Nov 95 New Products

The notion of teamwork has moved from the playing field into the office, where workgroups is a new buzzword. Software aimed at workgroups brings coworkers together--whether the job at hand involves conferencing, diagramming or gathering information.

TeamTalk 2.0 is an upgrade of a network-based group discussion package. The new version makes conferencing via PC more like conversing in person. Dynamic Topics support complex discussions, and Automatic Topic Creation lets remote users create new topics through e-mail. Each Topic has a member list, and TeamTalk notifies the members of new updates. The program supports OLE 2.0.

TeamFlow 4 for Networks combines flowcharting, organizational charting, Gantt charting and document management for team-based process management.

It allows team members to quickly define, chart, modify and rechart business processes.

TeamWare Flow 1.0 is a collaborative planning package that includes server software, client tool applications, client API, scripting language, a library document management system and directory user database.

TeamTalk 2.0, five users, $395.
Trax Softworks
800-367-8729, 310-649-5800.

TeamFlow 4 for Networks, five users, $1,150; 10 users, $2,000.
CFM
800-647-1708, 617-275-5258.

TeamWare Flow 1.0, per user, $495.
TeamWare Division of ICL
800-240-TEAM, 408-982-3026.

DB/TextWorks handles text documents the way databases handle numeric information. The textbase management system works as fast as a text-retrieval program and has database sorting capabilities.

DB/TextWorks instantly finds and retrieves information from electronic documents, including e-mail. Inmagic claims its product can perform a keyword search across 200,000 records in one second.

Fields are unlimited in length, so you can put boundless text into the records.

Search options include keyword, word stem, phrase, nested Boolean, ranges and comparisons. You can also have the program ignore leading articles and stop words.

DB/TextWorks includes a report writer and is geared for individuals or workgroups. It works with Windows 3.x, but Win95 and NT versions are planned.

Single user, $795; five users, $2,900; 100 users, $24,900.

Inmagic
617-938-4442, fax 617-938-6393.

Quarterdeck upgraded its software utilities to help improve the performance of Windows 95. CleanSweep 95 is a 32-bit uninstaller that removes any 16- or 32-bit program while providing full archiving and backups. MagnaRAM for Windows 95 provides 32-bit memory compression and WINProbe 95 is a diagnostic utility that helps maximize system performance. QEMM for Windows 95 adds 32-bit compression to its memory management functions. CleanSweep, $29.95 (street); MagnaRAM, $39.95 (street); WINProbe, from $39 (street); QEMM, from $59 (street.).

Quarterdeck Corp.
800-683-6696, 813-523-9700.

CommSuite 95 delivers applications for fax, voice messaging, telephony, Internet access, e-mail and paging for Windows 95.

At the core of the suite is WinFax PRO 7.0, which now includes full MAPI e-mail support and built-in paging. The suite also includes Cyberjack 7.0, WinComm PRO 7.0 and CommBar. $99 (street).

Delrina Corp.
800-268-6082, 408-363-2345.

Performance '95 tells you whether your PC is humming or wheezing under Windows 95. It offers graphical displays of CPU and RAM utilization for all programs and threads, showing if your PC is running efficiently or needs more power. $79 (direct).

BonAmi Software Corp.
508-371-1997, fax 508-371-2333.

Having powerful multimedia functions is one thing; controlling them is something else. The Futuretouch Multimedia Soundpad is a 21-button keypad about the size of a credit card that works like a TV remote control. You use it to control audio mixing and other CD audio functions of multimedia PCs. The Multimedia Soundpad makes it easier to play and control the sound of music CDs while running games or other applications.

It provides one-touch control of volume, tone, balance and the relative output levels of voice (Wave), background music (MIDI), microphone, CD and auxiliary line input. The unit also includes mute and CD-ROM eject buttons.

