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I found the comments on Inkjet printers (your
reply to Stephen St Denis in Letters June '97)
very timely as I have had some other interesting
experiences with them. St Denis asked if inkjets
dry out and in reply you quoted cases of
machines springing to life even after extended
periods of non-use.
My experience with the Canon models 500,
4000 and 4100 has not been good, and my new
Kpson $00 has just emptied its Qrst black ink
cartridge in an amazingly short time, although
the color cartridge seems to be holding up very

well indeed.
I am sure a big factor in cartridge life is the
frequency with which the machine is tumed
on, but the whole issue of cartridge life is
fraught with unstable variables such as percentage page cover, print density (dots per inch, or
dpi), print media (dNusion, dithering, etc.) to
say nothing of the ambient temperatures under
which the inachines work.
The wise owner quickly seeks the maxunum
control over these variables and combines it
with a whole bagful of economy techniques,
such as always printing a draft copy first (and

then only enough of it to check the likely Ilnai

product)avoiding areas of solid color, making
do with 180 dpi wherever possible, keeping pictures no larger than necessary to get the message across, and saving the costly 720 or 1,440
dpi efforts for really special jobs.
This brings me to another aspect of the
issue-pmfit taking. The Gillette company started it by making safety razors dirt cheap then
making millions by selling costly razor blades.
Kodak did the same with its first cameras, which
were priced to fit the budgets of milUons but
which required Kodak fihn at a hefty price.

I don't want to argue the ethics of this practice. Maybe its the only way advanced technologies can be put in the hands of the masses,
but we should be aware that printer manufacturers must be making their major profits from
sellfng their inks at premium prices.
Pm ihe first to adinit that the modem inkjet
printer is a technical inarvel, and I'm delighted
with what it can do, but I resent paying exorbitant prices for inks under the threat that if I use
alternative refill I will lose my warranty.
If readers don't think we are being taken to
the cleaners by the printer manufacturers I suggest they get out there and do some pricing on

coated papers, glossy papers and other special

paper products that bring out the best in their
printers, and note that it is not the paper manufactures who are selling the stuff but the printer manufacturers themselves.
There has to be a way out of this and I suggest a good start could be made byThe Computer
Paperresearching the quality of refill ink products and alternative paper supplies and publishing the results just like you do with hardware
products. I refuse to believe that only printer
manufacturers know how to make ink for their
machines, or paper either for that matter.
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In your Hard Drive Lab Test (May '97) you recommend multiple small partitions, but fdisk
allows only one primary and one extended partition. I assume you must mean dividing the
extended partition into multiple logical drives.
Ain I right?
Brian Bird, via email
TCPreplies: That's cnnect. All otherpartitions aside
from the prieuvy and extended actmrlly reside
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Siseahlnl te P Cs natrrrailjr
As a user of dictation software I found the article by Rod Lamlrand, "Speech Recognitlon
Realized-Slowly" (june '97) humorous and generally correct. However, I would like to point
out an error, which may have been unknown at
the Ume of publishing regarding continuous
speech.
Dragon Systems has released, or is about to
release, a general use continuous speech product called NaturallySpeaking, This information
can be found on the DragonDictate Web page.
As a user of DragonDktate Ver. 2.5, I would
also like to bring to your attention the hnportance of training these cumbersome voice products to improve recognition, With the product I
use the Uterature suggests this will take
between two and six weeks, depending on the
users diUgence. Currently I generally get about
95 percent accuracy,
In addition, I noted the concept of using
macros within voice recognition products was
only limited to phrases and phrase templates.
This may be true for the IBM product, I do not
know. With other software products this concept has been extended to performing standardized routines including printing speci6c pages,
emptying the recycling bin or logging on io the
Internet through established macros or user
defined macros.
I hope more attention will be directed
towards the verbal computer interfaces and
would be very interested in seeing a review of the
NaturailySpeaking product, because it is the only
continuous speech product currently available.
Marcus Wolfe, Winnipeg, via email

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will appear cute, happyand frisky. If you forget

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such as the ferocious, skyscraper-sized hlzllla,

the Tamagotchi Is a tiny, benign egg-shaped toy

about lt, Nl starve and (gulp) die on you.

