InfoWorld articles from November 1993

InfoWorld archives from November 1993

WFW takes pro-choice stance: lets users opt out of peer-to-peer. (Microsoft's Windows for Workgroups 3.11 network operating system) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Are you ready for the next version of Windows? No, it's not Windows 3.12, it's Windows for Workgroups 3.11. That's right, it's back as a faster, more flexible version of Windows. Windows for Workgroups still has built-in peer-to-peer...

Novell and IBM to deliver multimedia to the LAN. (Novell's NetWare Video, IBM's LAN Server Ultimedia for OS/2 network video software) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Network approach will give clients more disk space Users will be able to move multimedia off the desktop and onto LANs next month as Novell Inc. and IBM announce plans to ship their LAN-based multimedia products. Network-based video and...

Intel readies improved PCI local bus chip set; write-back cache design revamped. (peripheral control interconnect; improved data transfer rate)
November 29, 1993... An improved version of Intel Corp.'s PCI local bus chip set is expected to unleash a flood of Pentium desktop systems in January. Although a number of PCI-based Pentium systems have shipped, the performance of those systems has been limited...

Banyan to reroot Vines services onto NetWare and other NOSes. (Banyan Systems Inc. to concentrate on making Vines' strongest features available for other network operating systems such as Novell Inc.'s NetWare)
November 29, 1993... Banyan Systems Inc. is shifting its focus away from the Vines network operating system and toward making its strongest components available as discrete services for all major networking platforms. Under the strategy, which Banyan officials...

Portable users search for the perfect battery. (firms exploring designs for long-lasting portable computer batteries; includes checklist for consumers)
November 29, 1993... It used to be that portable computer users asked only one question about a device's battery: "How long will it last?" Although that's still a valid question, new technologies and vendor movements have forced users to ask new questions about...

Former Apple executive drops termination lawsuit. (Albert Eisenstat) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Former Apple Computer Inc. executive Albert Eisenstat has dropped a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the computer maker and its chief executive officer Michael Spindler. The suit reportedly charged Apple and Spindler with breach of...

Groups get data superhighway funds. (Smart Valley Inc., Enterprise Integration Technologies receive $4 million in federal, state funds to commercialize parts of Internet computer network) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Two Silicon Valley organizations last week announced they had received federal and state funds to make the Internet fit for commercial use as part of the coming Information Superhighway. Smart Valley Inc., a nonprofit consortium, and...

Hughes and Wellfleet to develop hub. (Hughes LAN Systems Inc., Wellfleet Communications Inc. to design network hub) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Hughes LAN Systems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., and Wellfleet Communications Inc. of Billerica, Mass., have entered into an agreement to jointly develop a hub that combines Wellfleet's Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI routing product with an...

IBM ships first dual-scan notebook. (ThinkPad 750Cs) (At Deadline)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... The IBM PC Co. this week ships its first dual-scan passive matrix notebook. The 750Cs has a suggested retail price of $3,899 with a 170MB hard drive. Other ThinkPad 750 models include one with 10.4-inch active matrix display, a monochrome...

ISVs integrating tools into StarSentry. (independent software vendors, NCR Corp.'s network management software) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Four independent software vendors will integrate their modules into NCR Corp.'s StarSentry enterprise product. Peregrine Systems is providing StationView and ServerView, which report on NetWare networks. Network Application Technology Inc. is...

Dizzy from a flurry of support options? Perhaps we can help. (paid technical support) (From the Editor) (Editorial)
November 29, 1993... I confess it's totally inadvertent on my part, but I'm beginning to see at least a hint of method to my madness. It occurs to me that we might be able to tie together a number of the threads we've been following in this space over the last...

OracleWare bundle to ship next month. (prepackaged bundle of Oracle7 database NetWare Loadable Module, NetWare 3.12 network management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Users will finally get their hands on OracleWare next month, at a price $900 less than the cost of buying NetWare and Oracle separately. OracleWare was announced in June as a prepackaged bundle of NetWare 3.12 and the Oracle7 database NetWare...

