October 1994 / What's New

Portable Speech Synthesizer	Lightweight and portable, the DECtalk Express Speech Synthesizer provides expanded PC capabilities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired or have learning disabilities.
Plain And Fancy Faxing	You can use the Faxplus 9624 plain-paper fax modem (from $399) as a stand-alone unit or connect it to your PC.
PCMCIA Modem	A voice/fax/data modem card, the ST1414L ($299) supports voice-mail, mailbox, and fax-back capabilities.
MPEG Playback	An MPEG decoder card from VideoLogic (Cambridge, MA), MPEG Player ($349) provides MPEG video and audio playback via the VESA Media Channel.
Audio Object Linking	A 16-bit sound card that comes bundled with three sound packages, the Audio Rock-It/16 ($129) is compatible with Windows 3.1, Windows Sound System 2.0, and Ad Lib/Sound Blaster 2.01.
Graphics Ride The PCI Bus	A 64-bit PCI local-bus graphics accelerator card, the PowerGraph Pro PCI ($299) has a 64-bit internal data path and can support a bandwidth in excess of 200 MBps.
Direct Cellular Link	The Cellular Direct PCMCIA modem ( $329) from Apex Data (Pleasanton, CA) plugs directly into the data-access port on a cellular phone, eliminating the otherwise required data-interface box.
Localtalk To Ethernet	Pocket-size LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridges, the Mini EtherPrint ($439) and Mini EtherPrint Plus ($529) connect your Local Talk devices, such as Macs, printers, modems, and PDAs (personal digital assistants), to Ethernet networks.
Ethernet Cd Tower	A network-ready CD tower subsystem, the CD Tower-7 Ethernet ($6995) includes a built-in Ethernet interface and a quadruple-speed drive.
Project In Full Color	The video- and audio-capable ProColor 1500 LCD projection panel ($3799) features a 16.7-million-color palette to display 24-bit digitized color photographs at 640 by 480 pixels.
Flexible Viewing	The FlexScan T217 ($1299), a 17-inch monitor from Nanao (Torrance, CA), features ScreenManager, which is built into the microprocessor and displays all vital image controls on-screen; SuperErgoCoat antiglare and anti-radiation coating; and extended scanning frequencies as high as 30 to 85 kHz horizontally and 55 to 160 Hz vertically.
High-Storage Backup	A QIC (quarter-inch cartridge) tape-backup drive based on the QIC 3010 minicartridge standard, the Tape510 stores 255 MB of data (510 MB with compression) using standard tape cartridges and 340 MB (680 MB with compression) using extended-length cartridges.
Enter The Alpha World	Based on the DEC Alpha AXP 21066 chip, the NekoTech Mach 1-166 system (from $3995) has a clock rate of 166 MHz, which is upgradable to 200 MHz.
Personal Printing Of Graphics	The Epson Stylus 800+ ($359) prints at 165 cps in letter-quality mode and 250 cps in draft mode with a print resolution of 360 by 360 dpi.
Network Adapters	The Madge Smart 16 Ringnode Token Ring adapter ($295) has 128 KB of RAM that provides buffer space for data frames and allows protocols to be downloaded onto it.
Remove The Jitter	Designed by Chipcom (Southborough, MA) for its high-end ONcore Switching System, the ONcore Token Ring Jitter Attenuator Card ($795) installs on any ONcore token-ring module with ring-in/ring-out connection capability.
Pager Provides Independence	Mac-based, the NeuroPage paging system ($10,000; software only, $1500) provides independence and mobility to cognitively disabled people.
Approaching V.34	A V.fast-class 28.8-Kbps external data/fax modem, the 2842EX ($299) comes with a high-speed serial card that includes two ports, has IRQ settings 2 through 5 and 7, is compatible with the 16550 UART and RS-232 interfaces, and supports COM port levels 1 through 8.
View Slides On Your Monitor	The FlexCam Scientific desktop video camera (from $995) has a standard 8mm C-mount lens that precisely images scientific objects, including x-rays, for display on computer monitors or frame grabbers.
Neural Networking	A neural-network coprocessing board for the PC, the Model 1000 NeuroEngine ($4995) lets you train and run neural networks on your PC at high speed.
Notebook Chatter	A battery-powered Pentium notebook with speech input, the Chatterbook II (from $6439) ha s a 5000- to 60,000-word active vocabulary and dictation speeds of up to 100 wpm.
Board The SBus	A dual-processor SBus board for the Sun SparcStation 2, the SB32C2 ($2500) from Communication Automation & Control (Allentown, PA) provides 1 MB of zero-wait-state private SRAM and four CD-quality audio I/O channels.
