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\\ MMMM // ----------------- \\\ MM /// INFO-MAT Magazine \\\\MM//// ----------------- \\ \MM/ // Vol. 5, No. 26 \\ MMMM // September 5, 1989 --- Whole #219 --- Editor: Alan R. Bechtold Associate Editor: Tim Elmer Technical Director: Gary Funk COPYRIGHT (C) 1989, by BBS Press Service, Inc. (BPS), 8125 S.W. 21st Street, Topeka, KS 66615. Editorial & Advertising: 913-478-3157. Data Line (VIA MODEM): 913-478-9239. >>SPECIAL HEADLINE EDITION<< ==================================== This SPECIAL HEADLINE EDITION of INFO-MAT MAGAZINE is copyrighted, but may be distributed freely by ANYONE, as long as NO ALTERATIONS in the text of this file are made in any manner whatsoever. Any unauthorized deletion of ANY portion of this file, or addition to this file, will be considered a copyright violation. ==================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS: ITEM # ITEM <1> PHOENIX SHIPPING 80486 ROM BIOS <2> PRIAM TO CUT WORKFORCE 25 PERCENT <3> MORE STORES SELLING AMSTRAD PCs <4> MEMORYBANK MANAGER 3.0 FOR MAC <5> DOCUCOMP AVAILABLE FOR THE MAC <6> NeXT COMMITS TO GRAPHICS DESIGN <7> PRIME TO DEVELOP DOS EXTENDERS <8> LOTUS 1-2-3 A HIT IN JAPAN <9> FIRST PORTABLE LAPTOP CD ROM <10> COMPAQ REDUCES PRICES ON 386 PCs <11> LIGHTER TOSHIBA, IBM SCREENS <12> INDUSTRY RUMORS <13> How to Find INFO-MAT Full-Text (C) 1989, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC. ====================== The INFO-MAT BBS INDEX ====================== The following boards have all paid to tell you about their offerings. These systems represent some of the largest, most serious boards in the country. GIVE THEM A CALL! And TELL THEM INFO-MAT sent you! 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Knowledgeable callers. --12/12 ------------------------------------- PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES BEGINS SHIPPING EISA ROM BIOS PRODUCTS FOR 80486-BASED SYSTEMS ----------------------------------------- (BPS) -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. has begun shipping ROM BIOS products for building 80486-based Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) machines. Software for 80386-based EISA machines has been available from Phoenix since May. Intel has delivered Phoenix's 386 EISA BIOS since June on its evaluation boards for the 82350 EISA-compatible chip set. Phoenix has already supplied EISA BIOS to more than a dozen companies for the development of EISA 386- and 486-based systems. The company expects several computer manufacturers to demonstrate EISA systems using the Phoenix ROM BIOS products at the Comdex/Fall '89 trade show in November in Las Vegas. The Phoenix EISA BIOS products include support for the PS/2-style mouse and two-level system password security. These products can include an optional set of enhancements that extend the functionality and performance of the system. 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Maddalon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of PRIAM Corp. said, "As previously reported, the demand for the company's products is lower than anticipated. "We are consolidating and streamlining many operations in an effort to bring the cost structure more in line with current revenues. This reduction in force, which started today, will reduce the company's worldwide workforce approximately 25 percent, or 230 employees, over the next month." Founded in 1978 to provide high-performance, high-capacity Winchester disk drives for the original equipment manufacturer market, Priam's product strategy is to adapt mainframe Winchester disk drive technology to cost- effective use in mini and microcomputers. The company's line of 8-, 5.25-, and 3.5-inch disk drives ranges in capacity from 40 to 760 megabytes. 