August 1994 / What's New

Four Ports For PCI	The EM964 PCI Quartet four-port Ethernet LAN adapter ($798) supports full 132-MBps data transfer over the PCI local bus.
PCMCIA Communications	A PCMCIA Type II card, the NovaPak 144 ($449) combines a wireless alphanumeric receiver with a high-speed data/fax/voice modem.
A CD-ROM Drive For Your Notebook	MPC- and Mac-compatible, the CD Porta-Drive T4100 ($500) has a 320-ms access time, a 300-Kbps transfer rate, and a 64-KB buffer.
Jumperless Cards	The Crystalizer Multi CD card ($199.95) provides direct connection to the proprietary interfaces for Sony, Mitsumi, and Panasonic CD-ROM drives.
Scan, Fax, And Copy	The ScanFlex 6700 is both a high-resolution full-page scanner and a fax machine.
Petite Plug And Play Peripheral	A Plug and Play extern al hard drive, the RoadRunner Express XD Series (from $495) supports the enhanced parallel port and extended capabilities port in addition to the standard and bidirectional parallel ports.
SPARC-Compatible Workstation	A color workstation with an 85-MHz MicroSparc II processor, the Compstation II- 385 (from $4570) features a quadrupled cache, enhanced memory management, and doubled floating-point performance.
Programmable Power Control	The PowerBrain ($175) from Quantum Composers (Bozeman, MT) turns your PC off and on at preset times.
Small-Footprint Bridge	Designed to segment workgroups from the network backbone, the MicroConnect local bridge ($499) connects workgroups of up to 256 users.
Computer Speakers	Labtec Enterprises' (Vancouver, WA) TL-50 speakers ($179.95) are magnetically shielded to protect your monitor, hard drive, and CD-ROM disc.
Line-Interactive Upses	The OnGuard LI-600 ($599) and OnGuard LI-1000 ($849) from Clary (Monrovia, CA) each have a built-in microprocessor and an RS-232 interface to enable real-time communications between the UPS and workstations, servers, or network management stations.
Isolate Your Data	Telebyte Technology's (Greenlawn, NY) Model 282 Async Opto Isolation module ($300) provides increased data reliability while protecting against electrical noise, surges, and the effects of ground loops on the asynchronous RS-232 interface.
Tune In The Radio On Your Sound Card	A 16-bit CD sound card, the Sound Galaxy Orion 16 ($179) is upgradable to an FM tuner and a SCSI-2 card.
He avy-Duty Printers	A 50-dBA line-impact dot-matrix printer, the T6082 ($8799) can print data-processing sheets and multipart forms at speeds of up to 900 lines per minute.
Spill-Resistant Keyboard	The model IDKB101-SR keyboard ($39.95) from Identity Systems Technology (Carrollton, TX) features a moisture-proof membrane underneath the keys that protects the working parts from damage from liquids and dust.
Scan In 24-Bit Color	The Mustek ScanMagic Color II hand scanner ($299) captures photographic-quality images in 24-bit color, 256 gray scales, and 64 dithered gray levels at up to 400-dpi resolution, according to Mustek (Irvine, CA).
Cordless Data Collection	A portable, cord less bar code reader, the Radio/Freedom Reader ($495) collects data and then transmits it up to 100 feet away via radio frequencies.
Network Adapter For The PCI Bus	The Enet32-Combo/PCI network adapter card ($179) from Compex (Anaheim, CA) operates in half-duplex and full-duplex modes.
Modular System Automatically Configures Itself	Designed for use in small offices, the completely modular ShareWork permits as many as 32 PCs to share eight printers and up to 28 SCSI devices without a complex network operating system.
Multitasking Isa Board	The TeraDon ISA bus board (from $3995) has from four to 16 DSP3210 floating-point DSPs on-board.
Multiprotocol Printing	An external print server, Pacific DirectNet EX ($549) lets you connect printers directly to your NetWare and TCP/IP networks.
Multifaceted Modem	A hardware/software combination, the MultiModemPCS-Mac and MultiExpressPCS-Mac ($799) is a voice, data, and fax modem for use with Macs running System 7.0 or higher.
Compact Copier	Small enough to fit inside your briefcase along with your papers, the PassPort Portable Copier ($349.95) prints on plain paper at 400 dpi and adjusts for light and dark copies.
Liquid Guard	An electrochemical liquid designed to eliminate problems caused by airborne contamination, Circuit Guard ($19.95) forms an atmospheric barrier to protect your electronic systems.
Cellular Modem	Offering data reliability and throughput via cellular connection, the Noteworthy cellular-ready modem ($369) lets you access information while traveling without having to search for a hard-wired phone line.
The Many Tracks Of A Voyager	Tr ackMan Voyager ($89.95) from Logitech (Fremont, CA) is a trackball for portables that converts into a desktop unit.
