1994 20.08 1996

Vol.20 n°8 august 1995

Vol.20 n°8 august 1995

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News & Views

News & Views

p.24 Videoconferencing's Achilles' Heels

p.24 Videoconferencing's Achilles' Heels

Videoconferencing won't be used widely in business until two things change: interoperability improves and ISDN becomes more available

[theme : DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCING]

p.25 Hot Chips, Tough Choices

p.25 Hot Chips, Tough Choices

A new wave of multimedia processors will rely heavily on software support

[theme : MULTIMEDIA PROCESSORS]

p.26 Apple's New Multimedia Macs

p.26 Apple's New Multimedia Macs

At Boston MacWorld Expo this August, Apple is expected to introduce a new line of Power Macs

[theme : POWER MACS]

p.26 3.5 Will Get You 100

p.26 3.5 Will Get You 100

Two technologies are vying to become the next 3.5-inch floppy drive standard for holding 100 MB or more

[theme : STORAGE]

p.30 BBSes to Provide Local Web Access

p.30 BBSes to Provide Local Web Access

BBS software vendors are bringing Web capabilities to their products.

[theme : INTERNET ACCESS]

p.30 WinSock 2 Enhances Connectivity

p.30 WinSock 2 Enhances Connectivity

The new WinSock promises to liberate network applications from dependency on a single transport protocol.

[theme : NETWORKS]

p.34 Blue Laser, Bright Future

p.34 Blue Laser, Bright Future

Recent breakthroughs in blue laser diodes and blue LEDs portend higher-capacity CD-ROM discs and brighter projection displays.

p.40 Color Lasers: Faster, Easier, Cheaper

p.40 Color Lasers: Faster, Easier, Cheaper

A second generation of color laser printers is due soon.

p.168 What's New

p.168 What's New

Gateway 2000's 133-MHz Pentium PC is a tower of multimedia power; PhoneKits turns your PC into a personal phone manager; plus more.

Cover Story

Cover Story

[theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS]

p.48 Inside the Mind of Microsoft

p.48 Inside the Mind of Microsoft

Microsoft's OS strategy involves your desktop - and beyond.

[author : Tom R. Halfhill]

p.54 The Elegant Kludge

p.54 The Elegant Kludge

Windows 95 has tons of new features - as well as architectural anachronisms from Windows 3.1.

[author : Randall C. Kennedy]

Features

Features

p.63 Machine Learning Grows Up

p.63 Machine Learning Grows Up

What's the difference between Elwood and Jake? The right algorithm can tell you.

[theme : PATTERN RECOGNITION] [author : Peter Wayner]

p.69 The End of Programming

p.69 The End of Programming

It's over. Finis. Kaput. You'll never have to write another line of code ever again. Yeah. Right.

[author : David S. Linthicum]

p.74 Solutions Focus: Big OOP, No Oops

p.74 Solutions Focus: Big OOP, No Oops

Moving to object-oriented development can be like diving into shark-infested waters. GTE took the plunge. Here's what happened.

[author : Edmund X. Dejesus]

p.103 Live wire

p.103 Live wire

BYTE's new 56-Kbps link to the Internet sparks concern over public versus private IP addressing.

[theme : THE BYTE NETWORK PROJECT] [author : Jon Udell]

State of the Art

State of the Art

p.83 Herd Instincts

p.83 Herd Instincts

Groupware's technical problems are huge, but they're being solved.

[author : Alan Joch]

p.84 Competing Platforms

p.84 Competing Platforms

How do Notes, Exchange, and GroupWise compare today? How will they compare tomorrow?

[author : David Marshak]

p.88 Replication's Fast Track

p.88 Replication's Fast Track

Large-scale data replication becomes less daunting with the right scheduling and systems management.

[author : David Yavin]

p.88B Light at the End of the Tunnel, or an Oncoming Train?

p.88B Light at the End of the Tunnel, or an Oncoming Train?

p.88D Strained Relations.

p.88D Strained Relations.

p.90 How Exchange Handles Replication

p.90 How Exchange Handles Replication

p.93 Under Construction

p.93 Under Construction

Have pity on groupware developers. They've got some serious problems to deal with.

[author : Kelly Trammell]

p.98 Doin' the LN:DI

p.98 Doin' the LN:DI

p.100 Telephony's Wake-Up Call

p.100 Telephony's Wake-Up Call

Reviews

Reviews

p.111 Send in the Clones

p.111 Send in the Clones

Power Mac clones! We take a look at one of the first, from Power Computing, to see how it stacks up against Apple's.

