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IRVINE, Calif. (NB) — Aiwa America's computer systems division (CSD) hasannounced-plans to ship a 10 GB external tape backup system by year end. It isdownwardwompatible with Travan T3 and lower tape drive systems, the firm says.

Named the Aiwa Bolt drive, it will sell for $179, the firm says. It can store dataon two sizes of media — 6.6 GB and 10 GB cartridges.

Chris Straghalis, CSD product manager, said, "One of the nice things about thisdrive is that because it uses existing technology, it is downward read-compatiblewith existing versions of Travan's tape cartridges." He noted many people alreadyhave Travan drives, and the Aiwa device can reformat a Travan 3.2 GB tape cartridgeto store up to 6.6 GB.

"We use the same cartridge but with a-different bit density, a different formatthat lets us get more capacity from the same amount of tape," Straghalis said.

He added the flrm's Bolt drive is "using better heads than on the old Travan 3 drives."Travan is a standard created by several firms in a consortium that includes Aiwa,

Seagate, Hewlett-Packard and several other companies. The Travan intellectual prop-erty (IP) itself belongs to Imation Corp.

According to another Aiwa spokesperson, "This drive is a natural fit for SOHO[small office/home offfce] and small business storage needs. It's not really designedas a backup system for huge networks" but, he said, it is well suited for home com-puter users who might use interactive, data-intensive games and don't want to goback to square one if their system crashes. The device transfers data at about 50 MBper minute, or about 20 minutes per gigabyte of data.

Aiwa produces two pre-formattedcartridges to put more data onto agiven length of tape. The 10 GB ATP-110 sells for US$35.99 and the 6.6 GBATP-106 retails for US$29.99. Aiwaannounced an internal Bolt tapedrive earlier this year.

Aiwa announces 10 GB tape backup

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (NB) — Aladdin Systems is shipping version 5.0 of the clas-sic Macintosh file compression utility, Stufflt. The firm says the upgrade achieves

. greater file compression and up to 20 percent better file transfer rates. It also addsMac OS LS compatibiTity, backward compatibility to System 7.5.3, support forMacBinary III encoding formats and improved email program support.

In addition, the flrm claims the compression improvement applies not only toolder Stufflt versions, but to Zip compressidn as well. The new format also allowsStufflt to exchange files between Windows and Macintosh systems, the firm says.

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That's no flaw, that's a featureI like your paper, I read it every month. Onething I'm not too happy about is your Aug,'98 Lab Test on 17-inch monitors.

Sony seems to have a problem with thepixels in all of the Triniton tubes. I boughtone of these things last month; of course theretailer didn't tell me of the defect. I' ve askedevery retailer I' ve visited since then. Noteveryone is aware of the problem with thepixel line (missing it seems), or so they say. Ihave since found out that the Mac also hasthis problem as it uses the same tube. I'm not

sure if you ever wrote in any of your previousissues that may have pertained to Lab Tests onearlier monitors, that such a defect existed. -

Do you not think that a defective pixel lineshould have been included in the cons cate-gory' 1 would say you goofed on this one.

Jason Matthews

DT replies: What you refer to as missing lines ofpixels are actually thin wires that are a partoftheway Trinitron and other aperture grille nioni torsare niade. We explained this in our August 1996lab test report on monitors, but it bears repeating.

There are two main types of cathode ray tiibe-based nionitors being built today: aperttae grilleand shadow mask. Usually the aperture grillebased monitors are branded with a name endingin some variation o f "t r o ir ' ( T r initron,Diainondtron, etc,). Comparing then at a sirn-plistic level, slurdow mask monitors use a soldplate that has been drilled with tiny holes thathelp align the color phosphor dots. Aperture grillemonitors arrange the color phosphors in verticalstripes, and use metallic "strings that form agrilleinstead ofa plate with holes init. The twohorizontal lines you see in the monitor are called

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Corporate bashing unfairJeff Evans' "The Last Byte" column foiDecember says that i f you question youipower utility about the Y2K readiness oie mbedded systems, the u t i l ity w i l l n o trespond in a helpful and informative manner,

I don't believe this claim does justice taBC Hydro's efforts to make this informationavailable in various sources, including Hydro'sWeb site. The Web site has plenty of informa-tion, some of which precisely addresses hisconcerns about embedded systems.

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Mf replies: The BC Hydro Web site (httpy/www,bchydro.corn) does indeed include detailed infor-mation on theutility's y2X readiness, as well asgeneral explanations of the issue that would be olinterest to readers anywhere in Canada.

There ts a way to reset an iMacRe. The December letter from the editor, I sus-pect you have not yet read your iMac manual,for there is, indeed, a way to restart your new,eye-catching computer.

If you open up the door on the right-handside of the machine, inside, not only will youfind the superwooI looking 3D pattern, butalso the connectors for the mic, speaker, USB,Ethernet and modem cables. Between theEthernet and modem connectors, there aretwo small holes, arranged vertically. Theupper one is the reset switch,

Now, you will need a rather high-tech toolto work it. Take a paper clip, and bend it so partof it is sticking straight out. Insert the pointyend into the uppermost smaU hole, and voila!Your iMac should soon be happy again.

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Microsoft not the sourceIn the December '98 Tucows column theauthor states that the program DesktopThemes is from the Microsoft Plus Add-on forWindows. In reality, the product he is refer-ring to is a themes installer utility written byLeft Side Software in Australia.

Jeff Butts

Zip "click of death' link conectlonRegarding the citation on how to find outabout the lomega Zip's "click of death" prob-lem, the listing was hltp://thirdeyesp.corn. Thec orrect a d dress s h ould ha v e be e nhttp: //www.grc.corn and this will bring up theGibson Research Corporation home page.This contains the free download of the pro-gram to test the integrity of the Zip drive.

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Active Trainer 'gift of fitness' correctionI just wanted to make a correction regardingthe...article about the Active Trainer exercis-ing software [TCP December '98]. In the arti-cle, it mentions that the Web address for theproduct is http/Iwww.lasermedia.'corn/trainer, butthis page does not exist. It i s found onhtlpl/www.interactivefitness.corn/, however. I'mpretty interested in this product, having seenone like it years ago, so thanks for the article!

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the Year 2000 (Y2K) readiness — or lackthereof — of large corporations, but we

can certainly make sure our own computersand software are in order. But is your softwarecompliant? A list of Y2K tools to help youdetermine which, if any, applications on yourPC c o ul d ca use pro b lems is athttp: //www.tcp.ca/y2k/y2ktoois.html.

An alternative is to visit the Web sites ofthe developers of the software titles you use.Microsoft, for example, has a Y2K section onits Web site, which divides applications intofive categories, according to their Y2K compli-ancy. It includes a list of frequently askedquestions about Y2K compatibility, productcomparisons, inventory tips, and recommend-ed tools and utilities from third-party vendors.

Although Microsoft's newest operatingsystems, Windows 98 and the forthcomingW indows 2000 ( p reviously known a sWindows NT 5.0) are both Y2K compliant,older versions of Windows are not. Windows3.x and Windows for Workgroups, for exam-ple, both display post-2000 dates as "I/I/;0."Fortunately, a patch for this bug is available ina n e w Y2K so l u t ions s e ct ion athttp:/twww.microsoft.corn/year2000, where users ofMicrosoft products can obtain informationand software updates related to the YZK prob-lem. Another patch updates two command-line commands in Windows 95's COM-MAND.COM and WINFILE.EXE to supporttwo-digit years.

Windows NT 4.0, too, has problems relat-ed to the year 2000. These issues are addressedby a Service Pack 4 update, also available at

Surprisingly, the 4.0 version of Microsoft'sSmall Business Server is not Y2K compliant,and although the above-mentioned site pro-vides solutions that are, Windows marketingmanager Paul Christilaw concedes they are"not for the faint of heart." Christilaw says a4.5 update, due in early 1999, is Microsoft'srecommended path for making Smail BusinessServer products Y2K compliant.

Microsoft"s Visual Basic suite of applica-tion building tools have been YZK compliantsince version 4.0, but developers will need tocode their programs correctly to avoid snags.Other commonly used financial tools, such asExcel 97 and Intuit's Quicken 98, are Y2Kc ompliant. However, Quicken 5 an d 6(Windows and Mac versions) are unable toprocess dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999.

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tiously with the two faces of Windows 2000.By Jacques and Nathan Surveyor Conference in Denver in early fall, one notion

came through loud and clear. Windows 2000Professional represents the future of top-endWindows desktop computing — that is, forbusiness and advanced individual users.

At the lower end, Windows 9x will contin-ue to be sirpported, but not with majorenhancements like Active Directory services(ADS), advanced security and convenientIntellimirroring and other administrationimprovements.

ne of the nifty things about NT is thatthe codebase for NT Workstation isidentical to that of the Server ver-

sion — just a few switch settings transform NTfrom a workstation to a server operating sys-tem. This has been true since the earliest daysof NT and applies again to Windows 2000-the new name for Windows NT 5.0. (Both ver-sions of NT have also been given a monikermakeover: NT Workstation becomes Windows2000 Professional, and NT Server becomesWindows 2000 Server.)

For Windows 2000 Professional users, thisappears to be a disadvantage because of thecode baggage carried by Windows 2000 Server.Not so, claims Microsoft engineers, for tworeasons. First, on setup of Windows 2000Server, a number of services and DLLs(dynamic link libraries) are installed thatnever see the light of day in a Professionalinstall. Second, with new on4emand installa-tion options, other services that are notrequired will never be loaded.

But the opposite is also true — all the fea-tures of Windows 2000 Professional are alsoavailable at the Windows 2000 Server supervi-sor station or management console. So withGUI (graphical user interface) and ease-of-useimprovements, NT system operators can lookforward to more conveniences than everwhen running NT-based servers.

For our test purposes this common code-base turned out to be quite useful. A numberof Windows 2000 performance, reliability andcompatibility claims can be conveniently test-ed at the workstation leveL In addition, someof the el f -i nstallation and managementfeatures of Windows 2000 can also beexplored more fully. But perhaps the mostinteresting factor is that Windows 2000Professional represents one half of the futureof Windows on the desktop.

However, the key is to sepaiate the capabili-ties of Windows 2000 Professional and Windows2000 Server. Literally, like the Roman god Janus,there are two bees to Windows 2000 — the fairlypositive one associated with Windows 2000Professional and the more troublesome face pre-sented by Windows 2000 Server.

No mare Windows ' to hick aroundAt the Microsoft Professional Developers

Users plagued by the"Blue Screen of Death,"which appears whenWindows crashes, the

pain of DLL hell and thetravails of registry editswon't have Windows 9xto kick around any more

somewhat on registry edits but is of limitedhelp on DLL conflicts. So perhaps it isinevitable Windows 2000 Professional targetsWindows 9x as much as Macs and Unixbecause Microsoft has 80 to 90 percent of PCdesktop operating systems already.

Windows 2000 for PCs must cannibalizeMicrosoft's own Windows 3.x and 9x fran-chise as much as take away seats from Macand Unix to garner big sales. But this is a win-ning proposition for Microsoft because(assuming existing prices stay the same)Windows 98 is $260 (or $129 for an upgradeversion) while Windows NT 4 is $419 (or $199for an upgrade version). So Windows 2000Professional brings in nearly twice as muchper seat as Windows 9x. Thus Microsoft is notloath to point out the advantages of Windows2000 Professional over its sibling Windows 3.xand Windows 95/98 systems. And these arenot unimpressive.

Features of Windows 2000Professional and Server editionsThe features list for Windows 2000 can be bro-ken into 11 major segments; so whenMicrosoft senior vice-president Jim Allchindescribes Windows 2000 as a bet-the-businessproposition, there are three years (and count-ing) of development plus a shipload of fixesand features to back that statement up.

The major features for Windows 2000Professional represent impressive gains over .Windows 3.x and Windows 9x and includeimproved client hardware support, ADS, GUIenhancements, improved client software sup-port, improved networking features and filesystem improvements.

Of course as noted, many of these sameworkstation features extend to the Windows2000 Server. But there are some new featuresthat are specific to the Server includingadvanced directory ops based on ADS,Kerberos-based security, authentication, andencryption, COM+ features including transac-tion processing (MTS) and queuing services(MS' ) , extended server memory architec-ture that uses 36-bit addressing to move from4 GB to 64 GB memory, and enhanced script-ing and batch scheduling

These extensions are necessary first stepsfor bringing Windows NT into the enterprisespace. However, several enterprise-class oper-ating systems such as Unix, OS/400 and

OS/390 have'had many of the features for along time. Windows 2000 Server brings fourthings to the table:• simplicity and ease of use;• bundled free middleware like MTS, IIS,

MS' , etc;• very low commodity pricing (usually two-

thirds or one-quarter the price of "enter-prise equivalents" );

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two areas: reliability anddirectory services.

However, Windows 2000 is much likeNetWare; it is undergoing serious renovations.Both are making major changes to their filesystem and print services for new enterprisecapabilities. Both are making improvementsto administration ease-of-use with consolidat-ed management consoles. Both are makingnetworking integration (and therefore migra-tion to their system) easier between Windows2000 and NetWare. Both are making funda-mental improvements to the OS kernel forscalability purposes. However while NetWaremust play catchup to Windows as an applica-tion server, Windows 2000 must do the samerelative to NetWare in two areas: reliabilityand directory services.

Windows 2000 has reduced the number ofrequired reboot conditions from 50 to five.Allchin has pledged not to release the productuntil Windows 2000 beta testers say it is reli-able and ready. Microsoft should weil knowthat reliability and stability are the top con-cems of potential Windows 2000 users (over90 percent of 300 information technology

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Instead, the consumer and the lower endof Windows computing will be supported bythe newest version of Windows CE. Themachines running CK are currently personaldigital assistants (or handheld PCs), and ultra-light notebooks weighing in at around 900 g(2 lb.), with nine-inch color screens, near full-size keyboards, 32 MB of RAM, and 1 GB harddrives, like the recently introduced Hewlett-Packard Jornada.But inevitably Windows CEwill have the hardware to challenge theWindows 9x PC market.

At the same time, with the trimline andembedded processing capabilities announcedfor Windows 2000, it appears that theinevitable will happen as already announcedby Microsoft — Windows 3.x and 9x will besqueezed out and replaced.

Users plagued by the "Blue Screen ofDeath" (BSOD), which appears whenWindows crashes, the pain of DLL hell andthe travails of registry edits won't haveWindows 9x to kick around any more.Windows 2000 certainly helps on BSOD and

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Whether these and other measures areenough to bring Windows 2000 up from theworst record for reliability among networkingoperating systems should become more evi-dent with the upcoming third beta releaseand of course, the release of the final product.

Active Directory servicesDirectory services are key to the Windows2000 Server upgrade. This is partly becausethe NT 4 domain system is recognized asbeing "plagued by numerous shortcomings:limited object types, flat n amespaces,Byzantine trust relationships, and difficultAPIs," notes Pankaj Chowdhry on ZDNet,

And this comes partly from the recogni-tion that directory services are pivotal in con-trolling the spiraling costs of network admin-istration. Managing users and their authenti-cations across burgeoning and increasinglyinterconnected networks is the critical factorin the total cost of ownership of systems.

So Windows 2000 builds up ADS from twostandards: lightweight directory access proto-col (U)AP, a near-standard industry accessmechanism) and domain name services(DNS, which are used everywhere to translateIP names, such as http: //www.tcp.ca, intonumerical IP addresses). In addition, ADSwill provide much improved centralizedmanagement of not only users but also ITresources like printers, peripherals etc. Many

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4 COM+ brings transaction and queuing servicesEMA (extended memory architecture) more than4GB

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4 supports all hardware Windows 98 supportsenhanced file system support

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manages users in org units within groupsmanages resources like printers. systemsmakes major changes in NT 4 domains

does not allow for nested groups, ADS searchin mixed NT 4 and 2000 environs

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menu enhancements in Office 2000 styleon the fly personalization of Program menustatus bar follows Windows 98 feature setActive Desktop is highly customizableno improved Registry editor/cleanerna resolution of .DLL conflictsopen/search file dialog improvements

Windows 2000 Prefesslenalsoftware support4 off line file synchronization for mobile users4 roaming profiles for mobile users

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But in order to get this first edition ofActive Directory Services out the door,Microsoft has had to cut down the full rangeof directory services (multimasters, directorytree pruning, compatibility with NT 4, etc.).The result is that ADS simply does not havethe functionality and polish of Novell directo-

ry services (NDS), which are already in theirthird generation.

So on the server side, Windows 2000 pre-sents a number of trade-offs (and a clear deci-sion depends greatly on the local situation).But on the workstation side Windows 2000Professional provides a more compelling casefor prospective users,

PerForsnance hnprovementsWhen the Microsoft NT product manager saidthe new Windows 2000 Professional outper-

formed Windows 98, I was most intrigued.Typically, what you could do in Windows 9xwith 16to 24MBofRAM required 32MB in NT,and it would always run a tad slower. But ourtests show the game has changed with Windows2000 starting at 32 MB of memory and up.

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VNndows 2000 Active desktopWindows 2000 Professional sports not onlyspeed and reliability improvements overWindows 9x but also a better GUI, whichmatches all of the conveniences of Windows98 and then some. Active Desktop allowsmuch more user customization of all aspectsof the desktop. First, it can have embeddeduser images, a browser interface or any ofdozens of Microsoft provided configurations.Likewise, the status bar is much more cus-tomizable.

The quick launch toolbar is right next tothe start button and allows users to drag anddrop icons from the desktop onto the statusbar for always-in-view quick launching. Thedesktop toolbar is nearly the same, as it bringsall desktop shortcuts down to its portion ofthe status bar and allows quick startup. Thedifference is that desktop shortcuts includethe text description; therefore each one takesup much more space on the status bar.

Finally, the start menus have been cus-tomized so the most frequently used menuitems are at the top of the menu or areembossed in the outermost menu pull downlist. These features allow users to navigatemore quickly to their applications of choice.

Usability and other enhancements are notconfined to t h e G UI . W i ndows 2000Professional now supports Plug and Play andpower management features like Windows 9x,Also the Windows driver model has beenmade uniform so new drivers will immediate-ly be available to the full range of Windowsoperating systems. In addition, Windows2000 supports some new hardware featureslike AGP and DirectX for faster graphics, UDF,USB and Firewire for better peripheral supportincluding digital cameras, scanners, and DVD.

The new installer and IntelliMirroring ser-vices provided in conjunction with Windows2000 Server mean that only the modulesneeded have to be loaded with an application.And when a module is needed, even if it waslost or damaged, it wil l be automaticallyloaded on demand. This should clear up a lotof network administrative headaches,

On the networking side, Windows 2000provides a number of remote/mobile usage

improved briefcase function that automatical-ly synchronizes files used in the field whenthe user reconnects to the server, and offersmore simplified roaming privileges. In sum,Windows 2000 Professional is chock full ofworthwhile upgrade features.

