July 1994 / What's New

Real-Time Display Scanner	A font-independent, gray-scale hand scanner, the RollandRead Personal ($195) displays images in up to 256 shades of gray with selectable 100- to 400-dpi modes.
Print on the Sunny Side	The SPARCprinter II ($2695), from SunPics (Mountain View, CA), is targeted at networked and client/server workgroups involved with graphics-intensive applications, such as CASE and technical publishing.
Two for the Field	In a lightweight, sealed, shock-resistant case, the In Lite notebook computer (from $6495) is designed for light-to-heavy industrial or military use.
Stacked PCMCIA Drive	The latest of MiniStor's (San Jose, CA) More MB Drives, the Model MP260P3 ($499) is a preformatted 130-MB PCMCIA Type III drive with about 260 MB of disk-storage capacity, achieved with the Stacker Anywhere data-compression utility.
Mac Workgroup Fax Server	OneWorld Fax (from $999), from Global Village (Mountain View, CA), integrates hardware and software in a single device that lets you send faxes from your networked Mac.
Modular Remote Access	For Ethernet and token-ring networks, Shiva's (Burlington, MA) LanRover/Plus (from $4299) is a dedicated, rack-mounted server that has a modular platform.
Stackable Ethernet Switch	The MADswitch stackable Ethernet switch ($2995) is part of Xedia's MADway series of media-access devices designed to increase Ethernet network throughput for clients/servers and workgroups.
Stack Your CD-ROMs	The Alpine Towers (from $1795) contain from four to 16 CD-ROM drives and provide up to 4.2 GB of storage with multiple and simultaneous access.
PCMCIA Fax Card	The FM-288i ($495) V.Fast 28.8-Kbps data/fax modem from PreMax El ectronics (Sunnyvale, CA) provides data-transmission-speed conversions of up to 115.2 Kbps.
SCSI Disk Arrays	Based on wide SCSI-2 drives, the MacinStor SpeedArray NuBus storage systems (from $4045) have 2- or 4-GB capacity.
Gain Personal Control	A personal digital controller, the Xplor-32 ($59.95) is designed for embedded control, limits monitoring, and data logging.
Network Adapters	The EtherValue line of network adapters for PCs includes two single-media adapters for 10Base-T and 10Base-2 ($75 each) and a combination adapter ($85).
Pentium and PCI	The Micron P90PCI PowerStation series of Pentium-based systems (from $2999) has a PCI local bus and 64-bit memory architecture that supports up to 192 MB of RAM.
Share Your Mac MO Cartridge with DOS	The external Deltis magneto-optical subsystem for the Mac (from $1195) has a sustained read capability of up to 1.72 MBps with a 230-MB 31/2-inch MO cartridge and up to 2.3 MBps with a 1.3-GB 51/4-inch cartridge.
Portable LAN Adapter Hops Across the Frequency	The RangeLAN2/PCMCIA ($695) operates at distances of up to 500 feet in standard office environments and up to 1000 feet in open spaces.
DSP Boards	Targeted for such uses as high-quality speech processing, digital audio, and multimedia applications, the Eagle-56 DSP board (from $2695) is available in 40- and 66-MHz versions.
Ethernet Print Server	A stand-alone pocket-size print server for Ethernet networks, the 4530 E/PS ($395) enables you to simultaneously print from NetWare and LAN Manager/LAN Server to a network printer attached via a parallel port.
Transform Your PDA	Comprising a fax mode m and expanded memory, the FMM Type II PCMCIA card (from $349) allows you to send binary files and fax messages over the telephone as well as send out your E-mail over the Internet and download messages.
Print High-Quality Labels	CoStar's (Greenwich, CT) LabelWriter XL and XL Plus label print ers (from $249.95) feature built-in network support and a 203-dpi thermal print head to produce laser-quality output.
Interface Adapter	The Internal PCMCIA Interface Adapter ($295) from Quatech (Akron, OH) supports all Type I, II, and III memory and I/O cards, including modems and LAN cards.
