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Summer isdisappearing and our minds and bodies are coming backfrom the beaches and slowly resuming the work of the fall and winter.For many this year, that work will include unravelling the mysteries ofa new computer or software package. This issue focuses on the variety

of learningoptions available for those delving into the joys of comput-ing. And joy it is too — or can be.Computer learning, as with all learning, seems to occur best when

it is effortless, when it is done with a sense of joy and fun.If you were to ask me what I think is the best way to begin learning

about computing,I would suggest that you read as much as you can incomputer magazines, visit computer stores, computer shows, com-

puter user groups, fiends with computers, take introductory courses and everywhere you go, askquestions — an abundance of questions to begin formulating your own concept of which computer orprogramsarerightforyou.

Ask your questions, ask your experts, but most of all, take the time to play with the computers andprograms for yourself. Nothing beats the "hands-on" poking around on computers to give you a feel forwhich ones are the best for you. Each program is an expression of its programmers personality and eachcomputer has a different feel.

Computers are here to stay, and they will constantly be challenging us to new learning, every timethey get easier to use, some new prtoduct or sofware category will add a new layer of sophistication anda new set of skills will be required to use them. One time it was spreadsheets, then desktop publishing,then into the technology of scanning images or artificial intelligenceandthe list goeson. So the processwill continue and for many of us, the learning will be life long. Remember to have fun while you are doingit.We hope this information assernbledonsome ofthe many courses,trainingcentresand eventsisusefulto you in your on-going learning process.

A secondary theme of this months issue is the Teleplan 2 Medical software. We had a look at thingsback in July and since then have gotten a lot of feedback from doctors who where interested in the articleand wanted to know more. Much has happened, including an extension of the deadline for them topurchase their systems into next year and much comings and goings of vendors. A regular contributerto these pages, Daken Ariel, has taken it on to help organize a users group for the doctors. This is a muchneededforum fordoctorsto get feedback on theircolleagues'experience with the various vendors andproducts. Their first meeting is scheduled to include displays by adozen vendors. A good user group canbe a powerful association to convey real "hands-on" product information as well as communicating userneeds back to the vendors. If you are a doctor and considering buying a medical software package, itwould be well worth your while to attend.

Oh yes, we have grown again.Our circulation hasgone up 10,000 to 40,000 and we have 40 pagesthis time — a long way from the original 16 pages in the first issue ... way back in February of this year.This translates into more news, more articles, more reviews and more listings for you. Thanks to ouradvertisers and your support, we are continuing to grow. Please let the advertisers who are supportingthis flow of information know where you saw theirads.Tell themyou saw themin The ComputerPaper.

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Teleplan II Medical Software19 Pacific Medical Software User Group

2f3 Computerization of BC's physicians

Computer Training28 A User's Guide To Training Cenues

30 Easygteps ToGoodDesign

32 Expert Systems: Using AI in Training

Reviews A Surveys14 Virus Watchers

16 Boston MacWorld Special Report

18 BEDSPREAD: A Bedford Add-ln

31 I l lustrator 88 Review

36 Get ting Listed on the VSE

Regular Columns4 Le t ters to the Editor

4 New Products: The newest products

33 Computer Calendar: Courses and Events

37 The service sector

38 The Shareware Shelf: DOS Tutors

39 Classified Ads

39 The Booksellers' BestsellersDecember: CAD

6 Atari6 B.C. Bytes6 C anadian News6 CD-ROM7 Chips7 Commodore7 Database7 Desktop Publishing 8c Graphics8 Data Storage8 General Interest9 Japan

10 LANs10 Macintosh11 NeXT Computers11 PC News11 Quotes12 OS/2-Ps/212 Telecommunications 8c FAX12 The Stock Market13 Unix13 U.S.S.R.

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Dear Computer Paper:I am enclosingmyquestionnairefor asubscriptiontoyourpaper.Itoohavereaditcoverto cover (ex-cept the Mac articles) and enjoyed it thoroughly.Very interesting, high quality material.SincerelyS. McLaughlinDear Computer PaperIam aregularreaderofyour magazine and find

itcontains much goodinformation. AndIlookfor-

ward to its corttinuing success and gtowdt.In the most recent issue I was also pleased, as alocal SysOp, to see the inclusion of a LowerMainland BBS list.

However, I was disappointed to note it con-tained a number of mistakes regarding boards,communications programs, features, etc. I found itparticularly disappoinung as A) the item is headedbytheline "Recently VerifiedBBS Systems in theVancouver area,"and B) Cary Muzykais auser onmy Board.

I realize BBSs come and go, much like hairstyles, and thatkeeping upwith thesechanges isnoeasy task. But iherearelists available that aremoreaccurate than this one, andperhaps out of concernfor the reputation of your newspaper, a greatereffortmightbeplaced onaccuracy if you aregoingto carry such a list.

SysOps spend a lot of timeaud, inmany cases,a great deal of money setting up and maintaininghigh-quality Boards, and it's discouraging to see

them promoted inaccurately.Therefore,for the record,I amnot, nor have I

ever been, nor have I any plans to ever be aPHOENIX system. HEIKO's BBS is and willcontinue to be a WILDCATI boarcL Also, I mightadd that I no longer support 300 baud- just 1200and 2400.

I woulbemostgratefulifsuch alistis to appearin any future issues of your fine newspaper, thatthese changes are chly noted. Thank you for your

Sincerely,David HanhnsonSystems Operator HEKO's BBS

Dear TCPI pickup up The Computer Paper from Sprite

Computers and read it with great interest. Finallya good mformative paper available in Vancouverfor the Computer Buffs.

At lastl - A Vancouver BBS List not as com-

plete as I expected andsome ofthe Phonenumbersare wrong, so, here is the correctiorcAbacus BBS 2724311 24 ho'urs John GyulasiCBM 3/1200 modemBig Board 272464424 hoursJolmGyulasi CBM3/1200 PunterComm-Only 272-9222 24 hours John GyulasiCBM 3/1200 Punter

Look forward lo see your next edition of TheComputer Paper. Keepup the goodworkandshowit to INPUT" that Vancouver can produce just asgood a paper or better.Sincerely JolmGyulasiSysOp ABC BBS, Richmond

-Whoops, seems we gota fan numbers and deraih wrong.Our ffpologies, fendplease heed the warning Nr thebolomof the lisf, See the ckrssi fied section for some ocher new or corrected listings.

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Thank you for providmg an excellent informa-tion service which pmvides very valuable dataabout ihe North American, and mom importantlyCanadian computer h, software situation. Yourpublication will beavery valuableassetin Tahsis.Andris FreimamsPrincipal, Captain Meatus ElementarySecondary SchoolBox 460 Tahsis, B.C.Dear Computer Paper

We enjoyed your August 8 issue of THE COM-PUTER PAPER very much..it was passedaroundthe office and comments were very favorableindeed. We' ll keep the copy in our reception areaand I'm certain our clients will enjoy i4 too. We' dvery much liketoconunuereceiving your

newspaper, particularly the September issue fea-turing training, which is also one of the mamthrusts of our services.

Look forward to receiving yournext issue.Audrey Cooper

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Locally Produced Mac Hard DriveYou may recall weran apressreleaselastmonth

on the MACFLY line of Apple hard drives. Wellwe thought we would run the announcement againjust so we could show you their new publicityphoto of the heshly redesign logo on the unit. Weapologize for mahng thiis much fuss overa mere hard drive unit, but we think that it is great thatsomeone is actually assembling Macintosh harddrives in Vancouver, let alone in Canada. Untilnow virtually all Mac hard drives have been Rom

the U.S. or elsewhere.Adam Peripherals president, Henry Vehovec,tells us that they are using high quahty Seagatedrives and that they offer a range of both internalaud external SCSI drives of a variety of sizes forthe Mac. Apparently there is agreatdeal of interestin these units Rom a variety of government insti-tutions because of their Canadian content.

Pictured here is their entry level 20 meg unit.They also offer a deluxe model with a built inpower bar and surge suppressor- a nice loohngunit.

Hard drives are just the begining of a line ofMacintosh products for Adam Peripherals. Judg-ing Rom the look of these units, we can lookforward to more quality Canadian content Macin-tosh peripherals.

The MACFLY drive is reasonably priced andavailable at a number of Macintosh dealers in thelower mainland including: Computer Connection,StrachanComputers and SlriderComputers.

New PeripheralSharing DevicePmtec Microsystems of Montreal has come outwith a new and powerful solution for those whoneed an easy but effective way of accessing allprinters andotherperipheral devices from anumberof di fferent PCs in an office, without the need tohave a Local Area Network

The Byteway 2000 is available in three portconfigurauons to suit anmy differentapplications.Datacan be automaticaily converted &om aparal-lel input to a serial output and vice versa

Every Byteway 2000 is equiped with a dynami-cally partitioned buffer to quickly take in eachprint request and &ee the PC user io work on thenext task Retail prices for a 64K buffer unit startat $1089and range up to $3069 fora2 M egabyte

buffer.WORDSMITHS

International Wordsmiths is helping Vancou-ver area firms, institutions and ad agencies con-nect with writers."Everyone knows that they needbetter materials — betler manuals, better proce-dures, beuer sales hts. But, fmding writers withthe expertise to produce them can be frustratingand mme-consuming."says SheilaJones,princi-pal in Wordsmiths.

Now, for the first time, people who need good,solid writing can find it. Wordsmiths matches

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senior technical and copy writers to the job. Thelargest and oldest writing firm in Vancouver,Wordsmiths built its reputation in the high techfield. Now, the finn is poised to expand into twonew areas: procedures manuals for firms andinsti-tutions of every size, and high profile sales mate-rials for high techclients.

"By matching the right writer to the right task, we saveour cfients a lotofhassles," says Jones."For example, wematch writers with engineeringbackgrounds to telecommunicauons projecxs. Or,we find a procedures expert to bring order out ofchaos in expandingoffices."

Wordsmiths'writersworkintheworclprocessmgpackageoftheclient's choice andamanagerover-

sees theprojectevery step of the way. Wordsmithsalso offers desk top publishing servims and illus-tration for clients who want start-to-fitushproduc-

Deslgn Vancouver to Include DTP ContestThis isn't exactly anew product, but we thought

it was of interest and it wouldn't fit elsewhere.DESIGN VANCOUVER, scheduled between

October 21 to 30, 1988, is unprecedcsited inNorthAmerica. The firstdesignexposition of its hnd, itwill showcase the skill, talent and products of theVancouver and Canadian design industry.

Over 35 events will take place thmughout thecity at the Vancouver Art Gallery, University ofBritish Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Rob-son Square, Gastown, Yaletown,.South Granville,Stanley Park and Granville Mand.

Included in the events are:Businessfor Design/DesignforBusinessSemi-

nar k Exhibition at Robson Square: GraphicDesigners of Canada

• A Future With Design: SimonFraserUniver-sity symposium at the Vancouver Art Gallery

• Virtu 3 Showof Ccntcsnporary CanadianFur-niture: Emily Carr College of Art k Design

The Domus Exhibit: Simon Fraser UniversityArt Gallery

vTheWalls Have Ears, Poster asArt in Vancou-ver: Vancouver Museum

• Exposition '88: Canadian Association of Pho-tographers and Illustrators in Communication atthe Sinclair Centre

• Crafthouse, B.C. Design for Living, GranvilleIsland

The significance of this event is economic. Theindustry is young, dynamic, increasinglysophisti-cated and growing rapidly with a world-classreputation in several areas. DESIGN VANCOU-VER will promote the design industry; publicawareness of the design sector will increase andlinks will be forged between business and the

design community. Overall, the B.C. economywillbenefit throughbetterurilizationof thedesign

Of particular interest to computer users is adesign competition being held for the best blackand white computer produced designs. Categoriesinclude Corporate Identity, Point of Sale, News-letters, Magazines, Books, Booklets, Advertising, M iscellaneous. Winners and runners up in each

category will receive design or computer relatedprizes for the best entries. Deadline for entriesSept 30, show Oct 21-30 at the World TradeCentre. For further information, Marion Munro224-6152

New Training Affiliation for VSCThe VancouverSoftware Center has signed an

agreement with Manta Computer Technologies,Inc. of Ottawa to operate an Oncourse LearningCenter.

The Vancouver Sof ware Center currently has atraining roomandoffers microcomputer courses.'Ihe majority of the training is customized to acompany's particluar needs. Their target marketfor training is largecorporationsandgovernment

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Screen Preview Utility for Laser Je0iiTheta Systems Corporation of Vancouver ha

recentlyannounced the release of theirsofwsrsolution for Laserjet Plus and compatible printerssept/ET, their new software screenpreview utilityallows users to check out their output before theysend it out to the printer. New features include alarger full-page draft view, page upand go to pageabiTity, a wider zoom windo~, automatic detection of graphics card and soft font downloading

sottlET is memory resident and is designed fouse with applications programs which do notcontain a preview capablity for text or graphicsThepackage sells for US $120.Registeredusersoprevious versions can upgrade for$29.95US.

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PUBLISHER/EDITOR Kirtan Singh KhalsaCONTRIBUTING EDITORS Wendy WoodKen Maize, Dana Blankenhoin, Ken TakahashiNaoyuki Yazawa,Grant Buckler, Steve Goldand Peter Vekinis.

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Accounting Master Inc., of Suite 163-2619 Alma St.Vancouver has introduced the definitive payraH program farthe IBM and compatible computers. This easy to useprogram does itaH for you. T4's, employee separationreports, journals, cheques, pay advices, and detailed jobmsting are just some of the reports it handles. It evenexports directly to ACCPACiM general ledger, but saves thecomplex set up time often associated with ACCPAC's own

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ATARI (0753-33344) is said to be developing a hand-held PC,according to MICROSCOPE, a UK computer trade weekly. Detailsof the machine are scarce, but it expected to be similar to the PsionOrganiser 11, and be MS-DOS compatible...

ATARI, Sunnyvale, Ca., reports disappointing earnings but a dou-bling of sales compared to thistimelastyear. Income wasdown 59%to US$5.6mifiioneven though revenue soared to US$164.6mifiion,

an increase of 133 percent. Atari blames the sourearningson itsFederated unit which continues to lose money.

Atarl: Super ST Due?MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE (NB) — Justwhenyou thought itwas safe to buy an Atari ST or Commodore Amiga, along comes therumour mill with a super ST, capable of everything the Amiga does,but with the ST's low pricing and wide software base. AccordingtothelatestCOMPUTERTRADEWEEKLY(CTW),the super-Sf wiH be capable of displaying 4,096 colours on-screensimultaneously (the same as the Amiga) and support stereo sound,as well as multitasking and fast horizontal and vertical scrollingscreens. And aH this for 399 British Pounds.What does Atari UK say to aH this? Nothmg. Atari UK MD BobGleadow is quoted as knowing nothmg about the machina He did,however, know a lot about the laptop ST (code name Stacey) whenNEWSBYTES UK talked to him at the last Atari computer show.

Let's look at the facts. Atari has developed prototypes of severalvariations on the ST in the past. Some have made it to market. Manyhaven' t. Atari is,however, coinmiued to theoST series whichnowhas a wide software base, both in Europe and the US. On this basis,

the Super-ST is likely to be a souped-up version of the existing ST,using 1Mb DRAM chips to provide memory at lower cost, andfeature improved graphics aud sound - the features it needs to meetthe Amiga head on.

And whatabout the existing ST range? To accommodate the8399pricing on the Super ST, NEWSBYTES UK predicts that the 100British Poundsprice hike (to 399 British Po'unde) of last February wiH bereversed,leaving room forthe Super ST to manoeuvre.

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BEDFORD SOFTWARE of Vancouver says its "Comfort Card"guarantee wiH ensure that anyone who buys its small businessaccounting software gets the current versian. Customers will beasked to complete the card that comes with each package and returnit to Bedford. If the version number on the card isn't that of thecurrent version, Bedford will send out a replacement free of charge.

Hi~pa dty Network Links UBC, SFUVANCOUVER (NB) — 'Ibree universities, two reseal% facilitiesand the British Columbia Advanced Systems Corp. have set upBCnet, a high~acity network linking scientists and engine vs at

the six sites.B.C. AdvancedSystemsCorp., the TRIUMF national subatomicresearch laboratory, Microtel Pacific Research Ltd„ the Universityof British Columbiaan SimonFraser University mVancouver, andthe University of Victoria, can now exchange data at high speedsover coaxial cable, optical fibre and microwave hnks. The links canalso handle interachve video and connect a terminal atone site to atxunputer at another.

The University of British Cotumbiacomputing centrehatchetheidea in 1986, and got initial funding hom the Universities Councilof British Columbia That council has since been disbsndetL TheB.C. Advanced Systems Corp. provided the money to fmish theproject. There are plans to connect other research faciTities, includ-ing the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory m Victoria, in thefuture.

BCnet is a wide-area extended Ethernet network. Coaxial cablehuks the two Vancouver universities. TRIUMF is tied in to UBCwith a fibre-opuc connection, while the University of Victoria, onVancouver island, communicates through B.C. Telephone's micro-wave faciliiis.

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Semi-Tech Buys Canada SystemsGroupMARKHAM,Ont. (NB) — It' s officiaLAcompanythatbeganintheearly1980s making a personal computer based on the CP/M oper-ating system, and later got into the IBM-compatible busmess, hasbecome Canada'slargestdanipmcessing service bureau.

On August 16, International Semi-Tech Micmelectranics Inc.announcedithas afinal agreement to buy Canada Systems GroupofTaiunto. one of Canada's top service bureaus. The announcementcomes asloose endsare still being ti ed uponSemi-Techie purchaseof DatacrownInc., another of thecountry's largest service bureaus.

international Semi-Tech said it will integrate the compames.Combined, they are expected to have annual sales of more thanC$200miHion tomore than700 customersacrossthe counuy. Thatwould give International Semi-Tech about the sixth-largest reve-nues fromcamputers anddata processing amongCanadian compa-nies — up&om 87th in the 1987 ranking by EvansResearchCorp.

Lotus Gettlug Serious In CanadaTORONTO(NB) — Colin Wyau, the first general manager oLotus

DevelopmentCanada, sayshehas amsndamtoexpaud thecampany'spresence in Canada, and he's doing it. Wyatt joined thecompany lastmonth, and one of his first acts has been to start hiring. Lotus is

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advertising eight jobs,from sales representatives to natianal tetailand carporaiu accounts managers. Filling thosejobs would increasLotus's Canadian staff by nearl half, &om 17 to 25, and expand itpresence Rom Toronto to Montreal and Calgary.

Wyatt toldNEWSBYKS CANADA furtherexpansionispmbablyin the cards, but "it's ahnost too early toteHright now." But hedid say he is working on a plan to make the Canadian operation full subsidiary of Lotus Development Corp., not just a brancoffice. Offices will probably open in more Canadian cities in thfuture, Wyatt added.

CRTC Crunches Free EnterpriseOITAWA (NB) — CaH-Net Telecommunications Ltd. of Torontois providing competitive longAistsnce service, the Canadian Radio- television and Telecommunications Commission has decidedThat's illegal in Canada so on August 16 the CRTC tokl CaH-Ne

to cut off service to its 800 customersby the weekend.The CRTC ruled last November that CaH-Net's service was a

basic long~tance service and must stop. The company arguethat its service — it provides long4istance service on lines lease&am Bell Canada and CNCP Telecommunications and gives itscustomers reports listmg their outgoing telephone calls — was aenhanced telephone service, which is aHowed. The federal cabineintervened to keep CaH-Net in business. But the CRTC, afteholding hearings on the subject, reaffirme its ruling.

Mike Kedar, presidentof CaH-Net, did notretumNEWSBYTESCANADA's telephonecafis. A CaH-Netrepresentative said a presrelease would be issued Aug. 18, but called on that day to say threlease had been cancelled. Kedar was reported to be considerinlegal action to keep the company in business.

Fraud Trial For Clubsoft OwnerTORONTO (NB) — The owner of a Toronto store that rentedcopies of commercial software to customers for evaluation wistand trial for fraud, probably early in 1989. Clubsoft InternationaCorp. was raided in April and its owner. James Lushy, has beecharged with sevencounts of handover $C1,000. A axial date istobe set December 5.

The courts have imposed apublication banon evidence Som thprelimmary hearing, aud Leahy told NEWSBYfES CANADAthrough a Clubsoft employee, that he could not comment an th

CP/M Operating System Dying OutTORONTO (NB) — Canada Remote Systems, a large Torontobased buHetin board system, has decided to step offering limitedmemberships tousersof theCP/M operating systen. The hmitedmemberships allow users without modems to order public-domaisoftware by maiL Canada Remote says that because of the diminishing importance of CP/M it will no langer offer CP/M disks b

Existing CP/M limited memberships will be honored until theyexpire and CRS will amtiuue offermg CP/M software on-line foas long as it's available. But, sysop Jud NeweH writes in the CRSmembers' newsleuer, the supply of CP/M software has slowed totrickle.

Canada Remote Systems started in 1977 as a purely CP/M-oriente BBS, under thenameToronto RCP/M Systems.

