InfoWorld articles from June 1992

InfoWorld archives from June 1992

'Built to order' aims to please market. (computer firms to offer customized systems)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- While slashing prices to the bone, some major hardware vendors said at PC Expo last week they are also embarking on another strategy to win market share: customized systems. Dell Computer Corp., which announced price cuts of its...

Novell's NMS developers endure snags, delays. (Network Management System developers unable to get developers' kits)
June 29, 1992... Many of Novell's Network Management System developers are unable to get developers' kits, despite the company's claims that they are readily available. Observers say the confusion could crimp users' plans to fully implement the management...

IBM ends full-employment plan; major cutbacks due: 'surplus' workers will get job offers but no promises.
June 29, 1992... IBM has rescinded its 71-year full-employment policy, setting the stage for what essentially will be a massive reduction in the work force companywide, including thousands in microcomputer operations in Boca Raton, Florida, sources said. The...

Multimedia: small market grows rapidly.
June 29, 1992... Despite several products announced this week, multimedia isn't yet the boomtown the industry anticipated. However, the small market is growing rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before multimedia becomes an integral part of the...

Telcos dial Novell for WAN help: will develop high-speed WAN links for large U.S. cities. (telephone companies, wide area network)
June 29, 1992... The nation's biggest telephone companies are recruiting Novell Inc. to help make good on the companies' plans to bring low-cost, high-speed WAN services to the country's largest 100 cities by next year. The fledgling partnerships aim to...

DrawPerfect for Windows, DOS in works. (WordPerfect Corp.'s presentation software) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- WordPerfect Corp. plans to challenge Aldus Corp.'s and Microsoft Corp.'s dominance in the presentation graphics market when it ships its own Windows presentation package later this year. DrawPerfect 2.0 for DOS is currently in...

Aldus expects worst earnings in 4 quarters.
June 29, 1992... Aldus Corp. rolled out a new graphics package at PC Expo last week and also announced expectations for the company's worst earnings in a string of four bad quarters. News of IntelliDraw for Windows and Macintosh users was accompanied by the...

Systems delay pen software. (lack of hardware)
June 29, 1992... Pen computing has been delayed first by late operating systems, then by machines that missed their ship dates. Now it's the software applications that have slipped past their original deadlines. Software vendors blame the problem on delays...

CADvance likely to face an uphill battle: Windows package will go up against popular AutoCAD. (Isicad Inc.'s CADvance for Windows computer-aided design software) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Beta testers and analysts are responding positively to Isicad Inc.'s CADvance for Windows but don't think the product will lure users from the market-leading AutoCAD. Due for release this September, the $1,995 CADvance for Windows will be...

Powercore updates its group scheduling package. (Network Scheduler III personal information management system) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Powercore Inc. is updating its group scheduling package and releasing a personal version for stand-alone users. The company announced and displayed the programs at PC Expo here last week. "The real mandate [of Network Scheduler...

Systat for Windows debuts. (Systat Inc.'s statistical software) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Systat Inc. is preparing a Windows-based version of its statistical analysis package. Systat for Windows, announced last week at PC Expo here, will feature icon-based interface elements, tighter integration of text and graphics, and...

EDOS helps you 'tune' Windows' performance like a violin. (Mom's Software's Enhanced DOS for Windows operating system enhancement, Microsoft Windows) (Window Manager) (Column)
June 29, 1992... The performance of DOS applications under Windows is always a hot topic among PC users. Now, finally, we have a tool that can be used to measure and improve DOS application performance under Windows with some real precision. I wrote last...

DEC ships R3000 with upgradable daughtercard: cuts prices on graphics systems. (DEC's Personal DECstation 5000/33 and Personal DECstation 5000/133 workstations, TurboChannel-based graphics) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Digital Equipment Corp. this month shipped two R3000-based systems with removable daughtercards that can later be replaced with R4000 cards. The company also cut prices on its graphics systems and outlined plans to support OSF/1 on the MIPS...

Local bus: 1 needs, 2 specifications. (Intel Corp. and Video Electronics Standards Association are both developing local bus specifications)
June 29, 1992... Intel Corp. and the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) unveiled competing specifications for local-bus technology last week, kicking off what will probably be a big battle in the PC world over this little-known technology....

C&T chip shown in subnotebooks: PC/Chip lets vendors cut weight below 3 pounds. (Chips & Technologies Inc.'s PC/Chip microprocessor)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Chips & Technologies Inc. set out to prove at PC Expo last week its PC/Chip for subnotebook computers is more than just a nifty feat of miniaturization. The company showed six new third-party computers that use the PC/Chip, a...

