Introducing the Hewlett-Packard Vectra 386, one of the first EISA machines.
[author : Nick Baran]
Excel for OS/2 with Presentation Manager, Microsoft's spreadsheet for OS/2
Cornerstone SinglePage XL, a monitor for desktop publishing
Prograph 1.2, a pictorial development system from Gunakara Sun Systems
TekColor for the Macintosh, a color-matching system from Tektronix
FormWorx System 2, an updated forms-processing package
Cheetah's and ALR's new 80486 systems offer more performance for less money.
[author : Michael E. Nadeau and Frank Haves]
The Poqet PC has all the power of an IBM PC, yet it's as small as a videocassette.
[author : Nick Baran]
Jerry looks at disk-based reference materials, a floppy disk controller, and educational software.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
A series of environment variables let you tailor Unix to your own liking.
[author : David Fiedler]
Sharing a database doesn't require a mainframe anymore
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
Don gets a new scientific CD-ROM and uses the new Macs.
[author : Don Crabb]
Fine-tuning OS/2's multitasking priorities.
[author : Mark J. Minasi]
The most common LAN gateways are "modem-pooling" devices used over common dial-up lines.
[author : Barry Nance]
The BYTE Lab looks at 11 intelligent graphics controllers that bring new speed and flexibility to PC graphics.
[author : Steve Apiki, Howard Eglowstein, and Rick Grehan]
The DECstation 3100 shows strength as a number-crunching workstation.
[author : Ben Smith and Rob Mitchell]
Looking for a diskless PC? These two 80286-based machines from Wyse and TeleVideo might fit your needs.
[author : Bill Catchings and Mark L. Van Name]
Enhanced connection modules from Dayna and TOPS offer a boost for LocalTalk networks.
[author : Tom Thompson]
GigaTrend's pioneering DAT drive helps monied Mac users easily store gigabytes of data.
[author : Don Crabb]
Hayes' X.25 modem produces installation headaches, but its accuracy and speed are worth the fuss.
[author : Stephen Satchell]
Master the Mac Interface with Prototyper from SmethersBarnes.
[author : Ray Valdes]
Texas Instruments' microExplorer turns the Mac II into a Lisp machine.
[author : Alex Lane]
Lotus 1-2-3 release 3.0 has a lot of welcome changes, but did Lotus go far enough?
[author : Edward Reno]
Alpha Four from Alpha Software provides a menu-driven alternative to dBASE file formats.
[author : Malcolm C. Rubel]
Interleaf's Technical Publishing Software 4.0 for Unix systems is a peek at high-end publishing.
[author : Jon Udell]
Three price/performance systems, tools that make Windows painless, a mouse for 1-2-3, and more.
One prediction for the future.
[author : Steve Krueger]
Wider memory isn't necessarily faster memory.
[author : Ron Sartore]
Will the 80486 and the 68040, heirs to the dynasties built by Intel and Motorola, slow the RISC bandwagon?
[author : Michael Slater and John H. Wharton]
Learn how PC, Mac, and Unix systems let you use your hard disk as program memory.
[author : Robert Moote]
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Binary porting lets you run DOS applications on the latest Unix workstations.
[author : Colin Hunter and John Banning]
Some 32-bit software issues to consider, including 80386-specific versus 32-bit software and various aspects of OS/2.
[author : Bill Blagdan]
With agreements on digital audio tape near, manufacturers are teaching an old technology new tricks.
[author : Jay Bretzmann]
A quick tour through almost 100 years of off-line computer mass storage.
[author : Robert R. Gaskin]
The advent of digital type has brought variety, flexibility, and a few problems to publishing.
[author : John Collins]
Will a new, object-oriented kernel change the face of Unix?
[author : Avadis Tevanian Jr. and Ben Smith]
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture emerges from the lab to challenge IBM's Micro Channel Architecture.
[author : L. Brett Glass]
The investigation of network interfaces continues, this time with the popular NetBIOS.
[author : Rick Grehan]