Genealogy programs, foreign-language word processors, a GMAT online tutorial...
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The Omnipresent RAM-resident editor is here, Turbo Pascal 4.0 with major enhancement.
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ATronics International, Professional Image Board:An inexpensive image capture board that supports display of 32,768 colors at a resolution of 512 by 256 pixels.
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Microsoft works, a low-end, truly integrated package with word processing, spreadsheet, database, and communications.
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Byline is a solid desktop publishing package that does not require the use of a mouse.
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HP Portable Vectra CS, a big awkward portable computer with no extra performance or features to justify its size and price.
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The Okitel 2400 is a solidly built, Hayes-AT-command-set-compatible, 2,400-bit-per-second modem.
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386-to-the-max, a memory manager that emulates EMS 4.0 memory in the 80386 extended memory area.
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Shaffstall 6000, a hardware/software disk and file conversion product that translates to and from an extensive range of formats.
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StarBus Busdriver, a flexible serial LAN that can link dissimilar computers for file and resource sharing.
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DASnet, a network that links 21 different e-mail services, allowing you to send e-mail to any member of one of those services or to a FAX machine.
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GOfer, a fast and unique memory-resident text-retrieval program that doesn't require indexing.
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Memory Lane, Ver. 1.2, a memory-resident file searches using automatically updated indexes. Fast and efficient.
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SMI Corp's $34.95 add-in, Search-Replace for lotus 1-2-3, lets you find anything anywhere in a spreadsheet.
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Sideways, Version 3.21, adds another way to use the program--as a 1-2-3 add-in.
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Verbatim's new 5 1/4-inch floppy disk has a Teflon coating that's supposed to protect your valuable data from all kinds of office accidents.
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This industry is blessed with some of the most talented leaders in American business. Why, then, do we force our heroes to have feet of clay?
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Don't throw away that old PC-1. Dust it off, polish it up, and put it into storage. One of these days, when it becomes a collector's item, you'll be glad you did.
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You found the perfect picture for your newsletter. But wait. Can you just include it in your desktop-published document and claim it as your own?
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Some products make you smile the instant you begin working with them. Others produce sour faces and exquisite agony. The difference, in a word, is neatness.
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Which of this year's PC products grabbed center stage and captured the personal loyalty of PC Magazine's editors and frequent contributors? We tell you what the favorites are and why.
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1987's would-be innovations are slapped on the keyboard in PC Magazine's near-merciless roast of the year's more dubious developments and products.
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At fall Comdex, PC Magazine opened the envelopes to reveal the recipients of this year's laurels, Here's why they won...
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Transferring data from one medium to another needn't be difficult. Just follow PC Magazine's road maps to the cabling, installation, and use of the nine packages reviewed here, and reduce the seemingly complex to the simple.
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PC Labs tests and reviews Crosstalk Mk.4, Hyper Access, PC-Talk4, ProComm, and Smartcomm III--the best and most popular of the latest generations of communications packages.
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PC Labs guages the performance of the latest Fiber Optic LANs from Codenoll Technology, Fox Research, Proteon, and Pure Data to illustrate why fiber optics offers a workable connectivity solutions.
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The low end of Tandy's PC line now includes the 8088-based 1000 HX and the AT-compatible 1000 TX. These additions to the 1000 series are bargain priced, but do they deliver enough computing power?
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Useful for conferences or consultations, the eight packages reviewed here let you see and control the action of another computer at a distance...
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Give yourself a hand by creating pop-up help screens with our HELP utility. Build a personalized library of information that's always just a hotkey away...
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The HELP utility needs files, but since these must be in binary, you'll need help making them. CAPTURE does it instantly, saving an image of any screen...
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Find out how OS/2's character mode can do graphics--and how its graphics mode can do text.
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C isn't the only kid on the environment block who knows how to access ASCII strings. MASM moves in...
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Laser-printing your spreadsheet in plaid; a 1-2-3 bug; relative cell addresses in macros; a farewell from Jared Taylor to his Spreadsheet readers..
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Batch files that run programs unattended and take their cues from the Environment; DEBUG and EXE2BIN spurned by DOS 3.3
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Fancy formatting in Microsoft Word; huge dBASE commands divided and conquered...
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Sharing center stage with BASICA and Turbo Pascal, the C language makes its debut in Languages in a printer output redirection program...
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More on DEBUG, EXE2BIN, and DOS 3.3; a probing investigation into the assembly language $ symbol and the prefetch queue.
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Curbing PC LAN's from-feed mania; linking networks and HP minis; Centram goes to church.
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Playing with Fire on Land and Sea:Broderbund's Ancient Art of War Series.
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CheckMate will pay your bills for $29.95.
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Reaching Out:FidoNet cuts across BBS Borders.
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Checks & Balances:A task master that can put you on a budget.
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How to find an African safari without a travel agent.
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Social Climbing as a business opportunity:Lessons from a master.
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Help in boosting the resolution of the IBM EGA, in finding a real dictionary on floppies, and in printing pamphlets with correctly ordered pages.
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Move over, DOS: OS/2 is here and ready to begin a new chapter in the history of the PC.
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An exciting multitasking operating system for 386 computers that allows you to set up multiple "virtual machines" that behave like ordinary ATs running existing DOS applications.
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The PC Emcee package differs from other presentation programs in that it combines a special hardware unit-the presentation Coprocessor-with its software.
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A hand-held graphics scanner that connects to its own half-length card. At $249, it's one of the cheapest ways to input graphics.
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dSalvage, a well-rounded package that salvages damaged dBASE files.
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Pony Express calculates the quickest and cheapest way to send letters and parcels via the U.S. Mail or United Parcel Service.
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DOS for Hard and Floppy Disk users, offers something for anyone who is not a DOS expert.
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Addresselope lets you type addresses and store them in a series of buffers, keeping them there until you are ready to print them out on your envelopes.
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PipeNet: A relatively inexpensive way to provide an electronic mail and file server and automatically combine PCs to execute DOS commands.
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Peachtree Complete II:A welcome upgrade to the prior version that adds more features, windows, and file lookups to the user interface.
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Odyssey:Is the autobiographical account of Sculley's journey from a fast-track executive position at PepsiCo to the presidency of Apple Computer.
