MacWorld 8701 January 1987

January 1987 $3.95 Canada $4.95 new! \ Turbo Pascal for the Mac: incredibly fast and fully integrated! Borland’s new Turbo Pascal for the Mac” is so incredibly fast that it can compile 1,420 lines of source code in the 7.1 seconds it took you to read. this sentence. And reading the rest of this page takes about 5 minutes, which is plenty of time for Turbo Pascal for the Mac to compile at least 60,000 lines of source code! Turbo Pascal for the Mac does both Windows and “Units” ‘The separate compilation of routines offered by Turbo Pascal for the Mac creates modules called “Units”—which can be Imked to any Turbo Pascal* program. This “modular pathway” gives you “pieces” which can then be integrated into larger programs. (You build the “pieces” once, and you know they work, so you can use them again without having to recompile.) The immediate benefits of this technique are a more efficient use of memory and a reduction In the tlme it takes to develop large programs. (What you need to run ‘Turbo Pascal for the Mac is 266K min- imum—or half a Fat Mae, | drive, and the ability to handle astonishing speed.) Turbo Pascal for the Mac is so compatible with Lisa” that they should be living together Routines from Lisa Pascal,” Macintosh Programmer's Workshop Pascal, and Inside Macintosh can be compiled and run with only the subtest changes. Turbo Pascal for the Mag Is also compatible with the Hierarchical File System of the Macintosh.” (You can define default volume and folder naines for the names used In compiler directives.) Compatibility is also familiarity, and you'll feel right at home with Turbo Pascal for the Mac because it fits neally into every aspect of the Macintosh envi- ronment. The pull-iown menus are there, along with dialog boxes to guide you In making choices and picking options. Turbo Pascal for the Mac cranks out more than 12,000 lines a minute Betier than 12,000 lines per minute of compiled source code race out of Turbo Pascal for the Mae, There Is definitely “No Waiting,” And none of the “stop/start” complling delays that afflict some of the software programs that, we're not mention- ing here. (They can take 10 minutes to do what Turbo Pascal for the Maz can do in 10 seconds!) You don’t spend @ lot of up-front time In all software, there’s the Hard Way, the Wrong Way, the Welrd Way, the No Way, and the Borland Way. Welcome to the Borland Wayl How to walk and chew gum! ‘Turbo Pascal for the Mac lets you do up to 8 different things at once. You can have up to 8 separate programs in memory, work on one, Move on; work on another, move back —or duck and weave between all 6 at the same timel And you can do these 8 Easy Pieces while you run the compiler. Multiple editing windows allow you to edit, ome and execute each window individually. Wi several windows open at the same cae switch from one open window to another faster than & cat burglar—and never get caught. I's “take the source code and run!” The 27-Second Guide to Turbo Pascal for the Mac Compilation speed of more than 12,000 tines per minute 1 "Uni structure lets you create programs in ‘modular form ‘Multiple editing windows—up to 8 at once ‘m Compilation options include compiling to disk ‘or memory, or compile and run tm No need ta switch between programs to compile oF run a program 1 Streamlined development and debugging ‘Compatibility with Lisa Pascal and Macintosh Prograrwner’s Workshop Pascal (with minimal changes) 1m Compatibility with Hierarchical File System of your Mac © Abily to deline detault volume and folder names used in compiler directives tm Search and change features in the edilor speed up and simply alteration of routines 1 Abilly to use all avaiable Macinlosh memory without limit 1 “Unis” included to call al the routines provided by Macintosh Toolbox Jearning to use Turbo Pascal for the Mae. It's as eagy as It Is fasi—which ts not to say that it’s over-simplifled or written for people who have recently learned to walk erect. Instead, it’s electronic proof that sophistication and complication don't need to go hand-in-hand. Clear your desk, SideKick’s here! SideKick® brings tue desktop man- agement and communications to your Mac. Now you can automatically dial schedule appoiniments, jot down notes, phone numbers, og on to bulletin boards, calculate business expenses—and more—while running all your other Mac software. Once you gel SideKick you'll wonder how you ever did without itt See order form on right-hand page > Introducing new! Borland’s remarkable new relational database Because it is a truly relational Designed to make the that all connect to each database, Reflex for the Mac” lets most ofyour Mac's visual _ other. you get your various acts together. talents, Reflex for the Mac Your “Joke” file connects Lets you connect “A” to “B” to “0,” letayouplacefieldsand —_to your “Audience” file, or “Dog” to “Cat” to “Fight "Op pictures wherever you want. which is split into cate- whatever links andconnections Wem on the page—and gories like “Friendly,” you need to make and need to see. print them that way with "Hostile," “Dumb,” It's a simple spreadsheet-style your Report Generator. ‘Student” or whatever— series ofelectronicandvisual cross- A funny way to use ally ia bai ia references, There's a clear connec- Reflex for the Mac Reflex for the Mac lets you tion (which you first make by Let’a say you have to find the right joke for the drawing it on-screen) between Makeelovofspeeches ight andienoa, right now. “Client"—“Matter"—“Attorney”— and you ke to tall jokes, (The serious sides of “Dime Sheet —“Expenses” and ie can't ae pause! business include applica- “Bill.” Or between “Slow Driver nee aries Han tons like client billing, in leftHand Lane’—"Milelong ggg cnoe arte nght lime. rock portfolio manegs- Traffic Jam” and “Shot from Manto sei up muliple es eth xplanning, and Behind.” It's all relational. grupeheakbooky) You can have multiple windows open smultan- eouslytoviewallmembersotalinkedset— which areinteractiveand nuly relational Alter opening the "Overview" window you rawlinlines between databases directly onto your Macintosh screen Thelinklines you draw establish both visual ~andelect onic elalionshipsbetween your databases. You need Reflex for Mac News for Kangaroos! the Mac Heart of America, one of the U.S, 12-meter Get some Reflex action contestants in the America's Cup races in out of your Mae. Call now, ‘Australia, is relying on Rellex for the Mac lo | help Bring The Cup Up. (They're also using Borland’s Sidekick and Turbo Pascat) Reflex With Reflex for the Mac, you'll have all the right connections—for only $99.95! 