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FROM THE EDITOR The gospel according to B.B. that' s Whew, Comdex PacRim for another year. This event is special to us for a couple of reasons. Beingheld in January, it's the first Canadian trade show we attend, and we look forward to it as an energizer for the year to come. Also, given the fact that The Computer Paper was founded on the West Coast a decade ago, the show is something of a reunion too. This year was no exception. To the thousands of people who stopped by our booth during the threeday show, thanks for the smiles and the words of encouragement. Events like this give us an opportunity to actually connect face-to-face with our supporters, as well as our critics. The idea of staying in tune with your audience is basic good sense, whether you' re producing a magazine, a presentation for the boss or a pizza for your customer. I was reminded of that during the week of PacRim by a quite unrelated event. After a full day and evening at the show, I went home, flopped on the couch and tumed on the TV. Pamela Wallin Livewas on, and her guest was blues legend, B.B. King. Wallin was asking him how, at 72 years old, he managed to stay at the top of his profession. He said it was because he' s always considered his listeners as his bosses, and that's who he works to please. He also said he prepares for each concert gig as though he were auditioning for the first time. He stays fresh because he thinks fresh. That's why B.B. is still the King. In the computer industry, staying fresh isn' t just desirable, it's a survival tactic. If you' ve attended a trade show in the past year, you' ve probably spotted both the energy pockets and the energy vacuums. And it has little to do with the size of the company. We' ve all seen large and small booths that draw the crowds, just as we' ve seen large and small ones that don' t. The common denominator seems to be enthusiasm for and the confidence in their products.

It's alive At this year's show, one of the more intriguing product lines wasn't even available for public view, but rather, it was tucked away in a private hotel suite. Fujitsu Interactive out of San Franciscowas one of several companies being highlighted by a manufacturer's rep company. Fujitsu Interactive has taken the idea of a virtual pet to new heights with a series of interactive programs whose characters are A.L.I.V.E., which stands for Autonomous l i ving I nteractive Virtual Entity. The first produa, called Fin Fin the Real Computer Creature, is based on a creature that looks like a dolphin with wings and bird-like feet. Fin Fin lives in your computer on an imaginary world called Teo. The idea is to tame and then interact with Fin Fin. It responds, and develops its own personality according to the input you provide. One of our reviewers is now

pu ter returns to the statements a user types in. User: I'm not feeling so hot these days, Doc. Eliza: Can you expand on that? User: Well, my job sucks, I had a fight with my boss and my application to university got rejected. Eliza: Is that all? User: Isn't that enough? Eliza: It might be a good idea to look more closely at the problems. User: You mean like my job? Eliza: Is that what you'd like to talk about? Etc. The above is just a hypothetical dialog, but the idea is that the program doesn't give specific advice. Instead, like some types of therapy, it creates a dialog that leads the user to solve his or her own problem. Eliza works without any real understanding of the patient's problem,or any high-order intelligence or insights into the

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review of the product in a future issue. The first Fin Fin title was introduced last year and won a couple of international awards. Since then Fujitsu Interactive has three other products in the Fin Fin series. It has also introduced a simiiarly conceived title called Digital Doggie Duo, in which a computer user can raise and train a virtual canine. The "duo" r efers to t h e Tamogotchi-like device that's included in the package — just in case you never want to leave home without Huffy. Despite the arguably frivolous nature of these programs, they represent early examples of the computer adapting to h uman inputs. Microsoft's Interactive Barney computer interface is another example. If you cover the stuffed Barney's "eyes," then Barney,the computer program responds appropriately. We' re amused, but we' re not fooled by this stage of technology. We know there's just some clever programming in there and not any kind of real intelligence. But whether that's true or not is irrelevant to the effects that this kind of technology is bound to have on us. Consider the computerized psychotherapist program called Eliza. It's been around for years, but seems to resurface regularly. The basic workings of Eliza consist of a set of non-directive, general comments that the com-

At the other end of the scale, context-sensitive help programs are getting quite good at helping a user, but with specifically defined problems. As you may have discovered, contextsensitive help is lousy at solving a problem that hasn't been anticipated by the person that programmed the help system. But already, children's educational programs have the capacity to branch depending on the child's responses and present extra lessons to cover topics that he or she is getting wrong. If you take that kind of branching along with the specificity of information in help files and some Eliza-like programming, tie it to a Fin Fin-like entity, and add a user-recognition interface, you might see the beginnings of a computer that adjusts to you. lt would "notice" when you were frowning and pounding the keys a lot harder than you normally do, and perhaps launch your favorite Dilbert cartoon as a screen saver. Or it would "notice" when you seemed particularly on the ball, and suggest that now might be a good time to tackle that assignment you postponed three times already. Or it would — oops, gotta go, my computer says I' ve blabbed enough. Enjoy the issue David Tanaka, editor

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In know in a future issue, because this is defi- Comdex Quebec '98 will be in Montreal Oct. for three days in November), PacRim showed nitely one product we want to put through a 27-29. Next year PacRim will be renamed s some signs of a wave crested. And yet, notable full hands-on review, Comdex Canada West '99. 0 absences aside, the usual demos and deals, wheeling and dealing, and all round, oneupmanship made for an exciting time. Comdex has grown in the last four years from six events in four countries to 65 events r in 20 countries. The newly renamed network of conferences and forums is called "ZD Comdex R Forums" after the Ziff-Davis group with which the original Softbank company has been joined. On the floor considerable changes could fact, Epson supplied the Epson 600, high-resbe seen. The Internet was no longer the belle olution digital camera with which we took 'our)rIQ Varti'owing%' . 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dxploded, took off, and took over. Long promised, much fought over and very cool, DVD is finally, really here. Whether you are a computer aficionado or a home theatre guru DVD is in your future. You can run but you can't hideDVD is about to become defacto B Y RO D

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VD players have really amazing features. They can perform all the functions of a VCR, such as stop, play, pause, fast forward and rewind. If the DVD title you are viewing supports extra features you can also: • have captioning in other languages, • listen to the sound track in e{ther lan• •

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listen to a voice over, choose different camera angles, jump to any point in the film, • bookmark segments of interest, • adjust color, brightness and other video at tributes, • and even watch the film in letter-box mode (the wider format that films are shot in). The DVD player can do all these things because the specification allows it. The point here is you must buy a DVD title that takes advantage of these abilities. The experience: there's nothing like it Stick in a movie and the screen goes blank just like the cinema. The sound begins to grow as the usual animated logos run across the screen. Perhaps you have been to a movie recently

and it began with a downward shot of a movie marquee. As the camera pans down the big letters we hear little explosions, the sound moves from upper left to bottom right and the marquee spells out O'O*L'B'Y Digital. With DVD, that's what happens on your computer, too.

Incidentally, DVD used to stand for digital video disc, which makes sense when you ~%+% ~@~ think of it as the replacement for laser discs or videocassettes. However, with new uses for the technology, the "video" makes less sense, so the new spin is that DVD stands for digital versatile disc. Some say it should stand for nothing at all — just DVD. When you watcha movie on your PC you are really stealing a DVD from the living room home entertainment world and bringing it episodes of Mad Abo{{t Yo{{?Heck without the into your den or workspace. If the only purpose of having a CD-ROM commercials you could probably get 18 half were to listen to CDs while you worked at hour shows on one disc. Video is one thing, games are another, Then the credits start to fade in and the your computer, you can bet precious few comfilm starts; and — unlike anything you have puters would have one. As it is, practically Look, for example, at the new DVD title Wing ever seen on a computer before — you have a every computer sold today has a CD-ROM Commander IV by Electronic Arts. The game starts out with a short movie starring Mark completely real, smooth, high-quality movie. because it is useful to computing. It's one of those moments. The drool factor is In the same way, DVDs are (or will soon Hamill and Malcolm McDowell. off the register! be) useful to computing. Think about it. During the high-quality movie, you get to So you can watch a movie on your PC. So Already, Microsoft's Encarta encyclopedia, make some choices. The movie stops and you what? This aspect of the technology isn't very which came on two CD-ROMs, containing 20 decide, should I help this guy out, or should I practical. We used a 17-inch monitor and to 30 video ciips and hundreds of sound files, just ignore him. That decision and others will three speaker set, and although it was excep- is available on a single DVD disc (which also come back to help or hurt you while you are tional by any standards, you couldn't get the contains the Encarta Virtual Globe and playing the game. To be able to offer branching, full screen, whole family around it. So, how do you justi- Microsoft's Bookshelf reference library). And fy getting a DVD drive? that disc contains 35 percent more video, and video producers need huge volumes of space. twice the number of 360-degree views, thou- Fortunately, a DVD disc can have as much as The )ustifkation sands of sound files (how many bird songs are 26 times the storage space of a standard 650 What makes DVD such a formidable technol- there anyway?) and a few thousand pictures to MB CD-ROM. DVD isn't a must-have yet, but ogy is that it is not just for showing movies. boot. What about a DVD disc with the 16 best it will be soon, 0

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n behalfof our readers we contacted six manufacturers of PC DVD-ROIvf upgrade kits. Diamond Maximum Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif. did not have a Generation-2 DVD device ready in time for our review and did not have any Generation-1 devices left for evaluation. The term Generation-I refers to the first generation devices that came out in 1997. Generation-2 refers to improved DVD-ROM drives that have been arriving since October and which can read CD-R and CD-RW —something that Generation-1 DVD drives could not do. Dynatek Automation Systems of Bedford, N.S. was not sure of its commitment to DVD even though its DVD-471TII upgrade had been well received. The company declined to send us a review unit. Techmedia Computer

Systems of Garden Grove, Calif. was also reluctant to send us its DVD-ROM drive until a new generation could be offered. Company representatives said they would try, but didn' t send a unit. Utobia Corp. also of California said it would send its Utobia Hollywood DVD/MPEG-2 AC-3 Playback Kit, which is a first generation device, but it never arrived. This left two units that did arrive: Pacific Digital's PDC DVD-ROM Kit and Creative Labs' Encore — both second generation, highquality, DVD-ROM upgrade kits. These DVD-ROM kits will upgrade a PCI Pentium computer into a DVD player. They take somewhat different approaches, but for the most part, they include the same components and have similar features. Soft DVD A collaboration between Compaq, ATI, Intel and Zoran Corp. has produced a software product that, under certain situations, can

decode and play back DVD MPEG-2 data. At the same time Apple has announced software support for DVD in its next release of OS 8, the Macintosh operating system. Refresh rates for the product are slightly less than what is achieved through hardware and there would obviously be considerable utilization of the computer's resources. However, the development could mean a powerful computer will have DVD ability without added hardware and expense. The components A DVD-ROM upgrade kit has two main components: a PCI card and a DVD drive. The card inserts into a free 32-bit PCI slot, while the drive fits into an empty bay. The drive has the same look and dimensions as a regular CD-ROM drive. One of the few differences is that CD drives don't usually have the following warning, written in 12 languages, on them: "Warning visible and invis-

ible laser radiation when open. Do not stare into beam." Other items included are ribbons and cables, plugs and cords. The Installation Both kits claim installation is. easy. Yes, it is easy-ish. Put it this way, if you can't install a CD-ROM drive and a sound card, you might lose a lot of sleep installing one of these babies. Here is how they fit into your system. The drive uses a standard power connection, which you probably already have hanging around inside your machine. If not, six bucks will get you a splitter at any computer store. Like on your CD-ROM drive, there is a thin . audio cable that connects to the DVD card. Lastly, there is an IDE ribbon that connects to your motherboard. This may be the Primary IDE controller ribbon or Secondary IDE controller ribbon. In the first case you Continued or{ page24