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The 80286 is a dead chip. It's been superseded by the 80386, which has everything that the 80286 was supposed to have. And yet the 286 is having its best year yet. Why?
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Forget about word processors and paint programs: the real future for the PC is in editing snapshots. It's part of our transformation into one-man minifactories.
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The wonderful new big-screen monitors are good for more than displaying those special CADD and graphics applications. They're useful for text-based applications, too.
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When uncaring dealers ineptly "install" brand-new systems, columnists learn new routines all too reminiscent of the palmiest days of Abbott and Costello.
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A supercharged 20-MHz 80386 processor, elegant memory control, and blinding video speed make the Compaq Deskpro 386/20 the most sophisticated PC yet...
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What makes 386s tick? A look under the covers at the industry's latest darling.
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Replacement motherboard makers offer an intriguing alternative to chucking your current machine for a whole new system. Check out five economical upgrade boards.
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Three word processors, five database programs, forecasting software, and slew of printing and graphics utilities can turn 1-2-3 into a complete environment.
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4Word, InWord, and Write-in join words and numbers.
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Note-It Plus and Noteworthy join the add-in fold to give you full annotation power...
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Data import and export made easy with Data Manager, D.A.V.E., Deja, Fetch.*, and Informix Datasheet Add-In...
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3D Graphics adds dimension to 1-2-3 graphs; Sideways and jetSet make your spreadsheets fit to print; SeeMORE helps you take it all in...
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Predict the future with analysis software from Enfin and shade
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Stretch your printer dollars and maximize modem use wit device sharers from Bay Tech, Black Box, Digital Products, Fifth Generation, and ten other companies that give you connectivity where it counts.
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Waterloo Microsystems' LAN is a graphic illustration of good interface design...
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Fax boards are coming on strong. We take a look at six of the newest, from Asher Tech. Brooktrout Tech. Communication Tech. Datacopy, Panasonic, and Strongline...
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The new version of Turbo Pascal adds many long-wished-for features, but older programs will need some tinkering to get along with it...
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PAINT.COM dolls up your help screens with zippy colors and patterns.
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OS/2's new schemes include memory sharing, discardable and named memory segments, and "huge" memory blocks..
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Routines that let MASM and C programs take a swipe at the environment, and a look at MASM 5.0.
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The Cobb brothers ride into Spreadsheet Clinic territory, armed with a way to turn data columns topsy-turvy and a macro pause that won't blow away the macro...
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Printing from a batch file without lifting a finger; finding the active printer; a batch file that moves files safely...
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Sneaking WordStar commands into Word when old habits die hard; counting seconds with FoxBASE; WordPerfect marker huntdown..
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Speedy BASIC dating calculations for any occasion; writing sideways or upside down in Turbo Pascal; a filter for waylaying screen output into a file...
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Assembly language macros and why we don't use them; a hard disk gets the shakes from a printer; leisurely EGAs; CGAs in murky mono....
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Batch file basics; a DEC mini hosts an all-night file transfer, but it's unattended.....
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Safe Stocks: Millionaire II gives you all the action and none of the risk.
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How to dispense cross checks, high sticks, and slap shots without getting bruised.
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Make your own melodies: Systems for Amateurs and Virtuosos
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This twosome-the $995 Inboard 386/PC, from Intel Corp., and the $1,195 Quad386XT, from Quadram Corp. Finally bring that 32-bit power to 8088-based computers.
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Microsoft has bundled its new Quick C compiler with an upgrade to C 5.0 by itself.
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WordPerfect's DataPerfect, a "programless" database system offering a wide range of data management and reporting options.
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If more is better, then the Diconix 300w should be a great printer, since it's a larger, more versatile version of the tiny Diconix Model 150, the printer of choice for hard copy on the go.
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On-Call is the TSR manager that works. This $69.95 utility from Forest Hill Software gives you quick access to all the resident programs you want.
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Colorscan/2 a combination of a PC clone and VT-240 workstation in one small cabinet. Offers unique optional credit-card-size storage and optional 2MB battery-powered RAM.
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Clear for dBASE, an impressive value for dBASE application program documentation, presentation, and development.
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Core ATplus43EPS-A high-performance external disk drive for the IBM PS/2 Model 50.
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Applying AutoCAD: A step by step approach, an excellent primer for AutoCAD that walks the novice through basic step.
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Glyphix Font Manager, SWFTE International's $99.95 font-generating program for LaserJets, reviewed here.
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Peabody for Turbo Pascal, is a memory-resident help utility that guides programmers through the present, as they negotiate the intricacies of the Turbo compiler.
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Blankity Blank!, from Softstream Tech., lets you design and attach a font-end data entry and data-handling system to just about any word processor.
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Scientists and engineers really do use PCs differently. How can PC Magazine help them better, and most important, what can we learn from them?
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With the Golden Age of Compatibility now drawing to an end, the future of the personal computer is spelled out by history 5 1/2 years of chaos.
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Seymour looks into his crystal ball to perceive exciting developments you can expect in the PC software arena during the coming months of 1988.
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Which is easier; designing computers or developing software for them? The answer depends on your point of view-and your job description.
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If you're looking for a system fully equipped with a monochrome monitor, video card, and hard disk-and you've got between $1,200 and $2,000 to spend-one of the 21 low-cost clones reviewed here might be your best bet.
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We review the first VGA add-in boards to hit the market including products from ATI Technologies, Compaq Computer Corp., Sigma Designs, STB Systems, and IBM.
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The two new mice from Logitech and Microsoft are tops in their field. Whatever your preference, you'll find these mice to be the cat's meow...
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LifeNet is the first high-end network operating system to use database server technology, and it is also one of only two LANs that provide system fault tolerance...
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You can't carry any of these five TSR calculator emulation programs in your shirt pocket, but they make up for that by going beyond merely imitating Hewlett-Packard's powerful line of scientific calculators.
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If your spreadsheet needs are modest and your budget small, one of the 14 low-end spreadsheet packages we review here, all priced below $200, just might be for you.
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Taking advantage of a laser printer's capabilities means using Escape sequences to control it. Here is an unintimidating look at laser methods..
