May 1996 / What's New

EpixPro Integrates Work Flow for Easier Photo Management A Camera of Epix Proportions	Epix Imaging Systems improves upon a major benefit of digital cameras--quick and easy input of images into your PC--by building work-flow management capabilities, a 486 processor, and a PC Card slot into its EpixPro. - by Dave Andrews
1.3-GB Removable-Cartridge Hard Drive	Packaged in a slim-line design, the 3-1/2-inch 1.3-GB SyJet drive (from $499) offers internal Enhanced IDE and external SCSI configurations.
200-MHz Pentium Pro Workstation	Based on a 150- or 200-MHz Pentium Pro processor with an 8-KB internal L1 processor cache and 256 KB of L2 write-back cache, the ALR Evolution 6 workstation comes with 16 MB of 60-ns Fast Page Mode memory, which is expandable to 128 MB; a quad-speed CD-ROM drive; a 1.44-MB 3-1/2-inch floppy drive; a bidirectional ECP/EPP; two 16550-compatible serial ports; and a lockable minitower chassis with six drive bays.
1200-DPI Color Laser Printers Higher IRE, Better Results	The Color LaserJet 5 (about $5995) and Color LaserJet 5M (about $7695) printers feature Image Resolution Enhancement technology that uses color-control and toner-blending techniques to deliver 1200-dpi-equivalent image quality.
35-GB DLT Drive	Designed for use with high-end workstations, midrange systems, and network servers, the Quantum DLT 7000 (about $8000) is a 5-1/4-inch tape drive with a capacity of 35 GB (native) and a sustained data transfer rate of 5 MBps (native).
Bar Code Scanner on a Ring No Mood Sensor...Yet	The WS 1000 ($3495) consists of two separate components: the RS 1 Ring Scanner, a 2-ounce aim-and-shoot device that you wear on your index finger, and the WU 1000, a 9-ounce wrist-mounted DOS-compatible microcomputer.
DSDV Single-Line Modem	Based on a flexible software-defined DSP architecture, the NewTalk 2000 ($239) has the ability to dynamically change to respond to your application program's demands.
Multiline Fax Board	A multiport direct-inward-dialing (DID) product, the GammaFax CPD/220 fax board ($2995) supports two DID ports and two analog ports.
29-Inch Multimedia Monitor	You can use the ViewSonic 29GA PerfectSound ($3995) as a TV screen and as a computer display.
Two Courier Modems for the Mac	The Courier V.Everything for Macintosh modem ($595) offers V.34 for data transfer speeds up to 33.6 Kbps, plus backward compatibility.
Technitron Series Monitors Innovative Monitors from InnoVision	The Advanced Technitron Series of color monitors, including the 15-inch DX15T ($499) and the 17-inch DX17T ($899), feature advanced Trinitron CRTs with a vertically flat display surf ace, Plug and Play to support Windows 95, and VESA's new communications standard for the Display Data Channel.
Midrange Mac Clones MaClones in the Middle	Available in low-profile and desktop configurations, the PowerCurve 601/120 (low-profile model, from $1849; desktop model, from $1899) is a midrange, CPU-upgradable Mac OS system based on the 120-MHz PowerPC 601 microprocessor.
Multifunction Office Product Three-in-One from Lumina	The Lumina 2000 (about $399) is a plain-paper fax machine, scanner, and copier.
High-Speed Data Acquisition Board	A plug-in ISA-bus board, the dspDAQ (from $5600), from R. C. Electronics, performs high-speed data acquisition, antialiasing filtering, instrumentation-quality amplification, and DSP-based signal conditioning across 16 channels.
Windows Bar Code Printer Gemini is Sign of Bar Code Printing	The Tharo Gemini ($1395) has a print resolution of 2 03 dpi and a print speed of 2 inches per second on media measuring up to 4 1/2 inches wide.
128-Bit Graphics Accelerators	The TwinTurbo-128 series of graphics accelerator cards ($319 to $799) use a 32-/64-bit PCI bus interface and a 64-/128-bit memory bus, resulting in color-fill operations o ccurring at rates up to 3 billion pixels per second and image-redraw rates exceeding 100 million pixels per second.
Data Acquisition Server	The NetAcquire 3000 ($8495) acquires, processes, and updates real-time analog data at a rate of over 750,000 samples per second.
150-MHz Pentium Pro Workstation Speedy Workstation	Optimized for 32-bit OSes and applications, the standard-model Z-Station GT (from $5243) includes a 150-MHz Pentium Pro processor with 256 KB of internal L2 cache; 32 MB of integrated RAM (with two open SIMM slots for memory expansion to 128 MB); a 1.6-GB EIDE Mode 4 hard drive; a Diamond Stealth64 graphics accelerator card; a 3-1/2-inch 1.44-MB floppy drive; a quad-speed CD-ROM drive; and Windows NT Workstation and Netscape Internet browser software.
Do-It-Yourself Web Site QuickSite for Instant WWW Sites	You can create and publish a World Wide Web site in minutes with DeltaPoint's QuickSite, an end-user Web creation and management package for Windows. - by Dave Andrews
Enterprise Firewall Security for Windows NT	A suite of security products, Eagle NT (50 users, $6500; 200 users, $11,000; unlimited users, $15,000) offers access control, authentication, encryption, a real-time Suspicious Activity Monitor, and detection, alarm, and reporting capabilities.
