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dye CD-R looks green on the recording side (sopeople call this green dye); a phthlocyaninedye CD-R looks gold (so people call this golddye); and azo looks blue (so people call thisblue dye). Tests with accelerated aging showedthat cyanine dye CD-Rs would have a shelf lifeof 60 years and phthlocyanine dye CD-Rswould have a shelf life of 100 years.

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Appalled at the viewI find it appalling that you would use theViewsonic E773 in the lab test instead of thenewest GF775 or at least use the GT775,which has been out for quite some time buteasily surpasses the E773. Not only that, but Ican understand you might wanted to beimpartial, but then you useI the latest LGmonitor. This makes no sense. To use the lat-est model of one brand and not of another.Why don't we just compare a Pentium III 500with an Cyrix 4x86 100?Unsigned

SC replies: When we parpme each Lab TNt, weinvite all manufuctunrs to submit products basedan a certain set of parameters. The monitor catego-ry is a fairly broad one, und users have a range ofdifferent needs. Because of this, therewill always bea bit of a nmge when we look at monitors.

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You can download a "l ight" version,Merlin VR, for a free 30-day trial from theDigital Immersion's Web site (be warned: it isa 16 MB download). After the trial, MerlinVR is US$99.

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Markham-based PC manufacturer PatriotComputers has joined forces with Mattel toproduce a line of PC packages based on thelatter's Barbie and Hot Wheels toys.

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for life. But, In order to enter you must giveup your current job for close to a year~ndthe cost of entering can be as high $23,000.Your chance of winning, on the other hand,is 95 percent, and it is very likely somebodywill lend you the money to buy in.

The part of that little story that womespeople most is the whopping size of theentry fee. However, with only a bit of reflec-tion, that 9S percent chance of winning theprize quickly reignites their Interest.

All of which obliquely describes the cur-rent situation when it comes to ff (informa-tion technology) training in Canada It cancost upwards of $23,000 to enter some of themany private fI' training schools that havespnmg up acmss tile country, but some ofthose schools have a 95 percent job placementrat~ IT jobs can pay upward of $110,0(6per year. You will likely have to attend dassesfuII time for the duration of the most rigorousprograms, but many accredited schools quali-fy for the same government student loan pro-grams as colleges and universities.

Beaming IT means labor sherteleAnn Levi-Lloyd of the National Research

Council (NRC) explains that the number ofprivate fr training schools is rapidly increas-ing in response to several studies that showgrowth projections for e<ommerce andother commercial applications of inforina-tion technology that are "so large, and theimpacts so fundamental on all parts of theeconomy, that there's a very high level ofconsensus about the importance of develop-ing the human resources skills and talentsthat are needed." In other words, there's areal shortage of qualified applicants for manyff jobs.

Though actual statistics are difficult topin down, Elizebeth Moyer, MicrosoftCanada's Skills 2000 program manager, dtesstudies suggesting that up to 40,000 IT jobsare currently unfilled in Canada due to a lackof appropriately trained and experiencedcandidates. On the more conservative side,the Software Human Resources Council(SHRC) of Canada estbnates a present short-age of 20,000 "high-tech" workers.

Additionally, Dave Trotter, regional vice-president with Information TechnologyInstitute (ITI) — which operates six campusesin Canada and one in the U.S.— dtes statis-

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"What many people don't realize is that end up in are systems analysis, softwareinformation technology is important to a pplication development, microcomputeralmost all sectors of the economy, not just support spedalization, LAN (local area net-computerwriented industries," says Levi- work)administrationandITconsuiting.Lloyd. "You cannot look at an industry todayand not find applications of information P'nhtlc or lsrlvate schools?technology as a very important component Achieving a master's or even bachelor' sof that business. Even retail is becoming e- degree in any subject requires the kind oftail." time, expense and dedication that many peo-

Moyer agrees: "Almost every job or career pie either can't or haven't the inclination toyou can think of now has a computer corn- afford. This is where private IT trainingponent toit. Takeshippingandreceivmg, for enters the picture. The word is out amongexample — youhavetoknowdatabaseopera- job seekers, and those seeking a careertion to keep trackof inventory and you have change, that IT is a burgeoning field ofto knowhow tousethelntemet fordeliver- employment. Entrepreneurs are only tooies and making orders." happy to tap into this lucrative market.

But it's IT jobs specifically that are going Unfortunately, as the estabfishment of pri-begging right now. Tracking by the NRC has vate training schools rapidly grows, so growsidentiTiedseverallT jobs that most urgently the confusion among potential studentsneed to be Sled in Canada induding prod- (read: potential customers) as to how touct development managers, systems analysts choose a school.and project managers. Levi-Lloyd notes a Continued on page 32

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"Our current public school systems aresimply overwhelmed and underfunded andbasically just can't keep the supply of quali-fied graduates up with demand," says Levi-Lloyd. "In the meantime, the private sectorhas seen a market opportunity and jumped inwith exponential growth toward private sec-tor IT training ranging fromsmall independent schoolsthat teach a specific certifica-tion for a specific kind of soft-ware up to the very sophisti-cated m u l t iple ca mpusschools, which offer highlycomprehensive programs of ITtraining for just about allaspects of what's needed bypotential employers."

It is important to realize,however, that much of theprocess that hampers collegesand universities is orientedtoward quality c ontrol-ensuring that the coursesoffered, the course contentand the method of instruc-tion, are all of a standard thatcan be backed up by anaccredited public institution.Private schools aren't boundby those same regulations, sopotential students shouldtake a really close look at anyprivate school before enrolling. There areplenty of schools out there advertising andpromoting their business, but everyoneshould be aware that they might makepromises they simply can't keep.

This has become a very important con-sideration when selecting a school becauseemployers are getting more sophisticated inidentifying their needs as well as in assessingpotential employees to fulfill those needs.Major employers, for example, have recog-nized the need for skills seemingly unrelatedto IT in their high-potential employees.Referred to as "soft skills," these include suchabilities as critical thinking (the ability toanalyze a problem), communication (read-ing, writing and speaking effectively), inter-personal skills (the ability to work with orlead a team) and project management (time,resource and personnel management).

Private sector schools have traditionallyprovided only specific training directed atspecific software or IT applications, whichleft universities to provide "educated" asopposed to "trained" graduates. And thetype and style of employment a graduate canexpect can be greatly influenced by whetheror not they have those soft skills.

But Bruce McKelvey, chief executive ofCDI Education Corp.— one of Canada's lead-ing private IT training corporations with 31campuses across the country — explains howthat situation is rapidly changing: "I wouldsay the main advantage to attending a goodprivate IT school is that you are dealing withthe application of skills that employers arelooking for, not the theory of computing astaught by universities. Our customer is justas much the employer as the student, so weoffer a program that is much shorter thanthe three or four years required by a univer-sity but that is much more focused on whatthe employer wants.

ITI's Trotter, not surprisingly, echoes thatopinion: "I wouldn't want to bash universi-

Up to 40,000IT jobs arecurrently

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a lack Ofappropriatelytrained andexperiencedcandidates.

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ties — I think they certainly have theirplace — but what we' ve been able to do well iswork collaboratively with industry to devel-op a curriculum based on what industrywants today," he says. "And, in some cases,even what industry wants tomorrow. Ofcourse, the technical skills are very impor-tant to the employers we deal with, butwhat's also critical, is that graduates have the

soft skills. Employers wantgraduates to not only bringthe technical abilities thatthey' ve learned to the com-pany but also bring the abil-ity to learn."

McKelvey notes thatwith education that's ori-ented toward employment,"you need to have criticalthinking, teamwork, com-munications, all of thoset hings... b e cause theemployer specifically needsthose skills from graduates."

As an example of meet-ing employer needs for softskills, McKelvey cites howCDI added a training mod-ule in customer care after arequest b y Com paqComputer Corp. "What isdifferent between privateand public IT training is thatuniversities have an orienta-tion around civics and histo-

ry and that broader, more general educationthat we absolutely do not deal in," he says.

The debate of university and college ver-sus private IT training is somewhat moot atthis point because all seem to agree that, atleast in IT careers, you are primarily judgedin terms of your abilities as opposed to your.academic designation — it really boils downto whether you can do the particular job."That's the application of sk i l ls," saysMcKelvey, "Success in IT is really centred onyour willingness and ability to learn. Youneed a good foundation in math and an ori-entation toward logic, and a desire to usetechnology to solve business problems."

McKelvey points out that as many as 40percent of CDI students arrive with some sig-nificant college or university education-partial or f u l l d egrees and d iplomas.Unfortunately, their academic achievementsdidn't lead to the "employment outcome"they had hoped for.

Trotter sees exactly the same dynamic atITI. Many students are recent universitygraduates with liberal arts and even sciencedegrees but just aren't able to get jobs thatreflect their level of education.

If you' re looking for a career, or lookingto change the one you have now, or evenlooking to move further ahead in your cur-rent employment, IT training will be one ofthe smartest investments you' ll likely evermake because it looks like employers are justwaiting to snap you up or promote you ongraduation day.

A booklet worth gettingThe Institute for Computer Studies (a divi-sion of CDI) has published an excellentbooklet that explores all of these points ingreater detaiL Entitled The One Guide: TheCanadian Guide to the World of InformationTechnology, it can be ordered over the Web athttpitwww.theinstitute.ca or by directly contact-ing a CDI campus. 0

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9Take the time to look at the learningenvironment of the school as well asthe students w'ho are currently attend-

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the program? This can be important in yourjob search. It will make a difference if you

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If you are looking for a job in the field,chances are good that you will encountersuch an agency. As a technical recruiter inthe IT sector, I have advised many candidateson their job search strategies. following are10 suggestions for working with a technicalagency in your IT job hunt.

1. ResumesAgencies are blasted with resumes daily. Themost important aspect of a resume is its com-pleteness. Make sure all dates, job descrip-tions, references, education, syntax andwork history details are correct, cohesive andcurrent. Content is more important thanpresentation and you should spend the bulkof your time on the work experience andprojects sections of the resume.

If you' re having difficulty drumming updetails, ask your former employer (or yourcurrent one. . . d iscretely) about your jobfunction and duties. Human resourcesdepartments (if you have access to one) usu-ally have a bank of job descriptions that maybe helpful. But this does not give you licenseto copy and paste these templates into yourresume; keen recruiters know when resumesare truly genuine or when they' ve been pla-giarized out of a book of "1,001 Best GenericResumes."

2. Technical skillsThe rapid pace of technological changemakes it difficult to guide candidates on spe-cific career and skiliset choices. Agencies canassist you in identifying the key areas of"hot" IT development and the types ofskillsets employers are looking for (althoughthis may depend on the specialization of theagency recruiters),

The best course of action is to absorb andincorporate as many domains of knowledgeas possible and assume a global approach tolearning. In the information age the moreyou know, the more you will be rewarded,both professionally and financially.

3. lieve a purpose and a planA "job in the IT sector" can mean just aboutanything, so having a clear objective isimperative in any job hunt. Have a set jobobjective and type (or two) before you con-tact any agency — or if they contact you,make sure to ask the recruiter specific detailsof the job description to make sure it is whatyou are looking for. Not having a plan is liketrying to find an address without a name ornumber... good luck!

ment.

6. Don't Interviewyourself out of a JobOne of the greatest obstacles (and disheart-ening outcomes) with any staffing is thecandidate that meets all the qualificationson paper, but fails miserably at an inter-view. Let your recruiter know if you havehad previous interviewing experience. Ifyou are a newbie or have difficulty withinterviews, a good technical recruiter willcall you in for a face-to-face meeting priorto setting any appointments with theclient.

One effective way to i mpress yourprospective employer is to know as muchabout them as they know about you.Research what they do, their philosophy, his-tory, awards, competitors, etc. As much astheemployermay be interested in your can-didacy you have to show them you' re inter-ested in them as welL

7. Agendes are not «II the sameWith the explosion of the Internet and tech-nological corporate restructuring in the lastdecade there are more agencies in therecruiting industry than ever before. Makesure the agencies you contact have credibili-ty (they should have a placement history of

4. Nghllght core competenciesln the agency world, your worth is deter-mined by your market value. At the twoextremes, there's either a demand for whatyou do best or there's a surplus of those skillsthat makes you less marketable. The key tomaximizing both your and your recruiter'stime is to outline, either on your resume orin conversation with the agent, what yourcore competencies are,

It makes it easier for agencies to marketspecific skills and abilities, especially in ITwhere spedalized skills lead to opportunitiesthat are in high demand. Elaborate on yourstrengths and dte examples from previouswork experiences, You never know if whatyou' ve done is exactly what your prospectiveemployer is looking foe

5. Define your profileSuccessful technical agencies will ask thecandidates the right questions to match jobseekers to appropriate placements. Know thefollowing information before you contactany agency:

Salary: minimum, per year, per hour, percontract, and range.Relocation: preferred and alternatives.Travel: maximum distance for commut-ing, and on the job,

• Job type: contract, permanent, contractto permanent, consulting, or projects.

• Ti meline: when can you be available forinterviews and to start a job,

• Work environment team, telecommut-ing, manufacturing, or product develop-

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INIchasI Pak is a technical recruiter for ATS RelianceTechnical Group, a Canadian staffing provider for theengineering, manufacturing and information technol-ogy sectors for the past 25 yeats, You can contacthim by email at mpak@atstecniitment.corn, or callhim at 519-679-2SBS.

matters.

9. Se honest,your name ls on the lineIn the fierce IT sector, it is very easy to com-promise your integrity whether you are aninexperienced or senior IT professional. Beup front about your technical proficiency,employment history, availability and pur-pose (are you looking for work or are you justtesting the market),

If you' re not on the straight and narrow,your name could b ecome tarnished.Agencies will only place candidates who arereliable, dependable and who will followthrough with the hiring process. Saying onething and doing another will only get youignored by agencies that wil l rememberflighty candidates.

10. If you don't knew. . . askMost good technical agencies are receptiveto questions from their candidates. Whenyou don't ask something that concerns youit may be detrimental to your candidacy.Ask questions about th e agency, i t srecruiters, clients, services, the candidatesthey have placed and the types and num-bers of IT opportunities on stock. Think likea scout and be prepared for the quest ahead.

more than five years), have recruiters withtechnical expertise (they should know thedifference between a programmer and a net-work analyst, for example), have reputableclients, have an established network of asso-ciates that will increase your exposure andmarketability, and, last but not least, arerespectful and courteous when dealing withyour concerns.

Be wary of staffing companies thatcharge you a registration or a sign-up fee ormake promises they don't deliver on.Research us as you would any other compa-ny you are considering working for. Talk toothers in your field who have had experiencewith agencies, gauge their results and levelsof satisfaction.

S. Don't be shy,market and sell yourselfMuch like the principle behind the Internet,the more links you create with technicalrecruiters, the more exposure you will haveon the job front. Getting your name outthere with frequency will increase the likeli-hood that a need for your talents will be rec-ognized by a technical agency. Don't beafraid to toot your own horn; at the veryleast you will be remembered when it really

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Ann Levi-Lloyd of the NIC suggests that:"For your long-tean future career, getting atleast a master's degree from a university is key.Whether you do it first or later doesn't matter.This is where it would be ideal if the privatesector schools were better linked, or laddered,to the public system so that credits could begranted toward degree programs." Privateschools are beginning to establish direct Bnkswith specific universities but this type of pro-gram is far from universally applied at thistime. If you suspect a degree is in your future,look for a school that has credit exchange orcumculum links with universities and colleges.

Slxebeth Noyer of Microsoft Canadasuggests that you: "Take a look at yourlonger-term career goal. Take a look at thenext 10 years and decide where you want tobe. There are many companies in Canada inwhich you' re not going to break throughinto management without a degree or diplo-ma. That's a given." She continues that agood place to start is to look at any compa-nies you think you might want to work forand see if a degree or diploma is required forthe kind of j ob you' re considering.Conversely, there are plenty of companiesthat are only concerned that you have theskills required for the )ob, so you want toensure that the school you attend has anappropriate cumculum.

Dave Trotter ef m takes a broad vievc"When looking at which school to attend, thekey thing to look for is whether you' re going tobe employable at the end of the program.Ultimately, that's what any student should belooking for. And what employers say is that theywant people with expedence. So you have tolook at a school envhonment that will N've yousome real experiefice-and that takes longerthan only a few months unless you' re loohngonly at working in lower level positions."

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Some companies, like Sirius ConsultingGroup Inc.— an job placement contractorspecializing in government IT jobs, primarilyin Ontario and the Maritimes, that doesabout $15 million in business annually-don't use the newspapers at all. When TheComputer Paper asked what percentage of jobswere placed online, K.C. Parker, the directorof finance and operations said, "the simpleanswer is 100 percent. All of our postings areonline. Sirius stopped advertising our post-ings in print media at least two years ago."

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.majority have access at home. In order toreach them, you need to be on the Internet."

Canadian technology companies must beaggressive on all fronts, in part due to com-petition from American tech companies butalso simply because global demand forskilled workers outstrips. supply. More andmore companies must use employee refer-rals, campus recruitment drives, and tradi-tional recruitment agencies, sometimescalled head hunters, as well as their onlineleads. McNaughton says that on top of the25 percent of new hires garneredfrom theNet, 35 percent come from campus recruit-ment, 3 5 per cent f r o m emp loyeereferral/networking and five percent comefrom recruitment agencies.

What's hotILogos also conducted research on the mostcommon sectors in which people searchedfor a job, and the results are what you mightexpect. IT and engineering were the first andsecond most common types of jobs individ-uals were seeking, while banking/financeand Irealthcare took third and fourth.Considering the familiarity and access to theInternet that these groups have, these find-ings make sense.

Interestingly, Gabriel Bouchard, vice-president and general manager ofMonster.ca, points out that healthcare jobseekers do not make up as large a job seekinggroup in Canada as they do in the U.S.,because, he surmises, of the differences inour two healthcare systems.

There are also various sites specializing injobs for such areas as the outdoors(http: //www.coolworks.corn), education(http: //www.K12jobs.corn), and truck drivers

(hitp://www.truckdriver,corn). Job postings runrom helicopter pilots needed in Iran to tech-nical writers wanted in Florida.

Newspapers get In the actOne job site that is quite different isCareer Click (http: //www.careerclick.corn).CareerClick is different primarily because ofthe way it gets its job postings. As a serviceof Southam Inc., the largest publisher ofdaily newspapers in Canada, CareerClick isreally just Web posting of the newspaperclassified ads.

However, the database includes listingsfrom Southern's newspapers across the coun-try, which currently include The NationalPost, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, CalgaryHerald and Vancouver Sun, Consequently ifyou measure the size of Canadian job sites bythe number of jobs posted, CareerClick winshands down. Of course many of the jobs inthis database will be of very little interest tomany people. Still there are certainly goingto be higher paying jobs as companies con-tinue to use the newspaper venue.

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D on Ha ll , p r oduct m a nager f o rCareerClick said that in June the site hadover 10,000 jobs per day in its database. Healso said there are more than 40,000 resumeson the site and that it sends over 50,000emails a month as part of the keyword post-ing search service for job seekers. As a com-parison,. Monster.corn in the U.S. listed221,000 jobs when we checked, of which3,200 were from their Canadian branch. '

Sirius Consulting Group's Parker says heis very. happy with CareerClick.corn and hasset up an automated routine for posting thehundreds of government and other jobs hiscompany fills. The job placement companyhas built an application that allows employ-ees to update the Web page in real time aspostings come up. The application also gen-erates a customized listing of all of the Webjobs, and uploads that file into a specifieddirectory on the Web site.

"CareerClick then goes to this directoryand puts Web jobs into the CareerClick data-base. Those jobs are then indexed based onkeywords, and emailed to candidates whohave registered with CareerClick," saysParker. He adds that he is particularly pleasedwith the online job board because he knowsthat people are coming through the jobs por-tal. "We monitor our site and can track howmany people are coming to our Web sitefrom CareerClick — and it is significant.CareerClick also sends us stats on how manypeople are seeing our company logo, andhow many people are clicking on it. Lastly,we have unique reference numbers associat-ed with the Web jobs posted to CareerClickso that when people send in their resumequoting one of those numbers, we know thatit is working for us."

Interestingly, all those interviewed saidthat traditional ads in newspapers still playan important role, but not for the purpose ofhiring. Parker notes that "we do use printmedia, as well as many other forms of adver-tising to create general awareness of Sirius,and our Web site — for example, bus shelters,backlit signs at the airport, bike racks ads,radio — but we never use it to list jobs."

McNaughton echoes the sentiment, say-ing that "print advertising is an importantbranding activity, which we participate in."

In the end, two things are clear: lookingfor a job or an employee is rapidly becominga quick and connected enterprise for busi-nesses, and job seekers have more opportu-nity to look around, see and be seen than

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'm Bray has played a key role in devel-oping the new markup language that isexpected to extend and eventually

replace HTML (hypertext markup language)as the standard for authoring documents forthe World Wide Web. And he's doing it fromhis basement.

The Vancouver-based consultant, entre-preneur, developer and writer is co-editor ofthe XML Specification for the World WideWeb Consortium (W3C), the internationalbody that sets the standards for the Web,

XML (extensible markup language) isdescribed as simpler than alternative author-ing languages — the specification takes upfewer than 40 pages, whereas the specifica-tion for HTML 4.0 now tops 360 pages (the

At Comdex Canada, TCP's sister publicationthe Canadian Computer Wholesalerannounced the winners of its TEC

(Technically Excellent Canadian) awards.The five individuals, chosen by TCP and

CCW editors from reader nominations, are not allhousehold names, but their technological innovations

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index alone taking up nine pages).Among its other attributes, XML is more

flexible (users can create their own tags) andallows for such functions as having linkspoint to multiple documents. It is also effi-dent, with the ability to re-use documentfragments so they need only be transmittedonce, and it's international, supporting ailalphabets and including a method to signalwhat languages and encoding are being used.XML is also an open standard: no individualor company owns it and it can be read bymost current versions of Web browsers.

The Web site for Bray's consulting ven-ture, Textuality Services

(http: //www.textuallty.corn), was, of course,authored in XML He says the consultingwork done by his company focuses on "high-value information, usually in large quanti-ties. The group [of clients] includes large andsmall technology vendors and large-scaleinformation users." Clients have includedB.C. Gas, Daimler-Benz, the EuropeanUnion's publication office, IBM, KeioUniversity, Lucent, Merrill Lynch, MicrosoftNetwork, U.S. National Renewable EnergyLaboratory and Netscape.

In addition to running his business andcontinuing work on XML, Bray is the editorof The Gilbane Report (an online education-.

al journal covering document computing,text processing, and information technolo-gy), technical editor of XMLcom magazine,and a Seybold Fellow. He is also a frequentlecturer and writer on subjects includingtechnology, management and financing, andsays he is currently focussing on launchingan Internet-oriented startup that has a strongXML component.

Bray, who was born in Canada and raisedin Beirut, Lebanon, graduated from theUniversity of Guelph with a BSc in math andcomputer science in 1981. Although he has awide range of Interests outside of the tech-nology field — he describes himself as a fifth-rate amateur cellist, an occasional essayist onmusic and audio, and a failed poet-Brayadmits he has little opportunity to indulge inthose activities now All of his free time isbeing spent with his newest project, his firstchild, Sean, who was born on July 1.

However, on the day TCP stopped by totake his photograph, Bray was all business-using his finely honed negotiating skills toget a good deal on a diaper service.

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Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex,England in 1943, and completed an under-graduate engineering degree at ImperialCollege in London before heading toOttawa's Carleton University to complete hisPhD in engineering. Prior to setting up hisown companies, he worked for Bell NorthernResearch and MicroSystems.

He has founded two successful compa-nies — Mitel in 1973 (it was founded withTerrance Matthews and sold to Br itishTelecom in 1984), and Corel in 1985. Thesoftware company now employs about 1,300people.

Corel's first success was as a pioneer inthe f ield o f g r aphics software wi thCorelDraw. A later release of the package,CorelDraw 6, also set a milestone. Launchedto coincide with the debut of Windows 95, itwas the first major 32-bit application avail-able for the new operating system.

The company acquired the WordPerfectfamily of business- applications in 1996 andhas since rewngineered that technology intoa suite of business productivity applica-tions — Corel WordPerfect Suite 8. The cur-rent version of the suite is a bargain com-pared to the competing Microsoft packageand yet doesn't skimp on features.

Induding leading-edge functions in itsproducts — voice-recognition features andlarge clip art libraries, for example-has beena consistent strategy of Corel in its effort tobuild and hold its market. And it's a strategythat appears to be working. Cowpland esti-mates Corel products are currently used bymore than 50 million people.