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If some of your executable files are buried deep in your hard disk's subdirectory structure, RUN.COM will find its way to them even without a PATH statement...
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The OS/2 Kernel can read keyboard input with functions that make it all so simple...
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Converting strings of ASCII numbers into their binary equivalents in C and MASM, and a look at the C compiler wars...
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Forming attachments to other programs for Symphony macros; prompting the user with hints from a menu; rows in hiding.....
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A versatile ERRORLEVEL setter; making DOS into a math wiz; setting out on new PATHs...
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A light-bar menu for dBASE; keeping barebones outlines of Microsoft Word documents under wraps; printing WordPerfect from another screen....
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A C program that records file backups; a Turbo Pascal error handler and debugging helper; going to lengths to fill strings.
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Dialing through modems and printing out screenfuls in C; getting the boot from BASIC; enigmatic DOS redirection files.
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Making network log-ins independent of LASTDRIVE; squeezing space out of NetWare hard disks; StarLAN in the long run.
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Big Risks and slow payoffs:Two views of the stock market.
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From simple addition to quadratic equations, algebra plus helps students subtract the mystery from math.
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Stepping stones:Learning from pictures.
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Uptime delivers games, utilities, and articles monthly.
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How to tell the GMAT examiners what they want to hear.
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Installing an EGA in an AT&T 6300, and converting Wang files to and from PC word processors.
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IBM's new flagship for the PS/2 line, a 20-MHz 80386-based Micro Channel computer.
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ThinkTank gives users the ability to move topics around a flexible outline format, moves text between files, and create "clone" outlines.
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Surpass, is a lotus-compatible spreadsheet that significantly outperforms 1-2-3.
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Hijaak, an interesting conversion tool at an excellent price for converting graphic images to and from most popular formats.
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SPS500, an intelligent standby power system.
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Connex, designed to streamline telecommunications for business correspondents, converts word processing documents and sends mail automatically.
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Topspot Programmer's reference chart lets you leave some of those heavy reference books on the shelf.
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Fast Access/Wordperfect, one of the latest WordPerfect how-to books.
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U.S. 84, AT-style Keyboard
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PC MacTerm, a communications program for the Mac that gives a Mac control over a PC running PC Anywhere.
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Primetime Personal, a time-management program with RAM-resident option.
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Books in Print Plus, is a CD-ROM database containing citations.
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101 Macros for Excel-PC, a collection of Macros for Microsoft Excel.
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IBM has shipped over a million PS/2s. The product line went gold way back in November, amid much hoopla. So is it really a roaring success, or is IBM playing with numbers?
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A new computer virus is infecting microcomputers around the world. Where is the utility that will prevent our PCs from becoming victims in the epidemic?
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Since applications running under OS/2 no longer have to work within the constraints of the 640K RAM barrier, they should be faster and easier to use. But will they be?
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Computers have always been masterful at wasting users' time. Now new advances help make it simple, effortless, and fun to squander more hours than ever!
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This special issue on word processers, the first of a three-part look at word processing programs, a team of 48 reviewers take a look at 55 packages and their suitability to real-world tasks in the professional, corporate, personal, legal, and desktop publishing environments.
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Today's word processing programs deliver literally hundreds of features-from underlining to indexing, from snaking columns to case-sensitive search-and-replace capabilities. In this compendium you'll find more than 200 significant features that can help you choose the package that best fits your needs.
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The PC Labs suite of nine tests gives this issue's word processors a workout.
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Producing graphic images on laser printers can be much easier if you use the cursor positioning and macro control commands that the Laserjet's language provides. We'll explain them and fill you in on how to write a DEBUG program that sends the right bit pattern.
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An explanation of the surveillance techniques OS/2 uses to keep an eye on your keystrokes as an alternative to spying through interrupt 9.
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C functions and MASM routines that take the invisible binary values stored in memory and make them visible as printable ASCII strings.
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Irrational @IRR bug; stripping extra space from parsed directory listings and labels; putting trailing minus signs in the lead; running DOS batch files at Symphony intermissions.
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Setting out on new PATHs anytime; a utility that lets you toggle keyclicking on and off.
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Producing IBM text-graphics characters on old Epson printers; WordPerfect underlining on the run; a dBASE program that shows you an ASCII chart; WordPerfect mail-merging of dBASE data.
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A BASIC program that prints EGA graphics on a LaserJet at supersonic speeds; saving compiled Turbo Pascal procedures as external files; winning Turbo's full support for cardinal integers.
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A TUTORial on the VERIFY option;getting DIP switches to click with logical drives; formatting double-density disks at high density; precision numbers in BASIC.
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Generic LANs for testing software; building a wide area network; LAN learning centers.
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Getting a jump on April 15: Four tax preparation programs reviewed.
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Help in checking grammar and style on a PC, in adding a clock without taking a slot, in using the PCjr monitor as a CGA display, and in adding EGA to the AT&T 6300.
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Lucid 3D, from Personal Computer Support Group, is an inspired little spreadsheet that solves all the usual problems in most unusual ways.
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Advanced Logic Research FlexCache 20386, another new 20MHz 80386-based screamer.
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Silverado, a very attractive 1-2-3 add-in for data management with a powerful but simple menu-driven interface and many impressive features.
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Felix PC200, an unusual input device that offers 300-dpi resolution and button-keyboard macros.
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MathCAD, a superb scratch pad for those who use equations.
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Irwin 245 a DC2000 tape backup system that uses a proprietary format to store up to 40MB per cartridge.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. would like its new ink jet printer to e the working man's Laserjet--a $995 alternative that gives almost as much bang for many fewer bucks.
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Publisher's Type Foundry and SoftCraft Font Editor have advanced font editor for bit-map and outline fonts.
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ENVIJ and GRAB, prints out envelopes in batch mode.
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Guide, a hypertext for the PC; more interesting as a demonstration of a free-form database than as a practical system.
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American computer manufacturers can compete--and excel--in global competition using the quality techniques invented here and perfected by the japanese.
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Trying to stay current with the latest advances in technology can be a dangerous proposition. But not nearly as dangerous as standing still.
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PC bigots look at mainframes as peripherals, while mainframe bigots see PCs as smart terminals. Corporate America's future information needs demand both groups' tolerance.