Microsoft launches Network Level II; CD-ROM service adds SDKs for telephony, messaging. (Microsoft Developer Network Level II application development software) (quarterly software distribution service to include Microsoft Windows software development kits) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Microsoft Corp. last week announced Microsoft Developer Network Level II, a quarterly CD-ROM service that will distribute new Windows software development kits (SDKs) for telephony, as well as upgraded kits for messaging services, database...

Reach tools to support Lotus Notes. (Reach Software Corp.'s Reach WorkMan workgroup software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... A set of tools that include forms, workflow administration, a workflow engine, and a visual application builder supporting Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus Notes will ship next quarter. Reach Software Corp. plans to offer the tools, called...

Gag me! Vendors use flashy showgirls for Comdex booth duty. (Conference Calls) (Column)
November 29, 1993... I left Las Vegas feeling a little humiliated, a little ill. And if the trend causing my queasiness keeps up, I'm not sure I'll go back to Comdex or any other show there. The trend I'm referring to is the use of attractive women to draw...

Novell puts more ALMs in second AppWare beta. (object-oriented application development software) (AppWare Loadable Modules)
November 29, 1993... Novell Inc. is shipping the second beta of its AppWare object-based development environment, an upgrade that now includes the platform's first Novell tools for developing NetWare-ready applications. The current release includes an AppWare...

Pitching standard objects to industry is Next for Jobs. (Next Inc.'s Steven P. Jobs speaks on firm's strategy, alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc.) (Interview)
November 29, 1993... Next Inc., Steven P. Jobs' struggling company, has come full circle. Started with proprietary hardware with lots of sizzle, the company has yet to meet its founders' ambitious goals of reshaping computing along an object model. Having shed its...

Wirefree RadioMail to change my life, in 1994. (electronic mail) (From the Ether) (Column)
November 29, 1993... Wireless computers, as I first observed here on August 16, are like pipeless bathrooms, or porta-potties: handy on airplanes and boats, and at rock concerts and constructions sites, but not in very many other places. My advice? Forget being a...

Sun invests in Next, which will license NextStep OS for Sparc. (former rivals reconcile, Sun Microsystems Inc. infuses $10 million; NextStep operating system to be included in Sun's Solaris operating system for Sparc workstations)
November 29, 1993... Longtime rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and Next Inc. buried the hatchet last week. Sun announced it will invest $10 million in Next and use Next's object technology, while Next agreed to bring out a Sparc version of the NextStep operating...

OS/2 rises from obscurity. (IBM's OS/2 2.1 operating system) (Enterprise Computing)
November 29, 1993... Although commercial applications remain scarce, corporate developers are embracing OS/2 2.1 for custom application development S/2 has made more comebacks than Richard Nixon, and, like the former president, the operating system attracts both...

Firms license Q+E Database Library. (XcelleNet Inc., ProtoView Development Corp. license Q+E Software's database application development tool) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Remote and mobile PC users will gain dial-up access to corporate back-end databases with one of two new products that employ Q+E Database Library development tools. ProtoView Development Corp. and XcelleNet Inc. have each licensed Q+E...

Vendors line up to turn Notes into front end for databases. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes workgroup software)
November 29, 1993... The Ask Group Inc. and Information Builders Inc. (IBI) are among several companies that next month will announce products aimed at giving Notes users access to corporate data wherever it resides. The Ask Group (which sells Ingres), IBI, and...

IS managers balance privacy rights and risks. (information systems) (Enterprise Computing/Management) (includes related article on electronic privacy legislation)
November 29, 1993... Proactive companies are establishing clear guidelines and informing employees The network administrator wasn't sure what to expect when he walked into the vice president's office. Although he had been responsible for the company network for...

Longtime alliance strategist for Novell leaves the company. (Darrell L. Miller, executive VP of corporate marketing and strategy) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... The man largely responsible for pinpointing Novell Inc.'s strategic alliances and investments in new technology companies is leaving the Provo, Utah-based networking giant. Darrell L. Miller, Novell executive vice president of corporate...