Wang reaches high and low with system debuts: low-end machines feature built-in audio boards and integrated video. (Wang Laboratories Inc. introduces the PC 351/25S, PC 461/25SC, PC 461/33C and the TC 480E line of microcomputers) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Wang Laboratories Inc. has introduced three more low-end desktop systems whose built-in audio boards and integrated video capabilities take advantage of Windows 3.1. At the same time, the company expanded the high end with three modular...

Database firms meet on connectivity. (SQL Access Group)
June 29, 1992... The SQL Access Group last week began talking specifics about how to let different database products talk to each other across enterprisewide systems. These discussions reflect database vendors' growing commitment to deliver interoperable...

Vendors continue to push automated LAN distribution. (local area network) (Software Spectrum's Diamond network management software, NCR Corp.'s StarSentry Software Manager network management software) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... As more applications reside on distributed PC LANs, a growing number of network management vendors are adding automated software distribution to their list of mission-critical applications. The latest entries into the electronic software...

Hughes Aircraft created its own workflow system to simplify processing of forms. (Enterprise Computing: Workflow)
June 29, 1992... Hughes Aircraft Co. of Long Beach, California, is in the avant-garde of the workflow movement, having developed a custom Electronic Routing and Approval System four years ago. ERAS transports various electronic forms and documents over...

Intel deals spur price cuts: Dell's new prices, systems are threat to clone makers. (Intel Corp., Dell Computer Corp.)
June 29, 1992... Rampant price cuts that are squeezing low-cost clone makers and rocking the market have been fueled in part by discounts Intel has been giving on chips to major vendors, sources said. Meanwhile, Dell Computer Corp. will jump into the fray...

Today's organization can use a few good information technology coaches. (Peer to Peer) (Column)
June 29, 1992... (Bob Kantor is an information technology coach for Ciba-Geigy Corp., a multibillion-dollar international specialty chemicals and biologicals manufacturer, based in Ardsley, New York.) That's right, my business cards say technology coach, and...

Intel, VESA propose local bus specifications: competing technologies to overcome bottlenecks by widening the PC's data highway. (Video Electronic Standards Association) (Enterprise Computing/Management)
June 29, 1992... Intel Corp. and the Video Electronic Standards Association of San Jose, California, last week proposed two new local bus specifications designed to boost PC performance by improving I/O processing. Intel unveiled its Peripheral Component...

Starting an IS operation from scratch requires strict cost control. (PCs Compleat Inc. develops a cost effective information system) (IS Profiles) (Enterprise Computing/Management) (Column)
June 29, 1992... Bill Brown found that his IS skills were invaluable in the entrepreneurial world. As cofounder of PCs Compleat Inc., a new national mail-order superstore in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Brown used his systems background to help create a lean,...

Congratulations on your promotion to CIO - now dance! (chief information officers need to make themselves an integral part of a business) (New Age IS) (Enterprise Computing/Management) (Column)
June 29, 1992... Maybe you have heard this joke: What's the real definition of CIO? Not chief information officer, but career is over. It is no joke that turnover among the highest ranks of information staffers is high. According to Deloitte & Touche's recent...

50-MHz 486DX PCs. (evaluations of seven microcomputers) (includes related articles on how tests were conducted, summary of findings, notes about testing and what testing discovered) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... Although they didn't get off to an auspicious start, computers incorporating Intel's 50-MHz 486DX processors are picking up momentum in the desktop market. These machines are ideal as high-end workstations for people who do a lot of graphics,...

BalerXE is a clever spreadsheet shortcut: compile and customize WK1 files - and they work faster and can be distributed royalty free. (Baler Software Corp's BalerXE 2.0 spreadsheet compiler) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... Using a product like BalerXE, a spreadsheet compiler, might seem rather devious. BalerXE takes a WK1 spreadsheet model and compiles it into a stand-alone program that doesn't require a copy of the original spreadsheet software. And you're free...

VIDI's Presenter fills 3-D gap with midrange price, tools: modeling and animation package for the Mac has advanced features like 'Digital Clay'. (Visual Information Development Inc.'s Presenter Professional 1.1 graphics software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... For many designers there is a gap to fill in the world of CAD and three-dimensional rendering and animation programs. High-end packages such as ElectricImage Animation System offer exceptional rendering capability and high-quality output but...