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Poorly designed keyboards cause frustration and irritation. And in the wrong hands, even good ones lead to painful and disabling injuries.
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The top ten business graphics packages are putting Lotus 1-2-3 manufactured charts to shame with dazzling 3-D effects and a slew of options.
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If you want your PS/2 Model 50 or Model 60 to be successful at running OS/2, you'll need to boost the memory of those machines to at least 2MB. Here are seven add-in boards that will let you accomplish that and more.
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LCD overhead systems allow graphic images to go from computer to screen, skipping the plotter/film recorder process entirely. Take your presentation to the masses with ten new liquid crystal imaging systems, from $895 to $1,580.
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Part two of PC Magazine's word processing roundup zeros in on 18 integrated packages. With their short learning cycles, easy exchange of data among modules, and greater value for your dollar, these multifunction packages are worth a close look.
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Commercial utilities for generating, downloading, and editing laser fonts can save time and sanity. Here's some advice on how to choose them....
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ASPRN.COM, a free program that lets you easily insert long and intricate control sequences anywhere in your file for output to any printer.
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The method behind OS/2's multitasking, what multitasking is good for, and why DOS can't cope..
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The Powerful, ever-versatile scanf function is C's ace in the hole for keyboard input and conversion.
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Some 1-2-3 macros get a learn mode, while others get put on suspension; tracking down where/File Xtract has misplaced your data.
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Locking up a mouse for your own protection; patching MORE and EDLIN for 43-line EGAs; dealing CARDFILE to the printer.
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Cursor wipeouts for dBASE and clipper; scrubbing up ASCII files so they're fit to be seen in Word; WordPerfect control code search-and-replaces.
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Putting on screen text front-and-center in C; blowing away the snow from a CGA; reliable check for an 8087 or 80287.
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Hard disk drives without park-and-lock heads invite disaster. PCPARK2.COM can both save your data and teach you about hard disks and assembly language programming.
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Two batch programs designed for LANs: AUTOEXEC.BAT, to be shared between all workstations; and N_COPIES.BAT, to limit the number of active copies of an application.
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Getting a jump on April 15: Three More Tax Preparation Programs.
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Help in getting control over the PC's cursor, in choosing a personal stock and bond portfolio package, and in putting together an image database system.
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HP Vectra RS/20, an oversized 20-mhz 386-based PC with good performance at a good price and lots of room for expansion.
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Like the LaserWriter Plus, the Pageprinter enlists a motorola 6800 processor to translate PostScript images into the bitmapped images the machine actually prints.
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Font Effects takes any bit-mapped soft font and transforms it into a subtle or outrageous variation on the original.
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Brief, a very powerful programmer's editor.
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C-Scape, an involved but powerful screen-handling package for C.
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Free Space, a transparent file compression utility.
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A U.S. atlas on CD-ROM and accompanying software used to display, manipulate, and customize maps.
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Numerikeys, an external 33-key numeric keyboard for laptop or desktop PCs.
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An expert system that simulates the political reactions to your efforts to introduce new office automation.
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XACT-16C, an emulation of the HP 16C calculator.
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Products live and die in our marketplace on their own merits. Some, however, achieve critical mass and become self-sustaining. But what does it have to do with Henny Youngman?
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Did you ever wonder why UNIX, portable programs, and natural language interfaces are always being sold with such boundless enthusiasm?
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Users are prepared to pay higher prices for OS/2 application packages. In return, they expect vendors to offer enhanced functionality, better performance, and increased support.
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Mail order vendors get no respect. So why do so many customers--corporate and individual alike--prefer them to traditional "full-servive" retailers
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Today's laptop and luggable computers have more speed, storage, and memory than ever..
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DTP and CAD users have put monochrome monitors back in the picture. With great new drivers for spreadsheets and word processing, black and white may be the only colors you'll ever need.
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New Optical drives translate WORM technology into high-capacity data storage machines.
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The Connectivity Labs tests the Meridian LANStar PC, a lowcost LAN that shines in big installations and offers a gateway to ISDN, too...
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Personally designing LaserJet fonts can be a challenging but satisfying task that gives you the freedom to dot your i's and cross your t's any way you please.
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CALC.COM gives you handy access to a versatile calculator that performs arithmetic operations and logical functions on hex, binary, octal, and decimal numbers.
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Multiple threads in C programs can work, but dangers lurk in the C library functions.
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C's printf function is the man of a thousand faces when it comes to output formatting, and it works in MASM too..
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Avoiding @AVG miscalculations; automatically sizing columns to match their label requirements; adding missing edit functions; better ways to stop autoexec macro execution.
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A convenient utility that outputs numbers straight from the command line to control printer or screen; a batch file that polishes up its fellow batch files.
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Finder of lost strings in dBASE and ASCII files; moving the cursor backwards for easy Hebrew typing; editing WordPerfect footnotes together.
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A round-and-rount-it-goes prompt from BASIC; programming in Turbo Pascal to stop the loop if you want to get off.
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Batch file ERRORLEVEL check for ready, willing, and able disk drives; monitor duos that will and will not collaborate.
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A PC LAN update that will conserve preprinted forms; boosting speed and saving money on IBM networks...
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Bible Studies:Two Programs That can Help Find the Answers
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Putting NASA Back on Track for Only $29.95
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A Daily Dose of Wit At a Bargain Price
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The Leading Role in a Spy Thriller:Border Zone Presents Three Possible Missions.
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Be Careful Out There:Police Quest Plays Iy by the Book
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Selecting a quieter power supply, a background communications program, and a 3-D graphics package.
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Sidekick Plus, a completely new pop-up that picks up where SideKick left off.
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After years of peddling its LaserWriter Plus-a jewel in its day but, a 77-pound behemoth now-Apple Computer is finally shipping its latest and greatest generation of PostScript printers.
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The Seikosha SBP-10AI, is by far the fastest dot matrix printer PC Magazine has ever tested.
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Now Funk Software has packed a big bag of small tricks into The Worksheet Utilities, which adds onto 1-2-3.
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OPTASM, a new macro assembler from SLR System, presents a formidable challenge to the standards, Microsoft's MASM.