[theme : SYSTEMS] [author : Tom Thomson]

p.113 Five-in-One Peripherals

p.113 Five-in-One Peripherals

They fax. They scan. They copy. And they cost less than a grand. These do-it-all devices from Brother, Canon, HP, and Lexmark save space and money.

[theme : MULTIFUNCTION HARDWARE] [author : G. Armour Van Horn]

p.117 Foxy Move to Client/Server

p.117 Foxy Move to Client/Server

FoxPro developers looking to upsize to client/server will find Microsoft's Visual FoxPro 3.0 a worthy vehicle.

[theme : DATABASES] [author : DAVID S. LINTHICUM]

p.121 The Matrox Triple Threat

p.121 The Matrox Triple Threat

Matrox's new Millennium combines a GUI, 3-D graphics, and video-play-back acceleration on one card fur only $379.

[author : GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS] [author : GREG LOVERIA]

p.123 Unix with No Excuses

p.123 Unix with No Excuses

IBM's AIX 4.1 embraces historical strengths, emerging standards, and technical innovations. They can't say AIX stands for "Ain't Unix" anymore.

[theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS] [author : MARC PAWLIGER]

p.129 Portable-Data Stars

p.129 Portable-Data Stars

New removable-media drives from Iomega and SyQuest forge a new niche in data storage.

[theme : DATA STORAGE] [author : STAN MIASTKOWSKI]

p.130 SyQuest Takes On Zip

p.130 SyQuest Takes On Zip

p.132 Sony's Mini-MO

p.132 Sony's Mini-MO

p.134 Lab Report: Five Internet Servers Go Head-to-Head

p.134 Lab Report: Five Internet Servers Go Head-to-Head

On-line business is Big Business. We stress-test four RISC-based systems and a Gateway P5-120XL, all configured as in-house Internet file servers.

[theme : INTERNET HARDWARE]

p.136 Best for the Net

p.136 Best for the Net

p.138 How the WWW Is Put Together

p.138 How the WWW Is Put Together

p.141 A Recommended WWW Server Configuration

p.141 A Recommended WWW Server Configuration

p.143 Support a Sate Internet Secure Your Site

p.143 Support a Sate Internet Secure Your Site

p.143 Honorable Mentions

p.143 Honorable Mentions

p.143 Dubious Achievements

p.143 Dubious Achievements

[author : Core Technologies]

p.149 Building the Better Virtual CPU

p.149 Building the Better Virtual CPU

How Apple revved up its 680x0 emulator

[theme : CPUS] [author : Tom Thompson]

p.151 Novell Builds a NEST

p.151 Novell Builds a NEST

Novell's vision of pervasive computing requires NetWare to move beyond traditional networked computers. Embedded Systems Technology brings NetWare to the broader market for controllers and embedded devices.

[theme : OPERATING SYSTEMS] [author : Salvatore Salamone]

p.153 PostScript Sins

p.153 PostScript Sins

Errors in PostScript files are becoming painfully plentiful. Here are some of the most common ones.

[theme : PROGRAMMING] [author : Kevin Thompson]

p.155 Merging ATM and Ethernet

p.155 Merging ATM and Ethernet

Combining ATM switches with Ethernet switching hubs economically increases network bandwidth.

[author : Salvatore Salamone]

Opinions

Opinions

p.159 Pournelle: Windows 95 Pastiche

p.159 Pournelle: Windows 95 Pastiche

Jerry continues to pry the seams of Windows 95.

[author : Jerry Pournelle]

p.45 Books and CD-ROMs: Big Blue: An Insider's View

p.45 Books and CD-ROMs: Big Blue: An Insider's View

An insider's look at IBM's history, and information technology reports on CD-ROM.

[author : Rowland Aertker]

p.218 Commentary: Stop, Look, and Listen!

p.218 Commentary: Stop, Look, and Listen!

Just because you can put it on-line doesn't mean people want it.

[author : Nick Baran]

p.10 Editorial

p.10 Editorial

[author : Raphael Needleman]

p.41 Blasts from the Past

p.41 Blasts from the Past

Highlights from two decades of the PC revolution.

[author : Dennis Barker]

p.18 Letters

p.18 Letters

Huzzahs for heuristics, plus comments on mobile computing.