The Multimedia Soundpad's attached cable with a standard serial DB-9 connector plugs into PC serial ports, does not require IRQs and is Plug-and-Play compliant. It comes with foam tape and rubber feet so you can mount it on a monitor, the front of your PC or keyboard, or the desktop. $39.95 (direct).

Futuretouch
800-860-4072, 714-558-6824.

Who's watching your kids to keep them away from things they shouldn't see on your PC? Cybersitter.

Cybersitter lets you block access to adult content on the Internet and online services. The program monitors computer activity and aborts any attempt by children to view or download inappropriate material. If required, Cybersitter will notify you if and when someone tried to access a blocked file or application.

Cybersitter can restrict access to files on the PC's hard disk, floppy drives and CD-ROM drives. Cybersitter will also block access to games, personal files or any specific programs you don't want the kids to touch.

The program works invisibly. When there is an attempt to access a blocked file or application, a general message error pops up telling the user the operation can't proceed. $29.95 (street).

Solid Oak Software
800-388-2761, 805-967-9853.

MicroSpeed PC-Trac Deluxe gives you more flexibility with the peripheral you physically handle most often. Its dual-standard interface connects to the serial and mouse port, and its dual remote button interface lets you operate the mouse buttons with foot pedals.

An RJ-11 port connects the PC-Trac Deluxe to one or two foot pedals. This frees your hands while you operate the trackball.

The trackball includes three buttons--the extra one provides drag lock. $99; foot pedals: $19.95 each, $29.95 pair.

MicroSpeed
800-GET-SPEED, 510-490-1403.

Here & Now lets your office live with mixed marriages between PCs and Macs. Use the utility to read, write and transfer Macintosh files as if they were native Windows files. Here & Now establishes links from Macintosh file extensions to the appropriate Windows applications. Its default links support Word, PageMaker, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and other applications. You can customize Here & Now to support 200 extensions. $89.95.

Software Architects
800-863-9297, 206-487-0122.

Next time you're mad enough to write your Congressional representatives, you'll know where to find them. Congress tells you how to get in touch with all U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives, as well as governors of every state, the President and Vice President. It gives their postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, as well as term status. $29.

True Basic
800-436-2111, fax 603-298-8517.

Not even Ed Sullivan, who spent years talking to Topo Gigio, would ever imagine anything like Media Depot's Media Mouse. It barks like a dog, roars like a Ferrari and can even carry a tune. The sounds emanate from three bundled CD-ROMs. You can program noises to correspond to any movement. It also works as a two-button tracking device. $39 (street).

Media Depot
909-629-2597, fax 909-629-7084.

Display, manipulate and print image files, access client/server images, and perform document management functions all from within Visual Basic 3.0 with Wang's OPEN/ image Custom Controls for Visual Basic 2.0. Annotation controls let your users mark up images with rectangles and freehand, straight and highlighted lines.

They can also attach text or bitmap stamps, enter text directly on an image, or send, fax or print an image. Other features include image flipping and rotation, and the ability to scan a file with compatible scanners. Users can even create a tool palette.

The scale-to-gray feature improves the appearance and readability of black-and-white images.

The package includes a user guide and programmer's reference, sample programs, and scanner drivers, along with a single-user runtime. OPEN/ image supports .BMP, TIFF and WIFF files. $195; upgrade from Release 1.0, $49.

Wang Laboratories
800-639-WANG, 508-967-5000.

EnQuiry helps you rapidly develop client/server applications. The program is a point-and-click answer for building SQL queries and Visual Basic with corresponding data-bound controls.

As you build your query, EnQuiry provides live previews of your query result and resulting form layout, which uses standard Visual Basic DAO controls. You can process your query through a variety of data sources, including Access/MDB or ODBC.

EnQuiry provides step-by-step help as well as a Query Advisory that finds errors (such as unjoined tables) and offers warnings (such as, your results need to be refreshed). $395; limited time introductory price, $299.

Crescent Division, Progress Software
800-352-2742, 617-280-4520.

