July 1995 / What's New

SVGA and Full-Screen Doom to Go PERFORMANCE Ascentia 950N (75-MHz Pentium, 8 MB of RAM)	AST Research's Ascentia 950N notebook provides 75-MHz Pentium performance in a package that lacks some features found in more expensive notebooks, such as an integrated CD-ROM drive. - by Dave Andrews
Affordable Telephony	The VM100 Telesound Voice Mail for PC System ($59) and the Reveal VM500 Decathlon XL card ($249) provide PCs with telecommunications capabilities, including a speakerphone and voice mail.
Portable Data Acquisition Systems	DASport (from $695) features 16SE/8DIFF analog inputs, eight digital inputs and outputs, two crystal-controlled rate generators, and a 16-bit counter.
Portable LCD Projection Panels	Mobile professionals who deliver electronic presentations on the go may be interested in the PanelBook 500e Series of LCD projection panels (from $4299).
Multichannel Fax And Voice Boards	The GammaFax CP-6/SC six-channel ($3995) and CP-12/SC 12-channel ($7495) boards help you develop PC-based fax broadcast, fax-on-demand, T1 fax connections, and integrated voice-response systems.
Removable Plug-And-Play Hard Drive This Kanguru Won't Tie You Down, Sport	KanguruDisk is available in both internal and external versions.
120-MHz Proliant Server	Compaq's ProLiant 1500 5/120 server has an Intel 120-MHz Pentium processor and includes such features as ECC memory, server-recovery software, hot-pluggable drives and disk arrays, and the TriFlex/PCI system architecture.
CD-ROM For The Road	With the CD940, your notebook PC's battery powers the CD-ROM drive.
Optical Mass-Storage Drives	The Infinity 6000 family includes the LD6100 single-disk 12-GB drive ($31,000), the LF6600 72-GB six-disk RapidChanger drive ($38,000), and the LF6602 144-GB 12-disk dual-drive RapidChanger drive ($69,000).
Pentium Systems	The Austin PowerPlus Energy Star-compliant desktop PCs ($1799 to $4299) include 75-, 90-, 100-, and 120-MHz Pentium processors; 8 to 128 MB of RAM; 420-MB to 1.8-GB hard drives; 32- or 64-bit PCI Windows accelerator boards with DRAM or video memory; and 256-KB pipeline burst L2 cache and FP memory, 256-K B asynchronous L2 cache and FP memory, standard 256-KB cache and FP memory, or EDO RAM.
Remotely Control Surge Protection	With a Touch-Tone telephone, you can remotely power up or power down as many as seven different components and reboot your system from anywhere in the world, 24 hours a da y.
V.34 PCMCIA Cellular Modem One if by Land, Two if by Cellular	A 28.8-Kbp s cellular data/fax modem, the Mobile Plus V.34 Cellular lets you send and receive information from a mobile computer without wires.
Color Monitors With Built-In Speakers A Monitor for All Seasons	The ViewSonic 15GA ($595) and 17GA ($995) monitors offer high-fidelity dome speakers that are integrated into the bezel and aim stereo sound directly at you.
Videoconferencing Portable TelePac Eases Portable Videoconferencing	Dolch Computer Systems can configure the TelePac portable videoconferencing system with a 386, 486, or Pentium processor; primary RAM; secondary RAM cache; DRAM; 270-MB to 1.1-GB hard drives; ISA, EISA, VESA, and PCI slots; and a video camera, all in a ruggedized chassis.
Run Windows On Your PS/2 This Genesis Project will Rejunvenate Your PS/2	The Genesis\PC Replacement Motherboards allow the IBM PS/2 Models 25, 25 286, and 30 286 to run Windows, OS/2 Warp, NetWare, and other software.
NuBus-Based ISDN File Transfer Board	4-Sight Quatro can transmit files across as many as eight ISDN channels to attain data rates of up to 3.54 MB per minute.
Remote Network Access	ConnectPlus LT, a multiprotocol, two-port, remote-access server, provides client-to-LAN access for remote users running TCP/IP, NetWare, and AppleTalk.