Video In/2 boosts OS/2's video clip capabilities. (IBM's desktop video software of OS/2 operating system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... IBM's Video In/2 gives OS/2 users a way to capture, compress, and create digital video clips. It plays back video clips at 30 frames per second in a 320-by-240-pixel window without hardware assistance. (See "IBM's Video In takes on VFW and...

Intel conferencing software to let Windows users collaborate on files. (developing software to share files in Microsoft Windows applications) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Intel Corp. is beta testing a software-only PC conferencing product that will let Windows users collaborate on a variety of PC documents and files. The product, still to be named, will ship next spring at about $150 per seat, not including...

New specs should help Pentiums proliferate. (increase in voltage requirements, circuit redesign expected to boost number of available 66-MHz microprocessors) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Intel Corp. is recommending a new system design that should result in a substantial increase in the number of 66-MHz Pentium processors. At the same time, Intel is aggressively lowering the prices on all of its Pentium chips in its effort to...

Informix accelerates query performance; server utilizes parallel processing. (Informix Software Inc.'s Informix-OnLine Dynamic Server data base management system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... A database server Informix Software Inc. will unveil this week incorporates parallel processing technology that will increase performance of database queries tenfold to 30-fold, beta testers said. Based on Informix's Dynamic Scalable...

Armour deploys strategic sales force automation. (Armour Swift-Eckrich's use of Fujitsu Personal Systems' Poqet PC Plus palmtop computer) (includes related articles on Armour Swift-Eckrich field sales force automation)(Enterprise Computing/Management)
November 29, 1993... Hand-held PCs and wireless communication help sales reps keep tabs on the market You may not have noticed, but every day a war is being waged in the aisles of your neighborhood supermarket. There, a mere 6 inches of additional shelf space...

Wireless LAN standard emerges after two years of negotiations. (IEEE 802.11 standard approved) (local area network; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Users looking for a more robust set of wireless LAN products will start seeing results next year, as a group of more than a dozen vendors has settled on a standard for the emerging technology. After more than two years of negotiations among...

Compton's multimedia patent, licensing plan worry developers. (Compton's New Media wins broad patent covering multimedia data base searching)
November 29, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- The recent disclosure by Compton's New Media of its multimedia patent and licensing scheme has left developers confused and concerned. Compton's officials claim the patent on its multimedia search and retrieval system covers not...

Techno-sleuths are hot on the trail of the disappearing 4MB SIMMS. (setting up a Citrix WinView application server for OS/2) (Single In-line Memory Module) (Down to the Wire)(Enterprise Computing/Management) (Column)
November 29, 1993... Last week, we were trying to set up a Citrix WinView application server for OS/2. It looks like it should be a dandy product. With it, you could conceivably connect a remote 286 PC with 1MB of RAM via a network or a modem, and run Windows in...

Beware of modems that claim to meet the V.Fast standard. (question-and-answer) (Help Desk) (Enterprise Computing/Management) (Column)
November 29, 1993... Q: Lately, I've seen ads for two new types of modems: V.32 "turbo" and V.FC. What do the letters and numbers mean? Are the modems worth buying? William McCollough A: These two new types of modems were created in response to demands for...

IBM operating system initiatives. (marketing options, Taligent, Workplace OS, System Object Model (SOM), Distributed System Object Model (DSOM), Workplace Shell, OS/2) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... IBM has a full plate of initiatives in the operating system arena. The question is, which will survive? Here's a rundown of IBM's current operating system lineup: * TALIGENT: The joint Apple-IBM effort to develop an object-oriented operating...

Pipeline. (Software) (various software industry news items)
November 29, 1993... ANNOUNCED File Alert for NT set to ship this month A 32-bit application that automatically detects file corruption from many sources is being readied by Executive Software Inc. for shipment this week. File Alert for Windows NT notifies the...

Kodak ships its imaging tool for Notes. (Eastman Kodak Co.'s Lotus Notes: Document Imaging 2.0) (Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes workgroup software) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Kodak completes product after Imagery division's reorganization Despite the shift in direction of its creator, Lotus Notes:Document Imaging (LN:DI) Release 2 is now shipping. The document management and imaging product was built by Eastman...

