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THE Coman PAPERritish Columbizfs Computer Information Source

HECOmPUTER?APER1. No. 1

BLISHERIEDITOR Kinan Sin h Khalsa

ITORIAL

ONTRIBUTING EDITORS Wendy Woods. Kerlize. Dann Blankenhom, Masayulci Miyazawa, Keizo

malnoto. Gram Buckler, Steve Gold and Peter Vckinis.

NTRIBUTTNG WRWERSce R. Wright, Zoey Brown Mary Jane Devine.rden Fielcl Dave Allen. Gordon Simmonds

äIENRT DIRECTOR Rosemary Anders

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Lerler from “the EditorThanks I m the responses, our reader's survey is Stil] beingrabulated, butfmm the rau: ofrcsponsc, wcseem L0have hilona mach needed publication. Our advertisers lell usyou ni egiving Lhem a good rcsponse a5 well. We appreciate i: whenyou mention where you saw their ads. ‘üs belps us msoll

ads‚and xhemnreadswcselhthemorecoverageurecanprovide of the local scene.This month wclake a look al the rapidly growing eld of

Desktop Publishing. We man off with the lalesl rage in theeld: DesktopPresenIaons. I: isnosurprise um

the lechnology is being channeled inlo Support forpresenta-Lions. Tbc real slick presentatiorls these days are actuallymcorporating computers lmo the presemaons via spccialauatchments toprojectors which allow the dem mbe “live”.But I will leave the rcsl ol‘the slory 1o Bruoe Wright.

I met Daken Arie awhile ago amVancouverElectrorücPublishing Associaüon (VEPA) meeting. When it camelime u:prepare this months issue, 1thougm who heuer l0 laythe foundations man Dekan with his depth of backgrourldand clear explanations.

Another old fricnd Zocy Brown gives the perspectiveon the stale ofthe an, vs exüng technology.

DeshopPublishing hascreatedagreatncedfortramülgasitputsmany people imoboth new teclmology (Computers)and new ideas

design). Mary Ian: Devine gives sonneperspectivesonme need for mmingandme needs ofpeoplem .

Ancl what pnbllcaon onDTP can help but get inlo thedebate of which program l5best? Gordon Field of MostlyMac in Surrey gives his vcrsion of “who is the faires DTP‘ptogram of all”

Dave Allen fmm PaNorAmA‚ the local Amiga usergroup. a militant and regular Amiga user, bumnholed usabout the Amigzrs new formt capabilities. So woseid wowould give him some real esmne for lüs views. Sounds likean intcrcsng program -denitely an-interesting machirle.

Gordon Field gives m a perspecüve an the SharewareAlternative with a look a:apowerful argd inexpensive wardpmcessing program: PC-WRHE.

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Tbe rcadcr survcy isback, ina new and improved form.lt is in aneasily photocopiable size, has lhc address right oni: and includcs lwo new questions, one of which tells mswhere you picked i: up, and the olhcr which leaves moreroom für your comments. “Ihankstoallofyou who sennhcmin i: i5great geujng the kind of supporve fecdback Lhat wedid. If you want t0 getan our mailing lisl bc sure lo ll it inand send il along and we will send you future issues.

Hope you enjoy the issue.-Kinan Singh Khalsa

March 1988

Contents

DeEaItments

NEWSBYTESCD-ROM ............................................ ..4Canadian Newsbytes .......................... ..4Desktop Publishing ............................ ..6General ............................................... ..6Local Area Networks ......................... ..6Macintosh ........................................... ..6MicroChips ......................................... ..4The Stock Marlcet ............................... ‚.7os/z .................................................... ..8PC ....................................................... ..sUnix .................. ..-............................ 19

Computer Calendar ................ ..16Classied Ads ............................ .. 19

Features

Desktop Presentationsfrom Computer k) Overhead Projector .............. ‚. 9

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Interview with Daken Arielan inlmduclim wDesktop Publishing ............... ..l0

DTP vs Traditional Typesettingwhich is heuer? ................................................... ..l1

Training in Desktop Publishingwhy train? .......................................................... ..l2

The Battle of the PageContinues:QuarklO and Pagemake: 3.0 13

The Shareware Shelf:PC-WRJIE ........................................................ „l7

DTP on the AmigaPROFESSIONAL PAGE brings ncw lalenls 1oa lalentcd machine . 15

Sytec Pushes DTP t0 the LimitHi-lech Silk Screeninz 15

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NEWSBYTESCD-ROMNEWS0N CD-ROM COMESFROM USERSCHICAGO (NB)—Jack Dreiss ofArtlntrAndersen8LCo..the Eig Eightaooounting rm.mysisacompetitive advan-tagewgiveaudltorsasmckofmlebooksonCD-ROMdrivcs inside laptop PCs. Hospital emergeltcy rootns areswimhmg tn CD—ROMsto get Micromcdcx.Mead DataCeuuals polson comml datahase on CD. Ken Shnin’sGeovisiunInc.is malting money selling U.S. GeologicalstuveyMapsasaüwcocatledwindowsontlneworld.“LotusDcvclopment is making mote money man anyone

repackagingdamottcorporationsfnrhnnlaergbrokersmndinvestnrs. Meanwhile,inJapan thete’s amounting CDaudioplayer glutwhichcouldmm into aCD-ROM drivcprioe waraimed at Hitachi,which owns the U.S. marloet throngn itsOEM Amdck.

htlicmsoffs3rdannual CD-ROM oonference in SeateMamh 1-3 is called The Industry Emergcs.” Look forhypertext development kits.Microsoft smultimedla dic-tionary anCD-ROM.plus the usual mftofdatahase ownersand Software publishers. If something cmcrgcs asa stan-dard” user interfaoe CD-ROM willexceed its 400% pro-jected growtl: rate for 1988. CONTACT:Jack Dreiss,ARTHUR ANDERSEN8cCO.‚ 3l2)580-0669OPTICAI. STORAGEI-IAMPERED BY LACK 0FSTANDARDS, WEAK SOFTWAREATLANTA (NB) _maonts are tbc coming tlting forstoting masses onformation. Asingledlsltyoncanholdinyour hand can cnntain up 10 275.000 pages. er 550 mega-bytesmnformation. Evena huge online datahase cant on

asingle CD-ROM. And, since die CD-ROM drlveis similartn the CD audio player. it can be matte cheaply; Antdlek’:l-Iitachi-made drivecosts just S700. People have been pre-dictingforyearsmatCDswomdsnnnovermkebodtoppiesand harddrivesasthestotagemedimnofchoice.

Whyhaven't they? One reason noted by Ken Sbain otGenvision.producets of the GeoDisc CD-ROM witltmap-pingdatafromactosstheU.S.‚ is thatdevelopers nnderesti-matedhowlongitwotdtaketoorgatzedtedataonufßROMso itcontldberetrievedeasily. OmerCD-ROMdevcl-omnote thateachprodttceriseontingttpwitlt thoiroivnseamh software, so ippittg from oneCD-ROMtoanotherismorelikegoingomlemtingWortlStartoWordPetfect

älmnfromlistexüngmßmcesprmgsteemtlmhchaelA. tltiidwealtness noted by infonnation breiter Roh

Amonof Aaron- Smith Asaociates, Alleine,is in the seamhSoftware put onto the CD-ROMs by tbeir dei-elopets. Hesays it's crippled. “You can only search b5’lteywords. It'snot free-text seatvching,” as you'd nd online. It's onlysearchablc 111c way a printed nde: would be.”The realprohlem is in to the hardware h: adds. “CD-ROM playershave aeoess tirnes of ahout a ltalf-secnitd,while magneticmediameasureacocmtimesin millionthsofasecond. soll shardtogetthetypenfsearclting yotdgeton DialogorLexiswill:the same datahase on CD-ROM. As a rennt, theexibilityis muchrcduced.” I‘hefututemayhave to waiLCONTACI‘: Ken Shain, GEOVISION (404)448-8224; RohAaron,AARON-SMITH ASSOCIATES(404)688-6024

MICROCHIPSCHIP BREAKTHROUGHS FROM IBM, GB ANDJAPANESESANFRANCISCO NB)—everal impressive new mile-stones have been reached in 111e semiconductor world,ac-coringto news coming from the International SolidStareClncuitConfemncc. IBM says i has perfected the technol-ogy required to create the world's fastcst DRAMchip.IBM’s version reuieves a bit of information in just 20hillionmsof a second —lmcc Limes fester than culrentDRAMS.