24-Bit Scanner	The Vista-S6 ($945) is a 1200-dpi, 24-bit flatbed color scanner with a SCSI-2 interface, micro stepping motors, and 256-KB bus-caching buffers.
Server Protection	Targeted at devices such as network servers, the OnGuard LI-2400 UPS ($1999) from Clary (Monrovia, CA) includes a built-in microprocessor and an RS-232 interface that enable real-time communications across the network between the UPS and workstations, servers, or network management stations.
Sound For A Pro	The Golden Sound Pro 16 Plus sound card ($299) includes a built-in Yamaha OPL4 wave-table sound-quality chip that supports all the major sound standards.
Modular Power Protection	A modular power-protection system, the Max AllPath 6 ($99) has six protected and filtered 130-VAC, 50-/60-Hz AC outlets.
Communicate Ideas Graphically	A multipurpose drawing tool, Visual Thought employs object-oriented technology to create and edit diagrams and has the ability to draw shapes and make rubber-banding connections between objects.
Kernel-Level Debugger	SingleStep++ ($2795), a multitasking version of Software Development Systems' (Oak Brook, IL) SingleStep for U.S. Software's SuperTask system, provides you with real-time kernel awareness for real-time embedded applications.
Get Help For Your Nest Egg	A complete financial-planning guide, Nest Egg Builder ($69.95) from Personal Vision (South Dennis, MA) has Q&A, Personal, and Analysis sections to help you set up a savings plan for special events, such as going to college, taking a vacation, or retirement.
Zip Into Visual Basic	A data-compression toolkit for Visual Basic for Windows, DynaZIP VBX ($199 per developer station) has its own built-in ZIP encoding and decoding logic.
Easy Access To Internet	A fully integrated and customizable Windows application for accessing the services and information available on the Internet, the OLE 2.0-compatible InterAp ($295) includes an E-mail system that conforms to the MAPI standard.
OS/2 Disk Management	EZRaid Lite for OS/2 ($195) uses disk mirroring, data striping, and disk spanning to create software-managed disk arrays for OS/2 desktop systems.
Hard Disk Recovery	A disaster-recovery sof tware utility, PCResc-U ($39) from Elia-Shim Microcomputers (Tampa, FL) is based on a bootable rescue floppy disk that's created when your system is running.
Presentation Spotlight	Harvard Spotlight for Windows ($129) from Software Publishing (Santa Clara, CA) lets you organize, rehearse, and deliver your Windows-based presentations more effectively.
Change Any View On Your Screen	A Windows productivity tool, AnyView Professional ($99.95) manages system memory so that you can work in many applications simultaneously without having to constantly re-adjust your system.
Sun SPARC Utilities	The Almond Utilities for Sun SPARC ($495) is the most recent of the Almond Utilities for Unix.
Develop DCE Applications	An application development tool set, HP Object-Oriented DCE/9000 ($2995 for the first developer; $995 for each subsequent developer) cuts DCE development time in half, according to Hewlett-Packard (Santa Clara, CA).
Remote Control Via Sockets	A remote-control, file transfer, and chat software package, Remotely Possible/Sockets (from $298) supports TCP/IP via the Windows Sockets interface.
Automate Off-Site Data Gathering	A DOS-based menu-interface program that automates off-site data collection and analysis, UAdmin ($995) from Raosoft (Seattle, WA) has a single control-level menu with straightforward English commands.
LapCAD for Macintosh 6.0	LapCAD for Macintosh 6.0, LapCAD Engineering (San Diego, CA), includes improved handling of solid elements, increased nodal capacity, and expanded IGES capability; supports nonuniform rational B-splines, including curves and surfaces; imports and exports the IGES Finite Element entities Node and Element; and is available to run in native mode on the Power Mac.
Act 2.0	Act 2.0, Symantec (Cupertino, CA), supports Apple Power-Talk, provides network support, prints calendars and address books, and includes native Power Mac support.
SQA TeamTest 3.0 for PowerBuilder	SQA TeamTest 3.0 for PowerBuilder, Software Quality Automation (Woburn, MA), adds a configurable PowerBuilder object-recognition model, expands its object-state test cases, lets you define a work flow for tracking a defect from its discovery to resolution, and improves management and measurement of test results.
Widget Factory 2.0	Widget Factory 2.0, Non Standard Logics (Boston, MA), features an enhanced GUI builder (XFaceMaker 3.0), generation of C++ classes from custom-designed graphics, a set of graphical objects that can be implemented as gadgets, and an improved drawing tool.
Manage Networked Upses	A NetWare- and Windows-based UPS power-monitoring and management program, NetTrax XMP (from $249.95) allows you to monitor and manage EFI UPSes on file servers and Windows workstations.
Add Toolbars To Pagemaker	SmartPad for PageMaker ($79) provides single-click access to many commonly used commands by incorporating shortcuts into toolbars that you can embed into the PageMaker window.
