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I met and talked with two people this month who had not had muchexperience with computing. They both were just now becoming in-volved and expressed the wish that they had gotten into it earlier. Therewas the feeling that they had been left behind now with so muchinformationpassing by. Itis true they have missed much by not catchingonto the speeding information revolution happening right now. It is nothowever true that this is a fatal mistake. Any one grasping on or takingan interest even at this point stands a reasonable chance of stayingcurrent. The load of information is vast and so much new happens everyday. But there is a point to keeping current, because it is affecting all of

' us in our jobs, in our entertainment and in our environment. We have to, keeping tuning in to what is going on around us to stay economically

The federal government obviously believes this as they are spendinga large amount of money on a campaign to promote science and

chnology. You may have seen orheard their advertisements.. They are the ones thatremindus that theree onlyX number of days till the year two thousand. They are trying to nudge us forward into the highch sectors of computers, technology and the information age.

We also take this seriously and we are making our efforts in our own small way to help you keep upith this barrage of information. We feel strongly that this information needs to be readily available andave a regional and local flavor to give it a context.

This issue is about Networks. Any time you plug two or more computers together you get a networketworks are a logical extension of single computing. Once you realize the power of a single machine,

ou start to think of all the ways you could enhance other parts of your business, association or school.is a logical progression for many businesses who started with one PC to do their accounting, to wantachieve similar benefits in other areas, such as order entry, inventory orpoint of sales. Enter the Localrea Network (LAN)

We have looked at a variety of ways to integrate computers and it has been a real education processr us as well as we struggle with our own networhng environment at the offices of The Computer Paper.mall does not necessarily equate with simple. Good luck to any of you who are attempting this processe know you will need it. I hope you enjoy the issue and get some insights into networks. We have triedinclude enough to keep both the novice and the more sophisticated readers happy.So far no one has chewed us out for our change of format. The consensusisin and it appears you liked

ase keep the feedback coming, we are always happy to hear from you and what you would like to

We are looking forward to meeting many of you live at the coming Pacific Rim Computer andommunications Show in November Watch for us down by the Exhibitors Lounge booth 4193A. Therealso a New and Used Computer Swap Meet planned for October. Watch for that one for some goodrgains as well.Until next issue

24 Computer Calendar

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Feature: Local Area Networks14 Cooking Up A Network15 Network Decision Guide16 The Future of Local Area Networks17 LAN Language18 TOPS: PC to Mac and Back

Reviews & Surve s20 hnage Studio Alters Reality20 Macwrite 5.020 The Shareware Shelf: EasyLAN II

Columns21 The Service Sector.4 New Products27 The Booksellers' Bestsellers

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(see) ass%ass ACCPAC BPI LnnPak ReleasedVANCOUVER B.C.— June 1, 1988 — COM-PUTER ASSOCIATES CANADA, LTD„ todayannounced the release of the ACCPAC BPILanPak, which provides for accounting systemgmwth and allowsmultipleusets to shareaccouut-ing resources. The company also announced sig-nificant enhancements to ACCPAC BPI GeneralAccounting. Accotmts Payable, Accounts Receiv-

able, and Inventory Contxol modules."ACCPAC BPI is a sophisficated accountingsystem positioned at an auxactive price, and con-sidered throughout the mdustrr as among Ihe bestmid range products on the market. Now withnetwcahng, the product is even more powerful,aud wehavebecome Ihefirst accountmg softwarecompany to pxovide netwoxkmg for a low costaccounting system," said Norm Francis, VicePresident for Computer Associates CanadianOperations.

Up to eight users can shue ACCPAC BPImodules aud data simultaneously. For example,useN can access, editor view account,customerorvendor information at the same time. Multipleusers mayalsoshare prismand disk storage.Nevr Macintosh Hard Drives BC GrownADAM Peripherals Inc. of Richmond, has ac-quhed the exclusive rights to the MACFLY harddisk drive for Apple computers &om Computer

Brokers of Canada(CBC) for anundisclosed sum.Canadian micmcomputer deahrs may call eitherCBCor ADAMdirectlytosourcetheirMACFLYs.

ADAM Peripherah Inc. is an Apple CertifiedDeveloper focusmg on the development and dis-txibutionof add-on products for the Applemaxket-phge. Specializmg in mass storage devices, theMACFLYwillplay apivotal rolein theexpansionof the line to include internal and external SCSIchives over a widerangeof capiciries.

Thecompany's expandednew Richmond facil-ity will house assembly, service, warehouse andadministrative operations. An announcement m-gardmg anewEastern Canadian operation will bemade in the near future.CONrACT: Henry Vehovec,President, 12-4631Shell Road, Richmond,B.C. V6X 3H4 276-2326

Bedford onMac Hits Hot ListVANCOUVER — Thee months ago BedfordSoftware announced the release of Simply Ac-

counting, a Macintosh integrated accounting pro-gram mtended for small to medium sized busi-

Bedford's Vice President of Marketing, TomO'Rahexty, is elated that Simply Accounting isbeing so well received. "Rising to the Hot List soquickly affixxns our belief dxat there are manyconsumers in need of a good small business ac-cemting product,"he said."Simply Accounting isdesigned to allow business people to spend moretime conducting business by simplifying andimproving their bookkeeping."

When Softsel and Bedford implemented theirdistribution agreement in late 1987, Softseps president, Michael D. Pickett, suggested thatBedfoxd's pmducts would meet the needs of theexplahng small business nuuketplace."It appearsconsumers «re discovering that Simply Account-ing is suitable for theirbookkeepingrequirements,"he said. "We wem confident that Bedford wouldmake the Hot List. It was only a matter of time."

Bedfoxd publishes two mtegrated accountingprograms; Simply Accounting, and IntegratedAccounting for the IBM-PC aud compatibles.Both pxovide an understandable, easy-to-use ac-counting solution for small to medium sized busi-nesses. Eachpxogramfuiiy integrates six commonaccounting functionsonasingledisksothatinfor-mation posted in one ledger is immediately trans-ferred to other ledgers.

