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F EAT U R E S
35 M icrosoft's cable TV gambit
56 The bigger they are, the better they look

Scoping out 17-inch monitors
36 Cooking spam: what to do about junk email
64 1 7" Monitor survey
Part 1: understanding and avoiding spam
36 Two times 56K equals confusion

43 The give and take of push technology
N EW S
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110 Mac OS 8: A new face on an old 05?
10 Comdex Canada 97 show report

14 Compaq launches NetPC
92 I nfo-packed reference for Java programmers
28 Gadgets and gurus: a tale of two trade shows
New edition of bestseller covers recent advances
32 Apple lays out dual 05 development strategy 92
The future according to Dilbert
46 Focus on small networks

Linking home or small office PCsand peripherals
82 Lease options for office space
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97 Weaving your own Web site: Part XXIII

HTML Help
100 TrueDoc tools and typeface tricks

Font support in Netscape Communicator beta 4
72 Sound values in multimedia speakers
102 Internet Service Providers list
A panel of reviewers lends ustheir ears
77 M ultimedia speaker survey
104 Hit the road, learn some math
83 Closing the net on serial crimes
106 Fore!
Vancouver detective's software points to

offenders' "likely location"
KEKU223
84 A few good tools
114 Business namesand marks

Choosing and protecting your corporate image
Junk email filters available at TUCKS
86 U tilities to tune up your Windows PC

99 Slow and steady:
Virtual PC a technological marvel
123 Is Microsoft unstoppable?
Cornputex spotlights
Taiwan'sindustry influence
panies will take an existing product and

rapidly come up with a high-quality, lowerI recently traveled to Taipei, Taiwan certain- c o s t alternative with some new wrinkles to
ly one of the more influential shows for the
t h eproduct.
computer dealer channel. Though it lacks sigI saw n u m erous examples of this. The
nificant quantities of major resources, the
P a perport scanner, Pilot handheld computers,
tiny island of Taiwan (which is smaller than
mo t h erboards and Wacom tablets were all up
Vancouver Island), located
for this kind of treatment.
about 100 km off the coast of
The show had very little
t he People's Republic o f
software on display. Out of
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more than 600 booths, there
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of computer products.
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supplies, keyboards, scanners
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and countless other computer
The Computex show is
products come from Taiwan.
very much a show from Taiwan manufacturComputex is held everyyear at the begine r s t o the world. Most of the vendors are
ning of June, which also corresponds with the
fr o m T a i w an, t h o ugh s om e J apanese,
summer monsoon season. It rained most days A m e rican and European companies show up
that I was there. Crank the heat up to 30
to t r y and build support for their technolodegreesCelsiusandthehumidityto highan d
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you have a pretty good idea of what it is like
mo t h erboard manufacturers.
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My Newton saved my butt on this trip. The
trip from Vancouver to Taiwan is a 10- to 11-
Japaneseor Korean companies.Tatung, Mitac,

Acer, Umax and First International Computer
are some of the biggest. There are a number of
hour trip. My notebook usually gives up the
Taiwanese technology companies that make
ghost about half way through the Toronto to

Vancouver flight, so I did not expect it to
make it all the way across the Pacific. With
that in mind, I brought along my Newton
2000. The Newton will last 20 to 30 hours on
four AA batteries. I was able to get a fair bit of
work done with it. When I arrived at the
hotel, I found that the screen on my notebook had gone bad and all I had was my
Newton to rely on.
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I recently signed up for the IBM Net. It has
one of the most comprehensive log-in networks on a worldwide basis. I checked and
they seem to have offer dial-up numbers in
more countries than CompuServe or any of
the smaller Internet service provider (ISP)
startups. One good thing about IBM Net
seems to be that the company doesn't promote it very well, and as a result the lines are
not always busy. In fact, I only had one busy

signal in about 20 dial-ups. If you are planning extensive overseas trips, IBM Net is definitely worth a look.
(Warning: Accessing any Internet sites
Ma)or trends
Innovalue
The marketing people for Taiwan have coined
the term "innovalue" to describe the island's
approach to creating products for the world
markets. It is a combination of innovation
and value. Another word combo they should
consider is "cloneverging" a combination of
cloning and diverging. Many Taiwanese com-
with the extension .tw may be a little slow,

The show was good, though somewhat
because the pipes to Taiwan are currently not
lacking i n t r u l y i n n o v ative p r oducts. big. The country is making an effort to
Taiwan's strength has been to focus on speupgrade them, but its telephone company
runs a monopoly so it may take a while,)
cific product categories, build expertise and
then dominate the market, I saw endless
What's ln a narner
variants of scanners, motherboards, notebooks, tiny monitors, Web TV devices and
Taiwan has some big companies, but their
keyboards.
names don't jump off your lips like major
1.
Some of the most interesting ones I saw at

the show included: Strong Man Enterprises,
Song Cheer, G r oovy P e ripherals, Act
Attractive Computer, Well Run Hardwares,
and b est o f al l , Ha n d some S trange
International.
A final thought
I would like to dedicate this month's edition
to Mr. Armond FitzGerald of Calgary, Alberta,
the father of three of our long-time employees, Patricia, Suzanne and Jennifer. He passed
away this month and will be missed by all
who knew him.
My only link to hi m was through his
daughters and they are ample evidence that
he was a good man,
Enjoy the issue
Douglas Alder, Editor and Publisher
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I just wanted to say, having just moved to Hawaii
from Brackendale, B.C.,it sure is great to see The
Computer Paperonline. Thanks for all the great
info and keep up thegreat reviews.
Mahalo,
Taylor Moore, via email
Electioneeringon the Web
In your July 1997edition, Jeff Evans' The Last Byte
column, "Election Online 97," outlined how the
recentelection campaign was effected by the Web.
In discussing the Web pages of the various
parties, Evans wrote the general comment,
"Email, if allowed, was to be simply addressed to
an anonymous email address."
From this statement, I can conclude that Mr.
Evans must have superficially explored various
sites as I know he would have found personal
email addressesfor the candidates of the Reform
Party only two clicks from the main home page.
Doing a quick check myself today, June 24, I
found that approximately 73percent of Reform's
candidates had an enxail contact address.While
somewere using the email addressof someone
from their constituency association, many were
not, including myself.
Calvin Henry-Cotnam, 1997 Reform candidate, Scarborough East
JEreplies: I did indeed fmd email addresses for
some of the individual candidates of the various parties m a variety of candidate lists, both on party Web
sites nnd on various other non-party sites such as the
CBC site and Politics Cnnadn. None of those to whom
I sent messages, including two Reform candidates,
had esponded by press time.
However, the com
ponent on the party Web sites was
specific to the nntional party orgnnizations they generally didn't list individual email addresses of senior
off
icialsin the national party headquarters, nor, in
cases when I was able to locate a party leader's email
address,
was thereany responseto my emailmessages
by press time.
I know that everyone in the various parties was
more than a little busy during this brief election campaign period, however, the point of my remarks in the
article is thnt although it's not a huge technical burden to set up a discussion fonrm on the Internet, this
doesn't seem to be something that the political parties
want to get into. The CBC site did it, and it made that
site nmch, much more interesting, interactive and
infonnntive.
It would be worthwhile, I think, to hnve ongoing,
public discussion on the Internet between party leaders, senior party oIPnats, candidates and voters. This
was entirely absent fronr your Web site, nnd everybody
else' s.
Private email to candidates, particularly when it
isn't answered, does not constitute a foniw for public
disncssion.
Hard drive blues
I'm writing to seeif you can help me find out
some answersabout hard drives.I have TWICE,
had my Quantum Fireball 3.8 GB lose ALL my
stuff on it and I really don't understand why. I
understand thatit sometimes happens, but twice?
I have installed everything correctly and was
running it OK. Thefirst drive, I had for a week
and it crashed and wasn't even able to format it.
The second, I had for two months and then it
died. Does that sound normal? Isthere something
with Quantum drives? Was there something I
should have done to help prevent this? Could I
prevent this?Any advice or suggestions would be
appreciated.
Lili Wong, via email
SH replies: The conditions you' ve described sound
highly unlikely to occur twice in such a sirort time
period. Regardless of the make of hard drive, whether
Quanhun or any other brand, hard drive "crashes"
such as the one you described are far less likely to
occur with today's drives, especially when the drives
are so new.
I would reconunendyou lurve your controller

checked form
alf
unctions,or n possible settingin your
BIOS, which would cause probienu. From the sounds
ofit, ail signs are pointing to a bad controller, whether
it's on the motherboard or in theform of
an ISA/PCI
card.
Have you tried placing the failed drives in anothersystenrand accessing them thatway? Forexample,
hook the drive you were unable to reformat up to
another machine nnd see if you can perform the format that way. If you do not have the resources to do
this yourself, ask a friend/colleague for help, and possibly a riuali/ied technician. If indeed the p
is
roblem
on the controller/motherboard, you would be far better
off knowing so you can prevent this problenr from
hnppening ngnin.
glg corn'puting )ust a phase, too
I read your The Last Byte column, June '97: "The
resurgenceof big computing" with greatdismay.
It's funny how all journalists
enjoy writing about
the doom and gloom of the computer industry.
Yet,it's still here, asit will be for many many years
to come.
I have been in the computer field as a technician since 1978 and although we have what many
believe to be the best in computers today, you
have to remember, we are still in it's infancy. I
don't believethe Bill Gatesor Intels of today will
be involved in the technology of tomorrow.After
all, they are almost attheir limits,
Yes, networkingis on it's way in, but for only
a short period of time. The masseswill not get
anything out of it. It won't be stimulating to the
eyes.You have to remember, that today's modems
at 56Kbps arepretty slow, as are the sound cards,
video cards, CD-ROMs, hard dr ives, etc.
Technology will keep moving ahead as ournal
j
ists
continue to write the doom and gloom messages
for deafears.
We will have modems capable of possibly 10
timesthe current baud rates, sound cards at I MB,
video possibly hitting the gigabyte sphere, CD-
ROMs, well let's say, unlimited.There will be new

technologies, new corporations that will look
back on today and think, God, we were prehistoric.
Don't write off the computer yet. Infrared is
on it's way. CDs the size of twoonies, capable of
holding 1 GB of data. Thetime is coming for a
new wave to hit. I might notseeit in my time, but
it's coming.
Cal Parsons, via email
TCP replies: Read this montfr's installment of The
Last Byte. Maybe the ideas there will resonatea little
more closely with the points you raise.
A tip for removable storage

Thanks forpresenting an excellent article in your
June '97 issue regarding Removable Storage by
Ross MacDonald.
In the sidebar at the end of the article Ross
talks about using a harddrive as a backup device.
Thisis quite easy to do and works very welL With
the reducedprices on hard disks, this is becoming
a viable alternative to tape. It's also fast.
I'd like to point out that a harddrive caddy is
available to make harddisks removable. It sits in
a 5.25-inch external bay in your computer, and
has a pull-out drawer that contains the hard disk,
The drives are easily swappable, and you can use
this method to test your computer with different
operating systemsby just changing hard disks.
Thesecaddies are around $30 or so, and are available in SCSI or IDEinterfaces.
These units don't have fans in them, so I
bought a fan and mounted it at the back of the
caddy for extra cooling. I' ve been using these caddies for a while now, and they are very conve.
ni ent, and you get to keep the lid on the computer if you are doing lots of drive swaps. Hope thi~
info helps. I enjoy your publication very much,
and Bnd it very informative. Keep up the gooc
world
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'97 Editors' Choice Awards
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his year's Comdex Canada, held in the

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (and
expanded to incIude, for the first time, the
spacious South Hall) amply demonstrated how
fast time, in the world of computers, passes. At
last year's event, our editors witnessed the blossoming of the Internet and all manner of Web
authoring tools. This year, that seemed old hat
and new tools in these areas were surprisingly
scarce. The dominant themes of this show were
DVD, digital cameras, ultra-portable computers
and high-performance communications devices.
We saw surprisingly few PC or Macintosh systems that impressed us (in fact, both IBM and
Apple were absent, as were Canadian distribution
giants Ingram and Merisel) and truly innovative
software (with a few exceptions, of course)
seemed in short supply. We smiled occasionally at
some of the derivative names and products on
display: would you believe a trademarked product
called "C.U.C. Us" o r a c o mpany called
"Microhard"?
Thus, our Editors' Choice Awards this year
reflect the dominant trends we noted on the
show floor and omit a few categories we applauded last year. Our editors tra-
Panasonic
PalmCam
versed the
show floor
examining
products and analyzing their specs and voted
the following "best of show."
Best new portable: Toshlba Ubretto
SOCT This super-small portable Pentium PC
has its limitations notably, its diminutive keyboard and inability to recharge the battery while
the machine is in use, but the inescapable fact
remains: a 800 g (1.8 lb.) machine with a P75
CPU, 772 MB hard drive, and an active-matrix
color screen running Windows 95 is not only a
machine you can take with you, it's one you will
take with you.
Best new Personal Digital Assistant: LC
Phenom i A near tie, with the Philips Velo and
the new Sharp SE-500 "Pilot Killer" receiving
favorable mentions from our editors, but in the
end, it was the 770 g (1.71 lb) LG Phenom from
LG Electronics that made our short list with its
16.4x9x2.54 cm (6.45x3.76xl in.) dimensions,
Windows CE 1,1 OS, built-in 28.8Kbps faxmodem, Web browser and 4 MB of RAM.
pany couldn't even provide us with a brochure

