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THE COMPUTER
PAPER MARCH '91 5
Contents
From the Editor
S.C. Ecltfon tleenfe 1581
Desktop Publishing
This month we tackle the burgeoning
field of desktop publishingwith artidesby
our assistant editor, Graeme Bennett, on
getting started and buying a laser printer.
Nelson Ruest is back with an article on
how to get your computer screen to look
more like what you print out. Stan the
"Ink" man tells us how to get the most out
of an HP laser toner cartridge byrecycling
it.
FeatNre
Canadian Payroll
Specs galore in our most exhaustive compamon ever.

By Gracrnc Bcnnett.
Thanks go out again toJoan Homal for

her patience and diligence in completing
our fourth annual payroll survey. In addiition to y
for her clients and GST
transitions,Joan had to deal with a flurry
of late4reaklng payroll updates to bring
us this year's assessment of the stat~ftheortin Canadianp yroi l . We also had a
look at payroll services as an alternative to the d~-yourself route of software.
ear's
The Mighty Pen

This month's hot technology story has to be the unveiling of a new pen4ased
operating system created by a starbup from California called GO Technology.
This company, with the support of some highwollinginvestors like IBM, has come
out with an innovative operating system that recognizes hand-printed input.
GO's plan is to sell PenPoint, the operating system,.to hardware manufacturers.
Look for products starting to arrive this SLil. This could be the technology that
finally brings down the barrier on computer use for millions of other people.
Our Cover
As if to illustrate the point being made about the kustrations of desktop
publishing, our cover this month appeared to be jinxed. The conception went
smoothly, we chose the graphic style we wanted, a caption popped into my head
and we werewellahead oF schedule. Graeme Bennett then began creating the
image in the illustration package FreeHand. He created the image in about a day
and then the horrors began....Page after page refused to print, each one creating
more PostScript errors. He tried deleting objects to see what was causing the
problem, but instead of getting better, the graphic created more errors.
At one point, he suggested having himself photographed, slumped over the
terminal, drowning in all the various failed prints. He is not a person who easily
gives up, and despite my suggestion that we let it go and flnd an easier image, he
persevered. Finally, after avarietyof conversion attempts(imagine trying to patch
together fifty or so screen shots in Adobe PhotoShop, only to have to give up for
lackof diskspace), herecreateditin Illustrator and exported it back to FreeHand
and lo and behold! it printed. Tell me this is not a black art.
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How to keep your WYSIWIG from becoming WYSIWHOOPS.

By Gracrnc Bcnnctt.
How to Buy a Laser Printer...............................................45
The B e s
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Pick apack of perfect paper.

By Gracrnc Bcnnctt.
Recycle and Save .............................................n....................52

You can re~ C anon toner carlridgea Here's how.
By Sig Steincr.
s
How a Laser Printer
Works .................................................52
It's all here in black and white.

By Gracrnc Bcnnctt.
Improving Your WYSIWY6 ...................................................53

ATM, Facelift
and True Type stand facetoface.
By Nchon RNcst.-
5 ervice Bureau Survey ........................................................54

Purveyors of imagesetter output, color laser printing and more.
ByThe Computer Paper stag
Feature
PAYROLL
4th Annual Canadian Payroll Software Survey ..................56
13 toppayrollpackages compared. ByPcmHorneL
Pay r o l
l S e r v i c e s s a esaaaaaeesseasssseeeseesaeessnaes$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$6 0
An alternative to doing it yourself. By I&ten Singk Ehalsa,
Real IIen...
Part of the passion For getting this particular cover done was to restore balance
for thelady who complained about our July '90 cover She took issue with us
perpetratingsexual stereotypesbyportrayingawoman crying on the cover. (Itwas
called Backing Up is Hard To Do) We just wanted to show that, in fact, real men
do cry about their computers too. (I know, I know, he is wearing a mask..but it' s
a start, right?)
Enjoy the issue.
Kirtan Singh Khaisa

Editor/Publisher
Editerial Schedule
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Topics
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Fax Boareia, Coiiuiar Phonos
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March 13
MAY 1661 Notobook Computora,

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April 17
JUNK 1601 486 Computora, CD-RONS
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' May15
May 31
Juno 10
Juno 12
Juno 28
Uporadiny Your Computer

JULY 1901 Custom Softwaro Dovolopmont:
Databaaoa It INuitimoella, Mualo
March 29
Departments
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Windows . ........... ........30

GO Technology .................31
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Computer Calendar.............6546
Computer Classifieds ..............67
Letters to the Editor ..................6
Masthead .... ...........................6
What's New ..............................8
Newsbytes ..............................15
Amiga World .....................15
Atari World ........................16
Apple World ......................16
Canadian News .................18
General .............................19
Local Area Networks ........20
Laptops .............................23
IBM World ........................23
Telecom ............................25
Trends ...............................27
UnIX' I 0 30
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Masthead
in mostcoatpekets. Yoii can live without
conncctirrgit to other machines,aNumghit
is obviouslymorc cvnvcnicnt if you work
actensivcpdnianother machine to hook it
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buyingit all
Publlsberj Editor
KirtsnmnghKhalsa
Assistant Mtor
GiaemeBennett
ffePPon t so
you don'tel like youaregetting
"nickel and dimed to death 'Iydcscrcen siss
Newabytes Contrlbutlng Editors

Wendy
Woods,W ayneYacco,DanaBlankenhain,
Jon Pepper,SteveGold, PeterVekinis,

KenTakahashi
,NaayukiYaaiwa,PaulZucker,
and GrantBuckler
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George Sleds,Steve Mcltwain,
Robert Tenan,William Barr
Proofreader
Neall Calvert
Cover Art
GraemeBennett
B.C. Ad Sales
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Alberta Ad Sales
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Modem Use
I em writing you because I wanted to
let you know how much I like your paper. I fin it to be an excellent source of
information for the "less informed"
computer user (me).
I have just bought a modem for my
computer andam havingfunwith it, but
I have run into a small problem, I do not
know who to call. Win you be running
any arlides in your paper that will hst
modem numbers or services? If not,
honebookreofmodem
numbers?
Thankyou foryour time and Ihope
to hear (or read) anyadvice you have for
me soon.
Sincerely,
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Thomas Steeves
Dharm KauiKhaha
Vancouver,'BC
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Readcrsintcrestedin tekcvmrnunications
won't want to miss our April issue. Wc are
planning to havearticks on al aspects o
modcminfpinchsdinga hst of BBS numbers
and hoopto articks. Until then, you' ll
pknty of prcgrcrmsand ieprmation on thc
BBS numbers
foundin tkcads ofMindLinkj'
Cards and Doppkr.
f
find
other software isavailableon ROM cards?

Is there going to be a new version of the
Portfolio
withimprovements on some of its shortcomings?
Myalternatives to the Portfolio would
includeSharp'sWizardpocketorganizer
or I would go with a normal daily organizer/planner.My preference would be
to go with technology and the Portfolio
or Wizard, but going lovi54ech with the
dailyorganizer/planner may be a more
sensible alternative. I have looked in
previous issues of ThcGmiputcrPapcrand
I haven'tfoundareviewon the Portfolio.
Although this has been a disappointment, your production has been a firs
class job.
One more thing, can you tell me
when the Portfolio wasflrstreleased ont
the market? I look forward to your answers to my questions.
Sincerely,
Steve Won
Vancouver, BC
com
ingout soon
Iuscan Atcrri Portfolio tokccptrackfomy

appoint ments. Itisinfactsmall enough toput
W
issmalil, butIdon'tjfndit bothcrsme, Ihavc

.heard rumorsfoanother machine, but seen
nothing ff
o d cicd yct. I am not sure iehen it
wasogcialiy rekascd, but
as a
the Paci
f ic Rim GpmPutcr and
Grrnmunications Show in November o
1989. Itsccmstome that theywerefaiMy ncru
then. In my opinion itis a decent and use
ful
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ay
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machines but there inay be neify

optionssoon.
Kirtan Singh Khalsa
Newsbytes Address
Enclosed is a news release I'doriginally intended for NEWSBYIKS News
Network; however, I can't stir up their
location.
In your January 1991 issue, p. 14,

the caption doesn't give Mr. Buckler's
currentaddress it'schanged, ashave
the telephone numbers. Also, thepostal
code (moot) is missing.
Walter A. Coole
'Iydencw addressof Greet Buckkris: 52
Yongc Stnict, Kingston, Ontario, K7M
lE5; (619) 548-4213;FAX (619) 5489915.
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Love Letters
Congratulations on your magazinel
I' ve sent my money in for a year's subscription what a bargainl
My brother, a Vancouverite, sentme
theJan. '91 issue and I was impressed at
the interesting and up4~ t e software
reviews.
And I thoughtwe had itallin the East
... Keep it upi

P.S. How 'bout afeature on electronic prepreas both Mac Sc PC?
Tom Anzai
O~
On e
Ydni ace kokingat it.
Portlelio QMery
I would like to congratulate you on
' doing a fantastic job of producing a
great source of information. The purpose for my writing is to obtain some
advice. I was thinking about purchasing
an Atari Portfolio. The main purpose of
the Portfolio would be as an appointment calendar. I see the other applicationsasextrmthatwouldcomein handy.
I have someconcems, though. Would
the size of the Portfolio besmall enough
so that it can be easily slipped into the
breast pocket of suit jacket? Also, I was
wondering if any of the options would
be a necessity for the proper use of the
machine? The size of the screen is a
cause for worry, too. Is it large enough
for my purposes? Can you tell me what
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THE COMPUTER
PAPER MARCH '91 7
See OurPrinterAdpage54
I:9 Acicl-In
ing recently had occasion to take advantage of that service, I was told that it is
available during the hours of 0800-2000
EST; Le., it shuts down at 1700h PST. It
is not available around the clock, apparently.
By the way, the service I got on that
line was good, in spite of the fact that I
called just before 1700h local time. I got
no busy signals, and I was not kept waiting long for a live, breathing, body to
deal with my problem, and he got to the
root of it quickly. (It seems that when
you' re printing cell formulas, the only
way you can set a right margin is with a
printer control code or f'rontpanel setup;
the margin set in Lotus 1-2-$ (Release
S.l) is ignored when printing formulaL
Not good if you're using standard paper
in a widecarriage dot~atrix printer,
particularlyas there isnowarningto that
effect in the documentationl)
The typo in th e a d p l aced by
MindLinkl (see page 55) is most unfor-
Tkankyou foryourreviewofour F9
add-in for Lotus I-2-8 in the Februaxy
edition. The review was very good, but
I would hke to claxif'y one point
While it is true that a user must
knowwhatinformation theyneed (e.g.,
closingversus opening balance, transactions, etc.) the F9 user does not have
to know the structure of the ACCPAC
files. F9 isolates the user from the 6le
structure. F9 onlyneeds to knowwhere

the 6les are kept and which company
they wish access to. F9 will retrieve the
specificACCPACGLdata from thefile
using a period specifier which is entered in plain English or ACCPAC Financial Reporter format
Again,thankyou forthereview and
best wishes.
Thomas W. Burger,
Syntex Systexns Corporation
Compliments
I would like to compliment you
on maintaining an informative and
useful computer magazine. Each issue
seems to get better and better.
Bental Wang
Would youlike to
recycle yourtoner
carlridgesbut hada had
experience lnthe past?
Ques yourtoner
cartridge leaveblack
lines orsmudgesalong
the side ofthepage?
Is your tonerdensity
1QQ'lo?
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One that you candeal

Rec Ie TQIlRTunerCad es within confidence?
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61 Guaranteedfor at least6
trouble free recharges 4Q A longer life thanG.E.N.
Setter quality graphicsthan O.E.N. Q

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Same price asO.E.N. new cartridge,
LONGER
LIFE- 49% more
prints per cartridge
might think...)
Anyway, keepup the (otherwise} good
work And thanksfor adding to the places
where The ConqnctsrI'aPxr canbe picked
up downtown; it's much easier to find
nowadaysl
Rob Mayhew
Vancouver
'
The print is actuallyblacker

than the original EP
ters at the neighborhood mink fium
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lig
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ability of Lotus' online support. Hav.
Are you lookingfora

company that stands
behind their products
Y our Re c h a rg e S p e c i a l i s t s
Reiter (MindLinkl sysop) wouldsayabout

having the BBS called "Mink Link"I (I'm
also a little worried about what the cxit-
As always,
Ihaveenjoyed the February issue. I found the spreadsheet review both helpful and timely.
However, there appears to be a
avail-
Qo youwishsomeone
would make atoaer
carlndge tolast longer?
too light?
tunate I'm not at all sure what Frank
Lotus Support
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VGA '1024 x 768 14' Monitor 28mm
16 bit VGA card 512K
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8 T HE COMPUTERPAPER MARCH "91
OW 6
rin er Bf Ill
PC PageMaker 4.6
SmlrtPrint
As low as
g179as
Meow
HelsyPrint
Aldus has released version 4.Q of its

popular DTP application for IBM and
compadble PCL It supports all of the
features found in the Mac version (see
review in theJuly '90 issue of The GsssIrreeterPaper), plus a few that build upon
speci6c features of Microsoft'sWindows

8.Q environment, such as DDE (dynamic
data exchange) andobject~king

capa-
The Price-Performalci Winners bilities that will work with text, graphics
Fully automatic switching
e No waiting while other print jobs finish
e Choice of modelswith buffer or
disk spooling
e Inexpensive phonewire can beused
for serial connections
a Manufactured in USA
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TechttAgy wSIIIWSCt aid IQ
The program retails for US/'N5.

For purchasers of version 8.01 since
January 1, 1991, the upgrade is &ee.
Other regist
ered userscan upgrade for
U@150. Contact Aldus Corporation at
(206) 626-2861.
Cash Ile If You Can

U ndoubtedly guided b y
the
tantalizing idea of 6 millions~ po-
and spreadsheet Gles to create active
tential buyers, WordStar Interna6onal
links between PageMaker and other

Windows applications.
A new Book featureenables users to
link multiple PageMaker Sles for cham
printing and creating tables of contents
andindexesacross61es, Each PageMaker
4.0 6le can be up to 999 pages long,
limited only by hard disk space.
Other enhancements not found in
the Mac version include additional canversion and table editing capabilities,
andup to&e stosyeditorsopen atone time.
Included at no
is Adobe
Type Manager, with a selection of
PostScript fonts, plus enhanced printer
driversfor PostScript and HP PCL4and
PCS printerL
has snapped up the rights to NBI's

Legacy Windows-based graphical
word processor, and will remarket it
under thename WordStar Legacy.
WordStar's new CEO, Ronald
Posner, said This move will instantly
give WordStar a presence in the Windows word processingmarket, one of
the fastest~owing segments in the
world."
The company also acquired NBI's
Legacy source code, which will be incorporated into WordStar'sfuture
Windowsproductdevelopment. Slated
for a March I releasept will retail for
C$595. Contact WordStar International (416) 56S-8440.
extra cage
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THE COMPUTER PAPER MARCH 'O'I 9
A first look
shelves this April far US$2,999, An upgrade kit for existing Mac Classics will
also be available for US$1,499. Contact:
Colby Systems Cerp. (415) 94l4ISO.
Kiwi EST goes Canuck

comes with 2MB RAM, 40MB hard disk,
1.44MB Soppy, 640x480backlit LCD display, a built~ silent keyboard and small
trackbalL An optional external keyboard
and mouse can also be addecL Called the
Classmate, the unit is slated te hit retail
'I
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New Zealand software developer

Logical Methods Ltd. is opening an efGce andsupport centre inV anceuver for
their accounting product PROPHET.
The modularpackage has multiuser capabilities, sephisticated report-writing
faciTities, automatic integration between
modules, detailed sales and purchase
analysis, password protection, on%ac

help,data 61e recevery from power and
hardwarefailures, and macreL
BecauseNew Zealand has the dubious honor of being the originator of a
goods and services tax, PROPHET has
GST suppertbuiltin, net tacked en later.
(Be vvuned -'New Zealand*s GST rrue
f'rem an initial 10% tie 12.5% approximately twe years after its introduction.)
Contact: Logical Methods at (604)
8794204.
A-I' Ships dlASE for Sun and