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Allocation for the DVD drive. Otherwise the system requirements are quite easy to meet: a could have the drive and your hard drive on 100MHz Pentium PC, 16MB RAM,BMB hard the one ribbon (not recommended though). drive space, an SVGA graphics adapter with 2 In the second case, you could have the DVD MB RAM (minimum 800x600 at 256 colors, • drive by itself (easiest) or as the master to an but 16-bit color — 65,000 colors — support recexisting CD-ROM drive. ommended), a PCI slot, and Enhanced IDE In any case, when you have two devices connector on the motherboard (bus mastering on one IDE controller ribbon somebody has with DMA support recommended), an open to play second fiddle and be the "slave" and drive bay, a Sound Blaster-compatible card somebody gets to be "master." On the prima- (SB32, or better„recommended) and Windows ry ribbon your hard drive has to be the mas- 95. The kit installed relatively easily although ter, on the secondary ribbon, the DVD drive should be the master. In any event, there are the card wouldn't work in the PCI slot that jumpers on the DVD drive (and the CD-ROM) the motherboard indicated it should work in. that must be set. The DVD card may go in any PCI slot, though it may be recommended to put it in the Number One slot. Either way the slot must allow bus mastering. You will want to read your motherboard manual. The DVD card has connections on it that run to a sound card and external connections for video and sound out. The whole operation will take between half an hour and a couple of hours depending on your system and your abilities. Once the hardware is installed, you simply start Windows 95 and wait for it to recognize In both machines, everything fit perfectly except that in the clone, the Secondary IDE the new hardware. When prompted, stick in the disc with the drivers and it is done. These C ontroller ribbon wouldn't reach to t h e are true Plug and Play devices and will be eas- drive bay without juggling the existing CDily recognized. After this, you must load the ROM. Also, setting up the drive to co-exist DVD player software. This software is like the with the existing CD-ROM caused some difremote control you use for your VCR, Once ficulty in the clone but none in the Dell. It installed and the computer restarted, you are was easiest to simply remove the CD-ROM ready to go. and use the DVD drive. There is no real reaBoth drives automatically recognize and son to maintain the original CD-ROM anyway. play standard CDs and CD-ROMs. We installed both cards into two machines Once up and running we were very to run them through their paces. One was a pleased with the quality of the video. The kit Dell XPS PII 233 MHz with 64 MB EDO RAM comes with two DVD games: the unbelievable and a built-in Yamaha sound card. The Dell Wing Commander IV and the excellent Claw. However, to test the video we ran the had an $3 Virge 3D video card with 4 MB RAM. The other machine a 200 MHz MMX movie, The Mask, starring Jim Carrey. The clone with 32 MB EDO had an ATI Expression sound and video were amazing. Even from a (2 MB) and a Sound Blaster 64AWE Gold with few inches away details were sharp. Dynamic 4MB of RAM. Extended Resolution is a picture enhancement technology Creative Labs has devised to enable the playback of high-definition video with smoother images through the use of From: Creative Labs interpolation filters and a procedure called 1901 McCarthy Blvd, Milpitas, CA, 95035 double-scanning. This process allows for a 60 Tel: 800-998-1 000 fields per second refresh rate and helps avoid www.soundblaster corn unwanted visual artifacts. Estimated street price: $540 For this reason you must set your refresh rate to 60 or you will see what is called "combing." When DVD drives are not set up or running correctly, you can see horizontal lines in light-colored areas of the screen~specially, when there is quick movement. Encore worked very well, and when properly configured, the images were perfect. The back of the PCI card does not have room for both S-video Out and a composite video out. To remedy this, the kit includes a modified S-video cable that splits into both plug styles. If your TV uses the composite (RCA) style jack you will need this to show movies on it. The cable is 1.8 m (6 ft.) long but The Encore is Creative Labs' second genera- you can get a standard S-video cable that is tion drive, which uses a technology the com- longer. You will need a female-to-female pany calls Dynamic Extended Resolution. adapter, which i's available from Creative Labs Thus the Encore is also known as the Encore for $6 plus postage. Also on the card is an Dxr2. externalS/PDIF (pronounced speedif ) jack. The Encore is pretty piece of work and This connection is for running sound to a comes well packaged, To get the best perfor- Dolby Digital deidce. mance you will need Windows OSR 2 (Win The Encore Player (the software that lets 95B), which allows you to set Direct Memory you control the video) was far better than the

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s oftware that came with t h e o t her k i t reviewed here. The remote control-style controls are intuitive and aesthetic. Everything, in fact, about the Encore is well done. Creative Labs is going to be tough to beat. It has a second generation DVD kit that works well, reads practically every previous CD format, and costs only about $500. This is a product whose time has come.

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Matching Creative Labs both in price and by offering a second generation device, Pacific Digital is pulling out all the stops. Like the Encore, Pacific Digital's DVD-ROM can read almost any previous CD format including: CD-I, CD-R, CD-RW, CD, and CD-Audio. Unlike the Encore, Pacific Digital uses what is called an inlay approach, and therefore its minimum PC requirements are a little stiffer: 133 MHz Pentium PC or better, 16 MB RAM, 8 MB disk space, 32-bit PCI slot with bus mastering capabilities, Windows 95, an SVGA monitor and a PCI display card from an approved list. The DVD card may work with other video cards, but for certainty you will want to check the list. It can be found on the company's Web page. Here are a few of the graphics cards listed: • AT I's Rage 2+ or Mach 64 • Matrox's MGA

Number Nine's Imagine or Imagine 2 S3's Vision 868, 968, Virge DX, VX, or Trio 64 11 Tseng Labs' ET6000. The PD DVD-ROM uses a Hitachi second generation drive (GD 2000) and a CineMaster PCI card. The CineMaster, by Quadrant

International, performs the job of taking the encrypted and compressed data that comes from the drive and turning it into video, audio and/or data for your processor. @his is the same for all DVD drives.) Inlay vs. overlay What is different is that DVD-ROM drives that use the inlay method of displaying video then send that information to your ~ddeo card to display on the monitor. Overlay systems like the Encore Dxr2 simply add the video signal to the signal coming out of your graphics card and send it on the

way. This means that with an inlay system your monitor is still connected to your video. card. In an overlay system, your monitor is plugged into the DVD card, while a separate cable brings the video card signal into your DVD card — in essence the DVD card is a pass through. The consequences of this are twofold. First, in an inlay system you must have a very good video card. Second, the inlay technique uses a certain amount o f y o u r system resources and will even bog down under some conditions. The benefit to this system is that you can, in theory, get a better, more detailed picture this way. Continued on page24I

DVD and your TV VD players cost between $250 and $1,200,compared to about $550 for an add-in kit for your PC. Say that you now have a DVD player in your computer. It can play movies, and has video and audio outputs on the back. Why not send the signal from your computer to the TV or VCR in your living room'? You get high-quality video and sound at a low cost, right) Not quite! Unless your computer and TV are side by side, you are going to have difficulties. If you manage to get a cable to connect your DVDROM drive to your VCR you may still have problems. One problem is that DVD and DVD-ROM drives don't live in the coaxial world. If your VCR doesn't have S-video (these are sometimes called mini-DINs and have four little pins inside), or at least RCA/composite jacks, you are out of luck. Once you do get the video to your VCR, you will notice that the image on the TV is awful. You have forgotten that the DVDROM drive sends the CGMS signal to your VCR and your VCR now varies the brightness of your screen. The movie is wrecked. So, what do you do? You connect the video out from the DVD-ROM directly to a TV. The catch: only high-end TVs have Svideo and/or RCA input jacks. There's more. One of the biggest things advertised with DVD is superior sound quality. A set-top DVD player can give you amazing sound using the newest and highest quality sound

standard — Dolby Digital. Dolby Digital, also known as AC-3, is a 5.1 sound system and the one that is used in theatres, some direct broadcast dish systems and the impending HDTV. The term 5.1 means there are five channels (front right, centre, and left; rear right and left) and a bass channel (subwoofer). DVD players, but not as of yet DVD-ROM drives, can take this signal, connect to six speakers and wow you. But the player will need either a chip upgrade or a stand-alone Digital Dolby device. There are DVD players costing well over $1,000 that have Digital Dolby built in. If you have a device that can decode the AC-3 signal, you will need to run a second cable from your computer to it. The Digital Dolby signal can be read and sent out of your DVD-ROM card via the S/PDIF. However, to be used, it must then run to a standalone Dolby decoder before running to receiver and speakers. Some new high-end computer speakers can use software to translate the AC-3 signal into very good threespeaker stereo but it still isn't what you would get from a full-fledged DVD player with Dolby Digital and six speakers. There are other considerations and other possibilities, including a small transmitter that sends the data from your den to your TV — through the walls. Suffice to say, if you buy your DVD-ROM drive with the expectation of using it as a living room entertainment device, you have considerable homework to do.—Rod Larnirand

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Adding DVD to your computer Continuedfrom page 24 In our experience, a difference in quality between the two methods is not discernable. Although this would seem to suggest the Pacific Digital board is at a disadvantage, that is not the case, because the CineMaster inlay board has an internal video connection that can be used to make it perform in an overlay mode, with certain video graphic adapters. The DVD player is competent, but, on both systems, often returned to the parental

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This drive also has a S/PDIF plug and both composite and S-video outs. Pacific Digital has recently cut its price to compete with Creative Labs and thus has brought itself into real consideration as a recommended product. The best chotce With only two drives available for evaluation it is difficult to discern whether overlay or inlay is the best route for DVD. As well, the two kits were comparable in almost every way. We did have a small problem with the Pacific Digital kit. In both computer systems it

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ally replace the VCR or laser disc (LD) in a home entertainment setup. Neither the VCR nor the laser disc player can compete with the DVD player for video and audio quality, or for the amount of information that can be stored. While the LD has two hours of video on one side, the DVD can have fourand the discs themselves are half the size. As well, LD players have only two digital audio channels. DVD can h ave u p t o e i g ht. (Consumers with an investment in LDs can relax: there are DVD players that will read LDs.) When we use a CD to hold data for a computer we call it a CD-ROM (compact disc-read only M emory),and ca!I the player a CD-ROM drive. Similarly, when we use a DVD disc to hold computer data we call it DVD-ROM and its player, a DVD-ROM drive. This nomencla-

