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THE COMPUTER
PAPER MAY '91

Contents

From the Editor

RC. Ectltfen s Nay 1SS1

Features
Notebook Computers ................................................33
etting organized is a national pastime. An entire industxy has been
built on selling d
and
paper~
orga n izers designed
ta get us organized. Computers can oKer a
real advance ever these "lo~h " s ystems.
With a camputexized system, yau enter your

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idea, appeintmcnt, address or project just

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en i t i s there forever, ar at least
until you change systems again ordelete it.
Many of the computerized systems also can
be set up to remind you of appaintments,
birthdays or other events by beeping, or
displaying a message every time you open up your organizer. If you are hooked up
over a network, yau can often cut and paste your ideas or information to your coworkers without having to re-key the information.
The down aide of using a computer is that you are often locked into a desktop
system for your ideas. Since creativity is nat limited to when you are sitting in your
onice, notebaok computers bring a great deal of needed mobility to computing. A
new generation of ~y
whe r e,decmything machines is arriving.This month we
took a look at a broad range af products being eKered &em the palmtopeized
Atari Portfolio and the Sharp IQ, through8088's and 286'sall the wayup ta the statcefMcosrt 386SX &om IBM. The options are expanding and the price diKcrential
between desktop units and portable computers is narrowing fast.
This month looks like Aldusmonth at Tko GnnlinctcrPapcr. The folksdown in Seattle
have been releasingproducts at a great rate.The new version af PageMaker for
Windows promises to buy them more marketshare in the page layout battle. We also
take fust looks at the new FreeHand 8.0 for the Macintosh, as well as Personal
Publishing, a "lovvcxxd" Macintosh packagewith same {we hope)
highend" features, We also did a little house cleaningan aur Mac artides in anticipation
of the
af new products fer the Macintosh with the release of Sptem V.O in
May. System .Oisa major upgrade of the Mac apcratingsystem, which wall add many
hot new features.
In the Windows area, we have a look at Professional Write Plus and a shareware
personal infexmatian manager called Active Life. Our Personal Information Manager article covers two Wmdows products, Cuxrent &om IBM and PackRat &om
Polaris Software both excellent products, and cxbnsst goad enough to tempt our
reviewer, George Slade, away &am his beloved DOS prompt.
And now for something completely diKercnt...this month we included an article
called Take an Exercise Brcak It is a series of shart exercises designed to give an
invigorating break te those whe work extensively at a desk or on a computer. We
hope you will Snd it user@.
Next month we tackle CD-ROMa Some of the products we have been qetiing for
revieware vcxy exciting. CD-ROM isa technalogywhich uses the same baste disc and
player that popular and chsnical music is being distribute an {no, unfortunately,
you can'tuseyour stereo CD pLayer te access them). Instead of music,yeu getdatavast cluantitics of data, over 600 megabytes on the avexxagedisk They are bemg used
to distribut entire encyclopedias, complete with full ceIer, sound andin some cases
animations. Theybrmgncwmeaningto the term "infoxmation overdose."Checkout
our June issue for mare details.
Enjey the issue.

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14 natcbooks made it into eur overview of the market.By Dan Wcrger.

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Is the lack ef DOS compatiMity really the "kiss af death" for a computer?
By GnxcIno Bcnnctt.

The Sharp lg 300M Electronic Organizer ....................................50

This pocket oxganiscr premises integxatIon withyour computer. By GrucInc Bcnmtt.

Personal Information Managers ..................45

Two Windows products face off against Maxunizer. By Danie/ Wager.

Th e Shareware Shelf ......................................................................71

Active Life is a shareware Personal Information Manager. By GordonSinIInondx.

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Dear Robert...A letter to a &iend. by Mike Bsccoick

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Computer Classifieds ..............83
Index of Advertisers ................86

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thefact; when theystoprunning one, they are
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thi active hst. See
our updates to theBBS
list on page 24 fothis issue.

tion of the CATALYST BBS in your BBS

listing.
Since PIXhas a specifled mandate to
educate and assist volunteer organizations,communityactivistsandnon~oflt
groups to get modeming, we believe

porn

that we have a very special and valuable

The Computer Paper welcomes readers'

comments. Letters may be edited for clanty
and brevity.

role to play. Also, as a volunteer organization ourselves, we appreciate any opportunity to inform people about our
services
We would appreciate it, if you could
include CATALYST BBSinyour future
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President, Pacific Information Exchange Society.

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VVhat's hlew
Intel Intros Inexpensive I4165X
INicro processor
SANTA CLARA, CAIIFORNIA, APR
23 (NB) Intel has finall released an
official description of the longmmored
20MHz i486SX microprocessor that will
be priced just about the same as the 33
MHz 80386 but will lack the built~
fioating point math coprocessor of the

486 chipset
While the new chip lacks the full
486's math coprocessor, most software

95 SX4GF, with a 400MB hard disk, will

be U8$12,695, IBM said.

user systems, a company spokeswoman

told Newsbytea
IBM said it has already begun shipping two Model 90 PS/2s based on the
new 486SX chip. Two SX versions of the
Model 95 are due to be available inJuly.
The Model90PS/2486SX4G5, with
an 80MB hard disk, sells for US$8,345,
while the Model 90 486 SXOG9, with a
160MB hard disk, sells for USE,945.
The Model 95 SXOG9,alsowith a 160MB
hard diskwillcost USE,995. TheModel

IBM also introduced two new versions of the PS/2 Model 95 with larger
hard disk drives. Company spokesman
Kevin Clark said the Model 95 XP 486OJF and 4KF both have a 44negabyte
hard drive, the largest IBM sells. The
4864JF uses a 25 MHz 486 processor
while the 4860KF model uses the 33
MHzversion, hesaicL IBM also cut prices
on existing Model 90 and 95 machines
and doubled standard memoryon these
machines to 8MB. Standard memoryon

Model 80 machines was also doubled, to

4MB, with no change in price.
At the low end of the PS/2 line, IBM
added the Model 30 286-E41,which
comes with a 45MB hard disk instead of
previous models' SOMB disk This unit is
available new at a suglpsted price of

USE,495.

Fmally, IBM axed the PS/2 Model 50

Z, thePS/2 Model 65 SX, the Model 70E61, and the Model P70 386431 and061.
Contact: Madeline Epstein, IBM,9146424363.

makes no use of maths coprocessors

anyway, including most spreadsheet operations, so the i486SX will complete

most tasks as quickly as a full i486 of the
same clock speed at a much lower cost.

The new chip is seen by industry observersas being a response to the development of less expensive and, most recently, Sastm 'clones' of Intel's 80386
micr~
es s or whicharejustbelmaning
to challenge the chip maker's market
share. It also allows Intel to stay one step
ahead ofthe clone chip manufiscturers
who are known to be developing 386
chipsets of their own.
Computers built with the new 486SX
could be sold for about the same price as
a 33 MHz80386kasedsystem or possibly
less because it is easier to build a computerwith lower clockspeed,yet because
most computer operations do not make
any use af the coprocessor, many users
would find the 20 MHz 486SX as Ssst or
perhaps even faster than the 33 MHz
80386 microprocessor.
The initial list price for the 486SX is
just $258 U.S. each in quantities of
1,000 about $100 less than the street
price of a 33 MH z 80386 in single
quantities,and farbelowthecostofafull
25 MHz 80486.
As a further comparison,streetprices
for 20 MHz iSN' SX coprocessors are
presentlyhoveringaroundthe f 320mark
by mail order in single quantitieL A 25
MHzi486chipset from the same sources
is now selling for nearly $700 each in
single quantitiea
There areno slreetprices forthenew
Intel chips yet but they are expected to
be priced about the same as a 33 MHz
i386 while providing more power.
Also announced by Intel was a comp anion chip, th e i 4 8 7 S X m a t h

coprocessor, which should be available

this summer and carry a retail price of

U8$799.
Other chips rumored to be in Intel's
product basket far a Ml release include
50 and 100 MHz 80486 microprocessors,which
out by the end of this
year, and the 80586, a 64kit microprocessor which Intel is discussing but says
hasn' t reached the final production design stage. Contact: Nancy Pressel, Intel,

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FIRST I.OQK

New AccountinmINodules for

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The Brother M-1824 prints at 216 cps

Paradox 3.5 Database
draf'telite
and V2 cpsletter~ ty s peed.
VICTORIA, B.CAPRIL 2 (TCP)It
includes
Vresidentlettergualityfonts,
Adapta Softwarehas released new vera built~ parallel interface (serial opsions of the eight modules in the
AdaptAccounts family of advanced rela- tional) and an 8KB memory huffer.
The M-1824 hasvery efficient paper
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capabilities including a push
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counts Receivable, Accounts Payable, switchover &om continuous foxmsto cut
Inventory, Sales Orders and Purchase sheet paper and vice vexsa.
Standard pxinter emulatians are the
Ordera Prices are unchanged from the
Epson
LQ510/550, IBM Praprinter
previous version nd reseller discounts
are available.
versions are X24E and NEC PinwriterP2200XE,/P2
Plus. These emulatians make the M-1824
availahlewith orwithoutfull source code,
and module prices range between fullycempatible with today's mostpopu(US)$149 and $595. An eight-module lar software.
The Brether M-1824 has a suggested
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year warranty on parts and labor.
module pricesxange between $895 and
Centact: (604) 2VS4486.
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include the User's Guide and restricted

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$25 per module. A Menu Makm facility
thatprovidesadocumentatian andcode
generating facility is also now available.
It supports both
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$249 fer the source version. Existing
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HSA Video Card .............,........... $49
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lMB Video Gaxd ...........,...........$169

AdaptAcceunts 8.5fer 20% ef the regu-

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Contact: Peter Wolfe, Adapta Software Inc., (604) 65M484.

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lishing and graphics intensive applications.
The DC 61V supports 8514/A, Apple
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graphics standards are alse supported.
The display provides virtually unlimited
color and shading capabilities, with the
darity essential for sharp textandgraphics. The 1&mch non are viewing area
is designed for easy readability, thereby
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Brother Intros ~in Printer

6rand Tech Services Opens

Vancouver Office

VANCOUVER, B.Cao APRIL 21

VANCO U V ER, B.C., MARCH ll
(TCP) Brother International has introduced a 24pin dot matrix printer it (TCP) Grand Tech Services has resays is ideal for small business, home centlyopened a repaircenter far comoffice or personal use far ward process- puters and peripherals in Vancouver.
With ofixces in Toronto and Montreal,
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School Administration
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VANCO U V ER, B.C., MARCH ll
(TCP) Not all teachers get Apples, so
Chancery Software Ltd. is developing

an IBM version of its succ~

s c h ool
administration package for Macintosh
computers.

The company will

receive a$245,000
repayable contribution from the federal
government's Western Diversification
Fund far the project. Kim Campbell,
Justice Minister and MP for Vancouver
Centre,made the announcement today
on behalf of Western Economic Diversi-

fication Minister Charles Mayer. Total

costs ef the project are estimated at

$850,000.

The firm will receive the funding

based on reimbursement for eligible
expenses once all conditions of the

agreement havebeen met. The Western

Diversification Fund was established to

diversifythe Western Canadian economy

byencauragingnew products, new markets, new technology, improved industry-inde productivity and import replacements.
Contact: Ralph Van Nes, Communications Manager, Western Economic
Diversification, Vancouver, B.C., (604)
6666256 or David Rebak, Director,
Chanceiy Software Ltxt., (604) 685-2041.

New, Focused Computer Show

For Yancouver
V ANCOUVER, B.C., A PRIL 8
(TCP) Industrial Trade 8c Censumer
Shows Inc. (ITCS), a subsidiary of
Maclean Hunter Communications and
Canada'8largest producer of computer
shows, has entered the Vancouver market with the new, tightly focusc:d,
Vancouver Business Computer Show,
which it says will he devoted to computer software, hardware and the relevant applications for government and
business.
'Trends show VARs, computer professionals and MIS managers are turning away from m~ a p peat business
erluipmentshows,"says Robert Grainger,
ITCS Greup Show Manager who produces the Canadian Computer Show as
well as computer shovrsin Halifax,Que
bec Cip, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and
Edmontan. "Business people have got
applications in mind and theywantspecific hardware/software solutions."
Recognizingthisneed, KCShas booked
the newlyrefurbished Robson Square
Conference Centre in downtown
Vancouver for the show dates Sept. 18
and ) 9, 1991.
Contact: Bruce Guerin ar Blaine
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WHAT'5 NEW
Woit, ITCS (604) 224-2207.

Custom Data Processing Labels

TORONTO, ONTARIO, APRIL 21
(TCP) Photologic announces custom
color printing of fanfold dataprocessing
labels. Users can have any design or logo
printed from a rainbow of colors on

these self~esive labelL Manyaizes are

available.
These labels
have awiderange ofuses
such as: shipping, maiTing, price marking, bar coding, laboratory analysis, labellingofprivate label diskettes and other
promotional applications. Anycomputer
printer with tractor feed can be used to

enter data on the label.

Labelsindude the choice of "Permanent" or "Removable" type adhesive.
Small print runs starting at 2,000 pieces
cost only pennies per labeL Ordering is
easy as the user may either supply artwork or fax a rough sketch of the required design. Price quotes and free

samples are available.

Contact: Rick Hofiman, Photologic,

(416) 515-1720.

STpad-Handwriting
Recognition Introduced
by Atari

TORONTO, APRIL 2, 1991 Because handwriting comesnaturally to

everyone, Atari has announced the
SI'pad,akeyboardless portablecomputer
that allows the user to write directly on
the screen. "Atari is very excited about

being on the forefront of this emerging

new technology," says Geofirey Earle,

generalmanagerofAtari (Canada) Corp.

"The STpad will make computers accessible to more people than ever before."

Based on a Motorola 68000 CPU with

one tofour megabytesofRAM, theSTpad
will run all previous Alari ST software
and has the added bonus of handwriting

recognition. Expected to be available in

the third quarter of 1991, the entire

device will be the size of an A4 piece of

paper andonly 8.6cm thick

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Atari has also shown a prototype of a

new notebook~ed computer it calls

the ST Book The new STecompatible
machine runs the new TOS 2.05 and will
come with built~ software. The STBook
(not the final name) comes with an 85

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key keyboard, LCD display, and joypad.

The ST Book has a saM, parallel, MIDI,
DMA and expansion port, all reduced in
physical size from previous ST models.
Itis based on the 68000 CPU and will
be available with either a 20, 40, or 80mb
built~ hard disk. The ST Book is also
equipped with a "silicon drive" that uses
RAM/ROM cards in place of fioppies.
Both units are slated for Sept&et 1991
debut/release dates.
Contact: Atari, (416) 479-1266.

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make producing complex documents easy and costd -.

effective.
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ten edit imported
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object graphics, with built-in Miaografx tools.

Legacy front your current word processorfor a

limited time for $155.00 CDN. Gdl 1604-583-3668
(Collect) nou>...And
find out why documentI

IottllmLelacy vs.MicroslINbtti.

The new online trading system, the

first in Canada, will be offered through

'

count brokerage house. The system has

already been approve:d by The Toronto
Stock Exchange and iscurrentlyawaiting
final approval from the provincial securities commission.

"This is an important step forward for

the increasing number of Canadian investors who want to be able to buy and

sell securities with maximum efficiency,

economy and simplicity," says Paul K.
Bates, president of Marathon.

Investors who have modem~nipped

IBM or compatible personal computers
will be able to buy and sdl stocks from
the four Canadian exchanges via the

new SUZYsystem.
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tion, (604) 439-1311.

Legacy aren't just

beyond Word's.

SUZY Introduces Electronic

Bookstore

words.

ferent from ordinary libraries. No wait-

V ANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 2 1

(TCP) You' ll find this library to be dif-

Not all alikes are alike, Now you can kern letters manually or automatically, .
Artdspecify typesizes in lll0 point increments betuteenl and 792 points.

s-'.~~=

online information system.

Marathon Brokerage, the national dis-

compelling documents.

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TORONTO, MARCH 25 (TCP)Investors will soon be able to buyand sell

Canadian stocks through their personal
computers via anewfeature on the SUZY

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13

WHAT'5 NEW
(shudder t) smoke.

It's the new Electronic Bookstore on

Stratford SORware's SUZY information

sexvice and its purpose is to enable authors to make their works available to
readersvia computers and modems.
Later, there are plans to make kits available to print and bind the books in an

attractive, inexpensive, and easy~cad

formaL Meanwhile,the books are setup
for you to pxint them out on both sides
of standard computer paper, and then
stack the pages and read them hke an

unbound book, or bind them to suit

your fancy.
Reader can help themselves to fiction, non-fiction and poetry books,all
available in the library (authors retain
their copyright to books in The Electronic Bookstore ). These are original
works which haven' t, (so far) been sold
in bookstores,and KentLyons, INkeeper

New IrisVision
Video Controller

TeIMerge, telecommunicationssoflware
that lets users access data from distant

hosts and electronic information services, and MailList, software that manages telephone and addresslists. In addition, WordScar hasincludeda@uckScart
disk to get users up and running tiuickly.

VANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 1 8

(TCP) Cardz Computers Inc. of
Vancouver, B.C. has announced authorization for the sale of three new video
t echnologies, including th e n e w

Contact: David Patrick, Vice President of Marketing, WordStar Interna-

IrisVision video controller from SiTicon

Graphics, of Mounkain View, CA.

Considered the most powerful video

tional Inc. (415) 3824000, Roy Poloni,

National Sales M a nager, W o r dStar

processor currently in production, the

IrisVision set of two linked graphics
boards uses a Weitek graphics processor

Canada (416) 58M440 or Eileen Ebner,

McLean Public Relations (415)5774478.

and six Silcon Graphicsproprietaxy ASIC

at The E lectronic Bookstore, thinks

you' ll find them to be good reading. A

"rebirth of literature"P Well, see what

you think
Contact: Stcakford Software Corporakion, (604) 48%1511.

WordStarIntroducel Laptop

Collection

M ISSISSAUGA,
O NTAR I O . ,
MARCH 18 (TCP) WordStar Interna-

tional Incorporated (NASDAQ WDST)

today announced theWordStar Laptop
Collection, a software bundle created

specifically to increase laptop users'

productivity. The collection includes
WordStrxr Lrgptop Editioxs,Traveling
Software's LrxpLiysk Spgcial Editioa, and
Campbell Services' OxsTilxe. For $550
CDN suggested list price, WordStar
Laptop Collection provides users with
software valued at more than$800 CDN.
"Laptops represent the fastest~owing sector of PC sales today, and we're
addressing the needs of this market,"
said Ron Posner, WordStar's CEO.
"WordStar Laptop Collection gives
laptop users sofkware designed to make
them productive when they' re on the
road or in their oaice."
Word@or Lrxptop Editioa, a special
laptop version of WordStar 6.0, offexs
comprehensive printer support and
powerful, highl features like Advanced Page Preview, style sheets, multiplesymbolsets,bullt~spellmgchecker
and thesaurus, multiple editing, windows, pulldown menus or touch-typing
commands, and macroL Italso includes

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a much more plausible explanation is

Nancy Devitt Lorieau, well-known

Amiga writer and enthusiast comments
that despite our March, 1991 DTP

on first" epiaodesin recenthistory,many

readers called to tell us that we had
printed an incoxrect number for NEO
Marketing, dislributorsof the HeadMax
Disk Cleaning and Diagnostic System

article's contention that Compugraphic

mentioned in last month's B.C. Edition.

backto 12 months again nextyear, okay?

fontsfor theAmiga are expensive,in fact

these fonts are relatively inexpensive. In

The Price is Right

said to eliminate even the most severe

We checked the number as supplied to

us and found that we had, in fact, pub-

fact, PC users will find it cheaper to get

lished it correctly. Could it be that the

transients quickly, providing the elec-

Compugraphic fonts for the Amiga and

tronic equipment with clean, disturbance4ree power. This adds up to en-

company had published a wrong num-

then move them to PC disks.

ber on its own literature?

Indeed, when we called, the person

hanced performance and increased rehability over a longer life expectancy.

The MicroPC comes with a 10 year,
$2000 warranty.
Contact: Bill Robulack, ESP Electronics System Protection, (604) 9802688 or (800) 6634409.

ZenithHolds Open House

V ANCOUVER, B.C., APRIL 28
(TCP) Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) has
moved and expanded its fircilities in

Vancouver. The company will be holding an Open House in mid-May at its

newpremisesat1600 750WestPender
St For further information and aspecial
invitation, call 68$8987.

Only in our Dreams

Ventura Software was as surprised as
we werewhen we reported thatthe price
of their popular PC publishing software
had "plummeted" to $895. In fact, the
price dedinedratherleasdrastically &om
C$1,095 to $985. Our overzealous copywriter added the enthusiastic exdamations that saw the "price plummet" and
"dramaticallydecrease" Pcrthemain
a
text
had been (incorrectly) typed in. Oops.
Also, the "&ee upgrade" of the Mac
version is more correctly termed an up-

date, according to the company. Contact:

Ventura Software, 8008224221 or
41648$4228.

Headmax Update
In oneofthemore convoluted "Who's

16MH2
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GS

letter that had accompanied the origr'

nal press release and suddenly..."Oh, I

didn't those calls were for himl He' s
away getting married." So, if you had
trouble reaching NEO Marketing before, call back The number (reallyl) is
(604) 254-9212.

