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Why everyoneshould become "computer

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The other day I was on a radio show. The host

introduced me to his audience as an expert on
computers and in the same breath, he admitted
that he knew very little about computers. lt occam
to me that the days of people admitting this kind
of thing are numbered. When cars first came on
the scene, people no doubt admitted readily that
they knew nothing about driving these new-fangled beasts. As time passed and cars became more
common, it became much more the norm to be a
driver than to admit ignorance. When was the last
time someone boastfully admitted to you "I don' t
know how to drive"'? I believe that the time will
soon be upon us when everyone, no matter what
their profession, occupation or status in life will
become computer literate.

What do you mean by computer literate?

This is an important point, because as someone
was quick to point out, most deep technical information about computers
quickly goes out of date as programs and hardware change. Becoming too
deeply ensconced in a particular realm destines your knowledge for the dustbin five years down the road. Talk to people who know how to program
Apple Ils or VIC 20s for proof of this point. You don't want to dive too
deeply into the depths of information, but you need to understand the trends
and principles involved. Then pick the areas that are mission critical for your
business or career and become an expert in these. Some of your information
will no doubt become useless,but if you keep your eye on the ball and where
the trends are going, you can keep updating your information. The principles
in many caseswill still apply.

Revie1/I/s

Features

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attended the show.
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would notice how many "alternative
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Comparing
OperatingSystems.12

In business
The work environment is one of the most important fields in which to be The operating system is the very personality of the computer.
computer literate. Everywhere you look jobs are being slashed. Many tasksare BY GRAEME BENNETT.
becoming obsolete because of computers. Automated Teller Machines have
already reduced the need for a whole job category
bank tellers. The next
phase of this kind of replacement is well under way. We carried reports
recently in The Computer Paper about interactive video kiosks in Ontario
that will dispense licensesfor cars and people. Demand for secretaries is being Object linking and embedding (OLE) is probably the most powreduced by managers learning to type and do their own typing at their own
WHEELWRIGHT.
computer. The improvement in Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
soft- erful function within Windows 3.1. BY GEOF
ware that allows computers to "read" and input vast quantities of textmeans more typing jobs disappear. Receptionists get axed because
the company buys a voice mail system. Think about your job. Can you be replaced by a
computer?
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And yet it is notall doom and gloom. At the same time that there are job
cuts, opportunities are opening up for people who understand these new
technologies
and can make them work.
A frame from a live
video input, illustratIn management
ing image warping,
So muchforjobs,what about thebosses? Same dealhere.Thousands ofmidjust one of of 3DO's
dle-level management jobs are being restructured, "downsized" and "rightmany graphics prosized," Future-ready companies are restructuring themselves with very little
e
cessingcapabilities.
management in the middle. Expertise is being contracted for on amneed-tohave" basis.
And bossesthemselves have to get smart. I went to a meeting recently of
newspaper and magazine publishers. Most forward thinking publishers at this
group are preparing their companies for a transition to electronic media. It is
not enough to delegate the task to somemtechno-weenie". The understanding
of this move has to be at the most basic leveL God is in the details. That is
the difference between a good choice and a bad choice of technology.
3DO invents the next-generation video game
E-mail, interactive multi-media, business simulations, expert systems,
object oriented programming, how do they affect your business?You need to BY LARRYGUSSIN.
know.

A llabout OLE ...........16

Follow the
Bouncing Ball...........20

In education
Regular readers of my columns will recognize this area as a recurring theme
of mine. Information that used to be cloistered in the school system is now
readily available outside of those hallowed halls. Computers, bulletin boards,
CD-ROMs and desktop publishing (which has swollen the shelves of bookstores with interesting and innovative books for kids and adults alike) are
providing the kind of interactive, learn-it-when-you-need-to-know-not-whensome-teacher-gets-around-to-teaching-it learning. A recent article in Wired
magazine (415-904-0664) entitledmSchool's Out" asks the question: "Would
you send your kid to a Soviet collective?" I reiterate the question: Are schools
the best way to learn for your children? At the very least, I believe they need
to be supplemented by a computer, a CD-ROM player and a modem at home.
Changes
My feeling is that the old expectation that the really important stuff that you
need to know will be taught in a high school or university course is outmoded. By the time someone conceives of the area, designs a curriculum and
stans teaching, it is possible to have passed by the relevance of the skill.
Much of what was to be taught is readily available in magazines, vendor supplied courses(check out the offerings at Microsoft U.) online or on interactive
CD-ROMs. According to themSchool's Out" article, 99 per cent of all learning
now takes place outside the school system. Where they came up with that
figure, who knows, but look around you and judge for yourself. Where do
you learn? How do you learn best? And ultimately, who is responsible for
what you learn? Examine your life. Are there areas in which computers could
help you do what you do? Why aren't you computer literate?

Kirtan Singh Khalsa

Publisher/Editor

PC Tools for
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Lotus Improv. .28

Lotus Development is trying to reinvent the spreadsheet.
BY GEOF WHEELWRIGHT.

Book Reviews

Peter Norton's
Guide to Unix ..30
Unix is a true hacker's dream.
BY JOHN McCORMICK.

The Internet
Companion .....31
A beginner's guide to global
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BY KEITH SCHENGILI-ROBERTS.

Silicon Mirage.31
The art and science of virtual reality.
REVIEWED BY
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I read your paper each month and enjoy it
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Video-conferencing system allows

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MARKHAM, ON Apple Canada Inc. has

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First things first: People buy

computers to run applications, not operating systems. v
As an industry wagonce put
it, a computer's operating
system is a lot like someone
else's underwear. You can
work with a person all day
long; it doesn't matter much
what kind of underwear

the operating systems listed in the accom-

panying chart b elow except DOS,

AmigaDOS and MultiTOS. VM can allow
you to run programs that require more
RAM than you have physically installed, by
using hard disk space as if it were memory.
The trouble is, accessing "memory" from a
hard disk is about a thousand times slower
than from real RAM. As such, VM makes a
pretty poor substitute for the real thing.

E-mail

they' ve got on it might

affect their comfort, or the

way they run; we really don' t
notice it. But you might be

surprised how many people

have fetishes about it. You
knowhow some fotkshaveto
have the fanciest, sexiest
underwear? Same with operating systems.
The operating system is the very personality of a computer. Mostly trustworthy,

occasionally mysterious or downright

ornery it's no wonder some folks get so
attached to computers. (To these people, I
recommend a dog instead it's a lot

cheaper in the long run.)

Computers are easy to anthropomorphize. We grow accustomed to the way our

computers behave.
It's the operating system that wili have
you evangelizing the gospel of computers
to your friends and an hour later, cursing at your machine.
The major 32-bit operating systems

include: Windows NT, OS/2 Z.x, SCO Open

D esktop, Solaris, NeXTstep for i n t e l
Processors, UnixWare and Interactive Unix.
There are a handful of other Unix variants,
including several low-cost products. All of

these products run on IBM-compatible PCs.

For better or worse, I have lumped all of
the Unix variants under a single heading in
the chart. This is not to imply that they all

share the same features. Rather, it is

because virtually everybody who uses Unix
does so because they'need to, for one reas on o r a n o t h er . A s K e n C l a r k o f

Compusaurus says, "Unix is very vertical,

lt's the environment for developers."

Clark maintains that Unix is highly

appropriate for distributed databases and
other networked applications. "Anywhere

The most intelligent design I' ve seen for

a DOS memory manager is the one in

Memory commander. It differs from its

you' ve got a room of 'ten dumb terminals..." he says, "...there's a Unix box

competititors (notably, QEMM, 386MAX

behind them running the show."

You might say that DOS and Windows
are only in this list so that the other 324it
operating systems will have something to
kick sand in the face of. They are here primarily because so many people think they
are the "only" choice in PC operating systems.
Also listed in the chart are System 7.x,
AmigaDOS and Atari MultiTOS operating

6.0) in that it "remembers" the optimal

systems, running on Apple, Commodore

and the MemMaker command in MS-DOS

configuration for each application and
adjusts itself automatically without rebooting. Amazingly, it provides up to 952K of

contiguous memory for use by DOS applic ations. I t i s a l s o c o m p atible w i t h

Windows. It is available from Ultimate Fax
Systems 604-642-7489.

No matter which memory manager you

end upwith,you may be baffl
ed when programs ask you whether you want to config-

and Atari hardware, respectively, Apple and

Commodore also offer proprietary Unix
environments for their platforms, but as far
as I can tell, almost nobody uses them.
The Amiga 1000 was the first computer
to bring the power of a true multitasking
operating system into the hands of "mere
mortals" by providing a graphical user
interface. The fact that it could run on a
256K machine with no hard disk was nothing short of amazing.

ure RAM as Expanded orExtended memory. Do you need EMM386? Is DOS=HIGH?

Are your UMBs properly configured?

Here are the issues we deemed most

important:

vary depending on their CPU, but even the

INe
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One important consideration in any oper-

ating system is how it manages memory,

DOS is the big loser here, hobbled with an
archaic segmented memory design that

forces software design limitations in everything from network drivers to games. To

get around these limitations, DOS users
resort to memory management utilities
from Microsoft or several third parties.

Auggh!
Windows 3.1 implements a shared
memory design, in which all Windows

processes reside in one global memory

heap. Windows NT, OS/2, NeXTstep and all
Unix systems, however, isolate processes
into their own private virtual address space.
The memory management abilities of
Macintosh, Amiga and Atari computers
low-end models powered by the Motorola

68000 chip can address several megabytes

in one contiguous block. Computers
equipped with a 68030 processor (or a
6&020 with an optional paged memory
management unit) can create "virtual
address space" that, among other things,
allows the use of virtual memory.

