Computer Shopper back issues from February 1993:
Information on a silver platter: CD-ROM drives. (Computer Shopper Guide: Multimedia) (Buyers Guide)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Their shiny silver discs may be pretty, but there's nothing magical about CD-ROM drives. Technically, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) drive is just another computer storage device, albeit one that reads bits not as magnetic signals but as on-and-off flashes of light reflected ...
Sound investments: PC audio products. (sound boards) (includes related articles on business applications for multimedia, tips on buying audio products) (Computer Shopper Guide: Multimedia)(Tutorial) (Buyers Guide)
Feb 01, 1993; ... PCs have been trying to find their voices for years--first, primitive beeps for bootup and error messages, then chirps and squawks for arcade games, then simple sound cards bought only by hardcore game players. Now, as Windows 3.1 might say (and does say at startup on audio-equipped ...
Film at 11: putting video on your PC. (multimedia technology) (includes related article on multimedia upgrades) (Computer Shopper Guide: Multimedia)(Tutorial) (Buyers Guide)
Feb 01, 1993; ... ACD is spinning in the drive and you have your sound card's volume cranked up to 10, but your multimedia PC is still not complete--not if you want to create video-filled presentations, swipe images from your camcorder for a desktop publishing document, or manage a pictorial database. If ...
Author! Author! (multimedia program development tools) (Computer Shopper Guide: Multimedia)(Brief Article) (Buyers Guide)
Feb 01, 1993; ... It was a dark and stormy night. As literature, it's a trite beginning to a bad novel. As multimedia, it could be the sight of lightning flashes, the howl of wind and rain, and the sounds of a spooky musical overture--and you could be the author. Whether you're ...
Feedback forum. (Letter to the Editor)
Feb 01, 1993; ..."Hot" Dell Too Hot Dear Editor: In your November '92 issue, there seems to be a gap in the logic between your front-page leader and Eric Grevstad's pointed and accurate review of the Dell 325NC notebook (Reviews, "Dell's 325NC Notebook Offers Color on a Budget," ...
Correction. (Correction Notice)
Feb 01, 1993 ... In November, Now in the Channel reviewed Intel's Above Board ISa (p. 948). The ...
Clarification. (Correction Notice)
Feb 01, 1993 ... In the December 1992 Best Buy issue, Computer Shopper listed the phone numbers of the winning software publishers in their respective categories rather than the direct-response ...
Supercharge your Windows graphics with Tri-CAD 466 VL-B. (Tri-Star Computer Corp.'s microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... While Windows and Windows software can take some of the credit for the evolution of the slow and awkward PCs into sleek, fast workstations, it must share the stage with computer-aided-design (CAD) applications. CAD demands the most from the entire system design--CPU, coprocessor, I/O bus, ...
MegaMedia M46D2 is a mega value multimedia package. (MegaMedia Computer Corp.'s microcomputer, CD-ROM drive) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... With prepackaged LANs now available through the direct channel, it shouldn't be a surprise that something as intricate as prepackaged multimedia systems are being offered by direct-channel companies like MegaMedia. Although only six months old, the M46D2 represents MegaMedia's third ...
DECpc 450D2 LP packs performance into a low profile. (DEC's microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Since establishing its Desktop Direct catalog sales in January 1991, Digital has changed some minds about its once-forlorn PC business. Digital's new LP (Low Profile) series competes very well with systems from Dell, Compaq, and IBM. Of course, you could find similarly configured systems ...
LeaderBook 486SLC offers passive color but pleasing price. (PC Brand Inc.'s notebook computer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... The category: "Color Notebooks Under $2,600." And the answer is: "This battery-powered portable boasts 25MHz 486 power, a color VGA display, and a built-in trackball for Windows work without a mouse." Remember to phrase your response in the form of a question: "What is PC Brand's ...
