February 1995 / What's New

Local Wireless Communications Zenith's CruisePad	A wireless remote interface for loc ally mobile networked and stand-alone PCs, Zenith Data Systems' CruisePad lets you wirelessly control a desktop or notebook PC while collaborating with a colleague in a conference room or walking with a customer.
Plug-And-Play Sound	A family of 16-bit stereo sound cards, the Crystalizer PnP cards (from $249.95) are self configuring when used in a computer that supports Plug and Play.
A Speedy System	National MicroComputers' (Salt Lake City, UT) Expert-System+ ($2695) is based on the 90-MHz Pentium processor.
Server Switching	The Series 1800 ParallelSwitch switching hub card (from $1988) provides up to 60 Mbps of network bandwidth and server access.
A Bridge For One	A full-function bridge and IP router, the Pipeline 50 HX (from $995) is targeted toward individual telecommuters and single Internet users.
Network With A Friend	DuoNet ($69.95) from Leunig Communications (San Jose, CA) lets two people fully network their PCs via the computers' parallel ports.
Removable C Drive	A desktop PCMCIA-IDE adapter, the ATA/B ($69.95) turns Type III PCMCIA-ATA hard drives and selected Type II ATA flash cards into removable boot drives.
Mpeg Decompression	The Boffin (Burnsville, MN) MPEG Decompression Board ($299) decompresses and plays back ISO MPEG CD-ROM discs to provide 74 minutes of movies and music videos in standard video CD format.
Apples Roam Ethernet	A wireless network adapter for Macs, PowerBooks, and Duo computers, the DaynaComm Serial Roamer (from $699) has throughput speeds between 200 and 400 Kbps.
Color-Imaging Card	A color-imaging display card that fits into a single 16-bit PCI or ISA I/O slot in your PC, XipView ($1 560) is compatible with high-performance, high-resolution, multiscan monitors from companies such as Hitachi, Idek, Nanao, Nokia, Philips, Sony, and ViewSonic.
Compact Portable Printer Pentax PocketJet	The Pentax PocketJet direct thermal printer ($499) weighs 17 1/2 ounces with its rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery.
V.34 On The Desktop Practical Peripherals V.34 Modems	In support of the V.34 specification, the 28.8-Kbps ProClass 288LCD and MacClass 288LCD desktop modems ($459 each) provide computer-to-modem speeds of up to 230.4 Kbps with up to 8-to-1 compression.
SBus With Turbo GX	A single-slot SBus-based graphics accelerator, the SXT200 ($1995) has a Turbo GX controller that lets you work in CAD/CAM and desktop publishing applicationc1 The X-Terminal card includes a 100-MFLOPS graphics RISC processor and a frame-buffer controller; they accelerate Blit, Font, and Draw commands and allow graphics processing on the card itself.
Flicker-Free Computer Video On TV	The pocket-size Presenter 3 Series of computer-to-TV adapters (from $349) allow you to display computer-generated images on standard TVs or to record presentations directly to a VCR videocassette.
Fast Ethernet Connection	The four-, eight-, and 16-port PassaPort family of terminal servers (from $1149) let you connect PCs, ASCII terminals, printers, and modems to Ethernet LANs running at speeds as high as 115.2 Kbps.
Seven Drives In One ID	A compact CD-ROM tower for the Mac II and better systems, the CDT7-Mac, with its seven quad-speed drives ($6500), supports EtherTalk and AppleTalk networks while occupying only one SCSI ID.
Remote Server In A Hub	Chipcom's (Southborough, MA) LAN Access Server Module (from $4495) is integrated within a hub to provide remote and mobile users access to resources on your corporate Ethernet or token-ring LAN.
Automatic Monitor Shutoff Panamax Maximiser	Designed for use with PCs and compatibles using PS/2 (i.e., mini-DIN) keyboard connectors, the Maximiser ($34.95) shuts off power to a computer monitor 15 minutes after the last keystroke.
Quick Desktop Color Printing Tektronix Phaser 540	The Phaser 540 color laser printer ($8995) can produce photographs, scanned images, and business graphics in continuous-tone, selectable, true 300- or 600-dpi quality.
SCSI Bus Booster	A PC-compatible plug-in board for ISA and EISA SCSI bus systems, the SCSI Booster (from $149) optimizes and boosts file-server and workstation performance by regenerating and conditioning internal SCSI bus signals.
Cordless Bar Code Reader	A cordless laser bar code reader, the Radio/Freedom Laser ($1775), from Worthington Data Solutions (Santa Cruz, CA), has a decoder and radio transmitter built into the handle; instead of a cord, an antenna protrudes from the gun.
Cascadable Hub	The Hub-16E ($530) from Protec Microsystems (Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada) features an automatic link-integrity test for each of its 16 RJ-45 ports.
