DG Review articles from July 1991

DG Review archives from July 1991

Action-packed computing. (multimedia brings users' senses alive with stereo, video and animation)
July 1, 1991... Multimedia brings users' senses alive with video, stereo and animation. February 1995: The home of John and Martha Harris is located on a quiet street in Eden Prarie, an affluent suburb of Minneapolis. This evening, something special is...

Client/server computing: AViiONS and DG/UX are well suited for client/server computing. (tutorial)
July 1, 1991... This article explains what client/server computing is, and the general design of a client/server application for DG/UX. Client/Server Computing is the hot topic in the computer industry. Recent ads by Sun Microsystems are typical: they...

Your next move: interoperability. (Cover Story)
July 1, 1991... In the beginning. This article was going to open with one of those references to a Webster's definition of a word we all thought we already knew--as in "if you look up the word interoperability, you will find...... The problem is there is...

AViiON Ave. (AV Object Office ties the network together)
July 1, 1991... The widespread movement. The shift to industry-standard open systems and to a distributed style of computing has had many positive benefits for end users. Perhaps the most important benefit is the end users' freedom to choose "off-the-shelf"...

Talk, talk, PC talk. (Software Review) (atCon/PC Plus is an effective file transfer software) (evaluation)
July 1, 1991... Real point. Because this is the networking issue, I was tempted to try some sort of tie-in, like saying that file transfer makes @Con/PC Plus sort of a mini-network. I gave up when I realized that such a portrayal was an injustice to @Con /...

MV connectivity: your goal. (connecting a proprietary system to the outside world is serious)
July 1, 1991... . Options. Suppose you want to connect your MV to another vendor's equipment. The purposes for doing so may vary from sending and receiving electronic mail to transferring files to allowing remote site users to access files to connecting...

Reving up! (AOS/VS II upgrade) (tutorial)
July 1, 1991... You've heard the tall tales and horror stories of those who've up reved to VS 11. But do you know how to avoid them? The purpose of this article is to help others avoid the mistakes we made during are cent AOS/ VSII upgrade. When AOS/ VS...

Formatting foibles. (Hardware Review) (BackPack disk drive for incompatible disks) (evaluation)
July 1, 1991... Here's a simple, but invaluable package for those users who have the tedious task of converting data or files stored on incompatible disks. The proliferation of computer disk formats and styles continues. The eight-inch, single-side disk...