Gecco's VL-66E provides three-way bus combination. (Gecco Computers' microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... ISA bus? EISA bus? VESA-VL bus? Which one do you want? If you are tempted to say all three, consider the $3,295 Gecco VL-66E system. The three-buses-in-one system performed reasonably well, but not outstandingly so on the ZD Labs 1.1 Benchmark and WinBench 2.5 WinMarks tests. However, ...
HP DeskJet 550C is perfect for entry-level color printing. (ink-jet printer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...HP DeskJet 550C Printer With the exception of its Windows printer driver, which ties up the PC too long, the DeskJet 550C makes perfect entry-level color printer. Hewlett-Packard Co. 5310 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95052-8059 1-800-752-0900; ...
ATI's Graphics Ultra Pro effectively speeds up Windows. (ATI Technologies Inc.'s graphics coprocessor board; Microsoft Windows graphical user interface) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...ATI Graphics Ultra Pro The Graphics Ultra Pro is not the ultimate Windows accelerator board, but it is the fastest board in its price range supporting a 65K color palette at resolutions above 640x480. ATI Technologies Inc. 3761 Victoria Park Ave. Scarborough, ON ...
Maximizer for Windows 1.0 makes the contact grade. (Richmond Technologies & Software Inc.'s personal information management system) (Software Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Maximizer for Windows 1.0 Maximizer for Windows joins the Windows information management market with a well-integrated, fast, and flexible product, but it doesn't take advantage of Windows' graphical abilities as well as several of its competitors do. Richmond ...
QuarkXPress crosses over to Windows. (Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress for Microsoft Windows 3.1 desktop publishing software) (Software Review) (Reviews: PC)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...QuarkXPress for Windows 3.1 A Macintosh fav]oritethat now does Windows. With its full-featured suite of page-layouts tools and relative ease of use, QuarkXPress for Windows will give PageMaker developers a serious nudge. Quark Inc.1800 Grant St ....
The Macintosh gets into the Act!. (Contact Software International's personal information management system; Apple Macintosh microcomputer) (Software Review) (Reviews: Mac)(Top 10) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Act for the Macintosh Like the Act! for Windows with which it shares data files, Act! for the Macintosh brings a proven, full-fledged contact manager to the Macintosh platforms. Its primary problems is its slow search speed. Contact Software International ...
Occidental's Chairman: power and room to grow. (Occidental Systems' Chairman 486DX2/66 microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... In business, sometimes the most capable superiors can be brought down by the poor performance of subordinates. Likewise, Occidental Systems' 486DX2/66, advertised as the Chairman, suffers from the same fate. This computer is fast and powerful, but not all the components, especially the ...
486 PCs that are insane! (incredibly low-priced top-of-the-line PCs)(This Month)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Top-of-the-line PCs once cost upward of five to seven thousand dollars. By the time market competition brought prices down to more affordable levels, the once-hot new technology was neither so new nor so hot. That's not the case these days, when you can wrap your hands around ...
Radiant RAD-1: multimedia with all the trimmings. (Radiant Computer Technology's microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Reviews: PC) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... The RAD-1 will look more at home amid wrapping paper and toy trains than on a desk in any serious office. The background is standard beige, but a preponderance of blue-green highlights on keys, joystick handle and buttons, monitor power switch, logo, and piping around the monitor and ...
Video pictures: coming from a telephone near you. (AT&T teams with CLI for chip sets that deliver video over phone) (Compression Labs Inc.) (Product Announcement)
Feb 01, 1993; ... AT&T Teams With CLI for Chip Sets That Deliver Video Over Phone Lines Long the stuff of science fiction and popular speculation, video telephones are finally here. Or, more to the point, good-quality video transmission over old-fashioned analog phone lines is finally here. ...
Microsoft Works 3.0 gets a face lift. (Microsoft Corp.'s integrated software) (Software Review) (Reviews: Mac) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Works 3.0 Microsoft Works 3.0 provides a draw module, movable tool palettes, and dozens of new features, while retaining ease of use. Microsoft Corp. 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 1-800-426-9400; (206) 882-8080 ...