With Elefont there's PostScript after TrueType for LaserJets. (Elesys Inc.'s Elefont Page Processing System computer printer accessory) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... Working with the Elesys Elefont Page Processing System (PPS) is a throwback to the days when small companies released cool add-on hardware with funky names that solved your problem -- but only after you got the hardware working. In this...

WindForm creates forms with ease; offers powerful features. (Graphics Development International's WindForm forms generation software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... WindForm is a smooth forms package that follows typical Windows user interface conventions to allow painless form creation and flexible form filling. It does not have the complex architecture of JetForm's client/server forms product nor the...

Bootcon aces configuration management. (Modular Software Systems Bootcon operating system enhancement) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... We live in the age of multiple PC configurations. To solve the PC configuration dilemma, many of us compute with multiple CON FIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Fortunately, clever third-party solutions exist, one of which is Modular Software...

Xpress makes jump to Windows with ease. (Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress 3.1 for Windows desktop publishing software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... The forthcoming QuarkXPress for Windows looks to be a strong entrant in the Windows desktop publishing market. Scheduled to be released at the end of September, the Windows version will bear the same version number and features as its Macintosh...

ImagePals looks at the big picture: U-Lead's image utility archives, sorts, and enhances. (U-Lead Systems Inc.'s ImagePals utility program) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 29, 1992... ImagePals brings new meaning to the idea of an image utility package. This offering from U-Lead Systems Inc. isn't satisfied with merely providing file conversion and brightness correction. Instead, ImagePals provides a complete...

Dell, Compaq continue to duel it out in price wars. (question and answer with Dell Computer Corp. CEO Michael S. Dell) (Interview)
June 29, 1992... (Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer Corp., is locked in an image battle with Compaq Computer Corp. The one-time whiz kid likes to depict his company as the scrappy, imaginative underdog, challenging the more traditional Compaq. Think of...

Microsoft creating API to complement ODBC. (Applications Programming Interface; Open Database Connectivity) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Microsoft Corp. is hard at work developing another API that observers say could improve integration of desktop applications into the enterprise. Microsoft's Open Indexed Sequential Access Method (Open ISAM) API will support non-SQL databases...

Oracle, Sybase endorse Microsoft's ODBC standard. (Open Database Connectivity) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... BOSTON -- Microsoft Corp. got a boost for its enterprise computing initiative this month as the firm reached client/server codevelopment pacts with two of the nation's leading database vendors. Oracle and Sybase are lending their weight to...

Apple, Toshiba plan multimedia PDAs. (personal digital assistants) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... LOS ANGELES -- Apple Computer Inc. and Toshiba Corp. announced at Digital World last week a plan to jointly develop a family of multimedia personal digital assistants (PDAs), which will further blaze Apple's trail into consumer electronics....

IBM claims 700,000 OS/2 2.0 copies shipped. (microcomputer operating system) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- IBM said at PC Expo last week it has shipped 700,000 shrink-wrapped copies of OS/2 2.0 since the program's release less than 90 days ago. The 700,000 figure does not include electronically distributed copies. "We have gotten a bad...

Compaq enters the printer business. (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Compaq Computer Corp. today will announce a new worldwide peripherals division devoted to developing and marketing printers and printer-related products. The first products, to be launched later this year, will be network printers. The new...

IBM, VideoLogic to do multimedia. (developing add-in boards and system control software) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... IBM Corp. and VideoLogic Inc. will announce today an agreement to codevelop add-in boards for the PS/2 and other personal computers. The adapters, scheduled for completion in 1993 or 1994, will be developed for Micro Channel Architecture and...

Lotus' quarter doesn't meet hopes. (second quarter 1992 financial results) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... When Lotus Development Corp. wraps up its second quarter this week, its revenues will fall short of previously forecast numbers. The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company expects to post second-quarter revenues of $220 million to $230 million,...

Apple sheds isolationist image with Bedrock environment. (Editorial)
June 29, 1992... We are impressed with Apple Computer's decision to endorse and support Symantec Corp.'s new Bedrock development environment. (See Tom Quinlan's story on page 6.) The decision reflects new thinking at Apple -- a change in the way it deals with...

Apple, Symantec to do cross-development environment. (Bedrock and MacApp object-oriented development tools) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- In an agreement announced last week, Apple Computer Inc. and Symantec Corp. said they will work closely to make it easier to write applications that can be easily ported to multiple environments. The companies plan to use...

Open Desktop 2.0 to ship this week. (The Santa Cruz Operation's SCO Open Desktop 2.0 operating environment) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... The Santa Cruz Operation will announce this week shipment of SCO Open Desktop, Release 2.0, the latest version of its operating environment for 386/486 desktop workstations and servers. "With this version we have made it easy to use, and we...

