PC ADVISOR
Mitt Jones
Turbo Pascal 4.0 Links Code Past 64K, Lacks Debugging
Stephen Randy Davis
ATronics' Low-Cost PIB Takes The Sting Out of Video Capture
Five-Piece Microsoft Works Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Christopher Barr
Byline:The $295 Ashton-Tate Desktop Publisher Is Mouse Free
Diane Burns
HP's $2,495 Vectra Portable CS Poses No Threat to Toshiba
Nora Georgas
Okidata Dials Into Modem Market
Howard Marks
386-to-the-Max Squeezes Out More RAM
Winn L. Rosch
The Ultimate Disk Converter
StarBus Busdriver:A Slot-Independent LAN
Frank J. Derfler, Jr
DASnet Links 21 E-Mail Services and FAX
Neil J. Rubenking
GOfer:Fast, Full-Service Text Searches Without Any Indexing
Edward Mendelson
Memory Lane Keeps an Index for Quick File Searches
At Last, Search and Replace for 1-2-3
SideWays now an Add-in, Runs Macros
Catherine D. Miller
A No-Stick Floppy Lets You Be Sloppy
Jonathan Matzkin
Beating Up Bill
Bill Machrone
Collecting History
John C. Dvorak
Let Me Scan Just This One Picture
Jim Seymour
Neatness:It Really Does Count
Stephen Manes
The Best of 1987 (and some of the worst)
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Bill Howard
Awards for Technical Excellence:And the Winners Are..
Communications:From Port to Port:Navigating Data Transfer
Bruce Brown
The Great Communicators Face Off
M. David Stone
Making Connections:The Who, Why, and How of Fiber-optic LANs
Tandy's 1000 HX and TX:Rated PG
Richard Aarons
Remote Computing:The Next Best Thing to Being There
PC LAB Notes:Custom-Design Your Own Help Screens
Michael J. Mefford
Help File:DOS 3.3 Commands
Utilities:CAPTURE Your Own Help Screens
Tom Kihlken
ENVIRONMENTS:OS/2's Multiple Video Alternatives
Charles Petzold
POWER PROGRAMMING:Examining the MS-DOS Environment
Ray Duncan
Spreadsheet Clinic
Jared Taylor
User-To-User
Paul Somerson
POWER USER
Craig L. Stark
Languages
Robert L. Hummel
PC TUTOR
Connectivity Clinic
After Hours:Games
After Hours:Personal Finance
Donald Trivette
After Hours:On-Line Services
Christopher Johnston
After Hours:Travel
Gus Venditto
After Hours:Personal Growth
Merv Adrian
PC Advisor
OS/2-Ready to Take on DOS-Has a Familiar Feel
VM/386 Multitasks Existing DOS Application Far Beyond 640K
Barry Simon
PC EMCEE Runs Shows by Remote Control
Scan by Hand:A $249 200-dpi Digitizer
dSalvage Resurrects Damaged .DBF Files
Keeping Postal and UPS Rates on Call
DOS, the Epic: An Educational Video
Robert Barnett
Popping Addresses onto Your Envelopes
PipeNet Connects up to 50 PCs With Remote Access and E-Mail
Peachtree Brings Its Accounting Classic up to Modern Standrd
Mike Falkner
Battling IBM as if it Were Coca-Cola
Donald B. Trivette
80286 R.I.P.
The Filmless Camera From Japan
Getting The Big Picture
TYPE "TYPE": How's That again?