Canadian PC Market SNl Growing FastTORONTO (NB) — The personalcomputer market is still aue ofthe most dynamic parts of the computer industry, acctuding to astudy by International Data Corp. Canada. IDC says theover-aHCanadian PC market grew by a little more than 20per cent in 1987to 529,800uniti. Revenueshit C$1 biHian, rising some30pur cent&om the previous year's figure. The biggest market seynentis stibusiness and professional applications, accounting for mare thanhalf of the totaL The home andhobby market accaunted for another28 per cent and education for about 10 per cent of sales. IBM heldon to 17.9 per centof the market, with Couunodore and Apple nexat 10.8percentand10.4 per centrespectively. Following these werInter Tan(the mternational marketer ofTandy Corp.praducts) with9.1 per cent, and Compaq with 42 per cent.

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MICROSOFT, Redmond, Wa., has organized the next CD-ROMconference. It's slated for Anaheim Hilton andTowers in AnaheimCalifornia for March28-30,1989. Regitrationis US$950, US$75if received before December 15th of this year. Ivor further info

contact Shetrie Eastman at Microsoft, 206/8824080.CD-ROM Publishing PackageOTTAWA {NB) — Tools developed byFulcrumTechnologies ofOttawa are the basis of LaserRetrieve, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s newsoftware for publishing and accessing information on CD-ROM.

Fulcrumspokes' David Dow said Fulcrum has sold itsFuHText collection of CD-ROM software tools to a umnber oorigmal equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who have incorporatedFuHText in their own products. But he said Hewlett-Packard is thfirst to package the tools in a product designed to let otlms publisinformation onCD-ROM.CCINFODISC Goes InternationalHAMILTON, Ont.(NB) —TheInternationalOccupationalSafety

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The CCOHS has «iso announced the comple-tion of videotex training packages in the nativelanguagesInuktitut and South Slavey for use inCanada's Northwest Territories.

NEC ELECTRONICS, Mountam View, Ca., is

debating whether to expand its Roseville, Califor-nia plant in order to manufacture one megabitDRAM chips. Currently only 256K DRAM chipsare produced at the plant. A decision should bemade sootL

NEC To Produce 4MB ChipsTOKYO (NB) — NEC has announced its 4MDRAM production schedule. According to thislong-term plan, production and shipment of com-mercial samples will start in January 1989 atYamaguchi NEC, with output amounting to a fewthousand units per month.

Hiroshima NEC will participate mthe produc-tion starting in early 1991. This is NEC's chanceto beatrivalToshiba which hasgotten the jump onNEC in the 1 megabit DRAM business.

But Toshiba isn't NEC's only rivaL Compei-tionin the4M DRAM market is aheadyheatingupbetween these players and Fujitsu, Hitschi andMitsubishi. Meanwhile, Sharphasalsoentered the

race with the development of technical sample of4M DRAM chipsandsaysit is prepared toship itspmducts at the same time.%hite Home To Ease Chip SanctionsWASHINGTON (NB) — The Reagan Adrnmi-stration has mov@1 to relax antidumping penal-ties in order toencourage sales ofJapaneseDRAMchips in the U.S. The action is a bid to esse theshortage of memory chips that has sent U.S.computerprices soarmg m recent months. Thechip sanctions, applied in June 1986, were sup-posed to stimulate U.S. chipmskers to increasepnductlon of domesuc memory chips. But thathasn'thappened and U.S. production of RAM chips remains quite low. Texas Instruments andMicron Technology, theonly two U.S. companiesthat sell DRAMs on the open market, have beencleaning up during the shortage.

The action &am %sshington comes as thememory shortage is beginning to show somesignsof ending. Spot prices for 1- megabit DRAMs

have fallen to US$37 in July &am US$47.50 inApril, accordmg to Dataquest Inc„a market re-search finn in San Jose,Ca

Ironically, the chip crunch hss even hit Japan,whereNEC has hadqualitycontrol problems on itschip lines and Hitachi has been slow to recover&amanearthquskewhichdarnagoiits chip-makmgcapalities. According to the Associated Press,Toshiba, the world's largest pmducer of 1-mega-bit DRAMS, sends more than 60 percent of itschips to the U.S„although the company's com-puter unit in Japan is short of memory chips.

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doubled ~ for t h e year ended June 30.According to Chairman Irving Gould, U.S. salesrose m the fourth quarter, the fwst time in twoyears. We U.S. accounts for about 20 percent ofCommodore's sales. According io Conunodoie,the Amiga is selling well in corporate art anddesign shops, where it is a strong performer indesktop presentations.

Commodore said fourth quarterprofitsrose toUS$12.2 million (3$ cents per shee) on sales ofUS$215.2 million. The prior fourth quarter sayearnmgsofUS$2.1 million (six centspershare) onrevenues of US$190.4 milhon. For the year, prof-its hit US$55.8 million (USSL75 per share) onsales of US$871.1 miHion, compared to pronts ofUS$28.6million(89ccntspershaie) onUS$806.7milhon in sales.Commodore LovesAmignTORONTO (NB) — We CommodoreAmiga is abigsuccess.That atleast wa sthe message Com-modore Business Machines presented to a group

of journalistsat arecent press breakfasL Jim Dionne,president snd general manager of theCsnsdianoperation. saidAmigasales haveclimbed

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"will make the Amiga2000 alotmore interesting"to corporate buyers. Among thesewill be an80286 coprocessorboard, anew release ofthe operatingsystem (AmigaDOS 1.3) with an improved filingsystem and the abiTity to boot from the hard disk(and about time, tool) and — though Dionne wascoy about this — the Messing of a major softwarevendor. Commodore says it has sold more than600,000 Amigss. That's decent, but then againIBM recently announced the sale of the two-millionth PS/2, a machine half the Amiga's age,and Commodore also says some 12 mi9ion unitsof its venerable 64 have been sold. Commodorealso trotted out some figures hem Evans Researchthat place it as number three m the Canadian PC market,after IBM and Apple,and a surprising

number two in sales of MS- DOS computers. withIBM first and Tandy third m that segment.

Aegis Development, Santa Monica, Ca., is ship-ping their new desktop presentation product forthe Commodore Amiga, Lights l Cameral Actionl.The program combines pictures, animation,sampled sounds, and music into complete slide-show presentations. It retails for US$80.

Ontario Revlses Educational PC SpecsTORONTO (NB) — The Pmvince of OntarioannouncedJuly 26 anew'setofspecifications foreducational microcomputers. We rules, whichgovern which machines a school may purchase tobe ehgible for substantial subsidiesRomthe pro-vincial govermnent, have been adjusted to allowmore machines to get approval and te lay moreemphasis on portable software. Changes includemore Qexible rules about Canadian content andrevised memory and storage requirements. Theptnvmcial Ministry of Educauon intends to sup-port the developmentof a common software envi-ronment, which all approved machines will haveto support, so that applications will be portable.Only two systems qualified under the old rules.They werethe Icon, developed by Toronto-based

Canadian Educational Miciopiocessor Corp. andnow marketed andsupported by Unisys Corp., sndthe EdNet system developed by IBM Canada Ltd.Under the new regulations, Commodore BusinessMachines Inc. is hoping to win ministry approval,and other manufacturers should have a good shotat it. Among the requirements: the BASIC, PAS-CAL tmd Logo programmmg languages must beavailable; the systems must have networkmgcapabilities; minimum memory is 284K bytes;keyboards must provide cursor control keys, aminimum of 10 function keys and a numerickeypad; and each system must be equipped with amouse or a trackball pointing device. Other re-quirements deal with ease of use, training, supportalxl el'goiiomlcs.

8 Computers of Commodore Line In Top 10MUNICH, GERMANY (NB) — CH IP,Germany's mostwidely readcomputermagazine,reports that its recent survey shows the Schneider1640 is the top-selling micro for the third month ina row. The second position is held by the AppleMac H, followed by the Commodore PC20, thePSi2 Mode130, the Commodore Amiga 2000, theCommodore PC40,the Schneider PC2640, thePSj2 Model 60, the Zenith EasyPC, and the Plan-trou PT286AT. In the home computer segment,the Commodore 64 is stiH number one (where ithas been for the last three years), followed by theAmiga 50, the Amiga 1000, snd the SclmeiderCPC464. For those who keep count, Commodorethe has8products in the first ten positions &omboth thehomecomputer market and the PC mar-ket.

ASHTON-TATEhss toldits UKdealers toexpectdBase IV sometime during October. The long-awsited rework of dBase III was originally an-nounced last February for shipment mJuly. LastApril, A-T announced a revised shipment date of

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MICROGRAFX, Richardson, TX, added fourClip-Art libraries, ready- to-use pictures underMicrosoft Windows at US$80 each, or US$250for the set. Choose f'rom ~ y, Sp orts, Busi-nessForms, and Headline Typefaces. Mi ciografxalso got a big write-up m Infoworld."Software Based PostScript CloneBILLERICA, Mass. (NB) — Custom Applica-tions Inc. has announced a software huerpreterthat will read PostScript nles and print them on

ordinary printers. The US$495 product, Freedomof Press, will offer 35 fonts, through eitherBitStream's Fontware or Compugraphics Intelli-font fonts. CAI President Jeff Moore says, "Free-dom of Press will change the way people conceiveof using the PostScript language. By eliminatingcosts as the determinmg factor, overall use of thispowerhl page description language will increasegreatly." The pmduct supports a variety of 24-pindot matrix printers, mk jet printers from H-P,Siemens, and ~ and laser printers includingthe H-P Laser Jet Plus and Series 8, the CanonLBP8-II, Olivetti PG-108, and the JLaser card.The software runs on ATs, PS/2s, and 386 ma-chines. According to Mark Hastings, vice presi-dent of sales and marketing, the product wi5 runon XTs, but itis very processor intensive, and willrun verys 1o w 1 y.Freedom of Press is set fordelivery in late September.

Conic Splines For The PCtDALAI, Tx (NB) — Imagine that you arestand-ing on along, slender steel beam and deforming itwith the force exerted by your mass. Splme-fitalgorithms describe the way such a beam woulddeform under speci6c coefficients and moments.Wait. What's that got to do with anythingV%ell,it has plenty to do with desktcppublishing. (Itmayalso have something to dowithyour eating habits.)

Many business-rximputeruseis arefamiliar witha special class of these algorithms called Beziercurves. They' re ihe algorithms used to defme thecurves in many of the fonts used by Postscript.Actually, they can be used to defme many curvesbesides those m letters; they can also defme thecurves in srt Don't take my word for it. AskComputer Support Corporation, publisher of theArts snd Letters software series.

Arts and Leners Editor will be thefirstgraphics-editing package for the IBM PC to feature conicsplines. Simlsr capabiTities are already availablefor the Mac m Adobe Illustrator. Editor also uses

Bezier curves to size drawmgs to any scale rt.quired with the same superior results obtamed byoutline fonts. Encapsulated Postscript output isavailable for transfer directly into Postscriptdocu-ments or the program can output directly to aPostscript device. Expect to see the release inabout six weeks.

IMSI Buys TurboCADSAN RAFAEL, CL (NB) — IMSI, bestknownforits Pagepefect program for the PC, has mergedwith Milan Systems Amixicaof A~ Geo rg iin whatcompany officers call a cashless exchangeof stock. Milan Systems puMshes the TurboCADprogram, the leading computer-aided design soft-ware for PCs priced under US$500.'%'e expect tophg TurboCAD right into our distribution chan-nels," IMSI President Geoffrey Koblick toldNEWSBYTES. IMSI, apubhcly traded company,is on the acquisition trail, having purchased Byte-Com last year. IMSI's products are aimed at thePC graphics snd desktop publishing market.

Super Norkstatlons At SIGGRAPHATLANTA (NB) — Siggraph (Special InterestGroup - Graphics), the large computer graphicsshow, replacedthe Democrats in the GeorgiaWorld Congress Center August 1-5. An estimated20,000computer graphics devotees of all types-engineers, doctors, scientists, and artists — sawnew "super-computers"designedsolelyfor graph-ics. There werenew versions of all the old standbyworkstations, putting the latest chips and mostuser-friendly operatin sys!emson their desktops.And there was talk but noagreement for standards.In one corner, Sun Microsysteins and its alliespromised their Sun OS wiH become Unix SystemV with Open Look (a Big Mac operating environ-ment that would work with any computer known)Real Soon Now. In another comer, Apollo with itsallies (including DEC, H-P, IBM, etc.) promisedtheir Open System Foundation standards (just likeOpen Look, only better) will be followed once

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New Version Of Interleaf For MucCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (NB) — InterleafInc. has anew version of its bighead desktop publishingsoftware, Interleaf Publisher, for the MacintoshILVexsion35 supports the Apple FontMsnager, cancanvert typed-in text xo graphic fonts that can besized, stretched, rotated, and Sled/ and can nmunder Multifinder. Also, the new version of Inter-leaf Pubhsher makes it easier for the Mac to sharedocuments with all the other platforms the pm-gram xuns on, including engineering workstations&om Apollo, Digital Equipment, IBM, and Sun.''The new release of Interleaf Publisher for theMacintosh Il demonstrates our ongoing commit-ment to the powerful Macintosh platfonn,-acom-minnentweplanta continue mto the future," saysInterleaf President David Boucher. The price isUS$2,495,the same asversion 3.0.Upgrades forregistered 3.0 users are free.

INTERLEAF, INC., Cambridge, Mass„hasrepartedearningsof US$109,000 (a penny per

share) on revenues of US$17 million for the firstquarter of 1988. That camyares to casings ofUS$534,000 (five cents per share) en sales ofUS$10.5 milhon in the firs quarter of 1987. Thecompany sells cantputer publishingsystems.Canadian Maga Usa DTPTORONTO(NB) — Desktapyublishing istakmgits place in the publishing indusuy in Canada.While Iyfp technology has been used in sameyubhcations for same time, there seems ta be arush to the technology lately. Apple Canada Inc.has recently been sending out copies of SMALLBUSINESS, a Toxanto-based national monthlymagazine that just started using Macintoshes topmduce its issues. SMALL BUSINESS is pub-lished by Maclean-Hunter, one of the largestCanadianyublishing houses. It was af51iated withthe FINANCIALPOSTunQMaclean-Hunter soldthe business newspaper to Toranto Sun Publish-ing, in which it owns a minority interest. With thechange of ownership and the POST's move todaily publication in February, SMALL BUSI-NESS lost the use of the Atex computer sysum ithad shared with the POST — thus the move toMacs. SMALL BUSINESS says it is the firstnationalmagazineinNoxthAmerica, and possiblythe warld, to be produced entirely an a desktoppublishing system. Others aremoving into lyfp aswelL According to officiais of Commodore Busi-ness Machines, a Monueal city magazine, MON-TREAL CALENDAR, is instalhng Amigas fordesktop publishing. VIDEO SCENE, a Tomnto-based magazine also distributed in the U.S., isbeing produced hugely with PCs using VenturaPublisher. And the computer press isnot to be leftout — the staff at COMPIJHNG CANADA re-cently began producing sections of the bi-weeklytabloid usmg Vennuu Publisher.

New Retail Store Conaept: SavySAN FRANCISCO (NB) — What do you do ifyou'xe one of 12 computer suues in 8 square

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Computers Flunk FCC TestsSAN FRANCISCO (NB) — The Federal CommunicatianCommissianhastoldThe SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE that 75% of the PCs it' recently tested failedradio interference standardsThe report says clones &am Asia are the mosflagrant violators.

The FCC officials quoted say companies axsubmitting "laboratory queens" ar prototypmachines to the FCC for approvai, then faiTing tmanufacture the systems that have passed emission standards. One testing house says some 15off-the-shelf computers were recently exammebefoxe one was found to be in compliance. Sucbig name companies as Hewlett PAckard, IBMand Mitsubishi were found among the violatoxMerle Coe, presidentof HAAR industrie, told thnewspaper.

The violatoxs get fines of US$2,000 but oftencontinue to flaunt the law, says the report. That'because the FCC approval pracess is lengthy an

the competition in the computer marketplace ifierc. 'The problem is the off-shore guys," re

Dish Storage BreakthroughSANTA CLARA, Ca (NB) — Imagineone3 li2"diskette holding the equivalent-of a 26 megabythard disk drive. It's not the stuff af fantasy, but oreality, as Insite Peripherals has created a drivthat can store that nmch data on the small-sizefloppy. Such a high~ t y f lo ppy could mdata back-up, now a lengthy yxacem involviu

many diskettes, asimplerpmcess. The teclmologinvolvesmodificationof thedisketteto accommo-date a special snipe of opticailyand magnetically

Unlike many new disk drive technologies, thone seems destined to make it to dealer shelveThe teamsofKodak and Verbatim, and Xidex andDysan, have licensed to produce the high capacitdiskettes. Insite expects the fixst disks should bavailable by the first quarter of next year.

SomewhereIn The South PacmcWILMINGTON, De — Kao is preparing to substantially increase its U.S. production of 3.5-incGappy diskeues. 7lie company has just purchasethe assets of Sentinel Technologies, a U. S.producerof fioppies, and forty acres in PlymouthMA. %be forty acres will be the site of an addtional three-million~kette-per-month faciTityWhat are they going to do with all of those littldiskettes? 'Ihey're going to stuff them into kangaroos. Well, diskaxaos actually. They'xe like kangaroos but have more pockets and are fillel withlittle Kaos instead of joeys. %he new soft diskettcaser, which contain diskettes in ~ cola raxe similar ta the nylon cases sold by Ricks «nTraveling Software. The case is included at nextra cost with the purchase of ten little Kaos(Shouldn't something full of little Kaos be mad&am kalf skin'7) Kao is aheady producing iCanada and, according to Kao spokesperson BuBaxciay, "With the additional capacity, Kao wibe the largest producer of 35-inch diskettes inorth America" He also assmed me, "By the enofnextyear thedollarvahteof the35-mchmarkewill exceed the 5.25-inc~a do ubt about it." Iyou haven't yet made a commitment to the diminutive, ityrobably won'tbe long before you doContact Kao at (800) 4434100x-947 to findyounearest dealer.

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the people who nm Computer Attic, a San Franciscocomputer store,havedone with Savvy, shneto open this month in downtown San Franciscofinancial district. Savvy will specialize in highlighting the cuttmg edge of desktop graphics ancomputer-aided design teclmology, including aonline design studio, slidemaking, color printingpreluess,multimediapresentation, animation, anvideo. Customers cansee combmatiansof microssoftware and yeripherals working in conjunctioand talk to experts in the graphic arts regardinpuning together a system for their needs. Whilthe Macintosh will take center stage, ASTResearch's IBM-campatibles axe to be sold at thnew-typexetailstoreas well.'Thisis acompletel

original concept," Savvy's Apple account manager Brad Walonick told NEWSBYTES. "Thidea is to get away &am just selling hardware tshowing what machines can really do." The maket for computer aided design gear is just heatinup and Savvyhopes to carve out a niche in themarket. Walonick says a major design finn in SFrancisco expects to save US$1 million a year itypesetting costs by buying two Macintosh Ils, fo

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Electronics Employment UpSANTA CLARA, Ca (NB) — More U.S. work-ers are employed m electronics than ever before mthe nation's history, reports the American Elec-tronics Association. In the trade group's latestsurvey, 2.61 million Americans are employed inelectmnics in June, compared to 2A9 milhon oneyear earlier. In computer companies specifically,there were459,7Nemployedcomparedto430,8QQin June, 1987.

"nus steady upward curve is an indicator ofhealthy growth and we expect more of the samethroughout 1988 and into the next year,"remarkedPat Hill Hubbard, the AEA vice president.

The biggest gains were in sofnvare program-ming, where 34,400 jobs were added compared tolast year, bringing the total number of workers inthis fleld to 280,4N, an increase of 16 percent.

GM Speaks With Ferked TongueWASHINGTON (NB) — Transporation Secre-taxy James Bumley says General Motors Chair-man Roger Smith told him GM's Hughes AircraftCorp. wouldnetprotest the awarding of a VS$3.6billion air traffic contxol computer contract toIBM. Just days later, says Burnley, "the protestcame in." Burnley said Smith telephoned himshortly after thegiantcontract, the largestinIBM'shistory, was announceL Smith said Hugheswouldn't appeal, according to Bumley, and thatHughes would turn over its data to IBM. ThenHughes complained to the General ServicesAdministration's Board of Contract Appeals. Thecontract is on hold while GSAponders the matter.The conaaet is a key to IBM's plans for its RT

reduced instruction set workstation, which will bethe basic tmninal m the system.

$3.6 Billion Contract On HoldWASHINGTON (NB) — The General ServicesAdmmistxation's Board of Contract Appeals hasyut the US$3.6 billion contract awarded by theFederal Aviation Administration to InternationalBusiness Machines Corp. on ice pending an ap-pealby Hughes Aircraftdivisionof GeaeralMetorsCoxp. Hughes charges that the award violatedfederal procurementregulatioas. Hughes was theunsuccessful bidder in the four-year contest to wina contract to modernize the FAA's air traf6ccontxol system.

In its pretest, Hughes complains that IBMundercut its bid because Uncle Sam allowed IBMto bid used computers, while Hughes had to bidnew gear.IBM saysthe charges are baseless.Thecontract is nnpoxtant te both companies. Hugheslied set up anentire corporate division to bid onthepxoject and may have to lay off 250 workers. FerIBM, tlie contract is a key in the company'sstrategy for theRTengineering workstation, whichwill be the backbone of the FAA system. IBM hassaid it expects the new air traffic contxol systemwill use 12,000 to 15,QQQ ef the slow-sellingreduced mslruction set computers.