General Electric annouttced a 32-bitchip witha vcryfastspeedoMOMIPSormillionsonstructionspersecond.And [mm Texas lnstrurnents and RocltwellInternationalcame yet another sign that gallium arsenide may soonreplacc cnnventional silicon in wafers. The two [inns

340; Fan.Malz-offälm’ 2 9 0 m 1 :(Sonnh: azMlqvest: Mcsovud eine};449m (M999). ;jsgqnr ;ßuclderiäß3mä i:;aoo};ästovosotdxuto ‘undPoioiyoa;

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showedehipsbasedonthisnewmaterinlwbichisclaimedtobe oooler and rastet than silieon.

Buttbehiggestnewscatnefrotn tltelapanese. NECpne-sentedapnperclaimiitg the wouitPs fastestonekilobitRAMchip hmad onsuperconductittg mnterial.For speed. checkouttltis access time- one bitin570 trillionthsofaseoond.Matsushita. I-Iitaehi, and Toshiba also unveiledDRAMswhicheach holdl6 megabiu; nf infnrmatiort. Don’t expecttoseettmn arounmhowever. unrilatleast1991 or 1992.CHIP SHORTAGE PLAGUES VALLEYSAN FRANCISCO(NB) —hile Clllp makers fromatound the wnrldweminSan Francisco trading ncwsontbcnext gcncration of Chips. Silicott Valley was complainingthat lt couldn't get enough of thc cutrent one’s. In sltortstipplyare25ol{ and 1rnegahitchips whichfonhemostpanareimported from Japan. lapanese rmsclaimthe short fallis due to conversion o1’production lines from 256K t o lmegabit chip ptoductinn. Mcanwhile,the sudden shortagehaspushedupthepoefrotn lass thanSZforaZSGK DRAMlast yea: t0 ovcrS3 today.

In a related story. Apple Computer has rcportcdlyappointed a task force to look inwwhether the rmshouldmalte itsown semioonducnors. ‘Iltetaslcforceisalso chargedwithpinpointing future suppliers of custom chips calledASICS. The taslt force is expcctcd t0 rcport its ndings a:the end of March.IHOTOROLA UNVEILS Irsmsc CHIPSCI-IICAGO(N8)—otorola isfacingrenl competition foritsnewRISC chip sccs. designed for engineering Worksta-Lions.The Sun SPARC Chipis causing a lntof excixcntent.Lastweek Motorola redback hy puttingout the specica-tions on its RISC chip set. Look for a 3—chip set whichcanrtm at l7 MIPS(millioninsmictions per second). handlinguptollvminpamllelprocessntgnemninproccssorhasbnth an intngcr and natingpolntunit.the Erst timebothhave appeared on the same slitne of silicon. 111c two eachechips one for data and one for instmcons, result in aparallel ow of dm. called a Harvard-style amliitecttne.Motorolasaid ING.‘ 200 onmpanies are re-‚riewingits RISCchip sei-iss. and earlysamples are alraadybeing evaluated.‘Ihcnamcofthenewchipaudmherdetailswerenotreleased, batall will be unveiledfarmcrlyduring tllesecondquarlcr. CONTACT: MOTOROLA, (3 l2)39 . -5000

EOSHIBASTARTSVOLUME PRODUCTION 0F 4M

RAMToshibaisexpectedto leada4MDRAMproductionrace.‘Iheoompanywillstattvolmne tionots4megabitdynamicRAMinilsünloßläcuyinSontnemJmanhytheestdofttnisyear. Fnrthatplnposeoshihawillmodifypart Oftlte IMDRAMfarilitiesto4M DRAMprodnctionlines.INTEL WILL CUT PRICE 0F 80386 MPU: INTEL

JAPAhPS FRESIDENTTOKYO (NB) —ntel willcut the pceof its 80386 MPUby 20 by the end of this year. aocnrding tn Intel Japan‘spresidcnt, whoproclaimedthenewrsata business meetingonFebruar) l 7. The price cut willbe applied t0 its ZOMHZ80386 Version. Thepresidentsnystltispcecm willbemadewhcnchip production is intrreased at lts Albuqnaque plantin New Mexioo. WilliIltisprice cut‚ Intel expocts to boostthe salesots 80386 three Limeshigher lhansales in 1987.JAPANREaDY T0 ENTERlüM-DRAM ERATOKYO(MB)—Ihree Japanese chip makers includingMatsushita. Tosniba, and Hitachi.havc devclopod a 1omegabit dynamic random acoess memoty chip. These nextgeneration Chips will be shown at the International SolidStatt: CircuitConference (ISSCC)in San Francisco onFeb.17. According t0 industry sources. Matsushita and Toshibahave applied auench method whileHitachi has used a Stackmethod l0 develop these brealctltrough Chips. I-Iowcvcr, thcyare not tlte rstmakers to have developed a I6M DRAM.Japan s teleoom giant NTT im nlready dcvclopcd the samecapacily chip,and introdnced it at last year's ISSCC.

CANADIANNEWSBYTESASSOCIATION SEEKS MEASURES T0STRENGTHEN SOFTWARE INDUSTRYMARKHAM,Ont. (N13)—Canadiangovcrmnant,businessand edueatinnal institutionsshould he wondng tngethcr tosu-engthen this country s softwarc industry. So says theYork Technolngy Association, a grouprepresenting high-lach companies in the Toronlo suburb that is horne toabouthalfof Canada s computer indusny. (IBM Canada AppleCaada. Cotnmodore Business Machines and AT T Can-ada are all hased in Mai-klamm)

Canadamissed theboatinoomputcr hmdwaIeJheYTA

said in a recent repott entitledTHESOFTWARETUNITY: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE. “amlwdothesameinsoftwxefthereportcodocntnentsets forth Sörooommendations mtdings of public attihtde mateüng, nancis.btecltnloalexpertise, reseatth and clevelopment.property,international trade and govet-runentppolicies.Among die motesignicantrecommeYTA-Supports current fxee-trade negotiations withttn-ges the governmentt0 launch similarinitiativcountries,-wants more generous max incentives for prresearch and developmeitt,-calls fora high-prolescieitzicprojecttogetthecpublic mcrc intcrcsted in scienoe and technology

-beiievesscience education in Canarlaneeds lmand '-wants programs t0 incrcasc die matetingsksolnoes of ihesoftware indusuy.CONTACT: THE YORK TECl-INOLOGYTlON‚ Suite 132. 7305 Woodhine Ave.‚ MaL3124V7.(416)886-1987WATT ANDSEE AITUUDE PLAGUES TCOMPUTER MALLTORONTO NR)—cvcral companies am ispacein'l‘ocronto’s Computermall.buLth:y rea1lothers t0 movein First. Sofar.only onecompanthe malt.completed last spring in the west endOfce Equipmcnt Ltd. uses itsspacc Ihm asadon facility. Alainsuttotnptesidentofcompusaid that whilehehas seveml committnents fromhe did not name, mcst want to see more of thespace occupied before lhey movein themselves

Althoughthings have gone slowly, Suttonsn0 doublinmymindthatlhemisamarket Tormarkmtltetteedforitisthere.”Headrnirstltaof some sirnilar pläojects in the U.S. have madtenanls man’, hesilant. but wys the Dallas Inproven that the Computer mall idea can womcantimc. Computer Mails is runnlng Seminarsferencecetttretltatmakesuppanombtldingandcaon consultiitg worlt. CONTACT:COMPUTERLTD.‚ (416)675-6500SOFTWARE88:NnrwonmomnnamvnTORONTO(NB)—bout 225 delcgatcs wen:Tomnto Convention Centre last week for Sofsympmimnsptmmedby thefederal Depanmemutimiomandtheoimobnisvnrmumcationa. ‘Ihenlüeofdteoonfeteneefnrm