Give your brain a rest and insert properly formatted API calls into your Visual Basic, VBA or Access code, including the required declarations, and argument templates for 744 16-bit API function calls. Compatible with Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows NT, the WIN API Object Browser prompts you for any user-defined data types if required, and pastes a "wrapper" procedure around 20 of the most commonly used API functions. It includes tips on calling WIN API functions. $79 (direct).

Cobre Software
206-516-2902, fax 206-329-3448.

Turn your multimedia applications into "talkies" with ToolVox. The speech-coding technology compresses voice up to 35 to 1 (at 11kHz) without compromising the sound, using its own proprietary format. The Warp-It tools let you change the playback speed, and Morph-It lets you change resonance, pitch and timbre. PerfectPitch lets you shift voice pitch up across a three-octave range. The kit ships as a set of APIs and DLLs. $895 (includes 5,000 runtime licenses).

Voxware
609-497-1212, fax 609-497-2490.

Add telephony features to your 32-bit Windows application with Visual Voice. The 32-bit OLE control provides interfaces to let you place calls, answer inbound calls, prompt for Touch-tone input, and place and record voice files.

It also sends and receives faxes, including fax on demand.

Integrate your application with a PBX to transfer a call or set up a conference. Two-line version, $495.

Stylus Innovation
617-621-9545, fax 617-621-7862.

Build an interactive voice response application with voysAccess for Visual Basic. The custom control lets you telephone-enable your applications and includes a rapid application development tool, voysDesigner, that supports branching and a database navigation interface for quick database access. Software only, supports two lines, $595.

Voysys Corp.
800-3VOYSYS, 510-252-1100.

Now you can run Windows NT on any computer--including your notebook or an old 2MB PC. WinFrame for Networks is a Windows NT remote-computing platform that combines remote-node and remote-control solutions. It lets applications run where their performance is optimized. You can connect any computer to an NT server and run NT. WinFrame's client software also works with Windows 95 and DOS, so even DOS users are able to tap into 16- and 32-bit Windows applications.

WinFrame supports up to 60 concurrent users on a four-way 90MHz Pentium server. Its local-remote transparency combines the functions of remote-node and remote-control solutions. By clicking on one icon, you can launch multiple applications that WinFrame for Networks runs locally on the LAN or remotely on your notebook. Databases, legacy programs and other high-bandwidth applications run locally on the network; bandwidth-efficient programs run remotely on the notebook.

WinFrame for Networks integrates into Windows for Workgroups and LAN Manager as well as Novell NetWare networks. 15 concurrent users (including application server), $5,995.

Citrix Systems
800-437-7503, 305-755-0559.

Software that lets you remotely control your PC might just be the next best thing to being there.

Remotely Possible/32 and WanderLink PPP Client Pack give you remote access to any PC on a LAN, including your own. Remotely Possible/32 is the 32-bit version of the software program designed for workers in the field, classroom training and support, and help-desk situations. Its multitasking capability gives you control of multiple-host or viewer PCs from your PC even while transferring a file. This version, for Windows 95 and NT, supports drag-and-drop file transfer and the new Windows 95 interface user controls.

WanderLink PPP Client Pack works with remote-access servers that support the Point-to-Point protocol. Connect your computer over phone lines and it becomes a node on the network. You can connect to many networks from one interface, regardless of which remote server is installed. You can even control PCs on the network not connected by phone line and modem. WanderLink PPP Client Pack needs only 13KB of memory.

LapLink Host works in the opposite direction. Technicians use LapLink Host in combination with LapLink to support PCs in the field, reducing support costs and downtime. With the software loaded on the remote PC, the technical support staff can remotely control the computer to diagnose and resolve problems.

Remotely Possible/32, for two PCs, $169.
Avalan Technology
508-429-6482, fax 508-429-3179.

WanderLink PPP Client Pack, per user, $99.
Funk Software
617-497-6339,fax 617-547-1031

LapLink Host, single user, $89.95; 10 users, $499.95.
Traveling Software
800-343-8080, 206-483-8088.