OS/2 Storage	A portable parallel-port hard disk for OS/2 systems, the BSE Flashdrive 25 (from $499.95) is based on BSE's (Flagstaff, AZ) 16-bit parallel-port IDE controller and a 21/2-inch hard disk.
Take Command of Your Presentations	Controlled by a PC, the VCR Commander Author ($729) and Editor ($595) models let you use your VCR and TV monitor or TV with an RF modulator when you need full-motion video to enhance a presentation or classroom instruction, as well as in TV and video research.
Baby PC AT Motherboards	The 60-MHz Bison II Pentium motherboard ($1295) comes with 512 KB of cache memory and four banks of 72-pin SIMMs, and it supports 64 MB of on-board RAM.
A Workgroup Panel	The $13,999 PowerView 950 active-matrix LCD projection panel from In Focus (Tualatin, OR) has a 10.4-inch-diagonal screen and can project more than 1.4 million colors simultaneously at a 1024- by 768-pixel resolution.
Wireless Ethernet Adapter	A battery-powered wireless Ethernet adapter, AirLAN/Parallel ($699) attaches to any parallel port to provide seamless compatibility between wired and wireless networks.
Remote SCSI Control	The SCSI Switch Model ACI-2014 (from $1295) provides local and remote switching of multiple SCSI computer and peripheral buses.
High-Capacity Drives	The internal SI4303 ($6149) and external MD4303 ($6249) SCSI-2 hard drives offer 4.3 GB of formatted capacity with an average access time of 8 ms.
Instant Reference	The F-1 ($22.95), a quick-flip organizer and reference pad, mounts on either side of your computer monitor to let you quickly retrieve often-used information.
Voice-Interactive Modem	An internal voice-interactive data/fax modem, the 9624VF ($199) combines a 9600-bps send/receive fax modem with a 2400-bps data modem with voice recognition.
Portable Multimedia	The CardStation ProMedia ($1295) combines a double-speed CD-ROM drive with the ability to record and play b ack 16-bit sound, so you can add MPC Level 2compliant sound and CD-ROM capabilities to your Type II PCMCIAbased notebook.
Unix Data Management	Part of a new family of advanced network backup and data management software for Unix, ARCserve/Open 2.0 for the HP-UX platform has a Motif interface with pull-down menus and graphical icons.
Fuzzy Logic for Business	FuzzySP ($2995) from NeuralWare (Pittsburgh, PA) is an array of tools for building fuzzy information systems that provide solutions in the transportation, financial services, insurance, managed health care, biotechnology, mark eting, and medical services industries.
Access the Internet via Windows	MKS Internet Anywhere ($149) has a Windows interface to all components for easy access to the Internet through Usenet news and mail.
Work in Your Own Studio	MediaStudio ($299) gives you the ability to capture video, audio, and still images from external sources such as camcorders, VCRs, laserdiscs, scanners, and Photo CDs.
An Internet Mosaic	An Internet application that displays information located on the World Wide Web in hypertext format, NCSA Mosaic (from $149) provides a single interface to the disparate services and databases on the Internet.
Integrate DOS and Windows	A Windows desktop that brings Windows features to your DOS shell and an improved DOS box to Windows, FrontRunner ($139) from Phar Lap (Cambridge, MA) lets you run Windows programs directly from the DOS prompt.
End Incompatibilities for VB Applications	VersionStamper-VB ($129) from Desaware (San Jose, CA) lets you embed version information into a Visual Basicbased executable not only for the executable but also for all the DLLs and custom controls used by that executable.
This Utility Has the Answers	Setup Advisor ($29.95) helps you find existing configuration problems and be confident that the needed IRQs, DMA channels, I/O ports, and RAM and ROM addresses are available on your PC before you purchase or install a new device.
Finish Your Photos in Windows	Picture Window ($199) from Digital Light & Color (Cambridge, MA) combines advanced image-editing software with a digital print service to produce professional-quality prints overnight.