‚probablfbestsummedupbyadeleganenvertteamtallcapayphoneearly on Ihr:oonferetioeä ftrstday.he said “I've made one good contact alteady. wer-e welcomed by the faden] and ptovinciaresponsible for the oonferenoe both of wltothings about the software imlustry and nothingOther sessions dealt withbasics of telecommmarketing expurtstrategies and similar topics.PAY UP FASTER 0N TAX CREDTTS, HIFIRMS TELL OTTAWA . .OTTAWA (N13)—anadian rmsthat qualifyand devolopmcnt tax crcdits waitas long as tyearstogetthe money.That s oneot‘1h:ndingsby the Chnadian Advanced Technology(CATA). CATA mys Lhcdclay is unaceeptabmaldng lifedilcultforCanadianhiglt-techcomassociation wants the payments made tastet,angovcmment has “overreacted” to scandals surroScienticResearch Tax Credit program in wpaid out lauge sums for research umwas neve

Thc SRTC programcost Ouawa about C33

foregone taxrevenues. About 65 companies arinvestigated in connection vom the programcloscd down in 198S. Scvcn charges of fraudhavSinoe dtat debocle. the governmcnthas chcckcdnies verycarefully beforepaying outtaxcrediu.Ouawzfs caulion is desuoying the tax breakseffect,and says the govemment must nda waclaims fester.ONTARIO T0 SELL 3 TECHNOLOGY CTORONIO (NB) —hreeofthe Provinceofonttechnology centres willbe sold to (he privatevidedbuyers can be found. RickWinston. a spotht: provincialMinistryof Industry,Trade and TtoldNEWSBYTESCANADAthe eentrcs wetcndcd tobc gnvcnunent-run forevet. He said thhcroelectronics in Otlawa,thcCentre forAutom


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in SL Camarines and thc Cenlre for Advanced Mannfacnn-ing with faciliticsin Cambridge und Peterborough willbepnt m [h8 block.

Winston would not oommem an whether any private-saclorbuymareinmrestedinteoennesmoneofwhichumaprot.Hawever. hesaidhis minisn-y “expecxs they can bcprotable.H: said the Mixiisny ol‘Indnstry, ‘man and Technologyplans moontinne operating itsCcntre forResümee Indnsn-yTechnologyinsudbmy. while lhecennefcr FarmMankin-cryandI-‘oodProcessingTechnoloymChatham willbemrnedovertotheprovincialhlhiisnyofAgriculuneandFond.

INFOMART ONLINE; Tomnlo on-lincdaxabase opera-tonhasaddedwCarmdianPressnewswiretoitsrotevalienricmwhichaheadyoffersanassorunmtofCamdianandU.S. daily and weekly newspapers.

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NCR CANADA PRESIDENT BOOSTS man TRADEWATERLOQOM. (Nm-Nckcamdaud. “fully sup-pomandhasavitalmteresthmccreationofaninmnmimmmarkntplacebascdonopenmarkersuriihombordcralmiffsoromermsnicona aoourdingto1)onaldJ.Albexs.presi—dmt'ofNCR'sCanadIan' subsndnry‘

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0m.Speaking t0 an innemalional group of eoonomics and

oommeroc stndenls inwalerloo, Albersbacked the idea ofafree-LradeagreaneaubenveenCanadaandilmU.S.—anidoawhichhasattrwtedsupponfrommebusmesscommu-nilyinCanadancar-hysmicalopposimml asizeablepanohellanndimpopnlaüomandvimmllynoanenonm

. the U.S.“Setting asid: fears about socinl or political domina-

Dn„IIEl e81iSSlIOiShOW5h0lJldC-l3 m rmsdnbnsincsst0 wmpcte effectively in du: U.S. and around the world,”Alberssnuäecüvecompctitionisantaixywlmwemust be sensitive l0. and omiLinunIlystrive for.”

Alboisjoim IBM Cannda Presidmt John ‘Ihompsoitnndheathofsevemlhigh-mchindnstryassociaonshaemh3 snpponfortbeagreement. CONTACI‘: NCRCANADALTD.‚ 686S Canon-y Am, 0m. LSN IE2416)8269H )

‘THEVANCOUVER TECHNOLOGY MARKE ‘ LE l‘-TERwill oldmesstlwbusincscmbercstnncmredsoon.Publishcr DavidRoberts 101d THEFINANCIALPOSTreceny his IO-montll-old newslettu lias faiied t0 anmclenouglisubscribmlobeviablc. Hcsaidsubomibuswillgntback 80 per oent of imdoliveredsubscriplion costs.

DESKTOP PUBLISHINGBRODERBUND San Rafael. Ca., says it has sold its 0m:

nlillionthcopy ofTimPrintShop. Originally introducodin1984 Ihn pmgram quicklybecame a favorite and has re-mainod on Sensors Hotlisi for 185 wccks.DTP HELPS CREATE NSTANT BOOK 0N CAL-GARY DLYMPICSCALGARY NB)—fyou think Ihose downhillskiers andbobslcddcrsaxefasgyouotighttoseethewritmmdediwxsat Min-ray Love Productions.

One wrilm’and 70photographers wondng for die Van-couvex-bosed publisher covered the progress of the OlympiaTorch acmss Canada. Alongwilha lcam of editors andanisls back in Vancouvex. they're producing a 224-pagebook entlelffsharethe Flame,”t0 belaunchcdon Februnry25. Whatmakeslltispomible isdeshoppnblishingusingIB MPsrz Computers ancl Pagemaker softwam. plus an IBMPCConvenible onthc mad. Andplenty ofooffee. nodoubt.CONTACT: MURRAY LOVE PRODUCTIONS. 604)687-6833

CORELRELEASES DTI’ TOOLS

OTTAWA NB) -—— Corel Systzms C0111. a makcr ofdesk-top publislüng soware. has inlroduoed two new text ma-nipulminn programsfm M5-DOS oomputers. CorelHeadlineletsnsmadideleteormodifytemlinesandgraphicgtnes, and provides an assortment of seinen pauems.üulputisinPostscrijnfmmaxatldcarlheimporwdintoVemuna Publishe: or PagcMaku. CorelNevrfont allowscreation of hollow, shadowed. shadcd. skcwed anglod n:stretched vetsionsofsmndard PostScript fonts. Each of 111etwo packnges willsoll for C5250. CONTACI‘: CORELSYSTEMS CORP.‚ 1600 ülrling Ave.‚sme 190. 011mm0m. KlZ 7M4‚ 613)728-8200

GENERALTHE COMPUTER PAPER GOES AFTER WEST-COAST MARKETVANCOUVER (NB) —ritish Columbianowuns ilSown

monthly publicalionfor thc consumcr PC market. ’I HECOMPUTER PAPER, amonthly tnbloid.willbedislributedfree. Bnclcers cxpect an initial circulation of ahout 30.000.Publishc-‚rKixlansüiglnKhalsasnys mepaperwilldcalwithCanadinn poynollpmgrams. locallyproduced oompatibles.the Western Canada Software indusny and informationonlocal bulletin board syswms. Its Editorialconlent alsoincludcs ponions of NEWSBYIES.

Distributionwillbe thmugh oomputcr storcs, news-stands. bookslorcs. and by mailm Computer-wund businesses and individuals.the publishers said.DJPROVINGEYESIGHI‘ WITH PERSONAL COM-PETER

‘IUKYO NB)—sapersotial computer displayhmmful

anoureyes? I1couldbe yes. BntTokyo-based Software hauseCopushaschallmgedthisomtceptby turningthchardwmfrommeaihnmtmmecummordermmalceapemormloomputeratooltoimproveuseseyesight. thecompanyhasdeveloped imiquceyesight unlning Software called Meta-knn. ‘Ihesoftwaredisplayseyctraining ringsonlhcscremwliilslhciannfkeepswatclnglnom lhedislnnoeusingaspeciallongcableemmectedto thekeyboard.