No April Fool

us, we decided to try it again. We' ll go

D avid M a r o u n , e d i t o r o f t h e
Vancouver Area Rainbow Users Group
newsletter, points out that remote PC
access progranllike those mentionedin

George Slade's
article "Computer Communications"(1%cComputer Paper, April
1991), aren't necessary if all you want to
do is access another PC remotely.
Says Maroun: "To access an MS-DOS
computer remotely, type CTIY =AUX at
the DOS prompt on the host computer
(the one your remote PC will be accessing) . The computers must be hooked up
via modem or null modem beforehand
and the remote computer must be run-

ning a telecommunications program.

MS-DOS has long had this little-known
feature."

Alert readers may have noticed that

the cover of the B.C. edition of our

TckcorrL Tire Nert Gencratiarsissue had

timeerarped us back to March, 1991.

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have, however, a great sense of urgency

regarding the need for swift action on

S.R18. Passage of this legislation will be

Convert Between Font ~ s

FOSTER CHY, CALIFO~
APR
19 (NB) Ares Software has started

shipping FontMonger, a $99.95 type

conversion and editor for Apple Macmtosh systems. FontMonger cenvertsbetween PostScxiptTypc: 1, TxueType, and
Type 8 font file formats using proprietary algorithms which a company representative said provide "the highest
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Aunique featuxeof thissoftavareis its
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For further information, contact:
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ConIact Russ McCann, Ares, 41557MNO.

Monthly Journal
For HyperCard Developers
LOUISVILLE, Kl~24TUCIK APR 16
(NB) The Cobb Group hasintxoduced
a monthly hovsco journal called Inside
HyperCanf, designed specifically for

FMI KANA

software developers. The16page

publi-

cation is priced at $69 for the year, although afree issueisavailable to anyone
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Apple VF' Testifies

In Senate Hearing
W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 9

(NB) Apple Computer's Dr. David

Nagel testified in support of pending

emerging technologies legislation that
provides for the creation ofspecialxadio
bands for communications between
Truevision Video Presentation computers,asystemApplecallsDataPCS.
A couple of months back, Apple
Software
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, APR 18 Computer proposed that the FCC or
(NB) Truevision Inc., has announced Federal Communications Commission,
Videoscript, which is described as "easy the federal agency which allocates com~
sof t ware which provides point- munications f'requencies and polices
andMck assembly for composing video their use,establish a dedicated computer
resentations using the Truevision communications frequency band beuvisia series videographi card+" The tween 1850 MHz and 1990 MHz.
Speaking before the Communicaprogram uses the video dfect capabiliContact: Melissa Haeberlin, The
Cobb Group, 50R491-1900.

ties of the Nuvista nnd Nuvista+ boards

tions Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate

to provide avuie1y of recordable 164it,

pixel transitions for Apple Macintosh II
computers.
T hc suggested list p r ic e f o r
Videoscxipt is $495, and it is bundled
with all Nuvista + cards ordered before
July 15, 1991 in the US and August 1,
1991 outside the U.S. During thisperio,
current ownexs of Nuvista and Nuvisia+
boards can obtain Videoscript for $85.
Contact Cecia Booher, Truevision,
8174414882.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation, Apple's Vice President
of Advanced Technology supported
Senate Bill S.218, the Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of
1991.
"Apple and others in the computer
industry strongly support the goal of
S.218, which is to reallocate additional
xadiospectrumtoensure thatthe United
States fully invests in its technological
future, providing economic growth and
world leadership," Nagel testified. "We

O.rl DIBTRIBIITION(WEBTERNJ INC.

the beginning of a lengthy process to

identifyfrequenciesforreallocation and
sharing. Thisprocessshouldbeginnow."
The major move now underway to
notebook or laptop systems would create amajor market for radio communications systemswhich would allowusexs
to caxxy a computer with them at work
but always have access to a central information system,muchlike the Dynabook
proposedbyAlan Kaybackat the Xerox
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
think tank which came up with other
computer ideas such as the mouse.
Apple's Data-PCS would link computexsin aradionetworkreachingup to
150 feet
Although other companies have
shown interest in this new technology,

Apple Computer has been in the forefront of those pushing for the acceptance of standards that would allow developers to begin mahng plans to meet
the needs of laptop user in the '90s.
Contact: Cindy McCai'rey, Apple
Computer, 40L974-1578.

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that Apple decided its being in the service business was bad for ita dealers. "It
wis a alight confiict with what the dealer
business proposition was," he said. "We
needed to get off their turf."
In 1986, Apple bought Miscoe Dash,
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Mssissauga, Ontario. It was the first time

Apple had acctuiredanother company

anywherein theworld.At the time, Apple
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move was a key step for Apple in gaining
acceptance among large business and
government buyers.
Promm said Apple will encourage
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te Datatech.
Contact: Robert Promm, Apple
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drive, host adapter, math chip and 5
megs of ram, however dealc:rs report
thatthe Mega 1 SIE case has a new hard
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Atari hasindicated thatitwill offer an
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drive, host adapter, mounting raih and

output.
new wares in the Atari booth, including
ISD, showing off the new color capabiTities of its highland Calamus SL DTP
package and ms Cranach Studio, an
electronic imagemanipulation program
for enhancing,retouching, and color
correcting grayscale and 244it color
images; Soft Logik, with its PostScriptbased DTP solution, Pagestream 2; and
Goldleaf Publishing, showing an im-

tions in Canada that are concerned with

issues that relate to the i nformation

new hard drive case cover. Contact: Atari

pressive

noting that 1TAC and CADAPSO have

Canada, 416479-1266.

ware, and services sectors.

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array
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German imports for photo retouching,

"There are really too many associa-

we do tend to have a stronger voice

technology industry," said Fruji Bull,

president of CADAPSO. Bull told
Newsbytes the merger would mean bet-

when it's two organiza6ons speahng."

Although ITAC and CADAPSO have
only about a dozen members in common, Bull said, the lines between their
areas of interest have blurred a great
deal in recent years. Hardware compa-

ter use of the resources now divided

nies that were traditionally members of

between the two associations, and a

stronger voice for the mdustry.
Janice Moyer, president and chief

1TAC are

executive of 1TAC, echoed that view,

submitted several joint briefs to govern-

becom
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orean

d more concerned with software and services, and

some have become associate members
of CADAPSO, she said.
ITAC was formerly the Canadian
Business Equipment Manufacturers'As-

digital lithography, line art, OCR and ment on industry issues recently, and
sociation (CBEMA).
Atari Introclucas
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C HICAGO, I L L I N O IS, APR 12
For its part, Atari brought ten Tl'080(TCP) From April 8-11th, Chicago's 8warkststionscompletewithEpson ECCmassive McCormick Place exhibition 900 color fully scanners and SLMcenter played host to the best and 605 laser prlntera
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If membersapprove the merger, the

new group would likely have its head
oalce in Toronto with a second office in
Ottawa to handle government relatlonL
Currently, ITAC is based in Toronto,
while CADAPSO has its headquarters in
Ottawa. Noname has been chosen for
themergerbody,butbothpartiesapparently favor including the phrase "information technology" in the new name.
'Therehavebeenrecommendatlonsput
on the table," Bull said, "and one of
them is to keep the ITAC name:."
Contact: Jauice Moyer, ITAC, 416-

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without losing foxxnatting information.
IBM VIN, LANs
The softwareisintegxaaedwith electronic
C ALGARY, ALBERTA, APR 16
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(NB) KeywordOIlce Technologies has ensure documents are dehvered in the
begun
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System (PROFS) or OalceVision, the
company added.
Keypak LAN works with a variety of

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Park added that Keyword has a cooperativesoftware partnership agreement with IBM Canada, and hopes to
develop marketingagreementswith both
IBM and Hewlett-Packard, as it did last
year with Digital.
Contact:Janice Park, Keyword OKce
Technologies,408-250-IVY, fax 4084M
1964.

Commodore Ready to Roll Otlt

CDTV

Burnaby, B.C., APRIL 21 (TCP)Commodore Canada is set to begin

abippingitshomemultimediacomputer
( CDTV) May 10th. The CD-ROM~ d
CDTV unit looks like an audio compact
disk player and connects to a television
set and home audio system. However, it
has the processing power of an Amiga
computer,and can be upgraded with a
full keyboard,mouse, trackball, and disk
driveL Fifty CDTV software titles will be
available within a couple weeks of irs
introduction, with close to 100 due by
late summer.

The suggeited retail pxice will be

US$999. Contact: Duncan Fraaer, Commodore Business Machines (604) 4214448.

The Desktop Video Video

MILLVALLEY, CALIFORNIA APR

16 (NB) Jon Leland of Communications Bridges has released 'The Desktop VideoVideo," a 22~ute production costing $189 which survey all the
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selling highlandsystem right now, the

Avid/1 Media Composure, but competition is coming fram productslike EMC2,

Video F/X, and the EdiDroicL
EdiDreid, fram LucasFilm, is being
introduced at the National Association
of Broadcasters show. Such "non@near
editing" equipment may cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars, Leland acknowledged, but prices are falling rapidly, and
they compete with tape4sased systems
which maycost$1 million or more. Video
campressian will help bring these systems into lower price ranges, he addecL
At the low end, he said, the Newtek

gatheredbytheVayager Vikingmisaions.
The 140MB of images can be accessed
on PC, Macintosh, or VAX computera
Meridian Data is a major supplier of
CD-ROM publishing systems and also
publishes data discs such as the GRIPS

21

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4084SS-S100, fax 40$4S86816.

INotorole Introcluces
New Lo~st Chip Une

AUSHN, TEXAS, APR 18 (NB)-

MotoroLa has announced anew familyof

lowcost embedded control micropro-

Video Taaster is briny'ng many people cessors tailored for applications such as
to the Commodore Amiga. "All the ef- laptop andpalmtop computers andlaser
fects in my video were dane with the printers, where manufacturing cost is
Toaster. It's not an ADO, but it moves especially important.
the pictures around." Lelaud says a new
The new line of SMat chips is based
video by Todd Rundgren also used the on Motorola'svenerable 68000 microToaster. "rhe Toaster has a lot ef so&- processor and offers four differentmodware, and he gat amazingly proficient," els with varying performance capabiliLeland. says of the rock guitarist.
ties, according to a Motorola press reThe problem for desktop video, how. lease.
ever, is that sales channels are not yet
Jim Reinhari',marketingmanager fer
established far it. Leland's video tries to Motorola's 68000 family, predicts that
address the problem. "One of the pur- within five yeasa Motorola will have a
poses of this videa is te support dealer 68xxx chip at prices less than ene dollar,
channels There are no established mul- and anether that executes at more than
Iimedia dealer channels. Yeu can go ta a 1000 million instructions per second
video storeand buy video, and a com- (MIPS).
puter store for computer equipment,
In order to manufacture the newlowbut few people know how to put it to- cost chip Motorola said it stripped away
gether."
all noxnesnentLal functions af the 68000,
Some professional video dealers and 68020, 680S0 and 68040 processors,
computer dealers are puting together which are used m the Apple line ef
sman divisions in the area, but bringing computers. The new chips will range
those dealers up to speed will be dina- f'rem $2.95 each in quantities of 10,000
cult, Leland says. "If you look at the to $160 each forthe most powerful verpresentation market overall, you used to sion of the family.
have achoice between sli
des and overContact:Inn Reinhart, Motorola,512heads at the lowend or full+lawn pro- 92$6000.
fessienal video at the
ere is
new abroad middle ground between the SpinnakerBuys pius Oeveloper
two $4mt and 24kit, and beta and S/
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETIS,
4 inch tape. You can do effecis with an APR 17 (NB) Spinnaker Software has
ADO ar a Toaster ar a Qumtel Hairy. bought Fermat Software ofCologne,
There are solutions that speak to each West Germany, the developer of
unit That's what we' re helping pc:ople Spinnaker's Plus hypermedia devdopsort out He compares the situation ta mentsaftware. The dealgives Spinnaker
print production, where a simple flyer werlc4eide marketing rights to Plus, incan be created on a LaserJet printer or a duding the European market
magazine can obtain a slick production,
In September 1989, Spinnaker Saftdepending on haw much the user is ware obtained marketing and distribu~
g to e y.
tion rights far Plus in North America
To order the Desktop Video Video, and Japan. Plus comes in both MS-DOS
call 140M484048.Sponsorshipsupport and Apple Macintash versiona
to produce the video came from
The companysaid thatcontrol of the
Autodesk, Macromind, NEC Technolo- Plus software will let it extend the
gies and Sony.
package's functions and develop new
Contact Jon Leland, Communica- database access tools to work with it.
tions Bridges, 415-SSS-SSSS.
Spinnaker also said it is establishing an
international organization to further
develop the market for PluL
Ren Goldfuss, chief fmanciat officer
2 Images Now Available at Spinnaker, told Newsbytes that the
On CD-ROII
purchase gives his company its first diSCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, rectpresencein Europe. Spinnakerplans
APR I'7 (NB) Meridian Data is new to maintain Format's development opshipping a $49.95 CD-ROM containing erations in Geraaany and retain the
more than 250 Government Raster Im- company's employees, he added.
age ProcessingSoftware (GRIPS) images
Tcnns af the deal call for Spinnaker
obtained fram~
theJet Prepuhien to pay Format Sofbsare U8$l.8 million
Labosatery, the National Center for in cash and future deferred payments.
Supercomputing Applicatiens, and the Spinnaker obtainedbridgefmancingfor
U c'I. Army Topographic Laboratories.
the transaction through a term lean
The ISO 9660compatible CD-ROM agreementwith Phemus Carp., an a%licontamsimagescoveri ngawlderaage o ate of Harvard Management Company
oceanographic,geologic, and weather and a major Spinnaker stockholder.
subjects ranging from the Alaskan
Conbnct: Ron Goldfuris, Spinnaker,
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ing the Apollo 17 flight, and images Spinnaker, 617%94-1200 ext. 257.

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DANBURY, CONNECHCUT, APR

15 (NB) Grolier Eleclronic Publishing has announced that its Grolier's

Electronic Encyclopedia has been

named the "1991 Product of the Year"
by the Optical Publishers' Association.
The award was presented at the recent
Multimedia k CD-ROM Conference in
San Jose, California
The Neyr Grolier's Electronic Ency
clopedia (1991 edition), which lisls for

$895,contains 10millionwordsin 85,000

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maps, and high~ality audio excerpts
from speeches and music as well as bird
and animal cant.
The Optical Publishers' Association
is an international trade orgtmization
dedicated to advancing CD-ROM technology?
A CD-ROM is the computer data
equivalent of thepopular CD audio discs
and can contain up to 550 megabytes of

data on a single disc the equivalent of

hundreds of books of text A CD-ROM
can also caxxy images and sounds, up to
16 hours of speech~ t y sound, or 65
minutes of CD quality audio.
Contact: Grolier Electronic Publishing at 208-7974500 or 800856&90, or
Linda Kallman, Kallman Copamunications, 914-151 53.

Computer Select CMtOIN Adds

New Magazines
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, APR 17

(NB) = Computer Select has increased

its full~
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total of47with the April issue. Thelatest
addition to the subscription CD-ROM
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Computer Select plans to add fulltext coverage of NonP+cct Mageursr,
t Wasr Advisor, DBMS, Pezoysrs/ Norkstrstirrrs,and Tisd 1BMJorttryudfoItdscnrch
rsrsdDcvdkprtdyst in the near future.

The Ziff Communications publication canies both flail~

an d a bstracfxr

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CD-ROM's name was changed from
Computer Lihraxywhen ZifFCommunications added over 80,000 hardware
productdescriptions, more than M,OOO
sokwareproducts,and 12,115 computer
term de6nitions.

Computer Selectreplaces Computer

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covexing companies and products, and
ispriced at $995 for a one-year subscription with monthly updates. For further
information, contact Computer Library
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Computer Select is MS-DOS compatible, and conforms to the 1SO 9660
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Contact Toni Nevitt, Computer Library, 212409-4428.

New IBC: Radio Shack 2$6

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, APR 18

(NB) Radio Shackhas introduced the
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Compaq Unveils New Prices,

Ilonrtor

HOUSTON, TEXAS,APR16 (NB)-

In an apparent move to stay more competitive with the rapidly faihng prices of
PC donee,Compaqhasannouncedprice
reductions of erght to 84 percent on its
FC systems, and up to 68 percent on
certain hardware options.
The premium done maker also announced a new pricing structure for its
authorised dealers, cutting dealer discount on cheaper items. The fhm also
broughtoutaline of new, 'lowemission'
monitors.
Examples of the new prices include
the Compaq LTE 886e/20 Model 80
reduced from $6,499 to $4,899;the
Model60reducedfrom $6,999 to$4,799,
and the Deskpro 886N now suarting at

$1,599.

"We beiievtc that our new pricing

policywill makeCompaqproductsmore
competitive in the North American
marketplace and will lead to increased
-sales of CPUs, as well as software and
peripherals for dealers," said Ross
Cooley, vice president for North American operations. "Customers continue to

prefer purchasing PCs through the

dealer channeL The changes implemented today more effectively reflect
and support customer purchasing patterns in North America."
Meanwhile, Compaq's new $799 14.
inch reduced emissionsVGAmonitor is
touted as complying with the emission
standards set by the Swedish national
board for me asurement and t esting.

Compaq also announced that its video

graphics monochrome monitor now
complies with the aame guidelineL
ContacLJohn Sweney, Compaq,718-

8740484, fax (718) 8744588.

IWI Plays April Fool's Joke

on Itself

QSNEF, AUKHtALIA, 1991 APR 8

(NB) Asitdoesall over the world, IBM

inAustrahaturoducestop4inecotpcuate
brochures and repmha, The latest IBM
quareertyreview, however, had an added
feature an unintended joke an IBh LL
A lead artide in the quarterly review
proSled BigBlue'scooperationwithone
o f Australia'sleadingban~ W Z. T h e
bank's chief, Brian Weeks, wae interviewed, and talked of his bank's very
large dealings with IBM, induding the
und4reaklnginstallationoftheIBM
J ax~ oceesor system. The artide
had anice color picture of Brian Weeks
in his crisp, ef6cient alice, complete
with oil painting on the wall and Apple
Macintosh on the desk. And if that
weren't bad enough, the IBM buyer is
poaang with his Macintosh mouse in
hand.

PC Users Get The Seat

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
APR 17 (NB) Ibis Software has introduced an interactive music education
program called RhythmAce. The soft
ware is designed for novice to intermediate levels of rhythm training and offers a number of dinerent exercise
modes.
The areas covered by the progam
indude tempo, measuresper drill, notation values, time signatures, mixed
meters,and different levels of difRculty.
Typically,ametronomeisheardtichng,

and the user plays back the rhythmic

notation that is seen on the screen.
Thc, three input options for the user
are the computer ke)4mard, a Musical
Interface Digital Instrument (MIDI) instrument, or any IBM, Logitech, or Microsoft compatible mouse.
Although theuseofaninternalsound
expansioncard isrecommended when
using RhytlunAce, the program is designed to use the internal spealrers of
the microcomputer it is being run on.
RhythmAce retails at $99.95, and requires 640kilobytesof RAM, DOS 2.0or
hi her, at least one Soppy drive, and
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OTTA W A , ON T A R IO, APR 12
(NB) A Canadian startup will be show.
ing a new graphics package at the
COMD EX/Spxing and PC Expo shows
this spring that it claims offers better
integration of charting, drawing, and
textfmctions than competing software.
Gzaphicway will be available for plain
DOS systems at the end of April and for
Windowsin late Mayaccordingto Tmcon
Software.
Peter Thorp,vicepresidentofTilcon,
told Newetrlees thatGraphicwayoutdoes
other packages in letting users work

with chalets and graphs, thvrwings, and

text afi at once. Business graphics such
as barand line graphs can be combined
with drawings andtextin thesamedocument,he said, and functionsworkmuch
the same waywhatever the user is doing.
"I think the big advantage of our
product is that you don't have to leave
the presentation screen as you do the
work and as you make the changes," he
said,
A veraon of Graphicway for QNX, a
Unix variant from Otfavw&aeed Qmntum Software, is already available.
Graphicway plans to ship the DOS version April 80 and the Windows version
May20. To begin with, the companywill
sell the software directly, believing it
must build demand to get disrributote
interested.
The DOS and Windows veraons will
cost US$495 per copy, with volume discountsavaihhle. Tilconisaho cEeringa
developer version at US$695and a runtime veraon at US$149 for developers
who want to embed Graphicwayin their
own applications. The QNXveraon costs
US$599,withtherun~e v e mon priced
at US$299 andthe developer vcraon at
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Contact Peter Thorp, Tilcon, 618-

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(NB) Aiming to encourageintegration
of its PerForm Pro forms software into
other applications, Deljrina Technology
hasannouncedPerForm Pro Data Merge
software, a developer's kit, a training
program, and plans for a consultant
portprogram. Delrina also launched
so
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"Our technology is such that it can

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actuaRy be integrated with other tools,'

DelxinaspokessuanJosef Zankowiczteld
Newsbytes. Data Merge allows properly
formatted data fram other sources te be
merged with data fram foxms fiRed in
using PerForm Pro. It has a list price of

US$49 or C$59.
Delrina's developer's kit is meant to
let developers build the Data Merge capability directly into their DOS applications. It can be used on a stan@+lone
system or a network
Delrina also plans to bey'n a consult-

ant support

in 60 to 90 days,
anagram

Zankowicz said.
At the same time, Delrinaannounced

Pro DOS Text Filler and Pxa GEM Filler.