The Hewlett-Packard NetServer 5/133 LS line of Pentium PCI servers comes in three models. The LS has a single microprocessor, the LS2 has a dual SMP card processor and the LS4 includes a quad system with two processors and dual SMP cards. They all have 64-bit clock-independent system buses and dual-PCI Peer buses. LS, $12,068; LS2, $18,511; LS4, $28,420.

Hewlett-Packard Co.
800-322-4772, 415-857-1501.

The NEC RISCstation 2200 operates at 200MHz, supports 1MB of level 2 cache, and provides enhanced graphic capabilities with 2-D and 3-D Open GL graphics accelerator PCI cards. The system includes SCSI-2, 16-bit Business Audio, 10BaseT Ethernet, a 1.44MB diskette, and 1GB or 2GB hard disks. 16MB RAM, no hard disk, $5,299(street); 32MB RAM, 2GB hard disk, $7,679(street); dual-processor 32MB RAM, 1GB hard disk, $9,654(street); 64MB RAM, 1GB hard disk, 3-D graphics, $10,874(street).

NEC Technologies
800-NEC-INFO, 415-528-6000.

The Aspen Systems Telluride 275 Power Workstation runs at 275MHz with seven PCI slots, 2MB of cache expandable to 8MB, and 128-bit access to the cache and system RAM. $14,465.

Aspen Systems
303-431-4606, fax 303-431-7196.

U.S. Robotics' first ISDN (integrated services digital network) product is designed to ease the transition from analog systems to ISDN.

The U.S. Robotics Courier I-Modem with ISDN/V.34 is an ISDN terminal adapter with an integrated V.34 modem. The product gives you ISDN's higher bandwidth while letting you keep your analog data and fax capabilities. It communicates with analog modems and fax devices, Switched 56 devices and ISDN products.

The I-Modem is compatible with V.34, V.Fast Class, V.32-terbo and slower modems.

This maintains access to providers that are not yet using ISDN, including Internet, online and home banking services. The Courier I-Modem connects to BRI (Basic Rates Interface) ISDN services. BRI includes two 64KBps B channels and a 16KBps D channel. The modem's analog features are identical to those of U.S. Robotics' V.Everything with V.34. It also comes bundled with QuickLink II software. PC-based ISA card, $595; external desktop, $645.

U.S. Robotics
800-USR-CORP, 708-982-5010.

Need to beef up your LAN's security? Edge Router software lets you configure the Gandalf XpressConnect LANLine 5242i's IP (Internet Protocol) route to restore order to your network.

Edge Router allows companies to define the information each user can access, and which applications are available to the user.

Edge Router features Gandalf's 8: 1 data compression, which minimizes file transfer times and saves money on ISDN service charges. It also includes Stacker LZS compression (up to 4: 1) for use when XpressConnect LANLine 5242i isn't connected to Gandalf concentrators. LANLine 5242i plugs into the ISDN BRI wall jack, and its Touch-tone telephone configuration makes setup a snap. It comes with an integrated ISDN Terminal Adapter and network terminator. LANLine 5242i's voice channel supports an analog phone, fax machine, answering machine and a modem. Edge Router software supports PPP, PPP Multilink, and CHAP and PAP security features. $1,550.

Gandalf Technologies
613-723-6500, fax 613-226-1717

The Rockwell Network Systems NetHopper NH-BRI 600 Series can cut your ISDN charges down to size by eliminating unnecessary dialing. It also comes with an integrated modem for backup in case the main ISDN line fails. The series is an integral Basic Rate solution. Its SmartRoute software adds dial suppression, tightens security, enhances compression and supports Windows 95's Dial-Up Networking Clients. An internal V.34 modem and U-interface are optional. One-line, $1,495; two-line, $2,095.

Rockwell Network Systems
800-262-8023, 805-968-4262.