VM4 Sound for Full%rite
Ashton-Tate has shipped dBASE IV
fer SunOS and VAX VMS, daiining
true portaMitp of applicatiens written
in the PC version ef the datstbase language. The new versions take advantage ef the multiuser, multitasking and
virtual memory capabilities ef the Sun
and VAX VMS environments.
In ether news, the company has
released an upgrade to its Maantesh
word processor FuliWrite Professional
that imbues it with sound annotation
capabiTitiea With venaen 1.5s, users of
Apple's Ihi, IC, or thir6party sound
input devices for ether Macintosh
models can now record their voice,
music or whatever and paste it into
their d o c u ments. I s n ' t M ac
word processing films The forthceming version ef A-T's Macmtnsh spreadsheet product Full Impact is also slated
to incorporate sound noteL" Conutct
Ashton-Tate at (604) 786.7886.
Artie Vnitll
Dorm Tarris of QmckSet Graphics
Inc5has announced the formation ef
the Association fer Graphic Artists using Computers (AGAC).
a
menibershipalready exceeding 600,
the ergauisatienwill help membersget
preferred pricing through discount
purchases of software and hardware;
discussion meetings and seminars; and
Claim
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Experience the full power of a 386~ Cache machine in a space-saving Slim ease! Q by Javell now
adds the 386~ to its Slim series. With up to 8 MB of cached RAM and super fast ATI extended VGA
integrated on the motherboard, the Q386" Slim offers unparalleled value a superbly designed
machine. All of Q's Slims come with incredibly fast internal super VGA and five open expansion
slots, ensuring ample room for future expansion a feature made possible by the design of its
manufacturers, the Motherboard Factory. And as with all of Q's computers, you get a two-year
limited warranty and a service centre right here in
Vancouver.
If you take your business seriously, go with Q
for the answers. Q Personal Business Computers.
Quality by design. Award-winning. FCC and UL
approved.
See us at Oxford Computers (Caulfeild Village,
West Vancouver. Telephone 922-2447) or visit our
downtown showcasetoday (Suite304 -700 West
Pender Street. Telephone 685-7003).
Dealer inquiries are welcome.
a newsletter. In addition, members are

entitled to a discount on a se~
supportprogrameperatedbp QaickSet
Graphics Inc. Membership costs $85
(plus GST) per year for individuals,
and $185 (plus GST) per year for
cempanleL
Formore info or aregistration form,

centact AGAC at (604} 68857SSor
write 44BleedAlleyScpiare,Vancouver,
B.C. V6B 1C7.
Colhy eives lirth

to S-pound Mac
Celby has introduced a Macintoshcompatible notebeek computer based
on the motherboard of the Mac Classic. Weighing in at 5 pounds, the unit
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10 T HECDMPUINPAPER MARCH'91
WHAT'I IIIRVV
Fax Dominates Offices
The Award for the

Nest looking Faxoilt Cioes To...
A survey ofmore than 1700 companies conduded that fax machines are
new available in 98% of oKces, whereas
18% of o%ces do not have any desktop
computers. How dotheymanager In 15%
of of6ces,everyone used a computer,
and in 9%, all staK sfaembexn regularly
Fax technology continues its march

tovsards ubiquity with the release of several PC%used facstmile tools that eliminate manyof the hassles of early PC/Fax
products.
SCI-NET 2000 is a fax server product
for local area networks that allows multiple users to compose, transmit and receive faxes simultaneously at their work
stations. The SCI-NET 2000 can handle
accesseda main&arne computer.Contact: OfEce Assistance (604) 6694657.
up to 8 fax lines.
services such as electronic forms prm
Canfax,who surelydesexve some hnd

of awardfor the best4ooking fax cover
pages we' ve ever seen, carries it, as well
asseconbgenerahon fax tools fike TGI's
Fax O'Matic and Ring O'Mahc, the Intel
SatisFAXion board and the Windows
8.0wompatible FAXitl softwam &om
Ahen Software.
The company alsooffers
a fnxgraphicsservice, for one4imesetup
oflogos, letterheads,signaturesetc.,and
is available forconsulnahon on integrated
cessing (invoice by faxf), fax data retrieval systems, and general PC-fax
hicks and tips. Canfax Services Corp.
C5 C
Computer Shows
Coming Up
Sept. 18-19: The Vancouver Busi-
ness Computer Show, Robson Square

Conference Centre. Exhibit space is
offered on a 6 rstwome, Srst served
basis. Telephone: (604) 224-2207.

Sept.22-25: Sofbvorld Trading Forum and Conference,Coast Plaza Hotel. Contact Softworld at (604) ' 6822094 forconference registration.
Sept, 22-25: CADAPSO annual conference, Coast Plaza Hotel.
THE ALPS
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Lord of the Rings

Using the new Smart Ring service
ofIered by most phone companies in
Canada (including BC Tel), you can
now have two different telephone
numbers and two diSerent telephone
directory listings, but pay for only one

line, plus a $10 per month surcharge
forthe feature.
To take full advantage of the system, you need a device such as the
Canadian~ade Ring O'Mahc (C$189)
&om TGI Technologies, or the PCS200 automated call processor (C$179)
&omWeshx CommunicationsSystemL
Either machine allows voice and data
equipment such as a fax or modem to
share a single line. Because the systems
recognize two distinctly different ringing patterns, the manufacturers daim
they never make mistakes. The PCS-
200 is available &om Wesfax Communications Systems, 745 Clark Dr.,

Vancouver, B.C. V5L SJS.
Contact: TGI Technologies (604)
8724676.
ALQe Dot Matrix Printers

e 9- snd 18yin printer eaudsgon for
At ALPS, our customers' suggestions

are well taken. In fact, we just took some
of the best sad added them to our
impressive ALQ dot matrix priaters. The
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sad software;free ALPSmate software for
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Rugged24-pin printhead for240 cps

draft, N cps loner quality; V~olor printing;
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CompactALQ224e handlesstandard
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handlesup to 16.inch-wide spreadsheets.
Paper psrhng and built-in, push/puII

tractorfeed forsm oother paperhandling
with less waste.
Now here's the best suggesiioa of slL

Visit your ADJS dealer for s free ALQe
demonstration today.
running9 snd i&pin software.
IIIlo's Csllling
Lifeisgetting tougher for telephone
users with unlisted numbers. A new
system dubbed the Call Identi6er utilizes the phone company's (optional)
Caller ID feature to display the caller's
number when the phone rings and
stores the number, date and time of
the fourteen mostrecentcalls. Contact
Pyrsamd Solutions at (604) 9414662.
AMFRlCA
Built by popular demand.
The Loan Advisor is In

Loan Advisor is a new C449 package thatcan calculate mortgage pay
menin,interestonloansand maybe-
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gages and loans, Uh-huh. For IBM and

compatibles, the program, billed as
"The key to saving thousands of
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Information Networks
Srrzy, the national online information system, has added seven new informahon networks (INs). The system
now has a total of 82 INs where Smy
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12 THE COMPUTERPAPER MARCH '91
UltIIAT'S hlRlN
users can retrieve and exchange in-
formation and engage in multiuser

online conferences on a particular
subject.
The new INs are:
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486 IIIItwork Demonstration call:
{804) Rso-7400
being given away. All I were gone,

says Cook, "in about 15 secondL"
The door prize, a Panasonic 4420
laser printer, courtesy of Seattle's Systems Plus, was won by Ted Carlsson of
Surrey. Contact:J. Cook Group (604)
5$14829.
motherboard manufacturer that produces the main boards used in Northgate
Computer Systems'486/SS, (aw'arded

Editors' Choice by PCMccgauee,
Feb. 12,
,~%c'
1991).
The 4.8xl6xl64nch unit boasts five
open expansion slots, on-board extended
(1024x768) VGA, three drive bays and a
two-yearwarranty. The SSMHzcomputer
ships with 2MB of RAM standard, and
both 5.25- and 5.5mch driveL
Contact: @by Javell (604) 685-7008.
Also announced at the Pacific Rim
show were apair ofcompact computers
from MentekSystema Mentek's BabyAT
286-12 and 886SX-16 systems measure
only 10.5x12.5x8.25 inches, but indude
1MB RAM, S.i nch floppy drive, two
free expansion slots, short keyboard and
9mch monochrome monitor. SRP is
C$1,050. Contact: MentekSystems Corp.
(604) 2768558.
Atari Ixpancis Warranty

Atari Canada has announced that all
newly purchased Atari computer hardware and peripheralswill now carry a
one-year warranty. The new program
wentintoeffectatauthorizeddealerships
January1, 1991. Contact: Atari (Canada)
Zero-slot PSI2 Drive
U N I DAC
II
winning design of the motherboard,

made by The Motherboard Factoryof
San Jose, California (This is the same
Corp. (416) 479-1266.
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at January's Pacific Rim Computer and
Communication Show.
This slimline model also features five
Roctec Electronics, makers of disk

drivesfor Apple, Amiga/Commodore,
Alai, Amsrrad and PC computers, has
announced a new 5.i n c h e x ternal
ftoppythatdoesnotuseanyof thesystem's
slots. The new drive, model RF572BS,
avoids the need for its own controller
card or software. chivers by attaching to
lhac Rim Show Winner

Ray Boisbert of Burnabywas the winner of anew Laser Pal 286 computer
system in a draw held by Strachan Computers Ltd, at the recent Pacific Rim
Computer and Communication Show.
Boisbert's name was chosen from over
800 entries received.
The Pal 286 system, valued at $1,995,
induded a 40MB hard drive, 8.5- and
5.25-inch fioppies, VGA color monitor,
modem and GeoWorks Ensemble software.
Roland Tops
Dot Matrix List

According to Roland DG, its Raven
line of dot-matrix printers is 1 in
Canada, with over 500,000 units installed. The announcement came as
Roland DG signed a National Reseller
agreement with Superior Business Machines. Roland DG also markets the
popular Datatrain line of monitors and

Noveltwertified computers. Contact:
Roland DG Canada Ltd. (604) 2734458.
the existing disk controller card. SRP is
lhtyselArrow
C$879.
Wyse Technology (Canada) Ltd. has

named Arrow Electronics, Inc. (Commercial Systems Group) as exclusive Ca-
Contact: Impaq Technology Ltd.

(604) 261-1800 or 1400668-9272.
Swap Meet Swamped
nadian distributor for its U N I X '

advanced systems.
Swap meets are just the place to pick

up a steal of a deal, and the computer
swapcjneet held Feb. 16 at MacPherson
Convention Centre in Burnaby was no
exception.
The event, presented by J. Cook
Group, attracted over 8,300 bargainhungry computerists, who snapped up
deals like XT motherboards ($1); dot
matrix printers ($50 and up); Logitech
Wyse was purchased by a Taiwanese

consortium one yearago, and Euland,
regional sales manager for Wyse, credits the consortium with turning things
around. The company has now enjoyed
two consecutive profitable quarters, following eight quarters in the red.
Euland said Wyse, which hasshipped
over 8,000,000 computer terminals
worldwide since its founding in 1981
ScanManhand~ners ($106); and

tons
(and which daims industry leadership
of alightlyeutwf&te hardware andsoftware offerings for all types of computers.

ShowPromoterJackCookwaspleased
with the turnout, saying that his favorite
moment was watching the crowd that
swarmed to the Stratford Software booth
in terminals shipped); expects to ship

over 1,000,000 terminals in 1991.
Contact: Scott Euland, Wyse, 1400getwyse; Rhea Idema, Arrow Electronics, 14004I65-7088.
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including the ability to read and write

DXF file format, claimsDitek
It removes thetedium Rom detailed
work, says the company. The automatic
dimensioning features are flexible and
1
DynaCADD Now for Ami9a

TORONTO,ONTAIUO,FEB4 (NB)
Ditek International has announced
the release of itstwo- and thr~e
n-
sional CADD package, DynaCADD, for

the CommodoreAmiga. DynaCADD is
apowerful2-Dandy-D ComputerAided
Design and Drafting software program

for electrical, mechanical, architectural
or civil applications.
The program allows the design, detailing and revision of drawings in 2-D
and 3-D with the aid of an extensive
collection of features, exceptionaUy fast
displayspeedandseamlessperformance,
easy to use. All selections are made with

the single press of a button, whether
d imensioning to European or N o r t h
American standards. The application

accurately sends all or anyportion of any
drawing atanyscale, including best fit, to
all popular pen plotters, dot matrix
printers, laser printers, postscript print-
ers or disk files.

Ditek has been able to significantly
reduce the learning curve normallyassociatedwith any CADD program by makinguse of a context~nsitive on-line help
feature and a sophisticatedgraphical user
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navice users.
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is to appear in early March.
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'Kutek will do for Apple Mac users

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Media This Month
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Roundup is a brief look at some
computer stories carried in other publications received here this past month.
On Sunday, February 10, The New
York Times reported on the dwindling
con6dence of SiTicon Valley companies
regarding their ability to compete with
Japan in developing the nextgeneration
of computersand software.
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about the upcoming agreement among

Compaq Computer, Digilal Eqtupment,
and Microsoft to produce computers
and software incorporatingMIPS Computer Systems' chips.
The issue of Computer Reseller News
dated the 12th is a Networldshowspecial
issue, while a separate issue dated the
11th carries stories about Computer
Factory closing 21 of its 54 stores, and a
look at Apple's efforts to stop its education marketvendorslromcarryingother
brands.
The Wall StreetJournal for Monday,
February ll, ran an item on the possible
placement of stiff duties on Japanesemade display screens for portable computers, which may cause higher prices
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well to campus users after his failure with
his first model.
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Armank, Nevr Yerk, is developing an
electronic natebooksize computer, based
on software from Go, Foster City, California, which is controlled by pen and recognizes handwritten words and notes.
February's Data Based Adviser cames
results of an extensive test of the use of a
ceprocessor with FoxPro where the author discovers that the RAND() function
is actually slowed by the inslailation af a
ceprocessor.Math functions such as
logarithmic or trigonometric operations
are the enlysignificantbeneficiaries af a
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discuss our concerns. It is our streng

feeling that personal information collected about an individual and sold without that individual's consent is a viola-
tion of privacy safeguards."

On January 15,Computer Professionals for SocialRespensibility (CPSR)
had publically annouced their plans to
oppose the release of Marketplace, saying that the use of information in
Marketplace's fashion "violates the Code
of Fair Information Practices." At that
time CPSR President Eric Roberts said:

"We hepe that Letuswili reconsider their
Marketplace Critics
Critics of Lotus Development Corp.'s
Marketplace CD-ROM product have, in
cenversatiens with Newsbytes, praised

Lotus' decision to abandon the product
Narc Rotenberg,head of Coinputer
Professionals for Social ResponsibiTity's
Washington eKce, told Newsbytes: "We
are pleased by Lotus' decision. While we
apposed Marketplaceas a product because of our concerns that it violated
individual privacy, we did not oppase

Lotus as a company. We met yesterday
with Equifax, the firm that supplied the
the product, Lotus CEOJim Manzi stated

that many misconceptiens about the
product had. been responsible for the
privacy concerns. He said that telephone
data, actual income ofhouseholds, credit
histary and purchasehistory were not in
the database and added: "Consumers
should demand that anyfuture praducts

in this area be as scrupulaus."
i!lioveil, IBM Sign

Distribution Deal
PROVO, UTAH, FEB 18 (NB) In
place."
Larry Seiler, whose December6, 1990
what seems te be a move to bolster support for OS/2, Nevell and IBM have
entered into a product licensing, distribution and suppert relafianship under
which Nevell will provide an enhanced
version of Netware far OS/2.
The agreement includes a distribu-
&om the Marketplace, told Newsbytes: "I
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
JAN 24 (NB)
ta."
In announcing the plans te cancel
plans and decide not to release Market-
letter to Lotus was one ef the rumored

30,000 calls and letters received by Lotus
demanding that their data be reinoved
Applaud l.otus Action

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database te Lotus far Marketplace, to
think that Lotus' decision was a gaed

ane. One ef the earlier statements &em
Lotus said something ta the efiect that it
hadn't collected the data; it was rather
justrepacklngdata thatit hadpurchased

and was reeelling it. I think dmt that
statementrepresenls theproblem. I think
that we have to change things so that
personal'data can only be distributed by

consent. I think that mestpeaple will see
the advanlage ef having data collected
for use in credit references but will want
to both review it te insure ac~
and
exercise control over wha it is released
tion agreement that enables IBM to expand its Sunily of network offerings to
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Netware ferOS/2, as wellasprovide an
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Caanavino, IBM VP/GM, personal systems manager, saick "Our relationship
with Novell enables IBM to oKer its customers the broadest network operating
eats will be able to access OS/2 Lan

Server andNetwareseiversconciurently,
inten6on toprovide Netware for OS/2
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implement distributed system services,
for planned implementation in IBM's
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system product in the industry. Novell's
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Netview products. IBM will support

