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Z*NET ONLINE MAGAZINE Copyright (c)1993, Syndicate Publishing
PC EDITION Volume 3, Number 1 Issue #36 January 17, 1993
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() Publisher/Editor..........................................Ron Kovacs
() Contributing Editor...................................Bruce Hansford
() Z*Net News International Gateway - New Zealand............Jon Clarke
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CONTENTS
() The Editors Desk.................................Ron Kovacs
() Z*Net Newswire.............................................
() Microsoft Issues Statement....................Press Release
() A4000 Technical Specifications.............................
() News From The Disktop..........................Ron Albright
() Perusing The Internet........................Bruce Hansford
() Morph Plus Review..........................................
() Z*Net Focus - ThinkPad...........................Ron Kovacs
() Submit An OS/2 Problem Report..............................
() Gary Grigsby's Pacific War....................Press Release
() Copyright Clearance Center - History and Overview..........
() Z*Net 1993 Computer Calender.....................Ron Kovacs
////// THE EDITORS DESK
////// By Ron Kovacs
////// ---------------------------------------------------------------
Another return??? Yes... 1992 was a very difficult year for us and a
lot of time has been spent clearing up our problems. On the positive
side though, we are back with regular bi-weekly issues until further
notice.
There are some changes with this magazine in regard to content. There
will be LESS filler and columns and more concentration on news. From
time to time there will be articles from NEW staff members, but the
focus will be NEWS.
Our attention will focus on IBM, Microsoft, Laptop, PenTop, LAN,
Graphics and the novice user. A regular novice column will begin
shortly and be directed at the new Windows user and the new IBM PC user.
Your comments and feedback are important. If you do not pass along your
comments we cannot mold the online magazine into something that is of
interest to our readers. If there is an article or news stories that
you don't like, let us know.
The first 1993 edition contain a focus on the IBM ThinkPad and OS/2
articles. Also, the latest edition of "News From The Disktop" is
reprinted. Just in case you are not sure what the "Disktop" is, it is
an organization for electronic publishers. In 1992, Z*Net PC received
a second runner-up Quill award. (Something we were very honored by!!)
I want to thank everyone for the support and requests to continue Z*Net
PC. The best to everyone in 1993.
ZZZZZZ Z*NET NEWSWIRE
ZZZZZZ Latest Industry News
ZZZZZZ ---------------------------------------------------------------
NINTENDO ANNOUNCES RECORD SALES
Nintendo announced all-time records for yearly hardware system sales,
game sales and total retail sales revenues in 1992. Combined system
sales for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy portable system,
and the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System were 13.3 million
units. Combined game pak sales for the three systems were 76 million
units. Total first- and third-party revenues for all hardware and
software totaled $4.285 billion, or 80 percent of the total $5.3 billion
American video game market. Nintendo revenues in 1992 represented a 22
percent increase over 1991.
MUSITEK TO DEBUT A FIRST AT NAMM
Musitek will introduce the world's first automatic music reading
software at the NAMM winter trade show. This breakthrough product is
MIDISCAN for Windows and runs on IBM PCs and compatibles. MIDISCAN
converts printed sheet music into multi-track MIDI files. Music Reading
Software (MRS) is similar to Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for
text. A scanner first captures images of the score. MIDISCAN
automatically processes each page, extracting its musical content. The
reconstructed score is displayed as standard notation within an
interactive graphic window for easy point-and-click editing. The music
is then saved as a multi-track MIDI file which can be loaded into any
MIDI sequencing or notation software for playback through a synthesizer
or MPC audio card. Musitek will exhibit at Booth No. 2628 (Hall C)
throughout the NAMM trade show.
ADAPTEC TO ACQUIRE TRANTOR
Adaptec announced this week that it has signed a letter of intent to
acquire Trantor Systems. Trantor develops and manufactures Small
Computer System Interface (SCSI) host adapters and related software.
Adaptec expects to issue approximately 400,000 shares of its common
stock to effect the acquisition. Upon completion of the acquisition,
Trantor will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Adaptec.
AMERICA ONLINE TO SUPPORT PALMTOP
America Online plans to create a special edition of America Online for
palmtop computers. At a press briefing held at the CES Show, America
Online said the palmtop edition of America Online will be built into the
personal information processor to be sold by Casio Computer and Tandy
starting this fall. The America Online communications software will be
preinstalled in the ROM of this new device, so customers will have
instant access to the online services.
MACUSER SELECTS PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR
MacUser editors announced the winners of the 8th Annual Editors' Choice
Awards (Eddys). The industry's most significant honors went to winners
in 40 categories of new Macintosh hardware and software products as well
as to three individuals for their achievements. Portable-related Eddy
winners include the PowerPad for best input device, a portable numeric
and function keypad from Sophisticated Circuits, and CPU 1.0, a suite of
utilities for the PowerBook from Connectix Corp. Multimedia - Adobe's
Premiere 2.0, software for editing video was selected as the winner in
the Desktop-Video category. The editors chose Audiomedial II from
Digidesign for its direct-to-disk stereo recording and playback
capabilities. Ziff-Davis publishes MacUser.
$150 REBATE OFFERED
The Complete PC Thursday announced a $150 consumer rebate on their
award-winning communication card, Complete Communicator. The rebate is
available on purchases made after Jan. 1, 1993 and will be offered until
June 30, 1993. The Complete Communicator, which was originally
introduced at a suggested list price of $899, now carries a suggested
list price of $499. The $150 rebate brings the "street price" under
$200.
WORDPERFECT WORKS SHIPS
WP Corp has released WordPerfect Works 1.2 for Macintosh, which includes
improvements to the recently acquired BeagleWorks program for Macintosh.
WordPerfect Works has been designed to run any Macintosh computer with a
hard drive, 1M of RAM for System 6.0.5 or higher and 2M or RAM for
System 7.0.X. A modem or direct serial connection is required for the
communications module. The retail price of WordPerfect Works is $249/
$295.CAN, and educational pricing is available for $99./$120.CAN. For
more information, contact WordPerfect Corporation Information Services
Department at (800)451-5151.
MOTOROLA'S 68000 FAMILY GETS HONORS
Motorola announced that several products powered by Motorola's 68000
Family of microprocessors were named among the best and most innovative
products of 1992 by FORTUNE, BYTE, BusinessWeek and TIME magazines.
BYTE (Jan. 1993) Magazine named Apple Computer's PowerBook 180 notebook
as one of the year's most cutting-edge products. BusinessWeek (Jan. 11,
1993), TIME (Jan. 4, 1993) and BYTE Magazines all honored Macintosh
PowerBook Duo as a "best product of 1992." Another Motorola-based
portable system to be honored by BYTE Magazine was Infolio, the
lightweight pen tablet for custom-designed applications from Pi Systems.
Motorola was a winner of the U.S. Department of Commerce's first Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award, in recognition of its superior company-
wide quality management process.
SOUND BLASTER UPGRADE KITS ANNOUNCED
Creative Labs recently announced two new versions of its award-winning
Sound Blaster Multimedia Upgrade Kits. Expected to ship later this
quarter, the new versions were introduced at the Consumer Electronics
Show. The Edutainment CD Upgrade Kit is a multimedia upgrade package
consisting of a Creative Labs CD-ROM drive, Sound Blaster Pro and
speakers.
SPA HAS BANNER YEAR
The Software Publishers Association announced last week that 1992 marked
the most active year for its anti-piracy activities to date. Working on
behalf of its members, the SPA investigates cases of software copyright
infringement involving corporations, educational and non-profit
institutions, commercial dealers, and bulletin boards. Most
investigations begin with a call to the SPA anti-piracy hotline (1-800-
388-7478). Information gathered from telephone conversations are then
reviewed by the SPA's in-house litigation staff. Depending on the
strength of the information and the severity of the case, legal action
can be taken using cease and desist letters, corporate audits, or Ex-
Parte seizure orders. In 1992, up to 30 phone calls per day poured into
the hotline. Based on these leads, the SPA took action against 747
organizations. This included 218 audits and lawsuits (resulting in the
payment of $3.9 million in fines and penalties) and 529 cease and desist
letters. Of the audits and lawsuits filed, 95 percent were corporate
cases, while the remaining 5 percent of defendants comprised bulletin
board services (BBS), training facilities, and schools. Also in 1992,
the SPA received its largest settlement to date in an audit action. The
company, whose identity must remain anonymous, paid nearly $500,000 in
settlement of a case involving 66 SPA members. During 1992, the SPA
supported legislation that elevates the willful copying of computer
software from a misdemeanor to a felony. The new law, passed by
Congress last October, targets professional software pirates who make
many copies of software and resell them at low prices; illegal bulletin
board operators who distribute pirated software; and PC dealers who
offer "free" but illegal software to hardware purchasers. Nearly 25,000
copies of a 12-minute informational videotape entitled "It's Just Not
Worth the Risk," and 20,000 copies of an 8-minute educational video,
"Don't Copy That Floppy," targeting computer-using schoolchildren, were
also distributed in 1992. Lastly, the association maintains an active
anti-piracy speakers' bureau. Last year, SPA representatives delivered
112 anti-piracy presentations across North America.
DITEK LAUNCHES DYNACADD 2D
Ditek International recently announced DynaCADD 2D for the Atari ST and
TT computers. The package includes both versions and is now available.
The Atari Falcon version will be available in January 1993. DynaCADD 2D
is the 2D portion of Ditek's powerful 2D/3D Computer Aided Design and
Drafting solution that has been on the market for the past two years.
Features such as on-line help, context-sensitive documentation and a
well organized and intuitive graphical user interface make DynaCADD 2D
extremely easy to learn and use. DynaCADD 2D accurately sends all or
any portion of any drawing at any scale, including best fit, to all
popular pen plotters, dot matrix printers, laser printers, PostScript>
printers or disk files. Ditek's head office is located at 2800 John
Street, Unit 15, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 0E2 Tel: (416) 479-1990,
Fax: (416) 479-1882. We can also be reached on GEnie at DITEK.
GENIE REPLACES HOT SUMMERS DAY SALE
The Hot Summer Days Sale is no more! GEnie's prime time hourly connect
charge has been PERMANENTLY reduced to $12.50 per hour (in Canada the
reduction is to $16.00 per hour). (Note: GEnie*Basic pricing is NOT
applicable during prime time hours. Reduced prime time rates are in
effect in the United States and Canada only, and apply at speeds up to
2400 bps.)
APPLE POSTS EARNINGS
Apple Computer has reported record revenues for its first fiscal
quarter, which ended December 25, 1992. Net revenues for the first
quarter of fiscal 1993 were $2 billion, a 7.4 percent increase from the
$1.863 billion reported in the first quarter of the prior year. Net
income for the first quarter was $161.3 million, as compared to the
prior year's first quarter net income of $166.0 million. Earnings in
the first quarter of fiscal 1993 were $1.33 per share as compared to
$1.36 per share earned in the first quarter of fiscal 1992. Gross
margin was 40.5 percent of net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 1993
compared to 43.7 percent of net sales in the prior year period.
CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FILED
Borland announced this week that it has been served with a law suit that
alleges certain securities law violations by Borland and certain of its
officers and directors. The lawsuit purports to represent a class of
investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Borland common stock
between March 5, 1991 and April 27, 1992. Borland has reviewed the
allegations and determined that they are baseless and intends to defend
the action vigorously.
POWER PEN PAL 4.0
A new release of the Power Pen Pal application development environment
that will support all of the major pen computer hardware platforms
running the DOS operating system was announced this week. Power Pen Pal
Release 4.0 now supports both the PenDOS pen operating environment from
Communication Intelligence Corp., and the currently supported PenRight!
pen operating environment from the PenRight! unit of GRiD Systems.
Release 4.0 also includes new features that enhance its power and ease
of use.
IBM SURPASSES MAJOR TARGET
IBM has announced that more than 1,100 applications specifically
developed for the award-winning OS/2 2.0 operating system were
commercially available by year-end 1992. Approximately 500 independent
software vendors (ISVs) have delivered applications for OS/2 in 1992.
Their products represent a wide range of major application types, such
as, databases, word processors, local- and wide-area-network
communication products, accounting packages, application development
tools and applications specific to various industries. And a much
larger number of ISVs have indicated their intention to develop and
market additional new and exciting applications for OS/2 version 2. In
the next few months, ISVs, such as Computer Associates International,
Lotus, WordPerfect, Novell and other leading vendors also plan to
introduce new application software for this powerful and easy to use
operating system.
PUBLISHER'S POWERPAK ANNOUNCED BY VENTURA
Ventura Software announced the introduction of its Publisher's PowerPak,
a limited-time promotion aimed at providing individuals and corporate
publishing departments with all the software tools needed for
professional desktop publishing - in a single box. Publisher's PowerPak
includes four newly-released Ventura Software products: Ventura
Publisher 4.1 for Windows, Ventura DataBase Publisher 4.0 for Windows,
Ventura AdPro 1.1 for Windows and Ventura PicturePro 1.1 for Windows.
HP WILL PREINSTALL DASHBOARD
Hewlett-Packard announced last week that it will preinstall Dashboard
for Windows on most of its HP Vectra 486-based desktop PCs at no extra
charge. Dashboard appears at the bottom corner of a user's screen,
taking up a minimal amount of screen space. It features a series of
controls for multiple-screen views of programs and push-button icons to
launch applications and organize program groups. It also includes
printer/facsimile output controls and gauges to monitor system resources
and memory.
HAYES SETTLES WITH MULTI
Hayes has announced that a settlement has been reached with Multi-Tech
Systems. This settlement concludes the litigation which was begun in
December, 1988, when Multi-Tech initiated patent litigation over the
Hayes '302 patent in the United States District Court, Minneapolis,
Minn. As part of the settlement, an undisclosed amount of money was
paid to Hayes and Hayes has agreed to make certain modifications to its
White Paper with respect to TIES modems. All claims in connection with
the litigation in Minnesota have been dismissed by both parties. All
other terms of the settlement are confidential.
CONSUMER ACTION ALERTS US CONSUMERS
Consumer Action is alerting consumers to new federal safeguards that
took effect last week which will make it easier for people to complete
pay phone calls. The safeguards, approved by the FCC last July,
prohibit blocking long distance company five-digit access codes at pay
phones and some hotel/motel phones. The FCC also now requires long
distance companies to provide toll-free "800" or "950" numbers for
callers to reach their services. Public phones (such as pay phones and
hotel room phones) are already prohibited from blocking calls made using
these access numbers. Consumer Action offers the following advice for
people trying to reach their chosen long distance company when calling
away from home: The first thing you should do is look on the phone for
the name of the long distance company that serves it. If you see
another company's name, you can still reach your long distance company
by dialing its access number. For example, you can reach the three
largest long distance companies by dialing these numbers: - AT&T, 102880
or 1-800-CALL ATT - MCI, 950-1022 or 1-800-950-1022 - Sprint, 103330 or
1-800-877-8000.
SOFTIMAGE ACQUIRES RIGHTS
Softimage announced this week the acquisition of the source code for
Eddie Paint, a paint software product developed by Discreet Logic as a
companion to Eddie, a 2D digital editing and morphing software package.
Source code for the Eddie package was also purchased last month from its
developers, Animal Logic Inc. of Sydney, Australia.
IBM TO SELL BUILDING AND LAND
IBM has announced that it will sell its building and land located at
6450 Guadalupe Mines Road in Southwest San Jose. The 86,000-square-foot
building, which sits on 130 acres of land, is used primarily as office
and laboratory space. It is a satellite building of IBM ADSTAR's San
Jose site, located on Cottle Road. IBM said the sale of the building
and land is part of a continuing effort to reduce expenses. Employees
and projects now residing in the building will be relocated to other
buildings in the San Jose area.