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one million per month in Japan, and the company
hopesforworldwide 1997 sales of up to 25 miIhon. The main target market is female "tween"
(girls within a few yean of 13), but a substantial
number of malesand females ofall agesare fans of
the toy. The price in Canada is about $25.
With good care, a Tamagotchi will last around
21 days. The absobxterecord, with perfed nurturing, is about 29 days. According to the accompanying documentation, the internal battery can be
replaced to xestart the life cycle from scratch.
To sdenti6cally test the Tamagotchi, TCP
acquired three evaluation units and gave them to
neighborhood children, aged 12 to 15 (two
females and one male). The Tamagotchis seemed
io increase the sodal status of their caxegivexs,at
least temporarily, heing an object of intense interthat contains a little LCD screen and a battery est to their classmates.
The male Tamagotchi owner did not like
powered microchip with a pre-proyanuned decision tree that runs an interactive "life cycle" for cleaning up its wastes, and the pet perished prethis simulated cyber pet from outer space.
maturely. The females seemed margilna6y more
When the user turns on the Tamagotchi for consdentious, although one caregiver feII sick
and spent a day in bed, during which her
the 6xst time, he or she becoxnesxesponsible for
the care, feeding, deanirg and emotional health Tamagotchi, deprival of sustenance, perished,
of the little thing. This nurturing aspect makes
Fortunately, in both cases, the deceasedpets
the Vamagotchi somewhat analogous to a tradi- we resetandreturned to life.JE
tional doll, but unlike a doll, the Tamagotchi has
a built-in clock, and chirps to demand care at reg- Ifniverslties plan px4vatwlahel IxCs and
ular intervals. In effect, the Tamagotchi programs Ikence deals KINGSTON, Ont. (NB)
A group
its user to be an effective caregiver.
of Canadian universities Is putting together a plan
Using a simple set of input buttons and a to have perlnal computes built to theh sped6cadever graphic user interface, you can feed snacks tions for campus use. The universities axe aho

working on licensing arrangements with major

so6waxevendorssopackagesinduded on students'
PQ mn be lnduded m site.licexce ayeements.
Three Ontario universities-Queen' s, the
University of Waterloo, and the Univeisity of

Western Ontario-are involved in the project,

along with Dalhousle Unlverslty In Halifax, S.
Ram Raju, former information centre manager at Dalhousle and the coordinator of the project, says the universities worked together to
de6ne a PC design called Academyl that meets
their academic needs, and has arranged with
Sidus Systems Inc., a Toronto-based PC maker, to
build systems to their spedfications. Other PC
vendors have the option of customizing their
hardware to meet the speci6cations, Raju
added.-Grant Bxxckfer

pxoject was "classi6ed, and until they received

their security dearmce, the women were denied
access to the machine they wee supposed to
work on. They had only "logical diayams to
help them attack a problem.
The programmers had to recon6gure the
ENIAC for each problem solved: reshuNing
cables, restacking bus trays, and resetting the
operation switches on each component. Working
this way, the six women automated artillery trajectory calculations done by hand throughout
most of World War II.
In 1947, the ENIAC was tumed into the a
"stored-program" computer. As a result, the six
women were among the only generation to pxogram it at the machine leveL
Jean Bartik, one of the award recipients, commented on the honor. "What a wonderful pleasure for me to re:elve this award from fellow
women in technology. After all these years, the
ENIAC stBI seems like a miracle to me. Thank
goodness I was in the right place at the right time
to be one of the youp that helped ENIAC begin
the Computer Age.RichardBowers