Under Cowpland's direction, Corel hasalso focused on the diversity of computerusers and developing software for a variety ofplatforms, including Windows, Macintosh,Java, Unix and Linux.

Recently, Corel released WordPerfectword processing software for Linux. In thetradition of Linux, the downloadable versionof the software is free. On May 19, Corelreported there had been more than one mil-lion attempts to download it in the fivemonths it had been available online.

Cowpland is, again, taking a leadershiprole in developing Corel's strategy for Linux.

He heads the Corel Linux AdvisoryCouncil, a forum for vendors as well as advo-cates of both commercial and open sourcecommunities. The council had its first meet-ing in June, which Cowpland described as,"the first step towards moving Linux intothe corporate and desktop world." Corel isplanning to release a Corel Linux Desktopsoon, and plans to eventually release Linuxversions of other Corel applications.

"I love to compete in a team atmos-phere — work hard, play hard," saysCowpland, whose "play" activities demon-strate his love of competition.

He holds a black belt in Goshindo, aJapanese martial art, and made it to themen's quarter finals of Wimbeldon's veter-ans division in 1995.

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or his work overseeing the OpenBSDProject, Theo de Raadt has been calledCanada's Linus Torvalds. Like Torvalds'

Linux, the OpenBSD operating system is thework of many vo lunteer programmersaround the globe, and like Linux, it's free.

"Theo is a guru who single-handedlyboth tweaks at the code and directs a largeteam of computer experts and enthusiastsaround the world, who continually improvethe system," says Ian Darwin, an Ontariosoftware developer who nominated de Raadtfor the award.

OpenBSD places a strong emphasis onsecurity and encryption. "There has neverbeen a remote security hole in the defaultinstallation [of OpenBSD],a he says. Eachtime a problem has been reported they havetraced it to modifications made by the user,de Raadt says.

De Raadt credits the robustness ofOpenBSD to its open source developmentmode, in which users have access to thesource code, giving them greater control.Users give developers feedback on bugs orproblems they encounter in the OS, as weIIas fixes they develop. OpenBSD volunteersassess the input and incorporate the resultsin the next release. "It's a very quick growthcycle," de Raadt says.

Basing the project in Canada is an advan-tage for OpenBSD in the matter of encryp-tion. If it had been developed south of theborder, OpenBSD would be subject to U.S.laws forbidding the export of encryptiontechnology beyond U.S. and Canadian bor-ders, But because of the project's locationencryption, contributions have been inte-grated into OpenBSD from participants inseveral countries, including Australia,Sweden, Norway, G reece, A rgentina,Germany and the U.K. The Canadian homebase allows these participants to access theOS to which they contributed and partici-pate further in its development.

Every six months, the OpenBSD Projectissues a release on CD-ROM, for which itcharges a small fee to cover the publishingcosts and to help support the project. DeRaadt, who works full-time on OpenBSDfrom his Calgary home, says the group sellsabout 3,000 copies of the two-disc set perrelease. For the same period, de Raadt notes,the OS is downloaded approximately 60,000times from five ftp mirror sites. (It is alsoavailable on another 50 sites, for whichdownload statistics are unavailable.)

Organizations using OpenBSD includethe U.S. Department of Justice, AdobeSystems, SoftQuad Software, University of

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Alberta, University of Michigan, severalInternet service providers, and a number ofcompanies that, for security reasons, do notwant their names published.

De Raadt says a current focus of the pro-ject is integrating IPsec into OpenBSD. IPsecis an emerging protocol to encrypt linksacross the Internet — this prevents individualpackets from being "sniffed" (read) as theytravel through cyberspace. Using this tech-nology effectively offers the security of anintranet over a dialup Internet connection,"OpenBSD is the only host OS to build IPsecas a protocol in the OS," says Louis Bertrand,an OpenBSD representative.

De Raadt was born in South Africa andmoved to Canada in 1977 when he was nine.He has a BSc in computer science from theUniversity of Calgary.

When he does manage to take a breakfrom the complexities of coding and oversee-ing the OpenBSD team, de Raadt seeks evenbigger challenges — mountains — which heclimbs on foot and on bicycle.

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The X-Portal addition t o In t ernetExplorer is just one of several products usingX-Portal technology. The line will range from

products for individuals to an enterprise-level, customizable client-server version.Some of these products have already debutedat Comdex. Licensing the technology is thecurrent focus of Kaufman's energy.

Kaufman, who was born in Russia, cameto Canada to study first at Ryerson inT oronto, then a t the Un i versity o fWaterloo, where he received a PhD in sys-tems design.

ln 1981, he founded Toronto-based

KCSL, which develops language and softwareproducts that have been licensed by animpressive list of companies, includingLernout Er Hauspie, Microsoft, Corel andLotus.

Because of the attention he gives to hiswork, Kaufman admits to neglecting his non-technological pursuits, but says he does con-tinue to bicycle on weekends and has aninterest in painting and sculpting.

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aufman Consulting Services Ltd.'spresident, Ilia Kaufman, has a long listof software innovations to his credit,

and is in the process of adding yet another.Kaufman has already developed what is

now the most widely used electronic spellcheck and corrector, an electronic thesaurus,and indexing software that is a standard inmultimedia reference. books, induding theCanadian Encyclopedia and the AmericanHeritage Dictionary.

He is currently busy rolling out h isnewest venture, X-PortaL "I believe we willset the standard for information technologyand information retrieval," Kaufman says ofX-Portal, which he describes as more than aproduct. "It is a technology."

Kaufman says he recognized that exist-ing Internet search technology responded toqueries with a wave of irrelevant informa-tion that was often frustrating and over-whelming to the searcher. His solution, X-Portal software, improves the speed andquality of Web queries by integrating abuilt-in reference library and an intelligentmeta-searching technology that uses multi-ple search engines simultaneously, and pre-sents a dynamically re-ranked list of the bestresponses to queries. He estimates X-Portalcan cut Internet search times by 80 percentw hile increasing the accuracy of t h eresponses.

Best of all, the X-Portal search process issimple and invisible to the user. An X-Portalbutton can be added to the MicrosoftInternet Explorer interface, for example, togive users instant access to built-in referencesand Internet materiaL Pressing the X-Portalbutton opens a window on the browser thatreveals two function buttons, Search and

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W-OFDM allows for the development ofwireless broadband products that transferdata at rates of 20 to 150 Mbps. In 1997, theInstitute o f E lectronics and ElectricalEngineering (IEEE) approved W-OFDM as thedraft standard for wireless LAN devices at 54Mbps in the 5 GHz frequency band. The Wi-LAN principals consider this a milestone.

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By the end of 1999, Wi-LAN also plans tomake W-OFDM technology available onmicrochips for integration into almost anysmall wireless communications device,"making Wi-LAN the Intel of wideband wire-less technology."

Zaghloul says his current focus is secur-ing large contracts, whether for nationalhigh-speed wireless networks or licensingWi-LAN's technology to other companies.Wi-LAN products and technologies havealready been used by a wide range of organi-zations, including the Peel District SchoolBoard, t h e Te xas De partment ofTransportation, the Canadian Coast Guard,and Sweden's Telia for a national high-speedwireless data network.

After completing his BSc at Egypt'sUniversity of Cairo, in 1979, Zaghloul stud-ied at the University of Calgary, where hereceived both an MSc and PhD in physics.

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Fortunately, the meat and potatoes havenot been neglected. Corel in particular hasadded new lustre to its basic word process-ing, spreadsheet, presentation and databasetools. This is the most significant point aboutboth of these new packages: their individualcore applications have become quite pol-ished and mature. These are good tools.

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There are only three or~ i ie e t editingof SGML/XML markup language (CorelWordPerfect), support for OLAP processing

' " -:":'" The'office suites — tool parityThe following table provides arteverview of the, Office suites. Each program:is rated on

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Suite IntegrationAs the opportunity to leap ahead with anysingle program diminishes, integrationbecomes more important. Here again, thetwo products are neafiy in lock step.

For example, both suites use VBA as the

common scripting language for integration.A number of developers are building mod-ules using VBA that reside within a programin the suite l ike Corel WordPerfect orMicrosoft Excel. These aden programs maylink to external applications like accountingprograms or contact managers (PeachtreeAccounting or Symantec's ACT, for exam-ple).

But even more important is the trend forindividual organizations to develop pro-grams right in WordPerfect, Excel, Paradox,PowerPoint, or suite applications. Doing thisspeeds up development because great pre-sentation, charting, file management andother features are reused. Users are pleasedbecause they get to work with their own datain familiar tools like Quattro Pro or Word.

Currently, Microsoft has an advantage inthe number of third parties developing toMicroSoft Office, but we feel Corel's comboof PerfectEx pert and DA D ( D esktopApplication Director) ties the Corel applica-tions together better. However, Microsoft'sOffice 2000 Developer edition, with i tsmany wizards and templates, puts its VBAsupport a distinct notch above Corel's pack-age, which is clearly still getting accustomedto the newly included scripting language.

Also, Microsoft had a number of directties/links between programs, which madeexchanging data more convenient, especial-ly given that data interchange through filesor HTML is still pretty rough.

Web IntegrationThe Web is the office suites' second wave of

integration. Again, both vendors have sparedno effort to make their suite Internet ready.And this wave has all the makings of a tradi-tion breaker.

First, all of the Microsoft Office 2000modules store data in HThNXML-basedWeb format and Gm convert between nativeand Web formats. For now, WordPerfectOffice 2000 can only go one way~ut toHTML

But there is a catch here. An article in apopular U.S. computer magazine says, "youcan now publish almost any document,spreadsheet, or calendar to the Web withoutgiving up the rich formatting of traditionalOffice file formats." Bzzznnnffl Wrong! Atbest that qualifier of "almost any docu-ment..." should have been changed to "somesimple document layouts."

F or example, n e i ther W ord no rWordPerfect could preserve the layout/for-matting and/or content of headers, foot-notes, picture positioning and text wrap,page and paragraph borders, snaking-columns layout, table settings, block fills andpatterns. What you see is not what you getwhen you save te HTML format or publish tothe Web. Ditto for spreadsheet and presenta-

The technology of storing and preservingthe richness of traditional office suites con-tent and formatting in KIML with exactfidelity still needs a lot of work Nonetheless,both suites have one or two features thatcapitalize on the ability to deliver content toand from an intranet or the Web.

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The new offic suitesContinued from page $9suites represent a formidable learning task,especially with the new modules andWeb/collaboration functionality,

The vendors have come a long way inintegrating their systems together, makingthem more approachable. However, I will givea distinct nod to Corel for overall ease of use,with its more abundant printed documenta-tion, Perfect Expert help integration, and con-text sensitive menus and property bars.

But I really look forward to tighter inte-gration of features across the suites. The VBAscripting capabilities of both suites lays thefoundation for this, now let's see how wellthey stand and deliver. Integration and easeof use is improving, but the base functional-ity (word processing, spreadsheet, presenta-tions, and database) has stayed the same forthree or four revisions of the suites. That sit-uation is also changing — whether it's for thebetter is for you to decide.

ConduslonDespite the fact that both suites grew againwith the addition of several new modules,Corel and Microsoft are turningtheir atten-

tion to such crucial issues as integration, easeof use and Web enablement. We certainlywelcome the emergence of VBA as a standardscripting tool, not only within the suites butalso for accessing any Windows programs ingeneral; The resulting introduction of VBAmacros and other small business templates isa sign of good things to come.

Meanwhile, the core programs havebecome more polished, better integrated andnearly equivalent in basic functionality. So,all things being rieariy equal — especially forthe home and small business user — thisScottish-French, Scottish-Polish reviewer hasto look at price. And with the street prices forCorel Word Perfect 2000 (which alsoincludes Dragon Naturally Speaking) beingnearly half that of Microsoft Office 2000,Corel's suite is very compelling.

But if you want top-of-the-line excel-lence, more robustness (both suites werevery good, but Microsoft's programs weremore reliable in our testing) and the stan-dard in corporate usage, pay the extra and goMicrosoft. 0

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Nord• Tooibars can be stacked to fit on one line.• Document review tells by whom and when an

• Text boxes can be linked so text flows continu-ously across many pages.

• Detects and automatically turns off errant ali-

• Ability to collect and paste many items to andfrom the clipboard.

• Has multi-page view for overview edits andquick navigation.

Excel• Toggle to view and work in full screen mode.• Trl-level conditional formatting of cells based on

value.• PIvot Table link to OULP and Web-enhanced out-

Put.• Personal views of shared workbooks.

PowerPoint• TrIpane frames view of workspace.• Masters for notes and handouts as well as

• Auto-fit text Into slide page.• Convenience of setting animation propeNes of

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Access• UpsIzIng wizard moves data to SQL Sewer.• UnIcode support for multiple languages.• AutoCorrect fixes side effects of renaming

objects.

Across Microsoft Office 2000• Read/write support for HTML file format In most

• A 12-item clipboard for collecting changes.• Collapsing menus and display of most recently

used menu items.• Standard prInt preview In all the programs of the

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slides to Web.

WordPerfect• HInts pop up for every menu item describing

what It does.• Synonyms are a pull-down item In the toolbar.• Use mouse to autoscroII through a document.• Broad XML editing with good XML tutorial.• Block-make-It-fIt allows compressing segments

• Propedy taolbar changes wIth each object to edIt.

Quettro Pro• Broader range of predefined formulas readily

• Convenient auto-sum/mIn/max/etc pulldown on

• In the outlIner, expand/coIIapse buttons stay attop.

• Browse-by navigation aid.• Formula pop up as tooIIIps; cells marked with

IIny blue clip.

Coiel Presentations• Finer control and more options in exporting

• Multiple keystrokes for triggering various slide

• Slide/object properties collected onto tabbed dIa-logues.

• Slide info for ttansIIIons, duratIons on slide sorter.

Paradox• JDBC support including JDBC Proxy Server.• Java-based servlet for dynamic reports and Web

pages.• Obase and Paradox base file support In database

engine.

Across WordPerfectOffice 2000• Real time preview of color, font, and other style

changes.• Publish to PDF, a cross-platform file format.• Property toolbar changes when working on dII-

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Canadian television viewers will beoffered a range of next-generation digital ser-vices combining Internet interactivity withinteractive video and audio programmingand enhanced broadcast services operatingthrough advanced set-top boxes.

A phased rollout of products and servicesis planned to begin next year.

The agreement sees Rogers, this country' slargest cable provider, licence both theMicrosoft TV client software and MicrosoftTV Server software to support at least onemillion advanced set-top boxes. The twopartners will work together to customize theMicrosoft TV Platform Adaptation Ki t(Microsoft TVPAK) software to Rogers' needsand plan the development of new digital ser-vices, the companies say.

The advanced television services willdraw on content provided by Rogers,Microsoft and a variety of Canadian andother content suppliers and include a Rogersbranded email product.

The deal will see Microsoft invest $600million in Rogers. Rogers says the agree-ments will help the company provide its cus-tomers with earlier access to a broader rangeof advanced Internet and television servicesover its broadband network Rogers current-ly operates one of the most integrated and

advanced cable networks in North Americawith two-way capability covering 89 percentof the 2.8 million homes it passes.

"This agreement is an important mile-stone in a long and successful working rela-tionship between Rogers and Microsoft,"Rogers Communications president and chiefexecutive Ted Rogers said of the announce-ment. "Through this relationship withMicrosoft, the worldwide leader in softwaredevelopment, our customers will have access

TORONTO (NB) — Rogers CommunicationsInc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up tocreate interactive TV in Canada. The twoindustry giants have inked a series of agree-ments to work together to expedite deploy-ment of interactive television services to mil-lions of Canadian couch potatoes.

The deal will provide cable subscriberswith the benefits of a combination of soft-ware, Internet technology and new broad-band digital networks.

Microsoft representative Sallie McDonaldsaid the software giant is making substantialinvestments in the cultivation of broadbandTV internationally.

"We believe in broadband development,"she said. "Microsoft wants to see consumershave access as quickly as possible to theInternet and other services that will becomeavailable through the development of inter-active broadband networks. Microsoft is 100percent committed to working with bothtelecommunications companies, cable TVcompanies, and ISPs around the world toenable them to deliver and manage a widerange of new network services to their cus-

She listed several other partnershipsMicrosoft has formed to broaden interactivetelevision availability. T hese i n c ludeWirelessKnowledge, Qwest, UPC, NTL,BT/Concert, Rhythms, NorthPoint, AT6rT,

. Couit rules, again'Stgntaxio sjjamnmr,.cut service:tO.a customer who sent out "spain," oj junk emaII„an O~ k u perior Court.judge has ruled; Nesrx-Online;.Inc., a: Tqronto=I~disconneCte 4 W@ih sit'e-.operated by anumbered company, which then sued the ISP. '~!z'W.;.~~':,-;.=-.- Justice J. Wilson ruled that 1267623.Ontario. Inc;,.ownerof i'home4urnishings business'in Oakville,,;ViOIated,.itS COritraet.With NeXX Online,:,beCauae.the,1S~iCCeytable-.uSe POliCyrequires customers to follow generally accepted".":Netiquette,'"-.in rsendin j emaiI-,:or postingmessages to. news groups. The judge concluded-that spam is a violatlonof Netiquette, and

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Web site. The court dismissed the request' Mtw~-,~:,=@,;,,-The Coalition Against. Unsolicited Commercial-EmaiI,:(SAUCE)q:.Wicgtestjfied in the'.,case', applauded the ruling; "While the iirling;wojt'treplice'@e-neer'k~;gwelI+rafted ser-vice contract," said CAUCS counsel and' co-founder Ray:-;Kverett<hurch;-.'- 1p certainly

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Microsoft chair and chief executive,Bill Gates said, "By using Microsoft's tele-vision platform, Rogers will be able todeliver new services that fully utilize thebroadband in fr astructure, t he r ebyenabling a great information, entertain-ment and communications experience fortheir customers." 0

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This month, the Test Lab has taken abroader approach to our annual computersfor education feature. Over the course ofeach year, we look at a lot of different typesof equipment — the computers themselves,along with printers, storage devices andmonitors. All of these things are importantto assess when putting together a system, sowhat follows is an overview of all of thesetechnologies. We' ve also included a work-sheet, so users can check off items and con-figure systems to meet their own needs.Remember to use pencil, as you may want toadjust some of your picks along the way...and there may be a test at the end.

This is the core of every system, and peopleshould think very seriously about whatthey want from their computer. The"box," as it's affectionately known,contains the processor, memory,hard drive, multimedia cards, andremovable drives. Most of the deci-sions you' ll have to make whenputting together your system willrelate to this component.

Some essential questions you' llwant answers to include:

How fast should myprocessor heiThere is a tendency to go for the fastestprocessor possible, in an effort to delay for aslong as possible your system's inevitableobsolescence. However, urdess you require acomputer to perform specific CPU-intensivetasks, such as computer-aided drafting(CAD), engineering or digital movie produc-

fion, a mid-range or even entry-level proces-sor will meet most needs.

This is because, in general, processor per-formance has far outpaced most users' actualneeds, and only users who want to run themost intensive applications need botherwith the newest and fastest processors. If thecomputer is to be used for word processing orsurfing the Internet, a slower chip will do thejob adequately for a lot less money.

What hind of processors'The Pentium IH is the new kid on the block,but a 400 MHz Pentium II will probably doeverything you need for far less cash. It' sworth noting that even the Pentium III chipsare starting to come down in price, but maynot really deliver much of their promisedextra value until more applications come outthat make use of the Pentium III's extendedinstruction set.

Users can also save a bit of money bychoosing an alternative processor, likeAMD's K6 series. These processors oftendeliver per f o rmance similarto Intel processors. It isworth noting, however, 1,that some applicationsoptimize their perfor-mance f o r thePentium series ofchips

How much memory'Windows 95 and 98 often runs very happilywith 32 MB of memory when a user'sdemands are light. Windows NT doesn't real-ly become a happy operating system until ithas at least 64 MB of RAM at its disposal.

That said, memory is so cheap these days .that there's less reason to stick with the min-imum amount. For a Windows 98 system,you should probably start with 64 MB ofRAM as a baseline, and seriously considerbumping that up to 128 MB. In our systembenchmark testing, we' ve noticed that sys-tem performance improves with additionalRAM up to the 128 MB mark

Of course, students who want to use theirmachine for multimedia work (photograph-ic, audio or video editing, for example), mayfind it worthwhile to top the machine up asmuch as possible. Many machines will han-dle 768 MB or even a full I GB of RAM,through use of 256 MB of SDRAM.

What size of hard drivelThis is another area where capacity has faroutpaced most users' needs. It's getting diffi-cult to find drives under 3 GB, and most sys-

tems tend to include drives that areeven bigger. Users who are not

planning to use the computerfor much more than wordprocessing should find 3GB more than adequate.

Anyone who wants toinstall the occasional gameor to save a lot of fi lesshould bump that numberup a bit more to 6 GB or so.For multimedia work, users

will want to go evenb igger, any-where from 10to 20 GB. It' s

worth not i ngthat drives aroundthe 20 GB mark arefairly expensiveand would beoverkill for all butthe most demand-ing users... for thetime being.

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What about sound and video?Users who want a computer for doing high-resolution multimedia work (digital photoediting, or CAD, for example) will want toget a card capable of a high resolution and ahigh refresh rate. The same goes for thosewho want to play games, as today's newestgames are very video-intensive.

Those planning to use the computer forword processing may need little more than abasic video card — although better videocards will provide a more stable image. Thiswill be very important to you after you' vestared at your monitor day after day whilewriting that mid-term essay.

Likewise with sound cards: those plan-ning to do multimedia work with sound, orwho want to play games should consider ahigher-performance card. Many users may becompletely satisfied with an entry-levelsound card, however, if they only plan to useit for listening to CDs. (As a testament to thequality of even budget soundcards, Creative Labs is still selling •lots of Sound Blaster 16 cards - ',

and it was released eight years 'ago!)

With both the audio and video,corn onents, it's im ortant to

Future upgrades?For many users this won't be an issue becauseonce they have a functional system in frontof them, they won't worryabout what else they canadd to it. This is the essenceof the iMac, which deliverspretty much everythingyou might need in onehandy package.

There's a movementtowards this all-in-oneapproach on the PC sidewith the introductionof m o t herboardsusing the 810chipset, whichhave audio andvideo built right in to

That said, there will always be agroup of users who love to get their handsinto the box and add new components.There are some important things for these

First, the iMac is anenclosed device, andcomponents may only beadded to the machine byplugging them into theUSB ports. Mac fans whow ant t o t in ke r a n d

remember to p ick compatible ! upgrade will be more atspeakers or monitors; a cheap set '.of speakers or a low-quality moni- '. PC line, which features ator will make even the best multi- I'„ '': hinged case that opens eas-media cards seem bad. ily and room for additional

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For the higher price of DVD, you get a Another point to remember is thatdevice that is backward-compatible with all machines that have the video componentof the formats that CD-ROM drives can han- b«t r ight into the motherboard generallydie, but is also ready for software released in don't have AGP slots, forcing video upgradesDVD format, as well as DVD movies. to move to the PCI bus.

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PC or Mac? roomThis is an age-old question, and one which is andalways up for debate. For a while it looked T

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the iMac are related to hardware bool imitations: no floppy drive in th a n

the machine, the inability to up- c orns ize the monitor, the slightly less- the

than-perfect keyboard and t e rnmouse, the lack of upgrade imposslots, and the fact that the Ronly peripheral ports are USB mar

(although an Ethernet port is replstandard on all iMacs). you

Some of these issues are addressed fai rw ith the open-architecture of thePower PC machines, but some of thepotential problems remain. From asoftware perspective, there's still farmore available for the Windows uni-verse,.although the success of theiMac has sparked a resurgence in soft-ware for the Mac OS. Students inter-ested in multimedia work shouldespecially consider a Mac, as itremains a favorite of profes-sional multimedia peopleeverywhere.

Desktop or notebook?The notebook computer offers a number ofadvantages to a student, but some seriousconsideration should be made before beingswayed by a notebook's "cool" factor.

Students who are constantly on the gomay find the notebook to be just the thingthey need: a computer they can use to takenotes, or to work on wherever they happento be. It's also a space-saver, incorporatingeverything the user needs into a nice com-pact package. There's no monitor to take upvaluable space in an already cramped dorm

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top versions, and are far more easilyped, broken, or stolen. If you want theimum in p e r formance, a d esktophine will be a better buy. For example,

ost powerful Pentium II notebook com-r processor runs at 366 MHz, while 450versions are available to desktop PCs,ven when comparing desktop and note-PCs of the same processor speed, note-

k-sized components are often slowertheir desktop PC equivalents, and these

ponents may not be able to handle allsame tasks. Because they are closed sys-s, future expandability will be either

sible or quite expensive.ecently, manufactuiers have begun to

ket notebook computers as "desktopacements." Within a broad range of tasksmight want a computer to do, this is adescription, because today's notebook

can do many of thesame tasks performedby a desktop machine.The notebook will notbe the best choice if you

! want maximum proces-sor performance or havespecialized needs like alarge screen or expand-ability for special projectslike video editing..