The verdict: Windows 2000Prof essionai ciientWindows 2000 Professional brings a lot to thedesktop. It now offers all the Plug and Play,power management and WDM (WindowsDriver Model) advantages of Windows 9x.

In addition, we have highlighted Windows2000's GUI enhancements and runtime perfor-mance improvements. The bottom line is thatprograms on Windows 2000 Professional nowrun faster and more reliably than on Windows3.x or Windows 9x. Finally, Windows 2000 isan industrial strength OS-many of its security,administration and networking features will begreat for business and small- and home-officeusers, but will perhaps be lost on the stand-alone and/or individual users.• • • s

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So businesses and advanced users will nowhave to decide whether these improvementsmake this operating system at $419 (assumingNT 4 pricing is maintained) worth up to 40percent of the price of a new Pentium II 32MB, 3.5 GB computer system. If Microsoft hadsquarely addressed the registry edit, DLL con-flict problems and lowered its prices to keeppace with other desktop software, this wouldbe a no-brainer upgrade or purchase. As itstands, each user and shop will have to dotheir own OS accounting.

Wlndotcrs 2000 Server. tongher etecldlngWindows 2000 Professional offers very solid

dient-side features in support of the Serveroperations of Windows 20DO. In addition,Windows 2000 Server has taken on major ren-ovations and some new features to bring it updoser to woddhlass enterprise operating sys-tems. However, Microsoft has bitten off a lotwith the server side of Windows 20DO. Each ofthe tasks below is a major undertaking thattook respected software vendors and develop-ment teams years to develop and perfect:• active directory services — a distributed

database of all OS resources• security reliability enhancements includ-

ing authentication, encryption, etc.• COM+ for transaction processing, message

queuing, object distribution• dynamic reconfiguration induding hot

swaps for better reliability, less reboots.Windows 2000 Server — at anywhere from

27 million to 40 million lines of code — is dou-ble to triple the size of NT 4, which hasalready gone through four service packs to fixand polish up reliability, security and perfor-mance problems. As organizations go into thestretch towards the Year 2000 quagmire of ITfixes and problems, the last thing they willwant is the new server operating system pre-senting its own reliability problems.

Yet analysts concede that NT 4 — fromwhich most of the Windows 2000 codebase isderived — while improving, still has the poor-est record for reliability.and availabilityamong the major server operating systems. Sothese ambitious features and plans for

Windows 2000 Server appear to add eventougher sledding for the testing and qualityassurance folks at 1 Microsoft Way.

But the real problem is that Windows 2000Server is a monolithic operating systemdesigned to be the answer to just about alloperating system needs. It tries to cover every-thing from embedded processors to mobileusers to workstations to Ble and print servicesto interactive Web servers through to enter-prise-scale application servers. Indeed,Microsoft continues to announce new featureswaiting in the wings for the follow-up editionto Windows 2000, depending on what its OSserver competitors do.

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INac OS B.SFrom: Apple Computer Inc.http: //www.apple.cornRequirements: Power Macintosh with 150 MB freehard-disk space, 64 MB of RAM (recommended)Retail price: $149

Pres: It has faster AppleScript, faster file and networkcopy performance; includes Sherlock; has a morerefined user interface.Cons: Incompatibilities with some non-updated thIrd-party hard-disk drivers may cause disk failure.

Breakneck performance, remarkable

power consumption specs and the inno-vative industrial design of Apple's G3

hardware products have been creating a stir inthe computer market recently. However,another important component that makesthis platform excel is its system software — the

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improve its easewf-use. The launch of Mac OS8.5 — the first major upgrade since version 8.0-in October is another big step towards Apple'sdrive to put its OS back into the spotlight.

Boosted performance in core system func-tions, enhanced Internet integration and a re-tooled interface are the hallmarks of this release.

InstallationOne of the first improvements you' ll see withOS 8.5 is an enhanced installer. As usual youcan customize your installation by putting acheckmark beside each major system compo-nent you wish to add. New is the ability to fur-ther fine tune your choices by selecting a cus-tomized installation from a pop-up menu.System adininistrators will appreciate the abil-ity to save customized installation sets tailoredto individual users. Once you have made yourchoices, the installer checks your hard disk forstructural integrity and updates any Apple dri-vers. When you confirm a successful diskscan, the installer runs unattended until the.installation is finished.

Mac took just under seven minutes. Whenyou take the default disk cache settings intoaccount, OS 8.5 only takes an additional 3 MBof RAM resources over OS 8.1.

AppleScrlpt, I/O go nativeOS 8.5 is more than just a pretty-face upgrade.There are many significant core designchanges that have come about due to rewrit-ing of portions of system code.

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Since Apple's migration from its legacy680x0 CISC to the PowerPC RISC architecturein 1994, the task of rewriting major compo-nents of system code into a native formatwere undertaken to address the impressivecapabilities of the PowerPC. It is estimatedthat OS 8.5 contains about 50 percentPowerPC-native code (up from about 30 per-cent in OS 8.0).

If code is not native a separate unit on theCPU must translate any legacy 680x0 instruc-tions before they can be executed. Simply put,

A full installation on a 300 MHz G3-based

more native code means much faster process-ing.

One of the beneficiaries of this rewrite isthe Mac's system-wide scripting languageknown as AppleScript, which is purportedlyup to five times faster in OS 8.5. AppleScriptgives the Mac a unique advantage in the pub-lishing industry where the ability to automateworkflow is an important asset. In OS 8.5 youcan now attach an AppleScript to any folderand initiate that script by dropping files on it.

Although AppleScript's popularity is moreor less confined to the publishing market atpresent, I predict it will play ari ever-increas-ing importance to the broader market in thenear future. We are already seeing some publicdomain scripts that add interesting function-ality to the Mac. I also foresee Apple and thirdparties using the technology as a mechanismto make the Finder easily extensible.

files on it

In OS 8 5 you can nowattach an AppleScript toany folder and initiatethat script by dropping

Storage device input and output perfor-mance has also seen marked improvementwith the addition of native code. In my owntests I saw 25 to 60 percent increases in read-write performance depending on the mix offile sizes being copied. Of course, this boostcarries over into emulator products such asSoftWindows or Virtual PC. There are still por-tions of the file system that have to be rewrit-ten, so you can expect even greater perfor-mance increases in this area in the future.

Network copy performance now has dra-matic improvements due to the fine-tuning ofOpen Transport code. Although I didn't have

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the chance to test the claims myself, Applehas demonstrated that the fastest Mac clientsand servers will transfer large files 47 percent

servers over a 100Base-T Ethernet connection.

SherlockSherlock was given top billing during manypre-release demonstrations of Mac OS 8.5.Essentially, it's a Find cominand on steroids.Sherlock can also be accessed from the Applemenu and appears to the user as a tabbed win-dow. The Find File tab remains as the standardfamiliar search engine for files on your localstorage devices or private network.

Mac 0$ 8$s SherlocltA Find by Content tab allows you to search

for text strings contained within f i les. Itrequires that you index volumes on whichyou desire to perform any search. You canspecify when the indexing process takes place,how much of the system resources you wantto devote to the task and which groups of filesyou wish to index.

One complaint shortly after OS 8.5'srelease was that indexing performed poorly. Itturns out, however, that some users were try-ing to index their entire volumes, whichincluded all of their applications and systemfiles. The solution is to create a single folder inwhich you store all of your documents.0ustom label all of your other folders as Don' tIndex, and using Sherlock's preferences clickon the checkbox that is labeled "Don't indexitems with this label." Then choose the Don' tIndex label from the pop-up menu and switch

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The Search Internet tab lets you to searchmultiple Internet sites and rank all hits by rel-evance in a separate window with a singleclick. It comes standard with a set of plug-instailored to the most popular search enginesites. New plug-ins are being created every dayand those that are Apple-sanctioned can bedownloaded from Apple's Web site. A TechInfo Library plug-in from Apple, for example,provides search capabilities into a technicaland troubleshooting database on Apple prod-

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A new feature you will either love or hateis the option of adding sounds to variousFinder actions such as scrolling, dragging,resizing, clicking and choosing menu items.As with Kaleidoscope themes, an entire fran-chise of freeware sound sets is popping uponline. If you listen to Apple's default soundset on a good set of speakers you' ll appreciatehow well they are crafted and implemented.Synchronization with Finder actions is tight,and dragging a window from one side of yourscreen to the other is mimicked by the sound

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Once you are presented with a list of hits, youcan double-click on one to launch your Webbrowser and connect to that site. If you desire,you can save your search results as separatefiles to reference at a later date.

Sherlock is a great tool for most Websurfers, but more sophisticated users will prob-ably miss the Boolean search capabilitiesmany Web site search engines offer. I suspectthat in a future release, Apple will respond tocustomer demand by adding more advancedsearch options.

There may be issues to address if you areusing Sherlock on a firewall-protected systemor network. In some cases you can open theInternet control panel and simply fill in theappropriate Web proxy server informationunder Advanced options. However, there is abug in Sherlock that causes it to send an erro-neous request to any proxy server that is HTTP(hypertext transfer protocol) 1.1 compliant.Unfortunately, this problem will not be cor-rected until the next OS update.

User interfaceThe first thing you' ll notice on upgrading toOS 8.5 is a newer, more sumptuous interface.Icons now support a 24-bit color palette formore photorealistic r endering. A n e wAppearance control panel consolidates mostof the look-and-feel specifications in a tabbedwindow. You can now choose from six differ-ent large system fonts with an option toenable anti-aliasing (screen font smoothing).Apple has also bundled a more interestingassortment of desktop patterns and pictures soyou can change the look of your desktop.

The Options tab in Appearance gives youthe choice of proportional live-scroll thumbs.For some odd reason Apple decided on theconvention of a single set of double-arrows perscroll bar. Fortunately, there are several free-ware and shareware control panels availableonline that offer the double-arrow at bothends of the vertical and horizontal scroll bars.

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with OS 8.5. It's also prudent when you areupgrading to use the installation CD-ROMas your startup disc, I have upgraded fourG3 systems and have not encountered anydisk reliability issues to date. However, youwon"t want to take any chances.

3, You should verify that all of your applica-tions and third-party extensions are compat-ible with this new release. In addition to thesoftware publisher Web sites, there are otherexcellent Web resouKes such as Macintouch,MacFixlt, MacUpdate, Version Tracker and ofcourse Apple. One incompatibility that hasyet to receive an update is the VisioneerPaperPort scanner software, although thiswill probably be addressed by the time youread this. AlKr, if you are using Apple's freeLaserWriter Bridge you' ll have to resort tothird-party alternatives from Farallon orAsante since Apple does not plan a futurecompatibility upgrade.

Towards Itgac OS XClose to the time you are reading this, Applewill release another update known as Mac OS8.6, It will likely contain further performanceand stability enhancements as well as bugfixes to version 8.5. Like OS 8.1 it will be dis-tributed as a free update.

But the big kahuna of OS updates, knownas Mac OS X (10), is scheduled for September1999, It will be 100 percent PowerPC-nativeand be fully buzzword-compliant with fea-tures such as pre-emptive multitasking, multi-processing, true protected memory and high-performance virtual memory.

Generally speaking Mac OS X will com-prise a mature, rock-solid, high-performanceUnix core combined with the Carbon, Java,QuickTime and enhanced OpenStep APls.Sitting on top of all of this will be an evenmore sophisticated and refined version of auser interface.

Despite what you may hear from someanalysts, OS X is essentially transmogrifiedRhapsody technology (see httpJ/tcp.ca/1998/9801/9801mac/rhapsody/rhapsody. html). The malordifference is that Apple is replacing what wasformerly known as Blue Box with a modifiedMac OS API known as Carbon. With minormodifications to current Mac OS applications,developers will be able to take advantage of

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The bottom lineDespite Apple's past blunders and the mas-sive efforts of competitors to match its GUIelegance and functionality, it can safely bestated that OS 8.5 continues the Mac tradi-tion of offering a state~f-the-art user experi-

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Peter Milburn is a consultant with Elite SystemsSupport located in Calgary, Alberta. He can be reachedon the Internet at elite.systems@shaw.wave.ca

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Windows 2000: Same body, two facesContinued from page 28operating costs are ill served under Windows2000 Server. For example, NetWare has betterreliability, directory, and file print services;Solaris has better scalability, reliability andenterprisewlass application capabilities andLinux has better cost, availability and run-time performance for Web service andembedded processing. And all of these sys-tems have closed the gap on ease of installa-tion, simplified administration and generalusability enhancements. So IT managers aregoing to be confronted with some toughdecisions, Microsoft will surely offer someshort-term price and bundling bargains to getorganizations to commit to Windows 2000Server.

The bottom line is that going withWindows 2000 Server may be a risky propo-sition on two counts: reliability of the firstedition of the server, and greater operatingcosts versus competitive solutions.

Since Windows 2000 beta 3 will be wide-ly available — along with free or lowest trialefitions of Linux, NetWare 5, Solaris or yourexisting operating system — managers arestrongly urged to tryout the two or threeleading contenders in test systems and con-figurations.

As Year 2000 will undoubtedly prove,server operating systems now support thebackbone of the busines~very aspect ofbusiness control and management systems.So making the move to a new server operat-ing system is a smart decision. Q

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NetWare's laments are IPX over IP networkprotocol, character mode operation and thelack of application development tools — andtherefore lack of a widespread base of nativeapplications for NetWare.

Novell was very slow to wake up to the factthat along with the Internet, Unix and NT, theworld had selected IP (internet protocol) as itsnetwork messaging protocol o f c h o ice.Moreover, any proprietary protocol, even forthe long-time industry-leading vendor of LAN(local area network) server software, would beat a disadvantage in a marketplace searchingfor standards in a sea of change.

Likewise, NetWare's unique operating sys-tem architecture provides it with a competi-tive advantage for file and print services andcharacter mode operation, but present prob-lems for developers of native NetWare appli-cations, particularly in GUI (graphical userinterface) mode. In addition, there are inher-ent security and rehability problems whenapplications are allowed access to ring "0" andprivileged operating status in earlier versionsof NetWare.

The latest version of NetWare squarelyaddresses all of these issues — eliminating theIP problem; solving the system versus userprogramming problem; and with Java, makingnative NetWare application programmingmore accessible. In short, NetWare 5 is asimportant to Novell as Windows 2000 is toMicrosoft. So in this review Novell NetWare 5gets a thorough examination for its viabilityinto the new decade and century.

The NetWare )ewelsNetWare is not without its own jewels. Fastand robust file and print services; easy com-patibility with Mac, Unix or Windows dientsof all flavors; plus a robust reliability and secu-rity record are just a few. But the crown jewelfor Novell is the strength and reliability of itsdistributed NDS (Novell Directory Services).

NDS provides the cornerstone for all ofNetWare's service — a database or directory ofall the network's users, and hardware and soft-ware resomces. The directories are unusualbecause they are distributed and kept syn-chronized for every server on the network.

This is no small feat, as database and operat-ing system vendors well know.

Having achieved a current and consistentcatalog of network users and resources, NDScan in turn offer such services as single and/orremote logon; remote administration fromany authorized station on the Net; securereplication of change~ to privileges and autho-rizations across the servers on the Net; auto-mated inventory of hardware assets on theNet; and so forth. With LDAP (lightweightdirectory access protocol) version 3, NDS pro-vides an open industry. standard for accessinginformation in the directory.

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ZENurorhsZENworks (zero effort networks) is a managerof network applications and resources thatleverages off the strengths of NDS. ZENworkscan help distribute and install applications ina tailored fashion to selected NetWare users orgroups, automatically repair those applica-tions if critical application runtime files aredamaged or lost, and centralize the adminis-tration of user profiles and privileges. It alsoallows an IT manager to create and managecentral scheduled actions for individual orgroups of workstations and/or servers. Also forusers, ZENworks provides a Help RequesterSystem to communicate to and aid a centralHelp Desk function.

For managing resources, ZENworks pro-vides dyn a mi c mana gement ofperipheral/print drivers and their status. Inaddition, ZENworks provides an automatichardware inventory for tracking'and trou-bleshooting that includes NDS-authenticatedremote action without visiting the worksta-tion, NetWare or NT Server. In short, for medi-um to large network installation, ZENworksprovides hardcore help for the hard-pressednetwork administrator.

The nice thing about ZENworks is thatafter using the canned menus and scripts, one

cussed later, is designed from this type of NDSbase.

The beauty of the directory is how easy itis to set up and maintain. NetWare 5 concen-trates on improving a fairly easy-to-use systemin two areas. First, the WAN (wide area net-work) Traffic Manager allows'administratorsto control the f low and/or frequency ofupdates across the network, particularly whenservers are separated by slower WAN connec-tions. The second area has been to streamlineand improve the security features of NDS. Asextranets and remote access to networksincrease, the need to set and change authori-ties and privileges becomes more critical.

Secure authentication services (SAS) andPublic Key Infrastructure services put theseprocesses on a more robust security modelwhile simplifying their execution and admin-istration. In sum, while Microsoft and othersare struggling to get their first edition of direc-tory services working, Novell is onto a thirdgeneration, honing the practical applicationsthat truly distributed directory services canenable.

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can customize and tailor most operations tofit specific needs. Even nicer, it works inmixed NetWare and NT environs that use NDSfor NT as well as NetWare 4.11 or above withNDS.

File and print services: If NDS is the jewel of NetWare, then File andPrint services have been the crown. NetWare 5moves file system capabilities up to the enter-prise class with its new Novell Storage Services(NSS). NSS provides for much faster (three-to-four seconds versus 10-15 minutes in NetWare4) NetWare volume mounts and crash recov-ery. As well, NSS provides for more than eighttrillion files on a volume, and the maximumfile size now is 1 TB (terabyte). Although thesenumbers dwarf most departmental applica-tions, they are typical sizes required for largeenterprise databases, data marts and Web sites.In short, NetWare 5 NSS with its 64-bit addressspace is well tuned to address from the small-est to the largest scale file service intensiveapplications.

While NetWare 5 puts file services atenterprise capacity, Novell Distributed PrintServices (NDPS) improves the basic printmanagement. The target here is to reducetime spent managing print services, respondto new printers' technical and bidirectionalcapabilities while increasing runtime perfor-

On our small network we could only seemarginal print server performance. However,NDPS did make a range of laser printer fea-tures previously invisible — status informationsuch as empty toner cartridges, feeder jams,etc.— available at a central console. Just as inthe case of the old file system, the olderqueue-based print services are still supported,but the transition to NDPS went hitch-free. Inaddition to the new features and speed, thereal advantage of NDPS is the ability toadminister print services under the umbrellaof NDS and therefore global IT resource man-agement.