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Lisa's a rap sted trader cl Agple Compe, he Inside Mecetsh is a cop ol Apt Compu Usa Pascal's Fado ct il Se Kash Copy gt 1986 Bang bsnl 10808 Circle 381 on reader service card Reflex for the Mac, 66 Really uses the visual strength of the Mac to produce a database design tool ‘Adam Greene, InfoWorld ... a stunningly wonderful application generator/dbms Esther Dyson, Release 1.0 Bridges the gap between the pretty programs and the power programs Stewart Alsop, latter IF Ll 1c] Sean | want ‘Send me Turbo Pascal for the Mac, Retlex for the Mac, or SideKick for Mc at: $9928 To onder by phone or for a dealer nearest you, call (800) 255-8008 In CA call (800) 742-1133 — Turbo Pascal lore Mac $99.95 $_ — Peller lr the Mac 99.95 $__ — Sick for he Mac (wih Phoned) 99.95 §_ ev Cte ee ‘Amount enelosed Prices include shipping to all US cites Payment VISA MC Money order Check Cee card expiration dle) Lola cme Litt tt HL so — = Telephone: = (CODs and purchase orders WILL NOT be accepted by Bovtnd. Ouside USA make payment by bark oat payable io US dlrs drawn on 2 US ban All poces are suggested fs! prices and are subject fo change wilhout noice. “troductary price —good wnt! 1115/87 ‘NOT COPY PROTECTED 60-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE within 60 days of purchase you find tat is product does aot pest accordance wit cur clas, cal cur customer service department ard we wil gladly arange artund ‘Minimum system requirements: Tuubo Pascal or the Mac: 256K, Rllex for the Mac: 512K, SfeXik forte Mac: 126K. January 1987 MACWOE Giant Steps for Desktop Publishing! | On the Cover The image on these large-screen monitors was created with Adobe's new PostScript graphics program, Illustrator. See Mac- world News for a re- port on the software, and p. 88 to find out if bigger really is better. 13 17 35 47 50 55 141 165 175 185 197 205 212 223 236 The Macintosh"Magazine Departments 73 Macworld News Mac Bulletin = The Illustrator’s Magic Wand Late-breaking news Adobe introduces a PostScript drawing tool. David Bunnell "HookUp! A preview of icon-based Letters programming. = The Chinese Macintosh New software combines calligraphy with word processing. Commentary/erry Borrell Contributors Notes "Is it Artor Is It Memorex? Famous Steven Levy programmers tell all. Macworld 1986 Annual Index * Armchair Quarterbacks Coach the great Super Bowl teams of the past. How To/Quick Tips Hunting. down version numbers, HFS. fine points, help for text-game players, and more. Plus, reports on Motorola's 68030, a fiber optic AppleTalk network, escalating chip prices, the Mac in the medical market, and more. How To/Getting Started with Mac Acronyms Pee 4 G5 | RAM, ROM, SCSI, CPU, and other basic 03 Mac terms decoded. How To/Insights on the LaserWriter Make your printer perform, How To/Mac Desktop Tools The facts on faster Finders. How To/Mac Finance Tools Taking stock of portfolio managers and market forecasters. Updates Details about recent software upgrades. Where to Buy How to find products featured in this issue. Best-Sellers January 1987 Features ee Reviews 88 Up on the Big Screen 122 The New Write Sizing up three large-screen Mac WriteNow word processing. monitors. 124 Making Money with Your Mac 96 MacPaint’s Successors Market Pro market analysis. Five new paint programs challenge the old master of Mac graphics software. 125 3-D Dreams Phoenix 3D modeling. 102 Shopping for SCSI Storage ‘Tips on how to spot winners in the 126 ACAD System for Systems crowded SCSI market, plus feature Anatool structured systems analysis. comparisons for over 100 drives. 127 Quality Accounting Software 112 Newon the Desktop AMS General Ledger and A look at the new generation of more CheckMark Payroll. powerful desktop publishing tools. 128 Front-End Typesetting for the Mac 118 Building a Multiuser Application Textures document design. Construct and install a multiuser general ledger with Onis 3 Plus. 129 Armchair Conquistador Strategic Conquest adventure game. 129 References: Supplied upon Request PBS bibliography system. 130 Process Monitoring Parameter Manager measurement and analysis system. 131 FileMaker’s Form Improves FileMaker Plus database manager. ying the Masses 3Server3 network disk server. Technical Writing Anyone? MacEgn equation desk accessory. The Test of Time measureUP test-generating tool. Highfalutin Hyphenation Mac-Hy-pben desk accessory. Tile Away the Hours Shanghai strategy game. page 118 Macworld = 3 MACWORLD David Bunnell Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Poitier Director/Art and Design J. 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When MACazine (Jan. 1986) bestowed OverVUE with its Readers’ Choice Award, they wrote: “We selected OverVUE because of its ease of use, clairvoyance and statistical capabilities. The fact that Over VUE was subsequently selected by our readers as Best Database simply confirms our original assessment: the product is a jewel and the customer support abonus!” OverVUE's clean sweep of these two prestigious awards only confirms what everyone else has been saying all along: Infoworld (July 8, 1985): . itis Macintosh software done right.” Icon Review (Fall 1985): “OverVUE 2.0 is our favorite database workhorse offers the best balance of power and ease-of-use available on the market today.” Nibble Mac (Oct. 1985); “OverVUE is not only easy to set up, it’s the easiest for data entry, Its tools for entering repetitive data minimizes typing time” Online Today (electronic version — Nov. 1985): OverVUE 2.0 isa heavy-duty data management tool... It does all the things a good relational database manager should’ OverVUE's features and power make it the ultimate database choice, Clearly, users and editors alike think OverVUE is something special, We think you will, too So visit your nearest software dealer and purchase your very awn copy of Over VUE, the Best Database of the Year. simply Write for information concerning our new Mail Management and Personal Finance ‘Templates. ProVUE Derdopment Coy, 7 me 222 22nd Street « Huntingfos! Beach, CA 92648 - 714/960-2431 Circle 77 on reader service card Macworld is a member of the CW Com- munications/Inc. group, the world’s largest publisher of comput ted in- formation. The group publishes over 70 computer publications in more than 28 major countries. Twelve million people read one or more of the group's public: tions each month. Members of the group contribute to the CW Interna- tional News Service offering the latest on domestic and international computer news. 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Incorporating the Mac interface in this programming environment, THINK creates a new future for the Macintosh in education. Writing inThe New York Times, Erik SIGHTSPEED PASCAL” AHING THE FUTURE REPEATS ITSELF. Sandberg-Diment says ‘‘MacPascal alone might be reason enough for the college-bound science or engineering major to purchase’’ a Mac. The product becomes a standard in university com- puter science courses. Users are enthu- siastic. But in time they demand even more from THINK. AUGUST 1986. (Boston, Massa- chusetts.)