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Virtual memory
Virtual memory (VM) is provided by all of

Disk formats are worth considering in two

main areas: file-transfer and filename limitations. Earlier operating systems (such as
the first few versions of MS-DOS and Atari
TOS) had crippling limits on the maximum
size of a disk partition (32MB probably
seemed like a lot in those days) but today,
all operating systems mentioned here support partitions of virtually unlimited sizes.
Because many people need to exchange
data with DOS machines, every major computer platform now supports direct compatibility with DOS format disks. This format
i s sometimes called FAT fo r i t s F i l e
Allocation Table directory design. The main
problem with DOS' FAT disk structure is
that filenames are limited to eleven charac-

ters typically an eight-character name

and a three-character extension (e.g., FILENAM2.SML). Atari's operating system creates DOS-format disks and, as such, shares
this FAT design Ilimitation.
Being a D OS-based environment,
Windows 3.1 also suffers from these limitations, although you can assign long names
to Windows Program Manager icons, which
partially alleviates the problem.
Windows NT and OS/2 can use FAT-format disks, with the same limitations, or

optionally use their own proprietary harddisk formats (NTFS and HPFS, respectively),
which provide long file names and better
performance on large volumes. Both systems use FAT exclusively for formatting
floppy disks. This facilitates file transfers
with other con>puters.

Network services
Both Windows NT and Windows for

Workgroups add file- and printer-sharing,

E-mail, scheduling and other network services to the familiar Windows environ-

ment. NT additionaliy provides fairly

extensive security measures to prevent the
use of network facilities by unauthorized

personnel.
These network security measures are
also available under IBM's OS/2 2.0, but

they are packaged separately as LAN Server

for OS/2.
Every Mac comes standard with all the

hardware and software necessary to share

files and printers in a peer-to-peer (serverless) network. Although security provisions
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NeXT's initial release of NeXTstep for
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printers, but subsequent releases are
promised to rectify this bizarre situation.

Only AmigaDOS 2.1 and 3.0 provide

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relied upon application-specific drivers, or
third-party system-level drivers.

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the background, formatting disks, having
two or more programs request the same serial port, etc. Here are a few other considerations: Can you set task priorities with standard system software? What happens if a
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Batch files are provided by all systems,
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reportedly allow "real" batch files, but for

now, Mac users' batch-file options are limited to launching one or more applications at
startup time, or using a third-party system
extension, such as Userland's Frontier.
Atari users are similarly handicapped.

DOS the weakest contender in many

other areas of this survey, has strong batchfile capabilities, as do Amiga and Unix

more methods of running DOS programs.

This feature is said to be included with
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The latest release (finally) supports extended memory and VGA graphics.
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Mac emulators are available for the PC,
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The Mac is also one of the few systems
that provides no standard macro utility,
although several third-party solutions are

readily available.
Network services are standard on Unix

properly described in a chart or a checklist.

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PAPER MAY '93 15
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available from third-party vendors for some

Unix systems; Sun Micrososystems recently
announced it is developing an "application
binary interface" that w il l e m ulate
Microsoft Windows on Sun systems. Unlike
most competing products, it apparently
will not require the user to purchase DOS
or Windows. Microsoft, of course, maintains that this unlicensed emulation will
infringe its rights.

Commodore has, over the years, offered

OS/2 2.1, on the other hand, seems to

have DOS and Windows emulation down
pat. I have used the system for months
now, with scarcely a crash or misbehavior.
OS/2 2.0 only emulated Windows 3.0; version 2.1 of OS/2 adds Windows 3.1 emulation. Compatibility is excellent. It's especially pleasing to be able to run memoryhogging games (Microprose's World Circuit
comes to mind) that fail under my TSRladen DOS system. OS/2 invariably runs
them without a hitch,

several "Bridgeboard" IBM emulators for

the Amiga, including models that emulate
an XT, AT and, most recently, a 386SX.
Because Amiga 2000-, 3000- and 4000series computers include IBM slots as a
standard feature, the Bridgeboard is a reasonably viable compatibility solution for
Amiga owners who find they need PC com-

erman
y.

ning IBM programs. It includes MS-DOS

and works quite well, at about four times
the speed of the original IBM-PC. Because it
is emulating an XT, it cannot run Windows
3.1 applications, although it can run
Windows 3.0, albeit in Real Mode only.
Windows 3.1, WFW, Windows NT and
OS/2 2.0 come standard with an icon that,

when double-clicked, brings up a familiar

DOS prompt.
Windows 3.1 and WFW are, of course,
running DOS, so emulation is not an issue.
If a DOS program doesn't run from within
Windows (and plenty don' t!), the user
needs only to exit Windows and drop back
to DOS.
Windows NT is a different matter. It
does not use DOS as its underlying operating system. As such, you cannot "exit"
Windows NT. When you quit NT, it merely
returns you to the logon screen that greets
you when you first boot the program.
NT uses a clever trick to allow for the
changes that some programs need to make
to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
NT simulates these files with bogus entries
that it takes into consideration when running DOS programs.
I did find a few programs that didn' t

run under NT's DOS emulation at least,

the beta version I tested. These programs
are typicaliy ones that attempt to directly

access the floppy or hard disk. This, according to a dialog that pops up, "cannot be

didn' t. OS/2, apparently, is best installed by

your dealer.

Device drivers are a sore spot for virtually all operating systems but DOS. You may
want to upgrade to Windows NT, OS/2,
Unix, etc., only to find that you may not be

able to use your tape backup, CD-ROM,

printer, graphics tablet, sound board, video
card or other equipment. This is the
Achilles Heel of any alternative to DOS. The
best bet is to make a list of your needs and
let a dealer configure a system that meets
them.
At least OS/2 users have excellent SCSI
Continued on page19

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patibility. Although a Commodore-brand

solution is not available for the Amiga 500,
several manufacturers offer tiny PC- and
AT-compatible cards for a few hundred dollars, Typically, they multitask with Amiga
software, allowing the user to switch back
and forth between the Amiga and DOS
environment at will.
Atari computers have several DOS emulation options available. The most popular
internal units are PC-Speed and AT-Speed
(XT and AT emulators, respectively) from a
companycalled Sack in G
For those
users who don't cherish the idea of soldering things into their machines, an external
XT-compatible emulator called SuperCharger is available from Rio Distribution
in Las Vegas. SuperCharger lets you use the
Atari's disk, monitor and printer while run-

I must confess, I would have given up

on OS/2 and gone back to Windows 3.1 if I
had not received the update. OS/2 2.1 is a
big improvement over the 2.0 releaseeven in its beta form.
However, not all users report similar
success. OS/2 seems to be quite picky about
its hardware requirements. I tried installing
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BIOS (AMI) and the same type of hard disk
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Looking into Windows

with the potential for having one or more

objects "nested" inside another.
OLE 2.0 allows, for example, links to

refer to objects (or even parts of objects)

that are embedded in other objects,
Microsoft says that this "nested object linking" makes the OLE model more consistent
and intuitive.
Another key improvement is direct
access to nested objects. For multiple levels
of nesting, you can now directly launch an

B Y G EO F W H E E L W R I G H T

application at the desired level of nesting

rather than launching multiple applications

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is probably the most powerful function within Windows3.1 yet the one that most users know least about. In its current
form, the most useful thing about OLE is that it allows users to "embed" items
produced in one application as "objects" within another.
A typical example is how a drawing or
spreadsheet table might be embedded as an
object w i t h i n a M i c r o soft W o r d f o r

to arrive at the object that must be edited.

This means that if you had a graphic

within a spreadsheet model within a word-

processed document, you wouldn't first

have to link to the spreadsheet in order to
edit the graphic within. You could automat-

To th i s end, OLE 2.0 will include a fea- down menus and icons change to those
t u r e that Microsoft calls "editing in place." used in Quattro Pro. As soon as you click on
Th i s m eans that when, for example, you

a text portion of the document, the menus

Windows document. Under OLE, when you establish an OLE link between an embed-

and toolbar for WordPerfect automatically

reappear.
Editing in place is a radically sensible

click on the object OLE automatically calls

on the application that produced tha t
object, opens it up and allows you to use it
to edit the object in question. The changes
you make will then automatically be reflected in the Microsoft Word document that
the object is linked to.
Similarly, if the object cannot be ordinarily used directly from within Word

d e dt able in a WordPerfect document and

the Q u attro Pro for Windows application
th a t c r eated the table, the business of
u p d ating and editing the table will become
mu c h easier.,
At the m o m ent, when you use OLE to
edit the embedded table, Windows goes off
an d l o a d up a copy of Quattro Pro for
Win d o w s in a separate window to your

idea, which shouldwbie people to do what

they' ve really always wanted to do in

Windows but never had the tools to

accomplish, It also stands to change the

way that software is designed. When can
you establish OLE links from anything to

which is certainly true in the case of a voice word-processed document, gets you to edit

anything and those links make all kinds

of functions appear as if they are part of

m essage OLEwillenableyouto c licko n

your "native" application then a lot of

t h e ta b l e t h e r e an d r e t u rn s yo u t o

the object and cause it to launch the

W o rdPerfect when you' re finished. Editing software companies are going to stop trying
Windows 3.1 applet responsible for playing i n place is much easier when you click to re-invent the wheel all the time.
audio messages.
on the table that you want to edit, your
Why, forexample, would you have
To many, these may seem like merely w o r k ing window stays
three different spell-checking routines in
useful tricks but hardly the bedrock on
ex a c t I y
your word-processor, spreadsheet and deskw hich to build the future of an operating
wh e r e i t
top publishing package? In the future, you
environment like Windows. But when you
i s an d
probably won't you will pick one spells tart to look at what Microsoft has in store

checking routine that you can call via an

OLE link from any application. And that
spell-checker will be customized to use all
of your personalized dictionaries, thus eliminating the need to have different copies of

t he o n -

for the upcoming release of OLE 2.0 you screen

really begin to understand why it is vital to
the continued success of Windows.
OLE 2.0 will be the glue that holds
together a host of future applications that
blur the boundaries of traditional software

pul l-

dictionaries for each application.