These are designed to let usexs fill in
farms created with PerForm Pro De.
signer 8e Filler, which runs under Windows, without having to use Windows.
Bothcan run onstandard DOSmachines.

Pra DOS Text Filler uses a text+sank

user interface, while Pra GEM FiRer

comeswith a rundle vexation of Dotal

Research's GEM Sxssphical user interface. Both sell for Tl@l99 or C$259.
Delrina is alsa developing farm SRer
software for the Apple Macintosh and
for Microsoft's planned Pen Windows
interface, Zaxkewicz said.
Contact: Josef Zankowicz, Delrina,
416441-8676, fax 416441%585.

Nalellan Ilost Popular isC Text

ReOieval Software .
W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 0
(NB) Arecent GovernmentComputer
News suxveyshows that federal users xate
Magellan2.0over bothGoferandAgenda

2,0 far text retrieval. MageRan rated

higher than the other two programs in
many categories, induding the number
ef supported file formats, Hexibility,
speed, documentation, and boolean
searching.
The three programs aR rated well,
but MageRan and Agenda areboth fi
sr
more thanjustsearchutiTities,withmany
added features.
Gofer, which is strictly a text search
program, rated easiest to use and the
best value, while Agenda tied Magellan
in documentation and printer support
categerieso

Both Magellanand Agenda are &om

Cambridge, MasLkased Lotus Development Corp.; Gofer is a Microlytics Inc.,
Piusfard, NY program.
Government Computer News regularly surveys government users of software aud hardware tedetermine both
their choice of products and the most
importantcriteria formakingapurchase.
This survey is based on 265 responses
&em 4,000 werkers sent queetionnaireL

CompaqlDell Ad Nar Spreads

AUSTIN, TE3fAS, APR 17 {NS)-

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against Dell by Compaq in the United
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cited Compaq by name, in media originating in England.
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Microsoft Revenues Up,
we have not done in the past: we invested
Texas Instrume~ Down
counter~ c a Ry, in capital and in reSAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APR 18 search and development, to be in a better passtion for the market upturn," said
(NB) Among the latest corparate
eaxnings reports are those &em Mi- TI PresidentJexxyR.Junkins. "This high
crosoft the firm made $128.8 miRien level of investment is not without risk,
in the last quaxter and Texas Instru- and itis contmuing to put heavypressure
ments, which lost $54 million.
on the bottom line."
Contact: Raymond Ferguson, MiMicrosakreportedrevenuesof$486.9
million for the quarter thatended March crasoflt, 2068824080; Stan Victor, TI,
81, 1991, a 57 percent increase ever the 214895-2984.
$510.9 million for the same pexiad of
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Compaq, 715-5744484, fax 7154744585.

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counting,a lowland, $199 U.S. ac-

toincludeWxndowsS.Owasdisdosedin
a phone call from Apple's general
counsel, aMicrosoft spokesman announced.
"We are curious as to why Apple
chose toaddWindowsS.Oto thelawsuit
at this time," said William Neukom,
Microsoft vice president for legal af-

counting program for Windows 8.0environmenta

Simply Accounting is intended for

small business users and is the latest of
a family of ACCPAC progranLs ranging
from the $199 MR-DOS ACCPAC
Bedford tothe more advanced $895
ACCPAC BPI Accounting, and the
modular ACCPAC Plus with core modules pxiced at $795.
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as a graphical interface upfpade for
users of ACCPAC Bedford.
A translalion utile will convert all
ACCPAC Bedford files to ACCPAC
Simply Accounting and the new pro-

faira "Apple appears to be having second thoughts about its strategy now
that the case hasbeen limited toonly10
alleged similarities between Windows
2.08 and the Apple ~
sof t ware."
Since the original filing of the law
suit, Microsoft has maintained that it
hasnotinfringedanyApplecopyrighta
Apple, meanwhile, is not commenting on Microsoft's daim, except to say
that "all derivative wor1xx" of Wmdows

gram will be offered to Bedfordusers at

2.08 are at issue.

a $99 discount.
ContacL Kristin Keyes, Computer
Associates, 408M2-2810.

Contact: Marty Taucher, Microsoft,

2068824080.

Microsoft and IBM dating back to November of 1989 which discussed future
directions of OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. The Fl'C, which investigates antitrust and restraint of trade cases, is apparentlyinterestedinwhether Micxosof t
was intentionally restricting the functionality and features of f'uture versions
of Windows.
At the time, Microsoft had been going to considerable lengths to rocauure
software deveiopcxswhohadgotten wind
of theupcoming release of Windows 8
that there was stim a future for OS/2,
and had stated that OS/2 would remain
aimed at the networksexver and upscale
workstation market. Presumably, the

Fl'C read that as a conspiracy to.restxict

the powexs of Windows. At the time,
however, the announcement was not

greeted with any surInise, since Windows is still based on DOS, and DOS
cannotoffer thesamekindofmulti~
Fi'C: Widens
throughput as OS/2.
"Microsoft is surprised and disapMicrosoft Investigation
REDMOND, WASHINGTON, APR pointed that the incluiry has been
12 (NB) Microsoft Corporation says broadened," said Microsoft vice presithe staK of the Fl'C (Federal Trade
dent,William H. Neukom, the fi
rm's
Commission) has decided to expand
legal counsel. "We will continue tio cothe scope of its investigation of the
operate with this investigation. We becompany. The investigation isbasedon
lieve that Microsoft has acted in a legal
third~
cha r ges that the giant soft- and ethical manner,"
ware firm is monopolizing the market
Contact Marly Taucher, Microsoft,
for operating systenLs, operating envi20$8824080.
ronments, computer software and
computer peripherals for personal
IBM BrieSngs Tout OSQ
computera
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, APR 16

Microsoft-Apple War Widens

REDMOND, WASHINGTON, APR

18 (NB) Microsoft has announced

that it has learned that Apple intends
to widen its copyright mfxingement
lawsuit to include Windows 8.0.
The suit, originally filed in March
1988 and also including HewlettPackard asa defendant, alleged that
Microsoft Windows 2.08 (as weil as
Hewlett-Packard'sNewWaveinterface,
which is basically an enhancement of

Windom) infringed Apple's copyright

Untilnow, the focusof the invesnga-

by too closely resembling the Macintosh user interface.

Apple's intention to widen the suit

tion had been an agreement between

(NB) StillpreachingthegospelofOS/

2 in the face of widespread Windows

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NEWSBYTES
IBM Props Vp OSQ With New
Prices, Promos

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, APR 15

(NB) Hoping to create a pricing situation irresistible to those die-hard DOS

users unwilling to upgrade, IBM is ofFering new pricing and promotional offerings for OS/2.
The priceof a one4ime license fee
for OS/2 1.8 Standard Edition (SE),
formerly $840, will be $150. OS/2 1.8
Extended Edition (EE), formerly $880,
will be $690. IBM DOS users can upgrade toOS/2 SE 1.8for $99 and OS/2
EE for $685.
James A. Cannavino, IBM vice presidentand general manager, PersonalSystems, put it this way: "lyrae programs and
pricing announced refiect IBM's commitment tocaurent OS/2 customers and
our intention to bring OS/2 advanced

ously very c$5cult to learn, the same

charge leveled at the less advanced

IBM Says It Won't Kill

Display Writer
W ASHINGTON, D . C., AP R 1 8
(NB) Unofficial sources indicate that
IBM will drop its longu e word processor DisplayWriter in Savor of a new
program being developed byXyWrite.
IBM has reached adevelopment agreement with Xyguest for a new word processor to be marketed by IBM.
A spokeswoman tells Newsbytes that
I BM h a s n o t an n o u nced t h a t
DisplayWriter will be discontinued, but
emphasizes that the product will continue to be supported and enhanced.

DisplayWriter. The new program will

reportedly run in either a graphical or
text mode.

If XyQuest'snewproductis similar to
XyWrite, it will be an "editor' s" word
processor, a verypowerful tool for those
who need to extensively format or edit
documents, traits which have made
XyWrite something of a aNandardin publishing offices.

BorlandOHers ObjectNindows
as a Standard

technology to awider audience of end

users. As current industry trends continue and customers migrate to 586SX-

DisplayWriter which one IBM stafFer,

SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA,

APR 15 (NB) Borland announced it
has given ObjectWindows, a software
interface designed to make programming in Microsoft Windows easier, to
the standards group for Windows pro-

who insisted on anonymity, recently told

Newsbytes was "the least intuitive soft-

(OMG). The OMG is a nonprofit gro

based systems and higher, 82-bit OS/2

represents an opportunity to exploit the
hardware's capabilities through its high

One editor of a major computer

newspaper told Newsbytes that he had

performance andadvmcedfunctionalit
y."
In other promotional efforts, from

April 17 to Dec. Sl, DOS customers may

acquireOS/2 1.8for$99 and mayretain
their DOS license. Customers who pur-

chase OS/2 SEand EE l.8between April

17 aud Dec. Sl will be eligible to upgrade
to OS/2 2.0thisyearatno charge.There
will also be an upgrade promotion for

OS/2 2.0availableto customers who purchased OS/2 SEand EE before April 17.
Contact: Tracy A. O' Neill, IBM Corporation, 914642-5412.

Industry observers point out that,

since IBM is apparently getting a new,

much faster word processor, it would
only be logical if the new program were
i ntended to replace the diKcult~ l e a r n

ware" he had ever used.

also heard that DisplayWriter was being
replaced but that there was so little government interest in DisplayWriter that it
wasn't considered very newsworthy.
IBM's DisplayWriter was one of the
earliest word processors, starting life as a

dedicated system, but has failed to keep

and now,
upwithndustrydevelopments
i
according to Computerworld, onlyholds
about five percent of the market, com-

pared to well over 50 percent for

WordPerfect.
While XyWrite is a very fast, very sophisticated word processor, it is notori-

graming,the Object Management Group

u
currently working on Windows industry
standards with a 120 major industry supporters, including, including Microsoft,
Hewlett-Packard, ATScT, Phillips, and
Sun.
The focus of the OMG is to help
maximize the portability, reusability, and
interoperability of computer software.

"inherit" the fundamental architecture

of a Windom program and thus reduce
the amount of code needed to write
Windows applications, Borland said.
Contact Jim Adams, Borland, TEL
408/489-1880, FAX: 408/489-9848,John
Slitz, Object Management Group, TEL
808/4448129, FAX: 808/4448172.

Lotus Increases Sales,

Decreases Earnings
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,
APR 18 (NB) Lotus Development
Corp. hasreported net sales of $174.4
million in 1991's first quarter, a 5 percentincrease over sales of$166.5 million
in the comparable 1990 period. Net income totaled $6.6 million, or 15 cents
share, a 71 percent decrease from

22.8 million, or 58 cents per share, in

the previous year's corresponding quarter.
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and agreed to turn overthe marketing

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to the fact thatduring the quarter, it
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NEWSBYTES
Lotus spokesperson Richard Eckel
told Newsbytes that the sales in the Brat
quarter were held down somewhat by
both customer anticipation of the release of 1-2-8 version 2.8 and Lotus'
reluctance to Hood the retail channel
wkth versaons of a program soon to be
replaced. He also pointed to increased
expenses due to the recent acquisitions
of Samna and cc:Mailand increased
expenditures on advertising and marketing as items impacting earnings. He
added, "Although we expect the 2nd
qk2arterto beanothernegativecompari-

son with previous quarters, we are extremely bullish on the whole year. We
expect the release of the Windows version of 1-2-8in the 2nd half of1991 to do
extremelywell and make the entire year

a good one."
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PAPER MAY '91 31

YOUR FIRST

Dear

R o e r t . '.";"-"

Thank you for your letter. I' ll cut it

shore
you want to know which computer to buy and do not want to spend
too much. Further I would guess that
you do not want a lot of detail, just an
answer that you could go into a shop
with.
I do not know how far you have got
into this yet, so please don't think that I
am talking down to you, I am just starting at the beginning.
I take it very seriously being asked
about your computer purchase, so I will
try to xnake it easy for you. The good
news is that it can be as easy asjust going
into a shop and buying the whole thing.
If the machines described below don' t

satisfy you then you will have to read on

to the end.

The Quick Answer

You can walk into a shop with these.
I got hold of arecentlocal magsuine and
priced up a couple of good machinea
Of course, you may find hetter deals
yourself, so, go look.
If the text only gives you something
to reject then at least it will have narrowed the field for you. Here goea....
For all systems, add $15 for paper
and $80 forfi
oppy disks.Consider adding $40 for shareware (described later)
and some gameL
I can only recommend one brand
name: WordPerfect which is a topclau
word processor and costs a fair chunk of
cash ($250). It will, however, do everythingyou want now and keep you going
for a long time.
I use WordPerfect for letters and it
has enough clever sfxdF for me to write
all the playreading society newsletters
with Smcy columns and gxaphica Beyond that there isa table feature; several
people I know prepare invoices and
other documents that require calculations. I use the Sort feature for my inventory and priority (to do) lists.
Iwouldalsorecommendatleasta24pin dot matrix printer, the technical
detailsof which Iwill explain later. Such
a printer provides high quahty output
for anacceptable price.You can get a
$250 printer but you may not find it
acceptable for businemcoxrespondence.
You can pay g00 for the next step up in
quality but the price per sheet may rise.
Mypxinter is a 24pin, it cost $400 and it
gives a quality that even I find satisfying.
Only you can decide. I' ll explain more
lacer.

Answer 1. The Laptop

Alaptop can be put in the car if you
have a weekend away or an assignment.
It will also fit bette into your apartment
as you can pack it away on a bookshelf
when not in use. I have put a cheaper
non~rtablepxinterhereasanexample.
I recommend a hard disk because you
are not areal technical sort of chap and
a hard disk makes life easy.

laptop,20MS Hard disk,286 CPU ..$2300

9+in dot matrix printer ................... $250
DOS (usually comes free with laptop)
n/c
WordPe rfect ............................... $250
Grand Total ..............approx. $2800

Answer R. The Desktop

A desktop computer needs more

room in thehouse and cannot be moved

easily. The screen and keyboard are bigger and easier to use so you get tired less
quickly. As desktops are cheaper than
laptops, I recommend that you buy a
fisster type of PC as the base system.
3865X system with 640KB RAM,
3.5-inch floppy disk drive,
40MS hard disk, YGA Color......,....$1900
Panasonic KX 1124 printer........,.....$400
005...................................................$85
Wordperfect .................................... $250
................................... Grand Total $2635

Answer 3. The Deluxe

likes games. For the serious ones, a text

screen means no graphs or charts.

Hip Linlo
Before we get too Sir into this, let' s

have you sounding good. It is so much

nicer to say "xam, "seaye~ ve" and
"doss" than " army'", "sipew" and
dose

- eighty eighty-eight
- two eighty' or two eight six
- three eighty-six, three eight six
as a wise Inan oxice said:
- three eighty-six
"People always want to do more than
or three eight six eu-ex
when they firstbuy their computer" It' s 486
- four aighfyaix or four eight six
ex-tee
true; so for your infoxmation I will put in XT
AT
ay-tee
a more expensive system here just in
case your lottexyticketcomesup. Notice computer - corn-pew-tah (at least that' s
the way we grits pronounce
how a couple ofhundred here and there
itl)
add up quickly.
P 5/2
pee-ess-two
The
er e nce between the 886 and DOS
doss
oh-ess-two
the 886SX above is the way they com- 05/2
see-pee-ewe
municate with the other parts of the CPU
- ram (a lot of sheep talk here)
computer. The 886 sends and transmits RAM

I' ll try to keep the price down when

I suggest a computer sptem for you. But

twice as much in one go as the SX, thus

the 886cannothelpbutbe fasteratsome
thmgs. Internally the chips are the same
so a SXwillrun any 886 programL
The extra RAM is to make sure that
you can run the memoxy-hungry prograam of today and tomoxrow.
The Desk
Jet printer is like a poor
man's laser; it sprays ink on to the page.
It is more expensive to buy and to run
but produces great quality output.
386 system with 1MB RAM,

3.5-inch floppydiskdme,
40MB hard disk,VGAColor ............ $2200
Larger harddisk
(swap 40MB
for 60MB).................... $110

Extra 3MB RAM ............................. $270

525-inch floppydiskdrive ............... $100

Hewlett-PackardDesklet printer ...... $700
DOS...................................................$85

WordPerfect ....................................$250
...................................Grand Total $3915

AIewer 4. The Cheapest

I cannot sanction buying this computer but put it in here to let you know
what buying cheap will cost.
Xf system vvith 512KS RAM,
2 floppy disk drives,
monochrome text monitor ............... $750

Raven 9101 printer ..........................$250

D05...................................................$85
Micnsoft Works
(basic wordprocessing, spreadsheet,
databaseand cornrnunications)........$100
................................... GrandTotal $1155
First, the machine would bepainhdly
slow. Today's programs are complex so
to keep some speedyou will have to limit
yourself to older, less sophisticated program+ This is all right, there is a lot of
good shdF about; it just lsn't as good as
the new stuK
Nothavinga hard disk,youwillspend
much of your computing thee exchanging diskL It' s not such agbig deal but it' s
nice not to have to bother. There are
some pxograxns that will not even start
without a hard disk.
Having a text (non~ p h ics) monitor means almost no games. However
serious we try to be,just about everybody

8088
286
386
386SX

Your Decisions

Awordprocessorisapaxagrapl Assed
editor. You type your wordswithoutworxying about the margins, and the word
processor works out when to start a new

line orpage. Ifyou add or delete words

in the middle of a paragraph then the
words that followare moved to make the
page look right.
Woxd processors do lots more: they
will decide when to start a new page;
check your text for spelling; take a slandard letter and a list of names andmerge
them to make amass mailmg; letyou use

columns, do calculations in your document; impoxt graphics files kom other

programs and much more.Ifyour word
processor has a thesaurus, it can even
offersynonyms for words. When you've
typed in a letter, you just give it the
command to Print, and bingol Outpops
the page &om your printer.

Database
You can consider a database asa list of
information with one hne for every item
in the hst. The database program will
allowyouto enter theinformation (data),
change it and access itin avarietyof ways.
For example, in an office the list of
personnel is a simple database. Each
person has a name, telephone number,
home address and section where they
work The database can be asked for
reports such as atelephone book (alphabetic listof staff in each section) or a carpool list (the people living in a certain

You have two things in this life: hardware and software. Some think there is
more to it like art, literature, good area) e
health, faxnily and the rest but such Spree cisheet
people do not own computerL
A spxeadsheet is good at arranging
Hardware is the computer, the plas- and manipulating numberL It is made
tic or metal case it comes in, the stufF up of cells (little boxes)
in
inside the case and the printer. Your fixst columns and x'ows like an empty piece of
hardware decision boils down to portable or not, powerful or not and how gxaph paper wailing for you to write in
much do I want to spench Your next the numberL With arithmetic done on
you use columns to line up the
hardware decision is what extras do I paper
numbers and one row for each entry.
want to buyP Like a car, Corolla or Coso with a spreadsheet.
rona, two litre or 1600cc, fully loaded or JustWhen
you do your accounts on pa
economy. Add on: automatic transmisper,you
write
numbers in specM places
sion; halogen spots; super stereo and on the sheet You
then do the calculafurry dice.
tions and write the answers in other
Software is the programs that make
the machines do thinga You can't do special placea A spreadsheet lets you
the calculations and does them
diddly without software bnt you have to define
foryou.Myfavoriteuse foraspreadsheet
pick the right one for you. Your hard- is to prepare blank tables that have all
ware decision starts with your software the formulae entered. All I then have to
decision. First decide what it is thatyou
do is put in the raw data and the calculawant your computer to do for you.
tions are done.

arran
ged

Communications
Introduction
Without softeere the computer cmnot work. When you buy a software
program, you get manuals, good quality
disks, little chance of problems vnth the
progxsun and often the right to upgrades
(improvements) of the program as they
occurs
There is some excellent stufF out

there. I shall concentrate on the main

types of programs; I consider these tobe
Word Pxocesing, Database, Spreadsheet,
Communications, Accountmg, Opexating Systems and GameL
The different types of programs axe
called "Applications," I suppcee because
they apply themselves to something.

Nerd isrOCeSSin9
For me, this is the mostexciting (and
useful) application as it makes wxiting
and editing so much better than in the
old cLr)stwith typewriters, acissorsand glue.

To link your computer with another

computer youneed a modem, which is
haxxtware. Tocontrolamodemyouneed
communications sofiware. This is a little
difficult to descxilse but easy to use so I'I
let you find out about it

Accountinl
An accounting package is designed
for one purpose only, thatis to keepyour
books in order. These run &om simple
check balancexs to programs that can
manage amedium~
b u s iness. I don' t
use one personally, but fiends of mine
love them.

OperetinlSystems
An operating ~ m

( OS) handles

the xunning and organizahon of the

computer. Nothing works without this
soRwam.
The OS decides what to do with every
keyyou press audieresponsible for echoing the character on the screen. When

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tioned include batterieL

characters by 8 hnes, with the option of

What's the Real PriceT

a "virtual" screen of 80 characters across.