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movie studios were very worried VCRs would erode their revenue by allowing the public to copy movies. In some ways it has. For th most part however, the developme new VCRs, which make copyin ro vi d eos difflcu1t I' ' ects of this practice. Software companies have been equally worried about the various flavors of rewritable CD-ROM drives that are now available. CD-W (CD-ROM Writable) would allow users to copy

games and programs. Even worse, CD-RW (ReWritable) would allow them to copy one CD n then later another on the same disc. This has largely not come to pass because of the cost of such drives; the cost of these types of discs; and, the incompatibility of different protocols that have developed due to standards wars, A similar standards battle is being fought in the world of DVD. As we said above, the DVD

standard has been agreed upon. However, the next generation of devices are writable DVDs (Ee., devices that give the ability to record data on blank DVD discs). There are a number of groups that are vying for ownership of the standard in order to earn future dollars. DVD-R (write-once) is a standard that was finalized in September by a group known as the DVD Forum (which is the new name of the DVD Consortium that created current DVD standards). This body had expected DVD development to follow that of CD-ROM. Thus, there was to be a period of time where DVD-R was introduced followed by a rewritable standard known qs CD-RAM (random access memory here means re-writable). However, some developers want to skip the whole write-once step and are concentrating on CD-RAM. Meanwhile, a splinter group comprising Sony, HP, Philips, Mitsubishi, Yamaha and Ricoh has announced another DVD standard called DVD+RW that is re-writable and offers 3 GB of storage as compared with 2.6 GB for CD-RAM (writable and re-writable DVD discs are single layer and otherwise different than factory-mastered products, limiting their size). Finally, NEC is suggesting another DVD solution that, like Sony's, is also incompatible with the DVD Forum's. 0

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ndeed, for much of t h e past Photoshop work, I decided I would decade, the majority of the mag- have to buy a new hard drive (or azines you' ve held in your hand comparable r emovable s t orage (including The C»»>p»ter Paper) and device). the Web sites you' ve perused have After comparing the cost of a S been assembled an d p u b l ished GB SCSI h a r d d r i v e f o r the using primarily Mac-based tools. Macintosh, it became clear that I But, with the ever-widening gap could save several hundred dollars between the cost of a typical PC and by purchasing an IDE-based drive. As a similarly configured Mac (at this my PowerMac model, unlike some of writing, the lowest priced new Mac today's Macs, did not support IDE from Apple is more than double the drives, I then began evaluating drive cost of a r o u g hiy c o mparable options and other hardware, softVentium-based PC clone), and the ware and production issues to deterrelease of virtually every major Mac mine whether I could successfully graphics and publishing title on the complete the job with my VC. After determining that the fonts PC, does conventional wisdom still hold true? Is the Mac worth twice as (primarily, the ITC Garamond famimuch? And, regardless of whether it ly) and software tools (Photoshop is or isn' t, is there a viable alterna- 4.01, Illustrator 7.0 and e i ther tive? Can the VC cut it? VageMaker 6.S or QuarkXPress 3.32) As a teacher of both Mac- and I wanted to use worked well on the Windows-based graphics courses PC platform, I purchased a Maxtor and a long-time user of both plat- DiamondMax 5.1GB EIDE drive, forms, I will begin by saying that it which I then installed (and have is definitely possible to use a PC to since been very happy with), careproduce work of comparable quality fully calibrated my monitor and to a Mac. With that said, it is also output devices for accurate color worth mentioning that, on a recent and got down to work. CD cover project I worked on, I As with most jobs, the first encountered what can most charita- phase of the project had relatively bly be described as raised eyebrows little computer involvement. The when I prepared the work using a client and I got together and bashed Windows PC and handed over the out the budgets, schedules and overproject on a PC-formatted (ISO all concepts for the artwork. The 9660) CD-R (CD recordable) disc. title of the CD was to be Celtic Harp The prepress people my client of Dreams and an important aspect wanted to deal with were so PC- of the cover artwork was to convey averse that they didn't even know a dreamlike state. their Macs could read a CD created It was decided that some surrealon a PC (it can); nor did they know istic touches, like a harp floating on how to deal with the font substitu- water and/or a "courtyard" made in tion issues involved with going the form of a giant Celtic knot, from a Win d o ws-based "ITC might be concepts worth pursuing. Garamond" font to a M ac-based Because one of the images on the "ITC Garamond." After numerous cover was to be based on an existing foul-ups caused by the PC-to-Mac piece of out-of-copyright artwork, I translation process they insisted on, had the image scanned using a in order to prepare the files for out- high-quality drum scanner. put (a process known as "preflightAlthough the $80 one of these ing" in the prepress trade), we gave high-quality images costs to acquire up on them and went to another is nearly the total price of one of company that was more well-versed today's cheapo flatbed scanners, in the Ways of Windows. such inexpensive units are not capable of the image quality I wanted for Here, then, were the main a professional job. Indeed, even an Issues image saved at the highest resoluI owned both a Power Macintosh (a tion on a (Kodak) Pro Photo CD disc P owerMac 8100 with 80 M B o f is not of the quality captured by a RAM) and a Pentium-based PC (a decent drum scanner. The service Pentium 180 MHz with 64 MB of bureau where I had the scan done RAM, dual-bootable with Windows saved the file onto the SyQuest 95 or Windows NT 4,0). Because the removable platter I had supplied CD cover involved high-quality and couriered it back to me, along scanned images and a l o t o f with the originals.

Reality check: even with the best scanners, the old adage, "Garbage in,Garbage out," applies. At my oft'>ce, I disconnected the external SyQuest drive from the SCSI port o n m y la n g uishing Macintosh and connected it to the Adaptec SCSI interface installed in my I'C (such interfaces are shipped with virtually all SCSI-based PC scanners). Indeed, because I already had a scanner connected to the VC, I connected the SyQuest drive to the second SCSI port on the back of the scanner, making sure to set each device to a different SCSI ID. I then attached the supplied "SCSI terminator" block to the second SCSI port on the drive. This terminator (technically, a "terminating resistor") is necessary to prevent the signal from motive to encourage me to underbouncing back and forth in the SCSI take t he p ro d u ctio n wi th chain and interfering with the com- PageMaker. As it turned out, this >nunication of the various devices in decision raised a few eyebrows, too. the chain. More on that later. Fortunately, there were no probMore urgently, the data on the lems after powering up. Windows SyQuest disk supplied from the ser9S recognized both the SyQuest vice bureau was in Macintosh HFS device and the scanner connected format and I could not read it under to the Adaptec SCSI interface (and, Windows N T . S w i t ching to indeed, the Adaptec EZ SCSI soft- Windows 95, I installed MacDrive95 ware informed me that I could con- from Media4 Productions. This nect several more SCSI devices if I excellent utility allowed me to read wished.) and write Mac media (with long fileAt this point in the procedure I names intact!) under Win9S with was still evaluating whether I no problems. should use Windows VT or Win95. A few issues with NT convinced me Reality check: most graphics that it was still a little too close to. service bureaus are strongly the bleeding edge for my require- Mac-oriented. ments. For one thing, I did not have a copy of Adobe Type Manager Yet another problem cropped up Deluxe that worked on NT. (This soon thereafter. My client supplied software has since been released.) the text for the cover on a Mac flopAlthough my tests of Photoshop py diskette and I could initially under Windows 95 had been fairly understand why MacDrive9S could uneventful, I had read some disturb- not read it. Bizarrely, I could not ing reports o f c r a shes when even read the disk on my Macattempting mem n r y -intensive intosh! Can you guess the problem? P hotoshop o p e rations un d e r Although it is true that a PC's Windows NT (a problem that the floppy drive cannot read old SOOKB Mac version is not i mmune to, (GCR format) Mac disks, this disk either.). QuarkXPress 3.3 seemed to was a high-density 1.4 MB floppy, work u n der m y s e r v ice-pack- which should not have been a probenhanced NT, but several cosmetic lem. It was only when I asked the aspects were dodgy and it, unlike client what type of Mac she used to PageMaker, was still not available as create the disk that the answer a 32-bit release (another situation became clear. The Mac, she noted, since resolved with the release of was a "really old one." QuarkXPress 4.0). The fact that As it turned out, she had formatQuarkXPress 3.3's EFlcolor color ted a 1.4 MB disk on a Mac that was management system is now official- so old, it didn't know 1.4 MB disks ly discontinued was yet another existed. In other words, it was for-

matted as 800KB. I stuck a piece of tape over the hole on the top-left side of a HD disk that modern disk drives use to differentiate between double-density and h igh-density disks, and it became readable in my Mac. I transferred the files to a VCformatted disk (which the Mac can read and write) and finally got the documents onto my PC. Whew! Realitycheck: the Mac was necessary to solve this problern and, truth be told, nly PC efforts were looking pretty dubious to me at this point. For a border around the main image, I scanned some Celtic knot patterns out of a clip-art book of such designs. Because I knew that the Celtic knot art would be greatly altered, I was not terribly concerned with the quality of the original scan. I used an Epson Expression 636 scanner (which proved to be quite a bit better than the HP Scan]et Ilcx I also experimented with) to capture the Celtic knots and some other incidental artwork for the booklet that would comprise the CD cover. In fact, scanners played yet another role during this production. I used OmniPage OCR (optical character recognition) software to eliminate the task of retyping a couple of pages of typed lyrics for which there were no disk-based originals. These files, like the Mac documents, were saved in MS Word format, so that they could be later placed with PageMaker. Continued on page 97

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and saved a copy one last time in Photoshop Document (PSD) format. Saving a Photoshop As the work proceeded on the cover, I kept format version of the file is important, as TIFF, several backups of the files, including copies EPS or JPEG files do not save the Layers and ' 'saved nightly onto removable SyQuest disk for certain other attributes of the original file. remote storage„ in case of fire or theft. I used Thus, if I ever want to rework the file (for the Layers feature of Photoshop to assemble example, to create a cassette jacket or DVD images with shadows and border elements cover), having access to the individual layers, that could easily be altered as per the client's pathsand saved selections may prove handy. I requests. For the Celtic knot border, I used a also printed a color "proof of concept" sheet Photoshop plug-in collection from Alien Skin called Eye Candy to give it the look of beveled. stone. Along with this, I composited a "mar-

on a dye-sublimation printer, snipped the image out and inserted it into a jewel case for presentation to the client. When deadlines are close,such detailscan ease tensions. Because I'd like to be remembered as the Backup. king, I also converted the files to JPEG format and saved a copy in that compact format on a floppy disk, too. Remarkably, my 74 MB Photoshop version of the cover, when saved as a high-quality JPEG file, fits on a sin-

gle 1.4 MB floppy disk! Finished with Photoshop, I set to work assembling the images in PageMaker. I found that PageMaker's on-screen display of the CMYK TIFF images to be inaccurate — even after all my careful calibration. I had much better on-screen accuracy by returning to Photoshop and re-saving the files as CMYK EPS (encapsulated PostScript) files. Continued onpage 44

bleized" pattern from a lovely collection of

marble textures on CD-ROM called Marbled Paper Textures from Artbeats. I should also mention that I worked exclusively in CMYK mode, to avoid any possible unpleasant surprises that (often!) occur when an RGB image is converted to CMYK color. As many of the elements of this cover were handcolored (primarily u s in g P h o toshop's Variations command upon carefully masked selections), this was especially important, as was the need to carefully calibrate my monitor for accurate color, and save the settings using Photoshop's Monitor Setup dialog. To develop the "dreamlike" qualities of the scene, I did many tests of various effects, using ' a variety of 2D and 3D tools. I eventually settled on the idea of using MetaCreations' Bryce to render a scene in which, beneath a fantastic sunset, a harp was reflected in a pool of water. Rather than create the harp from scratch, I

searched the Internet and found a harp image in one of the many collections of DXF files on the Web. As I knew that the DXF harp would be replaced, in the final scene, by a photo of a real harp, I was using it only to generate shadows and reflections on the 3D water. I performed some small test renderings and, when I was satisfied with the look, I created a scene at a resolution that would be appropriate for a CD cover (roughly 5 inches square). Considering the 150-lpi dot screen

my press person said would be appmpriate for the glossy paper we were eventually going to print on, this worked out to a 300-dpi rendering, using the following formula: For color work, the dots-per-inch resolution of your scanned images needs to be no more than twice the number of lines-per-inch of your output device's halftone dot screen. In other words, a 300 dpi scan is perfect for 150-Ipi output. Scanning at higher resolutions is sometimes useful to reduce moire patterns and address other issues, but such super-sampled images should be reduced to fit this equation before printing. More resolution in the output file just wastes hard disk space and slows printing. Once rendered, I used Photoshop's Rubber Stamp tool to erase the harp from the scene, leaving only its reflection in the water. I then dropped the photo of the real harp, cut out using Photoshop's color range selection tools, in its place. If I had known about it, I'd have used the excellent Chromatica plug-in from Chroma Graphics Inc, (Tel: 415-375-1100) to further ease this masking and selection process. Even without Chromatica, however, the end product looked quite convincing after a little retouching.