Novellprotocolson the 8209 LAN Bridge,
allowing a single Netware server to com-
preted as meaning that this agreement

would give OS/2 a boost, IBM's Kevin
Clark said, "I would saythat that is true."
IBM has also announced that its OS/
2 LAN Server 1.S will be available this
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the original schedule. The newreleaseis
integrated with OS/2 Extended Edition,
with the combination designed for dis-
its LAN (local area network) Workplace

for DOS connectivity software. LAN
Workplace for DOS 4.0 allows both DOS
puting platforms to exchange data on a

near-transparent basis.
Among the longlistof enhancements

to Netware, version S.ll also includes
and Microsoft Windows users to obtain

direct, concurrent access to Unix sys-
optioas for 20-and 1004tser networks
tems, IBM main&ames and DEC VAX

minie, as well as other Netware environ-
which are in addition to the standard

250-user configuration.The changes
ments.
Netware S.ll isbased on a systems
meaa that licensees of the software pay
architecture for network computing services known as Novell's integrated computing architecture (NICA), which the
company dain' allows dissimilar com-
stations connected to the network
fees moreappropriate to the number of

Netware for the Apple Macintosh
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municate with client workstations in a
mixed Token Ring/Ethernet 'environmeat. Customerawould be able to begin

integrating their wide area network and
local area network used systems.
.Conatct Novell, 801429-7000; IBM,
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tributed database serviceL
Novell Reveals its

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Once Netware isimplementedon the

OS/2 platform, itwill be integrated with
the IBM OS/2 Communications Manager and Database Manager, providing
Netware OS/2 customers with access to
SystemsApplication Architecture (SAA)
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CE Software Introduces
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WEST DES MOINES, IOWA, FEB 11
(NB) CE Software will demonstrate a

PCLANversion ofQuichnail atNetworld
in Boston starting February 12, 1991.
Qmckmail Rel 2.5 will be available in

the second quarter of 1991, and is available in 5, 10 and 50 node packs. The 10node pack has a suggested list price of
US$599.95.
Brad Sharek, director of marketing
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increasedperformance and supports a
complete family of APls, providing developers with a platform to build mailenabled applications and collaborative
applications. Sharek says the product is
the result of customers' requests, and
believes that the new product will be a
major contributor to the company's fis-
cal 1991 sales results, Quickmail has

been available for Apple Talk networks
for several years. CE spokesperson Sue
Nail told Newsbytes that there are over
S00,000 Quickmail users worldwide.
Contact:CE Software, 515-224-1995.
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terminal and the LAN/Fax Express
hardware accessory and software. The
complete system will have a single unit
list price of $6,995 while customers who
own a Xerox 7020 or 7021 fax will be
able to upgrade their existing system by
purchasing the LAN/Fax Express 21
accessory at the single unit list price of
$2,995. Order taking for the system will
begin in Washington, Chicago, Las Angeles and Atlanta on March 1 and na-
tionwide on approximatelyJuly l.
Xerox stated that users of LAN/Fax
Express 21 can, without leaving a personal computer application that generated the output, set up the fax distribution and resolution and transmit. The
software provided includes more than

350 fonts and supports the HewlettPackard LaserJet PCL page description
language, as well as ASCII and PCX.
Incoming faxescan be directed to confidential mailboxes, stored on the file
server or printed directly.

In addition to the network~elated
u ses of the system, the papere d c a pabilities of the 7021 facsimile terminal
remain availableforwalk~pusers. LAN/
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documents into the network for storage
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routed to others on the LAN, stored,
printed, orrefaxed. Contact: Xerox

Corp., 8IO8324979.
Lotus to Iuy E-Mail Company

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETI'S,
FEB ll (NB) Lotus Developement,
appazentlyin themidstofabuyingspree,
has agreed to purchase cc:Mail, the
company that sells a LAN+ased electronic mail package of the same name.
Lotus' purchase, if successful, would
be its second acquisition in recent
months and its second attempt to enter
the LAN market Last year's attempted

merger with Novell fell apart, but the
company succeeded recentlyin purchasing word-processing company
Sama a.
cc:Mail, the product, runsunder MSDOS, Windows 3.0, OS/2 and the
Macintosh operating system. The privately held company claims 800,000 users and sales of $7.5 million in the fiscal
year ending March 31, 1990. No profit
figures werereleasect
The purchase price was not announced. The companiesexpect the

purchase ta be consummated within 30
days, they said.

The 55 employees of cc:Mail will re-
The announcement stems from last
month's decision by 3Com to get out of

certain lines of networking business. It
arranged for Microsoft to service and
support its server operating system, while
adding 3Com features to the LAN Manager software line.
Under Phase One of the program,
3Com users can acquire LAN Manager
2.0 at a special price through June 30,
1991. In Phase Two, Microsoft plans to
enhance its own product line to incorporate 3Com functionality, including
Macintosh and Netware connectivityand
enhanced wide area network support.
Microsoft is also working to ensure
interoperabiTity between LAN Manager
and 3+Open fileservers, and with 3Com's
3Station diskless workstations.
Contact: Microsoft, 20688$8080.
SANTA C~
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13 (NB) Castelle has introduced an
enhanced version of its FaxPress network fax server for Novell NetWare, IBM
Lan Serverand Microsoft Lan Manager
local area networks. The new version
adds a second fax line, so that messages
can be received and sentsimultaneously,
or highervolumes ofdatacan beshipped
in and out.
FaxPress II features built-in HP
LaserJet or Postscript raster image processing, which converts network printing output into the 200 dot per inch
Group IHfax format. Anydocument that
can be printed on the network to an HPcompatible or Postscript printer can be
faxed without any special conversions or
TheFaxPressII,with 4.5 million bytes
of internal memory, 2 fax phone lines,
either Postscript or HP PCL printer emulation and Token Ring, Ethernet or
Arcnet network controllers, will sell for
$4,995 when it becomes available in the
second quarter. The original, single telephone FaxPress will continue to be sold
for $4395. Contact: Castelle, 408/496-
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the farmer marketing director of Data
nal modem slot are also included. For
more information, call 415/498-1111 or

800/821%806.
I/O, a maker of integrated circuits programmersin Redmond, Washington. He

was at Microsoft fram 1983 to 1985,
where he was marketing manager for

Windows 1.0 and Microsoft Networks.
Before that he worked for Xerox, and
QuicksoftChanges Hands
SEATl'LE, WASHINGTON, FEB 5
(NB) Quicksoft, the shareware PC
ward processing firm, has changed
hands, a development that may result in
more traditional marketing for its products.
Leo Nikora bought Qaicksoft for an

undisclosed sum from founder Bob
Wallace, Newsbyteshaslearned. Wallace
wasinvolved with Ethernetand the Xerox

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Measuring 2 x 10 x 12 inches, the
Nicad batteryand featuresautomatic and
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REDMO ND, WASHINGTON, FEB

12 (NB) Microsoft has announced a
program for customers wanting to convert from 3Com 3+Open networks to
Microsoft LAN Manager, involving the
addition of Macintosh and Netware
connectivity to LAN Manager.
is staying with the firm as its full4ime

software developer.
Nikora, a PC Write user since 1985, is
utiTities.
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Manager Conversion
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Doubleday to Publish Bill
Gates Bio9raphy
NEWYORK, NEWYORK,FEB 6 (NB)

Bill Gates, the college dropout who
has amassed a personal fortune bybuilding Microsoft into the world's largest
computer software company, is to be the
subject of an independent investigative
biography.
The book, entitled "Billion Dollar
Bill: Gates and Microsoft and How They
Grew," isscheduled for hardcover release in 1992. Co-authors for the project
are Stephen Manes, a columnist with
PC/CemPuting magazineand the author
of more than thirtybooksaswell asbeing
asoftwaredesigner; and Paul Andrews, a
high~h r eporter for the Scattk Tlmss
who has his own weekly column.
Announcing plans for the book,
Manes commented: "Bill Gates is the
most influential person in the computer
business."
The authors may be contacteddirectly on Compuserve. In addition,
Manes may be reached on MCI Mail 2784258 (2784258@mcimail.corn on Usenet
linkedservices)and fax at206-7224105.
perm u t e Ektaplus 7016 printer uses

lightwmittingWode technology to provide 30Q dot@pc:rich resolution.
Company spokeswoman Margaret

Baranowski told Newsbytes that the unit
is compatible with both Apple Macintosh and IBMwompatible computers.
up to four users or networks.
The printer
doubles asaconvenience
copier, making up to six copies per
minute. It comes with two input paper
trays and can operate in continuous run
mode, switching to the second input tray
The unit can e m ulate th e H e w lettPackard Laserjet printer, as well as sev-
when the first is empty.

The printer, as well as photocopiers
that Kodak announced at the same time;
eral other printer standards, with support for the Postscript page description
language (PGL) available as an option.
The Ektaplus 7016 accepts input from
feature Kodak's small particle development (SPD) toner technology, which

contributes to image quality approaching that of ofFset printing, the company
claims.
The basic unit has a suggested retail
price of US$5,495, Baranowski said. With
built-in Postscript support, the Ektaplus
7016 costs US$6,995. Contact: Eastman
Kodak, 71&2534053 or 800-3444006.
Telecom Canada, Consumers

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VANCOUVER, B.C.,JAN 23 (NB)Users ofNetworkCourier electronic mail
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is 206-782-5105.
CA Updates Bedford
Accountin9, Cuts Prices
GARDEN CITYNEW YORK,JAN 29
(NB) Computer Associates has released updates of its Accpac Bedford
accounting software with lower prices
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Mike Kendrick, director of sales for
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Ml. That move will make the Mac more
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CAwants the Bedford software to appeal
to that market as well.
In general, Kendricksaid, CAisrepositioning Bedford to address "a broader
user base."
CA acquired the software from
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The latest release also adds lax-handling features that will support the new
federal Goods and Services Tax in
Canada. Contact: Computer Associates,
604-733-2843.
Workgroup Printer
From Kodak
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JAN 80,
(NB) Eastman Kodak has unveiled a
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can now exchange messages with subscribers te Envey100, Telecom Canada's
public electronic mail service. Telecom
Canada, the Ot t a w a '
co n sortium
of Canadian telephone companies, has
announced that Consumers' Network
Courier 400 gateway has passed its conformance tests.
Coasumers' Network Courier 400

software includes a gateway conforming
to the international X.4QQ standard for
email interchange. Michael Shandrick,
a spolteslmm for Consumers, said that in
additien to Envoy 100, this allows the
software to connect te public email networks in Switzerland, France, Austraha,
the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and to the international Infonet
network Testing is under way on a connection te MCI Mail in the United States,
he addecL
Tom Schwarzkopf,a spokesman fer
Telecom Canada, said the 8,800subscriber Envoy system already links to a
varietyof email systems, including those
running on ISM mainframes and minicomputers from Wang and Data General, as well as other pubhc email networks around the world.
Network Courier operates oa a variety of local area networks.
Consumers Softwarealso announced
The Network Courier Gateway to SMTP.
This software will let Network Courier
users exchange messages with users en email systems that support the Simple
Mail Transfer Protocel (SMTP). It sells
forC$8,250per gatewaycomponent, and
C$1,500for each additional "post ef6ce"
or server. Contact Telecom Canada,
800-461-7&00; Consumers Software,
6046884548.
place. "People complain that the paper's

costly, and you never kaowwhen the roll
is going te run out." Contact: Cemtec,
203-9674852; MCI MAIL, 40M064.
Department of Commerce.
In its annual "Industrial Outlook,"
issued at the beginning of each year, the
department said $8 billion in revenue
More Chip Breakthrou9hs

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
FEB 15 (NB) New chips for broadband telecommunications and a new 64megabit DRAM are the latest developments te come from the International
Solid State Conference.
Toshiba claims te have developed an
experimental LSI (large scale iategra-
was generated from information distrib-
Electronic Information
BusinessRides Out Recession

WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB 8 (NS)The electronic information business will
ride out thecurrentrecession with growth
of around 20%, according tothe U.S.
uted online, with magnetic tape, on CDROMs and byphone, in 1990. Thatnumber is expected togrowto $10.8billien in
1991, with audiotex and CD-ROM leadingthe way. Contact: U.S. Departmeatof
Commerce, 202-877-2721.
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STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, FEB

11 (NS) Gartner Group says the fax
market has developed a new twist. This
~ se
time Xerox of the U.S. is the twister, and
the Japanese are the twistees.

Plain~aper facsuaile is on the rise,
and machines from Xerox have taken
nearly half the market, according to the
new Comtec Market Analysis. These are
mainly ia business and professional service oKces which axe the heaviest users
of fax equipment, sending or receiving
nearly nearly 40 million pages per week.
Comtec is sponsored by producers and
sellers of personal computers, telephone
systems, computer systems, leagdistaace
telephone service previders, facsimile,

data communications, and persoaal
computer software. Faxsendinghasgone
from 12 million pages per week in 1985
to 246 million per week in 1990.
John Kupikof Comtec told Newsbytes
Xerox was the Srst into the plaingaper
marketplace, but that the compaay has
long been in trouble overall ia the fax
market. "Our study has shown Xerox
losing their commanding lead in the fax
marketplace,"saidComtec'sJoha Kupik
"When we fsrst started this study, Xerox
had N% ef the whole marketplace. New
it's 5%." But this is an emerging market-
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tion) telecommunications chip capable
of asynchronous transmission of data,
voice,and images.Toshiba says itprocesses up to 1.2 gigabits of data per second, an amount equal to 19,876 telephone linea
Toshiba says it also has produced a
CMOS chip to control operations of automatic teller machines which adopts a
common buffer for 8 input and 8 output
ports. It reportedly has one million transistors and will ship in 1992.
Meanwhile, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., of Osaka,Japan, claims
to have developed the tiniest 64megabit
dynamic random access memory (64Mb
DRAM) measuring two square microns and running at 50 nanosec-
onds, but it won' t reach the market until

1998, the company says. The chip can
storeover 250 pages of newspaper text.
Matsushita says that as semiconduc-
tors have gained power while decreasing

in size, chip density has caused manufacturing and technical problems. Signals
kom nearby transistors overlap and it
becomes increasingly difficult to distin-
guish individual signals.

Matsushita daims to have substan-
tially reduced. this problem, known as

electronic noise, by applying a memory
circuit technology in which power supplies and drivers are broken up and distributed to serve smaller memory areas.
This new technology, which uses

Matsushita's original Meshed Power Line
and Distributed Sense Amplification

Driver construction, enabled the company to achieve power source distribution and higher access speed. Also using
a peripheral circuitlayoutdesign with an
aluminumshieldmetalplate, Matsushita
achieved a 40 percent reduction in electronic noise and a 50 percent reduction
in peripheral circuit area, the company
saya
To get the chip's circuit lines extremely fine, Matsushita has adopted a
subeaicron process technology known
as KrF excimer laser lithography. It will
also be used in Matsushita's second generation 16Mb DRAM chips.
Matsushita has applied for twenty
Japanese and ten overseas patents. Contact: Matsushita, 201/848-7320.
New Publication
Devoted to
Virtual Reality-CyberEcige
DRAM Prices Fall Sharply

TOKYO, JAPAN, FEB 18 (NB) The
dealer price of a @megabit dynamic
random access memory (DRAM) chip
has dropped by 22 percent since last Sill,
according to the Nikkei daily newspaper
in Japan.
A4M DRAMchip cost 14,000to 15,000
yen (around $115) when it made its
debut in 1989. Today, the same chipset
costs 8,500 yen ($27) four times less
than the price two years ago.
Meanwhile, a 1M DRAM chip costs
about 800 yen ($6) at present. This has
caused many in the industry to conclude
that 4M DRAM chip is still relatively expensive by comparison.
Interestingly enough, however, the
per megabit price of a 4M DRAM chip is
about the same price of a 1M DRAM
chip. Yet, despite the fact thatasingle 4M
chipsetis cheaper to ship and install than
a 1M DRAM chip, suppliersare favouring
the 1M chipsets over 4M chipsets by a
MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA,JAN

81 (NB) The emerging studyof virtual
factor of ten times.
realities and related technology has
The Nikkei daily newspaper conspawned another publication. Cy berEdgs
Jour
nal isa new newsletter that will cover
the field of interactive computer inter-
faces and is aimed at those with a professional interest in the field.
Subscriptions are $59/year until February 28when the price goes up to $87/
year. CyberEdge
Jouraal 928 Greenhill
Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941, phone 415383-2458 or fax 415-8894251.
puter and Digital Equipment have secretly agreed to form an alliance to develop a new personal computing stand
based on a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) technology developed by
MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
The Timesstory, written by John
Markoffand appearing in the Saturday,
February 9 edition, tells of a secret meet-
ing held in California inJanuary atwhich

the planswere formed. Sources for the
storysaid that thecorporations agreed to
definestandard specifi
cations fora personal computer to be built around the
new MIPS R4000 chip and software beingdevelopedbyMicrosoftand the Santa
Cruz Operation, asoftware company
partiamy owned by Microsoft.
According to the Timsr piece, the key
player in the alliance is Compaq, which
has been rumored to have been discussing embarking on a second hardware
platform (in addition to the Intel 808880486 line) with such firms as MIPS, Sun
and Hewlett-Packard. A top Compaq official, contacted by Newsbytes, would not
shortly begin to favour 4M chipsets due

to the decline in prices of highwapacity
chips.
commenton thestory,sayingonly These

rumors have been going on for a good
while."
relaCompaq has had an
tionship with Microsoft since Compaq's
TimesReports
foundingand hasjust announced ajoint
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, FEB 12