SCSI Adapter For PCI Bus	A 10-MBps SCSI-2 adapter card for PCI-bus PCs, the FastSCSI PCI Basic ($134.95) directly accesses attached SCSI peripherals via its DMA bus mastering.
A Menu Fit For A Monitor	The OnView on-screen menu system in the ViewSonic 21PS flat-square color monitor ($1995) customiz es screen images via an easy-to-understand menu.
High-Speed Scanning For Workgroups ScanPartner 10	Designed for small workgroups, the ScanPartner 10 ($1695) has a throughput of 10 ppm with 300-dpi resolution.
Multiuser Connection To Windows NT	A hardware/software combination, the MultiGrafix for NT ($1090 per user) permits up to four SVGA displays to connect to a si ngle NT server or console.
Sound Upgrade	With DSP capabilities, Orchid Technology's (Fremont, CA) WaveBooster daughtercard upgrade kits (from $129) provide highly realistic wavetable synthesizer sound for your PC.
Desktop Client With Multivendor Access Multia Multiclient Desktop	A combination of Alpha AXP technology, Windows NT, and an optimized X11.R6 server, the M ultia MultiClient Desktop simultaneously provides access to Windows, NT, Unix, and existing host-based applications across your network.
Cut The Connection In Telecommuting Symmetrical Technologies AnyPlace	Designed to let you remotely access and automatically update files, AnyPlace ($198) provides a view or map of the files residing on your office PC.
Quick Database Creation	A 4GL from TopSpeed (Pompano Beach, FL), Clarion for Windows ($1299) provides a way to quickly create database applications.
Display Photos While You Work	FotoAttacher for Windows displays any image you choose on the caption bar of Windows-based applications.
Network Modem Access	The network version of Qmo-demPro for Windows ($399) lets as many as five users simultaneously access the program's data-transmitting capabilities.
Network Tracking	Mac-based Skyline ($795) lets network managers archive and analyze network-traffic patterns over time.
Video-Capture Tool	A development tool for integrating video and still-frame capture capabilities into your Windows applications, the MediaRecorder Toolkit ($595) supports OLE automation, OLE Controls, C++ libraries, and DLLs.
Portfolio Performance Tracking	Hamilton Software's (Englewood, CO) Easy ROR ($59) provides exact calculation of internal and time-weighted return on investment using minimal data input.
Voicing New Features	An open-architecture applications generator, Voice Window ($295), from Mystic Software (Alameda, CA), allows you to develop customized voice- and fax-processing applications.
A Flowcharter With Brains Scitor's Process Charter for Windows	Much more than just flowcharting software, Scitor's Process Charter for Windows lets you analyze and hone your business's processes.
Wedge Data Into Applications T.A.L. Enterprises File Wedge	For Windows or DOS, File Wedge ($199) from T.A.L. Enterprises (Philadelphia, PA) sends disk-file data to any PC application, either as keystrokes or via DDE.
Brochures The Easy Way	MyAdvancedBrochures, Mailers, and More ($99.95), from MySoftware Company (Palo Alto, CA), lets you create bifold, trifold, and fourfold brochures on preprinted color paper.
Mac Migrants In Windows	An integrated programming tool for writing and organizing source code, Object Master for Windows ($249) lets C and C++ programmers write, edit, organize, and navigate through source code while using familiar drag-and-drop Windows functions.
Neural-Network Power DADiSP/Neural Net	An add-on to the DADiSP graphical data-analysis software package, DADiSP/Neural Net ($695) is a back-propagation neural-network algorithm that lets you build and train back-propagation neural networks.
ForeHelp 2.0 ForeFront ForeHelp 2.0	ForeHelp 2.0, ForeFront (Boulder, CO), can create and maintain multiple RTF files for multiple authors creating one help file, automatically generate a print document from the help file, display 256 color bit maps via an embedded Windows DLL, and display the contents of embedded windows in test mode.
SPSS 6.1 for the Macintosh	SPSS 6.1 for the Macintosh, SPSS (Chicago, IL), adds a Mac user interface that supports System 7; includes more statistics; has fully integrated and editable graphs; includes graphics in the base module; and improves data and file management with a spreadsheet-like Data Editor and built-i n ODBC links.
PhotoGenix Professional Edition 3.0 for Windows	PhotoGenix Professional Edition 3.0 for Windows, Firefly Software (Jericho, NY), supports FLI and FLC animation files and WAV files and lets you create royalty-free multimedia screen savers without programming.
Argus MeshMaker Pro 2.0	Argus MeshMaker Pro 2.0, Argus Interware (Jericho, NY), runs on Windows and Unix machines in addition to Macs.