At a suggested list price of $449.00, Simply~t ing will provide an tqxpropriate, effectiveaccounting solution that will Fractically sellitseKThe product is available tluough most major dis-

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'The MICOM Data PBX is one of the bestselling circuit switched devices in the world, but alack of customized PC compatible software haslimited its use in a PC networking environment,"said Mike Pascoe, Newbxidge Vice President a,General Manager of the Canadian and Intexna-tionalBusmessRegion."Easystreetprovides many

To The EditorI just discovered your excellent newspaper

the communications Day event at the Royal BMuseum in Victoxiaon June 18. Ipickedup acoof your April and May issues and read them Rcover to cover. We are a non-profit organizatiothat is growing quickly. We are just now in tmarket loohng to rent/lease/buy some computeraud Desktop Publishing software. The informtion in your free paper has Proved to be invaluabto us. Where in Victoria can we obtain yonewspapex2Thanks very much for your ace ofpaper.

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eeware software. PD-SIG which stands forblic Domain - Special Interest Group, will dis-mte Public Domain and Sharew are software forM Compatibles, Atari ST, Amiga and Macin-sh computers. Members dues are not requiredPD-SIG.%henyou purchase a catalog I'rom thempany, the dues are included in the price of the95 catalogue.Included in the catalog are a membership cardthnumber to use in ordering software, a catalogver 2000 disks of software for the associated

mputers and an80 page m ail orderhardware andmmercial software catalog. A bonus offer to thest 500 applicants is a free digital clock and apy of a technical reference manual for the PCITcompatible. Disks for PD-SIG members will$1.95 for 5.25" floppies and $2.95for 3Z'ks. Non-members will pay $3.95 and $4.95pechvely. New software additions to the li-

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ATARI is said te be workmg on a 68030-basedversion of its popular ST series. The as-yet-un-named machmes will be aunouncedin September.Also an the cards is a stripped down ST posing asa games cartridge machine. Expect the 68000-based caxlxidge system m January next year at atarget yrice of $199,.ATARI, Smmyvale, Ca., has yut oif inuaducingits uansyuter-based workstation until "at least1989." COMPUTER SYSTEMS NPVS reportsthe delay is due to a lack of adecent operating sys-tem. Sig Hartuumn, Atari executive vice presi-dent,reportedly says the operating system, calledMica, will not be ready until October.

SuyarCaic 5 Has Canadian PremiereTORONTO (NB) — SupexCalc 5, the latesion of Ccxnputer Associates' electmnic syreadsheet program for MS-DOS macltntes, madeSxst Cauadlaii aplieaaulce at The BoualnExhibition and Conference here July 13 and 1The program's featans include dynamic "holinks" between multiple spreadsheets, debuand auditing tools, yreseatariox~alitya reporting fimctian, the abiTity ta read Lotus 3 files and execute 1-2-3 nuems, and comyaubity with Silverade, Computer Assoaates' dabasemanagemeutadd-infer syresldieetpxagramSuyexCalc 5 works on all MS-DOS computecharacteristic Computer Associates is pxomotmas an advantage over Microsoft's Excel, whichriluires an80286or 80386micreyracessor. Butthough SuyerCalc 5 werks on "even a 512Kwith dual 360K diskettes," the anny' saytakes full advantage of ~f- the-lme 80386PSystemhouseBuys Cemputex Lund(NB) — SHL Systemhouse Ltd.'s buyout o

for Computer lanovauoas DistributionLtd„acheuied to close July 12, was a success with 92.2cent of Computer Ianovariens shares tenderedSysusahouse. That inchides an option ori sharheld by BCE Inc. of Montreal, parent of BCanada and Northern Telecam. "It'sa dunen er," said John Owens, spo~ for Sytemhouse parent comymy Kmbuxn Carp., also Ottawa Headdedthat the C$3.60ashare offerbeenexteudedto July 25 to allowremaming sharholders to offer their shares as welL "It' s easiethe shareholders to tender their shares now"to wait for Systemhouse te nipxeeze themOwens said. Systemhouse, a systems intaaud custom software house, says Computervatiouswill continue to operate as aseparate antwith existing senior management. CempuInnovations runs just under 100 Computerstores across CanadaBEDFORD SOFFWARRLTl?„Buxnaby

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The Vice President of Lifespan, John Hayeswas pleased with the new system and the serviceaad dedication he «as receiving from Cadence.He said that their ACCPAC system is being jeal-ously eyed by their US yarem company whichutTiizes amain&arne based system.

Cadence Computers had approachedCouxyuterAssociates to install the first version 5 LAN.Cadence inuun chose3~becauseof perform-aruA: factors. According to Cadence president lanGlass, the 3~ se rver "screams" compared toany other LAN systems currently available. The

server aho allows for considerable Sue tuning which fiuther enhances speed and user accesstimes. Although the event was yuncumted withmuchback patting by the three vendors involved,the hardware was impressive, and it did suggestthat industrial suungth Local Area Networks «rebecoming areahty. (Late plash- July 18, 1988,CAhas beymshiyping theLANPak($399 far4usexs)aud ACCPAC Phs Windowing System Man-ager($195))B.C.'s Integru Big In POS Texxnhtul MarketVANCOUVER (TCP) Startmg with aa htvest-ment of $400 less than duce years ago, IntegraSysteum Inc. of Vancouver is shippiag multi-miSondollar cadets for their tuuxyte Pomtof Sale(POS) teuninaLIntegraxacentlyhe1dacoming eatparty for their Srst assembly lme preluced Sof-Tenn POS teuninaL This uew teuninal is part ofa6million dollararder Sem Alhaace Systems lacof Santa Momca Cahfoxxua. Alliance plans to usethe 6500 teruuxmls on order in the xetaB entertain-

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0-MB RewritableDrive Coming SoonW YORK (NB) — Advanced Graphic Appli-ons Inc. plans to hit the PC market with a 650-gabyte, 5.25-mch rewritable laser disk driveund November, accarding to President Alanldrich. Goldrich says the laser drive "will be andard DOS device, ar a standard OS/2 device,"d will be priced initially at $4,995. Goldrichs his firm has been worhng closely with

ympus and 3M on tbe project, with the suppartSony, Maxtor, and Fujitsu. The hardware willlude the drive, the controller, and tbe devicever and software will include a utrTity that

ows the user to partition the diskswithnoregardhe DOS limit of 32 megabytes. "We havewxittensectarsover ldxxuiliontimes,"Goldrichd NEWSBYTES, "and with no data loss orradatian. We have xun Flight Simulator on it,itonnetwoxks. Therehavebeennopmblems."cording to Goldrich, Advanced Graphic Appli-ns has been in business since 1984 and cur-tly employs 50, most of them engmeers. "Werecognized as tbepremier driver andcontrollernufacturer in optical technology," he said.