on, but is said to ship in Canada in August.
months
reg arding
DVD
digital video disc, or
digital versatile disc, depending on
Best Digital Camera: Panasonlc PV-DC1000
what magazines you read (we prefer the
PalmCam i A major theme at the show emerged former)
seems to have crested at this year' s
as it seemed almost every manufacturer had a
Comdex Canada 97. DVD players were nearly
new digital camera on display, with units from everywhere, with standalone and computer-based
Agfa, Canon, Casio, Chinon, Epson, Fuji, Kodak, players noisily on display in literally dozens of
Minolta, Olympus, Panasonic, Polaroid, Ricoh,
booths. While the first generation of computerSharp, Sony and many other manufacturers on based DVD addwns, such as the Creative Labs
display. But, Panasonic had not only our favorite DVD kit or the Panasonic equivalent (which, in
unit, the $699 PalmCam, touted as the world' s fact, is based on the same design) had somewhat
s mallest digital camera a t 9 x 5.9x3 c m lower image quality than we had hoped for, the
(3.SSx2.36x1.25 cm), but also showed the KXL- RealMagic product was truly superior, and at only
600A Coonhot, another diminutive model for
about $S0 more than its competitors, not unrea$599 that saved images on an included PCMCIA sonably priced. Be aware that, on many of the
card for super-easy data transfer with standard demo discs that DVD players often use for
portable PCs.
demonstrations, the "bit rate" is carefully set to
not exceed the medium's 10Mbps maximum. (We
Beat Cadget We Can't Afford: Nltachi MPchecked this with a Sony DVD player also on the
EC1A MPRCCAM ~ It functions like a cam- show floor). Scenes with a lot of action are the
corder, capturing up to 20 minutes of full-motion
best ones to test out a DVD player with. The
MPEG video and audio data. It has goodies like a RealMagicDVD came through (literally) with fly6x zoom and a printing option. It can capture ing colors
displaying almost none of the hori1,000 still images, each with 10 seconds of audio. zontal lines or obvious artifacts that mar some
At about$3,500, would we buy one? No. But
lesser video players,
what a toy to wish for this Christmas....
Best New Digital Ndeo Technology: DPS
Best Low-cost Color Printer: Lexmark Spark Flrewlre Adapter Firewire, the IEEE
JetPrlnter 1000 As the first color printer we' ve 1394 spec pioneered by Apple and due to appear
seen that breaks the $200 price barrier, this is not in next year's Memphis operating system from
only a fine printer from an initial cost perspec- Microsoft, is already making appearances in sevtive, but it is also notable for its excellent color eral products on display at the show. Sony has
reproduction~specially on Lexmark's high-qual- Firewire connectors on its digital still cameras and
ity coated paper. In fact, our editors suspect
DV full-motion video products and Firewire interLexmark may be selling these printers as if they faces for PCs were on display from Miro (the DVwere razors
priced at rock-bottom to get them
100) and DPS, with its Spark. However, the $889
into the home, where the cost of consumables Miro card, like some other low-cost DV solutions,
will generate more revenue than the price of the supports DV in but does not support DV out
(Miro says the card is intended primarily for CDprinter itself.
ROM authoring). At $1325 with a full version of Adobe Premiere, or
B est P r o fessional C o l or
$ 930 without t h e
Printer: Epson Stylus Coler
%000 Considering that we own
software, the DPS
Spark is the lowestthe Epson Stylus XL tabloid-size
cost Firewire card
color inkjet printer that this unit
we' ve seen that haneffectively replaces, the fact that
dles both in-and-out
it includes so much more for
functions, making allthe same price hurts a little,
digital transfers of highbut adds up to great value
for those who need a
quality digital video possible at prices that surely
printer with Adobe
PostScript Level 2,
make owners of profesoversize printing of
sional-level analog equipment cringe. Make no missheets up to 17x 22 in.
take: DV technology is dra(full-bleed on tabloid paper!), all for
matically changing the face of
about $1,700. And, as you might expect, the
videography and the "proMac- and PC<ompatible Epson's Pantone-calibrated 1,440x720-dpi color output is gorgeous.
sumer" is sure to be the winner.
Best New Portable Add-on: BackPack

Bantam parallel port CD-ROM drive The
problem with portables, unless you' re lucky
enough to be able to afford one of the top-of-theline models, is their lack of a CD-ROM drive. With
the software of today increasingly shipped on CDROM discs, this is more of a problem than ever.
For CD-less portable owners, relief is spelled BANTAM. This stylish unit is available in two models:
one with a sound card and an Sx CD-ROM mechanism for $459, and without a sound card for
$399.
Best Desktop System Sound Card: Creative
Labs AWE64 Cold There are better PC sound
cards, and there are cheaper sound cards, but our
editors unanimously agreed that this card, which
improves upon several aspects of previous
Creative Lab designs, while retaining an impressive level of compatibility, offersthe best bang for
the buck. Musicians, many of whom are familiar
with the company EMU that Creative Labs now
owns, as well as PC experimenters will be better
served by the deluxe version of the card, which
includes 4MB of onboard RAM, an ATAPI CDROM interface and several pieces of software not
present in th e l ower-priced Value Edition.
Targeted at garners and price-conscious home
users, the Value Edition includes 512 KB of memory; both versions eliminate the on-board amplifler found in previous Sound Blaster cards, resulting in lower noise and better fidelity.
Best low-coat c olor s canner: Storm
Kasyphoto SmartPnge Pro Another tough
call, with Agfa's excellent $599 SnapScan 600
delivering both superior image quality and a great
software bundle (including th e e xcellent
Visioneer PaperPort software, a new package
called Photo Express from Ulead and, in the
"Artline" version for a hundred dollars more, an
additional bundle not yet shipping-of Kai's
Photo Soap, Bryce 2 SE, Convolver and Kai's
Power Tools), but for bang for the buck, it's hard
to beat the under-$200 price point of the Storm
EasyPhoto SmartPage Pro. The unit, which attaches easily to any PC's parallel port, easily bested the
image quality of competing units from HewlettPackard, Microtek and Visioneer (which as showing its new Strobe model), and costs less than all
of them.
Best ConnectlvltyProduct: Xlrcom Ethernet

10/100 and QNflex Modem i Although we' re
not convinced Rockwell/Lucent's 56Kflex modem
technology is superior to 3Com/US Robotics' XZ
standard (X2 seems to be faster in most tests),
even USR reps admit that 56Kflex has a bigger
Best new Video Card: Matrox Millennium II
share of the modem market at this point than X2.
i Having already delivered one of the fastest
Best New Storage Technology: Pinnacle CD- But combine a modem that is up to 44 percent
Best
New
Software
Application:
Adobe
video cards for PCI-based PCs, Quebec-based
RW Un doubtedly, by this time next year, faster than the average 28.8Kbps modem, and
Matrox has outdone itself with the aggressive Illustrator 7 We s aw demos of Internet
Explorer 4.0, FrontPage 98, WordPerfect 8 and
recordable DVD technology will be widely avail- throw in both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet
price and outstanding performance of its new
able,
but for now, Pinnacle's $?99 rewritable com- capabilities and you' ve got a combo card that is
hundreds
of
other
applications
for
Windows
and
Millennium II a card that is up to three times as
Macintosh
at
the
show,
but
after
we'd
seen
them
pact
disc
system represents one of the best ways of worth carrying around. Best of all, the Xircom
fast as its predecessor, with more memory, better
recording data onto a disc that can be read by a card doesn't use a huge, clunky dongle like some
all,
the
only
program
we
could
all
agree
on
was
3D features and higher resolution to boot all for
of its competitors. While it's important to check
under $400. Although the standard card lacks dig- Adobe Illustrator 7.0. The program, now for Mac vast array of machines currently in the workplace.
Encouragingly, the Pinnacle rep says that the unit what kind of 56K modem technology your
ital video capture capabilities, these features can and Windows PCs, puts the heat under Corel's tail
Internet service provider supports before buying a
be added with Matrox's optional Rainbow Runner and raises the bar for professional vector graphics reads 98 percent of existing CD-ROM and CD-R
new modem, if you choose to go with 56Kflex,
discs, too. For those who prefer compatibility
apps.
As
you
might
expect
from
the
inventors
of
card, also on display at the show. Addressing
this is our portable pick.
the
PostScript
page
description
language,
with
floppy
disks,
LS-120
drives,
with
their
comanother complaint of the original Millennium,
Illustrator
7
speaks
PostScript
fluently
and
offers
patibility
with
720K,
1.4MB
and
120MB
floptical
the new card includes drivers for HEIDI, OpenGL,
Congratulations to all this year's winners! For
disks, made a strong showing as well. Elsewhere,
Direct3D and other advanced graphics APls, plus accurate on-screen color with its CMYK display.
more on TCPs Editors' Choice Awards and
advanced
storage
solutions
from
Toray
(PD
Dualsupport for Windows NT, 95, 3.11 and OS/2.
Comdex Canada 97events,check out our Web
phase drives), lomega and others were in eviHonorable mention goes to the ATI XperKe'Play, a Best Digital Video Player: RealmaglcDVD
site at http JRcp.ca . 0
The
momentum
building
over
the
last
few
dence,
as
well.
third-generation ATI graphics card that the com-
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WWW. tCP.C0
Introducin the ViewSonic

6771 monitor.
After winning just abouteveryaward in the
17" (various viewable) category,our engineers
have comeupwith another bright idea: The
ViewSonicG77117" (16.0" viewable) monitor.
Its fine 0.27mmdot pitch createsbrilliant
screen images
making it ideal for graphics,
spreadsheetsandword processingaswel as
the Interne. And, its flicker-free1,024x 768
resolution at a reftesh rate of 87HZ
virtually
eliminateseyestrain and operator fatigue.
A hard worker around

the office or home.
The G771offers themost powerful combination
of features available in its price range. It's both
P('. and Mac' compatible and features

8 P(ay I technology that provides
seamless auto-installation with Windows' 95.
And, like all ViewSonic' monitors, theG771

is backed by
our limited three year warranty*the best in the monitor business.
To bring a touch of brilliance to your system,

start by looking into the ViewSonicG771,
another advancement from the leader in the
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University of O ttawa. In fact, it was at

C arleton U n iversity. Ou r a p o logies to
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COPP
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Forgot the tilde
In the computer camps article in our July
issue, we listed Computers of Kids' Web
address i n c o rrectly.
It
sh ou l d be
http: //www.escape.ca/-c4k. We left out the

tilde (-) before the ck4.
They' re both ln Ottawa but ...

We also said in the kids' camps article that
the Virtual Ventures camps began at the
Cettlng up to speed
The article "Professional video on the cheap,"
in the July issue, incorrectly stated that the
miro DC30 video capture card does not work
certain CPUs. Prior to December 1996, the
miro DC30 did have problems working with
CPUs faster than 200 MHz, but a miro technician says this CPU speed limitation has been
solved and the DC30 new works with a vari-
ety of CPUs operating at 200 MHN or faster,

including Pentiums and Pentium Pros.
Also, the specific CPU speed limitations of
the Truevision Bravado, mentioned in the
same article, have also been solved.
The price isn't right

In the July Lab Test "Maxed-out mid-range
systems," we incorrectly included the reseller
price of $1,411.75 for the A-Open unit. The
correct suggested retail price for this system is
$1,698, and the estimated street price is
$1,528.
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was on
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the unveiling ot the
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4000N at
PC Expoin
New York.
e NetPC finally became reality in New

York in mid-June as dozens of personal
computer makers stood four-square
behind industry leaders Microsoft and intel to
dedare their support for a new breed of desk-
top computer.
The NetPC will cost less than existing personal computers but will be more limited in
function, relying a lot more on using information and software delivered over a local
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The biggest credibility boost to this idea
came with the news that market leader
Compaq was to enter the market, and at PC

Expo, it showed the product that will be its
first entrant. It is a lower-cost system called
the Compaq Deskpro 4000N.

This machine will come equipped with a
All good things come in pairs
network interface card (NIC), 32 MB of RAM,

an Intel MMX processor, an internal hard
drive, a choice of operating systems, network
management software and a World Wide Web

browser for significantly less than $2,000. The
company promises it will start shipping systems by the fourth quarter of this year,
Compaq, which was one of the five
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authors of the NetPC specification, is also

supporting Microsoft's Zero Administration
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theory goes) allow systems administrators to
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applications and configuration settings for a
particular user's needs.
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tomers a very easy-to-use and manageable

desktop platform," suggested Rich Tong, vicepresident of marketing for Microsoft's personal and business systems group.
In an attempt to position the NetPC
against the heavily promoted Network
NC Intel chairman and chief
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be for running software based on the Java
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programming language.
"The NetPC delivers performance on Java
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which helps us make the PC and the NetPC,
the Intel architecture, all together, as the no
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Comdex to be held in that city, as future
Comdex/Spring shows will move to Chicago,
beginning with Comdex/Spring 98 (April 2023).

The 1996 Comdex/Spring had been cancelled due to the Olympic games that were
held in Atlanta that year. This year's show,
though it attracted over 100,000 attendees
breakthrough in business-to-business electronic commerce, which he predicted will

amount to a $150-billion market in North
America within two years, By comparison, he
said, general Internet online commerce will

amount to a more modest $20 billion,
The nextday,Gates engaged in an onstage
dialogue with Gary Breach ofCompnterworld,

where he answered questions and made his
own predictions. He pooh-poohed the dream

of universal compatibility based on the Java
(twice the attendance of any Canadian com- language and the Network Computer (NC)
puter show, and half that of the Fall Comdex platform, saying, "They call it NC because it
a tale of two
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in Las Vegas), was missing some of the major

names in the PC industry, including Dell and
Coinpaq. Nonetheless, Comdex/Spring

attracted some of the biggest names in the
computer industry, and featured some
notable new products.
The Ted 'ee eery

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Keynote addresses were made by Lotus chief

executive officer Jeff Papows, Microsoft's Bill
Gates, and the unlikely team of CNN founder
Ted Turner (not known to be a computer
buff), and Oracle's Larry Ellison (recently fea-
o of North America's major

computer trade shows were
held in the United States
within a few weeks of each other in

june,showcasing the latestin computer technology and also giving
vividsnapshots ofthe strategies of
the industry's major companies.
tured in a Vanity Fairmagazine profile as a

hyper macho, $6-billion "babe magnet" who
wants to dethrone Gates).
stands for 'Not Compatible.'" Gates characterized the growth in the importance of networked business communications as corporations' "digital nervous system." Gates confessed that even Microsoft has had to push to
go digital in its own operations. He asked to
see all the paper forms Microsoft still used in
its business, as an indicator of how far along
it had come to the truly paperless office. To
his surprise, he found that the company still
had over 1,000 different paper forms in use.

Gates has ordered the paper to be drastically
reduced in favor of email and electronic form
alternatives. "We can help by showing the
way," he said.
Papows charged out of the gate before a

vast audience presenting himself as a 'Pure
Java" evangelist, insisting that a cross-plat-
form, non-proprietary, open computing environment (i.e., not Microsoft Windows) is "the
universal environment for an applications

renaissance. If we screw this gave] up, aswith
Unix, we' ve lost our last chance."
Papows praised the concept of "write
In terms of new products, the Atlanta
show wasremarkably rich. Among the highlights were huge 40-inch plasma flat screen
once, mn anywhere," as embodied by Java.

