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with its own PalmPilot keyboard called the GoType!

The GoType! is aself-contained QWERTYkeyboard the size
of a regular laptop keyboard enclosed in a slimline clamshell
case. When you open the clamshell, you can drop your
A couple of months ago IBM debuted the world's smallest hard drive,
about the size of coin, designed for use in PC Cards. IBM now goes to
the other extreme by launching a 25 GB hard drive, the largest hard

drive aimed at the desktop PC market. The Deskstar 25GP packs the
PalmPilot into the integrated cradle and begin typing.

Specifically designed to use very little power, the,
GoType! requires no batteries, drawing mini-
most information into a small space, holding more than 3.74 billion
bits per square inch, more than any other desktop PC hard drive. At
the same time IBM introduced the Deskstar 22GXP, the fastest desktop
PC hard drive. This model can hold 22 GB of data and spins at 7,200
RPM. While the Deskstar 25GP is aimed at the consumer market, the
mal power directly from the PalmPilot.

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organizers and IBM WorkPads, GoType! is sup-
22GXP is aimed at professionals who need speed, such as video edi-
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user-defined keys providing rapid access to 24 applications, plus
special keys for standard commands and shortcuts.
The GoType! is available for US$79.95 and an additional carrying case can be
answering machines. Since then IBM has contributed greatly to the
had for US$19.99 (Canadian pricing is not available).KS-R
tors, engineers and scientists.

IBM launched these two new machines to mark the 100th anniversary of a magnetic recording device, Danish inventor and engineer
development of computer magnetic recording, beginning with the
Landware, Tel: 201-261-7944, http://www.!andware.corn
first computer hard drive in 1956 and the first flexible "floppy" disk
drive in 1971.
PC manufacturers including Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Micron
Electronics and IBM's own Personal Systems Group plan to integrate
these hard drives into future PCs,'which will likely begin to appear
sometime early in 1999. KS-R
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Whfle they may be best remembered for introducing such technical marvels as the Patti-
Stacker and endlessrecord collections during the '70s, K-Tel is back with a vengeance on
the Net. K-Tel went online in May, taking on the likes of CD vendors CDnow and
Amazon.corn. In addition to selling make-your-own music compilations from its backcatalog of 3,500 titles, two recent deals K-Tel has made with major players in the online
world may well bring K-Tel back to prominence
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announced-plans to ship a 10 GB external tape backup system by year end. It is
the Playboy.
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its largest online deal ever.

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and K-Tel will reciprocate.

K-Tel posted serious financial
losses in May, but its recent
online efforts have seen stock
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Named the Aiwa Bolt drive, it will sell for $179, the firm says. It can store data
on two sizes of media 6.6 GB and 10 GB cartridges.
Chris Straghalis, CSD product manager, said, "One of the nice things about this
drive is that because it uses existing technology, it is downward read-compatible
with existing versions of Travan's tape cartridges." He noted many people already
have Travan drives, and the Aiwa device can reformat a Travan 3.2 GB tape cartridge
to store up to 6.6 GB.
"We use the same cartridge but with a-different bit density, a different format
that lets us get more capacity from the same amount of tape," Straghalis said.
He added the flrm's Bolt drive is "using better heads than on the old Travan 3 drives."
Travan is a standard created by several firms in a consortium that includes Aiwa,
Seagate, Hewlett-Packard and several other companies. The Travan intellectual property (IP) itself belongs to Imation Corp.
According to another Aiwa spokesperson, "This drive is a natural fit for SOHO
[small office/home offfce] and small businessstorage needs. It's not really designed
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WATSONVILLE, Calif. (NB)
Aladdin Systems is shipping version 5.0 of the classic Macintosh file compression utility, Stufflt. The firm says the upgrade achieves
. greater file compression and up to 20 percent better file transfer rates. It also adds
Mac OS LS compatibiTity, backward compatibility to System 7.5.3, support for
MacBinary III encoding formats and improved email program support.
In addition, the flrm claims the compression improvement applies not only to
older Stufflt versions, but to Zip compressidn aswell. The new format also allows
Stufflt to exchange files between Windows and Macintosh systems, the firm says.
AladdinSystems,http://www.aladdinsys.corn
as a backup system for huge networks" but, he said, it is well suited for home computer users who might use interactive, data-intensive games and don't want to go
back to square one if their system crashes. The device transfers data at about 50 MB
per minute, or about 20 minutes per gigabyte of data.
Aiwa produces two pre-formatted
cartridges to put more data onto a
given length of tape. The 10 GB ATP-
110 sells for US$35.99 and the 6.6 GB

ATP-106 retails for US$29.99. Aiwa
announced an internal Bolt tape

drive earlier this year.
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JANUARY 1999 THE COMPUTER PAPER BC EDlTJON www.tcp.ca
That's no flaw, that's a feature
sure if you ever wrote in any of your previous
There are two main types of cathode ray tiibe-
I like your paper, I read it every month. One issues that may have pertained to Lab Tests on based nionitors being built today: aperttae grille
thing I'm not too happy about is your Aug, earlier monitors, that such a defect existed. and shadow mask. Usually the aperture grille
-
'98 Lab Test on 17-inch monitors.

Sony seems to have a problem with the
pixels in all of the Triniton tubes. I bought
one of these things last month; of course the
retailer didn't tell me of the defect. I' ve asked
every retailer I' ve visited since then. Not
everyone is aware of the problem with the
pixel line (missing it seems), or so they say. I
have since found out that the Mac also has
this problem as it uses the same tube. I'm not
Do you not think that a defective pixel line

should have been included in the cons cate-
based monitors are branded with a name ending

in some variation o f
"t r o ir' ( T r initron,
Diainondtron, etc,). Comparing then at a sirnplistic level, slurdow mask monitors use a sold
plate that has been drilled with tiny holes that
help align the color phosphor dots. Aperture grille
monitors arrange the color phosphors in vertical
stripes, and use metallic "strings that form a
grilleinstead ofa plate with holes init. The two
horizontal lines you see in the monitor are called
gory' 1 would say you goofed on this one.

Jason Matthews
DT replies: What you refer to as missing lines of
pixels are actually thin wires that are a part ofthe
way Trinitron and other aperture grille nioni tors
are niade. We explained this in our August 1996
lab test report on monitors, but it bears repeating.
damper wires and are used to stabilize the string>
that make up the grille.
In terms of image quality, Trinitron monitor>

have long been prized by desigriers because of theh
anie
sharpness. If you are imhappy becausethe d
wires are visible, you could probably sell the uion.

itor without too much di f/lculty.
Corporate bashing unfair

Jeff Evans' "The Last Byte" column foi
December says that if yo u question youi

power utility about the Y2K readiness oi
e mbedded systems, the u t i l ity w i l l n o t
respond in a helpful and informative manner,
I don't believe this claim does justice ta
BC Hydro's efforts to make this information
available in various sources, including Hydro's
Web site. The Web site has plenty of information, some of which precisely addresses hi
concerns about embedded systems.
Steve Grant, BC Hydro
Mf replies: The BC Hydro Web site (httpy/www

bchydro.corn) does indeed include detailed information on the utility's y2X readiness, as well as
general explanations of the issue that would be ol
interest to readers anywhere in Canada.
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Re.The December letter from the editor, I suspect you have not yet read your iMac manual,
for there is, indeed, a way to restart your new,
eye-catching computer.
If you open up the door on the right-hand
side of the machine, inside, not only will you

find the superwooI looking 3D pattern, bu
also the connectors for the mic, speaker, USB
Ethernet and modem cables. Between the

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Ethernet and modem connectors, there are

two small holes, arranged vertically. The
upper one is the reset switch,
Now, you will need a rather high-tech tool
to work it. Take a paper clip, and bend it so part
of it is sticking straight out. Insert the pointy
end into the uppermost smaU hole, and voila!
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DT replies
: I stand corrected, but remain unconvincedd tliat a paper clip fix is any more convenient
orsati
sfying- than a yank of the power cord.
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Microsoft not the source
In the December '98 Tucows column the

author states that th e p rogram Desktop
Themes is from the Microsoft Plus Add-on for
Windows. In reality, the product he is referring to is a themes installer utility written by
Left Side Software in Australia.
Jeff Butts
~~roll
Zip "click of death' link conectlon
Regarding the citation on how to find out

about the lomega Zip's "click of death" problem, the listing was hltp://thirdeyesp.corn. The
c orrect a d d ress s h o ul d ha v e be e n
http: //www.grc.corn and this will bring up the
Re
Gibson Research Corporation home page.

This contains the free download of the program to test the integrity of the Zip drive.
Richard Wong
nf m pl/OVa Foga&r.o u y
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Active Trainer 'gift of fitness' correction
. +ewtflla88Day
I just wanted to make a correction regarding

the...article about the Active Trainer exercis-
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ing software [TCP December '98]. In the arti-
cle, it mentions that the Web address for the
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pretty interested in this product, having seen

one like it years ago, so thanks for the article!
Sincerely,
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THE COMPUTER PAPER BC EDITION www.tcp.ca )ANUARY 1999
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A Comdex Canada West '99 presentation preview

By Craense Bennett
here's not much you or I can do about
the Year 2000 (Y2K) readiness or lack

thereof of large corporations, but we
Comdex Canada West '99, fan, 11-13 at the

this complex problem. Visit The Computer Corndex Canada West Y2K panel
Paper'sY2K Web site for links and information
These issues and those affecting businesses of Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre.
to help make sure you don't get stung by the all sizes will be discussed at a special Year 2000 Don't miss it! 0
Comdexupdates, http://www.comdex.corn
Millennium Bug.
panel hosted by The Computer Paperat
can certainly make sure our own computers

and software are in order. But is your software
compliant? A list of Y2K tools to help you
determine which, if any, applications on your
PC
c o u l d ca u s e pro b l em s i s at
http: //www.tcp.ca/y2k/y2ktoois.html.
An alternative is to visit the Web sites of
the developers of the software titles you use.
Microsoft, for example, has a Y2K section on
its Web site, which divides applications into
five categories, according to their Y2K compliancy. It includes a list of frequently asked
questions about Y2K compatibility, product
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comparisons, inventory tips, and recommended tools and utilities from third-party vendors.
Although Microsoft's newest operating
systems, Windows 98 and the forthcoming
W indows 2000 ( p r eviously k n ow n a s
Windows NT 5.0) are both Y2K compliant,
older versions of Windows are not. Windows
3.x and Windows for Workgroups, for exam-
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slowing you down? It's time to
move toV.90 U.S, Robotics'
ple, both display post-2000 dates as "I/I/;0."

Fortunately, a patch for this bug is available in
a
new
Y2K
56K desktop modems from
so l u t i on s s e c t io n at
http:/twww.microsoft.corn/year2000, where users of
3Com, Theydeliver significantly
Microsoft products can obtain information

and software updates related to the YZK problem. Another patch updates two commandline commands in W i n dows 95's COMMAND.COM and WINFILE.EXE to support
two-digit years.
greater overall performance'

than other V.90 56K modems
for truly high speed down-
Windows NT 4.0, too, has problems related to the year 2000. These issues are addressed
by a Service Pack 4 update, also available at
loads, streaming video, and
the above address.

near CD-quality audio. So
Surprisingly, the 4.0 version of Microsoft's

Small Business Server is not Y2K compliant,
and although the above-mentioned site provides solutions that are, Windows marketing
visit your nearest 3Com
3Co~m
manager Paul Christilaw concedes they are

"not for the faint of heart." Christilaw says a
4.5 update, due in early 1999, is Microsoft's
recommended path for making Smail Business
Server products Y2K compliant.
retailer or find.us on the
Web at www.3com.com
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Microsoft"s Visual Basic suite of application building tools have been YZK compliant
since version 4.0, but developers will need to
code their programs correctly to avoid snags.
Other commonly used financial tools, such as
Excel 97 and Intuit's Quicken 98, are Y2K
c ompliant. However, Quicken 5 a n d 6
(Windows and Mac versions) are unable to
process dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999.
There are, of course, many other facets to
for more information. Because

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HP 5000N Laser/et,1200dpi,t6ppm,f txt 7',Network. $3165
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3COM 3C16405SuperStack 8 PSH Hub 4012 Port.........$7 3 5 3COM
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D-LinkDFE-530TX PCI FastEthemet ..............................$3 9
3COM 3C16406SuperStack 6 PSH Hub 40 24 Port.........$ 1290
HP 4500 Color Laserlet.600dpi(Rst2400),32MB ....... $3999
D-Unk DFE-808TX FastEthsmet 8 Port Hub ................... $4 5 9
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Windows NT 5 has been renamed Windows 2000 and, after more than three
years of development, is about six to nine months away from being released. In
its Workstation (client PC) version, Windows 2000 is being groomed asthe successor to Windows 3.x and Windows 95/98 in most business and network settings. Likewise, in its Server version, Windows 2000 has major enterprise-level
enhancements. The upshot is a near tripling in the size of the operating system,
putting enormousdemands on performance and reliability. So, proceed cautiously with the two faces of Windows2000.
By Jacques and Nathan Surveyor
Conference in Denver in early fall, one notion
somewhat on registry edits but is of limited
OS/390 have'had many of the features for a
came through loud and clear. Windows 2000 help on DLL conflicts. So perhaps it is long time. Windows 2000 Server brings four
ne of the nifty things about NT is that Professional represents the future of top-end inevitable Windows 2000 Professional targets things to the table:
the codebase for NT Workstation is
identical to that of the Server version just a few switch settings transform NT
from a workstation to a server operating system. This has been true since the earliest days
of NT and applies again to Windows 2000the new name for Windows NT 5.0. (Both versions of NT have also been given a moniker
makeover: NT Workstation becomes Windows
2000 Professional, and NT Server becomes

Windows 2000 Server.)
For Windows 2000 Professional users, this
appears to be a disadvantage because of the

code baggage
carried by Windows 2000 Server.
Not so, claims Microsoft engineers, for two
reasons. First, on setup of Windows 2000
Server, a number of services and DLLs
(dynamic link libraries) are installed that
never see the light of day in a Professional
install. Second, with new on4emand installation options, other services that are not
required will never be loaded.
But the opposite is also true
all the features of Windows 2000 Professional are also
Windows desktop computing that is, for

business and advanced individual users.
At the lower end, Windows 9x will continue to be sirpported, but not with major
enhancements like Active Directory services
(ADS), advanced security and convenient
Intellimirroring and other administration
improvements.
Users plagued by the

"Blue Screen of Death,"
which appears when
Windows crashes, the
pain of DLL hell and the
travails of registry edits
Windows 9x as much as Macs and Unix

because Microsoft has 80 to 90 percent of PC
simplicity and ease of use;

b undled free middleware like MTS, IIS,
desktop operating systemsalready.