: m r rc er rr zr ar a% gl tc ge Fv r: & % g~ & V.~ v v r v m A A A u v a components for those madunes, is already incantxoL Un~ Rodg er s says his chips willsell on price and perfonnance. "It's the mostpowerful monolithic microprocessor ever pro-duced." He says his RISC chip will cost less thanhalf that of Motorola's competing offexmg.

How I Spent My Vacation: Sailing AmigasTORONTO (NB) — Commodore Business Ma-chines will be sending more than 30 high school,college and university students to Amiga dealers'stoma across Canada this summer to demonstratethe Amiga 500. Commodore says its AmigaAction Teamprogram willrununtilAugust 31 andfocus on retailers serving the home market. Thestudents will work in designated territories acrossthe country, where they will give demonstrationsand trainmg on the Amiga 500 and participate inspecial promotions and trade shows. All mrunbersof the Amiga Action Team have campleted acomprehensive training pxogram on the features,software, applications, operation, care and main-tenance of the 500, according to Conunodore.They' ve abc had some instruction in presentation.skills, pxamotions and merchandising.

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MD with the 29000, Motorola with the 88000,xchild's CLIPPER, IBM with the proprietary/PC pmcessar, SUN with the SPARC, Intelh the 486 (not oKcially announced yet), Na-nal with the 532 (not really RISC), MIPS, andw Cypress Semiconductor with the SPARC.ARC, which stands for Scalable Processorhitecture Reduced Computer, is a novel ideaich of'fera a basic CPU cell, designed with .8ron lines, and offers 20MIPS fiom the33MHzt. Designed to sell for $700 in quantity, it isue because the chip offers "windows regis-" similar to the Z80 chip alternate register sets.any point, the user can switch to another win-w snd no saving of registers is necessary be-use registers are designed to overlap. Inst thisnt is seen to be so inrpoxtant thateveryone WSBYTES-EUROPE consulted was anxiousurlk about it. That's beaem modern languagempilers which are designed to have manydules, operate faster an the SPARC. Munayeman, Cypxem marketing manager in Europe,

plained further, 'This chip is so well designedt welmow of 286runulatoxs which nmfsster onSPARC that they do on the real 286 chip."

hough Cypress feels that the SPARC chip is theure, AMD also feels that its 29K chip is theure, and undoubtedly Motorola also feels that88000 is the future. We will just have lo wait

dsee.ips Cheaper in Japan than U.S.KYO (NB) — A dramatic difference in the

of semiconductoxs between Japan aud otheruntries occurredimmediatelyfollowing the US/ n chip scandaL Wise buyers rushed to Japanbuy on the Japanese spot market, where chipsre cheaper and plcutifuL The price differencepersisted. Where anceyoucouldbuyachipfor

0 yen, or 75 cents less than in the States, todayt same chip is $1.50 to $2.25 cheaper. Theson for the cheaper prices is that many chip-kers m the U.S. reduced 256K DRAM produc-n, then failed to make a smooth transition to 1gabit DRAMs from 256k DRAMs.miconductor Development in Taiwanreported in NEWSBYTES- Japan last week,

ko Epson plans to move its planning, designdsoftware development to Taiwan. This week,ko has announced the establishment of asemi-ductor design center in Taiwan. Major semi-

nductor makers, such as NEC, Toshiba anditsu, have such centers in U.S. and Europe, buty only modify basic circuits made m Japan.ko Epson is giving its U.S. and Taiw an centers

p Chipux Motorola, Intel and Cypress?N JOSE, Ca. (NB) — If T.J. Rodgers, Cypress

miconductor's CEO has his way, the new Cy-ss microprocessor will be right up there inpularity with Motorola'sand Intel's chips.presshassteppedinto tbemicxoprocessormarketh a 32-bit RISC-based chip said to pnform atmillion instructions per second, or a speed fivees that of the Intel 80386. It's targeted at theix woxkstatian market, specifically, those whould create Sun-compa6ble workstations, and arket in which Motoxola, which supplies the

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New Compaq MachinesTUSTIN, CA (NB) — When Compaq decided togo its own way in the PC market and leave theIBM~ompatible umbrella, it was a questionwhether third parties would continue offeringperipherals toupgrade themachines. WeH, atleastoue will. CMS Enhancements Inc. of Tustin an-nounced tune24it will offer afamilyof 8 hard diskand tape drives for the newest Contpaq Deskpro386 machines, with drives of up to 320 megabyteswhich plug into the computers' SCSI(pronouncedscuzzy) interface. Compaq is also xolling along onits expansion plans, havmg be come rhe 900-pound gorilla of the Houston economy. The city,which is strapped Gnancially, nevertheless cameup with property tax abatements, roadimprove- mentsand a $253 millionplan to turn FM 149 intoan 8-lane freeway so that Compaq would keep itsnew jobs there. Compaq, meanwhile, is holding upannauncing its plans while it studies greenmailofFers &om other cities.Huge New PhntHOUSTON(NB) — Compaqof6cially announcedit will buy 85 acres of land near its present head-quarters for expansion, and build 1.4 million ofspace there. It present has 13 million square feetof space ou 149 acres. Plans call for three newmanufacturing plants, four new office buildings