A Flexible Travel Companion	The Z-Noteflex family of modular notebook computers has a user-configurable architecture and upgrade flexibility, including a CPU that you can upgrad e.
Automatic Indexing	Indexicon for WordPerfect for Windows ($149.99) provides fully automatic indexing to the level of detail that you have preset.
Create A Proper Query	Software AG's (Reston, VA) Esperant graphical query tool (from $595) lets you create accurate queries using a Windows-based point-and-click GUI.
Screen Magnifier	Screen Magnifier/2 ($495) from IBM Special Needs Systems (Boca Raton, FL) enables visually impaired users to interact more easily with personal computers by magnifying Windows, OS/2, and DOS applications running under OS/2 2.1.
Internet E-Mail	A cross-platform E-mail system based on Internet-standard networking and messaging protocols, Z-Mail (single user, $295) brings the mail-transport and routing capabilities already embedded in Unix systems to Windows and Mac systems.
CD-ROM Sharing On The Network	When you load CD-View (from $395) on a workstation, you create a NetWare-compatible, independent CD-ROM server.
Multiplatform Security	NetLock for HP ($2995) provides multilayered security for networks of Hewlett-Packard workstations.
Manufacturing Improvement	Continuous-improvement software for the manufacturing environment, the Point 3 Continuous Improvement Pak (single seat, $1895) integrates a strong CAD interface, SPC tools, and a relational database management system.
Visual Designer Toolkit	The Custom Block ToolKit for Visual Designer ($795) extends Visual Designer so that it becomes an open system, according to Intelligent Instrumentation (Tucson, AZ).
Postscript File Viewer	A 32-bit application, Magus PageTurner for OS/2 ($199) views PostScript files pro duced by most applications on any type of computer without requiring the originating application.
Sweet Integration	An integrated suite of five applications, Enable for Windows provides data integration among word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and communications modules.
Stock Photography	ImageVault Pro ($449) from American Databankers (Tulsa, OK) is a line of royalty-free stock photography collections published on CD-ROM.
Unix Testing Software	Software for automated testing of terminal-based applications, V-Test for Unix/HP-UX (from $22,500) runs real applications with simulated users.
Assessments Made Easy	DOS-based Visual Assessor ($595) from American Information Systems (Wellsboro, PA) automates your organization's quality-assessment, client-assessment, or supplier-assessment process and instantly converts results into graphical displays.
Decision-Analysis Help	A Windows-based decision-analysis tool, Criterium DecisionPlus ($495) from Sygenex (Redmond, WA) lets you structure and analyze complex decisions among alternatives involving multiple criteria.
Multimedia Toolkit	GX Effects 1.0 for Windows ($199) lets developers manipulate images with a variety of transitional effects, such as weaves, slides, and spirals.
Advanced Functions For OS/2	SofTouch Systems' (Oklahoma City, OK) GammaTech REXX SuperSet/2 software ($79.95) provides an extension of REXX external functions that are registered to the REXX command processor supplied with OS/2.
Detect File Corruption	A 32-bit application, File Alert for Windows NT Advanced Server ($499) automatically detects file corruption from all possible sources, according to Executive Software (Glendale, CA).
Media 100 2.0	Media 100 2.0, Data Translation (Marlborough, MA), provides more than 1 hour of storage capacity per gigabyte in draft mode and has automated redigitizing, enhanced editing functionality, improved disk storage and file management, a graphics track to support advanced keying, near-real-time fast dissolves and real-time fades, broadcast output of QuickTime files, and input control using a built-in waveform monitor and vectorscope.
Media Suite Pro 3.0	Media Suite Pro 3.0, Avid Technology (Tewksbury, MA), offers an enhanced image-quality option, true time-line editing, expanded audio capabilities, plug-in effects capabilities, a QuickTime codec, and Open Media Framework Interchange compliance.
FuziCalc 1.5	FuziCalc 1.5, FuziWare (Knoxville, TN), has an expanded function set and adds a 3-D color graphics tool set.
Guide Professional Publisher 3.5	Guide Professional Publisher 3.5, InfoAccess (Bellevue, WA), enhances the ability to automatically convert paper-based information into interactive documents, adds a table viewer, has graphics in cells, lets you scroll through cells to view hidden text, and allows multiple paragraph styles in each cell.
Focus On Client/Server Reporting	Focus Reporter for Windows ($395) provides a point-and-click graphical interface with its underlying Focus fourth-generation language, which you can instantly access to inspect your coding or make enhancements or changes to it.
Unix Network Security	SQLSecure (from $7500) identifies security vulnerabilities and secures database passwords in Unix client/server environments.
Capture A System's Behavior	Object System/CRC for Windows ($395) is a domain-analysis tool that suppor ts responsibility-driven design.