The rendered scene was then composited with the scanned imagery and the various elements were colorized and retouched to blend smoothly. Once all the Photoshop work was done, I saved the files in CMYK TIFF format for output

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Uke a fish without a bicycle While almost every software developer will tell you their graphics tool is the one you can't live without, there are actually very few pieces of software that will cause you to cease breathing if you don't own them. In fact, there are precisely none. But (and you knew that "but" was coming, right?) there are a very few that are so necessary that attempting to make Internet graphics without them is like eating sushi without chopsticks: you can do it, but your

hands smell like fish. Let's look at some of those essential and nearly essential software packages and see what's so cool about them. Adobe Photoshop 4.0 Platforms: Macintosh, Windows 95/NT System requirements Macintosh: 68030 or greater processor or Power Macintosh, Mac OS 7.1 or later, 16 MB RAM, 25 MBavailable hard disk space, VGA or higher resolution monitor, CD-ROMdrive. System requirements Windows: 486 or greater processor, 16 MBRAM, 25 MBavailable hard disk space, VGA or higher resolution monitor, CD-ROMdrive. http: //www.adobe.corn •t F lmh~

ciently in Photoshop. Many scanners ship with a plug-in for Photoshop so you can handle every angle of pre-Web production in this program. The bad news: Photoshop is a very sophisticated software package and thus presents the new user with a hefty learning curve. The new Photoshop user can expect to invest some serious time into really learning the program and all that it can do. Also, it ain' t cheap. But it's a worthwhile investment: if necessary, curtail your hardware habit for a while in order to pay for Photoshop. Do you really need that faster CD-ROM drive? That shiny new modem? I didn't think so. Save your beans and spring for the big cheese of designpackages.Because it takes more than a couple of beans. Kal's Power Tools 3 Plafforms: Macintosh, Nndows 95/NT System requirements Nlacintosh: A host application that fully supports Photoshop plug-in architecture; Macintosh 68040 or greater with math coprocessor, 2.5 MB RAM (sharing host's memory allocation); 8-bit video; Mac OS7.1 or greater, CD-ROMdrive. Recommended requirements are a PowerMac; 16 MB RAM. Spheroid Designer, Texture Explorer Pro and Interform. System requirements Windows: A host application that fully supports Photoshop plug-in architecture; operates within host application's RAM (seehost for RAM requirements); 16-bit video; Windows 95/NT; CD-ROM drive. Recommendedrequirements: Pentium processor, 16 MB RAM;24-bit video. http J/www.metatoois.corn

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PalntShop Pro Plafforms: Windows 95/NT 4.0 or later System requirements: 486 or greater processor, 8 MB RAM,5 MB availablehard diskspace. http: //www.jasc.corn If you really, really want to make graphics for the Internet but really, really don't want to shell out the big bucks for Photoshop there are a few alternatives. You' ll encounter them online where software gathers, at places like download.corn, or you' ll hear about them in magazines like this one. And if you try them, you' ll find that some are better than others. And you might uncover a rare pearl in the Photoshop imitators who aren't as good, but who do what they do very well. Jasc Software's PaintShop Pro is the best of a big field. It meets all the criteria: it allows you to manipulate and convert photographic and other art files into all Web formats. It is a complete tool set that lets you manipulate and retouch photos, enhance and alter images and has a full set of fun filters. While PaintShop Pro lacks some of the integral features that m ak e P hotoshop Photoshop, it compensates with strengths in other areas — PaintShop Pro is very inexpensive, and since it's a less sophisticated program, the learning curve is less steep. The bad news is that there is no Mac version, nor is there likely to be. So Macintosh users lose out on this one. PageCharmer 1.S Plafforms: Macintosh, Windows 95, Unix, Solaris, Next System requirements: No minimum configuration specified; must have NetscapeNavigator 3.0 or later or Microsoft internet Explorer 3.0 or later. http: //www.mainstay.corn Ielece

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graphics you' ve slaved over to perfect. The cross-platform Web palette is comprised of just 216 colors. That is, there are only 216 colors that can be safely viewed in a Web browser on both a PC and a Macintosh. While that sounds like a lot, when you consider that a design-variety computer can show you millions of colors, 216 starts to look pretty piddling. When you design a Web-destined graphic

From the exceedingly useful little tools department comes Ditherbox. If you' ve made graphics for a Web site before, you' ll know that dithering is a bad thing. Or can be when applied to the

in a color or colors that are outside of this Web-safe range, the offending colors will be dithered into the limited range of the palette. While this is actually a Good Thing, sometimes the pure-looking colors you wanted end up looking messy. Enter Ditherbox. A teensy plug-in that you use through Photoshop or another graphics program that offers full Photoshop plug-in compatibility, Di t h erbox a c t ually

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Graphics tools offer more bang for less buck B Y EMRU T O W N S E N D e field of multimedia has changed significantly in the past few years. In particular, 1997 featured plummeting prices and an increased emphasis on the home user. What hasn't changed is the overall scheme of things: the graphics and multimedia tools remain fundamentally unchanged. They' re just cheaper, faster, and more sophisticated. Do you want software with that? Almost all of the devices mentioned below come with some extra software enticements. "Lite" versions of OCR (optical character recognition software) packages come with most scanners, for instance. In fact, lite versions of all kinds of software come with these gadgets. Adobe PhotoDeluxe — which features a small percentage of Adobe Photoshop's features that 99 percent of the populace actually uses — seems to be bundled with everything these days. (I expect to find it in boxes of breakfast cereal soon.) If you can't decide what to buy, what' s included in the box can tip the balance. In some cases, if you' re lucky, the software is in fact a full version. For that reason alone, it can be worth it to shop for hardware before looking at software. There have always been two ways to get images into computers: create them yourself, . or grab them from other media somehow. Probably the most tedious way to create an image from scratch is with a mouse. In 18 years, I have met exactly two people who can draw with a mouse — and one of them was the type of person who could draw with anything — you know, like the people you hated in art class.

mouse, for which some RSI (repetitive strain injury) sufferers are grateful. On the other hand, some people with RSIs find graphics tablets cause more pain over time. So if this is the case for you, you might want to hang on to that mouse.

Scanners If you' ve already done the drawing or taken a photo, then you probably want a flatbed scanner. Prices on flatbeds have dropped so drastically in the past few years, it's enough to make your head spin.

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Graphics tablets To most of us, the most natural way to draw is with a pencil or pen. Graphics tablets (also called digitizing tablets) have been around for a long time, but have only become inexpensive and useful in the last few years. As the trend toward more wnaturai" computer imagery has picked up steam, pressuresensitive tablets have become the norm rather than the exception. As the name implies, a pressure-sensitive tablet can teil how hard

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Hopefully, the Emailer comes pretty close to its claim of next version will give these windows the same "controlling your email like a god,& but it still appearance as Mac OS 8 windows, since it has a few minor rough edges that need Emaller 2.0 makes it easier to follow the multiple rows of smoothing over. Foremost is the lack of dragtext. and-drop support for folders in the mail From: Claris 416-941-9611 A feature I find indispensable with Emailer browser window. is the ability to search your entire set (or subAt some point in the future I would like to http: //www.cia ris.corn set) of messages using a find command. see tighter integration of Emailer with the System requirements: 68020 or higher or PowerPC Macintosh, System 7.1 or later, 3 MBavailable RAM, 9 Emailer now consolidates all your messages Desktop. It would be nice to be able to store MB hard disk space. into a single file rather than multi- messages in folders that are part of the Mac Suggested retail price: $99 ple files as in version 1.0. This has two advantages: faster searches and conservation of hard disk space. Also a standard fea8 00 0 E OH 8M EOE OOI 50700 T Of000& ture is the ability to spell check 03t Ii2'& EIT 0 u ::7'."-~i:::,"' &~ your email. If you use other TT& OCI4IIIMT Claris applications, you' ll be EO 007 t I ar /TI glad to know Emailer shares the OOII& 0 I Pu VI v I I + P«OOIE CE«H«&I IO«& la2 I same Claris spelling dictionary af IN fl u p«tf 0 • IO«0 ll 05 : 0«&00I«0&00220005«fr'~~70 QO,I • ' ataa."'.'ITOOEI which resides in your System luro -I I 0 l & « ut& IS-00 I • EO Q &r Ht I Iu 5 &O SH 0 PI 5 12-CO l2 5 Q 0 I I aa H II folder. 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This is disconme to outgrow the rudimentary features of the certing to novice users and annoying to expemail browser that's part of Netscape Navigator rienced users, so Claris should try to rectify 3.0. Simply put, Navigator mail does not pos- this oversight in a future release. A unique feature, however, is the support sess the m anagem ent capabilities required by serious email users. (Sorry, but I won't use of two dozen pan-Internet email services such Netscape Communicator 4.0. It's cumber- as AOL, MCI Mail and RadioMail, to name a some, slow and contains features I don' t few. It also supports the ability to have multiple email accounts. When you couple these need). Enter the dedicated email client software features with its ability to schedule emails and package. The demand for email client software specify encodings fo r m a i l e n c losures has almost become as hot as the demand for {BinHex, Base 64, UUEncode), I mailer more Web site design software. There are now sever- than meets the needs of the average user. al choices on the market that include Claris Advanced features E mailer, Qua{comm Eudora Pro and C E Software QuickMail Pro. Emailer's slogan Fmailer really shines by implementing sophisclaims that I can "control my email like a ticated internal routines called mail actionsgod,r so I decided to put that claim to the test, a fancy name for macros. Through the mail actions dialog box, a user can define a series of instructions that A new look The biggest change that will be noticed by automate long or repetitive tasks. Actions are users of Emailer 1.0 is a completely revamped also capable of triggering multiple actions, user interface. Claris is taking a cue from making th e p r o cess o f e r r or-checking Adobe by implementing a matching look-and- amenable to rocket scientists. Examples of, simple mail actions would be feel across its product line. 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MARCH 1998 67

The Computer Paper

SXna,B BuSineSS CCII)mPu.ti)I)Ig The technology resource for growing business in Canada

Davis unveils accounting software for smell businesses MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. (NB) — Davis B usiness Systems L td. , h a s announced BSI Small Business, Windows 95, and NT accounting software for small- to mediumsized companies. The software has multi-currency features and can handle Canadian and foreign taxes, company officials said. It can also handle multiple companies and is Year-2000 compliant. A single user license is US$99, and network versions are US$385 for three users or VS$750 for six. Contact: Davis http: //www.dbsonline.corn Corel adds speech recognltlon to legal suite OTTAWA (NB) — Corel Corp. has signed a d eal w i t h D r agon Systems to b u n dle D ragon's NaturallySpeaking speech-recogn ition s o f t ware w i t h t he WordPerfect Suite Legal Edition. Later, Corel plans to integrate the speech-recognition technology i nto the standard edition o f

WordPerfect. NaturallySpeaking, which recognizes continuous speech, will be sold as part of the WordPerfect suite for legal offices. Carrie Bendsza, a spokeswoman for Corel, said her company will sell the suite with NaturallySpeaking included; at the moment there are no plans for Dragon Systems to sell the suite, but some details of the arrangement are still to be worked out, she said. C orel c h ose t o bun d l e NaturallySpeaking with the legal edition of the WordPerfect suite first because legal offices show the greatest demand for speech recognition, Bendsza said.