Multiprocessor Superserver	Capable of handling up to four 90- or 100-MHz Pentium processors, the Star Q SMP superserver (from $7500) can accommodate 13 dual hot-swappable drive bays and three VESA and 10 32-bit EISA expansion slots.
Ethernet Switches Winswitch and Openswitch: Faster than the EtherBunny	Winswitch and Openswitch are fully expandable via 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet, an integrated 1.44-Gbps Netbus link, 10-Mbps ports, or an ATM port.
14.4 PCMCIA Fax Modem	A V.32bis PCMCIA fax modem, the Zoltrix PCM144 can send and receive faxes and transmit data at 14.4 Kbps.
Internet-Ready PCs Innova Media Series is InnovaTive	The Innova Media Series of PCs offer PCI, plug-and-play capability, and bundled software for instant cruising on the Internet.
Preview: Xerox's Solid Paperless-Of fice Bridge TextBridge Spans the OCR Gulf	OCR software continues to improve. When BYTE reviewed OCR software three years ago, the character-recognition accuracy of some packages was as low as 60 percent. - by Dave Andrews
System 7 Utilities	Aladdin Desktop Tools 1.0 ($89.95) gives you a better way to organize and manage your everyday desktop functions and chores.
OL AP Groupware Tool	An object-oriented groupware tool for OLAP (on-line analytical processing), ExpressView ($1295) enables you to access, analyze, and share the business intelligence that's buried within your corporate databases and data warehouses.
Drag-And-Drop Technical Graphics	The Axum 4.0 for Windows graphics and data-analysis package ($595) lets you create publication-quality technical graphs.
Windows Data-Translation Engine	With the DataExport Engine ($795), you can easily export data from your Windows applications into 37 spreadsheet and database formats, including Excel, Access, Lotus 1-2-3, Paradox, and dBase.
Easy File Transfers Fast Move Speeds Up Inter-PC File Updates	With FastMove (about $50), you can keep your files up to date across multiple PCs.
Design And Integrate Forms Design and Integrate Forms at Laser Speeds	Visual Forms ($249) lets you print forms and data together on laser printers without having to hard-code escape codes or modify software designed for end users.
Multiuser Project Planni ng	With a multicolumn outliner, full-featured calendars, and a to-do-list manager, In Control for Workgroups enables teams to use their network to plan projects, delegate tasks, coordinate schedules, send and receive status updates, and track progress from their desktop Macintoshes or PowerBooks.
Double The Memory On Windows PCs	Now you can boost your system's memory by two or more times the amount of its installed physical RAM.
Multimedia Tools	Sentfactor Multimedia Tools ($149.99) lets you incorporate videos, pictures, sounds, and text for each record in a database.
Saros Document Manager 1.5	Saros Document Manager 1.5 includes mobile computing, expanded enterprise colla boration through wider platform coverage, an enhanced user interface, and an expanded suite of integrated applications, such as work flow and imaging.
DeltaGraph Pro 3.5	The DeltaGraph Pro 3.5 charting application for Windows adds 18 charts, a new Chart Gallery, smart page layouts, enhanced c olor capabilities, more design options, 63 distinct charts, multiple document support, an outliner, and a PictoGraphic Library.
Prepare 2.0	Prepare 2.0, disaster-recovery-planning software, includes sample network- and business-recovery plans, an on-line tutorial for new planners, customizati on options for experienced planners, seamless integration with popular business applications, and flexible report and documentation options.
KopyKat 1.1	KopyKat 1.1 incorporates faster file transfer capabilities, TCP/IP support, expanded modem support, and increased performance to help OS/2 u sers remotely control other OS/2-based PCs, workstations, and networks.
Track Application-Usage Trends Let LicenseTrack Be Your Scout	An automated management tool for capturing application usage in heterogeneous computing environments, LicenseTrack (PC servers, from $1000; Unix systems, from $5000) lets you quickly determine software-usage trends and licensing information.
Reusable Components For Date And Time Calendars Come to Windows	You can visually display date- and time-related information in Windows-based applications with Calendar Widgets ($139).
