October 1995 / What's New

Portable Mac: Power, Long Battery Life Battery-Life Performance PhotoPowerBook 5300c	With a 100- or 117-MHz PowerPC 603e at its heart, Apple Computer's latest line of PowerBooks combines RISC-processing power with insanely great battery life. - by Tom Thompson
133-MHz Supersystem	Specifically designed for CAD and engineering applications, the Tri-CAD 133/SS is built around Intel's 133-MHz Pentium processor and a PCI-bus motherboard.
Removable Hard Disk Systems	Available in capacities of 1, 1.7, 2.1, 4.2, and 9 GB, the Stampede line of storage systems offer access times as fast as 8 ms and data transfer rates as fast as 20 MBps and allow you to combine 3-1/2- and 5-1/4-inch drives within a single docking station.
Central-Site Concentrator	XpressStack, a series of three modular, stackable central-site concentrators (from US $9450), employ multi-RISC processor technology for the best possible throughput, whether you use one or multiple modules.
Multifunction WorkCenter Document WorkCenter Pro	The Document WorkCenter Pro 610 ($2495) delivers plain-paper laser-faxing and digital-copying features together with optional printing and scanning.
Virtual-Reality Headgear You'll Stand Out at Ascot	An integrated headset, the VFX1 Headgear Virtual Reality System ($995) features high-contrast 789- by 230-pixel LCDs, a three-axis VOS Head Tracker, high-fidelity stereo headphones, a ComSet microphone, a Smart Visor, and custom lenses.
Internal Or External Tape Backup Drives	The Ditto 420 (internal, $99.95; external, $199.95) can back up 420 MB of information on a single QIC-wide tape.
Multimedia X Terminals	The TekXpress XP400 series X terminals ($2695 to $4795) are designed to provide a single desktop solution for graphical access to network information and distributed multimedia applications.
Color-Thermal Printers Hot Color, Hot Performance	The latest models in the Spectra*Star line of plain-paper color-thermal printers are the Model 240 ($2995) and the top-of-the-line Model 280 ($3995).
Cable Management Tool	The PentaScanner+ with 2-Way Injector+ ($4595), PentaScanner Cable Admin with Super Injector ($2795), and PentaScanner+ with Super Injector ($3495) all offer hand-held cable certification and diagnostics; 100-MHz operation; support for UPT, STP, ScTP, and coaxial cable; measurement of NEXT, attenuation, length, impedance, resistance, capacitance, attenuation to cross-talk ratio, wire map, and noise; support for network topologies, such as 10- and 100-Mbps Ethernet, Token Ring, and ATM; replaceable, rechargeable nicad batteries; printing of test results; a backlit display; and flash memory.
Do-It-Yourself CD-ROM Recording Spressa Yourself Eloquently on CD-ROM	At the heart of the Spressa 920 is an internal CD-R drive with a maximum sustained data transfer rate of 300 KBps, a 1-MB data buffer, and the ability to record a 650-MB disc in about 30 minutes.
PCI-Based Multimedia Accelerator For Power Mac	The Diamond Javelin Video 3000 series includes the Javelin Video 3240XL ($399), which provides 2 MB of video memory (upgradable to 4 MB) and supports 16.7 million colors at resolutions of up to 1152 by 870 pixels, and the Javelin Video 3400XL ($569), which contains 4 MB of video memory.
Fast Ethernet Adapter	The Rockwell 2300-TX provides 10- or 100-Mbps automatic negotiation and connectivity to PCI-based desktop PCs and servers, as well as half- and full-duplex operation.
Quad-Speed CD-ROM Docking Station And More Winbook Computer	WinBook Computer's docking station ($399) comes with a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, two ISA slots, dual 5-1/4-inch bays, automatic detection for external pointing devices, VGA, stereo output, and volume control.
Shuttle Big Files Among Your Macs	If you need to transport large data, graphics, or digital-video files without burdening your network, the DataDock may help.
Desktop-Recordable CD-ROM Solution	With CD-Write Now, you can record your own CD-ROM discs, storing 650 MB of data on each disc.
Storage Servers For Novell Lans When GlobalNet Talks, Netware's Server List Listens	The GlobalNet family of storage servers give up to 1024 users access to SCSI mass-storage devices over an Ethernet network.
Scalable Network Servers Easily Scalable Heights	The NetServer LS Series of network servers (about $6506 to $18,611) are scalable from single-processor Intel Pentium/75 systems to quad-symmetric-mult iprocessor Pentium/100 and Pentium/133 systems.
Juggle Many Projects with QuickBooks Pro Juggle Projects, not the Books	QuickBooks Pro, the enhanced version of Intuit's small-business accounting program, integrates time-tracking, estimating, and job-costing features that are not normally found in inexpensive packages. - by Chris Kofer
On-Line Communications For Windows 95	Among the features of QmodemPro for Windows 95 version 2.0 ($129) are TAPI support, which allows the sharing of communications devices among multiple applications; MAPI support, which lets you transfer text, images, and files to major E-mail programs; OLE 2.0 support, which lets you drag a phone-book entry directly to the Windows 95 desktop and connect to that service right from the desktop by clicking on the icon; support for long filenames; and path support.