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Unfsys to Cooperate with ProbeBLUE BELL, Pa (NB) — Umsys, one of severaldefense contractors being probed forprocurementirregularities, says it will cooperate fully with aninvestigation mto its billing practices for workdone for die Army. The U.S. Attorneyin Tucson,Ariz., is considering ~ char ges against thegiant computer company and two ofncials overallegedoverbilling for workdoneat Fort Huachuca,Ariz. Unisys voluntarily disclosed the FartHuachuca problem. Unisys saidina statement that ."any mischarging which may have occurred did

not exceed $250,000." The company added it"intends to cooperate fully withthegovernmentinthe completion of the mvestiganon." In otherUnisys news, the company has reported recordsecond-quarterearnings,despite a decline in de-fense contracts. Unisys says eamingsincreased 34percent to $1623 million for the quarter (78 centsper share) compared to $1212 mill ion (62 centsper share) for the 1987 second quarter. Secondquarterrevenues were $2Abillion, compared with$2.3 billion for the second quarter of last year.Pubmc FAX Machines Debut fu CaliforniaSANTA CLARA, Ca. (NB) — Need to fax adocument somewhere but you don't have a fax

machine handy7 A Santa Chua finn has theanswer — public, credit card operatef, fax ma-chines located at airports, hotels, aud other pubhcareas. The machines combine facsimile capabil-ity with a standard voice telephone aud operatesimilar to Ihe system used by automatic tellermachinm — msert creditcard,push a few buttons,srtdyour transaction is done. "We paid a lot ofattention to ease of use," A. Wayne Luke, vicepresident of sales and matketmg, told NEWSBY-TES. 'rhepublic doesn'twantto fool around withsomething that looks like a computer."The two big advantages to its fax booths are costand privacy, he adds. A hotel recently chargedLuke $18 to send a 4-page facsimile document.The PayFax booths charge only $8 for 10ttnmles

— usu allymorethanenoughto sendfour pages-and$.80 for each additlonalminute. Andatholehan operator normally has to send the docmnent foryou — abigdisadvantageif you' re sending some-thing private. These units are self~perateLFaxPlus says the first PayFax machines have beeninstalled at fourBay Areahotels, including theHoliday Inn Golden Gateway in San Franciscoand the Hotel Sofitelin Redwood City, CaliforniaBy the end of the year, some 1,500 units aruexpected lo be operating in 20 US. cities and20,000 installed by the end of 1992.CONTACI'Catule Hoffarth, for FAXPLUS, 415/S93-3000Software Bad from US Military ContractorsPHTSBURGH (NB) — Lackof managementmethods and training in software enfpneeringhampersdefensecontractorsdeveloping advancedpmgrams, according to a study by Carnegie M el-lon University. MiTitaty comptter contracts lackafocused approach to software eitgmeering, thereport by the Defense Defiartment's SoftwareEngineering Institute at CarnegieMellon con-cluded.'Ihe firmsdidnot tracksoftwatuengmeer-ing projects adequately and lacked uniform stan-dards for developing softwareor for estimatmg thesize and cost of projects. 'The bottom line isreduced efficiency, productivity, and quahty dur-ing software development," saidTim Kasse of theinstitute. "None of us cau manage software verywell Jack Ferguson of Hanscom Air Force Basein Massachusetts told the Associated Press.IBM'sLatest Linet A400 Mini-ComputersATLANTA (NB) — As predicted in the June 21edition of NEWSBYTES- UNITEDKINGDOM,

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IBM introduced a new line of minicomcalled the AS 400 Series on June 21. (AS, out, stands for Application System.) Besiding more speed, storage, and power than thtem 36 and System 38 machines they replanew machiines also feauue online servic~ the fir st ful l implementationvaunuA SAA standard of connectivity, and anrelationship with the people who re-semachines and write software for it. Thesness Partners, as IBM now calls them, wetinformed throughout the design process oIBM was doing, and 1,000 real applicationshown, worhng, in IBM demonstrationswide au the day of the announcement. Her

low-down on all the new stuff: eA neof-the-hne System 36/5263, ituroduced asend machme with 1-2 megabytes of mainory, 105%20megabytes of disk storage, anfeauuus. IBM admitted that "migrating" 36 applications to the AS/400is a httlehatdmigratmg System 38 applications, so thethis for the small and the tmud. eThe M10 and 20, each about the size of an officecan, which plug into an ordinary 110 voland feature internal memory of up to 16 bytes, with up to 945 megabytes of disk st~ e Models 30,40, 50 and 60 , mounted in rackslike old mainframes, with components likessors, tape drives, memory, and communicsystems you can mix and matches you please;eOS/400, a new operating system which isward compatible with old System 36 and grams, and upward compatible through(stands for Systems Application ArchitectuIBM PSI2s, PCs, and mainfratnes.

The announcement was made worldwide 200-node satellite TV hook-up beamed f'roYork to audiences across the U.S. (There2.000 onlookers in Athnta for instance, 1New York.) The satellite feed was foBowehour of testimonials in each city. (In AtModel 20 was supposed to rise f'rom the orpit sunounded by theatrical smoke, but reexec Tom Smith canned the smoke at thnuuute.) That event was followed by free fan afternoon of demonstrations at IBM ffices. (Athmta's audieucewasbrought to ththenew50-staryIBM Tower, amileftom where they saw dozens of local software showing their best stuff, live all running,400s.) In addition, versions of the softwavailable in about 25 languages worldwidEnglish, Japanese, Italian, notBASIC, PasC) and general deliveries worldwide bAugust Prices, based on the model and peals you want, can run from $20,000 to o

MEANING — This is IBM's last, andmachance to foist a proprietaty architecture aconuolbngenvelopearounditscustomers. Toffering a109o discount whenyou buy eve— hmlwate, software, prmtets, supporcomputer paper — through IBM. The onlication and ouhne service (including onlinbleshoourg aud software updates) will maenibrace very tempting to current System System 38 users. (One low, low lease Mlmouth for everything, IBM promised.) Aristof us, the Mac users, Unix users, and thunwashed with fully-loaded Cumpaqs andthis may prove an offer we can live witho

Englsh-Japanese %unalation Irum IBMpan TOKYO(NB) — IBM Japan has deapmgnunwhich translates English setttencJspauesa The system for human assistedguage translation (SHALT) claims its traalgorithm is 13-3 times more efficient thman translators' hands. SHALT includes ahsh analysis featute which clarifies the gtammarforeachword,anEnglish-Japauesefer feature which transfers the result of analyzedEnglish into other English expressions, asinto a half uxpmssian of Japanese, and a Japsentence generation feature. IBM Japanhas translating its own manuals with the prodfitst, "IBM 3174 Control Unit Guide" hshed in the middle of this month. IBM aiming to release the SHALT in the Jap

market after further im provements are mada

Teletel Lands In JapanTOKYO (NB) — Fr ance's Teletel, thpapular videotex system in the world, isSar Japan. France's Telecom is cutrently wwith PhiTips Japan on the project. Telecobtained sales licences for its terminal ma