The Fastest Ride Around
Anatomy of a 386
Trading Up to a 386
Spreadsheet Analysis:Living with Lotus
Word Processing Add-ins
Note-taking Programs
Database Management Add-ins
Printing, Graphics, and Utilities
Planning and Forecasting Add-ins
18 Ways to Share Your Peripheral
Making Connections: Waterloo Port
ADD-IN BOARDS: Just the Fax
William Taylor
PC LAB NOTES:Turbo Pascal 4.0 Making the Big Move
UTILITIES:Dressing Up Your Help Screens
Jeff Prosise
ENVIRONMENTS:OS/2 Memory Management
POWER PROGRAMMING:Changing the MS-DOS Environment
Douglas Cobb
USER-TO-USER
Power User
LANGUAGES
PC Tutor
After Hours:Hockey
After Hours: Music
Two More Ways to Bring PCs into the 80386 Era
Microsoft C 5.0 Comes with a Quick Bonus, Adds 70 Functions
DataPerfect Builds LAN-Redy,Easy-to-use Prgrm DBMS/F/WPft/Rt
Gene Smilgiewicz
The Diconix Line Grows Wider, Stays Quiet
On-Call:Reliable TSR Manager
Datamedia Colorscan/2 Unites DEC and PC Power in One Box
$100 Clear Generates dBASE Flowcharts Automatically
Peter Loshin
Core Revs Up 29-ms. Drive for Model 50
An Easier Way to Master AutoCAD
Glyphix Font Managers:Fonts on the Fly
Peabody:A Guide Through Turbo Pascal
Blankity Blank! Automates Your Merges
Serving The Scientist
The New Age Of Chaos
Und Zen I See...
How Hard Is Hardware?
The Cheapest ATs Ever
Alfred Poor
ADD-IN BOARDS:VGA Compatibles:Gaining on the New Standard
From Our Maus to Baumaus:Logitech Versus Microsoft
Tom Stanton
CONNECTIVITY:Making Connections: Univation's LifeNet
Frank J. Derfler
SOFTWARE:Keyboard Calculations for the PC
SPREADSHEET ANALSYSIS:Spreadsheets for Modest Proposals
Robin Raskin
PC LAB NOTES:Learning to Live with Laser Printers, Part 1
Caroline Halliday
Help File:DOS 3.3 BATCH Commands
UTILITIES:Running Programs Painlessly
ENVIRONMENTS:Understanding the OS/2 Keyboard
POWER PROGRAMMING From ASCII strings to Binary Bits.
USER-TO-USER: ERRORLEVEL
Power Ueser
Language
PC TUTOR:C; BASIC
CONNECTIVITY CLINIC:LASTDRIVE
Help File:DOS 3.3 CONFIG.SYS Commands
After Hours:Education
Carol Ellison
After Hours:Art & Leisure
Model 80 at 20 MHz:As Fast as a Deskpro 386/20?
John Dickinson
ThinkTank Runs Under OS/2 and DOS:One Price, Two Versions
Barbara Krasnoff
Surpass Costs Same as 1-2-3, Outperforms It in Every Way
Hijaak Converts Among .PCX, .PIC, and TIFF Graphic Formats
Perma Power SPS500 Backup Kicks in Fast, Recharges Fast
Connex Simplifies E-Mail Correspondence
Programmers' Pinup: ASCII and More
FastAccess:A WordPerfect Primer
Easier Entry:An AT Keyboard for PS/2s
The Macintosh as Terminal:PC MacTerm Runs DOS on a Mac
A Better Way to Manage Time
Peggy Gavan
Books in Print on Compact Disk:Easy Title & Review Searches
Fine-tuning Excel:101 Macros for $69.95
One Million PS/2s
Virus Wars:A Serious Warning
And Difficulty Is Preserved
Son Of Fritter:Time Wasting Marches On
Word Processing:Fast, Flexible, and Forward-looking
Summary of Features:Word Processers
Performance Tests:Word Processors
Editor's Choice: Word Processors
PC Lab Notes:Learning to Live with Laser Printers, Part 2
Caroline Holliday
Environments:Keyboard Monitors Under OS/2
Power Programming:Turning Binary Values into ASCII
Spreadsheet Clinic:@IRR bug
User-To-User:PATHs
Connectivity Clinic:LANs
After Hours:Tax Software
Laura Lou Meadows
PC ADVISOR:Righting Writing;No-slot clock;salvaging monitor
Lucid 3D:A Spreadsheet That Pops Up, Links Cells
Cruisin' at 20 MHz:The ALR 386 Pulls Up Alongside/T/Big Boys
Silverado:An Innovative Add-in Relational DBMS/F/Lotus 1-2-3
$199 Felix Chases the Mouse; Uses Hot Spots to Store Macros
MathCAD Adds Nonlinear Problem Solving
Irwin Drives Install in PCs and PS/2s
The HP DeskJet:Crisp Ink Jet Printing for $995 Plus Options
Font Editors/f/Softcraft & ZSoft Bring More Power/LasrPrintr
Mastering Envelopes with an HP Laserjet
$200 Guide:Hypertext for the PC
Stealing A March
Like A Shark:Move Forward or Die!