Kernel improvementsJust as NSS puts NetWare on a much strongerfoundation for file services, NetWare 5 hasdone some basic reworking of its kernel oper-ating system to accommodate the shift tomulti-processing and enterprise-level net-works. Like Microsoft with Windows 2000'ssecurity, Novell has had to make basic changes

In a variation, Catalog Services provide acustomized view into the directory — savingtime by eliminating the need to search theentire directory for every request. In addition,a catalog can be sorted and organized on itsown criteria. For example, employee names,locations and telephone numbers can becomean organization's phone catalog. Such a cata-log can be constantly updated by NDS whileits contents can be indexed according to loca-tion and company name for different views.

The real hidden strength of NDS is that itallows administrators to define their own cus-tom objects derived from other directoryobjects or from basic inputs. These customobjects can then use NDS Catalog Services,user profiles and/or script to deliver better net-work operations, ZKNworks, which will be dis-

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scale to eight processors and possibly 16,while Novell will do better — but not for all ser-vices until they are converted. Likewise in thearena of clustering systems with failover/fail-safe capabilities, both vendors have partialsolutions (Wolfpack in the case of Microsoftand Novell's HASN, which stands for HighAvailability Server for NetWare). In the mean-tirrte Novell has a notable co-existence advan-tage by preserving IPX, old file system andprint services while supporting the full rangeof Windows clients (notably Windows 3.x and

early Windows 95 users).But this is a trade-off, because many of

these older NetWare modules do not supportthe new multi-threading capabilities exceptin a basic fashion. The real battle will bewhich operating system makes the transitionto full 64-bit operation and dynamic loadbalancing and reconfiguration. These futureimprovements will provide real benefits inscale and speed of operation plus networkreliability that system operators will reallyappreciate.

Console One disappointmentWith all the talk of the Novell JVM (JavaVirtual Machine) being one of the fastestavailable for the Intel architecture, we hadhigh hopes for the new integrated administra-tion program for NetWare, Console One.

Chief executive Eric Schmidt, who cameover from Sun's Javasoft division, must haveoverslept due to his many grueling hours tour-ing the country touting the new NetWareresurgence because Console One is only

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to its kernel, specifically in virtual memory,time synchronization and improved thread-ing.

These are the old distributed computingenviron (DCE) specifications from the mid-1980s, which PC-based operating system ven-dors (unlike most of their mainframe andUnix peers) have been slow to implement.Microsoft, with active directory services (ADS)and Kerberos authentication, plays catchup inone area while Novell does the same in its ker-nel. It will be interesting to find out whichvendor is best poised to complete the taskwhile maintaining high levels of perfor-mance — scalability, reliability and availabili-,ty — while not completely cutting off its olderlegacy system users.

Currently, Novell has the advantage inreliability and availability while scalability isstill an open question. Windows 2000 should

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Linux.

or about a month now I' ve had a Webserver humming away on my desk; itnever stops; it doesn't take up much

room, using only a 7.25 sq. in. patch; it is acool purple with glowing green light on thefront; its setup and administration wereincredibly simple; it was cheap and runs

the CGIs.

The Internet applianceThe concept of thin servers, or microservers,has been around for a while. The CobaltQube's innovation is to strip away everythingthat is superfluous and focus on just thethings needed to get a server up and runningquickly. The Cobalt offering is particularlyattractive for small businesses or startup ISPswanting to put up a self-contained Internetpresence complete with Web site, email andftp.

The Qube weighs in at just over 2.7 kg (6lb.), and incorporates a 64-bit 150 MHz MIPSRISC processor, 16 MB of RAM and a 2.1 GBQuantum Fireball ATA hard disk. Cobalt alsooffers a 32 MB to 64 MB version with a 6 GBhard disk. The 2700 is efficient, with powerconsumption at about 25 Watts. The units donot have a monitor plug-in as all administra-tion happens from a Web browser on a net-worked computer.

Users configure an IP address on the sideof the box, and plug an Ethernet cable intothe built-in port. Cobalt has done a nice job ofhiding the complexities of Linux and Apachebehind its browser-based administration tools.While users can buy cheaper computers to useas servers, the Cobalt offers a nice packagethat uses open source software with a slickconfiguration utility. If the user exceeds thecapabilities of the Web browser-based setup, itis possible to telnet into the server and tweak

The hardest part of setting up mostInternet products is assembling all the datarequired to plug in to the unit: DNS, Sub netmask and other configuration numbers. TheQube uses the dynamic host control protocol

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Simple and Linux are two words not usu-ally seen in proximity of one another. Linux isthe operating system used by many Internetservice providers (ISP), and hence it "runs"much of the Internet. It has a reputation forrobustness, stability, and fast updates, but israrely recommended as a good operating sys-tem for mere mortals.

Cobalt, the manufacturer of the Qubemicroserver, has managed to mask most of thecomplexities of Linux. It bundles the operat-ing system with an Apache Web server, a

out some

(DHCP) to assign an IP address automaticallyfrom the DHCP server on your network.-It isprobably best to assign a static address rightfrom the start. If it is dynamically assigned,when the server is rebooted it will end up witha new IP address, causing problems if it is serv-ing Web pages to the Internet.

While, the Qube 2700 is capable of virtualhosting via telnet, this does not happen with-

work. TheCobalt RaQ,the sister prod-uct that comesas a rackmount unit, isd esigned t osupport virtualWeb hostingout of the box.

The systemadministratorcan customizean amount of disk space, a personal homepage and an email address for each user. It ispossible to get most of this up and runningwithin about an hour, using the setup wizardsprovided on the Qube.

The email server supports SMTP, POP3 andIMAP4. Users can forward email to anotheraddress from their preferences page.

Qube's document management software,InfoPlace, assigns each user a private docu-ment database that indexes ASCII text, wordprocessing or HTML documents, using theGlimpse search engine. Users can then quick-ly search t hese f i les f o r ke ywords.Unfortunately, the indexing feature runs onlyat night, rendering the index out of date ifusers are looking for files they have added thatday.

It is possible to monitor the Qube using itsmaintenance agents that run in the back-ground. These agents monitor aspects such asserver usage, statistics, and traffic patterns.The Qube also sends you an email if it has anyproblems.

store.

The Linux advantageAlthough Microsoft's Internet InformationServer (IIS) is technically free, it requiresWindows NT Server to run, which costsaround US$1,100 for a 10-user licence. This isalmost the same price as the Qube. If you buyNetscape server software, you will pay anoth-er US$1,000 or so. This does not factor in thecost of an Intel box required to run it, or theprice of maintaining an NT server, which ismuch more complex than the Qube's admin-

SecurityAccording to Cobalt, the Qube Linux imple-mentation is as secure as any commercialUnix implementation on the market today.Linux has a reasonable reputation for securityand any system is only as good as the practicesof the people running it.

Apparently, the current version of theQube OS has at least one known securityweakness. Plain text passwords are transmit-ted over the network for authentication. (Thisis common for Unix systems and can beaddressed by installing software that supportsencrypted telnet sessions.) Encrypted pass-word files are accessible to users on the Qube.Hackers could conceivably crack a passwordand gain access to the system but they wouldneed direct access to the network that theQube is running on.

Cobalt has just announced secure develop-er release SSL software for the Qube and RaQfor US$99. Ironically, its own SSL server keptcomplaining that its SSL security certificatehad expired the night I went to its online

istration.

Speed ratingsI was not able to do any comparative speedtests on the Qube, but, according to Cobalt, itcan serve up enough Web traffic to fill a Tlline or a 10 Mbps local area network. One ofLinux's claims to fame is that it can do moretasks with less physical RAM than a PC. In

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In fact, the whole Java application devel-opment strategy — i.e. making NetWare theplatform of choice for intranet and Internetdevelopment — depends on having good Javaand Web development software available onNetWare. We can testify that the JVM isindeed very fast. We can also cite NetWare'srobust Border Manager for Internet security

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Installation and ease of ssseLAN installs used to be a science. LikeMicrosoft, Novell is getting the simplicity andusability religion. Again, l ike Microsoft,NetWare has made the install experience a lotmore civilized. Novell has achieved it by sup-pling the following:

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In comparison to Windows NT 4 or Unix,we found the NetWare install to be easier androughly comparable to the Windows 2000install. Initially, Windows 2000 is easier withmany reboot steps eliminated; but NetWare'sdirectory services implementation shows thepolish of two revisions.

In short, installation — though still not atrivial task, especially with complex networkconfigurations and/or unique hardware, isbecoming less daunting in the network worldwith improvements like those in NetWare 5and other OSes.

On the administration side, as notedabove, Console One shows the right directionbut has large resource requirements. So anintegrated administration l ike Microsoft'sManagement Console still needs work forpractical usability. Fortunately, the individualutiiJities have been improved.

Many, but not aU, of the NetWare 5 utili-t ies have been given a GUI facelift l ikeNwadmin32. This certainly makes NetWaremuch more approachable and usable from anadministrator"s standpoint. And this carriesthrough with add ons such as ZENworks,which really gives NetWare — even in its free-bie ZENworks Starter Pack format — some for-midable ease of administration capabilities.

Bottom lineWe believe NetWare continues to be a superi-or networking environment. It is faster andmore reliable for key networking services:directory and resources management, file andprint control„hardware change and manage-ment. These services are wrapped in a thor-ough yet very manageable security and privi-leges framework Administration of the net-work has been vastly improved in a number ofindividual utilities like WAN Traffic Manageror NDPS, but in the integration of those utili-ties under Console One, Novell has to go backto the performance drawing boards.

In areas of Web and application services,NoveU has done the spadework of getting veryfast storage services — NSS, Java VirtualMachine, and protected virtual memory. Now,just like Microsoft, it is in a race to get 64-bitmemory and robust clustering and SMP Isym-metric multiprocessing) services out the door,and given NoveU's HASN and NSS, NoveUmay have the head start.

In the meantime, NetWare 5 is networkingservices that can deliver very fast and reliableperformance now. Given the move to purecore IP and NetWare's high compatibility withUnix and Windows NT servers (especiaUywith NDS for NT), organizations really shoulduse NetWare for their network services and letUnix and Windows 2000 duke it out for kingof the application server hilL

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Networking capabilitiesOut of the box, the Qube supports SMB (serv-er message block) for Windows 95 or NT, Unixand Appletalk traffic on a local network. Thatmeans you can use the Web server to back upfiles, or users on the network can copy files

directly to the server, without using FTP. TheQube is visible on your network like any fileserver. The Qube allows users to create, move,copy, delete, and drag and drop files and direc-tories just as on a file server.

Tech supportThe company offers a fair bit of technicalinformation for free on its Web site. Cobaltalso offers the C obalt KnowledgeBaseApplication, a one-year subscription foradvanced tech support for US$149.

iilnor complaintsThe Qube has a noisy fan that blows continu-ously, but this can be easily solved by puttingit in a closet. (I kept it on my desk while doingthe review, so I could keep poking at it — andbecause it looks really cool.)

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My Qube came with a 10Base-T Ethernet,and it would be nice to see a 100Base-T optionfor faster access. The Qube does not yet sup-port Front Page Extensions, but the companyclaims to be working on it.

Other productsCobalt makes the Qube in two flavors: onedesigned for workgroups, the 2700WGreviewed here, and one aimed at ISPs and Webdevelopers, the 2700D. The company alsomakes the Cobalt RaQ microserver, designedfor rack-mounted applications that sell forunder US$1,000 with a 2.1 GB hard drive and16 MB of RAM.

Corel Computer Corp. (http: //www.corelcom-puter.corn) has a product similar to the Qubecalled NetWinder, which it claims is evencheaper, faster a'nd better. Unfortunately, aunit was not available for testing at the timeof this review. Other products to considerinclude: Whistle's Interjet server, MicroTest'sWebZerver, Cisco Micro Webserver and DataGeneral Thin SiteStak.

ConclusionThe engineering team behind Cobalt appar-ently came from Apple, Cisco and WebTV.This is an interesting startup and well worthwatching for its future products.,

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But-the situation is rapidly changing. KDE(the K Desktop Environment developer pro-ject) and others now offer highly usable GUIshells for Linux that have all the look and feelof Windows 95/98 with some extra easy con-veniences to boot. Corel, Cobalt, Microwayand others are now bundling Linux with oneof the new shells plus some new applicationsoftware in their new systems. In fact there isa flood of new software being ported to Linux.

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According to Doug Taylor, president ofHygenicomp Vancouver and a director ofHygenicomp Canada, "There are a severalissues involved in the need for keeping equip-ment and environments as dean as possible.In many cases you have a huge concentrationof hardware in a dedicated room and it' sentrusted to run a large operation. In othercases, smaller companies might use relatively

small rooms for their LAN [local area network]or WAN [wide area network) systems. A thirdand more common possibility is that comput-ers and servers are scattered throughout thecompany offices."

Taylor says systems in dedicated computerrooms require different cleaning proceduresthan those located within an office space.".The floor, for example, [in a dedicated room]will have an anti-static agent in the tiles,which have to be hand cleaned with spedalchemicals because you can't go sloshing liquid

around in there. And those tiles should all beindividually lifted so the stringers can behand-cleaned too. The sub floor might alsohave to be attended to because many dedicat-ed rooms circulate the fresh cooling air underthe working floor, which means a lot of dustand debris can collect there."

For companies that don't have a dedicatedcomputer room, it is more common to findequipment set up in places where papers andfiles are also stored or moved about, and incommon areas with people constantly mov-

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ing about. Most offices also have a cleaningcrew that comes in to dust and vacuum atnight. Such environments contain a lot ofnonwomputer related stuff and many of thoseitems — paper, carpeting, and even printersand photocopy machines — generate a lot ofdust and dirt, which gets inside computers.

Compounding all of this are the coolingfans inside computers and servers, whichwork like little vacuums that suck up all thedust, lint, hair and carpet fibres in an officeenvironment. This eventually creates a blan-ket of material that completely covers theinternal components, which, ironically, insu-lates the components against the coolingeffect of the fan. And, as everyone knows,overheating is quite simply bad for comput-

"The type of deaning and environmentalmaintenance we do is mostly preventative,"says Quentin Brown of DP EnvironmentalService, a Vancouver company specializing immaintaining dedicated computer rooms. "Alot of times the IT managers and other client.we deal with don't realize that some of th<problems they may have with regard to theiiequipment is related to the environment."

A DP Environmental brochure points ouithat because of the high volume of cooling ai.blown over circuit boards, dust and tiny metaslivers can be deposited on electronic components because of their magnetic properties.

"Nobody ever goes inside to properly cleartheir equipment," says Taylor. "The technicastaff doesn't really want to go through all th<equipment and properly clean it, simpl!because they' re too darned busy to do thakind of basic preventative maintenance. Ireally requires somebody going into th imachines with the right tools and doing;really deep cleaning every once in a while "

One way not to get rid of all the debriinside a computer is to use a quick squirt ocompressed air, for several reasons. The mossalient is that compressed air leaves a residuof moisture once it's out of the can, and moisture, like heat, is bad for computers. And thforce of the compre'ssed air might lodge somof the material you' re trying to get rid of faither into those little nooks and crannies. Plu:the pressure involved has been known to diilodge some less than secure chips and compc

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Contact manalement: where it's atContinued froni page $9SFA solutions are becoming enterprise-widedatabase management systems.

CM software lives in a simpler environ-ment. The companies that make CM softwaresometimes have only one version (i.e., Act!TeleMagic). Those with two solutions, usuallyoffer a retail and network version, with thelatter called something like "enterprise" or"professional" Oanna, GoldMine, Maximizerfollow this model). Most CM programs havespecialized addwns for specific implementa-tions. Thus if your business is focused on, say,mail order, there is likely another productfrom a different company for customizingyour CM program.

Complicating these factors are two devel-opments. First is integration with the Internet.More and more users are interested not only ingetting information from the Net, but in mak-ing data available over the Net. This is part ofthe reason why the Vcard and Vcalendar pro-tocols are finally being implemented in manyof these products. They allow for automaticsharing of business card and scheduling infor-mation. This is also why most CM programsnow import, export, and save KIML (hyper-text markup language) files. Some CM makers(GoldMine for one) are even about to release aJava version of their product.

The second development affecting CMprograms is the growth of the mobile salesforce. The increased usability of handhelds,palmtops, laptops, and other devices is forc-ing CM developers to include sophisticatedremote database connectivity op t ions.Updating, and being updated by, the compa-ny contact database is very useful, but usual-ly requires considerable tiine and money toimplement. When CM products becomeclient/server faces for complex sales forceautomation programs the solution becomesindistinguishable from enterprise-wide infor-mation systems networks. As usual in thebusiness world, everybody wants to be insomeone else's backyard.

What's out thereWe decided to leave the PIMs, includingOutlook (which is becoming more than a PIMin some ways) for another day. Likewise, SFAproducts and extensive customer-relationshipnetwork solutions are beyond the scope ofthis overview. So, excluding SFA and PIMs, wehave, in alphabetical order; Act!, GoldMine,Janna Contact Professional, Maximizer andTele Magic.

Acti Version 4.0From: Symantec Corporation10201 Torre Ave., Cupertino. CA 95014Tel: 800-441-7234, http: //www.symantec.cornSuggested retail price: $199.95

Act! was developed in 1985 by a softwarecompany called CSI to help it keep track ofcustomers. In 1987 it released Act! 1.0 forDOS, which, at that time, was one of only twosuch products available. In 1993 Symantecbought Act! and released version 2.0 for

Today the product is available for DOS,Windows 3.x, 9x, NT, CE, Macintosh, Notes,and for the Newton, Psion, and Pilot OSes. Inlate 1996 Symantec modernized the programwith Act! 3.0 making it a 32-bit, full-featuredCM and giving it more Internet functionality.This spring Symantec released version 4.0 forWindows, which runs on both 9x and NT 4.

Act! 4.0 continues the trend toward tighter

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integration with the Net with support for LDAP(lightweight directory access protocol). Thismeans it is easier to remain in the programwhile searching a Web directory to find contactinformation and then import it. Also, it hastighter ties to email functions and support forccMail, Eudora Pro and Microsoft Exchange.

Other new features include improved wiz-ards aimed at helping users synchronize theirdatabase with others. Act! also integrates verywell with WinFax Pro — not surprising asWinFax is also made by Symantec. If you don' thave WinFax, Act! includes QuickFax, whichallows faxing from within a contact record.

One excellent new feature is SideAct,which allows you to quickly enter a to-do listor note without deciding which contact theitem relates to, and without running the fullAct! program.

Jim Galpin, senior national accountsmanager for Symantec in Canada says the oneword that sums up Act! is usability: "Act! isthe easiest contact manager to use right out ofthe box."

Act! is well suited for groups of five to 25users. This is the product's target market, andaverage user, and for that group it is a goodsolution.