Copushasapplied ibeoryoftrainingoyesight. staringalsmrsaxiddistamlandscapes. Copus isplannmgwcxponiesoftwareinwfuture.Ifyocibelieveigbuyaxidnyusingthosoftware. The schwere is priced a:24,800 yen er 3190.80.Andi1:extended cable oosls about 10.000 yen or576.90.FLOPPYDISKSFOR ‘THEBLINDCOLDRADO SPRINGS, Co. (NB) —ou- the rsltimc. amanufactm-er ofdiskpnckaging matrrials has nddressedfnencedsoftheblindoompuxmxset. BmwnDiscJnassocialionwitnDr. DennTmtlcailhc UniversityofNmhemColaudo.hasdeslgnedlabelsfordisknandpackagingthmcmhleablindpcrsontoreemeoonmtsofthepackngemdthedescriptionofthcdisksixißmille. ‘lbcspecialpacknsesofBraille diskeuos also come nritli a labol Kitwill:whichadditional Braille labels can be ueatcd.CONTACT: Lowell Beil.BROWN DISC, 303-593-1015

LOCAL AREA NETWORKSLANS BOOMING ACROSS THE LANDPLYMOUTH INAEETING. Pa. (NB) —Dollar salcs 01comnnmicationdcviocsgrewhyßpomtandunilsalesby2A peroent for September-Novelrlber 1987. according InlMSAnmicaJheMSblaonalCompumRetailRepononsaksmcompmermmilersshowsununelynpidgmhinnetwndtdevicesmppexoauindomandliperzaninunilsalcsnverthcsamepeodin 1936.Modem S8165imrgxasad l8 peroent in dollars and 36 percent in unils modempuices reallyhave becn Falling). Othcr dcviccs --mostly micro-lo-mainframc gear —rew 15 perccnt indollars bm feIl 33 peroent in volmne, says IMS America.NOVELL SYSTEMS, Orem,UT. is beginning mmgrclever getting inmthc business of selling hard disks. A mor-ganization mmounced recently oould be die rststcp towardSolling the forma: Santa Clara Systems, says “Infoworld.”

CMQ OFFERS ELECTRONIC QUOTE SYSTEMFOR LANSTORONTO (NB)—MQCommunicaons Im. llasintra-duced MarkelLANnasyswm maLaowsPCsonalocal-areancmork t0 sharc one connection lo CMQ’s AutoQuotcslock-maikct dal3 scrvioe. AutoQuow protvides dynamically updated quotations onmore than 7S000 investmcntsonall major NorthAmcrican cxchangcs. BlarkeILAN willwork wilh commeminl local-mn netwoxts,includingEth-ernet und IBMTokmRing.

11m systcm was dcvclopcd mm AN Services Inc. ofNew York, a network Vander. It is to be available in June.according to CMQ. Liveaccess In dann offemd by TelemeInc. ofNewYork, which ownsCMQ, willbeavailable inthethircl quaner. CONTACT: Robert J. Bartololta. CMQCOMMUNICXITONS INC..5S ‘fange SL Suite 1102,Toronto. 0m. MSE114 416) 365-7171

MACINTOSH NEWSAPPLE LAPTOP SCREEN CHOSENCUPERTINQCa. (NB)-Apple hassclecgedatocbnologycallod activc matxix” LCD for its coming Macintoshlap-topnaooordingtoMACWEEKmagnzine. Appleissaidtobereadylaomder lßofthescreenseachmonthfromOsaka. Japan-hasst HooiderlEloctronics. Starting in July.Aclivcmalrix tochnology. currenlly found in samt hand-heldlapmmetclevisionsemhmanntlsistorateachpbtelonscreen nistead of the convmtionnlmethod nf conncctingeachpixelvinwimstoatmnsisior.‘mcendresuliissaidmbe fasten ooolnr- Iunning,and highet in oonnnst man cm -

rentlyavailable LCDs.APPLE BUYS QUICKDRAW,PASSES UP DPOSTSCRIFI‘CUPERIWO. Ca. NB)—-Apple has madc ofchoioeofancw screenroutinenndmewinnerisAndHenzfelcrs enhancemealts 1o QuickDraw —uick‘Iliesoftwaxeisexpectodto be niclucledin comingof tbe Mncinmshand willnot bc an exclusive Aperty. I-Icrtzfeldsays he's also liccnsingi: t0 Radiamong Others. Quickerniawismpposcdlobcuufaswrataddressixigtlneacrwmlharxiisfmebenr. IncenüwaitxogetinQuiclcerDtawisalsog-ningwonbueboardsyslenlsacrossthecotmtry wbexemtdywin

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APPLE’S UNVEILS UNIX OFERATING SCUPERTlNQCa. (Nm-ApplecomputcrhmnilrodaUNlXoperatingsystetnfoa-lhemidnloshaxnaUniFonnn convennn, an inmmaonnlfomm forcommimityhenewA/UxopenngsystemisexpbethcboostApplecomputerneodeotopxopelitinmfedebuyingclrclosUNiisthemostwidelyusodopuasysteminWashixlgtonatIdApplehasboentrngtopenlmlzlhe lucrave federal manwtfowovctayear.

NUXcm-tbeptmhasedinstalledonansomegaharddiskinaoompleteMacmtoshllemeulblefot310.745 dcpmding on options. Or ein-mm Maownuscmpurchasetbeopexangsystem withan handle oonsisting ofm 80megabyte hitu-nal oAppleCompmerhatddiskinsmlledwithMJxmidPand4megabytesofRAM nmwiunm slightly55,000.

And forme rsnime, Applehas texedaonm

sivestxppoltpmgiam. Boy thchardwamandyomamial and softwme npdatns. Buy an enhanccdconunclforßßßayezrandgetaocessmam-fmemlüdiroctt0 lheUNIXgums a1 Apple.NEXT APPLE INTRODUCFION: CD-ROMCUPERTlNQCa. (NB-Appleiswidclyexpecten-odnce iLs longwwaitedCD-ROM(oompnct diskmemouy) (irive an March 4 a1 xhe. next Microsoftconfcrence in Seanle. Speculalioa has it [hat lhedcost about 31,500. Apple wil become the sooocompulcrcompmiymixluoduceitsownbland-nameROMdVGBIUVidGdÜlalAßti,mcfnrstimtoofROMdrivc.kecps its promise of shippixlg IhnmontlLFelxuary. Noadvanccwordonwhalpmgrminiallybcofferaifatheddvgbuttbeyaretobemnouatmnsanbtimeu-tlasdvefsinnoduconinseaule.VIRUS ATTACKS MAC; l-IARMLESS FDRSAN FRANCISCO. Ca. NB)—BetwoanFebru8, 50111240 or so

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Compuserve descbed as a discmsion of miaApple products. W113 ihey gut was an unannoiutrudcnntheirsystm für:andllxersihiown “vionaMacimoshwhichmadehrmlincsmumdthcwo

'I11eviruspiugram‚crcatcdbyMACMAG‚aCanadMacinmshmagazme, was clesigncd to hide in a MsystomlemitilMarch Zatwhichtimeitwouldedisplayamemageofpeaoe. ‘Ihenitwouldelaseits appamnily benign purpose wasnotknown unidays of invesügations by lbeCompuSenre user gwho feamd the program. titledNEWAPPSTKSlmy System les and dem. Tbey now repon tho“harmless”but the powntialfor dam destructiunBRAZIL KILLSITS OWN MACCLONECUPERTINO.Ca. (NB)—pple Computer is cavictotymirsbanletobeatbacktheolyknmmcloneoMacintosh.The govemmetit ofBmzilhas rcjectomiim by Sao Paolo. Bmzil-based Unilron to

MacintoshSlzliclonein BmziLon thegrounds tOriginalenough l0 reoeive govermnem approvaL111e Sudden conocm lzythe Braziliangovcm

lhe issue of originality comcs in lighl cf lhAdministration new tariffs against Brazilian imto die Bmzifscavalier attimde toward intemalright law.ASl-ITON-TATE BUYS ANNARBOR SOFTTORRANCEßn. NB)— na surpse rnove. AhosmovcdinmtheMacintoshntarkuinabigwaywpurchase of AnnArbor Softworks am ils Macwm nicludingFullWrimPiofessional, a wardwith buill-ixidesktoppublishing fnamrcs. 8nd thgraphics package. Ashmn-Tawalso tmveilcd twoproductsbom oftheweddingßull Impact S395sheex with Word .rcpon gencraior.deslmop publishixlg featnres. lt willbe avajlablc

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murecs. could have beenworth anestimatedS30million dollarsalthoughn0 priee for thekeoverwas disclosed. '

WORDPERFECT PROMISED BYMARCH21REM. Ulah (NB) —eople who bought buggy beta versionsof WordPHfect a1 the

MacWorld Expo probably wolftseetherealming mlsome timeinMarclnaecordjng mrheompany. WortlPerfect charged buyersS99 for a beta copy of the WordPerfect Wordrocessoratthefailgthars one founh mexpectcdretailprice011395. Infacuhisis alsoIhnhinl MacWorld Expo inwhich theproduethas beenpromised.