INomen Ixxxnozexi as float programmers +

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International (WITI) hasannouncedthe recipients
of the1997 Women in Science and Technology
Hall of Fame awanL The award, which is sponsored by IBM, is given by WITt each year in recognition of outstanding contributions women have
made to sdence and technology, and this year
indudes the world's Brst proyammes.
Honored this year are six women who were
the first programmers to work on ENIAC
(Electronic Numerical lntegrator and Calcxdator),
the world's 6rst computer developed by the Anny
in the early 1940s. The six women were themselves designated as "computexs," and were rated
by the Anny at that time as "sub-professionals."
The six ho norees are: Kay Mauchley
Antonelli, Jean Bartik, Betty Holberton, Marlyn
Meltzer, FrancesSpence, and Ruth Teitelbaum.
EMAC, the Brst computer to use electronic
tubes, was built a t t h e U n iversity of Apple announces Ilshzwelsht Pow8eoh
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computer,
caller
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now says the US$3,500
notebook, scheduled for shipment in Japan at
the end of this
month, will also ship in
the U.S. somehme in July.
The 240Qc is an "ultralight" notebook
weighing just under 2 kg (4.4 lb.). Powered by a
180 MHz 603e PowerPC processorwith 256 KB of
Level-2 cache. From the outside, it measures
26.5x213x4.8 cm (105x8,4x1.9 in.). The weight
reduction is gained by dropping high-end multimediafeatures,such as m edia bays.
The PowerBook 2400c ships with a lithiumion
ba t tery,
a
hi g h resolution active-matrix 10.4-inch diagonal color
display, and two PC Card slots. Hard disk capacity is 'l,3 GB, and built-in is 16 MB RAM, expandable to 48 MB.
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interface (SCSI), ADB, 16-bit video-out,
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sound in/out, and an external floppy dive connector.Patrick McKenna

Bell Canada plans malor research lab

TORONTO (NB)
Bell Canada, the largest of
Canada's regional telephone companies, will soon
unveil
plansfora hugeresearch and development
faciTity, the company's president revealed.
Speaking to the Empire Club in Toronto, John
McLennan said Bell's new "software-basedservice

development organization" will be one of the

largest research and development shops in
Canada. McLennan went on to claim that "we
hope and expect that this new organization will
have the same-catalytic job and company-creating effect in Canada as the formation of HewlettPackard did in Silicon Valley four decadesago."
A Bell Canada spokeswoman told
Newsbytes that, beyond what McLennan
said in his speech, no details are available
on BeII's plans. Specifically, the company
is not saying how much money it plans to
invest in the project or how many jobs
might be created;GrantBuckler

car's back seat, passengerscan use handheld controllers and wireless keyboards to access more
interactive, stored and Internet content
The displays are powered by several computers mounted in the car's tnrrdL The brains of the
system include a portable IBM ThinkPad, an
Internetgateway computer and a Sega Saturn
game machine.
To connect to the Internet, the Web car uses
an ATgrT wireless digital cellular phone and a
Metricom wireless modem. The armrest holds
additional hardware for smart cards and handheld personal computing devices.Patrick
Mcenna

Mercedes prevlews Web ear PALO ALTO,

Calif. (NB)
Daimler-Benz Research Centre offidals say the "Web car" is the Mexedesof the
future, but customers will have to wait five to 10
years before it becomes available. With one display screen in the front of the car and two built
into the backs of the front seats, the first Web car
previewed recently as a proof of concept.
For saf
ety reasons the "Cyber Mercede," a

A pple Canada c ut s P e r forma a n d

Power8ook 1400 prices MARKHAM, Ont.
(NB)
Apple Canada Inc., following the lead of its
Cupertino, California-based parent company, cut
prices on notebook computers. Apple Canada said
it lowered the prices ofPerforma products by $200
to $400, and reduced prices on PowerBook 1400
notebooks by as much as 30 percent.~rant
Buckler
Contact: AppleCanada, Website: httpI/www.apple.ca

Mercedes E420, is more interactive in the back

seat, According to the company, a front display,
built into the dashboard, will allow users toaccess
navigation services and traffic conditions. In the

Compaq Canada announces MMX notebooks and new servers ~ RICHMOND HILL,
Ont. (NB)
Compaq Canada Inc. has introduced
the Armada 7700 line of notebook computers.
List prices for the new notebooks start at $7,375,
and the ArmadaStation Expansion Base is$1,332.
The Armada 7?00 notebooks are available in
Canada now, Compaq Canada said,
Compaq Canada Inc. hasalso introduced the
ProLiant 600Q and ProLiant 85QR servers, and
added new models to its ProLiant 2MQ server
line.
All the new models are available now,