ColdMlne 4 (Standard Edition)for Windows 95/NT 4From: GoldM!ne Software Corp.301-17383 Sunset Slvd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272Tel: 310-454-6800, http: //www.goldminesw.cornSuggested retail price: $249.95

GoldMine 4.0 is targeted at the 25- to 200-user group. Single users of this product doexist, as do companies with over 1,000 users(Sprint America, for example), but the medi-um-sized peer network or client/server marketis where you will find GoldMine. This is oneof the original CMs and one of the mostprevalent. Brenda Christensen, spokespersonfor GoldMine, says scalability is the strengthof the product. "You can use it Plug and Playor you can scale it up,"

To scale it up, you need GoldSync, a serv-er program that works with the product. In astandard implementation, GoldMine installsto Windows 9x or NT as a 32-bit program.The interface is simple and easy to look at,Beneath the pleasant and customizable facelies a very good management system.

Each new version of the popular programadds a bit more to the depth of features. Onesuch new function is called the OpportunityManager — a tool designed to keep track ofcomplex sales. If„ for example, there are anumber of different people interacting withthe company regarding the same purchase, theOpportunity Manager tool can group theseindividuals so no person, email, letter, phonecall, or promise is lost between the cracks.

System managers will be pleased with theimproved security features of GoldMine 4.0.lt is now possible to set default profiles forgroups of users rather than having to individ-ually set each installed program. The IT peo-ple will also be pleased that the new versionhas increased synchronization abilities.GoldMine will allow for a dialup connectionto be used to synchronize a user from out inthe field.

Aside from the new features, what makesthis one of the best CM programs available isthe fact that there are such good automatedsales follow-up routines. You can create sucha routine so that the program will automati-cally prompt you to perform pre-selected

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Contact management: where It's atContinued from page 63actions (say a phone call, email, fax, letter, orinvitation) based on criteria you set (such ascontact called, contact referred, contact visit-ed booth, etc.). This strength reveals the pro-gram's roots in sales and indicates why itworks so well in that environment. GoldMineis a very good choice for many companies.

Ianna Contact ProfessionalFrom: Janna Systems Inc6060-3080 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4N 3N1Tel: 800-268-6107, http: //www.janna.cornSuggested retail price: $249

Janna Systems is a Canadian company doingwell in the CM market. Janna develops solu-tions from standalone to enterprise level.Janna Contact Personal is aimed at the stand-alone user while Janna Contact Professional(JC Pro) is the workgroup product.

Janna describes the target group for thisproduct as corporate workgroups. JannaEnterprise is a more extensive client/serversolution for companies that need more com-piex customer-information managementand/or have a large database. Janna ContactWeb View is a browser-based interface forEnterprise allowing Internet users, but espe-cially intranet users, to access and update acompany database.

Janna Contact Professional is a flexibleand robust program with one of the most ele-gant looking interfaces of any CM. As well asbeing a completely modern, 32-bit, right-click, OLE (object linking and embedding)compliant, program that runs on Windows 95or NT, it is also well integrated with theInternet. Linking a contact to a Web pagetakes but a single click. JC Pro has alsoincreased support for importing data fromother programs, always one of the mostannoying jobs of setting up a new CM pro-gram. The Import Wizard will help youimport data from Act!, GoldMine, and Lotusto name three of the 20 supported formats.There is also support for the PalmPilot.

Ruth Matthews, spokesperson for JannaContact Systems, says the one word that bestsums up JC Pro is indispensable. "JannaContact Professional's ease-of-use, contact-centric document management and Microsoftlook and feel make this product indispensablefor any corporate workgroup."

Janna Contact Professional should be aserious consideration for your CM program.Visit its Web page for a chart showing why thecompany thinks JC Pro beats the competition.

Maximlzer $.0From: Multiactive Software1090 W. Pender St., 9th Floor, Vancouver, BC V6E 2NTTel: 604-601-8000, http: //www.maximizer.cornEstimated street price: $149

Although not as well known in the U.S. as itis in Canada, Maximizer is a popular CM solu-tion, with a long history on the Canadiancontact-management scene. Multiactive, themaker of the program, is based in Vancouver,and has managed to build support around theworld by creating a strong, easy-to-use pro-gram with good scalability, innovative newfeatures, aggressive pricing, and online sales.

Maximizer 5.0 is a list-based, CM thatemploys the Btrieve database engine. It runson Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 or higher with8 MB of RAM. You can buy it through theMultiactive Web site, where you can alsodownload a demo version of the product.

The program interface is attractive, with amulti-pane view that is customizable and OLE2.0 compliant. This means you can insertlinks to other information such as pho-tographs or a spreadsheet file residing outsidethe program. Functions include the ability tomake a call or write a letter, send a fax or booka meeting. You can also track time spent onthe phone, set reminders for sales initiatives,etc. The program has integrated right-clickoptions in almost every possible location-which invariably brings up useful actions.

Another strength of the program is itsmass mailing, broadcast faxing, and groupemailing features. As in any CM program, ittakes a bit of effort to set up the first time, butafter that, keeping people up to date or addinganother name to the list is simple.

One new and interesting feature is theecommerce link, which helps a user set up aWeb page ordering system tied to Maximizer.Thus all the information entered on the Webform would be ehtered into the appropriateplaces in your contact manager.

According to Stephen Brooks, director ofproduct development w i th M u l t iactiveSoftware, the attraction of version 5.0 is itsapplicability. "In this release, we have focusedon creating a sales and customer managementtool that appealsto an four relevant groups inan organization: executives [enhanced report-ing, especially browser-based]; sales manage-ment [complete opportunity and team man-agement features]; salespeople [informationsharing and productivity tools l ike theMarketing Library and Outlook integration];and the MIS staff [Integrator'5 Toolkit withAPIs, OLE Automation, ODBC, SQL, and con-formity to standards]." Maximizer will appealto many single users and workgroups. Visitthe Web page for a list of magazine reviewsand other information.

TeleMagic Professionalfor Windows 3.0From: TeleMagic Inc800-17950 Preston Rd., Dallas, TX 75252Tel: 800-668-1015, http: //www.telemagic.cornSuggested retail price: $395

TeleMagic Professional for Windows is aWindows 95 and NT program born from thetelemarketing world. The program is perfectlyfunctional but somewhat long in the tooth.TeleMagic 3.0 has been around for a few yearsand remains popular with telephone salescompanies. One of the features TeleMagic 3.0brought to the program was enhanced faxingcapability; however, this feature does notwork under NT.

Where the program does well is in its abil-ity to be customized. Richard Basa, Canadianrepresentative fo r T e leMagic explains,"TeleMagic V3 introduced the concept of fullycustomizable everything. In other words,screens, fields, pages, reports, work-processingdocument links, etc. Companies may hireemployees that are only temporary and don' twant them to see the same information thatother people see in the database, This way,when they log in to the system, it shows themscreens that are customized just for them." Hesays this is much better than simply givingthem an "access denied" message or somecryptic code.

Like similar programs, TeleMagic willcheck for duplicate records, roll over incom-plete tasks, and allow for customization ofright-click options. Other improvementsinclude group scheduling, undo deletions,and easier interface navigation. 0

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By using some of the following proventime-saving techniques, your efficiency, pro-ductivity, and satisfaction will be incieased con-siderably. This will enable you to free up moretime to do the things you really want to do.

t's a out timeToo many telephone callsEnsure that written and verbal telephone mes-sages are complete. Knowing not only thename and phone number of the person call-ing but also the purpose of the call enablesyou to deal with the response quickly andeffectively, often delegating the response tosomeone else. Make your calls before lunch ortowards the end of the day when people areless likely to chat.

Overscheduling: too much to doConcentrate on important items and disre-gard the trivial. Use your diary to plan yourday and prepare a priority list of tasks. Leamto say no. Delegate.

Too much paperDeal with each piece of paper only once. If it isjunk mail, throw it out. If it is for the file, file itimmediately. If it requires a response, a hand-written reply or a telephone call may suffice. Ordelegate routine matters to another staff mem-ber. By handling your morning mail in thismanner, you will avoid tomorrow's task of deal-ing with the paperwork you set aside today.

Unexpected visitorsKeep the visit brief. Conduct standup meet-ings. Once someone is settled into a comfort-able chair in your office with a coffee in hand,a good portion of your day could disappear.Arrange to meet the person for lunch or afterwork for an extended discussion.

Scheduled meetingsBe certain they start and end on time, and fol-low the agenda. Keep on topic. Ensure that asummary is given, noting any action to betaken after the meeting and by whom.

ErrorsDraw conclusions from errors made, and avoidrepetition. Perhaps retraining of personnel isnecessary, or instructions need to be clarified.Have job procedures detailed in writing andincluded in your procedures manual for circula-tion and future reference. Ask the person in theposition to draft the detailed job procedures foryour later review. This also helps reinforce to theindividual the step-by-step process involved.

Lack of communicationState clearly what is expected when assigning

work. If the work is submitted in an unfin-ished manner, rather than correcting it your-self (also known as upward delegation), return,it in a tactful manner with an explanation ofthe finishing touches required. This will alsohelp the employee's personal growth andunderstanding of the business. Encouragestaff to ask questions if they are uncertain-remember, dumb questions are easier to han-dle than dumb mistakes!

PerfectionismStriving for excellence is healthy, gratifying,and attainable. However, aiming for perfectionis frustrating, neurotic, and a waste of time.

FatigueIf you find you are unable to work produc-tively owing to fatigue, take time to relax andrefresh yourself. Stretch, take a break fromwhat you are doing, and take a short walk.You will find that when you return, so hasyour energy and concentration. During work-ing hours, eat regularly, but sparingly, andavoid alcohol.

Keeping a time logA helpful tool to demonstrate how effectivelyor poorly you are managing your time is tokeep a daily time log for a random week. Thisin itself is a time-consuming task, as it meansyou need to record minute by minute how youspend your time. It will include the telephonecalls you make, those you receive, the tasks youaccomplish on your priority list, the interrup-tions you receive, what you read, what youwrite, and so on. After completing a week ofsuch logs, you need to review them and assesswhat portions of your day are spent produc-tively. The logs will also show the time wastersthat repeatedly. frustrate accomplishments.

Remember: time is money. And, whilelabor costs are high, as the owner-manageryour time is worth the most. By ensuring yourtime is well spent managing and planning forgrowth of the business, your staff will learnuseful techniques from you. They will becomemore productive in the day-to-day running ofyour business. CI

Douglas Gray, LL.B., has had extensive experience asa lawyer specializing in small business. He is currentlya speaker, consultant and author of 16 best-sellingbooks, including The Complete Canadian SmallBusiness Guide (published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson)and Start and Run a Profitable Business Using YourComputer, Start and Run a Profitable ConsultingBusiness and Marketing Your Product (all three pub-lished by Self-Counsel Press).

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A dean system Is a happy systemContinued from page 60nents. Instead, the proper deaning of com-puter equipment constitutes a much moredelicate process.

"We use special non-metallic 90 psi vacu-ums to pull the dust out of the systems,"Taylor explains. "They are adjustable by rheo-stat and have little micro brushes made ofanti-static horse and hog hair. These let us lit-erally brush the dust off of cards and individ-ual chips safely while removing the debris,rather than blowing it around."

But Taylor notes an equally importantissue for many companies: employee healthand how it can be affected by working in anenvironment strewn with electronic equip-

"People, as well as electronics, are dustsensitive," he explains. "Many clients oftenwant the dust cleared out of the working envi-ronment for the benefit of the workers as wellas for the benefit of the machines."

Readers who work near a lot of electronicequipment have likely noticed that the quali-ty of the air in their workplace is greatlyaffected and — even if they aren't particularlydust sensitive — that the air is vaguely unpleas-ant. That "stale air" effect is largely the resultof negative ions (particles in the air that makeit seem fresh) being neutralized and depletedwhen they come in contact with some electri-cal components. This can make people work-ing in such an area feel dull or tired.

The solution, of course, is to not only cleanand maintain the computer and server equip.ment but to do likewise for the room itself.

"We can now provide machines thatextract air 24 hours a day," says Taylor, "aswell as generating negative ions. This airdeaning not only benefits the equipment but

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equipment is that it also has to be properlycleaned and maintained (filters changed, etc.)which, like the computers and servers, is bestcontracted out to ensure that it's not onlydone properly but done at all.

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< j";., "Using this'tyrpe of s'ervice' has" bjmim.."",pretty well standard practice iri' the<telecommunications industry,".„he explains,~"Our dedicated rooms have raised comput-ker floors and «ir conditioners, which. blew>air underneath the, raised. floor; .Any.-@me„"you Introduce air anywhere, you' re. going tonget dust no matter how clean you try to be.',',Also, because aII of our cabling runs under>,neath the fleer we get all kinds of cable9""'clippings and,other'.debris collecting under{;'the Keor so;:.that haS,to 4 Cieilitg:,Meepr".;

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These days, people are becoming moremobile. Some are traveling between cities toattend conferences, or to check in on otherbranches in a chain. Others are more interest-ed in taking work back and forth betweenhome and the office, Either way, people arelooking for better ways to use their time andresources, and a notebook computer can bethe perfect answer for busy people on the

It's true that notebooks still lag behind thedesktop field in terms of performance — hey, ittakes a bit of time to shrink componentsdown into a form notebooks can handle. Still,many notebooks now carry a performancepunch that's more than enough to meet manyusers' needs.

At the top end, a 300 MHz version of themobile Pentium II chip has become available,and manufacturers are rushing to introduce itinto their performance lines. Hard drives con-tinue to increase in capacity, with portableversions now sporting 8 GB and more. Thinfilm transistor (TFT) screens (also called activematrix screens) have also improved in quality,and the 14.1-inch size is becoming quite com-mon (this is roughly equivalent to a 15-inchCRT monitor, in viewing size). Video technol-ogy powering those screens is getting moreimpressive, too, with the introduction ofaccelerated graphics port (AGP) technologyinto the notebook field, and with video mem-ory hitting 8 MB.

This strength in the video system is usefulfor a number of reasons. With the screensthemselves, and the shift from passive toactive display, they' re easier to look at forextended periods of time. With the ability toattach external monitors to the back of thenotebooks, they' re also useful presentationdevices, and the added video power makessuch presentations even more impressive.

DVD (digital video disc or digital versatiledisc, depending on who you ask) drives arepoised to take over from the compact disc asthe storage medium of choice for data. EachDVD can hold up to 17 GB of data — or 25

times the capacity of a standard CD. DVDs arethe same size as standard CDs, and the newDVD players are backward compatible withthe old-school CDs. What does this mean?The inclusion of a DVD drive means you cantake advantage of the new higher capacitydiscs and still use any older software you mayhave on CD-ROM.

At the time of writing, DVD units for note-book PCs were still fairiy expensive comparedto the models available for desktop comput-ers. However, while compact notebook com-ponents are sometimes of sub-par qualitycompared to their desktop equivalents, theDVD drives available today for notebook com-puters are top-notch.

This became very evident during our test-ing, when we used suitable notebooks to playDVD movies both on the TFT screensattached to the notebooks and on the 40-inchmonitor in our company's boardroom. If theplayback quality was impressive on the smallTFT screens (and it was), the picture qualityon a large external monitor was the clincher.these portable computers pack a multimediapunch that would do even a desktop machineproud.

Of course, multimedia isn't the onlyimportant thing to look at when buying anotebook. Far more pressing when spending asubstantial amount of money for a notebookis its usability, especially if the machine willbe used in a desktop-replacement capacity, It' sfine and dandy if a notebook can do fancymultimedia tricks, but if it's awkward duringregular use it's not much of a bargain.

Two big things potential buyers shouldkeep in mind while making their notebookpurchase are the suitability of the screen andthe keyboard/pointing device combination.It's generally possible to upgrade most of theother components in a notebook, like thehard drive, removable drives, RAM, but theuser is generally stuck with the screen and theinput controls for the life of the notebook.

At the high end of the notebook spectrum,screen size generally hovers around the 13-inch or 14-inch mark, with a screen resolutionof 1,024 x 768. Because of the larger size of thescreen, the case must be a bit larger to accom-modate it. Consequently, the large-screennotebook may be a bit harder to use in tightspaces than one with a 12-inch screen and a

resolution of 800x600, but the extra screenspace may be worth the extra size.

It's important to note that with these larg-er cases, weight also becomes a factor. It's easyto be impressed by a notebook with a 15-inchTFT screen, but the fascination quickly dissi-pates when you have to sling a heavier note-book over your shoulder for a road trip andend up dislocating something. The user mustmake some important decisions about thebest balance between screen size, weight andusability.

Similarly, the user should consider thekeyboard and pointer setup before making adecision. Most manufacturers set the key-board doser to the screen, leaving a sizablepalm rest area, but some set it closer to theopposite end, right near the edge of the note-book. It's worth trying both setups in a num-ber of typical uses (desktop use, on the lap,etc.) for personal suitability.

More problematic, though, could be thepointer controi The debate rages on aboutwhich method of pointer control is the best:the ubiquitous touch-pad or the less commontrack-point. Both have proponents anddetractors, and it's worth trying both types ofpointer controls before settling on one.(Personally speaking, I prefer the track-point.The touch-pad technology works quite wellfor a good number of people, but I find thatcursor control is fairly skittish under my fin-ger. I'm not sure why...perhaps I was hit bylightning when I was young and it disruptedmy natural electrical field, or perhaps it's justa natural variation. Either way, I know I'm notthe only one who has serious problems usingthe touch-pad technology.)

It's worth noting that you can plug a key-board and mouse into the back of a notebookto get around these problems if absolutelynecessary. Unfortunately, this is only a limit-ed solution. There might not be room to setup a second keyboard or a mouse in tightspaces, and if you' re on the road, luggingaround the extra equipment is not a practicaloption. Getting a machine with an appropri-ate keyboard and pointer control is definitelypreferable.

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The testsThis month, we asked notebook manufactur-ers to submit a top-of-the-line performance-oriented notebook for our tests. Performancebenchmarking was done using BAPCo'sSYSmark32 benchmarking suite, with the dis-play resolution set to 1,024x768, in 16-bitcolor depth. All machines were powered bytheir AC cords during testing, and powermanagement software was disabled.

All of the notebooks tested this monthincluded the following: parallel port, serialport, infrared port, speaker, microphone andheadphone jacks, monitor port, and a dock-ing port. Since these options are included onall of the notebooks, they won't be mentionedin the individual write-ups.

Angel 7600 XplorerStreet price: $5,495

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though the machine can be configured withWindows 95 or NT.

• Margi DVD-to-Go software is included with thisconfiguration, for playback of DVD movies.

Size and usability:• At 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) high, this notebook is thinner

than others in this roundup.• The casing contains the floppy drive, DVD drive and

battery simultaneously, eliminating the need forcomponent swapping and rebooting.