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We're Committed to - - dominating the VGA/EGA Market as - - part of our continuing Graphics - - Commitment to BBSing. - ------------------------------------- -VGA Video-7 FastWrite EGA/VGA 256K - - $199* - - Maximum Resolution of 768x1024 - - On-Line Best Buy Special - - VGA Orchid Designer 8Bit 256K Now - - $239* - - VGA Orchid Pro Desg 16Bit 512K Now- - $299* - - VGA ATI WonderCard 1024x768 MOUSE - - $299* - - VGA Quadram EGA/VGA 256K Closeout - - $169* - - EGA Genoa Super Hi-Res EGA w/GEM - - $169* - - EGA CPI EGA with 256K Now Only - - $159* - - Let us Know Immediately if you - - find a Lower Price - Thank You - - Use our BBS Key-Word - - Search Code "VIDD" - ------------------------------------- Brand Name M O N I T O R S Brand Name at or below WHOLESALE!! ------------------------------------- NEC Multi-Sync II Open Stock $495* Magnavox Multi-Mode Closeout $399* Samsung Multi-Sync 14" EGA/VGA $399* - Samsung EGA/CGA 14" Tilt/Swivel $369* - Samsung 14" VGA/Color Monitor $89* - Samsung Monochrome/Flat White $Call - Use our BBS Key-Word Search Code "MONT" ------------------------------------- STORES SELLING AMSTRAD PCs INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY -------------------------- (BPS) -- Amstrad Inc. has made a major expansion nationwide in the number of consumer electronics merchandisers and department stores selling Amstrad products to the home office market. More than 800 Sears Roebuck and Co. stores now carry Amstrad products, and 30 Walmart stores are signed on a trial basis to sell Amstrad computers. Other outlets recently signed by Amstrad's Home Office Division are Dillard's, Fred Schmid, Luskins, H.H. Gregg, Home Centers, Lazarus, the Electronic Boutique, and J.C. Penney, which is offering a full page of Amstrad products through its catalog. Crutchsield, Garrett Miller, J.B. Dahlkemper, Office America, Peterson's, Sound Backgrounds, and Swallens also recently agreed to carry Amstrad products. Amstrad computers sold through the Home Office Division are all IBM- compatible and come in many configurations. The computer product line ranges from the PC20, with an 8 MHz 8086 16-bit processor, 512K RAM memory, and Microsoft mouse, to the PC1640 with 640K of RAM, built-in EGA capability, and 30 Mb hard drive. Also sold in the consumer market are Amstrad's DMP3000 and LQ3500 printers. Customer service or technical assistance for all machines sold through the Home Office Division is available through a toll-free number that links customers with trained Amstrad technicians. 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Memorybank Manager 3.0, the latest utility software update for the system, allows users to specify whether they want full disk backup or incremental backup, and to set the day or days each week that backup should occur. The backup process occurs when the network manager chooses to back up the Memorybank disk, the workstation disks, or both to the tape drive during an off-peak usage period, usually after business hours. The backup takes place without shutting down the network, and users can have their workstations shut down automatically after the data is recorded on the Memorybank. Memorybank Manager 3.0 also introduces mixed disk partitions, allowing Macintosh OS, A/UX, and other formats to reside on one Memorybank. 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Code "BASE" !!! !!! BBS# 805/650-0193 !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOCUCOMP FOR THE MAC NOW AVAILABLE ----------------- (BPS) -- Advanced Software is now shipping DocuComp for the Mac. DocuComp is a powerful document-comparison program that uses a pattern-recognition technology to compare two versions of a word processing file and report changes as minor as an inserted comma and as major as a complete rearrangement of text. It shows changes made to any vital business, legal, or technical document that is periodically updated or revised. For computer programmers, a special mode is available for showing changes made to source code listings. DocuComp for the Mac retails for $159.95, plus $5 for S&H. Demonstration disk are available for $3. (ADV) *-*-*-* DENVER PC BOARDWATCH *-*-*-* Newsletter for Electronic Bulletin Boards and Online Information Services *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Denver PC Boardwatch is a monthly print publication covering the explosion in online information services and electronic bulletin board systems. We cover hardware, software, and online services of interest to home office workers, information researchers, PC consultants, and anyone who uses their PC and modem to connect to the world. We pay particular