18% ot US Househehla Have PCsA Galhp poll done for the ELECTRONIC IN-DUSTRIES ASSOCIATION in Washington esti-mates that18 percem of American householdsnow ewn personal computers. Households withchildren are more likely to have computers thansingie~aa households. r16A% Growth In PC SalesTORONTO (NB) — The personal cmaputermarket in Canada year 16.4 per cent in 1987,aexmdmg to International Data Corp. CanadaThat made it the fastest-gxewmg part of Canada'sinformatkmteehaologymdustry. IDCCanadasaysthe PC market New to C$1436 million in 1987.The over-allinfoxmatioa technology indusuygxew85 per cent to C$12,443 million.

IDC'sreportlistssixmajor "industry stories" of1987. It was a slow yearfer mainframes. IBMcontinued to have problems in mainframes aadxmd-range systems. IBM's 9370 got off to a slowstart. Digital Equiymeat, Tandem, Stratus, Appleand Compaq enjoyed a goodyear, IDC said, but atthe same time thereseaxehfmnpomts to increasedpxessme en Iraditional mmicomputer vendors, acategory that presumably includes Digital. Theflnal pomts is renewed enthusiasra fer Unix.

IDC says these developments reflect funda-mental, longer-term forces. particularly a shifttoward standardized systems, consolidation to afew key hardware aad software architectures, andsmeller systemscoatmumg to drive the indusuy'sgrowth.Badt'a Musk Doaa On AI SystemBRUSSELS, BELGIUM (NB) — An IBM re-

searcher is being aided by Bach's music to createan expert system which is designed to listen and

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examine music. Music foundtobeoutofhaxmony,or out of tune, even though the changes may bevery small, will be corrected automatically.

Kemal Ebcioglu developed CHORAL, theprogram responsible for the music analysis. Beinga master of music and a bolder ef an Informaticsdegree. he used the Backtrachng SpeeiseationLanguage, which performs fastlogic analysisusinga computer.

Bach*s music, which was written in the 18thcentury, is mainly annyosed of musical harmo-nies. Each one of these isdesigned tobeperformedby a male and female choral group with the se-yrano as themajor sound heard. CHORAL, whichiscomposed of350rules ofdeduction,each oneof

which is subdivisable into many morerules, corre-sponds to the way our voice aack actually works.

Although such a job may seem simple, it takesan IBM mainframe about 30 mmutes to rua thepxogram and perfoxm an analysis on sounds. Itexecutes 23 bNion instructions.

Kemal Ebcioglu stated, "CHORAL is a test tosee whether the artiTicial mtelligence softwareavailable today iscspableto analyze sounds, whichare among the most difficult analog signals to beexamined by computers. The success of CHO-RAL, however, affaxns my position that comput-ers, and especially software, are flnally able totackle extremely complex projecs."

PC Screens: Bad Fer Your EyesBERKELEY, Ca. (NB) — The director of theU.S.'s first clinic dedicated to the study aad treat-ment of vision problems related to video displayteclmologysays regularVDT exposure may causeeye focusing yrobleras. James Sheedy of the Uni-

versity of California's School of Optometry VDTEye Clinic says his study of 153 patients revealedmere of them to haveproblems focusing their eyesthan "we would normally see in a clinical popula-tion." In addition te problems focusing, the pa-tients also suffer &om eye fatigue and other visioapmblems, he said. Most of the patients were under40 years old, twice as maay were women as men,and all worked foran average of6 hoursa day formore than four years at a VDT.

Sheedy suggests work at a VDT could be"ehangmg thephysiologyof the eye,"inhis report.He suspects the problems are dne to several fac-tors: the glowing CRTs, the posture of the work-ers, ml the use ef prescription glasses, specifi-cally bifocals, m many of the cases. He acknowl-edges that the report is pxeliminaiy andnotsuietly

American Electronics Association, SantaClara,Ca„says sales of U.S.-made electronics goods arebooming. The latest figures show record sales ofelectnmics goods both in the U.S. and abroad,amounting to US$1373 billioa for the fast sixmonths of this year.

Software Sales BoomingWASHINGTON (NB) — Whosaysthe personalcomputer market is soft? According to the Seft-wafe Pllbllshexs Assedatloa, sales of persollalcomputersoftware boomed ahead 51 percent inthe flrst half of 1988, on sales of US$1.8 billion,compared to US$12billionfor the flrst half of lastyear. "People have alleged that the PC softwareindustry is maturing," said the SPA executivedirector,"but this data, which surprised me, showsthat it's nowhere near maturing." According toSPA, US$139 billion of the sales was for MS-DOS software, compared to US$192 million forApple Macmtosh software. But the Mac repre-sented the fastest growing segment of the market,with sales an astonishing 131 percent ahead of last

The End to Ferris BueBer's Day ON?UNISYSCORP., Blue BelL Pa., isofferingmicro-CASTS Attendance, designed to help schoeladministratorskeepaaendance recerds and notifyparentsof absences through an auto&aler. Theproduct will be available in early 1989 and will bepriced between US$1PN aad US$3,000.

Teshlba's Real-Thne Telephene 12anslatlen efEnglish/JapaaeseTOKYO (NB} — Toshiba has developedItheworld's first Japanese- English automatic charac-ter translation phone, taking advantage of AI andsatellite communications teclmology. The phonetranslates conversations faxm Japanese to Englishand vice versa when the chats originate via key-

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ompuuns, Apple founder Steve Jobshasarrangedr T-shirts to be sent to some900 of his favorite

oftware developers. Emblazoned with the logo ofiscompany NeXT, they're accompanied by aote ashng his friends to bepatient, the computersre coming. "It will be worth the wait, I promiseou." Obviously Steve has had these T-shirtsanging around for some time. NEWSBYTES gotold of one through illicit channels way back in986l We can testify to the fact that the color haseld up through two years of laundering, in caseou had any doubts about the quality of the work-

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Wang Finally Serious About PCs?OWELL, Mass. (NB) — Wang Laboratories hasred Graham Beachum to anew position of viceresident of personal computer sales and market-g. Wang stole Beachum away fmm Dell Com-uter Corp., where he was vice president of mar-eting and sales. Frederick Wang, president andhief operating officer at Wang, said the moveunderscores the seriousness of our intent to cap-ure a significant share" of the PC market. %angstabhshed itspersonalcomputer division in May.eachum, 40, has had senior marketing jobs atandy and IBM.

TILT Cuts &03&6PricesMORRISTOWN,NL (NB) — AT8tThasmovedo position its high-end personal computers toompete with the machines based onthe new Intel0386SX chip. The 80386SX is a somewhat dis-bled version of the 80386 thetis a little bit slowerutslotcheaper."This reduction shows custom-rs and the mdustty that ATILT intends to be anggiessiveplayer in the personal computer field,"ays Francisco Albququerque of ATILT's per-onal computer division. Prices on the flagship386 WGS, whichruns at 16 mHz, have beenashed bymore than 20percent. The basic modelas been knocked down fmm $US4,899 toUS3,495.otus Development Corp.Cambridge, Mass., has named Mark Flanagan asresident of the Lone Development Corp. sub-idiary. Established in 1984, Lotus Publishingevelops and markets information products and

irst4&6 Systems Due Iu 1990RUSSELS, BELGIUM (NB) — NEWSBYTESUROPE has leaned that 80486 samples haveeen delivered to IBM, COMPAQ and DELL

which are expected to aimouncenew '486 systemsor delivery in 1990.

Thechip, whichhas been coveredpreviously inEWSBYTES,offers'386compatibihty and fasterpeedsdue lo itsdenser manufacuue.

One source close to Intel said to NEWSBYTESUROPE that these systems will have ESDI hardiskcontrollers nmning at 15MHz (against 5MHzor MFM and 10Mhz fortoday's ESDI) and thus

will be able to use 760MB hard disks. Prices areaturally high and thesesupersystems should costbout US$30,000 and offer about 10 - 15 MIPS.

What The 804&6 Will Be LikeSANTA CLAIU4 Ca. (NB) — The successortohe 80386 chip, the 80486 &om Intel, will be soast and sopowerhit thatit may start anew class ofomputers, sosaysIntel. Slated to ship in sampleuantities within a few months, the RISC-like0486 is expected to propelthePC into the work-tation «nd minicomputer market, according tone analyst. It will be backward-compatible with

he 80386 and its predecessors, able to iun IBMoftware, but will also take advantages of newpplications thatrequire speed andpower. Sources

ay the firstcomputers with the 80486 should starto appear amund 1989 and 1990 and will mostkely make use of the 80486 for its ability to direct

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multiple tasks and be a local areanetwork server.Speeds should range &om 25 megahertz to 40MHz but along with the speedcomes a high price.Look for the80486 machines to run up toUS$40,000each. Meanwhile, look fora 33 MHz80386 to be announced soon, we' re told.

IBM DOS 4.0 ReleasedFRANKFURT, GERMANY(NB) — Asreportedby NEWSBYTES EUROPE inFebruary,thenew DOS 3.4/4.0releasedby Microsoft includes UM/ EMS support, higher capacity storage (more than32MB - however the clusters get bigger, so morespace is wasted for small files), menumriented

installationalaOS/2, andnew commands, includ-ing a memory manager. In addition, a file cachingcapabiTity is inchided which makes this reporterwonder whether it will work with MS %indows(most of the other caching pmgrams don' t).

IBM Copy Protects New DOS 4.0%H1TE PLAINS. NY (NB) — IBM has quietlyintroduced amild form ofcopypiotection with theshipment of DOS 4.0. To my knowledge, it is afirst for Blue. Olieraung systems, hmguage pmd-ucts, Display Write and other IBM software havenever been protected in the past even at a timewhen all of the major PC software vendors pro-tected their products. Now that the major playershave foregonetheodiouspractice, thebootlegger'smostcoolierative victim has seemingly decided toturn everything around.

So many problems have been noticed by earlyreviewers of the pmduct thu the point has gone allbut unnoticed. However, die new DOS can't be

copied to a hard disk or to other than the origmalmedia type. If it is, the installation process re-quired to create the new DOS shell, the pmduct'smajor innovation, will fail to work &om the newmedia.

The copy pmtectionemploysahiddendirectoryentry and other strategies that allow the user to usethe DISKCOPY command to reproduce backupsbut not ln copy the installation files lo a differentmedia format with COPY or XCOPY. Further-more, at least some earlier versions of DOS willnot DISKCOPY the new formlt. And, users withcompatible machines may fmd that their systemwill not start from the installation diskette in any

Qulters At Lotus, 1-2-3 DelaysCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (NB) — Irfan Salim, vicepresident and general manager of Lotus Develop-ment Corp.'s spreadsheet division, the most im-

portant in thecompany, hasresigned, citing per-sonalreasons. Lotus spokesmanJames O'Duunellsays Salim's resignation willhaveno effect on theoft-postponed release of Version 3.0 of 1-2-3.O'Donnell says the upgraded spreadsheet is stillscheduled toseethe light of day in the fourthquarter.

Salim is the fifih vice president to flee Lo-tusland since March, when Lotus's aggressiveChairmanfimManzi forced out &eaior VicePresi-dent Charles Digate, expected to be Manzi's suc-cessor. Digatehadhired Salimtoruninternabonaloperations. He came to the U.S. from Britain inNovember to take over spreadsheet marketing.

Meanwhile, Lotus' marketing manager forAgenda, Conall Ryan, has also resigned to joinSteve Jobs' NeXT, Inc. in Palo Alto, Ca Reportssay he feels his job is done at Lotus and isready fora new challenge. "Agenda's launch is out thereand it's happenmg," he told the SAN FRAN-

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IBM And Apple Tied For Dollar Share Of SahsPLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa (NB) — Apple andIBM are tied for dollar share in computer storechannels, according to the latest IMS AmericaNational Computer Retail Reports. Acxarding toIMS, it's the first time IBM's market share hasfallen below 20 percent, and that Apple matchedor topped IBM in a non ~t m as selling period— further evidence that Apple is making it in thecrucial businessmarket. Apple actually squeakedbyIBM in total dollars for thequarter ending April1988 by half a point, accordmg to IMS.

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Boca Research, Boca Rotan, Fl., however, saysthe IBM PS/2 market is booming, despite appear-ances.Itsaysits PS/2 Micm Channel boards haveexceededsalesexpectations "200%" (fmun what,

they don't say) with two Scandanavian distribu-tors plscmg orders on its serial and serial-parallelcards while they were still prototypes.

TheClassic Coke Gambit: IBM AT To Return?ARMONK, N.Y. g%) — Listen for the jungledrums. Scan the sky for smoke signals. The IBMnnnor mill is grinding again, with the word fromthe Big Blueologists that the PC-AT is about tocome to life again. It's the Coke Classic gambit-brought back by customer demand. "PC Week"says the new machine will be ca lled the PS/2Model 35.'' rhe Wall Sheet Journal" says the newmachine will abandon the controversial Micro

Channel Axchitecture in favor of the good old ATbus. Stewart Alsop, editor of "P.C. Week," isskeptical. "It would kind of give the lie tu every-thing they' ve been saying,"he told the AssociatedPress. IBM, characteristically, is mum. Remem-ber, dear readers, IBM has the power to cloudmen's minds. Only the Big Blue Shadow knowsfor sure.

In other IBM news, the company has rolled outa comprehensive line of expert systems software,for users of IBM products ranging kom novices toartificialintelligencemavens. The software guidesthe user through a series of questions in order toextract the lists and rules needed in the software.The software is available for a full range of com-puters I'rom PCs to mainframes. The productsinclude anew version of the Expert System Envi-ronment, aimed for users withfewcomputer skills,a complementary program called Expert SystemConsultation Enviromnent-PC, and an update of

KnowledgeTool, aimed at computer pros. For Algurus, IBM is offering IBM KEE, developed withIntelliooxp. Inc. of Mountain View, Calif.IBM Ships 2$MHz Model 70 PS/2NEW YORK (NB) — Selected user and dealers,among them 'TnfoWorld," have been receivingIBM's enny in the 80386 speed contest. IBM hasconfnmed itis shippmg a few of the 25 megahertzPS/2 Model 70-A21. The machine is supposed tobe in dealers hands m quantity by end of Septem-ber. Themachine is aimed squarely at the Compaq25-MHz machine. According to "InfoWorld,"preliminmy benchmark tests rate the IBM at 6.97in processorspeed versus 6.15 for the Compaq.

But the Compaq beat the Model 70handily in harddisk benchmarks.

source has revealed that Quarterdeck Office Sys-tems and others, Microsoft was also mes@ havea secret IBM microcomputer for testing develop-mentpxujects. OKcially, company spokespersonsdeclined to admit to the existence of the mysterymachine but my guess would have to be that it' sthe new IBM laptop computer. If you know any-thing of these machines why not give me acall. I 'dlike to hear about it here first. QUOTE OF THEWEEK.. . If you'd like to hear a hilarious storyabout the investigative methods of the fourth es-tate, give Quarterdeck a call and talk to GarySaxer. When I asked Gary about the foregoinglaptop rumor, he denied it completely. But I was

fairly sure of my source. So, I asked him if themachine uses a '2S6 or '3S6 processor.

He told meinstead about anapocryphal internalmemo warning the Deckers about theimethodsemployedbyinvestigativereporters. It seems that,acccuding to the memo, reporters will call Quar-terdeck and ask if they' re still roasting babies atthe Santa Monica deckquaxters. When confrontedwith denials, the correspondent then says all hereally wants to know is the type ofbarbecue saucebeing used. Gaty had me on the floor.

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day market crash REAL SOON NOW. And wheMurphy talks, people listen. Th bec auMurphy successfully predicted the last BlacMonday crash of October, 1987. He's been liqudating the newsletter's portfolio in preparation

Perhaps it's also no coincidence that Computeland has just postponed its public offering. ThHayward, Ca.-based computer retail chain, citinadverse stock market trends, has announced itpublic offering will be postponed indefinitelyKen Waters, Computerlandpresident, says durinthe last few weeks, "the market declined almo100 points and companies comparable to us declined by about 20 percent."

Computerland had hoped to raise US$51 milion by selling 2.7 million shares of common stocpriced between US$16 and US$19 a share.Electronic Rumour MongersATLANTA (NB) — A "Wall Street Journal

feature about sowalled "rumor wires," an adjunof the market quotation systems on brokers' desamund the world, points up the quickly-dissipaing line between fact and fiction in the onlinbusiness world. Quote services like KnighRidder's MoneyCenter, McGraw-Hill's "SAMaxketScope," and even Dow Jones' own "Pmfessionallnvestor Report" need to chase downanreportxumars immediately, because to get scoopeby 3 minutes can cost precious dollars on thmarket. At the same time, these services know thmany of the reports they' re rushing to press wonturn out Io be true, and some will turn out to havbeen planted by traders eager to make hay on thresulting panic. The rumors, and panic, also scaaway small mveaturs, which is bad for businesgenerally.

WHATCANBE DONE — Nota whole lot. Buif anyone calculated, regularly, the percentage rumors these services print which prove hue lateon, moneycould be made and customers served

cations Associates Inc. of Alphareua tumedout be the brains behinds the new txmmunicationmterface put into the public domain by Intel oAugust 16. The Communicating ApplicatioSpecifitcationis onanew Connection CoPmcessboard which can communicate with main&ameshare that information with PCs or fax machineand do it all in the background. If all of this woras they claim it will for about US$1,000 with modem ophon priced at under US$300 (availabin September), itshouldbe an unique product. Bif this interface canreally become a standard, yowon't have to worry about modem, fax, or main&ame connections again. Lotus, Micmsoft, an

Borland all claim they' re suppoxting it.US. Spies On British TelecommNORTH YORKSHIRE (NB) — Investigativ

journalist Duncan Campbell has caused a stir ithe latest NEW STATESMAN magazine by revealing that the US's National Security Agenc(NSA) is to sink several tens ofmilliondollaxs inexpanding its Menwith Hil l f aciTity near Haxogate, North Yorkshire.

Whatdoes Menwith Hill do2Cuxrentlyitlistento world radio hansmissions. The expansion wtake its operations into the world of internationteleeommumcations. Campbell alleges that placall for all international phone and data converstions, both in and out of theUK, to be monitoreby the NSA site.

Can they do this'P Yes. The UK Home Officgrants 'monitoring warrants,' to prevent anyembarrassing prosmltions under the Interceptio

of Communications Act. AppearingonNEWSBYTES UK's local TV station, Campbell revealethat between 250 and 300 of these warrants are use at any one time. Furthermore, between 6 an12of those wirants are what are knownasblankewarrants. One waxrant is sufficient to tsp ALLinternational phone calls in and out of the UK.

What Uncle Sam does with all those phone carecordings, however, is anyone's guess.

Murata BusinessSystems, Dallas,announced connectionbetweenits F-50fax machine endmosPCs. Calledthe FacsimileInterface Protocol(HPit lets users send images to and &am PCs overserial cable.

NewCommunications Interface.ALPHARETTA, GA (NB) — 9igital Communi-

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EAC Bndt In The BladtMARI&AM,Ont. (NB) — GeacCcunyuterCoxy.as reported its fust quarterly profit in twa and aalf years, with net income of C$10Q,NQ in theuarter endedApril30. That comesless than ayearfter thecompanyemergedfmmreceivership (for

American readers, that's the Canachanequivalentf Chayter 11).Fer the fiscal year, Geac reported a net loss of

C$2.1 million on revenues ef C$685 nullian-ot wonderful, but bauer than last year's lass of

C$19.4 million on revenues of C$64 million.Donald C. Webster, chairman, said m a presselease that the company has "re~tablished its

gmwthpattern,"has increased ihbeokvaluef'iomC$11.8 million te C$373 milhen, and has a netash position of C$4.4 million.

ntegrn Systems., Vancouver, lost C$125 mil-on on revenue of C$42millim in the year ended

March31, compared withapmfitof C$359,0Nonevenues of C$3.8 million last year.

Mltel Corp Kauata, Oat„last C$1.8millionin the14 weeks endedJuly 1, on revemuu of C$101.6million. In the 13 weeks ended June 26, 1987,Mitel lost C$10.1 million on revenues of C$92.7million.OradeCerporntfonTomnto, reported revenues

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mg a US$9.4 billion market by 1992. In order toget a bigger piece of that maxket, IBM is spendingas much money on development of RT hardwareas it does on personal computers. Goldberg saysIBM has put 160 people to work developing RTapplications ar gening outside software camya-nies to port their applications to the RT.