• The touch-pad is centered in relation to the case,but not to the position of the hands when properlypositioned for typing. Most touch-pads are set a lit-tle to the left of centre so they line up with the "F'and the "J" keys. This one lines up with "G" and"K"; consequently, the right hand can easily brushthe pad while typing, and the tap of the handagainst the pad can reposition the cursor involun-tarily. This is problematic.

Nultfmedia:• The 14.1-inch screen is good quality.• This notebook uses AGP video.• DVD playback is good, although there is a bit of fuzz

at times.• The sound is clear, but a bit on the quiet side.• There is an external volume/mute control just above

the keyboard, for easier adjustment of the audiowithout having to dig around for the softwareadjustment.

• The machine features RCA TV-out and video-injacks, for enhanced multimedia functionality

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Overall, Angel has put together a nice lit-tle notebook with its 7600 Xplorer. It hasgood multimedia functionality, and a smallercase that eliminates the need for componentswapping/rebooting. The positioning of thetouch-pad is worth serious note, however, as itmay very well interfere with typing for someusers. It would certainly be worthwhile testdriving this notebook in the showroom, first.Potential buyers can also price out various cus-tom-configurations of this model on Angel' sWeb site.

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Size and usabillttf:• The notebook is thinner and lighter than most in

this class, making it more portable.• The two bays on the front of the machine will not

simultaneously hold the battery, the floppy driveand CD-ROM drive, Although the floppy can beattached to the back of the machine via cable, com-ponent swapping and rebooting may be necessarywhere space is at a premium.

• The Synaptics touch-pad allows scrolling with thebrush of a finger along the edge of the pad. Thisfeature is quite useful as it eliminates a lot of theproblems of navigation through large documents.

ttiultimedla:• The 14.1-inch screen is high quality.• DVD playback is very smooth.• There is an MPEG decoder card included, which fits

into one of the PC Card slots.• Sound is clear (although not overly loud) through

internal speakers.Expendability:• The 64 MB of RAM can be expanded to 256 MB.• There are two PC Card slots, although one may

contain the MPEG accelerator card when DVD is inuse.

Road testsCorrtiuaed from page 77• The 3500 comes bundled with Microsoft Office 97

Small Business Edition, which includes Word, Exceland Outlook,

• Margi's DVD-to-Go DVD player software is included.

• There is one USB port.• The 56Kbps modem is internal.

At $4,899, the I'nspiron 3500 is a bargainwhen you look at what's included. Checkingin at the middle of our performance range thismonth, it comes with the fast 300 MHzPentium II mobile processor, DVD drive withMPEG card, and Microsoft Office SmallBusiness Edition. Users working in tight spacesmay find the thinner case and the lighterweight to be an advantage, although the thin-ness comes at the expense of an internal flop-py drive'when the DVD is installed. If havingthe floppy onboard isn't a big concern, thismakes a great multimedia road machine,

Esarocom SSOOMSuggested retail price: $7,699

• The unit we tested had was running Windows 9B,but the B500M also has an option for Windows NT.

• lt ships with the REALmagic Ventura DVD playersoftware.

Size and ttsabftlttf:• The 8500M is quite large and is best-suited for

desktop replacement. Because of its size, it' sunwieldy and difficult to use in tight spaces.

• The size adds extra weight, and it may be too heavyto carry it around extensively.

• The 8500M has a large palm rest area.• The case is large enough that there is room for a

numeric keypad beside the regular alpha keys.• The 8500M comes with its own carrying case.'

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Fssjltssa LifeBook E3SOSuggested retail price: $4,878

Multimedia:• The 15.1-inch screen is both very large and very

good quality.• Sound is very clear.• The DVD playback is quite nice, especially when

played out through a monitor.• Instead of the standard floppy drive, this notebook

contains an LS-120 (also called the SuperDisk)drive, for increased removable-storage capacity(120 MB per disk), and backwards compatibilitywith floppy disks.

• The machine has both S-video and RCA jacks.Exyandabilftff:• The 25B MB of RAM is the maximum allowed with

this model.• There are two PC card slots, but one contains a

56Kbps PC Card modem.• This model contains two USB ports, for greater

flexibility with attachable devices.• Where most notebooks have a single shared PS/2

port for the keyboard or mouse (pick one or theother), this model has a port for both.

Based in Nepean, Ont., Eurocom has madedesktop replacement its specialty. The 8500Mis a perfect exampie of how, with a notebookthat topped our performance tests and hasgreat multimedia capability. While users look-ing for a true portable may have little use forthis large and heavy machine, tt is a greatchoice for the desktop, if occasional mobilityis necessary. The biggest drawback is the price,which may be a bit shocking to people morefamiliar with the pricing of desktop machines.But with the power the 8500M offers, it is

Software:• The unit tested contains Windows 95 with Active

Desktop, although Windows 98 and NT versionsare available.

• The E350 also includes McAfee Virus Scan, PCDoctor, Audio Rack32 and Fujitsu SoftPEG player,and Laplink.

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Road testsContinued from page 80Size and usability:• The E350 is a good size for use in tighter spaces.• The Ergo Tree pointer control is a nice design, with

a large button that is tilted to move the cursor in thedesired direction. However, it might be a bit sensi-tive for some users; it's easy to overshoot the markwhile doing detail work.

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• The sound is generally good, but sometimes a littlehollow tone-wise.

• There are hardware controls for screen brightnessand volume on the outside of the machine (no fum-bling around for software adjustment!).

• Although the unit tested did not come with a DVDdrive, a configuration that includes DVD is availablefor an additional suggested retail price of $749 (thisincludes a DVD-to-Go MPEG card).

Expendability:• 32 MB of RAM is standard for this model, but the

machine we tested checked in at 64 MB. The RAMis upgradable to 160 MB.

• A 56Kbps modem is built-in.• There are two PC card slots, and a little locking

clamp, to prevent them from being pulled out acci-dentally, which is a nice touch.

• The machine features one USB port.

A relatively new player in the Canadiannotebook field, Fujitsu hits the ground run-ning with its LifeBook series. The E350 hascompetitive pricing, a good collection of soft-ware, the ability to hotswap internal compo-nents, and a good variation on pointer con-trol. The biggest complaint about the machineis that hotswapping is rather awkward,because the component release switches arelocated deep underneath the machine. At pre-sent, this is quite a nice notebook, and with abit of redesign, it could be killer.

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• ' HP's TopTools for Laptops and McAfee Virus Scancome installed.

Size and Bsabfflty:• This notebook is thinner and lighter than others

tested this month, and is therefore a bit moreportable.

• The 41 50 comes with both a touch-pad and a track-point. This is great, giving the user a choice. Bothcan be run at the same time, and there is an optionto set.up the track-point for pointer control and thetouch-pad for scroll control. When running simulta-neously, track-point users may be tripped up by thetouch-pad located below if It is brushed or if thelower buttons are tapped by mistake. The user candisable either of the pointer systems.

• Two bays on the front of the machine support a CD-ROM drive, floppy drive and battery combination, orone of the bays can be left "blank" with a weight-saving plastic insert. Hot-swapping is supported,which eliminates the need to reboot.

• The release latches for the CD-ROM drive and thebattery are easy to use. However, their placement issuch that they may be mistaken for the screen-release latch.

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ton on the side (push a few times for differentsound levels). The sound is clear.

• There is a DVD drive option available for an extra$799.

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expanded to 256 MB.• There are two PC Card slots and one USB porL• There is no modem included with this model. A PC

Card modem would eat up one PC Card slot.

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Road testsContinued from page $2of using the weight-saving insert. There aredefinitely a lot of options with this model,which also has the added benefit of beingquite small and portable, considering what' sincl'uded. The lack of the modem may be a bigdrawback for the regular traveler, espedally asits price tag is already so high. In all otherrespects, the 4150 is thoroughly impressive.

Hylserdata $042Street price: $4,999

Sotware:• Windows 98 comes standard with the 3012.• The notebook ships with the ATI DVD player soft-

ware, which is nice to use.Size and usability:• The size is comfortable for working in smaller

spaces.The DVD drive and floppy drive are consolidated

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into a single removable component. Unfortunately,the two have eject buttons in almost the same spot,making it possible to hit both at the same time.

• Ail the components fit in the case at the same time,meaning there is no need for switching.

Multimedia:• The 14.1-inch screen is high quality.• It has AGP video.• Sound is crisp and clear and the quaiity is very

good.• With the ATI video card, DVD movie playback is

very good.• It has an external volume control wheel.• The machine comes with an S-Video port.Expandabllily:• The 64 MB of standard RAM is expandable to 384

MB.• There are two PC Card slots and one USB port• It has a built-in 56Kbps modem.

Hyperdata's notebooks are always nicemachines to look at. The 3012, supplied to usby Computron Systems, offers a great balancebetween performance and price with somegood multimedia options thrown in. With allof the components fitting in the case at thesame time and a built-in 56Kbps modem, itmakes a great t raveling machine, too!Definitely worth checking out.

IBII TIeiedrlvad 770Suggested retail price: $6,999

• The model we tested only ships with Windows 95(with Active Desktop).

• Other software installed included CardWorks,IntegiSync 97 file transfer software, IBM AntiVirus,Asymetrix Digital Video Producer, Ergonomics and

Size and usability:• Like a lot of ThinkPads, this is a bit thicker than

most notebooks, and a bit heavy when sitting on thelap.

• Construction is nice and solid. Some other note-books feel a bit fragile, but this one is built to take alittle bit more of the abuse that happens in portablesituations.

• The full-sized keyboard with separated functionkeys is incredibly nice to work with.

• The track-point control is wonderful, and a thirdbutton underneath the usual left/right-click buttonscontrols scrolling in applications that support it

• There are no Windows keys on this machine, whichcan make menu work a bit more dgficult The track-point increases the usability of the 770, though.

• Only one of the removable-media drives — the DVDor floppy — will fit in at a time, but they are hotswap-pable.

• The 2 GB hard drive is a bit small.

Multimedia:• The 14.1-inch screen is a good size, and the display

is good quality.• There are external controls for volume and screen

brightness.• Speakers are on the. front of the machine, which can

muffle the sound in certain conditions (when it is onyour lap, for example).

• The sound is generally good, although there is a bittoo much emphasis on the mid-mnge, tonally.

• An attachable cable provides the user with an RCAand S-Video jack for multimedia wodr.

Expandabillty:• The 64 MB of RAM is expandable to 288 MB.• The 56Kbps modem is built-in.• There are two PC Card slots and one USB port.• The floppy drive can also be attached by cable to the

back of the machine.

In a lineup of impressive notebooks fromIBM, the 770 is the flagship. IBM has tradi-tionally paid a lot of attention to the smallthings, from the durability of the casing to theease of use of the keyboard and pointer con-troL In addition to the basics, the 770 alsosupports hotswapping of the drives, which is abig plus for a machine that doesn't contain allof the components simultaneously. As it hasthe modem onboard, and great multimediacapabilities (including video capture), thismakes a great portable powerhouse for theperson on the road.

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McAfee Virus Scan.• The optional DVO player comes with Margi's DVO-

to-Go software package.Size and usability:• The Versa LX 450 is a very usable size for small

spaces.• There is a longer palm rest on this notebook than

with some other machines...if longer palm restsare problematic, give this one a test drive first.

• The touch-pad features NEC's VersaGIide, whichallows the user to scroll through windows with abrush of the finger along the edge of the pad, andallows the user to define actions using only a tap inone of the upper corners of the touch-pad. Thismakes navigation much more friendly.

• The CD-ROM and battery will both fit into the caseat the same time as the LS-120 drive, eliminatingcomponent swapping.

Malum edia:• The 14.1-inch screen is good quality, although the

hacking is a bit mmsy; slight pressure will causerippling in the display. In general use, this should-n't be a big problem.

• Sound tone is good, although there was a bit of sta-tic during playback.

• The speakers are located on the palm rest, directlyunder the area where the users' hands rest, whichtends to muffle the sound.

• The unit we tested came with a DVD drive and theMargi DVD-to-Go PC card MPEG decoder. Movieplayback was vety good.

• The model we tested came with the LS-120, whichcan handle 120 MB removable media, whileremaining backward compatible with 1.44 MB flop-pies.

Expandabbity:• The 64 MB of RAM is expandable to 256 MB.• There are two PC Card slots, though one may be

used by the DVD-togo card, when playing DVDmovies.

• There is one USB port.• No modem is included with this configuration. Use

of a PC Canl modem would effectively use up theother PC Card slot

NEC's Versa line is a popular one and the,Versa LX 450 has a lot to offer, with rippingperformance, large-format removable storagewith the LS-120 option, and good multimediaperformance. Everything is induded insidethe case, which would make it a greatmachine for traveling if It were not for thelack of the modem with this configuration — aserious drawback Add a modem, and you' vegot a great machine that performs admirably,without hitting the top of the price range.

Sobware:• The Teem 8000 comes with Windows 95, though

Windows 98 or NT configurations are available.• Other software includes Mediamatics Arcade Pak

and Puma inteuiSync 97.She and usability:• The size is usable in tight spaces.• The machine won't hold both the CD-ROM and the

floppy drives at the same time, but they arehotswappable. There is also an atlachable dockwhich will clip onto the floppy, where desktopspace is available.

• For pointer control, the AccuPoint is a nice altema-tive to the touch-pad, although the arrangement ofbuttons underneath (one on top of the other, asopposed to left/right orientation) may be a bit awk-ward.

• This was one of the lightest notebooks in thisroundup.

Munimedia:• The 13.3-inch screen is high quality.• There is a DVO player option available for the 300

MHz version of this model (we tested the 266 MHznotebook), but it comes at the expense of themodem.

• The sound is good.Expendability:• The 64 MB of RAM are expandable to 256 MB.• There are two PC Card slots and one USB port.• The modem is built-in on this madel, although the

DVD option (for the 300 MHz version) would makeit necessary for the user to use a PC Card modem.

The 8000 is the newest and brightest inToshiba's Tecra series, and it is an attractiveand functional machine even with the small-er screen and slower processor (there is a ver-sion available with a 14.4-inch screen and 300MHz processor, for more money). The Tecra8000 is thinner and lighter than many of theother performance machines tested thismonth, which is a big plus for the user on thego. With the hotswappable drives and theoptional external floppy drive attachment,the Tecra &000 is an easy-to-use machinethat's bound to win a lot of fans.

Ntlnet 'I100M — 1167Street price: $4,095Sonware:• This notebook ships with Windows 98 installed.• Wnh the DVD player option (which costs more), the

machine also comes with the RealMagic VenturaDVD software.

Size and usabnby:• This madel is a good size for working in smaller

spaces.• At 2.97 kg (6.6 lb.), it's lighter than many of the

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• There is one USB port.

Ultinet's 1100M offers a good bud-get alternative. Although it doesn' thave all the bells and whistles of someof the machines we looked at thismonth, it offers good solid perfor-mance at just a touch over $4,000.(Users may also check pricing for cus-

tomwonfigurations for this note-book using Ultinet's Web site,and add their own bells andwhistles.) The video-in/video-out capability may be of partic-ular note to some buyers, too.

For the user on a budget, this note-book is deffnitely worth considering.

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m,„' Newlett-Packard OmssiBook 41$0 ~~~~:.;, The OmniBook 4150.is a great pick, offering the userj;Nxod,performance attd'a iot of choice (O5,"pointer con-. ' ' :

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• Sound for this machine is good.• The machine features both video-in and

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• This same model with a DVD playerinstead of a CD-ROM drive would cost anextra $368.

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ntet ere mousin or e t i es tooBy Ernru Townsend either hand, scrolling as I read — without the

mouse touching the pad.This simple act made me even more con-

scious of the little ways in which we tire our-selves out as we use computers. Even in anergonomic chair with an ergonomic keyboardand an ergonomic mouse, your body tenses sub-

tly as you keep one hand on the mouse or key-board, When I use the Cordless Wheel Mouse,my shoulders, neck, back, and arms relax as I set-tle into a comfortable position that doesn' trequire me to reach a keyboard or mouse pad.Suddenly, reading long articles on the computerscreen doesn't seem as onerous; I pay more atten-

tion to what I'm reading and„ in the long run,I'm more productive. Ail thanks to one mouse.

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: When is an ergonomic mouse not anergonomic mouse7 A: When it's anergonomic mouse. Like humans, not all

ergon 'c devices are created equal. This is abasic truth that is often overlooked — we aren' tall built the same, so until someone finds a wayto make gadgets that morph as you use them,no device will be perfect for everyone.

Cordless Wheel MouseManufacturec Logitechhttp: //www.log itech.comRequires: Windows PCSuggested retail price: $79.95

Not that this prevents people from trying.Almost two years ago, I reviewed the LogitechCordless Mriuseman 96, praising the freedom ofmovement that comes with untethering yourmouse. Its only major problem, I recently real-ized, was one of its best features — its design.Modeled after another popular Logitech mouse,it was sculpted to more or less fit the fingers ofyour hand. Your right hand.

Until I unpacked the new Cordless WheelMouse, it hadn't occurred to me that the 96 edi-tion excluded southpaws. As the brother of alefty, you'd think I'd be sensitive to these things.

The Cordless Wheel Mouse, on the otherhand (I couldn"t resist), makes a few conces-sions for left-handers.

Cordless Wheel Mouse's synunetric shape is abit of a throwback but it works — it fits eitherhand the same way. Aside from its almost aero-dynamic form, its only scant mncession tomodern design is the way the underside recess-es every so slightly to accommodate a thumb.

Unfortunately, th e C o rdless WheelMouse's shape made it a little less comfortablefor me than the 96 modeL Whereas the 96sensibly shaped the buttons to accommodatethe natural tendency of fingers to spread out,the Cordless Wheel Mouse tapers toward thetop, making things a l i t tle awkward. Ofcourse, this is pureiy a matter of personal pref-erence, but you can't say you weren't warned.

Still, this was only a minor inmnveniencecompared to the benefit of the wheel. Likeother wheel mice, it lets you scroll (and, insome cases, zoom) up and down windowswithout using a scroll bar. As a repetitivestrain injury (RSI) sufferer, I appreciate any-thing that minimizes hand movements, But asthis is a cordless mouse, there's an added ben-efit: when I'm reading a long document, I cansit back in my chair and relax, the mouse in

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Yes, all other operating systems butWindows have not one, but several, scriptinglanguages. Ahh, you say Windows has .BAT

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doesn't come with the operating system, andit doesn't have good facilities for recording,editing, playing back and integrating mouseactions and keystrokes with VBA scripts.