Remember the bad old days, when modems were only good for sending and receiving faxes and data through your PC? That was before voice-capable modems like Cardinal's new 14.4Kbps and 28.8Kbps internal and external models arrived. These modems let you command your computer to manage all your telecommunications functions--including answering the phone and greeting the caller.

Cardinal MVP144IV2, MVP144XV2, MVP288IV and MVP288XV modems give your PC voice mail and answering machine capabilities. They feature caller ID and call screening, and let you retrieve voice messages and faxes from one computer screen. And you can view, sort or forward those messages in any order you want.

The modems are Plug and Play-compatible with any PnP system using Windows 95, and they support up to 4: 1 data compression. The units also support the VoiceView protocol, allowing them to exchange visual information with automated agents--or actual humans--during a normal phone conversation.

MVP144IV2 (internal), $89; MVP144XV2 (external), $99; MVP288IV (internal), $185; MVP288XV (external), $209.

Cardinal Technologies
800-775-0899, 717-293-3000

Even scribes using digital pens can make mistakes. The solution: a digital eraser.

The Wacom Erasing UltraPen works with Wacom's graphics tablets to give digital sketchers a margin of error. The pen provides 256 pressure levels for its tip and eraser, which works like the old rubber standby--the harder you press, the more it erases.

And if you're working on software that doesn't support the eraser, you can use it to select and delete text or cells. Press and drag to select text, then lift the eraser to delete.

Fractal Design Dabbler 1.1a, SmartSketch, Photoshop 3.04 and QFX are among the graphics programs that support the erasing pen. It doesn't require a cord or battery, and you can program a side switch to launch a macro.

The Erasing UltraPen is 9mm in diameter and weighs one-third of an ounce. The side switch lets you customize pressure levels.

The erasing pen ships with Wacom's 4x5-inch ArtPad II and ArtZ II pads, which come in four sizes: 6x8, 12x12, 12x18 and 18x25 inches. ArtPad II, $174.99; ArtZ II, $389.99 to $2,449.99.

Wacom Technology
800-922-6613, 360-750-8882

Mutoh America, seeking to make its cordless pens look and feel more like the real thing, has made its new pens smaller and given them more visible writing tips to allow greater accuracy.

The Mutoh America KCP4 CAD Writing Pen and KCP5 Artist Pressure Pen have a sleeker design than their predecessors. They come with a removable barrel to simplify battery replacement, as well as a power management system that will help you get the most from the units' 1.5-volt AAAA alkaline battery.

The pens power down when the tip is inactive, then return to full operating mode when the tip is activated. The KCP4 also features a side switch that lets you switch the tip and regulate the pen's electromagnetic signal. KCP4 CAD Writing Pen, $70; KCP5 Artist Pressure Pen, $200.

Mutoh America
800-99-MUTOH, 602-276-5533

Sign right here on the digitizer...with the Inforite IFC2000 signature capture device. The IFC2000 stores signatures as electronic receipts; customers sign on a transparent signature pad with a non-electronic stylus. An LCD positioned below the digitizer displays the signature, which is stored on the device for retrieval as needed. The IFC2000 holds up to 200 signatures. The customer can also place a piece of paper over the pad and use an ink pen for a paper copy of the receipt. The IFC2000 weighs 1 pound and measures 1.5 by 6 by 7 inches. $649.

Inforite
800-366-4635, 415-571-8766

Visual Reality 2.0 packs 2GB of 3-D objects and environments into a four-module suite for graphic artists, designers and multimedia developers. The updated version includes fast rendering, enhanced free-form modeling, keyframe object and camera animation, and the ability to drag and drop 3-D data from Visual Catalog, the suite's 3-D data collection. The software's modules are RenderizeLive, Visual Model, Visual Image and Visual Font. $259.