Overssll, the Portfolio really does not

Prices do vary. We based our evaluation on the suggested retail price

(S.LP.) provided by the distributor or
manuSacturer. The reality of the competitive marketplace is that prices are
changing rapidly. Not only do dealers
discount from S.R.Pbut manuStcturers are prone to lower their S.R.P. when
the product is not selling. Keep'this in
mindwhenmakingyourown evaluation.
What did not seem a good deal at the
S.R.P. we were given, may become a
great value at a lower price.

compare with any of the other machines

listed here, but if the user does not need
vastamounts of storage anddoean't need

quick data exchange (floppies), then

the Portfolio (at a list of $%8) is a great
alternative to the highyriced power of
the other systems listed.

Panasonic CF-170
There is resmy nothing remarkable
about the CF-170. Ituses an 8088 processor, CGAdisplay, andoccupies 211 cubic
inches. It is the lightest of the machines
looked at here (6.1 lbs), but other than
that,with ahstprice of $2999.95, itaeems
uncompetitive.

by Daniel Wager
Products:
8088tSOC86 Systems
Atari Portfolio
Panasonic CF-170
Toshiba T1000LE
80286 Systems
Panasonic CF-270
NEC Ultralite 286F
Tandy 2810HD
Zenith Slimsport286

around 2inches thick, 10-11 inches deep

and 12 inches wide. I suppose if one
wanted to nitpick, a true notebook
should be no more than 8.5 by ll by 2
inchea I tend to uae "notebook" more
loosely, since the weight and overall cuart All machines
bic di
had 1.44MB floppydriveL All had 20MB
hard drives, except the IBM PS/2, which
had a 65MB drive.All had 640 by 480
VGAbackiit LCD displays except for the
Panaaonic CF-170, Toshiba T1000LE,
NEC Ultralite 286F and the Atari Portfolio. Also, all had the capacity for internal
modems except the Atari Portfolio. The
range ofprocessorsindude8088,80C86/
9MHz,286/16MHz, 886SX/16MHz and
one 8868X/20MHz (Hallkan).Seven of
the CPU's were 586SX'a In terms of
weight and size, the heaviest machine
was the Zenith S imsport 286 at 9.5 lbs.
The lightest were the Panaaonic CF-170
and Tandy 2810HD. The largest was the
Zenith Slimsport 286, and the smallest
were theQ886 Notebook and the Atari
portfolio. As well, almost every system
has the standard serial, parallel ports,
math
copmceaaor socketL The weights men-

m
ensionsplayap

80386SX Systems

Tempo LX

Altirna NSX
Halikan 386SX PC
IBM PS/2 Model L40SX
Q 386 Notebook
Datatrain DPC3816
Samsung Notemaster386Str16

Overview
This product review is a snapshot of
14 systems which range widely in size,
capacity,wcightandsoon. The common
thread that binds them is that they are
designed to provide the user with a
powerful, fuQy functional computer
aystemwhich can becaniedwithout the
need forextra arms or abevyofbaggage
hen dlerL
All the systems reviewed here can be
construed as "notebooks" as they are all

: fs

Atari Portfolio
If all the other machines mentioned
here are
defmed asnotebooks,then the
Portfolio is s 'pochsthook'. It hss. m
Sact, many of the Sanctions of the other

units here, but its size is due to the lack

of a disk drive, hard drive and backlit/
sidelit display, and the Sact it has a key
boaxxf nowhere near fum size. What it
also has is a SOSS
CPU, built~ Lotus 12-S compatible spreadsheet, texteditor,
calculator,
diary and address book, Ev-

erytlung is stored in ROM and RAM TOShiba 71000LE

and, depending which RAM card you T he T 1 00LK is a "traditional" noteuae, it can hold a sizeable amount of b o ok, running at 9MHz on an SOC86
data Thescreenisliquidcryatal,hasno p r ocessor. It has all the standard feainternal light source, and displays 40 t u resoftheothernotebooksandissimilar

exte
rnalVGAandkeyboardports,

o t

t ima orta es:

rtrirj'i

~m

moo osro

When you want the uncompromising power and

flexibility of a desktop, but need the convenience of
a portable, there is only one choice, Altima.
Altima portables are the only portables with a
detachable,101-key keyboard (including a numeric
keypad). And standard features that are expensive
options on other portables. Like built-in,
a
2400baud
modem. APCexpansion slot. A 40 MB hard disk
Industry standard memory expansion slots. And a
mouse too. Add to this a stunningpaper whiteLCD
display (you' vegot to see it to believe it) and a price
taghundreds (even thousands) of dollars lessthan the
competition and you' ll see why Altima portables are
simply, the best you canbuy. Period.

r r

Os

e o r ' s est

Now there's anotebook computer that

makesallothersseemlikescratch pads.
Inuoducing Altima NSX, the notebookthatcombines80386SX technology, VGA display, built-in 2400 baud
modem with FAX
capability,2MB RAM
expandable to 8MB,20MBhard drive/
1.44MB floppy and harddisk drive ...
all neatly wrapped in an extremely
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~ MB/28mS w/16-bit F/H Controller
-I/O Card utdth 1 Parallel/1 Serial/1 Game Port
-High-Resolution 12" Amber TTL Monitor
-Small Foorprlnt Case/200W power supply
-Enhanced 101-Key Keyboard
Customized configuration on request
One Year Parts 8 Labor Warranty

RAM (Per Mega Byte) ............................$89.00

Add Rppy Disk Drive .............................479.00
(1.2M/5.25" or 1.44M/3.5")
80MB Hard disk.................................... $285.00
Mono VGA 12 8 Card ...........................$94.00
Color VGA & Card coo e oeeooo oo I I eoa@49 00
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3 0MB/XT
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FLOPPY DRIVES
1.35.25'IEAC
885
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NOTEBOOKS
to the Panasonic CF-170 and CF-270 in

size,shapeanddeiign.Again the T100LE

is well made, with a generous, comfortable keyboard, quiet operation, and adequate display. Special features include
auto resume mode, popep vrindow to
change configurationsand check battery gauge, intelligent power supply.
Options include additional batteries,
external 5.25 Soppy drive and expansion unit At a list price of $8,599, this

Three stepsto choosing

the right laptopor

by 480 VGA display. The trick is: there is

NO internal Soppy,making itsomewhat

lighter and thinner. The price of this
new product is $5,899.

notebook computer.

Once Tbiobabootthewmbyeawill bedomgwithyoorcomputer.Mahe

a list word processing, spreadsheets, data communications, whatever.

Assignpriorities.Howdoyouseeyourneedsevolvingoverthenextf'ewyears7

machine does not stand out from the

crowd, but does have a quiet sense of

performance, and would be more than

adequatefor many non~U intenabe

uses (e.g. word processing, telecommunications).

Tandy 2$10HD

Panasonic CF-270
The CF-270 is also unremarkable. A
little heavier at 6.9 lbs, it has the same

dimensionsas the GF-170. Again,itseems

a little out of place, in that at a list price

of $4299.95,itoffersan80286processor
running at 16MHz. The display is standard 640 by 480 VGA. Both the CF-170
and CF-270 are well made, solid machines, but in light of many of the other
systems here, they seem unlikely to attract attention.

The Tandy runs on a CS80C286

16MHzprocessor,with a 640by480VGA
' LCD backit display. The casingis a gunmetal color and the shape is recrangular
with rounded edges. The design is attmctive ~u i t e professional loohng.
This machine has all the features of
many of the other units looked at here.
Included are a 20MB hard drive, 1.44
Soppy, serial andparallel ports, external
video andkeyboard connectors, etc. The
hard drive is fibst (28 msec.) and the
display is dear and bright. The size (195
cubic inches) is very compact considering the floppy drive, and the weight is
below average amongst the machines
reviewed here (6.2 lbs). O vergbil, the

WO s Consider whereyouwill be usingyour newcomputer. List the

places
home, ofBce, cment's office, whdeflying, etc. Do youplan tohing
it toothercountriesfHowoftenwill youphysicallycarry it withyou andwhat
otherdevices,forexampleaprinter,will you wanttobang too'7Will yournew
laptop beyour main computer or will yoube usingadeshop systemaswell?

Th r e e e phoae canada
pmtabie compomr.Ak whichofthedmeoa
of modelsavailable bestmeetsthe needsyouhave outlined. Find out about
waaanties, service availability and technical support. Enquire about"specialsta thatcan save you a bundle.Ask about having your new system
confiynedexactly tofrtyourneeds-atnoadditionalcost-and aboutCanada
Portable Computer's total satisfactionguarantee.

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p ibaagbm: 5~

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Fgidtgy

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Tandy 2810HD is an attractive machine

for many purposes and with the comy offering a 60 MB drive for the
8,499 list price, it seems competitive.
Thosewhoneedgood solid performance
may findit's a good buy.

HARP

Introduces 366 Power

Iree NotelrookPortolnli
* Paper WhiteTST-VGAScreen
* Fast 80386SX - 20 MHz CPU

'40 MB HardDiskDrive (19 ms)

* 3.5'-1.44 MB Disk Drive
NEC Ultralite 286F
Although this note:book runs on an
80C286 processor, at 12MHz, it has an
appeal because of the sleek casing dc,
sign, compact keyboard and bright display. The weight is 6.5 lbs and it is the
second smallest machine at 195 cubic
inches (8 Pb by 11.5 by 2). Like many of
the others, it comes standard with 1MB
of RAM expandable to 5MB. Unforntnately, the displayisonlya 640by400by
8 gray level CGAwompatible. One
unique featurenot found on any of the
other machines examined here is a
"stand by button located above the key
board. This allows the user to throw the
machine into temporary shut down
mode, thus extending the potential batterylifejust thatmuchlonger. Although
a 286/12MHz, the NECisvery attractive,
a good buy for the
user.
Anothc:r NEC product was just announced the NECUltralite 286V, This
pgcgtt
machine is a 286 12MHz with a 640

nonpow
er

zenith Slimsport 216

The Shmsport is ~
in d e sign to
the Panasonic and the Toshiba, with a,
"clamshell" shape. For some reason, the
Slimsport is not very sliml It weighs 9.5
lbs, making it the heaviest of all, and
occupies 855 cubic inches, malmgit the
largest of all. The most quizzical aspect
of ias design is that the screen and keyboard look disproportionately small in
relation to the ovcxall size of the box. It
runs on an 80C286 16MHz processor
and the displayisa VGA640by480LCD.
Thisunitincludes apowermanagement
system in software that allows users to
extend thelifetime of the battexybeyond
that found in normal usage. According
to themanufacturer,a40megabyte hard
driveisalsoavailable, andambeshipped
now. Otherwise, it is an adequate notebook, although, compared to many
others,notremarkable. Watch fornewer
models from Zenith which will remedy
these shortcomings.
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Altima NSX
The Altima NSX is probably the most
interesting machine of all fourteen. Externally, the casing is rounded with a

mottled, textured finish. The keyboard

reminds one of Tektronix equipment
(build to mihtary standards). Very comfortable) Thespecificauensof this 886SX
16MHz machine are not unusual, but
some features vrhich are optional on
ether machines are standard en the
Altima. For example, 2MB of RAM instead of 1MB, 2400 baud SendFAX capable modem, 20 watt-hour removable
NiCad battery pack. The Altima has the
option te exchange the 20MB hard drive
for a 60MB one. The screen is very
readable, with brightness and contrast
adjustmenst to suit manydifferentlighting conditions. The construction ef this
machine is of high quality and ceuld
withstand the rigors of a hostile environment. In terms of weight and size, it
is the second-heaviest machine at 9.8 lbs
and occupies 308 cubic mches. The list
price for this unitis$4548.95. Ifyou want
to be distinctive and productive, this
machine is designed fer both.

81495 PG$06 512K

(150 sheets)
One paper tray does it ail
8111 x 11, 6 ris x 14, A4, B5
Prints 15 envelopes at a time

Expandable to 4.5MB

Everex Tempo LX
This Everex product is a favorite. It
has sturdy conslxuctien with a black casing anda comfertable keyboard. Everex

6 yes per minute

R ~+ M E i

$95.OO/MTH

stands out, not because of the pmduct

itself, butbecause of the qualityof all the

itemsin thepackage manuals, ~
g
case, power supply, etc. There is a sense
of thought611ness in the whole package.
Themachine hasall thefeaturesneeded
forrunningarangeofapplications.Qriet
operaiion, bright screen, and good design are only some of the reasons for
looking dosely at this notebook. With
respect to size aud weight, the Tempo
LX it is reasonably compactat 240 cubic
inches and it weighs 6.9 lba At a list of
$5799.00, it may not seem competitive,
but we have seen the unit offered fer
consideratdy lesL

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and the amming hghtness (7.7 lbs) of

the unitin relation to the size (288 cubic
inches) is a little disconcerting. Once

The Q notebook is both the lightest

and the smallest of all the machines
reviewed here. It weighs in at 6.8 lbs and
occupies 187 cubic inch' It has all the
features ofmany of the ether 586SX
16MHz machinea The casing design is
black and conserva1ive en curves. The
display is VGA 640 by 480 LCD aud like
the others with black casings, seems
bright, with good contrast. This model
had 2MB of RAM, expandableto 4MB.
Options include a 2400 SendFAX modem, math copmcessor, expansion box,
etc. At a list price of $5,500, this is a
machine which could support a wide
range of applicationsandrunfastenough

the machine is turned on, though, it' s

net te frustrate the hyperactive user.

iIN PSi2 INodel L40 SX

This is IBM's entry into the notebook
arena, and in traditional IBM fashion,

everything about this machine is done

we11 The first thing that strikes you is
that it looks and feels like a l(4nch pizza
box) The reason is the tep is quite thin
and two fianges on either Inde hang

dewn almost the full height of the machine. There is a certain flex to the top

evident that this is an impressive machine. Thisparticularmodelhad6MBof

RAM (base medel has 2MB expandable
to 18MB), a 60MB hard drive and runs
on a 886SX 20MHz Intel pmcesser. The
L40SX has
awenderful keyboard with 84
full~
s t a ndard spaced keys and although the keys are half+eight, they
have a very pleasant teuch they den't
force you to question your j
oke s ) It
also has connectors for both a mouse
and numeric keypad which can be attached directly. One curieus note is that
the VGA display seemed lachng in contrast, even after tweahng the controls. Ialend Datatram DPC3818
'111e DPC%16isagaina586SX 16MHz
The price is impressive at g'195.00.

O.T.W.

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prices

f you' re concerned about the price of computer equip-

t ment, AMI Technology Corp. is the place for you. Our

everyday low prices are so low, their down right ridiculous. Sometimes we think The Boss is bowling a few pins
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month.

So if you' re looking for a new PC, software, printer,

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we' ll give you some of the
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Tel:(604) 781-7880
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$388
$2,999
$3.599

286

"The computers are down."

"The copierisjammed."
"The fax isn't faxing."
Common problems.
Just part of business, right?
Wrong.
Stop Invisible Prebless
The fact is that manytime consuming
problems that are associated with
today's microprocessor based equipment are related directly to electrical
disturbances...fluctuations
in power that send
you,theMIS manager, on wild goose
chases...checking
hardware and software
problems that don't exist. Consequently
you spend countless hours debugging
software that. doesn't need debugging

and swapping
hardw
are that doesn' tneed
to be swapped. The result is millions of
dollars wasted in lost time and
productivity ply put...electricity is
stealing your time!

SafeOperating Parameters Defined

Having recognized this problem, the
Computer and Business Equipment
Manufachuers Association (CBEMA)
has developeda "safe operating
envelope" that defines the power
parameters
forsafe,tm uble-free
operation of computers and other
business equipment. When harmless
power surgesand spikes fallunderthe
CBEMA Curve, equipment will operate
as it is designed. When power fluctuates
outside the parameters of the CBEMA
Curve, problems and failures occur.
ESP Guarantees Clean Power

Electronic SystemsPm
tection (ESP)
has developedan advanced levelof
technology that effectively "filters"
electricity to protect equipment and

1MB
1MB
1MB
1MB

NEC Ultralita 286F 286 12Mhz

Paaasoaic CF-270 286 16Mle
Tandy 2810HD
286 1 6Mhz
Zenith Slimsport 286286 16Mhz

prevent "power related" pmblems. The

ESP power filters are the only filters
available uxiay that comply with the
CBEMA Curve "operakag envelope."
Further ESProvides
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filter, but also promises to mpair or
replaceany equipment properly
connected to it that is damaged by

38&SK 1$Mle
Dabeen DFC3816 386SK 16Mle
Evarax Tampo LX 386SX 'lSMle
HaEkan 386SX
3 8 6SX ZOMhz
IBM PQ2 Model IAO QSSSSX ZOMhz
C} 386 Notebook 3S6SX 16Mhz

Nechhs
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Atari PoitfoEo
PenesonicCF-170

125lbs
S,1 Iba

10

Tcshiba 11000LE

6.5 Iba

6.5lb$
6,9hs

286
NK UltraQe286F
PsnasonicCF-270
Tandy 2NOHD
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$7,195
$3,500
$4,299

LCD display is aet off to oae aide.

AppareatIy, standard "C" size batteries
can be substituted for the NiCadpackin
a pmch. The ergonomics ofthe keyboard are comfortablefor those who
have generous Sngertips. At a list price
of $4295.00 it's a good system for many
apphcationa

386

Ah!ma NSX
D atatrainDPC3816

93 Ibs
7.0 l b a
6.9iba
&waxTangos
H a!ikan386SXNOTEB 6 5 l b $
IBMPQ2 Maid IAOSX 7.7 Ibs
C}386Notahcok
63 Ibs
Samsu~ Notamastar 6 . 5 Ibs

2.1
2
22

machine with a 640 by 480 VGA ICD

display. It weighs a httle more than the
average at 7 lba, but is quite compact at
196 cubic inch' I t has all the same
feature& as the other 5868X'8, with a
goodcompactdeaign. Thismodelcomea
standardwith IMB of RAM, 20MS hard
chive, 1.44fioppy,etc. Thelisti&$4829.95.
A good &tardy, comforbsble machine.

Salnsuni Notelnaster 3$SSI1S

The Samsung Notemaster is very
similar to the NRC,Q%6aad Datatrain.
Itweighsapproximately6.5lbsaadmeasures 8.5 by ll by R.2 incheL It ha& the
same a@ared deaiga. It is a practiag,
e8icieat machine that would do well ia

both a technical or business environment. Again, like the others, a good

overall system.

Halikan 3ISSX ilotehook PC

Thismodelranat20MHzoaa 886SX
CPU. Made by Chaplet Syittemainc. itis
a fairly slrihng machine. Its most outtdaadingaapectiatheahghtly "newwave"
design, brightneas and contrast alidera,
and pleasing ctsrvu4bhnear de&ign. Ia
terms of size and weight, it is abghtly

Qnnmary

The f t thing that should be men-

tioned is that a number of these ma-

below the average (6.5 1bs/204 cubic

inches), while offering all the features chine&are brand~ex. The vailabiTittyia
thatareaw8aMeonmanyothersystem+ often a big question mark on new prodalthough ucts and you should call a local dealer
theblacksidepanellookaabitoddasthe before you rush out and buy aay, the
IBMIAOSX! Secondly.theremay ormay
not be items included in ap~
auld
by local dealers. Such things as windows
$.0, batteries, carrying cases, etc. me

Thechsplayisdear ad&harp,

aometimesaddedorsubtracteddepend-

386SX Only 2495.y

Genuine Intel 80386SX-16. 2MB RAM, expandable to 5MB. 20MB High
Speed HDD. High resolution VGA display 640 by 480, 32 grey scales.
Build in High DenSity 35u 1.&NB flOppy driVe. RemOVable quiCk charge
battery, lasting at least 2.5 Hours per charge, more using Programmable
Power Maaagcmeat! Indusry standard 2 Serial, Parallel, exteraal VGA and
external 5.25 Floppy Disk Drive port. One Full Year Limited %'arranty.
Total system weight 7 lbs. including battery.
S03I6-uMHZ SAME CONFIGURATION AS AIIOVE @19S

power disturbances..
For More Inlormation
Call ESP at(604) 980-263$
or FAX (694) 9804328

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ing onthe dealer'&sense of the market.

Of all the machines reviewed here,
three&taadoutasunique. The6rstis the

Alarum~ It hns a bit of a rebd feel to it-

butwithgreataophistication. Theaecoad
i&theISML40SX Ithasthedassic sense
of IBM about it Expensive, ym, but if
moneyisaotabigcoaceru,itisamr&~e
that am perform aad dces it aeeaaingly
without ckort The third ia the Tempo,
becau&e of the cwerall ~ t y of Everex
prochicl& aad the &implicity of the deQgh

m
om
ent

Many ofthese computns ~

the leadmg edge of notebook/laptop
tecbnolagr.The future may bring more
surpxiaes with reyarcls to such things as
In801'8 plans Eo mtqpate many of the
eistmg &epnrale components oato oae
chip. RlemenB hke RAM,
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386SX power in a 6.6-pound package

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945~
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graphics, 40MB hard disk, 3.5-inch 1A4MB

floppy dfsk, one parallel, two serial ports

Slxe: 11 "W x 8.5'D x 2.08' H

Weilkt 6.6ibs.(Induding battery, excluding

adapter)
Battery Life: 2.5hours ("D" cell Ni-Cad)
Price:C$4132
The Twinhead SuperNote is typical
o f many of the Derailed "third~ e r a
lien" peru hie computexa small enough
to fithandilyin a briefcas, speedyNkit
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ports and aparallel pert that doublesas
acennecter for anexternalfioppydrive.
Thesexeenispaper~ t e a ndBearly
visible from a wide range of viewing
angles. Despitethemsnual'sctauns that
"you can set the angle of the screen
whereveryouwish,"themamnumangle
is about 45% past center. While this is
notallthatunusuat,wewishmorelaptop
and notebook makers weuld design
screen
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that
couldfoidcompletely
ward to facilitate the use of external
monitors.