Municipal Engineeri ng Office	A CAD solution for the modeling, analysis, and design of water-distribution networks and wastewater-collection systems, Municipal Engineering Office ($5000) for Windows NT includes the InWater, InSewer, and Relational Information System components.
Distributed Software Management	A software management solution designed for PC LANs, NetWizard 2.5 (10-user pack, $595) provides automated software and hardware inventory, software distribution, software metering and licensing, and remote configuration.
32-Bit OLE Controls For Windows Telephony Visual Voice Will Talk with Most Anybody...or Anything	Using Visual Voice for Win32 (for Windows NT, from $795; for Windows 95, from $495), you can create applications -- including fax-on-demand, interactive voice response, and voice mail -- that can interact with most data sources and networks.
Client/Server Capabilities For Visual Basic Building Will Meet Codes Without Coding	EnQuiry ($395) lets Visual Basic programmers rapidly and visually build forms and queries without coding.
Cash-Flow Forecasts For Excel 5	PFP Maxima II for Excel 5 for Windows (US$199) formats your company's financial statements and calculates federal, state, and local taxes; interest; management bonuses; long-term loans; cash flows; bank-credit-line working limits; ratio analysis; and break-evens.
Internet Integration And Workgroup Collaboration Track Your Internet Trips: Time, Locations, Expenses	Ecco Pro 3.0 ($175) adds more than 100 features, including an Internet Address Book; AutoAssign, an organizer that categorizes information into specific Ecco folders based on user-definable rule s; and a correspondence manager, which lets you automatically send faxes, E-mail, and letters to any number of contacts simultaneously.
Conversions Plus 3.0 for Windows	Conversions Plus 3.0 for Windows, the PC-to-Mac file-exchange utility, adds translators for TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PCX, and E PS graphics; Quattro Pro 5.0 and 6.0 and Lotus WK4 4.0 and 5.0 spreadsheets; WordPerfect 6.1; Microsoft Works 4.0 Macintosh; ClarisWorks 2.x, 3.x, Mac, and PC; and WordPerfect Works 2.0 Windows.
Forest & Trees 4.0	A data-query, reporting, and analysis tool, Forest & Trees 4.0 offers an expand ed query capability, including the ability to conduct ad hoc queries without having knowledge of SQL or the target-database structure; data-analysis features, such as alarms, graphs, cross-tabs, and single-click data interpretation; and customization facilities.
WinDelete 2.0 for Windows	WinD elete 2.0 for Windows monitors application installation to enable better application removal, covers most types of applications and system-support files, previews its changes before making them, offers a one-step undo/restore feature, and has tools to facilitate better system management, such as intelligent uninstalling of more file types, effective management of system files, and personalized system tips and information.
Software For Mobile Workers Mobilize Your Forces	Mobilizer for Windows (single-user package, $299) integrates office-mail, file, and database applications and mobilizes them for use on a remote laptop, giving mobile workers the flexibility to communicate over traditional wired phone lines or wireless telecommunications services.
Create Designs And Diagrams Point-and-Click Meets Drag 'n Draw	Designed to meet your drawing and diagraming needs, Drag 'n Draw for Windows ($149) provides SmartDrawing Libraries that are aimed at the scientific, technical, and business communities; tools to simplify the drawing process from start to finish; and a system for customizing objects and drawings and linking them to other objects.
PC Diagnostics	With PC Certify Pro, you can conduct thorough diagnostic testing of IBM PC and compatible systems.
Freehand 5 For Windows	A native 32-bit application for graphic design and illustration, FreeHand 5 for Windows ($595) comes with more than 500 fonts and 10,000 clip-art images and provides cross-platform graphic illustration.
4th Dimension 3.5	The Windows version of the relational database, 4th Dimension 3.5 provides built-in multitasking, a 4GL with more than 350 commands for customizing applications and adding extensions to databases, a graphical interface that supports Windows and the Mac, and an optional compiler that compiles code into machine language.
The Secure Workplace for OS/2 3.0	The Secure Workplace for OS/2 3.0, a product that provides workstation security, extended control of the Workplace Shell, and workplace management utilities, includes increased compatibility with OS/2 Warp; the ability to secure every object on the Workplace Shell, including disk and file objects; new audit-trail and user-authentication facilities; a new desktop-switching utility; and improved desktop management utilities.
Stanford Graphics 3.0	An analysis and presentation-graphics program, Stanford Graphics 3.0 has been ported to Digital Equipment's Alpha systems running Windows NT.
Server-Fault Resilience Uninterrupted Access for LAN Users	Initially available for NetWare, LANtegrity (license for 100 users, $4950; for 1000 users, $11,500) is a hot standby solution that provides instant recovery for failed servers.

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