Windows 2000 for PCs must cannibalize
Microsoft's own Windows 3.x and 9x franchise as much as take away seats from Mac
and Unix to garner big sales. But this is a winning proposition for Microsoft because
(assuming existing prices stay the same)

Windows 98 is $260 (or $129 for an upgrade
version) while Windows NT 4 is$419 (or $199
for an upgrade version). So Windows 2000
Professional brings in nearly twice as much
per seat as Windows 9x. Thus Microsoft is not
loath to point out the advantages of Windows
2000 Professional over its sibling Windows 3.x
and Windows 95/98 systems. And these are
not unimpressive.
Features of Windows 2000
Professional and Server editions
The features list for Windows 2000 can be broken into 11 major segments; so when
Microsoft senior vice-president Jim Allchin
available at the Windows2000 Server supervidescribes Windows 2000 as a bet-the-business
sor station or management console. So with
proposition, there are three years (and countGUI (graphical user interface) and ease-of-use
ing) of development plus a shipload of fixes
Instead, the consumer and the lower end and features to back that statement up.
improvements, NT system operators can look
forward to more conveniences than ever of Windows computing will be supported by
The major features for Windows 2000
when running NT-based servers.
the newest version of Windows CE. The Professional represent impressive gains over .
For our test purposes this common code- machines running CK are currently personal Windows 3.x and Windows 9x and include
base turned out to be quite useful. A number digital assistants (or handheld PCs), and ultra- improved client hardware support, ADS, GUI
of Windows 2000 performance, reliability and light notebooks weighing in at around 900 g enhancements, improved client software supcompatibility claims can be conveniently test- (2 lb.), with nine-inch color screens, near full- port, improved networking features and file
ed at the workstation leveL In addition, some size keyboards, 32 MB of RAM, and 1 GB hard system improvements.
of the e l f -i n stallation and management drives, like the recently introduced HewlettOf course as noted, many of these same
features of Windows 2000 can also be Packard J
ornada.But inevitably Windows CE workstation features extend to the Windows
explored more fully. But perhaps the most will have the hardware to challenge the 2000 Server. But there are some new features
interesting factor is that Windows 2000 Windows 9x PC market.
that are specific to the Server including
At the same time, with the trimline and advanced directory ops based on ADS,
Professional represents one half of the future
embedded processing capabilities announced Kerberos-based security, authentication, and
of Windows on the desktop.
However, the key is to sepaiate the capabili- for Windows 2000, it appears that the encryption, COM+ features including transacties of Windows 2000 Professional and Windows inevitable will happen as already announced tion processing (MTS) and queuing services
2000 Server. Literally, like the Roman god Janus, by Microsoft Windows 3.x and 9x will be (MS' ) , extended server memory architecthere are two bees to Windows 2000
the fairly
squeezed out and replaced.
ture that uses 36-bit addressing to move from
Users plagued by the "Blue Screen of 4 GB to 64 GB memory, and enhanced scriptpositive one associated with Windows 2000
Professional and the more troublesome face pre- Death" (BSOD), which a ppears when ing and batch scheduling
sented by Windows 2000 Server.
Windows crashes, the pain of DLL hell and
These extensions are necessary first steps
the travails of registry edits won't have for bringing Windows NT into the enterprise
won't have Windows 9x
to kick around any more
No mare Windows ' to hick around

Windows 9x to kick around any more. space. However, several enterprise-classoperAt the Microsoft Professional Developers Windows 2000 certainly helps on BSOD and ating systems such as Unix, OS/400 and
MS' , etc;
very low commodity pricing (usually twothirds or one-quarter the price of "enterprise equivalents" );
thousands of applications that run on it.
While NetWare must

play catchup to
Windows as an application server, Windows
2000 must do the same
relative to NetWare in
two areas: reliability and

directory services.
However, Windows 2000 is much like
NetWare; it is undergoing serious renovations.
Both are making major changes to their file
system and print services for new enterprise
capabilities. Both are making improvements
to administration ease-of-use with consolidated management consoles. Both are making
networking integration (and therefore migration to their system) easier between Windows
2000 and NetWare. Both are making funda-
mental improvements to the OS kernel for

scalability purposes. However while NetWare
must play catchup to Windows as an application server, Windows 2000 must do the same
relative to NetWare in two areas: reliability
and directory services.
Windows 2000 has reduced the number of
required reboot conditions from 50 to five.
Allchin has pledged not to release the product
until Windows 2000 beta testers say it is reli-
able and ready. Microsoft should weil know

that reliability and stability are the top con-
cems of potential Windows 2000 users (over

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managers in a recent CMP survey cited it as a
major criteria by which they judge Windows
2000 Server).
Whether these and other measures are
enough to bring Windows 2000 up from the
worst record for reliability among networking
operating systems should become more evident with the upcoming third beta release
and of course, the release of the final product.
does not allow for nested groups, ADSsearch

in mixedNT 4 and 2000 environs
major features
Active Directory services

Directory services are key to the Windows
2000 Server upgrade. This is partly because

the NT 4 domain system is recognized as
all the conveniences of Windows 9x

power management, mobile computing
4 new file system hardware and software
improvements
4 faster than Ih/indows 9x an samemachine
but slower than Linux
more reliable than Windows 3.x and 9x
but still not at NetWare, Unix levels
4 more secur
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4 friendlier interface than Windows 3.x or 9x
Windows 2000 Professional

CUI changes
Windows 2000 Server

majerfeatures
software support
menu enhancements in Office 2000 style

on the fly personalization of Program menu
status bar follows Windows 98 feature set
Active Desktop is highly customizable
no improved Registry editor/cleaner
na resolution of .DLL conflicts
open/search file dialog improvements
Windows 2000 Prefesslenal
FAT 32 support for Windows 9x compatibility

new UDF for Ot/0 and improved CDusage
improved dual boot support
4' disk defragmenter utility
Netwerh printing services
Autopublish matches driver to Net printer
ADS search for specific print resources
better central control of printer configs
Wlndews 2000 mlgratlen tools
Upgrade Wizard checks any hardware
and software
4 NT 3.5t and NT 4 to Aetna Dnectory
problems with mixed NTxandWindows 2000
4 partial Windows 3.x migration aids
but substantial network and program configs
Windows 9x to Windows 2000 migration utility
4 without nested groups, AD search in
Windows 9x
some notebookissuesforpowermanagement
Novell NOS to Active Directory
less support for NetWare than in NT 4
more scrlpting help for automated installs
Wlndews 2000 administration tools
hardware and program Wizards for easier
installs and repairs/updates by network
4 MMC console as standard admin. interface
4 Intellimirror and Computer manager
more scripting help
4 off line file synchronization for mobile users

active directory services
4 roaming profiles for mobile users
with takeaways. pales versus NetWareNOS
must be 2000 server, NT 4and
better security, authentication, encryption
NT 3.x aut of luck
4 COM+ brings transaction and queuing services 4 new open, save, and search dialogs
EMA (extended memory architecture) more than
much fewer reboots on installs of hardware
4GB
and software
Windows 2000 Profemlenal
4 group policy editor for group privileges
hardware support
Windows 2000 networhlng
plugandplay,powermanagement
4 IIS 4, FrontPage 2000, Index Server
more device driver support, USB, FireWire
Challenge/Responseauthentication
faster graphics with AGP,DirectX. etc.
4 cantinued Appletalk, IPX support
4 supports all hardware Windows 98 supports
IPsec for a secure network protocol
enhanced file system support
easier security and authentication configuration
Active directory services
Windows 2000
4 full hierarchical, distributed directory
What's net ln Windows 2000
file system improvements
4 uses LOAP andDNSlike NetWare
enhancedNTFSS.g with: EF&encn/pled file system
, Server 1stEdition
manages users in org units within groups
disk quotas for users, file search by extended
complete 64-bit memory support
manages resources like printers. systems
attributes, individual file rights like in NetWare
advanced clustering failsafe servicesmakes major changes in NT 4domains
but incompatible with earlier versions of NT
Active Directory multi-master, tree-pruning
being "plagued by numerous shortcomings:

limited object t y pes, flat n a mespaces,
Byzantine trust relationships, and difficult
APIs," notes Pankaj Chowdhry on ZDNet,
And this comes partly from the recognition that directory services are pivotal in controlling the spiraling costs of network administration. Managing users and their authentications across burgeoning and increasingly
interconnected networks is the critical factor
in the total cost of ownership of systems.
So Windows 2000 builds up ADS from two

standards: lightweight directory access protocol (U)AP, a near-standard industry access
mechanism) and domain name services
(DNS, which are used everywhere to translate
IP names, such as http: //www.tcp.ca, into
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management of not only users but also IT

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directory services.
But in order to get this first edition of
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formed Windows 98, I was most intrigued.

Typically, what you could do in Windows 9x
with 16to 24MBofRAM required 32MB in NT,
sents a number of trade-offs (and a clear deci- and it would always run a tad slower. But our
sion depends greatly on the local situation). tests show the game has changed with Windows
But on the workstation side Windows 2000 2000 starting at 32 MB of memory and up.
Professional provides a more compelling case
Using exactly the same system (processor,
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users, but will perhaps be lost on the standalone and/or individual users.
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Windows 2000 Server has taken on major renovations and some new features to bring it up
doser to woddhlass enterprise operating systems. However, Microsoft has bitten off a lot
with the server side of Windows 20DO. Each of
the tasks below is a major undertaking that
took respected software vendors and developflict problems and lowered its prices to keep ment teams years to develop and perfect:
pace with other desktop software, this would active directory services a distributed

So businesses and advanced users will now
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make this operating system at $419 (assuming
NT 4 pricing is maintained) worth up to 40
percent of the price of a new Pentium II 32
MB, 3.5 GB computer system. If Microsoft had
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be a no-brainer upgrade or purchase. As it

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Wlndotcrs 2000 Server. tongher etecldlng

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database of all OS resources
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derived while improving, still has the poorCOM+ for transaction processing, messageest record for reliability.and availability
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users to workstations to Ble and print services
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Microsoft continues to announce new features
waiting in the wings for the follow-up edition
to Windows 2000, depending on what its OS
server competitors do.
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more native code means much faster process- the chance to test the claims myself, Apple
ing.
has demonstrated that the fastest Mac clients
reakneck performance, remarkable
One of the beneficiaries of this rewrite is and servers will transfer large files 47 percent
power consumption specs and the innothe Mac's system-wide scripting language faster than the fastest Windows NT clients and
vative industrial design of Apple's G3
known as AppleScript, which is purportedly servers over a 100Base-T Ethernet connection.
hardware products have been creating a stir in tions, enhanced Internet integration and a re- up to five times faster in OS 8.5. AppleScript
the computer market recently. However, tooled interface are the hallmarks of this release. gives the Mac a unique advantage in the pub- Sherlock
another important component that makes
lishing industry where the ability to automate Sherlock was given top billing during many
this platform excel is its system software the Installation
workflow is an important asset. In OS 8.5 you pre-release demonstrations of Mac OS 8.5.
Mac OS.
One of the first improvements you' ll see with can now attach an AppleScript to any folder Essentially, it's a Find cominand on steroids.
OS 8.5 is an enhanced installer. As usual you and initiate that script by dropping files on it. Sherlock can also be accessed from the Apple
can customize your installation by putting a
Although AppleScript's popularity is more menu and appears to the user as a tabbed wincheckmark besideeach major system compo- or less confined to the publishing market at dow. The Find File tab remains as the standard
nent you wish to add. New is the ability to fur- present, I predict it will play ari ever-increas- familiar search engine for files on your local
ther fine tune your choices by selecting a cus- ing importance to the broader market in the storage devices or private network.
tomized installation from a pop-up menu. near future. We are already seeing some public
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Mac 0$ 8$s Sherloclt
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A Find by Content tab allows you to search
you take the default disk cache settings into
account, OS 8.5 only takes an additional 3 MB
for text strings contained within files. It
of RAM resources over OS 8.1.
requires that you index volumes on which
INac OS B.S
you desire to perform any search. You can
From: Apple Computer Inc.
AppleScrlpt, I/O go native
specify when the indexing process takes place,
http: //www.apple.corn
OS 8.5 is more than just a pretty-face upgrade.
how much of the system resources you want
to devote to the task and which groups of files
Requirements: Power Macintosh with 150 MB free
There are many significant core design
hard-disk space, 64 MB of RAM(recommended)
changes that have come about due to rewritStorage device input and output perfor- you wish to index.
One complaint shortly after OS 8.5's
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ing of portions of system code.
mance has also seen marked improvement
Since Apple's migration from its legacy with the addition of native code. In my own release was that indexing performed poorly. It
Pres: It has faster AppleScript, faster file and network 680x0 CISC to the PowerPC RISC architecture tests I saw 25 to 60 percent increases in read- turns out, however, that some users were tryin 1994, the task of rewriting major compo- write performance depending on the mix of ing to index their entire volumes, which
copy performance; includes Sherlock; has a more
refined user interface.
nents of system code into a native format file sizes being copied. Of course, this boost included all of their applications and system
Cons: Incompatibilities with some non-updated thIrdwere undertaken to address the impressive carries over into emulator products such as files. The solution is to create a single folder in
party hard-disk drivers may cause disk failure.
capabilities of the PowerPC. It is estimated SoftWindows or Virtual PC. There are still por- which you store all of y our documents.
that OS 8.5 contains about 50 percent tions of the file system that have to be rewrit- 0ustom label all of your other folders as Don' t
PowerPC-native code (up from about 30 per- ten, so you can expect even greater perfor- Index, and using Sherlock's preferences click
mance increases in this area in the future.
on the checkbox that is labeled "Don't index
For the past two years Apple has been cent in OS 8.0).
aggressively focusing its engineering resources
If code is not native a separate unit on the
Network copy performance now has dra- items with this label." Then choose the Don' t
on increasing the power and sophistication of CPU must translate any legacy 680x0 instruc- matic improvements due to the fine-tuning of Index label from the pop-up menu and switch
Continued on page 33
its operating system while continuing to
tions before they can be executed. Simply put, Open Transport code. Although I didn't have
improve its easewf-use. The launch of Mac OS

8.5 the first major upgrade since version 8.0in October is another big step towards Apple's
drive to put its OS back into the spotlight.
Boosted performance in core system func-
In OS 8 5 you can now

attach an AppleScript to
any folder and initiate
that script by dropping

files on it
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as your startup disc, I have upgraded four
G3 systems and have not encountered any
disk reliability issues to date. However, you
won"t want to take any chances.
3, You should verify that all of your applications and third-party extensions are compatible with this new release. In addition to the
software publisher Web sites, there are other
excellent Web resouKes such as
Macintouch,
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course Apple. One incompatibility that has
yet to receive an update is the Visioneer
PaperPort scanner software, although this
will probably be addressed by the time you
read this. AlKr, if you are using Apple's free
LaserWriter Bridge you' ll have to resort to
third-party alternatives from Farallon or
Asante since Apple does not plan a future
compatibility upgrade.
Towards Itgac OS X
Close to the time you are reading this, Apple
will release another update known as Mac OS
8.6, It will likely contain further performance
and stability enhancements as well as bug
fixes to version 8.5. Like OS 8.1 it will be distributed as a free update.
But the big kahuna of OS updates, known
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1999, It will be 100 percent PowerPC-native
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amount of headroom when it comes to throt- system in tandem with interface improveRhapsody technology (see httpJ/tcp.ca/1998/ tling up the Mac OS.
ments. Of course, no matter how much effort
9801/9801mac/rhapsody/rhapsody.
html). The malor
is put into OS development there is always
difference is that Apple is replacing what was The bottom line
room for improvement. Many of the enhanceformerly known as Blue Box with a modified Despite Apple's past blunders and the mas- ments I look forward to will arrive with OS X.
Mac OS API known as Carbon. With minor sive efforts of competitors to match its GUI But for now OS 8.5 offers enough advancemodifications to current Mac OS applications, elegance and functionality, it can safely be ments to make the upgrade worthwhile. Q
developers will be able to take advantage of stated that OS 8.5 continues the Mac tradithe advanced services OS X offers. Suffice to tion of offering a state~f-the-art user experi- Peter Milburn is aconsultant with Elite Systems
say this new OS
combined with even more
ence.
Support located inCalgary, Alberta. Hecanbe reached
advanced PowerPC designs such as Altivec G4
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Unix core combined with the Carbon, Java,
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more sophisticated and refined version of a
user interface.

operating costs are ill served under Windows
2000 Server. For example, NetWare has better
reliability, directory, and file print services;
Solaris has better scalability, reliability and
enterprisewlass application capabilities and
Linux has better cost, availability and run-
time performance for Web service and

embedded processing. And all of these systems have closed the gap on ease of installation, simplified administration and general
usability enhancements. So IT managers are
going to be confronted with some tough
decisions, Microsoft will surely offer some
short-term price and bundling bargains to get
organizations to commit to Windows 2000
Server.
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edition of the server, and greater operating
costs versus competitive solutions.
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efitions of Linux, NetWare 5, Solaris or your
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For close to a decade, Novell's NetWare dominated LAN software.
But in the past three years, NetWare has steadily lost market share
to the point that Windows NT (version S.O of which is called
Windows 2000) clearly outselis NetWare and now threatens to
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and weaknesses of NetWare and can it hope to retain its market
presence, or even grow?