The 80 keys on the SuperNote's

keyboard feel like mechanical switch
keysandemitapleasant,subdued chck
The cursor keys are laid out along the
lowe right side in an" I " shape with
the cursor4eftandmghtkeys to the left
of the up and dewn keys.
To help consene battery power, the
SuperNete has a button near the power
switch labelled "Srawn sr'". This button
turns off the LCD screen'sbackhghting
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byssay&sxisess
pounds and xneasureapproximately 12
by 10 by 2 inches; both utilize an 82-key
keyboard with an embedded numeric
keypad and 12 fiction laeys; both utilize a bolt~ sidelit Quid cxysbal screen
a crisp display,virtuallynostreahng
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Commodore, betterknown for the

manu&cixxre of the Amiga and C64
computers, has been an alsoean in the
business of producing PC cloneL This
may soon change,
With the production of the C286/
S86-LT line of notebook computers,
Commodoreistahng adixectrunat the
tapofWc4neand, for a change, iscompeting inthe area of pexformance as
well as price.
Andwhatapxieel The street price of
the C286-LT is under $2500 Canadian,
and a CS86-LT can be had for about

$S,500.
Soth models weigh in at less than 7

mode which provides640 by 480 pixel

resoluiion when plugged into an external color monitor. (The display on the
CSEX.T is slightly more gray and more
than that on the C286.)
e C286 and CS86-LT are designed
to uliTize the Connor 44aegabyte haxd
drive, in addition to a S.Mach 1.44meg
internal drive, but are currently shi~
pingwithConnor's20megvorsion. The

reason for this is that all larger Connor

chives are currently utiTized by Compaq

(which cems
SOpexcentof the campny).

A Commodore spokesman saxd they

will incorporate the larger drive (at a
higher price) when it becomes available
and may provide anupgrade path for
cuxrentownerL MS/DOS4.1isinduded
in the basic purchase price, as well as, in
Canada,Version 6 of PCrools Deluxe.
(Some U.S.purchasersgetWindows S.o.)

At a glance:

C2864.T - $3,800
C3864T - $4,500

Weight

Watch for om aew386-40MHz

Motherboards
Cases and Pewer Supplies
POS Syl@m and printer

Pocket Modems
Network Cards
IDE Adaptors

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PAPER MAY '91

41

NOTEBOOK- COINPUTRRS
MiCrOGram SyStemS (C ~a)L~

Available Peripherals

I hked the feel of the keyboard, the

The C286and C586-LT have two pro- availaMity of twelve Smction keys, and
prietary memory slots. To Bll them,
the f'act that the keys do not seem as
Commodore offers memory expansion . cramped as on some notebook computmodules ($699for 2 mega s, and a
240Qbaudinternalmodem ($529). Also
The embedded key features are very
available are spare batteries ($219) and easy to get used to.
a spare tsansformer ($265).
One feature I was especially interOne of the things I like best about estedin (butwhichwasnotimplemented
these computers, though, is the fact that in the models I tested) was the abiTiiy to
theycanbe utilized withmost thirdparty automatically access foreign key maps, a
products. One line deserving of special particular asset in bilingual Canada.
mention (and recommended by ComThe company advertises a twokour
modore) is the XisCom line, distributed life for its rechargeable NiCad battery
in Canada byKeating Technologies (505 pack, but by utilizing the computers'
Hood Road-Unit 20, Markham ON LS4 memoryaavisig featur~ I was able to
5V6; Telephone 8005654284).
obtain an average baorery life of more
Xircom offers "plug and play"
than 2.5 hours.
adaptersfor Arcnet, Ethernet and ToI would recommend these two comken Ring local area networks (LANS) puters tomostbuyerswith only one word
which allow laptops to be connected to of caution. In spite of the power and
these netssorksthrough theparallelport
manyfeaturesof the C286and C586-LT,
The company also overs a parallel post Commodore offers onlya SMaylimited
multiplexer,or splitter,which allowsone wasranty for repair or replacement. If
parallel port to be split into two with no their product is really as good as they say
loss of transfer speed.
itis, the company should be prepared to
stand behind it a little more solidly.

Goodliarks Overall

Commodore g e t s a B+ f or
expandaMity. Both modelscome with 1
meg'ibyte ofRAM on board and are
expandable to 5 meg. Both include a
math coprocessor socket.

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NetObOOkS continued from page 38

combined onto one chip, makmg the
size decrease and the overall speed increase chamatically. The three major
stumbhng blocks for further reductions
in size and weight for notebooks are; the

For further reedln9,see the Jan. 1991

Issueof The Computer Pa . Here you'll
find reviews of the Toshiba T1200XE,
Sanyo MBC-17NB, Sharp PC-6220 and
Intra LT-286SX laptops, plus "Bridging
the Laptop Gap," a discussion of ways to
Sct that the keyboard must fit our Sngers; the battery must supply enough transferfiles between portablesandnonMS-DOS computers. The What's New
power; and there must be a standard
floppychive of some kind. The keyboard section of that issue also carried details of
will
ys b e a constraint to the width Samsung's3&6SX NoteMaster notebook
and depth. The battery and to a lesser
extent, the Soppy drive, will always constrain the weight.
Another aspect to choosing a notebook is its ability to withstand harsh
environments andregularphysicalabuse.
No matter how carelll you may think
youcanbe,movinganycomputer around
will result in bumps and grindL If your
intention is to simply replace an onice
desktop machine with anotebook.so you
can take your "once" home at nighsthen any of the above machines will
survivethe journey from work to home
and back again. On the other hand, if
your in and out of plane seats, cars,
boats, ofBces, bars, etc., you should
choose a system that is put together to
endure this
of r u ggednesL
Finally, The bottom line is that the
machineyouchoose must;runyour soRware; be light enough to casTy in a briefcase or over the shoulder; be readable
under a number of lightmg conditions
and; be low enough priced to not break
the budget OR be impressive enough to
cause attention (egol). All of the machines reviewed here fit two or more of
those criteria.

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ublished in Ubrary 10 of the Laptops
oundTabl~age 656.
It is a compilation of the advertised U.S.
retail prices of 92 widely advertised portable, laptop, notebook, and handheld
computers. A total of 162 computers are

listed though some of the newerones are

not widely advertised as yet. Of the 92

with listed street prices, 66 show a new

low price; some of these have dropped
dramatically in the last three months.
Listing was prepared from the advertisements of twenty-nine retailers in seven
magazines.
Also newly released is the Second Edition

of COM R.DES,alistingof109laptop/
port
ablecomputerandperipheralmanu-

Big Deals ...

All systems come standard with 1MB RAM,
1.2MB 5.25" FloppyDrive, 40MB IDE Hard
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snd sn Enhanced 101-key Keyboard.

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number(s),product type, and trade name

as appropnate.
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IWinNead NOtebOOk continued from page 39

and slows the CPU speed, saving a great
deal of power. (Pressingthis button also
consistently crashed Windows, whether
wewererunningon batteryorAC power,
so use with carel)
The manual is very good, printed in

Several sections are included that clearly

speak to Srst~e computer ossners and
other ineqseriencedusera We found no
typographical errors
The system indudes DOS 4.01 and
battery watch, disk caching, ~
rd

two colors with numerous illustrations,

and fli transfer utiTities.

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The Psion llohile Computer

Product Mobile Computer MC400
Manufacturer.
Psion PLC,London, England
Distributed by Real Data Systems Inc., 1201575 West Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G

2V3 (604) 683-7226

Prtce:C$1995

Weight 43 pounds

Dimensions: 1.9' x 12.4' x 8.9'

Battery Ufe:60 hours (8 AA alkaline cells)

Solid State Disks as their primaxy storage

medium, which (besides being considerably faster than conventional drives)
permits them a design feature I wish all
portables had. When I tapped the "oN"
key after the machine had been turned
off, it instantly resumed at the last point
it was at. If you had been typing a letter
into the built~wordprocessor, thecontents would be justas you left them. The
onlyother machines Ihaveseen with this

The Psion MC models200 and 400

diNcr &om the vast majority of other
portable computers in that they have a
proprietary operating system, built~
graphicalintexSace,mul64asking~
softwareandanmtegxaltouchpadwhich
allows you to interact directly with the
graphics displayed on the high resolution screen. For example, you can pull
down a menu simply by pointing at it.
The MC computers utilize socalled

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computers from GO Corp. (Actually, the

Psion and the GO user interlaces are
extxemely similar in general functionalifyandoveralllookandfeel, althoughI'd
give the award for elegance to GO.)
The Psion MC models 200and 400
also have an unusually long battery life
(75 and 60 hours respectively) and a
builesn high-level programming language called OPL One thing's for sure:
the Psions don't suffer &om a case of
"Me4oo4tis."
The MC400'sscreenisa640x400pixel
black and white Retardation Film LCD,
while the M C200 uses a 640x200
Supertwist LCD. Aside from this difference and the greater batterylife of the
MC200, the machines share identical

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The MC400 easily passed what I consider to be the acid test when evaluating
new technology: I managed to get it up
and running in less than three minutes
Sat Inside ten minutes, I had vixtually
m astered e ac h o f the va r i o u s
applications...all without looking at the
manual. The only time things got tough
waswhenIaccidentallypressed theParaw

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myselftempoxarilyinNtMLocxmode. Of
course,just pressing the keys again
toggled the function oK When it came
time to tun the machine off, I once
again resorted to the index of the 808page manual, and found that the secret
key combination was"PsxoisCoNmox 1."
Other than that, the Psion's operating
system is the very picture of dummy-

proof computing.

Along the bottom of the main screen

isarowoficons (see Figure I): anotepad

for text processing, a calendar for diary,

date andtimeenanagement, a Rolodex
for your personal dalsLbsse, an adding
madiine for doing numerical calculations, an alarm clock for scheduling and
appointmentkeeping,an icon of agroup
of windows signifying 6le management,
another of a cable connecting the Pslon
to a desktop PC; this is a file transfer
utility for exchanging data with other
PCL Although not usually visible, there
are also icons for user progxaxns written
in the system's OPL
and a Sys.
tern icon Lastly there is a picture of a
telephone handset inside a VDT. This is
a terminal program, complete with

langu
age

XMOIMI transfer capabiTities in shoxt, a

Surly' complete suite of personal infor-

T HE COMPUTER
PAPER MAY '91 4 3
matian management tao!sin acempact,
easyeecrse package even an executive
cauld leaxn. Se, what is there to dislike?

lhe LFF
My Least Favorite Feature is, surprisingly enough, the touch pacL Although
I'm a cenfirmed moiisaahelic, I found
thatmyfingeruailgatrather uucarnfoxtable afteran hour er two of pointing anci
pressing. I suspect Iuxuriantlyaailed female eirenxtivesmay Snd the touch pad
even more bedevilhng. I tried using the
ball ofmyfiuger, but the pxessurenecessary' to "click" a selectien caused further

discomfort as my fager bent backwards

repeatedly. Poiuting with the eraser tip
afapencilwasvexycomfoxtalile;efceurse
the caustautdxriggingand pressingsoou
adds up to eraser' xllbblllgs all aver the
touch pacLAsyoumsyhaveguessed, I'm
really stretching to beef about the touch
pacL It's nat that uncomfortable; in fact,

the 2- by Ssnch pad is scixprismgly responsive+

Friendly Interface
Handily, the Psien's operating system inchides keybaard ectuivalents fer
most fimctiona Users SuniTiar with Microsoft Windows, GEOS/PC or the
Macintosh will feel right at home here.
There's even a Hzu eptien to aid begiunexs in getting the hang of thmgL
Windows have all the usual reiziug and
dragging methods, and pressing the
Psxoii Key in conjunction with a nuuiher
key will drep dawn the caxrespanding
menu. Once drepped dawn, the cursor
keys and Ewxxrr keyalleweasyuavigiifion
and selecfien of menu items.
like Windows,taskscau hesliruukto
icans, and in best Macintosh tradition,
everyapplication shares theua~~hiqnitous Edit menu's command k:i r cl~.~v
cleats Z, I, C and V far UNna, CI.', (;i >re
ANDPAslKAliappficatiousshsre the .~ze

commands fer epening, saving and

printing flea Other common fimctions
are intelligently integrated, such as
pressing ESC fer Cswcm., Esaxa far OK,
etc.

Files and directories are kept in an

MOOS cemphant format, and all the
iisual DOS Sle management functions
are available.
The Psion's designers obviously borrowed heavmy &om the design ofthe
Macmtoshuserinterfamwhen theycame
to the problem of text selections. Any
graphical wordprocessor user will feel
"write" at home with
lite
pressing SanY ta extend a text selection,

techniuq
es

word, rather than letterky4etter.

The system is equipped with parallel

and serial ports and comes with Epson
and CanonSJIQe printer configuration
iles. The manual alse describes how to
configurecustem chivcmfer other printers, although this is nat a task for the
Sunt+eartecL
I csrperieuced na bugs ar software
ghtches during my tests; the hardware
also looks to he durable and welLmanufiicturecLThe screen isnathacMit,which
maybe aproblem for someusers, hut this
design contributes greatly ta its impressive hat tray life.

Compat
ibility
The issue of compatihiTityis relatively

TOSHIBA m
UNIDAC

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COlNPAQ;'
SLY/286

80288-12MHz
~ 840K RAM 4QMB

~ 1A4MB Roppy

VGA 14he.
Detachable Keyboard

unimportant in that the Ps!on has ne

treuble in exchanging datawith desktop
PCs via its built in Lnrx software and a
simple serial port connecfian {A 5.25 1A4MB Fhppy
mch disk af PC Transfer so&ware is m VGA 16ibe.
cluded). When equipped with the opNl
ecfusls
ens
Cansdisn
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fr e e ~ sNe seivtseevslishh.
ienal pager, modem er Sixmodern, the
f
Psion is fixxthcr lihexatecL You can even
N OT K S O O K S
cenfigure the Psion tobe switched on via
COMPAQ I.YEOI6 COMPAQ LTEt216 TOSHIBA 12OOXE
the serial part {hmml).
80286-12MHz
80286-12MHz
Other unique apriens are ~
le, ~ 80388-20MHz
1MB ~ 20MB

2MB
RAM
60MB

840K
~
40MB
tao, including ane I would have dersrly 1A4MB Rappy VGA
1A4MB Roppy CGA

1A4MB
Rappy
CGA
liked to test just above the keyboard, a
button labelled Izcomn is teasingly inactive. Apparently,anaptionalDigitalVoice
Processor Expansion Module amews you
M888-20MHz

TOSHIBATsssssx

$5100I

toattachvoiceannotations to alarm aud

diary events, ta be played back through

the system's 8KHs audio chip. The module allows real%me compression and
decompression ef voice and the speech
can be edited, making it more useful
than conventioual dicratian machines.
The company says that 8 minutes of
speech
stored in just 64K bytes.

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Sony folks, but I ceuldn't bring myself to tackle OPL for the purposes of this
review. My Srst thought was "why have
they chasen ta inchide a pragramming
language thatfew people haveever heard
of?" Hewever, an claser examinatian,
OPL would appearte be a snap for any.
one with a httle programming experience ta pick up.
From the manual {a separate 286page vahune), it leoks to be a compiled
MSIGSkelauguage thatsuppaxtsuamed
procedures, modular deign and inline
8086 assemblycode. Programs you write
can be installed camplete with iconsas a standard application. Several trivial
examples ofcadearegivenin themanual.

Accaxdingtothedistributar, the Psion

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by Ccmge Ncsde
arsd Steve llkIhwuss

computers are vny popuhr as mobile

data collection units and a wide variety
of data collection programs have been
wxittene These programs~ and sllpport
ing hardwaxe like barcode readers, are
avaslable from the company. Psion also
sells a C$259 spreadsheet apphcation.

Condusion
Machines hke the Psion, Atari Partfoho or the Sharp IQunitsarebestused
for the applications built into them.
Users with clearlycfefmed needs may
fmd that the built~ software toals are
enough, but users with more geaeralized purpcascsmay fmd that, despite thc:
foibles of MOOS, the vast axxay of PC
software available lends an undeniable
advantage to DOS laptopa
All in all, the Psion is an impressive
unit that is easy to use and flexible
enough to f'md its way into a variety of
vertical market nicheL According to
Psion, it is targeted ~
at e x ecutives
and salespeople on the roatL Although
its proprietary opnxstingsystem virtually
assures it the hss of death in today' s
DOSbound market,itdesenresalookas
a solid and innovative alternative to MSDOSkased partable madsmea

The xsame "personal information

manager" suggests a computer program
that helps to manage your personal infoxxnatioa a database of addresses, to

dohsts,day timer f'uactioas, etc. The key

word here is pcnmwl There are as many
different bits of infoxmation that need
to bemanaged as there ire people. Just
as each personal computn is set up differently, each person will have different
information management needs. It
would seem then, incoxrect to atamspt
to compare personal lxsformation managers on a best~rat scale. I may have
certain needs which one program addresses sndyoumayhavedifferentneeds
which another program adchesseL Direct comparisons of PIMs are unfair at
best and dishoaest at worst. Each PM is

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sa different and address' different

functions. As a reviewer I may see value
in one hmction that is of no value to
someone else. And, I maysee no value in
a function that to another person there
is great value. So you should look vny
carefumyatyour own relturements for a
PM, and then select the Isrogrrams that
have the functionsthatmeetyourneedL
At last, hne is a ~
xy o f s oftware
where it is best to not listen to your
fricndsorconsultantL Makeyour choice
based on your needs and the progxam's
functions.
Hne we look at four PIMs, each with
a different approach to managing infoxmation and each worth considning.

KI N GSWAY BRANCH

3373A Kin&sway. Vancouver, S.C. V5R SK6

Tel: t&04i 435-7067

Product: T he M a x imizer ver. 2 . 1

Contact and sales management soft-

ware.

Publisher: Richmond Software Inc.,

420 - 6400 Roberts Street, Burnaby,
B.C. V5G 4C9 Phone (604)299-2121

Fax (604)299-6743

System Requiremetsls:PC XT/AT or compatible, 1.3M bytes dlk space required, DOS
2.1 or higher,512K bytes available RAM, 80
column dot matrix printer

Price:MSRP$295, LAN version $695

Key Features: Auto d i a ler, Letter

writing, Reminders, Contact tracking,
Long-term free support, Mass mailing,

Personalexpenses management, Diary,

Spell Checker, Calendar, MaxMerge
(database merge utility), Personal
record keeping, Calculator
OfInterestTo:Salesm anagers,salespeople
who do direct sales, or any professional with clients or mntacts to track.

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Overview
Maximizer is a customized database
application program for sales, market
ing, and follo~p purposeL It can aid a
sales person in following through on
the many differentrequests for information and call+acks that occur in a
sales cycle. Customer information is atutched to notes, dates, deaciiptions and

contact+ The user can track what happened in the past with a particular cuatiomer and what is to happen in the
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to sales people only. If your business
brings you in contact with many people
on many different issues, Maximizer will
help you organize. There is no doubt
that the investment for this product will
pay off in any direct sales or marketing
environment. If one wants to increase
productivityandprofessionalismin their
sales force, or any professional relationships, Maximizer will go a long way in
obtaining these goals.
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ncw research shady by Market Intelligence Research Corp (4154614000) has
the Maximizer leadinq Pcbased individual sales lead trackmg pmgrams as
well asia the IANkesed area. Theyhave
44% of the market for individual users,
and 25% of the LAN market. The study
also notes that it is the youngeat of the
salesautomation softwarecompauiesand
it is the only non-U.S. fmn to hold a
strong market position. Ed)

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Maximizer is a simple, menudriven
custom database application. The user
enters name, address aud other information in the database. Each time a
contact is made with a person, their
recordsare updated with new mfoimaiion &om the new contact. Each phone
call or letter is tracked with notes to
show what transpired.
If you spend most of your computer
time managing coniacts, you can get
fullbcnc6t&om Maxnnizer. Ifyouspend
most of your time in other applications
and are in need of a program that will
quickly schedule time, there are other
PIMs available that can stay memory
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Maximizer. If they say they will call me
back on a particular day, they do call
back on that day. They also have all the
inforsnation about our last contact at
their fmgcr tips.
Maxiinizer is an excellentmarketing
and sales management pachtgc. Maximizer will keep a sales person on top of
more customer requests than can possibly be handled manually. Thus customers will scuse a more individual and
human approach rather than a mass
market, computer aided approach.
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tween pieces of information. For example, a. salesperson might include a

"product sold" field in their contacts
category. The salesperson could then
look under a specific product and find
each person who bought the product.
Current might be your choice if you
want more &om your rc:ports. Current
allowsyou to create templates for letters
and merge information to the template.
By selc:cting a template your letter is
complete when you view it. Current's
multikont capabilities provide reporttng power.