The same will likely become true for all
kinds of basic functions from drawing to

categories. It is already hard to say where a

word-processor ends and a DTP package
begins where a presentation package differs from a professional drawing application
and spreadsheets end and databases begin.
The future lies in u data-centric" world
wher e the appl ica tion is secondary. Users want to bcable towork
with thei r data in a wh ole varie
ways, wit hout havin gt o worry about
switchin g between t his packageand
that. They want to begln coloring outside the lines.

table creation. In fact, it would not be surprising if Microsoft eventually built them
into Windows itself. The company already
takes this approach with the spell-checker
and drawing routines used by Microsoft
Word for Windows, Excel and Works for
Windows.
In short, OLE 2.0 has the potential

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of changing the way that people look

at applications and the way that
different pieces of data relate to one
another. All data becomes an object,

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because they offer the potential to manipulate objects in a wide variety of combinations and work with what the computer

industry likes to call "compound documents" more productively.

Drag and Drop

The most widely used method for transfer-

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has been to use the clipboard; With the traditional Windows clipboard, you "copy"

your data to the clipboard, move to the destination application and then "paste" the

data in place. Although effective, a more

natural way to exchange data between
applications is simply to click on an object,
drag it to its destination, and drop it in

place. OLE 2.0 supports this "drag-anddrop" idea for objects, providing a simpler

yet more powerful user interface.

The OLE 2.0 drag-and-drop model sup-

ports the following capabilities.

Inter-window dragging: Obiects can be

dragged from one application window and

dropped into another application window.
For example, an illustration can be dragged
from a graphics application window and

dropped into a word processing document.

Inter-object dragging: Objects nested
within other objects can be dragged out of
their containing objects to another window
or to another container object. Conversely,

objects can be dragged to other objects and

dropped inside them.

Dropping over icons: Objects can be

dragged over the desktop to system resource
icons such as printers and mailboxes. The
appropriate action will be taken with the

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object, depending on the resource the icon
represents.

Prospects for success

It should be obvious that there is a great

Drag and drop makes compound docu-

deal for users and developers alike to enjoy

ments easier to create and manage because

they can be manipulated as if they were
physical entities. Additionally, OLE 2.0
offers a means to eliminate the traditional

in OLE 2.0 that was never really in question. The issue really is just how long developers will take to make their applications

"barriers" between applications. Instead of

perceiving window frames as walls surrounding data, Microsoft is hoping users
will be able to freely drag information to
and from a variety of applications,
Storage-independent Linirs
OLE 2.0 also supports an
extended linking mechanism that enables greater

flexibility when linking

objects. An important fea-

ture of this new linking

OLE 2.0wompliant.
There have already been reports that a
number of developers are feeling somewhat
short-changed in the OLE 2.0 development
phase and concern that Microsoft's own
applications division might have a jump on

tern. Previously, a link

could be established only
t o an o b ject t h a t w a s
stored within the comput-

er's local file system. Links

can now b e u p dated

rnakeS COtflpQ4n d
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freely exchange compound documents with

other users without having to worry
about the existence of the object on a disk.

Adaptable Units
In OLE 1.0, if a linked object was copied to
a new location, the copied object correctly
pointed to the source object, but links
could not be maintained when both source

object and linked object were copied sirnultaneously. With OLE 2.0, linked objects
that are moved or copied to the same destination maintain their links correctly.

For example, suppose there are two documents README.DOC and INFO.DOC in

the directory WORKNGEOF. Also suppose

iant so that they support the new OLE 2.0

standard is not a trivial

task. Some commercial

developers
hav e
expressed reservations
a bout put t in g t h e i r

resources into developing OLE 2.0 support until the specification

is a little more firm they are fed up with

nailing jelly to the Microsoft wall,

But a company with the resources and
drive of Microsoft is not likely to rest until

OLE 2.0 is a success. Even if it takes signincantly longer than the company expects
(after all, it was only last year that a number
of smaller developers started incorporating

OLE 1.0 support into their applications),

Microsoft is sure to put the necessary effort
into making OLE 2.0 the object-linking
standard of choice for Windows developers.

the links in the copy point to the appropri-

ate objects in the copy.

Programsnability
OLE 2.0 also offers much greater interoperability and integration between applications. In many cases, this interoperability
will be conducted interactively by the user.
But OLE 2.0 offers another powerful way to

integrate applications through interapplication command operations.

With OLE 2.0, programmers can define
a set of operations and make them accessible to other applications. These operations
can even have argument lists, much like a
function call in a programming language.
The result of this capability is that applications call interact with one another without
human intervention.

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between objects within the

same or different documents, without
requiring that the objects exist on disk.
Storage-independent links also allow
users to transfer documents with embedded
objects to different computers without having to transfer another file containing the
object. This means that you can therefore

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functions but also on-the-fly data com-

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and SuperStor. Windows for Workgroups
3.1, meanwhile, includes a peer-to-peer networking OS, electronic mail and scheduling.
What guarantee does the small software
house have that by the time they develop a
neat new Windows product that supports
OLE 2.0 that Microsoft won't simply develop something similar and add it to the next
version of Windows for free?
Of course Microsoft doesn't see it that
way. Bill Gates will tell you he is just adding
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The next PC World Expo for Toronto is currently

scheduled for April 1994, and it will likely return
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DOS and OS/2 with an AEC CD-ROM drive
(distributed by Fastech, 604-279-9686). The
drivers for this double-speed, Photo CD
unit were installed easily and the unit
worked well. Apparently, a Mac driver is
also available.

Conclusion
Unlike the facts presented in the preceding
chart, these conclusions are largely subjective, based on my observations of the
industry at large and the relative significance from my perspective of each environmental factor. Therefore, I apologize in

advance, for I am sure to offend some of

you with any conclusion that appears
unkind on your favorite operating system.
As Ken Clark of Compusaurus said, "It's a
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kind of thing religious wars were started

by."
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have the most stable, lean-and-mean operating system available. System reliability is
outstanding. After all, how much trouble
can you get into running one task at a
time? Thus, DOS is a great choice for busi-

ness users running "mission-critical" applications where display speed is crucial, or

hardware resources (hard disk space, memory, etc.) are limited. If you are using any
version of MS-DOS prior to 5.0, I'd strongly
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level. I' ve tested version 6.0 and am satisfied that it's the best version yet. With
street prices less than $50 for the DOS 6.0
upgrade, it's a great deal. Those using or
considering Novell's DR DOS have a tough
decision. Despite its numerous merits, I
feel it's not the best choice. Microsoft's
dominance is just too great. DR DOS users
are likely to experience compatibility troubles and, unlike OS/2 users, they don't get
a big payoff to justify the hassle.
If you want to run Windows, I recommend that you upgrade to DOS 6.0and
Windows 3.1. Because this combination is
not capable of true preemptive multitasking, it is not ideal for use in network server
or multimedia applications, but for most
users, the print-spooling and message-driven multitasking provided are probably
adequate.
Unlike Windows 3.0, version 3.1 is reasonably stable especially if you limit
your number of simultaneously open
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There are several al t ernatives to
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replacements like Norton Desktop for
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enthusiasm for these improved shells is

thrown at it and it runs them well. I was

2.0, but the latest beta of 2.1 is encouraging
indeed. Based on beta versions, OS/2

of Desqview/X. This version adds XWindow compatibility to the PC. If you

need it, there it is.
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appears to be much more successful than

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like it except for its nearly useless Find...

command. WS is considerably more Maclike than Windows is, yet Windows users

not particularly happy with OS/2 version

Noveil/Digital Research's GEM, Desqview

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can run a Windows 3.1 shell that looks and

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hardware add-ons. If these were more widely available (and they are slowly starting to
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schools, or whose memories carry back to

the fourth and fifth grades, will recall the
medicine ball. Bigger than a second-grader,
bulky and awkward, these canvas-skinned,
air-filled spheres are the basis for a frenetic
game in gym class. The children form in

3DO the player/controller of choice for the

digital home centers that consumers (so the
partners hope or believe) will all be buying
in the next few years.
This article reports on that announcement, exploring the 3DO progression of

two parallel lines, lie on their backs with

their legs in the air, and press calf to calf
against one another. Then the teacher
drops the medicine ball at one end of the
row.

claims from technology to applications to

markets. It adds a supporting interview with
Bob Faber, 3DO's of marketing and sales, as
well as critical reservations held by some
industry observers.

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ship in October,1993,
a nd i n i t i a ll y cos t
U.S.$700. It will be a CDROM-based system that,
l ike Sega and C D - I ,
among other platforms,
uses a TV as a monitor.
However, 3DO's performance, particularly
in regards to visualizacinematic software tools allowprogrammersto create movietype
effects. Programmers may locate and define a light source on and off t i o n, should far surpass
screen, and the software automatically iiiuminates other objects based the systems of these and
on the light's location and brightness. Also shown above, 3DO's texture other home m a rket
mapping capabilities allow programmers to wrap images onto 3-dlmen- competitors.
corn et tor s
For
sional shapes.
starters, 3DO includes a
If the children are agile and lucky
32 - bit RISC CPU as a custom housekeeper, a
enough (they rarely are) they are able to multitasking operating system and a
650MB, double-speed (300K/sec.) CD-ROM
keep the ball airborne and above their feet
as they push it to the other end of the row. drive. The bulk of its performance jump,
But almost always, the ball falls off in a
tho u gh, comes from two custom, patent-

rush, amid much screaming, and bounces pending animation chips, which can disaway. The teacher then retrieves it and
beginsthe game again.
The medicine ball game comes to mind
regarding the newly announced 3DO interactive home system for three reasons. For
one thing, a ball like this actually a 128sided polygon inside a 3D box, bouncing
around, spinning, landing softly and making a thudding, medicine-ball sound each
time it bounces is part of the marketing
demo that shows 3DO's performance capa-

pl a y or move between 36- and 64-million

pixels/second far more than the 6 million pixels/second of TV or the 1-million
p i x els/second of 16-bit game machines. [t
also displays up to 16-million colors, as
compared to 2-million for TV or a mere 256
for 16-bit and 32-bit machines. These animation engines share data through 24 DMA
( D i rect Memory Access) chips and a memory management unit; the system also has
specialized, high-caliber circuits for video

bilities. Second, playing with a visually-rich processing and digital sound.