(NB) According to theNeo York Timss,
executivesof Microsoft, Compaq Com-
customer support and integration program with Microsoft and Santa Cruz (as
well as Novell and Banyon).
A Wall Street analyst specializing in
cludes, however, that the industry will
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themicrocomputerindustrycommented system."
He continuecL "A transition in platto Newsbytes on the Tistasreport, saying.
form is always diKcult butitcan happen
"I think that the motivation of these
because of discontent, The firms are
firms is sound, as there is quite a bit of
discontent with the limitations of sok- getting together because competing
ware in the MS-DOS worlcL The A ct that products to the existing MS-DOS platone has to cobble together an operating - form from NeXT and SUN are compel'system, a memory manager, a graphic ling and are gettmg attention. It makes
user interface and a networking system is sense for firms like Compaq and Mia problem. It both creates inordinate
croso& to consider another front on the
work for end~ r a and those who sup- marketplace."
port them and makes for a less robust
t o MS-DOS version 5.0, the next<~ e -
wordPerfect for NeXT Ships

OREM, UTAH, JAN 24 (NB)WordPerfect Corporation has announced that it is now shipping a
W ordPerfect
word processor version for
SteveJob'sNeXI'computer. WordPerfect
says that, although full advantage is taken
of the NeXT operating system's graphical user interface, otherwise thenewprogram iscomparable in terms of features
most~cent version of WordPerfect
W ordPerfect
for NeXT provides full
WYSIWYG (whatyouseeiswhatyouget),
the complete documentation is available
on line as wdl as in print, and files are
compatible with WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1
for MS-DOS.
WordPerfect for NeXT has alist price
of US$495 or C$645.
IIIcrosoft Sees OSI2g

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extensive, interlocking plans for the Niiture enhancement anddevelopment of
DOS, Windows and OS/2.
MS.DOS 5.0 the next version of
MS-DOS wasreportedtobedoingwell
at more than 7,000 beta sites worldwide.
It is designed for mhtimal memory use,
ease of installation, expanded utilities,
and moresupport forportables aswel
as being "complementary" to Windows.
Windows S.l is being readied, and
will offer TrueType outline fonts integrated into its graphical device drivers,
offering something closer to whatgouseoesetrhat-youget than the current version of Windows manages to achieve.
Improved network support, error reporting, DOS application support and,
of course,performance was also promised. Windows S.1, however, will be compatible with Windows S.O device driven.
Windows extensions will also be developed to support multimedia, audio, and
pen4ased environments
A S2&t yesmion of Windows is also
being readiedfor the "mid-range" market, and a developers toolkit is to be
available thisyear. Itwill beaproemptive,
multi4ltreadedoperatingsystem (rather
like OS/2) allowing two gigabytes of address space per application, and with
separate address spaces per application.
Windowa82 will use the same internal syntax and semantics as the current
Windows, makingupgradeseasyformdhware vendors. The Windovss82 graphical extension will include Bezier curves
and devic~dependent color, and its
networhng extension will include inter
processcommunicafion. For easier international adaptation, Windows-S2 will
supportasinglelargecharactersetcalled
Unicode.
For OS/2, "Windows libraries" are
being offered that let OS/2 rtm Windows applications, if only to test conversions. Microsoft, meanwhile, isplanning
a "New Technology" OS/2 kernel that
will not only run Windows applications,
but will include a fault<olerant file system, integrated network functions, multiprocessor support, and the sharing of
device drivers with DOS and Windows. It
will run on S86 and 486 machines, and
on RISC machines. It will also be used as
the basis for a distributed operating system for network environmc:nts.
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The ultimate goal is "information at
your fingertips" for "more personal" personal computers, combining distributed
computing, multimedia, pen input, and
object~riented features like linking and
embedding.
Meanwhile, Microsoft announced
that, by its calculation, there is an installed base of 60 million DOS computers out there. Windows 5 has sold 2.25
million copies retail, another 500,000
OEM copieshave been sold,and 40,000
developerskitshavebeen sold.There are
more than a thousand Windows applications on the market. For OS/2, more
than 300,000 copies have been sold, there
are more than ahundred applications
available, shipped by about 24 vendors.
Contact: Microsoft, 2068824080.
New Database for Windows

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, FEB 12 (NB)
Malachite Corp. has announced Dossier for Windom, $495 multi-user relational database management system,
compatible with dBASE and Clipper databases and applications.
Dossier provides a multipledocument
interface, a file browser, a dialog box for
creating editing windows, and a programming languageforcustomized applications. Programming code can be
attached to any data field of Windows
control facility.
The product is to be available in
March. Demonstration diskettes are
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VANCOUVER, B.C., FEB 6 (NB)Richmond Technologies Sc
Software has
begun shipping Version 2.1 of its Maximizer contactmanagementsoftware. The
company is also working on a version of
the package for Microsoft's Windows
operating environment.
Added features in Version 2.1 include
the ability to create a separate set of files
for useby another copy of the program,

and later to merge changes in these files
into the originals. The new version also

lets users switch between multiple databaseswithoutexiting theprogram,checks
spellings, finds duplicate entries, backs
up and restoresdata files,and can print
to a fil for later output. The newversion
can also be set to run a
macro
automatically, Richmond said.
The single. user version of Maximizer
2.1 lists for CP95, while a network version costs C$895. The singl~
upgrade price isC$69, said company
spokeswomanJanette Peters.
Peters said Richmond's development
team is working on a Wmdows version of
the packagenow. She did not rule out a
version for the Apple Macintosh, but
said that is not definitely on the agenda
at present. "Our focus is still to stay with
the PC," she saicL Contact: Richmond
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GO Corp., 415445-7400.
Vancouver Startup will Focus
on Pen-based Software
NORTHVANCOUVER, B.C.,JAN 51
(NB) A new software company here
plans to develop applications for penbasedcomputers. PenMagic Software will
focus first on the PenPoint operating
system recentlyannounced by Go Corp.
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putermanufacturer NCRhasannounced
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when it introduced the LaserWriter, the p r o gram called PageMaker. Suddenly,
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had signs prodaiming The Apple Camputer Desktop Publishing System," typically consisting of an Apple Macintosh or
Macintosh Plus, a LaserWriter or its 1986
successor, the LaserWriter Plus, and, to
control the page assemblyproceaa,Aldus'
PageMaker seftsfare.
Bythemme PageMaker 2,0premiered

on the Mac, Aldus was preparing to release an IBM version af PageMaker. A
myriad of cempetition soon sprig up
far all types of computers ta ride this

burgeoning wave,
with ten or more Mac
packages andne less thanM titles far the
IBM PC announced oravailable by May
1987.
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But for all its impact on the marketplace, PageMaker vsas not the first computer~ided p u blishing pr e gram.
Jonathan Seybold,founder of the SdyboM
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multiple fonts and sizes.
article written in the May 1987 issue of The system should perform these tasks
in a manner considerably less. codeBPTEmagazine,Seybold established the
intenfave than the command language
criteria for a useful desktop publishing
feund an traditional bighead complatfom. Totannmarizeandparaphrase,
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thatepitasetting that is, wellAesigned and
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of graphicson the page of text. The
system shouldalsa providesomemeans
of creating or importing images, and
peiforming a variety o manipulations
en them, such as sizing, cropping, rotation ar enhancement.
Interactive composition and editing
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output on at least ene clevice that effers a resolution of RO or more dots
per inch. Beyond that, the system
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kom laser printers to high~ l u t i on
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Pastscript laser printer (at the cast of a
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The disadvantages of DTP inClud:

The tools may exceed the talent. DTP
pragrauns should all come with a crash
course in graphic design. Asisunfortunately obvious, they don' t
Bottlenecks in the technology, especially when dealing with large er complexfileaThe &ustrahans can be overwhelming when a file just won't print.
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DESKTOP PUBLISNllIC
that some jobs would actually be faster
or easier to do by hand.
ciples still bear fruit:
lower quality: whether it's the lowresolution on~ e e n r e p resentation that

causes a design imperfection, the look
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+ Books and training widely available

Virtual memory support via Windows
3.0 (requires extra RAM)
Introducing
o HPwompatible laser painter can print
full-page graphics at 3OMpi

Windows 3.0 and Adobe Type Manager
provides Postscript screen andprinter
font support for improved typographic
handling, GeoWorks offers simile capabilities
True Portability
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Ready, Set, Gol ........................ $300
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Adobe font pack ...................... $150
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Mac Classic (2MB RAM, 40MB Hard

disk) ....................................... $1850
Canon BJ10e (360-dpi) or HP Desklet
500 (300-dpi) printer ........ $650-750
JetLlnk Express software and Paralink
interface .................................. $250
Timeworks Publish It Easy......... $270
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Advantages
3&8SX Disadvantages
72Mpi screen displaywith square pixels
Many different standards may lead to
incompatibilities or extra hassles

Some may find MS-DOS command
language complex and arcane
Poor performance when using graphics-intensive programssuchas Windows
+ Weak systemdevel printer, font and
graphics support
Limited process color separation output oplions
+ Postscript options for
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limited to softtimre-based interpreters
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Lege selection ofDTP software, books
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Easiest to learn and use
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Mac ClassicDisadvantages
Color display not available on Mac
Classic
No expansion slot except RAM up'grade {4MB maximum)
not a laser printer, the BJ10e has very
slow printing, limitedpaper handling,
wafer~tuble ink DeskJet has better
paper handling, non~ ear ink, but
sall produces lower quality than a laser printer
SMHz Classic is too slow for big jobL
Smch screen, although very Clea, is
too small for DTP tasks
Largeecreen monitor choices limited
Atari Budget System
1040 STE computer, SM124 monitor,

Megafile 30MB HD ................$'I500
Okilaser 400 laser printer with RAM
expansion (to total 1.5MB) ..... $1350
Pagestream DTP software ......... $250
Optionally, a 2400 baud modem for

high-Ies or color output .. (add $15Q)
Total Q100
Easy Draw .................................. $75

T'meworks Desktop Publisher ST
software .................................. $125
Ca la mus ooooooooooo$3 7 5
Any of these programs could alternately

use les~tpensive inkjet printer@
Canon M10e (36Mpi) or HP Deskjet

500 (300-dpi) printer ........ $650-750
Atari 1040STR Advantages

PageSfream canplace IMG, TIFF and
KPS images Rom Mac or PC clipart
the Computer Store
Pagestream software has Postscript
output<odisk option (service bureaus

can output Postscript Sles at up to
R450 dpi)
e Good screen update spent due to onboard graphics accelerator, especially
if "Qxick SI program is used
720K MS-DOS disk Sle compatibility
excellentclarityandstabihtyof 640x400
monochrome INnch screen display
4096 color~able computer (although
SMIR4monifor ismonochromoonly)
Scalable printer fonts
optional Mac and/or IBM emulation
compatiMity
Ateri1040STE Disadvantages
Fewer hardware, software and service
options (i.e.nolargeecreen monitors)
Limited number of fonts supphed with
pr
Weak handling of character styles such
as italics, bold etc.
Lacking some typographical subtleties
UllraScript (soibvare Postscript interprefer) version currently avaihhle for
ST is not compatible with HP LaserJetor BubbleJet~ p r i n ters
+ Some suppliedPagestream fonts are
poorly rendered
fonts lack "hints" to optimize prinf.
quality at SNMpi or below
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A typical Amiga4ased enhy4evel DTP
system might consist of:
~ Amiga 500, 10845 color monitor

$12OO
A59020MB hard disk and 2MB expansion RAM .................................$900
PageStream 2.0 DTP software .. $250
Canon BJ10e (360-dpi) or HP Deskjet
(300-dpi) printer ............... $650-750
~ Optionally, a 2400 baud modem for
high-res or color output ..(add $150)
Total $3100
Other budget software titles indude:
-PixelScnpt (PostScript emulator) $125

- Gold Disk Professional Page 2,0$430
- Professional Draw 2.0 ..............$265

Any of these programscould alternately
use lesscxpensive inkjet printers:
- HP DeskJet 500
(300-dpi) printer......................... $750
Amiga 500 Advantages

Only budget system with full process
color separation abilities
+ New version of PageStream indudes
all features of Atsri version (above)
and more, including process color
separation and Adobe Type 1 font
support
Standard graphics interchange Sle
formats (IFF/ILSM) allowgoodlevel
of softwareintegration
Scalable printer fonts
+ Inexpensive PixelScript software
PostScript emulation option allows
improved output quality
+ Powerful true multitasling operating
system environment
good selection of giaphics software,
books and magazines
optional Mac and/or IBM emulation
Amiga 500Disadvantages
Fujikama Barebone
andFull Systems
Motherboards, Controller Cards,

Super Multiscan, 1024 x 768 14" Monitors
35INHx band with special designed
Bilingual 101 Keyboard for Canadians.
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shaded areas to exhibit banding, letters may appear less distinct than la-
ser print quality

slowest and lowest capacity hard disk
of systems listed
few service bureaus can directly support Amiga disks; Sles must be saved
to MS-DOS format disks (requires
extra software such as CrossDOS or
DOS-2-DOS)
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some AmigaDOS commands require

arcane CLI (command linc: interpreter) commands
+ I&inch monitor fhckers in 640x4QO
resolution, nonkhckering mode has
non~narc pixels
+ slowest clock speed (7.14MHz)
HP DeskJet inkjet printer may cause
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Midrenge Systems
Midrange ($5,000-$7000)
speed is an important factor

+ All midrange systems indude at least
RMB RAM and a 40MB harddrive
In thispricerange, all systemsinclude
a laser printer and color or true grayscale capabiTity
For comparative purposes, each system mciudesleading DTPandgraphlcs pl ograms
PC Iwidrange System
- 386DX-33 MHz computer with VGA

monitor (.28 dot pitch) 1024x768 resolution, 40MB hard drive ......... $2000
- NEC Silentwriter2 90 PostScript laser
printer ................................... $2400
- Mouse, Windovvs 3.0 ............... $200
- PageMaker 4.0 or Ventura 3.0. $600
- CorelDRAW 2.0 .......................$500
Total $5700
3$SDX Advantages
+ Highest~ o r m ance midrange color
system (88 MHz SQ886)
Highest resolution display
lowestwost nudrange system
+ Widest selection of fonts (if Corel
DRAW is included), hardware and
sofhrme
largest number of expansion slots and
options
Genuine Adobe PostScript printer

Books and training widely available
Although Adobe Type Manager is not
needed to print PostScript fonts, it
improves the screen font displays sub.
stantially
38{iDX Disadvantages
higher resolutions slow down screen
refresh
Standard Windows pxint spooler is
slow
40MB hard disk is too small, really
+ Simultaneous use of multiple monitors not posmable
Options and Enhancements

Additional 2MB RAM ............... $250
Adobe Type Manager Plus Fonts$150

Handheld or flatbed scanner
....................................$2so-$1soo
Upgrade to larger hard disk $400 up

Upgrade to larger monitor $1000 up
2400 baud Zoom modem with 4800
baud sendfax abilities for sending files
or prcefs to a service bureau for highresolution or color output ........ $200
Ilac Iwidrange System
Mac LC, 2MB RAM/40MB HD $3200

12-inch gray-scale or RGB color
monitor .......................... $400/$800
NEC Silentwriter2 90
' PostScript laser printer ........... $2400
DTP Software (choose one)
Timeworks Publish-It Easy ........ $270
Silicon Beach Personal Press ..... $450
Aldus PageMaker .....................$540
Cluark XPress ........................... $675
Drawing Software (cheese one)

Adobe illustrator 3.0 ............ ...$500
Aldus FreeHand ........ .....,...... $500
Approximatetotal$7000
Mac LC Advantages
16MHz 68020 processor
Genuine Adobe PosiScript printer
lowestwost color Macintosh
Inexpensive upgrade to 16kit color
(82,76S colors on INnch monitor)
most colors on~een with upgrade
Mac operating system supports simulianeous multiple monitors
Mac I.C
Disadvantages
+ lowest screen resolution (51Rx882) of
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midrange systems unless higher cost
AppleColor RGB monitor (or compatible VGA display) is substituted for
Apple 12~ch color display, yielding
640x480 resolution
screen (Quickdraw) and printer