—THINK introduces Light- speed Pascal at MacWorld Expo. It is a breakthrough. It utilizes new compiling and linking technology previously avail- able only with THINK’s Lightspeed C. But it goes even further. Like Macintosh Pascal, it provides the same ability to look inside a program, but without the need for an interpreter. It offers blinding speed and the ability to build large pro- grams. The response is overwhelming. In the first two weeks THINK sells thousands. Lightspeed Pascal marks a turning point in programming the Mac. It has all the features that made Macintosh Pascal a standard. And much more. Now users can create real standalone ‘‘double- clickable” applications and desk acces- sories. THINK creates a new future for Macintosh programmers. Lightspeed Pascal is priced at $125. It is not copy-protected. The package includes a 600-page manual with ex- tensive index. It provides complete Toolbox/OS support. It is compatible with Macintosh Pascal and Lisa Pascal. The future is here. Order Lightspeed Pascal now. Please send me Lightspeed Pascal today. Enclosed is $ for NAME TE ‘COMPANY 7: ‘ADDRESS City STATE ZziP PHONE RoCT# CMC VISA CAMEX CICHECKENCLOSED EXP. DATE SIGNATURE Mail to: THINK Technologies, 420 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA 02173. Or call 617-863-5595 Lightspeed Pascalis a trademark of THINK Technologies, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Macintosh Laboratory, Inc. andis used by Apple Computer, Inc, wits express permission, Circle 96 on reader service card The best of MacPaint and MacDraw: —) SUPER — PAINT SuperPaint is the most advanced graphics creation tool available for the Macintosh. The 8’’X 10’’ page has a layer for editing dots as in MacPaint and a layer for manipulating objects as in MacDraw. The features read like a Christmas wish list, Full-screen editing. Multiple windows. Three levels of magnification. Reduced view. Create shapes bigger than the screen. Draw circles and squares from the center. Text that can be \ edited, LaserWriter fonts. Open and save MacDraw “e PICT and MacPaint files. Print multiple copies, Color Y printing with the ImageWriter II, \ Best of all, for desktop publishers, there's \ LaserBits,™ dot-by-dot editing at 300 dots-per-inch resolution. The printed results on a LaserWriter are stunning! Paste these graphics into other programs and they retain their 300 dpi resolution! The next generation in Macintosh graphics is here. See your local dealer or send $99.00 (CA residents add $5.94 tax) plus $3.00 shipping to: Silicon Beach Software, Inc., PO. Box 261430 San Diego, CA 92126 or call (619) 695-6956 (Visa or Mastercard accepted) System Requirements: Macintosh 512K, Plus, XL (MB) ‘Macintosh is trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. MacPaint and MacDraw are traclemarks of When all you want is a masterpiece le Computer, Inc. LaserBlts isa tradematk of Silicon Beach Software. Inc. ©Copyright, 1986, Silicon Beach Soltwate, Ine Circle 266 on reader service card CiRRUS 210 A0M ees —= 40M HK Here's hard disk performance for the oe This small wonder can do everything MAC PLUS that’s as fast as it comes! “ape ss ge the CIRRUS Hard Disks can do, In The CIRRUS 40FD delivers 28ms seek [Se fact it operates identically. 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And, don’t forget to ask about our first class performance equipment designed to meet the needs of serious warranty and service protection. We're seasoned experts in mass users. So if you’re a power user now, or ready to become one, storage with more than 15,000 systems installed in the field. And, call or write today for more information about the CIRRUS 40FD, we stand behind every product we sell. CALL TO ORDER TODAY: 800-522-2237 + In Oregon and Alaska call: 503-626-6877 VISA & MASTERCARD accepted - OEM & Dealer inquiries welcome Kamerman Labs 7861 SW Cirrus Drive, Beaverton, OR 97005 + 503-626-6877 - Telex 501 886 ‘Mouse nat included. Specifications and prices subject to change without notice. Mac Plus is a ropisternd trademark of Apple Computers, Inc. Copyright © 1986 Kamerman Labs. Circle 599 on reader service card Prototy per Because they can't rea What good is a new idea if you keep it to yourself? Think about it-there are plenty of people who would like to see your ideas, Programmers building applications, Writers creating manuals, Management worrying over deadlines, Investors wanting demonstrations. And of course, end users, The Prototyper allows these types of people to communicate more effectively. ‘To visualize ideas, Share ideas, Test ideas. Which means reaching solutions earlier, The Prototyper lets you build proto- types that look, act, and feel exactly like Macintosh applications. With menus, buttons, and windows that respond when selected, opened, or scrolled, Your prototypes can run with or without interaction, like guided tours, And they're stand-alone programs, so people don’t have to own the Prototyper to run your prototypes. The Prototyper displays your ideas so clearly, and allows changes so easily, that you'll be able to produce a better product in less time. Oh, did we mention that absolutely no coding is involved? Let them read your mind, Prototyper, SmethersBarnes Abailable January 1987 For more information, call 1-800+237:3611 In Oregon call 503-245: 7270 Prototype and te SuethersBares ogy are trademarks of SnthersBares, ‘Mantes isa trademuar license to Apple Comper, hc Circle 438 on reader service card The First Integrated Idea Processor/Idea Presenter MORE is the third generation idea processing software product from Living Videotext, the company that invented Macintosh idea processing with Thinklank 128 and Thinklank 512. File Edit Window View Reorganize Templates Formats Status Center FOSS roloden S=01e] + Doug Castle, VP Marketing i + Action Items & Things To Do + Bobler, Steve ~ call ail names in rolodex, re new produ [MM Brothers, Dennis ~ name new Natignat Salas + Dvorak, John + buy gift for vist Sales Terri). ah eret DP ~ speech outhine + Memos and Letters nar onaL = Rollout Memo -lso| | ae = Resignation Let © Termination Ley ck Hara + Daily Appoi is} 1 + 1 + Monday, June lili! Tiree] [Tsoorseny ] [~vecrern + Tuesday, June |Z REDON neo MEAN vat New Vers ants Seatte serartaratt ] { naney tamer | [art resoer fo csi MORE is more than an idea processor, because Bullet Charts and Tree Charts make it easy to graphically present your ideas. Thats why we say that MORE is the first integrated idea processor/idea presenter. Its a complete system for developing and refining your ideas. Then it quickly and automatically transforms your ideas into a presentation that looks so good you'd think a professional spent hours working in MacDraw. MORE is for people whose primary product is their thinking—for example, managers, consultants, professionals, advertising and public relations people, MORE is widely used in corporations where presentations are a normal course of daily business. Reporters can track their contacts, and cross-reference them by specialty. Its great for students and teachers too! LIVING VIDEOTEXT 2432 Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 415-96 Not copy protected. Suggested retail price $295, For all Macintosh system: MORE, ThinkTank $12, ThinkTank 128, and Thinklank are trademarks of Living \ is with 512K or more /ideotext. The names of the MORE Intelligent Idea Processing Hoisting: focus on one section