The goal of this added graphics perfor3DO title just might turn out to be, for all
age groups, as much fun as playing with a mance, said Hawkins at the 3DO announcemedicine ball was in fourth grade. And ment, was "to create a more realistic and
finally, the medicine ball game with its slim involving picture, something more like a
movie experience." Current systems, he
chances for success may be an apt
added,"provide such little animation permetaphor for the odds that 3DO or any
other new, basically incompatible hardware

platform faces.
These themes, of 3DO's technology,

formance that designers have to make the

objects on their screen small, so that the

consumer won't see the flaws." Thesystem

s

the central ones in the 3DO announcement, made by CEO Trip Hawkins and five
powerful, diverse 3DO business partners at

currently shipping also make for "unrealisticimages" and "herkyjerky" movement.

The way 3DO found to circumvent this
( t h e actual developers were David Needle

the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in

and RJ. Mical of the contract New

applications and business potential, were

ONTARIO EDITION THE COMPUTERPAPER MAY '93

Technologies Group, both former Atari and
Amiga designers) was to group graphics into
animation eels layered, high resolution,
full-color images that the system can animate, scale, rotate and distort. These cel
groups can be used to represent the tex-

tured "give" of a soft, heavy ball as it

bounces against a hard surface, for instance
or to show the play of a large fire, reflected in the face of a character who is watching it.
To augment such hardware support for
"movie-like" realism, 3DO added a set of
programmed software effects for warping

images, making them transparent, defining

lighting sources that illuminate other
objects, smoothing rough bit-mapped

edges, and texture-mapping images onto

something Hawkins gets into.)

"Take sports and sports betting," con-

tinued Hawkins. "People cheer, wear the

home team's merchandise, do the wave in

stadiums. They clearly want to be involved.

They also love their TVs. Yet they have
never been able to interact with their TV in
the convenience of their living room. 3DO
will change how we use our TV, both when
we are alone and when we entertain." And
neither does it matter that many of the
application types laid out by 3DO interactive movies, life-like sports simulations,
children's storybooks, reference materials,

education and edutainment look redundantly and suspiciously like the ones listed
by CD-I, CDTV and MPC over the past few
years. The issue is visual richness."The
point," says Bob Faber, "is that other

platforms don't have the performance

to offer users a satisfying experience.

We do.
While Hawkins has a background
as the charismatic founding CEO of
Electronic Arts, the leading computer
game publisher, he gets a lot of his
inspiration today from the movies.
Hollywood's breakthrough came, he
says, "when directors lifted the camera
a nd began m o v i n g a r o un d t h e

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one another (so that, for example, the

"sides" of a ball made of polygons can all
have different images on them).
However much a breakthrough, cel animation may be in today's consumer electronics marketplace, there is disagreement
about it being a revolutionary technology.
One senior hardware engineer at the 3DO
booth, who works on non-competing PDA
(personal digital assistant) p r oducts,
observed that 3DO's technology was not
much different from hardware planing used
by Silicon Graphics or Sega. And a Sega
spokesman has said that, had Sega wanted
to, it could h ave built an equivalent
machine and sold it at a $700 price point
itself.
3DO Marketing- VP Bob Faber defends
the claim of a technology lead. ol really
doubt," he said, "that the competition has
this performance. And, if they could have

built this system, they' ll see (by year's end)

that they should have!"

A Breakthrough in Applications?
"People," observed Hawkins at the 3DO
announcement, "obviously wish their TV
was more interactive, because they spend
all their time pressing the buttons on their
remote."
3DO and its partners believe that people of all ages will want to interact with
their home electronic centers, and that
what is needed to spur the demand is realistic, dynamic 3D graphic imagery, to let
users play with a title without losing hold
of its powerful visual illusion. They claim
that there is a missing $17-billion market
for interactive home entertainment; that

system performance will be 3DO's wedge

into exploiting this market, and that its
multiplayer capabilities will carry 3DO into
eventual market dominance.
(What existing markets [broadcast TV?]
or habits jcruising mails? regular periods of
sleep?I the huge new interactive market
might replace, this reporter notes, is not

and close-ups, and varying distances.

Suddenly the experience was more real

and intimate. With software, too, you

would like to let users feel that they
could get out of their 'fixed' theater seats
and move around. That is what 3DO set out
to support."
Assuming these capabilities, Hawkins
sees a market for interactive products in the

home extending far beyond the (mostly

pre-teen) $3 billion of today. In fact, he sees
3DO as the VHS of the '90s. Noting that
movie revenues grew from $3 billion in
(pre-VHS) 1980 to $21 billion in 1991and
that by '91 "spending for movie rentals was
$14 billion, nearly triple that of movie tickets," he suggests that, "with a similar
improvement in home interactive media
spending would go from $3 billion to $20
billion." The route to t hi s f u t ure, he
believes, is through an inexpensive, industry-standardized 3DO player.

Coming from computer games,

Hawkins does know that the way into a
new market is through the early adopters.
"The first half-million customers," he says,
"buy straight performance, the next five
million buy value in relation to performance. Only after selling these upper tiers
of the marketing pyramid can volume production bring prices down." What the top
tiers want, says Faber, "is real interactivity.
We will have it for them, and so unlike CDI and CDTV we will be able to successfully
market to them."
It is for the mass market, when prices
fall to $500 (by 1995, says Faber), that
3DOs multiplayer functionality becomes
strategically important. As a CD-based platform, 3DO will play music and Photo CDs,
but it won't be compatible with other interactive CD systems. Explains Faber: cOur

performance leap means a PC or CD-I box

will need a 3DO card for playback."
An area of compatibility that 3DO may
be betting heavily on, though, is with
MPEG-based CD movies. The idea of replacing VHS cartridges with less-expensive CDs
has been around for a couple of years, as a
way to build a mass base for CDs, and
Hawkins said in 1992 that the CD format

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that Hollywood chose would be the one to

win. However, while Faber acknowledged
movies were an important part of 3DO's
mass market strategy, he said that
Hollywood's real intentions on moving

wife, Diana Gagnon, is a leading authority

in the field, 3DO, for whatever reason,is
promising much but being short on
specifics. Says Faber, palms raised and with
his gun in its holster, 'We have a high qual-

To prod this commitment, 3DO haI'

b uilt a c r oss-industry coalition t h a i

we are saying so far.e

over 80 software licensees,from big players

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small developers like Fathom Pictures
(maker of the leading CD-I titles) and Maxis
(developer of Sim City, etc.), to such less
well-known players as H akuhodo,
Psygnosis, Gray Matter (is this a great industry, or what!) and Radical Entertainment.

movie rentals to CDs were not yet known.

Another, still murkier part of 3DO's

ity set-top box that will handle a network

Cable is a big opportunity but that's all

long term strategy is using the Multiplayer

as an intelligent cable controller, providing
home viewer access to movieswn-demand,
interactive shopping and game shows, and
so forth. But, while interactive cable is

But, noted analyst Richard Doherty, editor

of Envisiorieerirrg,"Developers only have to

entertainment. It is also building a busines

A Breairthrough Business Coalition?

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interactive network communication
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ou'd think somebody at Microsoft
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Metz has its Task Manager, Symantec
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Hewlett-Packard has Dashboard (not to
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PC Tools for Windows' SmartFind utility can

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that they choose to use the right mouse
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I' ll cut to th c chase: Central Point
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WinTools has dramatically improved
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Wintools' File Manager sports much of the
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Here, the program reports on your hardware and software configuration, much as
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Hallelujah! The right mouse button is
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them the next time it launches. WinTools
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documents on application icons to launch
them, or on the Print File icon to print.
WinTools' features are comparable to
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functions in WinTools are better irnplemented in NDW, notably the latter's ability
to more easily find files when you are
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Microsoft Word. Like NDW's SuperFind,
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It is likely that more than a few PC veteran

are leery of any new Central Point Softwar
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disdain. While the version of PC Tools fo
Windows examined by The Computer Pape
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during testing. According to a Central Poin
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expected to be on store shelves by the tim
you read this.
The only significant problem occurre
when I a t t empted t o i n s t all V e nt ur
Publisher 3.1 on my WinTools-enhance
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work. This is a problem that also plague
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run Windows' Setup program. Afte~ corn
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to discover that Windows still wouldn'
boot. Only after a careful reading of th
READ ME file in the CPS directory did I dis
cover the required steps to get Windows u
and running again, So, use Uninstall, OK?

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WinTools offers a rich set of features tha
every PC user will find useful at one time o
another, all wrapped in a user interface tha
is considerably morc elegant than that of it
primary competitor. However, I doubt tha
PC Tools for Windows offers enough corn
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implies, resembles an automobile dashboard. It features a fuel gauge that reports

system resource usage, an odometer that
displays the amount of free memory, a
printer manager, virtual desktops (called

extended screens), a clock and quick-launch

buttons for fast access to programs that you
use frequently.
I found the installation straightforward
and painless. Dashboard is installed in
Windows and takes less than IMB of hard
disk space. A Windows group was automatically created that contained Dashboard,
several README files and an uninstall program.
Shamefully, I admit that I then proceed-

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ed to run Dashboard and explore all the

buttons before I even opened the manual.
In fifteen minutes I had completely
customized the dashboard and
added my own quick-launch buttons. The few times I ran into problemsthe context-sensitive help (the
question mark icon on the far right
of the dashboard) provided a quick
solution.
From a system administrator's
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While Dashboard is a r egular
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run like any other program, it also
can be used as a replacement for the

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Dashboard is a Microsoft Windows 3.x

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I would r ecommend using

Dashboard as your Windows shell
for two reasons. First, Dashboard
does everything th e P r ogram
Manager does but it is easier, faster
and takes less space on the desktop.
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Pegram Manager you will not be able to
move, edit, create, or delete groups in
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exllains:

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"After the handbook was printed, a flaw

in 'rogram Manager was discovered which
limts Dashboard's ability to offer these
fuictions jwhile the Program Manager is

ruming]."
I'he dashboard is customized by selecting the wrench icon. The customization

wiadow is well laid out and gives you reasoaable control over the appearance and
contents of your dashboard. Each major
item can be moved to a different location
on the dashboard or removed (hidden). To
niake more room for extended screens and
quick-launch buttons, I hid the clock and
customized the title bar to display the time.
I also added some humorous audio alarms
(selected from nine new .WAY files) to warn
me when Windows resources or memory
become critically low. Incidentally, if you

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While the user interface is intuitive and

obvious, it is different than what you usual-

ly expect in a Windows application and not

everyone may appreciate Hewlett-Packard's

does make Windows extremely easy to use.