(PostScript) discrepancies may be improved somewhat with Adobe Type
Manager software
laser printer is not appropriate
for highwolume printing
highestwost midrange system
cpm
only one expansion slot, not compat-
ible with Mac 11 NuBus cards
ptionsand enhancements
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dobe Type Manager Plus Fonts$150
Handheld or flatbed scanner
.................................... $350-$2500
Larger hard disk..................$700 up
Larger monitor ................. $1000 up
2400 baudZoom modem with 4800
or proofs to a service bureau for highresolution or color output ........ $200
At ari Midrange System

Mega 2 STE (2MB/50) ............ $2200
Multisync monitor/Omnimon
nterface .................................... $600

Atari SLM-605 laser printer .... $1875
Calamus (DTPsoftware)........... $400
Calamus Outlin
(drawing software) ..................... $325
Total t'S400
If PostScript output is required, an
HP - compatible laser printer a n d

PageStream maybe substituted (seeAs
kari
dget system, above).
0 ptional software:
Calamus Font Editor ................ $125

extra fonts ............................ $50 up
AtariMega STE Advantages

lowestwost midrange system
16 MHz 68000 is faster than earlier
Atari ST computers
Fastest laser printing of any system
Very good screen update speed

Scalable, integrated screen and printer
fonts in Calamus
MS-DOS disk file compatibility

Calamus doesn't require PostScript to
produce outline fonts on a printer.
AnyHPLaserJetwompatible unitcould
be used in lieu of the Atari SLM405,
however, the SLM405's output via the

DMA port is much faster
Monitor can display 5 different resolutions, with up to 4096 colors

Calamus Outline is roughly compa-
rable to PostScript+ased graphicprograms for the Mac (i.e., Illustrator,

FreeHand) or PC (Corel DRAW)
optional Mac Plus and IBM-PC or AT
emulation
Atari MegaSTE Disadvantages

Calamus does notcurrently support
PostScript output
Calamus' currently supports monochrome display only
grays
bitmap
s (Le., TIFF) andcolor
graphics not currently supported by

Calamus
Iimited imagesetter output options

(In Vancouver, only Laser's Edge supports Calamus output to Lino at 2450
dpi)
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puters
only one expansion bus slot
Fewer hardware, software and service

options

Migraph hand scanner............. $600
Upgrade to 80MB hard disk $400 up
Upgrade to 4MB RAM .............$300
2400 baud Joppa modem with 4800
or proofs to a service bureau for highresolution or color output ........ $200
Optionally, an Atari Mega 2 or 4 computercouldbe substitutedfor Mega STE
(subtract cost of Mega 5TE, add $1200
or $1800)
AtariMega ST Advantages
The Mega 2 or 4 adds an internal "Mega
Bus" connector which, in turn, allows
several other options:
A 19- or 24-inch Moniterm (monochrome) or Image Systems (color)
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Weak handling of character styles such
as italics, bold, etc.
Lack of font "hinting" causes poor
print quality of small point sizes at 800
dpi or lower resolutions
SLM405 printer not supported by all
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AtariMega ST Disadvantages
+ only one "Mega bus" expansion slot

8 MHz system clock, earlier operating
Amiga Midrange System

Amiga 2000HD (2MB RAM),
50MB hard disk .....................$2750
Multisync monitor,
A2320 de-interlacer.............. $1050
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Gold Disk Professional Draw 2.0$265

HP LaserJet IIP printer
w/exp. RAM).......................... $1650
Total $6145
Amiga 2000 Advantages

Expandable system with Amiga and
IBM slots
The d~ t e rlacer eliminates annoying
interlace nicker in hoes mode
IBM slots allow access to inexpensive
PC peripherals
Pro Page's Compugraphic outline fonts
print smoothly at any size on nonPostScript printers
Pro Draw allows blends, bezier curves
and other vector graphic enhancements that will print at the maximum
resolution of the output device
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COMPUTER SYSTEMS
HP LaserJet IIP does not include

PostScxipt, although cartridges from
A dobe and others are ~ l ef o r $500$700 extr (1.5MB RAM xexiuired).
Lowest clock speed of "
priced systems
"BridgeBoard" IBM compatibxTity option costs as much as some PCs
limited selecdon of Compugraphic
fonts included with Pro Page; extras
are costly
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2400 baud modem with sendfax abilities for sending files or proofs to a
service bureau for high-resolution or
color output ............................. $200
Migraph hand scanner .............$600
AT Bridgeboard to allow accessto
PC/AT cards and software
Amiga 2500, 3000 or an accelerator
card with a 68020 or (preferably) a

68030 CPU. Becauseone of the abovementioned disadvantages is the slow
clock speed of a standard Amiga 2000,
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How you feel about PostScript (I recommend itas the bestoverall typographic
solution for DTP) will influexice your
choice of printers. PostScriptadds about
$1000 to the cost of your system, but as
you may detect,
onlyPC-and Mac-based
DTP systems can really take full advantage of the faciTities PostScript offerL
Therefore, I categorically recommend a

S86kased PC ora color~pable Mac if
you intend on using a PostScript printer
or outputting files at higher resolutions
at a service bureau. In the midge, it
becomesdear that the PC offers the best
price/performance ratio, while the Mac
has more advanced supportfor color
display and output
When we start discussing

keep in mind "the sky's the limit."There
isalwaysa faster printer with higherresolution, or a bigger monitor vvith more
colors. Because, as we have seen, $5000
already buys us a pretty hot machine,
let's explore the $5K to $10Kmarket in
terms of what is most important and
leave it at that for now.
If you may be hiring other people to do
Maker givesyou the most marketable
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the most popular and well-known DTP

program. Conversely, learning Page-
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New cases and power supplies
M ENTEK
better.
DTP work, consider that Pal pMaker is
pocket modem
386SX
ayearago, Amiga 500s and 2000s started

shipping with a 1M B SUPER FAT
AGNUS, although itwasonlyavailablein
an Amiga 500ifyou bought a memory
expansion and performed some circuitboard surgery; now with the AS000, it's a
2MB OBESE AGNUS, although stock
A S000s come configured
as 1MB of chip
RAM and 1MB of fast RAM. It's all very
confusmg, but the more chip RAM, the
highland,
New ltue of peripherals
386
modelsitwasa 512KAGNUS, then about
High-end SyStemS
The full power of a 286/386SX in a small

10.5" x 12.5" x 3.25" case.
Approx. weight: 15 pounds (including. monitor)
9" Monochrome or Monochrome VGA display offered.
Ideal for IAN, Executive ORce, P.O.S. Schools, or anywhere
you will have 1hntted space.
286
need for more than the minimum

amount of chip RAM. Unfortunately,
youjust can't add more chips to increase
the Ami's chip RAM. The motherboard
of the computer has to be modified.
There are several generations of the
Amiga's AGNUS chip which governs the
system's available "chip RAM." With the
old Amiga 1000and early500 and 2000
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most~pular tide, with @sark XPress
a distant third, followed by...nothing,
really, unless you start including
graphicscapable word processors like
WordPexfect 5.1 or Microsoft Word.
For this
reason, even lowland system
purchasers should at least consider
splurging for one of the bsg name"
programa
Use the highestguality fonts and dip
art. I'm going to go out on ahmb here
and recommend that you stick to
Adobe fonts, only because they' re the
ones that every servicebureauhas, and
it's less hassle to be compatible with.
Cheapo fonts are easily recognizable,
and will paint you as a second~te
designer. Don't fan for it.
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Clip Art
Clip art is a much trickier call, but in
general:
Metro Imagebase has a large collection
of "real commercial art" that has been
painstakingly scanned at 800<pi.

Available in formats for PC and Mac, it
avoids my biggest complaint of most
computer dip art, which is stuff that
looks computer-ish.
Image:s with Impact has a collection of
business images in EPS format that' s
better than most "computer cli~
"
Ventura Publisher Gold Edition: (GEM

or Windows versions)r Best for long
documents, file compatible with Mac
version, GEM version has better perfor
Mac
use, best for short-t~ e d ium4ength
documents, file compatible with PC version, version 4.0 has good color separation abilities, including full processsepar ations via Aldus Print .
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tem, ask yourself these questions:
Are the Tools Up to the Task?
Quark
This applies to both hardware and

software.If,forexample,you decided on
using a PC4msed DTP system, and you
planned on working primarily with large
or complex files, you would probably
want the most powerful machine available at this writing, a 986 or 486.
Sure, you could do it
on a 386SX, 286 or
maybe even (gulp) a
graphics rotation and manipulation,

moreplacementpreciaionpossible than
PageMaker,advanced color controls induding separations and trapping, multiple documents may bc opc:ned.
X P r e SS: Best type and
FramelNaker: Best for large technical documents, includes math equation processingabiTities,
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cross referencing.
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Highland
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My recommendation:get a good grayscale or color scanner, an imatpe:diting

program and take photos. Your publications will benefit &om the rich textures
and images that you can acquire easily
with ascanner, and even common items
such aspl
leaves or fabrics. And
unlike generic dip~ , the content will
be uniquely yours.
To further design your
sys-
lesser machine, but at
RCIIS1-280$'
mance on lovaend hardware.
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support for PC WP file

formats, file compatible
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will you be working with?
models.
Your mass storage choice will vary,
In the $6000wandmp bracket, you
depending on whether your wish list
could build a formidable DTP system
indudea a scanner or not If it's a color
based on the 680404xased NeXTstation

computer and its 400ctpi laser printer,
too.Jonathon Seybold called it "the best
computer for publishing ever made,"
and John Warnock, CEO of Adobe said,
"The NeXT computer is perfect for publishing."
scanner, triple your estimate of the hard

disk size you need!
You must also consider the speed of
the drive as an important factor. I recommend gettingaunitrated at19 msor
faster, with a capacity of at least 40MB
(and preferably more). In general, get a
Indeed, itis the onlysystem thatboasts
hard diakwith asmuch speed and capac-
o~ r e e n Display PostScript for true

WYSIWYG. At least one Vancouver service bureau now has its own NeXT com-
ity as you can afford.

Anyone using a scanner or copious
quantities of dip art should consider
getting a removable hard disk system.
Most service bureaus support the popular SyQuest type of disks. Each platter
stores 44MB, and can easily be trans.
ported &om location to location. Although the juxy is still out on longrterm
reliability, I have owned and used
SyQuest.disksfor a few years now, and
found them quick and reliable. (Great
for backups, too.)
puter to handle the imagesetting needs
of NeXT users. See our service bureau

survey in this issue.
In software, too, the choice of tools is
important. Although I can't distill all the
merits of today's powerful and complex
DTP programs into a sentence apiece,
here's a general summary of the' highe nd &ont~
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Ifyoll are conslantlywof king oxi large
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screen asyouwork,small~een DTP'ers
will quickly fmd a larger screen a necessity, But what kincP
wionitor Choices
Fullyage displays, dual-page displays,
gra)sscale,8bitcolor,24bitcolor...whewl
As mentioned earlier, the darity of
the screen is of utmost importance. On
most color monitors, this is expressed by
the "dot pitch." The RGB monitor I use,
for example, has a .25 dot pitch (and I
paid dearly for it). El~heapo monitors
go all the way up to .41 dot pitch. I
recommend thatifyou decide to go for
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appear completely, and grayscale images are represented by ugly dithered

patterns that can make editing diaicult
or impossible.
At a different level, this argument
applies to 8bit versus 244it displays. 8bit color, as you may know, means 256
colors, 24bit color allows milhons of
colors on~reen. With this many colors,
images take on a pho~ lis tic depth;
color blends are completely smooth,
and all colors are represented without
dithering. To effectively edit scanned
color images such as we do for the
&ont coversat The
Paper, for
example you need a 24bit display.
Unfortunately, 24bit displays have
much more information tomovearound
Com
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on the screen, and as a result, 24bit
monitor with at least 16 shades, and
now offer this, but at the moment, there
preferably 256 shades of gray. (Note that

some Windows video drivers don't support 256 shades or colors on~een, even
though your video card might be capable
of it.)
are onlythree 24bit cards for the PC

that I have seen (from Hercules,
RasterOps and TrueVision), and only
tial if you plan on using a scanner or

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white screens, sometimes light tints dis-
If you are going to be working exclusively in black and white, you can get
away with a monochrome monitor, but I
recommend that you get a grayscale
Agra
yscaleor color monitor is essenrays
ments. You would also want one if your
documents include. process or spot colors or tints, such as might be created

with adrawing program. On black and
video tends to be noticeably sluggish,

unless you use a card with an onward
graphicsaccelerator. Many Mac cards
the Hercules offers integral accelera-
tion. (As of this writing, a driver for

Windows is not available; hence, the
card can't currently display 24-bit
graphicsin Windowsapplications. Look
for Hercules to ship atmecolor Windows
driver in the first quarter of 1991.) The
Hercules Graphics Station Card lists for
US$1495.
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If you want to display 1024x768 in 24bit color, the RasterOps 1024MC goes
for awhopping $4,395.That's the video
card only, folks. The monitor's about
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PC owners should wait for the next gen-
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video cards for 13-inch monitors can be
had for as little as US$899.
If you primarily work on single pages
in 8.5xll~ c h format, you would do
well to consider a portrait-format fuilpage display" monitor, that. can display
a full page at 100% size while you work,
Similarly, if you usually work on dualpage spreads, such as might be found in

magazine or bookpublishing, getadualpage display. Asyoumightexpect, black
and white monitors are less expensive,
but as before, I recommend at least a
grays display if possible.

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Many considerations will affect your final choice of a printer:
Image quality: Black~ting or whitewxxting?

Printing speed: How many pages per
minute? What is the processor and
speed of the printer's controller?

How many pages do you need to print
per month? How long will it last?
How many fonts? Can you add a hard
dish Can it be networked?
How much memory? Is it expandable?
Can you upgrade it yourself?
Whatports does it have? Shouldyouuse
parallel, serial or AppleTalk?
PostScript, PCL language, dot~txix
or plotter emulations? Whatvcrsion of
each language? Are there any bugs in
the implementation? WLC dxavtbacks
do "clones" have?
What print resolution? Can it be upgraded?
Does it come with software for the
computer and applications you want
to use?
Paper handling: Can it handle heavy

stocks, envelopes? How many sheets
per paper tray?How many trays?
Operating cost and cost (and availability) of consumablcs? Can they be recycled?
Warranty,service, ete.
graphicsmtensive tasks, while the graphics and font scaling/manipulation abilities of Postscript printers are best exploited in areas like desktop publishing.
Typically, HP and compatible printers will have 512K of RAM and a limited
optionally expandable). Most (but not
all) HPwompalible units can accept HP
soft fonts and HP~ e o r p roprietary
font caxtridges while Postscript printers
uscxally have 2 MB of RAM and 85 sealable fonts.
Some higherwnd PostScxipt printers

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in our tests, to bc very poor at printing
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and one specific models. For more info
if at all
We also tested NewGm's PostScript-
compatible printers and while much

better than TrueImage, we still found
some incompatiMities.
Several PostScript cartridges are
available for Hoe s
p r inters. These
inclucle clones such as JetPage and

PaeificPagc, and genuine PostSeript offerings from Adobe and HP themselves.
In comparative speed and quality tests,
the only clear loser isJetPage.
PacificPage PE Revision 4 uses the
weSmgmded PhoenixPage PostScript
clone, which is a credible emulation,
although some anomalies exist in its rendering of PostScript graphics. (Beware
of earlier Paci6cPage versions, which
co cheats
System tralntas, mtciocomyater ixptixactes, Ixdnters ant other acasssaxtes axe avansna
be attached to greatlyspeed printingand

reduce network congestion by eliminating the need to download fonts.
Some of the n~
pri n ters utilize a
RISC (redueedinstrmtion setcomputcr)
chip as their processor. Typically offering much better performance than standard processors (PostSeript printers are
usuallybased on aMotorola 68000vscries
chip), you can expect to see more RISCbased printers in the future.
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LascrJet~ e s printers, aud more expensive ones that are compatible with
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HP and compatible printers are typically found in once environments performing word processingand other non-
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In pexformancetestsin theJan. 1991
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My advice:If PostScript graphics are
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the Micxosok/Bauer PostScriptlangualp
interpreter.
Oisk4ased aones
Some disk4ased PostScxipt Clone,

such as Imagen's UltraScript (available
for IBM a Atari ST and Mac; the PC ver-
Yy
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RavenScript) cannot at this time handle
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A special "Light" version is available at a
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My advice: avoid software hassles and
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Ifyoualreadyhave an HP printer and
want the occasional use of PostScript
fonts, consider using Adobe Type Manager, which will allow Windows (or Mac)
applications to utilize scalable outline
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pxinter's RAM to 1.5MB of RAM. This is
b ecause the entire page of SO~ p i
graphics must be imaged inside the
printer before the page can be printed
and ejected.
Obviously, an 8$ by l I~eh page of
graphics reqxnres a lot more than 51$f.
RAM. The only solution to printing
graphicaon a printer with less memory is
to reduce the image size or resolution.
Printer driver software oken has options
for printing at 150, or even '75, dpi.
On the other hand, a full page of text
using the printer's intexnal fonts can be
printed without expanding the printer's
RAM because the printer does not have
to create a bitmap of the image in its
memory. Usexsofstrictlychaxacterkesed
applications may be able to get away
without expanded RAM,howev'er,in this
day afWindows and other graphical apphcations, mostusers will rapidlyexceed

the limiuhtions of a printer with only
5121L
Many PostScript Ixinters include an
AppleTalk port to &cilitate sharing the
printer between ~
Maci n tosh (or
other) computers on a network. All
printers except those xnaxhufactured by
Apple typically feature a Centronics parallel interiace, which allows faster printing than the serial ports of the Macintosh. If a printer has both parallel and
serial ports, use parallel for best performance. M a c
us e rs s h o u ld g e t a n
Apple Talk~uipped unit