He also claimed that we are on the verge of a
monitors from Mitsubishi (including a model

that can be hung on the walI like a picture), a
recordable DVD-RAM drive from Hitachi, and
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In a truly dramatic 6nale, the third day of
some very impressive new graphics cards, for

consumers and business PC users, from
Comdex/Spring started with a bang asTurner

and Eliison unveiled a new customizable
online CNN news service, powered by Oracle
databasetechnology,Turner gavean engaging
"aw shucks" description of his ovm bewilderment at the information overload he has
helped spawn.
Canada's ATL
Then Kllison went to demonstrate the

new CNN service, and discovered to his horror that he'd forgotten his glasses. He fum-
smooth, jitter-free video.
In particular, ATI seems tohave DVD playback down pat, a feature that may win them
a signi6cant market in the next couple of
years. Its new graphics cards incorporate

MPEG2 digital playback with motion correc-
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Wmdows bug," he muttered until after Iong
minutes, his glasses were carried to him and
he completed the demo witha flourish, doing
a "high five" with Turner. Turner wondered

aloud how much value their two companies
had lost because of the early problems in the
demo. (Moral: Chief executive offlcers should
not give live Internet demonstrations at trade

shows.)
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Premier. Two of Adobe's competitors in the
graphics sofhvare market, Fractal Creations

and MetaTools, celebrated their merger into a
new entity called MetaCorp with an excellent
party at the Atlanta Hard Rock Cafe.
Dolch, perhaps the most experienced
was showing a complete line of portable

enterprise servers, high-end multimedia luggables, a 1 GB per second fibre optic network,
and tough flat-panel displays.
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with a final show that was in every respect a
dass act. The Softbank Comdex organizers
ran a thoroughly professional event right

until the lights went down at the end of the
last day. With a long-term lease on exhibition

space in Chicago, Comdex will still continue
in the eastern half of the U.S.
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could be completed by January 1998. The

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Cooking spam: what

to do about junk email
Part 1: understanding and avoiding spam
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go on and on.
Spam email has become almost universally loathed by the small programs that go out to Web sites and systematically
online community, since at best it is a waste of Internet retrieve keywords and other information from all of the pages
It is thought that the term "spamming" came from the
dassic Monty Python sketch where Vikings invade a small
resources, and often imposes a cost on recipients of the messages. This cost can be the waste of hard disk space for storing
these emails, or it can be the more direct cost on those people
who have to pay for every email they receive. At the very least
it is annoying, and most people have to read the messagesArst
at the site, adding the information to the search engines' cat-
alog of Web sites. Spammers use programs of similar design,

setting them loose to search out Web sites and Usenet news-
groups looking for email addresses. Finding an Internet email

address is easy: look for the "@" symbol that appears within a
36 AUCUST '97 THE COMPUTER PAPER BC EDITION
word, like eemeguy@semewhere.ca and chances are you' ve found

an email address.
Whenever you make a post to a Usenet newsgroup, your
email address is recorded in the post, allowing people to
respond to it. It also allows spammers access to your email
address. If you have a Web page that contains a mailto: reference with your email address on it, then you can expect a
spam spider program to find it and send the information back
to the spammer, These mechanized methods prove to be very
effective one junk email I received recently was offering me
a list of 30,000,0QQ (count those zeros!) email addresses
so I
could do my own spamming if I wanted for the low, low
price of only US$149.

To avoid getting spam, you do not have to isolate yourself
from the rest of the Net. Instead, consider employing some
simple techniques that will foil most spammers.
All programs that let you post to Usenet newsgroups give
you the option of setting the "Reply to."" field in the program,
This is the email address that appears as your return address if
somebody wants to post a response to you directly. It is possible to leave this Aeld blank in many casesor to change it so
that it will defeat the sparmner's email trolling efforts, for
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used, it must work reliably and easily.
In t elligent agents aren' t.
Users rarely get just the right n
i formt
aion,
just in time.
The computer desktop is i
to deliver information;
most users spend as little
as possible between laun
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Advertisers will indeed t.
users
who wiII promptl
"One man's push is anoth
asserted Manes.
As push-based products score more and

more wins, the Internet itself will grow to
accommodate the bandwidth d emands of
push. The larger Internet of the future will
make possible even more powerful technolo-
gies, such as interactive multimedia that no

longer needs to make excuses for its sound
existence, has spawned so many solid competitors to traditional media.

Traditional mail, m agazines, printed
advertising catalogs, and newspapers all face
competition from Internet-based technologies today. While the Net-based media aren' t
likelv to win tomorrow. thev're even leer like-
reliable, stable, and easier to use. These

improvements might spur the kind of large
increase in demand that would allow many,
many more people to get their hands on computers.
And that kind of growth might spur a
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New, innovative forms of i

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because they meet real ust
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cable TV channels for a pn
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to traditional media in art
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successfully deployed a few
road.
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called push is, technically, ai
with the client machine initi<
on a schedule. What matters,
user's experience; if interesti
informationshows up at the
needed, push has succeeded.
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will benefit from having a local area
network (LAN) installed. Good reasons
for installing a LAN indude
increasing productivity and efficiency
through sharing of files and storage facilities,
internal email,
sharing printers, fax and other peripher-
als,
remote access,
and security with automatic archiving of
data, mirror-imaging of all n etworked
storage areas, monitored network activity
by user and action, and reduced electronic

thievery.
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If you are ready to take the plunge into

networking, do it carefully, A few poor decisions, a bad technical consultant, poorguality server hardware, or improperly matched
network software, can aII lead to problems for
your office that are costly and time consuming to rectify, By taking more time to determine your exact needs and requirements,
then taking the extra time to find a qualified
technical consultant to help put it all together, you will be repaid many times over in the
future.
What Is aIecal area netwerkY
In simple terms, a local area network can be
thought of as a group of computers connect-
Le
cable, check with a local computer retailer.

Many retailers will stock cables identified as
being "LapLink-compatible."
Windows '95 users can easily set up a
more advanced two-computer, peer-to-peer
network by going to Start on the pull-down
menu, then to Programs, Accessories, and
finally selecting the Direct Cable Connection
option. Before calling the installation Wizard
into action, you will need to connect both
computers together through their serial or
I:Ile and prInt sharlnl
parallel ports using the LapLink-style cables
between twe cenlputera
previously mentioned, Speed buffs can also
If you are using an operating system that isn' t use an extended capabilities port (ECP) cable,
too ancient, you will already have the ability
providing both computers have ECP parallel
to connect two computers via the serial or
ports.
parallel ports and thereby share files, printers,
OS/2 Warp users also have an advanced
and other resources.
two-computer network called IBM Peer for
When DOS 6.0 first appeared, Microsoft
OS/2, This feature is enabled during installaand IBM each provided this kind of functiontion by selecting the networking client
ality in th e form of tw o f ree programs: option, As with the other Intel-based peer-toInterSiv.exe and InterLnk.exe. To use these peer LANs, you must connect both computers
programs, one system (the host) had to be
in your network together through their serial
running DOS 6.0 o r g reater (including or parallel ports using LapLink-style cables.
Windows '95), while the other (the client)
Once connected,
you can configure your
could run any DOS version from 3.0 or
shared resources by clicking on a device
greater. The physical "network" connection
object, such as a drive object, selecting the
was established by cabling both systems
properties entry on the menu, then selecting
together through their serial or parallel
the share tab.
(printer) ports.
This typically involves using a seven-wire
null modem cable, or for faster parallel transfers (8-bits at a time), a bidirectional parallel
cable. These cables are the same as what you' d
fmd with file transfer programs like LapLink
or Brooklyn Bridge, If you want to buy such a
Peer-te-peer LANs
If you need to do more than just hook
together two computers, consider a peer-topeer LAN, particularly when speed, heavy
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security and data integrity are less important
than cost,
With Windows 3.11, Windows 95, all versions of the Macintosh operating system and
OS/2 Warp, some form of peer-to-peer networking is provided as astandard feature.

On the PC side, you' ll need to add a
device called a network interface card to each
PC you want on the network Companies like
3Com and Bay Networks now offer network
kits aimed at small or home office users. A
typical kit might include two or three network interface cards, wiring, and a device
called a hub.
With Windows 95, rather than using the
Direct Cable Connection-option, you would
set u p t he n e t w or k u s i n g N e t work
Neighborhood,
The situation is similar with OS/2 Warp.
You have the ability to share for a single user,
or multiple users, with a variety of security
levels. By enabling the persistence box item,
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when you power up your network. The connections folder, which is found in the OS/2
system folder, allows a user to browse the

resources available on the nehvork. These
It will work with any Intel-based computer from an 80286 and up, with at least 640KB
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cari handle as few,or as many, users as

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sertrer-beseil networks
A server-based LAN is called for when costs
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are hooked into a single server computer, or
several servers in more advanced settings.
Server-based LANs require a network oper-
and other devices if the LAN is large or covers
an extended area, such as multiple floors in

an office tower.
The server controls access to shared
puter is traditionally a high-speed unit with
Macintosh users automaticaiiy get an

easy-to-install and truly advanced peer-to-
lots of memory and storage.

The most common network operating sys-
peer networking solution called Apple Talk

with their operating system. An AppleTalk
OS/2 LanServer (called OS/2 Warp Server in its
storage, file, printer and peripheral resources.

This form of networking.aHows users to
power up or down, or plug in and out, at any
time without disrupting the chain. Old-fash-
ioned Apple Talk requires PC users to buy a PC

AppleTalk card. A more common solution for
putting Macs and PCs on the same LAN is to

use Etherne, which both platforms support.
All that is required is software like MacLan
(Miramar Software) or PSTalk (Cops).

Apple provides documentation with each
Macintosh sold that fully explains how to set
u p an Apple Talk network O v erall, t h e
hookup process is a snap and cables are inex-
pensive and easy to locate.

Artisoft Inc. has a wellwstablished and
extremely powerful MS-DOS and Windows-
based peer-to-peer nehvork product called

LANtastic. LANtastic can work with standard
nehvork interface cards.
tems are Novell Netware, Windows NT Server,

latest incarnation), AppleShare IP 5.0, Banyan
Vines, and a plethora of Unix-based servers.
The network server can either be operated

as a completely independent system, or
shared as a workstation. However, the best
option Is to operate your server as an independent entity. Otherwise, the server has to
split its processing resources between network
tasks and those imposed by the person using

it as a workstation.
When selecting your server, do not try to
save money buying uncertified hardware, or

by skimming back on necessary features. In
order for a PC to become network operating
system<ertified, it has to pass a number of
reliability and performance tests established
unreliably or slows under load.

If your network needs are not too extensive, you can save money by buying a slower
server. For example, if you have 10 users on
your network with most activity being word
processing and printing, you don't really

need a 233 MHz Pentium II as your server. But
you should have one or two large and fairly

fast hard drives and lots of memory. Repeat,
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security rights and priority levels by user;

and monitoring of all activity, including
software use and file access;
mirroring (keep two identical copies) of all

network storage in case of damage o; fail-
ures
automatic high-speed compression, and
able manner.
make effident utilization of the server's

CPU;
work well with a wide range of servers,
accessories and peripheral devices;
support multiple data communications
protocols;
ha ve built-in email messaging services;
support Internet file transfer and mail protocols such as RITP, FTP, SMTP and POP3.
To some extent, the size of network you are
contemplating and the physical topology you

choose will dictate the cabling you use.
The most common options are coaxial
cable (thin and thick), shielded twisted pair,
unshielded twiisted pair and fibre optic.
Coaxial cabling is used primarily with bus

topologies, whereas hvisted pair and fibre
optic might be found on any topology.

al cable or some form of twisted pair are the
operating systems a vailable t o day. likely choice. Thin coaxial cable is the same
Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to sepa- gauge of cable used by cable TV companies. It
rate truth from fiction as each manufacturer
throws figurative rocks at each other, claiming
superiority and foul-play in the same breath.
The most truthful statement that can be
made is that all network operating systems
are exceptional in design and implementation, and are worthy of consideration. Each
shares common characteristics, each has
drawbacks, and each has special unique characteristics that often make them highly
attractive to their etid users.
line, and picking up market share quickly, is

Microsoft's Windows NT Server.
The other network operating systeins,
each with their own loyal client base and following, include Banyan Vines and IBM's LAN
Server. A strange twist is developing in the
LAN industry at present where more Unlxbased servers, which currently dominate the
Internet and Intranet markets, are gaining
ground in the LAN market. Only time will tell
which NOS will come out on top overalL
mance improvement per dollar spent by

increasing meinory than by upgrading the
select the way in which data will move about

within it. Network topologies take three basic
computer's CPU. This improvement also
forms: linear bus, star and ring. For smaller
comes at a far lower cost as the price of mem-
networks, bus and star topologies are the
ory chips have dropped to record lows.

A must in any quality nehvork is an unin-
most common.
supports auto shutdown via the serial cable.

A UPS will feed power to your LAN during
In a linear bus topology, each workstation

is connected to a main line. It is similar in
construct to a string of lights on a drcuit,
with each light being a workstation. If one
workstation goes off-line, the balance of the
a power outage long enough for your network
network remains unaffected. One disadvan-
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CeialIsg systems
For the small networks, either thin coaxiThere are many high-quality network
Network topologiea
While planning your network you must also
tenuptible power supply (UPS). But make sure
In a ring topology, the server, and each
workstation in the network, are connected in

dosed loop fashion. This design passes information around the network at known time
intervals. Each node on the network has a
unique identifier which permits reception,
and transmission, of data to occur in a reli-
decompression, of data;
can automatically initiate and validate
data archiving processes;
lots of memory!
You will get a far greater system perfor-
your UPS has a Iinewonditioning feature, and
as far as data movement is concerned.
The weak link in star networks is the hub

ha ve a wealth of solid security features, itself, since all the network traffic is routed
including: automatic detection of, and
through this device. If the hub fails, all the
correction for, hardware and software computers attached to it lose the network
faults; password protection; adjustable connection.
by the network OScompany. Thus, for examThe most popular LAN network operating
ple, you should look for servers advertised as system in the world is Novell's Netware, It has
being Novellwertified or Windows NT-certiheld this position for many years. Next in
fied. Otherwise, whatever cost savings you
realize may be transformed into losses as the
system dies for no apparent reason, works
tage is that all network traffic goes along a

single main line, which often leads to delays
during heavy use. Another is that if a break
occurs in the bus, the whole network is incapacitated.
In a star topology, all workstations are
directly connected to a master controller called
a hub, which acts like a digital traffic cop
rerouting data and requests between devices on
the network. For a network with a large number of workstations, multiple hubs can be cofigured within the environment. This arrangement is often referred to as a "star of stars"
topology. Overall, this is a fairly simple design
network (WAN);
ating system (NOS), network interface cards