Ventura Publisher 4.1 takes one step closer to Windows. (Ventura Software Inc.'s desktop publishing software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Ventura Publisher Windows Edition 4.1 With an upgrade that adds button bars, shortcuts, and improved access to formatting, Ventura Publisher makes a big commitment to Windows.Ventura Software Inc. 15175 Innovation Dr. San Diego, CA 92128 1-800-822-8221; (619) ...
Drive your Mac modem with FaxSTF and FaxManager Plus. (STF Technologies Inc.'s FaxSTF 2.2.2, FaxManager Plus 2.2.3 data conversion software; Apple Macintosh microcomputer) (Software Review) (Reviews: Mac) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... FaxSTF 2.2.2 FaxManager Plus 2.2.3 FaxSTF is a simple, powerful, and stable way to send and/or receive FAXes with a Macintosh that is equipped with virtually any FAX-capable modem. FaxManager Plus adds the ability to use OCR technology to convert received FAXes into editable ...
Quicken 6.0 minds your books and maybe your business. (Intuit Inc.'s accounting program) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Quicken for DOS 6.0 It's easy to use for keeping track of personal and very small business finances, but it doesn't conform to business-community financial record-keeping standards. Intuit P.O. Box 3014 Menlo Park, CA 94026 (415) 322-0573 Sugg. List ...
Dual-interface notebooks may infuse new blood into anemic pen computing market. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Pen-based systems have been touted as the next great wave in portable computing, but so far, they've managed only a small splash in specialized markets. Mainstream portable computer users are still voting with their dollars for keyboards, trackballs, and mice as the input devices of ...
Review Preview. (Sharp's Wizard OZ-9600 hand-held computer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Before palmtop PCs and personal digital assistants find a place in America's jacket pockets, they'll have to get past Sharp's popular Wizard. The new Wizard OZ-9600 is the fanciest electronic organizer ever, with a bigger keyboard; a wireless infrared link to printers, PCs, or ...
Enhance your images 36 ways with PhotoMagic. (Micrografx Inc.'s image processing software) (Software Review) (Reviews: PC) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... PhotoMagic 1.0 An inexpensive front end for your scanner and your picture files that includes a number of good editing tools and a useful thumbnail display feature. Micrograx Inc. 1303 Arapaho Richardson, TX 75081 1-800-733-3729; (214) 234-1769 Sugg ....
Video for Windows takes on QuickTime. (Microsoft Corp's desktop video software; Apple's operating system enhancement) (Software )
Feb 01, 1993; ... In the battle to create a standard for motion video on desktop computers, Microsoft's Video for Windows represents a formidable challenge to Apple's Windows version of Quick-Time already a standard on the Mac. Although Microsoft touts the product as a tool for creating better ...
IBM Ultimedia Tools promote cross-platform compatibility. (program development software standard) (Software) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... IBM has taken another step forward with its self-proclaimed multimedia standard, Ultimedia, by announcing the IBM Ultimedia Tools Series, created in a partnership between IBM and 15 multimedia software vendors. The Ultimedia Tools Series--which promotes seamless compatibility ...
Spreadsheet market migrates to Windows. (Microsoft Windows) (Software)(PC Software Market Watch) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... The trend toward graphical user interfaces has changed the spread-sheet market dramatically in the last year, narrowing the gap between DOS spreadsheet king Lotus 1-2-3 and the original Windows spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel. Reflecting the same trend shown in the word processing ...
Apple starts multimedia information program. (Multimedia Assistance Program; support for application development) (Software) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... In an effort to get ahead in the multimedia race, Apple has introduced its new Multimedia Assistance Program. The program, designed to spur development of multimedia applications for Apple platforms, keeps members abreast of general trends and Apple's progress in the field. ...
U.S., Taiwan crack down on software pirates. (enforcement of software copyright law) (Software) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... They may not have wooden legs and patches over their eyes, but modern-day pirates pose a serious threat to software vendors. In just two raids last fall, Microsoft and U.S. marshals impounded 150,000 pirated copies of MS-DOS 5.0, with an estimated street value of $9 million. In 1991 ...