IBM AnnouncesNew RT/PC ModelsSTNTGART, WERI'GERMANY(NB) — IBM.m an effart to dispel rumours about the demise ofthe RT/PC (or the 6150 as its caHed in Europe)introchiced new models which are both powerfuland fasterthan thepredecessors. Model 6151/130or 6150/135 and B35 have 16MB memory and a114MB harddiskasstandard.Theyalsooffera5.6MIPS syeedusmganlBMAesigned RISC pmces-sor, options far either a 310MB hard disk or up te93QMB hard disk storage. The systems support amaximum of 7A6GB and cost about US$230N

Arms to Iran But Ne 386'a For SevletsSAN RAFAEL, Ca (NB) — Soviet officials, cm ashopping trip te SiTiccn Valley computer fums,have seared a big purchase from Micmym Inter-national, which has agreed to help develop ofRussian version of Wonntar. The technology-tumgxy delegation is seehng software and hard-ware for the U.S.Mt„whichbycutrent reports hasonly about 200,NQ microcomputers compared to20 million in the United States. But loosening ofUS trade restrictions with the Soviets has allowedmore softwaxe and hardware to pass behind the

Iran Curtain.Micreyie says the Soviets will jointly developand distribute a Russian version of WardStar,still the mast widely used wcml pmcessingprogram inthe world with an estinated 3 million copies solcL

Other companies being visited by the 6 Sovietscientists include Califanua Micmelectremc Sys-tems and Databank Computer Corporation, whichplans ta sell IBM~np atibles in the U.S53L

Interestingly enough, MicxaPro reyorts that theSoviet sale did not come without a hitch. Thecompany was reportedly given implicit oxders bythe FBI not to show any cemmunications softwarenoxacomputer based ontheIutel80386micmpm-

Ayyle Computer reports that new export ruleswiH make it possible for Apple computers to beshippedtothe SovietUnion and EasternEurope.Apple's spolreswomsn says despite the relaxedxules, Apple has no immediate plans to ship com-puters to the Commmust Bloc.Perestroika, Dataease StyleTRUMBALL, Conn. (NB) — Software developerDataEase International Inc. will begin sellingEnglish and Russian versions of its software in theSoviet Union. Anm Gupta, president and chiefexecutiveoffice of D~ says his companyhas received Commerce Deyartment aypmval forsaleof the DataBase database software for IBM PCs aud clones in the USSR."Under the Soviet'seconomic reslxucturing program, Perestroika,"Gupta told the media, basic businessandpurchasedecisions will now be made directly by individualmanagers, who will neel tools like DataEase toautomate theirorganizatiousefEciently."Six-year-old DataEcne will also market its software inEastern Bloc cotmtries.The U.S. Department Of Commerce in Wash-ington will ease its export cannel mles so that

moreyowexfulcontputexsembesoldmthePeoplesRepublic of China The new rules wiH mom thatmost Digital Eqtulunent Carp. VAX ccmtputers,most Sun Micmsystems workstations, and someIBM mid-range computers can be shipped mu-tinely to China

MITI To Sall Te CemmnnistsTOKYO (NB) — The Mmistry of IntexxumanaiTrade andInclustries (MITI) has announced that itwill eliminate same restrictions en the exyort ofcamyuters to Chma as early as m the middle ofSeptember. Aho, MITI is easing upunits restri-ction regardmg the shipment of cempttters to theSoviet Union and Eastern Europe at the end of thismonth.'11teughthemaximumymcessmgcapacityofcxunyutexucuxxuntlyallowedferexportteChinais 285 megabits per seccmd, diat ftgutu will beupgraded te 550 megabits per secancL It is ex-pectol that the new, mare lament mles will stimu-

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at some US$280 million far Sun, which just re-corded its first US$1 billion xevenue year. Cm-ently Sun sells the mcst workstations in volume,

but Hewlett Packard selh the mast m dolhxs.

Untsys, Betting On UnixBLUE BELL, Pa (NB) — U nisys Corp. wiillacquire Convergent Inc., Ssn Jose, Calif., forUS$350 million. lhe move provides further evi-dence of Unisys's strategic decision to focus onthe Unix operating system asthe seftware that willunify the Tower of Babel that chaxacxerizes thecomputer indusuy. 'Convergent will become acornerstone of our rapidly gmwmg busmessindistributed systems based

unopen industry stan-dards and state of the art netwoxhug technokx-gies,"said Unisys Chairman W. Michael Blumen-thaL

Unisys had a close relationship with Conver-gentpriar to the merger. Unisys hasbeenreseHmgmany Convergent computers, and manufacturingothers under license fmm Convergent. Conver-gent also has imlxutant ccmracts to build Unixmachinesfar resale by other comlunies, such asGreupe Bull and NCR Carp. Unix system havebeen Unisys's fastest-gmwing line of business.Sales of Unix systems tripled last yea to US$500million, and are expected to his US$8N mil lionthis year.

Sun Mlcreaystams, Mountain View, Ca„says netncaine was ilp 83% lo US$66.4 xmillon, f evexlllesdoubled fiem US$537 million to US$1.05 billionin its last quarter compared to ene year ago. Theresults were sogcod they smyrised mas analysts.

Sun Microsystems was mcently designated thefastest-gmwmg electmnics ccrnpsxiy in America

IBM To Beef Uy RT WorkstationsNEW YORK (NB) — Arthm Goldberg, a key5gure m IBM's RT reduced instruction set com-yuter, says Big Blue will ship an RT workstationat least twice as powerful as the current offeringwithin a year. Critics have trashed the RTs aswoefully underpowered since the mtroduction ofthe machines in 1986. IBM has been unable tocompete with Sun Microsystems, Apollo Com-puter, and Digital Equipmuat Corp. in the hotwodmtatianmarlcet. But the "Wall Sneet Jotunal"notes, "It's not at aH clear that IBM isn't justthrowing good money after bad; the ccunputurindustry isbmtal toyroducts that get off te a slowstart." Wcnkstationsare becenuxtgso power andsomexpcutsivethattheyurebeaunmgakeyindus-txy segment.International Data Ccny~Framing-

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the word pmcessing module, expanding thepack-ages spreadsheet to 2S6 cohmns by 16$82 rows.adding color support for the Macintosh II, PrintPreview toview each page of a document beforepfnunlg, and recorder nl&clos to automate key-strokes of often-repeated tasks.Supportfor columnar text and an enhanced set

of object~ented drawing tools give Works thepotential for limited desktop publishing. Micro-soft representatives displayed logos„presentaaongraphics and a newsletter created using thepmgram's word processing and drawing tools.While not award- winning worksof art, theydemcrtstrated quality work needed by the smallbusmess customer who are primary purchasers ofWorks.

Works 2.0, scheduled for release in October,retains its original price of US$295. Upgrades areavailable to users of earlier versions of the pro-gram for justUS$75 and Microsoft is offering freeupgrades to anyone purchasing version 1.0 afterAugust 1st

Alongside this newly-enhanced version of Microsoft'sintegrated software, the company

demcrltiatedupgradesof Micmsoft Word, PowerPoint, and recently-released products like Micm-soft Mail, demonstrating that lawsuit or no, theworM's largest software company is not about to

give up its dominant share of the lucrative Macin-tosh software market.

Mac%arid Expo OpensBOSTON, Ma (NB) — Before thedeluge of the30,000 attendants expected to attend this year' sBostonMacWorld Expo,exhibitors from themorethan350coinpsnies displaying at theshow openedthe doors to give press and invited guests a sneakpreview of what to expect over the three day

indusuy show opening Thursday August 11tlLEver increasing in scale, this MacWorld Expo isexpected to be the largest Macintosh-relatedcomputer event ever with exhibits and confer-ences 611ing three major faciTities and every hotelin the city of Boston booked through the weekend.

Apple, Microsofi and Apple's softwaresubsidi-ary Clsris all announced new products duringindustry day (seenext stories) aud over 100 newreleases or upgrades are expected to be unveiledduring the course of the show. Some new productscome from old- time Mac players like Jasmine(makers ofharddisks and other peripherals) whichhas announced a new Postscript printer, andMediagenic (formerly Activision) which has re-leased new Hypercard applications including anupgrade of Dan Goodman's Focal Point.

Other new products come f'romrecent additionsto the Macintosh family of software andperipheralmanufacturers. These include Dac Easy, makersof PC accountmg software, which has released a

Mac version of its popular Dac Easy Light ac-countmg package, and Compugraphic, the world'slargest manufacturer of computerized typesettingequipment, which is showing off its new range oftypefaces available for the Mac.

Show planners in Boston, a city of long trafficjams, short- tempered drivets, and a major con-vention center still under construction, are count-ing on the efforts of several valiant shuttle busdrivers to umte the far-flung branches of whatpromises to beone of themost enjoyable and well-auended trade show in the city's hisumy.New Scanner, 4MB Mac II, UpgradesBOSTON,Ma(NB} — Apple's rumored scanningdevice wasannounced at MacWorki Expo onWednesday August10th. The 83" by 14" 300dotsper inch flatbed scanner is capaMe of importingpictures into PICI', TIFF of MacPaint file formatssupported by most Macintosh applications.

The scanner, long anticipated by Apple watch-

ers, comes bundled with software includmg Ap-pleScan, a flexible imaghtg program which cancapmre grey scale at 4 bit/16 levels per soamedpixel. This packagehasa useful "preview" featurewhich snows users to quickly manipulate bright-ness and contiaston a75 line preview" versionofan image setthtg parameters before a final scan.

The package also comes with HyperScan. apmgiam written by HyperCard author Bill Akim-son, whichallowsphotos, picnaes or hneart tobescanned directly into HypetCmdsutcks increasingthe ease of integrating graphics into HyperCardstacks andapplicatians.

The Apple Scanner has a suggested reuul priceof US$1,799.and is available immediately fmmauthorized dealers.

Apple also announced a top of the line versionof its Macintosh II computer, the 4/40, comingwith four megabytes ofRAM ands fast 40mega-byte hsrddisk Includedin this announcement wasthe immediate availability of 1MB, 2MB and

4MB extension kits for aH Mac Pius, SE and MacII computers. Lest you think the DRAM droughtover however, memory has itscost. Priceson allofApple's RAM extension kits have gone up as aresultof increased costs of supply. The price of

1MB is US$499; 2MB, SUS 1199and4MB, $US2399. The Mac II 4/40 retails for SUS7398 com-plete.

No end to therumors of anew Mac CPU basedon Motomla's top of the line 6$030 micmpmces-sor. No ansvrers either except the statement of anApple developer who, remarking on Apple'senormous surplus of R k D funds, told reporters"if it sound's like it's a good idea, assume thecompany is working on it."

Works 2.0: Significant UpgradeBOSTON, Ma (NB) — To the surprise of almostno one, the long anticipated release of MicmsoftWorks 2.0 was announced during a pressconfer-ence on WednesdayAugust 10thduring industry

day at MacWorld.Microsokhas enhanced its tremendously popu-lar integrated software package for the Macintoshby adding a 60,000 word spellcheck programto16 • The-Computer Paper- September=1988

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Claris Teams Up For CAD PackageBOSTON, Ma (NB) — Cl sri s Cotpomtion,Apple's software subsidiary, made a bold move to

define itself in the Macintosh apphcation marketthe aonounceinentof Claris CAD, apowerfulcomputeraided designpackage fortheMacmtosh.The productrepresents a venture of the com-

pany into new tetritory, as opposed to theupgradesof well entrenched pmducts which have been theirhalhnark up until now. Claris CAD is an interest-mg package offering a variety of drawing andgeometric construction tools useful in the archi-tecuaal sad engineering design fields.

The company hopes that the package's firmfoundation in the Mac user interface (as opposedto other pmducts which Claris points outonly portCAD products from other enviromneuts) will giveit an edge over the compethion in sn increasinglypopulated field of products. &e company drewupontheexpertiseof ~ elo per Computer AidedSystems for Engineering (CA.S.E.) a Cincinnati-based CADsoftwaredeveloper to ensure theprod-uct answered the long term needs of users aud fitin withmajorCAD standards suchas ANSI Y143,

ISO, DIN, JIS and BS308.Price may also work in Claris's favor. nte

package's retail price of US$799 makes it one ofthe cheapmt2-D CAD packages onthe market. Asan added benefit, authorized MacDraw II ownerscan upgrade to Claris CAD for US$399.

Presentation ProductsBoston, Ma (NB) — Last year's MacWorld Expofeatured advances inmlorhardware, massstoragedevicesand, of course,HypetCard. This year'sconvention is best characterized by the indusuyrising to meet the challenges offered by last year' srevolutioniay additions to Mac technology.Presentatlonst Color applications have movedwell beyond gratuitously tintmg scroll bars andicons. Themostpromisingcolor application, desk-top presentations, have several new proponentsincluding Aldus widt its Persuasion package,Ashton Tate with Applause, Cricket SoftwarewithCricket Presents andMicmsof'twithitsnewest

version of Power Pomt. All of these programsboast a wealth of color and layout features. Whilemanufacturers argue the thfferences between

Jamaine's new Postscript Direct Print Later

300 dot per inch Postscript-compatible printer forthe Macintosh.

The new printer competes with Apple's ownLaserWriter II serieswith an expected price tagbelow US$4000 gower thm Apple's NT which ispriced at US$4,500 snd the NTX which sells forUS$6,500). The device uses a Postscript donedriver developed by Qume Inc. and manufacturersensurecompatibiEty with all Macintosh Postscriptapplications.

This announcement heraldsJasmine's fast forayoutside of the hard disk market in which it hasthrived during two years since itintmduced its fast20 megabyte external hard disk. During that timethecompanyhasdevelopedarangeofexternalsndinternal hard disk drive units, tape backup sys-tems, and the popular MacBackPak portable harddrive.This line was enhanced today with theaddition of new SCSI devices, a new DuectTape40 megabytehard disk backup system and anenhanced setof BackPak disk drives with optionalremovable modem.

Jasmine's new move into the printer market is

part of that firm's strategy to broaden its base,using thereputation for quality imd good will ithasdeveloped over the years to try and become theworld's leadmg msnufacuuer of Macintosh pe-ripherals.

The new printer comes complete with three m egabytesof RAM and operates at a rate of 4million instructions per second (NIPS). Themachine is loaded with thirty-five typefaces andwill sell for under US$4000. This hghtw eight umt(35 pounds) is expected to ship in October fmmSan Francisco-bmed Jasmine Technologies.

Sculley Latest Hype:"Pinstripe Hypercanl"Boston, Ma. (NB) — Apple President John Scul-ley gave the keynote address to this year' sMacWorld Expo in Boston, Ma before a sell-outcmwd atBoston'snewly-renovated Wang Center.Refiectmg Apple's strategy to consoEdate itsadvantages during a year when no hardware sur-prisesareezpected,Sculleyspokeofthecompany's

successesinthebusinessmarket asw'elias Apple'stxmtinued dedication to HypetCard."Pinstripe Hypercard" was the mckname jour-

naiiatsaffonied thelatestof A®le'swish&thmk-

products, the upshot of their competition is thatpresentation planners and artists will be spoiledfor choice during the months to come.File Management: Twenty, forty, eighty and two-hundred megabyte storage devices and the prom-ise of mammoth storage with CD-ROM haveprompted an emphasis on file management prod-ucts and utilities. Alpha Micro of Santa Ana,

California released a Macintosh version of itsVideotrax hard disk back-up system which allowsIhe use ofa V HS video cassette recorder as atapebackup unit, saving up to 80 megabytes on a twohour standard tape cassette. Disk searching utiTi-ties such asGOpher by Microlytics, Inc. were alsoon display.HyperCard: Finally HypetCard applicationsabounded includutg a new version of DannyGoodman's Focal Point, HyperDialer, a phonedialing accessory kom DataDesk Internationa,Hypersouice CD fmm Prism Teclmologies ofCanada, which contains over 400 megabytes ofuseful information on the Macintosh industry, and(they "re back. ) new additions to Smutstsck, theK-rated HyperPornography product.

Jasmine's New Postgcrlpt PrinterBOSTON, Ma. (NB) — JasmineTechnologies, aleading manufacturer and disuibutm of hard diskdrivesand other mass storage peripherals, for-

mally announced theintroductionof DirectPrint, a

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mg videos which Sculley showed during the talkThe video featured a corporate computer jockemousmg around a map of the U.S., presentingsales 6gures to his slack-jawed female associatwho can only sit in amazement as HypetCardmakes mincemestofcomlxmysfatistics. HtntmnmVideos featuring use oHyperCard by ABC Newsand other corporate entitics illustrated Apple'sdecision to nurture the Qedgling application untiit fmds its own niches in the business world.

Microsoft Still Loves The MacBoston, Ma. (NB) — Microsoft Chairman BilGates keynoted the second day of MacWorldExpo in Boston, highlighting his continued commitment to the Macintosh line of computers despite the continued you know what over look anfeel.

Discussmg his company's recentnewprodv tsQuickBASIC, and a new update of MicmsofWorks, Gates let it be known that his long-termdedication to creatmg apphcations for the Mac'line of computers is unshaken and that he is looking forward to creating new„more powerful applications for Mac machines entering new businesand entertainment envimmnents.

The lawsuit reared its ugly head only in respollse fo a reporter s tplesuon. Gates dlsnnssespeculations of the suit dragging out for years

statmg that he hoped the suit would be expeditedleavingthe company's agenda by the end of the

Mac To the FutureBoston, ML (NB) — Bill Gate's keynote addreswas preceded by a panel of blue ribbon expertsdiscussing the future of the Macintosh in a talkentitled 'The Next Five Years of the MacintoshVisions of the Future." The panel featured Jonathan Rotenberg, president of the Boston Computer Society, David Burmell, editor-in-chief of"Macworld," William Campbell, president ofClaris, Guy Kawasaki, former Apple evangelisand president of ACIUS, Robert Metcalfe, chair-rnan of 3Com and Apple Fellow, and visionaryAlan Kay.

In tribute to Apple President John Sculley'svisionof the future, theirdescriptianof tomorrow'sMac bore a striking re 'mblance to the 'Knowl-edge Navigator," thepo aMe,networked."hyper-

linked" computer powerhouse whichhas been thebuzz vision arouad Apple for the last year.Metcalfe, whose company is a leading pmvider

of computer networhng products, discussed thedisklesscomputer. Alan Key (who waspart of theXemx Pare team which origmated many of theMac's user interface concepts) hopedfor a port-able machine freed fmm the desktop, possiblyfreed Rom the laptop. Boston Computer SocietyPresidentJonathanRotenberg,evertheuseradvo-cate, called for a cheaper Macintosh computer(" somewhere around US$200").

"Macworld" Editor David Bunneii used thetime given him before Bill Gates spoke to slamOSQ against a few walls. Too big...toocompliicsted...too wasteful...who needs it, werephrasestossed amund the hall by speakers andpress. Never let it be said that visiomuy talks of thef'uture should mterrupt partisan issues of the pres

Two New Mac Publkations Debat

Boston, Ma (NB) — Despite the recent demise othe Macintosh weekly "Macintosh Today" andanexpected shakeout in thelargecmnputerpublica-tion industry, two new Mac magazines were an-nounced at MacWorld, aiming at different segments of the busmess market.

"MB J the MacBusiness Journal," published byPiM Publications of Fan River Massachusetts, isdedicated to the business end-umr who wishes tofmd out about Macintosh applicatiuns as they areused in real-life situations.

"MBJ has been created as a medium through which businessusers share their ideas,successes

and complaints," said Don Hicks, numaging edi-tor, in MBJ's premier issue. "Thmugh this openforum, MBJ hopes to secure a better busmmsenvimnment for the Macintosh."

iDespite claims to be "the first magazine dedi-cated to the Macintosh business user," MM winface stiff competition fmm magazines such a

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Connectlvlty 4 Database ProductsBoston, ML (NB) — The power of the Macintoshas part of a serious business system has been en-hanced bya number of new products designed to

connect Macs to other hnds of computers in a

Oracle Caiporation of Behnont, California an-nounced a Macintosh version of its powerful SQLdatabase, indicating Oracle's observation that theMac is becatnmg part of corporate mainframeenvinnunentsandneedstobeconnected withoracle

databases located on IBM and DEC minis andmahd'r ames.

This announcement was in addition to Netwareproducts on display by. Novell to connect Macin-

tosh computers into Novell local area networks ofPCs, minis, and larger computers.Network giant 3Com announced high perform-

ance networhngsotuuons for both the Mac SE andthe Mac Il, including a line of products to connecttheMac to Ethernetandheterogeneouscomputing

The Apple-DEC alliance, while not producing asueam of products, has a great deal to do with theMac (untilrecently only considered agraphics anddesktop publishing machine) suddenlyentering theworld of high-end business applications. The twocompanies' recent joint servicing agreement goes along way toenhmce Apple'along-term strategyofmaking powerful personal computers like the MacII part of corporate America's data pmcessingsystem.DAC Easy Light For the MacltttaahBoston, Ma (NB) — DacSoftware of Dallas,Texas formally announced the intmduction of aMac version of its papularPCmcnuntmg pmgramDac Easy Light.

Long heralded in the PC community as a makerof lowcost,easy-to-use accounting packages,Dacreleased Dec Easy Light. a scaled-down version ofts business accounting package intmduced lastyeartocapuue the small business aud home officePC-based aoeunting m arket.Thenew Macversionof thispackagecanbeused

as a general ledger system, it can generate invoicesandstatements,doinvoiceprocessing, writechecksand handle most of the tasks involved with day-to-day small business accounting.

Written in object Pascal, Dac Easy Light willtake full advantage of the Macintosh interface aswell as brmg to the Mac accounting field Dac'smajor atlributes ofhighperfarmance and lowprice.The package, slated for shipment in September,will retai 1 for US$69.95.Wings still ln the Wings: Nexttime for NeXTBoston,Mtt (NB) — The second day of Macworld

Expo ran smoothly with all systems go despiterecord-breakmgcmwds and outdoor temperatures

n the high 90's. Other than long lines atInformix's"time machine" booth,.this year's MacWorldis the-

most navigatable in recent memory. gnformixpublishes Wingz,a major new spreadsheet, whichhas become this MacWorld's FullWrite Profes-

sional with elaborate time-related displays promis-ing marvels yet to be delivered. The same promiseswere promised at the January MacWorld Expo inSan Francisco where the timemachinebooth toutedWingz).