LABVIEW DEMO CD NOW AVAILABLE
A free demo of the LabVIEW graphical programming software for Sun
SPARCstations is now available on compact disc from National
Instruments. The demo CD features an online guide (that describes the
fundamental LabVIEW concepts for developing instrumentation programs),
an overview of the system, and hand-on examples. Photos available.
For more information contact: Holly Reams, National Instruments, Phone:
512-794-0100 Fax: 512-794-5732.
BSS OFFERS FREE TECHNOLOGY
The AMULET BBS, the first specializing in leading edge technology such
as Virtual Reality/Worlds, Nanotechnology, Artificial Life, Cyberpunk
lifestyles and Biotechnology. The AMULET BBS is entirely free and open
to the public. AMULET BBS Data line 1-310-453-7705 (8N1, up to 9600bd).
###### MICROSOFT ISSUES STATEMENT
###### ZNS-PRESS RELEASE
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
1. Ready-to-Run Momentum Spawns Advanced Hardware Designs Optimized for
Microsoft Windows
With the addition of eight new original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
that have committed to ship preinstalled and preconfigured versions of
the Microsoft Windows operating system on their hardware systems,
Microsoft's Ready-to-Run momentum now includes 108 OEMs.
Buyers reap the benefits of instantly running Microsoft Windows when
they first start up their machines, rather than having to manually
install and configure the operating system. Many Ready-to-Run machines
are also optimized to run Windows-based applications.
The success of the Ready-to-Run program has spawned advanced hardware
designs optimized for the Windows operating system. The Epson
Progression system, for example, uses the CHIPS & Technologies' Wingine
graphics accelerator to deliver video performance speed for graphics-
intensive Windows-based applications, such as business presentation
graphics, computer-aided design, spreadsheets and desktop publishing.
The Progression's design results in an increased speed clocked up to 10
times over standard Super VGA systems.
Benchmarks on the Epson Progression -- which measure how typical
business applications for Microsoft Windows 3.1 perform on a system --
tangibly demonstrate the benefits of optimizing a hardware system for
Microsoft Windows. The WinTach benchmark program compares the speed of
the tested system against that of a standard 386DX/20 with VGA 640 X 480
X 16 colors; the speed of this standard system is a unit of 1. The
tests, which were performed in the highest screen resolution of 1024 x
768 x 256 color mode, showed a minimum of 20 times more data to the
screen per second: The 486SX/25 overall rating was 20.32; the 486DX33
was 26.39; and the 486DX2/66 was 37.17.
Steve Huey, vice president of Epson's PC Product Management Group, said,
"The Progression reflects the importance of value in today's PC
marketplace. Wingine is one of several technology enhancements made to
the Progression that will enable us to satisfy the demand for
competitive prices while exceeding customers' expectations for
performance."
"The Epson Progression is a great example of a Ready-to-Run machine that
is designed from the ground up to be an optimized Microsoft Windows
system, which makes it a great platform for running Windows-based
applications," said Jonathan Lazarus, vice president of systems strategy
at Microsoft.
Epson sells and services computer products in North, Central and South
America. Based in Torrance, Calif., it is an affiliate of Seiko Epson
Corp.
2. Microsoft Ships SQL Server Network Integration Kit for Novell
NetWare
The Microsoft SQL Server Network Integration Kit (NIK) for Novell
networks is shipping and is available to customers.
An enhancement to Microsoft SQL Server, the SQL Server NIK provides
support for native network transport and naming services on Novell
NetWare. With the SQL Server NIK, Novell NetWare users benefit from
even greater SQL Server performance while enjoying easier operation,
improved client memory footprint, simplified installation and reduced
maintenance.
The Microsoft SQL Server NIK automatically registers SQL Server as a
network service, making it easier for users to access and network
administrators to manage SQL Server application servers on Novell
networks. This increased level of integration allows administrators to
view SQL Server in a way that is consistent with other services running
directly on a NetWare server.
In addition, the SQL Server NIK eliminates the need for client desktops
to run special network protocols, such as TCP/IP or named pipes, to
communicate with the database by providing built-in support for Novell's
IPX/SPX protocols.
The Microsoft SQL Server NIK is available now for a suggested retail
price of $149 per server. Call 800/227-4679, ext. 4 for more
information. A SQL Server NIK for Banyan VINES is scheduled to be
available in February.
3. Microsoft Opens Subsidiary in Moscow
Microsoft Corp. has opened a wholly owned subsidiary, Microsoft A.O.,
in Moscow, Russia. The office, which will be responsible for the entire
geographic region of the former Soviet Union, reflects Microsoft's long-
term commitment to the development of the software markets in Central
and Eastern Europe.
The subsidiary's staff of 11 will be responsible for sales and
marketing, product support and manufacturing. In addition, Microsoft
has appointed 13 distributors throughout the region: in Estonia,
Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and the Ukraine. These distributors
will supply products through a network of more than 600 resellers.
Microsoft has also appointed three Authorized Training Centers to
provide reseller and customer training.
"Microsoft is making a significant long-term investment in the Russian
market over the next few years with the opening of this subsidiary,"
said Robert Clough, general manager of Microsoft A.O. "During the next
twelve months, we will be introducing a range of fully localized
products and making provisions to carry out manufacturing of these
products in Russia. At the same time, we will also be working with
local software developers to help them take advantage of the Microsoft
Windows operating system."
4. Arabic Version of Microsoft Windows Voted Best Arabic Software
Product in Readers' Poll
The Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 with Arabic language
support was recently voted the Best Arabic Software Product for 1992 by
readers of Arabian Computer News, the leading computer publication in
the Middle East. Since the release of the Arabic Version of Windows in
July, rocketing sales have reflected this popularity: they've already
exceeded projections for the entire year by more than 300 percent.
Windows with Arabic language support is fully localized with Arabic-
language functionality for Windows 3.1 and is designed to maximize the
power of Windows-based Arabic applications. The Arabic version of
Windows also natively runs English or French applications.
NOTES:
-- Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of
Microsoft Corp.
-- Epson is a registered trademark and Progression is a trademark of
Seiko Epson Corp. Inc.
-- Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc.
-- Banyan and VINES are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Inc.
-- All prices listed are U.S. suggested retail prices. Retail prices
may vary.
////// A4000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
////// Released by CBM
////// ---------------------------------------------------------------
Technical Specifications: A4000, A600, A570 & AmigaVision Professional
Following are the technical specifications released by Commodore for the
Amiga 4000, Amiga 600, Amiga 570, and AmigaVision Professional software.
Amiga 4000 Technical Specifications
KCPU:
- Motorola (R) 68040 series 32-bit processor
- 25 Mhz clock speed
- Removable processor module
MEMORY:
- 2 MB 32-bit Chip RAM
- Up to 16 MB 32-bit Fast RAM
- Easily expandable via standard SIMM units
- Additional standard RAM is supported by the Amiga's proprietary
AUTOCONFIG (TM) capability
SOFTWARE:
- 512 KB 32-bit ROM
- AmigaDOS (TM) 3.0 Multitasking Operating System
- Supports programmable resolutions
- Supports outline fonts
- Localized for multiple language/countries
- CrossDOS MS-DOS (R) file transfer utility
INTERFACES:
- Keyboard
- Mouse/Joystick/Lightpen/Tablet ports (2)
- Serial (RS-232)
- Parallel (Centronics)
- Video (RGB analog or RGBI digital)
- Right and Left stereo audio
- Internal and External floppy disk drive ports
- Internal AT IDE port. Optional SCSI adapter
SYSTEM SLOTS:
- CPU slot (200-pin) supports high-speed memory and advanced processors
- Amiga system bus - Four 16/32-bit Zorro III expansion slots (100-pin)
with AUTOCONFIG
- PC bus - Three PCAT T(M) slots
VIDEO SLOT:
- Extended 24-bit Video slot
- In line with standard 100-pin Zorro slot for easy integration of Zorro
and video boards
Zorro III Slots
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4 | [======][=========] [=================] |
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1, 2, 3 = PC/AT Slots; 4 = Video Slot
How the Slots Work:
If MS-DOS compatibility is desired a Bridgeboard may be placed in slot
1, 2 or 3. When a Bridgeboard is installed, the empty PC slots are
capable of supporting a wide variety of XT or AT-style boards. The
remaining Zorro III slots support both 24 & 32-bit Zorro boards.
KEYBOARD:
- Detachable
- 94 keys, including 10 function keys
- Separate numeric keypad
- Separate cursor keys (inverted "T" layout)
MOUSE:
- Opto-mechanical
- 2-button design
DISK DRIVES:
- Built-in 3.5-inch high density disk drive (880 KB/1.76 MB formatted)
- Hard Drive models pre-formatted and pre-loaded with system software
and utilities
- 2 rear and 2 front 3.5-inch drive bays
- 1 front 5.25-inch drive bay
GRAPHIC MODES:
- AGA custom chipset produces resolutions ranging from 320x200 to 1280x
400 (more with overscan), including 800x600
- NTSC and PAL video resolutions
- Color palette of 16.8 million colors
- 2 to 256,000 user-definable colors displayable on screen
VIDEO DISPLAY OUTPUT:
- Works with RGB analog VGA or multiscan monitors (not all modes
supported with non multiscan monitors)
- Horizontal scan rats 15 kHz - 31 kHz
- Vertical scan rates 50 Hz - 72 Hz
SOUND:
- Four channel stereo sound, capable of reproducing complex waveforms
- 8-bit D/A converters
- 6-bit volume
DIMENSIONS:
- 15 1/4" deep x 15" wide x 5" high
WEIGHT:
- Approx. 20 pounds
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- 110 volt/60Hz 150 watt power supply
A4000 CONFIGURATIONS:
A4000-040/120
- Amiga 4000 with Motorola 68040 Processor, 6 MB RAM, internal 3.5" 1.76
MB Floppy Drive and 120 MB IDE Hard Drive
- 94-key Keyboard
- 2-button Mouse
- AmigaDOS Release 3.0 System Software and Utilities
- Gold Service Warranty Package
AmigaDOS (TM) Release 2.1 System Software Upgrade Technical
Specifications
NEW FEATURES:
- Dynamic Localization of Programs to different languages and locales
- Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer of MS-DOS (R) and Amiga (R) files
- Includes Postscript (R) Printer Driver
- Supports Multiple Serial and Parallel Printer Preferences
- New Preferences Editing
- Motorola (R) 68040 compatible
- Screen mode requester added for selection of screen mode or video mode
FONTS:
- Supports Agfa Compugraphic Intellifont scalable typefaces
- Includes CG Times, CG Triumvirate and LetterGothic typefaces
- Supports scaling of bitmap fonts
- Better control of font rendering for Desktop Publishing applications
AREXX PROGRAMMING:
- Includes ARexx, a powerful inter-process communication language
- Can be used to control applications which support ARexx
- Allows the integration of different applications that support ARexx
into a single environment
- Ability to launch applications from within other applications
USER INTERFACE:
- Professional three-dimensional look
- Improved ease of use and consistency
- Extensively configurable through Preferences Editors
- Standard file and font requesters
- Supports scrolling screens larger than the monitor
- Select Locale/Country by clicking on World Map
- Keyboard selection in Input Preferences
WORKBENCH FEATURES:
- All files are accessible from the Workbench
- Files are accessible by name or by icon
- Drag selection of multiple icons
- Includes New Drawer command
- Easier cleanups and positioning of icons
- Icons can be "left out" on the Workbench backdrop for easier access
OTHER FEATURES:
- General purpose installer added with installation activation of
Keymaps, Monitors, Printers and DOS Drivers
- Select keyboard from Preferences Editor
- Printer Drivers for popular printers added
- Spline animations on blanked screens
- Support for European monitors
- Enhanced reliability even under low memory situations
- Faster and more reliable floppy disk access
- Improved Icon Editor
SHELL ENHANCEMENTS:
- AmigaDOS commands are faster, more powerful and require fewer
keystrokes
- New commands handle environment variables and links
- Cut and Paste in shell windows
- Extended wildcard capabilities
- Backtick feature allows embedded commands within commands
- Shell windows have a close gadget
- ARexx scripts can be run directly from the Shell
ECS FEATURES: Enhanced Chip Set Required
- 640x480 non-interlaced Productivity Mode (requires 31 kHZ-capable
monitor)
- 1280x200 and 1280x400 Super-HiRes Modes
- 800x600 requires Multisync
- New genlock features
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- Requires any 2.0X ROM-ready Amiga 500, 600, 2000 or 3000 series
computer
- Amiga 2500, A2620 or 2630 requires rev-06 or greater ROMs on the
accelerator card
- ECS features require optional Enhanced Chip Set
- Contact nearest Commodore reseller for details and installation
ORDER INFORMATION:
AS215 AmigaDOS Release 2.1 Software Upgrade includes:
- 6 disks
- 3-manual set
AS216 AmigaDOS Release 2.1 ROM and Software Upgrade includes:
- 2.0X ROM
- 6 disks
- 3-manual set
Contact your Commodore reseller for details. To locate a Commodore
reseller in the U.S., call 1-800-66-AMIGA; in Canada call 1-800-661-
AMIGA.
Amiga 600 Technical Specifications
CPU:
- Motorola (R) 68000, 16/32 bit
- 7.16 Mhz NTSC
- Multi-Chip coprocessor system for DMA, Video, Graphics and Sound
MEMORY:
- Expandable to 2MB Chip RAM
- Maximum RAM expansion 6MB with PCMCIA
SOFTWARE:
- 512KB ROM
- AmigaDOS (TM) Release 2 Multitasking Operating System in ROM
- Workbench 2.X and Utilities software
KEYBOARD:
- Integral 78 Key International
MOUSE:
- Opto-mechanical
- 2-button design
DISK DRIVES:
- Built-in 3.5-inch 880 KB floppy disk
- External 3.5-inch floppy disk
- Internal IDE hard disk drive (optional)
GRAPHIC MODES:
- Color palette of 4096 colors
- Selectable resolutions
- Supports full overscan
VIDEO DISPLAY OUTPUT:
- RGB analog 15 KHz Horizontal Scan Rate
- Color Composite
- RF Modulated
SOUND:
- Four channel stereo sound
DIMENSIONS:
- 14" deep x 9.5" wide x 3" high
WEIGHT:
- Approx. 6 lbs.
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- Switching power supply 23 watts
INTERFACES:
External:
- Floppy Disk (DB23)
- Mouse/Joystick/Lightpen (2 DB9)
- Serial (RS-232, PC-compatible)
- Parallel (Centronics -- PC-compatible)
- Video RGB analog (DB23 15 KHz)
Color Composite (RCA)
RF Modulator (RCA)
- PCMCIA Card Slot
Internal:
- Internal AT IDE connector
A600 CONFIGURATIONS:
A600 P
- Amiga 600 with Motorola 68000 Processor, internal 3.5" 880K Floppy
Drive, 1 MB RAM
- Integral Keyboard
- Release 2.X Operating System and Utilities
- 2-button Mouse
A600HD
- Amiga 600 with Motorola 68000 Processor, internal 3.5" 880K Floppy
Drive, 1 MB RAM
- Internal 40MB IDE Hard Drive
- Integral Keyboard
- Release 2.X Operating System and Utilities
- 2-button Mouse
Amiga 570 External CD ROM Storage for the Amiga 500 Technical
Specifications
FEATURES:
- High Capacity, Read-only CD-ROM
- CDTV Compatibility
- 2MB Fast RAM expansion (internal)
- Rear expansion slot for plug-in cartridges
OPERATING SYSTEM:
- ISO 9660 file system handler
- High-speed decompression for graphics, audio, CD+Graphics and CD
Digital Audio
CD-ROM DRIVE SPECS:
- Data Transfer - Normal : 153 KBytes/sec (Mode 1)
: 171 KBytes/sec (Mode 2)
- Average access time : 0.5s
- Maximum access time : 0.8s
- Soft read error : Less than 1 in 10^9
- Hard read error : Less than 1 in 10^12
- Seek error : Less than 1 in 10^6
- Commands : CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD+G, CD+MIDI
- Standard supported : ISO-9660
- Data Capacity : 540 MegaBytes (approx.)