Windows to eastern Europe. (Microsoft Corp. to open subsidiaries in Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Moscow) (Software) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Satiating the voracious appetites of Russians and Eastern Europeans for long-term investment by Western computer companies will doubtless be a colossal task. Microsoft Corp. is, as always, eager to assist. Plans to open four wholly owned subsidiaries in Warsaw, Prague, ...
Microsoft Access challenges Paradox for Windows. (Microsoft Corp., Borland INternational Inc.; data base management systems) (Software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Microsoft Corp. has launched its new open-format database program, Access for Windows, with an eye-opening pricing strategy: $99 for the first 99 days. Microsoft hopes this offer will upset competitor Borland International, which was due to release its $795 Paradox for Windows. After ...
Electronic BBS with a business twist; small businesses turn online to share ideas and tips. (bulletin boards)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Small Businesses Turn Online to Share Ideas and Tips Surely, many small-business owners still consider personal computers a necessary evil and use them strictly for word processing or accounting. However, a growing number of entrepreneurs use PCs as communication tools for ...
Gems G/AT-486/33: a pearl of a system at an exceptional price. (GEMS Computers Inc.) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... If you need proof that 33MHz 486 systems are now being considered entry-level machines, look at Gems Computers' $2,309 G/AT-486/33. Although priced relatively low, the G/AT-486/33 has an excellent performance profile. The Intel 486DX/33 processor is supported by 256K of cache and 8Mb of ...
Comex 486DX/33: straight-ahead 486 power in a mini-tower. (Comex Computer Corp.'s microcomputer) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... All computers can't satisfy everyone's tastes, but some PCs satisfy more tastes than others. Comex's 486DX/33 is one such well-rounded system. The 486DX 33MHz Comex system we evaluated contained 1.44Mb and 1.2Mb Teac floppy drives, a 200Mb IDE Caviar hard drive from Western Digital, a ...
Lotus: big vendor on campus; distributor to make 1-2-3, Ami Pro available to schools. (Lotus Development Corp.'s spreadsheet and word processing software) (Software) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Distributor to Make 1-2-3, Ami Pro Available to Schools Lotus Development Corp. has entered into an agreement with Edutech Educational Technology Specialists Inc. to make Lotus applications available to academic institutions as part of Edutech's formal software distribution ...
The next spreadsheet frontier. (includes related articles on shared windowing environments, product summaries) (Software Review) (overview of four evaluations of spreadsheet software packages)(Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...PRODUCT SUMMARIES Excel for Windows 4.0 Microsoft Corp. One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 1-800-426-9400 Sugg. List Price: $495 Requires: Windows-capable system with 2Mb RAM; Windows 3.0 or higher; DOS 3.1 or higher. ...
Microsoft Excel for Windows 4.0. (Software Review) (one of four evaluations of spreadsheet software packages in 'The Next Spreadsheet Frontier')(Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Lotus 1-2-3 may have started the PC spreadsheet boom, but Microsoft Excel was the only GUI number-cruncher for years. It arrived first on the Macintosh, then appeared--not surprisingly--as one of the earliest applications for Windows. By offering both data-file and macro importing from ...
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 1.1. (Lotus Development Corp.) (Software Review) (one of four evaluations of spreadsheet software packages in 'The Next Spreadsheet Frontier')(Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Lotus sure took its sweet time putting out a Windows version. Years after its failed attempt to enter the Mac market with the integrated package, Jazz, Lotus finally entered the GUI market in an earnest way. 1-2-3/W is a full-featured, powerful spreadsheet that is in every way the GUI ...
Quattro Pro for Windows 1.0. (Borland International Inc.) (Software Review) (one of four evaluations of spreadsheet software packages in 'The Next Spreadsheet Frontier')(Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Quattro Pro for Windows promises to be the best Windows spreadsheet, an innovative and feature-rich package in Borland's usual fashion. It is also the biggest department to date from business as usual; though it doesn't stray from Windows' rules the way 1-2-3/W does, it looks and feels a ...