That being said, a cou-ple of TCP editors use note-book computers extensively

for just about everything,including i mage e d i t ing,

drawing, animation, desktop publishing andWeb page design.

The monitorWithout one you'd be lost, but not a lot ofpeople put as much thought as they shouldinto choosing a monitor. It's important topick this component wisely, because this isthe one you' ll be staring into every

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As a monitor is one of the longest-lastingcomputer products (typically it will outlastthe usefulness of anything else in a system),it's worth taking a bit of time to make sureyou picking something you' ll be able to livewith for a while.

The f i rstthing todetermine ist he siz eyou' ll need.In general,the industryis adoptingthe 17-inchmonitor asthe standard,a ltho u hg

shadow cast by the two damper wires thathold the rest of the guide wires in place.Although many users may not even noticethem, users who do detail-work at the pixellevel (people working with CAD, for exam-ple) may find them an annoyance.

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monitors emit barely any radiation, LCDseliminate radiation altogether. The big prob-lem with LCD monitor technology is still thecost, and with entry-level models runningbetween $1,500 and $2,000, it effectivelyputs them out of the range of most users.

Last month's Test Lab featured a look at anumber of current 17-inch CRT monitors.Users who don't have the print issue handycan find the issue online at our Web site(http Jtwww.tcp.ca).

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For students planning to use their moni-tor for highdefinition multimedia work, 17inches may only be the starting point (small-er monitors are capable of 1,024x768 resolu-tion, but are often very hard to read at thatresolution). Where space isn't a problem, 19-or even 21-inch monitors may be the way togo, although pricing certainly becomes anissue at that point, potentially hitting $2,000or more depending on the quality of themonitor. Realistically, most users should findmonitors in the 17-inch category to be bigenough for their needs while remaining suf-ficiently affordable.

Instead of size, you may want to paymore attention to the dot pitch of the mon-itor. Tri<olored phosphor patches on theinside surface of the display tube are placedat regular intervals, and the dot pitch refersto the distance (in millimeters) between twodots of the same color. The smaller the num-ber, the better the resolution of the monitor.

Typically, monitors with a higher dotpitch (.28 mm or .27 mm, for example) tendto be more affordable, but the budget pricemay only be a good deal for more casualusers. Students who plan to be in front oftheir monitor regularly will want to invest ina monitor with a lower dot pitch (.25 mm or.24 mm), as the extra resolution will provide

. a much better picture, and will reduce eye-

Another thing worth keeping in mindwhen selecting a monitor is the differencebetween aperture grille and shadow maskmonitors. These terms refer to the type oftechnology used to produce the picture onthe screen. Shadow mask uses a perforatedceramic plate to line up the monitor's colorbeams with the phosphor patches on thefront of the picture tube, producing a crispdisplay.

Aperture grille, on the other hand, usesguide wires running along the length of thecathode ray tube (CRT}, produdng a displaythat has much richer colors. Aperture grillemonitors are favored by people who do high-end multimedia work It it should be noted,however, that the display on an aperturegrille monitor is interrupted by two nearlyinvisible horizontal lines, which are the

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SoftwareObviously, a computer won't be very usefulwithout software — no matter how high-per-formance the hardware is. Most systems shipwith the operating system and some basicWeb software (internet Explorer or NetscapeNavigator), which can be used to downloadother useful programs after setting up anaccount with an Internet service provider(fSP).

For the most part, other software will costextra. However some brand-namecomputermanufacturers include extensive softwarebundles, which may or may not be of value'to you.

Generally, clone system builders can addmuch of the software you request to any sys-tem they build. But before you have themadd that software — and before you are tooswayed by the bundle that might be includ-ed with some systems — you should check inat the campus store.

Often, softwarecompanieswill make spe-cial educational packages available to quali-fied students through campus bookstores.Specialized software that typically costs hun-dreds or thousands of dollarsmay be avail-able for a fraction of the cost to studentsplanning to do work in that area. The mainhitch is that such software may not have allthe features of the full package, and may notbe upgradable. For specialized software pack-ages, it's also important to first make sureyour hardware is powerful enoughto handle the software.

The printerA personal printer is prettym uch essential t oround out your sys-tern. The kind ofprinter youchoose dependson what otheruses you mighth ave for i t .Printer man-ufacturers~~

divide their pr interline according to quality and speed. Now, it'more common to see printer lines being subdivided by intended use.

At the most basic level, the personalprinter is a great devicefor printing out text.Even the least expen-sive lnkjet printers ™Mtend to be quite goodat this task. The qual-ity of photographicoutput is nowbecoming a decidingfactor f o r mor eprinter buyers.

Laser printers may be agood choice for users who are onlyprinting out text and graphics, andplan to do a lot of printing. The initial cost ofa laser printer can be fairly high, but whentoner costs have been factored in, the costper page is lower than inkjet printers,

With a laser printer, however, you' re lirn-ited to monochrome output (making it apoor choice for anyone who wants to printout photographs) and you can often smelltoner fumes during operation (making it apoor choice for those in a small living space).

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Speaker sets with decent soundquality are available for between $50

and $100, but demanding users caneasily spend a few hundred dollars on state-of-the-art audio equipment. lf you choose

s t h is route, just be prepared to have peoplepounding on your door asking you to turn it

Scanners and digital camerasWelcome to the age ofdigital! Both scanners anddigital cameras used to bes o high-end that w ew ouldn't h a v e ev e n

them in a back-to-schoolroundup.

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make a wekome addition to a school PCsetup, Students who are living away fromhorne would find either a useful tool for get-ting photos back home to parents andfriends via email, It's also a good way to getyour own images into electronic presenta-tions or essay printouts. People doing workin multimedia may find either great for cap-turing raw material, even if it's just for rough

If you' re looking for a basic scanner, thereare number ofmodels.on the market costingas little as $200 that produce fairly good dig-ital images.

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entry-level lnkjet printers available for about$150 (notably Lexmark's Zll, and Hewlett-Packard's Desklet 612C), although speed islimited on these models, and photo-graphic output is occasionally abit shaky.

As you work your way up inprice, both speed and quality ofphoto output tend to becomebetter. Around the $500 g' 4)mark, inkjet printerstend to be suitablefor use in small busi-ness environments,and may be overkillfor a student, unlessyou have a seriousi nterest i n hig h -speed photographicreproduction as part of ~ ~* f

your c ourse w o rk .However between thoseprice points you will find a good variety ofprinters with excellent quality all around,

You may want to keep your eyes open forone of the new USB printers, especially if youopt for an Apple iMac. We' ve had a chance tolook at a few new models, induding theEpson Stylus Color 740, Lexmark's Z51, andHewlett-Packard's DeskJet 882C and DeskJet895Cxi. Any of these are excellent printerswith good speed and top.notch quality inboth text and photographic output.

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or for printing out. As you movecloser to $1,500 in the con-sumer field, the outputquality gets near enough toconventional photographyto make casual shutterbugsreconsider their attachmentto film-based photography,Ultiinately, though, this is

pretty much a luxury for abeck-to.scbool setup, for most of us.

Removable storageln the past, removable storage meant a flop-py disk, period. Anyone who has had tomove a fewmegabytesof information fromone computer to another by running it backand forth on floppies (also known as sneak-emet) knows the value of today's higher-capacity removable storage. With a lot of cur-rent software, it's possible to create files thatblow way past the 1,44 MB limitation of afloppy — especially in multimedia work.

Users who need to store and move largeamounts of data should seriously consider aremovable storage solution, even if it's justfor backing up their most important data.Additionally, if you' re considering purchas-ing an iMac, you should put some thoughtinto this area, as the iMac doesn't have afloppy drive.

One of the most popular removable stor-age devices is the Zip drive from lomega, The100 MB Zip disk has pretty much become astandard in the high-capacity removablestorage field, and fomega recently updatedthe technology and now offers 250 MB Zipdrives. The introduction of a USB version ofthe older Zip 100 has allowed external Zipdrives to be easily installed on both PC and

Superdisk (also known as LS-120) isanother popular removable solution, for afew reasons. Where the original Zip diskswere only 100 MB, the LS-120 upped that to120 MB. A Superdisk is also nearly identicalto a floppy disk, and its hardware reads bothLS-120 disks and floppies. This fact alonemakes the USB version of the technology agreat choice for iMac users, as it adds bothconventional floppy and h igh-capacityremovable storage in one easy solution.

Another removable solution worth con-sidering is CD-R (CD recordable). AlthoughCD-Rs aren't re-usable, they are relativelyinexpensive, and can be used in virtually anymachine that reads standard CD-ROMs.Additionally, CD-R drives can be used formaking your own audio CDs, if you' re soinclined. For a bit of extra inoney, you canget a CD-RW (CD rewritable) drive instead,which gives you the option of reusable discs.Although CD-RW discs can't be read by everymachine, CD-RW drives can also burn stan-dard CD-R media.

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As the UPS moves into the consumerarena, different variations are starting toappear at lower price-points, some of whichalso use system-management software forautomatic data-saving and safe shutdown.For true affordability, however, there is agrowing trend towards basic modefs that

offer just enough runtime for users to manu-ally save their work and shut down (typical-ly five to 10 minutes depending on systemconfiguration).

It's worth mentioning that even if out-right power failures aren't a problem in yourneck of the woods (lucky you!), many UPSmodels also feature power conditioning, pro-tecting users from things like brownouts andsurges. That way, if someone turns on the airconditioner or local power lines get hit bylightning, your coinputer won't be at risk,

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Cables, laower barsand the other neceaaltlea of lifeMake sure you have everything you need tohook aH the pieces up! Remember that theprinter cable Ls generally not included withyour printer, If you have more than twothings to plug in, a power bar becomes anecessity. Don't forget floppies, Zip disks,and paper for your printeri Make sure amouse pad is included. If you worry aboutthe little stuff up front, it' ll mean a lot lesshassle once you start the school year.

The power bar should not be confusedwith a UPS device, although you may findsome inexperienced salespeople will try tolump them together into a "power protec-tion" category. The UPS has an independentpower source — a battery — so that if the elec-trical power goes out completely, your com-puter will run on the independent powersource long enough for you to save your workand power down the computer system. Mostpower bars now contain drcuitry that pro-tects mainly against power surges and spikes.

If you keep all of these things in mindbefore you go looking for your system, youshould be able to quickly get a packagetogether that meets your needs, allows youto get your work done and have a bit of fun

Good luck, and class dismissed! CIbeskles.

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quick look through this publicationwill tell you that there are a lot of busi-nesses selling a lot of computer sys-

tems. This always raises the question ofwhich to buy. It's a physical impossibility tolook at every computer available, so this yearwe' ve taken a close look at some systems wefeel are typical of those you' ll encounter inyour search for a student PC. In each case,we' ve focused on a specific issue that youmay encounter in your search,

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Ain at a suggested retail price of $999. It man-ages this by using an 810-based mother-board, which incorporates the sound andvideo. The system comes with a 466 MHzCeleron processor, 64 MB of RAM, an 8.4 GBhard drive, a 56kbps modem, and amazinglyalso includes a Sx DVD drive.

Smart Machine's Viper ZX-2000 systemoffers similar value, running a 466 MHzCeleron processor on an 810-based boardwith 64 MB of RAM. The hard drive on thismodel is larger, at 13 GB, and the systemcomes with an extensive software bundle thatincludes lotus Smart Suite. It also squeezes ina 56kbps modem and a Sx DVD drive. Theextras bring the machine to a slightly higher$1,095, but that's still excellent value.

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Case 1: Ne-frills ceinllufinITrade-offs: All-Inane motherboard•educes cost but may limit upgrad-ablllty.There's a perception that budgetwrientedmachines don't offer much, perform badly,and are Sled with sub-par components. Whilethat was more true in the past, some of today' ssystems offer top-notch performance and reli-able components, all for around $1,000.

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Computers for education samplerContinued from page 77Undoubtedly, some users will want more

than basic models offer. By using the tradi-tional 440BX motherboards, manufacturersgive the users more control over the audioand video components, support the PentiumIII chip, and offer more room to add addi-tional components down the road.

One of the models in Empac's Azure linegoes exactly that route, using a 500 MHzPentium HI chip and 128 MB of RAM. Thehard drive is a smaller 6.4 GB and it opts fora 48x CD-ROM drive instead of DVD tech-nology. On the other hand, the multimediacomponents are more powerful, w i thCreative's Graphic Blaster and Sound BlasterLive! cards on board. A 56kbps modem andMicrosoft Works Suite 99 are included, bring-ing the price to $2,150.

IBM's Aptiva E54U also opts for aPentium III processor, going with the 450MHz version and 96 MB of RAM. The harddisk is larger, at 13 GB, and the machinecomes with a 4x CD-RW drive built in. TheAptiva also comes with a 56kbps modem andships with an extensive software bundle,including Lotus Smart Suite, Quicken 99 andWorld Book Encyclopedia. The E54U comesin a bundle with a 17-inch monitor for$2,748, but is available separately for a listprice of $2,199.

Empac, 800-863-6722, http: //www.empac.caIBM, 800-465-7999, hftp://www.can.ibm.corn

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you'd think. That usually still means a couplethousand dollars for an entry-level model, so itmay not be the best solution for everyone.

Sceptre's new SoundX 5200 is aimedspecifically at the back-to-school audience.The standard configuration of the new modelfeatures a 380 MHz K6-III processor fromAMD, 32 MB of RAM, a 4 GB hard drive, anda high-quality 12.1-inch TIT display. The flop-py and CD-ROM drives are in one compactunit, which means everything you need is

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onboard (eliminating pesky component swap-ping). As a bonus, the SoundX 5200 has exter-nal CD audio controls, allowing the user toplay music even when the rest of the comput-er is off. The standard model wiII cost about$2,295, and a new alliance with Quebec'sCybernetique allows Sceptre to configure eachnotebook to individual users' request.

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inch active display, a 466 MHz Celeronprocessor, 64 MB of RAM and a 4 GB harddrive. Both the CD-ROM and floppy drives fitinto the case at the same time, eliminatingcomponent swapping. With this configura-tion, the machine comes to just over $2,400,but you can add or remove things (notably,many users will want to add a modem) tomeet your price point or performance needs.

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Why a text editor? Because traditionalUnix text editors are editors on steroids. Theyevolved in the golden age of text processing,before the world went nuts with bloated,incompatible binary word-processing Ales.Newcomers often And Unix editors dauntingand shy away from them. That's a mistake.

One of the biggest favors you can do your-self as a new Linux user is to learn the basicsof vi and Emacs. Yes, they' re kinda weird,because you have to memorize some odd key-strokes. But, just memorize them. It's likelearningto swim. Once you' ve done it, watersuddenly takes on intriguing new potential.

VIApache. Apache is the most widely used Webserver on the Internet and developing Websites on a Linux platform provides you witha professional-level World Wide Web devel-opment environment. Moreover, you can setup a Linux/Apache server by recycling thatold 386 or 486 in the corner.

Some Windows and Mac users are happyto have a Linux/Apache server on their localarea network (LAN) so they can continue touse the Web authoring tools they' re familiarwith while reaping the benefits of workingwith Apache.

Others have made a complete switch tousing Linux as their workstation platform,using native Linux Web authoring tools.There's a range of good tools for creating

There are so many answers that I'msometimes stumped for a quick reply.

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Unix editors andWeb page authoring

The most ubiquitous Unix editor is vi (pro-nounced VEE-EYE), one of the oldest andmost venerable editors around. You' ll find iton every Linux or Unix system (there areeven ports to DOS and Windows). It wasdeveloped by Bill Joy, at Berkeley, at a timewhen programmers used terminals ratherthan PCs to interact with a Unix host com-puter. Consequently vi makes no assump-tions about extra keys, such as PgUp, Home,End, and Fl. You can perform nearly every vioperation directly from the standard typingpart of the keyboard.

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Sy Sean Carruthers, To build the Blaster PC, Creative teamedwith Empac Computer, a company based inMarkham, Ont. Customers can build a PC to

Ilaster PCFrom: Creative Labs Empac joint projecthttp://www.blasterpc.cahttp: //www.creativelabs.corn/Price: from $999, $2,399 (unit tested)

hen you think of h igh-qualityaudio for the PC, you probablythink' of Creative Labs' Sound

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Since that early success, Creative has notonly introduced a series of more advancedsound cards, but has tried its luck in otherareas of personal computing, includinggraphics acceleration, CD-ROM and DVDdrives, and modems. It seems only naturalthen that a company that offers so many PCcomponents would bundle them together ina package of its own. And that's predselywhat Creative Labs has done.

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Our test machine had a 500 MHzPentium III chip, 128 MB of RAM, a 13 GBWestern Digital hard d r i ve, runningWindows 98. All in all, it was a firm founda-tion for a high-performance system.

The first thing you notice about theBlaster PC, however, is the big volume con-trol knob on the front of the machine. Thisis a good indication of what the computer isabout — multimedia. The model we looked atwas full of top-notch multimedia compo-nents, including a 16 MB AGP GraphicsBlaster Riva TNT video card, Sound BlasterLive! environmental audio, a 56kbps ModemBlaster modem, a Sx Creative DVD drive andthe Dxr3 MPEG decoder card. The systemalso comes with an excellent set of multime-dia speakers from Cambridge SoundWorks,which is owned by Creative Labs.

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the front of the machine that makes themachine a more user-friendly multimediaappliance. Although a few other manufacturershave relocated some of the ports to the front ofthe machine, the Blaster PC goes all out.

Behind a sliding door at the bottom ofthe front panel, the user has access to USB,audio input/output, joystick, MIDI, SPDIFvideo and optical ports. Although notincluded on the machine we looked at, thereis also accommodation for FireWire. And as ifthat wasn't enough, the machine comes witha built-in FM tuner, allowing you to listen toyour favorite radio station on your PC!

The machine's performance was topnotch. We tested it using our regular bench-marking software, BAPCo's Sysmark 98, andit obtained an overall rating of 197 (19S forOffice Productivity and 200 for ContentCreation). DVD playback was excellent, witha smooth picture and minimal artifacting.

The $2,399 model we tested has a two-year warranty.

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SCM's research has found th a t ,because of the password amnesia, IT(information technology) support staff inmany organizations are called upon toreset passwords and spend time compen-sating for their user's poor memories.

The situation is so bad in some com-panies, the firm found, that IT managersare facing lines of employees requestingtheir new PC passwords for their worksta-tions, following their summer break.

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these elements makeup some of the more

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sites. For true interactivity, youhave videownhanced chat sites like

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phony. Add a video cam to the Internetphone, and you have the beginnings ofInternet videoconferendng.

Why bandwidth ruiesVideo as we typically experience it over theInternet is nowhere near the quality ofbreadcast or closedwlrcuit 1V. The problemcan be reduced to two interdependent factorsthat make up image quality: frame speed andimage size. Our brains start processing dis-crete images as a continuously movingsequence when we are presented with about24 to 30 images per second. This is the basicprinciple behind motion pictures, animationand TV.

With even the fastest dialup connectionto the Internet, the data transfer rate is stilltoo low to deliver anything close to a full-screen, full-motion video image. We' ve prob-ably all experienced the compromise thatresults: either a tiny, postage-stamp-sizeimage that approximates real-time motion,or a somewhat bigger image, but with jerky,discontinuous motion. So while IP-basedvideoconferencing has potential, linking toparties through a typical consumer dialupconnection won't produce satisfactoryn5uits.

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Net abuse costs miiilun of hoursLONDON, England (NB) — The amount ofInternet abuse in o rganizations hasreached a level deemed serious by BlackBox, an IT supplies firm that annuallysurveys Net use among U.K. companies.

The net result of the abuse is theannual loss of around eight million manhours in U.K. companies, according tothe survey, Black Box found that 20 per-cent of IT directors say their organizationis seriously impacted by staff wastingtime on fruitless Web browsing and pointto Internet abuse as a significant concernfor the nation's companies.

Patrick Hudgeli, Black Box's technicaldirector, said that a third of those withinternet access spend an hour or more aday of work-related time online (exclud-ing email). Over 10 percent of respondentsreported spending more than two hours aday online, with one in 40 spending morethan half their i rking week online.

Hudgell went on to say that the su-vey shows that Internet access is nowalmost universal for U.K. companies'with 95 percent now online compared to76 percent just 18 months ago, whileonly two percent of companies do notplan to provide access within the next 12

However, Black Box also found that theincreased connectivity also wrought anincrease in the number of organizationsseriously impacted by downloaded virusinfections — at 16 percent, the highestrecorded so far in the Black Box surveys.

The Black Box Seventh Network IndustrySurvey was independently compiled onbehalf of Black Box, based on 429responses drawn from IT, network, andtelecom staff in U,K. companies.

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Unfortunately, t ha t be nefitcomes at a cost equal to, and often inexcess of, traditional airfare and accommo-dation. Prices of specialized videoconferenc-ing systems have come down, but it is stillexpensive — if you want it to work.

However, with the dream of a PC onevery business desktop now realized, more orless, the PC itself presents a ubiquitous plat-form for videoconferendng. For PC video-conferencing to match the quality of spedal-izedsystems,there need to be technologiesin place to exchange or stream the audio andvideo in real time. Streaming audio andvideo via computers is complex, but under-standing the basic plumbing is not. Here isan overview of some of the things your busi-ness will have to consider before implement-ing a PC-based videoconferencing system.

The ideaA video camera connected to your personalcomputer captures images, which the cem-puter dlgitizes and sends to another comput-er that displays them quickly. At the sametime, a rnlcrophone and speakers performthe same function with the audio. Softwareensures that the two synchronize. Simple.Actually the software and hardware at eachend are rather simple. There are various waysthat the interface can work but practicallyany modern computer is up to this part ofthe job.

time.

The challengeThe difficult part is moving the data frompoint A to point B at an acceptable cost andspeel. Speed and cost are the scales thatmust be balanced. It has been said that timeis money; in computing, speed is money-and speed is all about bandwidth.

If cost is not an issue the whole point ismoot as you would be much better off, inevery way, simply using television cameras,satellite dishes and buying a little satellite

However, cost is usually an issue, and awhole PC-based videoconferencing industryexists because of the promise of a moreaffordable price.

IP4sased vldeoconferencinyThe least expensive way to move data is viathe Internet, but that's also very slow. Thatwill likely change over time for various rea-sons that indude incremental increases inNet speed, the evolution of Internet priori-tizing of data, and the development of co-nets (like Internet 0).

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cliche: the highly organized, hyper-productive notebook computer user

who flips open his or her computer imme-diately after the plane takes off arid flips itshut just before landing.

And during the flight, of course, theycomplete reports, answer email, play com-puter games and generally keep their livesin order.

Well, I am sorry to burst your bubble. Itjust ain't so. As someone who has boughtinto that image and who at times helped tofoster it, I have to admit life is just not likethat. As I write this, I am on a plane travel-ing between Dallas and New Orleans. And Ihave to tell you it is no picnic. Seats onmodem aircraft are small, and while thespace between seats is minimal the screenson notebook computers are getting everlarger.

This means that when you flip openyour computer to begin working — andthen the person in front of you decides torecline their seat — the bottom section ofyour notebook computer tends to jam youin the stomach. This happens because theback of this person's seat will press on thetop of your notebook screen and push yournotebook back toward you.

Only a few options are then open toyou, You can recline your seat to try to cre-

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ate more room, but that means leaningback when you are trying to work, whichfeels a little unnatural and uncomfortable.You can tilt the keyboard section up towardyou, which creates a rather odd typing tilt.Or you can simply give up and forget aboutusing the computer until the plane lands.

I know not everyone faces this problem.If you are extremely svelte and find your-self getting lost in the cavernous space ofan aircraft seat, then perhaps this scenariowill never apply to you. Alternatively, youmay be wise enough to have snagged abulkhead seat (the one at the front of themain cabin) so no one is sitting in front ofyou. The only disadvantage to this positionis that you cannot flip up the armrestbetween the seats because it contains yourtable tray. So, on a night flight duringwhich you may want to lie across severalseats, assuming no one else is sitting inyour row, you cannot do so.