A PIM with an Advantage	More than a personal organizer, Polaris Advantage ($149) enables you to exchange data with your Windows applications as well as manage your addresses, phone numbers, meetings, appointments, and to-do lists.
Automated Modeling	Software that automates mathematical modeling and decision support, GMS 2.0 ($499) from Probots (Northampton, MA) automatically designs the sequence in which a model computes equations.
3-D Site Design	A stand-alone Windows CAD program, Site Designer ($795) addresses the land-planning needs of landscape architects, nurseries, contractors, and site designers and builders.
Develop a Windows Environment	SingleStep++ (from $1700) is an integrated package of program-building, code-generation, debugging, and analysis tools that provide push-button and Windows control over a number of development tasks.
Imaging in Windows NT	Based on Windo ws NT, the Watermark Professional Edition and Image Server enable you to incorporate faxed or scanned paper documents into enterprise-wide client/server applications developed with products such as Notes, Visual Basic, and PowerBuilder.
SQA TeamTest 3.0	SQA TeamTest 3.0, Software Quality Auto mation (Woburn, MA), integrates with Gupta's SQLWindows through an API provided by Gupta.
CommLib 5.0	CommLib 5.0, Greenleaf Software (Dallas, TX), extends asynchronous communications programming for C to 32 bits, expands Windows features with two language-independent DLLs and message notific ation for communications events, and adds CompuServe B+ as a supported file transfer protocol.
Easydij 8.3	Easydij 8.3, Geocomp (Golden, CO), now operates on NetWare, LANtastic, and One Man Lan; offers multiple configuration files; saves raw, planimetered coordinates into a DPT file; and has command-line direction into any menu routine of the program.
Wind/U 2.0	Wind/U 2.0, Bristol Technology (Ridgefield, CT), adds support for Microsoft's Win32s API, the 32-bit edition of the Visual C++ development system for Windows and NT, a color palette, and a Color Common dialog box; it also adds Xprinter 2.2 and Wind/U Spy.
Document Management Choices	Windows-based information and document management software, Island InText ($395) from Island Software (San Rafael, CA) enables you to retrieve, analyze, and publish your Word, WordPerfect, and Ami Pro documents.
Diagram Your Information	CorelFlow ($99), a business graphics application for Windows, lets you organize information into diagrams and flowcharts by dragging predrawn shapes onto a page and connecting the shapes with lines and curves.
Network Scheduler	The AshWin Windows-based scheduler (from $249) lets a network manager schedule and execute a variety of tasks using processing power from any workstation on the network.
Fast 3-D Graphics	For use with Windows, addDepth ($149) lets you quickly create original 3-D text and objects or create them from imported clip art and illustrations.
Program Data as Objects	An object-based programming tool, the Gamelon file access library lets you store program data as objects.
INposition 1.5	INposition 1.5, DK&A (San Diego, CA), includes PostScript and EPS filters; enhances the offset tool to include EPS; has built in the capability to bring in multiple documents in one step; adds support for pin-register systems; and adds offset, scale, and rotation adjustments to multiple and single pages in reader and printer spreads.
Smart Characters for Students 2.9	Smart Characters for Students 2.9, Apropos (Arlington, MA), removes copy protection, lets you edit in up to seven documents in Windows, supports additional printers, includes fractional point sizes, extends allowable dictionary searches, and provides transparent conversion between the Asian bopomofo and pinyin pronunciations so that you can use them interchangeably.
Enfin 4.0	Enfin 4.0, Easel (Burlington, MA), provides a new development workspace with icons organized by functional group and color-coded; includes a Main Desktop Apprentice feature, a SQL Editor, and connectivity features; and adds a generic EHLAPPI interface.
Build 3-D Models in 2-D	Facade 2.0 ($189) from Eclipse Software (Bellingham, WA) is a face-based 3-D building modeler for AutoCAD release 12.
OLE for Unix	Application-to-application linking and embedding are available with Affinity ($7500) from Software Pundits (Burlington, MA).