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List prices
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rack-mount ProLiant 2500.
Compaq Canada also unveiled the Smart-2SL
array controller, listed at $1,6QO,and 4/8 and 2/4
GB digital audio tape (DAT) drives at $1,785 and
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2b animationon

your computer
How tomake your images move with consumer levelsoftware/har dware
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nimation
cartoons, funny drawings that

move
whatever you call it, it fascinates and
entertains the young and old in a way that few
other art forms can. But did you know that you can
create animation sequences on your personal cornputer? If you already have a couple of essential
graphic tools a scanner and imagewditing software
then you' re ready to create 2D animation on
your personal computer'?

AnimationbacksIrounder

what the major animation studios have been doing

for the last few years.
Disney, for example, hasn't used eels (painted
acetate sheets) since The Little Mermaid in 1989.
However, dedicated 2D animation software costs
enough tomake Scrooge McDuck wince: Softimage
Too nz, for i n stance, was used t o c r eate
Amblimation'sBatta-and the cost of a single copy is
in the range of $15,000.
ItVhat we will explore in this article are the basics
of how to use perlnal computers and a combination of off-the-shelf software to create animation for

In the late 1800s, film animation was born. Fifty

much iless. The process

won't be as seamlessaswith

years later, TV animation got its start. Now, another

50 years later, with multimedia and Internet tech-

a dedicated animation package, but it certainly won' t

cost as much either.
It should go without saying that no amount of
computer power can turn you into an animatorthere's no substitute for talent and a lot of hard
work In a similar vein, this article will not teach you

nologies booming, there is yet another medium that

seems to attract animated characters like a magnet.
And with the increase in animated movies andTV
shows, it seems that more people want to make
things move than ever before.
Traditionally, however, it has been difficult for
aspiring animators to leam the craft, The sheer effort
required to create dozens to hundreds of drawings
for even a few minutes' worth of screen time is one
test of your desire. Acquiring and consuming materials such as film, ink, paintand the like is quite
another, and can make learning the art prohibitive
for aB but the most determined or cunning.
Fortunately, the last decade has seen an increase
in the speed and power of computers, and those
computers are making it easier for people to hone
their animation skills.
Of course, if you mention computers and animation in the same sentence, most people immedi
ately
think of the Canadian-produced ReBoat, or the
Disney/Pixar hit, Toy Story.But computers can also
be used to create more traditional-looking, twodimensional (2D) animation. In fact, that's exactly

Xerographic process, this was done by hand with

ink. Hand-inked eels offered the option of inking the
outhnes with different colors, for a softer blending of
foreground characters and objects to the background. Hand-inking was alm more expensive and
tirnewonsuming. Xerography is significantly faster,
but the ability to use colored outline is sacrificed.
After inking, the eels are then flipped over and
painted in. Traditionally, individual elements in a

scene
say, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer
Fudd
are animated on different eels, which are
then overlaid, one on top of the other, under the
camera, with the painted background on the bottom. This allows objects and characters to pass in
front of one another, and keeps the animator from

having to redraw elements that don't move.

how to animate; it is assumedthat you already have

After the animation is complete, it's time to shoot

onto film. Armed with the exposure sheet, the camera crew knows how to hyer the eels, as weil as when
and hourto perform the camera moves (tilts, pans,

a basic idea of what's involved, and are ready to

make things move.

and zooms) and lighting and exposure effects (fadeins, fadewuts, irises, dissolves, backlighting, etc.)