Visual Software
800-669-7318, 818-883-7900

XCAD 3.1 supports IGES files and has a 32-bit architecture as well as 3-D surface drawing and editing capabilities. It runs in Windows 95 and Windows NT in addition to Win 3.1, and allows you to import and export objects created using non-uniform rational B-Spline (NURBS) surfaces. XCAD's Command Emulator accepts commands from AutoCAD, Generic CADD and MicroStation. $495.

Xitron Software
602-861-3550

Symbol Libraries for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and AutoCADmenu are designed to make life easier for AutoCAD designers. The Symbol Libraries offer thousands of symbols in eight disciplines; AutoCADmenu provides control over drawing setup, layers, dimensioning, 2-D and 3-D view management, text sizes and pen widths. Symbol Libraries, $199; AutoCADmenu, $99.

Man and Machine
800-598-0119, 602-858-0119

Even utilities come in suites these days, and PC Care is one that's been customized for Windows 95 (it also works under Windows 3.1x).

It provides system information and diagnostics, cleans and tunes up your system and uninstalls applications.

PC Care's System Information module will tell you everything you need to know about your PC's EISA, PCI, Plug-and-Play, PCMCIA, SCSI, power management, multimedia and network functions.

System Clean Up removes unwanted elements such as orphan files (.DLL and other files whose parent executables have already been deleted). System Tune Up improves system performance by tuning up your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files and recommends hardware configuration changes to increase CPU and hard disk performance. Application Uninstall removes all files, icons, program groups and system file entries associated with all eliminated applications, along with fonts, drivers, system file entries, executables, icons and program groups. $39.95; upgrade from AMIDiag 4.0 or later, $24.95 (direct).

American Megatrends
800-828-9264, 770-263-8181.

Name-IT brings one of Windows 95's best features--long filenames--to Windows 3.x applications that are running in Win95. The utility lets you break the eight-character filename barrier in existing Windows files.

If you're running applications with custom Open and Save As dialog boxes, such as WordPerfect and Excel, Name-IT adds a command button to the Open and Save As dialog box. Click on it to display a Windows 95 long filename box, and type in your long names.

For applications with common Open and Save As dialog boxes, such as WinCIM and AOL, Name-IT substitutes a Windows 95 long filename dialog box. Name-IT uses the native Win95 Virtual File Allocation Table (VFAT) to insure 100 percent compatibility. $29.95 (street).

Vertisoft Systems
800-466-5875, 803-295-3163.

WinDelete 2.0 now previews system changes before making them, uninstalls every file type including CD-ROM and display device drivers, and offers hundreds of personalized system tips for optimizing Windows.

The new version also provides direct access to .INI files with View, Edit, Backup and Save features. WinDelete monitors applications as they're installed. It helps prevent accidental deletions with green and yellow "traffic light" file coding. You have the option of undoing or restoring deleted files with one quick step. $49.95.

IMSI
800-833-8082, 415-257-3000.

PC Certify Pro runs the diagnostics gamut from quick system tests that take minutes all the way to a 24-hour system burn in 2.4 hours. The software features 10 test group profiles, 18 command-line switches, unlimited reporting and 11 diagnostic utilities that help pinpoint system errors. It tests CPU and FPU, memory, system board, video adapter, serial and parallel ports, fixed disks and floppy drives. $249.

Quarterdeck
800-683-6696, 813-523-9700.

ForeFront's Help Buttons and Help Browser 2 make Windows help files more usable. Help Buttons creates buttons and toolbars, adding Up, Down and Inactive button states to Win-Help with different graphics or text for each state. You can link each button to an action. Help Browser 2 adds Browse and Find Text buttons to the WinHelp button bar. Help Buttons, $69; Help Browser, single user, $89, 2,000-user license, $759.

ForeFront
800-357-8507, 303-499-9181.

MegaPak for Windows 95 is like a greatest hits collection of shareware created for Windows 95. The CD-ROM includes hundreds of software applications, tools, utilities and games designed to take advantage of Windows 95's 32-bit speed, preemptive multitasking and multimedia features. $29.95.