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f under',000 yenor $380, far lower than NIT'sice for i ts CAPTAIN videotex terminals.ideotex is an informationsearch service usinglephone lines. Bycallmgup the computer center,ou can search mrrius for news, shopping, stockarket ipiotes, and weather reports.oftware Companies From JapanOKYO(NB) — Japanese software developmentompanies havebeenestablishing bases in Europend USA. at an unprecafented rate.SD,Tokyo, will establish a coqorate of6ce ine U.S. and Ihe PMippnes. Los Angeles-basedSD America will deve1op application softwarer Japanese companies entering the U.Starker.hilippine TSD will support software develop-

ent for the companies with which TSD hasontracted. Manila-based TSD will be set up inugust, with joint investment by Paul Akino, stepother of Philippine President Aquino and direc-r of PhiTippine Software Associates. TSD will

ntzust 20 percent of the software developmentders received in Japan. to Philippine TSD within

ve yean.Meanwhile, Iness will establish cozpozate of6ces

the U3. by the end of this year. Softwareesearch Associates (SRA) will set up SRA Eu-pe in London this October. Toyo Information

ystem (TIS) sets up TISUSA in Los Angeles ate beginning of this month.ntnrfstfc Communfcatfons Project LaunchedOKYO(NB) — Tl Ministryof PostsandTele-ommunicaritxt(MPP)hasreleasedazeptntwhichetails a 21st Century Universal k Int elligentommunicationsNetwozk(URN), asystnm whicharries both aztiTicial intelligence and telecom-unications technology.he UICN is expected to perform, among othersks, automatic language translation betweeneakers on the telephone, and wiB have new dataansfer methods inwhichthecallerneednotknowe pmtocol of a remotereceivingstationhe UICN pmject is not justpie-in-the-sky think-g. The report wiB be the basis of a meeting byear's end between Iesearcliezs who will be ul-olved in implementing the concept.oice Recognition Technology DevelopsOKYO (NB) — Japan's telecom giant NIT hssevelopeda large- scale integrated circuit (LSI),hich can distingmsh between a myriad of differ-

nt voices. The chip makes it possible for a voicecognition board to be one fourth the size of

urrent peripheral, enabhng the board to be in-alled in a PC.he LSI is expected to bring a version of NIT'sNSWER system to end-users. In use by banks,NSWER allows customers to deposit or with-rawcashfmm their checking or savings accountsrough a telephone call and checks their voicegainst digitized voice data saved in its database.

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eveloped by Dayton, Ohio-based subsidiary 10-et Communications, formerly Fox Research, andn connect several hundred computers togetherithout reyeaten. The cost will be $1POOper ode, including software, plus about S3,000 fore mam hub.CA also announced two LAN gateways, IR-

MALAN 8022 and IRMALAN SDLC Gatewaywhich let users of such LANs access data inainfrazne systems. The 802.2 pmduct lets non-

BM or Netbios compatible LANs access IBM

ainframes using token-ring teclmology.'IheDLCGateway 2 pmduct emulates IBM termi-als so the LAN appears to be directly connected

it. New software and enhancements for theRhQNandlRMALANlines was also announced.

%'nngRole Out PCSecurity DeviceOWELI Mass. (NB) — Wang Litboratories hasnveiled a security device for the Wang PC 200/ 00 series of AT clones, aud for PCs m stand-one, networked, aud workstation environments.hough a licensing deal with Micnmyx, Inc„ofichardson, Texas, theMicroContmlpzoductusesn advan:ed security kernel, electmnic tokens,nd file encryption tecfmiques.'IIie security ker-el is an addition to the operation system. Accord-g to Wang, it enables MicroContml to pmtectelf from attempts to tamper or alter its controls.

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:::::::'::::::::::::::-:-'M-A'CIWTOSH':=":::-'::-''::'-:-'-''Symantec's 5New Products For The MacBELMONT, Ca (NB) —Con6zmingits commit-ment to the Macintosh market, Symantec hasreleased five new software products, inchidutg anupgraded desktop presentation pmduct. MOREII, InBox3.0, THINK's LightspeedC3.0, THINK'sLightspeed Pascal 2.0, and Just Enough Pascal

MORE H, considered the centerpiece ofSymantec's Macintosh offerings, is a completeplanniug, writing, and presentation software sys-tem featuring advanced outhning, a woni proces-sor, full drawmg capability, and the abilitytocreate customized color overheads «nd 35mm shdes. At the news conference, Syznantec an-nounced that slide designs created with MORE IIcanbe sentviamodemtoMAGICorpof Emsfozd,New York, which will deliver slides via AirborneExpress, within 24 boun of a call, at $15 each.Available in the fall MORE II is expected to cost$395 or $89 for current MORE owners. It is alsoavailable to PowerPoint, Criticket Presents, andResdySetghow owners for $89 in a lhnited timeoffer.Macintosh Today Tabloid FoldsSAN FRANCISCO (NB) — As expected,PCWCommunications has pulled the plug on its 6edg-ling Macmtosh weekly tradepubhcationMACIN-TOSH TODAY. President David Bunneii, in the6nal July 18 issue, tells readers the end as come "atleast as you' ve come to know it." He praises thehard-working and dedicated staff, then explamsthe bouom line. "We just didn't get the responseI'rom adveriisezs we neehxL Our parent company,IDG Commuzncations, decided suddenly — andvery recently — not to continue investing in thenewspaper." He says he hopes for arelaunchof thepublicarion, possibly onhne. In the nieantime,most of the staffers are expected to be switched tothe other PCW pub lications PUBLISH.MACWORLD, and PC WORLD.Apple Shinesln Latest Quarter EarningsCUPERTINO, Ca (NB) — Contmumg its stellarperformance, Apple Computer has azmounced thatits latestquarter produced a71 percent increase inearnings to $913 mill ion, compared to $535million one year ago. Sales were up 56 percent to$993.1 million. The firm attributes the great fig-mes to "good progress in the business markets,"according to astatementfmmDel Yocam, Apple'schief operating of6cer. Especially encouragingwere strong sales of Apple's high-end machizte,the Macizuoshil. Bruce Lupatkinof Hambrechtkguist, a m arket research 6zm, says some 50,000Macmtosh lis were sold in the last quarter com-pared to 35,000in the previous quarter. He furthermnarked that themostsuqeising aspectof Apple'smost recent report is suong sales m Eumpe withinternational sales accounting for 38 percent oftotal sales.ClarlaBuysFllemaker - Top Selling DatabaseMOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. (NB) — In i ts secondacquisiYion in as many months, Claris, the AppleComputer softwarespiff , ha s purchased! sh oba Systems of Foster City, Ca„maker ofFileMaker, the largest-selling database packagefor the Macintosh. The acquisition follows Ciaris'purchase of StyleWare of Houston, and pmvidesClaris with a more complete lme of Macmtoshsoftware products.