By Jacques and Nathan Surveyer
This is no small feat, as database and operat- cussed later, is designed from this type of NDS
ing system vendors well know.
base.
f Windows NT's Achilles heel is its directoHaving achieved a current and consistent
The beauty of the directory is how easy it
ry services and the enterprise "bilities" catalog of network users and resources, NDS is to set up and maintain. NetWare 5 concen(scalability, reliability, and availability), can in turn offer such services as single and/or trates on improving a fairly easy-to-use system
NetWare's laments are IPX over IP network remote logon; remote administration from in two areas. First, the WAN (wide area netprotocol, character mode operation and the any authorized station on the Net; secure work) Traffic Manager allows'administrators
lack of application development tools and replication of change~ to privileges and autho- to control the flow and/or frequency of
therefore lack of a widespread base of native rizations across the servers on the Net; auto- updates across the network, particularly when
applications for NetWare.
mated inventory of hardware assets on the servers are separated by slower WAN connecNovell was very slow to wake up to the fact Net; and so forth. With LDAP (lightweight tions. The second area has been to streamline
that along with the Internet, Unix and NT, the directory access protocol) version 3, NDS pro- and improve the security features of NDS. As
world had selected IP (internet protocol) as its vides an open industry. standard for accessing extranets and remote access to networks
network messaging protocol o f c h o ice. information in the directory.
increase, the need to set and change authoriMoreover, any proprietary protocol, even for
ties and privileges becomes more critical.
the long-time industry-leading vendor of LAN
Secure authentication services (SAS) and
(local area network) server software, would be
Public Key Infrastructure services put these
at a disadvantage in a marketplace searching
processes on a more robust security model
for standards in a sea of change.
while simplifying their execution and adminLikewise, NetWare's unique operating sysistration. In sum, while Microsoft and others
tem architecture provides it with a competiare struggling to get their first edition of directive advantage for file and print services and
tory services working, Novell is onto a third
character mode operation, but present probgeneration, honing the practical applications
lems for developers of native NetWare applithat truly distributed directory services can
cations, particularly in GUI (graphical user
enable.
interface) mode. In addition, there are inherent security and rehability problems when
ZENurorhs
applications are allowed access to ring "0" and
ZENworks (zero effort networks) is a manager
privileged operating status in earlier versions
of network applications and resources that
of NetWare.
leverages off the strengths of NDS. ZENworks
The latest version of NetWare squarely
can help distribute and install applications in
addresses all of these issues
eliminating the
a tailored fashion to selected NetWare users or
IP problem; solving the system versus user
groups, automatically repair those applicaprogramming problem; and with Java, making
tions if critical application runtime files are
native NetWare application programming
damaged or lost, and centralize the adminismore accessible. In short, NetWare 5 is as
tration of user profiles and privileges. It also
important to Novell as Windows 2000 is to
allows an IT manager to create and manage
Microsoft. So in this review Novell NetWare 5
In a variation, Catalog Services provide a central scheduled actions for individual or
gets a thorough examination for its viability
customized view into the directory saving groups of workstations and/or servers. Also for
into the new decade and century.
time by eliminating the need to search the users, ZENworks provides a Help Requester
entire directory for every request. In addition, System to communicate to and aid a central
The NetWare )ewels
a catalog can be sorted and organized on its Help Desk function.
NetWare is not without its own jewels. Fast own criteria. For example, employee names,
For managing resources, ZENworks proand robust file and print services; easy com- locations and telephone numbers can become vides
dyn a mi c
mana g ement
of
patibility with Mac, Unix or Windows dients an organization's phone catalog. Such a cata- peripheral/print drivers and their status. In
of all flavors; plus a robust reliability and secu- log can be constantly updated by NDS while addition, ZENworks provides an automatic
rity record are just a few. But the crown jewel its contents can be indexed according to loca- hardware inventory for tracking'and troufor Novell is the strength and reliability of its tion and company name for different views.
bleshooting that includes NDS-authenticated
distributed NDS (Novell Directory Services).
The real hidden strength of NDS is that it remote action without visiting the workstaNDS provides the cornerstone for all of allows administrators to define their own cus- tion, NetWare or NT Server. In short, for mediNetWare's service a database or directory of tom objects derived from other directory um to large network installation, ZENworks
all the network's users, and hardware and soft- objects or from basic inputs. These custom provides hardcore help for the hard-pressed
ware resomces. The directories are unusual objects can then use NDS Catalog Services, network administrator.
because they are distributed and kept synuser profiles and/or script to deliver better netThe nice thing about ZENworks is that
chronized for every server on the network. work operations, ZKNworks, which will be dis- after using the canned menus and scripts, one
While Microsoft and
others are struggling to

get their first edition of
directory services
working, Novell is onto

a third generation,
honing the practical

applications that truly
distributed directory
services can enable
can customize and tailor most operations to

fit specific needs. Even nicer, it works in
mixed NetWare and NT environs that use NDS
for NT as well as NetWare 4.11 or above with
NDS.
File and print services
: If NDS is the jewel of NetWare, then File and
Print services have been the crown. NetWare 5
moves file system capabilities up to the enterprise class with its new Novell Storage Services
(NSS). NSS provides for much faster (three-tofour seconds versus 10-15 minutes in NetWare
4) NetWare volume mounts and crash recovery. As well, NSS provides for more than eight
trillion files on a volume, and the maximum
file size now is 1 TB (terabyte). Although these
numbers dwarf most departmental applications, they are typical sizes required for large
enterprise databases, data marts and Web sites.
In short, NetWare 5 NSS with its 64-bit address
space is well tuned to address from the smallest to the largest scale file service intensive
applications.
While NetWare 5 puts file services at
enterprise capacity, Novell Distributed Print
Services (NDPS) improves the basic print
management. The target here is to reduce
time spent managing print services, respond
to new printers' technical and bidirectional
capabilities while increasing runtime performance.
On our small network we could only see
marginal print server performance. However,
NDPS did make a range of laser printer features previously invisible status information
such as empty toner cartridges, feeder jams,
etc. available at a central console. Just as in
the case of the old file system, the older
queue-based print services are still supported,
but the transition to NDPS went hitch-free. In
addition to the new features and speed, the
real advantage of NDPS is the ability to
administer print services under the umbrella
of NDS and therefore global IT resource management.
Kernelimprovements
Just as NSS puts NetWare on a much stronger
foundation for file services, NetWare 5 has

done some basic reworking of its kernel operating system to accommodate the shift to
multi-processing and enterprise-level networks. Like Microsoft with Windows 2000's
security, Novell has had to make basic changes
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T HE OS F I L E S
to its kernel, specifically in virtual memory,

time synchronization and improved thread-
scale to eight processors and possibly 16,

while Novell will do better but not for all sering.
vices until they are converted. Likewise in the
These are the old distributed computing arena of clustering systems with failover/failenviron (DCE) specifications from the mid- safe capabilities, both vendors have partial
1980s, which PC-based operating system ven- solutions (Wolfpack in the case of Microsoft
dors (unlike most of their mainframe and and Novell's HASN, which stands for High
Unix peers) have been slow to implement. Availability Server for NetWare). In the meanMicrosoft, with active directory services (ADS) tirrte Novell has a notable co-existence advanand Kerberos authentication, plays catchup in tage by preserving IPX, old file system and
one area while Novell does the same in its ker- print services while supporting the full range
of Windows clients (notably Windows 3.x and
nel. It will be interesting to find out which
vendor is best poised to complete the task
while maintaining high levels of performance
scalability, reliability and availabili-,
ty while not completely cutting off its older
legacy system users.
Currently, Novell has the advantage in
reliability and availability while scalability is
still an open question. Windows 2000 should
NetWare S major features
t IP or IPX as primary protocol, IP default
< NDS 2 (Novell Directory Services 2)
+ NSS (Novell Storage Services)
t enhanced virtual memory operation
+ native Java support built into OS
+ Oracle 8 database, NetscapeServer
dv $1,600 for five-user licence
early Windows 95 users).

But this is a trade-off, because many of
these older NetWare modules do not support
the new multi-threading capabilities except
in a basic fashion. The real battle will be
which operating system makes the transition
to full 64-bit operation and dynamic load
balancing and reconfiguration. These future
improvements will provide real benefits in
scale and speed of operation plus network
reliability that system operators will really
appreciate.
Zero effort networking: ZENworks

te desktop management suite
t simplifies application installation
4 provides for auto-repair of programs
4 manages service packs, driver sets, app versions
+ Help Desk and auto resource tracking
0 not weil tied into software licence administration
eY
NetWare Ssoftware changes

t new memory protection cleans up ig-behaved
NLMs and securfty concerns
te JVM (Java Virtual Machine) core part of-OS
+ NSS speeds large volume mounts, 1 GB of files,
1 TB (terabyte) maximum file size
9 SYS cannot be NSS,
no RAID 1, 2 support
+ new time synchronization services
4 threading updates for multi-processing
NetWare S networking improvements
< ofsne file synchronization for mobile use
4 WAN traffic manager to control NDS ops
4 NMA agents for easier SNMP-based control
4 either IP or IPX or both as protocol
+ SLP for Plug and Play network services
NetWare S migration tools

< NetWare 4.10 and 4.11 auto updates
'2 NetWare 3.x is a two-step process
4 NDS for NT brings NTover smoothly
+ DNS/DHCPutility eases Net changes
What's aotin NetWare S Server
0 complete 64-bit memory support
't advanced clustering with failsafe mode
dt load balancing, full dynamic reconfiguration
With all the talk of the Novell JVM (Java

Virtual Machine) being one of the fastest
available for the Intel architecture, we had
high hopes for the new integrated administration program for NetWare, Console One.
Chief executive Eric Schmidt, who came
over from Sun's Javasoft division, must have
overslept due to his many grueling hours touring the country touting the new NetWare
resurgence because Console One is only
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te provision for 1 billion files per volume
te provision for 1 TB maximum file size
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( Epson 640 /BJC4400 .......... +$280/230
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Li-Ion hanery .................................$190
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Ascend P220Rnuter ..........................$22110
CISCIO 2501-Cll + IP Drivers ........$2370
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MS Istlatural KB ....$40
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Intel Celeron PII300 (0 k).................... ..$145
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AMD K6-II 3D JG6 I 300 MMX...............$120fl 35
AMD K6-113D 333/350 MMX...............$170!220
Cyrix M2 233/266/300 MMX................$75/90/115
IDT C6 200/225/240 MMX....................S(iof70!85
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Quantum SCSI SE 4.3/6.4! 8.4...............$390/480/630
Quantum Atlas-III U2W 9 OG/I&G ............$850/I500
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IBM IiOW scsi 9G/18G .. ..........................$880II 590
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ATI xpett(Pq.play 4!8M AGP.................. $100!135
ATI TV Tuner ...................,........................$120
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Mstrox G200 Mystique &M!16MB .......$195!2&0
Marvel G200 TV kit .....................................$385
Monster JD Voodoo2 BM /12M oem.....$198/230
Dimnond V550 12M AGP oem/retail.....$230/270
Diamond GL IOOOPro4M/SM AGP.......$190/240
Dianiond Stealtli-II G460 BM AGP..............,..$95
Canopus PureJDII 12M !Retail .............$360!430
CL 3D 4M AGP ......................................,.......$40
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Creative DVD3 Encore xs kit.(retail)..............$350
Toshiba DVD2 kit (w/decorder, disks..} ...,...$280
Toshiba DVD2 drive only ....,...........,.... .....$190
Toshiba DVD3 drive only ............................ $210
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16bit !32bit sound card................................518!30
SoandBlaster 16/Awe64 !Gold(4M).......$35/5S!140
PCI 128/ PCI 256(live value)/ Live! ..$&0/130/265
HP 4100/5100C....................................$260!370
HP 5100C/620'OC (USB)........................$540/960
Microtek E3+/EA/AL......................$175/320/I350
UMax 610PI 610S ....................,............$130/(50
UMax 1220p/1220S ............................,.$200/240
UMax 1200S Deplex/I 220S Photoshop.$340/380
Acer clor flat sanner parallel/310s........$90/100
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Epson 636 / 636Pro
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AGFA Snapscan EZi'600
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36x idcAcer/Panasonic/Toshiha.............$65/ 70/90
Acer 40x! EPO 40x ................,...................$80!75
36scscsi Pioneer/SONY!Toshiba........$125/130/145
Backpack Bx ext parallel slinnned sound.......$250
CD-VNITER
HP 7200i eide Rewriter. Retail.16x4x2..........$370
HP 8110i eide Rewriter. Retail.24x4x2..........$475
Vamaha 4260T scsi6x4x2 scsiin/ex.....$445/460
Yamabs4416T scsiIGx4x4 scsiin...,...........$560

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IOOW/200%..............................................$12/$35
GNT5000 subwoofer kit ................... ............$55
Vamshs M15/Subw MTWS...................$95/120
Ysmaha M28 w/Sub kit /MT I 0..........$115/180
A)tee ACS 44/48/ADA305.............$105/I 80/230
Labtec2412/2612.....,....,.........................$98/170
Mcriopltone!Headset....,..............................s&/10
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Coral WP Suit 8 ...........................................$70
MS Office Pro 97 cd ...................................$300
NT v.4 Server 10 user /Workstation ......$990/180
HP T4000 / ext. 4G-SG Traven...............$290/370

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Sea&ate 4-8G TR-4 int/ext....,........,......$2&5!330
Sea&ate DAT 4-8G 4mm int. / ext .......$960!1150
SONY DAT 5000i 4mm 4G-&G drive...........$990
Vip PCMCIA Reader int. for desnop .......... $90
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Zip IOOM scsi int/ext. .......................$195!195
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Kodak DC220 ZOOM / DC260 ZOOM...$1040/1450
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Optra K I 220 12ppm (special)......................$920
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HL 1660 (limited) / E /EN .....$950/1220/1560
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24pin 520/521/590/591..............4540/730/620/900
PCI SCSI 2940 /2940U W..................... $210/255