(NICs), cabling, and possibly hubs, repeaters
access.
face, or AAUI). Most now have a 10Base-T

port built in. This provides access for upwards
of 32 computers and peripherals with shared
All network operating systems today have

most, if not all, of the following features
th ey work with most computers;
will support most native Me systems;
This isn't the case with server-based(sometimes called client-server) networks, which do
need a separate network operating system.
resources such as storage, printer, fax, modem

and other peripheral devices. The server com-
Ethernet port (Apple attachment unit inter-
Choosing your'
network operatingsystem
systems unless you have special requirements,
resources can be used directly from the browser orcan be dragged to the desktop foreasy
network, can communicate through the

printer port or, on newer models, a built-in
operating system to inform users to save their

files, then automatically shut down the network without file loss or damage. As information is probably the most important commodity today, the risk of file loss easily justifies the cost of a UPS.
is less than perfect for wiring an office or

home office if esthetics are important to you.
That said, it remains a highly reliable method
of wiring.
Unshielded twisted pair (UTP} cabBng

looks like the telephone wiring inside your
home and office. It is a very popular, low-cost,
easy-to-install, fairly h igh-speed, reliable
wiring standard used within most LANs
today. If you are creating anything less than a

large scale LAN, UTP is a good choice.
Shielded twisted pair (STP) cabling is insulated wiring, in twisted-pair fashion for noise
reduction, that supports reliable high-speed

movement of data, without the bulk of coaxial.
Pate fink protocols

The two most common examples of data link
protocols for LANs are Ethernet and Token

Ring. These protocols ensure data integrity
from one node to the next; in other words,
they ensure that the bits received are the
same as the bits sent.
Ethernet known as a carrier sense, multi-
ple access with collision detection system

(CSMA/CD)
has been around since the mid'70s, It was developed by XeroxDigital and
Intel, and today is the most common net-
work Ethernet networks follow bus and star

topologies.
When data is ready to be sent across an
Ethernet network, the network card "listens"

to the network to see if anything will collide
with its request. If the path is dear, the data is
sent immediately, If not, the NIC will delay its
request for a random period of time before

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logical rings with IBM's Token Ring).
focus on small networks
for use, or if it is an identifier leading a frame
To best understand the technique, think
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of the network as a ring containing worksta-
{train) of information that has been addressed

to the server or a specific vrorkstation.
tions and a server in a closed loop.
line along the network.
As data collisions cannot happen over,
token passing network, network slow-down
Any workstation can place data in the
only occur when the server computer natu
The premise behind token passing is that
train, and set the leading token for the desti-
rally bogs down under the weight of ai
activity is always occumng over the network
nation workstation, server, or task, providing
abnormal workload. Besides IBM's Toke
traffic moves quickly. However, as more data in known time intervals. This activity takes the
is sent, the frequency of collisions increases, form of an identifier "token" leading an
the token was previously flagged as available.
Ring, AicNET, an older network technology,
Conversely, all workstations and the server
a token-passing system.
trying again. When Ethernet networks are not

too busy, collisions rarely occur and network
slowing down the system.

lBM's Token Ring network is a token-pass-
attached "train" of information that is constantly moving around the network in a chcu-
regularly check the network, waiting for
tokens and trains, that have been specifically
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ring topology (or star-ring, sometimes called
lar fashion. in this context, a token is a digital
Of all of the decisions you will make, the on
identifier that indicates if the token is available
addressed to them. After doing this, the data

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with the greatest chance of error is in selec
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computer will be around long after
the rest of its innards have died or
have been upgraded. Your old friend the
monitor, wiII serve you day after day, year

after year, pixel after pixel, unlike any other
component. Ii'll be there for you when your
hard drive dies or when your processor final-
ly melts from playing too much Quake.

Through thick and thin, it' ll stick by youbut much like everything else in life, it too
wiII have its day.
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computer, don't suffer from ailments such as

When phosphors are hit with the beam
not being fast enough for the latest games. they only glow for a very brief period of time,
When most consumers buy a new monitor, which is why the electron gun has to quickly
it's usually becausethey want something big- go back to its starting position and work its
ger with more screen real estate. They want to magic repeatedly. The rate at which the elecventure into the world of higher resolutions tron gun sweeps across the screen is called the
and sharper images.
horizontal scan rate, and is measured in kiloIf you currently have a 14-inch monitor hertz (kHz). The amount of times the Kreen
and are in the tnarket for something new, you gets refreshed, or redrawn, is known as the vershould definitely consider saving up the extra tical refresh rate and is measured in Hertz (Hz).
cash and going for a 17-inch unit rather than It is desirable to have your monitor refresh the
a 15-inch. The noticeable difference between screen at least 70 times per second, or 70 Hz,
14- and 15-inches is nowhere near as appre- in order to avoid eyestrain from the flicker that
dable as that between 14 and 17 inches. often result from slower refresh rates.
encounter the term Invar Shadow Mask. Invar

is a special ceramic alloy that can resist deformation when subjected to the intense heat of
the electron beam. Better quality shadow
masks are madeusing Invar.

So which is better? Shadow mask or aper-
ture grille? The truth is, each technology has

its advantages. An aperture grille displays
brighter images with richer and more saturated colors. For graphics applications, such as
desktop publishing, aperture grille is often

preferred because of this. Shadow mask, how-
ever, offer displays with greater precision
tion of 1,024x768 pixels (1,024 horizontal by
when it comes to putting images on the

screen. For the most part, they use a flat
square design that makes the images on the
sleep easy knowing you have the top of the 768 vertical). Some simple arithmetic reveals
line in viewing pleasure.
that at this resolution, there are 786,432 pix-
screen looked more dimensionally correct.

Quite often, CAD/CAM engineers prefer
Behind See screens
shadow masks to aperture grille because of

the flatter displays, as well as the absence of
Besides, home users rarely need anything

larger than 17 inches anyway, so you can
let's say yom monitor is set for a resolu-
els on the screen. And if your refresh rate is 70
Ever wonder how a monitor actually works? Hz, that means the electron gun is Bring a
Monitors come in two categori~inter-
the two damper wires that can beannoying at

times, especially in that line of work.
Choosing a particular CRT maskover another
rocket sdentist to grasp the basic fundamen-
laced and non-interlaced. It's safe to say that
is a personal preference more than anything
tals. The story goes assuch:
any monitor you' re considering buying will
else.
How is it that ail those tiny dots go into form-
ing beautifully complex imagesand vivid colors? The good news isyou don't have io be a
beam that has to light up the equivalent of

over 55 million pixels in just one second!
Inside every monitor is a cathode ray tube
be the newer non-interlaced kind. So what' s

(CRT). In the most simple term, the CRT is a the difference? Well, interlaced monitors IIedietlon from monitors
vacuum tube (void of any air) enclosed in a require that the electron gun paint the image Modern monitors give off very low amounts
glass casing. On one side of the tube there is on the screen with a series of two sweeps of electromagnetic radiation. Although there
an electron gun, while on the other side is the rather than one.
has never been any scientific evidence to
actual glassscreen with a phosphorous coatIt works like this: the electron gun goesto
ing. When the electron gun gets heated, it the top of the screenand drawsall of the odd
emits (or fires) a stream of very high-speed numbered lines first, then goes back up and
electrons which are attracted to the glass end
repeats the process for the even numbered
prove such emissions are harmful, common

sense tells us that we should avoid them if
possible.
Two of the strictest standards that regulate
So, if you' re among the countless thousands of people who will be in the market for
of the tube. (In case you forgot, electrons are lines.The newer non-interlaced monitors wiB electromagnetic e missions come from
those tiny little partide things that you were have the electron gun paint the screen using Sweden. They are the MPR-II standard, and
a new monitor this year, we' ve gathered up

the best of the best for this month's Test lab
forced to learn about hack in school. You

know, the type of thing you told yourself
you'd never actually encounter in the real
to give you everything you' ll need to know

when going shopping. Since your new monitor will be around for a few years, consider its
purchase to be a good investment. Take comfort in knowing that by choosing wisely, your
hard-earned money will be buying something
that will serve you more than adequately on a
daily basis.
TIrnes they are a-chenglni
It wasn't long ago that when you went to buy
a computer, you would automatically expect

to get a 14-inch monitor to go along with it.
Only recently has the move been shifting
towards making 15-inch models the norm.
These days, odds are that if you make a complete system purchase, it will be one of these
slightly larger models that is included with
the package.
one sweep from top to bottom. The end result

is less flicker and thereby less eyestrain.
the TCO '92 standard. MPR-11 was established

in Sweden in 1990 to regulate electromagnetic, magnetic and electric field emissions,
which led to the development of low radiaworld!)
Crliles end snasirs
So, here are those tiny (and we do mean CRT technology in monitors fails under two tion monitors. TCO '92 was established two
tiny) electrons travelling down the dark void categories: aperture grille and shadow mask. years later to provide the strictest standards
towards the glass. On the way, the beam of The aperture grille consists of many wires presently availabie in regulating electromagelectrons will encounter a focus control and a which run vertically just behind the inside netic Beld emissions, as well as power and
deflection coil, which re responsible for
face of the CRT. This grille is used to channel energy conservation standards.
steering the electrons to the exact points on. the electron beams so that they strike the
An even newer TCO 1995 standard has
the phosphorous screen. When the beam hits proper phosphor areas. To lessen the chance been developed to improve on the previous
the phosphors, they glow. When these phos- of movement of these wires in the grNe, two two, and offers to certify entire computer sysphors are made to glow, you see the images damper wiresare used.These two wirescan be tems, not only monitors.
Needless to say, when shopping for a

they form on the screen. Sound impressive? seen as two faint, very fine gray lines which
Well there's more!
run horizontally near the top third and bot- monitor, make sure that it is at the very minimum MPR-II compliant (most monitors on
Because of the large number of pixels on tom third of the screen.
The most popular aperture grille tech- the market today are MPR-II compliant). For
the screen r nd the way phosphorswork, the
electron gun must move at incredible speeds
to sweep the entire screen. It does this by
starting at the top left corner and sweeping
the screen from left to right, going down line
by line until it reaches the bottom right corner, at which point the process is repeated
However, if you have a need for something larger, the next step up is a 17-inch
model. Monitors, unlike other parts of your over and over again.
56 AUGUST "97 THE COMPUTN PAPER BC EDITION
nologies are the Trinitron from Sony, the

DiamondTron from Mitsubishi, and the
SonicTron from ViewSonic.

A shadow mask is a metal or ceramic plate
that has many holes, which are used tochannel the electron beam so it strikes the exact
location on the screen. Quite often you may
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to spend, As mentioned earlier, a monitor
should be considered a long-term investment,
so it may be in your best interest to save up a
few more dollars and buy something higherend. Decide on what resolutions you want the
monitor to support.
We recommend that you consider resolution of 1,024x768 with a refresh rate of at

least 75Hz. Most of the monitors in this survey are capable of that task.
If your needs require you to go one step
beyond to 1,280x1,024, you should definitely
corner to the bottom right corner of the glass.

Earlier this year, a number of class action
suits were settled in California relating to
"claims generally relating to the alleged failure to disclose the actual viewable image size
of monitor screens at the time such screens
were sold" according to the Superior Court of
C alifornia's N otice o f
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The individual and class actions covered a
period between May 1991 and May 1995, and
involved virtually every monitor maker sell-
ing products in the U.S. at the time.

The settlement was modest a US$13
rebate towards the purchase of a new monitor but you' ll notice monitor manufacturers
are now careful to include a "viewable-image
size" specification in their product literature.
The viewable-image size is the number you
Qur tests
We used DisplayMate by Sonera Technologies
to run a series of test and color patterns on

each monitor. DisplayMate is an excellent
diagnostic tool designed to help users determine if their monitors and video cards are
performing as they should. (For further information, contact: Sonera Technologies, Tel:
800-932-6323, or 908-747-6886. Web site:
should be most concerned with, since it will

determine how much of your 17-inch monitor
is truly usable. The viewable image area for
models in this Lab Test range from 15,6 inches to 16.3 inch~
0 . 7 -inch difference,
hitp Jtwww.displaymate.corn).
Monitors were judged by the quality of
test patterns produced and overall
consider spending more money for a higher

quality monitor. Once you get into this resolution, most monitors immediately begin to
lose focus near the sides and corners. We
found very few that were able to produce a
sharp image consistently above 1,024x768.
Also, make sure you get the full manufacturer's warranty on your monitor. This holds
especially true if you purchase your monitor

from a local retailer. It's not often that a monitor will break down within the warranty period, but should the unthinkable happen, it' s
always good to be prepared. Having your mon-
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upwards of $50 an hour for the labor alone!

If possible, ask to see the particuLar monitor in action. Load up some images at various
resolutions, as well as text documents. Check
for overall image clarity, sharpness, color
accuracy, and focus. Ensure that the image is
sharp from corner to corner, and that text is
easily readable in various font sizes.
Make sure there are no scratches on the
screen's surface, This is important to determine before taking the monitor h ome,
because most often the warranty will only
cover "defects in manufacturing." Failure to
recognize any defects before taking the monitor home could cause problems and aggravations you'd rather not have to deal with.
It isn't really 1y inches
Quite often, consumers get frustrated with all
the information thrown at them from the
computer industry. This is especially true
when the numbers they give you don"t always

fit the facts.
In the world of hard drives, for example,
there is the ongoing debate as to whether one
megabyte should equal 1,000,000 bytes, or
the actual binary equivalent of 1,048,576
bytes.
Similarly, in the monitor industry, there
are two numbers you should be aware of.
When measuring monitor sizes, the manufacturer will quite often list two particular measurements on their data sheets. The first, and
most common is the general class size of the
monitor. Thus, in our survey this month, we
tested all 17-inch monitors. However, none of
them were actually 17-inches. Here's why.
When a manufacturer says a monitor
measures 17 inches, they refer to a diagonal
measurement from somewhere on the top left
corner of the plastic casing to a point on the
bottom right corner. The actual screen size,
also known as the viewable area, is always
slightly less.
For example, a typical 15-inch monitor
will have a viewable area of 13.8 inches.
Similarly, a 17-inch monitor has an average

viewable area of 15.8 inches when measured
diagonally. This "viewable area" refers to the
actual size of the CRT, or cathode ray tube.

You can measure this distance yourself with a
tape measure by going from the very top left
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HP Scanjet 4C...... . . . . . . . . . . .$999

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NEC XV15>/XV17+ ...... . . . . . . . . . .$532/899
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refresh rates on this monitor go all the way up

to 160 Hz for the ultimate flicker-free display.
The FX-C6 has a 15.6-inch viewable
screen with a dot pitch of 0.26 m?n for sharp
text and graphics. It comes with preset color
temperature settings ranging from 4,000 to
10,000K (degrees Kelvin). The on-screen display is available in a total of six different languages for the ultimate in flexibility. Color
KDS VS-9
the maximum resolution being an incredible

1,600x1,200 at 75 Hz.
The OSD is excellent with very easy to
read fonts and icons, making it simple to use.
Color t empe
ratures are preset at 6,500 and
9,300K, with room for an additional user-
The KDS VS-9 packs
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great price. At just
$895 this monitor
offers great peffor

mance and won' t
break the bank. To
deflned setting. The VS-9 produced some very

good quality images with sharp text. Focus
start, it has a view-
was exceptional at 1,280x1,024. If you' re
G72 is capable of refresh rates as high as 120
able screen size of
Hz. The unit weighs 17.7 kg, has a three-year

warranty and costs $1,072.
15.8 inches, with a dot pitch of 0.26 mm.