Conclusion

If you use Windows a lot, this package is usefuL With adequate memory,
you can quickly access Current while in
other applications.
If you are only a part4me Windows
user, you may not get full benefit from
this pacltage. Your personal information manager should be in the en'
ronment thatyou are in the most. When

not running Windows, you do not have

quick access as you would with a DOSbased memoxycesident PIM, such as
Instant Recall. Unless you are in a situation whereyouwouldbein theprogram
most of the time, such as a salesperson,

Current may not be as useful to you. If

you are in other non-Windows applicationsmostofthetime,amemoryresident
PIM that can be accessedanywhere may
be more effective.
Current is a fiIil featured PIM that
can keep even the busiest person organizecL With Current's customizing capaMities, its uses are limited only to
your imagination,

attach any item to another item. An

extenswe search feature allows you to
search forinformationwithin andacross
faciTitieL

Oparatien

PackRat operated fiawlesslyin all test

situations. It is easy to enter appointments and the different calendar views
make it easy to see your day, week or
month. An excellent Alert feature can
be set to warn you of important tasks
other Wtndowsapplicaeven ify

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that you have easy access to &equently

needed information.
One feature that some might find
usehtl is the aMityto saveinformation in
separate data files, yet still be able to

Simple Key Strokes

Menu-chiven Selections
Foxm Data Entries
Help Is Just One Key Stroke Away

Weekly, Monthly, etc.

Rexihle

Revenue Canada Remittance

Chooses payperiod and pay method

Individually for each employee.

PeaelNs anI PesisseIoas

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tions. The screen can be customtzed so

open more than one file at once. For

example, you can put all the information for your company'sgolf tournament in a separate file so that you don' t
have to search through everything to
find information.
PackRat also can transfer information with Casio Boss or Sharp Wizard so
you have access to information when
your computer is not handy.
PackRat uses the power of other Windows applications for word processing
and spreadsheet needs, Tasks such as
mail mecieshave tobedoneusingWorcL
Included with PackRat are macros for
Microsoft Excel and Word for Windows
that allow you to track activity of Word
and Exceldocuments in PackRat

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Pay Periods
Pay IIethols
Monthly Salaty, Hourly Pay, Commission

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M onthlyEmployee Summary, etc.
Six Benefits (Four Customized)
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GSI' Support, etc.

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Captures pertinent information for
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You can't
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ment program for Windows than

PackRat.
The femmes itlacksare made
up for with integration with Microsoft
Word for Wmdows and Excel. Still, the
addition of a good word processor to
write simple letters to contacts and do
mail merges would make the package
more completefor thosewhodon'thave
Word forWindowsor Excel. Other than
this, PackRat has very few limitations.
George Slade and Steve Mcllwain are
senior partners in ISR Software Re-

view Corporation, a company specializing in independent testing, evaluation

Product: PackRat ver. 3, Personal antfg
review of MS-DOS-based products.
information manager for Windows.
For
f u rther i n f ormation p h o ne
Publisher: Polans Software, 18 2 0
S. Escondido Blvd., Suite 102, (604) 538-05 1 7.
Escondido, California 92025 Phone

(619)743-7800 Fax (619)743-9964

System Requirements: Microsoft

~ 20MHz 386sxPersonalComputer
~ 1MB RAM

Windows 3.0t IBM PC AT, 286 and

above compatibles, EGA, VGA or Hercules graphics adapter, 640K RAM,
200K RAM for PackRat
Price: MSRP $569 CAN.

~< 1.2MB 5.25s FIOppy DriVe

~~ 4OMB Fast Access Hard Drive

~ Parallel / Serial / Games Ports
~ VGA Colour Monitor

Features: Password protection, Quick

dialer, Gantt charts, Alert reminders,

Windows Dynamic Data Exchange, Time

management facility, Track financial
transactions, Phone log, Expenses,
Automatically compute cost of timerelated items, Print labels and envelopes, Tutorial, Custom reports
Of Interest To: Windows users that
are in need of a full-featured personal
information manager.

Overview
PackRat stores your information in
data files that you open. You can have
one or more data files open at a time.
Iniormation items (appomtments, contacts, etc.) are stored in Facilitiea" Infoxmation can be related within one
&ciTityor between different Suilities by

using "Keywords" or you can manuaRy

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Tel: (604) 731-7880

Fax: (604) 731-7844

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PERSONAL INFORINATION IIAIVAOERS

The Sharp IQ-SSOON

Electrenic Organizer
By CrccernaBercrcrtt

Product:IQ-B300MElectronlcorganizer(also
knownasthe Wizard in the USA)
iiwanufacturer: Sharp Electronics, 335
Brittania RoadEast, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z
9Z9

Ccsnflguratlon tested: "l2BKB (User area:

If partof your cneryday business ac-

tivity involves meeting people, you have

probably had too many business cards

approx. 110KB), IQ-793AMac interface softwalafhardware

She: 7-'/'W x 3-m/ ' 0 x x/" H

Weight 2cfb g(including batteries)

Battery LIfe: approx. 95hours, average use
Price: $519.95;Mac interface & softtscare
$149.95; PC interfacefit software $169.95;

pressed into your palm to keep track of.

Today's business people often rely
heavily on "Day Timer ~ o
xg a nization books and various desk and pocket
organizers to keep track. of their schedules and take notes with. Further, who
doesn't need to do numexical calculations once in a while?
So, at the vexyminimum, people try.
ingtoconductbusinessin aprofeesional
fashionreallyneed to carry around a

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calendar (withroom for dailyandweekly

notes), a telephone book, a notepad, a
stack of business cards and, if they still
have any room left in their pockets,a
pocket calculator.

To really have his or her act together

though, a person should also have a
timepiece that can calculate tim~ones
around the world, be able to whip together outline suxnmaries of complex
subjects or tasks; maybe even network
with the once &om remote locations.
And of course, they'd aexrerxniss a birthday or anniversary.
Why, having all these abiTities would
make a person a veritable jrcggarsrcsc
ctout
therein thebusinessworld. (Canyou tell
what this is all leading up toP)
Of course,any portable computer
could perform all these tasksl But they
are too big, too intrusive to really go
csaytxrheve.
As people who fake casual photos can tell you, the likelihood of having
your camera with you at the moment a
picture opportunity arises is inversely
proportional to the size and weight of
the camera So it is with bulky laptop or
notebook computers, with their decking keys and biiefcase stylings. No, the
perfect executive organizer would Gt
neatly in a bteastpocket and look like a
checkbook
This pretty much smnmarizes the
dengn concept ofthe Sharp Electronic
Orgaxxlzer. It pexfcmns all the abovexnentioned functions (requiring an optionalRS48R connector and modem to
telecommunicate), neatlyinterfacing to
a desktop PC or Macintosh to tramper its
data as desirecL
Resembling an overgrown calculator
with its alphanumeric keypad, the dark
gxay~cLBack IQ8800M does not particuhtrly behave like a computer. Once
tumed on, twelve colorwoded buttons
taketheuser into thedifferentorganizer
areaL Calendar,Weekly, Daily, Schedule, Tel, Outhne, Memo, World, Home,
Business Card, Cele and Card.
WorldandHomearetimezonemaps;
as shipped, Card is a demonstration of
the built~ Help faciTity for the other
functions, however, it is also where you
would plug in other applications on optionalIC cards.Adozen or so other cards
exist,mcluchng Txme Expense Manager,
Thesaurus Dictionary, 8-Language
Translator, Money Planner, 8-D
Spreadsheet, BASIC Scientific Computer
,.Caid, and English@reach and EnghshGerman Bilingual Dicfionaries. You' ll
besoorganizedyou'I knowwhenyou've
got the time to kick back and enjoy the
Tetxis or Chess cards.
In a Sne example of technological

gimmickry, the IQ8800M's Help function allowsyou to discoverfeatures of the

T HE COMPUTER
PAPER MAY '91 5 1

unit by touching icons of the various a n other proprietary level converter

modes. When you slide a dikferent IC
c a ble, only thxs one connects the Orga
cardinto the unit, aclear plastic window n i zer to your computer's modem poxt.
showsthenewcard'siconsforthistouch(Despite what I was told, I suspect this
screen function. Unfortunately,thisgee- c able could be used if an adapter was
whiz feature appears to be one of the a d ded with the appropriateap
in
reasons the IQ4500M's ECD screen oc- assignmenis and gender4xnding.)
cupies only about 60% of the top half of
The T e xxninal has some clever feathe unit. The 4&eolumn
a t u r es, including a virtual 86column
SOcohxmnmodeisalsoavailable) hasall s creenthatscrolissideways,upanddown
the usual symbols, although lower case to simulate a standard 80x25 display. an
lettersdonotdescendbelowthebaseline a u todialingdirectoxy,uploadanddownof therowandsome symbols,such as the load of Memo data, MNP support and a
apostrophe key, are only available via a walmupSmctionthatautomaticallyturns
specM symbol menu (accessed bypress- on the Oxganizerwhenever itisaccessed
ing the SMEL key). The laeypad is far too b y the remote computer.
small to typewithanyspeedornormalcy,
although two4ngertypistswon'tmind. I D e s l gll CollSICleAICIOIIS
had the best success by pecking away
A fe w problems exist with the overall
with one Qnger of each hancL
ergonomics of theunit. For aunit appar-

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Once you' ve typed in memos, names entky designed for nonwomputer4teror other daN, it xs a simple matter to a t e f olks,thewarningsonthedummyIC
search sequentially,byletter(s) ofatitle, c a rd ("CAUTIO M ake sure the applior by ~
xd s in individual entriea
cation card is Sace down [silver band
For ezainple, if one of your Memo f o r ward]beforeinsertiont ) arepoor,in
entxies was titled 'Things to Do" and its h ght of the fact that there is no silver
second line said "Buy diskettes," you b and on the dummy caxd shipped with
could search by title (i.e., type "thmg" t h e unit, How's Joe Computerphobe
and press the SzaacH key, or search for s u pposed toknowwhatisorisn'ta "real"
the word "disk" and press SxmT4amcH. I @ card?
There's even a
W hen y o u
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type in new enSmction that lets

youhuntfordaxa
from
other
modes than the

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Features
As with most
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As people who take casual

photos can tell you, the likeli-

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power [(4')'] and reciprocal P/s= .IR5]
functions, plus a "paperless printer" o n other keyboards. This SHxrr key permode that allowsyou to see and edit the f o xms command functions most people
calculation sequence Som which the w o uld aaxociate with AxT or Cowmox.
answer is derived.
key@ While I can appreciate the need to
A Clipboard Smction allows you to d e sign more than one Sanction to each
cut and paste data &om one area to
k e y , I think that the terxninology for
another. There'saUser Dictionsrpe4exe t h ese functions seems unnecessarily
you can store commonly used words or c onSxsing.
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Unfortunateky,youcan'tjustconnect aw r d.Aho, the color~ k
ey la b els
anyoldprmter. Youmustuse thepropri- t h at show the alternate SnxFr key funcexaxy Sharp CE50P, a thexmal printer. t i ons axe positioned directly between
(Boo, hisa) The Unit~ U nit Smction t h e Sxst and second rows (remember,
(whichrequiresapropxietaxydata trans- these are differentthan theshiftedcharfer cable) allows two connectel Oxlaa c texs one gets by pressing the "stannizers to transfer one or all entries in a d a rd" SxnxT key). Other people in our
particularmode.Atapexecordercanbe o 8 i ce intuitively understood that the
used to dump all entxies in a mode via d e signations related to the row of keys
the Cassette option, however, the Cas. b e low them, butfor some reason, when-

seee mterSLce connects only to the CE- ever I loolmlat the ixxstrowof alphanu50P printer. (Doubke boo, hiss!)
meric keys, I automatically associated
Toconnectamodemcxrnuikmodem t hem with the Brat row of blue letters
you reckuire another
pr i e taxy cahke, dixectlybe1oru
them, probahky because
Qmonebeingan
Rke pekcomerter t h e re are alxeaxky standard' SBNr key
priced axounda hundreddolhrL Sadly, d e i g nationa labelled in a diSsrent
I was teM t hat I couM not use the
c o lor above the Brat xow.
(Lefh4xain
parti
a mil' a r m t erSce included t h i n kers probably don't have these
with the
Lmk (versions are probkemL)
availalxke for txaxxsssrxing data to/Som
PCs or Macs). This serial internee is yet
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Goodnian, the software is in the faxm

Oatl Rensferlto Computer

of-mqxrisel a HyperCard stack It

With the optional IQ'198A interface

and saftw"ue package, Macintosh com-

comes readyte run with a copy of Hy.

peroed 1.2.2 and the previouslymen-

tioned cable that performs the necessarylevelconversionsbetweentheMac's

R$422 and the IQ8800M's RS-282 serial porta
Data entered on the Electronic Orga
Considering that Danny Goodman
nizer can also be uploaded to the Mac is supposedly such a HypexCard expert
and converted into formats readable by ( he w r o t e "The H y p e r Card
virtually any spreadsheet or database Pregxammer's Handbook"),itisstrange
product, including Works, Excel, Full that the product suffers from such anImpact and Wingz.
noyances as menus that don't behave
Written by HyperCard guru Danny the way they should (l.e., you can' t
select a menu next fa the ane yau re
lookingat by holding the mouse button
down and pointing te it, as you can in
every' ether Mac program), and program flaws like the one that causes the
whole computer ta lock. up if the program goes lookingfor an Organizer
that can't be found. Luchly, Sob Cotter of Advantage Computers reports
thatvirtuallyanyMac terminal program
can be used in place of the supplied
software, which, by the way, wor4 fme
once every thingishookedup correctly.
Also, censidering that Goodman
writes far a hving, it is odd that this
product's manual makes absolutely ne
mention of whether the Electronic Organizer and Mac should be on or off
when connecting the two units via the
interface.

puter usexs can enter Schedule/Tel/

Memo data on their Maes and davmload

itto theI Q8800MElectrenic Org'mizer.
(A PC version is also avalable.)

Nhy are Computer Resellers and VARs

across Canada switching to STD for
systems 8 peripherals?

a ~

Because the best only deal with

the best.

Getter, whe loaned us a unit for

s
a

evaluation, connectshisi+8800Mwith
the Mac'spower on, and repo~ that he
hasezperiencednoproblemL Heleaves
theinterfaceconnectedta hisMac even
when the IQ8800M isn' t atlached, and
simply tuxus off the Electronic Organizer when connecting the two. However, common sense dictates turning
oK any electricaldevices before connecting ar disconnecting cables if you
want to be completely safe.
In CompuSexve's Macintosh Systems
So&ware Forum (GO MAC8Y8), there
isa f'reelyavailable pregxsuu called HCWILBIN that takes Hypert~d's address stack and moves it to the Sharp
(called the Wizard in the US.) via its
organizerhnk software. Another program feund there enables the transfer
of data from the HyperCard pregram
FocalPoint to the Wizard. CompuServe

members (including
DannyGoodman)
regularly discuss Sharp Wizard~elated
topics in the message base here, toa.

Condusion
The IQ8800M is fairly easy to use
once you get the hang of typing on its
minuscule keypad, and the sometimes.
confusing labels on the keys, but like
the overgrown calculator it resembles,
you' ll need to consult the manual ta
fully exploit its many features. Wxith its
easy storage and retxieval of appraximately2,580namesandnumbers, 1,820
Schedule mode or 810 memo mode
enlxies, this machine hves up to its billlxlg as an ElectroxBC Organizer+ The

rest, as they say, is up to you.

Uslt llew-2LVOgacoashsRC
Rchaea4 LC. VCV lYC
Tch ff04) 2TI-RS
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a horse designed by a commiterationstnkeabout20to40pecentlonger
tee. Well, software designed that way than those of version 1.21.
often becomes even more ungainly .
Similarly, the new FileMaker Pm for
Dxiven by a weil~tentioned attempt the Macintosh is over twice the sizeof the
to have the most features,
soft- nowrhscontinuedversion thatpreceded
ware may become so unwieldy, compli- it. The sluggishness and memoxy decated andconfusingthatusexsrejectitin mands, ever+ungrier for RAM and disk
Savor of simpler oiFeringL Asimilmphe- space, make
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bulk of features. In a dassic case of
"creeping elegance," Microsoft's OS/2
designers kept adding feature upon
feature until the sheer bulk of the pxogram became unwieldy for all but the
most power-hungry .uid patient us-

Despite the t o uted b ene6lts of a

phical user intedace, I know many

veteranswho aresimplynotwillingto
take the performance loss that comes as
part of it. Their character+aced applications are displaying perhaps &0 coluxnns,
by 25 lines, or 2000 charactexs on a
screen. When they switch to a OUI, they
suddenly have S07/00 pixels to push
around on a screen now expressed as
6404iy480.

(Other, more cynical observers Why Fix it if it ain't Broke

speculate that Miicrosoft convinced the
It is conceivable that Apple's muchother big software houses to write for
delayed System 7.0 may suifer a similar
OS/2, then deliberately hlled it, giving Sate to that of OS/2. Long perceived as
themselves a huge headstart on captur- having the best graphical user intexface
ing the major share of the market they on the market, Apple has been under
cssly cared about all along: Windows Sre recently kom those who daim that
S.O.) Now,imaginealesscapableversion Windows removes the last reason that
of OS/2. Is it called OS/li Nopel Winanyone would havefor choosing a Mac
dews S.O is, of course, a perfect example over a
PC (an argument thatanyone who
of rehegrade.
has tried both systems would probably
disagree with).
Cut the Sells and Whistles
Now Apple is placed in the xather
There is an interesting parallel here uncomfortable position of having to
to the automobile industry. Studies have prove itself better (again), snd xexsate
shown a considerable bacMaah against the Macintosh advantage. The di8iculexcessive beHs and whistles that confuse ties of trying to provide a superior opor intimidate the operator. Chrysler, for erating system without i n ducing
one, has responded with new, leaner- unmanageable levels of complexity, inlooking dashboard controls that have at compatibilities and bugs has proven
least the look of utter simplicity. It is
challenging, to say the least. SutisApple
accepted thatconsumerswillnotchoose doing this for the users, or the analystis
a product that makes them feel stupid
Many corpoxate Mac usersdaim they
and inadequate (although the contin- are not going to upgrade at alL Their
ued success of acertain characterised
cuxrentsystemsokwmegetsthejobdone,
and command lin~xiented operating and they can't afFord extra dowse
system seems to refute that theory).
while they hunt down bugs and soSNvare
This may in part explain the extraor- connicts caused by the upgrade. "If it
dinary success of videogames like the
ain't broke, don't flx it."
Nintendo, while manufacturers of lowOne suspects that Apple's machinacost "home" computers scratch their
tions are as much intended to convince
heads and (rightly) daim that their sys- Wall Street of its continued viability, as
tems are comparablypriced and offer they are to serve its current users.
greater espansion and flexibility.

Less is More

Fevv if any
programs thatincrease
in size and complexity become Saster.
One can only hope that thenewfeatures
gained, more than oIFset the performance losses. Frequently, software upgrades that add esoteric new features at
the costof system pexformance cause
users to eventually return to older,
speedier versionL Reportedly, the new
enhanced graphicalinterface on version 5 of Norton Utilities for the PC has
caused many usexs to retreat to the safe

haven ofgood old characterised version 4.

Corel Draw is another example of a
PC program that traded speed for el-

iNvollltlohely Tfohds

So what aboutnewusersP Lookat the

market success of Apple's Mac Classic, a
machine more like their original 1984vintage model than any of their recent

modelled Apple has proven that the mass

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Even the Chssic's name smacks of deevolution.
This theory seems to be borne out by
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the PS/2 that preceded it, might Big
Blue'snext computer be an even bigger
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Wmdows' features. First, the installa-

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page4ayoutprogram for Windows 8.0.

This product really takes advantage of

there are severd applications available

for Windows 8.0, few use its memory
management,graphical and command
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Asmoresecond~e r ation applications
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With PagelLLdm 40 for Windows,
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Aldus has also taken advantage of Windows 8.0memory enhancements.PageMaker nowrequiresawhopping 1.5MB
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The very first thing experienced users of PC PageMaker will notice is that
PageMakm 4.0 uses a new menu and
multiple window structure. This design
is required to su pport ma ny o f
PageMakm's more powcxful new 'features. For example, the old Line and
Shade menus have been integrated into
a new Element menu. This makes more
sense than before. Additionally, PageMaker supports multiple menus just as
it does on the Macintosh. The Type
menu now includes a Font item, which,
when selected, displaysan add~ menu
listing all of your fonts. A dnnvhmk of
these aden menus is that, unlike the
Macintosh, Windows does not support
scrollable aden m enus. So if your
typeface selection includes more fonts
than can be displayed on your screen at
once, you will not be able to see the
bottom selectionL This is only a minor
inconvenience since all fonts can be
accessed through the Type Specs item
in the Type menu. Mostusers shouldn' t
even notice this problem.
With PageMaker 4.0, Aldus turns
their page4ayout program into a much
moreprofessional design tool than ever
before. PageMaker has always been
popular, first, because it ran within the
Windows environment and second, becauseofits'pastecsp' approach to document design. Most people who have
done manual pastecapfi
nd PageMaker
easy to use since it provides them with
an cbetfcnsicpasteboarcL These features
alonemanaged to bring PageMaker full
acceptance within the lSM PC world.
New features such as a 3foryEditor,
enhanced 3Iyk 84ct and Typogrcspjsic
controls,morekeyboarclshortcuis, Long
Docfstncnt management tools, 4 Tcsbk
Editor and a hot link to Micros' Enccl
spreadsheetsmakePageMIakei4.1) a truly
powerful pageaayout program. It still
doesn't have everything you may want
in a layout program, but vernon 4.0
goes a long way towards satisfying
anyone's needs.