- Mechanism : Protective Disk Caddy Type
CD AUDIO SPECS:
- 8x oversampling
- Audio output : External 2.0V p-p, 10K OHM
- Frequency response : 4-20 KHz
- Signal/Noise : -96db
- Channel Separation : -85db
- Harmonic Distortion : 0.02% at 1 KHz
- Maximum audio capacity : about 28 hours - AM quality
- Sample Rates : variable from CD Audio rate (44 KHz)
- Dual 16-bit D/A converter plus 64 levels of attenuation
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Rear Panel:
- Power Supply Connector
- Power Switch
- Amiga Audio In (Left and Right)
- CDTV Audio Out (Left and Right)
Front Panel:
- Stereo Headphone Jack
- Compatibility Switch
- Power-On Pilot LED
- Drive Activity LED
- Disc Loading Slot
Dimensions:
- Approx. 256 x 180 x 68 mm
Weight:
- Approx. 6 pounds
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
- 110 volt/60Hz from external supply
AmigaVision Professional specs
CDTV (R) SUPPORT FEATURES
- Playback of CD-XL Motion Video Files
- Plays CD Digital Audio tracks
- Cursor and Jumping Highlight Modes
- Reads CDTV IR Controller
- Full Support for CDTV Preferences
- Control MIDI out files to MIDI or Amiga
VIDEO CONTROL FEATURES:
- Supports full-motion video
- Supports Genlocks
- On-screen videodisc controller
- Video setup and configuration
- Supports Sony, Pioneer and Phillips laserdisc players, NEC PC-VCR,
Panasonic TQ3032F, Sony Umatic 9 Tape Players
- Supports drivers for custom players
USER INTERFACE:
- Primary Interface(s)
Direct Manipulation of Icons
Requester Boxes
- Presentation in flowchart format
- User input from keyboard, mouse, joystick or touchscreen
- Auto-open and reduced-size icons
GRAPHICS & ANIMATION:
- Combines Text and Graphics on screen
- Uses Amiga standard IFF ILBM files as foreground and background
- Simultaneous playback of Animation and Audio
- 34 Transitions with 4 speeds
17 palette/resolution independent
- Visual Display Elements: Graphics, Text, Animation, Video
SOUND:
- Supports Amiga Stereo Audio
- Supports Amiga standard SMUS files with tempo, dynamics and chord
support
- Digitized sound in standard 8SVX format
- Speech synthesis and text-to-speech conversion
- Pre-loading of audio and streamed-in animation and sound for increased
display and playback speed
- Audio Display Elements: Digitized Sound, Music, Speech Synthesis
DATABASE:
- Integrated into AmigaVision
- dBase III (R) data file compatible
- up to 10 files open simultaneously
- Read and Update functions
- Variable definition and manipulation
- Define data input forms
- String, numeric, data and Boolean operations
VISUAL PROGRAMMING:
- Features:
Flow Control Subroutines
Interrupts AV Engine
Libraries of Events Object Editor
Conditional Statements
- Unlimited Number of Hit Boxes/Buttons per Screen
- Unlimited Text Windows
- Hypertext Browsing
- Runs external programs via ARexx
- Chaining of programs
- Selectable memory constraints
- Create runtime modules
- Relocate applications
- Name, Position and Move objects including animation brushes
- Define Paths and Traversal Options
RUNTIME PLAYER:
- Includes freely distributable Runtime Player
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum Delivery System: Amiga computer with 2 MB RAM
- Suggested Development System: Amiga Computer with Hard Drive and 4 MB
RAM
- Runtime Player Requires approx. 270KB, 1 MB RAM recommended
AMIGAVISION PROFESSIONAL (PN: AS251) INCLUDES:
- Program Disk
- Install Disk with printer and video drivers
- Demo Disk with Guided Tour booklet
- Examples Disk
- User's Guide
- Runtime Player
- Requires AmigaDOS (TM) 1.3 or higher
###### NEWS FROM THE DISKTOP
###### Volume 2, Number 1 - January, 1993
###### Copyright (C) 1993 Ron Albright
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
This, and all, issue of "News From The Disktop" is sponsored by the
Disktop Publishing Association and its member publications. "News From
the Disktop" features news, product developments, and other information
of interest to authors, distributors, and readers of electronic
publications. Items presented here serve to inform the public of the
electronic publishing industry which is the authorship and publication
of reading materials in electronic format, rather than traditional,
paper publishing. Back issues may be found on the Disktop Publishing
BBS at 205-854-1660.
Members-Only Offer From Ntergaid...
Thanks to the generosity of Scott Johnson, Director of Marketing at
Ntergaid (2490 Black Rock Turnpike, Suite 337, Fairfield, CT 04630;
203-380-1280; FAX 203-380-1465) and my unfailing devotion to the axiom
"the only stupid question is the one not asked," the DPA can offer its
membership a one-of-a-kind offer to buy Ntergaid's "HyperWriter"
software.
The story bears telling. Ntergaid recently offered its registered users
a special "Holiday Offer" to buy additional, fully-registered copies of
their fantastic HyperWriter 3.0 for $199.00 (nearly $300 off the SRP of
$495) and the "HyperWriter Developers Kit" for $249 (SRP $695.00). I
quickly took advantage of the offer for myself and checked with Scott
whether I could offer the bargain prices to other members of the DPA.
Scott said yes, and two DPA members interested in HyperWriter bought
copies of the software. We placed our orders before the December 31
deadline.
I then began thinking about something Scott said in his reply to one of
my messages. He said "...the more authors that you have affiliated with
you, the better (both for you and for us)." Of course, that made sense
for Ntergaid. It also made sense for the DPA to be able to offer a
benefit of membership to buy state-of-the-art software at reduced
prices. I took a deep breath and wrote Scott asking if he would
consider allowing the DPA to offer its members the $199 price for
HyperWriter on a continuing basis, beyond the 12/31/92 deadline. Wonder
of wonders, his reply was positive. He wrote:
"This is a wonderful idea. Lets do it on an all year basis. Another
thing that we can do is drop ship the copies directly to the authors if
you like. This would save you the effort of delivery."
Therefore, I am pleased to announce that if you are a DPA member in good
standing, you are eligible to buy a copy of HyperWriter through the DPA
for $199. To place your order, contact me for your membership
identification number. I will send a list of the membership to
Ntergaid. Once you have your membership number, you can call Ntergaid
directly, identify yourself as a member of the DPA, give them your
registration number, and place your order. Ntergaid accepts checks/
money orders, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and C.O.D. orders.
So, there you have it! "The Making of the Deal." I appreciate the
generosity of Scott and the folks at Ntergaid in being the first
corporation to offer such a remarkable deal to the DPA and its members.
I have firmly believed, since the first day I worked with "Black Magic"
(Ntergaid's Shareware predecessor of HyperWriter) that Ntergaid's
products were at the forefront of hypertext and multimedia software
design. I am pleased that we can now offer their pacesetting
HyperWriter 3.0 to our membership at a bargain price. Now we can all
use the best multimedia package on the market even if our budgets are
limited. If you have any questions about "the deal," don't hesitate to
contact me.
Another "Members-Only" Special...
John Galuszka, the innovative and industrious head of Serendipity
Systems (a leading publisher of books-on-disk and the monthly
"Electronic Publishers Forum" (EPF) newsletter; P.O. Box 140, San
Simeon, CA 93452) is offering a special edition of his Shareware
"Electronics Books-In-Print" catalog for DPA members only. The on-disk,
hypertext catalog utilizes the latest version of UserWare's "DART"
software to present the most definitive listing available of the growing
world of electronic publications.
More "Adventures with xText"...
I mentioned last month that I had upgraded to the new version (2.0) of
"xText" from Flambeaux Software (1147 East Broadway, Suite 56, Glendale,
CA 91025; 818-500-0044; $199). As you recall, xText is a compiler for
hypertext document programming. It relies on imbedded dot commands that
can be applied to a document within any word processor (Word Perfect and
Microsoft Word are specifically supported, but any will do) or ASCII
editor to construct a hypertext application. Once composed, a compiler
produces a binary document that can be read using a run-time "display
engine." The run-time module carries no licensing fees and documents
can be freely distributed with it. xText is an interesting approach to
hypertext and, with the new version, promises to be a very useful tool
for the hypertext designer.
I'd like to take this space to offer some "new" things I have discovered
about the latest xText.
1. When you compile a document with the XC.EXE compiler, any graphics
files (PCX format) linked in the source file are compiled directly
into the final document file. What this means is that you produce
only one file for distribution with the runtime reader software.
Unlike some hypertext reading software that have to read in external
graphics, xText makes the graphics a direct part of the document and
displays them in a flash. Also, when distributing documents, you
don't have to make sure all graphic files are included in an archive.
Since they are woven right into the document, you only have one file
to distribute with the reader. I find this very convenient and I
have not seen such a facility in any other packages.
2. You can create an unlimited number of "aliases" for a link page. If
you make a page link called "Contacting the DPA" in the document and
have the page show address information for the organization. Once
that is done, you can use the alias command to make the page a link
to "DPA" and "Contact" and "Address Information" or whatever you
want. Once you create a page, you can refer to it as a hypertext
link in the document as anything else you want to call the link. It
may seem like an esoteric facility to those unfamiliar with
hypertext, but for those who use hypertext, aliases are
indispensable.
3. Dressing up text with colors and highlighting is much-improved with
the new xText. You can use up to six highlight colors for text.
4. The runtime reader that you can distribute freely as a registered
user of xText, now offers a great interface with both a drop-down
menu as well as button-bar line across the bottom of the screen.
Either of both can be disabled by the author in the source code. The
new reader allows readers to cut-and-paste text to files or printer,
Again, for copyrighted text, the author can disable printing
altogether or enable printing but have each page output a copyright
notice on each printed page. Readers can also place permanent
bookmarks for the file as they read. xText also facilitates reading
by offering a "history" screen that lists recently-viewed pages and
allow quick return to any of them. Searching for text is greatly
improved in the reader package as well but xText, unfortunately, does
not allow complex (Boolean) searches. The viewer can also show ASCII
text files. The author can use this to show updated information or
instructions to the reader without recompiling the entire database.
Last but not least (as it can certainly be used for certain
applications), the reader runtime can operate as a TSR. In TSR mode,
the reader occupies as little as 7K of RAM - small enough to be used
with even the largest applications.
5. One of the most appealing features of xText is that the author can
virtually change the entire reading interface for their documents.
All of the drop-down menu items can be redefined to show the reader
whatever the author wants and create custom hotkey links to anything
within the document. You can even customize error messages and the
built-in help screens. Quite simply, xText's menus are so
redefineable that the author can customize the reader to look like it
was designed just for their document. Flambeaux gives the electronic
publisher a remarkable (and welcomed!) degree of freedom for
designing their readers' interface.
6. The compiler now offers three levels of compression for output files,
including Huffman encoding that can reduce the file size by 30-50
percent. It's almost as good as DART's file compression!
7. The reader can link to DOS commands and run any external program or
batch file directly from the reader. Thus, you can link to external
programs and play music, view animation sequences, or show graphics
not directly supported by xText (such as GIF or TIF files).
There's a lot more, but I'll stop here. I think the new xtext is a major
addition to the armamentarium of any electronic publisher. It offers
several features I have not seen in any other hypertext package and
improvements over some of the more standard capabilities. With the
added graphics capabilities, customizing features for the reading
interface, DOS links, and TSR mode, xText meets many of the needs I have
been looking for in a publishing package. It's price is reasonable,
particularly when one considers the reader software is without
royalties. And, since Flambeaux offers a 30-day, unconditional money-
back guarantee, you can't lose by taking a look. It's definitely worth
investigating further. It just might be the answer to your publishing
requirements.
A book on electronic publishing?...
The following letter was recently received by Ted Husted (UserWare/DART)
and, subsequently, posted in part on the DPA BBS:
"Dear Mr. Husted,
I am a professional author nearing completion of a book on electronic
publishing, which can be accompanied by related shareware. My most
recent book, due out about now from Sybex, is a tutorial with the latest
version of McAfee's Viruscan.
[..]
I would appreciate any comments - preferably for attributable quotation
- on your experience with IRIS is particular, and the concept of
electronic publishing generally. Is you electronic library/catalog
proving successful, and have you had any examples of authors generating
significant royalty or other income from publishing electronically.
My book - The Complete Electronic Publishing Toolkit - approaches the
topic from a writer's viewpoint and attempts to correct the impression
from the computer media that the future for electronic books lies only
in expensive CD-ROM multimedia productions. This may prove to be true,
if authors lose control if the technological opportunity, as we did 500
years ago with the printing press. Your comments on this thesis will be
particularly appreciated."
The address Ted listed for Mr. Hayes is Colin Hayes, 9297 Siempre Viva
Road, Suite 14-60, San Diego CA 92173. Of course, this book will
certainly not be as definitive as "Publishing in the 21st Century: A
Guide to Electronic Publishing for Authors, Publishers, and
Entrepreneurs" (by yours truly and available on disk from the DPA).
Witness the fact that he has written an entire book on electronic
publishing and is seemingly unaware of the DPA! [GRIN] (Note Bene: I
have corrected the oversight in a lengthy letter to the author
introducing him to your association). However, I am sure it will be a
useful introduction to electronic publishing for the general public.
Certainly, we support the author's thesis that successful electronic
publishing need not rely on CD-ROM technology.
If you have any comments or publications you would like to acquaint Mr.
Hayes with, please contact him and let him know what you have available
on planned. I am sure he would appreciate the information. Who knows?
You just might get some free publicity in the book.
USA Today Goes to CD-ROM publishing...
A new CD-ROM from Compton's NewMedia (headquartered in Carlsbad, Cal.)
offers 100,000 news stories from the pages of the January 1990 through
August 1992 "USA Today" newspaper. The disc sports text as well as
graphics, photos and audio, all organized into the same key sections as
the newspaper. According to the story carried on PRODIGY, Carolyn
Martin, director of new business development for USA Today-Gannett New
Business, said "We wanted to make the software as easy to use as our
newspaper." The package is expected to be generally available in early
January at a cost of $69.95.
"USA Today: The '90s, Volume 1" is constructed to have the look and feel
of a real newspaper. It also includes audio clips from CNN broadcasts.
