February 1996 / What's New

Sparc-Based RAID Subsystem	To prevent data loss due to a power failure, the Integrix RD-10 features a battery-backed write cache.
Multimedia For Portables	Now you can add multimedia capabilities to your portable computer.
Shared Printing Without Wires	Now PC users can share up to eight printers without wires or a network.
High-Capacity PC Card Hard Drive	Now mobile professionals traveling with a notebook computer can carry along high-capacity storage.
Cyrix 5X86 Color Notebooks Cyrix Makes Notebooks Eazier	The EzBook 500T, with a 100-MHz Cyrix 5x86 processor, and the EzBook 520T, with a 120-MHz Cyrix 5x86 processor, come with 8 MB of RAM (expandable to 32 MB); an 810-MB slide-out hard drive; a 10.4-inch TFT active-matrix color display, which supports resolutions of 640 by 480 and displays 262,000 colors; a Sound Blaster Pro-compatible 16-bit stereo sound card; speakers; a microphone; a 3.5-inch 1.44-MB floppy drive; two PC Card slots (one Type II and one Type III); and an EzGlide touchpad pointing device.
Kantek Fingers a Better Mouse Won't Gauge Your Moods But Prevents RSI	If you're concerned about repetitive stress injuries, or you have a messy desk that hampers mouse movements, you might be interested in Kantek's Spectrum RingMouse 1.5 ($99). - by Salvatore Salamone
Ethernet Wireless LAN System	The VIPSLAN-10 combines infrared technology, 10-Mbps Ethernet-speed throughput, and the mobility of a wireless LAN system.
Security On Your Key Chain	So only authorized users can access a network, the SecurID Key Fob (from $34) provides two-factor identity au thentication.
External Modems With Voice	The LX voice/data/fax series consists of a 28.8-Kbps modem, the Smart One 2834VLX ($319), and a 14.4-Kbps modem, the Smart One 1442VLX ($189).
Stationary Mouse	DeskStick ($59.95) is a stationary Microsoft-compatible pointing device that lets you guide the cursor using only your fingertip.
Headset Telephone	If you spend much of your working time on the telephone and accessing computer files and information, Compudial may be of interest to you.
International Data/Fax Modem For Powerbooks	The V.34 DF2814APB Global Class Data/Fax Modem PC Card ($529) for the PowerBook 190 and 5300 supports V.34 28.8-Kbps data, 14.4-Kbps send and receive fax, data compression, and error correction.
Sparcstation 20-Compatible Workstations	The SuperCompstation 20S/81 (from $16,315) comes with one 85-MHz SuperSparc II processor (upgradable to two CPUs) and 1 MB of external cache.
Pentium Notebook Optimized For Multimedia Zenith's Z-Note GT	Zenith's new Z-Note GT (from $3999) is powered by a 64-bit Mobile Pentium 75- or 90-MHz processor.
Internal Quad-Speed CD-ROM Changer	The MultiSpin 4x4 CD-ROM Changer (about $279) offers 250-ms access times and 600-KBps data transfer rates.
Win 95 Multimedia Kit	The TeleMedia Windows 95 Companion Upgrade Kit (about $399) bundles a wavetable-upgradable 16-bit plug-and-play sound card, a quad-speed internal CD-ROM drive, and amplified 10-W stereo speakers.
Multimedia Keyboard With 3-D SRS Sound	The ConcertMaster multimedia keyboard ($189.95) puts sound and audio controls at your fingertips, including volume, mute, and SRS stereo on/off.
Modular Disk And Tape Storage Storage Dimensions Flexes Its Storage Strength	A two-bay storage system, MiniFlex supports 16-bit Fast/Wide SCSI for PCI or EISA machines; 3 1/2-inch 2- or 4-GB disk drives for up to 8 GB capacity per enclosure; and 8-GB DDS-2 DAT tape drives for up to 16 GB of unattended backup per enclosure.
Instant Text And Data Input	If you're looking for a way to selectively scan text and data directly into your applications, DataPen for the Macintosh ($299) may be for you.
