily reality ot computing for "information processing workers" in t h e y ears before the I'C was often pretty dreadful. Aside from a privileged minority of t echnically adept academic and scientific computer users, most computer workers were allowed only to perform the few repetitive, hierarchical computer functions that the mainframe managers made available to them over the network.

ing often had to hide their activities from their masters. More than once, politicians and bureaucrats overseeing research and education expenditures raged against "improper" or "frivolous" use of taxpayer or shareholder money, and threatened severe punishment for misuse of publicly or corporately owned computers. Unknown to the bean counters, however, it was the underground, self-directed, selt-teaching part of the computer culture that created much of the talent pool that made America the leader in high technology. 'I'he revolt against Big Computing paradoxically wanted both to promote individual socially freedom and also t o e ncourage responsible, community-based computing. The desire to bring computing out from under the control of the military, the government and the large corporations was one of the driving urges behind the invention of the original Apple computer. The release ot the Apple Macintosh, in 1984, was explicitly promoted in a famous video commercial as a revolt against "Big Brother" (i.e., IBM and all its kind). I'ersonal computing broke the monopoly of Big Computing. Nobody predicted it, and nobody really controlled it.

The next wave: network computing and Java Control the server, Some industry leaders, such as Corel Corp.'s founder and chief executive officer, Michael a nd you cont rol t h e Cowpland, are convinced that the traditional Windows/Intel (Wintel) PC has just about individual network reached its peak. The traditional PC may soon start t o f e e l s erious c ompetition f r o m computer user Network Computers (NCs), powerful little "thin-client" computers that lack a h ard Kaiifornia Kosmic Komputlng drive, and function by downloading applicaand the birth of the PC tions from the network. Instead of almost However, in the bowels of Big Computing universally running the Microsoft Windows during the '60s, there were free thinkers in operating system, NCs will be compatible academic and scientific computing centres with servers running a variety of operating who dreamed of a kind of computing that systems, and especially will run applications was not "top-'down" — not centralized, hierarwritten in the Java programming language. chical and slavish, but rather communicated 'Io be fair, in order for billions of people to f or f r ee which a l l owed l aterally, a n d h ave access to computer tools and t h e exchanges of "unofficial" i n f o rmation. Internet, rather than the current millions of Pioneers at places like MIT and Berkeley users, computing solutions will have to get a invented the first "virtual communities" of lot less expensive, better connected, and simcomputer users, using "time sharing" mainpler to administer. As companies and counframes and the networks that preceded the tries confront the cost of upgrading tens of 'I'he first computer networks of the Internet. millions of obsolescent Wintel computers, 1960s allowed users to share both work-relatthe argument in favor of NCs and Java softed and personal information. Independent ware applications may become irresistible. In minded hackers programmed the first wonand a rapidly developing nation like China, the computer games, derfully u s eless most practical way to make computing availdreamed of bringing public access computing able to more than a billion people may be to the world, through cheap, network computing info The early practitioners of social comput-

appliances. However, as much as network computing may bring real benefits, it may also enable increased government and corporate control over access to information, and over computer users' behavior. Time bandits In the case of network computing, freedom to compute ultimately belongs to whoever owns or controls the network, and more precisely, the network server. In recent years, big business has begun to pay excruciatingly close attention to what employees do with their networked I'Cs. Software that allows management to track, observe and restrict employees' Internet use is selling briskly. A v hole indust ry' for c o m puter-based monitoring o f employee behavior has sprung up. The concept of "time theft" has become the buzzword for the employers' mania for squeezing every last second of work, every last keystroke, out of fewer and fewer employees. After all, managers reason, if I pay you for every second yoq're in the office, then every second you aren't actively producing for me, you are actually stealing my money (in the form of your unearned wages) from me. And, with network surveillance technology, the boss can cheaply cot)struct employee activity profiles that target the goof-offs for the next round of downsizing. One of the intangibles that may be ignored in the drive to sharpen profits is that the most productive workers are those who are creative, highly motivated, engaged in lifelong skill upgrading, and who eagerly learn and communicate v ell v ith customers and co-v:orkers. I worry that the elites who run governrnents and large corporations will find netw orked computer technology a t ool f o r i ncreasing their power and wealth at t h e expense of the less powerful. Also, I think that in countries without strong legal and social support for free speech, collective computing technology is much more susceptible to centralized censorship and control than personal computing. Even in the liberal democracies, there are unceasing attempts to diminish free

The past as prologue The point to remember, however, is that control over computing may be irresistibly passing back into the hands of the authorities, particularly in undemocratic nations. If network computing technology is misused, it will help foster the creation of a global "security state," organized to protect and hide the rich few from a restless mass of disenfranchised citizens. If, however, the freedom of choice that flourished with the I'C is protected, and extended to network computing and the Internet, then the future may be much different, and much better, than the first age of collective computing. As citizens in a democracy,Canadian PC usershave a voice in deter mining how the next wave of computing technology may be used, for either freedom or repression. 0 «"I? loaded from a sits created I?y tt? j Photos were dow University of Manchester to commemorate the 50tt? ' Anniversary af the Manchester Mark 1, the first,.: stored-program, electronic, digitai computer. '.:. More informabon and other photos can t?e found at. 1?ttp Jfwww.cs.man.ac.uklmarktlindex.htrnl " .

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