Aspen, Clipper plans outlined. (Computer Associates shows direction for data base development programs) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Computer Associates Inc. described a clear migration path to Aspen for FoxPro, dBase III, and dBase IV users here last week. It also detailed the next two releases of Clipper, the DOS-based XBase compiler that came with the...

Cyrix introduces clock-doubling chip. (80486SLC microprocessor upgrade) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Cyrix Corp. is once again challenging Intel Corp., this time with a processor upgrade that includes the clock-doubling technology Intel introduced in its DX2 line earlier this year. Currently, Cyrix of Richardson, Texas, is...

Application developers endorse NT. (Microsoft Windows NT operating system) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Several major workstation software developers have committed to move their applications to Microsoft's upcoming 32-bit Windows NT, the company said last week. Among vendors announcing they will write NT versions of their products...

Fiber-optic printing promises performance boost. (Photon Imaging Corp.'s Laserfan fiber array network module may enable 900dpi and 1,200dpi laser printing) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... LOS ANGELES -- A printer technology based on fiber optics promises to bring laser printer users 900 to 1,200 dots per inch resolution at conventional laser printer prices. Photon Imaging Corp., based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, said at...

Port Blaster brings sound to PCs, laptops. (Creative Labs Inc.'s portable sound device for microcomputers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... The makers of Sound Blaster have introduced a product that brings sound to any PC, including laptops. Creative Labs' Port Blaster plugs into the parallel port and includes four-operator 20-voice FM stereo synthesis, 8-bit voice sampling and...

Pipeline. (Software) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... ANNOUNCED Great Plains readies Unixware accounting Great Plains Software will be developing its series of accounting modules for Univel's forthcoming Unixware SVR4 operating system. Great Plains will offer Great Plains Accounting toward the...

Raosoft updates EZReport DOS report writing package. (EZReport 1.2) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Raosoft Inc. is shipping Version 1.2 of its EZReport DOS report writing tool that works with the company's Survey 2.0 package as well as with dBase files. "It's meant for all dBase databases as well as for our [survey package]," said...

WindowsMaker creates 3.1, NT code. (Blue Sky Software Corp.'s WindowsMaker Professional 4.0 program development software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Blue Sky Software Corp. will ship an update of WindowsMaker Professional in July that produces Windows 3.1 and 32-bit Windows NT code, the company announced last week at PC Expo. Version 4.0 of the code generator and prototyping...

Fiscal Dimension crunches numbers on Next computer. (Axsys' accounting packages for Next workstations) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Accountants who have moved to the Next platform will soon have software designed for their system. Axsys is developing the Fiscal Dimension series of accounting packages for the Next. Fiscal Dimension will be available in Personal, Small...

RS/6000s can back each other up using HACMP. (IBM's AIX High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing/6000 backup software for RS/6000 servers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... IBM has announced an adjunct to its AIX/6000 operating system that lets users tie together two RS/6000 workstation into a clustered configuration. The AIX High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing/6000 (HACMP) software allows one RS/6000 to...

Commence provides customizable features in a PIM. (Jensen-Jones Inc.'s personal information manager) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Beta users are pleased with the automation capabilities and customization features of Commence, a personal information manager from Jensen-Jones Inc., saying it saves time and provides greater flexibility. Commence employs technology that...

Frame adds Verity text retrieval to viewing software. (Frame Technology Corp. licenses Verity Inc.'s Verity Topic applications programming interface for FrameViewer for UNIX, FrameReader for Macintosh and FrameReader for Windows) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Frame Technology Corp. is licensing text retrieval software from Verity Inc. and will include full text retrieval functionality in the next release of its on-line viewing software. The Verity Topic API will be used to enhance FrameViewer for...

Pipeline. (Hardware)
June 29, 1992... ANNOUNCED Micronics' board complies with VESA Following the release of a local-bus specification from the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) last week, Micronics Computers Inc. announced that it has evaluation samples of a...

Everex slashes prices, unveils mass market line. (Everex Systems Inc. introduces MaxLogic microcomputers and reduces prices for Tempo microcomputers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- In its biggest product introduction ever, Everex Systems Inc. last week announced revamped pricing for the Tempo line and said a new product line, the MaxLogic series, will be sold through mass merchandisers. The lines will...