On Bigotry:Theirs And Ours
Daddy's Hands Hurt Like The Dickens
Business Graphics Software:At the Top of the Charts
Beyond Native Memory:Add-ins Boards for PS/2 Models 50 & 60
Presenting...Real-Time Overhead Displays for the Big Screen
Frank Bican
Having It All:Integrated Word Processing Packages
PC LAB NOTES:Handling Fonts in Your LaserJet II
Help File:Command List for DEBUG Program
UTILITIES:ASPRN Cures Laser Printer Headaches
ENVIRONMENTS:Getting the OS/2 Threads in Hand
Power Programming:Understanding C Functions:Scanf
PC TUTOR:PCPARK2.COM
Connectivity Clinic:AUTOEXEC.BAT, N_COPIES.BAT
Tax Software
IBM's 8514/A Graphics:Sharper, Faster than VGA
HP's 20-MHz 386 - a Hefty 60 Pounds with Room for Expansion
IBM's PostScript Laser Printer Generates Graphics Pges quick
More Font Effects to Dazzle The Screen and Printed Page
$195 Brief:The Right Tool for Editing Code
C-Scape Library Takes the C Screen Work Out of Your Hands
A Suite of Calculators:Dalin Wheels Easy to Use, Expensive.
Ashton-Tate Free Space Puts More in Less
The USA on CD:Window on the world Lets you Customized Maps..
Numerikeys Brings Extra Keys to Laptops
How to Play the Game:For Managers Only
William A. Taylor
HP-16C Emulator:It Ain't Pretty but...
FileScan:Bureau of Lost Filenames
WordPerfect on a Leash, Part 2
Critical MASS
The Big Lie
OS/2 Applications Pricing: A Gouge?
In Praise Of Mail Order
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles:12 Portables for the Road
Black-and-White Monitors:The Designer Collection
MASS-STORAGE DEVICES:The Worm Turns
Making Connections:Northern Telecom's Meridian LANStar PC
PC LAB NOTES:Custom-Designing Your Own Fonts
Utilities:A Programmer's Pop-up Calculator
Douglas Boling
Environments:OS/2 Threads and High-Level Languages
Power Programming:Demystifying the Printf Function
Doublas Cobb
PC Tutor:ERRORLEVEL
After Hours:Religion
SideKick Plus Goes Beyond Traditional Supporting Role
Apple LaserWriters:Faster PostScript Printing for Less
The Seikosha SBP-10AI:It's/t/fastest Dot Mat. Printer around
Funk Utilities:Lots of Lotus 1-2-3 Tricks
PIPELINE:Top Ten Sellers
OPTASM Blazes Past MASM's Compiling Performance
PostScript Special Effects Now Made Easy
101 dBASE Tricks:Something for Everybody
DeskLink Moves Files Between PCs Over Phone Cord For $139
QuickEntry Simplifies dBASE Data Entry
Clipper dBASE Compiling:Finally in the Big Leagues
Webster's Thesaurus Pops Up 4 Million Synonyms, No Antonyms
Three Little Questions
Crossroads Ahead-Look out For Turncoats
A Spreadsheet Taxonomy, Part 1
The Z88:Sir Clive's Latest Pipe Dream
Desktop Publishing's Inexpensive Upstarts
Cheryl J. Goldberg
Project Database 3:Covering All the Bases
Flat-File Databases:Easy-to-Use Sophisticates
Add-In Boards:The Transformers:386-based Turbo Boards/F/XTs
Operating Systems OS/2:A New Beginning for PC Applications
Operating Systems:What OS/2 will Mean to Users
PC Lab Notes:Cleaning Up After IBM, Part 1
Help File:Command List for EDLIN Line Editor
Utilities:Reach Out and TOUCH Your Files
Environments:OS/2 Programming on a Budget
Power Programming:Improving Output Formatting in MASM
Languages:ANSI.SYS
After Hours:Sports
Stephanie K. Losee
Philip F. H. Rose
dBASE IV Getting a Major Overhaul and Speed Boost
New $725 R:base Understands Limited SQL and Runs Faster
MS-DOS Encyclopedia:One-stop Reference to Every DOS Version
Robert Hummel
Revving Up the 286 Processor:New ATs Run From 6 to 16 MHz.