Refresh rates up to 120 Hz are supported, with
looking for a mix of great features, good per-'

formance and a great price, look no further.
reproduction and image quality were both

exceptional. There were no noticeable focus
problems at all when we switched it into a
resolution of 1,280x1,024, Even 1,600x1,200
proved to be easily readable with small text. If
performance is your first priority, Eizo monitors are unmatched.
CotdStar StulioWortls 78D

GoldStar's latest 17inch monitor is the
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maximum attainable
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66 Hz, but we noticed focus deteriorates considerably at that resolution. At 1,280x1,024,
images and small text were still acceptable,
with a slight amount of blurring at the corners.
The monitor has two color presets at
9,300 and 7,200K, has an easy to use onscreen
display, which is very thorough, and features
40 memory settings, Of those settings, 16 are
preset at the factory, leaving the user a total of
24 remaining still far more than?nost users
would need. Test patterns were good overall,
although the two damper wires were noticeable at all times. The cost is just under $1,000
and the monitor comeswith a three-year warranty.
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example, although
t he dot p itch o n
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mm with a viewable screen size of 15.6 inches, it managed to produce some of the best
images and test patterns we' ve seen. At
1,280x1,024, focus was exceptional, although
only at 60 Hz. The maximum vertical refresh
rate on this monitor is 150 Hz. if you try to
exceed either a refresh rate or resolution, the
onscreen display will immediately give you a
message saying eOut of Range."
Preset color temperatures are for 9,300
and 6,500K, plus one additional setting for a
' user-defined combination. It meets both
MPR-II and the TCO '92 standards. This monitor is definitely worth a second look
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easy to understand with a wide variety of conflgurable options. Although the two damper
lines are faintly visible, it's a small price to
pay for this otherwise exceptional monitor.
With an estimated street price of $1,149 and
a three-year warranty, the 87TXM leaves
nothing to be desired.
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offers good overall performance
at an unheard of
price of just $599. With a viewable screen size
of 15.7 inches and a 0.28 mm dot pitch, this
monitor produced good quaiity images up to
1,024x768, with a slight focus loss around the
edges and corners. Anything above this resolution is not recommended.
The monitor features a handy self-test feature that runs through all of the options on
the OSD, and runs a self-test on each of them.
Vertical refresh rates are available as high as
90 Hz, with a horizontal scanning frequency
of up to 69 kHz. If price is your primary concern, don't pass this one up.
Mltsishlshl Olamond Pro &7TXM
multimedia and videoconferencing are something you fancy, this monitor was made with
you in m i nd, The 447Xavc incorporates
speakers, a microphone, and even a color
video camera into the unit. Although the features are plentiful, they demand a premium
are five color temper-
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the Nokia 447Xavc.
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Monex monitors are
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configurable. With an estimated street price
of $1,280 and a three-year warranty, this
monitor is on the more expensive side, but if
performance is your number one concern, it
leaves little ta be desired.
a 16-inch viewable
s creen with a d ot
pitch of 0.28 mm.
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The maximum resolution is 1,280x1,024 at 60 Hz, meaning

you' ll want to use that setting only for short
periods of time when required. With a vertical
frequency range of up to 120 Hz, all lower resolutions will provide flicker-free displays.
When compared to typical 17-inch moni
tars, the Monex SM785F occupies consider-
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kind of m o n itor
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leave. With a 16inch
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screen and a dot
pitch of a super fine 0.25 mm, every image
this monitor produced was nothing short of
excellent. Vertical refresh rates are available
up to 130 Hz, with the highest resolution
being 1,600x1,200 at 66 Hz.
We were surprised at how good the focus
was at this extreme resolution, The OSD is
tion, the monitor can handle a refresh rate of

an exceptional 75
Hz.
The OSD is easy
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When it comes to
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mm. It is capable of
viewable screen of 16 inches. The unit consumes only 95 W of power, and weighs only
16.8 kg. It can be yours for just $670 and is
covered by a three-year parts and labar warranty, which includes the CRT.
an impressive 1,600x1,200 at 72 Hz for superfine images without flicker. Although at this

extreme resolution we did notice some degradation in f ocus, it was only slight. At
1,280x1,024 the monitor produced excellent
images and test patterns.
Vertical refresh rates can go up to 150 Hz
when in lower resolutions for truly flicker-free
displays, The OSD is configurable in seven
languages and is very easy ta use. There are
two custom color temperature profiles, as well
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Trinitran tube, the two damper wires are
noticeable, although no more so than they
are on any other model with a similar tube. If
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When it comes to monitors, NEC knows how
to make 'em. Its latest 17-inch model is the
P750, feature-rich and ready for anything.
With a 15.6-inch viewable screen and a 0.25
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colors at any resolution. We were surprised ta
see how good the focus was when we
switched it into 1,600x1,200. At this resolu-
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high as 160 Hz, although in its maximum resolution of 1,280x1,024, it is limited to 60 Hz.
The OSD is simple to use and offers several configurable options at the touch of a button. At a resolution of 1,024x768, this monitor produced superb images with vivid colors.
Focus and clarity were maintained even at its
extreme resolution of 1,280xl,024. With an
estimated street price of $800 and a three-year
warranty, this monitor is an attractive option.
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The P7SA managedto produce good quality images and sharp text and was able to
maintain i t s f o cu s v er y w e l l u p to
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only he used for brief periods of time when
required to view a larger image.
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great features, and want a brandname without breaking the bank, Scelttre's P7SA has an
estimated street price of only $699 and is covered by a three-year warranty.
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the top of its class.

It offers a dot pitch
of 0,27 mm, and is
there is the 15.6-inch viewable screen, with a

fine dot pitch of 0.26 mm. Vertical refresh
rates can go as high as 120 Hz, with a maxim um r e solution b e i n g an ext r e me
1,600x1,200 at a solid 70 Hz. The OSD will
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with your choice of five pre-programmed lan-
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refresh rate of 60
Hz. At 1,024x768,
however, it is capable of a solid 85 Hz for sharp, flicker-free
images.
Built into the PanaMedia PM17 are a pair
of 3 W stereo dome sPeakers, the same ones
that are incorporated into Panasonic television sets. Also built into the monitor is a
microphone, ideal for presentation or video
conferencing. The OSD is viewable in five lan-
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guages. There are two preset color tempera-
The 77855 from TfX
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offers an excellent
bahnce of features,
performance and a
competitive price. It
features a viewable
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Phlllps Br4lllancB 107
pitch of 0,26 mm.
The latest 17-inch
Resolutions as high as 16,00x1,200 are supmodel from Philips
ported at 60 Hz, with support for up to 120 Hz
is the Brilliance 107. at lower resolutions. Test patterns prov
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patterns proved to be sharp with good color

and contrast. The PM17 weighs in at 18,S kg,
meets MPR-II emission guidelines, is covered
by a three-year warranty and is priced at
$899.
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The onscreen display on this model is very
0.26 mm and a
maximum resolu- easy to use, and offers a full range of conftg-
tion of 1,600x1,28D
at 60 Hz. Refresh rates of 75 Hz are offered at
1,280x1,024 nd 1,024x768. Test p

atterns on
this monitor proved to Ite of good quality
overall, although there was a slight focus loss
at 1,280x1,024 and above,
The Brilliance 107 also incorporates a pair
of speakers and microphone into itself for
multimedia-ready applications. This particular model is also the only one in our survey
this month that did not offer any on-screen
controls. To make adjustments to the monitor, you must use the included CUSTOMAX
software. Although this may seem like a nifty
idea, it can have its downsides, as we discov-
ered. The program produced a general protection fault (illegal operation) under Windows
95 with no way to circumvent the error. If, for
whatever reason, the software is not compati-
ble with something in your system, you have

no way of configuring your monitor. Upon
moving the monitor to another machine, the
problem was resolved, although the issue of
not being able to make any modifications to
the monitor is still very much a passibility.
Making all of the controls software-driven
is a great idea, but Philips should have
thought abodt the very possible scenano of
software misbehaviors and incompatibilities.
The Brilliance 107 has an esthnated street
price of $1,199 and, like all other Philips
monitors, is covered by a three-year warranty.
Sceptre P7SA
From a company
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making flat-panel
LCD displays and
desktop monitors
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P7SA from Sceptre
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could ask for in a 17-inch monitor. To start,
urable options, induding three color temperature presets at 6,500, 7,SIX) and 9,300K, each
of which are fully custom conflgurable. The
7785 is very competitively priced at an estimated street price of $850, although it's been
seen advertised for as low as $799. It is covered by a three-year parts and labor warranty,
with a two-'year warranty on the CRT. For
great performance at a competitive price, give
the 7785S from TTX a second look
VlewSonlc C771
When it comes to
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features comparable with monitors in a high-
er price range. Vtfith a full 16-inch viewable

display and a dot pitch of 0.27 mm, sharp
images are the norm for this monitor. Its rnaxirnum addressable resolution is lgdloxlA)24
at 60 Hz, but at 1,024x768 you get a solid
flicker-free display at 87 Hz without eyestrain
worries. At lower resolutions, the monitor is
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multitude of conftgurable options. Test pat-
terns were very clear and sharp, and focus was

very weII maintained even at 1,280x1,024.
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Prlcef Performance
Sceptre P7SA
Performance (tlhree-way
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W ithout a d oubt, t h e
P7SA fmm Sceptre offers the
most bang for the buck. It
features a small dot pitch, a
resolution of 1,600x1,200 at
70 Hz and vertical refresh
r ates up to 120 Hz, all at a n
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leader in the monitor industry.
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Mitsubishi Diamond Pro
87TXM
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KDS VS-9
The Eizo line of monitors are well-known
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vivid images without compromise, and the
FXZ6 is a great example of this. Excellent
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Last year Mitsubishi won a performance
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that particular model is no longer in production, it has been replaced by yet another
award-winning model, the 87TXM. With its
DiamondTron tube, the 8TI'XM offers stunning images at any resolution and offers a
wide range of refresh rates up to 130 Hz.
No strangers to winning awards, NEC
monitors offer excellent design and functionality with features not easily matched by their
The KDS VS-9 is a monitor that offers I
great performance while at the same time
bearing an extremely competitive price. At

just $895, this monitor is capable of display
images of the high quality and extreme reso-,
lutions found on other monitors with greater
price tags.
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Nolda 447Xavc. The Panasonic PM17 is a
great choice for an. all-Inwne monitor that
features built-in speakers and a microphone
and won't break the bank.
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competing Advent AV570, but it still suffers
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judgement as the flagship Advent.
At $264, the ACS55 is about half the price
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industry's first model t o b o ast Dolby's
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music or sound, and its overall effect is surprisingly good better than any other 3D systems tested in this group. As you "dial up" the
surround effect, the sound appears to come
from behind you,
The ACS55 Power Gaming System offers
excellent value for its quality and features,
but its Generation X-targeted design may not
appeal to everyone.
Aitec Lansing also offers an affordable
three-piece unit called the ACS45. Although it
lacks surround-sound technology and can' t
match the more expensive Altec Lansing
models in terms of features or power output,
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its low $130 price tag, the ACS45 packs a lot
of punch with clear, distortion-free sound and
rich, tight bass. Besides, it takes up virtually
no space on your desk, thanks to its compact
size.
The ACS45 gets my nod as the overall
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Although the compact, attractively designed

Bose MediaMate speakers are reasonably
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and purity of the sound). Their sharp notes
and accurate sound reproduction were especially noticeable in the mid- to high-frequency range.
However, their ability to provide deep,
low-frequency bass was surprisingly weak, no
doubt due to the lack of a separate subwoofer.
This resulted in a sound that appeared somewhat tinny and feeble when compared to
other speakers in this price range. As well, the
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sound, treble control, bass control, or subwoofer as an option,
If you abmlutely love high notes and
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owned by Creative Labs, and therefore its
speakers will soon be distributed as part of
Creative Lab's multimedia kits.
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Distributed by FASTECH Computer, the
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surround technology, the JS-930 provides a

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With a mute button, treble/bass/balance con-
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Feature for feature, dollar for

dollar the Labtec
models stand out
as value leaders in
our test. Although
the two Labtec
models evaluated
didn't achieve top ratings in the sound quality test, their strengths lie with their userfriendly design and feature-rich package.
Both the LCS-2612 and LCS-3210 show
off a high level of controls, Spatializer 3D
sound, conveniently located headphone/
microphone jacks,
and
at t r active
shapes, all for less

than $160. The
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increase the perception that the sound is coming from some-
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is a three-piece design, featuring a separate,
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magnetically shielded subwoofer (which by

the way can't be located too far from you as it
has all the controls for volume, bass, etc).
While the two models offn similar features
and technology, we found the 2612 to be a
better performer, especially when playing

music CDs.
Tight, sharp sound characterized the
2612, while the two-piece 3210 delivered
somewhat hollow sounding music (this is
er MLi-130 did much better in our test.