Add Group Communications To Your E-Mail	An electronic forum that uses your existing network, E-mail, and information sources, Collabra Share (10-user license, $69.95) simplifies the organization and dissemination of group information.
Client/Server Backup Software	An enterprise-wide backup and recovery system that uses distributed client/server technology, NetArchive-Distributed Network Backup (from $2000) directs backup files to storage devices that are managed by NetArchive-Storage Vault Manager (from $3000).
Mutual Fund Advisor	Multimedia software that helps you select the right mutual funds, Your Mutual Fund Selector ($49.95) uses mutual-fund research information from Morningstar.
Get Help In Developing GUI Client/Server Applications	Designed to help corporations develop GUI client/server applications, RADPath stresses cyclical rather than linear development.
BeyondMail 2.0 for Intelligent Messaging III	BeyondMail 2.0 for Intelligent Messaging III, Banyan Systems (Westborough, MA), adds a routing slip, a ``When Sending'' event, database access, a Watermark Viewer, an alternative mailer for Lotus Notes, a new installation program, decimal-point support in forms and rule language, a native Intelligent Messaging message store, and more.
MapInfo 3.0	MapInfo 3.0, MapInfo (Troy, NY), adds advanced data-visualization and geographic-analysis functionality and expands data access with SQL DataLink.
Serif PagePlus 3.0	Serif PagePlus 3.0, Serif (Nashua, NH), includes stronger text import and editing, enhanced composition features and prepress capabilities, output in Aldus's OPI format, built-in automatic trapping, and powerful vector-graphics support.
In Control 3.0	In Control 3.0, Attain (Somerville, MA), features a multicolumn Action Outliner, Instant Lookup, Daily Views, document linking, and the capability to enter items directly into each of the calendars and then drag and drop items among all views.
Data Desk 4.2	Data Desk 4.2, Data Description (Ithaca, NY), runs in native PowerPC mode, is faster, and supports the entire Mac product line, keeping data files compatible across machines.
Unix Lan Interconnection	NetcomRelay ($2500) lets Unix PCs transfer TCP/IP LAN traffic via frame-relay links.
One-Line Communications	A system that enables LAN-attached workstations in a branch office to communicate with any host computer or applications server, the Branch CommServer (from $2995) consolidates multiple low-speed lines into a single high-speed line.
Software Metering Tool	The Frye Utilities for Networks--Software Metering and Resource Tracking 1.0 (100 users, $495) is an NLM designed to provide network administrators with a tool to meter applications software on a network and centralize software security.
Extended Help	Multimedia WinHelp ($199) from Blue Sky Software (La Jolla, CA) lets you quickly integrate video and sound, graphical push buttons, and 256-color bit maps into your Windows Help system.
Electronic Filing Cabinet	Electronic-filing-cabinet software, SCT*Filer (single-user license, $1 600) lets you scan, store, index, search, retrieve, view, manipulate, print, and fax imaged documents.
Back Up The Enterprise	Storage Exec for Windows NT Advanced Servers (three-tape device license, $2385) lets you configure, schedule, monitor, and control local and remote data storage from a central location.
Turn Your Monitor Green	Optiquest's (Walnut, CA) Opti-Green software ($29.95) and Energy Saver adapter ($69.95) are designed to reduce the electricity consumption of monitors.
Gain Internet Access	SuperHighway Access ($149) lets you connect to the Internet using your PC, Windows, and a modem.
Power Pak for Windows 4.0	Power Pak for Windows 4.0, PC-Kwik (Beaverton, OR), adds KwikPrint for Windows, KwikScreen for Windows, and KwikLoad.
TurboCAD for Windows 2.0	TurboCAD for Windows 2.0, International Microcomputer Software (San Rafael, CA), adds more than 20 features, including drag-and-drop editing, TurboTools, OLE 1.0 support, global editing of common attributes, bit-mapped fill patterns, and the ability to insert bit-mapped images directly into a CAD drawing.
LANStor RedAlert 2.1	LANStor RedAlert 2.1, Storage Dimensions (Milpitas, CA), monitors all errors reported to the NetWare SFT III Error Log and includes Microsoft Mail, MHS, and SNMP error-notification methods.
QuikMenu III	QuikMenu III, NeoSoft (Bend, OR), has an icon editor, a macro recorder, keyboard stuffing when you launch programs from the desktop, a master password override, and the capability to dial a phone or a modem from an icon.
Distributed Call Center 2.0	Distributed Call Center 2.0, Teloquent Communications (Billerica, MA), adds integrated voice-response capabilities, expanded call prompting, and additional workgroup features; enhances its GUI; and expands support for ISDN.
OS/2 Application Development	TechBridge Builder ($4995) lets you create advanced OS/2 applications that provide a GUI and object-oriented access to enterprise-wide data and processing.

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