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Corel Newfont and Corel Headline let you produce extravagant variations on PostScript fonts without spending months learning how to be a PostScript programmer.
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101 Utilities for dBASE III Plus, gives you 101 ways to stave off dBASE deprivation during your waking hours.
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DeskLink connects two computers so that one acts as a server to the other.
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Fox & Geller's QuickEntry may be a useful addition to your software library.
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Webster's Professional Thesaurus, a giant RAM-resident thesaurus, easy to install, easy to use.
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Our readers are nothing if not persistent. They keep asking the same three questions again and again. Finally, they're beginning to see some answers. But what are the questions?
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When apple introduced the Mac II, John Sculley said there was a window of vulnerability in the PC camp. It's still open, and the view it presents is attracting many former PC user.
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The latest wave of questions from this consultant's clients focus on the flock of new spreadsheet programs that have descended on the market since Thanksgiving.
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It's a full-fleged computer the size and weight of this magazine. It's got cute programs built in. Too bad it comes from England loaded with English eccentricities.
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It is possible to find true quality in products that cost from $80 to $500, see for yourself with our benchmark test of Byline, GEM Desktop Publisher, PageBuilder, PFS:First Publisher, NewsMater, and Newsroom Pro...
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Here we begin a three-part Databases series that will cover flat-file, relational, and programmable relational DBMS products..
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Why struggle with a complicated relational product when you can choose 1 of the 24 flat-files reviewed here...
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Before you go shopping for a new PC, think about investing in a turbo board. For less than $1,500, you can upgrade your computer by sliding in one of these expansion boards...
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At last, an operating system that can take full advantage of grown-up 286 and 386 PCs. PC Magazine explores what OS/2 is, what it does, and what it will mean for PC application.
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Everyone currently using DOS, an 80286, or an 80386 will eventually consider upgrading to OS/2. But what will you find when you finally take the plunge?
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Installing OS/2 Puts more than 130 files on your hard disk, 60 of them in the root. Here's how to separate the wheat from the chaff and put everything in its proper place. IBMBIO.COM
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Touch.Com lets you touch up the date and time stamps on files without poking around inside them.
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If you have OS/2 and MASM 5.0, you won't need to buy software development kits to write OS/2 assembler programs.
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A MASM routine that aspires to some of the versatility of C's output formatting champion printf...
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Ranking values in a column without resorting to sorting; quick journeys back to cells.
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Hear your RAMdisk talking to you and start to interact with your batch files; give ScrollLock toggling power over screen output.
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A dot leader with the right justification for WordPerfect; the BASIC way to hatch Escape codes in batch. files; canceling out on WordPerfect print jobs.
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Get command performance out of ANSI.SYS through Turbo Pascal; check printer readiness with QuickBASIC.
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Microsoft's and IBM's mistakes with DOS have led to the high costs and incompatibilities that programmers and users will have to face with OS/2
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RAMdisks for upping network performance; specialized LAN applications.
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Twelve Metre Challenge: All the action with none of the sea spray.
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Maxx Yoke evens the odds with a touch of double-fisted realism.
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Check Mate keeps watch on your cash flow.
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Managing Your Money at 4:Slow but steady growth continues unabated.
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Help in choosing among the ANSI-77 standard FORTRAN compilers for the PC, and in upgrading a standard five-slot PC with a 386 processor.
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Preview of dBASE IV, the new version of Ashton-Tate's database management program.
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R:base for DOS, a new and faster version of R:base, with built-in multiuser support and SQL features.
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The MS-DOS Encyclopedia, all that you want to know about DOS in one place.
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The leading Edge model D2, PC's Limited 200, and Wells American A*Star 16-MHz 286: A new crop of ATs.
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Pipeline:dBASE III Plus returns to the Top Ten Sellers list at the no. 5 position.
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4Views, a Lotus 1-2-3 add-in.
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Collage, a set of utilities for desktop publishing.
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Sourcer, a disassembler that creates commented source code. Outstanding features and power with programmability.
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Harvard Graphics 2.1, one of the best dedicated charting packages gains a spelling checker, more symbols, and other useful features.
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The JetScript PostScript Controller, a full-length adapter that transforms an HP LaserJet series II into a PostScript-capable printer
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Accu-Weather Forecaster, a $89.95 weather report database.
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PC-NDX indexes the 1986 and 1987 PC Magazine product reviews, Productivity articles, Viewpoints, and letters.
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Micrografx Designer, a top-notch graphics design softwre package.
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Good Numbers, a data conversion utility that can translate ASCII files into other PC-usable formats.
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Things are tougher than ever for the buyers of computers for the corporation. Amid this vast richness of product offerings, they are often limited in what they can buy.
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Looking back at a fast-moving industry trend that literally changed the world reveals the time when Dvorak actually came close to being wrong in print.
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In the second part of this series, Seymour looks at the Big Four new spreadsheet programs and offers his thoughts on how they'll be positioned in the marketplace.
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He was present at the birth of the personal computer. He's in a nostalgic mood. Of course, he would never think of blowing his own horn, but....
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It's the most powerful PS/2 machine yet, but testing shows that the 20-MHz, 80386-based PS/2 Model 80-111 system is less than the sum of its parts.
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High-speed modems can send documents four times as fast as 2,400-bps modems. We review 13 new 9,600-bps modems priced from $795 to $2,095.
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In this installment of our Project Database, PC Labs test nine nonprogrammable databases-Conerstone, Enrich, Files & Folders, Goldatabase, Nutshell Plus, PowerBase, Superbase, Universal base six, and Xtrieve--ranging in price $100 to $395.
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Like the market for IBM PC clones, the market for systems compatible with IBM's Token-Ring Network is heating up. Racore and Proteon have come out with two new systems. The former competes on price: the latter corrects some of the Token-Ring's flaws.
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Sorting out essential OS/2 files on your disk and kicking out the rest.
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STAYDOWN.COM keeps fingers from stretching to type key combinations.
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An OS/2 program you don't need a software development kit to create.
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Our MASM and C programming expert takes a look inside his mailbag.
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Turning (onerror)off; rulers on the range; macros hide out.