attention to developments in the telephone industry with ISDN, OSI, CCITT standards, and new modem technology. We review fax hardware, cheap LAN alternatives, and connectivity products. We monitor developments in data storage technologies including hard disk, optical CD, and the newer floptical drive. Most of all, we seek out the innovative, unusual, useful, bizarre, and truly valuable information services from across the nation - the free government databases and online information "pearls" available at little or no cost to the savvy few who "know the number". In print since March 1987, Denver PC Boardwatch has developed a reputation for accurate, humorous, and at times opinionated views of PC communications. We feature one of the most accurate regional lists of PC Pursuitable BBS in the country - verified monthly. By subscription at an annual rate of $28, Denver PC Boardwatch is also available in over 50 Colorado retail sites at $3.95. For a limited time, Denver PC Boardwatch is offering a FREE SAMPLE COPY to all INFOMAT readers. Send name, mailing address, and two first class stamps to Denver PC Boardwatch, 5970 S. Vivian St., Littleton, CO 80127. NeXT COMMITS TO MENTOR GRAPHICS DESIGN ENVIRONMENT --------------------------- (BPS) -- NeXT Inc. has placed a $1.5 million order for a broad spectrum of Mentor Graphics' electronic design automation systems. This order, which includes design capture, simulation, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, and IC layout systems, marks NeXT's commitment to a comprehensive Mentor Graphics design environment. NeXT developed its first generation of personal computers using Mentor Graphics design automation tools. To maximize design productivity, NeXT is committed to providing a design system on each engineer's desk and to fully integrate the group design process through database management and comprehensive computer networking. The company introduced its NeXT Computer in October 1988 for selected customers in the higher education and developer communities. In May 1989, Businessland began retail distribution of the NeXT Computer in the United States and Canada. (ADV) ** FREE *** FREE *** FREE *** FREE!** * * * Win a brand-new * * Hayes-compatible modem * * from the ONLINE STORE! * * * * >>> ABSOLUTELY FREE! <<< * * * * Just print out the coupon below, * * fill it out and mail it to: * * * * MODEM CONTEST * * PO BOX 533 * * Springdale, AR 72765 * * * ===================================== --------->>> CLIP HERE <<<----------- YES! Enter my name in the drawing for a FREE 2400-baud modem from THE ONLINE STORE!... NAME_________________________________ ADDRESS______________________________ APT. OR RFD#_________________________ CITY_________________________________ STATE__________________ZIP___________ PHONE NUMBER:________________________ I got my coupon from (Name of System) _____________________________________ ===================================== Winner will be drawn by computer- generated random number, October 15, 1989, and announced in the following week's issue of INFO-MAT MAGAZINE. *** ENTER AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE! *** ===================================== PRIME TO DEVELOP DOS EXTENDERS ------------------------------ (BPS) -- Prime Computer Inc. is focusing research and development efforts on DOS extenders and plans to offer a DOS extended version of its Personal Designer micro-based CAD software before year's end. A DOS extender is a software tool that allows DOS software applications, such as Personal Designer, to exceed the maximum 640k memory limitations of standard DOS. A DOS extender allows use of up to 16 megabytes of additional memory. By using DOS extenders and being able to load Personal Designer software into extended memory, users should notice significantly improved performance. Also, DOS extenders free up RAM, leaving more space for other resident programs such as networking software. The software is currently available in both DOS and UNIX Editions. It runs on a variety of micro-based platforms including the SPARCstation and SUN386i from Sun Microsystems Inc., and a wide range of 386- and 286-based IBM- compatible personal computers. (ADV) ............................................................................ . . World's 1st AT based system designed specifically for Concurrent DOS . Certified: C-DOS, DR DOS, XENIX, OS/2, MS DOS compatible . CCT Compliance IV - 25MHz 386 VGA 10-User SuperMicro . . True 25MHz 80386 * 2MB 80ns 32-bit DRAM field upgradable to 16MB . True 25MHz 82385 CacheController * 32k 25ns cache * Phoenix BIOS . 16 bit 1:1 controller * 44MB CDC * 5.25" 360k/1.2MB * 3.5" 720k/1.44MB . 16 bit color/mono analog VGA all modes compatible * 800x600 resolution . 640x480 analog VGA paper white 14" Master Console with tilt/swivel . LPT1 parallel, Game, COM1 and 8-port external passive unit . BIOS and/or video relocatable * 102-key Northgate keyboard . Custom Concurrent DOS 386 & DR DOS Co-Resident Operating Systems . . The State-of-the-Future is available today, IF you know where to look! . Not a clone, this OEM PowerHost sets preformance standards beyond others . best shot. $6,500 FOR COMPLETE SYSTEM ready to plug in modems, printers, . dumb or PC Mode terminals, or PCs. Runs multiple copies of DOS programs . like Lotus 123, SuperCalc4, dBase III Plus, Symphony...4 on the Host and . 2 on each user terminal. Unbelievable remote control programs available! . . Many capabilities & features par excellence, these are real VAX-kickers. . For more information contact Gateway at 714-496-7714 or our C-DOS online . service at 714-496-2419 and visit The C-DOS Shop, Main menu choice B. . ............................................................................ LOTUS 1-2-3 A HIT IN JAPAN ------------- (BPS) -- The cumulative sales of Lotus' Japanese version of Lotus 1-2-3 have surpassed 200,000 units in less than three years, driving the spreadsheet category to become the fastest-growing sector of microcomputer software in Japan. According to the July issue of Nikkei Byte magazine, spreadsheets have become the growth area in Japanese PC software. Shipments of spreadsheets are increasing at a 50 percent rate each year, and no fewer than eight Japanese spreadsheets have been introduced in 1989. The product at the heart of this trend is the Japanese 1-2-3, which holds the number 1 position in the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun ranking of Japan's best-selling business software. Over time, the rate of sale has accelerated dramatically. It took two years, or until August 1988, for Lotus Development Japan Limited -- the company's Japanese subsidiary -- to sell the first 100,000 units of the Japanese 1-2-3, and less than a year more to reach the level of 200,000 units sold. (ADV) (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( >>> MANY THANKS! <<< The following BPS AFFILIATE BBS have contributed additional funds to help support our continued existence. Be sure to give them a call and tell the sysops you appreciate their support! ------------------------------------ PCCANADA SYSTEMS, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Sysop: Doug Peel. Data Phone: 416/751-6337 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) FIRST PORTABLE CD ROM DESIGNED FOR LAPTOPS --------------------- (BPS) -- GRiD Systems Corp. is the first company to ship a portable CD ROM drive designed for battery-powered laptop computers, a move expected to boost the sale of GRiD laptops in markets requiring massive amounts of storage capacity. The model MXV-101 GRiD/Magnavox CD ROM drive was developed by the Northern Virginia Systems Group of Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. and is being sold under a joint marketing partnership between GRiD and Magnavox. Weighing under 5 pounds and compact in size, the portable CD ROM unit allows retrieval of up to 550 Mb of data including large, mass stored archival documents such as maintenance manuals, encyclopedias, and legal and medical data. The GRiD/Magnavox CD ROM is a 5.25-inch form factor, half-height CD ROM drive that incorporates an SCSI interface and can be used with any GRiDCASE 1500 Series laptop computer. Industry observers anticipate that growth in the CD ROM market in the coming year will parallel the explosion of sales in the laptop computer market. The GRiD/Magnavox CD ROM is priced at $1,900 per kit, which includes the CD ROM peripheral and an SCSI adapter cartridge and associated software driver. (ADV) *-------"Call the BIG BOARDS!"