In my experience, however, this isbecoming an increasingly irrelevant issue

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because airlines are doing so much code-sharing and flight rescheduling that theyensure most flights are completely packed,leaving little likelihood that you will haveempty seats beside you.

Some optionsThere are a couple of other strategies topursue, however, if you really want to beable to use your computer and are notlucky enough to get a bulkhead seat. Oneof these is to use a sub-notebook or hand-held computer, which typically is smallenough that you won't face these chal-lenges. This assumes you are able to workwith the small keyboard and screen offeredon a handheld computer and that thehandheld offers the software you are likelyto need.

As a longtime user of both handheldand sub-notebook computers, I will divulgethe secret to my success with these smallsystems: I don't know how to type proper-ly. While other more responsible individu-als were busy taking typing classes in highschool, I was busy in drama classes or inthe debating club. In the years followinghigh school, I noticed how typing classgraduates would be searching for "thehome keys" on computer keyboards whenthey eventually moved from typewriters. Ijust hunted and pecked — and eventually

became able to hunt and peck very, veryquickly. I even became fast enough to takenotes at press conferences directly onto thekeyboard of my handheld or notebookcomputer, while the typing class graduateswere still scribbling away with pen andpaper.

But I digress. The point of this little dia-tribe is simply to let you know that if youare, like me, a graduate of the hunt andpeck school, then you may have a betterchance of being productive with a smallhandheld computer keyboard than the tra-ditional typist. Such typists have oftenreported to me that they feel uncomfort-able and cramped because they can't fit alltheir fingers on the keyboard at the same

The final option here is not to botherbringing a computer at all. Some airlines,such as Air Canada, are now offering IBMThinkPad notebook computers for use bypassengers in business class. They aredesigned to allow users to try out gamesand other entertainment software while inflight, but you better not trying doing anywork on them because they don't includefloppy disk drives. IBM says this is becausethey don't want to r isk the chance thatcomputer viruses from a passenger's floppydisk will plague the on- board notebookcomputers. 0

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capacity per database, up from I GB in theprevious version but far less than the I ter-abyte limit of the standard version), ProxyServer 2.0, Microsoft Fax Service, MicrosoftModem Sharing Service, Remote AccessService, Frontpage 98 (no, that's not a mis-print), Internet Explorer 5.0, In ternetConnection Wizard, a client installationutility, and a single management consolewith simplified administration tools calledSBS Console.

Some of these components are slightlythrottled versions of what's available as sep-arate products or as p ar t o f r e gularBackOffice, but few of the limitations, withone notable exception, are relevant for asmall business.

SBS features a smooth-lined installationprocedure — once the install is started, theserver is automatically set up as a primarydomain controller and a new domain is creat-ed. SBS is designed for a singie4omain envi-ronment. This is a "small business" product,not a "small office" product. The distinctionis important. There are many small offices,such as branch offices, that want to partici-pate in 5 larger network. This version ofBackOffice is not for them, since it doesn' tallow for trust relationships between domains(which is the exception referred to earlier).

The individual parts of BackOffice 4.5 forSmall Business, listed below, cannot beinstalled without installing the fuii package.For example, using the CD-ROMs

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that come with the product, you can't installjust SQL Server on a system that already hasWindows NT 4.0. This is a more interest-ing limitation than may appear at firstglance. It means all of the applications inBackOffice 4.5 for Small Business must beinstalled on a single server. If you are run-ning Proxy Server, Exchange Server, andSQL Server on the same computer that isalso functioning as a domain controller,fax and modem sharing server, as well as aWeb server, you will experience very slowperformance unless you have invested insome very powerful hardware.

In accessing your hardware require-ments, pay attention to more than theCPU and memory. You will probably needmore than one hard drive, no matter howspeedy that one drive is. A RAID 5 disksubsystem is a very good choice, since sev-eral of the server applications are very diskintensive. The actual configuration youwill need for satisfactory performance willdepend on numerous factors, but for anoffice of 20 people- using most of the serv-er-based applications in the suite, a 450MHz Pentium III-based system with 256MB of RAM, and a RAID 5 array of 7,200 orfaster RPM SCSI drives is a good startingpoint,

For Internet connectivity, you can getby without a fixed IP address if you use adialup connection, but otherwise you willneed a fixed IP address from your ISP. I dis-covered to my chagrin that I couldn't usemy Sympatico HSE service (with the NortelI Mbps modem), since the service doesn' tuse dialup networking (it's a constant con-

nection) and doesn't provide a fixed IPaddress. Most cable modem users are inthe same position.

Admin tasks easedAlthough I have several years of experi-ence with Windows NT Server, I enjoyedusing the SBS Console refern.d to earlier. Itdoesn't do anything you couldn't do withthe basic NT Server interface, but it doesmake many of the standard networkadministrative tasks really easy.

For example, the process of adding anew user is performed by a wizard, whichtakes care of creating the account, assign-ing the user appropriate rights to all of theavailable shared folders, shared printers,Internet access, and other resources. It willconnect a client computer to the SmallBusiness network, and create a diskette,which will also install, via the network, allthe applications you choose. In my case,the list includes Internet Explorer 5, faxclient, Modem sharing client, MS Proxyclient, and the Outlook email client. Allthat needs to be done at the client is to runa single command (a:setup), and the rest isautomated.

Many other tasks, involving manysteps, are similarly automated. The SBSConsole is very good, and should satisfymost, if not a l l , o f the administrativeneeds of the network manager.

The fax and modem sharing servicesare not available from Microsoft as stand-alone products. They are both goodenough to satisfy the needs of many

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Macworld Expo 99 New York,the annual gathering of Appleinsiders, third-party develop-ers, fans an d in t erestedobservers, was held during theweek of July 19. The ComputerPaper founder and A pp leenthusiast, Doug Alder, attend-ed and filed this report.

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the recent Macworld Expo. Somewhatresembling a makeup case, the iBookoffers a hold design statement, and itsprice — US$1,599 — is an aII time low foran Apple notebook. The iBook feature setindudes:• 300 MHz PowerPC G3 processor.• 51 2KB Level-2 cache on processor module.• 66 MHz system bus and 66 MHz momofy

• Integrated floating-point unit and 64KB on-chip I.evet-1 cache.

• 32 MB of SDRAM (can be expanded to160MB).

• 3.2 GB IDE hard disk drive.Built-in 24x (maximum) CD-ROM drive.

• USB port• Built-in 10/100Basa-T Ethernet.

Built-in 56Kbps KFlexl.90 modem.• Optional AIrport wireless natwoddng card.

Single built-in mono speaker,• 16-bit stereo sound output mini-Jack (no

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sound input).• ATI RAGE Mobility graphics controller with

2X AGP and 4 MB of SDRAM.• 12.1-inch, 800x600 TFT SVGA display.• Lithium-Ian battery for up to six hours of

• Dimensions: 34 4x29.4x5.2 cm(13.5x11.6x2.06 In.), 3 kg (6.7 lb.).

Things not included in the iBook thatwill def(nitely be missed are video out,PC Card slots, a larger hard drive, a biggerdisplay and faster video card. But, if youwant the extras, Apple wants to sell you amore expensive notebook anyway. Theyalso made the colors (bright blue andbright orange) of the iBook so fruity thatmany traveDing execs would not becaught dead with one. Instead, they' llopt for the more conservative black ofthe higher end PowerBooks.

I imagine this is aII part of Apple chiefexecutive Steve Jobs' Big Plan. For theprice, however, Apple will no doubt selliBooks by the container load. The newnotebooks are not expected to ship untilSeptember, so the price may come down

or the specs may improve in the interim.Apple has been known to make changesbased on consumer response. The biggestwish for most people will probably be fora larger hard drive and more built-inRAM. For all my complaints though, Ithink I want one.

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Quicklime TVAlso announced duringthe show was QuickTimeT V (QTV), a ne wInternet network forW eb-based vide oand audio. QTVconsists of Apple'sQuickTime 4.0player and open-source QuickTimeStreaming Serversoftware, t heApple/AkamaiTechnolog iesstreamed contentdelivery service, andcontent from leadingprovide rs.

QTV is free to viewers(except, presumably, for the cost of watchingthe commercials). "Intercasters" on the QTVnetwork include ABC News, Disney, ESPN,The Knitting Factory, RollingStone.corn,VH1 and Virgin Radio. They join BBCWORLD, Bloomberg, FOX News Online,FOX Sports Online, HBO, NPR, WGBHBoston and The Weather Channel-organi-zations that have already been providingQuickTime content.

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d eveloper Waves I nMotion, which had a fewFileMaker plug-ins toshow off. Its newestproduct, oAzium ccAuthorize, is a simpleFileMaker Pro plug-inthat does credit cardauthorization andconnects directly tothe Internet using40-bit RSA dataencryption. Fornow, it is avail-able only for theU.S., but WavesIn Motion says itwill w ork inCanada soon.

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The other is an exommerce solutioncalled Ch-Ching. Its developer, Imacination,has taken a unique approach by building theentire structure in one FileMaker database.This keeps the costs of Web hosting aFileMaker solution down. It also gives thestore owners a database to work with ontheir own machine. Many e-commerce solu-tions require store builders to do data inputthrough their Web browser, one item at atime. If you have more than a few items inyour product catalogue, it gets very tedious,Ch-Ching gives you a FileMaker database todownload and lets you import batches ofproduct information from spreadsheets, textfiles or other FileMaker databases. It sells forabout US$500.

Mac speech options multiplySpeech recognition was a hot topic atMacworld Expo. The Mac was one of thefirst personal computers with d iscretespeech-recognition technologies, whichwere provided by Apple itself. However, acombination of underpowered computers,expensive RAM and the fact that you hadto write AppleScripts to get the computerto do anything meant many users turnedthe speech software off. The product lan-guished and Mac users have since lookedlongingly at the boom in continuouss peech-recognition products i n th eWindows world.

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FlleMaker activityI was fairly busy at the show, doing dual dutyfor my new company, HomeBase Interne, inthe FileMaker booth, so I didn't get to seeeverything I had hoped. FileMaker offered usa good deal to be in its booth and talk aboutour FileMaker Web hosting services. Afterabout an hour, however, I realized why wewere given such a good price — we weredoing a fair bit of tech support for FileMaker.We soon learned to qualify our customersand send them on to the appropriate station

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USS everywhereApple was one of the first computer manu-facturers to embrace USB technology withthe launch of the iMac a year ago.

It was a risky move at the time becausethere were so few USB products shipping. Inhis Macworld 99 keynote address, Jobs saidthere are now about 150 USB devices for theMac alone, with another 100 or so on theway in the next few months.

Jobs also touted NEC's petiScan, aportable scanner about the size of a hard-cover book. The little scanner is just bigenough to scan a large photo and drawspower from the USB connection. It can beflipped over and used to scan pages in booksor magazines. Seen in the booth, this pre-view product obviously lacked polish andapparently crashed when Jobs brought a TVcrew by to look at it.

I also saw dirt cheap USB PCI boards thatusers of older Macs could install to add USBcapabilities to their machines. Discounterson the show floor were selling them for aslow as US$29, MacAlly and Keyspan bothoffer similar products.

FireWire everywhereNot to be outdone by USB, lots of FireNire(IEEE-1394) options were being shown.Most popular where colorful FireWirehard dr ives (VST Technologies andMacTell) and compact digital video cam-eras. (Canon). For owners of older PCIMacs, Orange Micro was o f fering aHotLink PCI FireNire card for US$149.The company also had -a PC Card versionfor about US$250.

Slpeclal Word for IINac, iBookMicrosoft had a huge booth and was flog-ging its current Mac software lineup ofOffice and Internet Explorer. It gave a nod tothe increasing consumer market for Macs byreleasing a standalone version of Wordcalled Word 98 Special Edition for iMac andiBook. It comes with clip art, greeting cardtemplates, Internet Explorer and OutlookExpress for US$99.

Casady 8 Greene vpgradesspell checker, MPB encoderCasady Sr Greene announced a new versionof its writing tool Spell Catcher, The newestiteration, Spell Catcher 8, support eight lan-guages including American English, BritishEnglish, French, French Canadian, German,Swiss German, Italian and Spanish. It alsoadds HTML and computer dictionaries. Ishelled out for a new copy. I had used it inthe past, when it was still called Thunder (byCanadian developer Evan Gross, whom Imet in the booth) but it stopped working atsome point when Apple did a systemupgrade.

I also bought a companion productcalled Grammarian that promises naturallanguage grammar checking. Although myemail application has a spell checker, there issomething to be said for having one prod-uct, like Spell Catcher, that checks spellingand grammar in all of your applications.

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NT or Netware?This product is in direct competition withNetware 4.2 for Small Business. The twosuites have similar functionality but quitea different feel. If you have a backgroundin NetWare or Windows NT Server, youwill probably prefer to stay in the samefamily.

NetWare has an advantage in that ithas lower hardware requirements andNDS, an a d vance d i rectory s ervice.However, the huge number of third-partyproducts that run on NT Server (comparedto a much smaller number for NetWare) isa major advantage for BackOffice 4.5 forSmall Business. Add to this Microsoft's bet-ter installation routines and documenta-tion, and you have an interesting decision.The market certainly seems to have a clearpreference for the Microsoft entry.

Novell's n ext-generation p r oduct,based on NetWare 5 and called NovellSmall Office Suite 5, is due before the endof the summer. BackOffice 5.0 for SmallBusiness won't be out until sometime nextyear, several months after the release ofWindows 2000.

BackOffice 4.5 for Small Business costsabout $2,000 for five users. For prices onadditional users and various upgrade sce-narios, talk t o a r e seller, or consultMicrosoft's Web site. Researching thesedetails can be harder and more confusingthan installing and administering the suiteitself. 0

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The case for vldeoconferencgngContinued from page 94download speeds. Eicon is planning torelease a DSL PCI card in anticipation ofhuge growth in the market (of course, thecable companies are pushing cable modemsas their answer to high-speed Net access).

What does all this have to do with busi-ness and videoconferencing? Well, if DSLgets big, it is likely that synchronous DSLwill begin to enter the business world andcompete with ISDN, which many peoplebelieve is overpriced, This would also givehardware and software makers the size ofmarket they need to move prices downand bring more attention to new innova-tions in this area. All this could spell amuch lower entry level for business video-conferencing.

As it is today, prices are neither whatthey were last year nor a comfortable fit formost businesses. Stein however, is upbeat,and ready to sell the technology to us: "Nomore lip sync problems and jerky videoframe rates. Real-time videoconferencing ishere today starting as low as $1,200 for desk-top systems providing up to 30 frames persecond video." 0Cs erst lahsr Iree

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The company was also promoting anMP3 encoder called SoundJam MP, though Ididn't get a chance to look at it closely.

Corel mixes messagesCorel Corp. delivered mixed messages to theMacintosh community at Macworld Expo. Itseemed to be renewing its commitment tothe Mac with three new products: Corel PrintOffice 2000 for Macintosh, Corel Print House2000 for Macintosh and Carel Custom Photofor the Macintosh.

However, it has dropped WordPerfet forthe Mac. The fate of this slow seller has beenup in the air for a while. Although userscomplain vodferously about what a pigMicrosoft Word is even on the fastest Macs,they seem reluctant to use a non-Word wordprocessor like WordPerfect. The companystated that "aging source code and increasingdifferences in functionality between theMacintosh and Windows versions ofWordPerfect have made it no longer feasiblefor Corel to enhance or build on theWordPerfect 3.5 Macintosh code base."

In an effort to appease users, Corel isoffering a free download of the WordPerfectEnhancement Pack.

Quicken 2000 for MacIntoshIntuit Inc. was in a stnaH booth talking aboutQuicken Deluxe 2000 for Madntosh, whichadds new tools and integration withQuicken.corn to help users make betterSnandal decisions. Canadian Mac users canflnagy look forward to parity with Windowsusers and the ability to update their Quickenflies directly from their banking Web sites.Quicken 2000 can now track stocks on theTSE and access five-year charts on stockprices. It's expected to ship this fall.

E-lsostege for IMacAnother product Canadian Mac users canonly drool over is Neopost's U.S, e-postagesystem for smaH businesses. The companyunveiled a Macxompatible version of SimplyPostage in iMac-like colors. The systemindudes a smaH metered postage dispenserand a scale for weighing envelopes and smaHpackages. It calculates and dispenses thepostage based on weight and class of deHvery.The dispenser is connected to a USB patt toprint postage on U.S. Postal Service-approvedlabels. The software induded gives users 24-hour access to the company's Postage-On~Isystem, from which they can download andstore up to $500 worth of postage. Neopostclaims a Canadian version is in the works.

Tehtronlx unveils @baser &40 CPTaldng its cue from the iMac, Tektronix had abooth full of Phaser 840 GP Designer Editionprinters sporting iMac colors. The newUS$4,000 networkable color printers are basedon solid ink technology and offer speedy colorprinting at affordable per page rates.

Tenon debuts SSL Apache for OS XLong-time Unlxen-a-Mac vendor TenonIntersystems showed its newest offering,iTools 5.0, which it claims offers the latestversion of Apache (though Apple also claimsto have now updated its as well), and adds aWeb interface to reduce configuration, aswell as SSL security. iTools is designed to

overlay Apple's bundled Apache. The SSLinduded with iTools is 3.0, which supportsmultiple secure virtual hosts and certificatesfrom authorized CAs. Other features includecaching and advanced proxy services thataugment the built-in Apache proxy services,a Sherlock-savvy high-performance searchengine, and support for WebObfects.

Touch screens for 1MacI' ve always thought iMacs would be ideal forstandalone kiosks. They' re eye<atching,inexpensive and fast. Apparently, othersthought so as well, as there were two vendorsof iMacs with touch screens at the expo. Theone touch-screen-enabled model I saw wasfrom Elo TouchSystems. I haven't tried anyWindows touchsaeens recently„but olderunits always seemed a little too slow, and Iwould often walk away without exploringthe information they contained.

The demo in the Elo booth, however, hasme convinced that computers are now fastenough to keep most of my attention-span-challenged generation happy. In the demo Isaw, images popped on saeen in miHisec-onds and videos played instantly. I can't waitfor the Web to be like this. I believe the pric-ing for this re6tted iMac with a built-intouchscreen was about US$1,800.

Totally Hils demos LlveStage FeeRandy McCagum, one of the guys fromVancouver who built MotionWorks, wasdemonstrating the efforts of his new compa-ny, TotaHy Hip Software, at Macworld.

TotaHy Hip was also offering a peek at itsupcoming LiveStage Professional 2.0QulckTnne Authoring Envhonment. The Ptoversion is the succmor to Totally Hip's award-winning LiveStage 1.0 Standard Edition toolfor aeating and delivering interactive wiredsprite content. LiveStage Pro will offer manyfeatures found in Maaomedia Hash. The ini-tial release of LiveStage Pto was aimed at hardcore coders who wanted to harness the powerof QuickTime. The second version has a sub-stantiaHy refined interface, whilemaintainingmuch of the power of the company's QSctiptlanguage. It will let users apply interactivespedal effects to aH the media types support-ed by QuickTime, in addition to theenhanced wired sprite capability.

It will also allow users to importMacmmedia Hash IHes into a project andenhance their functionality with QSaiptswithin a QuickTime movie. This aHowsdevelopers to utilize existing Hash contentand create vector-based content in Flash forinclusion with other media types for play-back via QuickTlme movies with the indus-try standard QuickTime plug-in player.

eFox.corn to Launch Mac MicrovlewerMac users can now join eFax.corn's 900,000.plus user base and get access to fax-to-emailservices. The company was demo-ing its neweFax Mac Microviewer, which allows users toreceive faxes via emaiL 0

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t seems the iMac is going to be one ofthose designs that wil l eventually bethought of as typically '90s. Its look has

already spread beyond the original iMac, andhas influenced the look of such things as thenew Palm handheld computers, a new seriesof printers from Epson, and now The iMacBook. But despite this book's resemblance toApple's popular personal computer, it wouldbe more appropriate to call it The InternetBook. What would otherwise be a good all-round book for an owner of a new iMac iswatered down by too much informationabout the Internet that can easily be foundin a number of other books.

While all of the information about howto get onto the Net is good (and the onlineMac resources listed are great), there arecountless books that cover this. I suspectmost iMac users would better appreciatebeing walked through many of the iMac's

simple but powerful apps, and the inclusionof more technical information to help themwith troubleshooting.

In short, I suspect many will find thisbook disappointing once they' ve masteredthe basics of surfing the Web. It does not

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Both authors have extensive experiencein the world of creating effective Web sites.Patrick J. Lynch is the design director for theCentre for Advanced Instructional Media atthe Yale University School of Medidne, andSarah Horton is a multimedia applicationsspecialist in curricular computing atDartmouth College, the "most wired campusin the U.S." In fact, this book actually beganlife as a Web site, which can still be seen at:http: //info.med.yale.edu/calm/manual. The book isessentially a translation of that site's contentinto book form. It's a good translation, with

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The only real downside of thebook is that, like a textbook, it israther dry — it will teach you a lotabout how to create a good-look-i ng site, but i t i sn't exactl a n

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Books like this show that theWeb is fast maturing as a communi-cations medium,.with its own rulesfor presenting information to anaudience. If you are looking for agood, concise guide to Web designprinciples, this is it. Since the bookis translated from an existing Website, check it online to see if it issuitable before buying. 0

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S. The Dot Eaters • This site is dedicat-ed to examining the 40-year history ofvideo games. Bet you didn't know thefirst acknowledged video game was

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7. The Arcade Art Museum • Oftenone of the things that attracts people toa game is the cabinet it's in — the funki-er the better. The Arcade Art Museumserves two purposes: as a nostalgic tripdown arcade lane for those who want tolook at their favorite machines again,and as a source for overlays for gameemulators to make game play asauthentic as possible.hitp://arcadeart.emuuniim.corn

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your word processor offers for trackingchanges and group editing documents,

This month we look at the toolsavailable in Word 97 (and the new ver-sion in Office 2000) for trackingchanges to your work and incorporat-ing them into your final document,These tools are guaranteed to makeeven the simplest editing job easier.

Oops! I made a mistakeI'd like a dollar for every time I' ve want-.ed to — but couldn't — undo changes Imade to a document only days or evenhours earlier. Unfortunately, the Undofeature in Word doesn't work afteryou' ve saved and reopened a file.

If you' re more careful than me, youmay have saved previous versions ofyour document in separate files usingFile, Save As and giving each "version"a different name, But did you knowWord offers a simpler way to save andmanage different versions of a docu-ment and that it does it all in one file?

To save different versions of a Worddocument select File, Versions andselect Save Now. You' ll be prompted toenter a comment about the versionyou' re saving (so you can annotate itwith some explanatory text) and selectOK. Now you have a saved version ofyour document as it looks at thatmoment. If you then make changes tothe document and save it again usingFile, Versions, Save Now, you' ll save asecond copy — this time incorporatingthe additional changes you' ve made

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tf you' ve been following the job mar-ket, you probably know there is ahigh demand for skilled knowledge

workers — along with a correspondingshortage of candidates. The demandextends to all industries, not just theinformation technology (IT) sector.Most businesses, from multi-nation-al corpo'rations to small cottage busi-nesses, now rely on computer tech-nology.

According to the InternationalData Corporation's (IDC) 1998 study,Tile Evolution of Hunran CQpftal, 69 per-cent of the companies surveyed said theywould be hiring IT professionals in the next12 months. Even many of the 31 percentremaining said they would require the contractedservices of Web development companies and IT consul-

So, market demand is clear enough. What is not so clear is how tobecome qualified to enter that market, and once there, how to stayon top.

What employers «rantBeing quallfied" for the IT industry used to mean having technicalabiBty alone. There was little or no requirement to know business ororganizational processes or to develop new skills outside of thedemands of the job. Not so any more.

Today's employers are looking for business-oriented individualswith an extensive, up-tubate technological skillset and the ability to

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the experience gap. Job postings commonly ask for "'mini-mum five years experience," intimidating newly graduated students.But bear in mind this requirement often refiects an employer's needfor assurance that the candidate can work in the fast-paced IT envi-ronment. They want employees who can adapt to change in additionto having the relevant technical experience.

There are ways, however, to bridge the experience gap. Manymentors encourage new IT workers to gain experience on their ownif they can't get it in the workplace right away. Managing friends' (oryour own) Web sites, exploring the Internet or acting as a "freelance"help desk support person for charitable organizations will all helpyou present an alternative to specific experience.

continually upgrade those skills, The IT indus-try and the technologies supporting it

change so rapidly that a person's capacityto leam and develop new skills is asimportant as the technologicai skillsthey bring to a company.