Platinum improves LAN accounting modules. (Platinum Software Corp.'s Platinum for Windows accounting software) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Platinum Software Corp.'s LAN accounting modules are being renamed and spruced up with workflow capabilities, better integration with other desktop applications, and improved report writing. Platinum for Windows, formerly the Platinum Series,...

ScreenCam helps show users how to build document models. (Lotus Development Corp.'s image processing software captures screen movements in movie format) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Teaching corporate users how to build document or spreadsheet models on PCs will become more automated with a new package from Lotus Development Corp. Lotus' ScreenCam utility is effective for training and for showing coworkers the logic...

Caere corrals sent, received faxes. (Fax and Find fax software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Fax and Find brings fax management to desktop Users can manage incoming and outgoing faxes from desktop or portable PCs with Caere Corp.'s Fax and Find. Caere teamed up with Delrina Corp. to integrate complete versions of Caere's Personal...

Financial app supports Windows, DOS. (Comshare Inc.'s Commander FDC 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Comshare Inc., maker of executive information systems, has introduced a new version of its financial and reporting package that supports the Windows and DOS platforms simultaneously. The package lets Windows and DOS client software coexist on...

32-bit SDK for OS/2, Windows NT released; ports Cobol applications to PCs. (Micro Focus Inc.'s Cobol Workbench application development software) (IBM's OS/2, Microsoft's Windows NT operating systems; software developer's kit) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Micro Focus Inc. is providing a way for Cobol shops to move over to 32-bit development environments. The company recently introduced a 32-bit software developers' kit for the IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows NT operating systems. With this...

The latest on strange beta tests and other Windows secrets. (Novell Inc., Digital Research operating systems not supported in Microsoft Windows 3.1 beta testing; Microsoft suspected of intimidation, unfair business practices) (Windows Manager) (Column)
November 29, 1993... An unusual routine that Microsoft buried in at least two different beta versions of Windows 3.1 was the subject of my last two columns. This routine displayed "error 2726" or a similar message when the betas of Windows 3.1 were launched on a...

Pipeline. (Hardware) (various computer industry news items)
November 29, 1993... ANNOUNCED File Alert for NT set to ship this month A 32-bit application that automatically detects file corruption from many sources is being readied by Executive Software Inc. for shipment this week. File Alert for Windows NT notifies the...

Ambra readies inexpensive portables. (Ambra Computer Corp.'s SN425C notebook computer, N4333C and N450T color notebook computers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Set to ship docking stations for N and lightweight SN systems Ambra Computer Corp. this week plans to introduce two lines of low-priced portable systems with docking stations. The SN and N systems will ship in December, with prices ranging...

AST boosts Premmia, Bravo with multimedia; improves graphics, video output. (AST Research Inc.'s Premmia 4/66d 343M, Bravo LC 4/33s 173M microcomputers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Responding to customer and reseller requests for multimedia options, AST Research Inc. is adding two multimedia systems, one to its Premmia high performance line and one to the Bravo value line. Both will be available from the Irvine, Calif.,...

IBM adds PCI chips to PowerPC design. (developing chip set for peripheral component interconnect bus, PowerPC microprocessor systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... IBM Microelectronics is bringing Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) to the PowerPC with a bridge chip set that supports 64-bit data transfers. With the release of the chip sets for the PowerPC -- the chips are currently in sampling,...

Cyberbook notebooks reach out for users with 3-D displays. (VRex Inc.'s notebook computers retrofit Apple Macintosh PowerBook 180c, Panasonic CF-V21P notebooks with screen overlay) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- Users who want to give more depth to their presentations can get it from a New York state company offering three-dimensional stereoscopic notebooks with a projection panel system. When users look at the CyberBook notebooks or...