If your job is to provide Windows support
to novice windows users, Dashboard could

Dashboard is a quality program and I

am finding it an excellent shell replacement
for the Program Manager. I finally got
around to reading the manual and was as

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Ironically, Dashboards greatest strength

may also be one of its few weaknesses.

uct. Everything I commonly do in Windows

is right there on the dashboard, visible and
immediately accessible. Admittedly, this is
not going to save me hours of labour, but it

innovations. Of course, not everyone appreciated Windows when it was introduced.

impressed with it as I was with the program. It was well written and well organized, and I was pleased to see that the

design team members signed their names

on the back cover. I would sign my name
too; Dashboard is definitely a product to be

proud of.
The suggested retail price of Dashboard
for Windows is C$125.

want sound through your PC speaker you

must install a separate sound driver created
by Microsoft. The driver is supplied with
Dashboard, and detailed instructions on
installing it are in the manual. If you are
using a sound card and already have audio
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Unix is a true hacker's dream operating system, both because

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roviding a decent introduction to
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Mellon back in the '60s, was a major challenge,

size is a culture as much as an operating sys-

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tern,

computing used to be and still can be.

But, on a practical level, why would

In some ways Unix is a dinosaur cornpared to MS-DOS. Just a quick example will
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familiar enough with PCs i e

an y o ne want to learn such a complex and

qui r ky operating system? Simple; while MSDOS and local area net-

- ~ O ~ el ~ el local works struggle to provide

to know that ASCII is a

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user environments, these
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such as the alphabet,

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Unix was a well-devel-

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While it does provide

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b ooks d o

excels is in the way the

till' + for/ ylfpll

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number a byte was

glimpse into the culture

Unix grew over a period nearly twice as

long as MS-DOS has existed; until now it

still only 7 bits long when Unix was born.

Unix also cares about whether your

can occupy as much as 140 megabytes of

commands or file names have any capital s ystem-level users.

hard disk space; due to this underground

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While MS-DOS has about 60 commands, some with a few switches that can
be used to modify the way they work, this
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This book takes 72 pages to get to a
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letters most current operating systems

treat them all the same way.
This is just part of the introduction this
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nearly every one page is both interesting

and provides important background for
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operating environments. Even an MS-DOS

expert will want to read nearly every page

to gain a feel for what the authors empha-

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whe re this book really

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how U n i x still provides that fun to serious
On t he s t raight information side, the

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ex p l anation of all major Unix terms and a
ste p -by-step tutorial that will lead beginners

UNIX also provides an excellent introduc- t h r ough their fi rst few Unix sessions.
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are a number of command shells in Unix.

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Bourne Agam Shell.
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but most of all Peter Norton and Harley

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and Science of Virtual Reality

Guide to Global Networking

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Authors: Tracy LBQuey

and Jeanne C.Ryer.
Foreword by American
Vice-President Ai Gore
Publisher:Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co. 1993;
192 p.
Price: $1 3.95 paperback

A ITTE GOEsA

Authors:Steve Aukstakalnls
and David Biatner
Publisher: Peachpit Press,
199; 318 pages
Price: $20.00paperback

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This book is one of the first to offer readers

a clear look into the field of virtual reality
systems, an area which has recently become

cloudedand muddied by media hype.

This friendly, easy-tounderstand book is an
excellent introduction to the often confus-

Silicon Mirage provides a complete

overview of the science, mechanics and
issues surrounding virtual reality, and does

ing world of the Internet.

It is highly recommended, perhaps even

it in a very readable fashion. It looks at

how people perceive the real world through
their senses, and at how ingenious combinations of electromechanics and computers
try to emulate the world of the senses for
the virtual reality user. It also gives the
reader a perspective on all of the current
uses virtual reality systems are being put to
and ideas about their long-term implications.
The book is copiously illustrated, pro-

essential reading for anybody interested in

accessing the many features available on
"the Net."
It explains the basic terms used in data
communications and provides instructions
on how to use some of the basic tools of
the Internet. The authors also guide the
reader through to many of the Internet's
features, from accessing the Glasnost
archives to debating issues with people

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V/ritten clearly and simply with lots of graphics, you1I

learn about the newest version of I8Ms powerful
operating system with little effort.

viding pictures for most of the equipment

and systems described. This book is an

halfway around the world.

Besides listing the major resources available through the Interne, it also provides a
guide to its etiquette, or as the authors call
it: anetiquette",
The book itseif is largely a product of
the Internet, as its authors composed the
book and sent each other draft copies
through it. Add to this the fact that the
Foreward by Vice-President (then Senator)
Al Gore, is proof that communications services like the Internet have come of age.

excellent introduction to the potentials

inherent in virtual reality systems.

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The Stats Canada numbers confirm

these findings. According to them, the
popularity of home computers has almost
doubled in the last six years, increasing
from 10.4 t)fr in 1986 to 18.6flfl in 1991 to
20.00A1 in 1992. Computer usage also varies

by province. Home computers are most

popular in B.C. and least popular in Prince
Edward Island, interestingly, Stats Canada

excludes systems that can only play games,

or which are used exclusively for business

purposes. The U.S. study takes a more

refined look at the way people use computers. It breaks computer usage down into
flve different areas: 1) brings work home; 2)
home-based business; 3) personal productivity; 4) educational; 5) entertainment.
This broader definition of computers probably goes along way to explaining the
higher penetration level of computers in
the U.S.
Contact: Statistics Canada 418-973-6566
Catalogue 64-202, Software Publishers
Association 202452-1800.

Debut of AST's
Premmia line
TORONTO AST has announced its new

Premrnia line of computers four 486based machines with local bus architecture

that are "Pentium ready."

The new machines incorporate video
cards by Canadian video-card manufacturer
ATI. Using the company's new mach32
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cent. The new machines will also accept

the new intel Pentium chip when it is
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along with any new Intel Overdrive procesThe Premmia's most distinctive features are its built-in security systems,

induding password protection upon startup, and the capability of blocking access to
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DOES THE AMIGA BELONG IN THE CLASSROOM?
ool to prepare children for the twenty-first century, noother computer
As a e
l arnintg

platform is so well suited to the task as is the Amiga.

The reasons are simple. Cost,a computer platform which is intuitive and easy to use,
experiences and,
Cost,availability of quality software suitable for creative learning
Cost!

A graphical interface was looked upon as frivolous or gimmicky and any computer
using one was condemned as a "toy" rather than a serious business tool. In fairness,
let's bear in mind that Windows is NOT an operatiag system as many assume. It is
just like any other application that runs under MS-DOS. Apple, on the other hand,
certainly recognized the advantages of a GUI but went entirely to the other extreme
with the Mac! It offers no command line at all! The Commodore solution is to offer
both options and let the user decide.

For example, my two children attend a small grade scbool

in Metmpolitan Toronto which is fortunate enough to have
a modern computer lab asw ellas numerous computers
which float between classrooms. This was the due to the
foresight of a former principal who lobbied hard to provide
this school with the tools to educate its students for the
tweaty-first century.

Othertruly unique featuresofthe Amiga abound, for

example, shared system library routines that many diverse
software programs can utilize. DOS commands be made
resident in system memory for iastant access but the entire
ROM kernel routines can be mapped to 32 bit memory for
truly amazing system performance.
What other computer has a RAM disk automatically
configured and available on system start-up? What other
computer has a recoverable RAM disk that retains its contents
after a warm reset and will even boot the system from RAM!?

Not withstanding these good intentions, these computers

now do very little. The staff and administration simply
don't know how to make ef fecient use of them, These are
not Amigas. They are not iatuitive. It doesn't help that the
software which is available in considerable quantity is
"Flashcard Software", You know the kind: Add two
numberson the screen correctly and be rewarded by seeing
a mcket take off.
Intuitive, multitasking software such as a paint pmgram
which pmduces real art and animation, wordprocessors
which make children pmud of their writing skills by
presenting them with style, authoring programs which are
simple yet poweful enough to put together an entire
multimedia, interactive adventure. Only the Amiga has this
kind of software (as well as "conventional" educational
software) and the affordable hardware to run it.

The Amiga is the only

reliable mulitasking
microcomputer
on the
market

Since the release of AmigaDOS 2.0, the interprocess language

AREXX has been a standard part of the operating system.
This is an implementation of REXX that has been available on
mainframe systems for several years now, but Ainiga is the
only micro that has it. This makes multitasking even more
exciting and useful than ever before since it allows multiple
programs tocommunicate with each otherto form "super"
applications that would otherwise not exist.

Something new to the latest versions of AmigaDOS is the

capability to easily configure the system to use any of a dozen
different languages at the system level; in other words, the
menus,requestors,etc.are presented in the language of choice,such as French,
German,Spanish,etc,

In the instance of my children's school, for what was spent with the taxpayer's dollar,
threetimes as many Amiga computers could have been purchased forthe same
money, a platform about ten times as powerful, and a computer environment which is
neither intimidating, limited, frivolous aor overpriced.

And consider this; the Amiga has the capacity to run not only its own operating
system but also MS-DOS, MacIntosh, Atari, C64 and UNIX out of the same box.
What other computer can claim to rua even two operating systems?

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Outside
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or even an understanding of the kind of operating system that the Amiga uses. This is
unfortunate since in many ways AmigaDOS is superior to anything else that' s
available.