More and more workplaces areencouraging people to "self-manage"their careers. This means researchingmarket trends and staying one stepahead of the technology. If you waituntil something is established anddusty before learningit, it inay be too

late because something better will haveemerged or else there will be a plethora

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ast month we had our "get-ting-acquainted with Linux"session. This month the tire

nears the pavement as we preparea pre-installation checklist. (Note:our example distribution is the

$1.99 Cheapbytes edition of Red Hat 6.0, which you canget from hlip Jhiww.chaapbytes.corn.)

Let's get started with a philosophical warmup exercise.Take a deep breath and think about your approach tolearning Linux. If I were to offer a single bit of advice, itwould be this: go slow. Don't try to leap to Linux literacy.Take your tiine, be patient, be curious yet cautious, and

keep notes in a spiral-bound notebook you store besideyour computer, There's a lot to leam. Keeping notes willhelp you remember things and track your progress.

Also, be prepared to invest time in serious reading ofboth print and online material. Linux comes with a largecargo of documentation and the Internet provides evenmore There are many well-written books on Linux andUnix and you should start building a reference library. Abook I recommend to go along with this series is Que'sUsing Iinux, Special Edition (5BN. 0-7897-17464, $57.95).Along the way, I' ll suggest a few titles.

Look upon your Linux adventure as a long-term (even

Linux for Newbies Part 2 a Bfetime) technical seminar with tons of detailed, butinteresting, materiaL If you proceed one step at a time, youwon't be overwhelmed. In the process you' ll leam a greatdeal about computing in general. Linux doesn't "dumbyou down" the way some well-known popular operatingsystems do.

Cempatablllty checkSuffidently warmed up? Let's get started. The most impor-tant thing to do right now is take a complete hardwareinventory of your target FC. You need to know exactlywhat pieces of hardware you' ve got and what their settings

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You can also strip aB of thehighlighting or just remove por-tions of it by selecting the docu-ment (ControI + A) or just thepart you want to change, thenselecting the drop-down menubeside the HigMight button andselecting None.

You can temporarily hidehighlighting on both the screenversion of your document and ona printed copy if you select Tools,Options and select the View tab.Deselect the Highlight check boxand select OK. The highlightingwill stiB be there but not visible.Reverse the process and select theHighlight checkbox when youwant to view the highlightingagaul.

press ESC to turn it off.

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How to Sndthe technoiogicai training you needTraining comes in a wide variety of forms. Itranges from individual courses in businessapplications and specific languages to fulldiplomas or degrees in computer science.Often the most efficient and fastest way togain marketable skills is to earn a diploma. A

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will ensure your success.On the networking side, a core founda-

tion knowledge of LAN (local area networks),WAN (wide area networks), Windows NT,UNIX and TCP/IP (transmission control pro-tocol/Internet protocol) is essential. Linux isgrowing rapidly, and network-monitoringproducts such as HP OpenView, Cisco Worksand Vital Signs are increasingly in demand.

On the programming side, COBOL is stillan essential skill for working with older lega-cy systems, although with the completion ofYear 2000 (Y2K) projects it will be in demandless. Object oriented programming (OOP)with Java and C++ is becoming essential.Programmers should also know Visual Basicsince it is one of the most widely useddient/server software development tools.

There are several key specialized areaswhere technology workers are in particulardemand.

The Internet: The Internet is a key areafor job growth and development. Everyone isgetting online, and an enormous range ofjobs is being created to help manage busi-nesses' online presence. Both networkingand programming skills are required: pro-gramming to build and maintain the Website and networking to administer it. TheInternet languages most in demand are Java,HTML, C, C++, Visual Basic, Oracle PL/SQL,Perl, and recently XML (extensible markuplanguage).

Because of the visual nature of the Web,many people also gain proficiency in graph-ics applications so they can design Web sitesfrom the creative end as well. Popular prod-ucts are Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Shockwave,Quark XPress, CGI, ASP and PageMaker.

E-commerce: Internet-related e-com-merce is a rapidly growing field that has greatjob potentiaL A combination of Internetsecurity, transaction processing, data ware-housing, and Web design skills is the hesttool kit you can develop. Internet security isthe most important area and the one thatbusinesses are most concerned about.

Database management: Database man-agement is another field where workers areneeded by companies to implement andmanage their mission critical systems. Oracleand Microsoft SQL Server are leaders in thisarea, and should be included in your skillsetto progress in this field.

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Similarly, a recent survey completed byone of our d ivisions, The Institute forComputer Studies, revealed that employerssee soft skills as an essential requirementand an area where many candidates aredeficient. They also cited team-building,managing external partners, interpersonalskills and project management as highly

Project management has in fact grownso much in demand that the industry hasrecognized the need to formulate a system-atic method of organizing progress. TheProject Management Institute has createdT he Project Management Body o fKnowledge (PMBoK) Cert ification.Knowledge in this field will greatly enhanceyour marketability.

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What changes have been madel'When you' re editing someone else's docu-ment, it's handy to be able to make thechanges visible so the other person can seewhat you' ve done. Word has tools to helpyou do this. They are particularly valuablebecause the changes you make are markedup in the document and saved with it. Thisallows each change to be accepted or reject-ed individually, or all changes to be acceptedor rejected at one time, during final editing.

When you think about it, most changesto a document can be thought of in terms ofadding or deleting text — and this is exactlyhow Word's change tracking function works.It marks any text you add by coloring andunderlining it and it marks text you delete bydisplaying it in color and using a strikeoutfont (text with a horizontal line through it).

To set Word to track changes to your doc-ument, select Tools, Track Changes,Highlight Changes, select the Track ChangesWhile Editing checkbox and click OK. Afterdoing this, every change you make to thedocument will be marked as you make it — itwill be colored and either underlined ormarked with a strikeout font. If you' re work-ing with other people on a document andthey have this option turned on, you' ll findeach person's changes are marked using a dif-ferent color.

If you find it difficult to work with thechanges displayed on the screen you can setWord so it tracks the changes invisibly — youwon't see them on the screen but you canview them when you want to. To do thisselect Tools, Track Changes, HighlightChanges, deselect the Highlight Changes OnScreen checkbox and click OK. To view thechanges at a later date simply reverse thisprocess.

Incorporating changesOnce changes have been made to your docu-ment you' ll probably want to revise themand make some decisions about incorporat-ing them into the document. In some casesyou' ll want to accept all the changes and insome cases you may want to reject them all-however most times you' ll want to acceptsome and reject others.

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To accept all the changes (delete all delet-ed text and insert all inserted text) selectTools, Track Changes, Accept or RejectChanges and select Accept All, answer Yeswhen you' re asked "Do you want to acceptall remaining changes without reviewingthem?" and select Close. Your document willbe instantly updated with the changes per-manently included and th e m arkings

To reject all the changes (reinstate all

deleted-text and remove all inserted text)select Tools, Track Changes, Accept or RejectChanges and select Reject All, answer Yeswhen you' re asked "Do you want to reject allremaining changes without r eviewingthem?" and select Close. Your document willbe returned to its original state.

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you have done — accounting, hospitality, cus-tomer service — everything. You have developedall kinds of skills that will help you in the newIT workplace, which increasingly encompassesa wide variety of people and knowledge. 0

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in a spoken language. Sure you can lookwords up in a dictionary, but things go a lotfaster if you know a core vocabulary by heart.It used to be one could commit the whole ofa language like C or FORTRAN and all thehAPIs to memory, but with Visual Basic's(VB's) large syntax and huge API — whichnow includes more of the native WindowsSDK — it has become a superhuman task.

So here are four essential parts of the VBsyntax that you should know and under-stand very well:1. All of the variable types (integer, string,

etc.) and when to use them.2. The naming and scope conventions for

3. All of the commands in Visual Basic'ssyntax that control flow of operations(for, if/then, etc.).

4. How parameters are passed and treatedwhen used in subroutines.

This tutorial will touch on some of thesecritical elements of VB syntax with a TimerVB program.

Visual Basic variablesAll programs manipulate values contained invariables. Variables are stored temporarily in

memory and/or permanently on hard disk.For storage efficiency and runtime speed, dif-ferent types of variables can be used in a VBprogram. There are 12 different variabletypes that can be grouped into two majorcategories: numeric and other spedal types.

In addition, by using the Type statementyou can create your own variable type (andwill do so in later tutorials on databaseaccess). But here are all the VB variable typesdefined using VB syntax. (Remember, a com-ment in VB is any line beginning with anapostrophe, or all the text after an apostro-phe. In the following descriptlons, we' veused this convention to mark the explanata.ry notes for each type, as a bit of recognitionpractice for you.)

Numeric typesDim cByte as Byle Dedares "cByte" as onebyte numeric value ranging from zero to 255.Used in bit/byte manipulations.Dim lp as Integer Dedares "Ip" as a numericvariable of two bytes whose values can rangebetween -32768 to 32767. Use Integers forloop variables, counters and small tableindexes.Dim Lvsl as Long Dedares "Lval" as a wholenumber of four bytes with a range between-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. Use Longsfor indexes into large tables, file I/O, andother VB counters.Dim Bucks as Currency Dedares "Bucks" asa numeric variable of 10 bytes with high cal-

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culation accuracy which ranges from-922,337,203,685,477.5808 to922,337,203,685,477.5807. Use this datatype for calculations involving money andfixed dedmal point accuracy. Currency cal-culations are about as fast as Longs.Dim dontijse as Single Dedares "dontUse"as a single predslon floating point variable.Use Double rather than Single except wheredemanded by VB/Wmdows API. Double ismore accurate and even runs about 10 to 20percent faster than Single.Dim Realone as Double Dedares "Realone"as a double predsion floating point variableof eight bytes that can range from

4.94065645841247E-324 for negative val-ues, and 4 . 94065645841247E-324 to1.79769313486232E30& for positive values.Use when a numeric value can have severaldedmal places or range to extreme sizes.

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In a sampling of 10 of my own plus adozen other Visual Basic programs the threemost frequently used variable types were byfar Integer, String, and Double. So it will paydividends to get to know by heart the variousconversion routines and functions assodatedwith these variable types. Fonnsto, Mldo,lesbo, Ucsse(), and Yalueo are five of about25 to 30 functions you will constantly use.

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You need a minimum of a 386 processorand 8 MB of RAM for console-basedLinux and 32 MB or more RAM for adecent graphical user interface-based(GUI-based) Linux (though you can getby with 16 MB). In addition to Intel,Linux supports most IntelxompatibleCyrfx and AMD chipsets.What type and size is your hard disk(IDE, SCSI)? How much space can youafford to devote to Linux?What kind of CD-ROM drive do you have(IDK, KSI or an older type)? If older,what brand and model?What type and brand of mouse do youhave (PS/2, serial, bus-mouse)? Howmany buttons does it have?What brand of video card do you have?How much video memory is on it?What hnd of keyboard do you use?Standard 101 or something else?What hnd of monitor do you have?interlaced, nonmterlaced? Do you knowits vertical and horizontal resolutioncapabilities? (You did keep the manualfor your monitor didn't you:-)?)Do you have a modem? If so, what kind?(Winmodems do not work with Linux. Ifyou have one of these you' ll need toreplace it with a real modem).Will your Linux box be Inert of a localarea network (LAN)? If so, what brandand model of network card do you have?What will be your hostname, domain

- name, IP address, netmask, default gate-way, and nameservers?Do you have a SCSI adapter? If so, whatbrand and model? You often need toknow its le and memory addresses.What is the brand name and model ofyour sound card?What bend and model is your printer?

If you' re currently running Windows 95or 98, you can get quite a bit of this infor-mation by going to the Control Panel, andopening System, then Devices.

Got all that written down? Great. Now goto the Web site of your Linux distribution (ifRed Hat 6.0, go to htlp J/Www.redhatcom), findthe hardware compatibility list, and see ifyou have compatible hardware. Linux can beused on a wide range of PC hardware, but it' snot yet as comprehensive as Windows, somake sure you don't try to install usingunsupported components.

Peelsarlng yosN hard delveNext, decide where Linux is going to beinstalled on your system. You need 400 toS00 MB for a basic workstation with GUI andlanguage development modules, less if youonly want a bare-bones system. If you canspare 1 GB or more, you can install more pro-grams and try out the hot new GUIs: KDEand GNOME. If you plan to install Linuxalonlpide your existing Windows or OS/2setup, you' ll need to handle it in one of threeways:• Destructive partitioning: Often the eas-

iest thing to do is simply wipe your harddisk completely and rebuild it fromscratch, partitioning it the way you like.Of course you will back up all yourimportant files first, right? Doing it thisway has the side benefit of making yourWindows setup run faster (Windows per-formance deteriorates over time-a rein-

stallation does wonders). If you have a 4GB hard disk, for instance, you mightwant to give 2 GB to Windows and 2 GBto Linux, or 3 GB and 1 GB — you decide.Always install Windows first, then Linux,if you have a choice. Use the DOS FDISKprogram to create the DOS/Windows par-tition (we' ll use Linux FDISK to create theLinux partitions). If you plan to installLinux alongside Windows NT or OS/2, goto htlpj/www.linux-howto.corn and read upon special procedures.

• NonAestrucbve partitioning: This is abit trickier, but it can be done. The sce-nario is that you' ve got plenty of freehard disk space, but Windows owns all ofit and you want to repartition your harddisk without destroying your existingWindows setup. To do this you first needto pack Windows into a smaller partition.Either go out and purchase a copy ofPartition Magic, or use the "poor man"sPartition Magic that comes with everyLinux distro. It's called HPS, and can befound in the DOSUTILS directory of yourLinux CD-ROM. HPS has a good trackrecord for reliability but read the docu-mentation very carefully before attempt-ing to use it. Whether you use PartitionMagic or HPS, but sure to back up allyour critical files fiat.

• Add an additional hard disk: Hard dri-ves have become so inexpensive thatadding a second is a very feasible option.For $200or less, you can add a 3 GB drivejust for Linux while leaving yourWindows drive untouched.

Ceeatlng hsatallatlon flolslrlesIf your PC can boot from a CD-ROM, youshould be able to insert the Linux disc, resetyour PC, and follow the prompts.Otherwise, you' ll need to hoot from a Linuxfloppy diskette, then connect to the CD-ROM player. All "official' Linux box setscome with a boot diskette or two. If youhave the Cheapbytes version of Red HatLinux, you' ll need to do the following tocreate your own;• While in Windows, insert the Linux CD-

ROM, go to the DOSUTILS directory andcopy the file RAWRITK.EXK to a tempo-rary directory on your Windows harddisk. Then go to the directory calledIMAGES and copy BOOT.IMG to thesame Windows directory.From the DOS prompt, format a fresh1.44 MB floppy (FORMAT A:), go to thedirectory where you stored the files, andtype RAWRfIK Give BOOT.IMG as thename of the file to write, and A: as thedestination. When this finishes, you"llhave a Linux boot floppy.

The procedure for creating boot floppies fordistros other than Red Hat is nearly identicalexcept for the names of the boot images. Justgo to the DOSUIS and IMAGES directoriesand read the README files for full instructions.

Plannlrsg yorrr fllesystemWe' re almost n.'ady to do our first install, butthere's still one more bit of planning to do,You should dedde ahead of time how you"llset up the Linux file systems.

At minimum, you need two file systems:a swap file system (for virtual memory) anda root file system, designated as "/" in Linux.In the eady days of Linux, the rule of thumbwas that a swap partition should be twice the

amount of physical RAM. Hence if you had16 MB RAM, you'd create a 32 MB swap par-tition, This is still a useful ratio for systemswith small amounts of memory. For modemsystems with large amounts of RAM (64 MBor more), you will rarely need a swap parti-tion greater than 127 MB.

The Linux (Unix) file system is quite dif-ferent from anything in the DOS/Windowsworld. It's a single hierarchical file systemthat starts at root "/" and different parts ofthe tree can be located on separate partitionsand even separate disks.

For simplicity, we' ll only use swap androot partitions for our sample installation. Asyour knowledge of Linux grows, you canexplore more sophisficated ways to set upyour Linux partitions. 0

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When Word compares a document ittakes two copies of the same document andcompares them, marking insertions and dele-tions as if they had been tracked at the timethey were made, To compare two versions ofa document, open the document that has thechanges in it (the most recent version) andthen select Tools, Track Changes, CompareDocuments, locate the original unaltered fileand select Open.

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SusnmaryIn this tutorial we have reviewed all the VBvariable types, learned some highly usefulVB functions and tried some of the tricks ina useful VB program for timing. In fact,when an operation seems to be taking toomuch time, use the Tuner program to tryvariations on the calcu)atlons to speedthings up,

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had finally appointed someone toreplace former chief execufive offi-cer Eckhard Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer hadbeen summarily dismissed from hisjob of running Compaq severalmonths ago.

Compaq is one of the mosthighly respected brand names inthe PC industry, and in the lastthree years has gone upscale, aim-ing to beat IBM as the world leaderin the enterprise computing mar-ket. Yet a chronic brain drain ofmany Compaq senior executivessince 1996 seems to show thatthere have been problems withCompaq's internal leadership dur-ing that same period.

As tales of Compaq's executivesuite woes spread through theindustry, it seeined that instead ofbeing united and focused on avision ef the future, Compaq'smanagement had become distract-ed by internal divisions and con-flict. The history ofcomputer com-panies who failed to keep their"eyes on the prize" is a long andsad one. It can only be hoped thatthe recent housecleaning atCompaq stopped the rot before itbecame serious.

The wheel of fortuneThe coinputer industry is perhapsthe wildest economic roller coasterin history, with enormous winnerslike Microsoft and monstrouslosers like Commodore, Borlandand ASK, The Internet mania thathas gripped the stock market since1998 has made the roller coasterride even wilder. Startup compa-nies like Amazon.corn, and hitproducts like 3Com's PalmPilot, orthe now-hot DSI. and cablemodem high-speed internet ser-vices seem to spring instantly outof nowhere.

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Yahoo! and eBay, often with littleor no profitability, and as oftenwith only modest current incomes,are dechred to be worth hundredsof millions or even billions of dol-lars on t h e s t ock m arket.Compared to the pace of the rest ofthe global economy, the leadingedge of computing runs on"Internet thne," a hyper~cceierat-ed pace that seems to exist outsidethe time~ con t inuum of therest of reality'.

Ce blI er Io homeIn this modem gold rush, wealthis generated by ideas — and opti-mism. These ideas sometimes takephysical form as new hardwaregadgets, like the Apple iMac.Increasingly in the Internet Age,however, disproportionate value isgiven to the intangible, in theform of new software code, new e-conunerce solutions, and newmodels of marketing, finandng,buying and selling.

Wealth in this bubble economyis often a matter of entirelyvaporous faith, created by the mar-ket's confidence and belief in howvaluable today's bright soundingidea will be in the future, UnlessThe Market believes that you arethe Next Big Thing, you might aswell go home. When the confi-dence disappears, so can the com-p arly.

Prem rays to riches...to rags'PIt's a very old cliche of the technol-ogy industry that a couple of guysin a garage — like Apple's Steve Jobsand Steve Wozniak in the 1970s-can go from nothing to world lead-ers. Over time, Apple has alsoshowed how a company can blun-der its way from penniless startup,to market leader, to market loser,and then, amazingly, back toleader.

Success for Apple comes whenit decides to make products thatpeople actually want, at competi-tive prices. In the late 1990s ver-sion of the game, the pendulumhas speeded up. Now you can winbig or lose big almost instantly.

The culture of hypergrowthpermits disasters that occur as sud-denly and unexpectedly as succem

es. Yahool barely skirted such a dis-aster with a self-made implosion inJune, when for no discernable rea-son, it announced that Yahoolowned the content of Web sites ithosted.'11ie resulting firestorm ofprotest from Web site owners andthe enormous blast of bad publici-ty forced a fast descent from thismoronic decision. However, thequestion remained: What on Earthwere they thinking?

Let's yet stuplsh When snaeatpeople do dumb thlnlsTo put it simply, when the peoplewho run rapidly growing technolo-gy enterprises are confronted withdazzling success, they tend tobecome dazzled themselves. Theybelieve they truly are the newMasters o f the Uni verse.Confronted with enormous wealthand power, they get stupid. Theyretreat inside a "reality distortionbubble," forgetting about their cus-tomers, potential competitors, andinconvenient reality, and losingfocus on how they became success-ful in the first place,

Canada's Corel Corp. gambledon hypergrowth by b u y ingWordPerfect and by buying intoJava technology. It neglected tofocus on i t s c ore p roduct,CorelDraw, and woke up to findAdobe taking over the Windowsgraphic software market Corel hadoriginally owned.

The tet vvltlllnCompaq was started as a companythat aimed to beat IBM at the gameof making "IBM~mpatibie" PCs.Compaq's founders analyzed BigBlue's PC business, and saw thatIBM was not focused on the PC,regarding it as a sideline to i tsmainframe computer cash cow.

Compaq dedded to try harder thanIBM, and make PCs that were"more IBM'mpatible thanIBMs,' and better quality andcheaper to boot.

From this simple concept, theyachieved great success. Under theleadership o f fo u nder RodCanion, the company soared outof IBM<lone terdtory to become abona fide brand name, and thestandard setter for the PC indus-try.

However, the computing indus-try changed at the end of the1980s, with ferocious price cuttingand short "thne-to-market" becom-ing the unbreakable laws of sur-vival in the PC jungle. Canionresisted the new reality. He pre-ferred the fantasy that the Compaqbrand name would allow him tocontinue to charge premiumprices.

To save t h e co mpany,Compaq's board of directors oustedCanion in 1991. His successor,Eckhard Pfeiffer, brilliantly led asuccessful reinvention of Compaqthrough the rest of the '90s.

When Pfeiffer directed the boldtakeovers of Tandem Computer in1997 and Digital i n 1 998, heappeared to be taking Compaq intosuccessful competition with IBMfor the enterprise cornpufing mar-ket. Compaq was on track tobecome the next leader of the com-puting industry. Then things start-ed to go wrong.

Compaq tried and failed to setup a hybrid of direct market salesand retail store-based sales, to corn-bat the direct sales competitionfrom Dell and Gateway. YetCompaq's policy had not been wellthought out. The company could-n't 6gure out how to avoid "chan-nel confiict" between trying to do

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When matters came to a headthis spring with the sudden ousterof Pfeiffer from Compaq in June, acan of woras was revealed, alleged-ly centered on Compaq's head ofhuman relafions, Hans Gutsch.Decision making at Compaq, it ischimed, had become concentratedin a small clique, with contribu-tions by other ex~t ives beingfrozen out. Unable to selfeorrect,Pfeiffer was removed.

The abfiity to recognize mis-takes, leam from them, andresume growing is key to technolo-gy companies' survival. There isoften a second chance, if it isseized quickly enough. Compaqstill has enormous strengths,induding talent, technology and~m e r loyalty. It still has a shotat rivaling IBM.

Plrhunas Jumping outef the tankPerhaps the most successful com-puter finn is Microsoft, and someclaim that it, too, is approaching atune of t roubles. Famous forattracting and gmoming brilliant,aggressive executives, Microsofthas started to see many of its ownMicrosoft Millionaires leave thecompany to start their own busi-

Even if Microsoft overcomes itstroubles with th e U .S. JusticeDepartment and the t h reat ofLinux„ it may f ind that the starplayers on its team have all "calledin rich," and left to help build com-pefing companies.

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Certificate ProgramsComputer Basics

Computer GraphicsData Communication .Industry Driven Specialty Programs

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Most of our certificates are available through night school and some can be completedwithin two years.

We offer certificates ranging from those for the first-time computer user through toadvanced specialty programs for experienced networking and programming professionals.Please see the appropriate section in this flyer that details all of our current certificates.Check the individual courses and prerequisites carefully to find a program that bestmeets your needs. You should contact Program Advising for more details andprogram approvals.

BCIT is here to help you gain confidence and build competence in technology. You mayapply to all of our programs at various times throughout the year. Courses can be as shortas one day. Many are 6 weeks and most are 12 weeks in length.. Some of our courses arealso offered on weekends. We even have course offerings downtown starting weekdays at 6AM, for early birds who like to get a head start on their day. New courses are launchedconstantly and existing courses are updated regularly to keep up with market trends inthe industry.

We also have industry driven special programs that run full time on weekdays from 8:30 to4:30 from six months to a year. For post- graduate students the Bachelor of Technology inComputer Systems degree is available. Please see the BTech section for complete details.