PowerBook Duo 250 wins out in portable selection choice. (Apple Macintosh) (Enterprise Computing/Management) (Hardware Review) (The Network Curmudgeon)(Column) (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... Those of you waiting with bated breath on my choice of a portable computer can now exhale: I bought a PowerBook Duo 250. A Mac? Surprised? I was. And after several weeks of using the beast, I am generally happy with my purchase. The active...

Personal information managers for Windows. (overview of seven evaluations of personal information management software) (includes related articles on testing methods and products tested) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... Users must weigh customization and ease of use when choosing PIMs Text by Patrick Marshall - Contributing Editor Test Plan developed by Patrick Marshall and Victor R. Garza - Test Development Specialist Edited by Ann Marcus - Associate...

Micro Express 486 has active matrix, Type III PCMCIA slot. (NB8266 notebook computer; Intel 80486 microprocessor; Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... A 486-based notebook from Micro Express features an active matrix color screen and a Type III PCMCIA expansion slot. The high-end system lists for $4,499 and is configured with a 486DX2/66, a 200MB hard drive, 4MB of memory, and a flash BIOS...

Mobius stations Sparc compatible; TI's Sparc fuels low-cost clones. (Mobius Computer Corp.'s Mirage IPS/10 Models 51, 52, 54 workstations) (Texas Instruments' SuperSparc microprocessor) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Users looking for Sparc-compatible workstations at as little as half the price of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Sparcstation 10 models can look to three new systems shipping now from Mobius Computer Corp. The single-processor and two multiprocessor...

DSP board can fax from Windows, answer phones. (Cardinal Technologies' Digital Office multifunction sound board) (digital signal processing) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Cardinal Technologies Inc. has announced a card that will fax data directly from Windows applications, answer a telephone, and record voice and music. Scheduled to ship in the first quarter of next year, the multifunction Digital Office...

Chip lets PCI local bus run in portables. (Western Digital Corp.'s RocketChip WD27 graphics coprocessor; peripheral component interconnect) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Intel Corp.'s Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local bus will be available in portable systems next year, thanks to a graphics chip set from Western Digital Corp. The RocketChip WD27 will let portable owners use large-screen...

Everex boosts power for low price. (Everex Systems Inc. introduces Step Plus line of Intel 80486-based microcomputers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Investors acquire assets in Chapter 11 agreement Everex Systems Inc. has introduced a low-cost, highly integrated 486-based line of systems. The company also received word that a sale of its assets to Yside Investment Group will be allowed...

Dauphin to ruggedize its DTR. (Dauphin Technology Inc. to enhance DTR-1 subnotebook computer; device to be introduced by Badger Computers as Badger GT-486P1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Users who want a ruggedized data collection device might be interested in a forthcoming model from Dauphin Technology Inc. In the first quarter of 1994, the company says it plans to offer a ruggedized version of the DTR-1. Dauphin has not...

Ascend. (Franklin Quest Co.'s $199 Ascend 4.0 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations of personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Satisfactory Installing Ascend is simple and straightforward. The setup program leads you through copying program files, and Ascend will -- if you have checked the box for sharing calendars on a...

Leading Edge revamps 486 systems with VESA local bus. (Leading Edge Products Inc.'s WinTower, WinPro, WinPro 486e) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Leading Edge Products Inc. has added VESA local bus capability to its WinTower and WinPro systems, which are due to ship in December. The Westborough, Mass., company's WinPro 486e desktop and multimedia systems include two 32-bit VESA local...

Commence. (Jensen-Jones Inc.'s Commence 2.0 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations of personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Very Good Commence is very easy to install and get running. The setup program prompts you to specify directories for various types of Commence files and clearly reports how much space is required. Once...

Bubble Jet upgrade offers 360-dpi and faster print speeds. (Canon Computer Systems Inc.'s BJ-10sx portable ink jet printer) (dots-per-inch) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Canon Computer Systems Inc.'s new portable Bubble Jet printer offers print speeds of as much as 30 percent faster than its predecessor. The portable BJ-10sx offers 360-dot-per-inch printing at a speed of 110 characters per second. The new...