The program highlights 5 main topics pertinent to the 1990s: the fall of
Communism, the recession, the AIDS crisis, the Persian GulfWar and the
battle of the sexes. Using Compton NewMedia's SamTrieve search and
retrieval engine, users can access a desired article, topic or visual
from any section by asking plain English questions. For example, a user
could ask, "What events preceded the war in the Persian Gulf?" and
receive key stories and audio clips. Along with the stories, the CD
includes "Merriam Webster's OnLine Dictionary" so that readers can look
up words that need further explanation. A comprehensive atlas helps
users pinpoint locations of news stories around the world. Complete
printing and data exporting capabilities are also provided. The
software requires a 16MHz 386SX or better, DOS 3.1 or later, a CD-ROM
drive with Microsoft Extensions 2.1 or later and a SVGA card and
monitor. A Microsoft-compatible mouse, a sound card capable of playing
.WAV files and stereo speakers or headphones are also required.
The essential point to be taken away from this story is the comment that
the disc's reading software is "constructed to have the look and feel of
a real newspaper." As we have discussed many times with the DPA
membership, one of the keys to successful marketing of electronic
publications is that the reading be as close to the paper publication is
replaces as possible. Do not blow your readers aware with overly-
complicated hypertext and convoluted documents. Make the presentation
of your materials something that the reader can immediately and visually
identify as being "almost like..." a magazine, a book, or a newspaper.
That is partially why Voyager has been successful in their line of
electronic books for the Macintosh. They make their reading interface
as close to a book and its pages as possible. Readers are not
immediately turned off by the reading. As time goes on and the public
becomes more familiar with reading off a monitor, we can expand our
presentations. But the old tenet "K.I.S.S." ("Keep it simple, stupid!")
applies nowhere better than to electronic publishing.
CD-ROM update...
Speaking of CD-ROMs: The 9th Edition of the "CD-ROM Directory" shows
that 1400 new CD-ROM and Multimedia CD software titles have been
introduced so far this year to bring the overall total to more than 3500
products. To keep pace with the introduction of new titles, CD-ROM
Directory publisher TFPL has increased the publication's schedule to
twice a year. The CD-ROM Directory is available in both printed and
searchable CD-ROM formats. TFPL, located in Washington, has published
the directory since 1986.
New Publisher on the block...
Letter from the DPA mailbox carries this notice:
"As you can see from the enclosed sample, Kedco Studios is now producing
electronic books. We are not firm or confidant about our pricing at
this point, but we are going to try $7.95 for a single disk book and
$9.95 for 2 disk books. The reason for this price is that, to use one
example. our "food For Thought" book by Ruby Williams is 2 disks and we
sell the 316 page standard book for $9.95 plus $1.00 P&H. If we are
off-base with price we would like some input from others in the
industry. We intend to go into CDs by the end of 93 and include a low-
cost service of copying for other publishers to be able to compete with
the larger publishers producing products for the new video game CDs and
computer CD ROMs. At this point, we are going to advertise for book
sellers and distributors to take on the handling of all our products at
a beginning 40% discount...."
Current books listed by Kedco Studios include:
"Food For Thought" by Ruby Williams - "This book has been called the
back to the land homemakers bible of cooking. There are sections on
canning, pickling, jam and jelly making and full menus for all
holidays."
"Monte Superstition" by Earl Andrist - "This book is a must for anyone
with an interest in lost treasure and mystery."
"Eternal Man" by Vernon Davis - "Deep underground is the cavern of the
Eternal Man, a super-scientist awakens to save all of mankind from any
virus-caused cancer. This book is based on true scientific facts being
tested today and they seem to be working."
"Financial Survival" by Vernon Davis - "This book...is a how-to-do-it
survival manual that will work for all with any amount in a short period
of time."
For details on book publishing or sales at Kedco Studios, you can
contact them at 575 D Roxella Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89110 or call Glen
Chavis, Director of Marketing, at 702-438-9934.
"Reading Room" facilitates BBS publishing...
"Reading Room" from Exhibit A Communications (Michael Gibbs, actually)
is a superb way to distribute electronic publications in a "BBS ready"
format. If you can convince a sysop to run Reading Room as a "door" on
their BBS (it shouldn't be a hard sell; setting up the program for a BBS
is a easy and it works with almost any standard BBS software), you can
upload your publication in a format ready to read by Reading Room and
the sysop can install each new publication in a matter of minutes.
Using Reading Room configuration for your ASCII documents takes the
burden off the sysop for getting publications online. And if sysops
don't have to use much of their limited BBS maintenance time getting
your publication ready to read, they will be much more likely to adopt
your publication for their BBS. You, as publisher, assume most of the
responsibility for getting your materials "BBS-ready." Sysops LOVE
that! I'll let Michael explain the details:
"READROOM.TOC format, allows electronic publishers to distribute their
publications in a manner that allows the widest range of computer users
access to their information. In addition, this format is supported by
the READROOM door, allowing BBSs running on DOS-based computers to offer
your publications for online viewing. The door currently supports up to
15 different publications, each with up to 99 articles each. ASCII as
well as ANSI files are supported.
Publishers who support the READROOM format are also allowed to
distribute their files with the offline READER program, providing an
offline interface that is all but identical to the READROOM door.
Although this tiny (14k uncompressed) .COM program will only work on
IBM-Compatible computers, the READROOM.TOC file (which is a normal ASCII
file) can serve as an index to the articles for those using other
computer types.
EXHIBIT A COMMUNICATIONS' support BBS (InfoMat BBS 714-492-8727)
provides registered users of the READROOM door with the equivalent of a
mail door for e-mags, allowing them to call and d/l the newest
publications since their last call. Publishers are encouraged to take
advantage of this distribution service to reach a wider audience. All
that is required to include your publication in the SINCE door on
InfoMat is to 1) upload it to the BBS and 2) support the READROOM.TOC
format."
Michael reports that "Ruby's Pearls," "Computer Talk Magazine,"
"Electric Shorts," "Poetry In Motion," "ModemNews Magazine" (text
version) are all being distributed supporting the .TOC format.
You can contact Michael and Exhibit A Communications at
Exhibit A Communications
110 East Avenida Palizada, Suite 201
San Clemente, CA 92672
InfoMat BBS (714) 492-8727
CompuServe: 72246,1653
or on the DPA BBS (205-854-1660)
Heck, for the $15 registration fee, it would make sense to me for a
publisher or author to pay for the software, themselves, give it as a
gift to their favorite BBS, and ask the sysop to install it for them.
In return, ask the sysop if they would run your publications for you if
you supplied them in Reading Room-format. I'll bet you would find a
very grateful and receptive sysop. If the publication catches on, you
could then approach the sysop about possibly charging a subscription fee
for online reading. Think about it - the possibilities are there.
Exhibit A Communications is a member of the Disktop Publishing
Association.
###### PERUSING THE INTERNET
###### Compiled by Bruce Hansford
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: Murph's VAPORWARE Column for January 1993
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Feature Wars.
PC prices can't go much lower, so IBM, Compaq, Gateway, NCR, Unisys and
others are switching to a strategy of adding more features without
raising prices. Coming soon: low-price systems with integrated graphics
accelerators, faster processors, and modular upgradeability. Later this
year, standard features may include sound cards, built-in CD ROM, and
Ethernet. - PC Week 14 December
Novell Finder.
Apple and Novell have concluded a deal to bring the MacOS's Finder and
file management software to NetWare and DR DOS. The agreement will
provide NetWare users with a friendlier environment and Macintosh users
with full access to NetWare services. Novell is vigorously denying a
rumor that a merger with Apple is contemplated. - PC Week and InfoWorld
14 December
Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
Look for a March debut of a battery powered, wireless AppleTalk
transceiver named Grouper from Digital Ocean, an Overland Park, Kansas
startup. The $450 wedge-shaped device can be affixed to the bottom of
a PowerBook and will operate for about three hours. Grouper can be
recharged with a PowerBook battery recharger. Four separate spread-
spectrum channels can each communicate with up to fourteen other
AppleTalk devices within a 250 foot radius. Digital Ocean says the
signal will even penetrate steel reinforced concrete. - MacWeek 14
December
Next Generation Disk Drives.
Two new data storage technologies, "wet" disks and glass disks, are seen
by drive makers as offering greater capacities, faster access speeds,
and lower costs per megabyte. Both technologies permit the drive head
to operate closer to the platter which allows data to be written more
densely. A few manufacturers already offer special purpose drives using
glass disks and Conner expects to ship a 2.5 inch wet disk for laptop
computers to manufacturers early this year. - PC Week 14 December
MacOS Add-ons.
A Macintosh extension to simplify format translation between programs
and operating systems will be in the hands of developers this month.
Neither a public release date nor method of distribution has been
decided. Easy Open, formerly known as the Translation Manager, is a
system level implementation of the XTND technology originally developed
by Apple's Claris subsidiary. One of the nicer features: when an
attempt is made to open a document created by an application the user
doesn't own, a dialog box opens with a list of all applications the user
does own that are capable of reading (directly or through translation)
the document. AppleScript should ship this quarter with OCE (Open
Collaboration Environment) arriving in six to nine months. - MacWeek 7
and 14 December
PC OS Enhancements.
OS/2 2.1 with Windows 3.1 support should be available at retail this
month. Beta versions of IBM's Workplase OS microkernel should be in
developers' hands before April Fool's Day. By midyear, Microsoft will
ship DOS 6.0 with an integrated set of menu-driven graphical utilities.
Anti-virus, data compression, and better memory management providing
access to an additional 200K of main memory are among the new features.
- PC Week 14 December
PowerStation in Your Lap.
IBM is negotiating with SPARC notebook maker Tadpole Technology to
develop the first PowerPC notebook computer. The Tadpole model will not
wait for the energy conserving PowerPC 603. It will be based on the
initial PowerPC 601 and run IBM's Unix variant, AIX. Introduction is
envisioned by the first half of 1994. IBM plans to purchase a minority
interest in Tadpole. - PC Week and InfoWorld 7 December
PowerPC Acceleration.
Apple's "A-list" developers have been seeded with NuBus boards
containing early samples of the PowerPC. Apple's plan is to have a half
dozen to a dozen native PowerPC applications ready to ship when the
first PowerMac ships at year's end, but one source reports that two key
engineers working on Apple's PowerPC development team have been hired
away by a multimedia developer. Replacing this talent may delay Apple's
next generation rollout - PC Week 7 December and MacWeek 14 December
Longhand.
Lexicus of Palo Alto plans to release handwriting recognition software
for PenPoint and PenWindows computers in March. Lexicus's Longhand uses
pattern matching algorithms and a 25,000 word dictionary to interpret
users' cursive and printed handwriting. The program will work with most
applications running on pen-based hardware. - PC Week 7 December
Full-Screen, Full-Motion.
Radius's $3,999 (specially reduced from $4,000) DigitalMedia Studio
should ship by March. The new product is based on the company's
VideoVision with the addition of a C-Cube Microsystems video compression
chip. The DigitalMedia system will deliver 30 frames per second at 640
by 480 (NTSC) or 768 by 576 (PAL). - MacWeek 14 December
Faster Vaporware.
Even though DEC's desktop Alpha operating system (Windows NT) remains
vaporware (and Microsoft is the company that knows vaporware best),
manufacturing efficiencies are expected to make it possible to introduce
a 200 MHz version of the CPU early in the year, six months ahead of the
original schedule. DEC expects to double the performance of Alpha by
spring 1994. - PC Week 7 December
Pentium Specific Applications.
By the time DEC has an operating system for its Alpha PC, Intel's
Pentium may be too entrenched in the marketplace to overtake. When the
Pentium (nee i586) ships (within 90 days), Intel expects software
developers, including Microsoft, Lotus, and Borland, to be ready with as
many 25 applications compiled to take advantage of the CPU's superscalar
design. Initial Pentium CPUs will cost manufacturers $850 each; early
systems are expected to retail for $5,000 and up. - PC Week 23 November
and InfoWorld 30 November
Image Server.
Apple's Enterprise Systems Division is working on a Multimedia server
that will use intelligent agents to retrieve graphics and text based on
relatively unstructured user descriptions. The product is not expected
to ship before the end of the year at the earliest. Radius's Macless
image server probably will beat Apple's to the market. Radius's SCSI 2
compatible four NuBus slot box will contain a digital signal processor
and one or more Radius Rockets. The box won't require a Mac to run
because Radius has licensed enough of Apple's ROM code to market a
server that doesn't require a Macintosh. - MacWeek 23 November and 7
December
Visual C++.
Microsoft's C 8.0, which will be marketed as Visual C++, should go beta
this month. The completely rewritten version with an integrated
development environment is optimized for both code size and speed under
Windows. - InfoWorld 30 November
Wowing Them at MacWorld.
Fractal Design's Painter 2.0, a program that lets computer users
simulate oil paint, pastels, and water colors on a variety of canvases
and papers, will ship for the Macintosh at January's MacWorld and for
Windows in February. The upgrade for owners of the first versions of
the $399 package will be $79, and upgrades will be free for users who
purchased after November 1. Silicon Beach will be showing SuperPaint
3.5 at MacWorld as well. - InfoWorld 7 and 14 December
Wowing Them and Confusing Them.
Improv for Windows 2.0 is still scheduled for release this spring. Beta
testers report that the powerful, next generation spreadsheet is easier
to use than version 1.0 on the NeXT, but its complexity is still
sometimes baffling. As an example, "spreadsheet" only loosely describes
software that can construct twelve dimensional worksheets. - PC Week 30
November
Accelerated Windows Printing.
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard will ship a graphics devices interface
(GDI) cartridge for LaserJet printers during the first quarter. The
Windows Printing System will require a megabyte or RAM and be priced in
the "low hundreds of dollars." The initial version will not support the
recently released LaserJet IV printers. - InfoWorld 30 November
Falling Color Printing Prices.
Tektronix's new 300 dots per inch thermal wax color printers will ship
this month starting at a lists price of $3,695. The Phaser 200e with
PostScript Level 2 and HP-GL page description has 17 fonts in ROM and
prints two pages a minute. Parallel, serial, and AppleTalk are
standard, TCP/IP and DECnet interfaces are optional. - InfoWorld 14
December
New Apple Printers.
Three new printers for the Macintosh will be introduced at MacWorld.
The LaserWriter Pro ($2,399 and $2,999) uses the same technology as HP's
LaserJet IV. The Apple Color Printer (around $2,600) is based on
Canon's BJP-C80 bubble-jet printing engine and has a 360 dots per inch
resolution. The Apple Color Printer has no processor or internal RAM
and no AppleTalk interface--networking will be handled by a software
spooler, Grayshare, that will be bundled with the printer. The two page
per minute StyleWriter II will have the same price as its slower
predecessor. - MacWeek 23 November and InfoWorld 30 November
New Network Management Utilities.
Utility maker Symantec plans to ship a half dozen network oriented
utilities by fall. Norton Desktop optimized for Windows for Workgroups
is already in beta test. A full-blown network management package with
built in security, automatic software distribution, and performance
monitoring is due in the third quarter. - PC Week 14 December
XYWrite for Windows.
Technology Group, the Baltimore company that bought XYQuest and N.B.
Informatics, plans to ship a Windows version of XYWrite in March (maybe
later) that will provide an upgrade path for Signature (the IBM version
of XYWrite that was cancelled at the last minute--see the January,
March, and October 1991 columns) and Nota Bene as well as XYWrite.
XYWrite 4.0 for DOS will be available much earlier, probably before
March. - PC Week 30 November and InfoWorld 14 December
Mouseless.
SuperMac Technologies will introduce 17 and 20 inch sizes of its
SmartTouch monitors at MacWorld. At $3,000 to $5,000, the monitors are
seen as ideal for kiosk applications rather than for desktops.
- InfoWorld 14 December
Getting Squeezed.