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Traditionally, scripting tools have beencharacter-based interpreters like .BAT files orthe many Unix shell variants like Bourne,Cshell, or Kern. The new spate of popular free-ware scripting tools like Perl, Python, andTk/Tcl all have strong scripting capabilitiesbut with added GUI functionality. Even Rexx,IBM's saving grace from the horrors of JCL,evolved in a similar fashion from characterscripting to GUI. So why all the fuss about

First, MetaCard runs on Windows 3.x, 9x,NT„all the popular flavors of Unix, as well asthe Apple Mac and PowerPC. Think ofMetaCard as the Java of scripting languages.As well, MetaCard starts from a GUI heritagerather than having it tacked on as an exten-sion. No preprocessing, recompiling, redesign,or platform-specific debugging is required todeploy a MetaCard script on all platformssimultaneously. MetaCard has a fully func-tional development environment on all oper-ating systems.

This means a native look and feel on allplatforms. So GUI controls such as combo-boxes, hierarchical menus, tab control, plussupport for popular audio, video, and imageformats are available cross platform. ThusMetaCard aims to provide• the ability to build complete, single-file,

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Testing MetaCardThese are ambitious goals. And although allMetaCard stacks and programs run royaltyfree, the programming environ is not cheap (afree, lite, version — limited in program/stacksize — can be downioaded from the MetaCardWeb site). So we decided to take a look at howwell MetaCard would fil l the promise ofHyperCard everywhere.

First and foremost, we discovered thatMetaTalk is, of all things, new and still beingdeveloped and debugged on the Mac (theWindows versions apparently could use some

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In contrast, all of our own test scripts double the size of its predecessor. Linux alsoworked both in Mac and Windows with some runs faster on the same box/configurationcurious exceptions, For example, images and and some would argue that fixes and supportcontrols, which were clear on the Mac, would for it are faster (the jury is definitely out onnot appear cleanly on the PC or vice versa. In this matter).additionsomecontrolsandcursorssimplydid Finally, Linux has seen a swell of newnot translate well between the two platforms. major league software and applications fromWhile we fully expected the colors and fonts Corel, Informix, Novell, Oracle and othersto differ between Mac and Windows, we were being ported to it in the past half year. In sum,taken aback by these control discrepancies. multiple OSes are here to stay because no sin-

gle OS can fill all the diverse user needs.Fogged icons, ghosting Microsoft has acknowledged this reality byHowever, we were impressed by the closeness developing Windows CE for elow end" com-of the development tool in the Mac and p u t ingdevices.Windows versions. The interface looked and Thus expect OS390, Unix, Linux, OS400,was laid out with reasonably high fidelity of Netware, Mac and maybe even Hewlett-menus, toolbars and overall functionality. Packard's MPE, along with the Windows fam-One can quickly see the attractiveness of hav- ily to not just persist but flourish and prosper.ing a common scripting environ. One of our Once this is recognized, so will the needconstant dreads is having to write macros and for a cross-platform scripting language equiv-scripts on one OS then transferring them to alent in portability to Java. The race is stillanother OS platform and getting them to wide open, but MetaCard with its Hypercardwork there. No wonder cross platform script- h er itage, rich GUI and multimedia capabili-ing tools like perl, python, and others are get- ties plus object extensions is a real contenderting so much attentron. coming up fast on the outside. 0

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attend the m u l t i-venueComdex Fall 98, held Nov.15-19 in Ias Vegas.

B ill Gates gave theopening evening keynoteaddress. In addition to anumber of humorous refer-ences to the ongoing U.S.Department o f Ju s t iceinvestigation of Microsoftand a bit of crowd-pleasingself-parody (we especiallyliked a video tapedsequence in which a disco-suited Gatesand Microsoft president Steve Ballmerdid a takeoff on Night at the Roxbury),Gates stunned the crowd with a never-before-seen font technology the com-pany calls ClearType.

To demonstrate the technology,Gates invited its inventor, a kilted Scotnamed Bill Hill, on stage. ClearType,explained Hill, triples the effective res-olution of text or graphics on LCD dis-plays. The Computer Paper's examina-tion of the display after the keynoteverified his claim. (Although Microsoft

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was unwilling to revealhow ClearType works, thetechnology, we believe,exploits the ability to indi-vidually address RGB pix-els and "color-shifted"anti-aliasing.) A Web pageat http: //oxy.sfx.co.nz/Icdtype/

between scenes and more. Video and 3D

explains how it works, and a Microsoft page(hitp://www.microsoft.corn/openiype/cleariype/) pro-vides details of the plans for this technology.

Next, Gates showed off the spectacularpower of a brand new machine from SiliconGraphics (SGI). The machine was so powerful,it could perform real-time special effects onlive video, including mapping video onto 3Dobjects, adding rippling water transitions

enthusiasts, of course, have seen these effectsbefore on SGI machines costing tens of thou-sands of dollars, but when Gates said thismachine was running Windows NT andwould sell in early 1999 for under US$4,000,

t he crow de rupted i n t owild applause.'

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Comdex Fall 98 reportContinned frow page 97ier to use and vastly more powerful. Gates high-lighted a number of under-1.5 kg (3 lb.) mobileproducts, induding those based on WindowsCE and desktop versions of Windows. He alsodescribed what the next generation of desktopcomputing technology might look like. As CPUtechnology moves to 64-bit processing, Gatessaid, operating system design will evolve to sup-port a large number of CPUs (in his example,Gates specified 64) in a single machine andmany machines (again, Gates used 64 as anexample) in a socalled cluster.

Unux buzzNext day, it was off to the show itself — asusual, a sprawling panopoly of virtually every-thing computer related. The major trendsappeared to be flat-panel LCD displays, light-weight portables, high-speed networking solu-tions, easier connectivity (USB devices werethere by the hundreds), and an operating sys-tem known as Linux — which The ComputerPaper's poll of show attendees clearly suggestsis most popularly pronounced "linnux" (withemphasis on the first syllable, which is pro-nounced like the first syllable in "linen" ),

The Linux display was one of busier areasof the Sands Convention Centre and theexcitement of the crowd was palpable, It's nowonder Gates is said to be worried aboutLinux. Here's a free operating system that, inthe case of the Caldera release being handedout freely at the show, includes the ability toread and write Microsoft Office 95 files„aWindows 95-lookalike interface and the abili-ty to be installed (or uninstalled) by simplyinserting a bootable CD and turning themachine on.

It's a remarkable progression from the earlydays of Linux, in which users had to deal withalmost unimaginably complex installation andconfiguration procedures. Although l.inux stillhas far to go before it may be fairly called a"mainstream" solution, Fall Comdex 98 clearlyshows it to be a category worth watching.

Speaking of mainstream...There were number of companies at Comdexshowing off voice recognition products, too-Dragon Systems Inc., with i t s D ragonNaturallySpeaking line, Lernout Er Hauspiewith its VoiceXpress product and, in a massivebooth second only to t h e p resence ofMicrosoft in the South Hall of the Las VegasConvention C enter, N e therlands-basedPhilips, with version 2 of its freely download-able (US$39 if you like it) speech productcalled FreeS peech98.

IBM — as well as several other major indus-try players (Dell, Compaq, and Apple to name afew) — didn't exhibit at the show, but i tsViaVoice 98 speech-recognition products couldbe found at several booths, including that of aprovider of one of the most interesting speechrecognition products we have seen. The prod-uct, Voice It (hitp://www,voiceit.corn), is a hand-held digital recorder that interfaces via a serialcable (or USB in the near future to a desktop PCrunning either ViaVoice or NaturallySpeaking.While t h i s is not uni que — Olympus,Dictaphone and others offer products with sim-ilar capabilitie~he Voice It software is bril-liant and the hardware/software bundle surpris-ingly inexpensive: under US$250 for therecorder and N aturaliySpeaking Mobile.Inddentally, ViaVoice won a shootout amongspeech-recognition products conducted by aU.S. ma azine at the show.

Corel's new WordPerfect 2000 Suite release.

graphics card vendor ATI was making a bigsplash with its new Rage 128 series of 2D/3Da ccelerators. Now expected to ship i nDecember, the Rage 128 demonstration unitsshown in the booth were demonstrably fasterthan competing Matrox G200, Nvidia RivaTNT, or 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee-based products,(We' ll have a full report on graphics cards inour February edition of TCP.) 0

Graeme Berinett {graeme@tcp.ca) strained his fingerscarrying bags of new product releases around all weekat the show but managed to write this report anywayUsing Dragon NaturallySpeakiiig. Look for moreComdex reports on The Computer Paper's Web site athtt;//www,tcp.ca.

Campbell promotes federal e-commplansCanadians were well represented at FallComdex 98. Canada's Consul-General in LosAngeles, and former prime minister, KimCampbell spoke at a Canada at Comdex pressconference, where she described the govern-ment's support for the 45-plus Canadian soft-ware developers in attendance at the show,Campbell also reviewed a document describ-ing the government's efforts toward the fur-ther development of e-commerce in Canada.The document, Ca>iadian Electronic CopnpnerceStrategy, is also available on the IndustryCanada Web site at http: //e-corn.ic.gc.ca.

Later, Don Sylvester, senior vice-presidentof sales for Corel Corp., provided details about

Matrox (which we didn't see elsewhere in theshow) and MGI software (which was demon-strating an early version of its VideoWave soft-ware for BeOS in the Be booth) also gave pre-sentations at the Canadian press event,

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LAS VEGAS — After years of y earningto corn- most casual observer. One was the preponder-pete with the likes of IBM and Oracle for the ence of color LCD flat-panel displays fromdatabase investment dollars of large corpora- every major manufacturer you can think of-tions, Microsoft president Steve Ballmer said at including Viewsonic, Toshiba and NEC.

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It is Microsoft SQLServer 7.0, the company'snew "enterprise database"software, which Ballmer :" Isays will cover the needso f 95 percent of t h eworld's largest compa-nies. Until the release ofSQL Server 7.0, Microsoftwas routinely criticizedfor not having the abilityto "scale" its databaseproducts to the needs ofbigger firms.

was one of two majolaunches by Microsoft atComdex (the other wasMicrosoft Office 2000 Premium Edition) andwas broadcast live to more than 30,000 cus- .

tomers and partners in 53 countries. In addi-tion, Microsoft said it had more than 300 soft-ware vendors demonstrating "best-of-breedapplications" designed for SQL Server 7.0, and13,000 Microsoft Certified Solution Providers(MCSPs) ready to support immediate cus-tomer development and deployment projects.In fact, the only thing Microsoft didn't haveat Comdex was a shipping copy of the prod-uct. At the launch, Microsoft would onlypledge that SQL Server 7.0 would be availablein the reseller channel "within 45 days."

Despite this delay, a number of "key cus-tomers" have already been working withMicrosoft to implement beta versions of SQLServer 7.0, and some of them took to the stagein Las Vegas. Their appearances were a.mix-ture of shameless self-promotion and revivalt ent e n thusiasm a s Pe n nzoi l Co. ,HarperCollins Publishers Inc., bamesandno-ble.corn inc., SportsLine USA, Elcor Corp. andLA Cellular each talked about how great theywere — and how SQL Server 7;0 will makethem even greater.

Microsoft lists the major advances in SQLServer 7.0 as improvements to transactionperformance, online backup and replication,as well as innovations in auto-tuning andauto-configuration. It is billing SQL Server 7.0as "the easiest platform on which to design,build, manage and use data warehousing solu-tions, bringing information to all organizartional levels in time to make critical businessdecisions."

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The new SQL Server Another hig trendat fall Comdex 98 was the variety of new megaplx-est of which was a display model from Olympus.

NEC's stand produced probably the mosteye-catching LCD panel demonstration withsomething it called the NEC Fish ClubAquarium. It was little more than an extendeddigital video sequence of tropical fish in a tankdisplayed on a high-resolution (1125-line)color LCD display. The difference here was thatthe LCD panel was placed behind a tank filledwith water and an air pump that producedbubbles. The result was something that lookedalarmingly like a real fish tank — except thatthese finny friends would never appear at thetop of the tank floating on their backs.

Floppy fight forseenA final trend worth noting was the intenseinterest in high-capacity 3.5-inch floppy dri-ves. Imation was doing a booming businesswith its 120 MB SuperDisk drives. Many weremany reportedly being shipped to Apple iMacusers who want a drive that reads existing filesand floppies, yet is capable of holding largeimage, sound and video files.

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By now most of you have heard some-thing about the Year 2000 (Y2K) prob-lem, which is also called the Millennium Bug. Some of

this news has been interesting, some frightening and somedownright silly.

The fact is that the year 2000 is a fixed date in time andsome of our computer related technologies might not be ableto handle the date change.

The reason for this is simple: when we write the year, weuse the last two digits — 98 instead of 1998, for example. Iknow there is a longer explanation for the problem but I' ll savethat debate for another article. Because of this shortcut, ourcomputers may not be able to understand what century we' rein: 1900, 1800 or 2000.

We rely heavily on computers and — more importantly-computer chips, so the consequences of a failure by these sys-tems to correctly handle the date change have been predictedto be a catastrophe of biblical proportions. Aside from reportsof a global recession, international power outages, planesfalling from the sky and the "end of all life, as we know it,"there are some personal consequences to worry about.

You have probably heard what could happen if you have amortgage, credit card, pension, loan or any date-dependentbills. You are at risk of being behind in payments, not receiv-ing your pension cheque or GST rebate, having the bank fore-close on your house or farm, having your credit historymarred or being declared dead. While these are legitimate pos-sibilities, I do not subscribe to worst-case scenarios. There issomething we can all do to reduce the impact the YZK prob-lem will have on our lives and our technologies.

Most people know their computers may have a problem withthe year 2000. Many know their computer programs may. not be

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provide home and office water cooler services.You can start getting bottled water deliveredto your home or office anytime. Some timebefore the millennium you can order extrabottles, just in case. Of course, you don't haveto invest in a water cooler to stock up onwater but I'm told you should boil all storedwater before drinking it.

If you rely on one source of income or livealone, then make plans to be with friends orrelatives during this time. They will appreci-ate the extra help and pooling resources in atime of crisis, even a technological one, bringspeople and nations together.'

I would like to add that while the YZKproblem is finally getting general media atten-tion, most large companies and governmentagencies, both here and around the world,have been working on this problem for severalyears now. I think we will see some companiesand some government agencies fail to fix theirY2K problems but the fallout of these failureswon't be as bad as is being suggested.

I must, however, concede the fact that whileCanada, the U.S. and Australia are among theworld leaders on Y2K-compliance efforts, sadlyRussia, China and most of the developing worldis far behind and may not make the deadline.

However, it is in all our best interests to fixour Y2K problems before the Dec. 31, 1999deadline. Our efforts to eradicate the Y2Kproblem will have to be met with a commit-ment to help these countries if their Y2K-compliance programs are to be successful.

I have likened the potential crisis that theY2K problem represents to a hurricane or earth-quake. However, unlike these two natural cata-strophes, the Y2K problem is preventable. Jan.1, 2000 will occur as a matter of the progressionof time. The Y2K problem will only become acrisis as a matter of bad planning and lack ofeffort. The level and severity of its impact is inour hands. Ignorance and time are the chal-lenges we must overcome to successfully mini-mize the impact of the YZK problem.

The new millennium will arrive amid cele-brations and good cheer. The Y2K problem willhave little impact on the good spirits and goodhumor of everyone during this time. Perhaps wecan motivate ourselves to use the Y2K problemas a reason to demand a day of peace. Since wemay have other problems to deal with, a globalceasefire would be nice if only for one day.

Despite all the dire predictions to the con-trary, I think the Y2K problem will pass asquickly as a debate about Dick Clark's age.

Here are some Y2K jokes to pass the timewhile you' re preparing for the new millennium:• According to JavaSoft president Alan

Baratz, "Microsoft has announced a solu-tion for the year 2000 problem. It will be

• Q: What will Y2K analysts and program-mers do after year 2000?A: Become expert witnesses,

• And in other Y2K related news: The Coca-Cola Company enjoyed an unexpectedsurge in demand for its flagship productafter Jan. 1, 2000. Seems that the compa-ny's embedded process control systemclocks rolled back to 1900, causing theoriginal cocaine-laced formula for Coca-Cola to be reinstated. 0

William Jordan is a senior technical service represen-tative with SHL Systemhouse. He has worked in the ITindustry for nearly seven years providing consultation,training and technical services, and is currently work-ing with the Workers' Compensation Board of BritishColumbia on its Year 2000-compliance project.

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problem is, everyone elsekeeps getting the premiumdients, leaving you with thedeadbeats and scumbagswho can barely afford a walk-ing stick Iet alone a trip to theNjnth Underworld on theNumber Nine express train.With dients like these, howwill you ever work off your debt?

So begins Grim Fandango, one of the lat-est adventure games from LucasArts and onethat is bound to set new standards for thewhole genre. You play travel agent MannyCalavera, and your job is to uncover the con-spiracy that is keeping all of the good clientsout of your office, and discover why the oneswho do make into your office keep gettingcheated. All of this takes place in an environ-ment that crosses the visual imagery of theMexican Day of the Dead celebration with thecinematic tradition'of film noir, with 3 plotthat has more twists than 3 bag of rotini.

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Younger tots can tap any key on the key-board to prompt an on-saeen activity. Thegames can be also switched to mouse controlfor older, morecoordinated kids. Little PeoplePlay House activities stmsesbasicskills includ-ing counting and colors, matching, sharingand helpingothers. The CD-ROM also indudesactivity sheets that can be printed out.

The best reason I can see for buying suchsoftware is that, in contrast to television, it

The Time to Play Pet Shop is rated for four-to seven-year-olds, but it-seems most appro-priate for the lower end of that age range asit offers little in the way of the problem-solving or strategy activities found in gamesfor school age kids. But to its credit, it doesinclude a series of activities designed toteach kids about pets and their care on avery basic level.

In one activity, they order a specific typeof dog, cat, bird, reptile or critter for theirpet shop from a series of choices. Each typeand breed of pet has a written descriptionthat can be read aloud to them. Other activ-ities include going to the vet clinic whenthe pets have problems, such as a cut paw, acold or a scratchy coat. The latter, of course,is the result of fleas and the vet will showthese to the players through a magnifyingglass.

Other creative activities include designinga fish tank, complete with plants, props andfish. Kids can also go to the grooming area tobrush the furrypets or createwackyoutfits forthe parrot or any other animal in the petshop. The results of these activities can beprinted out so you might want to stock uponspare inkjet cartridges.

Kids can also try their hand at feeding the,animals and learning what is appropriate foodfor each pet.

Big Action CarageWhile Big Action Garage has the same age rat-ing as Pet Shop, it has features that shouldalso appeal to six-year-olds. There are six funauto-related activities that stimulate explo-ration, creativity and problem solving,

Like games for school age children, atheme of helping solve a problem — in thiscase, finding spare auto parts before a "friend"gets towed to the dump — spurs kids to exploreand "earn" spare parts. In a maze activity, forexample, they must weave their way through '

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• AO — Adults Only: Content is suitableonly for persons 18 and older.