4Views Plugs a Slew of DBMS Functions into Your Worksheets.
Graphics Utility Performs Gray-Scale Conversions
$100 Sourcer Produces Order out of Chaos.
Harvard Graphics 2.1 Packs More Features
Robbin Juris
Plug-in PostScript for LaserJet II
Dialing into Daily Weather Forecasts
Reset Switch Thaws Out Frozen PCs
Best Way Yet to Search PC Magazine
Jennifer Zaino
Micrografx Designer:The Best PC Graphic Design Tool Around.
Gerard Kunkel
Good Numbers Smooths Text File Conversions
Tough Times At The Market
The Future Is Past
A Spreadsheet Taxonomy, Part 2
How Time Flies:Steve's Silver Anniversary
IBM's PS/2 Model 80-111: A Dream Deferred
Communications:Built for Speed:9,600-bps Modems
PROJECT DATABASE 3:Relational Databases
Making Connections:Two Token-Ring Alternatives
PC LAB Notes:Cleaning Up After IBM, Part 2
UTILITIES:Splitting Up the Keyboard Combos
ENVIRONMENT:A Budget OS/2 Programming Course
The Power Programming Library
Doglas Cobb
User-To-User:AUTOEXEC and CONFIG.SYS
Power User:ROUNDing errors
After Hours:Fitness
Compaq's Ver. of MS OS/2 Offers IBM compatibility/w/f/extras
New DisplayWrite Ver.:First Mainstream Application for OS/2
Symphony 2.0 Has Stronger WP Features
Slimmer Metro Eats Less RAM
David Dejean
Smaller, Faster PostScript Printer from QMS
Bitt Jones
Feature-Packed Desktop Organizer Lets you Takes Charge of PC
Choice Words Utility Integrates Extensive Dictionary, Thesa.
Procomm Strengthens Its Script Language, Adds BBS Features
File Compression Util. Expands/Th/Capacity of Your Hard Disk
Quicksilver Update Improves Performance, Add Network Support
Paint Program Produces VGA Graphics
New Clip Art Programs Provde Ready-made Art/f/Busi. graphics
$99 CD-ROM:Shareware Grab Bag on a Disk
@BASE Add-in Improves Database Capabilities Within Lotus 123
Stephanie Izarek
Arts&Letters Simplifies Graphics, Wrks/w/Windows,Export File
Instant Pages Provides Simple Pge layout with a Reasonable..
On-Line Systems:The Failure and The Dream
Who Took The "Personal" Out of The PC/
A Spreadsheet Taxonomy, Part 3
The Gripes Of Spring
PROJECT DATABASE 3:Programmable Databases:dBASE& its Challen
SQL:An Emerging Database standard for PCs
Richard Hale Shaw
UTILITIES:Analyzing Your RAMdisk Needs
Help File:BASICA 3.x Indentifiers
Help File:BASIC Commands
ENVIRONMENTS:Exploring the OS/2 .EXE File
Power Programming:Formatting Date and Time in C
User-To-User:Recover.Com
CONNECTIVITY CLINIC
Ilona Price
Zenith Debuts the Battery-Powered TurbosPort/386,Two laptops
AST Machine Looks to Future Remains Compatible with Past
Sorting Out Fact from Fiction In the Apple-Microsoft Lawsuit
Unconventional Design Yields Mixed Results in Amstrad Laptop
3-2-1 Blastoff Speeds Recalcs
David DeJean
Pipeline:Top Ten Sellers
Symantec's New Version of Q&A Makes a Good Thing Even Better
PC Magazines Starts New On-line Service
DataLift Data Entry Utility Cleans Up Files&Speeds Throughpt
Volkswriter Successor Upholds Tradition, Adds Publishing &..
Trintext: IBM, Sears, Tandy. Tandy?