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AUTOEXEC and CONFIG.SYS shield; a convenient loss of memory.
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Double-document editing in WordPerfect;dBASE color printing.
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Squeezing into bitmaps in C; easier INLINE code in Turbo Pascal.
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The SHELL statement and how it can give your user interface a lift.
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The DOS to network with; comparing multiuser systems with LANs.
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A Poolside Program to Keep Swimmers in Lane.
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Might and Magic:A Long Time Ago in a Land Far, Far Away...
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Getting to Know Your Diet:A Way to Count Calories and Fat.
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Help in catching on to computer lingo, in debugging dBASE III programs, in converting image file, and in adding search-and-replace to Lotus 1-2-3.
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OS/2 1.0, the multitasking operating system developed by Microsoft and IBM for 80286 and 80386-based personal computers, is now available from Compaq computer Corp..
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DisplayWrite 4/2 is an OS/2 version of IBM's clunky DisplayWrite word processor.
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Lotus Development Corp. has released Ver. 2.0 of Symphony, its popular integrated software package.
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A new version of Lotus Metro now addresses the RAM problem and adds some minor improvements as well.
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The QMS-PS 800 Plus offered a compromise for those who wanted the graphics pizzazz of a PostScript printer but needed the widespread acceptance of Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet Plus.
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Take Charge, from Departmental Tech., is a new pop-up organizer that integrates traditional tools with features not often found in similar pckgs.
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Choice Words, from Proximity Tech., is a powerful combination dictionary/thesaurus that takes up less space than some other packages.
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PC Magazine has heaped plenty of praise on Procomm over the years: we called it "a classic in the making".
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Newspace compresses data files and leaves alone .COM and .EXE files.
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Quicksilver Diamond, Ver. 1.2, provides improved performance, a C language interface, and support for business graphics, multidimensional arrays, and interrupt-handling commands.
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Deluxe Paint II a feature-packed paint program that supports VGA graphics.
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Two new clip art series are Marketing Graphics' $99.95 Publisher's Picture Paks and Dynamic Graphics' series of $79.95 Desktop art Pckgs.
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The $99 CD-ROM, from Alde Publishing, contains over 3,000 public domain programs drawn from bulletin boards and shareware authors across the country.
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From Personics Corp. comes @BASE, a 1-2-3 add-in designed to manipulate 1-2-3 data in dBASE III-compatible files with a minimum of fuss.
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Computer Support Corp.'s $395 graphics program for Microsoft Windows lets you manipulate 2,200 graphic symbols and 15 typefaces.
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Instant Pages a basic page layout package that is well suited for designing simple newsletter and business forms.
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Computers, terminals, and modems are everywhere. The mainframe and datacomm networks have never been more powerful. Still, the public information systems languish.
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Recent trends would not have surprised George Orwell. Control over the PC is now moving further away from the people who made it so popular.
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Seymour wraps up the series with his assessment of Lotus's eagerly awaited 1-2-3, Release 3, and 1-2-3/G-and with sound advice on which new spreadsheet program is right for you.
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In spring a columnist's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of power transformers, extended memory specifications, TSRs, CD-ROMs, and baseball.
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PC Magazine presents reviews of 43 programmable database managers, ranging in price from $39 to $1,495, that represent the state of the art in database software.
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Reviewed here are five SQL-based packages from Informix, Oracle, relational Technology, Software Systems Technology, and Unify.
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Recorder.Com Says which files should go on a RAMdisk to improve speed.
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Rummaging through a dump of OS/2's "New Executable" file format.
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Simple, smooth routines in C to format and display dates and times.
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Single-cell recalcs; range name restorative; @IF recalc enigma.
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EXE2BINs patched for a new DOS; RECOVER into danger; PC popsicle.
Luring a mouse into Turbo Basic; Making text into WriteLn code.
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Games that don't play by DOS's rules; Accelerating slow memory.
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System log of NetWare users; dBASE III and Clipper go on the LAN.
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Tetris:A challenge from the Soviet Union--The challenge is to stop playing.
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Seeing Stars and Suns On a Color Monitor.
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Geography Basics:PC-Globe puts the whole world in your hands.
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Stickybear Series turns the three Rs Into fun and games
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Help in finding a head-parking utility for hard disks, in adding memory to an HP LaserJet series II, and in choosing a low-cost alternative to Lotus 1-2-3.
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On May 1, PC Magazine introduced PC MagNet, the on-line service designed to bring the magazine's reviews, productivity tips, and opinions within reach of everyone with a modem.
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Volkswriter successor upolds tradition, adds publishing and scientific features.
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IBM and Sears have teamed up to build Trintex, a major assault on the Wiring of America. Is it a revolutionary videotex service or a colossal trojan horse?
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Are you sick and tired of waiting for a slow system prompt and ready to do something about it? You can start by hanging out at the golf course.
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Through memory prices are high, adding more RAM (and lots of it) to your system is still the best way to improve its performance and to get the most out of OS/2.
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How do you get better treatment from vendors than even columnists do? Move to high-tech Crystal Lake, Illinois, or computer-literate Booth, West Virginia.
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Don't let human nature and natural disaster send your work into the abyss. Backup products are less tedious and time-consuming than ever.
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Backup software manufacturers are meeting the challenge of complicated data management with programs that reduce the pain and increase the gain. We torture-test 16 backup software products.
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Tape backup systems designed for the PS/2 line tap into IBM's high-speed Micro Channel architecture for the fastest, most efficient backup available on magnetic media.
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Ink jet and thermal transfer printers from CalComp, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, Seiko, and Tektronix give you high-quality color in PC graphics.
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Upgrade to the latest graphics standard with one of a wide selection of new VGA monitors that offer bright, high-resolution on screen colors.
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Looking for a connectivity solution to take care of your network's PC, Mac, and UNIX-based-machine incompatibilities? Here we describe the ways in which the TOPS network could be your best choice.
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Mitsubishi, Wyse, and Zenith have taken a bit longer to jump into the competitive 386 market, but their machines--maximizing 16-MHz performance--were worth the wait.
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TOGGLE.COM will tell you the true state of your CapsLock, NumLock, and ScrollLock Keys and let you change them to stay in step with your LED display.