Under terms of the deaf, which reportedly costApple $7 million, Nashoba's programmers willremain in Massachusetts while its Foster Cityoperation will be folded mto Claris' MountainView headquarters.APPLE COMPUTER,Cupertito, Ca, beganshipping its AppleFax Modem, $699. Operationof the modem with a Macintosh actuary rapizesuse of a conventional modem. The fax machinecomes with software which allows fax calls to betimeMeiayed and permits printing to a Laser-Writer printer.THE EXPLORATORIUM,San Fnmcisco, ahands-on science museum, has received $170,000worth of Apple computers — 36 computers in allincludmg 5 Macmtosh Ifs, a fax machme, and 31SEs — in a donation f'mm APPLE COMPUTER.The machines will be used to produce exhibi@graphics, and the Exploratorium's magazines, RonHipschmanofThe Exploratorium, toldNEWSBY-TES.

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New Mag for Mac DealersMANHASSET,N.Y. (NB) — No sooner hasone Macintosh trade publication bit the dust,MACINTOSHTODAY, than another has takenits place. CMP Publications is leaching abiweekly tabloid aimed at dealexs of AppleMacintosh computers and Macintosh develoy- ers. But unlike the deceased MACINTOSHTODAY, whichbosstedacixculstienof2N,N0,this four-color magazine will have a controlledcirculat ion of 24,0N. CMP has been on snaggressive binge of new launches of late, un-veiling "Communications Weeklnmnational,""Unix Today," snd "Long Island Monthly" inthe last quarter. Altogether, the company pub-

lishes 15 magazines. The new Macmagazine,called''MACINTOSH NEWS," will appear onSeptember 26.H-P Files Counter4uit Against ApplePALOALTO, CA(NB) — Manypeoplewho'veseea the papers believe that Hewlett-Pachad,not Micmsoft, is the real target of Apple'sfamed "look and feel" lawsuit aimed atyrotect-ing the Apyle Macintosh user interface. Wereall H-P computers to become Mae-hke, Applemight lose its captive audience. And they arebeecstang that w'ay, thanks to "NewWave",Hewlett-Packard's new oieratiag envirorunentwhich is the target of the smt.This week H-P countersued Apple, chargingunfair business practices and violahoas of theSherman Anti-Trust AcLQtecoaxpany, mshngits formal response to Apple's Ayril 17 suit,denied all the allegations, asking that the courtinvalidate Apple's copyxights. BasicsBy, H-Pcharges that Apple does aot hold vahd copy-rights for its vtsual displays andimiges becauseit did not originate them. In fact, they were thepmduct of research at Xerox' Palo Alto Re-search Center (PARC) 5rst shown as SmallTalk.H-P also charged that Apple manipulatedNewWave in maples it gave the court snd thepres. "NewWave reyresetns the most seriousthreat to Apple's monopoly and the mostprom-ising means of introducing effective and vigor-ous ~ tition m this ~ " th e countersuitconchded. Apple's response:)etacourtdecide.Apple Executives Sell Large Blocks ofStuckCUPERTINO, CA (NB) — Msay mvestaxswatch the investments of corporate msidersclosely. They know the outlook of their compa-nies best, and they have to report theirpurchasesand sales to the SEC. When insiders buy, outsid-ers figure they know something good is happen-I ing. When insiders sell, outsiders 5guxe badRecently, st Apple, insiders sold. ht a big way.Del Yocam, executive vice president and chiefoperating of5cer, unloaded 100,000 shares,leaving himself with just 2,0N. Mike Syutdler,senior vice president for iatexasrional sales andmarketiag, sold all his 20,{NO shares. Jean-Louis Gassee, seaior vice president for researchand marketing, sold his holdings as well, and AlEisenstadt, senior vice president snd secretary,sold 30,000 shares, roughly one-fouxth of hisholdings.Analysts, however, said not to worry. Appleex-ecutives usually sell stock in the late spring,based on the timing of their stock option phns.Besides, with Yocam getting his Apple stock at$7.75 per share, the sales left him with a realpmfit of $3.7 aullion.NEW IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC., Lan-ham, Md„has ended producsioa of Magic, avideo digitizer for Macintosh computers. Magichas been in production since 1984. New Imagesays it will honor the full warranties on allsystems.Handy Image Scanner For MacintoshTOKYO (NB) — Tokyo-based software ven-ture Kowa John Giken has develoyed a smallscanner for Macintosh SE, 11, and PLUS. Thescanner has a data transfer speed of 100 mega-bytes per second, 30 times faster than otherscanners. As soon as an object is traced by thescanner, the im age appears on the screen. TheI scanner hss areadmg areaof 105mm x 300mm.It can take photographs into Hyyexcsrd, too. TheI price, includmg adaptox, ctamector, snd soft-ware, is78,000 yen or $600.Mac Gets More Beef From Ashton-TateTORRANCE, Ca. (NS) — While the Macin-tosh market may not be big enough to supyorttwo weekly Macintosh-specifle tabloids, it' sdearly big enough for Ashton-Tate to take it

seriously. Ashton-Tate has estabhshed a newMacintosh Software Division which will em-