Low-Cost CD Recorder	A double-speed recorder/player, the RCD 5020 comes with a 1-MB cache buffer; an Adaptec AHA 1540 Bus Master SCSI host adapter; and Corel's CD Creator 2 software, which supports data and audio recording, audio editing, READ digital audio, disk at once, track at once, and Photo CD viewing and recording.
PCI Multimedia Accelerators	Two PCI-based boards are built around new multimedia accelerator chips from SGS Thomson and Nvidia.
Internet-Based Multiplatform Network PC NCD Explora is Windows NT-Ready	A Windows NT-ready device, Explora provides simultaneous access to Windows, Unix, and legacy applications.
A Better Win 95 Explorer	Turbo Browser for Windows 95 ($49.95) looks and feels like -- ut replaces -- Windows 95 Explorer, with features such as properties, drag and drop, cut, copy, rename, and even support for third-party "right-click" utilities.
Unix Change-Request Management	With ClearTrack, software engineering teams can record change requests, track their evolving status, and obtain metrics through the program's query and reporting facilities.
Accounting For Win 95, NT	Visual AccountMate consists of seven customizable modules: system manager, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales order, purchase order, and inventory control.
Signal Processing Tools	Based on the Mathematica computing engine, Wolfram's Signals and Systems Pack integrates numeric and graphics capabilities with symbolic functions for expressing signals of infinite extent.
Add Voice Recognition To Windows Apps	ProNotes Voice Tools ($179) are 16-bit Visual Basic custom controls and 16- and 32-bit OLE custom controls that Windows developers can incorporate into their applications to make them voice-capable for IBM's VoiceType Dictation System.
PC Phone: Telephony Cards Are Smarter AT&T Computer Telephone 8130 Adequate But Needs Improvement	The Windows 95 version of the AT&T Computer Telephone 8130 hints at the benefits of PC telephony, but it lacks capabilities you get with add-in telephony cards. - by Dave Andrews
Business Profiles On CD	For access to company data on more than 210,000 firms, the Gale Business Resources CD (annual subscription with three updates, $7995) contains an overview and analysis of each American industry that has a four-digit SIC code.
Math And Science Center	Scientific Center for Windows gives you instant access to more than 1600 mathematical formulas; a scientific calculator; a conversion program for length, area, volume, and energy; illustrations; a personal page, which you can edit and print; an on-screen user manual; and a chemical Periodic Table.
Patient Management And Scheduling	The Windows-based MedSched (from $275) system offers medical practices with multiple offices and multiple providers the ability to schedule patient appointments by day, week, or month and to view patient status, the type of appointment, and the patient's preferred location.
Develop VxDs In C, C++	Hardware developers can use VToolsD for Windows 95 ($495) to build optimized drivers for high-speed devices, build Plug and Play-compatible drivers, and prototype new drivers.
Windows Video-Editing Software	A PCI-based 32-bit video editor, Real Impact ($2995) helps you prepare digital video for multimedia presentations, CD-ROM titles, information kiosks, interactive training, Internet distribution, and videotapes.
Solid Modeling In Windows SolidWorks 95 Simplifies 3D Modeling	With the SolidWorks 95 modeling program , you can drag and drop a model's features to different locations; reshape parts in real time with dynamic visual feedback; and create overlapping and variable radius fillets, draft angles, multisection blends and lofts, multiface shells, extrusions ending at complex surfaces, sweeps along complex paths, chamfers, revolves, and patterns.
A2B 3.2	You can combine A2B 3.2's remote-connectivity automation functionality with remote-access servers.
Origin 4.0	Technical graphics and data-analysis software for Windows, Origin 4.0 includes new analysis and graphics tools, such as baseline and peak analysis for spectroscopy and improved fast Fourier transform for digital signal processing; a nonlinear curve fitter with 200 functions; and a toolbar-based user interface.
Silverrun 2.4	Silverrun 2.4 provides database administrators with greater functionality and synchronization b etween models and databases in an Oracle-based or heterogeneous database environment.

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