Building your business in the vvired world B Y JEF F E V A N S

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your own boss. To work hard and enjoy the fruits of

your labors; to set your own schedule; to make your own decisions. How realistic is it, to start up a small business and make it a success?

for technology that gives the small business person more "bang for the buck." A vast array of new computer and telecom products and services are now available for the small b usiness sector. How ca n y o u exploit the opportunities that information technology offers to succeed at your own business?

My beautiful digital office Personal computers began to be

used for b u siness applications almost as soon as they appeared in the mid to late 1970s. Initially, PCs were glorified electric typewriters that didn't need correction fluid, but with the development of rudimentary spreadsheet, database and telecom software, they soon became much more. Computers rapidly developed the ability to enable even a single Continued onpage 70

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form itself into a global

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ccording to Mi c r osoft Canada, there are about a million small businesses in Canada, ranging from individuals working out of their homes, to middling operations with up to several dozen employees. As larger corporations and government institutions have slashed their own work forces in the "downsizing" mania of the last decade (brought about in part, alas, by computer technology), we have increasingly had to look to ourselves, rather tharI our elected and appointed rulers or Canada's equestrian class, for new jobs. ln fact, small business has become the major creator of new jobs in Canada. Much of this flourishing of small scale entrepreneurial enterprise has been made possible by personal computers, and increasingly, by inexpensive, small scale networking technology and the Internet. Computer product developers are aware of the flourishing small business sector, and of its hunger

sun, INGI Software Corp.

appears poised to transleader In PC photography and video editing. In Just two years, 40 million copies ofIts PhotoSulte have been distributed worldwide. TCPcontributor, Chuck Callozzi recent-

ly talked with Anthony DeCristofaro,president and chief executive officer of IIIGI.

image-editing segment of the market was at a position where it could explode, so I told him that I would use his program to raise money and start the company. Because of our previous track records, I was able to find supporters. With the financial backing in place, I brought in a talented team. Because of t h e a c quisition of Delrina by Symantec, we were able to get great people from Delrina. We also signed up two individuals f rom CG: How was the company started? AD: Oren and I started the compa- Corel, one to handle Europe and the ny. I' ve known him nearly 15 years. other to handle North America. Our One day, while showing me his focus was global right away. We CAD [computer aided designj pro- understood the opportunity of PC gram, he flipped through an image- photography in the marketplace. We were in a n i che market editing program that excited me. He couldn't understand my excite- where we wanted to be because ment, for he considered it just a opportunity should be entered in a rudimentary program designed for niche to take a leadership position in-house use. However, I knew the and grow with it. That's the strategy. CG: Anthony, what does MGI stand for? AD: Actually, nothing. It's just a corporate name, with a ring to it, such as MGM. However, we often say that it stands for Mighty Good Investment. [MGI is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.) Oren Asher, our chairman, had the n ame trademarked around t h e world and set it aside for some future opportunity.

More importantly, the basic strategy was critical mass OEM [original equipment manufacturer], while building in parallel a strong retail channel. We also heavily invested in RRD, at a much higher ratio than most companies. About 60 percent of our staff works in that area. That will change over time as we leverage ourselves and produce more and Continued onpage 73

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However, it was really only with the rise of the Internet that the potential of the computer to facilitate new business development truly began to be realized. The standalone computer mainly replaced old-style office tools, The connected computer changes the way in which business people can interact with their clients and suppliers. It literally opens up a world market to even the smallest business.

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Getting started lnthe New Economy The New Economy is a term that applies to the new categories of business that technology has created: software and hardware development and sales, online services, international financial services, technology education, training services and the like. However, with the spread of the World Wide Web as the universal networking technology, the phrase New Economy is also coming to apply to the general practice of business using networked computers. At their most extreme, networked computers can be used for all the elements of a business transaction (such as a consumer surfing a Web-based catalog, making the selection. paying for the item, and arranging its shipment without any face-to-face contact with the vendor). However, only a minority of potential customers are currently online at all, and only an even smaller minority of "early adopters" are accustomed to doing business online. Networked computer technology can be used, and is being used, in gathering information about potential clients, targeting the most likely prospects, and efficiently automating marketing and selling efforts. As well, networked computers ran be used to establish and conduct business with corporate suppliers, partners, government and regulatory agencies. To put it simply, the ability to use computers to help understand who your best potential customers are, to tailor your offerings to their needs, to improve customer service and satisfaction, and to identify the opportunities for future growth will give any businesses its best possible chance to succeed and grow. The (temporarily) level playing field At the small-business level, the increase in the power of business PCs, the development of easy-to-use networking solutions, and the development of business on the Web are all recent events. There are, by definition, few veterans or experts in the use of brand new technology. This means the barriers to entry for new businesses in the New Economy are lower than for more established parts of the economy. Anyone who is willing to learn and take risks potentially has as much chance of success in a new market as anyone else. This also means opportunities for groups traditionally under represented in mainstream business: women, ethnic minorities, recent immigrants, the young, and persons with disabilities. The worst boss ln the world Many people are attracted to the prospect of building a small business in order to be their own bosses, in their own I have met highly qualified computer professionals who left well-paying jobs in Forrrnre 500 companies to set up Web-based services for example, attracted as much by the opportunity to stop wearing a suit as to make money. In fact, small business owners often find they work harder and take on far more risks

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xMssCDIEILpUtELing ble $199 high-resolution digital cameras, further fueling an already rapidly expanding market. The technological revolution also has an impact upon video. We believe with the new m otherboards, Windows 98 , a n d o u r VideoWave product, it will be possible to do real-time video editing in 1999. Another important role of Intel is their advertising. They are investing more than $500 million to bring visual computing to the forefront, In Europe, for example, they are running ads CG: 1agree with Oren that the product yott startwith our product, preparing the way for an ed with was so basic tflat it was unimpressive. Wasn't leveraging it into the most widely used introduction of this new technology. imaging software a magical feat? Perhaps the CG: Your focus will remain on PC photography "M of MGI stands for magic. and video editing? AD: The magic was a product, a dream, a market AD: There is another ingredient that we are to go after, and a team of talented people to already working on in the background; 3D make it all happen. Yes, we had marketing modeling. Video and imaging editors will natsavvy, but most important, we had the'passion ura(ly want to add 3D text and special effects to focus on PC photography while everyone else to their creations. So„ in the future we will was involved with the peripherals. They did not launch a program to help them do this. understand the evolution taking place, a new CG: The MGI Photogttite II that yott showed at etyterging market of the digital revolution. Corndexcreated a stir. CG: Do you believe MGI is another exatnpie of the AD: Yes, it is the world's first browser imbedded important role played by Canada in software' application. We have wrapped the program detrelop ment? around the Web. With drag-and-drop simpliciAD: Well, we no longer can say we are 100 per- ty, users will be able to move images from the cent Canadian because of the Intel investment PhotoSuite directly to Web pages. When visitand our partnership with Mitsui Japan, the ing our Web site, they will be upgrading to the second largest company in the world. As far as latest version of the PhotoSuite without yea)izour role representing Canada, we are indebted ing it. They will also be able to communicate to Delrina and Corel for gaining entry into the with us and buy new modules to further international marketplace and making the expand the capabilities of the suite, PhotoSuite road less difficult for others to follow. Il is due to appear this spring. CG: What about the rale of japan? AD: The revolution of digital video cameras, digital still cameras, the consumption, and the export are all sitting in japan. They are the leaders of the hardware technology that is fueling the marketplace. So, we are there, front and centre, working with them. Our philosophy is to build a product around a strategy of the industry and align ourselves with players that make it difficult for others to enter. CG: Tell memore abottt the PC photography marketplace. AD: We have multibillion dollar companies driving the marketplace — digital camera and scanner manufacturers, for example. There is also the role of the Internet. Photos, email and communicating are bringing the digital world together in new ways. Film manufacturers and retailers are also playing a major part. Onehour digital service is now available. You can get a second set of prints free or get thetn on a floppy disk. This service will appear in 2,000 outlets across the United States, and we' ll see something similar in Canada at a later date. All of a sudden people will need image editors to edit their pictures and share them on the Internet. According to Dataquest, the PC photography area will grow to $228 million by 2001. It was $17 million the first year. Since we took about 30 percent of the market share, it is a very exciting position to be in relative to where it's going to be in three years. Moreover, we' re aligned with all the key players. CG: You mentioned that Intel invested in yottr company. What role are they playing in the digital revolution? AD: The Intel PC 98 camera standard is another major force starting to form. They will supply a small motherboard with four chipsets that will do much of the work previously done by digital cameras. This will make possi-

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RiSRS Iiiij liajiilitlee Oileriilee The perils of communications systems were discussed in the February 1998 edition of The Computer Paper, and include: (a) liability for civil and criminal misconduct; (b) a source of embarrassing and harmful electronic evidence; (c) infringement of user privacy rights; (d) security concerns; (e) loss of confidentiality and solicitor-dient privilege; and (f) adverse effects on user productivity and system resources and performance. Policy overview An effective CSP should educate users regarding communications system risks and liabiffties and address the ways in which the system can be used and misused. A CSP should be compatible with the organization's culture. It should reflect well on the organization and its users, since the policy itself may be publicly disclosed and subjected to judicial scrutiny. A CSP should include appropriate explanations, so that it will contribute to a healthy workplace environment and not create undue stress or adversely affect morale. The CSP should be prepared with proper legal advice to ensure that it is consistent with applicable laws and contractual obligations, including collective bargaining agreements. It should also be prepared with proper technical advice.

