DG Review articles from May 1992

DG Review archives from May 1992

The art of virus protection.
May 1, 1992... Well, March 6 has come and gone, and about the only thing that the Michelangelo virus did was make everyone aware of Michelangelo's birthday. Of course, it also caused a virtual stampede of panicked customers rushing to buy the Norton...

5.4 encore. (a look at the features of Data General's DG/UX 5.4) (DG/UX File) (Column)
May 1, 1992... My last three columns discussed various aspects of the newest release of DG/ UX. including installation issues, file system enhancements and changes in the DG/UX software development tools. This sounds like a lot of space to spend on a single...

Back to basics: careful planning and documentation make your network easier to manage. (moving a local area network ) (Tutorial)
May 1, 1992... As businesses continue to downsize their information systems structures, local area networks and distributed processing are becoming pervasive. More powerful standalone, multifunctional workstations have taken the place of dumb terminals tied...

The road to manageability. (developing a network management plan) (Special Report: Network Roundup) (Tutorial)
May 1, 1992... Enthusiasm for network management is growing rapidly. Rarely does a networking newspaper or journal appear without at least one article devoted to managing one's network. Products abound for managing LAN devices such as multiplexors and...

Management by proxy. (proxies in network management products) (Special Report: Network Roundup) (Tutorial)
May 1, 1992... As networks become more and more complex, network management software application have appeared to help users monitor and control the various components of their networks. While these tools are invaluable, a standard management package alone...

Command central. (using Data General's MV Data Center Manager) (Special Report: Network Roundup) (Tutorial)
May 1, 1992... In today's data center environments, system managers are often called upon to monitor and control multiple resources on multiple computers. You'll often see harried managers literary running from machine to machine, checking on system status...

"Framemaker, framemaker...make me a table". (Software Review) (enhancements to the Data General version of Framemaker 3.0 desktop publishing software) (Evaluation)
May 1, 1992... One of the latest products to roll out of Data General's tape duplicator is its implementation of FrameMaker 3.0. This version adds some powerful tools to the FrameMaker product, including new table-handling capabilities and conditional text....

User's choice. (running Pick-based applications on Data General's AViiON workstations)
May 1, 1992... For over 20 years, a knowledgeable clique of computer users has been keeping a secret. This elite group has been developing and running applications on a mature, efficient platform that, until recently, ran only under a proprietary operating...

Techniques. (tips for using WordPerfect macros to preserve DG filenames when transferring files between DG minicomputers and IBM PC)
May 1, 1992... This tip deals with handy macros for preserving DG filenames when transferring wordPerfect files to an IBM PC. The IBM PC does not use the same naming conventions as the Data General. On the DG, a filename can be 31 characters in length...