Our courses got underway on the 1st of April and they have pmved to be both popular
and well attended. Instructor Paul McCoy has designed these courses to be easy to
understand yet very informative for the students, no matter what level of computer
knowledgethey have. No one needs to feelintimidated or embarrassed because he or
she is new to the Amiga. The atmosphere is very relaxed and friendly and students
can work at their own pace on individual computers,

The most obvious advantage that most people can see right away is that the Amiga is
the only reliable multitasking microcomputer on the market. While others are still
trying to get their systems to perform this way, the Amiga has already been
multitasking for 8 years. The benefits of this are enormous to user productivity and,
onceaccustomed toit,you can nevergo back.
Another advantage is that the Amiga offers users a choice as to which way they' re
going to control their computers; the GUI (Graphical User Interface) is obvious and is
very similar to the Mac interface. The CLI or command line interface however gives
the user the kind of fine control over the system that a GUI can't always offer. Until
the advent of Micmsoft Windows, the IBM platform was strictly command line only.

The most popular courses seem to be Intro to Amiga, Intro to Graphics and Intro to
DesktopVideo.Each ofthese classesis4 hours in length for a fee of $60.00. Other
courses cover specific topics and software programs more deeply. If you would like
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WordPerfect 6.0 For DOS

OREM, UTAH (NB) WordPerfect
Corporation showed its WP 6.0 for DOS to
North American, Australian and European

The program will also ship with a number

of customized scalable fonts.
Selectable merge allows users to select

industry analysts and the press this week,

the fields of the data records they want

but the program isn't scheduled to ship

included in a merge, then set the selection

until June. "It's well into beta now, and

criteria, such as everyone who lives in ZIP

code 80901. Popular database file formats
supported include Wordperfect's own
DataPerfect, dBase, Foxpro, Lotus, Quattro

goes into beta 2 (testing) next week,

WordPerfect spokesperson Jeff Larsen told
Newsbytes.
Calling WP 6.0 for DOS "a product that

goes beyond word processing," the company said the new version of the popular

word processing program that first entered

and Excel. A feature called QuickFinder,

which was introduced in WordPerfect 5.2
for Windows, allows the user to search local
or network directories for a particular file,

sending capabilities, sound support, elec-

and indexes documents so the user can

search for a document based on their own

tronic mail and spreadsheet capabilities,

criteria.

"allowing people to accomplish tasksnever

before possible with a word processor," in

The company says WordPerfect 6.0 for

DOS will also support color printing, dragand-drop graphics, wrapping text around
graphic images, an Undo feature to cancel

the marketplace in 1989 will include fax

the words of WordPerfect president Alan

Ashton.
A new spreadsheet capability allows
users to including computing functions and
cell formatting features as a part of the
existing Tables feature. The spreadsheet feat ure, w h ic h i s t h e c o m p any's o w n
PlanPerfect incorporated into the word

your last action, more powerful macro capabilities and better envelope creation.

Grammatik 5, a grammar checking program

acquired r e c e ntl y by Wo r d Perfect
Corporation, has been integrated into the
program. The new version will take advan-

processor, supports up to 64 columns and

over 32,000 rows. Users will also be able to

tage of expanded or extended memory if

your system has it.

fax directly from wit hi n Wordperfect,

thanks to support for FaxBIOS technology
and inclusion of drivers for Class 1, Class 2,
and CAS<ompliant fax devices.

WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS has a suggested

retail price of US$495 for new purchasers.
Additional user licenses, with the manuals
but without disks, will be available for $349

Larsen said MIDI and digital sound are

supported, allowing the user to incorporate
voice notes, Clicking on the sound icon

or you can get a license without manuals or

plays the sound, and buttons at the bottom

of the screen allow fast-forward and rewind

you already use an earlier version you can

disks for $295. A 20-pack user license without documentation or disks costs $5,495. If

A feature called Coach is designed to

guide the user through selected functions,

upgrade for $129. There's a huge market for

upgrades, with an estimated 10-million
WordPerfect users. Users of competitive
programs like Microsoft Word can switch to

providing step-by-step instructions regard-

the new program for $149. The company

ing how to execute that function. Three different editing modes text, graphics and

says it will be announcing a free upgrade to

and speed adjustment.

page are user-selectable while editing.

The text mode is what WordPerfect 5.1 pro-

vides. Graphics mode allows users to see a

graphical representation of fonts, graphics
and colors, while the page mode is similar,
but also shows headers, footers, footnotes
and page numbers. You can switch between
modes as you create or edit a document.
Four types of scalable fonts are supported in version 6.0. You can select Type 1,
Intellifont, TrueType and Bitstream Speedo..
An incitided utility called WPFI installs
additional scalable fonts if the user desires.

the Windows 6.0 version when is released.

Minimum system requirements include

an IBM-compatible PC powered by a 286 or

higher chip, at least 450 kilobytes (K) of
conventional memory, and 7 megabytes
(MB) of free space on your hard disk for the
program files. Monochrome, EGA, VGA or
higher resolution displays are supported.
For maximum performance, WordPerfect
recommends a 386-basedsystem, 520K of
memory, 15MB of disk space and a VGA or
better monitor.
Contact: Jeff Larsen, WordPerfect Corporation,
(801) 228-5034.

Gates to marry Microsoft employee

Microsoft Corp. founder/chief Bill Gates is

getting married. Reports from the publisher's Redmond, Wash., headquarters

are that Gates was engaged last

weekend to Melinda French, a

product manager for the
Microsoft Publisher desktop
p ublishing
prog r a m .
Associated Press writer George
Tibbits this morning quoted
Microsoft spokeswoman Anne
Rupley as saying Gates, 37, and
French, 28, have been dating off and
on for about five years. Rupley said no

specific wedding date has yet been set.

French, a Dallas native, holds a bachelor' s

degree in computer science and a master' s

in business administration, both from Duke
University. A P c o m m ented,

"Company observers long

have speculated that Gates'
single-minded dedication to

I: Microsoft and his legendary

" long working hours might
be tempered once he marries." On that, Rupley doesn' t
speculate, but said, "Melinda
works here as well and certainly
understandsour work ethic. I expect
Bill and Melinda to continue to work
very hard. I don't see any change forthcoming in the way we do business."

O NTARIO EDITION THE COMPUTER PAPER INAY'93

Microsoft says Windows NT

isn't for everyone
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA (NB) Microsoft
does not expect users to switch to Windows
NT when it becomes available in the second quarter of this year, according to
Dwayne Walker, director of Windows NT R
Networking Products for Microsoft. Walker
spoke concerning the future of Windows at
the Windows Summit '93 held this week in
Carlsbad, California.
According to Walker, Microsoft is aiming Windows NT at new markets unpenetrated by Microsoft operating systems and
not at the average user. Windows NT is
designed to move into new areas where PCs
haven't been until now. "We have such a
'replacement' mentality in the software
world, we assume any new product is
aimed at replacing the product already on
the market," Walker said.

be available then, Walker said. Responding

to criticism loudly leveled by Borland
President Philippe Kahn that Microsoft is

big enough to ship buggy products because

everyone assumes the company will fix the
problems, Walker placed emphasis on
Microsoft's aim to not ship Windows NT
until it is ready. Walker strongly suggested

Windows NT might not ship in time for the

semiannual show, which is scheduled this
year for May 24-27 in Atlanta, Georgia.
In an effort to test Windows more thoroughly, Walker said the beta test program is
moving into a second stage and the number
of NT beta testers is expected to jump from
4,000 to 20,000. The beta II test is to be on
783 Intel platforms, 5 MIPS platforms and
13 Intel MPS systems. The beta I version
couldn't print, but Walker said Microsoft is
focusing heavily on printer support.

for the new NT as Microsoft said it has sold

three times as many Windows NT developers kits as it did for Windows 3.1. Walker
said 5,000 applications for NT are expected,
a number that is expected to double to
10,000 by the end of the first quarter of this

year.
International versions of Windows NT

are planned as well. Walker said 60 days

after the release of Windows NT, international versions in German, French, Spanish,
Swedish, Italian and Dutch would ship.

Applications are expected to be plentiful

Microsoftsees NT as a
complement and
extension of the
Windows family of
products, rather than a
replacement for the
Windows operating
systems currently
available.

Microsoft expects 20 percent of the current Windows 3.1 market to move to NT,
Walker said. There are two versions of
Windows NT planned the Windows NT
and the Windows NT Advanced Server. The
difference is the Advanced Server product
will have fault tolerance built in, such as
mirroring and extra security features,
Walker said.
Microsoft says NT will be "affordably"
priced. Retail pricing is expected to be

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Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups
and OS/2 users "who want to come home"
will be in the $300 range. The Windows NT
A dvanced Server is expected to~ ric e d
under US$5,000.
While Windows NT will be announced
at Spring COMDEX, it will not necessarily

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Former Nabisco chairman tapped as IBM chief

N EW YORK, N E W Y O R K ( N B )
Confirming rumors of the past several days,
IBM has named Louis V. Gerstner, former
chairman and chief executive of RJR
Nabisco, Inc., to replace John Akers as IBM's
chairman and CEO.
Gerstner's appointment marks the first
time IBM has gone outside its own ranks to
hire a new boss. That move reflects problems at the company over the past few
years, which have led many observers to say
new blood was needed.
Gerstner's background is outside the
computer industry, although while at

American Express he gained attention by

joi n ed the company in I989 to net income
his use of information
of $1.4 billion, while cuttechnology to help the
ting debt more than in
@+I Stnpr S appO~nt
company meet strategic
haif.
goals. During his tenure m8nt markS the firSt
Gerstner, who is 51,
there, American Express's
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First Data Resources unit
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g rew to b e t h e f i f t h
before joining Nabisco in

from Harvard University. He will take over

at IBM on April I, the company said.
William Milton, an investment analyst
who follows IBM fo r B r own Brothers
Harriman i n N e w Y o rk , w o n dered 'if
Gerstner's appointment could make a difference, given that IBM is already in the
midst of a reorganization and an ambitious
largest provider of cornt O h l l ' 8 a n8W b OSS.
19S9 . Before American cost-cutting effort. "There's no obvious
P uter services in t h e
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tant at McKinsey R Co.,
already being taken," he said.
biOOCI WaS n++CI+Ci. Inc., which he joined in
More recently, he has
helped take RJR Nabisco
Contact: Rob Wilson, IBM, (914) 765-6565.
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Sony pushing digital to broadcasters

N EW Y ORK, N E W Y O R K ( N B )
Broadcasting's high quality and bandwidth
requirements have made it a last bastion of
analog production techniques. Most broadcast producers use expensivecustomized
devices for specific functions, and while

At the heart of its 47 new products for

release at the coming National Association
of Broadcasters' show in Las Vegas are new
digital products aimed at broadcast post
production.
Leading the list are new Digital Betacam

ers and monitors.

some have gone digital Qantel

videotape recorders. The format is compati-

the features of its existing DFX-500 effects

device with a four-input video editor, audio
processor and optional character and paint

Paintboxes are now glorified Unix worksta-

ble with its existing Betacam cassettes,

software.

tions digital production has remained a

far-off dream.
Now Sony, the largest factor in producing cameras and other broadcast equipment, is saying that digital is the way to go.

which are a big standard for program producers if not consumers, and there's a
migration path to coming widescreen picture formats. The launch is supported by a
full line of switchers, editors, edit suite mix-

A big highlight of the new line-up is its

first desktop editing system, the DES-500.

