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- WINDOWS INTERFACE FOR EPIC/OPTICAL FICHE SYSTEM!
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- COST JUSTIFICATION FOR WANG INTEGRATED IMAGING SYSTEM
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- EPIC/OFS, Computron's popular VS and PC-Lan based Computer-Output
- Microfiche (COM) replacement software package, is now available with an
- interface for Microsoft Windows.
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- EPIC/OFS enables VS and PC LAN users to take on-line data, in report
- formats -- with no changes to their existing applications -- and write it
- in compressed format directly to optical disks, rather than to microfiche.
- The data is automatically indexed according to the user's criteria, and
- is stored separately from the layouts of the standard "forms" on which
- they are usually printed. This "Forms Overlay" capability allows greater
- data compression, and the forms and data can be automatically combined for
- viewing and printing on laser printers.
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- The usual driving force behind the installation of EPIC/OFS is its very
- favorable return-on-investment ratio when compared to microfiche. In pure
- costs, optical disk-based archival is 90% less expensive than microfiche
- due to less expensive media, small physical space requirements, and the
- elimination of processing costs and the manual labor overhead of searching
- and locating single exposures among thousands of aperture cards.
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- The EPIC/OFS Windows version also increased the number of users that can
- capitalize on the data. Virtually any user with a PC on a network --
- specifically those with limited computing skills -- can use the
- unintimidating and intuitive Windows-environments to query for previously
- inaccessible information, and incorporate it into their work.
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- The multitasking Windows environment allows the users to search, retrieve,
- and instantly display data on their desktop systems in one window -- and
- then directly incorporate it into applications running in other windows
- (i.e. word processing, spreadsheets, E-mail, or data base programs). The
- data is cut-and-pasted using the Windows data exchange environments,
- adding convenience and driving the acceptance of on-line archives by
- non-traditional users.
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- COMPUTRON, 301 Route 17 North, Rutherford, NJ 07070
- 800-828-7660
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- | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, |
- | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. |
- | All submissions for this service should be addressed to |
- | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. |
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