PCI SCSI3940 2-channelUW......................$560
PCI AAA I 31/133 scsi raid...................$850/1280
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h4odem cables/Lap)ink cables....................$10!15
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Logitech MouseMan38 /MS V2. I A...............$32
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domain name server, a threaded discussion (DHCP) to assign an IP address automatically

server, a POP3 and IMAP4 mail server and an from the DHCP server on your network.-It is
or about a month now I' ve had a Web FTP server behind a slick Web browser-based probably best to assign a static address right
server humming away on my desk; it
interface. It also supports CGIs (common gate- from the start. If it is dynamically assigned,
never stops; it doesn't take up much way interfaces) written in Perl for building when the server is rebooted it will end up with
room, using only a 7.25 sq. in. patch; it is a server-side applications. No Unix techie is a new IP address, causing problems if it is servcool purple with glowing green light on the required well maybe once you start creating ing Web pages to the Internet.
front; its setup and administration were the CGIs.
While, the Qube 2700 is capable of virtual
incredibly simple; it was cheap and runs
hosting via telnet, this does not happen withLinux.
The Internetappliance
out
so me
The concept of thin servers, or microservers, work.
The
has been around for a while. The Cobalt
Cobalt R aQ,
Qube's innovation is to strip away everything the sister prodthat is superfluous and focus on just the uct that comes
things needed to get a server up and running as a rack
quickly. The Cobalt offering is particularly mount unit, is
attractive for small businesses or startup ISPs d esigned t o
wanting to put up a self-contained Internet support virtual
presence complete with Web site, email and Web hosting
ftp.
out of the box.
The system
The Qube weighs in at just over 2.7 kg (6
lb.), and incorporates a 64-bit 150 MHz MIPS administrator
RISC processor, 16 MB of RAM and a 2.1 GB can customize
Quantum Fireball ATA hard disk. Cobalt also an amount of disk space, a personal home
offers a 32 MB to 64 MB version with a 6 GB page and an email address for each user. It is
hard disk. The 2700 is efficient, with power possible to get most of this up and running
consumption at about 25 Watts. The units do within about an hour, using the setup wizards
not have a monitor plug-in as all administra- provided on the Qube.
tion happens from a Web browser on a netThe email server supports SMTP, POP3 and
Cobalt Qube INlcroserver 2700WC
worked computer.
IMAP4. Users can forward email to another
Users configure an IP address on the side address from their preferences page.
From: Cobalt Systems
Qube's document management software,
Tel: 888-702-6225, http: I/www.cobaltmicro.corn
of the box, and plug an Ethernet cable into
Price: US$1,249 (2700WG), $999 (2700D)
the built-in port. Cobalt has done a nice job of InfoPlace, assigns each user a private docuhiding the complexities of Linux and Apache ment database that indexes ASCII text, word
behind its browser-based administration tools. processing or HTML documents, using the
Simple and Linux are two words not usu- While users can buy cheaper computers to use Glimpse search engine. Users can then quickally seen in proximity of one another. Linux is as servers, the Cobalt offers a nice package ly s earch t h ese f i l e s f o r ke y w ords.
the operating system used by many Internet that uses open source software with a slick Unfortunately, the indexing feature runs only
service providers (ISP), and hence it "runs" configuration utility. If the user exceeds the at night, rendering the index out of date if
much of the Internet. It has a reputation for capabilities of the Web browser-based setup, it users are looking for files they have added that
robustness, stability, and fast updates, but is is possible to telnet into the server and tweak day.
It is possible to monitor the Qube using its
rarely recommended as a good operating sys- the Linux code.
The hardest part of setting up most
maintenance agents that run in the backtem for mere mortals.
Cobalt, the manufacturer of the Qube Internet products is assembling all the data ground. These agents monitor aspects such as
microserver, has managed to mask most of the required to plug in to the unit: DNS, Sub net server usage, statistics, and traffic patterns.
complexities of Linux. It bundles the operat- mask and other configuration numbers. The The Qube also sends you an email if it has any
ing system with an Apache Web server, a Qube uses the dynamic host control protocol problems.
Security
According to Cobalt, the Qube Linux implementation is as secure as any commercial
Unix implementation on the market today.
Linux has a reasonable reputation for security
and any system is only as good as the practices
of the people running it.
Apparently, the current version of the
Qube OS has at least one known security
weakness. Plain text passwords are transmitted over the network for authentication. (This
is common for Unix systems and can be
addressed by installing software that supports
encrypted telnet sessions.) Encrypted password files are accessible to users on the Qube.
Hackers could conceivably crack a password
and gain access to the system but they would
need direct access to the network that the
Qube is running on.
Cobalt has just announced secure developer release SSL software for the Qube and RaQ
for US$99. Ironically, its own SSL server kept
complaining that its SSL security certificate
had expired the night I went to its online
store.
The Linux advantage

Although Microsoft's Internet Information
Server (IIS) is technically free, it requires
Windows NT Server to run, which costs
around US$1,100 for a 10-user licence. This is
almost the same price as the Qube. If you buy
Netscape server software, you will pay another US$1,000 or so. This does not factor in the
cost of an Intel box required to run it, or the
price of maintaining an NT server, which is
much more complex than the Qube's administration.
Speed ratings
I was not able to do any comparative speed
tests on the Qube, but, according to Cobalt, it
can serve up enough Web traffic to fill a Tl
line or a 10 Mbps local area network. One of
Linux's claims to fame is that it can do more
tasks with less physical RAM than a PC. In
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In fact, the whole Java application development strategy i.e. making NetWare the
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2000 by employing the same InstallShield
cations. The result is a much improved installation process of both system and third-party
software. Also, like Netware, Solaris has beefed
up its administrative tools. The new Admin
console provides a single point of management for all Solaris administration tasks. As
new applications are added to the system,
new shortcut icons to manage these new programs automatically appear in the Admin
console. The conveniences of centralized
. management extend to SunLink for network
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Windows networking.
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advantages. Project Cascade will allow Solaris
servers to function as primary and backup
domain controllers offering scalability to
dozens of processors for Windows NT networks. SunCluster software (due in the first
quarter of 1999) will feature high availability
failsoft clustering and up to 256 processors per
cluster.
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Qube is visible on your network like any file
server. The Qube allows users to create, move,
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regard to memory utilization, the 2700 is
more efficient than a PC.
iilnor complaints
The Qube has a noisy fan that blows continuously, but this can be easily solved by putting
copy, delete, and drag and drop files and direc- it in a closet. (I kept it on my desk while doing
tories just as on a file server.
the review, so I could keep poking at it and
Networking capabilities
Tech support
Out of the box, the Qube supports SMB (server message block) for Windows 95 or NT, Unix
and Appletalk traffic on a local network. That
means youcan use the Web serverto back up
files, or users on the network can copy files
because it looks really cool.)

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The company offers a fair bit of technical RAID drives or multiprocessors is out of the
information for free on its Web site. Cobalt question, However, the boxes are cheap
also offers th e C o balt K n owledgeBase enough and easy enough to set up that it is
Application, a o ne-year subscription for
possible just to keep adding Qubes as your
advanced tech support for US$149.
Web site requires more power. Since the
installed applications take up almost 1 GB to

start with, it is probably worth ordering a unit
with a 6 GB drive, instead of the default 2.1
GB drive. Still, it would be good if there was a
way to add storage. According to Cobalt, it is
possible to upgrade the RAM with standard
72-pin EDO non-parity SIMM memory, but
the company recommends it be done by a
qualified technician.
My Qube came with a 10Base-T Ethernet,
and it would be nice to see a 100Base-T option
for faster access. The Qube does not yet support Front Page Extensions, but the company
claims to be working on it.
Other products
Cobalt makes the Qube in two flavors: one
designed for w o rkgroups, th e 2 700WG
reviewed here, and one aimed at ISPs and Web
developers, the 2700D. The company also
makes the Cobalt RaQ microserver, designed
for rack-mounted applications that sell for
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called NetWinder, which it claims is even

cheaper, faster a'nd better. Unfortunately, a
unit was not available for testing at the time
of this review. Other products to consider
include: Whistle's Interjet server, MicroTest's
WebZerver, Cisco Micro Webserver and Data
General Thin SiteStak.
Conclusion
The engineering team behind Cobalt apparently came from Apple, Cisco and WebTV.
This is an interesting startup and well worth
watching for its future products.,
Overall, the Cobalt Cube is an impressive
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On the downside, Linux does not have
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Solaris, HP/UX and AIX have, and it is completely out of Windows' league. Likewise for
simplicity and ease of use, Linux carries along
portions of the Unix heritage for character
mode, unwieldy, less-than-easy-to-use programs and utilities.
But-the situation is rapidly changing. KDE
(the K Desktop Environment developer project) and others now offer highly usable GUI
shells for Linux that have all the look and feel
of Windows 95/98 with some extra easy conveniences to boot. Corel, Cobalt, Microway
and others are now bundling Linux with one
of the new shells plus some new application
software in their new systems. In fact there is
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Linux now has all the major applications
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presentation, database, graphics, desktop publishing and even knock-'em-sock-'em games
are readily available to Linux users. With a
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individually lifted so the stringers can be
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have to be attended to because many dedicated rooms circulate the fresh cooling air under
the working floor, which means a lot of dust
and debris can collect there."
For companies that don't have a dedicated
computer room, it is more common to find
equipment set up in places where papers and
files are also stored or moved about, and in
common areas with people constantly mov-
ing about. Most offices also have a cleaning

crew that comes in to dust and vacuum at
night. Such environments contain a lot of
nonwomputer related stuff and many of those
items paper, carpeting, and even printers
and photocopy machines generate a lot of
dust and dirt, which gets inside computers.
Compounding all of this are the cooling
fans inside computers and servers, which
work like little vacuums that suck up all the
dust, lint, hair and carpet fibres in an office
environment. This eventually creates a blanket of material that completely covers the
internal components, which, ironically, insulates the components against the cooling
effect of the fan. And, as everyone knows,
overheating is quite simply bad for computers.
"The type of deaning and environmental
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maintaining dedicated computer rooms. "A
lot of times the IT managers and other client.
we deal with don't realize that some of th<
problems they may have with regard to theii
equipment is related to the environment."
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that because of the high volume of cooling ai.
blown over circuit boards, dust and tiny meta
slivers can be deposited on electronic compo
nents because of their magnetic properties.
"Nobody ever goes inside to properly clear
their equipment," says Taylor. "The technica
staff doesn't really want to go through all th<
equipment and properly clean it, simpl!
because they' re too darned busy to do tha
kind of basic preventative maintenance. I
r eally requires somebody going into t h i
machines with the right tools and doing;
really deep cleaning every once in a while "
One way not to get rid of all the debri
inside a computer is to use a quick squirt o
compressed air, for several reasons. The mos
salient is that compressed air leaves a residu
of moisture once it's out of the can, and mois
ture, like heat, is bad for computers. And th
force of the compre'ssed air might lodge som
of the material you' re trying to get rid of fai
ther into those little nooks and crannies. Plu:
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lodge some less than secure chips and compc
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SFA solutions are becoming enterprise-wide
database management systems.
CM software lives in a simpler environment. The companies that make CM software
integration with the Net with support for LDAP

(lightweight directory access protocol). This
means it is easier to remain in the program
while searching a Web directory to find contact
information and then import it. Also, it has
tighter ties to email functions and support for
sometimes have only one version (i.e., Act! ccMail, Eudora Pro and Microsoft Exchange.
TeleMagic). Those with two solutions, usually
Other new features include improved wizoffer a retail and network version, with the ards aimed at helping users synchronize their
latter called something like "enterprise" or database with others. Act! also integrates very
"professional" Oanna, GoldMine, Maximizer well with WinFax Pro not surprising as
follow this model). Most CM programs have WinFax is also made by Symantec. If you don' t
specialized addwns for specific implementa- have WinFax, Act! includes QuickFax, which
tions. Thus if your business is focused on, say, allows faxing from within a contact record.
One excellent new feature is SideAct,
mail order, there is likely another product
from a different company for customizing which allows you to quickly enter a to-do list
or note without deciding which contact the
your CMprogram.
Complicating these factors are two devel- item relates to, and without running the full
opments. First is integration with the Internet. Act! program.
More and more users are interested not only in
Jim Galpin, senior national accounts
getting information from the Net, but in mak- manager for Symantec in Canada says the one
ing data available over the Net. This is part of word that sums up Act! is usability: "Act! is
the reason why the Vcard and Vcalendar pro- the easiest contact manager to use right out of
tocols are finally being implemented in many the box."
of these products. They allow for automatic
Act! is well suited for groups of five to 25
sharing of business card and scheduling infor- users. This is the product's target market, and
mation. This is also why most CM programs average user, and for that group it is a good
now import, export, and save KIML (hyper- solution.
text markup language) files. Some CM makers
(GoldMine for one) are even about to release a ColdMlne 4 (Standard Edition)
for Windows 95/NT 4
Java version of their product.
The second development affecting CM
From: GoldM!ne Software Corp.
programs is the growth of the mobile sales 301-17383 Sunset Slvd., Pacific Palisades, CA90272
force. The increased usability of handhelds, Tel: 310-454-6800, http: //www.goldminesw.corn
palmtops, laptops, and other devices is forc- Suggested retail price: $249.95
ing CM developers to include sophisticated
remote database connectivity o p t i ons. GoldMine 4.0 is targeted at the 25- to 200Updating, and being updated by, the compa- user group. Single users of this product do
ny contact database is very useful, but usual- exist, as do companies with over 1,000 users
ly requires considerable tiine and money to (Sprint America, for example), but the mediimplement. When CM p roducts become um-sized peer network or client/server market
client/server faces for complex sales force is where you will find GoldMine. This is one
automation programs the solution becomes of the original CMs and one of the most
indistinguishable from enterprise-wide infor- prevalent. Brenda Christensen, spokesperson
mation systems networks. As usual in the for GoldMine, says scalability is the strength
business world, everybody wants to be in
of the product. "You can use it Plug and Play
someone else's backyard.
or you can scale it up,"
To scale it up, you need GoldSync, a servWhat's outthere
er program that works with the product. In a
We decided to leave the PIMs, including standard implementation, GoldMine installs
Outlook (which is becoming more than a PIM to Windows 9x or NT as a 32-bit program.
in some ways) for another day. Likewise, SFA The interface is simple and easy to look at,
products and extensive customer-relationship Beneath the pleasant and customizable face
network solutions are beyond the scope of lies a very good management system.
this overview. So, excluding SFA and PIMs, we
Each new version of the popular program
have, in alphabetical order; Act!, GoldMine, adds a bit more to the depth of features. One
Janna Contact Professional, Maximizer and such new function is called the Opportunity
Manager a tool designed to keep track of
Tele Magic.
complex sales. If for example, there are a
number of different people interacting with
Acti Version 4.0
From: Symantec Corporation
the company regarding the same purchase, the
10201 Torre Ave., Cupertino. CA 95014
Opportunity Manager tool can group these
individuals so no person, email, letter, phone
Tel: 800-441-7234, http: //www.symantec.corn
Suggested retail price: $199.95
call, or promise is lost between the cracks.
System managers will be pleased with the
Act! was developed in 1985 by a software improved security features of GoldMine 4.0.
company called CSI to help it keep track of lt is now possible to set default profiles for
customers. In 1987 it released Act! 1.0 for groups of users rather than having to individDOS, which, at that time, was one of only two ually set each installed program. The IT peosuch products available. In 1993 Symantec ple will also be pleased that the new version
bought Act! and released version 2.0 for
has increased synchronization abilities.
GoldMine will allow for a dialup connection
Windows.
Today the product is available for DOS, to be used to synchronize a user from out in
Windows 3.x, 9x, NT, CE, Macintosh, Notes, the field.
and for the Newton, Psion, and Pilot OSes. In
Aside from the new features, what makes
late 1996 Symantec modernized the program this one of the best CM programs available is
with Act! 3.0 making it a 32-bit, full-featured the fact that there are such good automated
CM and giving it more Internet functionality. sales follow-up routines. You can create such
This spring Symantec released version 4.0 for a routine so that the program will automatically prompt you to perform pre-selected
Windows, which runs on both 9x and NT 4.
Act! 4.0 continues the trend toward tighter
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multi-pane view that is customizable and OLE
2.0 compliant. This means you can insert
links to other information such as photographs or a spreadsheet file residing outside
the program. Functions include the ability to
make a call or write a letter, send a fax or book
a meeting. You can also track time spent on
the phone, set reminders for sales initiatives,
etc. The program has integrated right-click
options in almost every possible locationIanna Contact Professional
From:JannaSystems Inc
which invariably brings up useful actions.
Another strength of the program is its
6060-3080YongeSt.,Toronto,ON M4 N 3N1
Tel: 800-268-6107, http: //www.janna.corn
mass mailing, broadcast faxing, and group
emailing features. As in any CM program, it
Suggested retail price: $249
takes a bit of effort to set up the first time, but
Janna Systems is a Canadian company doing after that, keeping people up to date or adding
well in the CM market. Janna develops solu- another name to the list is simple.
One new and interesting feature is the
tions from standalone to enterprise level.
Janna Contact Personal is aimed at the stand- ecommerce link, which helps a user set up a
alone user while Janna Contact Professional Web page ordering system tied to Maximizer.
Thus all the information entered on the Web
(JC Pro) is the workgroup product.
Janna describes the target group for this form would be ehtered into the appropriate
product as corporate workgroups. Janna places in your contact manager.
According to Stephen Brooks, director of
Enterprise is a more extensive client/server
solution for companies that need more com- product development w i t h M u l t iactive
piex customer-information m anagement Software, the attraction of version 5.0 is its
and/or have a large database. Janna Contact applicability. "In this release, we have focused
Web View is a browser-based interface for on creating a sales and customer management
to an four relevant groups in
Enterprise allowing Internet users, but espe- tool that appeals
cially intranet users, to access and update a an organization: executives [enhanced reportcompany database.
ing, especially browser-based]; sales manageJanna Contact Professional is a flexible ment [complete opportunity and team manand robust program with one of the most ele- agement features]; salespeople [information
gant looking interfaces of any CM. As well as s haring and productivity tools like t h e
being a completely modern, 32-bit, right- Marketing Library and Outlook integration];
click, OLE (object linking and embedding) and the MIS staff [Integrator'5 Toolkit with
compliant, program that runs on Windows 95 APIs, OLE Automation, ODBC, SQL, and conformity to standards]." Maximizer will appeal
or NT, it is also well integrated with the
Internet. Linking a contact to a Web page to many single users and workgroups. Visit
takes but a single click. JC Pro has also the Web page for a list of magazine reviews
and other information.
increased support for importing data from
other programs, always one of the most
annoying jobs of setting up a new CM pro- TeleMagic Professional
for Windows 3.0
gram. The Import Wizard will help you
import data from Act!, GoldMine, and Lotus From: TeleMagic Inc
to name three of the 20 supported formats. 800-17950 Preston Rd., Dallas, TX 75252
Tel: 800-668-1015, http: //www.telemagic.corn
There is also support for the PalmPilot.
Ruth Matthews, spokesperson for Janna Suggested retail price: $395
Contact Systems, says the one word that best
sums up JC Pro is indispensable. "Janna TeleMagic Professional for Windows is a
Contact Professional's ease-of-use, contact- Windows 95 and NT program born from the
centric
document management and Microsoft telemarketing world. The program is perfectly
look and feel make this product indispensable functional but somewhat long in the tooth.
TeleMagic 3.0 has been around for a few years
for any corporate workgroup."
Janna Contact Professional should be a and remains popular with telephone sales
serious consideration for your CM program. companies. One of the features TeleMagic 3.0
Visit its Web page for a chart showing why the brought to the program was enhanced faxing
company thinks JC Pro beats the competition. capability; however, this feature does not
work under NT.
Where the program does well is in its abilMaximlzer $.0
ity to be customized. Richard Basa, Canadian
From: Multiactive Software
T e l eMagic e x plains,
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Although not as well known in the U.S. as it document links, etc. Companies may hire
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contact-management scene. Multiactive, the other people see in the database, This way,
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in 1999 all of which will mean better allocation of your available time.
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Like any other valuable resource, time can

