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In business
The work environment is one of the most important fields in which to be The operating system is the very personality of the computer.
computer literate. Everywhere you look jobs are being slashed. Many tasksare BY GRAEME BENNETT.
becoming obsolete because of computers. Automated Teller Machines have
already reduced the need for a whole job category
bank tellers. The next
phase of this kind of replacement is well under way. We carried reports
recently in The Computer Paper about interactive video kiosks in Ontario
that will dispense licensesfor cars and people. Demand for secretaries is being Object linking and embedding (OLE) is probably the most powreduced by managers learning to type and do their own typing at their own
WHEELWRIGHT.
computer. The improvement in Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
soft- erful function within Windows 3.1. BY GEOF
ware that allows computers to "read" and input vast quantities of textmeans more typing jobs disappear. Receptionists get axed because
the company buys a voice mail system. Think about your job. Can you be replaced by a
computer?
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And yet it is notall doom and gloom. At the same time that there are job
cuts, opportunities are opening up for people who understand these new
technologies
and can make them work.
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ing image warping,
So muchforjobs,what about thebosses? Same dealhere.Thousands ofmidjust one of of 3DO's
dle-level management jobs are being restructured, "downsized" and "rightmany graphics prosized," Future-ready companies are restructuring themselves with very little
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management in the middle. Expertise is being contracted for on amneed-tohave" basis.
And bossesthemselves have to get smart. I went to a meeting recently of
newspaper and magazine publishers. Most forward thinking publishers at this
group are preparing their companies for a transition to electronic media. It is
not enough to delegate the task to somemtechno-weenie". The understanding
of this move has to be at the most basic leveL God is in the details. That is
the difference between a good choice and a bad choice of technology.
3DO invents the next-generation video game
E-mail, interactive multi-media, business simulations, expert systems,
object oriented programming, how do they affect your business?You need to BY LARRYGUSSIN.
know.
Follow the
Bouncing Ball...........20
In education
Regular readers of my columns will recognize this area as a recurring theme
of mine. Information that used to be cloistered in the school system is now
readily available outside of those hallowed halls. Computers, bulletin boards,
CD-ROMs and desktop publishing (which has swollen the shelves of bookstores with interesting and innovative books for kids and adults alike) are
providing the kind of interactive, learn-it-when-you-need-to-know-not-whensome-teacher-gets-around-to-teaching-it learning. A recent article in Wired
magazine (415-904-0664) entitledmSchool's Out" asks the question: "Would
you send your kid to a Soviet collective?" I reiterate the question: Are schools
the best way to learn for your children? At the very least, I believe they need
to be supplemented by a computer, a CD-ROM player and a modem at home.
Changes
My feeling is that the old expectation that the really important stuff that you
need to know will be taught in a high school or university course is outmoded. By the time someone conceives of the area, designs a curriculum and
stans teaching, it is possible to have passed by the relevance of the skill.
Much of what was to be taught is readily available in magazines, vendor supplied courses(check out the offerings at Microsoft U.) online or on interactive
CD-ROMs. According to themSchool's Out" article, 99 per cent of all learning
now takes place outside the school system. Where they came up with that
figure, who knows, but look around you and judge for yourself. Where do
you learn? How do you learn best? And ultimately, who is responsible for
what you learn? Examine your life. Are there areas in which computers could
help you do what you do? Why aren't you computer literate?
PC Tools for
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BY MARK WINDER.
Book Reviews
Peter Norton's
Guide to Unix ..30
Unix is a true hacker's dream.
BY JOHN McCORMICK.
The Internet
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A beginner's guide to global
networking. REVIEWED
BY KEITH SCHENGILI-ROBERTS.
Silicon Mirage.31
The art and science of virtual reality.
REVIEWED BY
KEITH SCHENGILI-ROBERTS.
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to your friends and an hour later, cursing at your machine.
The major 32-bit operating systems
you' ve got a room of 'ten dumb terminals..." he says, "...there's a Unix box
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optionally use their own proprietary harddisk formats (NTFS and HPFS, respectively),
which provide long file names and better
performance on large volumes. Both systems use FAT exclusively for formatting
floppy disks. This facilitates file transfers
with other con>puters.
Network services
Both Windows NT and Windows for
personnel.
These network security measures are
also available under IBM's OS/2 2.0, but
Commodore
Operating Systems
Continued from page12
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Executor is a program available for the
NeXT that emulates the Macintosh. It does
out problems.
Mac emulators are available for the PC,
Amiga and Atari, too. All work quite well,
although none can successfully replace the
real thing. One dealer I know calls people
who rely upon these devices SHBAMsthey ShouldHave Bought A Mac.
Nevertheless, PC, Mac, or other emula-
User
interface
There are several issues that cannot be
machines.
The Mac is also one of the few systems
that provides no standard macro utility,
although several third-party solutions are
readily available.
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DOS and OS/2 with an AEC CD-ROM drive
(distributed by Fastech, 604-279-9686). The
drivers for this double-speed, Photo CD
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worked well. Apparently, a Mac driver is
also available.
Conclusion
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industry at large and the relative significance from my perspective of each environmental factor. Therefore, I apologize in
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outstanding. After all, how much trouble
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appear), I'd rate OS/2 as a good general-purpose operating system. It's As it is, I recommend it for power users with compatible
hardware only.
Despite the relative merits of OS/2 2.1,
all indications are that a lot of power users
are going to be switching to Windows NT.
It's hard to argue with the market presence
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l ike Sega and C D - I ,
among other platforms,
uses a TV as a monitor.
However, 3DO's performance, particularly
in regards to visualizacinematic software tools allowprogrammersto create movietype
effects. Programmers may locate and define a light source on and off t i o n, should far surpass
screen, and the software automatically iiiuminates other objects based the systems of these and
on the light's location and brightness. Also shown above, 3DO's texture other home m a rket
mapping capabilities allow programmers to wrap images onto 3-dlmen- competitors.
corn et tor s
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sional shapes.
starters, 3DO includes a
If the children are agile and lucky
32 - bit RISC CPU as a custom housekeeper, a
enough (they rarely are) they are able to multitasking operating system and a
650MB, double-speed (300K/sec.) CD-ROM
keep the ball airborne and above their feet
as they push it to the other end of the row. drive. The bulk of its performance jump,
But almost always, the ball falls off in a
tho u gh, comes from two custom, patent-
rush, amid much screaming, and bounces pending animation chips, which can disaway. The teacher then retrieves it and
beginsthe game again.
The medicine ball game comes to mind
regarding the newly announced 3DO interactive home system for three reasons. For
one thing, a ball like this actually a 128sided polygon inside a 3D box, bouncing
around, spinning, landing softly and making a thudding, medicine-ball sound each
time it bounces is part of the marketing
demo that shows 3DO's performance capa-
platform faces.
These themes, of 3DO's technology,
the central ones in the 3DO announcement, made by CEO Trip Hawkins and five
powerful, diverse 3DO business partners at
education and edutainment look redundantly and suspiciously like the ones listed
by CD-I, CDTV and MPC over the past few
years. The issue is visual richness."The
point," says Bob Faber, "is that other
We do.
While Hawkins has a background
as the charismatic founding CEO of
Electronic Arts, the leading computer
game publisher, he gets a lot of his
inspiration today from the movies.
Hollywood's breakthrough came, he
says, "when directors lifted the camera
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their home electronic centers, and that
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functions in WinTools are better irnplemented in NDW, notably the latter's ability
to more easily find files when you are
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