Excellent clarity and vivid sound surprised all
of us, though its two-piece design prevented
it froin having a stronger bass.
If you don't mind the bulky size and
somewhat cheap-looking finish (the triangular design is a direct copy from Advent), the
MLi-130, with a street price of $80, is a real
bargain. As a starter speaker, this unit is an
excellent model to consider.
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first class workI-:, *
manship and fitand-finish, but
they don't stand
out as leaders in
this price range. The slightly cheaper PC91, in
paiticularreceived only a B- rating for sound
and C+ for overall value, which makes this
unit a mid-performer at best.
The PC91 does deBver crisp, fresh sound
and comes in an attractively designed, compact package, but its Iow-frequency sound is
almost non-existent. This results in tinny
sounding vocals and instruments, though
audio clips come through clear and sharp.
The three-piece PC300D, on the other
hand, fared much better, thanks to stronger,
richer sound and bass, combined with space
efficient "satellite" speakers that take up very
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results in our test,
with its high-end Highly respected in the music industry,
Capriccio getting Roland submitted only one speaker for our
poor ratings and its evaluation (they market a number of models).
low-cost MLi-130 This didn't turn out to be a disadvantage,
receiving a sohd B+ for value, At over $30Q, however, since its MA-8 two-piece speaker
the top-of-the-line Capriccio produced dissat- perfomaed exceptionally weiL
isfying results in all categories, despite its feaWell-designed and user-friendly, the MA-8
ture-rich content such as a separate sub- scored better in sound quality than many
woofer, 3D sound, and loads of controls.
speakers costing twice the price. Despite the
The Altec Lansing look-alike design didn' t lack of a separate subwoofer, its 16-watt
help the Capriccio, which suffered from
speakers produced rich, distortion-free sound
cheap-looking components, an awkward that should please even the most demanding
"remote" controller, and poor product quali- audiophiles.
ty. While the sound was above average with
Although the MA-8 trails behind its simistrong bass, the rest of the system simply did larly priced competitor, the Labtec 2612, in
not measure up to the industry standard. We terms of overall design and features, the
gave the Capriccio C- for value.
sound coming through the MA-8 unit is
Strangely enough, the significantly cheap- much more natural and pleasant.
Under $~
Winner: Altec Lansing ACS45 easily wins
with rich sound and excellent quality.
Runner-up: Labtec LCS-2612 loaded
with features and affordably priced, the 2612
offers plenty of bang for the buck
As expected from
Sony, both the
$220 SRS-PC91
$200 price range.
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In the $150 to $200 range, the Roland

MA-8 is a hard model to beat.
especially pronounced when you put the 3D

switch on), The sound isn't all that bad, mind
you, but for the same money, I'd pick the
clearer, nispn sounding 2612.
If convenience, features, and value are
important criteria, the Labtec 2612 scores
high as one of the best buys in the $150 to
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little desk space. Unfortunately, the power

button, bass control, and volume control are
all located on the subwoofer, w'hich means
you can't really put the hefty subwoofer
under the desk.
Retailing at $250, the PC300D doesn' t
offer the most value in this class, but it is a
good unit nevertheless, and provides Sonyfamous quality and reliability. I' ve seen street
prices for this model below $200; if you can
fmd it at this price, the PC300D could be a
decent buy.
$200 to $3SO
Winner: Cambridge SoundWorks
its superb
sound quality will knock your socks off.
Runner-up: Altec Lansing ACS55 if you
can put up with the quirky looks, it's a fiatrate model with best-in-class 3D surround.
$3SO assd uls

Winner: Altec Lansing ACS500 this is a close
call, but the ACS500's rich, bahnced sound
and A-grade fit and finish are unbeatable at
any price.
Runner-up: Advent AV570 boasts excel-
lent performance and quality, packaged

mside an attractive casing.
All-Around Value Wlsuserr

Altec Lansing ACS45
Without a doubt, this
titles goes to the Altec Lansing ACS45. No
other speakers in this roundup offer this level
of sound quality and features for the price. At
just over $130, the ACS45 is a real gem.
Seat Sourid Quality Overall:
Cambridge SoundWorks
If price is not a
consideration, which model boasts the best
sound quail+? Though this was a difficult
assessment, the Cambridge SoundWorks
speakns beat out the Altec Lansing ACS500
and Advent AV57Q by a small margin, The
SoundWorks provides the richest, sharpest
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they install individually, run individually and
will stretch the limits of any system!
act individually. As unusual as this is,
Lastly, the operating system itself no longer Essential Utilities 97 is really a good proremains static between upgrades. Every time a gram~p program.
Fix-It tries to prevent and detect software
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a Windows computer can tell you stories about

the trials and tribulations of its use.
Salvation comes from a class of software
products known as utilities. A more amor-
OveraH, this is a decent program.

Remove-It is much like other uninstaiiers
in this review. It relies on its sister program
Clean Sweep for a database of programs to
phous and il14efmed group of programs you
help identify files assodated with various pro-
will not find. Simply trying to break these var-
grams. Tins program is sleek and functional.
ious programs into logical groups is an exercise in cyber-taxonomy.

A utilities program loosely means one that
will try te do one or more of the following:
identify software and hardware components,
diagnose problems or potential problems
fine tune certain computer functions, and
prepare for loss of data. An inexact, but useful, division of products can be wrought by
categorizing software into multipurpose and
single purpose programs.
Zip-It uses the industry standard PKZIP

format to compress and uncompress files by
dragging and dropping.
The best part of this Quarterdeck quartet
is Partition-It. Partition-It makes dividing
your physical drive into two or more logical

drives as painless as it has ever been. If you' ve
ever used the DOS Fdisk command, you will
knew that partitioning your drive can require
a lot of copying, deleting and
With
Partition-It, and its Move-It Wizard, partition-
moving.
ing can be safe and easy. Essential UtQities 97
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Multipurpose utilities combine various func-
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your side at all times. PC Handyman is suited

to a novice user. (On the off chance that you
From: Symantec Corporation

Estimated price: $69.95
First Aid 97, by CyberMedia, comes on a

CD-ROM and requires a 100 percent IMmmpatible 386 or higher, Windows 95, 8 MBEiM,
17 MB hard-drive space, and a 256 or better
monitor; some features require an Internet
connection. For an all-round, explanatory program, First Aid 97 is your choice, This program
is best suited to a novice user.
have installed WinFax 8.0 on your computer,

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PC Handyman is one of two offerings from

Symantec in the utilities market. This program is excellent for what it is. PC Handyman
is a friend that helps you understand and

solve computer problems. The program's fea-

WINPrebe 95 is the Swiss Army knife of utilities and one of the most comprehensive programs available for Windows 95.
Windows start-up time; an application control panel, eliminating performance bottle-
WINProbe 95 focuses on solving Windows

95 problems and boosting PC performance
with functions such as Registry Guru, which
optimizes and edits the Registry, decreasing
ground protection tool that automatically
necks by allowing you to manage the priority

of important jobs; and CrashShield, a backsaves important work from fatal errors, and
Windows crash recovery tools for simple

recovery of a damaged system.
tures, below the surface, are similar to many
ether multipurpose diagnostic programs.

There is a GPF (general protection fault) monitor known as CrashGuard; a diagnostic rou-
tine that runs behind the scenes; and dupli-
FitsinYourLap topthatis.
First Aid 97 is a do-it-all kind of program that

will help you ftx many types of software-related preblems. First Aid comprises three main
components: Check-Up, Advisor and

(PC Handyman's anti-virus feature is based on Emergency.
Norton Anti-Virus technology). However, you
Check-Up runs through your system and
cate file find and anti-virus features as well
don't select these and run them. No, you ask
gathers information about the way it is set up,
PC Handyman questiens and he does the

work.
For example, you lock at the problem
Advisor contains a graphic of a computer and

its peripherals, like PC Handyman above. By
dicking on any object in the picture, such as
the monitor, CD-ROM or keyboard, a window
opens to list various questions regarding the
problem with that particular device.
For example, selecting the hard drive brings
screen that shows a computer and its peripherals. You feel that the hard drive might be
slowing things down so you select the hard

drive. A series of questions come up, one of
which is about speeding up your hard drive. If
yeu choose this, another box opens with, in
this case, four options relating to: defragmentation, hard4rive settings, optimization and
optimizing compressed drives,
Of course, because PC Handyman is

squarely aimed at the novice user, selecting
this time of about 10 items, from "Low disk
space" to "How to adjust the Virtual Memory

swap Ne." Clicking on one of the hot links,
tion leads to an explanation of the term and
swap file" produces an explanation of how to

try and fix the problem, in this case an eightstep procedure for changing virtual memory.
The explanation is good with both caution
gram.
This program also has a live update fea-
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"Disk space and memory" returns another list,
explanation about that topic. Lastly, PC

Handyman offers to perform the function, if
possible. In this case, choosing defragmentarun Microsoft's built-in defragmentation pro-
world designed specincally for laptop

computers. Just "point 'n' shoot" arid
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Drive," below which is the statement, What is
the problem with your hard drive'?" An alphabetical list follows with over 20 items from
"Disk space and memery" to "View file lists or
directories." Selecting one of the items, such as
one of these options gives a small lesson and
process, as well as an offer to explain how to
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PC Handyman is a question and answer
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happening on your computer. The many
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KnowledgeBaseoffering help for the new and

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knowledge or security, Norton Utilities is the
best all round ut8ity program on the market.
(Congratulations to Symantec for its Answer

Genie. This interactive problem solving routine on the company's Web page is the
absolute best user-support idea to arrive to
date. If you have a problem with an application, just hope that they have a Answer Genie
on their Web page. No fooltn', this is the
future!) Norton Utilities is most appropriate

for an intermediate to expert user.
this class and an excellent choice for any user.

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During the collection of system informaThe first category, Prevention, is made up tion, WinChecklt 4.0 opens a DOS box and
of four programs: Image, a backup file of a does its polling from there. This isn't ideal but
disk's main
fi l e inf o r mation; N o r ton
it is better than simply lifting the informa-
Protection, an enhancement to the Recycling
tion, correct or not, from Windows. Secondly,
Bin that protects files deleted from anywhere

inside Windows; System Doctor, a diagnostic
WinCheckIt 4.0 is well thoughtwut with log-
and analysis program with recommendation
and repair abilities; and, Rescue Disk, a multi-
disk bootable rescue system.

Recovery is made up of two proyams: Disk
Doctor, a very powerful disk diagnostic and
repair program on which Norton built its name;
and UnErase
Wizard, an upyaded unerase appli-
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trouble shooting and optimizing program.

This is a Windows 3.x or 9$ program that tries
to do everything and comes pretty close to
cation that now recognizes long file names and

can useick View to see a fiie before recovery.
Optimization combines two programs:
Speed Disk, a defragmentation program, and
a file/directory order program. The defragmenter is very visual and simple, while the
file order optimization lets you place your
most used files and folders at the start of a
ical menus and icons. Buttons have both

words and graphics, the Resource Monitor is
comely and each part of. the interface is aesthetic.
All the tests and benchmarks, diagnostics
and file finders are here. You can find IRQ or
DLL problems, and run a multimedia test to
see if you meet MPC standards (1,2 or 3).
There are features to zip and unzip files, tune

up your memory, or find any changes made
to your system or Windows initialization files
(.ini files), as well as autoexec.bat and config.sys, of course. There is also an excellent
uninstall proyam.
Aside from automatic notification of any
hardware changes since last use, WinCheddt
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to DOS where it loads a DOS program which
polls the system. The use of port loop-backs is
supported. The system can even listen for
Power On Self Test (POST) codes.
Info Desk is an excellent help and information system. There i s a l so N o rton
Companion, which is a very well designed
reference which lays out clear and comprehensive descriptions of the terms and components of today's computers.
Norton Companion is almost a product in
itself. The only place that I could see a weakness in this program is that it doesn't have an
uninstaller like many of the others. Thus, if
you didn't install a program from the
Adobe Acrobat files. Upgrade or Repair Your

PC is practically a bible for DOS machines,
while Windows 9S Made Easy, DOS Made
Easy and Windows 3.1 Made Easy are all three
excellent references, especially if you are

working on older machines.
Unlike ahnost every other program here,
WinCheckIt comes on f loppy disk. The
induded CD-ROM contains the reference set.

WinChecklt 4,0 is a very nice program
that will give you plenty of information about
your machine and about computers in general. This program is best suited to an interme-
diate or expert user.
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The second group, single-purpose proyams,
Add/Remove icon in the Control Panel, and

the program didn't register itself, you are
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program, As well, this is not a program for
doing extensive filtering and repair of DLLs
is also comprised of six applications. It

indudes one hardware diagnostic program,
Micro-Scope 6.16 from Micro 2000; one soft-
and other system files. For those types of jobs
stallers, Uninstaller 4.S from CyberMedia Inc.

and Clean Sweep 3,0 from Quarterdeck Corp;
WinChecklt or WINPmbe are better.
ware diagnostic program, PC Doctor for

Windows from Watergate Software; two unin-
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By reading signals called POST signals,
from Micro Logic; and a new type of product

that uses the Internet to continually check on
which are part of almost every computer's

start-up self-testing routine, the card can pinpoint problems. As well, the diagnostic card
has a probe which can be used to isolate problems right down- to the motherboard component level. It is OS independent and thus wiII
run on a PC with DOS, OS/2, Unix, Xenix, or
Novell. There is even a second POST diagnostic card for IBM MCA (micro-channel architecture) machines.
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Micro-Scope 6.1 is a very specialized tool that

can diagnose your IBM-compatible hardware
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The reason for this is that Micro-Scope 6.1 is
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A: drive. The program then queries your hardware itself to get accurate, first-hand information.
Micro-Scope 6.1 is more than just a hardware identification program, though. This
product is also a true diagnostic program and

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attach to your serial and parallel ports during
testing. It also comes with a card to install
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Micro-Scope does not deal in any way with
program or operating system problems which
are where the majority of consumer-level
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my last review.However, version 3 has paid

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increased security with its automatic safety
feature Safety Sweep. This program automatically compressesand backs up files

deleted, Yes, this means that the deleted
files still take up a bit of your hard drive
space, but it also means you are more likely

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Unlnstaller 4.5 can do much more than
apphcatlon from one logical or physical drive

to another and reset all references to the old
UnInstaller 4.5 is
location. It can compress and archive seldom
system
for
the newest ver- used programs. It will seeks out disconnected
information. The Diagnostic program will run
siorl of this very
shell items and remove them. Other features
a series of tests such as those for processor or
popular u n i n - include deaning up the Registry, removing
video. There is a video test and a modem test
and icons for Microsoft Defrag and Scandisk,
staiier. This incar- Windows 3.1, and getting rid of all those
in case you didn't realize those are on your
nation comes in a Internet files in your cache. This is a safe prosystem. There is also an icon for the system
box that looks gram that will please the novice to intermedieditor that you can find in your Window's
just like a box of ate user.
System folder under sysedit.exe.
Tide laundry detergent. The product is adverThis is an upgrade to a DOS program that tised as something 'to dean your computer, Clean Siereep 3.0
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Uninstallers have been around for a few Estimated price: $59,95
Clean Sweep 3.0
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The DOS version of the program is much much more.
Application Cleanup guides you through
been upgraded from
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the process of deleting, moving, archiving or
ing the software from talking directly to the
hardware. The Windows version includes the transporting to another computer any appli- greater protection against accidental file deleDOS version and can be accessed from within cation. File Cleanup helps locate and remove flon, an ability to automatically update from
the program. The software exits Windows and unwanted or unnecessary files. The program the Internet, and an enhanced application
polls your computer. This way of analyzing seeks out these files and then codes them knowledge base.
Like the other uninstaller reviewed
your system is a little ugly but much more with a green, yellow or red dot. Green files are
not dangerous to delete, yellow are and red above, Clean Sweep 3.0 can remove, move
accurate than Windows programs.
can't be deleted unless you go to the pro- transport, delete or archive a program, file,
The product does not try to do anything
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version, it gets good numbers. There is even a
These programs have a reyutaflon for identification of redundancy. This program
section which will conduct over a dozen causing problems because many users have will indicate duplicate files, redundant
DLLs, orphaned files and seldom used files
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Of course, you have to have Internet access
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Instead of being dog-tired, this book was
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This API is a great improvement over the
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programmingknowledge)iand
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population statistics that will change the
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management. In The Dilbert '
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possibly commiserate over the daily absurdities of dealing with office life and with management.
In addition to the comic strip, Adams has
taken to writing books that poke some much-
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wrong for many years. And he knows it (and

great technological advances are tripped up
by such things as poor technological design
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The ActiveX control is the heart of the
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all online help systems te easily move from
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s many Web surfers know, each version of Netscape's browser adds new
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first tool for creating Web pages with
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Fortunately, the situation has evened out
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Shockwave for Freehand 7, and most of
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or Easy Install screen).
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internet assistance
Next, the system provides the opportunity to
everyone, we tested this on both PowerPC run an "Internet Setup Assistant" those
to simply ignore the warning (dick Ignore).
While we can't guarantee this will work for
not attempt to update non-Apple drives,
without a Net connection can skip over this

and quit the installer.
The Internet Assistant requires quite a
set up the unit as a generic printer instead.