Ferrari Dos: Don't Hold Your Breath
RAM SCAM '88
Reader Mail: Veiled Threats, Talking Dogs
Preventing Data Loss Disasters
Software Safety Nets
Hardware Standbys: PS/2 Tape Drives
Printers:King Color: New Printers Banish Black and White
Monitors:Making Way for VGA
Connectivity:Making Connections: TOPS
COMPUTERS:Three 386s: Stretching Performance at 16 MHz
Utilities:Staying in Sync with Your Keyboard
Environment:Opening A File In OS/2
Power Programming:MASM Time And Date Formatting Routines
After Hours:Reference
After Hours:Book Reviews
After Hours:Languages
After Hours:Hobbies
Michael W. Muchmore
High Performance, Low Prices/f/Three New Dell Desktop Machin
Paradox Upgrade from Borland Exploits the 80386 Processor
GrandView Outliner Integrates Classic Features and New Tools
JetFont Puts More Spreadsheet on Your Page
Pipeline:Top Ten Seller
Everex Debuts Fast, Low-Cost 386 Machine
CAE/SAR 386II Breaks the 25-MHz Barrier
Pixie Furnishes Cheap,Nearly Idiot-Proof Presentation Graphs
Time Line 3.0 Adds Outliner, Cost Tracking
Dac-Easy Light:Accounting without Tears
DesignCAD 3-D Offers True 3-D Drafting and Shading for $300
When Worlds Collide
Repent! The End Is Near
Semiconductor Blues: Time For Cooperation
CD-ROM 1988: DEJA VU All Over Again
CONNECTIVITY Software:Connectivity's New Frontier
Networking Acronyms and Buzzwords
Frank J. Derfler Jr
A Field Guide to LAN Operating Systems
Workgroup Productivity Boosters
Administrative Relief for LAN Managers
Help File:BASICA 3.x Identifiers
PC LAB NOTES:Advanced Graphics In Basic
Ethan Winer
Utilities:Compare Simplifies File Matchups
Environments:IBM'S OS/2 Programming Tools
Power Programming:Converting ASCII Time and Date Strings
User-TO-User
C.E.L. Stark
Confronting the Growing Threat of Harmful Computer Viruses
Antivirus Programs Fight Data Loss
Professional Write Upgrde Adds Document Conver. Font Support
Reference File Ties Database to Hotkey
File Transfer Programs Bridge The Gap Between DOS and Mac
Directory Assistance for File Management
Pacesetter 386 Offers Easy Upgrade
Tandon's Pac 286 Plus:10MHz Speed removable Hard Disk in a..
Mach 20 Provides 80286 Power, Megamemory, a New Controller
Pageview Brings Full WYSIWYG Page Preview to Microsoft Word
$70 Program Simplifies Expense Tracking
Building Better Memories
The Software Entropy Effect
Software Delays: Truth or Consequences
Click The Button Marked "Interactive"
20-MHz 386s:Hustle with Muscle
Desktop Publishing:Brushing Up on Typography
ADD-IN-BOARDS:Getting the Fax
Reading Between The Lines
UTILITIES:Putting an End to Hotkey Hassles
Robert L. Morton
ENVIRONMENT:Multiple Threads Make Better OS/2 Programs
Power Programming:Handling Date and Time Strings In C.