Document Router	A Windows utility, N'Route ($1995) automatically routes scanned images or incoming faxes on E-mail systems such as Notes, cc:Mail, and Microsoft Mail.
Maps on CD-ROM	The six-cartridge Base Map CD-ROM ($1500) contains maps of the entire continental U.S. The more than 50,000 maps, which are in AutoCAD DWG format, provide street-level detail, showing roads, rivers, lakes, streams, railroads, pipelines, transmission lines, and airports.
Scientific Image Processing	An extensibl e image-processing system, Easy Image lets you rapidly display, enhance, manipulate, and analyze images using Windows.
Visual Designer 2.0	Visual Designer 2.0, Intelligent Instrumentation (Tucson, AZ), adds 14 function blocks, including Serial Communications, DDE Client, X/Y Plot, Load, Audio Annunciator, and Random Noise; supports analog data capture at a rate of up to 10 MHz with 12-bit resolution and up to 500 kHz with 16-bit resolution; and adds display-control capabilities that let you control which displays appear on the Run screen.
DynaZIP Data Compression Toolkit for Microsoft Windows 2.0	DynaZIP Data Compression Toolkit for Microsoft Windows 2.0, Inner Media (Hollis, NH), adds multiple-disk support with automated disk wiping/formatting, data encryption/decryption with user-defined passwords, creation of easy-to-use Windows-hosted self-extracting ZIP files, improved speed and smaller DLL sizes, and cancelable operations.
TeleFinder 3.3	TeleFinder 3.3, Spider Island Software (Irvine, CA), adds support for the Macintosh PowerPC running in native mode using System 7.1.2.
ProdeaSynergy 2.0	ProdeaSynergy 2.0, Prodea Software (Eden Prairie, MN), adds O LE 2.0 support, enhanced process logic, and a LAN version.
Track Time and Expenses on the MessagePad	A business application for the Apple Newton MessagePad, the Iambic TimeReporter ($129) records and reports time and expenses for billing purposes.
MPEG Compression for Windows	MPEG-I-compliant, XingCD ($995) produces MPEG video streams from TGA, AVI, or BMP formats.
Help Yourself to a Windows Tool	Help Yourself ($299) is a fully integrated authoring tool for developing Windows help files for programs and on-line information systems based in Windows Help.
Simulate Moving Objects	A set of simulations for courses dealing with the physics of moving objects, Objects in Motion ($84.95) lets you create and run computerized experiments that help students learn about the subject being studied.
Development Kit	The Saber LAN Workstation Software Developer's Kit ($495) lets software developers integrate applications into the Saber LAN Workstation Console Windows-based application.
Network Chemistry	Network versions of ChemWindow and ChemIntosh ($599 each) chemistry-drawing software permit unlimited access over a network and the ability to download the software to local hard drives.
Graphics Library for OS/2	GraphiC 7.0 ($495), now available for OS/2, is a true multithreaded, 32-bit Presentation Manager application that lets you create visualizations of your scientific or engineering data in all environments.
Milestones, Etc., 4.0	Milestones, Etc., 4.0, Kidasa Software (Austin, TX), adds support for OLE 2.0 and MDI and includes basic drawing tools, Drag & Drop, custom import, an additional level of time detail, and Print All, which lets you print all open schedules.
Energize 3.0	Energize 3.0, Lucid (Menlo Park, CA), adds major performance improvements and a shared-database feature that lets developers work on a subset of a project without having to manage the entire project within their workspace.
VisionPoint 8.0	VisionPoint 8.0, SBT Accounting Systems (Sausalito, CA), upgrades all 16 modules with ReadyView technology, which includes file browsers, the SBT Business Status Report, and instant inquiries.
FastTrax 5.0	FastTrax 5.0, FastTrax International (Berkeley, CA), adds di rectory sorting, surface testing, and free-space creation functions.
WordScan Plus 3.0	WordScan Plus 3.0, Calera Recognition Systems (Sunnyvale, CA), includes the Chameleon Toolbar and support for OLE 2.0 and Hewlett-Packard's AccuPage 2.0.

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