Now Utilities is about to announce its own entry (Compress Express) into
the increasingly crowded compression utilities market. The market for
compression has become so active that Apple is studying the possibility
of integrating file compression into the Macintosh operating system.
- MacWeek 7 December
Energy Savers.
IBM demonstrated an energy efficient desktop computer with a recyclable
case at last November's Comdex. The 25/50 MHz 486SLC2 prototype
requires only 50 watts in active mode and a scant 16 watts in sleep
mode. Electricity costs could be a low as one-tenth that of current
desktop computers. IBM expects to begin shipping the Energy Desktop
within a few weeks. The CPU is only 12 by 12 by 2.5 inches and can be
wall mounted. The prototype had an active matrix flat panel color
display. - PC Week and InfoWorld 23 November
20 Hour Notebook Battery.
Early this year, AER Energy Resources will offer a six pound external
battery for Apple's PowerBook line. Fully charged, the $649 zinc-air
battery should keep the Macintosh notebooks running for slightly more
than 20 hours of typical use. - MacWeek 23 November
More Hobbit RISC Systems.
NEC and Toshiba have both promised to develop pen-based systems using
AT&T's Hobbit RISC processor (see last August and December columns).
NEC will serve as a second manufacturing source for the processor and
WordPerfect has announced plans to write applications for the devices.
- PC Week 23 November
Developer Raiding.
Microsoft hopes to attract as many as 500 developers to this month's
Microsoft Windows Programming Conference for Macintosh Developers.
Microsoft is readying a Windows-based development tool code-named Altar
that designs programs to run in both Windows and Macintosh environments.
Altar will compete with Apple and Symantec's Bedrock (see last August's
column). - PC Week 23 November
Late.
Getting the bugs out of Notes 3.0's dozen major new features continues
to delay the release date. After missing summer and fourth quarter 1992
dates, Lotus hopes to ship in March. Lotus still expects Notes to be
one of the first applications to ship for Windows NT (Microsoft seems
determined to delay NT long enough to make that possible). In fact, two
new versions of DOS Windows (including Windows for Workgroups 4.0)
probably will ship before NT. Word Perfect Office 4.0 (see last
November's column) will be late, but perhaps will ship not too far into
the second quarter. Word Perfect anticipates shipping Presentations 2.0
for Windows next month. dBase for Windows surely won't make it in the
first half of the year and some observers do not expect the program to
ship anytime this year. - InfoWorld 23 November and 14 December and PC
Week 23 and 30 November
###### MORPH PLUS
###### Review
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
One of the newer "special effects" techniques to emerge on the big
screen is a product of computer graphics called "morphing". This
process can involve one image or two. If one image is used, the process
is called warping. A warp causes a single image to change its
appearance over a series of frames and the two image type, called a
morph, causes the first image to change into the second image over a
series of frames. If you've seen a Chrysler ad where they transform
their old model vehicle into their new one then you've seen a morph.
If you've seen terminator II then you've seen lots of morphs. Until
recently, only special effects studios could afford the hardware and
software to generate these wonderful transformations.
Enter ASDG's Morph Plus. Used as a stand alone program, morph plus will
perform all kinds of morphs and warps as well as assemble the frames
into an animation format that can be used by ASDG's companion program
AdPro. Morph Plus also has many modules that can be used directly in
AdPro plus some special ones that run from Morph Plus only.
RUBBER IMAGES
If you imagine that an image is printed on a piece of rubber that can be
stretched into any shape and any pixel can be moved into any position,
then you get the idea behind a warp. Actually you can also morph the
same way, or even combine two morphs together to form a composite of all
the images.
VECTORS
Each point on an image can have a direction and a magnitude. This tells
the program where to move the point and how far to move it. Morph Plus
uses a simple and elegant interface which makes specifying and moving
the various vectors a click and drag process.
VECTOR EDGES
You can use vectors by themselves or you can join the vector ends
together as an outline formed by the vectors. It is possible to specify
whether the outline will stretch the surrounding areas of the images or
just affect the outline by itself. You can specify whether you affect
just the source or destination image or both.
THE MORPH SCREEN
While both morph and warp screens are similar in appearance, the morph
screen has more controls for a series of pictures. You can load both
source and images over each other on the screen and can view one image
on top of the other. This allows for precise control over the morph by
allowing you to see exactly where the vector points are and how the
image will look after processing.
VECTOR GROUPS
Vectors can be grouped and named allowing control over the complete set
of vectors. Several vector groups can be used at the same time to
create without undue clutter and confusion.
COMPOSITE CONTROL
It's possible to control the color change of each pixel and specify when
the change is to take place. This can be specified through any number
of control points thereby allowing precise image timing.
THE PLUS IN MORPH PLUS
There are four more operators as well as an anim loader and saver
module. The anim operator allows you to deal with one frame of an
animation at a time.
The other new operators are Perspective, Ripple, Rotate, Sphere and
Twirl.
Perspective
If you imagine your image painted on a piece of cardboard held out so
you can rotate it anyway you want and also stand anywhere you want and
look at the image, you'll get an idea of how this operator works. You
get the usual WYSIWYG interface famous for it's intuitive controls and
ease of use.
Ripple
Ripple is a wave generator that lets you view your image as if it were
at the bottom of a tank of water. You can control the direction, speed,
amplitude and other characteristics of wave fronts from an easy and
intuitive interface. This one is fun.
Rotate
Rotate allows you to pick an area of the image and turn it. You can
blur any percentage of the border between the rotated part and the
original part from 10% to 100%. Both positive and negative angles are
supported.
Twirl
Twirl like rotate allows you to turn a part of the image except twirl is
more like painting an image on the top of a milkshake that is being
stirred. You control the borders just like with rotate.
Sphere
Sphere is mapping an image onto a sphere. There are several controls
that allow the degree of distortion as well as input and output
compensation for pixel and image aspect.
CONCLUSION
Morph Plus offers many new and interesting ways to manipulate images
while still maintaining an easy to use interface. The program is fast
which adds to the fun factor. Expect to see many variations of this
program's genre to emerge in the near future. AT present, ASDG's Morph
Plus is the best out there.
###### Z*NET FOCUS - THINKPAD
###### Column compiled by Ron Kovacs
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW/KEY MESSAGES
IBM is announcing an initial version of the IBM ThinkPad for its large
customers and application developers to ensure their applications are
compatible with the generally available version of the ThinkPad.
The system is available through special bids only.
IBM does not provide prices on special bid products because the prices
tend to vary, depending on the specifics of the agreements. An example
in this case would be level of developers' support, etc. In fact, IBM
ordinarily does not even announce special bid systems, but in this case,
we felt it was important to convey our commitment to both GO and the
pen-based market.
IBM intends to have a general availability version of the IBM ThinkPad
in the 4th quarter of 1992.
The GA version of the ThinkPad is likely to include software upgrades as
well as some hardware enhancements. Our large accounts and ISVs will
provide us with feedback during their development work with the special
bid version of the ThinkPad to assist us in this continued development.
Hardware highlights:
- Rugged, durable system
- Designed to be used in a variety of environments
- Backlit, transflective display ideal for all lighting environments
- Solid state file storage providing added data security and ruggedness
The ThinkPad runs GO Corporation's PenPoint operating system and is
aimed at a new class of user, the mobile worker. The mobile workers are
typified by several characteristics:
- They do most of their work standing up, moving around.
- As a result, they are not likely to already have a computer on their
desktop, as they don't have a desktop. They are novice users. They
are either unwilling or unable to use a keyboard-based computer.
- They don't have a set of applications that they need/use today nor do
they expect the computer to look a certain way, they just expect the
system to be easy to use.
- They meet face-to-face with clients or customers so a traditional
keyboard computer is inconvenient or obtrusive during that
interaction.
IBM is announcing a pen software developers program aimed at Corporate
accounts and ISV's to assist them in application development.
- In order for customers to be able to integrate pen-based computers
into their business, they will need several things, including:
--Key vertical applications and an infrastrucure that enables the
information gathered in the field to be shared with the rest of the
corporation
--A broad set of general purpose applications that will enable mobile
workers to accomplish a variety of tasks with their pen-based computer
- The IBM Pen Developers Assistance Program will help customers develop
these key applications and ensure that the software they develop will
be compatible with future PenPoint-enabled computers.
IBM intends to offer pen-based extensions to the desktop and traditional
portable computer user with software such as OS/2 enabled for the pen.
- These extensions for the traditional PC user will appear on a variety
of hardware platforms, depending on the individual needs of the
customer. Hardware platforms are likely to include:
--Workpads that attached directly to desktop machines.
--Notebook computers that allow you to either use a keyboard or write
directly on the screen.
- We expect that some traditional computer users will want a tablet-like
computer that runs some of the same applications as their desktop, so
we will evaluate this approach, as well. We do not see this as
competitive to today's announcement, but complementary.
IBM ENCOURAGES PEN DEVELOPMENT WITH DISCOUNTS ON NEW THINKPAD 700T TO
PENASSIST PARTICIPANTS
October 5, 1992
BOCA RATON, FLA, OCT. 5 . . . The IBM Personal Computer Company today
announced that special prices for the company's new ThinkPad 700T, 20MHz
386SX pen-based tablet will be offered to participants of IBM's pen-
developer assistance program, called PenAssist, beginning this month.
In addition, IBM disclosed a number of ThinkPad 700T-compatible
applications available to current and potential developers and users of
pen-based products.
IBM will offer--for up to 25 systems--30 percent discount to corporate
members developing internal applications and a 50 percent discount to
independent vendors developing commercial applications for the 8-
megabyte ThinkPad 700T with the Penpoint operating system. To qualify
for the reduced price, systems must be acquired directly through the
PenAssist program. The regular list price is $5,395.
"Offering special pricing on the ThinkPad 700T to PenAssist members
encourages development of internal and commercial pen applications,"
said Bruce Claflin, General Manager, Mobile Computing, IBM PC Company.
"We want to make it easier to get systems and applications into the
hands of users of pen-based computers."
IBM PenAssist provides support to IBM customers and software developers
interested in developing industry-specific and general-purpose
applications that will run on IBM pen-based computers. The program
offers participants access to hardware technical information, technical
support, IBM pen-based products for testing purposes, selective
participation in business shows, special hardware discounts and other
program benefits.
The IBM ThinkPad 700T, also announced today, features solid state
hardfile technology, and an easy-to-read backlit, transflective display.
It is a durable, water-resistant, battery-operated tablet that will be
available from IBM in November.
THINKPAD 700T CERTIFIED COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS
Communications
CompuSoft Services,Inc. PenHostTM
CompuSoft Services,Inc. PenASCIITM
Sitka Corp. PenTOPSTM
Word Processors
Ink Development Corp. InkWareTM Notetaker
Advance Pen Technologies, Inc. PenEdit
Spreadsheets
Slate At-HandTM
Database
IQ Interface xBase Engine for PenAppsTM
Financial
PenStuffTM RPN12C+Financial Calculator
PenMagic Software, Inc. PenMagic's NumeroTM
Healthcare
Penergy, Inc. PenTrialTM
Manufacturing
PenFact, Inc. SPC-WRITETM
Personal Information Management
Pensoft Corp. PensoftTMPerspective
Slate Corp. Day-Timer Pen Scheduler
Signature Verification
Peripheral Vision, Ltd. PenOpTM
Publishing
Slate Corp. Slate PenBookTM
Reader for PenPointTM
Games
Notable Technologies PenCrossTM
Application Development
First Pen Systems, Inc. PenSILTM
IBM THINKPAD 700T AVAILABLE
IBM announces it has been shipping and will continue to ship the IBM
ThinkPad 700T. This tablet system, which uses a pen for input, was
originally announced on April 16, 1992, as the IBM 2521 ThinkPad. Since
that time IBM has shipped early systems to customers developing
applications as well as software developers through the special bid
process and the IBM PenAssist Program.
Available also through IBM Direct Sales beginning in November 1992, the
IBM ThinkPad 700T is IBM's first entry into the pen-based computer
market and achieves a major milestone in providing users with a more
natural way of interfacing with a powerful computational device. The
ThinkPad 700T is significantly different from previous computers in that
a stylus (electronic pen) serves as the primary means of entering data,
by writing on the surface of the display. The ThinkPad 700T replaces
paper and clipboards, paper and binders, and, for many users, even
notebook computers because of its form factor, weight, and durability.
This rugged, battery operated unit is designed for a wide range of
mobile professionals who work in business, education, and government,
and those mobile workers who cannot or will not use computers that have
keyboards. Standard features include:
o A 20-MHz 80386SX processor
o Four or eight megabytes (MB) of memory
o A new solid-state file with a 20MB maximum capacity (two 10MB cards)
o A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) with VGA resolution
o An integrated data/fax modem
o An AC/DC adapter
o A rechargeable battery pack
o A carrying case.
The IBM ThinkPad 700T also provides parallel and serial input/output
(I/O) ports for attaching external devices, an RJ-11 port for telephone
communications, a diskette drive port, and a keyboard port. Available
options are: a 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive, a stand-alone
two-slot battery charger, additional 10MB solid-state file cards, an
automobile lighter charging adapter, an 8MB memory upgrade, additional
pens, and a deluxe carrying case. Planned Availability Date: November
1992.
o Increases user productivity for the mobile "paper user" worker or
the notebook computer user
o Provides additional business solution opportunities through new non-
computer user markets never before possible with keyboard portables
o Enhances system management through integration of the paper and
computer environments and reduction of at least one layer of data
entry
OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION - USER PRODUCTIVITY
The IBM ThinkPad 700T brings the power of the computer to the previously
paper-oriented mobile work force by using handwriting (printing) as an
input technique.
The small, lightweight ThinkPad 700T is a convenient way for mobile
professionals to take their computer to their meetings to edit notes and
data without using a keyboard. Mobile workers who have traditionally
resisted the computer keyboard can now enter data into the ThinkPad 700T
using handwriting and forms fill in, a computerized version of their
current paper forms. The power of the computer can be used to expand
data entry far beyond the current bounds of the paper environment.
The ThinkPad 700T physical characteristics are based on a clipboard
design. It is made to be carried by mobile workers in one hand while
they are doing their work.
The high function of the small-size, lightweight computer is achieved by
combining advanced technologies such as:
o The cold fluorescent backlit, black-on-white LCD with VGA
resolution, which can be used indoors with backlight or outdoors
without backlight
o A new electromagnetic digitizer to allow accurate handwriting
recognition
o New solid-state files with a 20MB capacity (two slots, 10MB each)
that provide greater resistance to impact in a mobile environment
while maintaining data integrity
o A tetherless pen-like stylus, very similar to a ball-point pen
o No keyboard requirement
o A highly integrated planar
o An integrated data/fax modem
o Power management hardware and software to extend battery life
o Low power technologies.
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
With the ThinkPad 700T, businesses can provide computerized functions
for mobile professionals and workers who will not or cannot use existing
computer systems.
It provides a new capability for integrating computers into an area of
any business that does not use computers (the paper area).
With the ThinkPad 700T:
o The business may trim significantly, or eliminate, current
intermediate data entry functions by providing the mobile worker
with the same forms fill application currently implemented on paper
and translating input into an electronic medium.
o Mobile professionals can continue their work by taking their
ThinkPad 700T into environments previously closed to computers
(meetings, conferences, customer visits, low-light environments, or
outdoors).
The business can attach the ThinkPad 700T to an existing PS/2 system via
one of several communications ports to exchange data with existing PS/2
networks.