We hope that you find the information in this publication useful and we urge you to registerearly. Some of our courses are filling now. You may register in person at our Downtownand Burnaby locations, by phone, by fax or on-line, via the Internet. All of our coursesrequire that you have a minimum of BC High School English or its equivalent. Please readthe details i~ our policy information section regarding prerequisites, withdrawalsand refunds...8

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Generally, classes at oil sites run for three hours per night, one ortwo nights a week, Monday through Friday. Classes normallybegin:Bumaby:Downtown campus: 1 7;30Classes being held on Saturday or Sunday normally begin at09:00. Other times will be specifically shown in the course listing.

Computer Systems Technology, Part-time Studies stands behind itscourses. If you are not satisfied with any CST/PTS(COMP) coursesin this flyer, send us a letter within three months of coursecompletion (preferably on your company letterhead), and you canrepeat any or this entire course without charge.

Conditions:

1. You must have passed the original course with 60 per cent.

2. May be subject to course and seat availability.

3. Seminar courses are not included.

4. Course will be repeated on an 'Audit' basis only, the originalmark will not be altered.

1. Students on an approved Part-time program of studiesare expected to register and complete courses on acontinuous basis.

2, Where a student hos not completed a course from theirapproved program of study over a period of three consecutiveacademic terms, then that student will be considered to haveabandoned the program.

3. Throughout the duration of the program, a student is permitteda moximum of five academic terms where they are notrequired to register and complete o course from theirapproved program of study. Students who exceed the five-term maximum will be considered to have abandoned theprogram.

4. Students who have abandoned their approved program ofstudy and wish to be reinstated will be required to apply forprogram approval for a current Credential. BCIT cannotguarantee that courses taken prior tothis re-application will be credited towards thecurrent Credential.

COMP 0001 C omputing for the Timid (DE)COMP 1009 E xploring Windows (DE)

COMP 1402 P rogramming Concepts

Many individuals possess skills and knowledge, which oreequivalent to the requirements of various BCIT courses but whichare not presently recognized by a post-secondary educationalinstitution. Individuals who successfully demonstrate that theyhave this competence could be awarded appropriate academiccredit on the basis of an assessment of their learning. To leamwhether this service applies to you, the fee structure, or to applyfor assessment, contact the PIA Coordinator, by e-maileve rishi@bcit.bc.co.

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Because of rapidly changing technology, new courses maybecome available after the publication of this flyer. Call theComputer Systems Technology, Part-time Studies Information line(604) 451-6978 (24 hours a day) for the latest course additions.

If a class is full, you will not be able to register. You havetwo options:• Go to class and osk the instructor to accept you as an override.

Keep in mind that other students will do this as well. Be a fewminutes early, there is no waitlist or guarantee that you willbe accepted.

• Wait until next term

• 4 • Most courses will require texts or supplies that should be purchasedduring the first session of the course. Course fees do not normallyinclude texts or supplies. Errors and Omissions excepted.Students are responsible to have all required prerequisites.

Those without prerequisites or equivalent knowledge may beasked to withdraw.

The withdrawal dates are typically the business day prior to yoursecond class, for twelve-week courses. Please see our Web site forthe complete refund policy.

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The oampuier has made it possible to store, manipulate,retrieve and analyze vast quantities of data and information athigh speed, so it is widely used in data processing, businessachvities and as a management tool. hAainffame mmputers,minimmputers and personal computers are now commonlyused in the business world. It is the human c4ement thatdetermines the degree of success in any mmputer application.Because the career aims of individuals, will vary, the ComputerSystems Technology offers several Associate Certiricates, aCertilicate af Technology, and a Diplomo through Port-timeStudies. If help is required, contact a program advisor.Computer Systems Technology, Part-time Studies, offers computermurses in a variiety of areas from the very beginning level up to aBachelor of Technology.

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(approx. 2 years)• Complete Associate Certificate in Introductory Computer

Information Systems(approx. 2 years)• Certificate of Technology• Diploma

A program advisor must first approve each and every certificateprogram. After a satisfactory completion of each program and avalid program approval, a certificate will be issued.

Prerequisite ExemptionsIf you wish to apply for an exemption from a requiredprerequisite you must either:a) Submit sufficient documentation to the program advisor, at

least six weeks prior to registration. Documentation shouldinclude official transcripts and course outlines or a letter fromyour employer outlining present iob duties and functions, or

b) Contact the PLA advisor.

This program is designed for people working in or seekingemployment in the Information Systems industry. Holders of thiscertificate will qualify for work as Junior Programmers.The program consists of a minimum of 21 credits.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Basic Course Cluster or AssociateCertificate in Office Computer Skills or equivalent knowledge tothe first level of Microsoft Office product courses.

Mandatory Courses: Credits:COMP 1401 P rogramming Concepts/Methods 3COMP 1450 PASCAL Programming Language 3

Electives:COMP 1403COMP 1410

Inveshgates haw to turn on the mmputer, what is Windaws,word-procztssing, spreadsheeis 8 databases.

Office Efficiency and SkillsNon credit one-day intensive seminar training onlearning yourcomputer, Windows, Offfce and other applications such asMicrosoft Offfce (Word, Excel, Access, PbwerPbint).

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who wishes to acquire software-related skills in order to qualifyfor a promotion, or to upgrade skills in a current position. Theaim is to provide confidence and to transform a novice into acompetent user capable of using popular productivity tools in anoffice environment. Most courses are 6 weeks long.The curriculum may be modified in accordance with markettrends in industry.

Prerequisites: Language ProficiencyStudents are strongly recommended to have English reading,writing and speaking skills that are equivalent to grade 12 inBritish Columbia.

A Program Advisor must approve the courses chosen from the listof Electives, A minimum of 21 credits chosen from the Mandatoryand Elechves lists below must be completed successfully within afive-year period.

Mandatory courses:COMP 1007 understanding MS Windows 95COMP 1261 M S EXCEL Level 1COMP 1263 M S Project Level 1COMP 1266 M S Word Level 1COMP 1270 M S ACCESS Level 1COMP 1281 M S PowerPoint Level 1

Electives:COMP 1022COMP 1250COMP 1228COMP 1255COMP 1245COMP 1246COMP 1262COMP 1264COMP 1267COMP 1271COMP 1282Note Pl: If you have never used a computer, Comp-0001Computing for the Timid should be completed first.Note ¹2: Stuctents will NOT be allowed to indude Comp-1255Computerized Accounting along with Comp-1245 Accpac Generalledger or Comp-1246 Accpac A/R and A/P in their program.

IBM AS/400 Computerunderstanding the operation and programming ofthis computer.

Systems Analysis and DesignExplores the methods used to deisrmine what is requiredto make ths computer perform major tasks, such as acompleie payroll.

Networking and Client Server

Provides in-depth training on mony applications such ashAicrosoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowsrPoint),Microsoft Project, and Accounting applications.

'IfItfeekend Technology Seminars

Begins with a course in techniques and methods to writeprograms, followed by a variety af computer languages anseveral different computers.

These seminars are designed to address the requirements oftoday's working IT professionals with small doss sizes tomaximize time efficiency. Faculty members are all working ITprofessionals with exceptional expertise.

Computer Programming

Presents the theory behind networking, a specific operatingsystem, and techniques for Client Server computing.

Data CommunicationExamines the movement af data from one place to anotherusing communication syslems.

UNlXA series af courses on SCO UNIX Syslem V, UNIX and UNUX..

InternetOffers both non-crsdit seminars and credit normalcourses vkich examine various aspeds af this rapidlyevolving technology.

Other SpecialtiesA variety of courses in other areas af computing.Computer Systems Technology, Part time Studies stands behindits muizes. If you are not satisfied with any CST/PTS (COhAP)course in this flyer, send us a letter within 3 months of coursecompletion (preferably on your mmpany letterhead), and youcan repeat any ar this entire course without charge.Conditions:

1. You must have passed the original coursewith 6Q%.

2. hAay be subject to course and seat avaitability.3. Seminar courses are not induded.4. Course will be repeated on an 'Audit" basis only,

the original mark will not be altsxed.

Understanding Windows NT Workstation 1.5Crystal Reports 1.5MS Outlook 1.5Computerized Accounting 3Accpac General Ledger 1.5Accpac A/R and A/P 1.5MS EXCEL Level 2 1.5MS Project Level 2 1.5MS Word Level 2 1.5MS ACCESS Level 2 1.5MS PowerPaint 2 1.5

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This program is designed for those who are working in or seekingemployment in the Data Processing Industry in the SystemsAnalyst or General Business area. The program consists of 7courses (a minimum of 21 credits) of which 3 must be non-computer courses that may be selected from the Electives:Business (non-computer) list below. The program must besubmitted to the program advisor for approval by ComputerSystems Technology.

Prerequisite: Basic Course Clusler or Associate Certificate in OfficeComputer Skills, or equivalent experience, plus COMP 1401.

Mandatory Courses CreditsCOMP 1615 Co mputer Systems Introduction 1 3COMP 2615 Co mputer Systems Introduction 2 3FMGT 1100 Ac counting 1 4FMGT 2100 Accounting 2 5.5Electives: Business (non-camputerjEledives should be chosen to complement career goals. The followingelechves are suggesled as a guide for a siandard path of studies.BUSA 1005BUSA 2005COMAA 1103

COMM 2202 Business/Technical Correspondence 3COMM 2204 T echnical Reports 3COMM 2205 W r i te Manuals

ECON 1150 Eco nomic Issues 3ECON 2100 Mic roeconomics 3ECON 2200 Mac roeconomics 4FMGT 3210 Cos t /Managerial Accounting 1 4FMGT 4210 Cos t /Managerial Accounting 2 5.5MKTG 1102 Es sentials of Marketing 3MKTG 1323 Eff ective Public Speaking 3OPMT 1102 Basi c Mathematics of Finance 3OPMT 1188 Mana gement Information Systems 3OPMT 1197 Sta t istics for Business 8 Industry 4.5Courses from the School of Engineering Technology may beselected instead, with approval of the program advisor. Inselecting electives, you are advised to refer to the BCIT Web siteor this flyer to determine the courses you feel would beappropriate for your cerhficate programs.

Windows Programming ConceptsMicro PC AssemblerProgramming Language 1RPG Programming Language 1Micro PC BASIC Programming 1dBase IV Programming 1COBOL 1 Programming Language 1Delphi Programming LanguageRPG Programming Language 2C Programming Language 1dBase IV Programming 2COBOL Programming Language 2Visual Basic Programming 1

Introduction to Business 3Management 3.5Intro to Business andTechnical Communication 3

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This cluster of courses is intended for individuals who wish toproceed to any program other than Office Compc4er Skills. Ifyou have never used a computer before you should completeCOMP-0001 Computing for the Timid, before you attempt to takeany other courses.

Mandatory Courses: Credits:1.51.5

understanding Windows NT Workstation 1.5Word Processing Concepts 1Spreadsheet Concepts 1Micro Database Concepts 1

Simply taking all courses in a program does notmean that yau will receive a certiRcate or diploma.Yau must make an appointment with ProgramAdvising artd ttave your program appraved.Please cantad a program advisor at:services@bcit.bc.t:a

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COMP 3653 (Note: all courses are required)COMP 3425 C P rogramming Language 2COMP 3605 Dat a Communication Concepts 2COMP 3640 Ope r ating Systems ConceptsCOMP 3663 Com puter Systems Technology

- Or all the following courses which are equivalent toCOMP 3663 (Note: all courses are required)

COMP 3475 C+ + O b ject-Oriented ProgrammingCOMP 2615 Com puter Systems Introdudion 2COMP 3615 Comp uter Systems Introduction 3COMP 3710 Re l ational Database SystemsCOMP 3635 CA SE Technology

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This certificate is designed for those who would like to obtain acomprehensive understanding of the computer technologiesfundamental core areas including programming languages,systems development, computer architecture ond operatingsystems, computer communication, and database. Students willbe able to compete for entry level programming jobs uponcompletion of this program.This program consists of the 3 foundation courses(COMP 2653,COMP 3653 and COMP 3663) or acceptable equivalents.

Mandatory CoursesCOMP 2653 Com p uter Systems Technology

- Or all the following courses which are equivalent toCOMP 2653 (Note: all courses are required)

COMP 2425 C P r ogramming Language 1COMP 2605 Data Communication Concepts 1COMP 2610 Exp loring Technical AspectsCOMP 1615 Com puter Systems Introduction 1COMP 3653 Com puter Systems Technology

We have updated our Diploma Program to relied new coursesand changes in industry. A number of changes are proposed totake effect Jan.1, 2000.The Diploma is intended to build upon the skills and knowledgedeveloped in the Certi6cate of Technology. Therefore, theprerequisite for the Diploma program is successful completion ofthe Certificate of Technology, or equivalent skills and knowledge.

CST has proposed that the Diploma may be granted uponcomp!etion of an approved program of study consisting of aminimum of 63 additional credits over and above the Certificateof Technology. These 63 credits may not duplicate any coursescredited to the Certi6cate of Technology.Individuals who wish to apply for this program must make anappointment with a Program Advisor.

We have updated our Certificate of Technology Program to reflectnew courses and changes in industry. A number of changes areproposed to take effect Jan.1, 2000.CST has proposed that a total of 75 credits must be completed toqualify for this certiRcate. Some substitutions may be alloweddepending on the intention of the student.Individuals who wish to apply for this program must make anappointment with a Program Advisor.Prerequisites: Completion of the Basic Course Cluster or AssociateCertilcate in Office Computer Skills or equivalent knowledge tothe erst level of Microsoft Office product courses.

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The Bachelor of Technology in Computer Systems is a career-enhancement degree designed to increase the depth ofknowledge and pradical skills of computer technologists, andto assist them in widening their career opportunities oradvancing in their career paths. Graduates are awarded acredential that will be highly valued by industry.There are twa components to the degree program. The first isa Technical component, which comprises of coursework in theComputer Systems and Management areas. The second is theliteral or general edumtiatt component comprised af 12.0credits of liberal education.The Bachelor of Technology in Computer Systems is offered ina flexible delivery format to serve the needs of workingprofessionals. Candidates-can take course loads ranging froma minimum af three courses per year to an equivalent af efull-time program af studies. Most courses are affered in theevening or on weekends. Some will be offered in the day.Applicants who have fulfilled the entrance requirements canapply to the program anytime throughout the year.The pragram is designed for:a) Graduates of a two-year diploma program in Computer

Systems (C+ or equivalent.b) Computer professionals wishing to acquire advanced

formal qualifications.c) Degree holders in other disciplines engaging in a career

change into the computer Industry.For registratian, or far more information, please contad:Robertta PtttjunenTel.(604) 432-8459 F ax.(604) 432-9572rpa junenibcit.bc.ca

This program is designed for those who are working in or seekingemployment to install, run and administer a Local Area Network.The program consists of 7 courses (21 credits) of which the lastfive and the application for Certification must be completed withina 2-year period. The program must be submitted to a programadvisor for approval.Prerequisite: All course prerequisites, as published.

Mandatory Courses:

This program is designed for current experienced programmersseeking to upgrade their skills to include Java programming. Theprogram consists of 5 core courses of 3 credits each and 2 of theelective courses of 3 credits each for a total of 21 credits.Students are responsible for all prerequisites for the chosen courses.

Core CoursesMMSD 3610

Java Component FrameworksJava Media FrameworksInternetworking with JavaJava Electronic CommerceJava Graphics ProgrammingJava Network ProgrammingNative Methods for JavaAdvanced Java Practicum

Credits:Java Programming Language Level 1 3

Java Programming Language Level 1Java Programming Language Level 2Java Object-Oriented Application DesignDatabase Connedivily for JavaJava Practicum

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COMP 2653COMP SYS TECH FOUNDATION 1Intended for applicants to the Bachelor of Technology degree inComputer Systems who need COMP 2425 (C ProgrammingLanguage 1), COMP 2605, COMP 2610, and COMP 1615 priorto entry into the program. A combination of lectures, assignedreoding and lab assignments are used to cover the material.Prerequisite: COMP 1450 or COMP 1457 or permission ofprogram head or instructor. (12.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 38454

COMP 3653COMP SYS TECH FOUNDATION 2Intended for applicants to the Bachelor of Technology degree inComputer Systems who need COMP 3425, COMP 3605 andCOMP 3640 prior to entry into the program. A combination oflectures, assigned reading and lab assignments are used to coverthe material. Prerequisite: COMP 2653 or permission of programhead or instructor. (9.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61676

COMP 7005DATA COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLESCovers topics beyond those in COMP 3605 and applies theory tothe design and development of communication applications. Youwill acquire a thorough understanding of communicationshardware and its interface to communications software.Prerequisite: COMP 3605 and admission to the Bachelor ofTechnology program or permission of program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 17 30-2100 1 2 wks BBY CR N 37033

COMP 7011COMPUTER GRAPHIC FUNDAMENTALSProvides a foundation in interactive graphics and graphical userinterfaces, and the programming techniques involved. Introducesgraphics systems, interfaces, devices and graphics software/hardware, followed by output primitives and a preview of 3Dtechniques using polygon meshes. Presents 2D/3D transformations,windowing, clipping and viewing. Explores a graphical objed withinan object hierarchy and how this idea can be extended to form thebasis of an interactive computer graphics package. Prerequisite:COMP 3475 and admission to the Bachelor of Technologyprogram or permission of program head.(3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 173 0-2100 1 2 wks BBY CR N 37034

COMP 7036APPLIED RESEARCH METHODSIN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTIntroduces standard research methodologies in the context ofsoftware development: the relationship between softwaredevelopment and fields such as MIS, computing science, systemsanalysis and design, data processing, knowledge engineering,and decision theory; theories, paradigms and frameworks insoftware development; the role and importance of models,theories and conceptual frameworks; traditional empiricalresearch methods: survey, experiment, case study andimplementation (generate and test); measurement andevaluation, reliability, validity; literature exploration and criticism.Prerequisite: Admission to Bachelor of Technology program orpermission of program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 14 0 0-1730 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61710Sep 18 Sat 090 0 -1700 6 wk s DT C 37269

COMP 7061DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS PRINCIPLESFocuses on Distributed Object-Oriented Systems with emphasis onhands-on lab exercises. Develops principles, architectures, issuesand future diredion of Distributed Object Technology. Analyzesand evaluates OMG'S CORBA and Microsoft's COM/DCOM andOLE. Discusses competing technologies such as Java RMI, HP'sOpenDoc, INA DPE, OSF's DEC and Mobile Agents concept.Distributed objects and multi-threaded object manager/sewers onthe Internet are developed and deployed using Java, Java SETand Orbixweb, and VB, C++, COM/DCOM. Requires diplomain Computer Systems and a basic understanding of computernetworks, TCP/IP, database systems and Client/Server basedsystems. Prerequisite: Admission to the Bachelor of Technologyprogram or permission of program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1830 -2200 1 2 wks BBY C R N 6 1712

COMP 7071DATABASE DESIGNFocuses on two major aspects of database design: logical datamodeling and relational database design and optimization.Prerequisite: COMP 3710 and admission to the Bachelor afTechnology program or permission of program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 183 0-2200 1 2 wks BBY CR N 37035

COMP 7081 BBY $380TECHNICAL ISSUES IN SOFIWARE DEVELOPMENTPresents an overview of technical issues in software development.Addresses major achvities and techniques in developing softwareand the resulting documentation and outputs produced. Presentsonly selected approaches with emphasis on overall understandingof saftware development and uses a case study. Prerequisite:Admission to the Bachelor of Technology program or permissionof program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 00-2130 1 2 wks BBY CR N 37036

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Diana Gerrard,Dipl Ed, MEd, is o ComputerSystems TechnologyInstructor with soflworeexpertise that indudes DOS,Windows, OS/2 and UNUX.She has authored computermanuals for Microsoft 0%ceapplications and a variely ofproductivity software.Besides teaching part-time atBCIT, Diono has worked asa consultant with government, post secondaryeducation and currently is on operations programmanager in a public sector organization. With a highlevel of energy and dedication, she focuses an helpingparlicipants in her classes to explore computer conceptsby applying them to the real world situations.Diana is looking forward to working with you in the falland invites her previous students to continue their questfor knowledge.

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This course focuses on selected topics in developing computersystems. Emphasis is on the development of practical applicationof computer systems. Specific topic varies from term to term.Some of the to, small systems (mobile, PDA, game systems),visual tools for numerical analysis, etc.Please call Program Assistant for the Bachelor of TechnologyProgram in Computer Systems at (604) 432-8459 for the latestcourse offering information. Prerequisite: COMP 7081 andadmission to the Bachelor of Technology program or permissionof program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 17 3 0-2100 1 2 wks BBY CR N 60046

COMP 7881 BBY $380ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGThis course focuses on advanced software engineering issuessuch as those related to developing quality, cost-effective, oftencomplex software. Some of the topics include software reuse,software testing, quality assurance, configuration management,CASE tools, software interoperation, reverse engineering, etc.Specific topics for this course vary from term to term due to therapid changes and development in the software industry.

Please call Program Assistant for the Bachelor of TechnologyProgram in Computer Systems at (604) 432-8459 for the latestcourse offering information. Prerequisite: COMP 7081 andadmission into the Bachelor of Technology program or permissionof program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 140 0 -1730 1 2 wks BBY CR N 38745

COMP 8071ADVANCED DATABASE MODELLINGCritically analyzes the structural and integrity aspects of therelational model, the significance of views and their applicabilityto application-data independence, different strategies of handlingmissing information in database systems, and various datadistribution strategies. Prerequisite: COMP 3710 and admissioninto the Bachelor of Technology program or permission ofprogram head. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1830 -2200 1 2 wks BB Y CR N 61714

COMP 8081 BBY $380MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGPresents topics important to managing software developmentprojeds. Concentrates on understanding and applying state-of-the-art management techniques to improve software productivity.Emphasizes management issues: project leadership,communication, critical thinking and problem solving skills.Prerequisite: COMP 7081(or COMP 7655) and admission intothe Bachelor of Technology program or permission of programhead. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 30-2200 1 2 wks BBY CR N 38456Sep 16 Thr 140 0 -1730 1 2 wks BBY 61715

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Introduces the new Windows 95 interface and covers basic andbeyond basic tasks. Covers the Start menu, taskbar and explorer.Uses the Control Panel to change the Systems settings for the wayWindows looks and works. Topics include organizing files andfolders, and working within documents and printing fromWindows. Prerequisite: COMP 0001. (1.5 credits)Sep 13 Mon 173 0-2030 6 wk s DTC CR N 6 1723Sep 16 Thr ' 060 0 -0900 6 wk s DTC 61722Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 35916Oct 2 S a t 0900 - 1600 3 wk s BB Y 38942Oct 3 S u n 0900 - 1600 3 w k s DTC 38943Oct 28 Th r 1845 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 35915Nov 1 Mo n 1 7 30-2030 6 wks DT C 38941

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COMP 8505 BBY $380SEI.ECTED TOPICS IN DATA COMMUNICATIONSConducts an in-depth study of specific and highly specializedareas in Data Communications. Develops a substantial project inthe selected area, and produces an application or project reportor both upon completion. Prerequisite: COMP 8005 andadmission into the Bachelor of Technology program or permissionof program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 1730 -2100 12 wks BB Y CR N 6 1717

COMP 8561ADVANCED TOPICS IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSFocuses on advanced topics in Client/Server systems, DistributedSystems and Network Computing. The focus is on examiningstrategies and algorithms to achieve design goals such asperformance, reliability, scalability, consistency and security in adistributed system. Some of the topics that will be covered includeParallel Processing and Scheduling; Performance Modeling;Concurrency Control, Recovery in multi-user and distributed dataservers; Secudty ond Fault Tolerance; Embedded and Real Timedistributed systems; multimedia storage and transmission.Prerequisite: COMP 8061 and admission into the Bachelor ofTechnology program or permission of program head. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 3 0-2200 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61718

Please Note: Most courses require that texts or supplies bepurchased during the first session of the course. Course Fees donot normally include texts or supplies. Software purchase moy berequired in some courses.

