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Crewmen, there's some important info you need to know about the AN/PSQ-23 illuminator, integrated, small arms (STORM SLX), NSN 5855-01-647-6498. That model STORM is not compatible with the remote weapon [...]

Imagine the phone system without directory assistance or a large library without the Dewey Decimal System. That's what a network of local area networks is like today. There's no logical […]

OpenVMS VAX has been a tremendously successful product that it be able to efficiently support operating systems other than OpenVMS. The Alpha AXP designers also wanted to start with a […]

Cincom's new Supra 3.0 distributed RDBMS is getting high marks initially from IS. But can Cincom capitalize on its strengths? Ask an IS manager to predict what the enterprisewide system […]

One of Windows 3.1's most impressive new features is a slick item called Object Linking and Embedding, which vastly increases the potential for producing compounds documents. Microsoft Corp. developed OLE […]

DECLASER 1150 DESCRIPTION: PostScript-compatible desktop laser printer VENDOR: Digital Equipment Corp. 146 Main St. Maynard, MA 01754-2571 (508)493-5111 TEST CONFIGURATION: DECserver 1150 with 2.5MB of main memory and a MicroVAX […]

On-Line Management Shakespeare once called ignorance the cursoe of God. Many computer users are so cursed. Despite the widespread availability of technical documentation, many never open the manuals that could […]

IBM's early fall announcement has aged just enough to essay some rational assessment of its impact, in both the long and short term, for customers and competitors. The announcement included […]

DATA CENTER MOVES INTO RANGE OF SAA Where IBM's SAA and data center strategies intersect is a cross-hair aimed at a newly sighted target. Most users of data center software […]

3PX 3 P Software 1827 Kendrick Street Philadelphia, Penn. 19152-1829 (215) 699-0399 3 PX from 3 P Software runs the gamut. It offers Cilpper Microsoft C, and assembly edit, and […]

Three useful products-AdComm99, COMET, and SllverComm-let YOu add communications to your dBASE language applications. Only one offers 'industrial-strength' power I work with large and small businesses, and they always seem […]

Alpha seems like a panacea. All that CPU power just waiting to be tapped. New, faster I/O buses, massive cache buffers, speed, speed, speed. We can't wait! Then the questions […]

No matter what your needs, there's probably a Windows application to fill them. With a slick new Windows version of 1-2-3 soon to be released, is it time to abandon […]

What DOS does for DSP Given a rough target cost of $5000, you can assemble a DOS-based, 80386-class computer with the hardware and software needed to develop a range of [...]

Rivals Will Support IBM As the AD/Cycle and Repository Manager/MVS designs slowly move into the product phase--and users see that an integrated IBM computer-aided software engineering (Case) solution is years […]

Companies looking to become early adopters of Microsoft's Windows x64 Edition OSes encountered a reason to postpone the decision: They may find their favorite anti-virus software no longer works on […]

Encapsulation of Applications in the NewWave Environment THE HP NEWWAVE ENVIRONMENT provides powerful capabilities for applications that are written to take full advantage of the object management facility (OMF), the […]

WIDENING THE LEAD In the hotly competitive minisupercomputer market, new, technologically advanced computer systems are coming out from longtime vendors as well as start-up companies at a pace that boggles […]

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Lines of Code In a move to ease the OEM software burden, an icon-based development system has been introduced that takes advantage of UNIX, X-Windows, […]

Videoscope: A Nonintrusive Test Tool for Personal Computers INTERACTIVE TESTING OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE requires the tester to sit at the test system and enter test data using a keyboard and/or […]

AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR KEYBOARD CONFUSION Most IBM PC software emulations of DEC terminals put their users through some finger-bending contortions as they try to map a traditional PC keyboard […]

After years of treating PC graphics as an afterthought, IBM has moved to make full graphics capabilities an integral part of its microcomputer products. With the extensive graphics capabilities it […]

Last summer, PC Week ran a Buyers' Guide (June 26) on IBM PC compatibles, listing models from scores of vendors, all jockeying for position in a booming market. Now, less […]

The Jungle COMDEX comes, and COMDEX goes. Luckily, this one's gone. It's not that COMDEX/Spring '89 was overtly bad. Trekking to Chicago is worthwhile, if just to visit the legendary […]

The Novell Connection Novell offers a family of four compatible data management products: 1) Btrieve, a record manager; 2) XQL, a workstation-based relational database manager; 3) Xtrieve, an interactive query […]

DEVELOPERS, CHOOSE YOUR PLATFORMS As data processing organizations begin to accept the promise of computer-aided software engineering (Case), traditionally IBM-faithful DP management is becoming more open-minded about what hardware platforms […]

Faced with the prospect of a bumpy transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 4.0 (code-named Chicago), some ISVs are considering adding filters to their current applications to ensure backward compatibility […]

HORSHAM, Pa. -- The market is pressuring systems like the AS/400 to move in a more open direction. While IBM is responding, the May 3 announcement held some bad news […]

M Microsoft Corp.'s new DriveSpace compression software appears to be virtually identical to its DoubleSpace product with regard to drive structures and programming interfaces, according to PC Week Labs' analysis […]

As Microsoft Corp. continues to whet the computing public's appetite for Windows 4.0, IS managers are gearing up to shift to the more complex and still unfinished 32-bit operating system. […]

March 14 was Albert Einstein's birthday. If you forgot to celebrate, don't worry. Apple Computer Inc. marked the holiday for you with a big send-off bash for its long-awaited Power […]

Running one operating system on top of or within another operating system can be like running a circus. Some operating systems try to keep other operating systems flying through the […]

If any company has been able to feast off the standardization of hardware platforms, it's Intel. But the giant chip maker isn't the sole vendor that has profited from the […]

We looks at an add-on toolbar for File Manager, a cursor customising program and improvements to the Windows configuration tool, WinSleuth Pro. Windows 3.1's File Manager is undoubtedly a vast […]

Do you have a Macintosh or a Pc on your desk--or do you have both? Users may not have to choose between the two any more. For the past four […]

First to flock: development tools, databases, terminal emulators ATLANTA -- The coupling of Digital Equipment Corp.'s AXP systems with Microsoft's forthcoming Windows NT operating system last week won endorsements from […]

My favorite spreadsheet for several years has been Computer Associates International Inc.'s SuperCalc, now in Version 5.5 for MS-DOS. But I don't do much with it, other than basic accounting […]

ATLANTA -- A traffic jam of client/server vendors is growing behind the drawn-out shipment of Windows NT, with frustrated users in tow. As key pieces such as Advanced Server are […]

One of the primary benefits of using Windows is the common user interface shared by Windows applications. If you know how to use one Windows application, you know how to […]

At multiuser computing sites, a VT420 terminal or one of its clones can be a cost-effective desktop display alternative to a higher-priced personal computer or workstation. These terminals, which offer […]

Windows 3.0 did not work as well in Novell Inc. NetWare environments as most users wanted. Fortunately, PC Week Labs' tests indicate that Windows 3.1 will make NetWare users and […]

So, you went to twisted pair and moving a workstation became as easy as installing a telephone. But now the twisted pair has a strangehold on your MIS room and […]