Same1,500have snappeduprhe017erand arc panicipalingin thc clcbugging prooess.ommentsaboutbugsarebeing sem toWordPerfect via thephoneand electmnicmniL

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.PPLE KICKS OFF BUSINESS FORUMSMAkliAhLontmm-Applecanadameiswmmgcanaimbusinesswimasuiesof

usinessfomms” inve cilics lhismonlh. Apple saysmoretlnanloßopeopleareexpectedoancndthesessiensmTorontmOuawmEchnontomMonuealandVaneouver.‘Ilnebusinessmums will combine semhmsmproductesxpmandasowareshowcasefcauning third-panyusiness software for theMacintosh.

Reglsuationfor alle fomms is free. Public sessions aminTorontdon Februnry16,ttawa Febnmry 19, Montreal Februar):22and 23. Edmonton February25 und 26. and

VancouverFebrunry29 &Malen 1.CONTACI‘: APPLE. 1-800-387-9683.ext. 50PPLE CANADA ING,Markham. Onn. is pleasedthat the Federal Coun of Canaahasund severaloompanies and individuals in Vancouver guilly o1‘ contcmpt of court {er

efying againstsellingApple 11clones. O.S. Micro SystemsInc.. Comtex Microystemslnc.and individualsassociatedwiththetwocomparüespleadedguiltytothechalges.PPLE S E E 30 GROWTHIN ’88,POSSIBLELAPTOP,NEWII IN ’89UPERTINO. Ca. (NB)—ppleComputerChairmanJohnSculley101dshareholdersum

App1e’srevenues shouldgrow 30 lhis year- up9 ovcr I987's growlh gures——a1themfs almnalshareholdusmeeürlg.SeidSeulley, “We amon0m‘ way mbecomingthe5Sllinneompanythalwe hopc t0 bcby 1990.” 111cunoodwas clearly upbealasshareholdelssoapprevedtheappoinunmt of astronamSally Ricle mApple'sboard o1‘ dixecmrs.

Sculley wld Eheauwd 1988willbe the Wal‘ Ofoommmliwtions. “justa: 1987can bemrncterizexl am11eyearof x11:CPUS.” Hesaid Apple will immducc ahosl o1 eommunica-lonspwoducrstolinkMacmmsheswilam oompulers, apredictionwhichisalreadyauifeswd wilh Applet inuoducon of new ptogramnzing tools for Ivlaeintosh netwmtccess(S66nexl sinne).

hasepememeetingwimualystmsculleymenoned tlmthewouldliketoseeamallerJower-prieedMacintosh II,bmgnvenodateformchaprodnct. I-Iispublicrelationsäcershmrdemudupwambisuiwwmingabwa-mdMaeinmshnwülnmappearntil 1989. T0 Sculley,“lowend means a compleneNhc II system for 56,000insteaclet‘7.0001o310,000.

Appleisxrmlkirxg aboumnnors ofalaptop thatcouldbemmdueedesearly esMarch.everalsomeesatMacWaldExpompmseeingamoexywlapwpMacinwshmmhoksmilar m112BTosmbe I‘31OO and a high rcsolution. ncw lechnology sereen.PPLE INTROS SOFTWARE T0 HELP MACSNETWORKUPERTINO. Ca. (NB) —ew wols for progtmuners areaimeda1 blasling away anymmmn‘ ghnmus‘ belweentheMamnmm andIheIBMIl-orld. Applecempulerhmixxtro-ucedMacworkstaotl. soware which allowsMacintosh feanlres,auch a: pull-down

menus, iconx andwrindows, t0beamxiveasalinterfaceforallComputersananetwork.Alsotmduced was a produczcalled MacAPPC, mother m01 In connecl Mm with IBMs.pple’sSculley hascalled 1988‚“Iheyearofoommunica1i0ns. indicatingtbeseareonly thepoftheicebergofpuodunm Applewillinn-oduceforeomznunicaorlsand networking this

EFHE STOCK MARKETEWLETT PACKARIPSSHINING FISCAL QUARTER

ALO ALTO, Ca. NB) ——ewlett Packard continuestosum Wall Su-eetwith incn-‚dxblyood eamixlgs. Inits lastfmancial stalement.tbcrm claimst0haveseenprotjump54oS179 million.comparedt0 Lhis Lime last year. Salesamounted 1o82.2billion. HP’s chiefxecutivesaysordetsare11112696compmedto1987mdatethexigbestforany quanexinistory. Analystsarefondofusingmasa lhemtotneterfornegeneralhealthofmeotnputermdusu-ynConeequetItly mislatestreportpromptedoxxetoproclaim Lbeindumymgoodshqze.OMPAQ‚Houswn‚cIeditswtaildeaJerswl1getngitovetmeSl.2biion salesnlarhandmounced improvunenrs teils Salespaq dualer suppmwog-am. New pertsund Yellowages adpxogratnsmemong tbebigenhaneeenenrs.NISYS CORP.ofBlue

Bcll.Pa..cxpcc|s double-digit gmwminprotsthisyear,aceoumg0 Chat-manW. Michael Blumenthal. Blumenthal told analysts hc cxpecls revenue ofetweenS15hüllen andSl7billionbylbeearly 1990s.lastyeaxymeoompanyeanmds578millien (53.13per share)on59.7billion insales.

CE INC.‚ Montreal-lauer:patent of Bell Canada, Northem Teleeom and semal ome:ompanies,has acqxired nearly600.000sharesof Memotec Data Inc., alsoof Montreal,ivingitßlpueemofhleulotec inall. klemmen in tumownsTeleglobecmladawvltichmvldesovmeas satellile eommnmicatimxs.INEAR TECHNOLOGY ING, an innegaraledcireuit manufacunerbasedin Burlington,nL, madeaprutofßl? millionin theyearendedDec.31,upomCSlJ million in Iherevims yean’.Revcnues lose. too- {mm0812.4millionwC8112 million.

COMPUTER INNOVATIONS DISTRIBUTION INC., Bmmpmn. OIm-basedopemtmf all CamdianComputerbild ‘Tramhises,madz033.1million inthe40weeksenden Jan..upum (32.1million in Ihe Sslweelmayearearlier. Revenucclimbed 1003211 millionom CS174.9SILOGICCORP.0F CANADA.Calgary, repmed aprotof053.7millinn in theyeat

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MEMOTEC DATA INC.‚Montreal, ltasgot nearly all Ihr: eornmon shares and morethan half ihe prefetred shares of Toronto-based servioe bureau Polyoom SystemsLld.tmder its purchase offer. Polycom will be-ootne a Mcmotcc suhsidiary.

i,LOTUS posrs RECORD PROFITS,t ENHANCES M Ä N U S C R I P T

CAMBRIIDGE, Mass. (NB) —ouyedbycontinuing streng salcs o its l-2—3spread-sheet. Lotus Development Corp. has re-

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camings for thefourtlt quarter and forthe 1987. Sales in thcquanerjmnped4l poroentloS l 15.6millionoompared to 581.8 million in 1986.Prols5' for the quntter wcre S229million (50 oents

; per share). compared to 515.6 rnillion (35oems pershare)last ycar. For tlte year endedDeoember 31, Lotus posted net income ofS72 million (31.58 per share) on sales of5395.6 million,comparcd to 1986 guresof348.3million in carnings (51.03 per share)onsales of 5282.9 million. Lolus said 1-2-3es sei successive rocords in each of tltelast tltnee quartersof 1987. Analysis laclieve10m5 sold a millioncopies of tbe venerable2 and endumble spreadsbeet during 1937.