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that all prerequisiteshave been completed before registering for a course.COMM 2205 BBY $187WRITING MANUALS FOR THE COMPUTER INDUSTRYTeaches techniques for planning, researching, organizing,formatting, and writing a manual. The course also covers testingand packaging the finished product, and translating technicalmaterial for the non-technical reader. Prerequisite: English 12 orequivalent.Sep 21 Tue 184 5-2145 6 wks BB Y CR N 32989

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Introduces the computer to those who have never used one andare afraid to. Prerequisite: None. To register for DistanceEducation call (604) 451-6733.Sep 13 DistanceSep 13 Mon 184 5 -2145Sep 15 Wed 06 00-0900Sep 18 Sot 0900 -1600Sep 19 Sun 090 0 -1600Oct 18 Mo n 184 5 -2145Nov 15 Mon 184 5-2145

COMP 1001UNDERSTANDING PC/MS DOSProvides an in-depth knowledge of the PC/MS Disk OperatingSystem (DOS) to those who feel they know little about a PC.Prerequisite: COMP 0001 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 45-2145 6 wks BB Y C R N 3 2759Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 32763Oct 26 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 32764Nov 1 Mo n 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 32760

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COMP 1009 SEE PAGE 11 FOR DIS1'ANCE EDUCATION COSTSEXPLORING WINDOWSProvides understanding of the Windows environment and itsrelationship with DOS. Using self pacing, you work throughlessons on manipulating windows, using File Manager, creatingWrite documents, building batch files and macros, and using theWindows Terminal Accessory to connect to an Internet site andsend electronic mail. Prerequisite: COMP 0001 recommended.(1.5 credits) To register call (604) 451-6733.Sep 13 D istance 18 wks DIS CR N 37166

COMP 1010 BBY $114 DTC $112.30WORD PROCESSING CONCEPTSIntroduces the beginner-level student to the basic concepts ofword processing using a microcomputer. Prerequisite: COMP1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 184 5-2145 4 w ksOct 23 Sa t 0900 -1600 2 w ksOct 24 Sun 090 0 -1600 2 w ks

COMP 1015 BBY $114 DTC $112.30SPREADSHEET CONCEPTSIntroduces the beginner-level student to the basic concepts ofspreadsheets by using a microcomputer. Prerequisite: COMP1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.0 credits)O ct 18 Mo n 184 5 -2145 4 w k sNov 6 Sa t 0900 -1600 2 w ksNov 7 Su n 090 0 -1600 2 wks

COMP 1020MICRO DATABASE CONCEPTSIntroduces the beginner-level student to the basic concepts afmicrocomputer databases using a popular database package.Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.0 credits)Nov 15 Mon 18 4 5-2145 4 wk s BBY CRN 32786N ov 20 Sat 090 0 -1600 2 wk s BB Y 32784Nov 21 Sun 090 0 -1600 2 wk s DTC 32785

COMP 1022WORKING WITH NT WORKSTATION 4.0Provides a working knowledge of Windows NT Workstationoperating system to persons who have a basic knowledge ofpersonal computers. Leam to work effedively with the new GUIinterface. Introduces you to NT features such as Desktop, NTExplorer, Disk Management, some Administrative Tools andControl Panel Options and discusses Windows NT basic functionsfor end users in a non-technical manner. Prerequisites: Comp0001 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)S ep 13 Mo n 1800 -2100 6 w k s DTC CRN 38 9 45Nov 1 M on 1800 -2100 6 w k s DTC 38946

COMP 1023WORKING WITH NT WORKSTATION 4.0COMMUNICATIONSDiscusses the OSI Reference Model in relation to Communications.Defines IP addressing and subnet masks. Uses the Dial-UpNetworking and Network options to configure TCP/IP. Works withNT Messaging, FTP, Telnet and Internet Explorer. Installing andmanaging Peer Web Services and a minimal discussion ofWindows NT Server. This course discusses basic NT communicationtopics for end users in a non-technical manner. Prerequisites:COMP 1024 NT Workstation Administration or equivalent.Oct 26 Tue 180 0 -2100 6 wk s DTC CR N 3 8460

COMP 1024 DTC $354.30NT WORKSTATION 4.0 ADMINISTRATIONProvides a working knowledge of the administration functionsto current users of Windows NT Workstation 4.0. Addressesmore advanced topics such as creating and managing useraccounts, security policies and granting of user rights on alocal machine. Addresses directory shares and file permissions.Works with the registry and system policy editor. This coursediscusses basic administration topics for end users in a non-technical manner. Pre-requisites: Comp 1022 Working with NTWorkstation or equivalent.Sep 14 Tue 180 0 -2100 6 wk s DTC CRN 61075

COMP 1012SYSTEMS SUPPORT FUNDAMENTALSPre-entry course. Provides o working knowledge of computerterminology, DOS, Win95 and WinNT Workstation 4.0 operatingsystems to persons who wish to prepare for the pre-assessmenttest for the System Support Specialist (SSS), Software SystemsDevelopment (SSD) and Network Integration Specialist (NIS)programs. Course includes a team project. Prerequisite: Relatedwork experience. (1.5 credits)Sep 15 Wed/Fii 1800-2100 6 wk s DTC CRN 6 1852Oct 27 Wed/Fri 1800-2100 6 wks DTC 61853

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Uses lectures and practical exercises to present topics oncomputer terminology, hardware, software, the Disk OperatingSystem (DOS), a word processing package and a spreadsheetpackage. Prerequisite: none. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 06 0 0-0900 1 4 wks DTC CR N 61725Sep 15 Wed 090 0-1200 1 4 wks D TC 32753

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The following workshops are tailored for those who like toincrease their efficiency in their day to day tasks. Participants willgain a working knowledge of applications in a short period oftime. Those wishing to obtain BCIT credit for these courses willhave an option to write an exam for an additional fee. Pleasenote that unless you have a good prior knowledge of the materialcovered, we recommend that you leave some time between thetwo levels of courses.For more information on the Office Efficiency and Skills seminarsand workshops, phone (604) 432-8465.CONP 0031EXPLORING YOUR PCOne day workshop. Presents participants with a workingknowledge of the hardware and software in their PC. Provides anopportunity to look inside the PC and become familiar with all thecomponents and how they inter-relate. Basic set-up conffgurationswill be explored. Prerequisite: None.Oct 23 Sat 090 0 -1700 1 da y BB Y CR N 3 8977

COMP 0261 DTC $180.00EXCEL FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 1Intensive one-day seminar. Covers fundamental principalsrequired to produce worksheets and workbooks. Includes usingformulae and built-in fundions, editing and formatting, customnumeric and date formatting, printing, password protection, andspecial techniques to increase efficiency. Prerequisile: Workingknowledge of Windows 3.11 or Windows 95.Sep 14 Tue 0900 -1700 1 d a y DTC CRN 3 8979Oct 13 Wed 09 0 0-1700 1 day DTC 38980Nov 12 Fr i 0900 - 1700 1 da y DTC 38981

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Intensive one-day seminar. Covers advanced topics in spreadsheetdesign. Includes creating and using Templates, Charls, DatabaseLists and Filters, Subtotals, Outlines, Macros, 3D Formulae, andlinking and consolidating multiple workbooks and worksheets.Prerequisite: COMP 0261 or equivalent experience.Sep 28 Tue 090 0 -1700 1 da y DTC CR N 38982Oct 27 Wed 090 0 -1700 1 d a y DTC 38983Nov 26 Fr i 0900 -1 700 1 da y DTC 38984

COMP 0266 DTC $180.00WORD FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 1Intensive one-day seminar. Covers basic word processing topicsof styles, tabs and indents, multicolumn documents, headers andfooters, spell check, search and replace, and working withmultiple documents. Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Windows3.11 or Windows 95.Sep 13 Mon 090 0-1700Oct 12 Tue 090 0 -1700Nov 10 Wed 09 0 0-1700

COMP 0267WORD FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 2Intensive one-day seminar. Covers advanced word processingtopics creating templates, using Tables and Pictures, using Framesand Text Boxes, recording and running Macros, using MailMerge, customizing the Toolbar, Menus and keyboard.Prerequisite: COMP 0266 or equivalent experience.Sep 27 Mon 09 0 0-1700 1 da y DTC CR N 38988Oct 26 Tue 090 0 -1700 1 da y DTC 38990Nov 24 Wed 09 00-1700 1 da y DTC 38991

COMP 0271ACCESS FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 1Intensive one-day seminar. Covers skills required to create adatabase with multiple tables, create forms, reporls and queries.Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Windows 3.11 or Windows 95.Sep 15 Wed 090 0 -1700 1 d a y DTC CRN 3 8 994Oct 14 Thr 090 0 -1700 1 da y DT C 38995Nov 9 Tu e 0900 -1700 1 da y DTC 38996

COMP 0212 DTC $180.00ACCESS FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 2Intensive one-day seminar. Covers advanced topics in databasedesign such as advanced form and query creation, use of OLE toadd graphics and pictures, import and export from spreadsheetand other database applications. Prerequisite: COMP 0271 orequivalent experience.Sep 29 Wed 09 00-1700Oct 28 Thr 090 0 -1700Nov 23 Tue 090 0-1700

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COMP 1223MS OFFICE 97 APPLICATIONSProvides a complete overview of Microsoft Office 97 applications.Hands-on exercises and lectures demonstrate the features ofWord, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. Topics Includecreating a presentation complete with animation and transitionsin PowerPoint, tips, tricks and features of Word, creating simpleformulas and designing and building charts and worksheets inExcel, create databases, queries, forms and reporls in Access,and using the information management system of Outlook.Prerequisite: COMP 1007. (2.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 180 0-2100 8 wks DTC CR N 60053

COMP 1228NICROSOFT OUTLOOKProvides a practical understanding of the features and functions ofthis powerful and popular contact, e-mail, and appointmentmanagement applicotion. Includes using Outlook to slayorganized, efficient, and on-schedule; as a time-managementtool; making and managing appointments; tracking contacts,documents, and entire projects; sending, receiving and organizinge-mail; accessing vital data quickly. Emphasizes customizingapplication features. Also highlights OuHook's powerful integrationwith other Microsoft Office applications. Prerequisite: COMP 1006or 1007 or 1022 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 6 wks B B Y CR N 60191O ct 27 Wed 18 45-2145 6 wks BB Y 60190

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Covers the general ledger system, including converting existingsystems to Accpac, batch transaction, and printing reports.Prerequisite: COMP 1001 and 1006 or 1007 and basicunderstanding of accounting principles. (1.5 credits)Sep 13 Mon 180 0-2100 6 wk s DTC CRN 32827

COMP 1246ACCPAC A/R AND A/PCovers the entire cycles of Accounts Receivable and Payable,including the interface to the Accpac General Ledger. Prerequisite:COMP 1245. (1.5 credits)Nov 1 Mo n 180 0 -2100 6 wk s DTC CR N 32831

CONP 1250CRYSTAL REPORTSProvides powerful, practical skills for this popular reportgenerator, which is induded with every copy of Visual Basic.Covers fundamental principles required to extract focused sets ofdata from a variety of database and spreadsheet sources toproduce professional-looking reporls. Topics include: reportdesign, organization and formatting, grouping, selecting andsorling records, creating formulas, producing cross-tab reports,adding pidures, graphs and logos, understanding and workingwith databases, and exporting reports to Excel, Word, e-mail, andthe Web. Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or COMP 1007 or COMP1022. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wks BB Y C R N 6 0054O ct 26 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y 60192

COMP 1255COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTINGTeaches the Simply Accounting for Windows integrated packageto those with some knowledge of computing and accounting.Covers setting up a complete set of books including G/L,accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory and payroll.Prerequisite: COMP 1001 or 1006 or 1007 and FMGT 1100.(3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32832

COMP 0283POWERPOINT FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 2Intensive one-day seminar. Covers advanced topics inpresentation design. Includes creating and adding graphs, clipart, tables and organization charts, linking information from otherprograms and using built in features to create topic effects,adding transitions, setting slide timings and creating a drill-downdocument. Prerequisite: COMP 0282 or equivalent experience.Sep 30 Thr 090 0 -1700 1 da y DTC CR N 39003Nov 22 Mon 09 0 0-1 700 1 da y DTC 39005

COMP 0665UNDERSTANDING NETWORKSIntensive one-day seminar. Goes through the basics of networkinstallation. The seminar is intended to give participants anunderstanding of how a network is installed and conffgured.Provides an understanding of different types of networks, theequipment and administration. Hands-on installation training Notprovided. Prerequisite: None.Oct 16 Sat 090 0 -1700 1 da y BB Y CR N 3 9006

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COMP 1261EXCEL LEVEL 1Provides comprehensive coverage of this state-of-the-art Windowsspreadsheet program, including the fundamental principles andpractical skills required to produce professional-lookingworksheets. Includes workbook and worksheet basics, usingformulae and built-in funchons, editing and formalting, customnumeric and date formatting, printing, password protection, andspecial techniques to increase efffciency. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y CR N 3 3718S ep 16 Thr 180 0 -2100 6 wks DT C 60178

COMP 1262EXCEL LEVEL 2Covers advanced topics in spreadsheet design. Includes creatingand using Templates, Charts, Database Lisls and Filters,Subtotals, Outlines, Macros, 3D Formulae, and linking andconsolidating multiple workbooks and worksheets. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1261 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Oct 26 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y CR N 3 3717Oct 28 Thr 180 0 -2100 6 wks DT C 60179

COMP 1263NS PROJECT/WINDOWS LEVEL 1Reviews features, including the extensive on line Help facility andCue Cards of Microsoft Project, a powerful full-featured projectmanagement tool. Topics include: creating and organizing aschedule and task lists, assigning resources and costs, workingwith views, printing view and reports. (Version 98). Prerequisite:COMP 1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y CR N 3 5997

COMP 1264MS PROJECT/WINDOWS LEVEL 2Continues from COMP 1263 Level 1. Covers working withmultiple projeds, automating work, customizing Project, andsharing information between applications (Version 98).Prerequisite: COMP 1263. (1.5 credils)Oct 26 Tue 184 5 -2145 6 wk s BB Y CR N 3 5998

COMP 1266WORD FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 1Includes word processing basics, formalting, styles, setting tabsand indents, multi-column documents, headers and footers,spelling checker, search and replace; and working with multipledocuments (Version 97). Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or 1007 orequivalent. (1.5 credits)S ep 16 Th r 1845- 2 145 6 w k s BBY CRN 337 20

COMP 1267WORD FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 2Covers advanced techniques including creating Templates, using Tablesand Pictures, using Frames and Text Boxes, recording and runningMacros, using Mail Merge; and cuslomiiing the Toolbar, Menus andkeyboard. (Version 97). Pierequisile: COMP 1266.(1.5 credils)Oct 28 Th r 1845 -2145 6 wk s BBY CRN 33719

COMP 1270NICROSOFT ACCESS 1Begins with an overview of Access and its object-orientedapproach to relational database management. Provides theexperience and skills necessary to create a database with multipletables, create forms, reports and queries. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or 1007 or equivalent.(1.5 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 0 0-2100 6 wks DT C CR N 36011S ep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 6 wks BB Y 33722

COMP 1271NICROSOFT ACCESS 2Continues from COMP 1270, exploring advanced features ofform and query creation. Includes use of OLE to add graphs andpictures from other applications, and import and export fromspreadsheets and other Database application packages. (Version97). Prerequisite: COMP 1270. (1.5 credits)Oct 27 Wed 184 5-2145 6 wk s BB Y CR N 3 3 721Nov 1 M o n 180 0 -2100 6 w k s DTC 36012

COMP 1281MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 1Provides a comprehensive introduction to this presentationgraphics saftware package, which has innovative tools and aneasy approach to help make professional-looking presentationsquickly and easily. Covers the basic tools needed to produceslides, overheads and on-screen presentations. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or 1007 or equivalent. (1.5 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 6 wks B B Y CR N 33827

COMP 1282MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2Covers advanced topics in presentation design: creating and addinggraphs, clip art, tables and organization charts, linking informationfrom other produds such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.Uses the Build feature to create topic effeds, adding transitions forspecial effeds, selting slide timings and creating a drill-downdocument. (Version 97). Prerequisite: COMP 1281. (1.5 credits)Nov 1 Mo n 184 5-2145 6 wks BB Y CR N 33828

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COMP 0282POWERPOINT FOR WINDOWS LEVEL 1Intensive one-day seminar. An introduction to presentationgraphics and covers basic tools needed to produce. slides,overheads and on-screen presentations. Prerequisite: Workingknowledge of Windows 3.11 or Windows 95.Sep 16 Thr 090 0 -1700 1 da y DTC CR N 39000Nov 8 Mo n 090 0 -1700 1 da y DTC 39002

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COMP 1008INSIDE WINDOWSGuided self-learningand pacing. Examines Windows 95, useful tothose who already know Windows 3.1. Covers basic operationssuch as the Start Menu, the Task Bar, the '95 Graphical UserInterl'aces (GUI), My Computer and Explorer. Illustiates the filehandling topics of create, copy„move, rename and delete.Explores running multiple programs and customizing the Windows95 environment. Prerequisite: COMP 0001. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0-1200 1 2 wks DTC C R N 38714

COMP 1258EXCEL LEVEL 1Guided self-learning and pacing. Covers introductory topics toWord such as file handling, creating, saving, retrieving, andediting a document. Topics indude toolbars, setting tabs andindents, formalting text, creating headers and footers, workingwith sections and columns, paragraph and character styles,search and replace, and the spelling checker. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1008. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0 -1200 1 2 wks DTC C R N 38719

COMP 1259EXCEL LEVEL 2Guided self-learningand pacing. Covers advanced topics of Excelmultiple windows and workbooks, 3D formulas, etc. Explorescharts, creating Worksheet outlines automatically ond manually,database features, filtering lists, setting criteria, searching, sortingdata, recording and running macros, Visuol Basic forApplications, using VLOOKUP, and the IF fundion. (Version 97).A+requisite: COMP 1258 or COMP 1261. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0 -1200 1 2 wks DT C CR N 38&84

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Guided self-learning and pacing. Covers introductory topics toWord such as file handling, creating, saving, retrieving, andediting a document. Explores toolbars, setting tabs and indents,formalting text, creating headers ond footers, working withsections and columns, paragraph and character styles, searchand replace, and the spelling checker.(Version 97). Prerequisite;COMP 1008. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 0900 -1200 1 2 wks DT C CR N 38718

COMP 1269MICROSOFT WORD LEVEL 2Guided self-learning and pacing. Covers advanced topics ofWord. Includes: Moil Merge, Manipulating Tables, Creatingtemplates, drop down lists, checkboxes, text boxes, customizingtoolbars, and working with the Forms toolbar. Examines usingbuilt-in templates and Wizards, pictures, frames, and creotingand using Macros. (Version 97). Prerequisite: COMP 1268 orCOMP 1266. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0-1200 1 2 wks DTC C R N 38899

COMP 1276ACCESS LEVEL 1Guided self-learningand pacing. Covers introductory topics toAcaess such as the basic dalabase operations of creating tables,queries, forms and reports. Fuither topics indude designing andplanning a dalabase, delining relationships between tables, usingvarious wizards, setting field properties, creating select queries, usingcriteria, creating calculated Iields, working with formats in tables andreports. (Version 97). Prerequisite: COMP 1008. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0-1200 1 2 wks DTC C R N 38716

COMP 1277ACCESS LEVEL 2Guided self-learningand pacing. Covers advanced topics of usingAccess including setting control properties, form design, labels,textboxes, option groups, list boxes, combo boxes, and defaultediting modes. Explores subforms, expressions within forms.Examines pidures and graphs, embedding vs. linking, bound vs.unbound oblects, importing, exporling, attaching, macros, creationof macros and attaching macros to events. (Version 97).Prerequisite: COMP 1270 or COMP 1276. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0 -1200 1 2 wks DT C CR N 38885

COMP 2058INSIDE WINDOWS LEVEL 2Guided self-learningand pacing. Expands on COMP 1008 toprovide more in-depth windows knowledge. Covers searching forriles and data, working with MS Paint, object linking andembedding, Media player, understanding the clipboard, managingthe printer, Plug and Play, Fonts, network neighbourhood, and Diskmointenance. Prerequisite: COMP 1007 or 1008. (1.5 credits)Sep 14 Tue 090 0-1200 1 2 wks DTC C R N 60085

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COMP 0430 SSY $400TCP/IP PROTOCOLSeminar. Covers how to install and configure any TCP/IP stacksusing examples of implementation for Windows 95 or NT, andhow to take and read network traces to trouble shoot protocolproblems. Topics include exploring the TCP/IP stack, how tocompare the four layer protocol with the OSI model, the hrst levelof the TCP/IP stack "network Interface', what network interfacesore available, network interface frame format, Internet layer,application layer. Prerequisite: COMP 1007.Oct 30 Sat/Sun 0830-1630 1 wknd BBY CRN 60048

COMP 0435WINDOWS NT WORKSHOPSeminar. Provides technicians, Systems Administrators and othertechnicol users with a broad level of aptitude and understondingof Windows NT 4,0 server including administrative tools andtechniques. Explains deploying, installing and configuding the NT4.0 server, setting up RAID systems, file backup, NT 4.0 serverregistry, choosing network protocols, configuring Windows 95clients for networking, conneding other PC clients to the network,administrating a secure network, optimizing network serverperformance and troubleshooting nehvork problems. Prerequisite:COMP 3665.Nov 6 Sat/Sun 0830-1630 1 wknd BBY CR N 60049

COMP 1401 BBY $322 DTC $322.00PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS/METHODSCovers the principles and concepts of computer programmingtheory for those intending to become involved in computersystems and/or programming. Prerequisite:(COMP (1001 or1006) and 1010 and 1015 and 1020) or equivalent. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32792Sep 14 Tue" 06 0 0-0900 1 2 wks D TC 61727Sep 14 Tue 1845 -2145 12 wks B BY 32795Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks B BY 32796Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 12 wks B BY 32799Sep 17 Fr i 1845 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 60863Sep 18 Sat 0900 -1200 1 2 wks B BY 32794

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COMP 1405 SSY $322MAINFRAME ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 1Presents the first-level course of programming in Assembler onthe IBM Mainframe computer. Prerequisite: COMP 1401 (65per cent or better) or equivalent data processing experience.(3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 3 8457

COMP 1410 BSY $322MICROCOMPuTER PC ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMINGLANGUAGE 1Presents a first-level course in programming using the AssemblerLanguage on the IBM PC microcomputer. Prerequisite: COMP1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 17 Fr i 1845 - 2145 12 wks BB Y CRN 32811

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Technology Program, he believes that continuingeducation is essenffial to keep ahead of rapidlychanging technology. During the day, Frank is theCorporate Manager of IS for a manufocturing firmincluding the aerospace 8 technology divisions. He hasretired from the Canadian military reserve in 1998„where he was responsible for Information Technologyat 12 Service Batlalion in Richmond.