Paul V. Olowacz
Toshiba 386-Based T5100:Heavy on Performance,Light on Conven
IZE:Links to Applicns Ad New Twist to Managing Freeform Text
Emerald Bay and Eagle:The New Breed of Database Mgr., Almost
$699 Super Cartridge Squeezes 23 HP Font Cartridges into One
A Tutorial Approach to Mastering DOS
PIPELINES:Top Ten Sellers
Dan Bricklin's Demo II Adds Image Capture, More Progrm.Power
CuRAM 80-8:32-Bit Memory for PS/2 Mdl.80/w/Modem&Port Option
$95 GEM Scan: Photograph to Halftone, Includes Pixel Editing
SolveIT Challenges MathCAD
Draw Applause:Dazzling Special Effects, Meager Import/Export
Mike Drips
Northgate Power 386:Premium Performance at a Bargain Price
Bill O'Brien
Tree86:Mouse-Minded Hard Disk Organizer
Edward L. Perratore
$90 Utility Dresses Up 9-Pin Print
In Your (Inter)Face
Confessions Of A Power User
386 PCs:Redefining The Workstation
Extension Course:Filenames For The Future
Nearing Perfection:VGA Boards Enter the Mainstream
Communications: PC Communications Comes of Age
COMPUTERS:The Niche Factor:Nine ATs Compete for Market Share
Donald P. Wilmott
Scientific Word Processors:Formulas for Success
PC LAB NOTES:Instant Speedup for Your PC
Brian K. Roemmele
UTILITIES:Communications & Video Setup With SETMODE
ENVIRONMENTS:Introducing the OS/2 Presentation Manager
POWER PROGRAMMING:Keeping Filenames Fully Qualified
SPREADSHEET CLINIC
Sal P. Ricciardi
After Hours:Genealogy
Diana Isenring
IBM Polishes the PS/2 Line, Adds Mdl. 70, & Enhances Mdl. 50
Compaq Deskpro 386 Climbs to 25 MHz
IBM 16- and 20-MHz Model 70s Pack 80386 Power,
Faster, Leaner PS/2 Model 50Z
LaserTORQ:A Laser-Smart Print Buffer,& Not a Minute Too soon
Forget-Me-Not Utility Puts Your PC/t/Work When You're atPlay
Freedom Modem:4,800bps/Wi/Error Detection, No Wires Attached
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at OS/2
WordPerfect 5.0: Was It Worth the Wait?
Do-It-Yourself Electronic Mail, No LAN Required
PageMaker Goes Professional
Keeping Tabs on NiCds
Making MIS Work
The Ugly Reality:Unix Is In Your Future
Don't Let The Beta Bugs Bite
The Generic Speech And what It Means
Compaq's Deskpro 386S:Less Is More
GRAPHICS:High-End CADD:Expanding to New Dimensions
Joel N. Orr
PRINTERS:No-Wait Laser Writers
WORD PROCESSING:Formatting Text with Style
COMMUNICATIONS:Call Accounting:Tracking PBX Cost
UTILITIES:Pop-Up Help:Instant Answers at Your Fingertips
CONNECTIVITY:Making Connections:Clustered CPUs
ACCOUNTING:Bringing Harmony to Your Books
Ray A. August
PC LAB NOTES:Writing Optimal C:Part 1
UTILITIES:RAM Snooping with RAMVIEW
Frank Dever
Environments:Presentation Manager Menus
Power Programming:Fully Qualified Filenames in C
Salvatore Ricciardi
Frank J. Derfler, jr
After Hours:Game
Jennifer Zaine
Philip F.H. Rose
Joe Desposito
Four 25-MHz Trailblazers:Dazzlng Spd,plenty of Storage/Price
Sprint Mimics Word Processors,Packs Host of Powerful Feature
Craig Stinson
Proprietary Caching, Fast RAM Put ALR FlexCache 25386 on Top
IBM's 25-MHz Model 70 Tops Compaq via Static RAM cache
Compaq Deskpro 386/25 Adds Up to 1,500MB Disk Capacity
Hertz 386/25: Intel's Top Box
Paradox OS/2: A Good Reason to Buy OS/2
$299 Handy Scan Provides Line Art & Continuous-Tone Images..
IBM's 200MB Write-Once Optical Drive
Seiko CM-1430 Monitor:A Sharper,Less Expen/Altern/to IBM8514
CrystalPrint WP:The Advantge of a Laser Printer Without Cost
WrldPrt 2400:Speaker&Indicator Lights in a ShirtPocket Modem
PagePerfect Desktop Publisher Boasts Complete Word Processor
Lotus Value Pack Zaps 1-2-3 Copy Protection
Getting CEOs To Use PCs
Selling Sizzle With The Steak
PS/2s: Reliability Count$
Computer LIB:Blast From The Past
LANGUAGES:The C Mystique
Compiling The Facts On C
Making Connections:Fast Performance over Telephone Wire
MASS STORAGE:Removable Mass Storage:You Can Take It With You
Help File:BASICA 3.x Program Control Statements
PC LAB NOTES:Writing Optimal C, Part 2
UTILITIES:Making Your Own Screen Fonts
ENVIRONMENT:Presentation Manager Dialog Boxes, Part 1
POWER PROGRAMMING:The Quicksort Explained
CONNECTIVITY CLINIC:
After Hours:Music
Greg Pastrick