The ThinkPad 700T provides the following ports for exchanging data:
o A port for attaching the 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive
o A serial device port for connecting serial devices or PS/2s
o A parallel device port for connecting printers or PS/2s
o An RJ-11 port for connection to public switched telephone networks.
One of two memory sizes, 4MB or 8MB, may be selected depending on the
performance requirements of user applications. In the U.S. and Canada,
the integrated data/fax modem is available for communicating with other
systems. The RJ-11 phone jack is an industry standard. It supports
data communications (up to 2400 bits per second (bps)) and fax
communications (9600 bps), and standard Hayes (1) AT commands.
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND USABILITY
The ThinkPad 700T improves satisfaction by providing a new medium for
replacing paper while maintaining the "paper-like" interface. The
display, digitizer, power management, and packaging technologies used in
the ThinkPad 700T improve user satisfaction with the convenience and
usability of battery operated portables. The design provides:
o Convenient weight and size for carrying in a briefcase or via the
standard or optional carrying case.
o An easy to read, 10-inch supertwisted nematic (STN) transflective
liquid crystal display (LCD) with 640 by 480 VGA resolution
o Cold fluorescent backlighting with a 3-to-1 contrast ratio
o The ability to address up to 8 grey scales on the LCD (depending on
the application), which displays black characters on a white
background
o A power management system that:
- Allows productive use of the mobile user's time
- Monitors, under operating system control, the hardware usage of
the ThinkPad 700T and selectively apportions power to only those
components of the ThinkPad 700T in use
- Reduces the frequency of recharging the batteries (trickle
recharging occurs during AC operation)
- Prolongs battery life between recharges by reducing power to all
the components of the ThinkPad 700T until the entire system is
powered off when not in use
- Assures minimum loss of battery power if the ThinkPad 700T is
left unattended
- Provides a battery energy gauge for determining the remaining
battery life.
INVESTMENT PROTECTION
The ThinkPad 700T protects the customer's investment by expanding
current computerized boundaries to include the non-keyboard-using mobile
work force. The ThinkPad 700T is designed to be compatible with the
PS/2 family using data interchange and is expected to be used in
conjunction with existing PS/2 and other host systems. The ThinkPad
700T is considered to be an extension of the current PS/2 investment
strategy.
PRODUCT POSITIONING
This product is designed for customer and product development of
applications and field test programs that are directed to an end-user
market segment which has a requirement for a highly mobile, rugged
computer with a more traditional non-keyboard form of data entry.
The primary means of data entry for the IBM ThinkPad 700T is handwriting
(printing) -- no keyboard is provided. The ThinkPad 700T is designed to
be carried in one hand (clipboard size) and can be used in both natural
and artificial lighting conditions, or even in a total absence of light.
The ThinkPad 700T provides an alternative to the current paper forms as
a computer input device. Data gathered via forms fill and hand printing
can easily be transferred to other computer systems.
The ThinkPad 700T provides several communications options that allow
data to be exchanged with other IBM computer systems. The hardware
provided is intended to support the mobility characteristics of the
ThinkPad 700T and maintain synergism with existing PS/2 systems via data
interchange.
CUSTINFO PUBLICATIONS
The QUICK REFERENCE CARD PACKAGE (order number S41G-3110, part number
41G3110) is shipped with the product.
The following publications will be available in November 1992. To
order, contact your IBM representative.
ORDER PART
TITLE NUMBER NUMBER
Getting Started With PenPoint S41G-3122 41G3122
Using PenPoint S41G-3111 41G3111
IBM ThinkPad Service Guide S41G-3113 41G3113
Hardware Maintenance Library S41G-3121 41G3121
File Transfer Utility S41G-3127 41G3127
TECHINFO TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Width: 239 mm (9.4 inches).
Length: 314 mm (12.4 inches).
Height: 42 mm (1.6 inches).
Weight: 2.792 kg (6.3 pounds, including the battery pack).
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT:
Temperature at Sea Level: 5 (degs) to 35 (degs) C (41 (degs) to 95
(degs) F).
Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%.
Wet Bulb: 29.4 (degs) C (85 (degs) F).
Altitude: 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) maximum.
If the ThinkPad 700T is operated in environments that exceed the above,
unpredictable results may occur.
MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:
The 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive (part number 6451156) is
required to re-install the operating system or applications into the
ThinkPad 700T. The PenPoint operating system, File Transfer
application, and Corrective Service Facility have been installed on the
shipment group solid-state files.
Two 10MB solid-state file cards are required for system operation.
Data transfer between the ThinkPad 700T and PS/2 family machines
requires a server program (provided with the shipment group) running in
the host machine and client application software (pre-installed on the
ThinkPad 700T), and is supported by the following hardware and software:
o One of the following:
- DOS 3.3, 4.01, and 5.0
- OS/2 (R) Version 2.0 (virtual DOS machine)
o One of the following:
- AT Bus -- PS/2 Model 30, 35 SX, 40, or L40 SX
- Micro Channel (R) Architecture -- PS/2 Model 55SX,56,70,P75,80
- DMA -- PS/2 Model 57, 90, or 95
o At least one 3.5-inch 1.44MB diskette drive
o At least .7MB of available direct access storage device (DASD) space
for software on the PS/2 server
o A modem (for RJ-11) or modem eliminator (for serial)
o Appropriate cables (serial, parallel, or RJ-11).
PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS:
The PenPoint operating system is installed on the ThinkPad 700T.
Application program development is provided by the PenPoint Software
Developers Kit (2), which runs on select PS/2 models. The PenPoint
Software Developers Kit is available from:
GO Corporation
919 East Hillsdale Boulevard, Suite 400
Foster City, CA 94404
OS/2 pen extensions and DOS pen extensions will be available for beta
testing beginning in October 1992. For more information contact your
IBM marketing representative.
In association with the ThinkPad 700T, IBM established a developer
assistance program, called IBM PenAssist, which is designed for pen
application developers. For information about the services provided and
enrollment fee, call 404-238-2200.
COMPATIBILITY:
The ThinkPad 700T is a new computer product and is designed to exchange
data with other IBM PS/2 products at the hardware interface level. The
serial, parallel, and RJ-11 ports provided on the ThinkPad 700T can be
used in conjunction with the shipment group software to communicate with
PS/2 systems.
The ThinkPad 700T can be attached to the following printers:
o IBM Proprinter (R) II
o IBM Proprinter XL
o Diconix 150
o Diconix 150 Plus
o Epson l-1000
o Epson LQ 570
o Epson LQ 870
o Epson LQ 1170
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II P
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II D
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III P
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III D
o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III.
The 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive can read and write
diskettes created by PS/2 systems.
Due to the size and weight restrictions of the ThinkPad 700T, the
batteries and other options listed in other parts of this document are
not compatible with other PS/2 products.
LIMITATIONS:
This product is designed for customer and product development of
applications and field test programs. The ThinkPad 700T is offered in
two memory sizes -- a 4MB memory model and an 8MB memory model. There
are no internal or external slots for memory expansion beyond 8MB. The
4MB memory model may be upgraded to 8MB by having the 4MB memory card
replaced with the 8MB memory card option (part number 6451167) at an IBM
service center.
PenPoint is installed on the solid-state file shipped in the ThinkPad
700T shipment group. In the event that PenPoint needs to be
re-installed on the existing solid-state file or on a replacement solid-
state file, a 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive is required to
read the diskettes containing the PenPoint operating system and install
the operating system on the solid-state file cards.
The 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive hardware interface is not
compatible with the IBM PS/2 small computer system interface (SCSI).
The 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive is powered by the ThinkPad
700T through the diskette drive connector on the ThinkPad 700T system
unit.
The modem provided in the ThinkPad 700T system unit has been certified
compatible with U.S. and Canadian public switched telephone networks
only.
A keyboard is not provided with the ThinkPad 700T. An IBM Enhanced PS/2
Keyboard may be used to input data into the ThinkPad 700T by connecting
it to the keyboard connector on the ThinkPad 700T system unit. Software
support for keyboard usage is limited and it is expected that user
applications will have to be created if extensive keyboard data input is
required. The PenPoint operating system will recognize 101/102
character scan codes.
There are no internal slots for I/O adapters. All I/O to the IBM
ThinkPad 700T is through the external ports provided on the ThinkPad
700T system unit.
PLANNING INFORMATION
CABLE ORDERS: A parallel cable adapter and an RJ-11 cable are provided
in the shipment group. Serial adapter cables for printers may be
ordered through IBM Telemarketing Operations (1-800-IBM-2468) using the
following part numbers:
o Cable -- 10 feet, PN 6450217
o Cable -- 10 inches, PN 6450242.
Serial adapter cables for file transfer operations between the ThinkPad
700T and a PS/2 may be purchased from:
Inmac Phone: 1-800-547-5444 Part Number: 0769
A parallel cable for file transfer operations between the ThinkPad 700T
and a PS/2 may be purchased from:
Q.C.A., Inc. Quality Cable Assembly 1340 Bobbitt Drive Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919-772-7442 Fax: 919-772-4070 Part Number: QCA193F
INSTALLABILITY:
The ThinkPad 700T has minimal setup requirements.
The battery must be inserted into the system unit. If the battery does
not contain sufficient power to allow the ThinkPad 700T to turn on, the
AC/DC adapter provided as part of the shipment group must be plugged
into the system unit and a standard AC power outlet (see instructions
provided with the AC/DC adapter).
All options are user installable except the 8MB DRAM memory card (part
number 6451167), which must be installed by an approved IBM servicer.
PROBLEM DETERMINATION:
Many integrated functions that assist the user in problem determination
are included with the ThinkPad 700T. A user-oriented quick reference
card included in the shipment group will assist the user with problem
determination and resolution.
PACKAGING:
Each IBM ThinkPad 700T ships from the plant in a single carton. The
model number is 2521-001 or 2521-002. Each carton contains:
o A system unit.
o Two 10MB solid-state file cards (installed).
The PenPoint operating system, IBM handwriting recognition software, a
File Transfer application, and a Corrective Service Facility for system
and application software maintenance have been installed on the solid-
state file.
o A stylus with batteries installed and additional pen tips.
o An AC/DC adapter with power cord.
o A rechargeable battery pack.
o A parallel port adapter.
o A telephone cable.
o A pen tether and miscellaneous plugs.
o A carrying case.
o Installed software backup diskettes and a file transfer server
application diskette.
o Quick reference cards (9) and a warranty information booklet.
SEPARATELY ORDERED FEATURES:
o Pen with batteries and tips (PN 6451142)
o System unit battery (PN 6451141)
o 3.5-inch 1.44/2.88MB 2521 diskette drive (PN 6451156)
o 8MB DRAM memory card (PN 6451167)
o 10MB solid-state file card (PN 6451144).
ACCESSORIES:
o External two-slot battery charger -- U.S. and Canada (PN 6451140)
o External two-slot battery charger -- worldwide (PN 32G3857)
o Automobile lighter power adapter (PN 6451168)
o Deluxe carrying case (PN 79F0981).
SECURITY, AUDITABILITY AND CONTROL
User management is responsible for evaluation, selection, and
implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and
appropriate controls in application systems and communication
facilities.
ORDERING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
VOLUME DISCOUNT:
Volume purchasing is not available under the Volume Discounts section of
the IBM Customer Agreement.
LICENSING:
IBM programs included with the IBM ThinkPad 700T are licensed under the
terms and conditions of the IBM Program License Agreement. A copy of
this agreement is included in the documentation that ships with the
system.
WARRANTY PERIOD:
One year (hardware).
WARRANTY SERVICE:
Customer Carry-In Repair (CCR). Units may be carried in or mailed to:
IBM Corporation -- Service Repair Center
Building 01, Culver Road
Dayton, NJ 08810
PROGRAM SERVICES:
Central service, including the IBM support center, will be available
until December 31, 1993. IBM does not guarantee service results or
warrant that all errors or program defects will be corrected.
MAINTENANCE SERVICE:
Customer Carry-In Repair (CCR). Units may be carried in or mailed to:
IBM Corporation -- Service Repair Center
Building 01, Culver Road
Dayton, NJ 08810
ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OFFERINGS:
SystemXtra (Marketing Announcement 391-173) and End User Support
(Marketing Announcement 389-202) offerings are available for this
product. Please contact your IBM branch office representative for
details.
The following standard offerings do not apply:
o Volume Maintenance Option
o Mid-Range System Option
o Corporate Service Option
o Extended Maintenance Option
o Central Facility Maintenance Service Option.
IBM HOURLY SERVICE RATE CLASSIFICATION:
One. IBM warranty service, maintenance service, or hourly service may
be obtained by calling 800-IBM-SERV. IBM hourly service is available at
the applicable rate and terms, including element exchange price if
applicable.
STATUS: New product available.
CUSTOMER SETUP: Yes.
LICENSED INTERNAL CODE: No.
EDUCATIONAL ALLOWANCE: None.
CHARGES
PRODUCT CHARGES
Model/
Machine Feature Part Purchase
Description Type Number Number Price
System Unit (4MB) 2521 001 6451462 $4,795
System Unit (8MB) 2521 002 6451463 5,395
Features:
Diskette Drive 1279 6451156 475
8MB Memory Upgrade 1729 6451167 1,200
10MB SSF Card 1770 6451144 1,190
Pen with Battery 1775 6451142 100
Battery 1771 6451141 170
Accessories:
Automobile Adapter 1726 6451168 135
External Charger 1719 6451140 360
(U.S. & Canada)
External Charger 4840 32G3857 360
(Worldwide)
Carry Case, Deluxe 1213 79F0981 80
When ordering for installed system units, process as a feature of
special ordering vehicle 8530-ZZZ.
ALTERNATIVE SERVICE CHARGES
On-Site Repair does not apply.
ANNUAL MINIMUM MAINTENANCE CHARGES
CUSTOMER CARRY-IN REPAIR (CCR): $300.
###### SUBMIT AN OS/2 PROBLEM REPORT
###### For CompuServe/Talki-Link Users
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<< THIS SUPPORT IS ELIGIBLE FOR U.S. CUSTOMERS WITH >>
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Use this form to submit defect problems to IBM support. Please provide
as much information as possible on your problem. Feel free to add
additional space, or remove sections of the form that are not relevant
to your problem.
CONTACT PERSON: __________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: (___) ___-____ x____ Phone number where you can be
contacted between 8-5, M-F.
Note: Support will normally be handled electronically through CompuServe
mail. IBM may contact you via telephone if it appears it will expedite
resolution to the problem.
ONE LINE DESCRIPTION OF THE OS/2 PROBLEM:
___________________________________________________________________
DETAILED PROBLEM DESCRIPTION - If possible, provide step-by-step
recreation scenario. Also, please include any fixes or work arounds you
may have already tried.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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Enter any error messages that occur: ________________________________
Select the appropriate answers by placing an "X" in the space indicated.
Can you recreate the problem? Y _ N _
Has the problem occurred on more than one system? Y _ N _
OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:
OS/2 Version 2.0 .........: _ CSD Level: _______
OS/2 1.3 Standard Edition : _ CSD Level: _______
OS/2 1.3 Extended Edition : _ CSD Level: _______
NOTE - CSD = Corrective Service Diskette.
Use the SYSLEVEL command to determine, if unknown.