of an outline Cloning: dynamic outline cross-references Mark + gather: automated reorganization Pattern matching: context sensitive and intelligent Levels: visual using size and style From Living Videotext—the undisputed leaders in idea processing technology MORE Desktop Presentations Bullet charts; from outlines to overhead transparencies, in seconds ‘Tree charts: for timelines, project plans and organization charts Direct transfer: to page layout programs MORE Desktop Productivity Outline templates: create standard outline “forms” Time management: smart calendar templates, time and date stamping Auto dialer: dial a phone number from any headline Outline math: for expense reports and budgets Windows: word processing or graphics can be attached to any headline MORE Macintosh Power Standard editing: click anywhere to edit any text Windows: up to six open at once, Macintosh standard Windov tiling: horizontal, vertical, or diagonal ‘Transfer outlines: to MacDraw, MacWrite, Microsoft Word Circle 50 on reader service card Journal that price ¥ Mail-Order Firm Goes Chapter 11 ® On October 29, the per- sonal computer mail-order sup- plier Northeastern Software filed for protection from cred- itors in bankruptey court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Northeastern’s lawyer, James Yerrillo, told the Wail Street ‘sin the mail-order business led to the Chapter 11 filing, But prior to that move, reports Macworld and PC World publisher Jim Martin, Northeastern “claimed they had overextended them- selves with a tremendous amount of advertising.” North- eastern ads in the two m. zines were refused by Martin after a letter of complaint about Northeastern, published in the October issue of Macworld, generated a torrent of addi- tional complaints about paid- for products never sent, stalled refunds, and other examples of poor service and questionable business practices. Common LISPs Experlelligence of Santa Barbara, California, developer of Al languages and tools for the Macintosh, has introduced ExperCommonLISP, a full im- plementation of the language that works according to the LISP committee standards. The language provides complete ac- cess to the Toolbox and in- cludes a Smalltalk-like class system. Unlike the company’s initial product, ExperLisp 1.5, Exper- | ha | Goral Lisp, now available, is a | Academic Honors | Owners are now a’ CommonLISP lets you create stand-alone applications and afeature that reduces the | size of programs so that you don’t need to carry the extra baggage of LISP around with applications, ExperTelligence also distributes a portable LISP, Le Lisp, and Prolog language products, Coral Software of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, is finish- ing up its version of Common Lisp, due out in a few month: subset of the Common Lisp un- der development. B® Apple Computer is offer- ing $50,000 in pr for out- standing academic applications that run on Apple computers in United States colleges and uni- versities, The judges—including faculty, campus computing ser- vices representatives, one dent, and MacPaini Atkinson—will award grand prize and four pi $7500 each, chosen from en- tries in four areas: In-Class In- Struction, Teaching Tools, Study/Research Tools, and De- velopment Tools, The deadline for entry is February 28, 198 For details and guidelines write to Wheels for the Mind Awards, Apple Computer, 20525 Mariani Ave., MS 23-E, Cupertino, CA 95014. Hard Disk Softeners ® Wo utilities that make life easier for Apple SCSI hard disk ailable for the Apple HD 20. The Find File desk accessory lets you locate an HES file in the Finder from | printer port, two R& an application. The Disk First Aid “scavenger” examines the data structures on a disk and at- tempts to repair any damage it finds, Both are available from dealers and user groups. The MacEnhancer Lives b The MacEnhancer, an adapter with extra ports f introduced by Microsoft a few years ago that has since been languishing, was reissued by Softstyle of Honolulu. The $245, Softstyle MacEnhancer attaches toa Mac serial port and pro- vides an IBM PC-compatible 232C serial ports, and an RS-422 Macin- | tosh-style serial port. Your net gain is three ports, which means you don't have to adjust cables every time you want to use a different printer. Softstyle includes 15 printer drivers ‘o-use installation Cross-Development in € B Programmers working on projects destined for the Apple 1IGS now have a faster way to finish code in the MactoGS As- sembler Linker from Consulair of Portola Valley, California, The cross-development tool runs on a 512KE Mac but is fastest on a 68020-enhanced Mac, Besides being compatible with the Ap- ple II Programmer's Workshop assembler, it produces com- plete stand-alone IIGS applica- tions and allows symbolic debugging. Mac Bulletin Designer Layouts Recognizing that its page- layout program delivers the means of publication design | into untrained hands, Aldus has brought out the first in a series of templates for PageMaker that take some of the gues work—and hopefully some of the ghastly—out of desktop publishing projects. Page- Maker Portfolio: Designs for Newsletters ($79) offers 21 tem- plates based on seven funda- mental designs. Others in the series will offer designs for cat- alogs, price lists, brochures, | and fliers. | Site Licensing on the Mac ® Solutions, Inc., recently announced a site licensing pro- gram for its G/e software that allows people to open trans- ferred files from programs such as Excel or Jazz without haying a copy of the application. For $7500, companies may pur- | chase the right to make un- limited copies of Glize for use at a single company site—or for | $22,000, unlimited copies at any site, including employees homes. The licensing pro- gram-=the first offered for Mac software—is significant because other publishers of important | business software for the Mac have decided against site li- s. Microsoft, for example, hefty discount to com- panies that purchase at least $100,000 worth of programs, but according to spokesperson Marty Taucher, the company doesn’t believe in site licen- sing because “that releases. (continues) Macworld 13 Introducing the largest selection of vertical 4 solutions available on Macintosh” All based" on the Omnis 3 Plus database, and written for your business, by people #7 your business. » Whether you plan to put together your own datat base, or hire a consultant, or purchase one of the turnkey solutions offered by over 1000 Omnis devel- ° opers, Omnis 3 Plus is the #1 database for Macintosh. This is only a partial list of Omnis-based solutions, For a copy of the Omnis Business Directory —a com- plete listing with detailed descriptions of all Omnis- based software, clip the coupon or call the 800 number on page 8 ' ¢ I} Mac-Controller . . . Full Accounting Package 116 i j Accounts Receivable & Sales System } ‘Small Business Accounting & Control System relh da | General Financials ti bT TAT mel MacGraphics Generator Lh Publication Advertising Sales System Profitware Inventory Application Generic