ploy up to 100 people in software developmesales, and marketing. Just named to heed up thenew division is Terence Gaxnett, aventureeapitaist. Edward Esber, Ashton-Tate chairman, habeen heading the division since its founding iFebruary. Fullwrite Pmfessionsl, acquired fmAan Arbor Softworks„ is currently Ashton-Tatflagship Macmtosh product.Meanwhile, Ashton-Tate is offering a special dto those well-heeled enough to attend its September developer's conference. Sign up now (retranon SJ95) and receive any of the followindBase IV Developer's Mtion, Framework IHtwo Macintosh products. The conference is slatefor September 13 thmugh 16 at the Century PlaHotel in Los Angeles.Apple To Replace Bugs in System SoftwareCUPERTINO, Ca (NS) — Within two monits release, vexsion 6.0 of the Macintosh systemsoftware is being revised. Numerous complainof bugs have prompted Apple Computer to promise anupdate, version 6.01, by the endof July, jum time for the shipdateof thenew lmagewriter Lprmter drivef,Users complained that version 6.0 had glariproblems with scend 51es, scriyt editing, coloyalette 5les, aad Mulupmder. Consequeatly, accoxdatg to Apple syokeswoman Cynthia Macothere are a total of 19 patches in the new systemsoftware.APPLE COMPUTER, Gtyertino, CL, ispected to announce anew lathed optical scannera 60 megabyte tape drive, a new monochromemonitor, andahighresolutionmonochmmevideoadapterasearly as Augustat theBostonMacWoxExpo. Aho m the wings are a new version oHyperCard, and a Mac SE with 2 megabytememory and a 40 megabyte internal hard driveSapermac Sells to Ventuxu Capital GroupMOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca (NS) — Redmk-blemg Scientifh Micm Systemsmayflnallygetsom5scalxehe; the 5nuhas signed a let ter of intent tsell its coveted SuperMac Technology division the Sigma Partners venture capital 5rm of SsJose. The decision to sell to Sigma cuhninatemonths of speculation about the fate of the pm5table Scieatifle Micro Systems division, whichhbeen courted by a wide range of suitors, fmm former employees to major corporations. TItpumhaseyriceof SuperMac wiilbe determinedthe date of sale, exIucusttobe August 1, Scienti5Micro spokeswoaum Mehmie MeNulty tNEWSBYTES. Intexestiagly enough, SMS "dnot expect to xeelize any siyuflcsnt gain or losRom the sale," she adds, since the purchase pricewill be based on the netbook value of the assets

SuperMac miaas certam liaMities. SuperMmakes large screen monitor's aad hard disk drivesfor the Macintosh.Blyth Fires CaHfornfa Stxdf Moves to NYCSAN MATEO, Cs.-(NB) — Blyth Softfamous for its Omnia database software, has instituted amajorreorymizationaimed atcuaing costThe 5nn's actmgpresidenthas fred Blyth's Califomia pmgrarmaiag staff of Gve and has closeddownits entire U.S. softwaredeveloyment teaxnorder to facilitate research and development backin the U.K. Paul Wright, chairman of BlSoftware's parent company, based in LondEngland, told NEWSBYTES "the fiscal year been disappointing" and major changes have beennecessary. For one, the U5. ymgrsxmning teamhe says, was competing with Blyth's U.K. pmgrammexs and they were considered ao longenecessary. Secondly, Blyth intends to purchaseCoxporate Class Software, aNew Yorkflrmwhisells ahighlevelflnsncial analysisreportmg package to Fortune 1000 5rms. The sale, which wrequire a substantial but undisclosed amount ofresources &om Blyth, is due to be culmmated the endof July. Auhat time, Blythis also tomovits U.S. headquarters from Ssn Mateo to Manhatan ~here Corporate Class is located. Wright tolNEWSBYTES one of the biggest advantagesbuying Corporate Class will be to acquire i

management team, a highly successful group ofpeople who will take over the reins at BlyWright added that the San Mateo of6ce will bcome a fnlly staffedsupport and Western regionsales of6ce.Breakthrosgh Math Program For MacSANTA CLARA, Ca (NB) — "Whencalculatcame out, arithmetic became very easy. We buiMathematics to make all kinds of mathematithat easy," said the developer of a revolutionarynew math product, Stephen Wolfram, flank benthusiastic representatives of Apple, IBM, Aut

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available for the Macintosh, which can performvirtually every calculationin a fraction of the timeit would take to perform it by hand. Mathematicscan simultaneously produce 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional graphs, and includes a language thatcan be customized to create new applicationsbased ou textbook or teaching models. Everyoneis ravingabout it. For instance, Apple's LsnyTesler, vice president of advanced technology,says of Mathematics, "It will really revolutionizethe way people do math."Steve Jobs, Apple co-fouuder audcurrentlypresi-dent of NeXT, is the first to promise to bundle theproduct &ee with all the workstations he sells,although Jobs refusoi to discuss when his com-puter will be intmduced. Autodesk pmmisss tocreate a version that will run on IBM's PSII line.The program will also become the foundation ofnew any'ueermg applicationsfromAutodesk. "It'sthe most mcredible tool we' ve ever seen," gaspedAutodesk's Eric Lyons, director of technology. Iuaddition, Sun Micmsystems, Ardent Computer,Stellar Computer, aud SiliconGraphics announcedplans to adapt Mathematics to their machines.Mathematics, marketed by Woli'ram Research ofChampaign, Illinois, is the brainchild of acknowl-edged genms StephenWolfram, the firm's presi-dent. He was the youngest doctorate recipientCrom Caltech, reonvmg his distinction in physicsat the tender age of 20. He is currently a professorat the Umversity of mheisMathematics is currently available for the Macin-tosh SE for $495 and the Macintosh II for $795.NeXTSetbacksPALO ALTO, Cs. (NB) — Think you canmsrketastate~f-the-art campus woikstationcrestedby a

team headed by one of the industry's wuuderk-inds? There are now openings in Boston andPittsburg, two cities where NeXTInc. is establish-ing sales office. Advertisements for salesperson-nel have been posted in those cities' local papers,indicating the forecasts of a July release date forX T's first computer are most likely on target.