Wingz for Windows 1.1a. (Informix Software Inc.) (Software Review) (one of four evaluations of spreadsheet software packages in 'The Next Spreadsheet Frontier')(Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...PRODUCT SUMMARIES Excel for Windows 4.0 Microsoft Corp. One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 1-800-426-9400 Sugg. List Price: $495 Requires: Windows-capable system with 2Mb RAM; Windows 3.0 or higher; DOS 3.1 or higher. ...
HyperWrite brings hypertext to your word processor. (Looking Glass Software Inc.) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...HyperWrite 1.0 HyperWrite 1.0 for Windows combines word processing and hypertext to make creation and distribution of hypertext applications easy and inexpensive for non-technical computer users. Looking Glass Software Inc. 11222 La Cienege Blvd., ...
NewWave 4.1: do Windows your way. (HP's graphical user interface) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...NewWave 4.1 NewWave is a front end for Windows, which is already a front end for DOS. The program provides an improved user interface and system macros, but most users will probably find that Windows' Program Manager serves just about as well. Hewlett-Packard ...
Bulletin boards.
Feb 01, 1993 ...Alabama 205 Andalusia 222-3097. The Byte House; sysop Emmett Perdue. 2 lines--486; 1800Mb; Spitfire 3.2 with US Robotics at up to 16800 bps. Established 12/91; no fee. 2 lines, LANtastic, 3 servers, 2 CD-ROM drives, CircuitNet netmail/Alabama host. 25,000+ files. ...
Hot off the wire: PowerVision and LA Online share a common goal: let your fingers do the shopping.
Feb 01, 1993; ... Dreams of the home office and living-room financial transactions spawn endless debates in the computer industry, but the idea of shopping at home is as old as the Sears Catalog. Most of the major online services offer some variety of shopping online, from computer equipment to consumer ...
PowerPC to make RISC respectable in '90s: but IBM and Apple still need Microsoft's blessing. (Direct from the Editor) (Column)
Feb 01, 1993; ... But IBM and Apple Still Need Microsoft's Blessing When IBM and Apple formed Taligent, and chartered it to create the PowerPC RISC processor chip, their primary objective was the creation of a new, high-performance processing environment powerful enough to take both companies' ...
CD-ROM market finally taking off. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... CD-ROM has matured past the bleeding edge, gained a strong foothold in niche markets like the medical and legal fields, and appears ready to conquer the masses. In fact, there was a sharp climb in worldwide sales of CD-ROM drives last year, according to market research firm ...
IBM's futuristic "PET" is man's best friend. (Personal Electronic Thing hand-held computer) (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Some skeptics say down-on-its-luck IBM won't be around in 25 years, but that didn't stop Bill Filip, president of IBM's advanced workstations division, from pitching a Big Blue PC, circa 2018, during his keynote address at AIX Expo in San Jose, Calif. Filip displayed a mock-up ...
Connect time. (latest on-line services)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Although many of us are currently in the midwinter doldrums, there's a lot happening behind the scenes online in preparation for the summer months. Keep yourself tuned into the competitive online world in the coming months to learn more about CompuServe's expansion around the ...
Color printers not winning many converts in business: prices dropping, but sales still sluggish. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Prices Dropping, But Sales Still Sluggish Makers of color printers used to blame their slow sales on high prices, but that excuse is disappearing fast. Many major printer manufacturers now offer color printers, either thermal transfer or inkjet, for under $1,000. The street ...
Microsoft, HP team up to speed Windows printing. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Can your old HP LaserJet Series II be a better Windows printer than a brand-new LaserJet 4? Microsoft says yes, if you spend $199 for its new Windows Printing System cartridge with accompanying software for LaserJet Series II and III (except IIIsi) printers. The Windows Printing ...