Find Files Fast on Networks	With On Location for Networks (Server Indexer, $999; Viewer Clients, from $49 per user; Indexer Clients, from $99 per user), you can search over an Apple-Talk, NetWare, or TCP/IP network to retrieve files and text from Windows 3.1, 95, NT, and Macintosh System 7.x desktops.
Web Browser for Newton 2.0	NetHopper ($49.95) connects communications peripherals that run under the Newton 2.0 OS to the World Wide Web via Internet service providers that support PPP/SLIP connections.
Desktop Reporting Tools for COBOL	Correlate (stand-alone package, $500; client/server package for a minimum of four users, $300 per user) allows ODBC-enabled applications to access COBOL data files through popular report-creation and development tools, such as Crystal Reports, Excel, Impromptu, and Visual Basic.
Object-Oriented Team Development	Created for teams of C/C++ and Java programmers working in Windows 3.x, NT, and 95, the HOPE (Human Oriented Programming Environment) system ($995 per seat) includes collaborative features such as information-sharing between team members, locking of fine-grained objects, process-oriented SCM, smart merge tools, full control of the development project, and real-time change management.
Convert Documents to Web Pages	With HTML Transit ($495), you can convert and reformat word processing documents into hypertext-linked Web pages.
Macintosh Antivirus Software	VirusScan for the Macintosh ($65) provides point-and-click detection and removal of more than 99 percent of the known Mac viruses, streamlined installation and configuration, automatic scanning at system start-up and file execution, and a virus encyclopedia.
Search Downloaded Internet Documents	HotSearch ($39) for Windows helps you locate information in documents you've downloaded from the Internet.
Fix Windows 95 Software-Configuration Problems	Now you can fix over 10,000 Windows 95 and 3.1 software-configuration problems.
Design and Operate Process Facilities	PlantSpace consists of the Engineering Series (from $2950), the Plant Design Series (from $2250), the Drafting Series (from $950), and the Integration Series (from $950).
Merge Windows and DOS Data	Now you can merge your DOS accounting data with more than 30 Windows documents, spreadsheets, contact management data-bases, and Avery label templates.
OLE Components for Database Front Ends	You use the 16- and 32-bit OLE Controls in Data Widgets 2.0 ($139) to develop front ends for database applications.
Handle Mac Files in Windows 95	MacDrive 95 ( about $70) makes files on Macintosh disks accessible from Windows 95 applications.
Integrate Disparate Network Management Tools	An event-correlation application, Seagate NerveCenter Pro (enterprise license, $15,000) employs behavioral models to correlate network conditions, identify critical problems, filter out superfluous events, and take appropriate actions.
Access Applications Despite System Failure	With GeoHA (which stands for Geographic High Availability), users get continuous access to critical applications and data despite system failure or even actual site loss.
TextBridge 3.0 Professional Edition for Macs	TextBridge 3.0 Professional Edition for Macintosh includes Instant Access OCR, which enables you to reproduce scanned-in documents with fully editable text, tables, and graphics within your favorite word processor; improved document recognition; better page segmentation; Full Document Recomposition; and Dynamic Training, which allows you to view, confirm, and correct difficult-to-recognize words and special symbols.
COBOL Productivity Suite	An integrated suite of productivity tools, COBOL Wor kbench 4.0 for OS/2 and Windows 3.x, NT, and 95 provides a 32-bit compiler that supports mainframe COBOL dialects and object-oriented COBOL; a Source Code Management Facility; an Advanced Organizer for imaging work flows; and an enhanced programmer's interface.
The EZ-Express Alternative	An a lternative to HSM for Novell NetWare 4.x environments, EZ-Express 2.0 installs on your primary server and manages the migration of data from hard disks to optical media.
3-D Building Modeler	A face-based 3-D building modeler that runs inside AutoCAD release 12 or 13, Facade 3.0 includes a Wal l from Path command, which creates multiple 3-D walls in a single step; a multiple-floor command; improved roof creation; Boolean operations on walls, floors, and roofs; a library of 3-D furniture, vehicles, trees, and people; a library of architectural hatch patterns; editable walls, roofs, floors, stairs, dormers, and other building components; saving and restoring of layer configurations; faster wall creation; additional door and window types; and improved selection of various building objects.
TeleFinder BBS 5.0 Mac Server	TeleFinder BBS 5.0, an Internet server for the Macintosh, adds server support for World Wide Web documents; a POP3 mail server; support for HTML commands and Java; User Manager control over mail gateways at the Access Group level; native support for Open Transport TCP/IP in TeleFinder User client software; and support for AppleScripting, scheduling of utility programs, Usenet news-group support via NNTP Sucker, and relaying of SMTP messages on behalf of other servers.
Windows Intranet Desktop Software Columbus Discovers Another New World	To provide access to the Internet and enterprise intranets, Columbus (single user, $245) integrates protocols and Internet tools, including a World Wide Web browser with gopher capabilities; a Web server; E-mail with POP3, SMTP, and MIME support; a drag-and-drop FTP application; a VxD TCP/IP stack; telnet and News Reader clients; a gather facility; an activity manager and scheduler; a system monitor; and NetBook, which stores URL hot lists, E-mail addresses, and names and locations of host servers.
Remote Access to NetWare LANs Worldly Access	Now you can access your NetWare network anywhere in the world, whether you're remotely connected to the network or working off-line.

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