Application” —Comprehensive Accountin: Generic Application is a learning and development tool that dramatically reduces development time for new Omnis 3 Plus 33 applications. It is also a working, debugged, accounts receivable, invoicing and inventory program that provides an expandable Soundation for the most widely used business applications. ANY of its existing features may be customized or changed. It is NOT locke or copy protected! Generic Application, written in accordance with standard accounting practices, is fully compatible with multi-user environ- ments and is completely documented. Every aspec és covered in the more than 540 pages of user’s guides and reference materials. Generic Application is the way to quick! produce powerful customized Omnis 3 Plus business applications, Whether you use it “as is” or as the basis for a much larger system, Generic Application saves you development time an money by providing a wealth of powerful debugged features, ready to be used! Profitwace, 10951 Sorrento Valley Rd. Suite 1-H, San Diego CA 92121 (619) 453-2660, Telex 188954, MCI 292-2014. See Reader Service Card #705. 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Law Office Management Package LawFirm, Specialized Time & Cost Tracking for Law Office Legal Recruitment System ‘Worker's Compensation Case Management ‘Macliook, Library & Bookmobile Inventory Controt Very Large Scale Bulk Mailer m niMailer Seen Rental Store Management System / pharmacy UFELINE.». Sy m Blood & Blood Donor Tracking «Veterinary Practice Management System Wednesday's Off... Records Management CADUCEUS . .. A Comprehensive Medical Office Management System The Physicians Office Management System MedQuest . . . Medical Office Management Medi-Express, Practice Management System wacDoctor ESP Optometric Allied Support's Medical Clinic Time & Billing. MAC BACK The Certified Dental Assistant ana Dental System issociation Membership System Medical Billing & Patient Handles tracking and maintenance func- ions for any association or club: maintains he basic demographic information for ach member, special interest groups and committees. Yearly registrations are pro- essed, updating the members’ information ind printing new membership cards. Prints multiple mailing lists for SIGs or ‘ommittees and bas directories of the mem- rersbip by state, province or renewal date. Customization is available. Variations of he package to handle league registration for sports, conventions for an association, yr athletic events, are already in place. Up & Running Systems Limited, 33 River (613) 748-6050. See Reader ervice Card #706, vention Handling System ithlete Tracking Systems ihletc Bent Systems cague Registration Systems LIMB . . . Club Listing & Information Management uotation Management System pmni-File Tracker dacCheck Writer lusiness Checkbook Helper OLLOW > UP . .. Track office work. ne Merge Clee ime Wand Bar Code Reader he Church Business Manager hurch Stewardship Program ion-Profit Solution: Polymath specializes in database applica: ions for small businesses and organizations bat need to manage complex relationships imong members, clients or donors,or between bem and their transactions, Current iroducts include a non-profit package for racking donations and grants, a theaire or heatrical agency package for tracking jalent and productions or events, a student ind course tracking module for schools or ndependent trainers, a module for track- ng work hours and wages for intermittent art time employees, and modules for deal- ng with reflexive relationships within a ingle file, such as family trees or sponsor- bip lines. Modules, such as inventory management ind purchasing, accounts receivable, ournal-ledger systems, are available to nect your business needs, All are de- igned for creating custom applications for specific clients and can be tailored to minimize the wasted disk space generated by “off-the-shelf” application packages. We understand that each business and each business person has a unique need for information gathering and manage- ‘ment and we do our best to providea finished product ideally suited to that individual need. Polymath Program Productions, P.O. Box 2327 (for orders), 3242 Bayo Vista Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501, (415) 522-2342, CompuServe: 71076, 1135. See Reader Service Card #707. ‘OmniPayroll MacPayroll Plus... A Canadian Payroll System Payroll: Bridge iMAN RESOURCES . .. tem HEADHUNTER! Mineral Identification & Inventory System Macintosh Magazine Data ROYALTY . .. Professional Genealogy Management System Album Collection Organizer ‘The Studio Photographer ‘STUDIO MANAGER etal Engine .. Complete Management System for Personnel Administration een Nfewelers Small Business Accounting The RETAIL Shop ‘The PRO Shop ‘The SHOE Shop POSICon . .. Point of Sale & Inventory Control P-0-S/Mac Profitware Time & Billing Application Professional's Billing Package MacConsultant . .. Consultant Time/Billing & Project tem Property Management MacLord . . . Hotel Management Roybal Sales Manager Sales Lead Management System MacSchedule . . . PMCS . . . Project Management Control System Concrete Cylinder & Nuclear Density Tests Tabulation Essex Market Surveyor RESPONDER . . . Equipment Maintenance & Time Management Work Order Management System p For service businesses of any size. The Depot Repair System is an improved way to perform ser- vice and cost controls, increase profits and report on service Slalus, warranty costs, inventory and spares using a Macintosh computer, On the bench or in the office the integrated APPLAUSE ‘ Automated Dispatch Sy. tem will keep track of customers, distrib- uted inventory and service contract status. When the phone rings your coordinator can instantly let your customers know your field rep bas the parts and is on bis way, and let you know profitability is under control! XCEL Computer Systems has belped many international corporations improve profitability and maintain cus- tomer satisfaction, Act now, and change the way you work for the better, Fora complete description of systems that we think are solving real service problems, cail or write: XCEL Computer Systems, 255 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, Worcester, MA 01609 (617) 797-3025 Applelink #VO 154. See Reader Service Card #708° Leasing System Equipment Rental Program Counseling Clinic Management PERSISTENCY .. Data management for Insurance Agencies The Computer Store Manager The Collector Handy Mac.. . . Janitorial Business Management Manage-U-Store Tender Loving Kare... MacAuction Mactlorse Sand Mountain base MacForwarder Wholesale/Retail Florist Horse Farm Information Manager FD . . . Historical Funeral _ Automated Exports Multi-user Automated Registrar's Office Administration - Registration & Academic That’s why all of the solutions on the pre- vious pages were developed using Omnis 3 Plus Because, quite simply, there is no other databas which is as powerful, as fast, as reliable, as fles ible or as easy to program as Omnis 3 Plus, In fact, it’s for those same reasons that Omni 3 Plus is the fastest selling relational database available on Macintosh, selling more than all th others combined. And if you thought the Macin | ¥| tosh didn’t have a world class database, think again! Omnis 3 Plus is the second fastest selling relational database in the world. One feature which helped Omnis 3 Plus to become so popular is its ability to import data. SHUI THANSALLONS, BU DENA, Omnis 3 Plus accommodates so many data for- mats that it can import data from all popular microcomputer databases, spreadsheets, and even some word processors. So yo don’t have to wait to import your dBase™ II, Ill or II Plus data —you can do it right now with Omnis 3 Plus. It would take twenty pages to list all of the features that Omni 3 Plus has . . . so we'll list the one that it doesn’t have: “memory caching?’ Omnis 3 Plus doesn’t use memory caching because we penay that keeping data in memory instead of writing it to * disk is very dangerous. When your data is in memory, it coul be lost from a power failure, a system crash, or someone | knocking out the plug—things that happen all the time with personal computers. But what’s even worse is that you could _ lose more than just the last few records . . . you could lose your entire database! ee mo Bat if memory caching is so dangerous, you might be wondering why so many other databases use it. They use it to make the database seem fast. Omnis 3 Plus doesn’t use it because it doesn’t have to “seem”’ fast—it is fast. Very fast. Omnis 3 Plus can retrieve one record in a file of 100,000 records in under .17 seconds. Many databases would have trouble even storing 100,000 records. E No microcomputer database can equal the performance of H Omnis 3 Plus. When you purchase Omnis 3 Plus, you’ re not u just getting the best database on Macintosh, you're getting the best database on any microcomputer. See Reader Service Card #703 “With Omnis, produc- tivity bas increased. We now have a central loca- tion for all of our contract related data and can access the information quickly.” lie Arco Oil & Gas Co. You’re in good companies . . . “Dravo has about ; h ; i twenty databases on A few of the companies using Omnis 3 Plus: Omnis, We migrated from Adobe Systems: an IBM mainframe appli- Alcoa Corpor ation cation to Omnis and feel Aldus Corporation we have gained much American Express needed flexibility.” American Systems Engineering Apple Computer Dravo Corporation. Arco Oil & Gas Co. Arthur Young Citibank Dade County Police Department Dartmouth College Dow Chemical Dravo Corporation Eli Lilly & Co. Federal Express General Computer Corporation General Dynamics Gestedner Office Systems Herbal Marketing Associates Hughes Aircraft Co. John Deere McDonnell-Douglas Motorola Corporation Nicolet Analytical Owens Corning Fiberglass Raytheon Co. Rockwell International Sara Lee Corporation Seattle First National Bank Sequoia Insurance Co. Sony Corp. OMNIS 3 PLUS. | MITE Advances in high speed connections and | shared hard disks allow networks of Macintosh | computers to often outperform minicomputers. “We run Wabash Computer Systems (6 stores, $25 million sales) entirely on Macintosh Plus Computers using Omnis 3 i Plus. We've networked Macintoshes in our Wit} Corporate Office, Accounting Department, MHL and Art and Advertising Department. Eaci retail store runs on Omnis and generates invoices, tracks sales, serial numbers inventory, accounts receivable and customer lists... which are fed back to our Corporate Office. fc Our user-friendly Omnis applica- tions and Macintosh Computers are replacing a not- so-friendly Hewlett Packard HP-3000/42 multiuser __, multi-tasking Mini Computer that cost $250,000 to buy (with software) and over $7000 a / mam month to support (exclusive of salaries)! f , If you'd rather buy our Mini Computer than a Macintosh, call us. We'll sell it to you at a very attractive price.” Lin Austin, CEO, Wabash vogue Computer Systems ats ae aah a 4 we | ont 1 =f A Keeper™ Plus file server on a network with Omnis 3 Plus provides a powerful solution to business problems. PBL When you have a useful solution, you’ll quickly find that it’s being used by many people around your office. That's good: the more use it gets, the faster it . pays for itself. To accommodate your growth you'll > want to be able to access your data multi-user from . many Macintosh computers. }s With the Keeper Plus, setting up a multi-user network system of Macintoshes is as simple as plugging a few cables ogether, There’s no additional software to learn and no omplicated set-up functions to perform. In no time at all, our entire office can be sharing data, images and soft- vare applications all at the same time, There is 10 need to understand the complexities of ‘file locking,” shared access,” or other network jargon. What you will inderstand is that your networked Macintosh system allows more people to work on your company’s information at peak speed and efficiency. The Keeper Plus is the only true multi- user file server hardware built for the Sg AppleTalk” network, so it combines maximum flex- ibility with maximum protection for your data. Un- like software-based file servers which can make it difficult to perform backup because they distribute 7 your data over many remotely located hard disks, one Keeper Plus of up to 120 megabytes “We tried many file shared by many Macintoshes, and the Keeper serving software appli- Plus’ removable hard disk cartridges make cations with bard disks _______’_ backup of your important business before we settled on the ata simple and fast. Keeper Plus. All 14 users Advanced features such as print-spooling, automatic file com- that share the Keeper Plus action and expansion, capacities from 20 to 120 megabytes and are extremely bappy with nultiple drives on a single network assure you that the Keeper its functionality and lus will be on the cutting edge of Macintosh file-serving tech- reliability. ” ology for a long time to come. —Chuck Mell, The Keeper Plus is compatible with software and hardware CONTEL ateways and bridges from AppleTalk to IBM mainframes, PC’s, EC VAX, and other AppleTalk networks. “The Keeper Plus is the All the features of the Keeper Plus make it an unparalleled easiest file server to use hoice for a network of Macintosh computers. for the Macintosh. It’s met For more information on the Keeper Plus, call or exceeded my expecta- -800-523-8392 (or 512-280-1977 in Texas). tions in every area.” —AlIStirpe, <6 RE ACH General Electric TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED Company. The best networking solutions are within REACH. See Reader Service Card #704 en, ‘Applications designed specifically for your business or profession, the most powerful data- base, and the simplest, most flexible network file-server available for any personal computer, combine to give you an office system that pays for allows you to process work more quickly, keep in touch with your customers or clients, smooth your inventory flow or shorten your receivables cycle, and maintain that profes- sional