Policytopics The following are some of the issues that should be considered in preparing a CSP: • User Education: One of the most impor-

tant functions of a CSP is to educate users about the potential risks and liabilities associated with communications technologies. User education can reduce the likelihood of communications system misuse. T here should also b e @ ,'-.-",::"':-' "' ,4t„" '::-':+i ongoing training, periodic updates and reminders. • System Use: The C SP should prescribe system-use rules. Such rules may be restrictive (businessonly use), liberal (unrestricted use subject to stipulated prohibitions and non-interference with job performance), or something in between. Policies that permit business-only uses may reduce certain risks, but they may be difffcult to enforce and may have a negative impact on user productivity and workplace relations. At the very least, the CSP should require system use to be lawful and consistent with the organization's general reputation, standards and other workplace conduct rules and productivity expectations. The CSP might also prohibit specific uses, such as (a) illegal, unethical or immoral uses; (b) sending, receiving or accessing offensive, objectionable, a b u sive, po r n ographic, obscene, sexist, racist, harassing or provocative messages, images or other materials, including adult-oriented Web sites or newsgroups; (c) defamatory, derogatory or false messages; (d) political activities; (e) other commercial or business uses; (f) unauthorized access to other users' email, data or communications; (g) uses that infringe copyright or other intellectual property rights; (h) unsecured disclosure of confidential or privileged information; (i) unauthorized use of data encryption; and (j) uses that may compromise system integrity or degrade system performance., In addition, it may be appropriate to stipulate email content and etiquette protocois. For example, requiring receipt confirmation for important email, restricting the use of "All Users" email, or requiring authentication of business-related email and disclaimers on non-business email. The problem, however, is that rigid procedures can so encumber email use as to reduce or possibly eliminate its benefits as a productivity tool. • M o n i toring, u s e and disclosure: Organizations may have legitimate reasonsfor monitoring and disclosing communications system use and data, and may be required to do so by law. However, unauthorized use or disclosure of private communications, including email and computer files, may violate users' privacy rights, constitute a breach of employment agreements, or give rise to civil or criminal liability. Accordingly, it is important to advise all

users that there is no privacy regarding communications system uses and data, including email and vmail (voice mail), and to establish proper procedures for the monitoring, use and disclosure of communications system use and data. For these reasons, it may be appropriate for a CSP to contain a number of non-privacy warnings. For example: (a) the communications system and its data are the organization's property, and the organization reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without any further notice, to intercept, retrieve, access, review, archive, destroy, and disclose to others (including courts and law enforcement aut'horities) all communications system data and u ses,

external email for sending or receiving confidential information, including trade secrets and solicitor-client privileged information, and to require all external email to be marked with a confidentiality warning,for example "Confidential — Do No t Dis t r ibute or D isclose — Do No t For w ar d Wi t h o ut Permission of Sender — Please Immediately Notify Sender if You Receive this Message in Error and then Purge the Message." A CSP might also require that internal email containing confidential or solicitorclient privileged information be properly labeled as "Confidential" or "Solicitor-Client Privileged" and be distributed on a need-toknow basis. including email, vmail, and Internet use; The uncontrolled use of data encryption (b) use of the communications system can interfere with data access and system constitutes an irrevocable consent to system monitoring and maintenance. Accordingly, a use and data monitoring and disclosure and CSP might also contain encryption guidelines, an agreement to comply with all other aspects including permissible encryption methods of the communications system policy; and when encryption should and should not (c) if users want their Internet use or com- be used. munications to be private, they should not • Data retention and destruction: A CSP use the organization's communications sys- should include a data retention policy. The tem; fundamental goal of such a policy is to ensure (d) passwords are used for security reasons, that electronic data is organized, archived and but do not prevent system managers from stored in a secure manner that provides for authorized system use and data monitoring efficient retrieval for b usiness purposes, and disclosure; and including legal disputes. It s hould also (e) ema~ay be reviewed when users are attempt to minimize the unnecessary accuabsent from work. If such are not mulation of data that serves no business purgiven, users may argue that they had a legiti- pose. It might also include an email formalmate expectation of privacy regarding their ization protocol that requires users to record communications system use. and file important business-related email perDecisions regarding system-use monitor- manently, either in electronic or paper format. ing and data review and disclosure ought to be • Software management: For legal (copymade by properly trained, high-level person- right) and practical (system performance, nel for legitimate purposes and with the ben- maintenance, and support) reasons, a CSP efit of proper legal advice. may prohibit the use of software that is not • Security: Communications systems are properly licensed and approved by IT personvulnerable to internal and external security nel. threats. Technology and expert advice are ~Compliance:Usersoughtto bewarned available to reduce or eliminate many security that CSP violations may result in discipline threats. There are also a number of common corresponding to the gravity of the offence, sense security precautions: (a) master pass- including summary dismissal, and restrictions words and other security-related information on communications system use. should have limited disclosure; (b) user pass• Notice and acceptance: A CSP should words should be non-obvious, hard-to-guess, form part of the organization's policies and confidential, and changed on a regular basis; procedures manual and the communications (c) all computers should have password-pro- system user manual. A CSP should state that tected screen savers; (d) users should log off use of the system constitutes acceptance of the system at the end of the day; and (e) sys- the policy and agreement to its terms. The tem hardware should be secured. Information safest course is to require all users to sign a technology (IT) personnel can present a secu- written acknowledgement that they have read rity risk. They may have access to passwords and understood the CSP and agree to abide by and other security-related information that it, although in some circumstances that may may be misused with serious consequences. not be practicable. For this reason, there should be careful preA CSP should be well publicized. Users hiring screening of all IT personnel, and rou- should be reminded of it on a regular basis. tine post-employment procedures should be On-screen reminders and non-privacy wamestablished and followed. ings can be programmed to display as part of ~. Confidentiality p rotocols: External log-on procedures. Similar notices may be email is not secure or private unless it is communicated periodically by memorandum encrypted. For this reason, it may be prudent or email. for a CSP to prohibit the use of unencrypted Continued onpage 80

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do a lot of processing before it actually begins applying image or text to paper. etworked printers are in demand. The speed of the processorinside the Many more manufacturers are now printer, the effectiveness of the printer driver moving into the market for printers software and the speed of incoming print data that will operate over a corporate network to will all have an impact on this performance be shared by large numbers of users. The measurement, One of the other contributing degree to which they are successful appears to factors to this — as well as overall printer speed depend as much on how they meet the — is the amount of memory in the printer. requirement of being a well-behaved network If you are printing long documents, or device, as on how fast or how well they print. even just those containing large amounts of There are about five qualities you would graphics or photography, then memory makes typically look for in a network printer. Some a difference. When your computer sends data of these are importantto standalone users as to the printer over the network, it arrives to well, but the lack of any of these qualities in a the printer's RAM first. It is held there in a networked printing environment becomes a "cache" until the printer can print what is in much more acute problem when many users the memory, making room for the next batch are trying to access and work with a given net- of data from the network or, in the case of a work printer. standalone configuration, the computer. The more RAM in the printer, the more Speed and memory capacity quickly it will be able to accept all the data No one likes to wait around for a printer to from the network. This will not only help spit out a long document. They like it even speed up printing (since one of the perforless when there is a huge lineup of people mance bottlenecks in the system can be the behind them who are waiting for their much time it takes for data to get from network to shorter documents. printer), but will also "release" the network There are a number of factors that go into from the print job more quickly. printer performance. The two most basic are the "time to first page" speed and the memo- Paper capacity and flexibility ry capacity of the printer. A printer that prints Another frustration for users who share a quickly after the print button on-screen is printer over an office network is that the pressed is far preferable to one that needs to printer often runs out of paper.

Finding that there's no paper left in the the network printer will be a lot happier. printer is almost as frustrating as running out of toilet paper at the wrong moment. There Cost of consumabies are several features that can be built into a This requires a bit of thinking. Several differnetwork printer to minimize this problem. ent printing technologies are available for use The first is a high-capacity paper tray that on network printers and each carries with it a can hold hundreds of sheets. Some high-vol- different s e t of cons u mable c o sts. ume network printers have been known to Consumables are simply items your printer handle up to 2,000 sheets before running out. "consumes" that have to be replaced. The second feature is building some "intelIn addition to paper (a consumabie in all ligence" into the on-board printer software so printers), other items would include ink carthat it can generate a message — either on the tridges {on an inkjet printer), toner cartridges printer's external control panel or over the and drums (on a laser printer) and solid ink network to the person responsible for refilling "sticks" (on a solid ink printer). The cost of the paper — when the printer is getting low on consumables is commonly measured on a "per paper. This functions in the same way as the page printed basis." Although, for example, "warning light" on your car's fuel gauge, let- you may pay less for an ink cartridge on an ting you know that yon have to refill soon or inkjet printer, you will likely find that the you' ll be out of gas. number of pages you can print with the ink The third feature that can be designed into cartridge is far lower than the number of pages the system to reduce paper-related problems is that can be printed with a slightly more expenmultiple paper trays for different sizes of sive toner cartridge for a laser printer. That is paper. If the printer is only capable of han- one of the reasons why monochrome laser dling one type of paper at a time, then you printers still enjoy a far larger share of the netincrease the risk of someone leaving legal size work printer market than any other single paper, for example, in the printer tray when printer technology. On a "per page" basis for you want to print letter size. consumables, they still offer the lowest cost. If there are multiple paper input trays that allow you to dedicate a given tray for a different Quality ofoutput size or stock of paper (or even letterhead paper The documents produced on your network or overhead transparency film), you will save a printer are often going to be an integral part lot of time changing print media. And users of Continued onpage 86

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"Our company has evaluated your idea, and now wants to prepare a more inAepth research report, It' ll be several hundred or thousand dollars" • If the company's initial evaluation is "positive," ask why the company isn't willing to cover the cost of researching your idea further. "Our company makes most of its money from the royalties it gets from licensing its clients' ideas. Of course, we' ll need some money before we get started" • If a firm tells you this, ask why they' re not willing to help you on a contingency basis. Unscrupulous firms make almost all of their money from large, upfront fees.

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca. • Co n tact t he Cana d ian I n du s trial Innovation Centre in Kitchener, Ont. This organization, partly sponsored by government, has an excellent reputation and provides a range of helpful services in candidly assessing the market potential of your idea. Contact the centre at 800-265-4559 or through its Web site at: http: //www.innova-