be managed. The better it is managed, the
more productive and profitable your business
will be. All the other acquired skills you possess will lose much of their effectiveness if you
are disorganized. As you probably will not

have the time to attend to all the matters
requiring your attention, you must ensure
that the important tasks get done. The most
common time management steps are to set
priorities, be organized, delegate and be decisive. Be certain to attend to the activities that
generate continued profitability and future
growth.
By using some of the following proven
time-saving techniques, your efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction will be incieased considerably. This will enable you to free up more
time to do the things you really want to do.
work. If the work is submitted in an unfinished manner, rather than correcting it yourself (also known as upward delegation), return,
it in a tactful manner with an explanation of
the finishing touches required. This will also
help the employee's personal growth and
Too many telephone calls
Ensure that written and verbal telephone mes- understanding of the business. Encourage
sages are complete. Knowing not only the staff to ask questions if they are uncertainname and phone number of the person call- remember, dumb questions are easier to haning but also the purpose of the call enables dle than dumb mistakes!
you to deal with the response quickly and
effectively, often delegating the response to Perfectionism
someone else. Make your calls before lunch or Striving for excellence is healthy, gratifying,
towards the end of the day when people are and attainable. However, aiming for perfection
is frustrating, neurotic, and a waste of time.
less likely to chat.
Overscheduling: too much to do

Concentrate on important items and disregard the trivial. Use your diary to plan your
day and prepare a priority list of tasks. Leam
to say no. Delegate.
Too much paper

Deal with each piece of paper only once. If it is
junk mail, throw it out. If it is for the file, file it
immediately. If it requires a response, a handwritten reply or a telephone call may suffice. Or
delegate routine matters to another staff mem-
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Unexpected visitors
Keep the visit brief. Conduct standup meetings. Once someone is settled into a comfortable chair in your office with a coffee in hand,
a good portion of your day could disappear.
Arrange to meet the person for lunch or after
work for an extended discussion.
Be certain they start and end on time, and follow the agenda. Keep on topic. Ensure that a
summary is given, noting any action to be
taken after the meeting and by whom.
Errors
Draw conclusions from errors made, and avoid
repetition. Perhaps retraining of personnel is
necessary, or instructions need to be clarified.
Have job procedures detailed in writing and
included in your procedures manual for circulation and future reference. Ask the person in the
position to draft the detailed job procedures for
your later review. This also helps reinforce to the
individual the step-by-step process involved.
Lack of communication
State clearly what is expected when assigning
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Keeping a time log

A helpful tool to demonstrate how effectively
ber. By handling your morning mail in this or poorly you are managing your time is to
Scheduled meetings
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Fatigue
If you find you are unable to work productively owing to fatigue, take time to relax and
refresh yourself. Stretch, take a break from
what you are doing, and take a short walk.
You will find that when you return, so has
your energy and concentration. During working hours, eat regularly, but sparingly, and
avoid alcohol.
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keep a daily time log for a random week. This

in itself is a time-consuming task, as it means
you need to record minute by minute how you
spend your time. It will include the telephone
calls you make, those you receive, the tasks you
accomplish on your priority list, the interruptions you receive, what you read, what you
write, and so on. After completing a week of
such logs, you need to review them and assess
what portions of your day are spent productively. The logs will also show the time wasters
that repeatedly. frustrate accomplishments.
Remember: time is money. And, while
labor costs are high, as the owner-manager
your time is worth the most. By ensuring your
time is well spent managing and planning for
growth of the business, your staff will learn
useful techniques from you. They will become
more productive in the day-to-day running of
your business. CI
Douglas
Gray,LL.B.,has had extensiveexperienceas
a lawyer specializing in small business. He is currently
a speaker, consultant and author of 16 best-selling
books, includingThe Complete CanadianSmall
BusinessGuide(published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
and Startand Runa Profitable BusinessUsing Your
Computer,Start and Runa Profitable Consulting
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cellphone and a standard modem to connect
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all of this, you don't end up with the most
reliable connection. Your cellphone battery or
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the middle of downloading a message or
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get access to the radio network when I wanted
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wireless email from all over North America.
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accessedusing Web technology.And you can't
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tinue to increase in capacity, with portable proud.
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versions now sporting 8 GB and more. Thin
film transistor (TFT) screens (also called active important thing to look at when buying a
matrix screens) have also improved in quality, notebook. Far more pressing when spending a
and the 14.1-inch size is becoming quite com- substantial amount of money for a notebook
mon (this is roughly equivalent to a 15-inch is its usability, especially if the machine will
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keyboard and pointer setup before making a
decision. Most manufacturers set the keyboard doser to the screen, leaving a sizable
palm rest area, but some set it closer to the
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pointer controls before settling on one.
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up a second keyboard or a mouse in tight
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option. Getting a machine with an appropriate keyboard and pointer control is definitely
preferable.
With a little bit of investigative work and
a bit of discretion, you will be able to find a
great performance notebook that will suit
your tastes.
THE COMPUTERPAPER BC EOITION www.tcp.ca JANUARY 1999
The tests
This month, we asked notebook manufactur-
ers to submit a top-of-the-line performanceoriented notebook for our tests. Performance

benchmarking was done using BAPCo's
SYSmark32 benchmarking suite, with the display resolution set to 1,024x768, in 16-bit
color depth. All machines were powered by
their AC cords during testing, and power
management software was disabled.
All of the notebooks tested this month
included the following: parallel port, serial
port, infrared port, speaker, microphone and
headphone jacks, monitor port, and a docking port. Since these options are included on
all of the notebooks, they won't be mentioned
in the individual write-ups.
Angel 7600 Xplorer
Boflware:
The standard operating system is Windows 98,
though the machine can be configured with
Windows 95 or NT.
Margi DVD-to-Go software is included with this
configuration, for playback of DVDmovies.
Size and usability:
At 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) high, this notebook is thinner
than others in this roundup.
The casing contains the floppy drive, DVD
drive and
battery simultaneously, eliminating the need for
component swapping and rebooting.
The touch-pad is centered in relation to the case,
but not to the position of the hands when properly
positioned for typing. Most touch-pads areset a little to the left of centre so they line up with the "F'
and the "J" keys. This one lines up with "G" and
"K"; consequently, the right hand can easily brush
the pad while typing, and the tap of the hand
against the padcanreposition the cursor involun-
Street price: $5,495
tarily. This is problematic.

Nultfmedia:
The 14.1-inch screen is good quality.
This not
ebook usesAGP video.
DVD playback is good, although there is a bit of fuzz
at times.
The sound is clear, but a bit on the quiet side.
There is an external
volume/mutecontrol just above
the keyboard, for easier adjustment of the audio
without having to dig around for the software
adjustment.
The machine features RCA TV-out and video-in
jacks, for enhanced multimedia functionality
Expandabllily:
The 128 MB of RAM
onthis madel is the maximum
amount currently allowed.
There are two PC Card
slots, although one may be
needed for the MPEG
card, when the DVDoption is
installed and in use. Co ntinued on page
77
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Road tests
Expendability:
the weight of the machine, which at 4 kg (9.1 in a great benchmarking score, the 7800 could
The 64
MB ofstandardRAM isexpandableto256 MB. lb.) is a bit heavy for constant carrying. Second be the perfect choice for the user looking for a
There is one USB
port.
The hard drive is as removable as the batteryCDor
is the positioning of the keyboard at the front high-performance machine that will spend
The machine comes standard with an internal
ROMdrive, meaning easy hard-drive swapping edge of the case. On the desktop, that's not most of its time on a desk, but is portable
56Kbps modem.
where necessary.
such a big problem, as the user can position enough to move in a hurry.
It has twn PC Card
slots and one USBport.
the machine properly to use it. However, in a
Overall, Angel has put together a nice lit- This configuration includes a built-in 56Kbps tight space with the notebook on your lap (on Dell lhsplsoh 3S00
tle notebook with its 7600 Xplorer. It has
modem.
an airplane, in a car, etc.), the positioning of Direct price. $4,899
good multimedia functionality, and a smaller
the keyboard forces users to pull their hands Software:
case that eliminates the need for component
The Armada 7800 is a machine that seems back towards their hips. This can be pro- Windows 98 comes standard with the
swapping/rebooting. The positioning of the better suited to desktop replacement than to foundly uncomfortable if it has to be endured
inspiron 350II.
touch-pad is worth serious note, however, as it true portability, for a couple of reasons. First is for any length of time. As the machine turned
Continued on pageff0
may very well interfere with typing for some
users. It would certainly be worthwhile test
driving this notebook in the showroom, first.
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The Compaq Information Centre includes a dictionary and a reference guide, among other things.
Size and usability:
The size is good for use in smaller areas. However,
there is virtualiy no palm rest on this machine,
which can be awkward for some users.
Consequently, there's a much larger space between
the top of the keyboard and the screen than on
other notebook.
For pointer control, the 7800 uses the track-point
technology instead of the touch-pad. Users who
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yes
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yes
yes
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yes
yes
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Toshlha
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512KB
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64 MB
64 MB
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14.1
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4MB
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4GB
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64 MB
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13.3
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2.5 MB
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yes
yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
yes
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yes
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yes
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The 15.1-inch screen is both very large and very
good quality.
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The DVD playback is quite nice, especially when
played out through a monitor.
Instead of the standard floppy drive, this notebook
contains an LS-120 (also called the SuperDisk)
drive, for increased removable-storage capacity
(120 MB per disk), and backwards compatibility
with floppy disks.
The machine has both S-video and RCA
jacks.
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The 25B MB of RAM is the maximum allowed with
this model.
There are two PC card slots, but one contains a
56Kbps PCCard modem.
This model contains two USB ports, for greater
flexibility with attachable devices.
Where most notebooks have a single shared PS/2
port for the keyboard or mouse (pick one or the
other), this model has a port for both.
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Corrtiuaed from page 77
The 3500 comes bundled with Microsoft Office 97
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Margi's DVD-to-Go DVD
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The notebook is thinner and lighter than most in
this class, making it more portable.
The two bays on the front of the machine will not
simultaneously hold the battery, the floppy drive
and CD-ROM drive, Although the floppy can be
attached to the back of the machine via cable, componentswapping and rebooting may be necessary
where space is at a premium.
The Synaptics touch-pad allows scrolling with the
brush of a finger along the edge of the pad. This
feature is quite useful as it eliminates a lot of the
problems of navigation through large documents.
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The 14.1-inch screen is high quality.
DVD playback is very smooth.
There is an MPEG
decoder card included, which fits
Based in Nepean, Ont., Eurocom has made
into one of the PCCard slots.
Sound is clear (although not overly loud) through desktop replacement its specialty. The 8500M
is a perfect exampie of how, with a notebook
internal speakers.
that topped our performance tests and has
Expendability:
The 64
MB ofRAM can be expandedto 256 MB.
great multimedia capability. While users look There are two PC Card slots, although one may ing for a true portable may have little use for
contain the MPEGaccelerator card when DVD is in this large and heavy machine, tt is a great
choice for the desktop, if occasional mobility
use.
is necessary. The biggest drawback is the price,
There is one USB
port.
The 56Kbps modem is internal.
which may be a bit shocking to people more
familiar with the pricing of desktop machines.
At $4,899, the I'nspiron 3500 is a bargain But with the power the 8500M offers, it is
when you look at what's included. Checking worth the extra investment.
in at the middle of our performance range this
Fssjltssa LifeBook E3SO
month, it comes with the fast 300 MHz
Pentium II mobile processor, DVD drive with Suggested retail price: $4,878
MPEG card, and Microsoft Office Small
Business Edition. Users working in tight spaces
ei'
may find the thinner case and the lighter
weight to be an advantage, although the thinness comes at the expense of an internal floppy drive'when the DVD is installed. If having
the floppy onboard isn't a big concern, this
makes a great multimedia road machine,
Esarocom SSOOM

