August 1996 / What's New

A Helpful Windows Compression Utility Metro Navigator	Whether you're backing up files or sending and receiving e-mail, sooner or later you'll need to compress and decompress your files. - by Dave Andrews
Lotus Notes Version of Act Act for Notes	Act for Notes (single-node CD-ROM, $249.95; 10-node license pack, $2250) helps workgroups and individual workgroup members manage contacts, activities, notes, history, and correspondence.
Windows Forms Automation Automate Forms	Now you can convert scanned and faxed forms into reusable data-entry templates for printing, sharing, and reusing.
Business Information Publishing Toolkit Wall-Based Toolkit	Based on Wall Data's ActiveX architecture for the 32-bit Windows desktop, Arpeggio Viewer ($150 per user), Arpeggio for the Desktop ($500 per user), and Arpeggio for the Developer ($650 per user) provide an integrated solution for database access, query, data transfer, report generation, and information publishing across an enterprise network.
Software Search Suite Intermezzo	Intermezzo (from $20,000, depending on configuration) combines a text-search engine, an image-search engine, NameTag Automatic Indexing software, a Mac or Windows client API, and a Netscape interface for enterprise-wide, multimedia access to heterogeneous information.
AutoCAD LT for Windows 95	Now you can exchange data with Windows applications that support OLE.
Statistics and Graphics Package ProStat for Windows	Available in 16- and 32-bit versions, ProStat for Windows ($299) provides sorting and ranking tools; descriptive statistics; nonparametric, ANOVA, and post tests; regression, correlation, control-factor, and cluster analysis; time series; mathematical transforma tions; numerical integration and differentiation; and fast Fourier transforms.
Architectural Modeling TriForma for 3-D Modeling	Available for DOS and Windows on Intel-based systems as well as on DEC Alpha AXP, Power Mac, and SGI machines, MicroStation TriForma ($5325) provides 3-D conceptual modeling and automatic generation of drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
Six AEC CD-RO Ms	Softdesk's six Special Edition CD-ROMs provide AutoCAD applications for particular architectural, engineering, and construction disciplines.
Web-Based Client/Server Applications	Using the WebCrusader software family (from $75), you can combine Web browsers with mission-critical information-systems (IS) applications to create secure, real-world intranets.
VRML Authoring Tool An Elegant CAD	SiteSculptor ($49.95) helps you build VRML worlds for home pages on the World Wide Web.
Web-Server Software	With Webworx ($999), you can create basic Web pages, database-interactive Internet Web sites, and Internet service providers, all from a single PC.
Boost CD-ROM Performance	CD-ROM Express ($79.95) employs hard disk space to store frequently used CD-ROM sectors.
Software Docking Station	SoftDock (about $124.95) provides transparent access to network files and applications even when you aren't connected to the network.
Cordless Mouse with Customizable Buttons RemotePointPlus	Designed for use with Windows 3.x and 95, RemotePointPlus is an infrared pointing device with three system components: a cordless, hand-held transmitter; an infrared receiver; and the VersaPointPlus Windows software.
Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera	The PowerShot 600's (about $949) 570,000-pixel CCD sensor produces a 24-bit image in 16.7 million colors at an optical resolution of 832 by 608.
Desktop Surge Protection	A desktop power-control device, the Switcher 2000 Plus ($49.99) provides protection-status indication, recessed power switches, three-line fusing, and six protected outlets, one of which is unswitched for devices that need continuous power.
ISDN Communications for the Home Office Let FrontDesk Be Your Manager	A digital communications manager, Front Desk ($1395) equips your home office with the capabilities of PBX-level call handling, call routing, voice mail, remote access to faxes, single-number "find me" capabilities, and high-speed data communications.
LAN/Modem PC Card	Designed for mobile computers that are equipped with a Type II PC Card expansion slot, the PCMCIA LANmodem Card ($499) allows concurrent operation of a 10Base-T Ethernet LAN adapter with a V.34 fax modem.
The K5's Debut AMD's P75 Excels AMD's K5	A 75-MHz version of AMD's long-awaited Pentium competitor, code-named the K5 and now officially called the AMD5K86-P75, came to BYTE housed in a generic, midrange office system. - by Selinda Chiquoine
Direct-Connect PC Card Phone Jack Pop and Plug	Now connecting your portable to a phone line is as simple as popping open SimpleJack on the 28.8 Communicator and plugging in a standard RJ-11 phone cord.
Videoconferencing Fax Modem	With the SmartLink Mwave DocuPal V.34 multimedia DSVD fax/modem ($439), two or more users can view and revise the same document on-screen simultaneously from various workstations.
ISDN PC Card	The Diva T/A (Terminal/Adapter) PC Card ($495) combines ISDN communications at speeds up to 128 Kbps with a plug-in modem for PCs and Macs.
External Modems	Available in LED and LCD models, Quicktel II modems include internal speakers, internal microphones, and jacks for external speakers and microphones.
Multimedia Upgrade Kit for Laptops Portable Multimedia Kit	With the PortaSCSI Multiport Portable Multimedia Kit (battery-operated version, about $599; PC-powered version, about $499), you can add a quad-speed CD-ROM, a 16-bit audio PC Card adapter, and speakers to your laptop or notebook PC.
"Portable" SVGA Projector LitePro 620	The LitePro 620 ($10,000 to $12,000) features Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing technology, a Harman International JBL audio system, the Kodak Color Matching System, and modular architecture.
10X CD-ROM Drive	With its internal 5-1/4-inch, half-height form factor, the 10Xtreme ($299) IDE CD-ROM drive has a 1.5-MBps data rate, a 650-MB capacity per disk, a 300,000-page te xt capacity, a 1000- to 40,000-image capacity, a 1- to 48-hour audio capacity, and a 1- to 5-hour video capacity.
Convertible Printer MultiPass C2500	The MultiPass C2500 (about $599) starts with bubble-jet printing and combines plain-paper faxing, 200-dpi monochrome scanning, 360-dpi copying, and PC fax capabilities in one product.
Write CDs with Your Mac	An external CD-Recordable drive for the Mac, the CDMaker ($1095) lets you write your own CDs on a 650-MB CD.
Up to 56 CD-ROMs on One Host Adapter	MDI's eight-high CD-ROM towers ($4095 to $5095) come with quad- or six-speed drives and SCSI Express software.
2-MB PocketJet Printer A Printer in Your Pocket	The latest PocketJet portable printer supports letter- and legal-size page printing and comes with 2 MB of memory.
200-MHz Quad Pentium Pro Servers You Say You Want a Revolution	You can configure the ALR Revolution Quad6 200/256 with up to four Intel Pentium Pro processors for high-traffic, enterprise-wide server applications.
Business Desktop and Minitower PCs	The AcerPower systems come with 100- to 166-MHz Intel Pentium processors; Triton II PCI chip sets; 8/16 MB of EDO DRAM; 256 KB of pipeline burst cache; 1.2- to 2.0-GB hard drives; 2/4 MB of video memory or 0.5 MB of DRAM; Desktop Management Interface support; and Windows 95, NT, or Windows for Workgroups.

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