DG Review articles from September 1991

DG Review archives from September 1991

Is 88open dead? What does the Apple-IBM-Motorola agreement mean to DG? (Data General Corp.)
September 1, 1991... More standards. It seems every time I pick up a computer periodical, someone is coming up with a new standard. I guess there's big money in making your product the standard, while at the same time making the competing standards look like...

A direct approach: learn how DG/UX directories are stored and manipulated, and why small directories promote peak performance.
September 1, 1991... Directories form the skeleton of an operating system's life system. They provide an organized framework around which the rest of the file system can be constructed. This month, I'll explain how directories are stored and manipulated under...

Dial-up savings: eliminate the high cost of dedicated circuits with high-speed, dial-up modems. (buyers guide)
September 1, 1991... For some time now, the cost of making a long distance call has been spiraling down to the point that private net-working in some instances no longer provides the incentive that it once did. Indeed, dedicated access for many data...

AV open office vision: AViiON office information system provides users with an open working environment. (Special Report: Streamlining Business Operations) (Cover Story)
September 1, 1991... The proliferation of desktop devices over the last ten years coupled with the various networking schemes to interconnect them has led to islands of personal and workgroup information. While the potential benefits and productivity increases...

Rush, special delivery: a Fortune 100 company challenges Concept Automation's rush to improve customer service and promote employee productivity. (Special Report: Streamlining Business Operations) (Cover Story)
September 1, 1991... More and more businesses are realizing the long-term productivity gains achieved by the addition of an online fax-electronic mail program. This capability not only increases communications between clients and businesses, but heightens the...

Macro Manager. (building macros on WordPerfect) (tutorial)
September 1, 1991... I started using WordPerfect on a Nova 4X in the early eighties. There have been a lot of changes in those years, and the change in macros between 4.2 and 5.0 ranks as one deserving special attention. Old style macros were just recordings of...

VS II: it'll give you fits! (AOS/VS II operating system)
September 1, 1991... When you live with someone you get to know them pretty well. For the past six months, I've been "living" with AOS/VS II. We've actually been "dating" for over a year, but during the last several months we've become especially close....

Crossing the continental divide: a singular solution for a multinational trade organization. (Special Report: Streamlining Business Operations) (Cover Story)
September 1, 1991... With the 1992 European common market ideal fast approaching reality, many US companies are looking to expand operations overseas. For those who have taken this step, or who plan to, a software package from CRC/International Business...

Back words: survival of the fittest. (comparison of general-purpose servers and special-purpose systems)
September 1, 1991... In the mid 1980s--those early days of client/server computing--selecting a network server was easy. For example, if you purchased a vendor's workstations, you bought the company's server, one that could not support client systems from any...