Abacus
800-451-4319, 616-698-0330.

We still don't know how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but now we know we can fit over 1 billion bytes of information in our hip pocket.

The Summatec Mirror Link removable storage cartridge holds up to 1.3GB in a 3- by 5-inch cartridge that weighs 7 ounces. The Mirror Link comes with a docking station, which connects the removable drive to a computer and contains all required software.

The hard disk is sealed in an impact-resistant cartridge, and loads and ejects as if it were a diskette. Starting at a retail price of $1,073 for the drive and cartridge, you can store information at about $1 per MB. With Mirror Link, you don't have to sacrifice speed for portability. It has a 13.3MB per second transfer rate with EIDE drives and a 10MBps rate with Fast SCSI-2 drives. With Mirror-Link you can use several hard drives with one PC. Its average seek time is 13ms. Docking station and cartridge, from $1,073; docking station, from $278; cartridge alone, from $750.

Summatec Computer Corp.
800-335-7573, 619-726-7807.

The Exabyte 1500 is a turnkey Plug-and-Play tape drive solution that costs under $200 and lets you store up to 1.3GB through double data compression.

The DC2000 minicartridge supports QIC-3010 and QIC-3020 recording standards.

Aimed at the home or small office user, the Exabyte 1500 has a maximum 9.3MB per minute transfer rate if you use the included 2Mbps accelerator card. The actual tranfer rate, however, depends on your system.

Because it supports two quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) standards, the unit provides an upgrade path as your requirements grow.

The Exabyte 1500's native capacity is 340MB in QIC-3010 mode and 680MB in QIC-3020. Data compression software doubles those capacities.

The 3.5-inch drive is packaged to fit in 5.25 form factors, and includes backup software, an accelerator card, cables and a preformatted Exatape MC3000XL mini data cartridge. $199 (street).

Exabyte Corp.
800-EXABYTE, 303-442-4333.

Intelligent Computer Solutions ImageMasster 1000 can load Windows 95 onto four hard disks in less than three minutes. It simplifies installation and upgrad-ing. The software duplication and disk-drive diagnostic system also tests the software. The 1000i model is for IDE drives, the 1000s for SCSI drives, and the 1000p is for copying data from a PC to a hard drive through the parallel port. The IQcopy feature copies only areas of the disk that actually contain the Win95 data. 1000i, $3,985; 1000s and 1000p, $4,485 each.

Intelligent Computer Solutions
818-998-5805, fax 818-998-3190.

MicroSpeed WinTrac 95 adds protected-mode drivers for 32-bit operation. WinTrac 95 consists of a trackball, trackwheel and three function buttons, plus control panel software. You can scroll documents without moving the pointer to the slide bars. WinTrac 95's AutoDrag feature lets you lock any button, simplifying drag and drop. $139.

MicroSpeed
800-GET-SPEED, 510-490-1403.

RoboHELP 95 turns Word 7 for Windows 95 and 32-bit Word 6.0 for Windows NT into hypertext authoring tools. RoboHELP lets you create a Help system Contents tab without programming--just drag and drop. It allows for easy preview, integration and customization of multimedia properties, and supports 256-color, high-resolution and transparent graphics. A visual tool palette leads to quick creation of jumps, topics, popups, macros, secondary windows and other Help features. $499; upgrade for registered RoboHELP 3.0 users, $149.

Blue Sky Software Corp.
800-459-2356, 619-459-6365.

The Digi International AccelePort/PnP controllers are designed to simplify the installation of remote-access devices, especially in systems running Windows 95. When plugged into the expansion slot of any ISA-based system, the half-card AccelePort controllers supply one or two high-speed serial ports that support ISDN terminal adapters and modem connections. They support Win95's Plug-and-Play capabilities by checking for installed hardware in a system on bootup, locating available settings and loading the right device drivers. One port, $109; two ports, $149.

Digi International
800-782-7428, 216-349-1860.