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Understanding the complexity of the OS/2 DosOpen.
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MASM routines to convert binary time/date strings to ASCII.
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Calculating loan payments; exact matching with @VLOOKUP.
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The absolute best batch file pauser and prompter ever invented.
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A WordPerfect warning; determining backup needs in dBASE.
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A 1-2-3-style menu system to add to your C applications.
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How DOS interprets commands and makes use of file extensions.
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Preventing Ctrl-PrtSc lockups on printer-sharing networks.
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Fighting Your Way out of New York City
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Congressional Toolkit:How to give Washington a piece of your mind.
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Mother Goose comes to life in brilliant color.
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From Computer Shack to Computerland: An outsider's view of a PC retailer.
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Mind travels puts fun into learning french.
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Dr. Shrink takes you on a voyage to the surface of the mind.
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For Birders only: A sighting journal
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Intelligent devices that ease the frustration of sharing one printer, and surface analysis programs that find problem areas on your hard disk.
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The fastest 80386 on the market
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Cheap, nearly idiot-proof Windows-based business graphics with some drawing capabilities.
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An accounting package for nonaccountants.
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A full-featured 3-D drawing package that competes seriously with programs three times its price.
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The coming conflict between PCs and workstations has been described as a collision. Rather than that apocalyptic vision, it may more likely resemble "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
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The signs are everywhere: the era of declining hardware prices and plentiful supplies is drawing to a close, and a time of confusion is beginning.
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U.S. semiconductor companies lag behind in building chips. They're looking to the sematech research facility to come up with ways to make cheaper and better chips.
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The CD-ROM industry keeps promising a cascade of software and information. Why does the "torrent" still look like a slow-moving creek?
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To Propel LAN users and administrators to the next higher level of productivity, PC Magazine devotes an entire issue to the software side of workgroup computing.
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This initiation into the exotica of LAN jargon will make you more efficient by helping you gain fluency in the common language of LANs.
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LAN operating systems are the key to accelerated network performance. The PC Labs benchmark tests of 13 LAN operating systems will help you choose which product optimizes which application.
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Not every product that runs on a LAN is configured to run optimally as networking software. We review 17 that are, awarding the Editor's Choice to three products that offer top-quality calendaring, electronic mail, and integrated desktop utilities.
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Eight software products for network managers pick up where network operating systems leave off, furnishing specialized administrative means for coordinating and auditing the activities of multiple users.
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Producing advanced graphics with Turbo Basic and QuickBASIC.
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Compare.Com easily finds differences between two versions of a file
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Poor documentation and worse tools may hamper OS/2's success.
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Ready-made MASM functions convert ASCII time/date strings into their binary equivalents.
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Convert numeric grades to letters and trap macro errors in 1-2-3.
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Printing selected lines at the DOS prompt saves time and paper.
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Emulating WordStar commands more efficiently; microspacing with WP.
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Minimizing BASIC's cumulative calulation errors.
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Coping with the wear and tear of the power on/off cycle.
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Increasing throughput on a peer-to-peer LAN without losing flexibility.
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Play amoung the stars with Astroforum on CompuServe.
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On-line chat services rekindle CB Spirit, bring PC Users together.
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Quick ways to find that particular article in PC Magazine, hard disk drives with retracting heads, and programs that reassign key functions on your keyboard.
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A typical vaccine blocks attempts to change COMMAND.COM and hidden sysems files. It also issues a warning so the user knows the virus is present.
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Flash EEPROM could provide the key to the PCs of the future: fast, secure machines with bigger memory-storage capacity-and no moving mechanical parts.
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It's time to start recognizing our most talented programmers, unless we want to end up having all of the great programs ruined by committee.
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It's almost become standard practice for companies to release software much later than the originally announced delivery dates. The problem's getting worse, but who's to blame?
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For the first time ever, a columnist uses modern techniques to let you take command! It's another breakthrough in the drive toward interactivity...
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PC Magazine's first roundup of 20-Mhz 80386-based PCs sorts out wich systems are equipped to harness the power let loose under their covers, and which merely let it slip away.
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Expert tips on type that'll give your in-house publications that polished and professional look.
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PC fax boards are challenging the fax machine standard. You can now send text and graphics from your desktop PC around the world in a matter of minutes.
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Twenty-seven Bar code reading devices, each for less than $1,000, can help you organize your inventory. (Bar code readers)
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ALLKEYS.COM shares your keyboard with key-stealing TSR programs.
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OS/2 puts your computer's idle time to work and gets better throughput.
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More C modules to convert ASCII time and date strings to binary.
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How to return more-precise lookup values; three time-saving tips.
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Somerson's farewell and a dozen small but very valuable utilities.
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Archiving tips for MCI Mail; creating macros that save memory in world.
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Renaming directories; randomly SEEKing text with Turbo Pascal.
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Understanding EGA color, borders, and character displays.
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Mixing network operating systems; connecting laptops to LANs.
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Space Quest II: Attack of the pushy insurance Salesmen.
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This is your life meets the march of time on-disk.
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High-Tech sleuthing with infocom's Sherlock
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum: MicroProse's pirates! Lets you roam the spanish main.
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Catch the wave, cop some rays, and hang ten with california games.
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A low-cost way to liberate your monitor and keyboard from your system unit, and two products that reeducate the HP LaserJet Series II.
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A novice's guide to DOS functions and batch files.
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A powerful scientific calculator marred by a flawed user interface.
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It's no wonder that this industry can't make any progress on user interfaces. All the decision makers are too busy attending one another's press conferences to get any work done.
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As part of his therapy, a reformed John C. Dvorak recounts a time in his life when fast was never fast enough, and the search for speed became an overpowering obsession.
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With bigger and better monitors, faster and larger hard disks, and simplified networking capabilities, 80386-based PCs stand a good chance of being the workstations of the future.
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33RDAND.LEX? POWER.USR? WHATSTHE.DIF? Some claim the DOS file system is woefully inadequate and hopelessly out of date. But old habits die hard...
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Even if your budget precludes the purchase of a new PS/2, you needn't be stuck with last year's video technology. With any one of these low-cost VGA boards, you'll get the most dazzling and highest resolution yet available.