The old-fashioned array

The hardware

It's helpful if we first look at the traditional animation process. This is an extremely abbreviated guide,
highlighting only the points we need for this article.
The first step (after having planned everything
out on an exposure sheet) is to create the rough
drawings and do pencil tests. The roughs are created
in pencil, then shot on video or a Quick Action
Recorder (QAR) to be previewed.
After the roughs are approved or corrected, the
work then goes thmugh deanup, where any extraneous lines or writing are eliminated from the rough
pencils.
The cleanedwp pictures are then transferred to
acetate eels, usually by Xerography. Before the

The examples in this article are from a variety of software packages for the PC, Macintosh, and Amiga.
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are perfectly suited to the repetitive nature of
animation.
Don't knock yourself out figuring out
While specifics may differ from program to
which computer system is the best of the
program, the general principles tend to
best that's never an easy question, Each sysremain the same.
In particular, Adobe Photoshop (PC and tem has its own strengths and weaknesses,
Macintosh), Nova Design's ImageFX (Amiga) and discussions between proponents of each
platform tend to become heated very quickly.
and Electronic Arts' DeluxePaint (PC and
~a ) are invaluable programs for anyone However, a good rule of thumb is to go with

comfortable for you to use, and of course

what you can afford.
The point is, you don't have to run out
and buy a new computer to do animation.
The computer you presently have will suffice,
so long as it's powerful enough to run your
image-editing software. Having access to a
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sometimes especially if they are different
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a pencil test? Is this destined for the World

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the resolution for your images. Images at too

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Before doing so, however, it's a good idea

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the ink and painting stage, the original image
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room, so the time and disk space required to
make backup copies is only a small sacrifice
for peace of mind.
Now, we can flie up our paint program.
Before we start painting, however, a palette
needs to be created. In traditional animation,
art designers spent a lot of time determining

a character's color design. Once selected, ref-

menu, chooseMode again, and then

erence drawings (referred to as "color models"

or "color keys") were drawn up, with specific
instructions laid out for the painters,
The same principle can be applied here. In
the steps below, we' ll use Photoshop's palette
to create the colors we intend to use, then

select RGB Color.

3. Color the image using the standard flli tool,
choosing your colors by clicking on the

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Click OK. This is the new active layer; the
original image is the background layer.
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videotape recorder, two videotape players, a

special effects or title generator, a switcher to

allow smooth cuts and transitions between

video sequences, a time-based coder for maintaining synchronizationand an audio controller and input source.
Non-linearing editing systems put enormous capability and flexibility in the hands

awkward and complicated. It takes plenty of

of the video maker. One of the main advan-

patience and agility to spool the rolls of video

tages of non-linear editing is that it allows for

special effects. Audio is often included in this footage.

process. Whether the movie is a simple wedThis is analoguous to typing on a type-

faster access io video clips. just as a wordprocessor can randomly edit any portion of

ding video or a big-budget feature film for

release in theatres nation-wide, the editing
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writer prior to the advent of wordprocessing

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referred to as linear editing.

ment needed to edit in this linear

To edit video is to compile the raw footage

and combine it with titles, transitions and

on personal computers. Inserting a sentence video editor to randomly access any segment
in the middle of a typed page necessitates the of video and to make changes or apply a
re-typing of the whole page (and possibly of number of special effects.
all the following pages if one requires consisContinued onpage 31
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But whereas a typewnter is relr
physical medium of the videotape. This is atively inexpensive, the equip-

ver the past months, several compaConsider even a simple wedding video.
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cards offering full-screen, full-motion

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that you would have to record over top of

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fashion tends to be very expensive. As you can surmise from the

wedding video example, a number

the beginning of the video. If the cake cutting

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of pieces of equipment is required

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The miro DC30 is among a growing num-

Video capture cards

Before a computer can be used to edit video,
the moving images and sound must be con-

verted from a conventional video source,

such as a video recorder or camcorder into a
digital form suitable for manipulation by a
computer. (There are already in the market
place, digital video cameras that record video
and audio information directly in a digital
format, but they need what is known as
Firewire technology in order to transfer and
translate the digital information of those
cameras to the computer.)
If your goal is to create professional quality videos for industrial training or corporate
videos; then the video capture card must
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ber of professional entry-level cards using PCI

bus mastering. This means it can control the
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Along with the video-capture board, the