This too is easy to fix.
cessfully access our office network's DHCP

configuration, even though the Mac had
The installer is dumb in a few other ways,

too. It installed a CDAudio Player tool, even
been successfully accessing the Internet

before the upgrade).
though our system lacked a CD-ROM drive,

Fortunately, most users will be glad it's there.
The installer also placed a Color StyleWriter
Pro icon onto our desktop, although we did
not have one of these units connected to our
system.
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one of the
most trouble-prone computers Apple has ever
released. The installer unexpectedly quit at
the end of the setup process. This did not
our Mac was connected to a network with a

DHCP server, or even to turn on TCP/IP. We
merely needed to open up the TCP/IP control panel and our office's Windows NT
server supplied the necessary DHCP information to enable our Mac to connect to the
Internet.
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used the Assistant to help
and 68040 Macs of varying vintages with no

ill effects. The hard-disk driver updater does
although this is not dear from the onscreen bit of technical information: IP addresses,
router IDs, domain names, subnet mask,
messages.
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setting this up, even with Apple's helpful
the error that resulted when th e Setup
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icon launches Netscape, but does not require

an Internet connection. Apple has provided a
control panel and enable TCP/IP before our

connection would work. In this regard,
part of the OS in hypertext form,
us configure a dialup (modem) connection.
number of solutions to common problems as
Windows 95, with its ability to auto-detect
and auto-configure modems and install necessary networking components, is significantly ahead of the Mac. In short, we weren' t
especially impressed with the Mac OS 8
Internet Assistant. Nevertheless, it is likely to
be an improvement for home users over the
experience provided by earlier Mac OS
releases, where the system provided little or
no help at all.
On the desktop are now Browse the
Internet and Mail icons. The browser supplied is Netscape's Navigator, configured
with link buttons leading to Apple information pages. Not surprisingly, the Mail program is Emailer Lite, from Apple's Claris
Requirem
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of Claris' product, which has been distributed for free.)

An icon labeled Mac OS Info Center also
resides on the desktop. Doubl~cking this
not including CyberDog or QuickDraw GX,

required 7.3 MB of RAM on our 040-based test
unit. Our default installation required 95 MB
way the Monitors and Sound control panel

handles multiple displays. PowerBooks that
support video mirroring can now enable this
function bv dragging the first display icon on
top of the second, On our PowerBook, which
them), although it strikes us as too much
has a grayscale display, it was a double dehght
with all available options boosted the RAM

requirements to almost 20 MB.
to see the new OS for the first time in color on

this second Kreen. As has been the case since
Although Apple says the new OS will not

support 030-based Macs, the Unofficial Turbo
1987, windows, icons, and even the menu bar

can be dragged from one screen to the other
601 Site reports that 030 machines fitted with
at will.
Daystar's Turbo 601 PPC upgrade do in fact
A Help menu now sits next to the Special

menu. The Labels menu is gone, its functions
now relegated to the File menu, where they
probably should have been all along. The
View menu has a new option to view items
"as buttons," eliminating the need to doubleclick icons. Another View menu option sets
the mouse button (Now Utilities and various
It's worth mentioning that Apple has officially dropped support for PowerTalk with
this release. If you were one of the few who
used Apple's III-fated messaging system, you' ll
have to switch to Internet-based mail or
something else this time around.
shareware utilities can add this feature to

older Macs). Also, the Desktop Patterns provided by previous releases are now supplewindow basis. We could find no way to set all mented by the ability to place a full-color picture on the desktop
another feature long
windows to behave this way by default.
Some old-timers may be sad to see that available with shareware products.
If you follow Mac-related stories on the
gone at last is the old-style Mac Plus icon in
Internet, you might have heard about Dax
the upper right comer. Now, a Mac OS"happy
face" symbolizes the Finder. Much as it was in DaSIIva's Mac OS 8 font petition, in which
System 7,6, the word Macintosh has been DaSilva's group attempted to get Apple to
banished. The About box now displays a pic- replace Mac OS 8's ugly Truth/Charcoal font
ture of planet Earth with the words "Mac OS with Espy. According to a report on Ric Ford's
COlnputer." AS alwayS, there'S a hidden SCreen, Macintouch Web site, DaMva finally got a
too. Press Option while choosing the About response from the company, but Mac OS 8
apparently will ship with a system font
box to see it.
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strain on the mouse-hand musdes to use regularly.
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today's Chicago font.
For all the uproar over the change from
the old Mac's "Chicago" system font to the

new system's revised face, we hardly
noticed the change. The new font, cafied
Charcoal, is similar or identical to the Truth
face previously seen, and, at 12 points, is

less squat than the 10-point Espy face that
appeared in products such as Aaron during

the "Copland is comirg" era. For Chicago
fans, the old font is still an option, as is an

interface option that eschews the new OS's
platinum look for the old black and white
austere appearance.
For all the complaints the Chooser has
suffered over the years, it is still largely
unchanged in this release, although the abiTi-
ty to access a remote Mac by typing in its IP

address is a nice touch. Also new on the Apple
menu is a "Connect to..." command that
the new Mac OS doesn't multi-task especially well. Opening up the Print Window dialog brought a file copy to a complete stand-
CD-ROM drive wasn't supported by the new

system's CD-ROM driver. The choice of printers provided by the Startup Assistant includes
only six printers
aII of them from Apple-
colors in CMYK, HSV,HLI, or several other

formats.
still, and formatting a disk locks out all
and "none of the above" is not one of the
The new OS looks like more of an advance (as
other tasks. We were, however, able to find

files, type notes and access Web pages during the file copy operation.
choices. Similarly, the only monitors listed in

the ColorSync controI panel are from you-
In this Intemet<entric age of computing,

we find it unfortunate that Mac OS 8 has such
difficulty handling standard fiie types in
of choices provided by Windows or virtually
it should) than any version since 7.0, but the

changes are mostly cosmetic. Compatibility
seems good, although the performance, particularly on PowerPC-based Macs, was less
impressive than we had hoped for from the
newly PPC-native and multi-threaded Finder.
Nevertheless, we expect it will be worth
upgrading to when released. At this writing,
release in the United States is e'xpected on
July 22, with a Canadian rollout following
four days later.9
although the new Finder is multi-threaded,
MIDI, MPEG and other formats. Attempting

to load a MDI file (filename.mid) created on
a PC produced only a "-2003 error~an't find
appropriate translator" message when the file
was double-clicked. The same message was
produced when we attempted to double-dick
an MPEG movie file. QuickTime 2.5, shipped
with Mac OS 8, includes the abifity to play
opens up a URL with the Web browser. Mac
MPEG files, but you wouldn't know it by double-clicking a PC-based MPEG movie. The
same -2003 error ensued, although we were
OS 8 ships with Netscape Navigator 3.0.
able to access the file from within Movie
Even better is the Web Sharing control
Player's file dialog.
panel that allows a machine running Mac OS

8 to share files or Web pages over the Internet
by simply dragging files to a Web Pages folder
and turning on the control panel. And, yes,
know-who. Compare this with the multitude

any other OS.
Speaking of color, we were pleasantly surprised by the i

to the Color
Picker, which can be easily accessed from the
Edit Menu's Preferences dialog (just dick on a
label color). Now, you can see the Web-friendly hex equivalent of an RGB color, or select
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the whole or a segment of its business. For

example, Acme Manufacturing Inc. may use
the t r ade n a m e W o n der W i d get u Trademarks: Canadian trademark rights are
Manufacturing ( a d i vision o f Acm e
Manufacturing Inc.) for its widget business.
Trademarks:A trademark is a distinctive

mark used in connection with a particular
good or semce to identify its source of origin
and distinguish it from the goods or services
of others, For example, Acme Manufacturing
Inc. may use the trademark WONDERWID-
governed bycommon law and the Canadian

Trademarks Act. A trademark need not be registered to be protected in Canada, although
registration under the Trademarks Act is high-
ly recommended.
Common law t r ademark rights arise
through the adoption and use of a trademark
in Canada. At common law a t rademark
owner has the exdusive right to use its mark
in respect of its wares or services in the geo-
GET for its products. In many cases a trade

name or its key components may also serve as graphic area where the mark enjoys a reputatlon.
a trademark.
Registration under the Trademarks Act
provides substantial additional benefits and

names can be important business identifiers, protection for trademarks, including the
and can acquire considerable good will. Often exclusive right to use the mark in assodation
they also incorporate key trademarks. with the goods and services for which regisExamples of easily recognizable domain tration is granted throughout Canada (and
names are cbc.ca {for th e C anadian not just in the area of actual use and reputaBroadcasting Corporation) and cnn.corn (for tion). Trademark registrations last for renewable 15 year periods.
Cable News Network).
Internet demain names: Internet domain
Aeutuiriuvil name and mark rights

Corporate names:The registration of corporate names in Canada is governed by legis-
Internet domain nanres: Internetdomain

names are generally assigned and registered
on a firstwome, first-served basis by a number
wwvKtcp.ca
of organizations in Canada, the United States,

and elsewhere. Internet addresses end with an
"extension" or "top-level domain," such as
.corn (pronounced "dot-corn") for commercial businesses and .edu for educational institutions, or two-letter country codes, such as
.ca for Canada, and .us for the United States.
There have been numerous, weil-publicized disputes and lawsuits regarding the
right to use commercially valuable domain
names. So far, most disputes have resulted
from conflicts between domain names and
pre-existing trademarks or trade names. In
most cases the pre-existing trade name or
trademark rights have been given priority.
A proposed new domain name system will
provide broader domain name administration, a new dispute-resolution mechanism,
and seven more top-level domains: .firm for
businesses or firms, .store for businesses selling products, .web for sites emphasizing the
World Wide Web, .arts for cultural and entertainment sites, .rec for recreational and entertainment activities, .info for information services,and .nom for individuals. The new system has been approved by numerous major
Internet-related organizations and participants, but is not yet in place.
trade name or trademark, or eliminate the

possibility of conflict with another name or
mark. Nevertheless, appropriate searches may
avoid costly lawsuits, potential liability for
infringement, and wasting resources on
names or marks that must later be abandoned.
Name and mark registration
Corporate names, trade names, trademarks,
and Internet domain names should be properly reserved and registered as soon as possible. Trade names and Internet domain names
(both with and without an extension, e.g.,
.corn or .ca) should be registered as trademarks, as long as they are properly used and
identified as marks. In many cases foreign registration is also appropriate and should be
carefully planned.
Name and mark protection
lt is important to vigorously enforce trade
name and trademark rights, and to protect
names and marks from infringement, erosion
and depreciation. Failure to do so may result
in the name or mark losing its integrity and
protectability. Perhaps the most fundamental
precaution is to ensure that trade names and
trademarks are properly used and identified
in connection with the business and its goods
and services, and are not abandoned or misused. Agreements to let others use a trade
name or trademark should be properly documented and should include proper use guidelines and standards.
Selecting protectable
names and marks
Selecting protectable business names and
trademarks often involves balancing marketing and legal considerations.
The distinctiveness of a trade name or
trademark is often the key to its strength and
protectability. For this reason, from a legal
perspective the best trade names and trademarks are distinctive rather than descriptive.
On the other hand, marketing considerations
often favor trade names and trademarks that
are descriptive of the business or its goods and
services. The challenge is to achieve an
acceptable balance of these potentially conflicting considerations.
lt is crucial to conduct comprehensive
searches as soon as possible, and before incurring significant expenses relating to a proposed trade name or trademark, to ensure
that the name or Inark, or similar names and
marks, are not already in use. Searches can
not conclusively guarantee the right to use a
Summary
Names and marks can be valuable business
assets, The choice of a corporate name, trade
name, Internet domain name, and trademark
can have significant legal and business consequences. The legality and protectability of a
name or mark are important considerations
that ought to be made with the benefit of
proper legal advice and before the name or
mark is used. 0
Bradley L Freedman is a trial lawyer with the
Vancouver law firm Ladner Downs. His preferred
areas of practice include intellectual property law and
commercial litigation. He can be reached by email at
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Macintoshmeetingsareon3rd Wednesday
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rai7p.m.Noviceandotherspecial-interest groups are heid mid.month,
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COAEL ARTISTSUSER GROUP. Last