A certain confidence radiates from the showfloor this year as the Mac seems to have proved itscase that it is a serious business machine.Oracle,Novelb and 3Com's delivery of their high-enddatabase and networking products into the Macenvironment has helped make the Mac a seriouschoice as a mainframe fmnt-end or network node(see related story).

While no one is substantiating rumors of anupcoming Mac II based on Motorola's top-of-the-line6S030processor, Motorolaitself is on theshowfioor pushing the new chip and little doubt remainsthat68030 is part of Apple's plans to push the MacII into the range of workstation-class machines.With Apple's booths stressing the company's

commitment to education and a030machine in thewings, Steve Jobs had best get his NeXT educa-tional workstations out of the lab and into theclassroom before his old company cuts him off atthe knees.3M's Shspla Solution For ColourBoston, Ma(NB) — A partial solution to the highcost of color presentation graphics was on show atMacWorld. 3M, the tape giant, had on display itsmodel 4550 transparency maker and a new filmwhich can take output &om a laser printer or pho-tocopier and within seconds u ansfer the black andwhite image to transparency in red, green, blueor violet

'Ihe 3M system is remarkable speedy and pro-duces monocolor transparencies atareasonableprice. Multicolor graphics are solved in a ratherprimitive fashion — stacking up mono transparen-cies on top of one another. While the productxepresmts a step backwards &om the colorful andcamplex graphics available in new presentation

packagesfram Aldus, Cricket Software, and Ash-ton Tate, it may satisfy the simple requirements ofthat old-fashioned presenter who just wants to gethis words on the screen with a little bit of fiair anda very low price.

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This interesting program with its catchy name is advertised as thePerfectBedford Companion. For those of you who donotknow whatBedford is let me explain. Bedford, from Bedford Software Limited,is an integrated accounting software package designed for smallbusiness. The entire program consisting of, General Ledger, Pay-ables/Receivables, Inventory, Canadian Payroll and Jobcostmoduleiscontained on one standard 360k floppy disk.Bedford isfast,easyto use and is highly rated by PC Magazine(editors choice Septem- ber, 1987) and others. In my opinion Bedfordtm is a very goodprogram that is easy to learn and comes with a good manuaL Bed-Spread &om QuickDiamond Software is advertised as a companionprogram offeringfeatures and benefitsnotfound in Bedford.System Requirements

Hardware and operating system requirements listed in the Bed-Spread manual are an IBM-PC XT compatible computer with640kB RAM and MS-DOS version 2.0 or higher. A parallel printerwith graphics capability is also recommended. The manual alsostatesmemoryresidentprogramsare notrecommeaded. You shouldalso have a system that can display CGA graphics if you want to seethe graphs produced by Bed-Spread.InstallationI installed and tested Bed-Spread on one of our Zenith IBM XTcompatible computers complete with a 10mB hard disk drive

monochmme CGA compatible display and a Roland PR-1011printer. This is a turbo XT runmng MS-DOS 3.1 with 640kB RAMandno TSRpmgrams loaded. Installing Bed-Spread is easy. A batchfile creates the sub directory required and copies the files from driveA: to your hard drive. To install Bed-Spread all one must do is logonto drive A:and type "INSTALL D:" D: beingthedrive youwouldlike to install the program on. A word of caution. The install batchfile mayreplace you config.sys file with the one supplied withBed-Spmad. Once the installationprocess is finishedyou will have anewsub directory named%)IAMOND complete with all the files &omthe three diskettes supplied with the pmgram.How It Works

There are two main programs in Bedspread, IMPORT and QD.Importis the programused toconvertexported Bedford files to Bed-Spread format. QD is the spreadsheet program that produces the

spreadsheets and graphs. Beforeyou can startusing Bed-Spreadymust export the information &om your Bedford data files. There ano links to' the Bedford program from Bed-Spread so you muexporteveiy time your datachanges. If you havenever exported dfrom Bedford I suggest you review the Bedford manual befo

ptoceehng. Bed-Spread requires the General Journal and Trial dfiles to pmduce its mports and graphs. Using the sample dsupplied on my Bedford program disk the export procedure toabout two minutes, after I selected the right export format and sdirectory &em within Bedford.Importing From Bedford is Slow

The next step is to use the IMPORT program to change texported Bedford to Bed-Spread foanat. 'Ibis process consumabout g minutes. Now you are ready to use Bed-SpreacL Wealmost To create spreadsheets takes even more time. The timrequired to create the monthlyspreadsheet was elevenminutes. Tthree steppmcess to just view your data in spreadsheet format, inmopinion, is to complex and takes too much time.Changes In The Works

However, QuickDiamond tells me they are working on reducithe amount of time required to produce spreadsheets. Viewingspreadsheet once it is created, was not a very pleasant experienMoving around the screen was a veiy slow process with the curslaggmg far behind the keystrokes. Enor handling is poor. On somenors you end up back at the DOS ptompt. This type of performanis not acceptable. Software should be fast and easy to use, especia

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Pacific Medical Software User Groupa newsletter for the on-line medical community

USER GROUPS: WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR YOU!

Learningto operatea computer is

not a comfortable venture even atthe best of times. Especially if itmeans converting what seems to be afairly efficient medical practice intowhat couldpossibly turn into anuncomfortable daily annoyance.getting to the point where thecomputer system is working for yourather than the other wag aroundmeans youhave get pastthe steeplearningcurve ofautomation. Usergroups will help you do just that.

Everyoneneeds help at one timeor another. User groups have beenformed toserve this very purpose.The monthly meetings, on-going semi-nars, electronic bulletin boards forremote conferencing with other usersis precisely why user groups areformed. Satisfaction with the com-puter comes with frustration freeproductivity increases. Only by get-ting past these training hurdles willMOA's and doctors be truly happywith their system.

One ofthe main advantage for con-sulting your fellow members in a usergroup isthat the informationprovided is coming from an unbiasedsource. We will strive to mate objec-tive criteria available through thenewsletter and training seminars, aswell as regular monthly meetingspeakers. We will be successful if we

can help the members mate more in-formed decisions as well as get youfully productive with your system. Anotherkey reason forbelonging

to a user group is that it will continueto existforas long asthere is a needfor it. Consequently, many usergroups have literally become "com-puter-user orphanages" for memberswhose hardware or software vendorsare no longer in existence. This intan-gible support can be critical to medi-cal offiees as there is a major concernwith the long-term solvency of medi-cal billing vendors. Are they diver-sified enough to handle a saturationof their marketplace, the medicalpractioner? Are their software sup-port fees sufhcient to maintain thelevelofsupportrequired? On-goingchangesingovernment regulation re-quires an evolving medical billingsoftware product. Is your vendorthere for the long-term?

Most user groups have members with a wide range ofexperience and

expertise. The spectrum varys fromthe absolute beginner, those who havea working knowledge of their systemsto people who are "power" users.Oftenuser group members'expertise

breaks down into speeifiic types of ap-

plications- word processing, telecommunications,spreadsheets,data basemanagement etc. They can offer awealth of information outside yourpresentapplications and require-ments. Again, the information is com-ingfrom the user community and not

the vendor.Speakingofvendors, while con-

sideringone company's product or

another,ifyou mention that you are amember of a user group, chances arethey will be more detailed and con-siderate in their demonstrations inhopes ofpositive referrals. Also, manyvendors have discounts or specialpricesfor user group members.

Once you have decided on a par-ticular purchase item it is always agood ideatoconsult others to see ifanyone is considered a similar pur

seminar leaders. The present list of seminar topics include

Dear Doctor/Medical Office Assistant:

This newsletter insert is to introduce you to the Pacific MedicalSoftwareUser Group. We are a microcomputer user group dedicated toserving the medical community in their transition to electronic billing.The currentgovernment billmg requirements have created a realpressingneed for an independant user-support group for new medicalsoftware users. We will be providing the following services to themembership:

0 Monthly meetings at the BC Club which will highlight differentspeakers on topics of interest to the membership

0 An informative monthly newsletter with a variety of articles fromusers, government and suppliers

0 Various low cost seminars on topics of interest by knowledgable

"Understanding Modems", "Hard Dist Management", and "BacldngUp your Data: What are your Alternatives?"

0 Sp onsorship of various additional activities such as the MedicalSoftware Exhibition, a software trade show featuring many of theapproved BCMA software vendors.

0 Access to the PMSUG electronic bulletin board system which we planto stock with over 200 Mb of free public domain software accessiblethrough your modem

The annualindividual membership dues are $35.00. We hope that youtake advantage of this association by joining. More important, we hopeyou participate to make it a valuable compliment in your automation

knowledge and training. Why not submit an article if you have valuableexperience that will make it easier for someone else in their transition toelectronic billing.Ifyou have any suggestions,feelfree to call m e at Z86-5039. We look

forward to your participation in the user group activities. Happycomputing!

Yours truly,

jDaten ArielMSUG President

chase. Buying groups are considered

to bethe strongest negotiating forcein business today.On a closing note the Pacific Medi-

cal Software Users Group will also beforming "Special Interest Groups"(SIG's) within our membership struc-ture. These will be formed from thosepeople who have chosen a similarsoftware package. It is hoped that thevendors will participate in theseseparate meetings so as to greatercommunication between users andtheirongoing development and evolu-

tion of the product. Any recognisedproblems or software limitations maybe morequickly addressed if

presented by the SIG group. This willallowthe vendor a quick feedback oftheirusers needs so as to setdevelop-

ment priorities.

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Evaluating Medical Software

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needs relative to your discipline thatwill determine your final softwarechoice. Consider the following as ageneral guideline applicable to anyspecializedhigh support package. Iconsider this appropriate for medicalbillingsokware. Other aspects unique

to medicalsoftware willbe expandedupon in latter issues.

Long Term CommitmentLook for a vendor with a long term

commitment to your industry. If theyare in it for the quick profits, beware.They should have a track record inspecialized software, not sellingstocks,real estate etc..

I think itis safe to say that a longterm commitment should bedemonstratedby past performance, in-

dust~ reputation,and the credibilityof the vendor. This is true for any spe-cializedsoftware program, as the end-

user needs long term support. It iseven more critical in medical billingsoAware. An evolving product is re-quiredtothe changing governmentregulations and user needs.

Vendor Finanei& Stabil ityFinancial stability is crucial. Be-

. cause the majority of the medical prac-tictioners will have purchased by

April1988, you don't want your ven-

dor to disappear. Those who havemajor investments tied up in softwaredevelopmentcould become bankrupt.

Look for diversification in relatedproducts. This will allow them to keepactive in changes in the marketplace.

Look for depth in the company. Hope-fully it isn't a one person show. Thatsuggests you are at greater risk inrelyingon them. Than again youusually get better service with asmaller company as you are, hopeful-ly, very important to them.

Look for a program that is user-configurable. If the vendor does ceaseto oyerate,.you can keep yourself up-to-dateon fee code changes as theyoccur. If you have any qualms aboutyour vendor look for a source codeclausethat willrelease the code to theend-users if they go out of business.This will allow you to get your neigh-borhoodprogrammer to make changes

if they are required. If you don't haveany qualms ask for it anyway. Youmay be glad that you did.

Problem Free SoftwareOperation

The computer software term BUGis nota pleasant one. Nobody enjoysthem, especially the user. Bugs arethe term used for so@ware glitches.When the software doen't behave as itwas designed to, it has a bug in i t.This can be serious, esyecially when itaffects your billing data.

Softwaredevelopment takes placewithin the context of a programminglanguage.Some languages are more

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difficult to debug than others. Thenewer languages tend to be modularso that the defective components ofthe program can be analyzed quickly.That is the theory anyway. All thingsbeing equal, (and they never are)generallyprograms developed inBASIC or COBOL are more difFicult

to debug than, say, C or even adevelopment tool like dBase IH.From a user's point of view, loolr.

for a system that has many happy cus-tomer references. Also ask for the un-happy customers to see how theyhandledtheir complaints. Your ven-dor will probably say there are no un-happy customers...

Quality Computer SystemComponents

It goes without saying that theequipment you buy will perform onlyas well as it's specifications. If youbuy a cheap clone you should expectfloppy drive problems, hard disk

crashesand flaky components. Wholemotherboards (and this is the nucleusof the computer) may have to beswapped out. Have I scared youenough? Good, because I don't likesaying I told you so.

Look for top quality components,especially in the hard disk drives. Geta name brand; there are at least adozen good ones to choose from. Theydon't always cost that much more. Butthey are always going to hold theirvalue and cause less grief. In mostcases, you get what you yay for.

A Thorough Hardware Ser-vice Contract

Whatever equipment you choose,you will want an excellent service con-tract.Look for on-site service of4hours or less. You don't want to bedown for any longer than a day. Askfor replacement equipment if it takesany longertofix.Third party support,

such as Xerox, Bell Technical, orHoneywell Bull is the norm, but lookto your vendor for in-house technicalstaK Even though he may not beresponsible for the warranty you willwant to be assured that they can hand-le those in-between problems that

On-going Knowledgeable

Software Supportsoftwareexperts,rather than expertvendors.You want tobe able to call

Look for software vendors who are Daken ArielMSUG President

and get someone who knows theproblemsyou face.Software supportshould include:• Telephone support when you have a

quick question• A ready and willing vendor who wil

rush out and unravel some messyou managed toget into

• On-line support so that your vendorcan log onto your system andtroubleshoot directly from his ofFiceThis means he can control your

computer through specialized com-munication software. This is optionalbut useful to have. It means the ven-dor can immediately troubleshootyour particular problem.

Installed Users Both InNumbers, Size And Age

Look fora vendor with an installedbase of users. See whether these usersare aspecific type ofpractice;largerclinics or smaller practitioners. This isan indicationof who they are courting

with their software features. Look fora vendor that is geared to long-termsupportfees.Ifthey are makingmoney supporting you can be assuredthat they will continue to do so.

An Easy To Use CleanSoftware Design

The Medical OKce Assistant willlove you if you will let her get involvedin the demos and final decision. ARerall she is the one using it. Take sometime to get a yackage that is easy tounderstand, easy to learn and easy totrain others later on. If she doesn't un-derstand it after the demo, let the

buyer beware. If it is hard to train hernow, it will be harder to train her re-placement ifshe leaves. A cleandesign refers to intangible

and tangibleaspects ofits user inter-

face(sorry, more jargon). Is iteasy tosee where you are in the program at aglance'? Are the screen designs neatand uncluttered? Are they similar toyour papersystems? Are allaspectsofthesoftwareconsistantly designed?

A Reasonable PriceYou should pay a reasonable price

forthe software. Expect to pay on-

going support fees. It will be wellworth it.

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Pacific Medical Software User Group

Medical Software Exhibition

Meet the approved BCMA software vendors. Find

out which is the best billing system for your

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practice!

This Exhibition isNOTto be missed!!!

Monday, September 19th, 198810:00 a.m -9:00 p.mBritish Columbia Club

410- 750 Pacific Blvd. South

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or $5.00

For PMSOG information contact:Kevin Brawley or Oaken Ariel at 736-5039

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Informative Monthly MeetingsWe will keep you up to date on new products and teclmiques with invited spealtets and presentations. Each

meeting will add to your productivity and cemfort level in working with electronic billing. Sponsoring theMedical Software Mkbition is just an example of what the User Group is doing to help doctors make

informed decisions.

Specialized Maining Semil(1arsOur special seminars will cover important aspects of nmning a successfully automated medical office. Thesenclude getting the most out of modems, back up procedures and hard disk management. These semhtars are

offeredat much reduced ratesfor members.

Electronic Bulletin Board Accesshe User Group is establishmg a Medical Electronic Bulletin Board for membership use. This will have over00 Mb of free public domain software as well as utilities specifically geared for medical of6ces. It is acts as

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Tech Talk

wrong.

These invaluable programs cansave time by automating numerous

keystrolres in one keystroke. Moreimportantly, they can save yougrief and frustration. If you don' thnowhow to back up a hard dish.drive, chances are you won't do it,inviting sure disaster. With a menuoption called BACKUP you can't go

There are many alternatives inmenu sofbrare. The leaders areXtree, Direct Access, and NortonCommander. My favorite is LazySusan because of it's password con-trols and log flles. Log files tell youhow much time was spent on eachprogram. There is even a freewaremenu software called Ashell. Have

your vendor show youa few. You will probably come to considerthem a practical necessity.

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• •accidentally, don't despair... That isifyou have one ofthe many handyUnerase Utilities. Norton Utilittlesand PC-Tools, two leaders in thisarea,come to mind and are wellworth having just in case. This isnot the only function that theseprograms are capable of. PC Toolshas an excellent backup program, .which is far superior to the DOSbackup program.

When you accidentally delete afile you must remember to stop

what everyou are doing rightaway. By continuing, you run therisk of putbng whatever new filesyou createon top ofyour deletedone, since the computer now thinksthat disk space is available. Whenyou delete a file, whether acciden-tally or not, the computer only chan-ges onecharacter in the drive direc-tory information. These UneraseUtilities reverse this procesL

Thereforeifyou don't want to be waitingforyour vendor to undeleteit foryou, get one ofthese utiTities.

necessity.

Menu Programs o matter how you look at it, youwill always be doing more than

one thingon your computer. Even ifafler electronic billing the onlything you do is bach up yourvaluable billing data periodically.

Baching up your hard drive tofloppies or a tape drive will requirea degree of proficiency in gettingaround your system and knowingbasic DOS commands. However ifyou have a menu program, you canautomate this whole disagreeablebut necessary process.

. Youmill probably come to consider menu

programsap ractical

en youfinaHy do thatinevitable action, delete a file

A good hard dish access time isin theneighborhood of80 mil-hseconds or lesa To furtherevaluate your system you must lookat how e%cient the hard disk con-troller card is (which, for once, isdescriptive of what it does). Thetwo most important aspects to con-siderhere are the interleave factorand the data transfer rate.

The interleavefactor representsthe ratio of the number of times adiskdrive must spin to read a track

of the hard dish into memory. A 2:1interleave means the disk spinstwicetoread one fulltrack ofinfor-mation. An inexpensive controllerhas a5:1interleave or more,whereas the newer faster control-lersare 3:1 or 2:1.Theoretically thebest interleave wouM be 1:1, butsometimes this can create com-patibility problems between thecomputer components.

The data transfer rate measuresthe amount of time it takes to trans-ferdata,once itis found, into thecomputeA electronic memory. It isusually measured in thousands ofcharacters per second. The lowerthe interleaveand the faster the

Evaluating Hard DishDrives

hard dish drive is, in fact,everal metal plates that spin

at extremelyfast speeds. Magneticheads, moving across the platesurface,read magnetically stored

information into memory. The drivecapacityto store information is

measured in millions ofcharactersof information.Therefore a 20 Mbhard dish drive can store20,000,000 characters of programsand data.

The biggest limiting factor inyour computer's performance andreliability is the hard dish drive.Unbke electronic components,which can last virtually forever,hard diskdrives are mechanicaldevicesthat are prone to failure.But serious computing requiresthem, so read on if you wish tolearn how to evaluate them intel-

ligently.Hard disk drive speeds areusually measured in milliseconds ofaccess time, ie. how much time doesittakes to find information on yourhard dish drive. This does notreflect the speed with which it canput yourstored data into memoryto make it usable for you as theoperator,nor is ita m easure ofreliality.

Unlike electronics,which canlast virtually forever, hard drives are mechanical devices

that areprone to failure.

Video Terminology

Video cards are the electronic

connection between computerand your screen. All the confusingacronyms related to the variousvideo standards can be ratherconfusing and intimidating for allof us.

When IBM first introduced thePersonal Computer (PC), they gavethe computer user two choices; thecolor graphic adapter (CGA) whichallowedcolorand graphics, butlousy text clarity, and the

monochrome displayadapters(MDA) which gave you sharp crispmonochrome text but poor graphics

How much is enough? Most medical person- nelwiLLbe happy on aHercules-compatible

video cardand anamber monitor

datatransfer,the fasteryourcomputer's performance.Look forvalues in and around the300,000range for a good mid-pricedmachine.

How to measure reliability?There is no such thing as the per-

fect hard drive (sigh...) but look forthe MTBF rating of 35,00Q hours ormore.MTBF means "Mean TimeBetween Failures". Something youdon't want to experience. It is anaverage that indicates the rigors ofthe drive design and testing. Thisratingisnota guarantee. Pay forthe difFerence,hard dish drives arenot the place to economize.