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Automate your communications or build new features into your system with the new generation of communications software. Our reviewers examine 21 script language programs.
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Some slash prices and others add features, but all nine of these AT compatibles are looking for ways to capture a piece of the competitive AT marketplace
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No longer needlessly complicated and cumbersome, today's scientific word processors simplify the task of integrating text and technical character sets.
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A simple software technique can boost your computer's performance. Learn how postponing the refresh cycle squeezes extra speed from memory.
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SETMODE:Makes it easy to set your video mode and COM port parameters.
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A look at the OS/2 1.1 presentation Manager and its graphical interface.
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Changing incomplete filenames to fully qualified drive-and-path form.
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Instantly editing records using an undocumented Query key function.
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Preventing DOS's APPEND command from destroying files.
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Finding current drive and directory from Clipper and dBASE III Plus.
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A simple program to merge C and assembler code listings.
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Understanding bad sectors on hard disks; patching REMOVE.COM
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Finding ARCnet's station address with BASIC and Ethernet's with C.
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Exploring your roots with PC-Based Genealogy software programs.
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Hit the husting, shake some hands, and you could be President.
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An inexpensive way to improve 9-pin dot matrix print quality, voice recognition systems that really work, and a keyboard that offers the best of two layouts.
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Article Title continued: ESDI Drives into Downsized Chassis
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Despite assurances to the contrary, the MIS department faces continuing uncertainty about its role, Some of its problems are inevitable. Others are of its own making.
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With the Imminent unification of all Unix systems into one specification, PC users face the dreaded possibility that someday they too may have to learn Unix.
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The definitions of "gold disks," "alpha software," and especially "beta software" need refining if the software development process is to function properly.
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All industry announcements are simple variations of the same hoary generic speech. This annotated sample will help you cut through the smoke screen.
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With its new 16-bit 386 microprocessor, the 386SX, Intel is determined to redefine the midrange of personal computing. Compaq's small-footprint Deskpro 386S gets the ball rolling.
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The most powerful PC CADD systems continue to strive for greater ease of use and fuller functionality. PC Labs looks at 12 high-end packages, including the latest release of AutoCAD.
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Apple's two new Laser Writers still provide the PostScript flexibility that PC users have fallen in love with, but now they're doing it faster than ever...
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One of Microsoft Word's most distinguishing features, Style Sheets offer easy maintenance of text-Formatting standards and allow swift changes that leave other word processors in the dust.
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By hooking a PC into your PBX system and running a call accounting package, you can produce detailed reports of the calls made on each line, which helps to keep your costs under control..
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No one likes to read documentation, and now you don't have to. Take a look at seven helpers for DOS, three for Lotus 1-2-3, and four for writers trying to improve their style.
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Saving space and defending vital data are chief among the reasons for choosing a clustered CPU system over a PC workstation. Discover four alternatives for outfitting the bare-bones network.
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Open Systems' Harmony, with more than a dozen modules, can be tailored to fit specific needs.
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Use these tips and techniques to write the most efficient C routines possible..
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Use RAMVIEW to instantly search and sift through your PC's memory in ASCII and hex format-even from inside your current applications..
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How to interface keyboard and mouse input with the Presentation Manager.
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A C program that stores incomplete filenames in fully qualified form.
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A mysterious, undocumented 1-2-3 macro command; a bug in Quattro.
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A batch file method for returning to the directory where you started.
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Shortening Clipper link times; sorting WordPerfect records by date.
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Changing colors in Turbo Pascal, and a "bouncing ball" menu in BASIC.
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Passing parameters from batch files to BASIC programs using DOS.
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Monitoring communications between applications and NetBIOS services.
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Letting Mentor Be Your Guide
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A Star Trekkin' Space Odyssey
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Sexu-Cation:The Facts of Life On-disk
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The Seven Spirits of Ra:Adventures in the Land of the Dead
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Full Speed Ahead:Test Drives Lets You Open Up on the Open Road.
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Topping off RAM on a 512K AT, converting CP/M files to MS-DOS, and programs that use extended memory for print spooling and disk caching.
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Touchbase tops its Worldport 1200 pocket-sized modem with a 2,400-bps model that even includes a speaker.
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A total DTP solution, complete with integrated word processing and style sheets.
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Executives are a small percentage of the people using computers. Why, then, are we focusing so much attention on their informational needs?
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Why are state-of-the-art, higher-performance computers stuck with unexciting names and bland color schemes? When will the Manufacturers stop casting them in the IBM mold?
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The MCA bus has taken its share of ribbing since IBM introduced the PS/2 line last April, but its design has helped make these machines the most reliable in the business.
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Ted Nelson's iconoclastic book provides a welcome antidote to eighties complacency-perhaps because it was written nearly 15 years ago.
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The power and flexibility of the C language are quickly making it the programmer's language of choice for applications development.
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PC Magazine tests the latest arrivals in the C compiler market.
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3Com, Hewlett-Packard, and SynOptics all offer systems that send your data over twisted-pair wiring at rates competitive with coaxial-based products.
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Boasting Portability, shock resistance, high capacity, and speed, the pioneers of removable mass storage are testing their mettle in both the express mail packet and the marketplace.
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C programs that execute faster are easy to write using these optimization tips and techniques....
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Create, modify, and load your own screen fonts easily using FONTEDIT-a utility that puts custom EGA and VGA fonts at your fingertips...
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Improve your Presentation Mnager screens with dialog boxes.
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Quicksort: a terrific general-purpose sorting algorithm.
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A beneficial bug in SuperCalc; a better way to pause macro execution.
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Consolidating batch files; deleting sensitive data files completely.
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Rapid glossary entries in Microsoft Word; SUM and COUNT in dBASE.
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Convert Turbo Pascal reals from 6 to 8 bytes; QuickBASIC file copying.
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Multitasking options for personal computers; forms of the RET opcode.
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Capture NetBIOS return codes and translate them into English.
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CD-ROM and Roll:Getting Audio from Your Data Drive
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For record collectors:How to keep track of your stacks of wax.
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Gunship:Saving the world from the Red Menace
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Making beautiful music with IBM's music feature card.
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Roland's Desktop studio brings the sound of music to your PC
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