Toshiba joins price wars with cuts to notebook systems. (Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.'s microcomputers) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. cut between 16 and 24 percent off the list prices of most of its notebooks last week in a move to stay competitive in a frenzied market. Toshiba also announced price cuts from 31 to 56 percent on...

Intel 386SL chips reduce power usage. (3.3-volt 80386SL microprocessors for portable computers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Intel Corp. last week announced new 386SL processors that further increase power savings by operating at 3.3 volts. "The closest thing that it can compete against from AMD will be the 3.3-volt 386SXLV," said Dean McCarron, vice president of...

Creative Labs trumpets 16-bit stereo sound board. (Sound Blaster 16) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Creative Labs Inc. this week will announce the addition of a 16-bit stereo audio board to its line of 8-bit stereo and mono cards. The company will also introduce a low-cost musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) device. The Sound...

17-inch monitor matches print colors; Diamond Pro 17 targeted at CAD, publishing. (computer-aided design) (Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. introduced a 17-inch monitor at PC Expo last week that calibrates to match colors from printers and printing presses. The Diamond Pro 17 uses a microprocessor-based system that will match...

Lexmark announces low-cost dot-matrix PS/1 printer. (Lexmark International Inc.'s $449 IBM 2390 PS/1 printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Lexmark International Inc., an IBM spin-off, has rolled out a $449 dot-matrix printer for Personal System/1 users that will be sold through mass merchants. The 24-wire IBM 2390 PS/1 Printer prints as fast as 200 characters per second...

Portables let you telecommunicate - even from Paradise. (communications from portable computers) (Tech Talk) (Column)
June 29, 1992... The gust of wind blowing through the small condo was as wet as the rain that preceded it. So it did little to dry the perspiration that formed during the short walk from the rental car. Not only was this place hot, it was beyond humid. I...

Pipeline. (Networking)
June 29, 1992... SHIPPING Remote Novell users get Token Ring link Microtest Inc.'s Token Ring version of LANModem is a remote access server designed to give Novell LAN users remote access to their 4- and 16-megabyte Token Ring LANs. The $2,595 LANModem...

LANlord centralizes net management. (Microcom Inc.'s network and system management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Microcom Inc. is shipping a LAN resource and support manager offering centralized systems management of PCs and workstations on NetWare LANs. Demonstrated at PC Expo, LANlord allows users to monitor and manage distributed workstation...

AT&T Mail wins support as E-mail backbone; MHS-based Notework links users to AT&T Mail. (Notework Corp.'s A-Gate communications software for Message Handling Service electronic mail systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Notework Corp. last week introduced a gateway to let MHS-based electronic mail users connect to AT&T Mail, a leading public E-mail system. "The generic version of A-Gate will connect any MHS mail system to AT&T Mail, through which users can...

NCR, AT&T team up with Microsoft to offer standard mail backbone. (AT&T Mail Wins support as electronic mail backbone) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... NEW YORK -- NCR Corp. and AT&T EasyLink Services are joining with Microsoft Corp. to offer mail software and services to each other's customers. The deal will make AT&T Mail the backbone for Microsoft Mail messages and promote Microsoft...

Video server to exploit NetWare mass storage. (Fluent Inc.'s FluentLinks client/server software to be combined with ProtoComm Corp. VideoComm server software) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Fluent Inc. and ProtoComm Corp. have signed a joint development agreement to create a NetWare-compatible video server designed to support a wide range of multimedia applications. Under the agreement ProtoComm's VideoComm server software will...

Horizons' PowerSearch now has 'fuzzy' feature. (Horizons Technology Inc.'s PowerSearch 1.1 search software uses fuzzy logic) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Horizons Technology Inc. has upgraded its text-retrieval software to help users find files and datasets, even if they can't remember the files' exact names. PowerSearch 1.1, demonstrated during last week's PC Expo, features a distinctive...

HP OpenMail to sport MAPI, Windows GUI. (HP's UNIX-based electronic mail system to get Microsoft Mail Applications Programming Interface and Microsoft Mail 3.0 graphical user interface) (Brief Article)
June 29, 1992... Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have agreed to work together to make Microsoft Mail 3.0 a standard Windows front end for HP's OpenMail Unix-based E-mail system. The two companies said they will collaborate to develop by the end of...

Intel adds LAN management tools; NOS-independent hub adapters on the list of offerings. (local area network; network operating system) (LANSight Support 3.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Continuing to extend its presence in the networking market, Intel Corp. will release next month several new or enhanced products designed to simplify the management of local network nodes. An enhanced version of its remote LAN diagnostic...