My advice: get a printer with a minimum of 1.5MB RAIL
Printer Engines
Canon SX
The heart of every page printer is its
imaging engine. One of the most popuSyyST&6 UKE TH5
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Hewlett-PackardLaserJetIIandIII,Apple
LaserWxiter II, Brother Hlk a u d HI
8PS (the Brother units were named PC
NugtuiasKditor's Choices),QMS PSSI0
Turbo, NewGen TurboPS, MC and in
many other printers all rather large

units. (Of these, only the DEC unitslack
any kind of HP Laser
Jet,
PostScript,lBhf
Preprinter, Epsoa or
Diablootandard
emulations.)
Ifyou are planaiag oa uaiagre cycled/
re6lled toner cartridges (mere oa this
later), you should coasider that the
Canon engine is the most popular type,
largely due to the overwhelming dominance of the HP standard.
Onc of the pluses of the Canoa4ased
Hewlett-PackardLaserJetisth
ityofmany add~a enhancement

prode availabilucts such as PostScri pt intcrpreters and
font cartridges. Few ef these will work
with other brands, but those that do
virtually all use the CanonSX engusc.
The HP Laser
also has
disection ofhavingJet
theillhighest
printthe
qualyof any 800dpi page printer, due toi ts
ni que "resolution eahancemeat" techilasy that smooths thejaggiesin type
id graphics by printing variable~
ts. The Laser
Jet III also boasts scal[e, rotatable Iat ellifont" foats and a
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Oae particularly interestiag Canon
LX~
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Equi pped withgeauineAdobcPostScript
@MS PS410.
and HP Iaser
Jet Series
II emulatioas,it
is, at thiswriting,
one of the
few printers
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surveys fori ts small footprint and speedy
graphics processing.
"duplcxing" printers such as the HP
Other printers with emulation sensLaeerJet
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An
older
calledCX or EP
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Abaton
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oa the market that caa automatically
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old S
PostScript
clones.
sensethetypeofdata beingseat toit,and
I LaserJcts and
ori gi nal Apple eries
La s erWriter
Other Canon enginesare the tw Hray
seti tsown ports and modes accordingly.
LaserWriter Plua A
and
cp m TX, knowa forits excellent print
(QUIS calls this feature Emulation SensIIost
cartridge
recyclers
still support this
model,
as well
as
quality.
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saap. Canon also makesan engine called
Ahaost as popular as the CanonSX,
the RX, us ed ia d o u ble-sided or
thecpm Tokyo Electronics Company
(TEC) 1805 engineis used in the Abaten
'
suine Adobe PostSc
ript optio. A best
Fell-regarded for its crisp, dark text

graphics, the Canon SX's engine
features an allm~ae cartridge for
r and drum that makes setup and
itenance easy. The paper path is
,'ctly straight, so S
ensed machines
rjam. The drum even coversitself
you open the printer top, so you
accidentally scratch it when clear-
irequeat paper j amL

it of coasumables, not includiag
averages 9.1 cents per page or
pendingif recyeled
cartridgeasre
in SK toner cartridges have apstcly a 4,000page life, and cost

125 new. $60 recharged. They
ly available, aew and recycled.
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even toner distribution, but tended to
produce grayish blacks and filled-in dark

gray areas that could spell trouble for
anyonelooking toproduce cameraweady
output.
NEO
Grayish blacks were a problem that
also occurred with the firstgeneration
Silentwriters by NEC, including the

LC800, LC890 and LC 890XL printer
(with engines manufactured by NEC itself). Most of these older units are nonetheless still in steady use (we have one at
the offices of The Compute Pfgper) and are
notable for their very low consumables
cost, due to the use of a refillable OPC
optical photoconductor (C$170).

The box is filled with toner via a
separate top4oadingcompartment. Each
box of toner (about 8,000 pages worth)
sells for about C$80, although the OPC
needs replacing every 7,000 pages according to the manufacturer (we feel
lucky when we get 5,000).
downright fuzzy."(For further evidence,

see the Nov. 1989 and 1990 PC Magcuiyzd
print samples.)
Personal Publishiytgalso reported that
the black-writing 6-ppm Ricoh 1060 engine "gulps toner."

A few printers that use the blackwriting Ricoh 1060 engine include:
Ricoh's own PC Laser 6000/PS, GCC
Businessand Personal LaserMnters, IBM
Personal PagePrinter II, Unisys AP 9206

and the TI OmniLaaer 2106.
The white-write
4081 is used in
cpm
the AST TurboLaser.
The white-write 15-ppm 4150is found

in the @MS PS-1500, NCR 64864501
and Unisys AP 9215 and AP9415.
Fujitsu
The Fujitsu M8701M is an LED~ay
electrophotographic engine rated at 5ppm that generates crisp output, but
seems to have difigculty with dark grays
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and blacks. The toner and drum carzM-
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because the paper path is not as straight,
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design, and represents one of the best

price/performance ratios in printers today. Starting at 5-ppm, it is highly
upgradeable, and can be boosted to 10ppm and true Adobe PostScript.
Interestingly, an article in the May 29,
1990 issue of PC Maytsirscstrongly implied that IBM deliberately crippled the
lowend model's speed to
Apparently, the only difFerences beween it and
the enhanced unit (for US$1,099 more)
are four socketed firmware chips and
one surfac~ounted chip. Their tests
indicated that the firmware in effect in-
The US$11,900 Printware 720IQProfesnional uses that company's ovm eng ine, which produces razor~
nea r fypeset~ualily 1200x600 resolution that
is truly impressive. The engine has a life
expectancy of 1.2 million pages, with a
duty cyde of20,000 per month.
We have not tested the unit's (nonAdobe) PostScript compatibility option,
but MacUscrmagazine reported that it
was the "most compatible ~es done"
and its print samples are excellent, Also,
its operating costs are claimed to be only
a little more than a penny a page.
QINSIMatsushita
+MS and M e t
a c~ eve l oped
the engineusedin the+MS 2210printer,
which we useatThc Computer Paper(actually we have the 2200, the difference
being a lack of HPGL emulation). This
@MS printer is astonishingly fast (rated
at22gpm, we get somethinglike 17ypm
out of it). It comes with dual paper trays
and true Adobe PostScript, andean print
rsc'sNov.
tabloidspages.In PC M
18,1990 printer tests, the@MS PM210
aori
was over twice as fast as any ot her
PostScript printer tested for text speed

tests, and fastest in graphics as well. PC
Mayuirsccalled it "the superior choice
PostScript applications."
for h
eavenly
Aden s
For the best text output, check out

the LeerMaoter controller that doubles
the resolution, and prints graphics up to

ten times as fast It'sjust one of a pack of
addmns forCanon engine-based printers like the HP LaaerJets.
>
discover that all recy-
':,'.',:," clers support the

Canon-type ' car-
tridges. According to
Christopher Small of
Superior Laser Supply, this is because the Canon engines
account for almost 80% of the market.
Aside from the obvious environmental beneSfn of cartridge recyding, the
cost savings can be substantial, and the
print qualityis often better than the first

time around, due to better toner quality.
An optional replacement "supesvlrum"
can improve the qualityeven f'urther and
dramatically extend the life of the carfridge.A properly recharged toner cartridge will not harm or shorten the life of
your printer something a reputable
company will put in writing.
In summary
The best buys are the HP LnserJet III
and IIID, for their superior resolution
enhancement technology; the OkilsLser
400 for itn rock4sottom price and good

print quality; and the NEC SilentWriter2
90 for its greatvalue as the lowest~riced
Adobe PostScript printer. Approximate
street prices for these units are listed
below; consult advertisements in this issue of TitsCoeaputcrPaper or ask your
dealer forcurrent prices:
Best Buys
Hewlett-Packard Laserjet III Q200
Okidata okiLaser 400 .......... $1000
NEC SilerstWriter2 $0 ...........$2400
Conclusion
I fyounretdlnumngadot~
pr int e r ,
print out a page and take a long look at
it Shouldn't you be laser printing?
Thanks to Alan Gillies, training coonfinator for Roland DG, and ChrisSmall
of Superior Laser Supply for contributing
valuableinformation to this artf'de.
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PAPER MARCH '91 5 1
LSLSER PRIIIITERS
The Best Paper for Lasers

The best laser papers have special
electrical- and heave. nstant properties.
RECHARGE
Paper manufacturersran add chemicals
to the paper's surface to enhance its

electrical resistance, or sometimes mix
them into the paper itself. The moisture

content of the paper and environmental
humidity also contribute to the paper's
resistance, which can explain why print
quality varies with the weather.
Another process affected bymoisture
is paper-feeding. The greater the moisture contentof the paper, the more likely
it is to curl, increasing the number of
paperjanmr,double sheets and misfeeds.
For best results, store your paper in alowhumidity area and take care to dose the
packaging on partial reams

Another factor that contributes to
paper jams is the weight of the paper.
YOUR LASER OR PC
CARTRIDGES a8
Envelopes
Most page printers can handle envelopes, but the hnd of envelopes you
choose will have a great deal to do with
the results you get. For best resuhb, use
those with diagonal seams and standard
gummed Saps, and be sure that the leading edge ofthe envelope has a sharp
recharged
&54.&9
exchange
those which take amore circuitousroute.
for use with laser printers. The glue must
Most laser- and

aper is
rated at 20 pounds, although higherquality bonds such as those teed for
letterheads are oiten rated at 24 pounds
endure 200degreeFahrenheit tempera-
or more. Be sure to consult your printer

manuaL
Picking Paper
A good laser paper should have exceptional smoothness, brightness, opac-
ityandwaxpick (surfacestrength). When

I was evaluating paper types, I called up
variouspaper suppliers and manufacturAll of the companies I spoke to were
happy to send me sample kits, with a
selection of their stock suitable for use
with laser printerL (Typically, the sample
sheets will have the brandmame of the
paper printed on it, so don't bother if

you're just looking for &ee supplieL) Of
all those I tested, I lilml Hammermill
Laser Plus the best. (It also produces
superior results on inkjet printers such
as the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet.)
Premium-brand papers such as
Hammermill Laser Plus have two very
different sides, and are essentially printable on one side only. The "wrong side"
of Hammer3mll Laser Plus has light blue
lettering on it to make differentiation
easy. The printable side is extremely

smooth and has a strong surface, contributing to its superior print quality.
Cheap papers can leave lots of lint inside

your printer, ruining print quality and
shortening engine life.
Something that many people don' t
realize is that all papers have two distinctlydifferentsides. The topisreferred
to as the felt side and the bottom is called
the wire side. Always print on the wire

side flrst. Look for a label on the front of
the wrapper for an arrow indicating the
wire side and be careful to place it into
your printer's paper tray according to
theunit'spaper path. Some printersload
paperface up, some face down. Consult
the printer manuaL
e S '
'
Labels
copier' p
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Sheets that are too light or too heavy are
more likely to jam. Some printers have

straighMhrough paper paths which can
handle somewhat heavier stocks than
IurIuIre aleut ourFNEE

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HP Laser Cartridges
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Use labels speciflcallyrecommended
tures as it passes through the fusing
rollers and some labels designed for

impact printers can't stand the punishment. This also applies to dear plastic
celluloid sheets, such as those used on
overhead projectors. Some brands are

appropriate for lasergrinting or photocopying,some aren't.Avery,forexample,
is a well-known manufacturer of lasercompatible label products.
Letterheads
Pr~rinted companyletterheads can
almostalways besuccessfullyrun through
a page printer, however, depending on
the texture of the stock, the results may
varywidely.Many companies use a type

of paper called classic laid bond that
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Great selection,
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Much more in store!
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If you want to add color to your laserprinted page, there are at least two prod-
fimdamentally the same fashion: sheets
of colored film are "ironed" onto areasof

your printed page, where they adhere
only to the toner and not the paper.
You can even cut up the sheets and
mix the colors on your page. Graphics

supply stores should carry one or both of
these products.
Of course, you can also add color to

your page by simply printing on colored
stock Many oKce supply companies are
now supplying a good selection of preprinted forms for use with page printers.
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does not take toner smoothly; the paper

is too coarse andproducespoorlyformed
characters. Stocks that are glossy don' t

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to the smooth surface and tends to Sake
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Also, paper that has been pre-printed
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in the fuser.
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professional do it They start o rby com- ones and last longer than the new cartridge.
rebuilding
it,
rather
than
punching
a
The HP Laserjet 92295A series H car4,000 and 5,000 pages. The photoconhole
in
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and
fillmg.
Then,
the
phototridges
are only gc~ for 2 or 9 rebuilds,
chxctivedrum,used totxansfer the toner
sensitive
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is
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are
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and
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ganic Photosensitive Coating (OPC) and
There are ~
way s to replenish
are lubricatecL This service can cost will no longer be able to print.
the toner in the carfridgeL It can be
$69.95,with a 100% warranty for$0 days
Most rebuildexs we' ve talked to say
spite a mess if you try it yourself. Al&om
the
date
of
purchase.
that
nearly half of all the drums they
though itis not an impossible task, it is
Refills
can
cost
less
than
the
rebuilt
inspect
have to be replacecL A fewrepureally incotpenuive-about $20 to $25
cartridges
but
will
not
last
as
long.
The
table
rebuilders
will replace the drum at
for the bottle of toner.
remanufactured
carfridge
will
produce
no
cost;
some
charge
as little as $10 for a
The best way to get your cartridge
about
20%
more
pages
than
the
new
gooduseddrum,
andup
to$50 for anew
replenished is to send it out and have a
one that still has a life of at least a dozen
rebuilds. Some rebuilders do not charge
fox this service, banhng on the customer
continuing to use the service.
Another company we spoke to is developing a lease or maintenance pro-
HOW TO SAVE MONEY

AND STILL 6ET THE MOST
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black, -brown and blue; red and yellow
may be available in the near future.
Most rebuilders will warranty their
work If an HP laser printer rectuires
service and an authorized HP service
cenire states that the damage was caused
by the fault of th e cartridge, the

rebuilder will in most cases pay for that
sexvice. This will in no way nulhfy your
HP warranty.
Most rebuilders will pay $10 for your
used cartridge if you replace it in the
silver envelope and box with th e
styrofoam ends with the used wancL This
should be done to prevent the light from
getting to the drum, as light destroys its
photosensitiveproperties.ringers should
also be kept off the drum, as this will also
cause speedy decay.
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These are called wri~ l a ck" engineL
They typically do a good job with fine
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T HE COMPUTER
PAPER MARCH '9l
Improving
YOU7
Adobe Type Manager and
Bitstream's Faceiift Promise
SetterScreen Display ofFonts

by Ndsrrn Rasst
Mast desktop publishers will tell yau

that, despite thefact that microcomputers and page layout so&ware gives them
access to documentproduetieninamuch
easier environment than conventional
layout, DTP is still far &om the perfect
tool most seftwaxe vendors claim it te be.
Why? Because it stim doesn' t provide

true WYSIWYG [What-Youkee-lsWhatY ou~t) .
The preblem lies in the di6erences
between screen~play technologyand
output or print teehnolagy.
Screens display information by mapping dots on your computer's monitor.
This "bitmap" is entirely dependent on
the quality of the monitor itself. Some of
the lower resolutians include the Macin-
tosh Plus, SE or Classic's 72 det per inch

screen, or IBM's 96 dpi VGA standard.
Higher resolutien screens display
mare dots. These include Super VGA at
Sl
CI
resolution blacke d-white monitors. Yes,
True Type will print en Dot Matrix, Fixed

Font (such as HP LaserJets) and
PastSeript laser printers.
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One advantage of TrueType is that it
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ten range between $5000 and $10,000.
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This is good news fer all af us whe
Print technology uses vector inforhave already made considerable investmation to reproduce page designs, which meats in the PostScript "standard.'
means that text and ether objects are
reproduced by algorithms which use

mathematical infermafian rather than
maps ef dots te first create the shape of
the object, then fill it with dots. This

method not only produces output faster
than bitmapping, but it also preduces
resolution independent pages.
This means that the same output can
be produced ena Laser at%l0 dpi oron
a typesetting machine at 1200 ar R500
dpi. PostScript has became popular because it provides this bridge.
The major challenge of desktop publishing is marrying screen and output
quality. Apple and Microsoft have both
expended enormous amounts of resources and energy to solve this problem.
T he r esult i s T r u e Type a n d
TrueImage. Both companies will in'
grate this technology in future releases
of their Graphical User Interfaces[GUI].