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and helps you get your work done. Why spend a few thousand dollars on a new machine every other year if the only time you really use the thing is to work out how much money you owe the government for that year? If you have a computer that was defined as a high-end system a year ago, it is still a good rnachine. Even the most demanding applicaRwy, how things have changed... It's been three months since our last systems tions (games included) will run just fine with survey, and it's quite remarkable to see the that setup. The systems we reviewed this many changes that can take place in such a month are a great choice for first time buyers, short time. And compared to a year ago, the or someone looking to upgrade an old system or perhaps to add a second system to the changes are even more striking. When we did our high-end system survey home oroffice. If it seems like you' re getting a lot more for in February 1 997, t h e t o p -of-the-line machines featured 200 MHz Pentium proces- your money than you were a year ago, that' s sors„32 MB of RAM, video cards with 2 MB or because you are. It's amazing to see what 4 MB onboard, hard drives with average $2,500 will buy you today compared to last capacities of 3.2 GB, and CD-ROM drives top- year. And because of this, now is without a ping out at 12x speeds. Modems were pretty doubt the best time to get a new PC or replace much standard at 33.6Kbps with the 56Kbps an agingone.Some people are even buying a new PC just because the prices are so low, and variety almost ready for market. That set of features is now common for they feel they could benefit from having two entry-level machines. In fact, as far as the systems in the house. This holds especially Pentium family is concerned, the only model true if there are kids in the household. A few that Intel will be making is the 233 MHz years ago it was quite difficult to afford two MMX variety. To move up from there, you' ll machines that could handle the latest games have to go to the Pentium II family — which and applications. Today it's another story. starts at 233 MHz. What defines the high end today? At the On the horizon end of January, Intel announced its 333 MHz We are eagerly awaiting a few items expected Pentium II processor, and said that about a to make their appearance sometime in 1998. dozen manufacturers would have computers for One example is the new line of Pentium II sale immediately, based on the new processor. processors. As we' ve already mentioned, Intel Compared to 333 MHz at the top end, the just announced the 333 MHz processor, and systems we look at this month are powered by machines based on it should be available now. entry-level Pentium II CPUs. But they have Due out later this year are 366 MHz and perchanged from head to toe, compared to what haps 400 MHz Pentium II processors. A new would have been considered entry level — or chipset from Intel, the 440BX, is also expecthigh end, for that matter — a year ago. ed sometime in the first half of '98. As we' ve mentioned, the processors are the At long last, bus speeds of 100 MHz will be slowest of the Pentium II family, with a clock officially supported by the processor giant, speed of 233 MHz. With RAM prices being so something that is possible with today's mothlow, configurations with 64 MB in total are erboards using the 440LX chipset, although becoming common place. Video cards with not supported by InteL As far as systems as a whole are concerned, less than 4 MB onboard are uncommon, hard drives with capacities of 4.3 GB are standard, we will be seeing the new line of 32x CD-ROM and 24x CD-ROM drives are available for drives making its way into nearly every com$100, with the new 32x family just now start- puter before the summer. AGP video cards are ing to make its way into the mainstream. already available from nearly every major Today's modems are standard at 56Kbps —anyplayer in the market, although the operating thing slower is rare. All that for just over system support is still a few months away $2,000. The amazing part is that, in the span pending the release of Windows 98 and NT of 12 months, systems that were considered 5.0. In the meantime, these cards are availhigh end don't even qualify for this lab test. able, but don't offer a significant improvement, if any at all. But considering the fact Is your system obsolete' that they cost nothing more than their PCI But before you experience another bout of counterparts, you may as well get one with CPU insecurity, remember the one thing we y our new computer i n a n t icipation of always try to emphasize: your computer is not Windows 98's eventual release. obsolete, just because there are newer, fancier DVD drives are also expected to reach products on the market. affordable levels later this year. Some users In fact, your computer will always be good have alreadyjumped on the bandwagon and enough as long as it meets your own needs, bought one for several hundred dollars, while

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Our tests We asked vendors to send us machines bas on 233 MHz Pentium II processors and 64 lv of RAM. All other components were left up i the vendor, but we specified that the over system cost should be kept to $2,500 or le. not including a monitor. We received a good mix of machines, ea with t h ei r s t r engths an d w e aknes However, overall, each machine had enouf desirable qualities to satisfy most users. i usual, we ran the BAPCo Sysmark32 bene mark tests on all machines, which we confi ured to run in a resolution of 1,024x768 at 16-bit (65,536) color depth.

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area of high-performance desktop graphics, this card is giving the Millennium Il a tun for its money, and definitely aided this systein in achieving its high overall score on our benchmark tests. Multimedia components in this system consist of an OPTI 3D sound card and Panasonic 24x CD-ROM drive. Once again, we find the popular Quantum Fireball 4.3 GB hard drive with UDMA support as the primaOne of the lowest- ry storage device. Rounding out the system priced systems in are a pair of m u ltimedia speakers and a this month's survey 56Kbps faxmodem. comes from Empac. Priced at $1,999 with a three-year parts This P entium II and labor warranty, this CompuPartner sysmachine has every- tem is an attractive option for anyone looking t hing y o u w o u l d for a first computer or an upgrade from a cur•I .""e need in a complete rent PC. system. The Pentium II processor runs on a Shuttle Cemtrenlc motherboard with the 440LX chipset. Total The Premium line of RAM in the system amounts to 64 MB (as we computers from requested), while the video subsystem consists Comtronic has passed of a video card with the S3 ViRGE DX chip through our lab on with 2 MB onboard. A Western Digital 4.3 GB countless occasions drive with Ultra-DMA support is used for storover the past couple age, while a 24x CD-ROM drive from Creative of years, and each Labs handles multimedia applications. A time they' ve offered 56Kbps Motorola VoiceSurfr is used for comvery competitive pricmunicating with the outside world with K56 ing and good overall system performance. Flex technology. The system we review this month is no As far as performance goes, this machine exception, making use of the latest technolowon't win any speed tests due to its slower gy the industry has to offer while keeping an video card, but it does maintain a good impressive price/performance ratio. The sysprice/performance ratio and comes with a tem consists of a 233 MHz Pentium II procestwo-year parts and labor warranty. sor, 64 MB of RAM, and an ATI Xpert(wPIay video card with 4 MB of SGRAM onboard. A Compucen Sound Blaster AWE64 sound card and the very The second fastest sys- latest Acer 32x CD-ROM drive are used for tem in this month's sur- multimedia functions, while a Western Digital vey comes to us from hard drive with a total capacity of 6.4 GB is Fastech Computer, in the primary storage unit. Also included in the Richmond, B.C. system are a pair of multimedia speakers and 'I' he Compucon sys- an Acer 56Kbps inodem. tem has a nice mix of great comp o nents, Darius which helped it achieve Coming to us from I K its score of 259 on the BAPCo benchmark I DM Technology i n suite. The Pentium II 233 MHz processor and Calgary is this system 64 MB of SDRAM are standard components in bearing th e D a r i us this machine. The Matrox Millennium II name. It offers a good video card with its 8 MB of high-speed WRAM mix of hardware and onboard can take a fair share of the glory for software, and scored the overall high score this machine was able fairly w el l o n t he to accomplish. The popular Quantum Fireball benchmark tests. 4.3 GB hard drive with UDMA support is also Standard issue inside the system is the part of this system, as are a USRobotics Pentium II 233 MHz processor and 64 MB of 56Kbps modem, 24x BTC CD-ROM drive and SDRAM. The popular Sound Blaster AWE64 a SonicVibes S3 PCI sound card. sound card and Panasonic 24x CD-ROM drive A nice touch to finish off this already great combination is used to meet multimedia machine is the LS-120 SuperDisk drive, which requirements. The Cirrus Logic 5465 AGP card fills the role of the system's primary floppy with 4 MB of SGRAM onboard is a low-cost drive and backup drive. Priced at $2,450 and alternative if you' re looking for an AGP video backed by a three-year parts and labor warran- card with decent performance. A 3.2 GB hard ty, this system is certainly worth considering. drive from Fujitsu is also part of the package, as are a pair of Yamaha M7 speakers and a Motorola 56Kbps voice/faxmodem. One o f t he few On the software end of things, you get the machines to come in Microsoft Home Collection, which includes u nder $ 2,000 t h i s Works 4.0, Money Home Banking, Magic . V~ „ mon th was th e School Bus, Greeting Workshops, Fury III and CompuPartner system the MS Interactive CD Sampler. Priced at from STD. $2,450, this system comes with a three-year T he Pentium I I parts and labor warranty. processor is backed by 64 MB of high-speed Iglts SDRAM. The very popular Xpert(<Play AGP Computers bearing the Hits name are weil video card from ATI is found inside this sys- known at TCP Labs for offering the best tem, and contains 4 MB of SGRAM. In the Continued on page M

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Nothing human is foreign to me National Geographic releases 30 CD-ROM collection REVIEW

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he National Geographic Society of America was founded during a time in history when the country was coming into its full strength and self confidence, the period after the Civil War and before the first Great War, when anything seemed possible. The society was, like many all-American institutions, inspired by an I:.nglish idea, in this case the Royal Geographical Society of I.ondon. However, the American body inadvertently took a great leap ahead of its British counterpart, when in 1888 it began to publish a journal popularizing the travels and discoveries of its members and associates.

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Running a very close second and competitive on every count, Homel'ax is a beautiful and friendly way to d o y our taxes. 'I'his is a Windows-only product that comes in 16-bil and 32-bit versions. You can purchase it at retail outlets or from the company's Web page. If you are a regular client, you can get the price knocked down to $)9.95 — a great value. The CD-ROM version reviewed here, is excellent and does use multimedia, although not a well as QuickTax. When you are in the program„most help and other information is supplied in a written format. For true full-featured, multimedia you need to run the separate, Multimedia Tutorial.

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• SOFTWARE are dozens of small improvements, from the little man or won1an that stands beside your cursor at all times to remind you that you are in the husband or wife's return ieasily turned off if you like); to system wide improvements, such as the program's use of browser-like frames, Aesthetically, this is now a beautiful interface. The program uses the newest convention of flat buttons. Also new, the use of button bars that slide to reveal data, as is used in Internet I:.xplorer 4.0. In fact, the whole look and feel of this program is new and slick. But you' re wrong if you think this is a case of beauty over brawn, Horne'I'ax has plenty of functions and features too. I.ike QuickTax there is an Rl(SI' applet. You can use an interview of forms method of compl etingup to 16 returns. The Auditor pertorms the expected checkup to see if you' ve forgotten anything. One rather interesting new feature is the pie chart representation of ally nulnber ot dit'ferent sets of data. For example, you can see a pie showing how much of your money goes to the province, the feds and yourself. Another is the YVatch bov, which allows you to drag any numerical box from your return into a little window at the bottom of the screen. Any changes that you make to your return will be displayed in the Watch box. lionteTax is a great progr;ll11 'that shared our Review's (..hoice award last year. We would love to give all three of these programs this award. Of course, not niany people would have watched the Nagano (tames it the top three Olympians all received gold.

CanTax 98 From: CanTax (a division of Soitkey Software} 200-6130 3rd Street SE, Calgary, AB, T2H 1K4 Tel: 800-265-3800 www.cantax.corn Estimated street price: $36.95 l htl74.~

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You can't go wrong with any of these three programs, including Can'I'av. 'I'he 98 version builds on the long reputation of CanTax as both a personal tax program and a professional one. 'I'he 'I'-I personal program reviewed here has taken giant steps in the past two years toward truly exciting software. 'I'he earlier, ugly interface, reminiscent of old l)OS applications, is gone, replaced by a cleaner, frames-based interface. Fase of navigation is much improved by these changes as is the user's overall comprehension of function. A clean and logical structure makes an enjoyable program and Can'lax has figured this out. At $36.95 the program is a good bet. You will need the basics of a multimedia n1aChine to get the full value out of the program's video clips. Like its peers (..anTax allows for an interview or forms method of filling out up to 15 returns.

example, you type in an impossible social insurance number or date the program v'ill tell you. One area where CanTax is very efficient is in its use of hot keys. I'or the professional, or the dedicated user, nothing is faster than logical and consistent hot keys. That doesn't mean CanTax has ignored the rightclick button. Itight clicking is content specific and will bring up the most used options for that window or form. Also available is Can'I'av Canadian 'I'utor for $59.95. This tax learning program also includes Can'I'ax 9II and is a good value for individuals interested in really understanding taxes. ' I'op marks to CanTax for t h e most improved of the three main contenders. A perennial favorite and well written offering, CanTax Deluxe deserves your considerat iorl.

