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 \\ \MM/ //    Vol. 5, No. 9
 \\ MMMM //     May 2, 1989

      --- Whole #202 ---

 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,
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          TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 ITEM #          ITEM

 <1> CES One Month Away
 <2> Free AppleWorks GS Upgrade
 <3> Findex V: Free-Form Data Storage
 <4> PC-Write Price Increases
 <5> Turn Your PC Into a Showroom
 <6> Bring the World to Your PC Screen
 <7> New Protable Computer from Tandy
 <8> Sega "Genesis" 16-bit Machine
 <9> Winners of Computer Press Awards
 <10> The Computer Who's Who?
 <11> Tandy Opens Fort Worth Facility
 <12> Industry Rumors
 <13> How to Find INFO-MAT Full-Text

 (C) 1989, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC.


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 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
 SHOW ONE MONTH AWAY
 --------------------

 (BPS) -- With just one month to go before the 1989 International Summer
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens in Chicago, planners are hard at work
making arrangements for thousands of exhibitors and attendees expected at the
show June 3-6.

 The 1989 CES will be the 40th CES overall and the 23rd show taking place in
the summer.  Requests for additional space continue to arrive daily, with a
total of over 700,000 square feet already requested by exhibitors.

 John V. Roach, chairman of the board and CEO of Tandy Corp. will deliver the
keynote address.  Roach will discuss the consumer electronics industry --
manufacturing through retailing -- from a global perspective.


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 FREE APPLEWORKS GS UPGRADE
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 (BPS) -- The free update of AppleWorks GS (GS 1.0v2) features enhanced
importation of color graphics and improved draft-mode printing.  Also, a
memory test utility determining whether the Apple II GS computer's expansion
memory is functioning properly has been added.

 A new ImageWriter print driver offers up to 40 percent faster printing, and
"Begins" and "Ends" functions have been added for more flexibility in the
database and spreadsheet modules.

 All registered AppleWorks GS user should have received the free upgrade by
the end of April.  The retail price of the program remains at $299.


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 FINDEX V: DATA, TEXT STORAGE
 AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
 ----------------------------

 (BPS) -- Findex V, a data storage and retrieval software program, takes a
free-form approach to information management.  With no conscious set-up, you
can type information into it at will, much like using a word processor.

 The information can be unorganized, disjointed, and unconnected, but you can
find any of it in about 2 to 6 seconds by typing what you're looking for.  It
doesn't matter where it is in a particular record.  Records are like 60-line
pages of a notebook.  If you need more space, continue on to another page.
Records in a file do not have to be the same size or type.

 A Daily Planner and Appointment Book, Address and Phone Book, Customer
Account records, Inventory, Notes and Memos, Quick Reference Text, and Things-
To-Do lists all can be stored by Findex V.

 A global search allows you to search for any string of characters or numbers.
Just type in the string, hit return, and in seconds all records with the
string in them are retrieved.

 Findex V retails for $49.95 and is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Versions are available for IBM PCs and compatibles, Atari STs and Commodore
Amigas.


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 (BPS) -- Quicksoft, May 1, raised the prices on its PC-Write product because
of PC-Write 3.0, the newest version of Quicksoft's word processor.

 The full registration package is now $99.  One year of full technical
support; a year of the technical newsletter, "Quick Notes;" two reply cards
each good for a free update, add-on utility, or source code set; discounts on
add-on products from Quicksoft; and the right to earn a $25 commission if
someone registers and gives Quicksoft the user's registration number will cost
$45 as a separate item.

 The hardcover manual costs $49; the softcover manual, $39, and a shareware
diskette set costs $19.  A user certificate, entitling the bearer to use PC-
Write in perpetuity costs $20.

 Prices on other Quicksoft products remain the same.  Quicksoft charges $5 for
shipping and handling.


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 SOFTWARE TURNS PC INTO
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 (BPS) -- PC Car Showroom, from Disk-Count Software, Inc., is a new IBM and
compatible program that outlines and compares almost a thousand makes, models,
and styles of domestic and foreign cars, vans, and light trucks.

 Sticker prices, optional equipment packages, and financing plans are all
calculated into the program and can be juggled according to the buyer's needs
or financial abilities.  Contingencies are also worked into the program that
allow for factory rebates and possible dealer discounts may be tossed in at
the last moment to sweeten the deal.

 The menu-driven program presents more than 2,000 options involving all the
models.  The costs of buying or leasing have been estimated according to
sticker prices, down payments amounts, interest rates, and months-to-pay
schedules.

 The basic program is for all 1989 models, but constant updating of facts and
figures is made available as new models arrive on the scene.  Buying versus
leasing plans have also been evaluated and entered into the program.

 The PC Car Showroom retails for $19.95.


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 ELECTROMAP ATLAS BRINGS
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 (BPS) -- The Electromap World Atlas brings the world of geography to your
computer screen: an atlas, almanac, and the world fact book are all in one
program that features 235 color maps displayed in color.

 Maps show political information, physical features, and comparative
statistical data at the world, regional, and country levels, with timely,
detailed text on dozens of topics.