Put Intelligent Agents On The LAN	Level5 Object Professional ($2995), Information Builders' (New York, NY) workbench for developing smart components for client/server applications, lets you build and deploy intelligent software agents that can be embedded in other applications.
Business Advice From A Mentor	The How to Really Start Your Own Business interactive CD-ROM ($79.95) provides straightforward business advice from the founders of successful companies such as Pizza Hut, David's Cookies, and Celestial Seasonings.
Time Tracker	PK & Company's (Newbury Park, CA) Hot-Time ($29) time-tracking utility tracks billable hours by job number, project, client, or other criteria.
Integration For Notes	Windows-based Project Gateway (starter kit, $895) integrates Microsoft Project and Symantec Time Line with Lotus Notes.
Windows Groupware	Office-Logic for Windows (from $495) is fully integrated groupware with WAN capabilities.
Breeze Through Windows	Breeze ($54.95) lets you enhance the way you work in Windows.
Build A Dynamic Server Of C++ Objects	An extension of the SmallTalk Model View Controller architecture, Ilog Server ($5000) is a tool for building dynamic servers of C++ objects.
Rosenthal UnInstall 2.0	Rosenthal UnInstall 2.0, Rosenthal Engineering (San Luis Obispo, CA), selectively exempts files from being uninstalled and provides additional Windows support.
Working Model 2.0	Working Model 2.0, Knowledge Revolution (San Mateo, CA), adds an enhanced simulation engine, improved editing and importing features, simulation objects, and support for DDE.
Wildcat 4	Wildcat 4, Mustang Software (Bakersfield, CA), adds more than 250 enhancements, including GIF Thumbnailer; a spelling checker; on-line scrollback and capture; improved chat capability; a new programming language, wcCODE; multiple language support; an improved internal organizing system; and support for V.FC, V.32, and V.34 modems.
VideoShop 3.0	VideoShop 3.0, Avid Technology (Tewksbury, MA), provides PowerPC acceleration, QuickTime compatibility, an improved user interface, enhanced editing and tape logging, MIDI support, and Specular's LogoMotion.
Minitab 10	Minitab 10, Minitab (State College, PA), offers DDE, 3-D surface and scatter plots, enhanced file support, expanded time-series features, a new mixtures-model feature, three new cluster-analysis commands, a tool palette and attributes palette, and a brushing tool.
Learn A Language	An immersion-style, interactive CD-ROM program, The Rosetta Stone PowerPac ($99) introduces you to Spanish, French, German, and English, featuring 22 lessons in each language.
Talk Your Way Through Windows	Th e DragonDictate for Windows family of speech-to-text dictation systems consists of the 5000-word Starter Edition ($395), the 30,000-word Classic Edition ($695), and the 60,000-word Power Edition ($1695).
Multiple Applications For One	A single-user version of Novell DR Multiuser DOS, Novell DR Multiuser DOS Lite ($295) allows a single PC to run multiple applications simultaneously.
Create Tabbed Dialog Boxes	SftTabs 1.0 ($149) from Softel vdm (Wharton, NJ) lets Windows developers create tabbed and standard dialog boxes.
E-Mail Synchronization	Mosaic Works Agent@QuickMail for Macintosh ($995) automatically synchronizes CE Software's QuickMail addressing information with other E-mail directories on a network.
After Dark 3.0	After Dark 3.0, Berkeley Systems (Berkeley, CA), adds 15 screen-saving modules.
Ocelot2--The SQL 2.16	Ocelot2--The SQL 2.16, Ocelot Computer Services (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), features increased support for the ODBC API and the ANSI SQL '92 syntax, as well as a Windows 32-bit library for use with the Win32 API.
QAPlus/Win 6.0	QAPlus/Win 6.0, DiagSoft (Scotts Valley, CA), adds the Electronic Technical Support Center, RAM testing and IRQ detection from within Windows, the capability to run a quick test or a comprehensive full test, CPU performance benchmark tests, and a RAM chip locator that helps find the position of faulty SIMMs.
Ad Oculos 2.0	Ad Oculos 2.0, European Software Connection (Lawrence, KS), includes enhancements such as a counting and measuring system, improved import/export of files, and an improved user interface.
HyperHelp 4	HyperHelp 4, Bristol Technology (Ridgefield, CT), has enhanced FrameMaker support, improves its find-and-sort and printing capabilities, is user-expandable with DLLs, and adds a user-reporting capability and product updates.
Toolkit For Spc Applications	A VI (virtual instrument) library for SPC (statistical process-control) applications, the LabView SPC Toolkit ($495) contains VIs that integrate statistical analysis of processed data into the LabView data acquisition and control environment.

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