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COMP 'I420RPG PROGRAMMING LANGljAGE 1Provides a working knowledge of RPG using the AS/400 that theycan apply to the coding of o progrom of medium complexity,Prerequisite: COMP 1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32807

COMP 'I430QUICK BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGuAGE 1Provides an understanding of Quick BASIC programming languageas used on an IBM-type PC, including basic applications, validatinginput data, files, string handling, subroutines ond writing reports.Prerequisite: COMP 1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 3 2813

COMP 1435DATABASE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 'ICovers the elementary programming features of dBase, FoxProand CLIPPER (all versions), including development of a menu-driven system. Software not provided for take home. Prerequisite:COMP 1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32823

COMP 1440COBOL PROGRAMMING LANGuAGE 1Introduces all language components required to write simplebusiness report programs. Prerequisite: COMP 1401 or 1405 or1510. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 1 2 wks BBY C RN 32837

COMP 1450PASCAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGECovers the language's entire repertoire of instructions, enablingstudents to read and write structured programs in Pascal.Compiler not provided. Prerequisite: COMP 1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32839Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 32840Sep 19 Sun 090 0-1200 1 2 wks BBY 61698

COMP 1457DELPHI PROGRAMMING LANGuAGEPresents modem principles of programming and programmingmethodologies using the advanced modem visual language, Delphi.Students write programs that ore readable, reusable and easy tomaintain. Prerequisite: COMP 1401and COMP 1450. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 60236Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 60237

COMP 2425 SBY $322C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 1Introduces Level 1 programming in C longuage including datatypes, control constructs and syntax. Also discusses the language'sevolution into C++. Compiler not provided. Prerequisite: COMP(1405 or 1410) and 1450. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32809Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 32808Sep 18 Sat 0900 -1200 1 2 wks B BY 3¹593

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VISUAL BASIC 1 (DE)Introduces the fundamentals of object-oriented and GUIprogramming. It covers designing and building applicotions usingMS Visual Basic for Windows. Prerequisite: COAAP 1403 andCOMP 1430. (3.0 credits) To register for Distance Education call(604) 451-6733.Sep 13 Distance 24 wks DIS CR N 61701Sep 14 Tue 090 0-1200 DTC 61740

COMP 3425C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 2Continues from COMP 2425. Covers development and use ofprogram libraries and software tools in the C environment.Compiler not provided. Prerequisite: COMP 2425. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32864Sep 17 Fr i 1845 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 33850

COMP 3475 BBY $322C++ FOR OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMINGEmphasizes the Object-Oriented (OO) features of C++, abstractdato types, ond C++ use in implementing OO designs. OOtechnology has emerged os o leading trend in softwaredevelopment, and C++ (the successor to C) as the dominantlanguage for its realization. Prerequisite: COhAP 3425 and 3670.(3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32865Sep 16 Thr 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY 32866

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COMP 4409JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LEVEL 1Provides a thorough introdudion to the Java programminglanguage ond the Java distributed objeds paradigm. Includes theJava language environment, creating user interfaces, developingmulti-threaded applications, handling multimedia data types, andmanaging collections. Prerequisite: COMP 3670 and one level 2programming language. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 45-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 37271Sep 14 Tue 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY 39408

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COMP 2473 BBY $322DATABASE DEVELOPMENT NEITH VISUAL BASIC 5 LEVEL 1Introduces dotabase development using Visual Basic. IncludesData Objects, Dato Control, ODBC, DDE, OLE2, Client/Serverissues and the Help compiler in this intensive databasedevelopment course. Prerequisite: COhAP 1401 and 1403 ond1430 ond Syslems Design ond at least one PC programminglanguage and Excel and Word basics. (3.0 credits)Sep 17 Fr i 1845 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 35938

COMP 2495 BBY $322VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 1Teaches fundamentals of object-oriented and GUI programmingusing Microsoft VISUAL BASIC under WINDOWS. Coversdesigning and building applications; event-driven programming;displaying and printing information; data storage; file systemcontrols; building menus, pop-up menus, and dialogs; modules,subroutines ond functions; and much more. Prerequisite: COMP1403 ond 1430. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 184 5-2145 1 2 wks B BYS ep 18 Sot" 09 0 0-1600 6 wks BB YS ep 25 Sat' 090 0-1600 6 wks BB Y'Every other Saturday

COMP 3495 BBY $322VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 2Expands on the knowledge obtoined in COMP 2495. Lecturesand hands-on experience using Microsoft Visual Basic underWindows. Covers designing and building applications; interfacedesign; objects and instances; debugging and handling run-timeerrors; arrays and collections; random-access Eles; object-oriented programming with classes and objects; accessingdatabases with the Data Control and the SQL language; reportsand on line help; OLE (Object Linking and Embedding);introduction to Windows API; ueoting ActiveX controls.Prerequisite. COAAP 2495. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61706

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COMP 4660INTRODUCTION TO SQLPresents an in-depth introduction to this database tool. IncludesData Delinition, Data Manipulation, and Data Control Languages,DB2 Catalog, Views, Synonyms and Aliases, Embedded SQL,Subqueries, Union, Grouping, functions and PerformanceConsiderotions. Prerequisite: COMP 3710. (1.5 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 6 wk s BBY CRN 37287

COMP 4663INTRODUCTION TO MS SQL SERVERCovers application development ond administration using MSSQL Server as the dotabase engine. Topics include: SQL ServerInstallation, System Architecture, Database Devices, ManagingDatabases, Transact-SQL, Using Indexes, Views, StoredProcedures, Triggers and Backup/Rare. Prerequisite:COhAP3710 or equivalent experience. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61709

COMP 2630NOVELL NETWAREProvides a complete overview of the NetWare 4.x operatingsystem. Selection of equipment, NetWare installation, and systemadministration responsibilities are discussed. Prerequisite: COMP1001 and COMP 1007 and OPMT 1188. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 45-2145 1 2 wks BBY C RN 32848

COMP 2665 BBY $322 DTC $320.30LOCAL AREA NETWORK THEORYDevelops skills to design and implement networks. Examinesdetails of Ethernet, Arcnet, and Token Ring. This theory coursealso looks at %le server selections, cable and media installation,performance issues and managing problems. Prerequisite: COMP1001 and 2605. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 1800 -2100 12 wks D T C CR N 3284SSep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks B BY 3284t

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Covers theory and market implementation of higher speed networkprotocols (1008aseT, FDDI, ATM) ond how advanced network devicesprovide options for network growth and expansion. No hands-on.Prerequisite: COMP 1001 or 1006 ond 2665. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1800 -2100 1 2 wks DT C CR N 35934

COMP 4666LAN INTERNETWORKINGExplores issues and software related to the internetworking ofNovell NetWare 4.1, Windows NT 4.0 Server, NT 4.0Workstation, Linux (Unix) and Windows 95 operating systemplotforms. Provides hands-on experience interconnecting theseplatforms with TCP/IP and IPX protocols. Prerequisite: COMP2630 or COMP 2665 or experience with Novell NetWare, andCOhAP 1007 or equivalent.(3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 3 8965

COMP 4840CLIENT SERVER COMPUTINGCovers client/server computing technologies based on the Internetand Java networking. Provides hands on experience in buildingclient/server applications using RMI, JDK1.1, Java Sockets, Java'snet closses ond URL-related classes. Presents case studies ofseveral companies migrating to Three-tier client/serverapplications. Prerequisite: COMP 3475, or COMP 3425 andCOMP 3670. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 00-2100 1 2 wks DTC C R N 60087

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COMP 1292ACCESS DEVELOPMENT - LEVEL 1Covers the process of designing applications using MS Access 97.Explores the built-in data design features such os eventproperties, custom menus, macros and an introduction to VBAprogramming. The course also covers advanced topics usingreports, subreports, subforms, tab control, list boxes, comboboxes and built-in functions. Prerequisite: COhAP 1270 andCOMP 1271 or equivalent. (3.0 credits)Sep 18 Sat 090 0 -1200 1 2 wks BBY CR N 61695

COMP 1403WINDOWS PROGRAMMING CONCEPTSCovers programming/design considerations common to Windowsapplications. Introduces Windows controls including dialog boxes,radio button, combo boxes, scroll bars. Uses Visual Basic as atool to describe events, properties and basic control creations.Discusses the Software Development Life Cycle pertoining toWindows and common programming structures. Explores shortcutkeys, window styles, menu creation, toolbars, OLE considerotions,designing a help file, and the API. Prerequisite: COMP 1006 or1007 or equivalent. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 33436

COMP 2292ACCESS DEVELOPMENT - LEVEL 2Covers and builds on the topics covered in Access DevelopmentLevel 1. The course will explore and work with VBA (MS Accessprogramming language), Data Access Objeds (DAO), and theprocess of handling user input. Events, Modules, Procedures andStructures will also be discussed. Error handling, advanced reportprogramming, and looping through recordsets will be discussed.Prerequisite: COMP 1292, COMP 1401 and COhAP 1403 orequivalent experience. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 6 1700

COMP 4425C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 3Designed for programmers who want to Ieorn more aboutadvanced C programming techniques, ond to write corefullyconstructed, reodable programs, high-quality, error-free software.Prerequisite: COMP 3425. (3.0 credits)Sep 17 Fr i 1845 - 2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32851

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Covers elements and collaborations of closses, inheritance, classre-use, collection classes, class libraries, error handling, memorymanagement design patterns, and use of iostream library.Prerequisite: COMP 3475. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 3 8452

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COMP 1632INTRODUCING THE IBM AS/400Introduces the AS/400 concepts and architecture as it opplies topractical business requirements. Some topics are Libraries andObjects, AS/400 Relational Database and Data hAanogement,user profiles and AS/400 security. Prerequisite: COMP 0001 orequivalent, (3,0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 1845 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32828

COMP 1615 BBY $258 DTC $256.30COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION 1Introduces the bosic skills ond techniques required for systemsonalysis and design. Prerequisite: COhAP 1401. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32822Sep 14 Tue 1 7 3 0-2030 I 2 wks D TC 32820Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks B BY 32821

COMP 2615COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION 2Continues from COMP 1615. Develops anolytical skills and basiccomputer systems design techniques. Prerequisite: COMP 1615.(3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY C RN 60065

COMP 3615COMPU' TER SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION 3Focuses on commonly used Systems Projects techniques. Presentscase study projects using Analysis and Design skills. Emphasizesfull Systems Life Cycles including Project hAanagement, FeasibilityAnolysis, Systems Analysis, Process ond Data Modeling. ExaminesSystems Design, User Interface, Systems Planning, Implementationand ongoing Support. Explores JAD, ER Diagrams, ObjectModeling, RAD and Prototyping techniques. Prerequisite: COMP2615. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 38944

COMP 3635CASE TECHNOLOGYExamines how CASE Technology facilitotes plonning ond designof systems using CASE tools as a design workbench. Prerequisite:Knowledge of structured techniques.Sep 14 Tue 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY C R N 3 2868

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COMPUTER STUDIESCOMP 3605DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONCEPTS 2Continues from COMP 2605. Covers protocols and data linkcontrols, IAN's, and line facilities provided by common carriers.Prerequisite: COMP 2605. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 4 5-2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32867

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COMP 1626INTRO TO SCO UNIX SYSTEM VProvides an insight to the SCO UNIX System V to systemadministrators who are new to the UNIX operating system, and toend users who work with SCO Unix Systems. Covers severalcomputer basics in the UNIX environment. Prerequisite: COMP1001 or equivalent. (2.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 18 00-2100 8 wks DTC CR N 38450

COMP 2627SCO UNIX OPEN SERVER RELEASE 5ADMIN AND SHELL PROGTo provide technicians, engineers, system administrators andtechnical users who require a broad level of aptitude andunderstanding of SCO UNIX OSR 5 with the basic administrativetools and techniques. Examines the Bourne Shell and the uses ofshell script. Prerequisite: COMP 1626. (5.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue/Thr 1800-2100 1 0 wks DTC CR N 61741

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Introduces programming under UNIX, covering multi-user andmulti-tasking capabilities. Topics include using C, Bourne andKorn shells, system administration, IPC facilities, utilities, filesystem and E-mail. Prerequisite: COMP 2425. (3.0 credits)Sep 18 Sat 080 0 -1100 1 2 wks DTC C R N 32852

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Provides a working knowledge of Linux to persons who have abasic knowledge of personal computers and who have somecommand line experience. Overviews and addresses installationof Red Hat Linux. Conhguration of Linux. Uses Linux commandline utilities and the Shell. Understanding the File and DirectorySystem and managing files and directories. This course discussesbosic Linux topics for end users in a non-technical manner.Prerequisites: COMP1001 — Understanding DOS or equivalent.Note: Manual purchase at the first session. Note: Uses Linux RedHotSep 18 Sat 090 0 -1200 6 wks DT C CR N 61786

COMP 1032WORKING WITH LINUX - INTERMEDIATEPresents advanced topics such as X Window System andadministration. Produdivity Tools. Setting up Linux as a WebServer with Apache. Getting Linux to participate in a Windows NTNetwork. This course discusses advanced Linux topics for moretechnical users. Prerequisites: Comp 1030 - Working with LinuxNote: Text or Manual purchase on the first night of class. Note:

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COMP 0405CREATE/PROGRAM WWW DATABASESSeminar. Addresses server scripts or applications needed tointerface a conventional relational database to a WWW server soend-users can interact with the database using their WWW browser.Students author an HTML document with database navigation andquery, and implement a supporting script to interact on the sewerside with the relational database. Prerequisite: None.Oct 2 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CRN 37162

COMP 0407HTML AUTHORINGSeminar. Addresses the concepts underlying hypermedia contenton the WWW, content design and preparation, and simplesupporting scripts. Students prepare a simple Web page using atext editor, embedding their own HTML tags; and then a moresophisticated frame-based page using Netscape Navigator Gold.Sample media content will be supplied. Prerequisite: None,Oct 16 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CRN 37163

COMP 0409JAVA PRIMERSeminar. Introduces the Java paradigm, and then programmingof Java applets and applications. Promotes an appreciation ofwhere Java is appropriate to deploy in the organization by usingexamples and hands-on practice. Prerequisite: Object-OrientedProgramming Concepts.Oct 23 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CRN 37164

COMP 0411MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNETSeminar. Introduces eRective multimedia content design,preparation and delivery over the Internet. Includes preparingimages, audio and video data; for both immediate and delayeddelivery using a suitable WWW browser. Does not deal withoriginal content creation, but rather the steps needed to makesuch content useful over the Internet. Prerequisite: None.Oct 30 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CRN 37165

COMP 1820HTML AND THE WORLD-WIDE WEBIntroduces HTML, the "Hyper-Text Markup Language" used on theWWW by creating HTML documents. General text editors andspecialized HTML editors are used, and students may load theirdocuments onto a live web server for viewing on the Internet.Includes coverage of UNIX basics required to upload completedHTML documents to the server. Prerequisite: COMP 1267 orequivalent, and WWW user experience. (1.5 credits)Sep 18 Sat 130 0 -1600 6 wk s BB Y CR N 37169

COMP 18113D MAX GRAPHICS LEVEL 'ITeaches the 3D Max interface and the coordinate systems used in3D space. Covers modeling, editing and transforming 3D objects,using precise measurement controls, applying materials using theMaterial Editor, and creating lights and cameras. Studentscompose scenes in 3D Max, which are then animated using basicanimation controllers. Prerequisite: COMP 1007 or COMP 1022,and experience using a drawing program. (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 180 0-2100 1 2 wks DTC C RN 60061

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COMP 1825HELP DESK SUPPORTCovers a wide range of issues dealing with technical computersupport. Topics include providing quality technical support,handling support calls, problem solving and trouble shooting.Other areas that will be explored are communication skills,quality customer service and alternative methods of support suchas expert systems and knowledge based technology. Prerequisite:COMP 1007. (1.5 credits)Sep 16 Thr 180 0 -2100 6 wk s DTC CR N 60062Oct 28 Thr 180 0 -2100 6 wks DT C 60063

COMP 3670UNDERSTANDING OLIECTSCovers Object-Oriented concepts, fundamentals, essentials of theObject Model, and real-world problems using object-orientedanalysis. Prerequisite: COMP 2615 or equivalent. (3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 184 5 -2145 1 2 wks BBY CR N 32849

MMSD 4610 DTC $320.30JAVA OILIECT-ORIENTED APPLICATION DESIGNAddresses the design and implementation of Java programs thatconform to the Java Management API. Topics include large-scaleapplication design, JMAPI, integration with and support ofapplication builder tools. Prerequisite: MMSD 3620 or permissionof instructor. (3.0 credits)Sep 15 Wed 17 30-2030 1 2 wks DTC CR N 39009

MMSD 4620JAVA DATA BASE CONNECTIVITYAddress the dynamic delivery of database content using Java,conforming to the Java Enterprise API. Topics include client/serverapplication design, remote method invocation (RMI), and JDBC.Prerequisite: MMSD 3620 or permission of instructor.(3.0 credits)Sep 16 Thr 173 0 -2030 1 2 wks DTC CR N 39010

For more information on courses currently under developmentand when they will be offered, phone (604) 412-7618, or visitour Web site at www.multimedia.bcit.bc.ca

COMP 0285 DTC $338.30DENTAL OFFICE SYSTEM/WINDOWSGives hands-on experience using the Exan/Mercedes DentalSystem for Windows to cover front desk procedures in a dentalofRce. Upon successful completion, any other dental computersystem can be used. This course is eligible for continuing dentaleducation credits as per the College of Dental Surgeons of BC.This course may be taken simultaneously with COMP 0885.Prerequisite: Dental or Medical office experience or completion ofa Dental Receptionist program.Sep 14 Tue 1 & 30-2130 1 2 wks DTC C R N 37159

COMP 0885DENTAL RECEPTIONISTPresents the skills to become a dental receptionist. Indterminology, Insurance Company's protocol, scheduling and billingprocedures, accounting and communications, telephone techniquesand professional manner development. Upon successful completionof this course and completion of COMP 0285 - Dental OfliceSystem/Windows, students will receive a certificate and mayenhance their skills during a prachcum in a dental ofBce. Thiscourse is eligible for continuing dental education credits as per theCollege of Dental Surgeons of BC. This course may be takensimultaneously with COMP 0285. Prerequisite: None.Sep 13 Mon/Thr 1830-2130 12 wks DTC CR N 38458

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COMP 0401INTERNET, THE WHY AND THE HOWSeminar. Addresses the concepts of the Internet, and what isneeded to apply these concepts as a user or a provider ofInternet-based information. The dient side includes hardware(modem, router or LAN-based), software (WWW browser, news,e-mail) and connection (Internet Service Provider). The sewer sideincludes hardware (host computer, router), software (contentpreparation, WWW sewer, news server, mail server), andconnection (upstream ISP). Prerequisite: None.Sep 18 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CR N 37160

COMP 0403WEB SITE IMPLEMENTATION/ADMINBeginner seminar for webmasters responsible forimplementation/operation of Web site. Includes: network needs,platform/technology options, control mechanisms, security,deployment strategy, host system monitoring, management,content creation, structure, hyperlinks, server features. Hands-on,a text Web site will be set up. Prerequisite: Web browsing ability,navigating files, folders, editing text in a Win95/NT environment.Sep 25 Sat/Sun 0900-1600 1 wknd BBY CRN 37161

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MMSD 3610JAVA PROGRAMMING 1Provides a thorough introduction to the Java programminglanguage and to the Java distributed objeds paradigm. Topicsinclude: the Java language and environment, creating userinterfaces with the AWT, developing synchronized multi-threadedapplications, handling multimedia and image manipulation, andmanaging interface collections. Prerequisite: COMP 3670 andany Object-Oriented programming course. (3.0 credits)Sep 13 Mon 17 30-2030 1 2 wks DTC CR N 39007

MMSD 3620JAVA PROGRAMMING 2Continues from MMSD 3610, addressing advanced Javaprogramming techniques for both applets and applications.Topics include application design guidelines, process and threadsynchronization, smooth animation techniques, local Ale I/O, andthe Java event model. Prerequisite: (COMP 3640 or 3730) and(MMSD 3610 or COMP 4409). (3.0 credits)Sep 14 Tue 173 0-2030 1 2 wks DTC CR N 39008

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SSD $6,000SOFIWARE SYSTEMSDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMThe BCIT Computer Systems Technology Department isoffering a full-time systems development program. The 30-week full time program is designed to prepare individualsfor the rapidly expanding high-tech computer industry.Applicants are not required to have a computerprogramming background, but all applicants mustdemonstrate sound logical and reasoning skills through anassessment test prior to entrance into the program.This program consists of 30 weeks of highly intensiveformal classroom instruction and hands-on lab work.Successful graduates of this program may continue in theBachelor of Technology degree program in ComputerSystems, or the Microsoft Certiffed Solution Developer(MCSD) program, or other vendor certification program.Registration is by special admission only.

Admission Requirements:• High school graduation or its equivalent;• English 12 (C+ or better) or its equivalent;• Complehon of at least one year post-secondary education;• Working knowledge of DOS and Windows environments;• Successful completion of the pre-entry exam on logical

reasoning skills and knowledge of DOS and Windowsskills (70 per cent or better).

• preferred additional prerequisite: successfully completeda programming language course.

Please refer to our web site for complete details.http: //thisisit.bcit.bc.caFor more information, please call (604) 451-7193or e-mail it specialty programs@bcit.bc.ca

TSP $8,000TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROFESSIONALThe Technology Support Professional Program, offered inconjunction with GP Learning Technologies, is a 24-weekfull-time program designed to prepare learners for therapidly expanding high-tech computer industry. Theprogram content has recently been revised in response toemerging industry demand for User Support Specialistswith product knowledge, project management skills, helpdesk administration skills and experience in user training.

This program has two components: 16 weeks af highlyIntensive formal dassroom instruction and hands-on labwork, followed by 8 weeks of work pradicum. This programis especially designed for individuals entering into the ITindushy, who do not have previous education or backgroundwork experience in this area. It is also ideal f'o r individualswho need to re-train or upgrade their present computer skills.Upon completion, students will be required to completetwo vendorspecificexams. Successful completion of theseexams will grant sludents the A+ Hardware TechnicianCertification.

Classes are held Mondays to Fridays from 08:30 am to4:30 pm. There will be no extended breaks except forstatutory holidays. Classes are held at the BCIT DowntownCampus (555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.).

Admission Requirements:• High school graduation or equivalent;• English 12 (C+ or better) or equivalent;• Aptitude for working with computers;• Working knowledge of Windows environment;• Successful completion of written computer aptitude

pre-entry exam with 70 per cent or belter;• Afler successful completion of the pre-entry exam, there

will be an interview with both BCIT and GP LearningTechnology Coordinators.

Please refer to our web site for complete details.http: //thisisit.bcit.bc.ca

For more information, please call (604) 45" -7193of e-mail it specialty programslbcit.bc.ca

NIS $15,500NETWORK INTEGRATION SPECIALISTPROGRAM TMBCIT is a Microsoft Authorized Academic Training Partner(AATP) and is offering a new program in partnership withNorthwest Digital, This program was developed to meet agrowing demand within the technology marketplace forindividuals with comprehensive networking expertise. Thisintensive program is designed to provide you with the skillsand knowledge necessary to obtain four of the most soughtafter industry certifications available today. These includeA+ Hardware Technician, Microsoft Certified SystemsEngineer, Accredited Compaq Technician and Cisco CertifiedNetwork Associate.

This intensive program is designed for people who areworking full-time. It is offered on a part-time basis and iscurrently delivered two evenings a week and all daySaturdays, over a ten-month period. The tuition includes thecost of official Microsoft courseware, and eleven examvouchers. Registration is by special admission only.

Admission Requirements:• High school graduation or its equivalent;• English 12 (C+ or better) or its equivalent;• Completion of at least one year post-secondary education,

preferably in a related discipline;• Successful completion of the pre-entry exam on computer

terminology based on hardware (75 per cent or better);• Familiarity with PCs (basic components, operating

system commands and ability to use at least onedesktop application).

Please refer to our web site for complete details.http: //thisisit.bcit.bc.ca

For more information, please call (604) 451-7193or e-mail it specialty programs@bcit.bc.caNetwork Integration Specialist TM is a trademark of NWDSystems (Vancouver) Inc.

ITP DTC $20,500INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALThe Information Technology Professional (ITP) Program is afull-time, twelve-month interactive learning experience thatincludes a three-month work term. ITP is designed for post-secondary graduates, from any field of study, who areinterested in pursuing rewarding careers within the rapidlyexpanding information technology sector. Delivering a fast-paced, current and relevant curriculum, ITP focuses ontechnical training, business applications, and businessdevelopment skills. During the entire 12 months of theprogram, students run a simulated business, 'TheMillennium Corporation', and utilize their business andinterpersonal skills learned during their time at ITP.

ITP prides itself on the dynamic array of curriculum that ispresented to students. Business, interpersonal,communication, technical and vendor certified courses arealways changing, thus, so is our curriculum. Some ITPcourses include: MCSE Curriculum, Lotus Development,Novell Administration, JavaScript, HTML, MS Offfce, MSProject, FrontPage, Project Management, BusinessImprovement, Presentation Skills, Writing Skills, Marketing,ISO 9000, Financial Management among others.

Classes are held Mondays to Fridays from 0830 in themorningto 1630 in the afternoon at the BCIT DowntownCampus (555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.).Scheduled intakes for the ITP program:January 4, 2000 and April 4, 2000.

Admission Requirements:• English 12 (C+ or better) or its equivalent;• Post secondary graduate (either a college diploma or a

university degree from a recognized institution) fromany discipline;

• Ssuccessful applicants will be required to undergo aselection interview process with the Facilitator or SiteManager, prior to acceptance into the program.

• Applicants who have attained their diploma or degreeoutside of Canada are required to have their diploma ordegree assessed by ICES (International CredentialEvaluation Service) as part of the application process.Results of the assessment must be submitted as part oftheir application package.

For more information, please call (604) 432-B635 or visitour web site at http: //itp.bcit.bc.ca.

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Program delivery formatis a combination of full-time andpart-time. Please call the department for details.

Admission Requirements:• English 12 (C+ or better) or its equivalent;• Post secondary graduate (either a college diploma or a

university degree from a recognized institution) from abusiness or technical discipline;

• Minimum of three years of business experience in ITprojects or three years experience with database,business and systems architecture.

• Applicants who have attained their diploma or degreeoutside of Canada are required to have their diplomaor degree assessed by ICES (International CredentialEvaluation Sewice) as part of the application process.Results of the assessment must be submitted as part oftheir application package.

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Computer Systems Technology currently has four paper basedcorrespondence courses.COMP 0001COMPUTING FOR THE TIMID DESept 13 Distance 18 wksTuition $152. (Includes text and materials)

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Employers told us what they wanted in a bachelor's degree. We listened.BCIT's degree has real value in the real world so you learn the skills to get ahead— and stay ahead — in today's global marketplace.And most of our degree programs can be taken part-time to fit your schedule.We' ve expanded our degree offerings to include some of today's most dynamicfields. Bachelor of Technology programs to date:

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