No muss or fuss required for Plug and Play configuration. (method used to poll, prioritize automatically configured devices upon system startup) (Tech Talk) (Column)
November 29, 1993... Last week we examined how the forthcoming Plug and Play (PNP) hardware and software configuration system standard would interoperate with our existing non-Plug and Play systems. We'll conclude our look at PNP this week by examining some...

Pipeline. (Networking) (various network equipment, industry news items)
November 29, 1993... ANNOUNCED File Alert for NT set to ship this month A 32-bit application that automatically detects file corruption from many sources is being readied by Executive Software Inc. for shipment this week. File Alert for Windows NT notifies the...

Desktop Set. (Okna Corp.'s $89 Desktop Set 4.0 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations on personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Very Good DeskTop Set is unusually easy to install. The program comes on a single disk, and the setup program automatically proposes directories for installation and reports on the amount of free space on the...

BeyondMail update to add OLE 2, document handling. (Beyond Inc.'s BeyondMail for Windows 3.0 electronic mail system supports Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- A future release of BeyondMail for Windows demonstrated at Comdex offers improved document handling features. BeyondMail 3.0 will include Microsoft Corp.'s Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 2.0 to let users switch back and forth...

Best ships $259 multimedia modem. (Best Data Products Inc.'s ACE card combines sound, modem, fax and telephone answering functions) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Home office users can combine multimedia and data communications with a system shipping in January from Best Data Products Inc. The Advanced Communication Enhancement (ACE) system combines fax, modem, sound, and telephone answering...

Microsoft aims for LAN, WAN mobile links. (planning to position WinPad operating system as global connectivity solution for local area networks, wide area networks) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft Corp. during the next few months plans make it easier for users on the road to share and access data while away from their desktops and networks. The plans include notebooks, subnotebooks, and hand-helds, said Pradeep...

Peer-to-peer NOS uses off-the-shelf network adapters. (CBIS Inc.'s Desk-to-Desk network operating system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... A $129 peer-to-peer networking software product shipping from CBIS Inc. lets users share disk drives, printers, and CD-ROMs among as many as 225 DOS or Windows PCs. Desk to Desk, a software-only connectivity product, is intended for small...

Ecco Professional. (Arabesque Software Inc.'s Ecco Professional 1.1 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations of personal information systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Good Installing Ecco Professional is easy and automated, although the setup program does not offer you a chance to check how much free space you have available on various drives before deciding where to place...

3Com, AT&T are teaming up to make Fast Ethernet a reality. (cooperative development agreement to result in products by mid-1994) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... The leader in Ethernet products has joined up with a formidable chip producer to make sure Fast Ethernet products and raw materials will be readily available by the middle of next year. A codevelopment agreement between 3Com Corp. and AT&T...

NetWare emulation utility works with NT, Solaris. (Beame & Whiteside Software's MultiConnect Server for NetWare) (Microsoft's Windows NT, Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... A utility for Windows NT and Solaris that emulates NetWare will ship in January from Beame & Whiteside Software. By March, B&W also plans to ship a product that puts Network File Service (NFS) protocols on Windows NT, letting NT be a client...

Instant Recall. (Chronologic Corp.'s Instant Recall 2.1 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations of personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Satisfactory Instant Recall for Windows is a breeze to install. The entire program comes on a single disk -- occupying only 2.25MB of your hard disk when installed -- and the setup program informs the user of...

CA management software to link up LANs, mainframes. (Computer Associates International Inc.'s CA-Visual Express database access software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... LANs, mainframesLAS VEGAS -- Computer Associates International Inc. will release software during the next few months to bridge the gap between aging host-based systems and new client/server technology. "If we follow current trends and rewrite...

Conner RAID system for NetWare. (Conner Peripherals Inc.'s CR6-RAID disk array) (redundant arrays of inexpensive disks) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- Conner Peripherals Inc.'s Software Products Group unleashed a barrage of tape and storage management products at Comdex, including a redundant array of inexpensive drives (RAID) system for NetWare and updates to the company's...