Online offerings Taxlh8z From: TaxSoftware Inc. PO Box 59112, Edmonton, AB, T6H5Y3 Tel: 888-413-0370 www.taxstuff.com Price: $26.95 first year, $16 thereafter TaxWiz was reviewed here last year as anything but a wiz. Something has happened though, and it's wonderful. The wonderful thing is t hat t his l ittle 650KB program is very, very good. Obviously sortie serious work was been put into improving the p rogram since last year. System

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Head for the hills and the horizon Players get airborne with new ski race and flight sirns B Y GO R D O N G O BL E his nionth w« look at two games to get you airborne. I-'rom Sierra On-l.ine comes the latest addition to its Front. I'ag» Sports series, Iront I' age Sports: Ski Itacing, v hile Fidos Interactive gets you flying in a more traditional manner with the civilian pilot sim I'light Unlimited II. Up, ill), and avvav...

Front Page Sports: Ski Racing From: Sierra On-Line. Inc. Tel: 800-757-7707 http;//www.sierra.corn Minimum system requirements: Pentium 90, 16 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROMdrive, mouse, Windows-compatible sound card w/DAC, 640x480 256 colors, 75 MB hard drive space, 50 MB hard drive space after install. Recommended system requirements: As above with Pentium 100 MHz or higher, 32 MB RAM, 16-bit color 3Dfx accelerator card. Supports: Windows-compatible joystick, Microsoft Force Feedback Ioystick. Street price: $60

Apart from its inclusion in a Winter Olymp ics game a couple of years back, skiing hasn' t exactly been a Big I'hing on computers. And that's strange considering the sport's inherent thrills and spills seem conducive to a virtual replication. In Front I'age Sports: Ski Racing, Sierra On-Line has created an immersive and fairly convincing skiing experience that puts you on the slopes, battling for supremacy at world-class levels. Ski Racing is a quick initial study — very quick, the manual is fairly thin — but once you strap on the skis it's a real challenge to keep fast and accurate enough to excel. The program showcases a half dozen of t he world's f i nest sk i h i l l s ( o u r own Whistler, the States' Aspen, Vail and Mt. Tax software a no-brainer Continued frotzrpage 101 files, but for what it is, there are few complaints.

Bachelor, I'rance's Val d'Isere and Germany's Garmisch I'artenkirchen), each supposedly rendered to resemble the real thing. And svhile I' ll adntit I haven't had the chance Ior money!) to visit tliem in real life, they look and feel both authentic and unique, ivith enough twists, turns, moguls and technical sections to keep you on the edge of your seat. Speaking of your seat, you' ll be landing on it a lot as you wind your way through the four disciplines — l)ownhill, Super G, Giant

Flight Unlimited II From: Eidos Interactive Tel. 415-547-1200 http: //www.eidosinteractive.corn Minimum system requirements: IBM PC or fully compatible, Windows 95, Pentium 120 MHz, 16 MB RAM, I MB SVGA video card (100% DirectX 5.0-compatible), Windows 95-compatible sound card (100% DirectX 5.0-compatible), 4x CD-ROMdrive, 190 MB free disk space, Windows 95-compatible mouse, keyboard, and all major joysticks supported.

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Fven features usually reserved for the more substantial programs can be found in TaxWiz. For example, there is an RRSV limit calculation tool, as well as What If scenarios. The program displays the four T-1 pages Also useful, a timer in case you want to know individually with tabs to move between them. how long you spent on a return. You can create a spousal return and jump In the tdp left corner are useful little icons. The name of the person whose return is being between the two, as you can in almost all tax display+ in always visible, as is the final programs. The most intriguing function of amourN%wi'ng or to be refunded. the program is that most words or phrases

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Undeniably, Microsoft has had its fair share of inisses during its first few years in the coinVuter gaming industry. However, one title llill and Co. Itaven't flubbed is their civilian flight simulation, entitled appropriately Flight Simulator. It just keeps getting better and bett«r with each new version. For that you can thank, in part anyway, l.ooking Glass 'I'echnologies. Its own take on the flight sim, Flight Unlimit«il, was released to critical acclaim bacl in 1995 and certainly pushed th«Microsott product to even greater heights. And now, I.ooking Glass has struck again with Flight Unlimited II. Distributed by I;idus Int«ractive, FU II (that has a certain ring tu it, doesn't it'!) is faster, prettier, and more comprehensive than the o riginal, which should please most serious desktop pilots. It's very important to reinember that a flight sim is not an air war sint, and you can' t expect to engage in marauding sprees through the skies, blowing apart everything you see. Granted, collisions may well occur, but the idea here is to take your chosen craft from hangar to hangar and airstrip to airstrip without crashing or bashing along the way. The challenge is in learning to deal with an authentic flight model and essentially doing what real life pilots do. It ain't easy. First step? Begin perusing the monstrous and thorough manual. Though Looking Glass has taken pains to ensure most laymen ran read the thing, there's no hiding the fact that this is serious, realistic and taxing material. And is should be, because FU II is just about as close as you can get to flying a light civilian aircraft without heading down to the local airport. FU II offers no less than five models from which to choose: the dual-engine Beechcraft turn into buttons when thecurser hovers over them. Clicking the term takes the user to a comprehensive explanation of the item. All in all a good little program. If they dropped the price to $16, TaxWiz could perhaps take over the market!

Crlfffax (Mac Only) From: Colin Griffiths 8 Associates Ltd. 120 Pineridge Rd., RRQ Carp ON,KOA1LO

Baron, I'iper Arrow, de Havilland Beaver floatplane, a gun-deprived V-SID Mustang, and the relatively sintple 'I'rainer. Your location should you wish to accept the assignment is the San Francisco i)ay Area, a seelI1ingly constrictive region from first glance, but far less so when you realize I,ooking Glass has included realistic replicas of all 48 airfields in this surprisingly sizeable region. 'I'here's also a flock of other airplan«s up there with you, each intent on getting to their destinations unscath«il by the likes of you. And that's ivhere things get tough. Sure, takeoffs and landings are unforgiving and ditficult to master, but ke«iiing safely airliorne, niiinitoring the g,iuges and dials in th i i i r t u al

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Since anybody who tunes into an Internet station has to make some effort to do so (even if this only extends to installing some streaming audio software), the typical Internet listener is more adventurous than your typical radio listener. As Atkinson says, "The Net is perfect'for playing real music — not just the Top 40 songs over and over." But don't throw out your old radio set just yet — radio still has some major advantages over

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', HARDWARE vie for business. Windows CE now supports processors from A RM, M I PS, VowerPC, StrongARM, SuperH and x86 by AMD, Digital, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NEC, Philips and Toshiba. S hortly after W i ndows C E 2 . 0 w a s announced, manufacturers began showing their Windows CE 2.0 handheld systems. They were a big step up from the pioneering 1996 offerings. larger keyboards, optional color displays, built-in modems, support for Compact Flash add-on solid state storage technology and nifty extras such as wireless communications and digital cameras all gave these new systems a high rating on the "want one" scale. Finally, a t the Wi n t e r C o n sumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January, Microsoft chief executive officer Bill Gates, made a f l u rry o f W i n d ows CE announcements and summed up how Windows CE 2.0 had rolled out in its first year. "In the first 12 months, we sold a little over 500,000 of these devices," said Gates. "And, you' re seeing here the large number of partners who got involved in this: C Hitachi, Sharp, Philips, Casio, Hl', Fricsson, NEC, Novatel, LG, all of them bringing their unique value added to the device. And so some have unique features, and some are targeted at particular markets, but all of them are compatible in terms of learning the interface, sharing the data, and writing applications." Gates also talked about how the machines were being used. "A lot of it has been use in the business environment," he explained. "Boeing on their factory floor takes handheld I'Cs, and keeps track of what's going on. They can't have a large-screen device, but the handheld VC works perfectly. In the financial area, Goldman Sachs now has it for their New York Stock Exchange trading. The Seattle Mariners take this when they go out and scout, and keep track of al! the things they want to know about, prospective recruits for their team." Gates then recounted his lail Comdex keynote, during which a major from the U.S. Mar)nes showed "how the handheld PC is a great communications device for the military, even in a battlefield type environment. And certainly, that and many of these other things we didn't anticipate, but when you build a powerful platform, these are the kinds of applications that emerge." Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? But what do the rest of us think? Here's our view of a couple of the new Windows CE 2.0 systems we managed to test in late December and early January. You be the judge.

To start with, it is slightly longer than most handhelds, weighs 675 g (1.5 lb.) and sits at the "mid-range" of the handheld PC market with a price of $999. This price is not much more expensive than recent prices for the Psion Series 5 (which is my current handheld system of choice) and is comparable to prices of other, smaller Windows CE 2.0 systerns that were also launched in November. The price gets even better when you consider what NEC includes with the unit. To start with, the MobiiePro 700 comes with an infrared communications port and a built-in 33.6Kbps modem (an extra that would typically cost you another $100 to $200). This is not a PC Card modem and thus does not gobble up the available PC Card slot. In addition to the PC Card slot, NFC has included a Compact Flash expansion slot so that industry standard solid state storage cards (of the type used on many digital cameras) can be used with the machine. The monochrome display on our test niodeI was a fairly standard 640x240 back)it affair (although NEC is expected to release a color version) that was about average in terms of readability. As with many other handhelds, there is a dedicated key on the keyboard for switching the backlight on and off to save battery power. In a couple of areas, NFC has tried to "go the extra mile" with t hi s machine and ought to be recognized for it. To start with, the company decided to include a proper keyboard. It is one of the best keyboards you' re likely to find on any handheld comp uter and p r obably explains why t h e machine is as long as it is. The second extra that NFC put into the Mobilepro 700 is a built-in microphone with an activation button on the outside of the machine so t hat yo u can d i gitally record sound into a file. Recorded sounds are stored as standard Windows .WAV files. However, using the external button for recording is a little too primitive for my liking, as it i s h ard t o see when you are recording. ln addition to all of this, NEC provides VGA connectivity with the machine (which is only offered as an option on some other Windows CE 2.0 machines). Using a supplied cable (which unfortunately did not come with our review unit), you can apparently just plug the machine into an external display for full color presentation of any Powerpoint files you carry on the MobileVro. In terms of performance, the 54 IvIHz NFC VR4102 processor seems fast enough. It never NEC Mob1lePro 200 left us waiting any appreciable time for the I have to admit that the more I use the NEC mach)ne to do anything (except perhaps disMobileVro 7(W, Ihe more I like it — which is play some graphics-heavy Web pages, in too bad for me, since this evaluation model which case it was the Internet connection and had to be returned. At any rate, before getting not the processor that could be blamed for the slowdown). I f I h a d an y r eal problem with t h e MobilePro 700, it would be with the battery life, particularly when using the internal modem. Even when using- new batteries, I found the machine was in a big hurry to "power down" not long after accessing the internal modem to dial an internet service provider. When NEC gets around to refining this machine, I would suggest that it find a way to include a set second of batteries dedicated into the pros and cons of the machine, it is solely to the modem. While the external worth saying a few things about what it is and 14.4Kbps Travel Modem on my I'sion Series 5 is far from perfect, it does come with its how NEC is "positioning" the product.

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system) than the Mobilel'ro 700, it conversely does not have as good a heyboard, does not include a microphone, a built-in VGA display connector or a built-in modem. It does, however, have the best monochrome display I have seen on a palmtop of this size. If you can live with the keyboard

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