One last thing to look at is themechanism for moving the headsover the tracts. Cheaper drives usestepper motors which run hotterand arenot as reliable as a voicecoil drive. The voice coil is anelectronic system for advancing the

the read/writehead directly to thetrack where your data is stored,ratherthan "stepping" from trackto track

In summary, look for voice coildrives with fast access times of 30milliseconds or better, MTBF of85,000 hours and 29, or 3:1 control-ler interleaves. Ash for a high atransfer rate, it will impress thesalesman. A word ofadvice;acheap drive is not worth it. You canpay foritnow, or really pay for itlater...

same.

o you want 1.2Mb, 36QK, V20Kor 1.4 formats? 3.5" or 5.25"

sizes? It can be pretty discouragingto mate one's way through theverbiage.To make a long storyshort, your biggest use for thesedrives is to transfer your files toand &om your hard drive to othercomputers in your once, or to asafe place for backup purposes. Thehigherthe storage the better,saveshaving to stick 100 disks,or more,

in your machine every time you want tobach up your hard drive. Ifcompatibility with other machinesin youronce isnot a problem, gowith the 14.Mb, 5.25" drives thatare standard, with most new ~..;t ., „,computers. The diskettes areinexpensiveand softwareavailability in that format iscommon. When the ATmicrocomputers (80286-processorbased) were introduced theyquadrupled the floppy capacity byusing a higher density for pachingthe information on the disk Thatgave usthe 1.2 Mb 525 inch floppydisk drive. They can also read andwrite to the older 360K dishs, butnot always reliably. The problemoccurs when the 860K diskette wasformated onthe 1.2 Mb FloppyDrive. Without an extension on theformat command (FORMAT A: /4will format it as a 360K floppy,although it still may not bereliable), the drive formats thefloppy into a quasi 1.2 Mb diskette.I say quasi because there is only360K capacity on the diskette. To

mhxhnlzeproblems ofsharing 860Kfloppies between AT and XTmicrocomputers, some users add anadditional 360K floppy drive totheir AT. You may want to do the

Along came the laptop computerand the V20K 8.5 inch floppy disk

drive.It was a vast improvementoverthe 5.25 inch format as theywere handy to stuff in pockets anduse astemporary projectilesagainst rowdy patients and hospi-tal administrators.

IBM has since accepted thistype ofdish as the standard, exceptthat they doubled it's capacity to1.4 Mb. These drives can also beadded to XTs and ATs by adding aseparatefloppy controller card. Wewill, no doubt, see more floppy chan-ges as time goeson. Change seemsthe only constant in the computerfield Dale Jachaman

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a Herculescompatible video cardand anamber monitor of

reasonable quality. If eyestrain is aproblem you may want, to try one ofthe new paper white monitors.

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Along came asmaller company,Hercules Corporation, which saidthatthey could do better andproceeded to do so. They intro-duced the Monochrome GraphicsAdapter which became the Her-culesstandard; and thus theques-tion is it Hercules compatible?

How much is enough? Most

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dical Bllllng Goes OnlineThe BC government through thenistry of Health, has recentlymtro-ced anew computer system de-ned to electronically link all physi-ns in the province to the Ministry'suel site coinputer. This new sys-

m is called TELEPLAN II and isignol to replace the existing man-l cardand day sheet process thatsicians use for submiumg Medi-Services Plan(MSP) claims to thevernment.Under TELEPLAN II physiciansccnmcct electronically through adem with the MSP mainframein toria. Oncethey have connectedy will transmit all their claims,

ve those claims validated, receiveor reports on rejected claims, andceivenotiTicauon of acceptance of claim for remiuance. In additionhe processing of claims the physi-ns will also be able to do hatchibiTity checks onpatients who willlli the ofhce Ihc next day or done eligibiTity checks on a patientile the patient is in the office.

sterPaymentsThc main purpose for a system ofs nature is to speed up the process- O'bote buy from of the claims. Under the new becomes the big issue

heme,claimscanbesubmitteddaily for man y d octors d validated for errors daily with corrections therefore being madeamore timeIy fashion. Currently the claims are keypunched fmmMSP cards aml nm through edit routines on a bi-weekly basis,s resulting m a long period of time to resolve edit errors.

To fit into this new system (which wih be mandatory in 19g9) theysician must either use a service bureau to process the existingP claim cards or buy a Personal Coinputer for the medical ofhcech has software that can mtcrface with TELEPLAN IL

ny VendorsIn The MarketPhysicians allover tbc province are now faced with the challengemaking some business decisions on what to do, There arerently many software vendors who are selling pmducts to meetysician needs. %ith a deadline of computerizatio by early nextar, physicians are being bombarded with many vendors trying to

their pmducts.To assist physicians in worhng their way through the maze of

dware and so@warevendors the Univcrsityof British Columbia's,mputer Science Programs Centre for Continuing Education andDivision of Continuing Medical Education have a series of

minars called "Computers in 'Ihe Medical Office: A Practicalries". These seminars cover topics such asComputer Literacy,crocomputer %orkshop for Medical Ofhce Assistants, MohcalficeSystems and Database Concepts. The one comse of thisiesuponwhichthis articleisbasediscalled"Computerizing Yourdical Office:Doing the Busmess Evaluation'*.

derstand the Basic Tcrmhtolomi

One of the common problems many physicians have, is prior tong a business evaluation they must hrst understand some of themputerterminology. It is important for the physicians to at leastow the basics they need to look for such as: %hat is a processor?w does a modem work? How do you store data? %hat is a

ppy?, etc.ur Steps to a Successful Purchasetis my belief that doing a business evaluation for a large chnicora single physician's ofhce fall within the same methodology.e methodology follows four major steps:1) Requirements Gathering

2) Evaluation of Software3) Evaluation of Hardware4) Implementation Plan

What Do Want and What 9o Yon Need?The fi rst step is to establish some goals and a scope foryourmputerization project. Hereyou should decide what aspects ofur business you want tocomputerize.Having decided on the scope you should now involve your staffhe process of creating a list of what you need and want from thisw systerL A good starting point for is to look at how your ofhcections today. It has been my experience ttuiit at least &0% of a

mputerize system is merelytahng what is presently done todaydplacingiton thecomputer.Many people do not realizethatevenhey do not have a computer in keir office they still haveystems".These manual systems have probably been refmed over

yeats topmvide thebestresults given the options available. Withaddition of the computer the "new system" will probably end up

ng an automated version of what is already done, based on manyhe same principles.

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ready for step two which is the evaluation ofsoftware. When it comes to software there are atleast four basic alternatives that can be consid-ered,they are as follows:

qmgram the system from scratch• ouse general pmpose software

(word processor, data base, spreadsheet)obuy an Application packageaoff-the-shelf"• any combination of the abovePiogrammiug a system bum scratch is a chal-

lenge evenfor experienced computer people.Many of the currently available medical of6cesoftware packages are excellent and worthy of

consideration. A common solunon is to combinethe purchase of an off©the©shelf applicationpackage with apiece of general purpose software.

To do this software evaluation you should takeyour shopping list and prioritize it. You cannowcompare at least three possible solutions to yourshopping list and pick the one that best suits your

Next Choose The Machines To Run ItHaving picked the software it is now time to

evahaie the hardware. I recommend that youalways pick the software 6rst and then let thesoftware chosen drive the hardware choice. Thisway you can be assured that the software will runon the machine chosen. Again, you should havea list of requirements such as; staMity of vendor,service support, amount of memory required forthe chosen software, etc. Like. the software deci-sion you can do the evaluation by comparing atleast threepossible solutions to your shopping listand picking the one that best suits your needs.

Out With The Old - In With The NewIn the last step you should develop an im

entationplanwhichisbased upon thesoftwhardware selections you have made. lolshould include things likehow to phase thesm, how to do training, how to get the basedathe system, etc. Having created this plan ynow, if you wish, do a cost bene6t analysiswill include the bene6ts derived in step 1, tof software, hardw are andimplementation i2 tluough 4. Based on this you can now minformed business decision.

This process may seem to be long and obut over the years it has proven to be a met

ogy that works for all sizes of organizationbusinesses. You need to decide at the beghow critical the decision is, and then dedicamount of time to this process based ondecisioll.

Can You Justify The Investment?In this article I have just touched on som

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These words by Paul Symchych of the Access Centre sum up asituation in which incteasmg numbers of businesses are usingcamputers that arerunning increasingly complex programs. And, asBarbara McKay of McKay Technical Institute adds, employers in acompetitive job market generally do not want to hire people who"are will ing and able to learnnew skills; they feel that they [prospec-tive employeeu] must already have them." As well, computer usersare fmding that they are unable to allow themselves the lengthyleaning curve involved in learningnew program~ir even up-grades — on their own. All these factors have resulted in an increas-mg demand for computer iraining.The Selection of Courses Available Can Be Mnd Boggling

Many public and private training institutionsandcomputer retail-ers have rushed in to f ill what is perceived to be a lucrative and fastgrowing market. Computer training schools areproliferating and theconsumer is faced with a bewildering array of courses that vary inlength &om two or three hours to term-long college sessions. Pricesvary considerably &om one to another, as does the tax deductibilityof the course fees.

How do the courses and the dollar value compare &om one toanother? As often occurs in growing industries, the quality of fheproducts being offered to the consumer varies markedly from centreto centre. What kinds of laws and certification exist ta protect thecansumer from overzealous claims. This article looks at some of thequestions to ask of potential computer training centres.BasicQuestions To Ask Potential Training Institutes

One possible criterion for choice of a centre may be whether it is

a Public Educational Institute, certiTied and subsidized by thePmvincial Government, or whether it is Registered as a PrivateTraining Institute in B.C. According to Ossie Sylvester of the AdultEducation and Job Training Branch of the Provincial Government,inorder ta become Registered,a centre must undergo considerablescrutiny and pmvide a surety bond. Two notarized letters of evalu-ation must be submitted &am qualified people who are at armslength ftom the centre. These individuals must agree with thephilosophy of the program and feel that it addresses market needs.The cise must also provide a synaysis of their courses and detailsof instructors qualiTicatations to the Branch. Once registered acentre's courses are tax deductible and, if at least 12 weeks induration, they are eligible for student loans. Unlike Public Institu-tions, however, there is no ongoing monitoring af Private Centres.For those mterested, the Branch has available, for $5.00, a list of allRegistered Private Training Centres in B.C. You may order thispublication by phoning the Branch at 387-6276.

Provincial Registration Is Not n Guarantee of QualityEven among registered centres, however, the kind of training «nd

the amount of personal attention varies. For example, one studentinterviewed said that the centre she attends uses only printed course

material supplied to each student tie work through, mdependently.When a problem arises, she must nnd the instructor, often a timecansuming and frustrating procedure, to get an answer, and thenwork alone again until the next problem occurs. As a a novice usershe encounters this procedure &equently. Some centres have awaiting list that students must sign lo get the instructor's attention.Others have mstmctors circulating continually through a smallyoup of students, after giving lectures on relevant materiaL Thesedifferences should alert you, as a prospective student, to the impor-tance of apeisonal visit to any centres being considered. In this wayyou can seeexactly how the training is carrie out, and even talk tocurrcmt students about their experiences.

Often, registered cenlres offer what is termed "career coun-selling", and employ counsellors whose job it is to discuss yourwants and needs and match you with the best courses available attheir centre. According to one contact who recently worked as acaunsellorin the induslry, in some centreu thecounsellor is required,"to 611 certain classes, to keep enrallmcmt up in less popularcourses", in other words tosdl courses topmspective studentsbasedon thecentre's needs ahead of, indeed instead of, those of Ihestudent Forewarned is forearmed, so if you find yourself in a

situation like the one described, perhaps you should investigateother alternatives.Let The Buyer Beware

Some people may feel that they are more likely to fmd thecamputer expertise they need to leam software pmgrams at thecentres that also retail computers and software. Training centre/ camputer store contbinations, however, are not always what theyseem.Occasionally complaintssurface tbatsomeso~ed"courses"were in fact extended sales pitches far a particular dealer's producthnes, and that in some instances students arehighpressuredby staresales staff on their way into or out of their trambtg sessions. Thesenegative situations are, on the whole, the exception and many retailstore related training centres offer top notch instruction.

FourLocal Trahlng CentresVisitedAnumber of local training centres were sutveyedto get an idea of

the differences in appmach cuncmtly available in Vancouver. Thechart accompanying this arricle gives an overview of the courseofferings,equipment,softwarefocus,andotherdetailsprovidedbyalarger cross section of centres contactecL It ishighlyreconunendedthat pmspective students investigate a number of centres thor-

oughly, including a personal visit to each of the premises before

mahng a flnal course decisicm.SasdenrspnrcNirc their sNNs at NcKay lasaf

This may seem like a lot of trouble, and, according to BarMcKay of the McKay Institute, many people do decide on couby telephone. Consider that, however, in taking acourse,be it foday or for three months, you are investing not only your moneyhours of your most valuable resources: time and cmergy.

Who and What Do You Teach?In order to narrow down the facus of enqtnty a number of ba

questions were posed, beginning with: 'What market does ycentreaddress?" "What are your areas ofspecialty?" In answerthese questions Paul Symnchych of the Access Centre said thatheir courses are IBM related and address the needs ofboth novandexperienced users. Over one half of the Access Centre's stud"are complete novices, one quarter feel they should know howoperate acomputer, and one quarter icctve to lmow in order to rem

competitive with other job seekers who do". Fraser Martin, of Computer Place, said that their pragrammes address the IBM wonly, and they serve mostly the downtown corporate client. %plan to address the computerized medical office vertical markefaU. To these questions Anne Tessla, of Pitman Business CoHreplied that their diploma programmes are IBM focused andtheir Computezized Accounting programme tuqulreu studentpossess a strong accounting background. BarbamMcKayof McTechnical Institute saidthattheir Computerized Bookkeeping aDesktap Publishing courses offer IBM, Macintosh. andIMS miccomputer options and attract a variety of students, "from thoseout of high school to mature. students who want so familiathemselves with the computerized of6ce cmviicmmeiit".

How LongAre TheCourses?Course duration forms another area of enquiry. This is an im

tant concein because, generally spealring, short courses are inteandrequirehighenergy. They workbestfor studentswho go dirback to a situation in which they will be using their new knowleon a daily basis, so as to retain as much of their new knowledgpossible. Longer courses offer more time to practise and retainskil as well as providing art opportunity to interact with

instructor and other students. They reqinre more commitmhowever, since classes contmue for several weeks or manthsusually are mare expensive.

Fraser Martin descnlnu The Computer Place's courses as "ontwo day intensive courses," to allow students tu "focus complon the course with no outside concerns whatsoever." Far examthey offer, among others, courses for di fflcuh upgrades, suW ordperfect5.01. Accordingta Fraser,"Hds course isonlyversion4.2users who me thoroughly familiar with thatprogramPitman Business College and at McKay Technical Insti tutecourses are generally three months long and cover a wide varietopics. At the Acmss Cenue the course is, exudingto PSymchych, "as lang as the student needs to feel comfortable thorshehas mastered the material. Somepeoplefly thmughinamaof hours and others may spend several days or even weeks until aresatisfled".

What Is The Student-tu-Teacher Ratio?Another impartant question is, "What is the student:teacher

in the class?" At The Computer Place the answer isamaximum9:1, each student bemg provided with hiather own computer.

computer is connected tothatof the instrucsor, so thatthe instrucan monitor each student's screen, and each student can eswitch between his/her own screen and that of the instmctor. AAccess Centre, the answer ta this question is, in a sense, 1:1, "all training is computer based and operates cancmrently withactual sofbvare". Students warkwithapraprietary interactivevcamputer pmgtam combinauon at their own pace, with the otunity to move back aud forth at will &am the interactive tu(that mauitors each of the student's keystmkes ta facTitateleamingpracess) tothe''live"program,wheretheycanpmctisnew shlls on their own persanal projects. Pitman's ratio maximum of 8:1 in the computer enviranment cmdMcKay Teccal Institute allows a maximum of 16 students to each instmAlthough the student ta instructor ratio canbe a big factor, buimportant turemember that, justasmhighschaoi,agtuattuache morethanccnnpeusateforhugernumbers ofstudems.

What Khtd af Computers are used?Madutushar MS-DOAnother pertment questian concerns the computer ulcer

envircmments being usecL Currcmtly most msritutians are teaceither MS-IXS or Macintosh based comses. UMX and Ocaurses williikelybecomemamcmnmcm, butcunently they a

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For example, in the last two days of myholiday this summer, my friend purchased akneeboard — an alternative to waterskis. Akneeboard is a very buoyant, short board,rather Hke a dwarf surf board. We had seenpeople using these, but had no idea how touse it ourselves. We did have two dayshowever, and there went four of us to puzzlethis out. At theend of dayone„mybrother-in-law figured out the method — mostly by trial,error, and a high tolerance for water up thenose. He then clearly described to the rest ofus what steps were needed to get up on thekneeboard as theboat was pulling us throughthe water. Those dearly described steps hadeach of us kneeboarding on our first try thenext day.

This same need for clear steps to gooddesign is apparent in the desktop publishing

spend two to four years in CoHegeor Univer-sitylearning how to design. I am grateful my

design training was completed before theadvent of desktop publishing as the timespenttokeep abreastofsoAware and hard-ware changes is considerable.

The means to creating good design is moreimportant now than ever, with the newermeans of production. It's important becausegood design means weHwrganized materialthat gets the message across.Wedon't havetime to get interested in every piece of paperthat crosses our desk We need the message tobe clear and selfwvident. The key to creatinggood design lies in proper training (years of itideaHy) and practice.Few Good Design Books Available

For those people using desktop publishingequipment without the benefit of layout anddesign training,good resource books are thesolution. Unfortunately, most design hooks

are vague, at best, in their description of howto achieve an ef$ective layout. Two recentlypublished books, directed towards the desk-top publishing environment, are reasonablygood sources of design methods: Looking Goad in Prbrt (OI9N) by Roger C. Parker, andDesign for Desktop Publishing (O1987)by John

Thereare alsotwoexceHentresourcebooksavailable that are standards in the GraphicDesign community and have been used inUniversitiesand CoHegesforquitesometime:Designing teIith Typeby James Craig, andPrectuction for the Grtcphic Designerby JamesCraig.

I teach an intensive Desktop Publishing/ Graphic Arts course at McKay Technical In-stitute and am always on the lookout for areaHy good design text. In my search, I have

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The more I search, the more I considerputting together a book of my own methods,techniques, and rules. I have discoveredthrough teaching thatoneof thebest ways forpeopleto learn about designquickly is to givethem rules, tips and clears gu idelines tofollow. They may not grasp the design valueof the method initially, but use, practice andsuccess will make it crystal clear.

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Every now and then a product or a tool comesong withcapabihtiesunparalleled inthemarket-ace. For me, it's Illustrator 88. This most excit-g program can create graduatedscales, sophisti-ated type manipulation, automatically trace im-ges, produce chpping paths and more. Muchore... In two month's use, I've barely scratchede surface of this computer program's capaMi-es.

What is Illustrator gg?Developed by Adobe Systems Inc., Illustratoras been on the market for about one and a halfears andruns on the Apple Macintosh. Thishigh-uality graphic design tool's first incarnation wasomplex anddesigned tobeusedmostlybygraphichstrators.The new version, Illustrator 88, is clearly de-gned with a huader audience in mind. 'Ihoughe interfirce hasn't changed, tools such as au-lrace «nd transfcum are extremely easy lo usend quite sophisticated.ystem ReqnhumentnOn a Mac SE with 1024 K of RAM numing

mder 6.0andSystems,this two~p ro gramperates with 283 K of &ue memory (worhngpace). Install anything which mflates the Systemuch as a Tops Network and Il lustrator 88 simplyon't run. This program is definitely aimed atgher end systems with "gobs" of RAM. Andough it will work on a floppy disk drive, hartirivesare highly recommended.

upport MateriahOne of the first things you will nofice about theustrator 8S program compared to its previouscarnation is that it has gained quite a bit inesentation. Material design and layout is excel-nt. Al l original art materials were created withe program. Support materials include a Video, auick Reference Card, a User Guide, a Traininganual and a Colour Guide. The Colour Guidecludes a complete process colour map whichas originally created with Illustrator 88.Illustrator was the first program to come com-

ete with a video mlroducing the program and itsses. The original version's video starred Johnamock, Adobe SystemsPresidentand co-au-or of PostScript. Though it was quite useful toew, it was by no means a videomatic master-ece. The new video is much more refined. (John

Wamock fans will be disappointed because heoesn't even make an appearance.) This time the

ar is an actual illustrator who guides us throughheeverydayuse of the program. It provides goodoverage of each tool's use and function though iteems that several video sections were acceleratedhile demonstrating Illustrator's more sophisti-ated functions. This can be rather deceptive be-ause it leads the audience to befieve the programperates faster than it actually does.The QuickReference Card is quite useful andell designed. It covers all the information re-

uired to operateIllustrator 88. Itis easy to use andas both wriuen and graphic descriptions of tooles. It also includes hints on how to bestuse eachol. The blend tool, for example, has an excellentnt which clearly improves its use. Users canctually begin working with Illustrator 88 armednly with the Video and the Quick Referenceard.The User Guide is replete with valuable opera-

oninformation. Itbegins with adescriptionof theogram's envhonmental requirements. It also

ves a complete list of supported printers. It doesave some inconsistencies (what do they mean byMac SE with "either" a hard drive?), but it isostly direct and to thepoint. Itcontainsoneof the

est descriptions I have seen of the two types ofmputer graphics:"Wheeyou scan an image, or whee you use

acPaint so create aeimage, the image is define y the arrangsmsnr of dots(pixels) on the screen.

When you create artwork wuh the Adobe Illustra- or88 program, you create an image which coe-

srsnotofdotsburacollsctionoflinssandcurvss,eachofwhichhasitscwnmarhsmaricaldefinition.

s this ability ro translate images into mathe- atical constructs that makssit possible for this ogram to create tugh-qualuy artwork."