------* | | | ATTENTION INFO-MAT READERS... | | | | THE INFO-MAT BBS INDEX LISTS | | QUALITY BULLETIN BOARDS | | THAT WANT YOUR CALL! | | | | The new Info-Mat BBS Index is a | | great source of BBS's intersted in| | getting YOUR CALL! | | The listing is located in the | | FRONT of this file | | each week. | | ALL THESE SYSTEMS ARE VERIFIED | | ON-LINE before they are accepted | | for the listing...no time wasted | | calling voice numbers. | | | | CHECK OUT "THE INDEX" EACH WEEK! | | | *-CALL!---------CALL!---------CALL!-* COMPAQ REDUCES PRICES ON 386 PCs, INTROS NEW 386 MODEL ---------------------------- (BPS) -- Compaq Computer Corporation has reduced the retail prices of its Compaq Deskpro 386/25 and 386/20e product lines. The company also added the Compaq Deskpro 386/25 Model 84 to its 25 MHz product line. Price cuts on 386/25 machines: Model 60, reduced from $8,299 to $7,999; Model 110, from $10,299 to $8,999; and Model 300, from $13,299 to $11,999. Price reductions on the 386/20e: Model 40, from $6,599 to $6,099; and Model 110, from $7,999 to $6,999. Compaq's new 386/25 Model 84 features a 25 MHz, 80386 CPU; an 84 Mb hard disk drive; 1 Mb of RAM; a single 1.2 Mb diskette drive; six available expansion slots, and a Compaq enhanced keyboard. It retails for $8,499. The prices cuts, ranging from 4 to 12 percent, were made to combat current stiff competition on 386 sales, and likely anticipate the market effect of the introduction of 486 machines in the next three or four months by IBM, Compaq, and other companies. 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XX XX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX TOSHIBA, IBM TO JOINTLY PRODUCE LIGHT-WEIGHT COMPUTER SCREENS ------------------------------- (BPS) -- Toshiba and IBM will jointly produce light-weight color computer screens, according to an Aug. 31 report in the Wall Street Journal. According to IBM officials, the pact is the company's first joint-production agreement. IBM Japan has 23 joint ventures with Japanese companies, but they are primarily software and marketing agreements, the WSJ reports. The IBM-Toshiba joint venture, called Display Technologies Inc., will make LCD color displays for each company's own use. Display Technologies, Inc. will make 10-inch diagonal color LCD screens with a resolution superior to current LCD color screens, according to the WSJ. The new company will start producing the screens in 1991. INDUSTRY RUMORS: ---------------- -- Maxtor drives may show up in distress sales at about a buck a megabyte; $400 for 380 Mb drives. -- Comdex EISA watchers predict abut 50 new cans with the bluster bus inside, and as many as 6 to 10 with Micro Channel. -- 486 clone motherboards starting to show up with mixed stories on chip speed yields. -- Higher clock speeds have the RAM chip bakers licking their lips, since higher prices come with faster clicks. -- Some EISA protos run EISA in EISA boards fine; run old boards OK; but choke with a mix. -- Coming at Comdex -- a new PS/2 with multi CPU slots, plus a big new MCA Developers Program. -- IBM and almost all the MCA clonemakers will be building SCSI into all their new machines. -- Confirmation this week on rumor of a new GrandView, but still few details. ------------------------------------ THE SPECIAL HEADLINE EDITION OF \\ MMMM // \\\ MM /// \\\\MM//// \\ \MM/ // INFO-MAT \\ MMMM // MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE EVERY WEEK! You can find the FULL-TEXT edition of each weekly issue of INFO-MAT on more than 170 bulletin board systems (BBSs) worldwide! More than 100K of late- breaking news, information and features, PLUS Charles Bowen's "A Networker's Journal, Dan Gutman's "I Didn't Know You Could Do THAT With A Computer!!!" "The Editor Speaks," and MUCH MUCH MORE, covering the fields of computers, software and telecommunications -- FREE (some affiliates may charge one-time or periodic registration/membership fees, but INFO-MAT is available to all REGISTERED members of affiliate systems at no additional charge). Use your modem to DIAL 913-478-9239, to find the BPS affiliated BBS nearest you! Or call 913-478-3157 (VOICE), for more information. ------------------------------------