It's based on a PC and combines many of

Contact: Gerri Schmidt, Sony, (201) 930-7454.

Remote Access PC
communications
Heats Up
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA (NB) The

battle in remote accessproducts is heating

up, with manufacturers lining up behind
new standards like Novell NetWare and
Microsoft Windows in order to get an

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Microcom has responded with Carbon

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connections to LAN, and PC-to-PC com-

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how each system does.
Microsoft probably doesn't care too
much if NT's DOS emulation isn't all that
compatible with the Install or Setup rou-

tines of today's applications. The company

may be betting that application developers
will rewrite their code to be compatible
with NT and I have a feeling they' re proba-

bly right.
If you haven't yet bought a computer, or
ease of use is a primary consideration, you
might consider a Macintosh. Despite the
inescapable conclusion that its operating
system is mediocre at best, the Mac has a
very good user interface. For users who
value simplicity, th e Mac still r eigns

supreme.
Apple has a version of Unix called A/UX

Macintosh operating systems. Although it

can be used without a hard drive, I strongly
recommend one. The Amiga makes a good
choice for a home computer. Kids and
novice adult users can use it with a mouse
at first and move into the more complex
world of command-line prompts and the
subtleties of true multitasking as their
expertise grows.
And of course, there's Unix. If people

chose computers based solely on the merits

of their operating systems, we'd all be running Unix or NeXTstep right now.
Certainly, DOS would not be the dominant
standard it is. I keep reading, year after year,
that this will finally be "the Year of Unix." I
don't buy it, despite the expected release
this month of both NeXTstep for Intel
Processors and Solaris for X86. These titles
will join Novell's UnixWare and SCO Unix
as contenders in the battle for Unix marketshare on Intel hardware. The trouble is,
there are too many varients of Unix and its
GUIs; too many self-interested vendors. The

much-touted "open systems" promised by

the purveyors of Unix are not as open as
they would have us believe. Frankly, I'd say

that includes a Mac "Finder" interface, but

almost nobody uses it and many Mac softthe PC is a better candidate for the word
ware titles aren't compatible. (Typically, sys- "open." The real threat to Unix is Windows
tem extensions have problems running NT and Microsoft knows it. Unix will conunder A/UX, as do applications that access tinue to be used for vertical application
sound, MIDI or other hardware features.)
development but, as Windows-based interface building tools and visual programming
If you own or are considering an Amiga,
environments grow in sophistication and
I advise running AmigaDOS 2.1 or later.
power, the Unix advantage will diminish.
Earlier releases of AmigaDOS were not as
stable or feature-rich. AmigaDOS has more
in common w i t h U n i x t h a n D O S or

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DAINIESSBSS:24hours,online
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KSBS: Aespeckrble high speed
system with goodSYSDPsupport 14.4
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Call495-8363.
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ACAD12 OPERATOR: Contract work on

mechanis
ms,machinery,Robotics and
cranes.Call 828-7485/Fax:8284317.
AS/400 PAOG
/OPEIATOA: Full/part time,
presently trained onAS/400, CL,RPG400,
SDASEU,
PDNLExperienced in DBASEprogramming,WP,LOTUS, UNIDC,TSQ/ISPF
andmore.CallManish450.8726.
AUTOCAO/DE
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looking for F/Pwork. Call RayBorg 6046939.
AUTOCAD/NICAOSTATIQN
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2174211.
AUTOCAD/PRIMEMEDUSA OPERATOR:
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Call Paulo4854928.
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AD: Excel, Lotus, WPseeking work.
Call 244-2100.
AWKPROGRAMMEA: Neededassembly on
68705, 80188,8031.Workfromhome.Fax
625-1743.
CLIPPER
PROGAANMER: Seekswork,2
yearsexperience,referenceletters, call ling
921-9449.

POATASLES: 1 FD, 1 HD, Serial

COMPUTERENGINEEA.Seeksworkm COMPAQ
DOS,UNIX,C, DalaBase, X-Window, LAN, and printerports.Lotsofs/w$690.IBMPro
Printer
II
$100.Call 4124487.
EDI, Comm
unications. 16 yearsexperience
ceg 784-0695.
COMPUTERFOR SALE:386DX/25;44MB;
COMPUTERGRAPHIC ARTIST:Designer, 1.2MB; 1.44MB;VGA, onwarranty. Call
iguslrator seekingemployment. Experience 25RN58.
on Rio Truevision, core/draw, 3dStudio, DESKJET:Bubble)et refiHs-500C from
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AipraMicro). Call Gabor285DOS),Basic(Ai
81.
PC/LAN
SUPPORT: Exp. in HAN,BAI/ installation, consulting, seekswork. Call 8075847.
PROG
RAMMERAVAILABLE: Experiencedin
PC'sand microprocessorsystems.C and
AssemBlelranguages. Eugeneevngs.7877886.
PROGRA
MMEREXP.: In CNovell Clipper
dBase seeksfull or part time Iob. Call
Sephen496-9035.
PAOGAANNEA:Exp.inC,C++,Windows
APP. G.U.I.seeksIWIor partSimeiob. Call