This quote captures the nature of computeraphics for desktop publishing in a nutshell.ere'show it works

mustrator 88 is really a graphicallywrientedogramming tool. We use circle, pen, square, and

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other tools to create complex information whichthe program translates into PostScript languageconstructs. Users never need see a line of code(though knowing some Postgcript can add to theeffects created within the program) and yet pro-duce quite sophisticated illustrations.

Theprogram's work areais apage composed of1008 by 100& points (14by 14inches) divided intonine pages. Only page 5 is whole; other pages areportions of the work areL

The program always works m outline mode,creating see-through images. This allows for theuse of templates which can either be created in

different programs such as MacPaint or can bescanned into one of Illustrator's supported tem-plate formats. Templates always open in the centreof the working areL But since the page origin canbe relocated with the page tool, users need notworry about creating the image directly in thecenter of theworhng area Andbeliev erne,movingthe page origin takes much less time than movingIhe artwork.

There are four basic views within the program:• Art work only — an interactive view in outlineonly,• Template only~non -interactive view of yourtemplate,• Art work ik Template — usually the operationalmode,• Preview mustration~non -in teractive view ofwhat the artwork looks like.

This last view is actually a PostScript previewand smce the Macintosh does yet not supportdisplay Postscript, it remains non-interactive. An

interesting feature is New View. This lets you usetwo views of the same image at the same time. One

Figure 1: The lower tail section of the imageshows the multiple layers created by Illustra-tor SS's blend tool is seen here in ArtworkOnly mode.

Figure 2:Clipping paths are created in Illus-trator Sgby placing the clipping object(in thiscase anoval) behind the objects to be clipped.The clipping object must be ungrouped andfilled with the Mask option in the paint dia-logue box.

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Tool Descriptionmustratar has an excellent selection of tools. Of

course, there are the usual army of tools that youwould expect inanydrawingprogram suchas box,

pens, circle, item selector, hand, text, and so forth.What makes Illustrator unique is that it containstwo types of tools. Objectcreation tools suchas theones listed above and object manipulation tools:i.e., scale, rotate, shear and reflect.

Illustrator 88's new tools turn an already so-phisticated program into a shear pleasure to use.These include &eehand, autotrace, blend, and

The ireehsndtoolfinally letsyoudraw infreehmdstyle with Illustrator. Dragging this tool aroundthe page will create a series of pomts and haziercurves along the path drawn. Experienced userswillnote the freehand/pentool toggle(Conuolkeyon SE and Ih) aHowing for quick switches be-tween tools to create straight and other lines with-out going to the toolbox.

Autotrace is a dream come true. You simplyclickona template with the tool togetanautomati-cally~eated outline of the object. The imageincluded here took 2.5 hours to create in its origi-nal form with Rlustrator 1.1. In mustrator 88, Icreated a better image with a much higher degreeof complexity in only one hour.

Blend is also a fabulous addition. Simply clickon the link points of two ungtouped objects withthe blend tool to make a dialogue box appear. Setthe number of intervening steps and let the pro-gram do the work for you.

Graduated grey scales are now very simple to.produce. Simply draw a white box and ablack boxsome distance Rom each other, ungroup the ob-jects,selectthem and blend themin98 steps.(A lotsimpler than creating 100 boxes snd assign 100different grey values to each...) A hint to use thistool is to select the same number of points withineach object to be blended before transformingthem. Results will be better than when only onepoint is selected in each object. Another idea is tocreate additional points (with the scissors) oncertain objects when blending oddly-shaped ob-

jects.

TheOptionkeyisofutmostimportanceinlllus-

trator 88. Most tooh can be used as is, but whenused in conjunction with the Option key, a dia-logue box appears giving you precise conttol overthe operation. For example, selecting an objectthen pressing the option key while clichng on theItem Selector will display a "move" dialogue boxallowing the precise movement of objects. Each"Option" dialogue box gives you the option toeither change tbe original object or to change acopy of the object. For example, to create a fallingobject in ten steps, you would create it, select it,use the rotation tool whilepressing theOptionkey,give the rotation increment for the first step androtate a copy of the object. Once this is done, useTransform Again I'rom the Options Menu until allother steps have been created. This program isreplete with such features.

DisappointmentsA major disappointment of Illustrator 88 is the

Text dialogue box. It hasn't been improvecL This

means that users are limited to 255 characters ineach text block. Kemmg is also limited to globalcontrol which makes it tedious to create well-kerned words. Creating a full page of kemed textin 88can be somewhat of a chore...

Anodter limitation is the memory requirement.Users will find themselves continually saving toclear operational memory. Sometimes this can beso bad that you actually have to quit the programand restart it to I'ree memory. The only solution isto add more memory. With these flaws taken intoconsideration, the program has abundant uses.

Illustrator 88 is here to stay and once againappears to the market leader in its field. If sophis-ticated graphics is what you want, this i s theprogram for you.

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dBase HI + Call for start datesPROFESSIONAL TRAIMNG ASSOC., 502-1185 W. Georgia681-5903 DBase IH+ Level H Sept. 1 $175VANCOUVER COMMUNlTY COLLEGE 875-8200

Intro to JBase IH + Sept. 14,21 $145Intermed.dBase HI + Sept.27 $145

Advanced dBase HI+ Sept. 14 $145dBase HI dBase HI+ Sept. 22 $175

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Call for starting dates.Introduction to dBase HI+, Sept. 12, 27dBase HI + Intermed„Sept. 9, 20

BURNABY SCHOOL BOARD, 5325 Kincaid St., Burnaby VSG1W2. 2994361.

AutoCAD Oct. 17 $160KWANKBN COLLEGE, P.O. Box 9030, Sutrey, B.C. 58$-4411.Computer Aided Drafting Sept.26-Nov. 21 $300MICROAGB LEARNING CENTRE 3609 West 16th Ave, 222-1010. Call for starting dates.

Autocad, Customizing Autocad $175UBC CENTRE FOR CONT. EDUC., CASE: Computer AssistedSoftware Engineering, 3 day seminar, Sept. 12,13,14, RamadaRenaissance Hotel, 1733 Comox Street, Vancouver, B.C.

(See also the Macintosh Secucn for Mac DTP)CAPILANO COLLEGE 20SS Purcell Way, North Van 984-4901

Introto Pagemaker Oct 2,16,23 $125DOPPLER TRAINING CENTRE 101 W. 5th, Van. 8754261

Ventura or Pagemaker $375FIALA BONNER, Ste. 810-1112 W. Pander 684-1022

Ventura 1 Sept. 7McKAY TECHNICAL INSTlTUTE 2151 Butrard St, Vane. 736-7221 Call for details

Desktop Publishing/Graphic Arts 12 weeksMICROAGE LEARMNG CENTRE 3609 W 16th Ave, 222-1010. Call for starting dates.

Pagemaker $175PBSC TRAMNG CENTRE 1350-1140W. Pender 689-7272

Pagemaker 1 Sept. 6-$ $450PRECEPT LEARNING CENTRE 735 Clark Dr 255-3198

I ntro to Desktop Publishing Sep 19, Oct 13 $130DTP with Ventura Sept 29, Oct 24 $190DTP with PageMaker Sep 26, Oct 20 $190

PRlMA TRAMNG CENTER 207 - 3900 E. HastingsSt.Butnaby 2944567

DTP using Ventura Call for dates $150DTP using Pagemaker $150

SBLKIRK COLLEGE, Box 1200 Castle&sr V1N 3J1 36S-7292Ekctronfc Publishing, Graphic Design, Photography,

Writing, 1 year pto&ram,SIMON FRASER UNIVBRSlTY Downtown 6874255

DTP - Ventura, Alternative ApproachesA Day With Ventura Publisher Oct. 19 $175DTP Power with Aldus Pagemaker Oct. 22 $175Design+Print Production for DTP Oct15-Dec10 $300

VANCOUVER COMMUNlTY COLLEGE,PageMakerfortheIBM Sept.1,23PageMakerfortheIBM Inter.Sept.8,29PageMaker for the IBM Newsletter Sept. 16

VANCOUVER ELECTRONIC PUBUSHING ASSOCP.O. Box 24776, Vancouver, 8754)677

SEYBOLD DESKTOP PUBLISHING CONFERENCE SantaClara, Calif. Sept.15-17, VEPA packagetour to Seybold ratesf'rom $426. Call Gail at Arnica Travel 683-7727

General Meetiug Sept. 6, 7 PM at the BC Club in theEnteqnise Centre, 750 Pacific Blvd S Free

VEPA Monthly Meeting Commodore h QMS ProductDem-onstrations 875-0677.

Mac SIG (Nelson Ruest) 6$3-1599 2nd Wed of the month,meetings at Computerland, 1035 W. Pender FreeIntro to DTP Sept. 27th $25 for members. $50Page LayoutSeminar Sept.22nd $50 for members $80DTP k Type Seminar Sept. 28 $50 for menbers $$0Design Vancouver: The Colour of Black a competition k,

exhibition of the best of Vancouver's Electronic Publishing.Entry deadline Sept 30, Show Oct 21-30 224-6152VANCOUVER COMMUNIIY COLLEGE 875-8200

Intro tu DTP $130VANCOUVER DESKTOP PUBLISHING CENTRE Ltd1150 Homer St 681-9161 Steve Osbotne, Roedy Green

Desktop Des/a Cllnlcs $69VANCOUVER DESKTOP PUBLISHING CENTRE Ltd1150 Homer St 681-9161, StephenOsborne, Roedy Green

Ventura Publisher Call for dates $129VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD 736-7241John Oliver School, 530 E. 41 Ave

DTP: Ventura or Pagemaker $135VAN.SOFTWARE CENTRE 300-1190 Melville St. 669-9800

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R.L. CRAIN INC., "Bar Code Seminar" officially announcingopenmg of Bsr Code Safes Office in Vancouver. Tuesday, Sept.20, 9:30 am. or 1:30 pm. Ref'reshments will be served. LeMeridia Hotel, Salon Versailles, 845 Bmrard St. Vancouver,B.C. R.S.V.P. April Hamilton 874-1131.

CAPILANO COLLEGE 2065 Purcell Way North Van 9844901Intro to Computers for The MedicalOffice Oct 12/16, Dec 3/4 $140

MEDICAL SOFTWARE USER GROUP Kevin Brawley 736-5039 $35/yesr membership:

Medical Software Exhibition Exhibition of Teleplan biHingsystemsfar doctors. $5

CESS CENTRE LonsdaleQuay 9$4-4671dBase HI+ Startanytime,computer based trainin&-selfpscedorial (avemge 20hrs, no max.) $140RKEL BUSINESS SCHOOL 211-3030 Lincolne.,Cotluitlsm 464-8717. Call for night school startes3)Base HI+ $80RNABY SCHOOL BOARD, 5325 Kincaid St., Bumaby,G 1W22994361. dBaseIH+ Lev. I Sept. 20,21 $SQPILANO COLLEGE 20SSPurcell Way, North Van 9&44901dBase H-Level 1Pk3 (package $185) Sep 19 $75Sharewnre Series: PC-File Sep 16/17 $125MPlJIXRLAND LEARNING CENTRE 1035 W. Pander4152, Call for startmg dates.ntro to dBase HI + or dBase HI+ Interm. $1&0

MPUTER PEOPLE LEARNING CENTRE, 302A 1124nsdale Ave.N. Van. 9844349dBASE IH+ In tro, Inter4139

MPUTER STATION 2130 Butrard St, Vancouver 732-8621ntro to dBase HI+, Sept. 14 $180PPLER'S TRAINING CENTRE 101 W. 5th $75-0261dBase HI+ Intro ar dBas e HI+ Programming $175AKE COMPUTER TRAIMNG 100-1111 Melville St 669-89Symphony Database Sept. 30 $175ntroductlontudBaseHI PlusSept. 13 $175Intermediate dBaseHIPlus Sept. 15 $175Introduction to dBase HI Plus Sept. 2$ $175Introduction to dBase H Plus Eve. Sept. 27 $175

BON NER $10-1112 W Pander 684v1022dBase IH+ 1 Sept. 21 $175

CROAGE LEARNING CENTRE 3609 W 16th Ave, 222-0 Cell for stsrtmg dates. dBase HI+ Part I 8t 2 $175I (PERSONAL COMPUTER TRAINING INSTlTUTE)-247 Abbot St Downtown 682-5448 12 hour coursesfor startmg dates. Reflex Plus $150

SC 1RAINING CENTRE 1350-1140 W. Pander689-7272dBase HI+ 1 Sept. 6,20 $175

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Amlga User Group Meetings (PaNorAmA), BCIT, Rm 129AGeneral Meetings 2nd Wed each month 7:30 pm Programmers: 4th Wed eachmonth 7:30pm

Apples BC Computer Society Call Lorne 467-6062.Apple H User Group Meeting BC Apple Society, BurnabyRugby Club, Kiyo Masuda437-9935Apple HI SIG Monthly Kiyo Masuda437-9935Beaver Valley Commodore Club Meets first Tuesevery monthat Monttose School Library. Call Iohu Vink 367-6426 B.C. UnhUser's Group meets 4 times ayear. Call George Pajari 925-2555, 2545 QueensAve, West Van V7V 2Y9.Clipper Developers Association 1st Mon SFU 873-0747Commodore Club 1st Tues Sunset Comm Centre 73$-3311Forth Interest Group SpeakersandTutorials on Forth hardware,software and applications. Meetings: 7:30 fhst Thurs of eachmonth, BC1T main bldg, 3700 Willin&donRm. 1A-324Kaypro User Group Vancouver Portable Computer Club 3rdMonday at Kaypro in Richmond(CP/M) 278-5776Mac User Group Meeting BC Apple Sockty, WCB Building,6951 Wesuninster Hwy (Kiyo Masuda) 437-9935.Mainland Mac Sept. 14, Mouse Stick Demo, MacRecorder.New User Meeting Sept. 21st. Rm 115 Kwantlen College,Suney, 574-3S13, Ron Haiden&er.Maple Ridge Computer User Group 467-2647 M.R. Sr.

Secondary School 7:30 PM, FreeNEC APC Users Group Bi-monthly Lee 980-5825North American Amstrad User's Group. For newsletter,membership application send S.A.S.E. to: 65-13880 - 74th Ave,Sutrey V3W 7E6 PHONE: 597%881 R. ScottNovell Netware Users Peter Whitelaw 669-8789 monthlyPort Coquitlam Computer Usem Group CommodoreAmiga 4IBM 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 7:30 pm, Poco Rec Ceuue2100 Wilson Ave 9424286Software B.C. General Meetings are 3rd Thursday of evetymonth in Vancouver, !400 - 1190 Melville St., Vancouver, 6$4-7432.Tandy 1000+Club Meeting Second Monday 7:00pm atKwantlen College, Newton Campus, Rm 209 or 211. Call LenBoscoe 574-5419The New Apple Alliance May Chow435-7609 last Saturday ofmonth in Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.TI Computer Club Central Richmond. Meets 2nd Wed of eachmonth. Phone Keith at 261-2739Trace (Richmond Atarl Club) ThompsonComm. Centre LinusLaneRichmond,272-5789 1st8'c2nd M onday 7:30-9:30

Vancouver Netware User's Group Les Lebbrant 275-2829.

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DIGITAL CONSULTING INC. 6 Windsor St. Andover, MA01810, (617) 470-3870. National Database Sr,4th/5th Genera-tion Language Symposium in Toronto, Sept. 26-28, 1988.THE CONSUMER'S COMPUTER SHOW '88 Oct 22%23,Westcom Promotions PNE Grounds, New aud used computers,seminars call for booths and tables 436-2677 $5PACIFIC COAST COMPUTER FAIR 4 SWAP MEET, Oct.1, 19SS, 104 pm, McPherson Centre, 7325 McPherson Ave.,Bmnaby, B.C. 270-0064. Table rental $35 User youp displays,door prizesPACIFIC RIM COMPUTER St COMMUNICATIONSHOW November 1,2,3,19SS, Vancouver Trade and ConventionCentre. Call for details 433-9549 or 433-5121. Sales: HelenLevasseurCanadian BusinessTelecommunications Alliance Telecon '88,Sept. 18-22. Canada's largest telecommunications conference andtrade exposition, Telecou '88 — Winning Through Telecommuni-cations. 54ays. Contact CBTA 416-865-9993.

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Intro to Mac, Intermed Mac, PageMakerMicrosoft Works, Word, Excel, Hypercard COMPUTER-LAND ~GAINING CENTRE 1035 W. Pander 683-6152. Callfor starting dates.

Pagemaker, Excel, Macintosh Basic Skills,WordFOLKSTONE DESIGN INC. Bax44,Grautham's Landing, B.C.VON 1XO 986-8060 or 8864502

MlcroSoft Word, Pagemaker, Excel

DRAKE COMPUTER TRAINING 100-1111 Melville 6694789Novell System Manager Sept 20,21 $415

INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICE 265 - 167 W. 2ndAva 873-3900.

Netware Training on site- Customer's convenience.$250 3 hr/1 peison$400 6 hr/1 person

DRAKE COMPUTER TRAINING 100-1111 Melville 669-8789Symphony DatabaseSept. 30 $175Symphony Spreadsheet Sept. 22 $17$Smart Spreadsheet Day 1 Sefx. 27 $17$SmartSpreadsheetDay 2 Sept.28 $175

PBSC TRAINING CENTRE 1140 W. Pander,689-7272Symphony 1 Sept. 7 $17$Symphony 2 Sept. 19 $175Symphony3 Sept.27 $175Framework II 1 Sept. 13 $17S

VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD 736-7241dBase III+ Call for dates $90

VAN. SOFTWARE CENTRE 300-1190 Melville 669-9800Call for starting dates.

Introduction to Framework, Sept. 1,16,26 $180Framework II, - Inter. Sept, 19 $180

BCIT Ful l Time 432-8419, Part Time: 4341610Assembler I (IBM Mainframe), Assembler II (IBM

Mainframe) 6 wks Assembler (IBM PC) I 6 wks Basic (IMPC) 1 6 wks Basic I 6 wks Cobol-Level I 6 wks Cobol-LevelII 6 wks Pascal 6 wks PLO Level I 6 wksBURNABY SCHOOL BOARD 299436L

Micro Processing II BASIC Intro Oct. 26 $48Data Proc. 2: BASIC Oct. 26 $6$

COMPUCOLLEGE Vancouver 6824600, Butnaby435 2424, Richmond273-0373. Call for starting dates. 480 hoursfull time diploma courses:

Computer Programming 4 SystemsAnalysisMicrocomputer Electronic Technology

COMPUTER STATION, 2130 Buirard St. 732-8621.Intro to Microcomputers Sept. 7P2 $1&0

SFU Continuing Studies Program (Applied Sciences) 291-3844Design Analog Integrated Clrcnlts Oct 12-14 $350Superconductlve Materials Oct 20 (video amf.) $10$I nterdisciplinary World of Computing Oct 4 $10$

P hotonfc Switching ln Comm&Comp. Sep 22 $10 5UBC Centre for Cont. Education. Couxses held at MicrocomputerLab, Old Bookstore, UBC.

BASICS of Programming Inho Sept.19-0ct. 31 $185Programming in C: Intro Sept. 22-Oct. 27 $195CS 5079-488 Sept.14-Nov. 2 Sept. 24 $250

VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGEIntra to Computers Sept. 1,6,12,19 $145

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Lotus 123Level I Sept6,20 . $179Lotus 123 Level II Sept 15, 29 $179

COMPUTER PEOPLE 302A 1124 Lunsdale N. Van. 9844349Lotus 123 Adv. $139

COMPUTERLAND LEARMNG CENTRE 1035 W. Pander

683-6152. Call for starting dates.Lotus123 Intro,Intermed or Advanced $180COMPUTER STATION2130 Burrard St, Vancouver, Pat Austin 732-8621

Introduction to Lotus 123 Sept. 13,27 $180Intermediate Lotus 123 Sept. 15 $180Advanced Lotus 123 Sept. 15 $180DOPPLER 101 W. 5th, Vancouver 875-0261,

Lotus 123 Intro or Advanced $175DRAKE COMPUTER TRAINING 100-1111 Melville 669-8789

Advanced Lotus 1 2-3 Sept. 12 $175Introduction to Lotus I 2-3 Eve. Sept 20 $175Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 Eve. Sept. 21 $175Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 Sept. 6,14,30 $175Advanced Lotus 1-2-3 Sept. 12,29 $17SIntroduction to Lotus 1-2-3 Sept. 22 $17SLotus Macros Sept. 7 $175

HALA, BONNER 810-1112 W Pander Vancouver, 684-1022,Lotus 123 1 Sept. 19 $175Lotus 123 2 Sept. 13 $175Lotus 1-2-3 Level 1 Sept. 29 $175

Lotus 1-2-3 Level II Sept. 23 $175IPC SYSTEMS,228 W. 7th, 873-5595Lotus 123 BasicsSept. 13 $150

MICROAGE LEARMNG CENTRE 3609 W 16th Ave, 222-1010. Call for starting dates. Lotus 123 $17$PBSC TRAINING CENTRE 1350-1 140 W. Pander689-7272

Lotus 123 1 Sept. 2, 21 $17SLotus 123 2 Sept. 20 $17$Lotus 123 (Macras) Sept. 16 $175Lotus 123 (Functions) Sept. 28 $175Lotus forExecutives Sept.24 $175Supercalc IV 1 Sept. 8 $175Supercalc IV 2 Sept. 30 $175Smart 1 Sept. 9 $175Excel 1 Sept. 23 $175

PERSONAL COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE200-?47 Abbot St Van. 682-5448 12 hour courses

Lotus123 IIorLotus123 Macros $150PlTMAN BUS. COLLEGE 1490 W. Bioadway 738-7848

Integrated Software - Lotus 123 Call for start datesPRECEPT LEARMNG CENTER 735 Clark Dr. 255-3198

Electronic SpreadsheetsOct 27/28 $145PRIMA TRAIMNG CENTER 207-3900 E Hastings, 294-4567Using Lotus 123 Call for dates $1$0Lotus Data Management gi Graphs $105

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ASSOC., 502-1185 W. Georgia,681-5903.