ForApple, this will be System7.0 ancl for
Microsoft, Windows S.l.
TFMeType
The True system merges one technalogy for bath screen display and
printer output. True Type is a font technologywhereeachcharacter
inatype&ce
consists of a mini software program. Selecting the character automatically runs
the program to both diisplay and print

the character to the best ability of the
screen and the printer. YesTrueType

will appear just as well on color or high-
What can you do

inthe meantime'
This new technology deca not solve
most desktop publisher's problems. All
of those who have made the commit-
inent to production on the desktop have

already decided that they can't wait forever for the ultimate product to appear.
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Screen fonts are bitmapped versions
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dot by dot in "paint" program+ Becaura:

this process is so timeeansuming, typefitce manufacturers build only a minimal
selecfiion of sizes for us to use.
This is why most PostScript users see
a predetermined selection of sizes in
their typ~ l ection dialag boxes (these
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selectappears very jagged because the
computer tries to build it for us.
In Windows, these sizes become
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The Mise Choice fer Payroll
- NO PAYROLL SOFTWARE OR PAYROLL SERVICE COMPARES
L W COST
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AYROLL
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SIIIII II I OWIIIIL% Take advantage of

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to handle your payroll.
Learn as Operate in
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Weekly, Monthly, etc.
Pay RlelheNS
Menu-driven Selections
Form Data Entries
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Chooses pay period and pay method

indtvtduaIIy for each employee.
Captures pertinent information for
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ACCPAC PLUS Canadian Payroll
Version 5.1 provides for a combined
total of M userMe6ned earnings, raxablekmne6ts accruals and non~tutory
deductions per employee. Additional
6exibilityis obtained byde6ning groups
of earningson which calcula6ons can be
performed. Enhancementsinclude the
introduction of 5 UIC rates per company. A General Ledger account can be
associated with each code, and earnings
codes can be assigned to speci6c T4
boxes. General ledger accounts and
departments are accumulated in a 6le
for automatic transfer to the Accpac G/
L, and salaries and wages can be distributed to general ledger departments.
Earnings and deductions can be suppressed by entering a 6ag in the employee 6le. Pension cleductions have
been changed to conform to the new tax
rules. The program automaticallycalculates the TD1 cost of living adjustment
but the user can no longer alter the UIC,
CPP and tax tables. This Sexible psegram is a good choicefor businesseswith
complex earningsanddeductions, perhaps requiYingjob costing and
an interface to Accpac Plus G/L The M
earning and deduction limit is insu6scient for some payroils.
ACCPACIPI CanadianPayroiliseasy
to set up and to use. It interfaces with
both Accpac Easy and the Accpac Phls
General Ledger. This product is the
rates arid provides a nulnbel' of different

methods for the calculation of commis-
review for a commission sales environment. It provicles for up to 6ve hourly
' Free customer telephone support

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able, the cell contains a dash.
Olher
mnrtsr. Runs m 18M and 100% crrnrpatlbrss.

Supports art rspular prrntsrs.
pay history report is provided and previously posted cheques can be viewed on
the screen and modi6ed even after post-
most suitable of the products in this
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Thirteen Canadian Payroll programs
have been reviewed in this survey.New
to thesurvey thisyear are DacEasy Payroll, Easypay, Great Plains Canadian
Payroll,
PowerPay and Abacus II.
The accompanyingchartpresentsan
attempt to compare costs, services, features and options for the thirteen programs. Whereinformation wasnotavail-
ShcBenito (Four Customised)

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sions. It has an adequate number of

bene6t and deduction types for most
small businessea Reporringisadequate,
however it does not print a recordmfemployment form.
DAC39BY is an inexpensive, simple

payroll solution for a small company.
The set up will take only minutes and it
has manyofthe featuresofmore 6exible
and expensive programs. Its pull<own
menus and cleardata eniry screens are
attractive features. A detailed employee
mg.
EASYPAY is neither one of the easy
payrolls nor one of the complex ones.
The method it uses to de6ne earnings
requires a good understanchng of the
program's operation on the part of the
very easy to use.
GRAND MASTER is a good choice
for those organisations requiring an ex-
tensive cost breakdown. The product's

special features indude the aMity to
associate each employee's earnings and
deductions with his or her own General
Ledger account and Department and
further, the ability to prorate an
employee's wages between up to 4 different companies or departments. This
product provides tables for wage rates

such as would be included in a union
agreement It is somewhat di8icult to set
up earnings and deductionsand the
manual is weak in assisting with this
function. The product inter6rces with
Accpac, Client Strategist, Platinum and a
number of other General Ledger products.
GREAT PLAINS CANAjHAN PAYROLLis a powerful, 6exible payroll program. Its most notable feature is the
unlimited number of earnings, deductions and taxable bene6ts,manyof which
are precon6gurerl, which can be calculated and tracked. It is excellent for job
costing purposes as it tracks both the
hours and the amount by job and expenses the company portion of the expense to the job and does autosnatic
overtime calculations. It has built~

pension plan bene6ts and full union
reporting. It does not provide for auto-
matic calculation of holiday pay or sick

payas does its U.S. version. The program
retains and can print an employee's entire pay history for the year. This aud
other audit trails are excellent. It inter-
6sces with the Great Plains report generator for custom reports.
HELP payroll was not reviewed this

year because the product is undergoing
changes, but it is induded in the survey
as version 4.5 is being fully supported
until the new product is shipped.
PAY~ C i s available in a number of
versionsfordifferenttypesofusers. There
is version II for Apple DOS 8.9, version
III for accountants and payroll services,
version IV for manufacturers with additional hourly rates and union deduc-
T HE COMPUTER
PAPER MARCH '91 5 7
PAYROLL
tions, and version VI, which is for Quebec only.Employee bank account numbers canbe entered for use for autonlatic
deposits. There is an unposting feature

available to correct errors found after
posting of the payroll, and amass change
feature. The program also tracks apprenticeship hours. The cheque configuration is sitnple, clear and easy to set
up. The pay statistics are excellent and

the pay history retention is goocL Benefils and deductions are easy to set up; a
number codedefinesthe pay type and a
su8ix defineswhenitispaid ordeducted.
PAYCHECK CONTROLLER IWis in-
cluded in the survey for the first thne this

year. It is a complex, flexible payroll
product designed to interface with Real
World, Accpac and Tnnberhne accounting systems.The screens and keystrokes

are similar to those of Real WorlcL Earn-
ings, benefits and deductions are totally

user definable and as a result the set up
is difficult. It produces all the reports a
business would rectuire as wem as
records
of employment and T4s and provides for
a direct deposit intetface.
PAYMATR is particularly good for

departmental costing and job costing.
Paymate is easy to set up and to use. The
pay is calculated as the time sheet is
entered and can be reviewed on the
screen for errors. This product will print

a pay card which is a printout of all pay
Ne~ Cf
details bypay byemployee for anypartof

the year. Paymate is a complete personnel system. There is provision For the
entry of personnel Information such as
the benefit plan features selected, due
datea for salary reviews and increments,
a screen to enter education and skills
and a f'reeform screen which is user

definable. The user can prepare user
defined reports from this personnel dalabase.
POWERPAY is a good simple payroll

progtam at remonaMe cost for a sm~
haaya oved
Yea sion 5.OX
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HEI P Payro +
for ertessmore
flexibility seitbolt
complexity. "
company. The procluct is very easy to

inslall, the addition of employees is easy
and the earnings and deductions and
taxable benefits are easy to define. The

fiexibility in earnings, deductions and
taxable benefit definiti islimitecL The
program does not calculate non~statu-
HELP Canadian PayroH

has new tk improved flexibility without added complexity.
HELP Canadian PayroH
tory deductions or taxable benefits, they

are simply entered by the operator. The
product does not produce the T4 summary reportor a record of employment
form.
ACCPACIIEDFORD INTIM'RATED
ACCOUNTINC is induded in the survey because it includes an easytoase
payroll which is integrated with job
costmg and thereFore very suitable for
the smail contracting firm. This product
an extsemely simple 8t user friendly inter&ce

integration to most major General Ledger packages
10 user defined eamistgs di's
10 user defined deductions
ability to print not only your employee cheques but your Revenue Canada
remittance cheques, T4's and ROE's as well
no limit to the number of employees or companies you process
HELP Canadian Payroll has been servingsmall businesses and accounting firms like your
own for over 5 years and has over 1,000 innaalkd users. So you can buy with the
confidence that HELP will becheee ifyou need it. StiIIONLY$349 95. Talk to your friends,
they are probably already using HELP Canadian PaytolL
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tracks advances, accrues or pays outholi-
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After 5 YEARS, 10 AWARDS, THREE million

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screenversion.Some toolscan improve
this enormously. And for now, these tools
have almost become essential additions
to any desktop system.
Adobe Type Mana9er

$119 buys you Adobe Type Manager
for either Windows or the Macintosh.
This tool automatically scales fonts on
the Sy to the best of your screen's ability.
It does so by reading the printer font
which resideson your computer's hard
disk drive,
Unfortunately;ifyou own a PostScript
printer and want to see ATM~ a n c ed
screen vemons of the 55 fonts stored in
lot ROM, you must also keep the printer
fonts on your hard disk. Adobe's solution is to charge you twic~ n c e when
you buy the printer, and once when you
buy ATM. Aswell, ATM only includes ll
typefaces. If you want to match an 85 '
faces, you must also buy the ATM Plus
Packforan additional $219. There seems
to be something fundamentally wrong
with this logic(
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Because ATM uses the same fonts as
your printer, it gives a truer representation than any bitmapped version ever
could. In a way, it simulates a PostScript
display to give you a much better idea of
what your textwill look like on paper. An
additional advantage is that it will also
print scaleable fonts on most printers.
On the Mac, this means that you can
print PostScriptfontson an ImageWriter
or a puck Draw laser printer. On PCs,
this means dot matrix or HP LaserJet
printers. For $119, this feature alone is
worth its weight in gold.
ATM indudes the "famous four"
printer fonts: Helvetica, Times, Courier
and Symbol. Morefontscan be purchased
to add to your system. Instanation is a

snap. On the Macintosh, simply place it
in your System Folder and restart the
computer. In Windows, uee the Install
program and reboot thecomputer to
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Macintosh version of ATM 2.0works with
typefaces from several different manufacturers, theWindowsversionworksonly
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own version of ATM, Facelik. This tool is
as simple to install as its competitor, but
in many ways it provides much more
than ATM. Its toolbox is more comprehensive than ATM. It also includes 13
fonts without includmg any versions of
Courier.
These fontsaretherefore much
more practical than the ATM fonts.
Facehft is so comprehensive that it
can completely replace Bitstream's
Fontware program. Facelikcan generate pri
e siz e s for any printer directly from its control panel, vastly improving print speed on certain computerL It can also generate given screen
sizes to again increase compbter response
speed
Unfortunately, Facelift is not without
its problems.
First, it does not support any Adobe
fonts. Secondly, it o nly supports
Bitslream's new Speedo font format. So
ifyour fontswere purchased more than
9 months ago (or if your font disk does
not have a silver label), they must be
upgraded to this new format.
At 4 2Oper upgrade, this can be rather
expensive if you have a lot of fonts. Nevertheless, results are excellent and the
price is certainly worthwhile.
Conclusion
New desktop publishers are in a
quandary. Should theywait for TrueFont
technology or should they use utilities
hke ATM or FaceM? Wmdows users face
even more dilemmas, since theyare given
many more choices than just ATM or
Facehit
Several other manufacturers such as
ZSoR and Zenographics have released

utilities of their own to match and exceed the featuresof the twoutilitiesmentioned here. Our suggestion is to remain
with the two major font vendors.
Windows users will also get a boost

towardsAdobe Type Manager iftheyuse
Aldus PageMaker.The new release of
PageMaker 40 for Windowswhich is due
to ship within the next month will indude a f'ree copy of ATM for Windows.
On the Macintosh, Adobe Illustrator
users get the same boost when they up-
grade to Illustrator version S.o by receiv

ing a free copy of ATM 2.0 for the Mac.
You may decide to wait for TrueType,
but this wait may be a long one. Meanwhile, the minimal cost of the utilities
mentionedherewillsaveyoumuchmore
in paper,since fewer proof prints are
Many of us have made investmenlsin

Bitstream Fontware. In many cases, tbis
required. And if you don't have a

PostScript printer, your gains will far
outweigh the potential loss when
TrueType does come out.
is due to the fact that Bitstream fonts
Nelson Ruestis a consultant with Reso-
come with mostword processing or pubhshing applications on IBM computerL

If this is the case for you, ATM will not
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Vol. 1 Issue 10
A Monthly Newsletter From
ANO Office Automation
AFTER
hen thefirst truly personal

computers u>ere introduced a
decade or so ago, many brave

>ioneers sau> the PC as the
ou>n BASIC programs, and accepted the in-
By
Todd
compatibilities that came with beittg on the
Wm.
E
B
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power tool of all pou>er tools. They u>rote their
0R
E
leading edge. Back then VisiCalc and Word-
Drahoff
star u>ere the killer programs, and a new
frontier was unfoldingbefore our very eyes.

Now it 's
1991 and those pioneer days are
over. The front runners have taken on the

challenges of OS/2, and Llnix. Hardu>are and
software of old,now litters millions of closets
and garages, or is being shipped off to eastern
self onto the desktops and into the homes of

Canadians as never before. Where a PC was
just another luxury, it is nou> a necessity.
GST, free trade with the U.S., and the demands put on our
have pressured us
into taking thatfinal step: automation.
offspring
bloccountries where technology is scarce.
Computer technology is nowforcing it-
tCnti>trd t>t>ge '>
Zenith Revitalized
Training ..
Best Of Both Worlds...

Premium Deal... . . . . . . .
Did You Know ..
Ano t ations.. . . . . .
Tech Talk...
Reader Response... . . . .
The Problem
G etting caught up i n a l l t h e
hoopla of buying a computer system
is something everyone must contend
with. MIPS, milliseconds, and GUIs
mean zero until they produce results.
Mapping out which level of technology would best suit your needs
and what software would complement your office or home is only half
the battle. The other half is g,
'
t he ability to use w hat y o u ' v i

f or. M a n y o r g a n i zations ov i
the obvious fact that a compute
tern is a business tool, and to u

tool, a solid working knowled
them after eighteen days of trial and

error, the savings in time, wages, and
many different solutions to your train-
while.
Let us take, for example, a secretary learning to use WordPerfect. The
complete set of WordPerfect manu-
ing requirements. With classroom,

on-site, and video training programs,
there is a solution for every need.
a ls alone is around 5" thick - not to
looking to upgrade his or her skills,

we offer evening and day time classroom courses on everything from ad' 9esktop publishing to basic
ng skills.
:omized courses for the busiith specific needs can also be
ged for a wide variety of apations. Some of the more
pular include WordPerfect,
'indows, ACCPAC, Lotus,
IBase, Excel for Windows,
mention the dozens of companion

books available.
If s he were to sit
a nd
read
throug h
e a c h
page ,
and prac-
The Solution
clude taking into account
your training requirements.
automated system is the user- not the
tice each function, she would probably end up being carted off in a little
hard drive, CPU, printer, or software.

A utomation w i t h ou t p r o p e r
straight jacket.
w hite va n
w e a r in g a l i t t l e w h i t e
trained professional can teach you

the "ins and outs". By learning how to
utilize an application more effectively,
was meant t o
tiresome tasks can be reduced to a
between successful computing and a

waste of time and money.
Could you imagine hiring someone who had no knowledge of cars to

do a tune up o n t h e new f amily
wagon?
Cost/Benefit Analysis
O n average, i t
t a kes six t i m e s
longer to learn an application from

scratch than itdoes with proper training. If someone could learn the same
amount of information in a three day
training program that would take

ANQVATIQN M A RCH 1991
t h e u s er
few simple keystrokes.