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION (provide as much as possible):
Brand and model of PC: ____________________________________
Microprocessor: Intel _ Other (specify) _______________
Type: 286 _ 386SX _ 386 _ 486SX _ 486 _
Speed: __ MHz
Total RAM ....: __ MB
Disk drive ...: ____ MB File System: FAT _ HPFS _
Manufacturer: ___________________ Model # _______
Type: IDE _ SCSI _ MFM _ RLL _ Unknown _
Manufacturer and model # of disk controller: ________________________
Manufacturer, revision #, and date of System BIOS: __________________
Manufacturer and model # of video adapter: __________________________
Manufacturer and model # of display: ________________________________
Memory installed on video adapter: _____ EGA _ VGA _ SVGA _ XGA _
Diskette Drive A: 3 1/2" _ 5 1/4" _
Diskette Drive B: 3 1/2" _ 5 1/4" _
List other adapters installed:
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
TRAP INFORMATION - If a TRAP occurs and results in the 16 bit trap
display similar to the following, enter any of the register values that
you recorded:
SESSION TITLE: __________________________________________________
TRAP____
AX=____ BX=____ CX=____ DX=____ BP= ____
SI=____ DI=____ DS=____ ES=____ FLG=____
CS=____ IP=____ SS=____ SP=____ MSW=____
CSLIM=____ SSLIM=___ DSLIM=___ ESLIM=____
CSACC=__ SSACC=__ DSACC=__ ESACC=__
ERRCD=____ ERLIM=____ ERACC=__
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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If a TRAP occurs and results in the 32 bit trap display similar to the
following, enter any of the register values that you recorded:
TRAP ____ ERRCD=____ ERACC=____ ERLIM=________
EAC=________ EBX=________ ECX=________ EDX=________
ESI=________ EDI=________ EBP=________ FLG=________
CS:EIP=____:________ CSACC=____ CSLIM=________
SS:ESP=____:________ SSACC=____ SSLIM=________
DS=____ DSACC=____ DSLIM=________ CR0=________
ES=____ ESACC=____ ESLIM=________ CR2=________
FS=____ FSACC=____ FSLIM=________
GS=____ GSACC=____ GSLIM=________
THE SYSTEM DETECTED AN INTERNAL PROCESSING
ERROR AT LOCATION ##____:________ - ____:____.
_____, ____
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INTERNAL REVISION _.___, __/__/__
PRINTER - If this is a printer problem, please provide the following:
Printer Vendor: __________________ Model ....: ________________
Driver Name ..: __________________ Port Used : ________________
Printer is attached to: Local _ LAN Server _ Host _
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER - If this is a problem with Communications
Manager, please provide answers in this section:
OS/2 Extended Services ............: _ CSD Level: _______
OS/2 EE Communications Manager 1.3 : _ CSD Level: _______
Describe your Communications Manager configuration (DFT, T-R, etc):
_________________________________________________________________
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LOCAL AREA NETWORK - If this is a local area network problem, please
enter information about the lan involved.
LAN SERVER:
OS/2 LAN Server Version 1.3 : _ CSD Level: ________
OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 Entry ..: _ CSD Level: ________
OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 Advanced: _ CSD Level: ________
LAN REQUESTER:
LAN Server 2.0 Requester....: _ CSD Level: ________
OS/2 1.3 Requester..........: _ CSD Level: ________
DOS LAN REQUESTER
LS 2.0 Requester ...........: _ CSD Level: ________
OS/2 1.3 Requester .........: _ CSD Level: ________
DOS Version: ____ DOS Vendor: _________________
Is the failing system a Domain Controller? Y _ N _
Is the failing system an additional server? Y _ N _
DATABASE MANAGER - If this is an OS/2 DATABASE MANAGER problem, please
enter information about the DataBase Manager problem below.
SQL Error Code ....: ________ Secondary Return Code: ________
Error occurs when database is being accessed as:
Stand Alone ......: Y _ N _
Requester (Client): Y _ N _
Database Server ..: Y _ N _
Using RDS ........: Y _ N _
Using LAN ........: Y _ N _
If the error is occurring at a requester, can the problem be recreated
at the server? .....: Y _ N _
Error occurs in which application?
Query Manager.....: _
CLI ..............: _ (Command Line Interface)
User Application..: _
If a trap has occurred, provide the SQLABEND results:
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PLEASE REVIEW ALL OF THIS PROBLEM REPORT BEFORE SENDING.
When you are ready to send this OS/2 Problem Report, send the form via
CISMAIL to ---
Base problems - Base Support, 76711,610
ES/LS problems - ES/LS Support, 76711,611
(ES = IBM Extended Services, LS = IBM LAN Server)
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////// Introduced by Strategic Simulations
////// ---------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific War is a strategic simulation of the entire Pacific theatre of
operations in World War II covering 78 million square miles from the
U.S. West Coast to Burma/India and from Alaska to Australia/New Zealand.
Pacific War has five campaigns and two scenarios from which you can
choose. The Rising Sun and Campaign 1941 start at the outbreak of war
on December 7, 1941. Coral Sea/Midway and Campaign 1942 start on May 2,
1942 at the start of the battle of Coral Sea with the Japanese pushing
their way towards Port Moresby. Guadalcanal begins August 7, 1942 with
both players attempting to capture and hold the islands in the
Guadalcanal area. Marianas starts June 12, 1944 with the Allies
attacking Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. Leyte Gulf begins October 13, 1944
with MacArthur pushing hard on regaining the Philippines.
Pacific War covers all major facets of the war including carrier
battles, surface engagements, amphibious assaults, strategic bombing,
suicidal kamikaze air attacks, submarine war, land combat, and the
atomic bomb. You can direct all of the numerous land, air, and sea
forces under your command or you may delegate the control of some of
your forces to the computer while you concentrate on the more strategic
or critical objectives. Land units are broken down into squads,
artillery, and armored fighting vehicles. Land units are normally
battalion to divisional level. Land units are critical to capturing
bases to gain the port, airfield, and supply facilities needed to wage
the war. Air units are broken down by air groups showing the number of
ready and damaged aircraft by specific plane type. Air units can have
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Evacuation, and Motor Torpedo Boat.
Pacific War gives you strategic control in making the decisions of where
and with whom to fight. The detailed combat resolution is handled by
the computer with no player input possible once both players have issued
their orders. Managing just one or two headquarters is a large task.
Most of the headquarters can be placed under computer control to reduce
the time to play the game. With almost 200 bases and hundreds of forces
to control, your options are almost limitless.
Due to the immense nature of the game, many valuable player aids have
been added to the rules: A historical timeline showing the months the
various bases were captured, a tutorial, a section on how to conduct a
successful amphibious landing, suggested objections for each scenario
for both players, a player's checklist of what tasks you need to do in a
turn, designer's notes, and strategies and tactics.
Pacific War is an advanced wargame. Simulating the entire war on a very
detailed level can require much player interaction with the forces
available. You could spend 50-100 hours or more playing the entire war,
depending upon the number of headquarters you personally manage.
Available for IBM - November 1992. Suggested retail price is $79.95.
###### COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
###### History and Overview
###### ---------------------------------------------------------------
THE HISTORY OF CCC
The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) was established by authors,
publishers and photocopy users to ease compliance with the revised U.S.
Copyright Law, which took effect January 1, 1978. The legislation
mandates that individuals and organizations which use copyrighted
material -- such as magazines, books, and other printed matter, music,
and software -- must obtain authorization from the copyright owner. In
hearings which led to passage of the revised law, Congress suggested
that a mechanism be created to streamline the process of requesting
permissions and making payments.
Consequently, in 1978, CCC was established.
WHAT CCC OFFERS
The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization
operating a centralized photocopy authorizations and payment system.
CCC collects, processes and transmits authorization from owners to
users, and royalties from users to copyright owners.
CCC offers a comprehensive licensing program, the Annual Authorizations
Service (AAS), which licenses corporate users to photocopy from over
1,000,000 titles owned by nearly 8,000 copyright owners. CCC also
provides the Transactional Reporting Service (TRS), for academic
institutions, document suppliers, and other organizations and
individuals which report and pay for copying on a copy-by-copy basis.
There is no charge to copyright owners for registering their titles;
users of copyrighted materials pay only the actual charges connected
with their use. CCC plans to expand its licensing program to
universities and government agencies, and is considering offering
licenses to authorize users to enter and access copyrighted material
through computers.
HOW CCC OPERATES
TRANSACTIONAL REPORTING SERVICE (TRS)
CCC's TRS, available since 1978, provides a manual method for reporting
the photocopying of copyrighted materials. Organizations and
individuals maintain records of photocopying of authorized publications
at each copy machine, and forward reports and payments to CCC at regular
intervals. Continuous monitoring and reporting are required; coverage
is limited to titles listed in the quarterly updated catalog, the
reporting sites, and the reported activity levels. Larger companies
registering in the Transactional Reporting Service must identify and
report all copying of copyrighted material at all locations, and submit
a detailed implementation plan which ensures full compliance with the
copyright law.
ANNUAL AUTHORIZATIONS SERVICE (AAS)
The AAS is designed especially to match the requirements of corporations
and other large organizations which need rapid, efficient access to
published works.
Through the service, the user makes a single payment to CCC for an
annual license authorizing copying for internal use from nearly 8,000
publishers, representing over one million titles. No additional record-
keeping or payment is required.
The cost of the license is based on 60-day surveys of actual
photocopying of copyrighted materials at selected sites within
industries. Pooled Survey data, along with publisher-set per copy fees
for participating publications, provide the basis for a corporate-wide
annual license.
The Pooled Survey statistical model reduces the administrative
difficulties inherent in the Transactional Reporting Service. The model
results in an annual license based on industry-specific data.
POOLED SURVEY METHODOLOGY
The Pooled Survey method for constructing Photocopy Licenses represents
a positive, balanced approach to the recognized needs of corporate users
for simplicity and publishers for accuracy.
Data collection on photocopying behavior for the Pooled Survey is based
on a 60-day collection of actual, photocopied, copyrighted materials at
specific company sites. Statistical processes are applied to the data
in order to determine average price per employee for each of four
employee categories by industry classification. Therefore, the accuracy
of the data is extremely important.
Not only must the Company certify the integrity of the data as a
condition of the License, but CCC must validate the results, through
computer analysis and selected site visits. It is paramount that the
site(s) selected be accurately described in terms of overall employee
function and business segment.
When a site (or sites) have been selected, CCC Survey Specialists
provide on-site consultation and training to key personnel. CCC also
furnishes a detailed and comprehensive Survey Procedures Manual, as well
as survey collection boxes, stickers, announcements, labels and other
materials.
ECONOMETRIC MODEL
Some organizations may prefer an Annual License which is based
exclusively on their own photocopying of registered works. For these
companies, CCC offers an Econometric Model License, which requires
substantially more data and in-company photocopy surveys than the Pooled
Survey License described above. The Econometric Model License estimates
company-wide photocopying from a 15% survey sample of photocopy machines
at locations throughout the company. To begin developing an Econometric
Model License, the company must provide CCC with both the number and
primary use of all photocopy machines and the number and primary
function of all employees at its U.S. locations. Sites representing 15%
of all machines are selected; their photocopying of copyrighted works is
surveyed for 60 days at the company's expense; and a company-specific
license is generated.
SCOPE OF THE LICENSING PROGRAM
The scope of the Annual Authorizations Service is reflected in two legal
agreements: One with publishers, which empowers CCC to act as their
agent in authorizing users, and one with users, which sets forth the
terms and conditions for annual authorizations through a contract with
CCC.
The following highlights some key aspects of CCC's license with users:
The License covers all company locations within the United States.
The License is based on copies of articles, chapters and other parts
of whole works which are registered with CCC.
Authorizations are granted for all internal uses.
Authorizations are granted for one year, renewable for a second year.
License coverage is comprehensive, requiring no record keeping.
In order to ensure that licenses actually reflect current
photocopying, a 60-day survey is conducted every two years at two
locations of each licensed company.
Participating publishers will not pursue any prior claims of
photocopying infringements against licensed companies.
Nearly 8,000 publishers, representing over one million titles, would
be accessible under the photocopy license.
CCC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The number of CCC licensees has increased each year since 1985.
More than 100 corporations have demonstrated their commitment to
complying with the copyright law through CCC's corporate licensing
program. The following demonstrates a number of these corporations and
the wide range of industries they represent.
AEROSPACE PHARMACEUTICAL
Allied Signal Inc. Abbott Laboratories
McDonnell Douglas Corp. Alza Corporation
Rockwell International Corp. American Home Products Corp.
Thiokol Corporation Burroughs Wellcome Co.
United Technologies Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
CHEMICAL Eli Lilly & Co.
ARCO Chemical Co. Genentech, Inc.
American Cyanamid Co. Glaxo Inc.
BOC Group, Inc. Marion Labs, Inc.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Merck & Co., Inc.
Hercules Incorporated Pfizer Inc.
Monsanto Co. Reid-Rowell
Morton International Rorer Group, Inc.
Olin Corp. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.
PPG Industries, Inc. Schering-Plough Corp.
Union Carbide Corporation SmithKline Beecham
The Upjohn Company
COMMUNICATIONS Warner-Lambert Co.
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Bell Atlantic Corp. PUBLISHING
BellSouth Corp. Elsevier Science Publishing Co.
NYNEX Corp. Institute of Electrical &
Electronics Engineers, Inc.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
General Electric Co. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Litton Industries, Inc. Pergamon Journals, Inc.
North American Philips Corp. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
ELECTRONICS FUEL
Gould, Inc. Amoco Corp.
Johnson Controls, Inc. Atlantic Richfield Co.
IBM BP America, Inc.
Texas Instruments Incorporated Chevron Corporation
Exxon Corp.
OTHER Marathon Oil Co.
Aluminum Company of America Phillips Petroleum Co.
Champion International Corp. Sun Refining and Marketing Company
Eastman Kodak Co. Williams Companies, Inc.
J.P. Morgan & Co.
Revlon, Inc.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
WHERE CCC IS GOING
CCC continues to explore new ways to serve copyright owners and users.
Currently, photocopy licensing programs for financial services
companies, universities, government agencies, and non-profit research
centers are being developed.
ELECTRONIC ACCESS ISSUES AND ANSWERS
WHY
Formed in 1978 in response to the copyright law revision, the Copyright
Clearance Center stands between rightsholders and users of copyrighted
information, transmitting permissions to use copyrighted information to
users, and royalties to rightsholders. CCC's largest programs involve
authorizing corporations and other organizations to photocopy
copyrighted material; recently, CCC has concentrated as well on the
emerging world of electronic information, and on assisting rightsholders
and users in exploring it.
WHAT
Text-based information, originally published in books, journals and
other print forms, has been available electronically for many years
through data base providers such as Dialog and Lexis. And, in recent
years, a number of publishers have produced their own publications in
electronic form and sold them to users. Successful, well established
relationships have been developed between rightsholders and data base
providers, and there is no evident need for an intermediary like CCC in
these arenas. Also, publishers and others have begun to develop
programs to package information from different rightsholders for resale,
usually on compact discs. These arrangements involve complex legal and
proprietary questions that are best addressed in direct negotiations
between rightsholders and those seeking to repackage their information.
HOW
Instead, CCC has turned its attention to another important, rapidly
expanding market for information in electronic form. Corporations,
associations, universities, research centers, government and others have
begun to recognize the need for specialized, timely, internal databases
focused on their own most critical information needs. These
organizations are convinced that specialized, internal data bases can
provide them with a significant competitive advantage, and they are
prepared to pay for the rights to use the information they require.
Currently, CCC is exploring about twenty pilot projects of this kind.
Several examples of the programs we are considering might provide a
helpful framework for this discussion.