Software:
The unit we tested had was running Windows 9B,
but the B500Malso has an option for Windows NT.
lt ships with the REALmagic Ventura DVD player
software.
Size and ttsabftlttf:
The 8500M is quite large and is best-suited for Software:
desktop replacement. Because of its size, it' s The unit tested contains Windows 95 with Active
Desktop,
although Windows 98 and NT versions
unwieldy and difficult to use in tight spaces.
are available.
The size adds extra weight, and it may be too heavy
The E350alsoincludes McAfee Virus Scan,PC
to carry it around extensively.
Doctor, Audio Rack32 and Fujitsu SoftPEG player,
The 8500M has a large palm rest area.
and Laplink.
The case is large enough that there is room for a
Fujitsu's system management software is installed
numeric keypad beside the regular alpha keys.
Continued on page82
The 8500M comes with its own carrying case.
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of using the weight-saving insert. There are
definitely a lot of options with this model,
which also has the added benefit of being
quite small and portable, considering what' s
incl'uded. The lack of the modem may be a big
drawback for the regular traveler, espedally as
its price tag is already so high. In all other
respects, the 4150 is thoroughly impressive.
Multimedia:
The 14.1-inch screen is a good size, and the display
is good quality.
into a single removable component. Unfortunately,

the two haveeject buttons in almost the samespot,
making it possible to hit both at the sametime.
Ail the components fit in the case at the same
time,
meaning there is no need for switching.
Multimedia:
The 14.1-inch screen is high quality.
It has AGP video.
Sound is crisp and clear and the quaiity is very
good.
With the ATI video card, DVD movie playback is
very good.
It has an external volume control wheel.
The machine comes with an S-Video port.
Expandabllily:
The 64MB ofstandardRAM isexpandableto 384
MB.
slots and one USBport
It has a built-in 56Kbps modem.
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brightness.
Speakers are on the. front of the machine, which can
muffle the sound in certain conditions (when it is on
your lap, for example).
The sound is generally good, although there is a bit
too much emphasis on the mid-mnge, tonally.
An attachable cable provides the user with an RCA
and S-Video jack for multimedia wodr.
Expandabillty:
The 64
MB ofRAM isexpandableto 288 M B.
The 56Kbps modem is built-in.
slots and one USBport.
The floppy drive can also be attached by cable to the
back of the machine.
In a lineup of impressive notebooks from

Size and usability:
IBM,
the 770 is the flagship. IBM has tradi
Like
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lot
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ThinkPads,
this
is
a
bit
thicker
than
Hyperdata's notebooks are always nice
most notebooks, and abit heavy when sitting on the tionally paid a lot of attention to the small
machines to look at. The 3012, supplied to us
things, from the durability of the casing to the
lap.
by Computron Systems, offers a great balance
ease ofuse of the keyboard and pointer con
Construction
is
nice
and
solid.
Some
other
notebetween performance and price with some
troL In addition to the basics, the 770 also
books
feel
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bit
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but
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one
is
built
to
take
a
good multimedia options thrown in. With all
little bit more of the abuse that happens in portable supports hotswapping of the drives, which is a
of the components fitting in the case at the
big plus for a machine that doesn't contain all
situations.
same time and a built-in 56Kbps modem, it
of the components simultaneously. As it has
The
full-sized
keyboard
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separated
function
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the modem onboard, and great multimedia
keys is incredibly nice to work with.
Definitely worth checking out.
The track-point control is wonderful, and a third capabilities (including video capture), this
button underneath the usual left/right-click buttons makes a great portable powerhouse for the
IBII TIeiedrlvad 770
person on the road.
controls scrolling in applications that support it
Suggested
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price:
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Sotware:
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Windows 98 comes standard with the 3012.
Software:
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The notebook ships with the ATI DVD player soft- The model we tested only ships with Windows 95 can makemenuwork a bit more dgficult The trackSuggested retail price: $6,375
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770,
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inchaled with the base model. The base model is
pable.
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spaces.
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The optional DVOplayer comeswith Margi's DVOto-Go softwarepackage.
Size and usability:
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spaces.
There is a longer palmrest onthis notebookthan
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The touch-pad features NEC's VersaGIide, which
allows the user to scroll throughwindowswith a
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The 14.1-inch screen isgoodquality, although the
hacking is a bit mmsy;slight pressure will cause
rippling in thedisplay. In general use, this shouldn't be a bigproblem.
Sound tone isgood,althoughthere wasa bit of static during playback.
The speakersare located onthe palmrest, directly
under the areawherethe users' hands rest, which
tends to mufflethe sound.
The unit we testedcamewith a DVDdrive and the
Margi DVD-to-Go PCcard MPEG decoder. Movie
playbackwas vety good.
The model wetested camewith the LS-120, which
can handle 120 MB removable media, while
remainingbackwardcompatiblewith 1.44 MBfloppies.
Expandabbity:
The 64
MB ofRAM is expandableto 256 MB.
There are two PCCardslots, though onemay be
used by the DVD-togo card, when playing DVD
movies.
Sobware:
The Teem
8000 comes with Windows 95,though
Windows 98 or NTconfigurations are available.
Other software includes Mediamatics ArcadePak
and PumainteuiSync 97.
She and usability:
The size is usable intight spaces.
The machinewon't hold boththe CD-ROMandthe
floppy drives at the same time, but they are
hotswappable. There is also an atlachable dock
which will clip onto the floppy, where desktop
space is available.
For pointer control, theAccuPoint is anice altemative to the touch-pad, althoughthe arrangement of
buttons underneath (one on top of the other, as
opposed toleft/right orientation) may bea bit awkward.
This was one of the lightest notebooks in this
roundup.
Munimedia:
The 13.3-inch screen ishighquality.
There is a DVOplayer optionavailable for the 300
MHz version ofthismodel (wetested the 266 MHz
notebook), but it comes at the expense of the
modem.
The sound isgood.
Expe
ndability:
The 64
MB ofRAM are expandableto 256 MB.
There are two PCCard slots and oneUSBport.
The modem is built-in on thismadel, althoughthe
DVD option (for the300 MHzversion) wouldmake
it necessaryfor theuserto usea PCCardmodem.

The 8000 is the newest and brightest in
Toshiba's Tecra series, and it is an attractive
and functional machine even with the smaller screen and slower processor (there is a version available with a 14.4-inch screen and 300
MHz processor, for more money). The Tecra
8000 is thinner and lighter than many of the
other performance machines tested this
month, which is a big plus for the user on the
go. With the hotswappable drives and the
optional external floppy drive attachment,
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No modem is includedwith this configuration. Use
of a PC Canl modemwould effectively use upthe
other PCCard slot
the Tecra &000 is an easy-to-use machine

that's bound to win a lot of fans.
NEC's Versa line is a popular one and the,

Versa LX 450 has a lot to offer, with ripping
performance, large-format removable storage
with the LS-120 option, and good multimedia
performance. Everything is induded inside
the case, which would make it a great
machine for traveling if It were not for the
lack of the modem with this configuration a
serious drawback Add a modem, and you' ve
got a great machine that performs admirably,
Sonware:
without hitting the top of the price range.
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Wnh the DVDplayer option(which costsmore), the
machine also comeswith the RealMagic Ventura
DVD software.
Size and usabnby:
This madel is a good size for working in smaller
spaces.
At 2.97 kg (6.6 lb.), it's lighter than many of the
other notebookstestedthis month.
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either hand, scrolling as I read without the

mouse touching the pad.
: When is an ergonomic mouse not an
This simple act made me even more conergonomic mouse7 A: When it's an scious of the little ways in which we tire ourergonomic mouse. Like humans, not all selves out as we use computers. Even in an
ergon 'c devicesare created equal. This is a ergonomic chair with an ergonomic keyboard
basic truth that is often overlooked we aren' t and an ergonomic mouse, your body tenses suball built the same, so until someone finds a way
to make gadgets that morph as you use them,
no device will be perfect for everyone.
or e t i es too
tly as you keep one hand on the mouse or key- tion to what I'm reading and in the long run,
board, When I use the Cordless Wheel Mouse, I'm more productive. Ail thanks to one mouse.
m y shoulders,
neck,back,and arms relax asIsettle into a comfortable position that doesn' t
require me to reach a keyboard or mouse pad.
Suddenly, reading long articles on the computer
screen doesn't seem as onerous; I pay more atten-
Now that's ergonomic. Q

Emru Townsend's left-handed sister helps him get in
touch with his sinister side. You can get in touch with
him at emru@cam.org.
Cordless Wheel Mouse

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Not that this prevents people from trying.

Almost two years ago, I reviewed the Logitech
Cordless Mriuseman 96, praising the freedom of
movement that comes with untethering your
mouse. Its only major problem, I recently realized, was one of its best features its design.
Modeled after another popular Logitech mouse,
it was sculpted to more or less fit the fingers of
your hand. Your right hand.
Until I unpacked the new Cordless Wheel
Mouse, it hadn't occurred to me that the 96 edition excluded southpaws. As the brother of a
lefty, you'd think I'd be sensitive to these things.
The Cordless Wheel Mouse, on the other
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these days of funky-shaped mice, the
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modern design is the way the underside recesses every so slightly to accommodate a thumb.
Unfortunately, t h e C o r d less W heel
Mouse's shape made it a little less comfortable
for me than the 96 modeL Whereas the 96
sensibly shaped the buttons to accommodate
the natural tendency of fingers to spread out,
the Cordless Wheel Mouse tapers toward the
top, making things a little awkward. Of
course, this is pureiy a matter of personal preference, but you can't say you weren't warned.
Still, this was only a minor inmnvenience
compared to the benefit of the wheel. Like
other wheel mice, it lets you scroll (and, in
some cases, zoom) up and down windows
without using a scroll bar. As a repetitive
strain injury (RSI) sufferer, I appreciate anything that minimizes hand movements, But as
this is a cordless mouse, there's an added benefit: when I'm reading a long document, I can
sit back in my chair and relax, the mouse in
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Well, not quite. But, perhaps for all being ported to the Mac platform.
those power users and programmers
Yes, all other operating systems but
who labored long to get something useful Windows have not one, but several, scripting
done with .BAT file scripts, Metacard is their languages. Ahh, you say Windows has .BAT
By Jack and Nathan Surveyer
files. Right, and my Etch-a-Sketch will draw

pictures. We!I, there is Windows Recorder, the
Microsoft utility for capturing and playing
hack keystrokesand mouse movements. (This
is Microsoft's Etch-a-Script version 6.) Okay,
there is VBA Visual Basic for Applications.
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ItletaCard designer
MetaCard is a Scottish clone of Apple's
HyperCard. HyperCard, of course, was another Apple first. It was the first popular graphical
user interface (GUI) based macro language,
which spawned a whole sub-industry of GUIb ased multimedia authoring t o ols l i k e
Asymetric's ToolBook, o r
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Traditionally, scripting tools have been
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evolved in a similar fashion from character
scripting to GUI. So why all the fuss about
MetaCard?
First, MetaCard runs on Windows 3.x, 9x,
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As well, MetaCard starts from a GUI heritage
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or platform-specific debugging is required to
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This means a native look and feel on all
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support for popular audio, video, and image
formats are available cross platform. Thus
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th e ability to build complete, single-file,
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fr eedom from shared libraries, virtual
machines, browsers, installers, or other
required addwns;
and an easy-to-learn, high-level language
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applications they need.
Testing MetaCard
These are ambitious goals. And although all
MetaCard stacks and programs run royalty
free, the programming environ is not cheap (a
free, lite, version limited in program/stack
size can be downioaded from the MetaCard
Web site). So we decided to take a look at how
well MetaCard would fill th e promise of
HyperCard everywhere.
First and foremost, we discovered that
MetaTalk is, of all things, new and still being
developed and debugged on the Mac (the
Windows versions apparently could use some
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wide open, but MetaCard with its Hypercard
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clean cross-platform portability. Even in the W eb/network software and await your comments at
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power of a brand new machine from Silicon
Graphics (SGI). The machine was so powerful,
it could perform real-time special effects on
at http: //oxy.sfx.co.nz/Icdtype/ live video, including mapping video onto 3D
objects, adding rippling water transitions
between scenes and more. Video and 3D
enthusiasts, of course, have seen these effects
before on SGI machines costing tens of thousands of dollars, but when Gates said this
machine was running Windows NT and
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Comdex Fall 98report

Continned frow page 97
ier to use and vastly more powerful. Gates highlighted a number of under-1.5 kg (3 lb.) mobile
products, induding those based on Windows
CE and desktop versions of Windows. He also
described what the next generation of desktop
computing technology might look like. As CPU
technology moves to 64-bit processing, Gates
said, operating system design will evolve to support a large number of CPUs (in his example,
Gates specified 64) in a single machine and
many machines (again, Gates used 64 as an
example) in a socalled cluster.
coMDEx l t 3
It's a remarkable progression from the early

days of Linux, in which users had to deal with
almost unimaginably complex installation and
configuration procedures. Although l.inux still
has far to go before it may be fairly called a
"mainstream" solution, Fall Comdex 98 clearly
shows it to be a category worth watching.
Campbell promotes federal e-comm