DIGITALDIARY CASIO:SF-4000 32KMemorynew$65, also CanonTypewriter

Typestar 4&6$100each. Call 8044827.
DOT MATRIXPAINTER: Roland 9Pin
w/cable in goodcondition $99.Call 4971390.
EXTMODEM:9600BpscallPaul277421t.
FAX/PHO
NE/MODEMSWITCW.Aestricts tog
calls to passwordonly, rerxrrds phoneconversagon$119.95. Call4834957.
FORSALE:286/20 Mhzwith 1 Meg AAM,
t.44 floppy, 40MegHDandmonochrome
monitor.Only$5502874I474.
FOR SALE:Mathcad 3.1 $75, Microsoft
Windows 3.1/3.0 $40/$25, Quickenfor
Windows 1.0 $25, WordPefect 5.1 for
Ak at2344Ktt f.
Windows$100,PCGIobe 3.0 $10, Central
PROGR
AMMER: Great at programmingin Point Backup 7.0 $50, Multi I/O Card
Turbo Pascalandl earnin
C++.
Ready
to
g
1P/26/1G$40. 240MegSCSI Quantum LPS
work. Preferablydatabasesfor small busi- Series $550and IDEController Card $50.
ness.CallMark82D6259.
Call 757-8619.
PUT YOII
R COMPUTER TO WORK: Turn FUSITBU NI2622 SCSI HAIID OAIVE:
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INFO:M.M.A.H.,DeptCP.Box 39023, porlable toNetwarelite t.f $220,andprinter
Edmonton,Alberta, T58-4TB.
24 Pin(New)$250.Call 256-3059.
SALES
OIRECTOAS! Sell, Recruit & Train4 HAADDISK:40MB+16bit card $150.Call
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compensation.CallKris 761-7773.
HARDDRIVES:44MBand42MB Seagates
SOFIWAAEDEVELOPER:C,C++.and06/2. no badseclors ofter or trade.Call 491-991S.
Call 225-5421.
HUSKY:2400/9600 Int. IBM Faxmodem
I
w/sogware
$75obo. Call Mike455-3415.
I I
/
IIYPEAION
PORTABLE: Ideal for studenL
215NSHARDDRIVES:SCSI Maxtor+Contr. Includes software (eg. Lotus 123) and
modemworks well! only $230. Call (519)
Asking $500,call Leo4994376,
927-3966.
286PCFOR SALE:42MegHD,2MegRANI,
modemmonochromedisplay, with 9 pin ISM COMPTURBOXT: 640K 2FD, color
printer,computerdeskandmanualsfor only raphic card/mono,101-keyboard, clock
200. CallJack94M398.
$800.Call944-0364or 927-1800.
386OX20
BMS AAM: 120 MBharddisk,1 ISN PCJA.:With monitor andkeyboardin
MB SVGA
card, SVGAcolour monitor, lots excellentcondition$350(obo). CallKurl at
of extras,greatcondition$1,300. Call242- 255-3003,
6235.
ISM-XT:
30MB HD asking $230call539386DX28:BMBRAM,120 MBhard disk, 9221.
1MBSVG
Acard, SVGAcolour monitor, lola IOE 42NS:Hard driver 3.5 IN $170.MFNI
ol extras,greatcondition. Call2424235.
20NIBharddriver $120.Call896-2867.
388DX33:
MHZ,64KCache$350. Call 946- JETPAGE
: Postscript Cartridgefor HPcall
9615.
Terry 2234)864.
A500KS1.2:20MBHDmonitor, 2 drives, KURTAIS/ONE:Graphic Tablet 12x12,
1MegRAM,lots of accessories$700obo. Cursor + Pen,cordless 4 PCmint. cond.
Call ISke455-3415.
$300.CWI4674241.
ANIGA 500:W/IBM RAM,1084S Colour LANDMAIIKKICKSTAAT 2: Diagnostics
minitor, printer, ext. drive, modem,joy- card+ PCProbediag, softw. +alignit drive
sticks, desk,andmuchmore $950/obo. Call maint. kit ag byLandmark, excellent pack5074849.
age for computermaintenance$400. Call
ASTPRENIUM:Exec.colorNotebook4MB 4674241.
RAM,63MB hard diskmousecarying case, LANTASTIC
ulN: cards qty. 6 $150.Call
lots of sofhvare.Mustsell, only$2,400call 889-2617.
512-2954.
LASEIIPAINTEAHP: Laser)et series li new
ATAIII 1040STE:1 Meg of RAM, colour fuser, Iowprint count8PPMexcelent value
mon, lots of software andmore. Asking $850. CalJon
l 487-7649.
$500 callScott439-1328
LASER
PAINTER:CoronaLP-300goodconSONDWELL386 LAPTOP: 387 CO.SM dition 300DPIextra toner cartridge$300.
RAM, 80MHD,1.44 FDVGABacklit LCD Call 491-9918.
Pocket Modem,2adapters, 2 sets of batNACLC4/48: Applecarewarranty system
teries asking$1,600. Call 896-2687.
7.1 $1,3002294lt39.
BRANDNEW: 386-33 with 2 Meg RAM,
1.44 floppy, 40MegHD,keyboard, color NAC PLUS:2.5/20 $495 Call (519) 837VGAmonitor, mouseandpadfor only $900. 0035.
Call 2874474.
MAC PLUS:4 Meg, 100 Meg HD,
C44 DISK
DRIVE:Colour monitor 200disks lmagewriter 1 printer, trackbag,modem,8,
printer datassettejoysticks paddies$390. tons ofsoftwareetc.$950.Call 977-3129.
Call Jose273-9532.
MAC SE:1MBRAM, 2x800k Disk Drives,
CASIO
EXECUTIVEBOSS: 9500 Ele. orga- Imagewriter II Printerasking$850.Call 539nizer, Dict/Thee.ICcard, 64KB,Tel/Business 9154.
directory, clocks,exc. condition $200,Call NIACINTOSH
POWEASOQK: 170, newin
567-7685.
box,4/80,modem,microphone,etc.,system
7
and
Hi
/Percard software, asking
COLORSCANNER:400DPILogitech just
new toCanada,24BITWindows compatible $3,250.Call(416) 422-2358.
16.8 million colors plus fototouch image MAXTDR
TAHITI II: DPT2 Disks (416) 342edit sogware,D.LEsupport $725. Call 977- 2140.
6616.
MAXTOA:213MB15msHDfor sale$330
COLOUII PLOTTER
FORSALE: Hewlett- 698-9645.
Packard7550Plus. brandnew,desktop, up
Atari 10406t with 2Meg,Korg
to 11x17inchpaper/transparencies$2,500 MDI STUDIO:
obo. Phone
Ted876-4300/evngs. 822-3201. Ml, Cubase 3.0, Ultimate stand, Anatek
pocket
sync.Agasnew only $2,500.Call
CONPAQCOLOUIINOTEBOOK:388SL/25, 685-1701.
4MB, 84MBHD, brand new,warr., org.
pkg.,
floppy,and mouse$2,800.CallDave MEMORYFORCLONE$:1meg x9-70ns
simms (3 chip) brandnew$41. Call Tom
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MONITORFULLPAGE: 15" Sigma low
emissions$450with inIerfacecard for MAC
SE-30$350.Call Danny731-8585.
PACIFICPAGE: 25in One! III font cartridge
for ag HPprinters. 172 fonts andsymbols
sets. Neverused$300 firm. Call 784-0385.
PHOTOC
OPIER:Gestetner 21157, in good
working order. Includes letter, legal and
tabloid sizepapertraysand newtoner cartridge. Reduce/Enlargefunction $400. Call
922-2552.
PROSTAR:
Telephonesystem incl.KSU,and
2 fully digital telephones$1,500. Call 8442675.
PS1 IBM:BMBSimms for sale $400. Call Ht
Chan363-8227.
SELLING:Logitech 3 button MouseMan
asking $30. never used.Call Paul at 2752428.
SIGNATUREPRO286:IMB RAM, 40MB HD,
1-44MB FD,EGAcolor monitor, 101 KB
$500. Cal292-4235.
l
STELTH
TELEPHONE: Conversation recording device
$20. Call 483-0957.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS:11-74handheld
computer,programmablebasicalc, BKRAM,
31 characterdisplay,newin boxasking $95.
Call (416)5054)407.
TRUE IBMXT: 32MB HD, 2-360K FDD,
640K RAM
andEGA Card plus monitor. Call
evngs.294-7180.
W ORDSTAR
6:$50call760-7832.
XT COMPATIBLE6
:40k,2floppy,40 Meg
HD, CGA monitor, Panasonic Printer,
modem,joystick, shareware$300. Call 2664212.
ZYXELFAST V82.BIS FAX/MODEM: With
voice, 19.2K,identa-ring, caller ID. v42.bis
(416) 534-1312DCOMPDealers wanted.

$$ MAKINGOPPORTUNITY:Send $2to:
YULI Co, 131 RockFernway, North York,
ON, M2J4N3.
COIBPLETEPOINT -OF-SALE:Accounting
from $99. CustomDesign d installation.
823-9025.
COMPUTER
TUTORING: In your home!Call
Tim to helpyoudoDOS,Lotus & more7509765.
COIBPUT
ER/DTP LESSONS: Perfect for the
university student/private individual. An
introductory lesson(s) to the Macor DTP,
etc. ReasonableCal
. lBarry889-5311.
COOL
ARTWORK: Pathetic, Starvingcollege

Cyberpunk desperately needs S!Seemy 22115, Toronto,0nt. M4H1N9.

design (Virtual Village/!his issue).Will even APPROACH
rt Windows Database
write letter t o v our Granny!neveropened,2.0:
sealed$200.Call 4670241.
(English/Esperanto). CailCa!tie Ken2g2'
2482.
ASALAMAUU
KUM: Theworld's mostpowerful Islamic software:
DOCUME
NTATION: Doyou needhelPwrit- Dur'An/Hadnh/Arabi
c/English.The
CagAlim.
(416)
ing user manuals, online help?Technical 761 786124hfs
writer will do yourdocumentationfor you.
Wordworkers(519)396-9377.
FREECATALOGUE! Top rated shareware
$5.00 per disk. Windows, Adult,
FREE$$$:Infom@iononhowtomeuPto titles.
games,Ciipart, etc. SendSASEto:
45'/P on long distancephonecalls. New to !CONS,
Canada. Sendyour name &address to: Box 20092CalgaryPlacePD, Calgary, AB
JUSKOBART, 41 Markbrook Lane, unit
1609Etob
icoke,M9V5E6orfax?44-0082. PC GLOBE: 4.0, HDMETAX 92-93,
Word/Dos 5,0, Fastback
LASER PRINTHIG: Self-Serve PC d Word/WIN1.10
PCTools6.0,gretzky Hockey,ail forsale,all
MacOCRScanner available Softwarerental disks
andmanuals. Frank851-7903.
too! MacipMind,203CollegeSt. F302(S.E.
Corner of St. George dCollege) 416-348- QAPLUS: Diagnostic SoftwarePrograms
0985.
ver.
3.2tocheckCPU systemsandperiphdevices new$50each. Call any
LQAQ$ QFFREESTDFp ContactI00S pf eral
(416)461-2953.
companies with prIe letter Catalogues
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stamps. $5to: KenM, 20 WinonaDr. Tor. $25, MS Quickg 1 $25, OEMM5.11 $25,
ON, M6g356.
Student dBASEIV 1 $40, internal 2400
MAKEBIGMONEY: OnPC! send saseto modem$25. CagDave282-3712.
EMTS, 291Silverbirch Ave., Toronto, ON, SOFIWARERENTAL 400+ original titlesM4E 3L6.
Mac 6 IBMPC. Laser Printing too!
dSew'ces,203CogegeSt.F302
MICROSOFT ACCESS DATABASE. MacfoM!n
Development
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Corner
348-0985. of St. Georged College) 416.
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486 comPuter, laser Printer, fax andmore or a demodisk: FrankHand!orth, 204-346
worth $15,000. With $250 deposit and Brock St., Kingston, ON,K7L1T2(613)
introducing 2associatessend 2FCstamps
for info CYRS
Box3751 Vancouver BCV68
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WDRDSTARBIB: Still in shrink-wrapped
SHAREW
ARE: games/graphics/Program- Package.525du e $200obo6266077
ming. Write for our FREE
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BLUEVIEV
SOFTWARE, 2300 LawrenceAve.
East Box480551Scarborough,Ontario M1P
2RO.
CELLULARPHONE: Good condition only,
patd a goo d e $$$ Ci Ja
TRAININGFOR MACINTOSH PROGRAMS: cash
With computermasterystep bystep cours- Teriian at331-2085.
es. Effective d economical. Forinfo (705) IS THEREANAS/400 USERGROUP OUT
324-9326,Fax(705) 328-3876.
THERE?:Pleasesent info to P.O.Box2321.
TtrrORING:In Computer Programs,WP5.1, Vancouver,B.C..V683W5.
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there? PLSsend info. Io P.O. Box 2321,
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CADKey,VersaCAD,DataCAD, AutosKetch, LOWCOST: Computer andLaser Printer.
GenericCAD,Ability Plus, Drafix, AutoCAD, CagA!an277-2250.
Call Technisoft416-5354I863.
WANTED
ATSYSTEM: ytrdh 40MegHDwig
payupto $350,may considerothersysI
tems andconfigurations. Call Christian4395906.
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