The date of the introduction is also said to be inperfect timing for fall purchasing decisions byuniversities and colleges.Only one factor could delay the introductionof dieNeXT machines, according io published reports,aud that is a possible dispute between AppleComputer and ! XT over copyrights. The attor-neys from both sides are still said to be hagglingover details regarding the similarity of each fin'sofferings.Meanwhile, Jobs got something of a blow Somone of his biggest fans. Carnegie Mellon Univer-sity, au investor in NeXT, announced that it willdevelop versions of the Mach operating system for

the Macintosh 11. That's the operating system onwhich the NeXT workstation is rumored to bemuning, and if it's ported to the Macintosh, theNeXT machine will lose some of its individuality.Tomskematters worse, the University announcedthat the prefened machines for incoming studentsthis fall will not be &om the Palo Alto company,but &om Apple and IBM — the Macintosh and thePSI2 line.JASMINE TECHNOLOGIES,San Francisco,has lowered the prices and upgraded its hard diskdrives. Capacities now range from 45MB to140MB aud are priced from $799 to $1,499.

NewDOS4.0 FhtaUy ReleasedREDMOND, Wa (NB) — Microsoft has releasedan update of the world's most popular operatingsystem, MS-DOS Version 4.0. The new operatingsyst emboasts several improvements over itsprede-cessors. First, it includes support for hard diskfiles greater than 32 megabytes, so the user is notrequired to divide large hard disk drives intosmaller partitions. Also new is support for theexpanded memory specification which allows thecomputer to access more than 640K at one time.There's also a DOS Shell, a filedirectorymsuage-ment system for low- endpersonal computers thatallows users to visually organize their hard diskfileswith pull-down menus. This feature mayhave been the reason for Microsoft's delay inintroducing the product on the market. Sourcestold NEWSBYTES-EUROPE that the Apple/ Microsoft "look snd feel" lawsuit required theWashington-based fmu to take a hard, secondlook at its visual copyright.Analysts say IBM didmostof the work on the newDOS and hcensed it back to Microsoft, both out ofrespect for the software company's previous workon DOS, and out of concern that the public notperceive IBM as abandoning its newer operating

system, OS/2.

MS-DOS Version 4.0 is being released to hard-ware manufacturers first but is expected to beavailable to end-users for $95 uo later than Octo-ber.PETER NORTON COM PUTING,SantaMonica, Ca., hss grown &cm earning $500,000 ayear in 1983 to making $112 million in 1987. Itranks among the 15 fastest-gmwing softwarecompanies, according to SOFrLE'ITER, and isnow the 32nd largest mdependent U.S. softwarecompany. Journalists got a packet of tomato seedsin the mail with this announcement, and it wasexplained this way, "A good gardener alwaysplans for the future sud next year's crop. Whileyou' re wailing for the sprouts to break ground, beon the lookout for au exciting new venture that wewill announce shortly..." Hummm....SOFfWAREPUBLISHINGCORPORATIONMountam View, Ca„ is doing quite welL thankyou, with earnings of $3$6 million, a 338 percentincrease over 1987 figures. SP's Chief FinancialOfficer claims the mcream comes fmm corporateaccounts, which make up 60 petcent of the firm'srevenues now. 'This is a significantdeparture Sam our past focus on smaller customers," saysJim Heffer nsn.Lotus'sMarkethsgENortsBoostlstPIMMakerSAN JOSE, Ca (NB) — To sny the least, ithasn'tbeen easy for a tiny software start-up to get theworld to look at its new kmd of sofiware, butLotus' Agenda, which is now shipping, may helpmattsrs. Valor Software, after researching thenew software category for two years, was the Srston the market with a "personal informatitm man-ager" or PIM, called Info-XI„back in Febnnuy.It's got Sve windows: outline processor, a filemanager, word processing area, schedular, andcalendar. They all work together to presumablysort through and organizeone's life. Info-XLsellsfor only $295 compared to the higher price tag forcompeting GrsudviewkomSymantec, aud Agendafmm Lotus.But reg.Mess of the pmgrsm's uniqueness andprice tag, Valor had a "tremendous educafionslburden," Gary Jose, VP of marketing toldNEWSBYTES, in bringing news of this tool "thatcan dramatically increase productivity" to thepublic. A white paper wss published by Valor'sPresident Steve Ssndo, explaimng the new cate-gory to software resellers snd editors, which isnow m its second printing.But Valor's efforts at publicity are now dwarfedby Lotus' phumed $6 million advertising andeducational campaign to promote its own PIM,Agenda, says Jose. The mood was upbeat whenLotus announced shipmeut of Agenda, because"Lotus' market presence will significantly help ineducatmg PC users about this new category."Info-XL runs on any MS-DOS machine with atleast 384k and MS-DOS 2.0 or higher. The pack-age is sold at Egghead software stores.US. ComputatLandplles To Go PublicHAYWARD, Ca. (NB) — ComputerLand,seeking toraise $1093 million, has Sled with theSecurities aud Exchange Commission to offer31A percent of the company for public stock sale.The prospectus asks that the initial public offermgof 3,4mil lion shares be priced at between $16 snd$19 ashsre — afsirlyhighprice according to mostanalysts, who point to the fact that such a price ishigher than Busiuessland's, which is growing at afaster rate than Computerlsud.Theprospectus notes thatComputerlsnd sold $1.7billion i n goods during its last Sscal year andpostedsales of$71billionfor the fnsteightmonthsof this year. Profitreached $5.6 miihon last year.The public of'fering is being managed by Salomon

Brothers, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and SanFrancisco-based Volpe k Covington.Symphony Sales Push Lotus EarningsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (NB) — Strong sales ofSymphony, its integrated software package, ledLotus Development Corp. to $173 million (38cents per share) in earnings for the second quarteron sales of $122milhon. That compares topiofits of $163 mill ion (36 cents per share) on sales of$94 million for the second quarter of 1987. "Busi-ness was boosted by an outstanding quarter forSymphony, another solid performance by 1-2-3,and a strong quarter of international sales," saidJim Manzi, Lotus president.Goldman Sachs k, Co. analyst Richard Sherlundestimates that Lotus sold 285,000 units of 1-2-3 inthe quarter, down a bit from the record

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