plans
Canadians were well represented at Fall
Comdex 98. Canada's Consul-General in Los
Angeles, and former prime minister, Kim
Campbell spoke at a Canada at Comdex press
conference, where she described the government's support for the 45-plus Canadian softSpeaking of mainstream...
ware developers in attendance at the show,
There were number of companies at Comdex Campbell also reviewed a document describshowing off voice recognition products, tooing the government's efforts toward the furDragon Systems Inc., w it h i t s D r agon ther development of e-commerce in Canada.
NaturallySpeaking line, Lernout Er Hauspie The document, Ca>iadian Electronic Copnpnerce
with its VoiceXpress product and, in a massive Strategy, is also available on the Industry
booth second only t o t h e p r esence of Canada Web site at http: //e-corn.ic.gc.ca.
Unux buzz
Microsoft in the South Hall of the Las Vegas
Later, Don Sylvester, senior vice-president
Next day, it was off to the show itself as Convention C e n ter, N e t herlands-based of sales for Corel Corp., provided details about
usual, a sprawling panopoly of virtually every- Philips, with version 2 of its freely download- Corel's new WordPerfect 2000 Suite release.
thing computer related. The major trends able (US$39 if you like it) speech product Matrox (which we didn't see elsewhere in the
appeared to be flat-panel LCD displays, light- called FreeS peech98.
show) and MGI software (which was demonweight portables, high-speed networking soluIBM as well as several other major indus- strating an early version of its VideoWave softtions, easier connectivity (USB devices were try players (Dell, Compaq, and Apple to name a ware for BeOS in the Be booth) also gave prethere by the hundreds), and an operating sys- few) didn't exhibit at the show, but its sentations at the Canadian press event,
tem known as Linux which The Computer ViaVoice 98 speech-recognition products could
Meanwhile, on the show floor, Canadian
Paper'spoll of show attendees clearly suggests be found at several booths, including that of a graphics card vendor ATI was making a big
is most popularly pronounced "linnux" (with provider of one of the most interesting speech splash with its new Rage 128 series of 2D/3D
emphasis on the first syllable, which is pro- recognition products we have seen. The prod- a ccelerators. Now expected to s h i p i n
nounced like the first syllable in "linen" ),
uct, Voice It (hitp://www,voiceit.corn), is a hand- December, the Rage 128 demonstration units
The Linux display was one of busier areas held digital recorder that interfaces via a serial shown in the booth were demonstrably faster
of the Sands Convention Centre and the
cable (or USB in the near future to a desktop PC than competing Matrox G200, Nvidia Riva
excitement of the crowd was palpable, It's no running either ViaVoice or NaturallySpeaking. TNT, or 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee-based products,
wonder Gates is said to be worried about While t h i s i s not uni q ue Olympus, (We' ll have a full report on graphics cards in
Linux. Here's a free operating system that, in Dictaphone and others offer products with sim- our February edition of TCP.) 0
the case of the Caldera release being handed ilar capabilitie~h e Voice It software is brilout freely at the show, includes the ability to liant and the hardware/software bundle surpris- Graeme Berinett {graeme@tcp.ca) strained his fingers
read and write Microsoft Office 95 filesa
ingly inexpensive: under US$250 for the carrying bags of new product releases around all week
Windows 95-lookalike interface and the abili- recorder and N a turaliySpeaking Mobile. at the show but managed to write this report anyway
ty to be installed (or uninstalled) by simply Inddentally, ViaVoice won a shootout among Using Dragon NaturallySpeakiiig. Look for more
inserting a bootable CD and turning the
speech-recognition products conducted by a Comdex reports onThe Computer Paper'sWebsite at
machine on.
U.S. ma azine at the show.
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al show, however. A number of other intriguing trends would catch the eye of even the
LAS VEGAS
After years of y earningto corn- m o st casual observer. One was the preponderpete with the likes of IBM and Oracle for the e nce of color LCD flat-panel displays from
database investment dollars of large corpora- every major manufacturer you can think oftions, Microsoft president Steve Ballmer said at i n cluding Viewsonic, Toshiba and NEC.
Fall Comdex 98 that the
company h a s
fi n a lly
found the weapon it needs
to crack this market.
It is Microsoft SQL
Server 7.0, the company's
new "enterprise database"
software, which Ballmer :" I
says will cover the needs
o f 95 p ercent o f t h e
world's largest companies. Until the release of
SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft
was routinely criticized
for not having the ability
to "scale" its database
products to the needs of
bigger firms.
The new SQL Server Anotherhigtrend at fal

lComdex 98wasthevariety ofnew megaplx-
was one of two majo

launches by Microsoft at
Comdex (the other was
Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition) and
was broadcast live to more than 30,000 customers and partners in 53 countries. In addition, Microsoft said it had more than 300 software vendors demonstrating "best-of-breed
applications" designed for SQL Server 7.0, and
13,000 Microsoft Certified Solution Providers
(MCSPs) ready to support immediate customer development and deployment projects.
In fact, the only thing Microsoft didn't have
at Comdex was a shipping copy of the product. At the launch, Microsoft would only
pledge that SQL Server 7.0 would be available
in the reseller channel "within 45 days."
Despite this delay, a number of "key customers" have already been working with
Microsoft to implement beta versions of SQL
Server 7.0, and some of them took to the stage
in Las Vegas. Their appearances were a.mixture of shameless self-promotion and revival
t ent e n t h usiasm a s Pe n n zoi l Co . ,
HarperCollins Publishers Inc., bamesandnoble.corn inc., SportsLine USA, Elcor Corp. and
LA Cellular each talked about how great they
were
and how SQL Server 7;0 will make
them even greater.
Microsoft lists the major advances in SQL
Server 7.0 as improvements to transaction
performance, online backup and replication,
as well as innovations in auto-tuning and
auto-configuration. It is billing SQL Server 7.0
as "the easiest platform on which to design,
build, manage and use data warehousing solutions, bringing information to all organizar
tional levels in time to make critical business
decisions."
Blg, flat and a little fishy
Microsoft was not the only story at this annu-
est of whichwasa display modelfromOlympus.
NEC's stand produced probably the most

eye-catching LCD panel demonstration with
something it c alled the NEC Fish Club
Aquarium. It was little more than an extended
digital video sequence of tropical fish in a tank
displayed on a high-resolution (1125-line)
color LCD display. The difference here was that
the LCD panel was placed behind a tank filled
with water and an air pump that produced
bubbles. The result was something that looked
alarmingly like a real fish tank except that
these finny friends would never appear at the
top of the tank floating on their backs.
Floppy fight forseen

A final trend worth noting was the intense
interest in high-capacity 3.5-inch floppy drives. Imation was doing a booming business
with its 120 MB SuperDisk drives. Many were
many reportedly being shipped to Apple iMac
users who want a drive that reads existing files
and floppies, yet is capable of holding large

image, sound and video files.
Sony also gained lots of attention with its
200 MB HiFD drives. The removable media for
the Sony drives offer almost twice the capacity of the Imation drives. However, they are
coming to market a little later than Imation's
offerings suggesting the battle for market
share will be interesting. Sony expects to win
a lot of new users with aggressive pricing
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Part 1: Personal considerations
y now most of you have heard something about the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, which is also called the Millennium Bug. Some of
this news has been interesting, some frightening and some
downright silly.
The fact is that the year 2000 is a fixed date in time and
some of our computer related technologies might not be able
to handle the date change.
The reason for this is simple: when we write the year, we
use the last two digits 98 instead of 1998, for example. I
know there is a longer explanation for the problem but I' ll save
that debate for another article. Because of this shortcut, our
computers may not be able to understand what century we' re
in: 1900, 1800 or 2000.
We rely heavily on computers and more importantlycomputer chips, so the consequences of a failure by these systems to correctly handle the date change have been predicted
to be a catastrophe of biblical proportions. Aside from reports
of a global recession, international power outages, planes
falling from the sky and the "end of all life, as we know it,"
there are some personal consequences to worry about.
You have probably heard what could happen if you have a
mortgage, credit card, pension, loan or any date-dependent
bills. You are at risk of being behind in payments, not receiving your pension cheque or GST rebate, having the bank foreclose on your house or farm, having your credit history
marred or being declared dead. While these are legitimate possibilities, I do not subscribe to worst-case scenarios. There is
something we can all do to reduce the impact the YZK problem will have on our lives and our technologies.
Most people know their computers may have a problem with
the year 2000. Many know their computer programs may. not be
Year 2000-compliant. A few know that their cars, coffee

makers, VCRs and microwave ovens may have the
same problem. Fewer still know what to do about it.
The question I am often asked is, "If the problem is
as simple as the use of two digits to represent the
year, then shouldn't the solution be as simple?"' Yes and no is the simple answer, but
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balance on all your small loans and
credit cards. Reducing your debt load is
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ments for all my business and personal accounts for the previous we have it under control," or "Our lawyers have told us we
year. According to my tax accountant these are official receipts. c a n't disclose that at this time, but don't worry." My advice
Since we are on the subject of banks, make sure yours is i s don't worry, but be prepared.
doing everything it can to be ready for the date change. If you
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Saskatchewan government is considering
writing payroll and welfare cheques by hand
if Y2K remediation efforts fail. They, like
most governments, are focusing on the critical areas like providing heating, power and
emergency services.
As for pension and life insurance firms, a
recent Gartner Group survey suggested that
the financial industry was the best prepared
and most likely to be ready for the year 2000.
Again, demand answers. I doubt you will need
primary method of heating some homes).

Most Canadian cities have companies that
Some people have suggested you should
provide home and office water cooler services.
keep enough cash on hand for the first three water and propane. The propane would allow You can start getting bottled water delivered
months of the year 2000, but I don't recom- you to use your BBQ to cook some meals. Do to your home or office anytime. Some time
mend that. You put yourself at risk of robbery not use your BBQ to heat your home! Instead before the millennium you can order extra
by having a lot of cash in the house. Also a invest in a wood-burning fireplace for the liv- bottles, just in case. Of course, you don't have
run on the banks for hard currency can create ing room or den, if you don't already have one. to invest in a water cooler to stock up on
the worst of all economic catastrophes.
A fireplace would be great for providing heat water but I'm told you should boil all stored
In the worst of all possible scenarios we until gas and power are restored (although water before drinking it.
might have a situation like the ice storms in there have been concerns expressed about the
If you rely on one source of income or live
Eastern Canada last winter, where those affect- hazards associated with using fireplaces as a alone, then make plans to be with friends or
relatives during this time. They will appreciate the extra help and pooling resources in a
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However, it is in all our best interests to fix
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From: LucasArts
http:I/www.iucasarts.corn
Minimum system requirements: Windows 95/98,
DirectX-compatible hardware, 133 MHzPentium CPU,
32 MB of
RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive,2 MB video RAM,
30 MB of hard disk space ( 3DAcceleration available
but not required)
Street price: $54.99
Still, things could be worse. You have a good

job as 8 travel agent arranging four-year journeys for others. You have 3 nice office, a cloak
and scythe, and your very own driver. The only
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Manny, which you walk through beautifully rendered 3D scenes that have authentic
detail packed into every single pixel. When
you' re in your (Manny's) office, you can
make out the pattern on the carpet, or the
i ntricate tiling design stamped into t h e
plaster on the ceiling. Every single scene
has incredible detail-work, which makes
the game enjoyable just to look at. Added
to this is 8 great musical theme for each
area of the game, which sets the mood perfectjy,
Second, using Manny as the interface
makes the game more i n teresting and
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Land of the Dead, and begin your fouryear journey to your final resting-place in the
Ninth Underworld. Instead, you found yourself roped into community service to work off
yow debt to society.
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Njnth Underworld on the
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With dients like these, how
will you ever work off your debt?
So begins Grim Fandango, one of the latest adventure games from LucasArts and one
that is bound to set new standards for the
whole genre. You play travel agent Manny

Calavera, and your job is to uncover the conspiracy that is keeping all of the good clients
out of your office, and discover why the ones
who do make into your office keep getting
cheated. All of this takes place in an environment that crosses the visual imagery of the
Mexican Day of the Dead celebration with the
cinematic tradition'of film noir, with 3 plot
that has more twists than 3 bag of rotini.
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one of the most engaging and intriguing
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interface in the game is the character of
playable. Some adventure games can turn

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have to click on absolutely everything on
the screen to find out if you can use It.
When you walk Manny through a scene,
however, he swivels hjs head towards any
object or person with which he can interact.
Despite 3 few screens that are 3 bit difficult
to manoeuvre through or have "hidden" exits
due to the perspective, this approach generally
works very welL
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it in your power to win in other words, there' s
no need to worry about getting a sudden
"Game Over"screen becauseyou did thewr ong
thing, You can take your time wandering
around trying things out, and if you happen to
use an item incorrectly, you can always get it
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encourage creative hands-on play with its line
of Little People toys as well.
and breed of pet has a written description

that can be read aloud to them. Other activities include going to the vet clinic when
the pets have problems, such as a cut paw, a
cold or a scratchy coat. The latter, of course,
is the result of fleas and the vet will show
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glass.
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a fish tank, complete with plants, props and
fish. Kids can also go to the grooming area to
brush the furrypets or createwackyoutfits for
the parrot or any other animal in the pet
shop. The results of these activities can be
My Very First Little People Play House is part

of a newwaveof "lapware," in which a tot sits
in your lap while you monitor and aid their
play on the computer. While it may seem like printed out so you might want to stock upon
software developers are stretching the market spare inkjet cartridges.
Kids can also try their hand at feeding the,
a bit, tots are active rather than passive creatures, who are driven to develop skills such as animals and learning what is appropriate food
walking, talking, and riding tricycles. And for each pet.
using a computer is a just high-tech variation
on typical games that help them develop Big Action Carage
While Big Action Garage has the same age rathand<ye coordination and their attention
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spans.
Younger tots can tap any key on the key- also appeal to six-year-olds. There are six fun
board to prompt an on-saeen activity. The auto-related activities that stimulate explogames can be also switched to mouse control
for older, morecoordinated kids. Little People

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and helpingothers. The CD-ROM also indudes
activity sheets that can be printed out.
The best reason I can see for buying such

software is that, in contrast to television, it
ration, creativity and problem solving,
Like games for school age children, a

theme of helping solve a problem in this
case, finding spare

auto parts before a "friend"
gets towed to the dump

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and "earn" spare parts. In a maze activity, for
example, they must weave their way through '
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Content is suitable for all persons six years
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titles for December's holiday gift
buyer's guide that we couldn't fit
them all in. Here, then either for lastminute gifts or for purchasing during the
january sales to go with that new family
PC is another sleighful of recent and recommended titles.
ages 13 and older.

M Mature: Content is suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
AO Adults Only: Content is suitable
only for persons 18 and older.
The ESRB and ESRBI ratings may not
Ratings help buyers pick content
match everyone's opinions of what is age-
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inappropriate content on the Internet and in
appropriate, but it is a good starting point

warningarents
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children. It's worth noting that The Computer
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much of it priced for impulse gift buying
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respected brand names.
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and which doesn'tT The answer is a rating
that appears in a rectangular logo on virtually all entertainment or educational software
titles. The Entertainment Software Rating
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reviews and rates most of the current entertainment software titles available in North
America. As of 1998, over 4,000 titles carry
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rate Web sites, including interactive game
sites and chat rooms, forums, or bulletin
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participating in the program. The ratings usually appear on the home pages of the participating sites.
Software titles and Web sites are rated in
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player how he or she is doing in terms of creHere comes Pokemon, ready or not
ating notes of a particular sequence, speed,
Remember the Tamagotchi cyberpet craze of and sound, allowing the learner to rapidly
two years ago? Well, just when you thought it improve playing skills,
was safe to let your kids watch TV or go to the
G-VOX was founded by Nathaniel Weiss,
mall again, along comes Pokemon.
a former student and street musician, who
It is the latest Japanese pop-culture craze created his company's flagship product, a
to come to North America and it should hardware and software system for guitar trainr each its hype peak just in t ime for t h e
ing, called the G-VOX Guitar. This product
Christmas buying season. Pokemon is a multi- has been supplemented by G-VOX Bass and
media phenomenon, consisting of a high- G-VOX Keyboard. As well, G-VOX has pubenergy cartoon series, videos, video games, lished CD-ROM practice "songbooks" featoys, and Tamagotchi-like Pokemon Pikachus, turing tunes by Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and
which are little handheld electronic game/pet the Police. The company claims it is the mardevices. As a key element of the Pokemon ket leader in computer-based music education
campaign, Nintendo Canada is heavily pro- with its growing line of Web-based, CD-ROM
moting its GameBoy Pokemon software.
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the uninitiated. The Pokemon (also known as software system a user can connect virtually
Pocket Monsters) fantasy world offers a high any electronic keyboard to a computer via a
degree of interaction with about 150 different serial port without a special MIDI (musical
Pokemon characters. In the software version, instrument digital interface) adapter. The Gthe player has to capture monsters in a Poke VOX Keyboard software displays the notes
Ball, and then leam how to help them gain and chords played, and allows the user to
additional abilities and experience as the compare this with the score they are l
game goes on. Players are encouraged to trade
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social element to the game. Part of the appeal DNA presents All the World, and Time
of Pokemon lies in the challenge of collecting Vancouver's DNA Multimedia has announced
all the characters. Part of it is the cute visual two new CD-ROMs. Glenn Gould: The New
design and behavior of the characters. And Listener, is an "interactive exploration of the
the Pokemon franchise benefits from the syn- famous pianist and thinker's life, ideas and
ergy of all of the different media (advertising,
music." Masks: Faces
television, toys, video games) that create pubof the Pacific, is a
lic awareness and excitement.
tour of Pacific culWhile Pokemon is a phenomenon on its
tures where masks
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are an important part
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of social and relimore than just toys or computer games. This
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music lovers
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a series of interactive music performance works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was also a
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1970s that mixed spoken
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rate titles that had restricted
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mon elements to enable Web masters to build