image that raises you high above the itself. A single user Macintosh or a Keeper Plus network of Macintoshes on Apple- Talk will perform like a mini-computer at a frac- tion of the expense. Low entry prices, easy expan- sion and upgrading keep your cost of computing low. Fast, accurate access to the information that is in- tegral to your business Omnis, dBase, ‘The Members Depot/APPLAl and Appletalk , Macintosh, ‘nt Package, Technologies Inc., McIntosh Laboratory, Inc,, Up& Running Systems, XCEL, Vdii nore information on solutions for my busi- ness. Please send me a copy of the Omnis Business Directory for the limited time price of $4 (regularly $7). CO I've enclosed a check for $4 C Please charge $4 to my credit card: VISA Charge Account # Mastercard Expiration Date Signature Name Company /Title _ Address City = Phone ( Send to: Blyth Software, Inc., 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 425, San Mateo, CA 94403. OR CALL 800-843-8615 (Inside CA call 800-223-8050) State Zip e OMNIS 3 PLUS PROM BLY TH SOFTWARE competition. Factors th affect your bottom line and yield a high return for your computer investment. Low costs and high return are your guaran- tee that a solution will pay for itself. Software that has been installed at over 100,000 sites worldwide is your assu | ance that these solutior can work for you. je largest auto dealer- ship in our area asked us to install a computer system to handle sales tracking, inven: tory control, and in-house auto-financing receivables, After the data was entered and we fired up the applica- tion, we immediately recov- ered the cost of the 2 Macs ati the multi-user Omnis 3 pack- age in money that, up to tha point, my client didn't know he bad!” Larry Cline MicroSystems Const u Virginia Bi “Omnis is fast. We want to pay wha claims concluded as soon as possible. evaluate a claim, the better, “Under the old system, people who were typing checks bad no idea bow much they were writing out ina day, With this system, at the end of the day the Omnis check register gives a total of the amount spent that day, so all our offices can keep in touch with spending, “Omnis takes full advantage of the Mac interface so that an employee is up and going in under an hour, You get much more productivity.” e faster we can Bob Hoppie Administrative Sequoia Insuran ns Manager, Menlo Park, CA, David Bunnell 12 Who Made a Difference in 1986 The first annual Personal Computer Achievement Awards honor 12 of the year’s best and brightest PC players This is the time of year when a lot of maga- zines announce their awards. Most of the time the recipients are chosen by the edi- tors of those magazines. And most awards go to companies and products. PC World has its annual World Class PC awards, which are based on a poll of readers, (Win- ners of the 1986 awards were announced in the October issue.) This year, Macworid will also present World Class awards based on a readers’ 4 poll. Jobn Sculley Jobn Warnock Apple Computer Adobe Systems } Paul Brainerd Burrell Smith Aldus Corporation Radius We feel that readers’ polls are es- pecially meaningful because they are the voice of the consumer computing in the wilderness. Such a contest is a hands-on revelation. However, the temptation for an editor- in-chief to make awards selections—to play at being omnipotent and all-knowing—is not one I can easily resist. Frankly, it's too much fun to pass up. So I have decided to establish the Per- Jean-Louis Gassée Bill Gates Gary Kildall sonal Computer Achievement Awards for 12 ‘Apple Computer Microsoft KnowledgeSet people who have made a significant differ- Corporation Corporation ence to computing during the past year. In making these awards I have relied on my own instincts, as well as on nomina- tions that I received from the editors of PC World, Macworld, and Publish! maga- zines. There are other, mor tematic ways of selecting winners, but ultimately the process is arbitrary. Rod Canion Compaq Computer Dan Hawkins (continues) Michael Dell Kevin Jenkins jc Software Garden PC's Limited Hercules Computer Technology ip Electronic Arts Macworld = 17 DRIVEN BY The MagNet 20X was one of the first 20 meg SCSI drives available for the Mac Plus, and has proven to be one of the most reliable and popular drives sold. The 20X is reliable because it was designed to run cooler, as much as 30% cooler than drives without a fan, Heat burns the delicate components of your drive and the hotter the drive the shorter the life. The 20X is fast because of our efficient software and clean design. Nibble Mac magazine found out of nine contenders the 20X to be the fastest drive tested. Quality is tested for at every stage of manufacturing and our technicians personally sign off at each step onto a Quality and Assurance report that is included with every Mirror drive. MagNet 20X and 30X. The MagNet 30X is the perfect choice for the users who feel their storage needs will grow. Priced at $1195.00 the MagNet 30X gives you 50% more storage than our competitors’ higher priced 20 meg drives. Both the 20X and the 30X come with backup utilities and optional MacServe networking software (a $250.00 value). The Tape Drive The Library Of Congress Chose The Magnum Tape 20 was the tape drive chosen by the Library of Congress and two of the world’s largest accounting firms, Arthur Andersen and Peat Marwick, to back up their Macintosh computers. These groups understand the importance of data integrity and quality: they chose the Magnum Tape 20, The Magnum Tape 20 was the first tape drive introduced for the Macintosh and since the introduction a good product has only gotten better. Our free software update policy has allowed our users to improye their Tape 20 with features like multiple yolume, file by file and incremental (last changes made) backup capabilities. The Tape 20 runs silent and cool to give you the worry-free performance you need. ‘one y y. igh for being st ond tonone. We consistently get letters from neon like W. D. Bail of Syracuse. NY, who wot “The main reason I will continue to seek and purchase Mirror ‘Technologies products is because of your service technicians and the quality of service and support I have received.” It’s satisfied customers like this that have given our customer service department its quality reputation. The Original 800K Drive Mirror Technologies was the first company to introduce an 800k drive for the Macintosh. (We even beat Apple.) Since then we have satisfied thousands of customers with the speed and value of the best built drive on the market. MacWorld magazine said the Magnum 800 “comes with several features the Apple | drive lacks: Features like a one year warranty, and a push button manual eject in addition = > tothe auto eject. The Magnum 800 is compatible with the Mac 128, 512, and Plus. Reading and writing 400k or 800k diskettes. Quiet, fast and priced far less than the Apple drive, the Magnum 800 is the perfect value for your Macintosh system. Magnum 800 “i QUALITY Power, Performance And Security The MagNet 40/40 hard drive with tape backup