Lolus has also upgmded Manuscript,its ltiglt-end ward processing pmgram. tothe pcint that the progmm ftmctions as amid-level

deslrtop publishing program.Manuscript 2.0Supportsagreater number ol‘graphic formaler,including ‚DXF(AutoCadattdVersaCadLPCPairttbruslLandTIEliasweil as the several graphic les version 1.0handled. The new versiert of mattustrript

. also includes macros, downloadable foms,mathfunctions, enden integmtcd thcsatirus.Available in Manch.Manuscript Will beS495. Users of 1.0 cnn upgmde for S75.Contact l-SOO-‘IRADEUPCOMMODORE RINGS UP STRONGQUARTER, SHOWSUP1NBUSINBSSTORES _WEST CHESIER, Pa. NB —ommo-dore International oontinued its streng -nancial COIllEbCli, witlt seoond quartereamings of 520.7 million (65 cents persharc) on 5455.6 millioriin sales, versusprotsofslömilliortüocntspershardonsalcs nt‘ 5446.8 million. Also,Commodore?» Amiga and Arniga m00 arebeginning to sttow ttp in retail outlets catcr-ing to businesses, indicaling tltat the power-fulAmigtue.may be able to malte the sameleap to tlte btuioess world that Apple bestccently acoomplished. Several Washing-ton-ama storcs. includingStandard Busi-ness Systems, a long-timc computer re-tailer, has suned giving Ihre Commodoreproducts oor space and customers havebeensurprisedtoseeltowpowcrfulandcapable the Antiga is. reports Standard.Commodore Chamnan Irvittg Gould said0teAmiga “is being establislted solidly andcumently reptmcnts-lvopezcentofwtalreve»nues.”

OS/2MICROSOFT RELEASES08/2PRODUCTSREDMOND, Wa. NB —Ihexeare nowve new languages, dubbed tltc fust gen-eration, for IBM’s OSIZ, and two newdevelopment ldts fmm Ivlimmoft. In (in smajor update. Italienischsays the Iangttagcsand utilities released will allow program-mers towrite forbotlt the newgenemtionoflBMssindMS-DOS applications. The prod-ucts include the C OptimizingCompilerVersion 5.1, BASIC Compiler 6.0, MacroAssembler Version 5.1, FORTRAN Opti-niizing Compiler 4.1.Pascal Compiler 4.0,05/2 Progtamrnes Toolkit and Windows

2.0Software Developer s Kit.The 0512 Programmefs Toolkit is

similar l0 Ihreversion pur.out by Microsoftone year ago. Butiostead of a 53,000pricetag. this tool kit canies a S350 pnee. ‘The:was for the few of tltem, says SteveBalmer, Microsoft} vioe pesident for sys—tems software, referring to the prioey ver-siorn. Iltis is fotr everybody.COMPAQ SHIPS ITS 08/2NEWYORK (NB) _Compaq bcgan ship.ping ils veision of Microsoffs 08H for its80286 attd 80386-bascd machines. at aashy New York press confemnce. Thefolks from die ranch said their Version isfttlly contpaliblc vritlt IBM’s 08/2, wltichFirst shipped last October. As usual whencomparing itstel t0 IBM.Compatfs peoplesaid tltecir stu’ is fester. “Asexpected. MS08/2 delivers better performance on Com-paq 80236 and 80386-based personal com-puters tltan similarly oonftgured IBM PS/2products running IBM 08/2 becausc ol’thehigher systemperformance of our personalComputers.” seid Compaq president RodCanion. Canion added the ncxt vcrsion ofMS05/2 willinclude a Version oftltePtu-entation 01213881.still tmreleawd by IBM,andCompaqOS/Zusaswlbeabletoupgmde to it fora small foc.CONTACT: Joff Stives, COMPAQ(713)370-067003l : DEVELOPMENT ADVANCESWITHOUT PRESENTATTON MAN-AGERMARIETTA, GA (NB)—Soft last weeklaunched meOS Z Version nf itsPublishcrsPainthiuslt produot. Resident Matt Zooh-niann admits Ehe new product is not, byitselr‘,a reason to move to 08/2, but hopcsCler products will malte the switch looklike a good move by Comdex this spring. Within l2 months there will be a lot ofapplicatiorts,” he ptedlcwd t0 NEWSBY-'t'ES. “Actually, it was quite zasy.”ltt-‚addedaboui tlte eonversion process. “It s nolncarlymbigadealaspeoplethougltelfyouWIiDEfOIDOSJIDÖlCEEpIlZÜIlDgSÜS/Zcnd0. llke mttltimsldng, in mintl, it is als}?But using the IBM PresentaonMattager,dtte otttlater tltis year, tlte oonversion proc-ess woulrl be more difcult. The 03/2. ver-

sion of Publishes Palnthntslt will cost3x285.CONTACT: Mark Zachntann, 2.90171‘.(404)428-(I)08QUADRAM, Noucross, is prepnrod tochal-lcngc tltc lvcro Channel patents held byComputer Automation, lrvine, CA. whichIBM lioeused. Costs of aclmowledging thcpatent, rstgivenin 1973,are 8300.000 tostarr anrl 52.50 per megabyte for all boardssold.OSIZ F Ü R NEC PC8801TOKYO(N B)—NEChasstartedsei1iJtganapplicatitm program developmcntkit inOS2 frxNEC shast-setting personal computertbe PC9801. Insidcrs say more tltan 100sets were solrl to softwarebouses. The priceof Iltiskitis 99,000 yert or S762. NEC isplatmingtoreleasc

tltcenduservasionof05:2 for thePC-9801in June. The prioc isexpected tobearound60,000yenorS462.Meattwltile, Fujitsu willalso ship its ownversiert ofOS/Z for its computers Iltissum-mer. Tbe-cOmpmyllßextendedOS/Zinilsown way, making it oompatible with vari-ous levels o Fujitsu’s oomputers, fmmmsinfrnrtm to PCs.CONTACT:NEC.1—4-28Nta‚hnao-ku‚Tolcyo 108E TU, INTEL?—312CLONE CHIPS0N THE WAYSANTACLAIUgCa.(NB)—Inlel Corpo-tation eatecuvesbriefed several hundredemployees onplans to introduce aPS/l chipset und VGA Chipwhich am fuily compnt-

ible will]IBM’s ncw products roording to PC V0355;weeltly says Intel will announcscls in the second Quartal‘attd pmnot begin manufactming lhem1988 orearly 1989. Intel is in aoozy Situation with IBM as it apiies a majority o1’thc microproctelated parts used in IB M machreoently, IBM also owncd 2company s Stock. 'I‘ltemicro inPS/Z cloncs in the wings ltas beefrom IBM’s legal muscle»shouldduce PS/‘Z-compatible products.publicly declared its intcnliort t

whodato to manacross its MicArchitecttne. But Intels ‘enarena may provide the clonc-mnew condence since IBM. delntel’s Chips, is unlikcly to suoAn Intel spokeswoman woulclordeny the report but industryNEWSBYTES the story is mostMICROSOFT PREDICTS 0TAKE 3 YEARS T0 BLOOMMICRO SALESREDMOND‚Wa.(Mm-Wimabetterpositionmtrackmicrosalesrmwhich has a monopoly on ting Systems. ltaving soldone toPC manufacturers? ‘Iltafs rightAnd the company im nallysilencc er. thc subject b)’ sayinsales grew 30 last year undanotber 26 this ycar l0 8.2 mwmldvtide.

Asfor ils 05B opaating Scrosoft predicts 55 of all lBMpatibles sold in 198Swillbe modofntnning 05H applicatiotts. B1990 or 1991 before tlte majoriare actuztlly ntnning OSIZ applic

PC NEWSOLD FRIEND GETS FADBASEIVTORRANCE, Ca. (NB)—Aahtointrotltieeti3 Version of its dBASwhioh hasrtnew lookartd feel”sonne tnaiorOrgan transplants.issaidtobcfaslcrattd simplertoupredecessor, can be used in a necan run

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Doken ArielDciken Ariel isPresidenf of Coosi Compuiers o Voncouver compony specicilizingn Desktop Publlshlng hordwcre nd soware. He iolks here about The boslcs ofDesktop Publishing and how h‘ca n benei your business.

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How mProtfmm Desktop PubtishingDesktop Publishing 4h: hattest buzz ward in thc Computerindustry. Wim is i: und kow can weprot by i1?What is Desktop Publüihing?

Desktop Publishing DTP) is thc natura evolutionbeyond word-processing. You rnight call it an emergingstandardinthehighqualityprepamtion ofthewritten wardanacomputcr. The advanoed softwaue progzams that allowsthis mptesenis thc merging of severat disciplines: typogra-phy, page layout dcsign, copy t-diting and publishing slcills when the documcnt is to be reproduoed by a traditional

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typesctter . I‘he trends in typesetting. printing and publishingdemonsnate thepowcrof an ideminthiscauetheuseof low

coet micms in busittesses to pmduce as much of their ownpublicaons in-house. thereby bypassing die traditionalconsultants and servicc bureaus. At thc same time thisapproach has created new

entn ‚prenemial opportunities.Not only are thc skills needed to use DTP successillycomplex, Ihey detive from different disciplines. he}demand both creative and technical prociency.