Treading the boards: building your own BBS will make you feel like a pioneer, even if you can't be one. (bulletin board service)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Building your own BBS will make you feel like a pioneer, even if you can't be one. Looking for a remarkable business opportunity? Interested in making thousands of dollars at home in your spare time with a capital investment of less than $5,000? Want to sit back and let money ...
Shareware shop. (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ...Babble! Korenthal Associates 230 West 13th st. New York, NY 10011 (212) 242-1790 Registration Fee: $25 PC-Outline Brown Bag Software 2155 South Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 (418) 559-4545 Registration Fee: $90 PC-Write ...
The ZiffNet dispatch: ZiffNet for Prodigy gives the home-user audience access to a full range of services. (Ziff Communications Co. Ziff Desktop Information) (Product Announcement)
Feb 01, 1993; ... ZiffNet for Prodigy gives the home-user audience access to a full range of services. For the most part, we've been discussing ZiffNet's PC-oriented services on CompuServe. This month, we'll be taking a look at another service ZiffNet provides: ZiffNet for Prodigy....
The hard edge. (Tech Section)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Telling It Like It Is 'Cause We're Too Cold to Care February in New York City tends to make Alice and Bill meaner than ticks, but like your grandmother used to say: No one ever promised the hard edge would be easy. This month, Alice and Bill are centering their attack on ...
NT inside and outs. (Microsoft Windows NT operating system) (includes related article on multiple threads) (Development Tools) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... A Developer's Perspective By now, you've probably heard a lot about Windows NT. If Microsoft's schedule hasn't slipped further, the retail version may even be available by Spring COMDEX. But how is NT superior to Windows 3.1? As a user, will it make you more productive? And as ...
A different approach: Improv and CA-Compete. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Improv for Windows 2.0; Computer Associates International Inc.'s CA-Compete 4.2; data analysis software) (Software Review) (Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... While Lotus readies an upgraded 1-2-3 to battle Microsoft and Borland in the Windows spreadsheet market, it is also launching another weapon altogether. Lotus calls Improv a dynamic spreadsheet, originally released several years ago on the NeXT platform and now appearing under Windows. ...
Integrating with the Macintosh. (Apple Macintosh microcomputer; Microsoft Corp.'s Excel for the Macintosh 4.0, Lotus Development Corp.'s 1-2-3 for the Macintosh 1.0, Informix Software Inc.'s Wingz for the Macintosh; spreadsheet software) (Software Review) (Software) (Evaluation)
Feb 01, 1993; ... If your office relies on integration between PCs and Macs, your choice of Windows spreadsheets may be different. Of the four programs compared in the main article, only Quattro Pro--from Mac-hostile Philippe Kahn's Borland International--currently lacks a Macintosh counterpart. ...
What ever happened to ... VisiCalc and VisiOn? (Software Arts Inc.'s spreadsheet software)
Feb 01, 1993; ... VisiCalc and VisiOn? VisiCalc was one of the landmark personal computer programs and an original concept that revolutionized the way business people thought about using a computer. Before VisiCalc, pre-electronic spreadsheets were simply large paper pads with rows and columns in ...
ATM on the horizon: network vendors plan product rollouts this year. (Brief Article)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Network Vendors Plan Product Rollouts This Year Japanese manufacturers hoping to loosen AT&T's and Northern Telecom's hammerlock on the $5.4 billion public switch market are looking to ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) technology for leverage. Currently, the digital ...
Program Manager tips and tricks. (Microsoft Corp.'s Windows graphical user interface) (Software)(Tips & Tricks)
Feb 01, 1993; ... If you haven't yet replaced Windows 3.1's Program Manager with a third-party shell, you're in for a treat: We'll show you some secret ways to tap Program Manager's powers. In fact, once you learn some of Program Manager's hidden tricks, you may think twice before laying out your cash for ...
Fault tolerance finally arrives. (Notes from the Labs)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Back in the bad old days when I was a systems integrator, I soon learned never to sell a system without an uninterruptible power supply. Most of the systems I sold were microprocessor-based, running old Version 7 Unix. They could handle a dozen or so users, and overall system ...