Computer-Aided R&D	With CARD ($495), you can define experiment goals, variables, and constraints; create, evaluate, and select design options for each application and goal; create correctly structured, analysis-ready data matrices; and organize efficient testing procedures.
Accelerate Transfers And Network Operations	TurboTalk (call for prices), a Macintosh System Extension, accelerates file transfers and network file operations.
Eliminate Worksheet Errors	PentaF ix ($49) forces Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 to recalculate worksheets that may have been incorrectly calculated on PCs with flawed Pentium chips.
American Yellow Pages On CD-ROM	A reference directory of 10 million U.S. businesses, the American Yellow Pages CD-ROM ($149) lets you search by type of b usiness using Yellow Page headings or SIC (standard industrial classification) codes for any city, state, county, or ZIP code.
NetRemote 6.0	Remote-control and remote-access software, NetRemote 6.0 provides bidirectional drive mapping; true-color support for 16- and 24-bit colors; drag-and-dr op file transfers; enhanced security options, such as dial-back connections, file transfer restrictions linked to individual users and directories, screen blanking, keyboard locking, and log-in restrictions; network support for IPX/SPX and NetBIOS; simultaneous multiprotocol remote connections; remote mouse and keyboard support; and remote printing.
Scientist 2.0 for Windows	A program for fitting model equations to experimental data, Scientist 2.0 for Windows adds equation-editing capabilities, improved graphics interaction via tabbed dialog boxes for specifying or modifying plot options, a more powerful text editor for new report-generation capabilities, and refined model parsing, error trapping, and numerical routines.
CentaMeter 2.0	CentaMeter 2.0, a package for monitoring license compliance and optimizing software usage for networked and locally installed Windows and DOS applications, provides customized suite metering; two-way suite-license optimization; inactivity tracking; enhanced security, application identification, and graphs; and a NetCensus desktop inventory package.
Find Your Data Advanced Turbo Browser Slays the Maze	To help cut through the maze of working with programs and data in Windows, Advanced Turbo Browser 4.0 ($89.95) provides multilevel cross-directory and fuzzy search (i.e., best match) features for finding files on hard disks, CD-ROMs, or LAN servers.
Manage Start-Up Files And Conflicts	For Mac start-up-file conflicts and management, the Conflict Catcher 3 ($99.95) gives a description of your start-up files and a note on each file's purpose.
Network Management Sectra Does Networks	Now you can easily map, monitor, diagnose, and manage network resources with the Sectra Management System for Windows ($895).
Image Editing	Fauve xRes for Windows ($499) enables you to manipulate files as large as 500 MB in real time.
Windows NT Antivirus Software	Protecting against boot, file, stealth, multipartite, and polymorphic viruses, InocuLAN for Windows NT (50 clients, $595; 250 clients, $2295) includes a National Computer Security Association-certified virus-scanning engine; domain implementation; DOS-, Windows-, and Mac-client support; and flexible licensing.
Help Magician Pro 3.0	A help-authoring tool, Help Magician Pro 3.0 features integrated support for Microsoft WinHelp, network-project management support, a Microsoft Visual Basic Source Code Scanner, the ability to use a variety of word processors to build help files, manual-to-help-file and help-to-manual-file conversion, a Topic Outliner/Navigator, multimedia support, 256-color bit-map support, and support for most graphics file formats.
IDL 4.0	IDL 4.0, a computing environment for R&D engineers and scientists, includes easily accessible graphics, plotting, image processing, and numerics; 50 new statistics functions; fully indexed on-line manuals with hypertext links; cross-platform interface controls; improved debugging support; support for the current versions of HDF, CDF, and netCDF; application connectivity that lets you call outside programs or embed IDL as a graphics engine; and scientific improvements that sharpen research insights.
Systat 6.0 for DOS	Software for statistics, graphics, and data management for scientists, Systat 6.0 for DOS adds object-oriented graphics, more statistical capabilities, improved data handling, and extended memory support.
Access And Navigate The Internet Mariner Masters the Internet Seas	A Windows-based tool, Mariner provides a unified user interface to Internet services and protocols.

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