Many businesses am tuming to smaIl DTP servicccompanics tocutcosts inpublications Wilhlllhaving rnasterDTPin house

To ponicipate suocesstlly in this emerging profession,imightcallitonmyouneodtobcvcmle.What am thc advantages ol‘Desktop Publishing?

‘Ilu-‚yare many: cost savings, quality coturol, impmvedcontrol, exibilixy and time savings. The savings can bemcasmedinsavingeithatlmmhasslcorexpemc. Thebezietsarethatqualitycan beimprovediftlteuserisproperly trainod and has the aptitude for layout.D’I‘Pis also mising thc standanis for business commu-

It i mpiclly becoming the expectod minimutn inall manncr of publications. Newslencrs. price liste reports.which wen: once acceptable in type-written fonnatare nowexpectedtohave theaddedünap” ofthatDl? providcs lilce:proportionately spaced letters, near typeset quality typc andaneasy integration of graphias and logos.What ukills are needed?

‘The. user should havc basic Computer skills. Wordpmoessing isstillusucl for textpreparation, but noformaningisdonein thc wordpmcessor. Ifone hadabasic wordprocessor under their belt thcy would havc a good start onDTP.

Graphics/Page layout skills willbe rcquired. The levclof this skill will vary according to die program. VenturaPublishcr has styl shectsin thc softwarc soas t0 malte pagclayout easier.Being familiar with tenninology in the ptinting indus-

u-y wiu also hclp. When somoone asks about kerning pnirsund loading you won t be too distrcssed.What B thc hardmre und software involved in DTPSystems?

The k y ingrodients in DTP is thc publishing software.thc microcmnputer hardware to mn Ihis software und thcprinters used as various output devices.

‘lhernajorcampshavebeendivided into thc Macintoshhardwarcfsoware and thc IBM and cotnpanblcs harcl-ware/soware Businesses willtend t0 migrate towards thc.IBMapproach due to the familiarity and available equip-mcnt. Services ccmres have boen using both hardwamenvironments soes to bettcr servicc thcir ctienrs nccds.

Whetherone chooses to operate on thc Mac or the IBMSystems, laser printersareiekey aspectinDTP. These vor ’widcly as t0 their capability and price.

How do you evaluate loser printers? Thc two camps in lasst printer are those with pagcdcscription lunguagcs and those wilhout. As the only pagedescripüon Ianguage that is prevalent a1 present is Post-

Script the camps can be differcntiated asPostScript lasersand nun-Postscript laser printers. The differences amdra-maticandthe oostofhaving thePosLsci-ipt languagc canalsobe dramaiic.Postscript Lasers are tlie Standard in DTP. The rcason

why this is so is quite obvious whcn you compare tlteircapabilitiesto thc xod fontLasersliki-‚thel-lPLaserjotPlus.A Postscript laserptintcr willprint any fontsize ofthethirtyve resident in thc laser printefs memory because the fontisactually scaled from maiematical coordinates. The xedfont loser printers require a specic bit mappcd image of afont wbedownloaden toprint it. Mth tbeir severe memorylimitalions only so many xcd fonts can be resident ut ortetime. So for oomplete exibility PostScript lasers am thepremium choioe und cxpetise.

Wthatcvcr your printer you willbe requircd tomaintainaworkingknowlodgeofyom laserprinterrogetme mostouto t Operating expenses can vary widely a5 wen. Some ofrhe low cost printers arc notorious fm their expense innmning them.What about Monitors?

[arge screen monitcrs have also bccome essential t0 thcserious DTP user. Theabilitytoviow thc wholepageora twopage spread has beoome increasingly imponant for produc-tivity and speed. ‘melaserviewandmsüeniusarecousid-eractzhebesti-i thcirclasslalways recoutntendthatyoustayawayfrominterlacedmonitorsao thcyincrnasoteeycsuainwitlt their ickenWhat about Image Scanners?

Scanners vary widely in print: and perfomiance. Onething is certain. Continuous-tone images such as photographsatc notpublication qualitym300X 300dots. Lineart.such a5 Cartoon drawings, arc acceptable through. I recom-mend to my Clients that they consider several importantscanning vsoftware aspects: File eonverxiun capabilities bctween the diffcrcnt graphic formal; and le compressiontechniques. The pmlifcration of graphic Software has cre-amd multiple leformats. Eachmfcouroe. being inoompatible with each othcr. D I P is thc great integraler a5 it tiesman: all together through it s import options. But it isusefulto be able to conven in thc scanning Software asweil. Youalso wanttocomprcss someoftbesc lesastheycangetverybis in sizc.Why is DTP revolutionizlng the typesettitig industry?

Typesetting has becn a weil guardcd technology; notthrough secret incantations but through ootuse and complextechniqm. A ty pesetter rcquirod yeors o ’ apprenticeship tofaihom tne ftner Operation and mastety ol‘ a particulartypesctter. Because nach company hada monetary incentiveto maintain

(heit- equipment as an isolated system everytypesetter wasadifferentltettlc of slt. Now that Postscripts evolving as a Standard in D I‘P, wc foresee that thispressure fmm below, as it wer-e, will begin to malte this -industry a little morc coherenLWhy i5PostScript socritical?

Postscript. a page description language. is a means bywhich whatcomes outofttie laserprintoris exactly thc sameaswhatcnmes outof thc typcsettertjexccpt for the quality ofrcoolution of coursc . In etTcct it i5aprogram that is dcviceindcpendent. ‘fhcprogram allows both a lasst printerand atniesettcr to intetpret thc signals from the Computer inexactly tbesamemanner. ‘Ihisisthekeytofhasitamvseverythiug but thc nal. typesctting to temain in-house,

whether you are a small manufacturer puttcatalogue togetber or a major publisher abouother book or manual.Who is using DTP?

DTP is being used by virtually everyone.ters are using it to maintain business volumestheir largeraccounts who are shifting into DTareusingittokcepcosts ofproductionlow undterm relationships with Iheir clients. PublishersIm. newspapers and magazincs are beginningvantagc of it.

And ofcoru-se businesses. both large unadopting it for it s cost savings, improved conttn-n-around times in producing maauals. news111e oommon mread is that Iltis new tcchniquetechnical advames in typesetting is generatingadvantagesforrhoocinthehusiness ofproducmWord.

‘Iheintercstüigateasmatamcmergingarcthecotrage indusny companies dm: am popping uourclients woc at Ironie with theirDlPequipneizing in a D I‘P niche with a few ltey Clients.developing burgeon‘ g Service bureau activitieslaser printing Services tor busittesses.

The Quick Print companies are moving inmcans ofadding glamour to their rcproductionproviding a complete design

Lauge corpmxtions are gctting heavily informs in-hotise puhlications, technical docunte

Wehavehreut nancial institurions, oonsultants aiuit-ms. Recently onc of our salesmen spoite aoonvetiüon on DTP applications.Where are thc

jobs kein: created?Allover. We thinlc DTP willbea Standard rin thc fumre. Night courses are geuing very popWhat are thc oosts of production in DTP?

e costs of production in DTP come fravenues. These include thc cost ofacquiring thesoftware und printcr thc costs of insuring the Dment and tue service cmtract requirod to protectware investment from brcakdown. thc costsinvolved inestablishinga tevcl ofprociermy inand thc actual costs associated wiih thc methodnon.

If thc nal Output is aocepmble at 300 by 30incl: dpi) then thc costs o1‘production include die2nd thc incremcntal costs of thc toner. If thc needs tobe above this rcsolution thc costs of typedie managcmcnt time associated with dcalingtypesetter should be factored into thc nal cost.It isaccopted that thc DTP solution is cheapetraditional unlcss you are doing only casual wotthis wereihecasc. DTPshouldbc takenadvantageoDTP Service bureaus. Tbey are very cost-etfectivThe Vancouver Electronic Püblisbers Assopublishing aguide t0 DTP Services in Vancouver.be out in thc spring.