Frye adds software distribution options SUDS upgrade. (Frye Computer Systems Inc.'s Software Update and Distribution System Wide Area Network Distribution network management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 29, 1993... Frye Computer Systems Inc. has spruced up its software distribution product, called SUDS, with user "pull" features and a method to distribute software over large WANs. Software Update and Distribution System (SUDS) was one of the first...

Have you found yourself managing an electronic trash can? (methods of minimizing unauthorized user storage on local area networks) (LAN Talk) (Column)
November 29, 1993... When is a disk space crunch not a crunch? When your users are treating the LAN as their own personal backup device! It may seem unbelievable, but there are folks out in "user land" who think that LAN disk space is unending. Recently we've...

Lotus Organizer. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus Organizer 1.1 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations on personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Satisfactory Organizer comes on a single disk, and installation is simply a matter of launching the setup program and following on-screen directions. One possible pitfall during setup, however, is the fact that...

PackRat. (Polaris Software Inc.'s PackRat 5.011 personal information manager) (Software Review) (one of seven evaluations on personal information management systems in 'Personal Information Managers for Windows') (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION: Very Good PackRat provides superior control over installation, indicating just how much space is required and how much is available on specified drives. You may have to search a bit to find enough free space,...

3D Studio makes PC a smart 3-D platform. (Autodesk Inc.'s 3D Studio 3.0 computer-aided design software)(Reviews) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... Release 3 eliminates drawbacks of using PCs for animation, rendering at unbeatable price PRODUCT SUMMARY Company: Autodesk Inc., in Sausalito, Calif., can be reached at (800) 879-4233 or (415) 332-2344. List price: $2,995; upgrades are...

VESA speeds up local bus spec. (Video Electronics Standards Association approves VL-Bus 2.0 specification; expected to be faster than peripheral component interconnect standard) (Brief Article)
November 29, 1993... Next year, new VESA local bus systems will run faster than PCI PCs, according to the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The standards body has released a new local bus specification, Version 2.0, which requires faster timing...

In Touch's brilliant design is marred by oversights. (Advanced Software Inc.'s In Touch 2.0 personal information management software for the Apple Macintosh) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 29, 1993... Almost all vital information is put in easy reach, but indexing correctly is too demanding In Touch 2.0, Advanced Software Inc.'s latest version of its popular Macintosh personal information manager, combines some brilliant design elements...

Before you judge Newton, let's get a few things straight. (Apple's Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant) (Distributed Thinking) (Editorial)
November 29, 1993... I haven't thrown away my three-by-five-inch note cards yet, but I don't put them in my shirt pocket anymore. Instead, I stuff my Newton in my pants pocket whenever I leave my desk -- or car, or hotel room, or house. In other words, whenever I...

If Microsoft customers gave thanks, it wasn't for Word for Windows 6.0. (humor)(Notes from the Field) (Column)
November 29, 1993... It had been nearly three years since our last visit to Bentonville, Ark. That trip was for my father's funeral, and the subsequent bail hearing after Pammy was arrested for carving her name in a tabletop down at the Waffle Hut. "Everyone else...

High-powered chips boost multimedia. (IBM and AST Research show multimedia systems at Comdex fall trade show 1993)
November 22, 1993... LAS VEGAS -- Taking advantage of high-powered chips and faster video and audio components, IBM and AST Research Inc. demonstrated multimedia systems aimed squarely at business applications during last week's Comdex show. IBM's multimedia...

SAS system easily shifts client/server data. (SAS Institute Inc.'s SAS System 6.09 application development software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 22, 1993... Data manager makes server access, processing transparent to user SAS Institute Inc. is now offering a way to flexibly partition client/server applications, including the capability to update data on a mainframe. SAS System 6.09, now...

EasyDesktop rounds up program icons in Windows. (MicroSeconds International Inc.'s EasyDesktop 5.0 for Windows menuing utility) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 22, 1993... Windows users tired of the icon explosion on their desktops can get relief -- and robust file management and searching capabilities -- with the $59.95 EasyDesktop 5.0 for Windows. MicroSeconds International Inc.'s Windows shell, formerly...