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- TOM'S COMPUTER NOTES FOR APRIL 1st, 1992
-
- Public Domain
-
- STEVE GIBSON sent me an offer for SPINRITE II the other day. One
- part of the flyer said, "SpinRite will freshly low-level format
- drives that are not employing sector-translation schemes."
- Translation: "SpinRite will low-level format several type of
- drives but not the ones you probably use, ie., IDE or SCSI
- types."
-
- NOW COMES the "Wonder" virus. The only thing I know about it is
- that it has been reported to have popped up in some stock quote
- programs either from or for PRODIGY. The infected programs are
- PDL31.zip and PML420.ZIP.... It's a good idea to check all
- downloads, no matter where they come from [though my confidence
- rating is very high re., BIGFOOT and AZTEC.]
-
- BORLAND, at least, hasn't forgotten DOS users. QUATTRO PRO in
- Ver. 4.0 is now out. It still needs only 512K of memory and runs
- just fine on an XT. Menus are "Improved" (or, at least, changed,
- to someones idea of "Better." It now has a background print
- spooler. Borrowing from Excel 3.0 and WINDOWS there is a
- customizable button bar, something like an upgrade of Ver. 3.0's
- mouse palette bar. You can now sort by columns as well as by
- rows. Many graphing enhancements too.
-
- IT LOOKS LIKE APPLE has figured out how to get their product into
- your house! This is going to knock every other company in America
- in its fanny. In an upcoming offer for individuals only (no
- business deals) you will be able to turn in any XT or AT type
- machine for a MAC Classic III at ZERO COST to you. You will have
- to deliver the old machine and pickup the new one in person at
- Apple's Camelback Road facility in Scottsdale or their Rita Road
- warehouse in Tucson.
-
- IF YOU WANT the trial version of GEOS for $9.95 you can get it by
- calling 1-800-772-0001. For my Canadian readers it's 1-800-465-
- 1234.
-
- FREE DISK - EXTRA! for WINDOWS demo disk. It's some kind of a
- program to connect your PC to your mainframe. Order one by
- calling 1-800-426-6383.
-
- THE SECRET Rebuild Index command in QUICKEN (for DOS): From the
- main menu press <Ctrl> <G>. Highlight the group to reindex. Then
- hit <Ctrl> <Z>. This might fix things if you notice something
- wrong such as missing transactions. The only time I have had any
- trouble with QUICKEN was when for reasons unknown the computer
- locked up and I had to reboot without closing QUICKEN.
-
- FREE DISK - CA-Complete! Some kind of a spreadsheet type program
- from Computer Associates. For WINDOWS. 1-800-645-3003. You get a
- "working model."
-
- ANOTHER ONE from Computer Associates: ACCPAC Plus, an accounting
- program. This is a "demo disk." 1-800-CALL CAI.
-
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