offers speed, dependability, multiuser software, plus peace of mind, Perfect for big applications like desktop publishing. CAD, CAM and financial modeling where large storage and data integrity are crucial. The MagNet 40/40 connects directly to your Mac Plus via the SCSI port or to your Mac 512k by adding our fastport. The MagNet 40/40 40/40 allows you to backup by volume, by individual file, or incrementally (last changes made), With the incremental capability you can backup most daily work in under four minutes. Every 40/40 includes MacSerye™ networking software from InfoSphere to give you Multiuser, Multitasking and a host of other features. The MagNet 40/40 is the drive of choice for companies like GTE, Apple and Blyth Software (the developers of the powerful OMNIS database). These are just a few examples of users with large storage needs and crucial data. Drive Forever The MagNet 85X and 172X hard drives combine blistering speed and enormous capacity with tape backup and multiuser/multitasking software. Now an entire office of Macs can share data and peripherals for maximum performance and efficiency. Using voice coil technology these high capacity drives are three times faster than standard hard drives. The 3M 40 meg tape backup in the MagNet 85X and 172X give you peace of mind knowing your data is secure. The MagNet 85X and 172X are compact, quiet, and powerful alternatives to the AST 4000. The 172X has two times the drive capacity for the same price as the 4000 driye* Coupled with our standard one year warranty and toll-free support, our “super drives” will satisfy your hunger for power no matter how big the appetite. MagNet 85X and 172X pi | Data. Practically ' like Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Cal Tech, Stanford, Duke, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell, and Yale. Mirror Technologies drives also run on thousands of Macs for companies, and persons with aspirations to be great, companies like Don’s Dog Service, Anderson's Nursery, Ads Up Inc. and even Australian Himalayan Expeditions Inc. Small companies with an eye to getting big. Why do we have so many satisfied customers? We believe that it is because of the commitment to quality and service that is included with every Mirror drive shipped. mR BECHNOLOG GIES .... 2209 Phelps Road, Hugo, Minnesota 55038 612-426-3276 j é trademark of AST Research Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc, Circle 406 on reader service card *Based on November 1986 suggested retail pricing. Down... Ready... Selle ae Hut... Hut! Take 40 Super Bowl teams, add a billion play combinations, throw in the ability to set a game at any point and create your own weather, top it off with an accurate system of recording plays and stats, and you have MacPro Football, the first team sports game created exclusively for the 512K MacIntosh. $49.95, MacPro Football is crammed full of features and those details missing from other games: the Opening coin toss, draw-your-own pass plays, four quarterback plays, zone and man-to-man defenses, and a computer coach as good as Lombardi! Whether: you're a Sunday coach or a Monday morning quarterback, MacPro Football is the ticket to football excitement! Watch for future disks with more famous teams, complete seasons, and programs to create your own teams and save stats! AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE or call toll-free: 1(800)638-9292. Ask for Operator M microcomputer games DIVISION The Avalon Hill Game Company A MONARCH AVALON INC, COMPANY 4517 Harford Road © Baltimora, MD 21214 Circle 581 on reader service card David Bunnell One of the people on my list is John Sculley, chairman and CEO of Apple Com- puter, Sculley wins a Personal Computer Achievement Award for leadership. In 1986 he successfully brought Apple back to the forefront of personal comput- ing. Apple not only launched the Mac Plus, and virtually created a new market with desktop publishing, but the company also turned in record quarterly earnings and once again became the darling of Wall Street. All this at a time when its main competition, IBM, was receiving a severe battering in the marketplace. The next award goes to John Warnock, president of Adobe Systems. He is making. PostScript the standard page-description language of most laser printers and thereby helping to spread the gospel of desktop publishing throughout the world! He wins the Bunnell Peace Prize this year. Similarly, Paul Brainerd, president of Aldus Corporation, wins the Literature Prize for coining the term desktop pitblish- ing and for creating PageMaker, which be- came the 7-2-3 of 1986. PageMaker is the program that proved once and for all that the Macintosh can be a highly productive tool for creating documents, newsletters, and even magazines such as Publish!. Brainerd deserves a full page in the history book of personal computing. Moving along in my personal 4 ceremony, a plaque goes to Burrell Si vice president of engineering at Radius, for designing the Radius large-screen monitor for the Macintosh. To my mind, this was the most exciting hardware product of 1986. Smith wins Bunnell’s CRT kudos for this second major hit: his first was helping to engineer the original hardware for the Macintosh Then we come to Jean-Louis Gassée, vice president of product development for Apple Computer. Jean-Louis receives 2 award for his vision of future personal computer development, Thank goodness Jean-Louis has a vision, because Apple needs it. Sometimes his notions do not seem relevant to any- thing in particular, but the important thing is that he has a vision and that he expounds it so well Next I solemnly canonize Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation, for championing CD ROM-for having the fore- sight to recognize the significance of this new information technology and for ac- tively campaigning to make it happen. I also applaud him for steering the effort to take Microsoft public in what has probably been the most successful public offering in corporate history. Gary Kildall founder of Digital Re- h and president and founder of KnowledgeSet Corporation, makes the awards list for being the hands-on activist behind CD ROM and for creating many of the tools that make it all possible. He wins my Science Prize. Another real winner is Rod Canion, president and CEO of Compaq Computer. I applaud him for his bold strike of announc- ing Compaq's amazing 386 machine before IBM's, and for successfully steering Com- paq Computer through the difficult waters of the compatibles world. Michael Dell, president of PC’s Lim- ited, wins my stamp of approval for pi- oneering the mail-order PC-clone and PC AT-clone business—and for proving that there can be other channels for delivering products besides computer stores and di- rect sales to large corporations. Kevin Jenkins, president of Hercules Computer Technolog: tablished Hercules as the graphics stan- dard on the PC and for promoting the Ram- Font text mode of the Hercules Graphics urd Plus. 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