Data Acquisition In Windows Keithley MetraByte VTX	An integrated set of Visual Basic custom controls for building measurement systems, VTX (Visual Test Extensions) adds to Visual Basic the ability to collect, analyze, and graph data with point-and-click programming tools.
Plan Your Marketing Strategy	Plan Write for Marketing helps you write your marketing plan by providing features such as a word processor, an integrated spreadsheet, and a chart generator.
Unix Development Tool	A Motif/X Window System client, Exemplar, the Man Page and Source Code Example Browser ($275), provides an integrated view of man pages with associated sample code fragments.
Intelligent Call-Center Reporting	An add-on to the Distributed Call Center application, Desktop Reports for Windows ($495 per user) delivers call-center reporting in a client/server environment.
Multilingual Support	Accent Special Edition ($189), an advanced multilingual word processor, provides language support for spelling checking, hyphenation, thesaurus, and the Berlitz Interpreter dictionary in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
Help With Forms	Syncware Fill for Windows ($49.95), from Syncware (Aurora, CO), lets you accurately type over a screen image of a preprinted form.
Watermarking Documents	A background printing utility for Windows, Working Watermarker for Windows ($49.95) lets you print a watermark graphic onto a page behind any document.
PCBoard 15.2	PCBoard 15.2, Clark Development (Murray, UT), adds Fido networking, Internet-UUCP support, a credit accounting system, enhanced QWK networking, dBase file access, and PCBMail 1.0.
SiteMeter 5.0 McAfee SiteMeter 5.0	SiteMeter 5.0, McAfee (Santa Clara, CA), supports metering across WANs; automates load balancing and license sharing over TCP/IP and IPX; consolidates multiserver metering and reporting under one centralized graphical administration console; and adds agentless metering, a flexible enforcement option, and VIP metering, among other features.
Link&Locate 386 2.0	Link&Locate 386 2.0, Systems & Software (Irvine, CA), runs up to 50 percent faster than older versions, provides 32-bit COFF support, has improved run-time support, and offers enhanced control of segment ordering and greater ease of use.
XCAD 3.0	XCAD 3.0, Xitron Software (Cincinnati, OH), adds DWG/IGES file compatibility, an XDS C language interface, a macro facility, support for unlimited layers, a customizable toolbar, and a 2-D/3-D symbols library.
Put Photo-Realism In Your Charts VisualTools First Impression	An analysis and presentation software tool, First Impression is based on a multidimensional data structure that can graphically represent data in many dimensions to reveal subtle trends and relationships within the data.
Control For Visual Basic	A version-control system designed for Visual Basic group development, SourceWorks/VB ($295) gives all developers simultaneous read and write access to all files while preventing unintentional overwriting of any source file.
Do Over Windows Kansmen Do-Over	The Do-Over utility ($59) from Kansmen (Milpitas, CA) lets you change the look and feel of Windows.
Statistics In Windows	The StatMost for Windows program ($299) combines statistical-analysis tools and powerful, flexible graphics with an advanced report editor.
Objects For Unix	A complete C++ framework for cross-platform Unix systems development, ObjectSystems ($875 per user) is an object-oriented layer that sits between the application and Unix and hides the details of system calls, error detection, and cryptic flags.
Help-Authoring Tool	HelpBreeze--Work Group Edition ($379) is designed for development teams creating large-scale Windows help systems.
Windows On Unix Tektronix WinDD	Based on the Windows NT 3.5 server, WinDD distributed desktop software runs on 486 or Pentium servers to deliver Windows applications to Unix desktops without software emulation.
PixelFX 3.0	PixelFX 3.0, Mentalix (Plano, TX), features integrated print management; an API that enables image scanning, file conversion, and OCR to be performed from a Unix shell or third-party application; support for 10 new scanners; and support for the WPG image file format.
PageKeeper 2.0	PageKeeper 2.0, Caere (Los Gatos, CA), adds PKDirect, on-line automation, and image-only scan capability; it also improves the integration of E-mail.
ATEasy 2.01	ATEasy 2.01, Geotest (Irvine, CA), includes new functions in its internal built-in library; new statements in its programming language; automatic subroutines for driver and systems initialization; and functions for measuring time, formatting test-log results, and calculating checksum for communications and file versioning.
Robofax Pro 4.0	Robofax Pro 4.0, FaxQuest, a division of Applied Systems Engineering (Sunnyvale, CA), adds smart dialing, runs up to four lines at once, provides LAN support, and simultaneously runs multiple decision trees.
DaVinci eMail 3.0	DaVinci eMail 3.0, On Technology (Cambridge, MA), features an enhanced BBS, a configurable toolbar, new message tracking, colored messages, collapsible hierarchical file folders, time zone support, simple MAPI support, and animated icons.

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