WHERE
One major corporation is developing an active, nation-wide quality
improvement program, with quality coordinators assigned to locations
throughout the country. To support this effort, they want permission to
provide articles, book chapters, and other text-based materials
electronically to their quality coordinators, to provide guidance and
feedback on their efforts.
They have already entered substantial numbers of internal documents into
this system, and seek to add proprietary material. In order to provide
maximum utility, the images will be both scanned and converted to ASCII
format. CCC is working with the corporation and with the owners of the
desired material to develop a pilot project.
A large research university has recently built a new center for
biological research. It has no library: the main medical school library
is accessible, but a distance away. The university wants to be able to
provide the faculty and students at the new center with electronic
access to the major journals and books used in their research. CCC is
working closely with the university, rightsholders, librarians, and the
faculty and students themselves to design the system, and to resolve a
plethora of complex technical, informational, legal, and institutional
issues.
Since the original books and journals will be not easily available, the
electronic data must meet high standards. We are currently exploring
these standards with faculty and students; it is already clear that no
currently available printers meet the rigorous requirements of this
programs, so we are working with printer manufacturers to see if, and
when, the necessary products can be developed.
In a third program, a state-run AIDS support group has provided AIDS
victims the opportunity to use personal computers, in an effort to
increase the information available to them concerning their disease, and
to decrease their isolation. CCC has provided assistance in identifying
and contacting publishers, and in designing the rights solicitation.
QUESTIONS
What do these and the approximately twenty other pilot projects which
CCC is developing have in common? What can we learn from them? What
can this microcosm tell us about the issues and opportunities which
derive from computer accessibility to text-based information? Guided by
the CCC Board, we are working closely with a committee of the
Association of American Publishers, and with users, to develop some
tentative answers. While we are early in the process, we believe that
some of the directions we have chosen will be of interest to others.
One major area of interest, for CCC, rightsholders and publishers, is to
understand better what people in different environments will do if they
can access electronically most or all of their research and study
materials about a particular topic. We want to know who uses what
information for what purpose; whether or not they read it off the screen
(and what, and how much they read); whether or not they print out the
information and what they do with the printout; whether they download
the information into their personal computer system; whether they use it
to create work products, which integrate information from different
sources; and what happens to the new document (if any). We are also
interested in changing patterns of use: What will happen if the bloom
is off the rose, and the initial excitement of computer accessibility
disappears?
We don't know what models will most persuasively describe the resulting
behavior, although we need to question assumptions that derive from our
experience with print. Whatever people do with this information, it
won't be the same as what they do with paper. Indeed, it is important
to recognize that we have developed very complex, sophisticated, and
satisfying methods for coping with too much paper. We usually don't
even know what all these methods are! We have spent thousands of years
developing them, and it will take a while for any computer system,
however intelligent, to cope as efficiently as we do with large volumes
of text material.
SOME ANSWERS...AND MORE QUESTIONS
We might surmise that, in the long run, paper and computer information
will serve different, complementary purposes: one to search, the other
to read. Talking sometimes to publishers who despair at the
"inevitable" replacement of paper-based publications by the computer, we
can be reminded of the time - not too many years ago - when many
Americans feared the "inevitable" victory of Soviet-style communism.
Look what happened! We don't see print and computer products as a zero-
sum game, with one's expansion inevitably determining the other's
decline. Instead, we see an exploding market for timely, reliable
information in diverse forms - including many we haven't even thought of
yet!
On the rightsholder side of the dialogue, we continue to explore a wide
range of issues which are critical to the publishing community. What
uses should be authorized, and which prohibited? Is any prohibition
practical, give the capacity of the equipment, and the ingenuity of
users? How should rightsholders price authorizations to use their
information in internal systems like those described here? How much
should be charged, and how should the charges be levied?
How to authorize, and how to price? Within the framework provided by
U.S. copyright law, we have chosen to develop individual contracts for
each program, shaped by individual circumstances. Rightsholders will
set their prices for each work used in each pilot project. While it is
possible to develop a system of charges per use, with each byte
accounted for and billed, we believe that charge per use leads
ultimately to a complicated and unmanageable world, with the costs of
administration exceeding the revenues. Instead, we propose a simple
system, with publishers pricing each title by the number of articles or
chapters to be entered each year, to be made accessible to a pre-
established number of terminals or password-secured users. This
provides predictabe costs to the user, and predictable revenues to the
publisher. Along with this, of course, we will be collecting and
providing very detailed information on actual use, responding to the
questions raised earlier: these data will help publishers tune their
pricing, and users manage their costs.
FINALLY
If you are interested - as a database user, as a systems developer, or
as a publisher of copyrighted materials - in how Copyright Clearance
Center can assist you in developing a copyright compliance system,
please contact Mary Harvard, Technological Projects Coordinator, or John
Garrett, Director of Market Development, at (508) 744-3350 or Fax (508)
744-0802.
CCC UNIVERSITY PHOTOCOPY LICENSING PROGRAM
The Copyright Clearance Center is entering the final planning stages of
an exciting new venture, aimed at licensing and collecting royalties for
photocopying at over 3,000 colleges and universities across America.
Patterned after CCC's successful corporate photocopying licensing
program, the Academic Pilot License Program will begin by collecting
detailed data on photocopying at four to six pilot colleges and
universities, leading to a comprehensive license for all institutions of
higher learning. Additional publishers and universities will be added
during the first year of the two-year data collection period. All costs
of developing the pilot and of collecting and analyzing data on
photocopying will be paid from fees collected by CCC from the pilot
universities.
The pilot has evolved over several years. Early in 1985, CCC began to
discuss a possible university photocopy licensing program with
representatives of a major university in the Boston area. The following
year, further discussions ensued with two additional universities. By
the end of 1987, a preliminary survey agreement was executed with one
university; and in the Spring of 1988, CCC began to collect photocopying
data.
In late May, CCC brought together representatives of four major
universities and four CCC Board Members/Publishers to discuss the
dimensions of a potential university photocopy licensing agreement. The
meeting resulted in the development of a basic framework for that pilot
program. A final formal agreement was drafted and distributed to
meeting participants. After two universities agreed to participate, CCC
solicited registration of publishers whose publications are widely used
in universities.
Initially, the University License Pilot Project will involve four
universities and thirty to forty U.S. publishers. CCC and pilot
participants will assess results and determine how to implement a
comprehensive program for all colleges and universities. Additional
universities and publishers will be enrolled during the first year.
Publishers registering their works for the Pilot Project will have full
access to data collected on copying performed by or for university
personnel, including information on copying patterns, as well as
detailed data on copying of their registered works. These data will
only be available to registered publishers, and to the pilot
universities. Only copying of portions of works by university-related
personnel, for university-related purposes, using university machines,
will be authorized under the pilot. The project will also include an
in-depth, university-wide training program on the significance of
copyright in education, and on compliance with the copyright law.
###### THE 1993 Z*NET COMPUTER CALENDAR
###### Schedule of Shows, Events and Online Conferences
###### ----------------------------------------------------------------
### January 15-18, 1993
NAMM is the largest conclave of musicians each year. Held in Los
Angeles at the Anaheim Convention Center, the variety of sights at the
National Association of Music Merchandisers is wilder than at
Disneyland, just next door. Atari was the first computer manufacturer
to ever display at NAMM in 1987, and has become a standard at the shows.
A trade show for music stores, distributors, and professionals of every
strata, entertainers are seen everywhere at NAMM. Contact James Grunke
at Atari Corp for more information at 408-745-2000.
### January 19-22, 1993
CD-ROM Development Workshop from Multimedia Publishing to Data Archival.
UCLA Extension Bldg, Los Angeles CA. (310)825-3344, (310)206-2815 (fax)
### February 2-4, 1993
ComNet '93 in Washington, DC.
### February 6, 1993
The Great Connecticut Trading Fair, an Atari swap meet for Atari
computer users and owners, premiers in Stamford this year. Sponsored by
ACT Atari Group, an organization consisting of seven Atari user groups
from Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, this one-day event will be
held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Benedict's Social Hall, Sound View
Avenue, Stamford. Some commercial exhibitors have tentatively signed
up (Gribnif, Joppa, BaggettaWare, Derric Electronics and Danbury
Electronic Music), but center stage is reserved for Northeastern Atari
user groups and individual traders. Bargain hunters will find plenty of
ST and 8-bit hardware, software, peripherals and accessories, new and
used. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for children under 12. Traders
can rent a table for as little as $10. Contact Brian Gockley, 18
Elmwood Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605 [Phone (203) 332-1721; E-Mail
B.GOCKLEY (GEnie) or 75300,2514 (Compuserve)]; or Doug Finch, 46 Park
Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 [Phone (203) 637-1034; E-Mail D.FINCH7
(GEnie) or 76337,1067 (Compuserve)].
### February 18-19, 1993 (NEW LISTING)
IEEE Computer Faire at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville,
Alabama. Attendees include: WordPerfect, MicroSoft, IBM, HP, Silicon
Graphics and many others. At the 1992 show, admission was free to the
20,000 that attended.
### March 1993
CeBIT, the world's largest computer show with 5,000 exhibitors in 20
halls, is held annually in Hannover, Germany. Atari traditionally
struts its newest wares there, usually before it's seen in the USA or
anywhere else. In '93, the Atari 040 machines should be premiering, and
this is the likely venue. Third party developers also use this show to
introduce new hardware and software, so expect a wave of news from CeBIT
every year. Atari Corp and the IAAD coordinate cross-oceanic contacts
to promote worldwide marketing of Atari products, and this show is an
annual touchstone of that effort. Contact Bill Rehbock at Atari Corp
for information at 408-745-2000.
### March 13-14, 1993
The Sacramento Atari Computer Exposition is to be sponsored by the
Sacramento Atari ST Users Group (SST) at the Towe Ford Museum in
Sacramento, California. This show replaces the earlier scheduled, then
cancelled Northern California Atari Fest for the Bay Area, to have been
held in December 1992. A major two day effort, the SAC show is being
held in the special events area of the Towe Ford Museum, home of the
worlds most complete antique Ford automobile collection. As an added
bonus, admission to the museum is free when you attend the Expo. The
museum is located at the intersection of Interstates 5 and 80, just 15
minutes from the Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. Contact Nick Langdon
(Vendor Coordinator) C/O SST, P.O. Box 214892, Sacramento, CA 95821-
0892, phone 916-723-6425, GEnie: M.WARNER8, ST-Keep BBS (SST) 916-729-
2968.
### March 15-16, 1993
Lap & Palmtop Mobile Computing Expo at the New York Hilton Hotel in New
York City. Exhibitors will show the latest in mobile computing,
software, pen, peripherals and communications from the industry's
leading manufacturers. In conjunction with the exhibits is the Mobile
Systems Solutions Conference series. Featuring over 80 leading industry
experts speakers, the conference provides vital information needed to
build or improve your world of mobile computing.
### March 16-19, 1993
Image World - Washington DC at the Sheraton Washington.
### March 20, 1993
Philadelphia, PA area group PACS is holding their 16th annual Computer
Festival from 9 AM til 4 PM. It will be a multi-computer show with
Atari showings by the PACS Atari SIG's, NEAT, CDACC, and JACS clubs.
The Fest is to be at the Drexel University Main Building, 32nd and
Chestnut Streets in Pennsylvania. Contact for Atari display: Alice P.
Christie, 207 Pontiac Street, Lester, PA 19029, 215-521-2569, or 215-
951-1255 for general info.
### March 21-24, 1993
Interop Spring '93 in Washington DC.
### March 30 - April 1, 1993
Intermedia 93 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose CA.
### May 3-5, 1993
Digital Video New York/MultiMedia Exposition at the New York Sheraton
in New York City.
### May 4-5, 1993
The 3rd Annual Networks and Communications Show returns to the Hartford
Civic Center. Companies such as Intel, Microsoft, DEC, DCA, IBM, and
MICOM will be exhibiting. For more information, contact: Marc Sherer
at Daniels Productions, 203-561-3250; fax: 203-561-2473.
### May 11-13, 1993
SunWorld '93 exposition and conference, held in San Francisco at the
Moscone Center. The second annual event is the largest trade show in
North America dedicated to the Sun, SPARC and Solaris industry.
SunWorld '93 will feature a full day of in-depth tutorials, which are
being developed in association with Sun Educational Services, to be
followed by three days of conference sessions and an exposition. The
three-day exposition will feature more than 175 leading vendors in the
industry including Adobe Systems, AT&T, Computer Associates, Hewlett-
Packard, Informix Software, Insoft, SAS Institute, Solbourne, SPARC
International, Sun Microsystems, SunPro, SunSoft and WordPerfect. For
more information about attending SunWorld '93 call Lynn Fullerton at
(800) 225-4698 or to receive information about exhibiting contact David
Ferrante at (800) 545-EXPO.
### June 22-23, 1993
Lap & Palmtop Mobile Computing Expo at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim,
California. Exhibitors will show the latest in mobile computing,
software, pen, peripherals and communications from the industry's
leading manufacturers. In conjunction with the exhibits is the Mobile
Systems Solutions Conference series. Featuring over 80 leading industry
experts speakers, the conference provides vital information needed to
build or improve your world of mobile computing.
### August 3-6, 1993
MacWorld Expo at the Boston World Trade Center, Bayside Exposition
Center and sponsored by MacWorld Magazine. This event is titled Boston
'93.
### September 18-19, 1993
The Glendale Show returns with the Southern California Atari Computer
Faire, V.7.0, in suburban Los Angeles, California. This has been the
year's largest domestic Atari event, year after year. Contact John King
Tarpinian at the user group HACKS at 818-246-7286 for information.
### September 20-22, 1993
The third MacWorld Expo, titled Canada '93 at the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre, sponsored by MacWorld Magazine.
### September 21-23, 1993
Unix Expo '93 in New York City, New York.
### October 7-8, 1993
Lap & Palmtop Mobile Computing Expo at the Chicago Mart/Expo Center in
Chicago, Illinois. Exhibitors will show the latest in mobile computing,
software, pen, peripherals and communications from the industry's
leading manufacturers. In conjunction with the exhibits is the Mobile
Systems Solutions Conference series. Featuring over 80 leading industry
experts speakers, the conference provides vital information needed to
build or improve your world of mobile computing.
### October 27-29, 1993
CDROM Exposition at the World Trade Center, Boston MA.
### October 27-29, 1993 (NEW LISTING)
EDA&T Asia '93. The Electronic Design and Test Conference Exhibition
at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taiwan. Exhibit space
is still available. For more information contact: Betsy Donahue,
Chicago, fax: 708-475-2794.
### November 7-10, 1993
GeoCon/93, an international conference and showcase for software
products developed outside the U.S. at the Royal Sonesta Hotel,
Cambridge, Mass. The conference program will include three days of
workshops on topics of interest to overseas developers entering the
U.S. market. Workshop presenters will discuss such issues as how to
negotiate distribution and licensing contracts, setting up a business in
the U.S., manufacturing and fulfillment, technical support, packaging,
research sources, and how to market through direct, retail, and catalog
channels. For additional information, contact Tom Stitt, associate
publisher, Soft letter, 17 Main St., Watertown, Mass. 02272-9154;
telephone 617-924-3944; fax 617-924-7288, or Colleen O'Shea, director,
Soft letter Europe, 2 um Bierg, 7641 Chirstnach, Luxembourg, telephone
35.2.87119; fax 35.2.87048.
### November 15-19, 1993
COMDEX Fall '93. Las Vegas Nevada.
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