The ESRB and ESRBI ratings may notmatch everyone's opinions of what is age-appropriate, but it is a good starting pointwarning parents that a program or Web sitemay not be suitable entertainment for theirchildren. It's worth noting that The ComputerPaper generally avoids coverage of M or Arated software, unless there is a compelling

titles for December's holiday giftbuyer's guide that we couldn't fit

them all in. Here, then — either for last-minute gifts or for purchasing during thejanuary sales to go with that new familyPC — is another sleighful of recent and rec-ommended titles.

Ratings help buyers pick contentAmid the increasing level of concern aboutinappropriate content on the Internet and incomputer games, there is simultaneously aquiet golden age of family software publishingtaking place. A host of new "child-safe" soft-ware has been offered to consumers this year,much of it priced for impulse gift buying(under $50), and bolstered by well recognized,respected brand names.

How can an ordinary consumer tell inadvance which package on a store shelf con-tains age-appropriate software for children,and which doesn'tT The answer is a ratingthat appears in a rectangular logo on virtual-ly all entertainment or educational softwaretitles. The Entertainment Software RatingBoard (or ESRB) is an independent body sup-ported by the software industry, whichreviews and rates most of the current enter-tainment software titles available in NorthAmerica. As of 1998, over 4,000 titles carryESRB ratings on their packaging.

For online sites, a separate board, theEntertainment Software Rating B oardInteractive (ESRBI) has been established torate Web sites, including interactive gamesites and chat rooms, forums, or bulletinboards. ESRBI icons can be found on Web sitesparticipating in the program. The ratings usu-ally appear on the home pages of the partici-pating sites.

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EC — Early Childhood: Content is suitablefor children as young as three.

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On a lighter note, The D Show is a tv o-disc Disney trivia game for Mac and Windows95 PCs, that has more than 1,000 brainteasers to challenge Disney enthusiasts'knowledge of the Mouse Factory. Accordingto Disney Interactive, "The D Show tests yourknowledge of all things Disney, challengingeach player to outwit, outsmart or outlucktheir fellow contestants by collecting themost D-Bucks for the highest score." The CD-ROM is organized as a game show, with mul-tiplayer capability for up to three players orteams of players,

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My Disney Kitchen, for Windows 95, is 3"virtual kitchen," where Minnie and MickeyMouse help children leam to cook safelywhile exercising their imagination. Kids candecorate the kitchen, select and use utensilsand ingredients, and get feedback fromMickey and Minnie, who are always availableto sample the culinary creations.

In reviewing these four Disney titles, Ifound they had uniformly high productionvalues — lovely design, graphics, animationand sound. In terms of personal preference,the Disney biography disc is the most out-standing, but the o ther t i t les are welldesigned and executed, offering good valuefor the pnce (from $45 to $60).

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Here comes Pokemon, ready or notRemember the Tamagotchi cyberpet craze oftwo years ago? Well, just when you thought itwas safe to let your kids watch TV or go to themall again, along comes Pokemon.

It is the latest Japanese pop-culture crazeto come to North America — and it shouldreach its hype peak just in t ime for theChristmas buying season. Pokemon is a multi-media phenomenon, consisting of a high-energy cartoon series, videos, video games,toys, and Tamagotchi-like Pokemon Pikachus,which are little handheld electronic game/petdevices. As a key element of the Pokemoncampaign, Nintendo Canada is heavily pro-moting its GameBoy Pokemon software.

A bit of explanation might be in order forthe uninitiated. The Pokemon (also known asPocket Monsters) fantasy world offers a highdegree of interaction with about 150 differentPokemon characters. In the software version,the player has to capture monsters in a PokeBall, and then leam how to help them gainadditional abilities and experience as thegame goes on. Players are encouraged to tradePokemons with other players, introducing asocial element to the game. Part of the appealof Pokemon lies in the challenge of collectingall the characters. Part of it is the cute visualdesign and behavior of the characters. Andthe Pokemon franchise benefits from the syn-ergy of all of the different media (advertising,television, toys, video games) that create pub-lic awareness and excitement.

While Pokemon is a phenomenon on itsown, it is par to the larger trend of interactiveelectronic "pets," which become, in a sense,more than just toys or computer games. Thisnew category of "friendware" increasinglymimics relationships with real acquaintancesor pets. It will be interesting to see whether theconcepts of "knowledge navigators" or"intelligent agents" will be made real bytoymakers designing digital companions for

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6-VOX college of musical knowledgeG-VOX Interactive Entertainment has releaseda series of interactive music performanceproducts designed to act as endlessly patienttutors for would-be guitarists and keyboard

players. Aided by new technology G-VOXacquired with the purchase of PassportDesigns, the company's latest products usesoftware-based notation engines, tab notationengines, and sequence engines to automatethe processes of transcribing performancesinto sheet music or other visual representa-tions. G-VOX's software products show theplayer how he or she is doing in terms of cre-ating notes of a particular sequence, speed,and sound, allowing the learner to rapidlyimprove playing skills,

G-VOX was founded by Nathaniel Weiss,a former student and street musician, whocreated his company's flagship product, ahardware and software system for guitar train-ing, called the G-VOX Guitar. This producthas been supplemented by G-VOX Bass andG-VOX Keyboard. As well, G-VOX has pub-lished CD-ROM practice "songbooks" fea-turing tunes by Eric Clapton, B.B. King, andthe Police. The company claims it is the mar-ket leader in computer-based music educationwith its growing line of Web-based, CD-ROMand hardware products.

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ast month we looked at some of the basicsof Cascading Style Sheet positioning (CSS-). In this issue we will look at how you

can combine CSS-P elements with JavaScript toproduce truly dynamic HTML (hypertextmarkup language).

In the last article we looked at how onlineelements such as text or images could be posi-tioned precisely onscreen, Since you can alsospecify negative values with CSS-P, it is possi-ble to position online elements offscreen.Given this, it should also be possible to moveelements offscreen to onscreen and vice versa,right?

There is, of course, a complication:Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer usedifferent JavaScript handles to deal with posi-tioning elements oriscreen. This means thatto make your dynamic HTML (dHTML) pagecross-browser compatible, you have to writeyour JavaScript code knowing which browseris going to be executing it. And to do this, youhave to detect which browser is reading yourcode, and then deliver the proper dHTMLcode to that browser. To do this you have torely on a longtime Web master standby: thebrowser-detect JavaScript.

Detecting the browserWhile the versions of JavaScript used byInternet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are

different, thankfully they share enough com-mon elements to enable Web masters to buildJavaScript programs to detect which browser isbeing used. Both browsers recognize andrespond to the JavaScript object appName. WhenappName is queried in a JavaScript program, thebrowser responds with the name of the brows-er: either "Netscape" or "Microsoft InternetExplorer." There is a second JavaScript objectcalled appVersion that both browsers understand,which enables the JavaScript program to deter-mine which version of the browser is beingused. This is good information, for while bothInternet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator4.0 can process and display CSS-P code, earlierversions of both browsers cannot. With thisinformation, we can build a simple programthat detects which browser and what version isbeing used, and then direct the program to exe-cute the suitable CSS-P.

This can be accomplished by using a seriesof simple if/else statements in JavaScript. Thebasic logic behind the if/else statement is this: ifa certain thing being tested for is true, the pro-gram executes a series of commands, else (if nottrue), the program moves onto the next state-ment. The program looks for a matching (i.e."true") statement, and when it finds it, executesthe appropriate code for that browser.

Here's a relatively simple JavaScript thatuses appName and appVersion and displays a Webpage saying which browser and what version isbeing used to view the page:

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In this case, we are searching for one of fourpossibilities: whether a browser is eitherNetscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, andwhether it is version 3.0 or 4.0 of thosebrowsers. The variable browserName takes thename sent to i t b y t h e browser fromnavigator appName, which either responds"Netscape" or "Microsoft Internet Explorer."

The variable browserVersion takes the namesent to it by navigator.appVersion. When query-ing appVersian, you will get more than just anumber; you typically get a long string ofcharacters like this: 4,0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01;Windows 95). Since all we want is the initialnumber, we use parselnt so it only sends theinteger (i.e, the number without the decimalpoint) instead of this whole line of text,which keeps things simple for our JavaScript

We then use a number of if/else statements,looking for a match. In the following line of

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Weaving your own Web site: Part 40Continued from page 176code, if Netscape Navigator 3.0 is heing used, itgets assigned the value "n3":

if (browserName= "Nelscape' && browse Werslon=3) ver ='n3';

The double equals sign ( =) is used tomean "equal" in the common sense of theword, as a single equals sign (=) is used inJavaScript to pass along a value to a variable,such as "n3" in this instance. Similarly thedouble ampersand (&&) means "and" as it istypically used, as a single ampersand is alsoreserved for programmatic use. If the browserbeing tested is Netscape Navigator 3.0, it isassigned the value "n3." If there is no match,the program goes to the next if statementuntil it finds a match, where it is assigned adifferent value (either "n4," "e3" or "e4").

Once a match has been found, the browsergoes on to execute a part of the JavaScript pro-gram designed spedfically for that browser,which displays the name and version of-thebrowser viewing the JavaScript. If the user is

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Earlier in the JavaScript, we have assignedthe value "n3" if the browser is NetscapeNavigator 3.0. The statement if (ver= 'n3') looksfor this value, and if it finds it, executes the restof that part of the script; otherwise it simplymoves to the next part of the code to find amatching value. Since we have a match in thiscase, the part of the program pertinent to thisbrowser is executed. The document. write com-mand tells the browser to print out what fol-lows. This mini-program prints out both HTMLtext and program variables that come straightfrom the browser being used. HTML text is con-tained within single quote marks, while the vari-ables do not need them in order to be printed.Note the non-breaking space character (&nbsp;)

that is inserted in order to put a single space Ther e are plenty of Web sites that offerbetween the browserName and browseWersion vari- examples of browser-detect JavaScripts, butablesthatareprintedout. Theresult,depending the best source I' ve run across that alsoon the browser being used, looks like this: explains exactly what is going can be found

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Buna Rate: How I Survivedthe Cold Rush Years on the InternetAuthor. Michael WolffPublisher. Simon 8 SchusterTel: 1-800-223-2348,http Jtwww.simonandschusier.cornHardcover 268 pagesISBN: 0-684-84881-3Price: $35

Author Michael Wolff was once head of thepublishing firm Wolff New Media — a compa-ny that experienced explosive growthbetween 1994 and 1996 when it began pub-lishing its popular "NetGuide" series. Wolffand company then went on an extendedfinancial rollercoaster ride in this period asthe market tried to assess the value ofInternet-related firms. And during this ride,Wolff took note of the situations and people

he encountered. Trained as a journalist,instead of jotting down todo lists like others .at the various board meetings he attended, hescribbled down observations and telltalequotes.

Most journalistsin these environs are 'bound by nondisclosure agreements and sub-sequent legal restraints not to tell all they seeand hear. But as head of his company, Wolffhad no such restrictions. The result is a mar-.velous, rollicking book that reads like a workof flction and is just as engaging.

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Wolff takes a candid look at the wheelingand dealing that created and destroyed for-tunes in the Internet business, presentingthings from his own unique perspective-right in the middle of it.

Along the way we see the insanity at theheart of emerging businesses, such as Wiredmagazine, Time-Warner's Pathfinder, AOL,Microsoft's Sidewalk and more. The charactersbehind these businesses are all vividly drawnand in the end Wolff shows that what they allhave in common is that they (IncludingWolff) don't have the faintest clue how theInternet is going to be profltable.

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199PP Canadian Internet HandbookAuthors: Jim Carroll and Rick BroadheadPublisher. Prentice-Hall CanadaTeh 800-567-3800, hiip JlWww.phcanade.cornSoftcover 376 pages includes CD-ROMISBN: 0-13974-940-3Price: $24.95Back in 1994, Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead •published the f i rs t C anadian I n ternetHandbook, a small, pocket-sized book abouthow to get onto the Internet in Canada. Sincethen Carroll and Broadhead have become aCanadian computer-book power'house. I won-dered whether their flagship title might begetting a little stale in its sixth edition, but Ineed not have worried. The handbook hassuccessfully matured, providing a useful guidefor getting the most out of the Web.

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This new book from O'Reilly finally pro-vides the sort of information AOL users havebeen looking for, The price of this book-$28.95 — is much cheaper than what O'Reillytypically charges for books of this size., Asmart move that will undoubtedly put it inthe hands of many more keen AOL users.

Web Design NowEdited By: Ken CouplandPublisher. GraphlsTel: 212-532-9387, http Jlwww.graphls.cornHardcover 218 pagesISBN: 1-888001-36-4Price: US$69.95

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The first part of the book covers the basics,looking at the functional differences betweenthe original PalmPilot through to the PalmIII,and provides an in-depth look at the underly-ing hardware. Hard-core Palm users willappreciate the sections devoted to using a

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Sprinkled throughout the book are plentyof helpful tips and a CD-ROM containing over900 programs is included. A great book for"Piloteers" to have on their bookshelf, thoughthe $42.95 price tag is somewhat steep. (A factwhich, not coincidentalIy, has made this themost frequently borrowed book from mybookshelf).

AOL ln a Nutshell:A Desktop Guide to America OnlineAuthors: Curt Degenhart and Jen MuehlbauerPublisher. O'Regly & AssociatesTel: 800-998-9938, http: //www,orellly.cornSoficover 510 pagesISBN: 1-56592-424-XPrice: $28.95

, AOL is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Internetworld: it just doesn't get any respect. As aresult, many books on AOL aim too low, pan-dering only to rank beginners. This Nutshell

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Here's another sign that the Web is coming ofage — a book that looks at Web pages as indus-trial art. Graphis is best-known for producingreference books for artists working in manyfields, including photography, advertisingdesign, and typography. This book is a first, inthat it is wholly devoted to what is currentlypossible in Web design, depicting some of thebest graphically driven sites on the Web.Meant as a reference for graphic designersworking on Web projects, this book has plen-ty of visual ideas for site construction, manyof which "push the envelope" of Web design.

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Dear Puzzled: TCP/IP, or transmission controlprotocol/Internet protocol, is simple and complex,user friendly and technical all at the same time.The current version of TCP/IP has a beautifidinternal logic, which ensures that each computeron the Internet has a imique IP address and isable to reach any other connected compccter in theworld with 30 routing hops or less.

For starters, your IP address, which you' ve rec-ognized as four groups or octets of numbers separat-ed by periods, is actually a 32-bit binary mnnber. So192.168240.35 is really11000000.101 01 000.11110000.0010001 1.How's that for user frfendly. But, believe it or not, itgets better, becmcse your address is acnially two inone. Your IP address has a host component for yourcopnputer and a network part that is instnnnental insending inlbnnation out of your local network.

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briefly at macros and will create a simple macroto speed up the task of printing a single page.

EnvelopesMicrosoft Word allows you to automaticallyadd an envelope to your current document,and it will make a best guess at the intendedrecipient's address. To add an envelope, createyour document and select Tools, Envelopes andLabels, then select the Envelopes tab. Check theDelivery address and if incorrect, edit it or selectCancel and return to your letter, select thedelivery address in the document and selectTools, Envelopes and Labels again. SelectOptions and choose the size of the envelopefrom the list or select Custom Size to createyour own, then select OK. Check that yourReturn addiess is correct and either select Printto print out the envelope, or Add to Documentto add it to the beginning of your document.

Envelopes with plctnresWord allows you to automatically add animage to an envelope, which is useful forprinting your company logo on plainenvelopes. To add an image create a new doc-ument and select Tools, Envelopes and Labelsand choose the Envelopes tab. Select the Omitcheckbox if your image will go in the top leftof the envelope so your Return address willnot overwrite it and select Add to Document.

Add a graphic to the envelope usingInsert, Picture and move it into position.Select the graphic and select Insert, AutoText,New and in the Create AutoText dialog typethe name o f y ou r A u to Text entry asEnvelopeExtra1 and click OK. Now every timeyou create an envelope in a document that isbased on the Template you used to create thisdocument, the graphic will appear on it.

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There are two special autotext entries youcan use to place images and text on envelopes:EnvelopeExtra1 and EnvelopeExtra2. So youcan create both entries and automaticallyhave both added to aII new envelopes.

One or more labelsWord also simplifies the task of creating asheet of labels, each with the same address, ora single label printed on a sheet of labels. Todo this, select Tools, Envelopes and Labels,select the Labels tab and select Options. Selecteither Dot Matrix or Laser and Inkjet from thePrinter information box and select the appro-priate option from the Label Products drop-down list and select the Product Number ofthe label type you are using from that drop-down list, then select OK.

In the Labels dialog, select what you wantto appear on the labels. To create a full sheet oflabels select the Full Page of the Same Labeloption button and, if you want blank labels,select the New Document button. To create asheet of labels with your own address select theUse Return Address checkbox. To create a sheetof labels that all have the same address type itinto the Address text box. To create a singleaddress label that will be printed in a particularplace on a sheet, select the Single Label optionbutton, select the row and column position forthe label and type the address in the Addresstext box. If the address is one you' ve usedbefore select the arrow beside the Addrm Bookicon and choose the correct address from thelist. Now, select either Print to send the labelsto the printer or New Document to create anew document for the labels.

printing optionsOften you' ll find you have a document that youneed to reduce slightly to fit on fewer pages,Word 97 has a shrink-to-fit option that auto-matically reduces the number of pages in a doc-ument by one page, so if your document is threepages long it will "shrink" it to two. It does this

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by decreasing the size of each of the fonts usedin the document. To reduce a document's sizeselect File, Print Preview and select the Shrink toFit button on the Print Preview toolbar. If youaren't happy with the results, select Cancel,then Edit, and Undo Shrink to Fit.

If you41nd yourself changing the order ofa multiple page document because it printsback-to-front, save time by using Word'soption for printing the document in theopposite order. To do this, select Tools,Options and select the Print tab, alter the set-ting of the Reverse Print Order checkbox (if it' sselected then deselect it or vice versa) anddick Close. Now every multipage documentwill print in the correct order.

Often you' ll need to print only a few selectpages of a document and not the entire text.Word allows you to specify the exact pages toprint if you select File, Print and in the Pagestext box, list the page numbers to print, sepa-rating each by a comma. For example "3,11-13,24,30-" will print page three, pages 11 to 13,page 24, and page 30 through to the end of thedocument. If your document is divided intosections use the section numbers and page

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Creating a macroWhen editing a document, you' lloften want to reprint only the cur-rent page. This requires the use of afew keystrokes and is an ideal task toturn into a macro and either assignit to a shortcut key or add it as a but-ton to the toolbar. We' ll do both.

To create this macro you need totype it into the Visual Basic Editor. To

do this select Tools, Macro, Macros and in theMacro Name text box type PrintCurrentPage.In the Macros In list box select NormaLdot(global template) and click Create. On thescreen you' ll see lines marking the beginningand end of your procedure or macro:

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Any macro you find in a book or futurecolumns in this paper can be created using thisInethod.