 The point-and-click, pull-down interface, which works with a mouse or
keyboard, is easy-to-use and flexible.  Just point to a country on any index
map, click, and the desire map appears instantly.

 For each country selected, detailed information on geography, the people,
government, economy, and communications is available with the click of the
mouse button.

 The program requires an IBM PC or compatible with 640K of RAM, 5 megabytes of
hard disk space, and an EGA or VGA card and color monitor.  It's also
available in a CD-ROM format.  In a special limited-time promotion, the
program will sell for $129.  After September 1, 1989, the regular suggested
retail price will be $159.


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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
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innovative, unusual, useful, bizarre, and truly valuable information services
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 TANDY, MATSUSHITA TO JOINTLY
 MAKE NEW PORTABLE COMPUTER
 ----------------------------

 (BPS) -- According to a report in this week's Wall Street Journal, Tandy
Corp. plans to make a new portable computer with Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co. of Japan later this year.  It will be made in Fort Worth, TX
and marketed under both the Tandy and Panasonic brand names.

 Developed by Matsushita, the portable will use the MS DOS operating system.


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 SEGA TO MARKET 16-BIT HOME VIDEO
 GAME SYSTEM UNDER "GENESIS" NAME
 --------------------------------

 (BPS) -- Sega of America will sell and market the first arcade-quality, 16-
bit home video game system under the "Genesis" name in the United States.

 The unit and software will be unveiled at the Summer Consumer Electronics
Show, June 3-6 in Chicago, with initial distribution set for the fall of this
year.

 Sega is building its own sales and marketing organization specifically for
Genesis.  This will not impact the company's existing relationship with Tonka,
which sells and markets Sega's Master System.

 While not divulging specific software titles, Rosen said that there will be a
broad array including concepts which heretofore have not existed in home video
games.  In addition, existing Sega Master System titles can be played on
Genesis via a converter, which will also be introduced at CES.

 Benefits of Genesis include high definition graphics, increased color and
motion, stereo and high-fidelity music, simultaneously and independently
scrolling gamefields, and a stereo headphone jack.


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 WINNERS OF COMPUTER
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 (BPS) -- Winners of the 1988 Computer Press Awards, announced April 25,
reflect a number of significant industry trends, including the impact of
program trading on the 1987 stock market crash and the ramifications related
to the spread of computer viruses.

 The 16 winners in the fourth annual awards were selected from more than 600
entries.  The selection committee was represented by prominent journalists
from the business press, trade publications, and members of the Computer Press
Association.

 The event is co-sponsored by the Computer Press Association and Citizen
America Corp.  Citizen America, formed in April 1984, offers a full line of
dot-matrix and daisy wheel printers, in addition to liquid crystal displays,
3.5-inch floppy disk drives, and 286-based computers.

 The Computer Press Association is a national organization of computer
journalists concerned with maintaining high media standards.

 Noticeable this year over last, was the sharp rise in the number of entries
in the newsletter category, which are a direct result of the growing
popularity of desktop publishing.


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 WHO SHOULD BE IN THE COMPUTER
 WHO'S WHO? YOU DECIDE
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 (BPS) -- Publishers of the successful "Who's Who in U.S. Executives" are
venturing into a companion computer directory for 1989/90.  The publication is
expected to be in print by early Fall.

 Inclusion in the elite directory is free of charge to successful candidates.
The nominating committee welcomes applications from the MIS community; micro
and mini developers in Unix, MS DOS, and OS/2 environments; movers and shakers
in hardware design, graphics standards, 4GL evaluation, and artificial
intelligence; and those in LAN and WAN development and utilization.

 Nominations must include name, business address and phone number, along with
a brief biography of career and personal achievements.  The address to send
this info to is: Who's Who/Computers, 98 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 262-S, Great
Neck, NY 11021.

 Hardbound, leather-grain copies will be available at reasonable cost to user
groups, manufacturers, developers, libraries, and corporations.


 TANDY OPENS MANUFACTURING
 FACILITY IN FORT WORTH, TX
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 (BPS) -- Tandy Electronics, a division of Tandy Corp., formally opened its
newest state-of-the-art computer assembly facility in Fort Worth.

 Two announcements were made at the opening ceremony: Tandy will manufacture,
later this year in Fort Worth, portable MS-DOS computers jointly developed
with Matsushita for a world-wide market; and GRiD, a Tandy subsidiary,
believes it has fundamental patents for portable computers that will
potentially need to be licensed by other portable manufacturers.

 The 216,000-square-foot plant combines "just-in-time" manufacturing
capabilities with technology both in process and quality assurance.  At
capacity, the plant can produce 5,000 microcomputers per day.  The plant will
produce microcomputers for the North American, European, and Australian
markets.


 RUMORS:
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 -- IBM to chase Sun with new workstation based on 64-bit RISC processor in
OS/2 box.

 -- Microsoft readying next DOS version now.

 -- No sale, says Quarterdeck to early MS overtures.

 -- LIM upgrade soon.

 -- Printer manufacturer concern: when power fails, port defaults to on-line,
not off, dumping spools into null-land.


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