ast month we looked at some of the basics JavaScript programs to detect which browser is
of Cascading Style Sheet positioning (CSS- being used. Both browsers recognize and
). In this issue we will look at how you respond to the JavaScript object appName.When
can combine CSS-Pelements with JavaScript to appName is queried in a JavaScript program, the
produce truly dynamic HTML (hypertext browser responds with the name of the brows-
markup language).
In the last article we looked at how online
elements such astext or images could be positioned precisely onscreen, Since you can also
specify negative values with CSS-P, it is possible to position online elements offscreen.
Given this, it should also be possible to move
elements offscreen to onscreen and vice versa,
right?
There is, of course, a complication:
Netscape
Navigatorand Internet Exploreruse
different JavaScript handles to deal with positioning elements oriscreen. This means that
to make your dynamic HTML (dHTML) page

cross-browser compatible, you have to write
your JavaScript code knowing which browser

is going to be executing it. And to do this, you
have to detect which browser is reading your
code, and then deliver the proper dHTML

code to that browser. To do this you have to
rely on a longtime Web master standby: the
browser-detect JavaScript.
Detectingthe browser
While the versions of JavaScript used by
Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are
document.
write('8 nbsp);
<I-
browserName= navigatorappName;
browserVersion= parselnt(navigator.appVersion);
if (browserName= "Netscape"&& browserVersion
=3) ver="n3;.
else if (browserName= "Netscape"&& browserVemion
er: either "Netscape" or "Microsoft Internet = 4 ) ver="n4";
IternetExplorer"
Explorer." There is a second JavaScript object else if (browserName= "Microsoftn
=
"e3;
=
3)
ver
88
browserVersian
called appVersion
that both browsersunderstand,
Internet Explorer"
which enables the JavaScript program to deter- else if (browserName= "Microsoft
mine which version of the browser is being 8 & browserVersion= 4) ver= "e4';
used. This is good information, for while both
Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator if(ver="n3) (
documentwrite('8>You
are using:</8>');
4.0 can process and display CSS-P code, earlier
documentwrite(browserName);
versions of both browsers cannot. With this
document.
write('&nbsp );
information, we can build a simple program
document.
write(browserVersion);
that detects which browser and what version is
I
being used, and then direct the program to exeif(ver="n4") I
cute the suitable CSS-P.
dacumentwrte('<8>You
are using:/8>');
This can be accomplished by using a series
of simple if/else statements in JavaScript. The
documentwrite('8nbsp);
basic logic behind the if/else statement is this: if
document.
write(browserVersion);
a certain thing being tested for is true, the program executes a series of commands, else (if not
true), the program moves onto the next state- if (ver= "e3") (
documentwrite('<B>You
are using:</8>');
ment. The program looks for a matching (i.e.
"true") statement, and when it finds it, executes
document.
write('8 nbsp );
the appropriate code for that browser.
document.write(browserVersion);
Here's a relatively simple JavaScript that
uses appNameand appVersion and displays a Web
page saying which browser and what version is if (ver="e4") (
document.
write('<8>You are using:/8>');
being used to view the page:
dacument.write(browse
Wersion);
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// ->
/SCRIPT>
This may look a bit like goobledegook to
those unfamiliar with JavaScript, but it is actu-
ally very simple when you know how to read

the code.
In this case, wearesearching for one of four

possibilities: whether a browser is either
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, and
whether it is version 3.0 or 4.0 of those
browsers. The variable browserNametakes the

name sent to i t
b y t h e b rowser from
navigator
appName, which either responds
"Netscape" or "Microsoft Internet Explorer."
The variable browserVersiontakes the name
sent to it by navigator.appVersion.When querying appVersian, you will get more than just a
number; you typically get a long string of

characters like this: 4,0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01;
Windows 95). Since all we want is the initial
number, we use parselnt so it only sends the
integer (i.e, the number without the decimal
point) instead of this whole line of text,
which keeps things simple for our JavaScript
code,
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looking for a match. In the following line of
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code, if Netscape Navigator 3.0 is heing used, it
gets assigned the value "n3":
if (browserName= "Nelscape' && browseWerslon
=3) ver ='n3';
The double equals sign ( =) is used to
mean "equal" in the common sense of the
word, as a single equals sign ( =) is used in
JavaScript to pass along a value to a variable,
such as "n3" in this instance. Similarly the
using Netscape Navigator 3.0, they are directed

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the value "n3" if the browser is Netscape
Navigator 3.0. The statement if (ver= 'n3') looks
double ampersand (&&) means "and" as it is for this value, and if it finds it, executes the rest
typically used, as a single ampersand is also of that part of the script; otherwise it simply
reserved for programmatic use. If the browser moves to the next part of the code to find a
being tested is Netscape Navigator 3.0, it is matching value. Since we have a match in this
assigned the value "n3." If there is no match, case, the part of the program pertinent to this
the program goes to the next if statement browser is executed. The document.
write comuntil it finds a match, where it is assigned a mand tells the browser to print out what follows. This mini-program prints out both HTML
different value (either "n4," "e3" or "e4").
Once a match has been found, the browser text and program variables that come straight
goes on to execute a part of the JavaScript pro- from the browser being used. HTML text is congram designed spedfically for that browser, tained within single quote marks, while the variwhich displays the name and version of-the ables do not need them in order to be printed.
browser viewing the JavaScript. If the user is Note the non-breaking space character ( )
that is inserted in order to put a single space
Th er e are plenty of Web sites that offer
between the browserName

and browseWersionvari- examples of browser-detect JavaScripts, but
ablesthatareprintedout. Theresult,depending t h e best source I' ve run across that also
on the browser being used, looks like this:
explains exactly what is going can be found
at Netscape's own Developer Centre at:
http: //developer.netscape.corn/docs/examples/javas
You are using: Netscape3
c rlpt/browser type. html. The information i t
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do if the browser viewing the page is a version suggestions or HTML tips you may have. Youcan
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There are two special autotext entries you

can use to place images and text on envelopes:
his month we continue to look at ways of EnvelopeExtra1 and EnvelopeExtra2. So you
doing things faster in your word processor, can create both entries and automatically
and in particular, printing. We' ll also look have both added to aII new envelopes.
briefly at macros and will create a simple macro
One or more labels
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Envelopes
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add an envelope to your current document,
pages to print. For example, you can

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three by typing "pls3,p4s3" and typ-
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sheet of labels, each with the same address, or
Creating a macro
a single label printed on a sheet of labels. To

do this, select Tools, Envelopes and Labels,
When editing a document, you' ll

often want to reprint only the cur-
select the Labels tab and select Options. Select
rent page. This requires the use of a
recipient's address. To add an envelope, create either Dot Matrix or Laser and Inkjet from the
your document and select Tools, Envelopes and Printer information box and select the approLabels, then select the Envelopes tab. Check the priate option from the Label Products dropDelivery address and if incorrect, edit it or select
Cancel and return to your letter, select the

delivery address in the document and select
few keystrokes and is an ideal task to
turn into a macro and either assign

it to a shortcut key or add it as a button to the toolbar. We' ll do both.
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type it into the Visual Basic Editor. To
do this select Tools, Macro, Macros and in the
down list and select the Product Number of

the label type you are using from that dropdown list, then select OK.
In the Labels dialog, select what you want
W ordallowsyouto automatically add an Imageto an

envelope usingone of two spedal AutoText entries.
Tools, Envelopes and Labels again. Select

Options and choose the size of the envelope to appear on the labels. To create a full sheet of by decreasing the size of each of the fonts used
from the list or select Custom Size to create labels select the Full Page of the Same Label in the document. To reduce a document's size Macro Name text box type PrintCurrentPage.
select File, Print Preview and select the Shrink to
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sheet of labels with your own address select the aren't happy with the results, select Cancel,
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multiple
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to print out the envelope, or Add to Document
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Move the insertion point to the sixth line
and type this text on one line:
Application, PrintOut Range:=wdPnntGurrentPage,
Copies:=1
Close the Visual Basic Editor and return to
the Word editing screen by selecting File, Close
and Return to Microsoft Word. You can test the
macro to make sure it works by selecting Tools,
Macro, Macros, select the macro name
PrintCurrentPage fromthe list and click Run.
Any macro you find in a book or future
columns in this papercan becreated using this

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To assign this macro to a shortcut key,
select Tools, Customize, Keyboard, from the
Categories list select Macros and from the
Macros list select the macro PrintCurrentPage.
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choose to overwrite this or press another key
combination until you find one that is unassigned or that you do not use. When you are
satisfied with your key combination, select
Assign, Close and Close. Now, whenever you
press this key combination the macro will run
and the current page will print.
You can add a button to your toolbar to run
this or any other macro. To do this right click
the toolbar and select Customize. Select the
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macro
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button and select Print. Select Tools, Macro,

and Record to stop recording the macro.
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SmartMaster tab. From the Select a Type of
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drag it into position then select OK, and Close. Select a Look box, select label.mwp and select In a previous column I suggested Quattro Pro
Assign the macro to a key combination by OK. Select the required Avery label number, had no COUNTIF, SUMIF or SUMPRODUCT
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(default is the best choice) and select Edit.
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Canada's past to find a place on the World Wide Web
ing actby which the country came across millions of square kilometers
Canada, the nation with "too

of roadless, unspoiled wilderness, much geography and not enough
United States, and has so far man- and which benefited its participants history" has been a world leader in
aged to avoid disintegration into for hundreds of years.
communications technologies in
ethnic fragments, seems to have
the broadest sense, out of necessity.
been driven by the desire of Uncs of cornrnnnlcetlon
To stitch the country together,
walking boots, wool b l ankets, Canada's founding peoples to find a The HBC, over the centuries of we' ve at various times been as good
down-filled whatevers, rustic knick way to live together through com- Canada's formation, compiled a as any other nation on earth at map
e other day, I was invited to
the opening of a new "'outfltters" in Toronto, one of those

placeswhere you can find outdoorsy clothes and accessories:
warm comfy plaid shirts, parkas,
together, avoided inclusion into the
knacks and the like, The store was promise rather than following the
done up in a kind of simulated log American model of absolute winners and losers.
The Canadian traditions and
elements of the "national character"
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a video screen showing the store's making ofCanada, andsome might

argue, in the formation of a
new Web site. In addition to a
"bricksend-mortar" retail operation Canadian personality, if one really
in downtown Toronto catering to exists. Founded in 1670 with a royal
C anadian shoppers, th e H B C charter from England's King Charles
Outfitters' store was simultaneeusly II, the Company of Adventurers
launching a global presence on the Trading into Hudson's Bay (also
Werld Wide Web, aiming te sell a known as the HBC, an initialism
taste of Canada's outdoors to cus- that is sometimes taken to stand for
tomers from Japan to Morocco.

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Canada is a strange country by any
'measure: incredibly rich in natural
Here Befoie Christ) began as an

expression of typically arrogant
European imperialism.
operations and its activities, It com-
ways, one of the best societies

humanity has so far managed to
produce, yet somehow uncertain of
whether it can or should continue
to exist. Perhaps it is natural that
Canadians are on some level chronically preoccupied with survival.
way.
There is a longing for a recon-
radio broadcasting, remote satellite
though, and it seems to be increas-
missioned the exploration and map- earth sensing, software creation,

ping of much of northern and west- search engines, and the design and
ing as nature itself is increasingly
construction of integrated satellite

and fibre optic data networks. At
various times, we' ve also been good
at communicating a message to
would-be immigrants to this country, attracting them to settle here,
and then also arranging their physical communication to this place.
What we too often forget, sitting
in our cities looking at TV or computer screens is that we are the way
we are because of the land we live
business relationships, contracts, in. The intimate cocoon of mass
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and careless exploitation. This
desire to reconnect to what made us
seems to be a general need of modern societies around the world.
Canada, as a remarkably civil society that has stewardship of a vast
and beautiful northern wilderness,

has a story that is worth teliing,
both here and abroad.

The Hudson's Bay Company
began as an intermediary for the
exchange of manufactured goods

desired by the native peoples for
natural products desired by
Europeans. It helped Canada come
into being as a nation of pragmatic
survivors, who learnedto make the
best of a difficult environment. For
those who want a hands-on experi-
Ne c a mAhehmt /
ence, the Torento store is a very

appealing visual and tactile experiencebut you have to go there to
touch it. Through the use of the
Web, however, it may be possible
for the HSC, and other Canadian
organizations and individuals, to
communicate the uniqueness of
Canada to the world and to ourselves. 0
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resources, geographically huge, to the company, without consulting

Judged by outsiders to be, in some its native inhabitants. However,
rooms and shepping mails where

we spend most of our lives serves to
cut us off from both our history and
the physical reality of the Canada
beyond the shoulder of the high-
huge paper database on its area of making, railway building, TV and nection to our past and to nature,
ern Canada, and kept meticulous

that have helped us make it this far records of its business dealings.
may be useful to our continued surHistorian Harold Innis develvival in the Digital Age. And if we oped a theory of Canada's history
want to understand who we are as a that saw communications as a cennation, and what we may have to tral organizing principle in how
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offer the rest of the world, we would countries develop and operate.
cabin/Muskoka cottage style, with a do well to remember the history of "Communications," to Innis was
huge float plane hanging from the one of our founding institutions, not limited to the transmission of
ceiling near the entrance, a tribute the Hudson's Bay Company, which data, however. Just as dreams and
was behind the outfitter's store I vis- beliefs are turned into the very solid
to the bush pilots who flew in
bricks and cement of a city, so the
Canada's north half a century ago. ited.
Over the roaring fireplace at the '

back of the store was the coat of Attention,wtlderness shoppers
arms of Canada's oldest company. The Hudson's Say Company was
In the centre of the coat of armswas one of the crucial elements in the
media distractions, offices, class-
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found themselves on the ground in
North America, watching the sails
of the company's shipsdisappearing

over the horizon, and with winter
coming on, they had no choice but
to adapt to the realities of their new
and organizational thought behind

the fur trade was made real in the
transportation and exchange of

physical goods. Intangible thought,
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anomalous lotus land. of B.C.'s
south coast is a fairly harsh envi- HBC traders depended on the good- part of the same human process.
To lnnis, communications
ronment for warm weather primates will of the native peoples for a successful business, and learned to included building and operating the
like humans to live in.
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Canada's early history was pre- endure patiently under very diffl- infrastructure that allowed the mancarious and occasionally even vio- cult conditions. The HBC, its native ufacture and the physical communilent, but somehow we generally business partners, and the enterpris- cation of goods through trade. The
avoided the worst atrocities that ing renegade French colonial result, as the saying goes, was that
afflicted the creation of so many conreursdu bois together established everything in Canadian history
other nations. The intricate balanc- a trading network that extended begins with the fur trade.
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