To assign this macro to a shortcut key,select Tools, Customize, Keyboard, from theCategories list select Macros and from theMacros list select the macro PrintCurrentPage.In the Press New Shortcut Key box press Alt + Pto create a new key assignment. If this key com-bination is already assigned you' ll see a mes-sage telling you what it is assigned to. You canchoose to overwrite this or press another keycombination until you find one that is unas-signed or that you do not use. When you aresatisfied with your key combination, selectAssign, Close and Close. Now, whenever youpress this key combination the macro will runand the current page will print.

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Then for big-time fun you can type tracertand then the IP address and this will trace theroute between you and the remote computer. I fre-quently use PING to test the connections with aremote computer.

So there you have it: TCP/IP a user-friendly sys-tem that has reduced 32-bit binary to names likekp.ca and coke.corn. When your ISP gives you anIP address you can rest assured that you are theonly one on the Internet with that address and youcan PING any connected machine out there.

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Dear Miffed: In Windows 95/98 go to Start, thenSettitry, then Control Panel and double+lick onPasswords. From there you go to the User Piofdes taband click the option that says users can crishrmizetheir prefrrences and desktop settings. Then makesine you select the alrpropriate profile settings. InWindows 98, you am set up separate user pro/les byselectmg Users in the Corarol Panel, and selectmgoptions presented by a Wizard. Then when you;restart you will have to supply a user name and pass-wont to get to the desktop or hit escape to get adefault desktop. (You can use a blank password forsimplicity's sake bra make sure evegnm puts in theiruser name the same way every time.) The operatmgsystem will remember the risers' desktop environ-ment, shortrsas and the like. If it is done properly,everything will be where you le/t it. 0

Mr. ComputerHead is a teacher, an MGSE and hewould be happy to answer any questions you mighthave on operating systems, hardware, applications ornetworks. Just email computerhead©tcp.caRemember it is not the end of the world, it is just theend of the millennium. So even when you are havingproblems take a deep breath, relax and call Mr.Computer Head.

the envelope and then type or select the ReturnAddress button. To add the sender's addressselect the box in the middle of the envelope,then type or select the Send to Address button.Select any other options, such as Page Setup,then Print or Done to finish.

To create labels in Word Pro, select File, NewDocument, and select the Create from AnySmartMaster tab. From the Select a Type ofSmartMaster list, select Label and from theSelect a Look box, select label.mwp and selectOK. Select the required Avery label number,

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issues section of The Issues forum onCompuserve. Lively discussions centeraround politics, society, customs and con-flicts. Plus, there's a growing library ofCanadian files. Go Issues at anyCompuServe prompt. Dial 1-800-848-8199for more info.CIPS VANCOUVER SECTION. (Canada'slargest Association for ComputerProfessionals). CIPS Members enjoy unpar-ageled networking and professional devel-opment opportunities at our monthly meet-ings and special events. Discounts offeredfor student members. PO Box 20522, HoweSt, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2NB. Phone (604)681-2796 or Fax (604) 68-1187 for nextmeeting date.CONSULTANT USER GROUP. (Associatedwith the Vancouver PC User Group).Educates consultants. Sharing of ideas.Business side of being a consultant.Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of themonth, at the Oakridge Ubrary, MeetingRoom, 191 • 650 W 41st Ave., Vancouver.Southwest corner of the mail next to theValetor Cleaners, 5:30pm. Free. For furtherinformagon call: Ritch.ffeb 4324%4 orsyv@infomatch.cornCOREL ARTISTS USER GROUP. LastTuesday of every month, 7:00 to 10:00 pm,at Kwantlen College in Richmond, BC.Monthly newsletter. Contact: Bev Harcus,533-5854.DATA<INK/USERS GROUP. Tel 321-3387.PC support BBS: 3214873 (24 hr service),with specialized self-made BBS 'software.The purpose of this User group is to allowusers to get together for problem solving,discussion of setup and to meet people. Callby voice 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ONLY please. Thisgroup is dedicated to RoboBOARD by SethMembership is free!FOXSOFT, EDMONTON'S FOXPRO USERSGROUP-second Tuesday, 7.00 pm. GrantMacEwan City Centre Campus, East Wing,Room C-137/C-135, 10700-104th Ave.Contact: Ken Rayner at 4374!315 or RobinStuart at 460-3712 (days). Info Bulletins onBBS 457-41 05.GENERIC CADD USERS GROUP. ContactFrank Zander (604) 582-8283. BBS: 294-8287 (9600 n,8,1).HELP DESK INSTITUTE LOCAL CHAPTER.An organization providing training, educa-tion and a networking forum for Help DeskProfessionals: Those people who help com-puter users with hardware or software prob-lems. For more information on member-ships, please call Karen Yuen at 631-60N.INDEPENDENT COMPUTER CONSULTANTSASSOCIATION OF BC. The ICCA is a non-profit association of consultants who pro-vide services in the field of InformationTechnology. The objectives of the ICCA areto provide a forum where consultants cannetwork with each other, exchange ideas,and improve their business and computerskills. Monthly meetings with speakers. Forfurther information contact us at PO Box820, Bentall Station, Vancouver, BC V6C2N6 tek 682-2747 fax: 6814916 email:I ccadbmindgok.bc.ca / WWW :htlpy/www.icca-bc.org/icca/LOTUS NOTES. - see 'Pacific Notes UserGroup"MACWEST COMPUTER SOCIETY. Meetingsfor members and visitors include PD copysessions. General meetings: 2ndWednesday of each month; Beginner' s

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meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each month.7:30 p.m., Guildford Public Library, Surrey.Messages and information at 268-9530.MS ACCESS TECHNICAL USER'S GROUP.For those who want to participate in leam-ing more about MS Access. For informationcall Greg Hind at 454-0262, from 9:00 to5:00.NANUGS (Northern Alberta Novell UsersGroup Society) - meets quarterly at theCompuSmart store on Mayfield Road. Fori nformation, please e-mail t onanugs©freenetedmonton.ab.ca or phoneMike Brown (4N)487-7666.OBJECTS USER SOCIETY. See BritishColumbia OpenStep Group (B.C.O.G.).OPENSTEP USER SOCIETY (VNUS). SeeBritish Columbia OpenStep Group(B.C.O.G.).PACIFIC NOTES USER GROUP (PACNUG)-Lotus Notes users meal the last Wednesdayof each month. 5:15pm at Rosie's onRobson on July 31st. Contact Delores Beierat 988-2141 or delores-b©awcdacomPC/MAC USER GROUP. WantedProfessional P h otography/GraphicDesigners to share, network and leam the

- latest hardware and software programsavailable, Slarting May 7th we will meet at7:00pm every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of themonth, at Tricera Computer Center. p203-1836 WSth Ave. If you are interested pleasecontact: B. Hanington at either 873-6915 orrasta@mindlinttbc.ca for further info.PORT COOUITLAM COMPUTER CLUB.Commodore, Amiga 8 IBM. 1st & 3rdTuesday, 7:30 p.rn., Room 104, GeorgePearkes Jr. Sec. School, 1390 Iaurier Ave.,Port Coquitlam. Mike Evans 9424286.POWER BUILDER. User group beingformed. Meetings are planned for firstWednesday. To enroll call Perform SystemDevelopers at voice mail 604-2644)247.SQL SERVER. User group being formed.Meetings are planned for first Monday. Toenroll call Perform System. Developers atvoice mail 604-2644)247.T.I. 99/4A COMPUTER B.C. 99er UsersGroup, every Thursday 7-10 p.m. For infor-mation, call Ron: 522-2598. 1st ThursdayTutorials, 2nd Thursday General, 3rdThursday Tutorials, 4th Thursday LibrarynighL BBS "Dial A T1 522-9830 Tl onlyplease.TEENS IN VANCOUVER USER GROUP. Forteens under the age of 16 interested indoing computer related projects regularly,WWW programming games anything i Themain goal is to share computer knowledgeand to make friends. If there are any home-schoolers interested, that would be great Ifinterested, please call Orton Mak at 926-

THE TOPKIDS CLUB. A user group for kids,teens and parents. Monthly meebngs arefamily focused with software/hardwaredemonstrations, guest speakers, Windowsand Mac tips and online demonstrations. ABBS is available to members. Call GarlandCoulson 279-5439 or email garland coul-songffopkids.cornVANCOUVER AUTOCAD USERS SOC!ETY.1st Wed. of the month, 7:30 p.m.. B.C.I.T.Bby. Campus Bldg. SW5 Room 1850.Contact Frank Zander (604) 5824!283.VANCOUVER DELPHI DEVELOPERS ASSO-CIATION meets once a month at theVancouver Public Library (downtown). The

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r, Richmond, B.C., V7C 4S4, 271-1519;BBS 2714934.VANCOUVER MACINTOSH USER GROUP(VMUG). Vancouver's newesl MacintoshUsers Group, serves Mac users in theVancouver, Norlh Shore and Bumaby areasrEveryone is welcome, regardless of experi-ence. Visit our Web Site al httpy/www.seer-com.corn/vmug and join online or call 988-8090 or email sking@directca for moreIlllo.VANCOUVER NETWARE USEFIS GROUP(VNUG) is an official user group recognizedby the Netware Users' International Assoc.and supported. in part, by Novell. Meetingsare held on the first business Monday ofevery month at The Stanley Park DiningPavilion. Afi aspects of the networking envi-ronment are discussed and presented withemphasis on the Netware network operatingsystem. The workshop begins at 4:00p.m.,buffet dinner at 8:00pm. at 7:ggpm is a 06Asession followed by a presentation endingat amund 8:30pm. Member, no-memberand sludent pricing applies to the workshopand/or dinner-presentation. For furtherinformation or meeting topic announce-ments call our voice mail at 689-VNUG(6894I684) or Fax us at 6894I656.VANCOUVER OS/2 USER GROUP. Attendedby OS/2 gurus and novices alike and well

supported by IBM. The large and livelymeeting is held on the first Wednesday ofeach month at the BC Tel Building. 3777Kingsway, Bumaby and starls at 6:45 pm.Join us for an informal workshop beginningat11:30am on the first and third Saturdaysof each month at Doppler ComputerSuperstores, 485 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver.Contact Jim Shewchuk 876-4780.VANCOUVER PC USERS SOCIETY(VPCUS), 2nd Thursday, Tpm at Sciencellyorld, 65 guest admission. General Qkfisession. feature presentation. SpecialInterest Groups (see also separate fistings)and educational seminar regislstion. On-disk newsletter. Telephone: 2904I660.THE VANCOUVER ML Server Users Groupis an independent non-profiit organizliondedicated to providing an informationexchange about Microsoft SOL Server.launching its bi-monthly meetings slartingThursday January 7,1999 from 8.30pm to8.30pm. For more information. visit our website at www.vansql.org. Phone: 899-9434.VANCOUVER SMALLTALK USERS GROUP(VSMUG) is a group of individuals andorganizations interested in object-orientedanalysis, design, and programming with aparticular emphasis on Smafitalk. Primarilyfor individual developers to meet, shareideas and experiences, discuss technicalissues and leam cool stuff. It's designed notto be a forum for sales pitches from ven-dors. RSVP to A n n P atrick(apatrIckqgmprca or 604-293-5144). Formore information check out our web site athtlpy/lucy.csc.uvic.ca/-bnlb.VANCOUVER WINDOWS NT USERSGROUP (VANTUG) is a forum for bothdevelopers and administrators interested insharing their NT experienc with their peers.Meetings are held every two months at IheJustice Institute of BC (JIBC) in NewWestminster. For more information, contactGlen Houghton at ghoughton@jibc.org or at(604) 5284501.VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMERS GROUP-Contact Johann BBNI248.VISUAL OBJECT DEVELOPERS ASSOCIA-TION OF VANCOUVER - For information onour next meeting. contact John Kniewasser(804) 4308210 free (604) 431-3946 CIS721 20,3156VPCUS Chrion SIG — Clarion is a fug-fea-tured DOS & Windows application develop-ment platform. This current dark hose ofsoftware development tools will soon beaclmowledged and acclaimed as a worldclass star, attracting market share andattention. Clarion uses a superior high levellanguage that can be template driven and/orhand coded to produce stand-alone EXEfiles that are ROYALTY FREE. Check out theexcitement. This lively SIG attracts a range

of participants from seasoned professionalprogrammers to new users and the curious.Meets second Tuesday of month at 7pm atDrake Computer Training offices, 888Dunsmuir. Contact John Golka, 736-7762.VPCUS DBUG (Data Base Users Group)Emphasis is on solving problems of datamanagement with special reference toParadox. Bring a blank 3.5 inch disk to pickup goodies from the meeting. Meeting onthe 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm atDrake Computer Training offices, 888Dunsmuir. Contact Brad Froese, 939-3093.VPCUS Educational Seminars — Members65, Non-members $15. Various topics,times and dates. Contact Gwenda Egwood.7374I674.VPCUS HTML SIG-Want to leam how tocreate a home page on the web'7 Do youwant to share your experfise? HTML SIGmeets the 2nd Tuesday of each month atDrake Computer Training offices 888Dunsmuir 3rd floor @7pm. For more infor-mation contact Brenda.DelaneyOUBC.ca orVirginia@Arts.UBC.caVPCUS Internet SIG Meets last Wednesdayof month, 7pm at1129 Main Street. ContactJoe Thompson at Dynahan@ Wimsey.cornVPCUS LINUX SIG-Meets 3rd Monday ofeach month at 7:00pm 3rd fir 888 Dunsmuir(offices of Drake Training). For further infor-mation please call Stan Clausson 581-6614or clausson@directcaVPCUS Novel Netware SIG. This is the placefor you if you are a network administratorwith Novel glory stories and tips to sham,or if you just want to get together with otherNovel users to explore its ins-andcuts.Contact Brenda Oelaney 224-2143.VPCUS MICROSOFT OFFICE SIG. The placeto come if you are a user of any ot theMicrosoft oNce Pro products and want toleam more and share your tips. For moredetails call: Joanne Maclnnis 421-1283before 9 p,m.VPCUS Windows/C++, For programmersand intermediate-taexpert Windows userswho are Interested in C, Access, VisualBasic. Meets second Tuesday of month at7pm at Drake Computer Training offices,888 Ounsmuir. Contact Casey Hawthorne879-2703 or caseyh@wimsey.corn.VPCUS WordPerfect SIG Parficipanls sharetips and tricks, occasional presentations byWordPerfect Corp. Meets second Tuesdayof month at Drake Computer Trainingoffices, 888 Ounsmuir, 3rd floor, 7:00 pm.Contact Holly Rives 7314039.WINDOWS NT. User group being formed.Meetings are planned for first Saturday. Toenroli call Perform System Developers atvoice mail 604-2644I247,

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e other day, I was invited tothe opening of a new "'outflt-ters" in Toronto, one of those

places where you can find out-doorsy clothes and accessories:warm comfy plaid shirts, parkas,walking boots, wool b lankets,down-filled whatevers, rustic knickknacks and the like, The store wasdone up in a kind of simulated log

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cabin/Muskoka cottage style, with ahuge float plane hanging from theceiling near the entrance, a tributeto the bush pilots who flew inCanada's north half a century ago.

Over the roaring fireplace at the 'back of the store was the coat ofarms of Canada's oldest company.In the centre of the coat of arms wasa video screen showing the store'snew Web site. In addition to a"bricksend-mortar" retail operationin downtown Toronto catering toC anadian shoppers, the H BCOutfitters' store was simultaneeuslylaunching a global presence on theWerld Wide Web, aiming te sell ataste of Canada's outdoors to cus-tomers from Japan to Morocco.

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'measure: incredibly rich in naturalresources, geographically huge,Judged by outsiders to be, in someways, one of the best societieshumanity has so far managed toproduce, yet somehow uncertain ofwhether it can or should continueto exist. Perhaps it is natural thatCanadians are on some level chron-ically preoccupied with survival.Most of Canada — excepting theanomalous lotus land. of B.C.'ssouth coast — is a fairly harsh envi-ronment for warm weather primates

Canada's early history was pre-carious and occasionally even vio-lent, but somehow we generallyavoided the worst atrocities thatafflicted the creation of so manyother nations. The intricate balanc-

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The Canadian traditions andelements of the "national character"that have helped us make it this farmay be useful to our continued sur-vival in the Digital Age. And if wewant to understand who we are as anation, and what we may have tooffer the rest of the world, we woulddo well to remember the history ofone of our founding institutions,the Hudson's Bay Company, whichwas behind the outfitter's store I vis-ited.

Attention, wtlderness shoppersThe Hudson's Say Company wasone of the crucial elements in themaking of Canada, and„some mightargue, in the formation of aCanadian personality, if one reallyexists. Founded in 1670 with a royalcharter from England's King CharlesII, the Company of AdventurersTrading into Hudson's Bay (alsoknown as the HBC, an initialismthat is sometimes taken to stand forHere Befoie Christ) began as anexpression of typically arrogantEuropean imperialism.

King Charles generously donat-ed a land mass bigger than Europeto the company, without consultingits native inhabitants. However,once the company's representativesfound themselves on the ground inNorth America, watching the sailsof the company's ships disappearingover the horizon, and with wintercoming on, they had no choice butto adapt to the realities of their newworld, in order to survive.

And adapt and survive they did.HBC traders depended on the good-will of the native peoples for a suc-cessful business, and learned toendure patiently under very diffl-cult conditions. The HBC, its nativebusiness partners, and the enterpris-ing renegade French colonialconreurs du bois together establisheda trading network that extended

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tral organizing principle in howcountries develop and operate."Communications," to Innis wasnot limited to the transmission ofdata, however. Just as dreams andbeliefs are turned into the very solidbricks and cement of a city, so thebusiness relationships, contracts,

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There is a longing for a recon-nection to our past and to nature,though, and it seems to be increas-ing as nature itself is increasinglyunder pressure from overpopulationand careless exploitation. Thisdesire to reconnect to what made usseems to be a general need of mod-ern societies around the world.Canada, as a remarkably civil soci-ety that has stewardship of a vastand beautiful northern wilderness,has a story that is worth teliing,both here and abroad.

The Hudson's Bay Companybegan as an intermediary for theexchange of manufactured goodsdesired by the native peoples fornatural products desired byEuropeans. It helped Canada comeinto being as a nation of pragmaticsurvivors, who learned to make thebest of a difficult environment. Forthose who want a hands-on experi-ence, the Torento store is a veryappealing visual and tactile experi-ence„but you have to go there totouch it. Through the use of theWeb, however, it may be possiblefor the HSC, and other Canadianorganizations and individuals, tocommunicate the uniqueness ofCanada to the world and to our-selves. 0

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