Another area often overlooked is
t he mistake factor.
and OS/2. T h ese can be

held either one-on-one in
your office, or at our classroom facilities.
If you have a unique application
with your own in-house expert, we
also have available fully equipped
classrooms for rent. Each classroom
Not to m e n tion the f act t hat a
Properly outfitting yourself and/or

your personnel with the skills to make
a computer the productivity tool it
b e i s t h e d i f f e rence
F or the f i rst t i m e r o r
N ovell N e t w a re, V e n t u r a ,
A major part of the autom ation p r o cess should i n -
training is a mistake which can cost.
ANO Office Automation offers
frustration alone would make i t worth
is essential.
That's right: training. The

most valuable component of any
Available Options
A s a r u le, the
learning method of 'Trial and Error'

usually ends with more errors. For
example, someone without a thorough working knowledge of the system's capabilities, could enter in
h undreds of stock items into an in -
ventory management system, only

to learn later that the countless hours
o f entry work w ere a waste of tim e
due to consistent errors which could
have beenavoided with only a oneor two-day orientation session.
is designed so as to enhance the learning process.
Bottom Line
Reading user m a n uals, and
spending time (possibly long-distance dollars) on the software developer's support lines is not an admirable struggle. It is a costly and inefficient use of time, which no one can
afford.
The fact of the matter is that train-
ing pays off. I t i m p roves morale,

increases productivity,and saves time
and money. Which is why you chose
to automate in the first place.
Wasn't it ?
ZE ITHREVITALIZED
PIayBu I I
n 1980, Zen it h D a t a
Systems (ZDS) was a

rising young star on the
p er s o n a l
c omputer h o r i z o n .
Building a reputation
b ased on i n n o v a t i v e
technology, the company experienced a

massive growth pat-
The primary target markets

for ZDS have historically been
XENIX%
data systems
Groupe Bull
tern into the late '80s.
But how the tides of change

sweep over us. By mid 1989, ZDS
i ncluded the revamping of i t s

dealer base. By strategically lo-
h ad gone from a
cating a limited number of resellers in well-defined market areas,

Z enith a i m e d a t m a x i m i z i n g
q uali ty , r e s p o n s i v e n ess a n d
dealer dedication to their product
lines. Under the new Medallion
Reseller Program, ZDS's task was
a simple one pick out the strongest and the best that were capable
l e a der i n t h e
personal computer industry to a

mere also-ran. Products, such as
the SupersPort and T u r b osPort
became old technology. Primarily due to mismanagement by the

parent company Zenith Electron-
ics, ZDS began to feel the pinch as

t urmoil
troops.
r u m b l e d a m o n gs t t h e
Bull Saves The Day

In December of 1989 Zenith
Data Systems was sold to Groupe
Bull HN I n f o r m ation Systems, a
subsidiary of Groupe Bull SA of

Paris, France a 31.5 billion dollar
c orpor a t io n w i t h m o r e t h a n
of playing in the big leagues.

ANO Of fice Au t omation, an
authorized Z e n it h r e seller and
s ervice centre for t h e p ast t w o
years, was approached by ZDS to

carry out the Medallion program
through its offices across Canada.
We gladly accepted!
45,500 employees. Understanding the task at hand, ZDS management began a r e structuring
program which would take close
to a year.
Back In The Limelight

Part of Zenith's restructuring
"I think that the Groupe Bull

acquisition of Z e n it h D ata Systems is a step in the right direction. Just look at what Lee Iacoca
did fo r C h r y s ler !" , c o m m ents
Todd Drahoff, Manager of ANO's
Corporate Systems Group.
education, science, and

govern m e n t .
ANO
O ffic e A u t o m a t i o n ,
strong in these sectors,
also excels in the business community where
ZDS had been lacking.

ZDS complements
ANO's existing product lines well,
with a r ich v a r iety of d e sktops,
portables, and video display systems. The primary benefit to the

end user is simple: consistency.
W hether on th e r o ad, o r a t t h e
desk, users can count on Zenith's
leading-edge products t o o f fer

superior performance, exacting
craftsmanship, and comfort.
Tom Chan, General Manager

of ANO's National Head Office in
R ichmo nd , e x c l a i m s t h a t " A
strong product line, fiscal stability, top-notch personnel and th e
right product line are key elements
in any business. ZDS has them

all."
We welcome Zenith Data Syst ems into the fold, and look f o r ward to presenting their amazing
line of personal computer produ cts to ou r v a l ued c l ients. W e
also wish Costas and the gang at

ZDS-Vancouver the best of lu ck
in their new facilities.
MARCH 1991 ANOVATION
R g
P RO F E S S I O N A L
British Columbia
Institute of
Technology (BCIT)
Courseft
Date
Course
M ar 11
Ve n t ura Publishing 2 1 6 30
ANO
Professional
Training
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Du r ation F e e
Date
Course
4 wks.
Mar 05
Intro. to WordPerfect
$ 161 .
Mar 11
A C C PAC A/P
21656
4 wks.
$ 16 1 .
Mar 07
Mar 12
dB a se IV Level 3
10260
4 wks.
$ 161 .
Mar 09
$165.
c~ n"
Intro. toMicr'osoft Works R
S
g
$ 165,
R/K/E
Call
'-' '>a' R %1"'*'~

!.','je' $165.
o t u s 1-2-3 Level 2 1 0 2 0 9
4 wks.
$ 161 .
Mar 12
Intro. to MS DOS
Mar 14
Wo r d Perfect Level 2 1 0078
4 wks.
$ 161 .
Mar 14
Intro. to MS Word 5.0
$165.
Mar 14
Lo t u s '1-2-3 Level 3 2 1 5 65
4 wks.
$ 'l 6 1 .
Mar 19
I ntro. to Lotus 1-2-3
R ; ,:;; ,y,"";."'
$ 165 .
Mar 21
Intro. to Windows 3.0
$165.
Mar 23
I ntro. to WordPerfect
R/ K/ E
Mar 28
W ordPerfect 5.1 Level II
Mar 1 2 L
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Cal l
$165.
R = Richmond K = Kelowna E = Edtnonton
Call BCIT at 434-1610 to register.
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Call your nearest ANO offi'ce for fitrther information.
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The platters on a hard
drive rotate at an average
speed of 3600 RPM.
Zenith was the first

PC manufacturer
to use cache memory.
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ANOVATION MARCH 1991
g)
ment in a tape backup system or diskette-based backup software could save

you a lot of money in the long run.
Have fun, and practice safe computing.
Should you have any questions for Tech Talk, please feel free to send them to:
TECH T A L K
WITH
KEN NG
ATTENTION: TECH TALK
c/o ANO Office Automation

110 - 11100 Voyageur Way
Richmond, B.C. V6X 3E1
In past issues of ANOVATION I h ave answered some common questions about personal
computing. This month I will focus on getting the
most out of ANO's Support Department and some
tips on extending the lifespan of your system and
avoiding problems.
Another page in
printer history.
Technical Support
1. I f at all possible, try to recreate the problem.
2. If it is a hardware problem, be sure to check that
all the necessary cables are properly secured .
3. Someproblems are caused by inadequate power
conditioning. Wait for the problem to occur again,
or plug the system into another outlet. Consider
investing in a Tripplite or ESP power filtration system.
4. Have a copy of your invoice available, along
with the brand and version numbers of your software applications. Should you need to bring a
component in for repair, bring your invoice with
you.
5. Be sure to review any manuals or supporting
material which came along with your software
and /or hardware. Often there is a "Trouble Shooting" section in the manual that may be of assistance.
6. Keep your software as up-to-date as possible.
Older applications are sometimes difficult to support.
7. Keep a log of all support calls and service requirementsyou may have needed.
Avoiding I'roblerns
1. Have your PC and printers tuned up at least one
a year. Business users should consider a tune up
about every six months since their systems are
constantly running. Our service departments offer this service for a nominal fee.
2. Keep all equipment in temperate, well-ventilated rooms. Dirt and dust can play havoc with
your system's components.
3. Practice safe computing. Avoid using pirated
software, and be sure to install a virus protection
utility like Mace Vaccine or Norton's Anti-Virus.
4. Back up your hard drive daily. A small invest-
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new
BttBBLE JE1
What other printers print on a desk, it prints anywhere.
Us e as a desktop or portable.
Le t ter quality precision text and graphics.
Hi g h quality printing at 83 characters per second.
So quiet at 45 dBA, that you' ll hardly know it's there.
Compatible with a wide range of aplications software.
Pr i n ts on a variety of paper.
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MARCH 1991 ANOV ATIQN
s any dedicated reader of our beloved
printer. When it detects anything in the print stream
A NOV A T IO N
n e w s l etter k n o w s , A N O
that is specific to Laserjet printers, (such as PCL
Office Automation prides itself in offering

the Canon line of Laser Beam printing
commands or downloaded soft fonts), it translates it

to a Canon equivalent.
Additionally, an embedded text command lan-
systems. H o w e ver superior to the closest competition w it h i t s scalable fonts and i m p r essive line of
features, the biggest hurdle has been that the Canon
is not HP Laserjet compatible.
W hat makes the Canon d i fferent isn't its prin t
engine or the consumables it uses. In fact the existing
line of H e w l et t Packard L aserjet pr i nters use the
Canon SX engine, and the same EP cartridges. The
primary difference is the print language. Canon uses

its advanced CaPSL Language, where as the HP uses
H P/PCL .
m akin g
T hus
t he
guage allows the end-user to customize a print job,

Included commands allow accessto the LBP-4 and
Mark III's scalable fonts. A spooler is also included
so that you can continue working within your application while the print job is being processed.
HPC II
If you' re already running low on memory or are

working wi t hin a non-DOS o perating environment
such as Unix or OS/2, Metro also offers its HPC I]
emulation card. Sim-
tw o
completely incompatible.
Well, those days
a re over. M e e t t h e
Lasertwin 4.0 (soft-
ply insert th e car-
I1
tridge into Slot "A" orI

your Canon LBP-4 oi
M ark I II , an d y o u
i mmediately h a v e
ware) and the HPCII
two printers in one.
E mu la tio n
C ar t ridge f r o m M e t r o
Software Inc., com-
v anced
p anion
p r o ducts
w hic h m a ke t he
Canon LBP-8 Mark
III and LBP-4 lasers,
HP II compatible.
Lase;twin 4.0
L asertwi n
is a
TSR utility program
which monitors all

output t o
R
t h e l a ser
AN O V A T ION M A R C H 1991
This highly ad-
e m u l a tior
cartridge offers high

speed and a cost-ef-
fective emulation foi

t he w o r l d ' s m o s t
powerful an d e co-
nomical Laser Beam

Printers.
Both
M etr e
products are available

through ANO l ocations across Canada
END
AST Premium 386SX/16.

For The Professional
Power User.
Authorized Personal
Computer Dealer
Your bestchoice in a business

computer is the AST Premium
386SX/16. That's because this is
the first computer that actually
combines the performance and
s oftware co m p ati b i l it y o f a n
80386~ computer with the price
of a high-performance 80286system.
The AST Premium 386SX/16's
high-speed memory cacheaccelerates performance, whilea generous amount of d r iv e bays and
expansion slots insures complete
flexibility.
The AST Premium 386SX/16
also hasan upgradeable architecture called Cupid-32 ~. W i t h it,
you can move up to the highest
level of 386 processing (25 or 33
MHz), or even to i486 processing power.
The AST Premium 386SX/16
has it all.
8038SX, 16 MHz co-processor support

2 MB memory standard, expandable to 16 MB
Five drive bays

Six available expansion slots
VGA graphics adapter standard
Easy upgradeability, all the
way to i486
2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1
mouse port
5.25", 1.2 MB or 3.5" 1.44 MB
floppy and controller
Your choice of hard drive
AST, AST logo and AST premium registered and (. upid-32 trademark AST Research. Inc. All
other product or hrand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respectivecompanies.
MARCH 1991 ANOVATION gg
TATI
PC-5700 Goes Big
Sharp is now shipping its 20MHz
386sx portable PC-5700 with an optional
120MB hard drive. Complementing an
already impressive array of standard
features, a 120MB hard drive will mean
more than enough space for the portable
power user.
Lantastic Update
Artisoft's award winning LANtastic
peer-to-peer network operating environment is now available with MicroChan-
nel network adapter cards. Previously,

users resorted to the rather expensive
option of buying third party MC Ethernet
cards plus the Artisoft's NOS/AI driver
set.
Cache In
Now available from Ultrastor is the
12C ESDI controller with a 1MB on-board
cache, expandable to 16MB using 1 or
4MB simms. T h i s high performance
adapter offers a direct upgrade path with
any existing Ultrastor 12F ESDI control-
ler - no reformatting required.
Big Announcements
Here are a few more major announcements of new product offerings.... Microsoft Excel 3.0 .... ANO's new 20MHz 386sx
desktop .... AST's Exec SX/20 Portable in
a 60MB version .... Winfax 1.0 (Windows
based / SendFAX compatible) .... PageMaker 4.0 .... Logitech's Mousemanavailable in a left- or right- handed version.
Reader Response Card
O FFICE AU T O M A T I O N
Please mail to the ANO office
nearest you:
Contact:
ANO RICHIil)OND
1 10-11100 Voyageur Way, Richmond B.C. V6X3E
Ph: (604) 276-8898
Position:
Company:
Address:
City:
Prov:
ANO VANCOUVER
190-840 Howe Street, Vancouver B.C. V6Z 2M1
Ph: (604) 681-6165
Postal Code:
Local:
Phone:
Fax:
ANO VANCOUVERISLAND
2-1026 Johnson Street, Victoria B.C. V8V 3N6
Ph: (604) 386-2204
Computer Training
Lasertwin 4.0
Zenith Products
HPC II
AST Premium 386SX/16
Other
Suggestions:
ANO BURNABY
3571 Kingsway, Vancouver B.C, V5R 5L9
Ph: (604) 432-7077
ANO SURREY
112A-12827-76th Ave., Surrey, B.C. V3W 2V3
Ph: (604) 594-8682
Please send me ANOVATION monthly:

Please have an ANO Rep contact me:
Please send me more information on.
PC Tune Up
Canon BJ-10e Printer
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ANO KELOWNA
1 0-2070 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna B.C. V1Y 8R6
Ph: (604) 861-8300
ANO EDMONTON
10301-108th Street, Edmonton AB T5J 1L7
Ph: (403) 429-4990
ANO TORONTO
Unit 1 2hd Floor, 226 Esna Park Drive
Markham, ON L3R1H3
Ph: (416) 479-1308
ANO OTTAWA
1181 Cecil Avenue, Ottawa ON K1H 7Z6
Ph: (613) 733-7110
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OWKII MAINLANS KSITION -: wNAIICIIi~i.1 OS'~~ VOL.~4if~ NS.

2 T HE COMPUTER PAPER MARCH '91

Around the end of March ere'll be moving to a bigger

harp PC-6?20 Notebook Computer

Weight: 4.4 lbs.

20 0 Watt Power Supp y

300 dpi, LED Printhead

4 Page Per Minute

To complete your System add

Backup, 3.5" Floppy Drive,

Co-Pmcessor, Roland, Adlib

or Sound Blaster Music Card,

IIIMIIM /DESKTOP MUSIC

The Music Studio

MCB-1 MIDI Conn.

25 Mhz 486 (12SK of Cache

OkiLASER 400 LED Printer

All Comtex Computers

"Absolute Lowest Prices On

Big, Loud, Colourful,

THE WAY TO GET PEOPLE

886-25True25M Hz1M B RAM, TowerCaus .......................SI199

llordable Poshcrlpt Printors

88648C Cache 1MBRAM,Tower Case................................$1499

NECLC299sppm 2MB (OnDisplay)......$1 SSSI

48648 EISA Bus, 1MBRAM,Tower Case .................................$8699

886SX 1MBRANI,Tower Case...............,.................................$899

10 Tower Casewith LED tllsplay, 0 Bays

CARDZTower-386-251MB The t;AQ 33

Runs all the new 386 Soitware

CacheVoice Coil HardDhk

Intel 488-26 Processor, New

45MB Fuliteu OEM

1024 x 768.28 mmSuper VGAMonitor

Tseng 4NO videocard1Mb

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Lease for $159jMont

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Ask for pricing on:

4MB RAM,2 Fhppies

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$5199 ISA $5999 EISA

It's hardware image

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You can file or print more than

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Compress andfile imagesat15:1

A complete document/imago filing

and retdsval system.

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4 T HE COMPUTERPAPER MARCH '91

80286, 8/16MHz, O.W.S.

14' Monochrome Monitor

1.2 MB Roppy Drive

40MB 28 ms Voice Coil Hard Disk

System price: S1 199

1024 x 768.28 VGA Colour add 4480

-80386SX8/16MHz0 W.S.-1MB, max.8MBon

1.2 MB Roppy Drive

$00xB00.31 YGA 14' Colour add 4320