T HE COMPUTER
PAPER MAY '91 5 5

WINDOWS RKVlEW
Qpo9raphic Ceatrols
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geMaker 4.0 now supports multiple

ndows and includes a Story Editor.

Editin9 Stories
T he Story E d itor i s o n e o f
PageMater's stmngest feaexrea Itconaislesof a simple word pmcessor built
into the PageMakex fiamework This
that if you wanted to, youcould
write~ proof and layoutan entire pubhcationwithout ever leaving PageMaker
4.0. Whxle this is possible, it is not necessaxdydesirable.
PageMakm's Story Editor is simple
to use: er'pie chckwith the pointer tool
on a text block or select it and press
Control-E A new window opens to display text in worcl processing format.
This wmdow incluctes a spelling utiTity
with avery
though
most of the typographic and graphic
deign terms used in this article were
not foun d in this dictionary); it ineludes a powerful search and replace
feature (which even supports searching for text attributes such as bold or
itahcs) and itletsyou mate major correctionsctuickly and easily. But it does
not include sophisticated word processlIlg features such as glossaries and
automa tic entries.
I still believe that the best way to
start a PageMaker layout is to use areal
word processor to enter text Once the
story isplacedinto aPageMaker layout,
the story editor is good to pexform
m inor changes
and fi
nal proofs of the
document.

powe
xfuldictionaxy (

Style Sheets

Style Sheet contmls have improve

munensely in PageMaker 4.0. Paragraphs can nowbe:aligned to abaseline
grid, mahng sure that your columns
always balance across the page. Headmgs can be tied to the following text to
avoid havingthe headline appear on
ne page and the following text on
another. Major headlines can support
page breaks before mahng sure that
major stories are always on a new page.
Andrulinglines can be appliedtoparagraphs to create strihng eFectL
Sut the most powerful new feature
supportedbyPageMaker Style Sheetsis
aPNoue'g +la, This feature, like most
of PageMaker's word processing features, orighrated in Microsak WoxcL It
that you can create a style and
another style to follow it. For
csample, Subhead 1could be followed
by SodyText. The dFect of this is that
when you assign Subhead 1 as you type
text, th e Body Text style will automaecally beassigned to the following parag ph as soon as you press Enter. This
makesthe usage of Style Sheets much
more c omprehensive.

Along with new style conlrols, PageMakm 4.0 supports new typographic
contmls such as kerning, font width
changes,eacklngandletterspacing. Each
of these features is new to PageMakcx.
Kerning can now be performed in 1/
IOOths of an em. This would not mean
much in PageMaker S.O since we could
never reallyseea type& cepmperlyonce
it reached a certain size, but in PageMater 4.0 along with the free Adobe
Type Manager (to see the typehce as it
appam on pap ) , pm p
rxu n g 4
easily achieved.
The Type Specificationsdialoguebox
now includes the abihty to change the
width of a font. For users with lhnited

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font selections, this width control adds a

lot in terml of design ability. Each ibnt

can be stretched or condensed by 5% to

250% ofitsoriginal width. Each typeSace
can also be sized &em 4 to 650 points in
I/10th of a point increments. With the
ATM, thesefeatures areeven supported
on HP LaeerJets,
Users of PageMaker S.O will remember that the Type menu contained a
feature called Spacing vrhich never
seemed to work properly. Not only does
word and letter spacing work in PsgeMaker 40, but it works extremely well.
Version 4.0 also inchxdes a new truabag
katnrewhichletsyougloballykern words
inposieveor negativeincrements. Once
a word is pmperly set, it can then be
rotated in increments of 90 degrees. All
in all, these typographic controls alone
warrant the change from S.O to 4.0.

New Shortcuts
V ersion 4.0 also includes ~

new

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shortcuts which really speed the operation of PageMaker. You can move &om

page to page with the Fll (PgUp) and

F12 (PgDn) keys. F9 will always return
the Pointer tooL Cone o14ey combinations are avaiL&le for each text style,
paragraph ahgnment and kerning or
trachng feature. The Stoxy Editor uses
the samecursormovementsas Microsoft
Word (as did PageMaker S.O). And each
new feature includes its own shortcut.
Perhaps the most striking new feature for cut and paste is the pgrsrr pasta
This featuxe lets you copy a selected
object and paste itin specific movement
incremen|a. For example, you need to
make a form which has 10 boxes each
spaced 2picas apart.In PageMater S.O,
you have to move each of these manually
into position. In 4.0, create the first box,
select it, copy it and while it is still selected, use Contro14hift-P to paste and
move it into position. Then paste in all
the others automatically into their own
position byusingthesameshortcut. This
'step andrepeat'pmcedureis one of the
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PageMaker 4.0 now supports documents with up to 999 pages. PageMaker
S.O users will know that this is somewlmt
of ajoke. Even though Page5Mm 4.0
supports outside links to original documents such as text and graphic files (not
copying them into PageMaker format as
before),a 99$page document in PageMater couldeasilyexceed SOmegabytes
in size. Unless you have removable hard
drives, this is a most impractical wayto
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Pag e M

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SoftwareFouudation,orOSF. Thestated
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version of Unix with Sun Microsystems.
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foriy to choose &om. The icons are
Software Publislsmg's solution hs the
duttcr of menus found in other Windows word processing prolrramL Commcm htskscanbecczmpletedwithamnple
dick on an icon; for esample, you can
save, import Sc ezport,spellMeck, cut8c
paste, search St replace, and pzlnt with
this c'prick technhpze.

Styles

Prafeeional Write Plusgives the new

user a heachttart with their style bo)r.
Anycme who has ever hied to create
styleslseetsinotherwordprocessing programs (aud given up) will fmd this feature very athstchvcaFor Instancca thc
default.sty has sophisticated styles to
choose &om, like bulleted paragraphL
Afeature I have: not seen else+ere is an
automatically numbered list.
Styles are applied by chckmg on the
style deized in the style box or by using
the function keys listed by each style.
SoftwarePubhslsmghasindudedhvenfy
sample styles that you could modify to
your needs, induding styles for multicolumns, memos, fax sheets, and
Ieleaseaaswellasthemorecommon
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WINDOWS REVIEW
While I'm on the topic of formats,
PxefeasionalWxite Plus'Layoutdialogue
boxindudesall the margins,a tabxuler,
headers and footers and a thumbnail
sketch of the page, all of which streamhnes aetiing up a document. Columns
(the banco wordprocesingoperatexs),
aretamedin thisprogram. Youcan have
uptoeightcolumnsaetupautomatically
in theLayoutmode, andyeucouldeven
insert columns in the headers and
footers (thoughwhyanyenewouldwant
to do this, I don't know). While Professional Write Plus is missing an automatic tableanakingfeatnre, such asyou
could find in Word for Wxndows, yeu
could, with much fiddling, adapt the
columnar format to use as a table,

wayprogramto thePROFSsystem,which
links universities togetherbymain&ame

there is room for improvement. Sure,

computerL

Professional Write Plus is a few hundred

dollars less than the most popular program, (which is WordPerfect, if you
haven't heard already), but there are a
few features that are conspicuously leR
out that I miss dearly, like automatic
table of contents, automatic indexing,
outlining (which gives the, user acollapsible view ef headings), and redlining
(usedforreviaions).Also, Ifind thespellchecker lessdcver than ethers, as it
would not give a list of suggestions for

Another feature that makes this pro

gram very suited to network use is their
version of those sticky yellow notes that
still can be found in the best of automated offices. A user can insert a cute
note thatwillpopupaprivatemessage tie
another user: inesisiiMe.

What They Left Out

Professional Write Plus has done a
good fixat release of this product, but

you getgood value for your money, as

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most spelling errors it came upon.

Documentation canbeimprovedon,
as the alphabetized manual could use a
comprehenaivecompanion manual that
explains procedures like thc: installation more dearly. I mention theinsiallatien directions specifically because of
the problems in getting Grammatik to
work; information on the auteexec
would have been goocL However, the
Gnsmmatikmanual is adequate and the
Lan Administrator's Guide was a
thoughtful addifion.

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Grammatik for Wxndowa isinduded

in thispxegram, as a standard tool right
next te the spellwhecher and thesaurus
that can be executed &om within the
word processor. Afher the grammarc heck is complete you can e x i t
Gxamnsatik and it takes yeu back inae
your document. It would be advisable
for other word processing padrages te
follow their example. I have used
Grammatik before with Word for%indews and found all that eating, saving,
and
files a very strenuous
finger ballet. (Iror a more complete roof Granunatik for Windows see my
reviewin Th CompcctrPaper,August'90,

reopen
ing

p. 89.)

I remember that before I got my

spellMecker, I thoughtmyspelling was

fiawless, but I waa wrong. The same
thinghappenedwhen I gotGxaxnmatik;
I was not infallible. If you think you
don't needa gxammmchecker, you're
also probably wrong,
I had some difficulties getting the
grammarwheckter to work in the program, as the option was grayed out in
themenu. Software Publishing'stechnical support was a little surpdsed, as this
had neverhappened to their program
before (" Honest" ) so it would likely net
happen to you. But if it does, get it
straightened out with them as I dicL

Nehvork
Professional Write Plus indudes a
fronte d E m ail fer uae with Novell.
With the right bits and pieces of Local
Area Network software, this feature can
make sending Email painless
just a
matter of selecting the address from a
list box. This Email program can send
graphics and styieaheets along with the
document through the network, so that
the document looks the same to the
receiver as it did to the sender. The Email can be used as part of a Wide Area

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A iptofessional Finish

have to remember not to save the

Professional Write Plus has all the

features of a word processor that we' ve
come toexpect thesaurus,speSchecker,
auto footnotes, importing and sizing of
graphics, online help, plus the addition
of Grammatik, Email, and generous
templatea One feature I findnifiyis that
the Undo hae an option of up to four
levels,
good for when you are noodling
around and want to undo everytlnng.
Withaconventionalword~ocessor that
undoes onlytheprevioustask,youwould

document, exit it, then bring it back

and find your place.
The conversion capabilities of this
program induding text, spreadsheets
and databases,whilenotasseamlessas
promised by' Sofbrare Publishing at a
local users' group meeting, are nevertheless very impressive. I was able to
take a Word 5.0 document with style
sheet attached and convert it to Professional Write Plus, and it kept at
least 50% of the styles and the fonhL

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Though thestylesheetwasonlyhalfthere, into
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Professional Write Plus is still an im- and can be panned for dipping within
provement over other WPs that don' t the frame; a useM trick.
even try to include extras like stylesheets
Yesi I would trade in my Microsoft
in their conversion programs, (which Word 5.0 as well and as long as it has
means you haveto reformat the docuserved me for Professional Write Plus,
ment, or even write a new stylesheet for
if I had six meg to spare on my hard
it in the adopted program).
Professional Write Plus includes drive. When we were installing this
program on the spousal computer (a
graphics import for the most common 886),theprogramkeptbeggingformore
formats, i.e., CGM, ClipArt, PCX, MAC, space. On my lowly PCcompatible AT
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63

INACINTOSH REVIEW

movemenm, menu selections and more.

Macintosh product reviews

Claris CAD 2.0
Product Claris CAD 2.0
Manufacturer. Claris Canada, Suite 202,
250 The Esplanade, Toronto, Ont. MSA 1j2
(416) 941-9611.
System Requirements:Macintosh Plus or
up with 2MB RAM, hard disk, System 6.0 or
later, or AUN.
Price:US$799.
The newest version of the Mac's most
mainstream 2-D CAD application adds
over 100 new features and a unique
Graphic Guide, which monitors your

If you' re like most Mac users, you'll

findyourselfdoingthesameactionsover
and over.You may change type stylesor
open the Chooser and select the proper

printer. All of that takes time, mouse

What if you could do a whole series of

actions with one keystroke or menu selection' Not only could you save time,
but it would &ee your mind &om the
numbing elects ofrepetition.QuicKeys
2takesover themundane and letsyoube
more creative.
Despite the fact that every Macintosh
shipswith a macro recorder utility (the
embarassingly
under p o wered
MacroMaker),QuicKeyshaslongofiered
superior featuresandperformance. With
version 2, the venerable utiTity gets even
better.

One of the most powerful features of

tells you when a mouse action will place

an object accurately. By displaying
guidelines, guide points and a cursor
that displays small icons when it moves

P('

over object centers, intersections etc.,

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the Graphic Guide helps Claris CAD

strike a comfortable balance between
powerful featuresand ease of use. Per-

formance is good; most engineerswill

find that Macintosh CAD is easier to use

than its PC cousin and 20 to 40 percent

SLrter.

Floating "minimizable" palettes (see

below) provide quick, user~onfigurable
access to commonly used drawing utilities. Online help is included, as are

extensive tutorial materialL

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mouse motion relative to the screen and

QuicKeys 2 is its ability to watch your

actions,create a sequence of QuicKeys,
and assign to it a single keystroke. You
can then repeatyour
by pressing the keystroke. QuicKeys 2
providestwomethodsforrecordingyour
actions: Record Sequence" and "Record
Real Time."
Record Sequence,"
QuicKeys 2 converts each of your acfions to an appropriateQ uicKey.
Ifyou
record doubloclickmg on a window's
title bar and then drag it, QuicKeys 2
creates twoQuicKey~n e for each action. This makes it possible for you to

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Like all Macintosh~ computers, the Macintosh

LC provides users with the benefits of
unsurpassed ease of use, thousands of graphical
applications that work well together, built-in
networking, and an easy growth path. This
combination significantly differentiates the
Macintosh LC from the competition.
Though priced similarly to many leading
80286-based systems, the Macintosh LC
provides performance comparable to
that of 80386sx machines (source:
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Report, July 1990). Moreover,
the Macintosh LC provides all
the advantages of
Macintosh.

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This solution enables customers to use thousands of existing Apple //e applications and
protects customers' investments in existing Apple //e software and hardware.

The program's paiettes can be "minimized"

so that just their titles are visible.
In addition to the Getting Started
booklet, User's Guide,Quick Reference
and New FeaturesGuide, the package
includes a 47~ u t e " how4:o" videotape and tutorial manual, plus &ee support on Claris' Technical Hotline.
The package does not directly support DXF and IGES drawing formats,
but an o p t ional U S$299 Graphics
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QuicKeys 2
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edit the sertuence, adding additianal
actions or pauseL
Record Real Time,"
QacKeys 2recordseach of your actions

Wh
enyouselect "

exactly asyou perfoan them. QricKeys

2 does not comlert your actions into

Real Time"
recording. As a result, you cannot edit
it.
Most Mac users eventually start to
fitvor keyboard commands over mouseclicks, especitily during keyboarcntensive word pmcessing and datInentry
chares. QmcKeys can help here, too, by

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boarcL In many programs, this brings

up an unwanted Help dialog, which
must be dosed before work can be
IesumecL

Using QuicKeys 2, I can reassign

the function to Shift-Help or Control-

Help as I please. QuicKeys can also be

used to assign functions to th e
keyboard's Siteen fishction keys, which
Apple's utiTity inexplicably does not.
BecauseguicKeysisamarketleader,
it is well supposted by other packages,
too. The newest version of Aldus Fxee-

Hand (seebelow),forexample,includes

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a demo vertaon of QricKeys 2 and a set

of macros that can help streamline that
program's operation. (The QucKeys 2
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program, except that it only works for
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also available from other sources, such

as CompuServe and GEnie.)

The only drawback of QxicKeys is a
slight but noticeable slowdown in the

drawd
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speed at which the

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INenufecturer.Silicon 8each Software, a

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System Requirements: Macintosh Plus or
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Price US$299.
Rumar hasit that Aldus'purchase of
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by the potential of the low~ad DTP
package called Personal Press that the
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that the package is out, how does it
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oSering,
PageMaker?
For starters, Personal Press features
Bee rotation of graphics and text, a
spelling checker and thesaurus, even
inciudingDigital D
controls over the
rayscaleimages). Impart modules are provided
Macvrordprocessing6leformata PageMakmtext
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Theprogramsupporta thenotion of
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Personal Press sports an innovative
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Such niceties as auto-hyphenation
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Press topic that describes some minor
bugs with the program's Tabs Ruler
and Text Settings dialog box options,
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The messages also point out some of
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MACINTOSH REVIEW

proved FreeHand featarrc as ars arrrrpray

of text effects such as shadows, inlines,

outlines, zoom textetc., all of which are
now visible as yau work Only the custom PostScript fills are not previewed,
although the m e thod for accessing

these, too, has been improved considerably.

ScreenOlitches
Abugin the program occurs when a
Zoom Text block consisting of two or
more lines zooms to a size other than

100% (see below). Strangely, even a 1%

change in the "zoom to" valueproduces a radically different screen dis-

play.

Version S.O improves FreeHand's alreadyconsiderable support of multiple

drawinglayers. Layerscan nowbenamed,
and moving objects f'rom layer to layer is
as simple as
the names around
in the Layer list. When it comes to
printing, layers can be specified as nonprinting, and the program can naw apply traps by spreading basic lines or fills
automatically. The program ships with
new printer description files that Aldus
says will minimize unwanted moire patterns on color separations, plus extensive documentation including booklets
called Tips porn thePres and Atrhax Fm.
Hand anrt Grrnnrereirx/Printieg a guide to
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Scaled and zoomed text on multiple lines
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selected.

When the zoomed text is moved

around on the screen, bizarre angles
are misapplied to the bottom line of
text on the screen. (Printing is not
affected, and the program never
crashed or misbehaved in other ways.)
Additionally, when the resulting
block is moved around, unsightlyblobs
of zoom (ughl) areleftscatteredaround

the screen. Luckily, a workaround is

easy. Just create a graup and select
"Element info." Click on the "Group
Transforms. as a Unit" aption and the
block wiR zoom, scale and xedxaw all text

Another new feature in S.O allows

text separated by a carriage return to
have two differentpathswhenitisjoined
to a circle. Half the text curves along
the top and half along the bottom of
the circle automaticaliy if the twa text
segments are separated
xetum.

by acarnage

Version S.O fixes a bug that had

plagued me in the past, In low~emory
situations, fonts in version 2.02 sometimes acquired strange kexning values
between certain lettexs, despite the fact
that they appeared correct ano
n,
and were not kerned or otherwise
transformed. Once their kerning tables
had been corrupted, these incorrectly
spaced characters would print that way
from different computers, with different copies of the font, running'different copies of FreeHand 2.02, Happily,
files that previously exhibited thxs behaviornow printcorrectlyunder FreeHand S.O.
Several impoxtant new features ap-

pear in this version, induding support

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FreeHand remembers up to 99 Undo
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try out radically different variations of a
design, then backtrack. if it doesn't work
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design itself, where the machine allows
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For better or worse, it has substantially
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b.6ivoyour eyssa chance to rest. About once
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c. Briskly rub your handstogether; then, making shallowcups, gantlyplacepalmsover both
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Hl6H TOUCH
Qe Massage

The Chinesehaveknown for aanturiesthat daily

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a. Pressgently with yaur thumbandfarefinger

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NECK RElAXER

While breathing deeply, slowlytip yourhead

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$411 Impact boasts an intelligent
could be hidden when not needed, as
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straight and level Bight until the pilot
regains control.
The proposed device for drivers and
civilian pilots will consist of the same
elements tme dipped to tht; hesdgear
and the other plugged into the cigarette
lighter. The alarm will be programmed
to sound much sooner than the miTlfary

version.
Energy Optics has invited the Americau Trucking Association, the Interna-

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Contact: Gordon M o l esworth,
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Glossbrenner volume has done for
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shipped with the bookis for the ISMPC,
but it can be exchanged for a Macintosh
or Atari ST version.
GlossbrennerwxitesthatGEnieisnow
engaged in a thr~ornered Bghtwhich
could determine the future of consumer
telecomm services in the U.S. Its competitors CompuServe and Prodigy
are larger.
But GEnie has manyadvantages, part icularly its U S$4.95 pe r m o n t h
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StareServices ofFers accessto over 100
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(NB) Hayes Microcomputer Products
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WordPerfect Corporation has begun

shipping WoxdPexfect 5.0, the Brat version of WordPerfect for the AT&T SB2
UnixworkstationssimceWoxdPerfect4.2.
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$199.
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the shanng of a single modem or mul- ISM RS/6000, and the ATffeT SB2.
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wide. Prices xange f'rom $199 in such April 80, 1991.
countries as Israel, to C$299 in Canada,
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SPARCstation
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SAUSALlTO, CALIFORNIA,APR19
Smartcom Exec communications pro- (NB) Asxtodesk has announced that
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age, as well as Enghsh. Version 2.1 aho
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supports the Prestel format used in En- innovations desi~ed into release ll
gLmd and the Teletel format used by along with a senes of special SPARC
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(NB) NCR has begun shipping its imagebased Document Management System (NCR DMS), a general-purpose
imaging system that runs on its System
8000hardware. NCRDMSallowsorganizations to convert paper documents to
electronic foxxn for storage and processmg.
NCR DMS is meant for paper~tensive areas such as claims processing, patient record-keeping, credit card application processing, personnel recordkeeping, patent processing, and order
entry; Company spokeswoman Connie
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Contact Connie Olasz, NCR, 519445-1199.