Any last advioe to thc DTP newcomer?Buy fmm a lmowledgeable vonder You cvalne telcphone support when you needtoktiow so

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The Boleof ‘rhePage ConTinues:Xpress2.0 0nd Pogemoker 3.0QUARKAND ALDUS ÄNNÜUNCENEWVERSIONS

Okay, so this i; just another piece on the battlc o thcagc layoulprogmmmes. wclltwoofthcm anyway. There is

however some validity in continued pursuit of which is Ihr:bcst page layout application to purchase, as thc industry ofdesktop prnductions rnultipüesexponentiell): cvery ycar.

And with this bursting of business comes the obviousnccd for cnhancentcnts tools. if you will through whichhose just enteting the compentive fray can attempt to gajr

hal ncocssary edge. Owncrs of the oode. which eakes fmmhe mortal cirtuiny of their underlings. clasp Iheir palrnsogeter. rubbing luslily at the prots they will malte. “But‚

you ask. “D0 wereally needall tbme feannes?l”0fcourscwe d0

Both Quark, Ins. and Aldus Cocrporaüon have announced major irmovationsinrclcmcs planncd forshipmcntn March 1988. Atlthough nal product is somewbat scarcen which t0 lest tbesc new fcatttres out fuslhand much haslreadybeenwrttteztabouteachJ-Iereisasummaryofre

newest features and enhancements of both Xpress‘2.0frornQuark. and Aldus‘ PageMnker 3.0. Each have added somcmajor revisions, 3nd rectied some of their pasl shortoom-

‚ Aldus PageMaker 3.0Slated for telease sometime Iltis quarter

PagcMaket’ 3.0 offen; automatic pouring of texlovcr multiple pages ancllorcolnmns, automatic

.3 wrapping ol‘ tcxt around graphics, stylc shcet“formatng (ocrimporting fmm Word 3.0l), spotolour overlays and an impmved, morc convcnient user

nterfaoe. (Finally. an alphabetically arrange, pullnownnntmenu ) And ihafs nolenoughjtoffersmagic resizingenings for mamhjng bit-ntap and TTFF imagcs to different

Output device resolutlons, the ability to export text les tomrd trrocessing programmes. Bolh lhc MS-DOS and Macversions come with 20 page tetnplates and can adjust thegr-ay scale images stand in I IFF images allowing limitedmage editing vaithout teneedforayetanoterprogrmnnte.

In addition t its already inlmertt ability l0 import andxpnn a variety of text and gmphics ftles thmugh thc nse ofrlters. PageMaker 3.0allows lhe user t0 add custorn importnd export llßIS (‘mm lhird-pany vcndors.

PageMaker 3.0 requires one megabyte ot‘RAMnd aard drivc. Though thc applioation itself should easily torrsingle dislnexpecttondsix toftcen dlsksin thc box,

dcpettdingonwhetheryowrebuyingforalacintoshorllds-DOS mnchine. Expecl Ihr:retail print: to be highcr eswcll.by_t least S100in Canada.Colour i3 introduoed in PageMaker 3.0 with spvotolours, colour scrnens,coloured text supporwd in three

modes: CYMK (CyanMagenta, Ycllow und Blank. All theolours necessary t0 reproduce any other colour), RGBRad.Green and Bluc). and HLS Huesnüghlness andSatu-ations). Colours canbe mixedtoform acolour slylc youcanKhanapply toapageand print to malte negatives orplates fornch of the nnmed oolours.

PageMalaer 3.0 Supports two types of automatic lcad-ng: proportional character asoendcr t0 Gesendet’)withontrol over designang the pervcentage of font forde-ired leading, and top-of caps t0 top-ofcaps leadtng. Lauer-pacing can be adjustcd globally, with speciftable minimumnd maximums.

Although Aldus has added many new features. thepro-amma still does not conrain all rhe fcamres found inurrcnl. oompeting programmes. but then Aldus does notlaim t0 be a gmphics editing m01, ora word proccssor. but

more ana m1 for assetnbling all the necessary elentenrs ofhe nished pageBefore rushing out and buying PageMaker over in;

ivals. considerthatyou willalsoneeda ward proccssor(forang «iocument lcxt input),a:least Weigh the cost amuseful features of these two programmcs against the otherofferings.

SiIIOBiI-iinßtpn. Cluarklncfsxpresshashadmanyof PageMakq 3.0's newest feamres in addition l0 its ownunique feannes, and has kept anadmirnblc pace against itsgiantcompetitottTo rnany ofusitis THE layotrtprogramme

for dcsklop publishing. Die-hard Aldus Pagemaker‘ usersbecame sobocause in the beglnning there was only Page-maker, and Aldus {laslricd t0 see t0 it that they stzly in theforefrontofthe marketplact-„andadmirably 503mm: newkid an Ihre block just grcw up. With thc intmduction ofXpress 2.0, a number nf previous shortcomings have beenaddrcssed.

A5anavid user of Xpress I had only onc major cum-plaint: An inability to cut copy and paste between pages

and/orbemeen documcnls. This hasbocn addressed in2.0.As Xpress uses the the patent-Chile box system, selecngabox includes a1] h: child boxcs in that parcnt, which canthen be movecl t the clipboard. Previously they oould onlybe deleted.

With its innoduction. Quark xpressoftbrs technologywhichwaspreviously nvailnble only inmulti-milliondollarsystcms. Brcaklltroughs in colour enhancement, display.contrast control, separationabil ity, scanning and printing.

Xpress has always supported spot colour for text,butnow an innitc varicly o1‘oolours bolh RGBand CYMKcan be dened and applied to chnracters. lines. fmmes undbox backgrounds. Or blank and white, o? gray TIFF pis-tures. and pictures imported frorr. MacPaint. A eolour can

“also bc selected t0 matnh specic a value in the PANA-TONE colotu’ System or In mix thcir own, custom oolours.(For the- PMS, 0L‘PANATONE MATCHINGSYSTEM is a slandard. colour chart/rrumbering systemwidely used in the pnngfpubüshing indusuy.)

Perhaps Xpress 2.0'3 most uniquc ncw fcature i5 ilsability I0 import Fall-nahm IIFF images fmm colourScanners such as-th: BARNEYSCAMand allow the userto dene contmst cunrcs fnr huc-saturation-brightnms inboth RGB (Red Green, Blue) andCYMK (Cyan,Yellow,Magenta, Blank). Colour sltading i5also possible fnr eachofthncolours.from 040096.in 1 increments. X1165:2 0Supports colour prima-s utilizing the QMS/blitsubishiG650tltermnl tramfer print engine

Borrowing from Pagemaker. Quark has acloptedgeekingtgmy linc rcprcscnlalion of textatsntallersizes)to increase operational speeds. Additionally, prinringspeeds hav: been enhnnccd particularily whcrt using higlr-resolution oumutdevioes.

Unlikt: PagcMaker. Xpress has powerful ward proc-essing capabllities, eliminang thc need for a large-rlocu-ment. text ennyapplication. An aspect ofany ward proces-soristheabilitytnnd/changeaspectsofredocument artdXpress 2,0 isrto snangerto mese funcons. Search for nnycombination ortenandfortext attributes within astory. (ie.font size. er style). Once found, tcxt strings may bechangcd to annther- cornbination of text attributes.

Quark Xpress 2.0 is cnmpalible with the MacintoshPlus. SE and I and Supports a wlde variety of third-partytext formats including: Macwritc, hdicroooft Word 1.05,3.0.& 3.01, WnteNow ancl rvcrosoft Werks.

Numurotts gmphics formats such as TlFF, EPSF,PICT, and bit-map lcs frommm1 scannersare supportedin addilion t0 a large number of application including:Adobe illustmwr. Insel‘FX.Cricket Draw, Cxicket Graph.MacDraw.SuperPamt. Canvas.Mac 3D. Ivni-CAD Pro3D. MacPaint FuJIPainLand Colonr Mac IIPICI‘

PredictedtobeavailablcinMarch l988.Xpressissuret0 redene the MacintnsWs position in thc publishingmarkets.

All in all. each of tlte programmes dcscbed aboveevenintltcir currentversions baveswngthsand wealmessesover the otlter. It s liloely they always will, aftcr all isn‘t itthe nature of competiti

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