Extra emulates 3270 with Mac look and feel. (Attachmate Corp.'s Extra for Macintosh terminal emulation software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Extra for Macintosh is a 3270 emulator from Attachmate Corp. with the look and feel of the Mac. Using Attachmate's 3270 Gateway Option, Version 3.0, Extra for Macintosh can send data across Ethernet, Token Ring, or LocalTalk LANs....

NetMenu supports Novell workgroups. (Netinc's NetMenu LAN Management Toolkit 4.20 network management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... The expanded version of Netinc's NetMenu LAN Management Toolkit allows LAN administrators to control LAN workstation configurations, create and maintain NetWare groups and print queues, and modify security attributes. The 45-program toolkit,...

TechWorks bundles five AppleTalk utilities. (TechWorks Net Utilities) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... TechWorks Net Utilities is a collection of five basic AppleTalk networking utilities, including network management tools and end-user applications. NameScan builds a list of network devices within a selected zone. MultiChat is a real-time...

DEC introduces 32-bit Etherworks EISA card. (extended industry standard architecture) (Etherworks EISA TP/BNC board) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 29, 1992... Digital Equipment Corp. has added its first 32-bit product to its line of Etherworks network interface cards. DEC's Etherworks EISA TP/BNC card supports shielded and unshielded twisted-pair (RJ-45) and ThinWire (BNC) networks, and meets...

The next big OS standard will be somebody's class library. (operating systems and open systems) (Ethernet's lessons for object technology) (From the Ether) (Column)
June 29, 1992... Bill Hoffman of the Object Management Group invited me to wrap up Object World, in San Francisco, July 21-23. Bill asked me to collect lessons from Ethernet and give them as advice for getting object technology (OT) into the IS mainstream. I...

Look to SCSI, fast printers to speed complex graphics printing. (small-computer systems interface) (Buyers Advisory) (Column)
June 29, 1992... Q: Recently, you mentioned that SCSI was a good way to hook up PC peripherals. I print a lot of complex drawings, and even with a parallel port, it takes a long time to send them to the printer. Can I use SCSI instead of the parallel port to...

Not even a $49 Windows NT could make New York City a bargain. (rumor) (Notes from the Field) (Column)
June 29, 1992... I've been thinking a lot about the Mayans, about the Incas, about the Pueblo Indians, about all those civilizations that built great cities only to then mysteriously and suddenly disappear. "And nobody knows where they went," said Miss Shell,...

ALR packs power, color into a 486DX notebook. (Advanced Logic Research Inc.'s Ranger MC 486 notebook computer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 22, 1992... Advanced Logic Research Inc. will soon introduce a 486DX-based color notebook computer. The Ranger MC 486 is one of the few notebooks that uses Intel Corp.'s 486DX processor and one of the only color systems using the high-end 486DX chip....

Oracle spars with server competitors. (Brief Article)
June 22, 1992... NEW YORK -- Oracle Corp. last week took aim at Sybase and SQL Server, claiming it will provide database server superiority by year end with Oracle 7. Oracle 7, due out this year on VAX and Unix platforms, will also be available for OS/2 2.0...

IBM takes Perot's cue: volunteers to push OS/2. (volunteer employees demonstrate OS/2 2.0 operating system at 100 stores) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 22, 1992... IBM continued its grass roots efforts to sell OS/2 2.0 last week, announcing that volunteer employees will be at 100 different superstores demonstrating the operating system from June 20 through July 31. In some stores software company...

Windows for Pen goes desktop. (Microsoft Corp.'s Windows for Pen Computing 1.0a) (At Deadline) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 22, 1992... Microsoft Corp. plans to announce at PC Expo this week desktop digitizer support in Windows for Pen Computing. Users now will be able to use the pen operating system at a much lower cost by attaching a digitizer tablet to their desktop systems....

NT kit supports other OSes. (Microsoft's Windows NT Software Developers' Kit; operating systems) (At Deadline) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 22, 1992... Microsoft's Windows NT will have all its applications programming interface subsystems when the Software Developers' Kit ships next month. The NT SDK will contain API sets for DOS, 16- and 32-bit Windows, character-mode OS/2, and Posix, said...

DEC renews support for MIPS. (DEC will still provide OSF operating system for MIPS-based systems) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
June 22, 1992... Customer demand caused Digital Equipment Corp. to reaffirm its commitment to provide its OSF operating system for MIPS-based systems last week. Apparently, the company had dropped plans to evolve its Unix product for MIPS in April. MIPS users...