MicroAge POWERdisc Price Guide
May 1997




HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any comments about POWERdisc or would like to
suggest other features to be included in future editions,
call 1-800-336-1800, ext. 5905.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT
THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT NUMBER.

If you would like information on how the MicroAge Multimedia
Group can create multimedia presentations for your business,
please call 1-800-336-1800, ext. 5905 and leave a message.

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PRICE GUIDE

As of the November 1996 POWERdisc, the PRICE GUIDE has been 
completely re-written. Although the functionality that you have
come to expect remains the same, the new version is more intuitive
and user friendly. Screen layouts have been enhanced.

The familiar menu bar has been eliminated. The options included
on the menu bar, with the exception of the search options, are
now included on the main screen. The search options are located on the
the Price Guide screen and can be accessed by clicking on the 
SEARCH button. 

The Custom Price Book is more dynamic allowing for greater
flexibility in copying or exporting a custom catalog.

An error can occur after using the CREATE CATALOG option 
(on the main screen) and then clicking on the Price Guide button
to access the custom catalog. If the scroll bar is immediately dragged
to the bottom of the Price Guide, an error message may display that the
"Grid index is out of range". If this happens, simply click OK and
the scroll bar will work correctly.

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2/13/97
Price Guide Performance Information

This new Price Guide is using a new processor and memory intensive routine 
to generate accurate prices for the catalog. As a result, systems running 
Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 may experience a performance slump during 
creation of the catalog if swap files or cache size are not sufficient. 
Before creating catalog, make sure that all applications running in the 
background are shut down.    

For Windows 3.1, set the swap files to the maximum recommended size.  
For Windows 3.11 (Windows for WorkGroups) if your system is taking  
longer than the benchmark (See below for benchmark), add one to four 
megabytes to the cache size. 

Benchmarks for a system running a Pentium 133mhz with 32 megabytes of RAM 
should create a catalog in about 7-15 minutes. A 486 system may require 
three times as long depending on the amount of memory.   

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