Tuesday ot every month, 7:00 to 10:00
pm, at KwantlenCollege inRichmond, BC.
Monthly newstetter.Contact: BevHarcus,
533-5854.
DATA-UNK/USERSGROUP.Tel321-3387.
PC supportBBS:321-6873 (24 hr service),
with specialbndsag~de BBS soflware,
The purposeof this Usergroup is to allow
MS ACCESSTECHNICALUSER'SGAOUP.
For thosewhowantto participate inleaminp more about MSAccess. For informagon callGregHindat 454-0262, from9:00
to 5:00.
NANUGS
(Northern Alberta Novell Users
Group Society) - meetsquarterly at the
CompuSmartstore onMayfietd Road.For
informaffon, ptease e-mail to
users to gettogether for problemsolving,
nanugs@free
net.edmonton'.ca or
discussion of setupand lo meet people. phone MikeBrown(403)487-7666.
Callb
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This group isdedicaledto RoboBO
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ColumbiaOpenStep Group (B.C.O.G.),
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GPENSTEP
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Brittsh Calumbia OpenStep Group
FOXSDFT.
EDMONTON'S FOXPRO USERS
(B.C.O.G.).
GROUP~and Tuesday,7.00pm, Grant
MacEwanCily CentreCampus, EastWing,
PACiFI
C NOTESUSER GROUP (PACNUG)
Roam C-137/C-I35, 10700-104th Ave. - Lotus Notes users meet the last
Contact KenRaynerat 4374315 orRobin
Wednesdayofeach month. 595pm at
Stuart at 460-3?t2 (days). Info Bupeffns Rosie'
son Robson on July 31sLContact
on BBS457-4105.
Detores Beier at 968-2141 or deloresb@awcda
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GENERICCAOD USERS GROUP.Contact
Frank Zanier (604) 582-8283.BBS:294PC/MAC USER GROUP. Wanted
Professional Photography/Graphic
8267 (9600n,8,1).
toshare,networkandleamthe
INDEPENDENT CGhl
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TANTBASSOCIATION OFBC,TheICCA is lavapable.
Starting May7th wevrig meetat
a non-profit associagon of consultants 7:I}pm every
1stand3rd Tuesdayof the
who provide services in the field of month, at Tricera
Computer Center,6203InformationTechnolopy.Theobjectives of
W 5th Ave. It you areInterested
the ICCAare to pmvide a forum where 1836
pleaseconhLt 8. Haningtonat either 873consultants cannetworkwith eachother,
or rasta@m
indlink.bc.ca for fwther
exchangeideas.and improve theirbusi- 6915
ness andcomputerskgls. Monlhly meet- info.
ings iith speakem.For further information contact us at: Suite?20-999 PORT CODUITLAMCOMPUTER CLUB.
W .Broadway,
Vancouver,BC
VSZ
Amlga- IBM-Mac. 1st&3rd
1KS.Tel:(604) 134-2747Fax: (604) 734- Commodore,
7:30 p,m., Room8Iknnekahda
2767 nr
E ?Mail:iccaindlink,bc.caTuesday.
Middle School, 1390 Laurier Ave.. Port
WWWJatpy/Wwwdcca-bc.orgficca/
Coqufftam. Ed Dyer-Publicity at 942LOTUSNOTES. - see 'Pacific NotesUser
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MACWEST COMPUTER SOCIETY. formed. Mee8ngsare phonedfor gml
Meetings for members and visitors Wednesday.Toenroll call PerformSystem
incl
ude Shareware copy sessions,soff
- Developersatvoice mail 604-2644247.
ware andhardwaredemos,andO&AsesSER
VER. Usergroup beingformed.
sions.
Ifyouusea Macintosh,checkus SOL
Meegngs
are plannedfor first Monday.To
out!
Genemlmee5ngs:2ndWednesdayof enroll
call PerformSystemDevelopers at
each monttc Bepinner's meepngs: 3rd voice
mail604-264-0247.
Wedresday
of each month. 7:30pm,
99/4A COMPUTER B.C.99er Users
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number.
502-9593.Lopinas:Guest/guest, teens under theage ol 16 intemstedin
Messages
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doing computerrelated projectsreguiariy,

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would be great. If interested, pleasecall
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THE TOPIDS CLUB.A user group for
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are familyfocusedwithsoffware/hardwam
demonstrations, guest speakers,
WindowsandMacgpsand ongnedemonshapons, ABBSis available to members.
Call GarlandCoulson279-5439 or email
parialld couisofl@loplods.corn
VANCOUVERAUTOCAD USERS SQCIEIY.
1st Wed. oi Ihemonth, 1:30p.m., B.C.I.T.
Bby.Ca'mpus Bldg, SW'5 Anom 16'50.
ContackFrankZanier (604) 562-8283.
VANCOUVER GELPHI DEVELOPERS
ASSOCIATION
resets ancea month at the
Vancouver Public Library (downtown).
The meeting isusually onthe 2ndor 3rd
weak
ofthemonthonTueorWeddepending onavapability otfacIfities.Thepuqese
of the group is toprovideacommonand
regular forumfor Delphidevelopersto get
together and discuss Delphi related
issues. 610admission to coverrental of
mom. Ail meetingnofices aresent vkrfax
or emag,Toaddyier nameto ourdistribution list, sendcompanyname,address
Info, phone,faxande-mail toMichael0 at
76307.7204ycompuserve.corn or fax:
(9)4) 432-1799or tel: (604)432-1709.
VNCOUVEAElffEAPAISE FORUM.4328761.
VNCOUVER FOXPRO USER GROUP
G).September-dune,2ndTuesday,at
900 hours;200-117?W.Broadway.Info
Doug at 736-2922,888 231-9708andemail to joylan@uniserve.corn
VANCOUVEAGEOWORKS USERS CLUB,
For furiher into. please calL 663-7490
(aves}.
VANCOUVERGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONSYSTEMS USEA GIIGUP.MOOBnps
areheld on the 1stWednesday ofeach
month, September through May, at
B.C.I
.T.TawnSquareRoom 'C'at7:30pm,
Contact Dwight at 940-1518for informaBon.
VNCOUVER KAYPAOUSEAS GAOUPVANCOUVER PORTABLE COMPUTER
CLUB(VPCC),AMO11, friendly members,
heritage CP/M software, the latest DOS

and Windows files, plus inexpensive
access to theplanetwide Fidonef! Visitors
wekome toour BBS.Contact persorr, Jay

Siepel, 4251Lancelot Dr,Aichmond, B.C,,
V?C 484,271-1519; BBS271-5934.
VANCOUVERNETWARE USEAS GROUP

(VNUG) is anofffcial user group recognized bythe NetwareUsers' Intemagonal
Assoc. and
supported, in tert, by NovelL
Meetings are held on the ffmt business
Monday of everymonth at TheSbeisy
Park Dining Pavilion. Agaspects of the
networking environmenl are discussed
and presented with emphasis on the
Netware
network oyeragng system.The
workshopbegkrsal: 4:ggp.m., buffet dmner at BNpm. at 7:00pmis a O&Asession fopowed
by apresentation endingat
areund8:30pm.Member, november and
student pricing applies to the workshop
and/or dinneefrresentagon. For further
information or meeting topic announcements call our voicemail at 689-VNUG
(689.8664).
VANCOUVER OS/2 USER GROUP.
Affen
dedbyOS/2gurusand novicesapke
and welsupported
l
byIBM.Thelarge and
lively roasting is held on the ffrst
Wednesda
yofeach month atthe BC Tel
Buii
dinp, 3777 Kingsway, Burnaby and
starls at 6:45(rm.Join usfor aninformal
workshop biqynnlnp at 11:30 am
on the
gist and thirdSaturdaysof eachmonth at
Doppler ComputerSuperstores, 485 W.
8th AveVancouver. Contact: Jim
Shewchuk8784780.
VANCOUVER PC USERS SOCIETY
(VPCUS),2ndThmsday, 7pmal Bc)ence
World, 85guest adm
ission. GerwmtO&A
session, feature presentagon. Syecial
Interest Groups(wwalso separate listings) and educatenal seminar registration. On<isk newsletter.Telephone:290.
066{L
VANCOUVERSMALLTA{K USERS GROUP
(VSMUG)is a group ot Individuals and
erganizations
itarested in objecteriented
analysis, design,andprogramming with a
particular emphasis on Smalltalk.
Primariiy for individual developers to
meeLsham ideas and experi
ences.discuss technicalissuesandleamcooi slug,
lt's desipnednot to be aforum for sales
pitches from vendors, RSVP
VSMUGipxrcn.BC.CA
or visit our web sita
at hffpy/lucyxwc.uvic.ca/-bulb.
VANCOUVER WINDOWS NT USERS
GROUP
(VNTUG) is a forum for both
develoyeisandadministratom interested in
sharing their NT experkece with their
years.
Mee5ngsareheldeverytwomonths
at lhe JusticeInsgtuteof BC{JIBC) in New
Westminster.Formoreinformaffon contact
Gfen Houahtonat ghoughton@jlbc.org or
at (604)528-5501.
VISUAL BASICSUSERSGROUP Is for
usws, developersandconsultants creatinp consumerprogramsandcpent specific applications,Presentations byindusby
exper
ts.Meets 2nd Wednesday ofeach
month at 6:Ogpm at Rrehap Library
Meeting Am, 1455Weel 10th Ave(1blk
east of Granvige & 10th Ave)
Vancouver,BC. Contact 602-1828 or
cedri
c huphes@hughesco.cornfordebris
of upcomingmeeting.
VISUALOLIECTDEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION GF
VNCOUVER - For infornurgon
on our next meeting, contact dohn
Kniewasser (604) 430-8210 far. (604)
431-3946CIS72f 20,3156
VPCUS
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& Windows applicapon developmentplatform.Thiscurrent dark horse
of soffwaredevelopment tools will soon
be acknowl
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world dansstar, altracpngmarket share
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This lively SIGattmcts
a rangeof pargrdpants from seasoned
professional programmers
to new users
andthecuri
ous MeetssecondTuesdayof
month at ?pmatExecuTiin. Suffe1010,
Cathedral Place, 925 West Georgia .
Contact
JohnGolka,736-7762.
VPCUSDBU
G (Data BassUsers Group)
Emphasis is onsolving problemsof data
managementwith special reference to
Paradox.
Bri
ng a blank 35 inch disk to
pick up goodies from the meeting.
Meelmge
for the next few momhswil be
informal, andheldat a local pub. Contact
Brad Froese,
939-3093,
VP CUB Educational Seminars
Members85, Non-mernbem$15. Various
topics, timesanddates. ContactGwenda
Elkwed, 7374674.
VPCUSHTMLSIG-Want to learn how to

creat
eahomepageantheweb'/Do you
want to shareyour expertise? HTMLS(G
meetsthe2ndTuesdayofeach month at
7pm at ExecuTrain,Suite 1010, Cathedml
Place, 925West Georgia. contact bdeOI'
laneyeyunixg.nbc.ca
virginia@arts.ubc.ca'
VPCUS Internet SIG Meets last
Wednesdayof month, ?pmat 1129Nlain
Street. Contact' Bob Turner at
btumerghgre'cLca
for moredebris'.
VPCUSLINUXSIG-Meets 3rd Mondayot
each month at 7:Ggpmat ExecuTrain,
Suite 1010, Cathedral Place, 925 West
Georgia. for further information please
call StanClausson5324846 or email to
claussonqydirecLca'
VPCUSNavel NetwareSIG.This is the
place for you if youare anetwork administrator with Novelglnry stories andtips
to stem, or if youjust wantto gettopether with otherNovel users to explore its
ins-andante.ContactBrenda
at bdelaneygyunixp.ubc.ca'
VPCUS MICROSOITOFFICE SIG. The
place tocomeif youareauser of anyof
the Micmsoff owce Pro pmducts and
want to leammoreandshareyour tips.
Meetings are temporarily cancelled, for
more debris call: Chris Melton at 3259609 who lsreorganizing.
VPCUSWindows/C~. For programmers
and interrnedlate-to-expert Windows
users who areMterested in C, Access,
tgsualBasic.Meets second Tuesday of
month at7pmat ExecuTmin, Suite1010,
Cathedral Place, 925 West Georgia.
Contac
tCaseyHawthorne 879-2703 orat
caseyh@istar.ca
VPCUS WordPerfect SIG .Participants
share tips and tricks of this wonderful
eNce product. Meetingsare in hiatus at
this thne.ContactHogyfor moredetmlsat
73H539 oremallto hoilyreydowen.corn'.
Help Desk Institute Local Chapter, An
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anda networking torum fer Help Desk
Professionals. Those people who help
computeruserswith hardwareor software
pmblems.Fermoreinformation onmemberships. Please send your e-mail to
KarenYuanat: KYUENqyVSE,CA
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new computer technology
announcements
in Marshall McLuhan over 30 years ago.
Canada and the United
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States. Spring Comdex in
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in this new stage in the Information Age. Yet,
in Toronto were all held in the space of about
the overwhelming conclusion that comes
six weeks in June and early july. Together
from seeing thousands of new high-tech
they signalled the continuing acceleration of
the Windows/Intel PC as the basic platform
products in a little over a month of trade
show hopping is that Microsoft has out-innofor networking, multimedia, business and
education, to the detriment of the Apple Mac vated, out-marketed, and outwitted its traditional rivals.
OS, IBM OS/2, and UNIX.
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Microsoft, uniquely, has avoided the tunnel
monitors and modems that are the bread and
butter of computer shows, a great wheel was vision of other technology innovators. While
holding ferociously to his own vision of
turning through the entire computer industry. The summer of '97 has signaled the start, "information at your fingertips," and his own
corporate self interest, Microsoft chairman
in earnest, of a giant struggle over the future
Bill Gates has never adopted the "not inventof computing.
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has identified a trend that could pose a morWhat nobody couM have
tal danger to Microsoft's position, such as the
World Wide Web or the NC, instead of resistexpected until recently,
ing it, he has embraced it and attempted to
turn it into Microsoft property,
though, was that a single
ln this, he has historically been helped by
the mistakes of others. Apple's hoarding of its
superior Mac OS, when i t c o ul d h a ve
even make computers, TVs squashed Microsoft's wretched Windows 1.0
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the remaining strongholds of old computing,
the enterprise server and mid- to high-range
computing market. The anti-Microsoft camp
is attempting to strike back with Java and the
"thin client" Network Computer (NC), hoping to pinch off Microsoft's cash flow, which
comes from its dominance of the PC desktop.
Both factions have the same goal, a global
information network for business, education
and consumers, where all media print,
audio, still or moving images is available.to
literally everyone on Earth. But both factions
are determined to be the dominant player in
that future global computing )market, and
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is one example. IBM's failure to develop its

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see the PC as a central part of the company
until it was too late, is another. The UNIX
community's longstanding failure to enforce
true compatibility and ease of use on its OS is
proving to be a critical mistake that has
opened a strategic path fo r G ates and
Windows NT.
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reality, by Gates' move to scale Windows both
upwards and downwards across the computing food chain. At the Microsoft-sponsored
Scalability Day in New York in the spring,
Gates revealed that he was making a lavishly
funded and frighteningly credible run at the
crown jewels of corporate computing, the
high-availability enterprise server market.
He revealed that over an eight-month
period, Microsoft had spent a billion dollars
to push NT a giant step closer to being a truly

high powered, reliable operating system for
mission critical corporate computing. He
demonstrated levels of Windows NT Server
performance on multi-processor Intel- and

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demands for Internet transactions, for example, far beyond any current needs.
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form, is due to be unveiled soon, and would
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make the Java NC redundant except in certain
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specialized niche markets. The extent of Gates' p e rceive the world and interact with it. In a
concern about the potential of Java, network
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computing and the NC is shown both by the
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