Dlsplaywrlte 4 Sept. 22-23 $3$0Lotus Level I Sept. 13 $17$Lotus LevelII Sept. 14 $175Lotus Level II Sept. 15 $175

UBC Centre for Cont. Education, Courses held at MicrocomputerLab, Old Bookstore, UBC.Lotus 1 24 Sept 21-Oct. 12 $195VANCOUVER COMMUNlTY COLLEGE 875-8200

Intro to Lotus 123 Sept. 15,17,21, $145Using Lotus 123 Sept. 19 $175Intermed. Lotus 1-2-3 Sept. 9g9 $145Advanced Lotus 1-2«3 Sept. 16 $14$

VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD 736-7241 VancouverTechnical,2600 E. Broadway Lotus 123 Callforstartdates $90VAN. SOFrWARE CENTRE 300-1190 Melville 669-9800Callfor suuung dates.

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Average 12 hoius. Start anytime. $Word Processing: Wordperfect, MSWord, Dlsplayw

Multlmate $BARKEL BUSINESS SCHOOL 211-3030 Coquitlsm 464-Call for night school start dates

WordPerfect, WordStarBURNABY SCHOOL BOARD, 5325 Kincaid St., Buniaby1W2. 299436LAES Alpha+ Indlvlds Frag. Oct. 3 BUSINESS CENIRE, Ste. 300, 1497 Marina Dr., W. Van. 1147.W'ord Perfect $CAPILANO COLLEGE 2055 Puroell Way, Nardi Vsn 984

Shareware Serlesi PC-Write Nov 4/5 $COMPUTERLAND 1035 W. Pender 683-6152.

DlsplayWrlte, MSWord, WordPerfect, MultlmateCOMPUTER PEOPLE LEARNING CENTRE,302A1124

Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 9844349

PBSC TRAINING CENTRE 1350-1140 W. Pander St 689-7272Crasstalk (call for starting dates) $17$

ACCESS CENTRE Londsdale Quay984W71Basic Operating Skills Start anytime, computer based train-

ing-self paced tutoriah (averagel2 hrs, no max.) $125BARKEL BUSINESS SCHOOL 211-3030 Lincoln Ave,Caquitlam 464-8717. Call for start dates.MS DOS Tutorial $45BCIT Full Time Registration 432-8419, Part Time: 434-1610

Computers in Business, Computer Systems-Intro 1,Computer Systems-Intro II 6 wks $139

BURNABY SCHOOL BOARD, 5325 Kincsid St., Burnaby B.C.VtG 1W2 299436L M icroProcessing 1 Sept.21,22 4 sess. $32

MS DOS/IBM Sept. 20, 21 $75Computerese Nov.5

CAPILANO COLLEGE 2055 Purcell Way, North Van 9844901

Basics of Micros Lev.lgi2 Start:Sep 12.14,15, $DOS Levels1gi2 Oct 832 $Managing Your Hard Disk Nov 12 $

COMPUTERLAND 1035 W. Pender 683-6152.Intro ta Micros or DOS

COMPUTER PLACE 860 Bunard St, 299-3003MS/PC-DOS Sept 1, 28 $

COMPUTER PEOPLE LEARNING CENTRE. 302A 1124Lousdale Ave. N. Van. 9844349

MS-DOS ESSE%I IALS Call far datesMS-DOS HARD DISK MAN.COMPUTER STATION 2130 Bunard Vancouver 732-862

Intro to Micros 4 DOS $Intro to DOS $

DRAKE COMPUTER TRAINING 100-1111 Melville 669Intro tu DOS (Eve.) Sept. 6 $Advanced DOS Sept. 26 $Introduction to DOS Sept. 8 $Introduction to DOS Sept. 19 $Introduction to DOS Sept. 29 $

DOPPLER 101 W. 5th, Vancauver 8754261Intrm Micros & DOS Every Mon thru Sept $

BALA, BONNER 810-1112 W Pander St. 684-1022Introduction to Computers Sept. 16 $Parent/Child Sept. 3 $Intraductlon tu Computers Sept. 17 $DOS 1 gi 2 Sept. 1 $DOS 1 gi 2 Sept. 30 $

KWANTLEN COLLEGE Suney, B.C. 58L4411.Intro ta Computers Sept. 26-Nov. 21

Intro tu Computers di DOS Sept. 26-Nov. 21Sept. 28-Nov. 16, Sept. 30-Nov. 25Managing Your Hard Disk Sept. 24

MICROAGE 3609 W 16th Ave, 222-1010 Call for startingIntro to PCs/DOS, Advanced DOS $

PBSC TRAINING CENI'RE 1350-1140 W. Pander 689-72Intro to PC Sept. 13 $DOS 1 gi 2 Sept. 1,10,12,19,29 $Advanced DOS Sept. 9 $

PCrI„200-247 Abbot St Van. 682-5448 12 hour coursesIntroto IBM-PC and popularsoftware $

PlTMAN BUS.COLLEGE 1490 W. Broadway 738-784SIntro to Business Software, Orientation MS-DOS

PRECEPI' LEARMNG CENTRE 735 Clark Dr 255-3198Intro to PCs Sep 12,15,0ct 3,13 $Harnessing the Power of DOS I Sap 22,0ct17 $Harnessing the Power of DOS II Oct 6 $

PRIMA TRAINING CENTER 207-3900 E. Hastings, Vancover, 2944567. Call for times.

Intro to Microcomputers $Getting to Know your PC Hardware $

PROFESSIONAL TRAlNING ASSOC., 502-1185 W. Georg681-5903Jntroto PCs and DOS Sept.6,12,19,26 $UBC Centre for Continuing Education

Comses held at Microcomputer Lab, Old BookstoreMS-DOS: A Beginner's Guide Call for datesMS-DOSi An Advanced Workshop

Keyboard Skills Sept. 17Learning about Microcomputers Sept. 24,25 $

VANCOUVER COMMUNlTY COLLEGE 8754200Intra to Computing Concepts Sept. 19,20,21 $

VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD 736-7241John Oliver, Vancouver Technical

Intro IBM PC Call for dates-VAN. SOFTWARE CENTRE 300-1 190Melville 669-9800Call for startmg dates.

DOS Orientation, Sept. 6,21 $VANCOUVER DESKTOP PUBLISHING CENTRE Ltd1150 Homer St 681-9161, Stephen Osbames Roedy Green

Introduction MSDOS Call for dates $Taking Command of MSDOSTakhg Command of MSDOS

SuperCharging the Omfce PC $Under the Hood: Troubleshooting $

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Business Applications (Lotus) 6 wks $167BURNABY SCHOOL BOARD, 5325 Kincaid Si., Buinaby VSG1W2 2994361 1otns 1-2-3 Sept. 20,21 $&0CAPILANO COLLEGE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vsn 9844901

Lotus Look Alikes Oct 1,15 $10S

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Worl: Intro, Intermediate gr Advancedgesch) $ 1 69%ordPerfect Intro, Interm Adv. (each) $169MPUTER PLACE 860 Bturard St, 688-2992MS Word Sept 12 $1V9WordPerfect Level I Sept 13,23,27 $179ordPerfectLevelIISept15,29 $179

WordPerfect+ DOS Sept 14 $179MPUTER STATION 2130 Burrsrl St, Vancouver, Pst Austin8621 Call for start dates.NordPerfect, Word, MultiMate,play%rite 4, Sept. 9,14N, $180PLER 101 W. 5th, Vancouver, 875-0261, cali for timesdPerfect, WordP4ullmate, 9lsplay%rlte $175LA, BONNER 810-1112 W Pcrrder St. Vancouver, ~1 02 2Mnltimate Advantage 1 Sept. 6 $175Multlmate Advantage 1 Sept. 22 $175

Word 1 Sept. 12 $175W ordPerfect1Sept.14 $175ordPerfect2 Sept.8 $17S

Dfsplayvvrlte 3 Level 1 Sept. 26 $175Dfsplaywrlte 4 Level 1 Sept. 9 $175WordPerfect Level 1 Sept. 2 $175WordPerfect Level I Sept. 20 $175Worl Level I Sept. 27 $175WorlPerfect Level II Sept. 28 $175N ordgtar2000 Level ISept;8 $175DROP-IN Sept. 24AKE COMPUTER TRAIMNG 100-1111 Melville 669-8789ntermediate WordPerfect Sept. 26 $175ntroduction to MultlMate Sept. 9 $175ntroduction to Display Write 4 Sept. 20 $175Advanced WordPerfect Sept. 13 $1VSntroduction teWordPerfectEvcn. Sept.13 $175ntroduction toNordperfect Even. Sept. 14 $17Sntlolnc'tlon to WordPerfect Sept. 7 $17Sntroduvcthrn to NorlPerfect Sept. 15 $1VSntermediate WordPerfect Sept. 8 $175

ntroduction to Mfctusoft%ord Sept. 12 $175ntroductionto W ordPerfectSept.23 $175ntermeHate Mnlt lMate Sept. 19 $175ANTLEN COLLEGE, P.O. Box 9030, Smrey, B.C. 588-1. Nord Processing Mlcom/Wang Sept. 20-Nov. 1 $250Sept. 24-Oct. 22 $250Microsoft %orl Intro Sept. 22-29 $140ROAGE LEARNING CENTRE 3609 W 16th Ave 222-1010for starting dates.

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Is the VSE "Easy Money" for Hl-Tech Companies?To most people, Vancouver, British Columbia, is world-renownedfor its breathtaking beauty as weil as having been the site of theinunensely successful Expo '86 World's Fair. But for an increasingnumber of U.S.high-tech companies,Vancouver means two things- cheap money snd a stepping stone to senior stock exchanges in theUnited States.

The drawing card for these Amencan companies is the Vancou-ver Stock Exchange {VSE). Traditionally, the VSE hsa beenanything but an exchange for high-technology stocks. For most ofits 80 yis, it has been a penny stock exchange of junior miningcompanies. Many serious bluewhip investors have looked withdisdain on VSE companies,regarding them as having only twoassets: moose pasture with questionable poten6al and smooth-talking promoters who never quite seem to get burned when theirvsntures fall flaL The occasional scaraMs that have plagued theVSE during much of its history only reinforce this percep6on.But times have changed at the VSE. The outdated and tran6c tradingfloor which brings screaming buyers andsellers together-one of thelastof its type inthe world-soon will make way for a silent computersystem, which conversely will be among the most modern. Thischange is in keeping with the evolving compositionof the exchange.Of the 2,100 companies that were listed on the VSE at the end of1987, about 30 percent were industrial and technology companies- up from lisle more than a handful a few years ago.Early80'sCrash PerclpltatedChanges

The crash of oil and mineral prices during the early 1980sprecipitated this transformation at the VSE, forcing the exchange tolook atnew areasof underwri6ng -including the computer industry.And so far, this diversifica6on in unde~ has paid off .Exchange observers estimate that at least 25 percent of the 301 newlistings in 1987, which were worth over $1 billion, were those of in-dustrial and tecimology onnpanies.

The good news for American companies is that most of thoseissues were U S.enterprises. Whilemanyofthe VSE mvestors wereonce lookmg to buy into the next major gold rush, many now havetheir sights on thenext Apple Computer or Microsoft, and theydon'tcare which side of the border it calls home.Costsof Ralslng Capital HereConsider "Reasonable"

"Vancouver is one of the better markets in tli world for compa-nies that are trying toraiselessthan$5miilion,"says RobertByford,partner in charge of the conml6ng group at the Vancouver office ofPeat Marwick, which has been involved in over 100 underwr16rtgsduring the past two years. "The VSE is one of the best-kept secrets.For about $115,000 {in listing costs and fees), you can raise$500,000.That'spretty reasonable."

Even Vancouver's most ardent supporters admit that the VSE isunlikely to become another NASDAQ {National Associa6on ofSecurity Dealers Automated Quota6ons). NASDAQ, which isbased near Washington, D.C„ i s the the blue~hip exchange foremerging companies, some of which have assets of more than $1bilhon. But the VSE,nonetheless, is one of thefewexchangeswherea company with a limited track record and only $100,000 {Cana-dian) of assets canhope to raise between $500000 and $1.5 millionby selhng shares to tbe public. By comparison, an emergingcompany - one without ptn&s - must have $8 millicm in capital tosecure a NASDAQ listing.

''The average high-tech company on the VSE has {annual) salesin the $400,000range and needs $15 million to$23 mill ion to makeit a $25 million company." Byford says. "If anything, VSE inves-tors want to make sure that a company has enough money to dothings pmperly."Investors Not Likely to FinanceRA9

However, VSE investors are very reluctant to fmanceresearch and development. In the early 1980s, they were badly burned byChopp Computers Corp. Inc., a company that claimed it woulddevelop the ultimate supercomputer, which never materializalNow investors want a sohd business plan written by a provenmanagement team with a product m hand. If anything, the moneyraised on the exchange usually is intended for marketing and manu-facturing. But management is the key, Byford adds. "First-ratemanagement can do something with a second-rate product, but asecond-rate management is unlikely to impress many investors."

Besides providing access to quick money -most VSE listmgs csnbe concluded within 90 days - Vancouver gives a company the op-pornu6ty to establish a hack record which could prove useful if itlater wants a NASDAQ listing. By the end of 1987, about 100com-panies were listed on both exchanges, and many will drop Vancou-ver when they become more established on NASDAQ. 'This

{NASDAQ) connection is a useful feature thatyou can' t overlook,"explains Bruce Stuart, Peat Marwick's high-technology consultant.

Stuart abo maintains that the recent surge in high-tech listings onthe VSE has lead to the creation of a pool of high-tech expertise mVancouver that in turn will stimulate more technology listings.''There're some very talented people here."According to John Hislop, corporate fmance director of the Vancou-ver-based Odium Brown Ltd. brokerage 5rm, Vancouver investorsaren't af'raid of taking risks.VSE: "Speculators- Not Investors"

"Most people who buy stocks on Vancouver aren't investors,they' re specu1ators. When they buy mining stocks, they don' texpectmany of them to hit anything, butwhen they do hit, they wantsomething big," he adds. "Sometimes the crariest idea will attractthe mostattention on Vancouver because ithas the ~ t po ten 6al

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on Vancouver isto sella companyandproduct that can bedescribedin fewer than 25 words, Hislop says it helps when a companyproduces a product that most investors are familiar with. "Theaverage investor isn't going toreada50-pageprospectus. Theeasierit is to sum up the company. the simpler it is to sell the idea toinvestors.

According to Hislop, Vancouver investors are skeptical of soft-ware developers and favor hardware manufacturers, especiallythose with established lines of credit and visible markets. Oneexample he points to is a California company that has developed asystem to block off faulty sections of an EPROM {a type of read-only memory that can be erased and repmgranuned by the cus-tomer), a product that has caught the atten6on of a major Koreanelectronics manufacturer."You need good management and a goodproduct concept. It helps to have a major sponsor behind theventure," he says. A company seeking a Vancouver list' mg,Hislop says,can expect

to pay between $15,000 to $30,000 in legal fees; about $15,000 foraccounting; some $25,000 for atechnicalreport; $10000 in printingand mailing; and $5,000 for travel expmses. Brokers' sales com-missions are in the 10 percent to 15 percent range.The Mechanics of Getting Listed

The mechanics of getting a VSE Iis6ng are straightforward.Hislop suggests that the company fust identify an accounting fhmthat specialixes m Vancouver listings that in turn will recommendseveral brokers and security lawyers. "Talk to several brokerage

Gnus and make sureyou feel comfortable with them," he says.Several brokeragefirms specialize in underwriting VSE securi-

ties. But few are willing to commit themselves to buying all of thecompany's shares for resale to the public at aproEt. Most will agreeto a "best effort" and will take a commission in addition to receivingwarrants. The brokers are crucial m maintaining the investors'interest in the company after it goes public.

Byfordof Odium Brownbelieves a U.S. company also should filefull re gistration and disclosure documents with the Securi6esExchange Commission in the United States to avoid charges ofpromoting unregistered stock in the U.S. "Pretend the borderdome't exist," he says. This Sing will cost in the $30,000 range.

One U.S. company that was pleased with its decision to be listedon the VSE wasCumulus Technology Corp. of Palo Alto, CA,saysPeter Henderson, the company's vice president of Gnance. "Costwas a big reason why we wanted to ge to Vancouver. There wss alsoa higher probability that we would have more control on when andhow we would be listed. If we had gone to another market, it couldhave been dragged out a lot longer.

"We fel t Vancouver was more of a venturewapital type ofexchange.Itfeels more comfortable withstamp companiesand we

felt very comfortable with them," Henderson adds.In November 1986, the I-yearold company spent $60,000 in

legal and accounting fees to raise $1 million(Canadian) to help withthe design and manufacturing of video-display terminals andmonitors. The company also has raised another $3 million in privateplacements. Cumulus will begin selling its line of products this year."Eventually we will try for a NASDAQ listing," Henderson adds."But we want a good history of sales before we apply;"Scandals Frequent

But there are disadvantages to the Vancouver Stock Exchange.Oneof the major problems is the frequency of scandals that haverocked the ins6tu6on, in part because of loose regulations. Whilescandals aren't con6ned to only Vancouver, the ones that do occurin that cit y are more closely iden6fied with the VSE than, forexample, was the Ivan Boesky affair tied to the New York StockExchange.Theexchange's most infamous scandaloccurredon Black Friday,

Oct. 12, 1984, when Beauford Resources Ltd. collapsed andinvestors lost an es6mated $30 million. In sentencing promotersEnrichBrunnhuber and Engelbert Robert for Iraud and theft, JusticeIohn Bouck tumed to the jury and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I

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To make matters worse that year, British Cohnnbia'ssecurityregulator,Michael Ross, resigned afterhe announcehad won a California song-writmg contest and was going inmusic busmeas. This was fol lowed by the resigaation ochairman of the B.C. Securities Commission for reasons thanot clear. However, the superintendent's position was filled bde Gelder, an attorney fmm one of the province's top legal while Doug Hyndman, a 36=year-old deputy secretary of theTreasuryBoard, was namedchainnanof thesecurities connnisThey both made it clear they intend to improve the quality oVSE and instigated a series of cease-trade orders and discip

But few people expect the scandals to come to a completeSays Odium Brown president Tony Hepburn: "People havrecognize Umt (the VSE) will always be speada&re Therefrom time to lime, there will be a few companies that faVancouver was to place more reslric6ons, there would be fincidents but there would be a lot less capital raised "

Oversll, the VSE had a rough year in 1987. Like most exchanges, it hit a record peak during the year, with its ireaching 2,045 Ix6ntsin May, but was devastated cm Black MoOct.19, and finished theyear at1,150-15percentlower thanstarted 1987. At the same time, the Dow Jones average industria stocks gained 23 percent during the year despite thethan500-pointplunge on Black Monday.

With the crash, the listing of new securities on the VSE hasto sneer halt. It remains tobe seen whether the activity will picBut Hislop of Odium Brown is convincedit'sonly a matter of '"Not all of the money disappeared and these people will havesomething with it sooner or later." Because of the Black Mocrash, Byford of Peat Marwick expects to see fewer new listin1988, but predicts the companies will raise more money. quality of the companies will be even better {in 1988). They wbigger, better and fewer."Many VSE Stocksare Foreign Owned

With a population of 3 million people, Bri6sh Columbia dohave enough investors to own the $5 billion worth of stockson the VSE. Exchange officials estimate that about 35 percVSE stocks are owned by Western Canadians while anothpercent is owned by Eastern Canadians.U.S. and European torseach account forabout 25 percentofthestock ownership.money from the Pacific Rim is expected to flow into the exc

when a brokerage firm fmm tiny but highly industrialized Kong becomes a trading member of the VSE. About 40 fnmson the exchange conduct most of their business in Hong Konmost observers expect PatMc Rim money soon to start playmore major role in the exchange.ComputerizedTrading

The $9 milhon computerized tradmg system, which w

activity, says Alfred TA. Woo, exchange vice presidenTaiwan, their tradmg volume increased 10 times when they ina computerized system. I expect that our system will have a peffect on the speed and accuracy of trades andwill minimize thof trading opportunities through hunum error."

So why should a company go public and sell off part of its - especially when its owners are convinced that they haveproduct7 The answer usually is that going public is the best wImancing a company through the manufacturing and markphase without surrendering total control to outside investobanks - if indeed they are wilhng to part with money."A comgoes pubhc whenitneeds capital or wants liquidity butdoesn'to lose control," explams Woo.

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'14" Amber Monitor'8 Expansion slots. (2-8bits/1-32bit/5-16bit)'200 Watts CSA/UL approved power supply.

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