Sanyo To Offer Mips Workstation

TOKYO, JAPAN, APR 18 (NB)-

Sanyo Electric will release its Srst workstation, a machine with a Nips RISC
(reduced instruction set computing)based microprocessor early next year,
according tio the Nikkei newspaper. The
price of this workstation is expected to

be around 2 million yen ($14,800).

Sanyo is also tliinking of joining the

ACE group, which is a multinational

computeralhance createdrecentlyby21
computer makers,according to the report
Competition in the workstation market is Serce in Japan. A total of $50
billion yen ($2,5 billion) worth of workstationswere sold in Sscal 1990. Sales are
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Contact: Sanyo, +8144885-1111.

New Nips RISC Chip Chosen As

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IRUINE, CALIFORNIA,APR22 (NB)

The American Computer Association

(ACA), a nongroSt group, is the computer owner's equivalent to the auto
club.For an annual fee year ($60 forthe
Srstyear, then $45) the ACAofFersphone
suppoxt, up to three visits a year by a
computer technician, advice/discounts
on the purchase of computers and
computer equipment, and training
classeson computer management and
maintenance,said Ken Logan, chairman
of ACA.
"It's a umque concept but a logical
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medium businesses without skilled
technicians on staK or for home op-

SUNNYVALE,CAUFORNIA,APRll
(NB) RISC (reduced instruction set
computing) architecture from U.S.based Nips Computer Systems has been
chosen as the hardware bsNe for the new
ACE (advanced computing environerators it's reassuring to know help is
ment) announced April 10th. Called
ARCS (advanced RISC computer speci- just a phone call away. And we' re not
Scation} the chip family &om Nips has beholding to any commercial interest,"
recently had an addition the R4000 he added.
Although many computer malfuncwhich will ship later this year.
tionscan be solved over the telephone, if
The 64hitR4000includes CPU,integer processor,Soatingpointcoprocessor, necessary ACA will send out an expert
memory management unit and primary &om one of it's prescreened, indepencache unit, all in the one chip. Nips dently operated computer service condevelops the chips, but doesn't make tractors in Orange and Los Angeles
them instead licensing a number of counties, according to the group. The
chip Scbricators to do the job. Nips is Srst 20 minutes is &ee to members, and
bestknown for itssupplyof computersto three visits can be made annually. Further repair work is available at a 10 perother manufacturerswho add theirown
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each dock tick The 64kit dna path
Hong Kong, and Sydney, Australia, devoted
might seem excessive, but Miips points to gathering the week's most significant miout that this will become essential
crocomputer andconsumertschnologynevvs.
through the '9th, especially as graphics NBh5BYTES
was honored to receive the "Best
applicationsexceed the 82-bitaddxessing Online Publication" award from the Comlimit of four gigabytes (which is less than
aminute of broadcast video). In fact, the puter PressAssociation. Editor ln Chief: Wendy
Endri
|onas,OsnaBl
ankenhom,
cache bus is an amazing 128 bits wide, to Woods.)anet
John
McCormick,
John
and
Barbara
McMutlen,
accommodate theprocessor speed.
Steve Gold, Peter Vekinis, Ken Takahashi,
Naoyuki Yazawa, Paul Zucker and Sean
1891 SCO HardwarelSoftware
McNamara, Keith Cameron, Norman
Directory puhlishecl
Wingrove,
Kirill Tchsshchin.
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, APR
22 (NB) SCO, the Santa Cruz Opera- GOIADlANKDFfOR:Grant Buckler, 52Yonge
tion, has published the 1991 edition of Street, Kingston, ontario, Canada, K7M 1E5,
the 'SCO Directory: the Guide to Soft- (613) 5484213, (613) 548-3315.

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A handful of corrections came in from our April 1991 BBS Listings.

IBM

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We omitted several numbers for the CARDZ BBS, which is, according to Cardz
President Dwight Jones, the second4argest BBSsystem in Canada. According to
Cards, they have nine 2400/4800 baud lines (7845901), four HST 14.4 kilobaud
lines (7845400), two V.82 9600 baud lines (784-5800). The BBS has a variety of

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OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK

online services inclucfing information Rom Byte magazine and a brilliant sysop

&om BCIT to keep everything up to date. Contact Cardzbyvoice at14(54176-8111

or the BBS line for your modem speed.

Other numbersto add to the BBS list include:

Nitro Fire BBS, 576-2167. Drag racing and motorsports, 2 new lines, on-line
games, adult section. 2400-bps/MNP-5.
Catalyst BBS, 420-6215. Run by the PacTiic Information Exchange Society

We, sgrogpof PAP, @Near 4 Sect/olor, ssrr/cyog is

COMPUISt CONFIGURATION ik UPGRAD

(PIX). Peace, Disarmament, Ecology and Human Rights.

Airspace BBS, 270-6475. Smoking, health. 2400-bps
BadlandsBBS,433-5072. Games, Adult,some files.Localm essage bases.
Up to 2400-bps.

GEnie Changes All Vancower Area Access Numbers

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386DR-33C for $1855

UPGIIADING ANDREPARING PC

General Electric'sinformation service GEnie haschangeditsVancouver areaaccess

number as ofApril 22, 1991, due to a site relocation. The new number for 800/
1200/2400bps asynchronous access is (604) 6854992. Subscribers can call 14M2814091 for more info; new users can sign up by calling GEnie Customer Services
a t 1~
8M 686 .

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M O N T H LY

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ANO Office Automation

A Monthly Newsletter From

ome on, admit it. You are a "Do-It-Yourselfer" at heart.

And, like most of us, can't resist dreaming about the extra
control, satisfaction and, of course, the cost savings we can
achieve if "we" w ere doing it. If you are one who has not

yet succumbed to the wiles of do-it-yourselfer desktop publishing, it is

time to take another look at how far the tools have progressed and
reevaluate how you can make them work for you.

We have compiled a few general questions you should ask yourself

about yourpublishing needs -and your business's resources required to
meet those needs through a desktop publishing system.
t

HO'Nj' MUCH IS ENOUGH'P

If obtaining some degree of publishing self sufficiency is your goal,
first ask the question "How much do I need?". This question depends on
the nature and scope of your business, your current computer experience,
hardware stock - and how much you are now doing (or are not doing) that
can be transferred to computer based publishing.
At a basic level most of your current day-to-day business communications such as letters, price lists, order forms, proposals, and the occasional newsletter are easily accomplished with a modest system. Your investment will pay back even sooner if you have your own existing
equipment and are just adding, say, a laser printer, software and training
to the package.
IContinuedon page 2...)

EtherNet ..

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Training ..

CGA Students .

Tech Talk ..

May Madness .

Head Start ..

Anotatlons....

Q N VA C A T I O N
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This will be the last issue of ANOVATlON until

August. So have a great summer and we' ll see
you in two months.

CAMERA-READY ART
graphic formats.
More thanjustthe resources you
The pages you create for your
will spend on equipment, software
printer to use in traditional offset
TIFF
and trainingare the new ways you
printing. The printer literally takes a
Tagged Information File Format.
and your staff will have to work. The
picture ofyour artwork and creates
These kind of picture files are of the
reallocationof resources and responphotographic negatives to make the
"raster" variety. That i s t hey ar e
sibilities is sometimes difficult. The
printing plates used in the process.
composed of individual blocks of
sales/marketing team may want to
Always talk to your printer about the
black or white scaling them down
produce new sales support docujob first, until you are very experimakes them look better, but scaling
ments, a proposal and estimate just
enced. Even veteran graphics people
them up creates less quality images.
as your company newsletter is due
take the time to consult with their
There is a real file size limitation for
on the press. Most people find that
printer - so should you. Your printer
this format with even small images
there are so many things that can be
will tell you the best way to produce
translating into very large files.
done on the system that it becomes a
the artwork for your specific project
little competitive for time on the sysand printing method. Yes there are
CD-ROM
tem and or its designated operator.
quite a few methods. Be prepared to
Compact Disk Read Only MemThe true value of
ory - Similar to the
Desktop publishing
now nearly univeris usually the drasal musical CDs these
matic in crease in
cousins use the same
"The true value of Desktop Publishing is usuboth flexibility and
laser technology to
ally the dramatic increase in both flexibility
t urn around t i m e
store vast amounts of
y ou ca n a c h i e v e
and turn around time."
graphical images, or
when you only have
f onts on t he m f o r
to c o m m u n i c ate
yourconveniencelityour requirements
erally thousands of
to a co-worker, or just move them
learn lots. Some things you can do on
images are readily available. Fredirectly onto the screen of your comthe computer that look fine to you
quently thesedisks have 600 Mega
puter.
just won't translate well into print.
Bytes of files on them, enough to fill
up justas many ordinary floppydisks.

RESOURCE ECONOMICS

LETS TALK TERMS

Here is a list of terms used in the
lingo of Desktop Publishing translated into plain English and illustrated with relevant issues.

DPI DOTS PER INCH

Number of dots a laser printer
can produce in one square inch. This
is relevant for quality of image. The
higher the number the better the
image quality of your graphics. 300
DPI is a standard in the industry and
printers at and around this resolution produce crisp type and graphics
for most needs. Higher resolution
laser printouts of up to 2,400 dots per
inch (on photographic paper) can be
obtained through service bureaus
around town for your high quality
newsletter,
brochures, flyers,proposals etc.
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AN OV A TION MAY 1991

GRAPHIC FILES

Postscript

IN REVIEW

Postscript is a page description

language that drives your (and anybody else' s') Postscript laser printer.
What this means is the computer file
created that the printer where each
word, line and graphic should go is
consistent from printer to printer eithe= your 300 DPI laser printer or the
service bureau's2,400 DPI imagesetter. The output file is, therefore,
said to be device independent.

Desktop pubishing is quickly becoming a standard function (in some

shape orform) in homes and offices
a round the world. T h e a b ility t o
combine graphics and text in a document that would r i val anything a
typesetter could produce is making it
very attractive indeed.
As well,
today's hardware which
best suites DTP is falling in p r ice
rather rapidly. Such items as 33MHz
386 systems and laser printersare
now within reach for many home
and small business users.
If you would like to go as far as to
produce a newsletter, or simply want
to spiff up your price list, there is
something to fit both your needs and
budget. Good luck and happy pub!

EPS
Encapsulated Postscript Files
produce the best quality graphics
since the Postscript page description
language creates
graphics which may
be scaled to any size and still retain all
their original detail. File sizes are also
relatively small compared with other

lishing

er e
aking a decision on which
type of network scheme to
use is a very difficult one
indeed. With all the possibilities it can sometimes be a little
overwhelming.
In this, our first of a series of
articles on network computing, we
will cover the Ethernet (also known
as linear-bus) network topology. Our
primary focus will be on what it is,
and what networks does it best suit.
If you have any questions on this or
any other matter on networking,
please feel free to talk to a network
consultant at any one of our 9 locations.

Network Corner
By
Carmine Di Marco
stations and file servers (see Figure
I). Thetrunkisreferredtoasalinearbus because it is a single line which is
being constantly poled by all stations.
Each workstationhas a network
interface card (NIC) attached to the
trunk. The NIC constantly monitors
the network for signals. If a workstation has a request, it checks for a clear
line and transmits the request.
Should two or more stations send
out a request at the same time, the
signals will collide. Each station will

WHAT IS ETHERNET?
In its most common form Ethernet networks under Novell, LAN
Manager, Banyan Vines, and LANtastic have a main trunk of cable with
off shoots which attach to the workWorkstation

Workstation

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Workstation

File Server

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FIGURE 1 t A standard linear-bus topology.

Wor k station

then be given a scheduled retransmission time.

This is known as a contention
scheme with CSMA-CD (Carrier
Sensitive Multiple Access with Collision Detection), and is defined by the
IEEE specification 802.3. This specification is very important. Without it
manufacturer's could theoretically
create their own standards, thus raising havoc for end users.

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
Ethernet differs from ARCnet and
Token Ring by the way the line is
poled. A s was discussed earlier,
under the linear-bus scheme, each
station monitors a single line or trunk
for a clear signal. When it gets the go
ahead the NIC makes the transmission.
ARCnet and Token Ring use what
is referred to as a token passing
scheme. With this type of topology a
token ispassed around to each station. If the station has nothing to
transmit the token is passed on to the
next NIC. Since only one station has
access to the network at a time, their
is no collisions in transmission.
Over allthere are no major performance differencesbetween linearbus and token passing topologies.
Raw specifications (Mbps transfer
rate), however, would dictate that
Ethernet and Token Ring are the faster
of the three. These specifications are
important only under certain conditions.
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DISADVANTAGES OF
ETHERNET
There two obvious disadvantages
to Ethernet. First off, the IEEE 802.3
standard only supports line or trunk
cable distances of just under 700'. This
is easily avoided by u sing either
multiple network cards in a single
file server, or repeaters that retransmit the signal after a certain distance.
Secondly, should the trunk cable
experience problems the entire network will crash. On larger networks
over longer distances finding the
problem with the trunk could be difficult. This, however, is not a comRR

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PageMaker Level I
Windows 3.0 Level I
WordPerfect 5.1 Level I
Quattro Pro Level I

Location
Richmond
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WordPerfect 5.1 Level II
Richmond
Intro. to Microcomputers Richmond
Intro. to DOS
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Ventura PubBsher Level I Richmond
Word for Windows Level I Richmond
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The Maximizer Level I
Richmond
Bedford Level I
Richmond
Lotus 1-2-3 Level I
Richmond
Excel for Windows Lev I
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Richmond
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Ventura Publisher Level I Richmond
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Excel for Windows Level I Richmond
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and shouldn't really
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decision.

ADVANTAGES OF
ETHERNET
Generally speaking, Ethernet is
ideal for small networks (under 30
nodes) which have relatively light
traffic requirements. It is very quick
under these conditions and acts as an
ideal backbone for internetworking
other LANs in the same premises.
Ethernet is also much less expensive to cable since only one dedicated
cable runis required. Under token

passing schemes each station has a

dedicated line which is attached to
expensive hubs or multistation access units.

IN REVIEW
Ethernet is quickly becoming the
most popular network protocol. Its
cost effective cable and hardware requirements,and performance specifications make it the ideal solution for
small to medium sized networks.
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MAXIMIZING LANTASTIC
Here are a few tips on loading the
network version of The Maximizer onto a
LANtastic peer-to-peer network.
1. Y o u must be using Microsoft DOS
4.01 or higher (we haven't tried Digital Research DOS 5.0 so no guarentees there).
2. S H A RE must be loaded on initial
boot up.
3. I f the version of the Btrieve runtime
included with your Maximizer is
lower than 5.1 than you must up
grade. This is available through
Richmond Software.

TECH TALK
WITH
KEN NG

W e thank M r . S t ev e W h i t e o f
Richmond Software for his insight on this
matter.

OUPLEXING vs MIRRORING
Q. W hat is the difference between disk
duplexing and mirroring?

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A. Th e difference is quite simple. With

duplexing you have two hard drives and
two controllers. When data is written to
one drive it is simultaneously written to
the other drive. This is common in fault
tollerant networks where down time is
critical. Should one drive cut out, the
second drive will continue to function
without interference to the user(s).
Mirroring is quite similar except that
it uses two hard drives and only one controller. Consequently, should the controller or the primary hard disk fail so will
the system. However, downtime is minimized since only one of the drives or
controller need be replaced.
Of the tw o m e t hods, duplexing
makes more sense.

disk drive.
One of the most unique features of this system is the
CD-ROM drive. Like the CD for your stereo it can play
music using standard compact discs in full stereo sound.
Just pop in your favorite disk into the system, select CD
Player from the HeadStart menu using the mouse and up
comes a full colour image of a home CD system. Click on
the play button on the screen and enjoy. Plus you can
continue to use your system normally while the CD is still

piaymg.

Putting together a home computer system can be both

confusing and expensive, when adding in all the software
and extras that you may need. Ideally, a home system
should come with all the bells and whistles built right in,
with a little room for future requirements. All at a price
that won't send you to the poor house.
The HeadStart CD series from Magnavox / Philips
meets the above criteria with flying colours.
Available in a 286 and 386sx versions, the HeadStart
offerseverything home computer users of every age could
want. Standard features include a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy
drive, one 5.25" 680MB CD-ROM drive with full audio
capability, VGA graphics adapter, VGA colour monitor,
2400bps internalmodem, 3 button mouse, headphones to
listen to music, and 52 different software packages with
full documentation (22 applications plus 30 games). Each
286 includes 1MB of RAM and a 40MB hard disk, while the
"86sx versionsincludes 2MB of RAM and an 80MB hard

Some of the more notable applications which are

provided with the HeadStart (on compact disc of course)
include all 21 volumes of Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia with graphics, PC Globe (world atlas with graphics
and statistics), The Manhole adventure games with full
stereo sound, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing,Borland's
Quattro 1.0 spreadsheet, Deluxe Paint II (for the artistic
computer user) and Q&A 3.0 word processor/flat file
database.
The intuitive HeadStart Environment makes learning
on the computer that much simpler. By using pull down
menus and the mouse, first time users will find starting
programs and getting around easy and fun.
All in all the HeadStart is the best home computer
system money canbuy. The software selection and hardware provided is like nothing available on the market
today. Ask your ANO rep for our special introductory
pricing on the HeadStart 300CD (286) and 500CD (386sx).

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Today's question is not whether
to backup your hard disk, but rather
how to go about doing so. With the
shear size of applications growing,
and the popularity of n etworking
becoming stronger,the need for a
reliable tape backup system which
still fits the budget is becoming paramount.
Whether you' re networked or
running stand alone, one of the best
products on the market today for
backup purposes is Mountain's FileSafe 8000Plus line of subsystems.
Available for both IBM compatibles
and PS/2's, the 8000 line offers both
reliability and performance.

HIGH CAPACITY
Utilizin g D C 2 120 e x t ended
l ength cartridges, coupled w i t h
Mountain's proprietary MACH controller and FileSafe software, between
80 and 304MB of datacan be stored
on one tape. M a k ing i t th e ideal
solution for your growing needs.
Plus, if you are already using a
QIC-40 format compatible drive(such
as Mountain's4000 family or the Colorado Jumbo), the 8000 series can read
tapes which they have created. Thus
making the upgrade path that much
easier.

MACH PERFORMANCE
Most reasons for not backing up
is that it takes too much time. Any
user of the 8000 will atest that speed
is definitely not an issue.
U tilizin g M ou n t a i n ' s o wn
MACH2 controller, up to 6 Megabytes of data can be stored in one
minute using the M T-101 format.
With its unique "format on the fly"
feature, you won' t have to waste your
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time pre-formatting tapes before

backing up your data.

EASY TO USE
FileSafe, the standard tape operating software used on all Mountain
tape storage platforms, provides a
consistent user interface.
FileSafe combines the power to
perform sophisticateddata management tasks with the flexibility that
allows you to define tape operations
that meet your own individual data
management requirements. You can
specifiy any level of selective file or
full image backup and easily program a M o untain tape system to
perform unattended backup operations.
The software can be operated
through menus or from the command

line, making FileSafe equally productivefor novice and advanced users.

Context sensitive on-line help screens
can guide you through all of FileSafe's features, virtually eliminating
the need to refer to the user manual.

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With Novell Netware being the
number one network operating system of choice for PC LAN environments, it only makes sense that the
8000 seriesistested and approved by
Novell Inc. .
The F S8000 is also
compatible with PC LAN, LANtastic, MS Net, and 3Com LAN operating environments.
For more information on this or
other Mountaintape backup systems
please contact the ANOoffice nearest
you, ormail in your reader response
card.

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ever, this opens up channels .:
previously unavailable to '
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line of PCs, Yoshiba portables,. .. and -: Roland/
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ANO locations v6ll be involved in this nationwide
undertaking.

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On The Road.
With a Sharp PC-6220 Notebook Computer,
& Canon Bj-10e Portable Printer

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Standard Features: PC-6220 1MB RAM, 1.44MB floppy drive. 20MB hard drive.
Canon Bj-10e - Bubblejet technology, 360dpi, Optional battery.

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SIMPLY WINDOWS
In an April 15th press release, Computer
Associates of Garden City, New York announced the second quarter release of Simply
Accounting for the Microsoft Windows 3.0
o perating environment. Listing for $ 2 2 5
Canadian, this entry level package will offer
small businesses a simple transition into computerized accounting. Bedford users will be
able to move their data into this new system
via an upgrade utility. Further information is
available from Computer Associates at (604)
733-2343.

40 MEG SHORTAGE
Due to an industry wide shortage of 2"

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40MB hard drives, all manufacturer's of notepandable to 1MB on-board. To users this
books are experiencing difficulties in meeting
means thatmore colours can be accessed
the demands for higher storage capacities.
concurrently in higher resolution modes.
Currently only two major drive manufacturer's
are supplying 40MB versions - Conner and
OOOPS!
Prairie Tech. Notebook's from AST, Sharp,
In the April 1991 issue of ANOvation we
and Toshiba are so far back ordered that exact g< wrote that The Maximizer from Richmond Soft'.::"'
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(Burnaby, B.C.) was incompatible with
dates of arrival cannot be made. We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causLANtastic. Well we were wrong. See the subing our customers, however it is out of our
section in Tech Talk entitled "Maximizing
control.
LANtastic" on page 5 for tips on setting up The
Maximizer on LANtastic.
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