The video capture card should be capable

of compressing the very massive amounts of
digital information processed from the video
source. Without video compression, current
hard drives cannot keep up with the flood of
data flowing to and from the video capture

editing system should be capable of convert-

flguration for video editing. The videocapture board must be compatible with the
video-editing software as well as the operating
system. The minimum and the recommended
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reviews of the more popular viderH.diting
software, can often be found in a variety of
video magazines on the local newsstand.

stems

In the PC world this translates to resolu-

sion is employed. There is no storage device

in the consumer market that can handle such
an enormous data flow without losing large
numbers of frames. But a compression of sixt~ n e applied to this data stream can permit
highguality video to be stored onto a fast but
off-the-shelf hard drive.
Besides getting analog video signals into
digital form for the computer, the non-linear

component determining the optimal PC con-

The more expensive PVR card from Digital

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board to and from the hard drives. The PCI
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(National Television Standards Committee),

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One of the more popular under-$1,000
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professionals alike. The most recent version,
4.2, runs on Windows 95 orNT. A sample version of Premiere 4.2 can be downloaded from

the PC are being fused.

The faster the processor, the faster the
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movie by compiling the various raw video
clips with transitions and special effects.
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as the speed of other components. For example, the capture card has built-in chips that
ran accelerate the highly intensive number
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may be simply a t emporary delay that

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capture card to solve the problem.
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video. Another thing to consider is the use of

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work with CPUs faster than 133 MHz. This

Continued onpage 3

AdobePremiere 4.2
Adobe's Web site, and can perform nearly all
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The competition is now so fierce in the sale .
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can afford.

made of, er, goo.

stored in the camera's memory?

Is the memory expandable?
Glass or plastic lens?
Interchangeable lenses?

and interchangeable lenses. In short, the

more yeu care about f-stops, the less likely

fancy features. But what you should look for
at the minimum? We think that the indusion
of an LCD screen on the basic unit is an

mately favor image quality over other cons

On the brighter side, those of us who

enjoy the two-minute gratification of a

resolution? (should be at least 640x480

How many high-res/low-res hnagescan

When buying a digital camera, there are a

number of criteria. However, most users ulti-

Polaroid Moment will love the instantaneous

Macro or zoom modes?

Flash?
Timer, brightness and/or remote shut
release?
Computer connection method?' (seri
parallel, Infrared, PC Card, other)
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invaluable feature
not only for framing
feedbackprovided by adigitalcamera espeshots as you take them, but also to discard dally the LCD<quipped variety. And, slowly
unwanted shots as your camera's storage but surely, the feature sets of digital cameras
memory Alls up.
are getting richer.
Obviously, the ability to connect to your
Most of today's digital cameras have the
chosen computer platform is an i
ability to capture dose-ups in macro mode.
issue. Although most cameras use a slow seriSome models, such as the US$299 Agfa 307

mportant

Output to TV or VCR?
In~ e r a pan, zoom, slideshow functioi
Can you "upload" images to the cam

al connection compatible with both PCs and

Macs, some units, like the Canon PowerShot
600, use a PCwnly parallel cormection, while
others, like the Sony unit, offer an infrared

and the 200 and 300 series models from

option I'or (very slow) wireless data transfers.

Some cameras store images on a remov-

design that allows you to use VCR-style screw- The PGR-2Aboasts a built-in PC Carl, allowing the

Olympus, offer a glass lens (as opposed to

plastic), which we think is important. The
Kpson PhotoPC cameras have a threaded lens
rnount accessories with the camera. And cam-

Toshiba PBR-2A

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ussr to simply "Iiip" the card opsn from its fitted

eras such as the US$899 Olympus' D300 are position on Ihe cameraand plug it directly into the card
ply pop the card out and insert it into a PC Anally breaking through the greatest weak- slot on thsnotebook(above) or desktop computer.
Card slot on a laptop computer, or a desktop ness of digital cameras with higher-resolution ToshibasaysIt eliminates the needfor cablesand
unit equipped with a card reader. We' ve seen images: the D300 offers a maximum improves the digital signai to the computer.
able PCMCIA storage card. You can then sim-

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-2MB s3 virge 3D Pcl Video Card with Mpeg

-14" .28dpi 1024x768 SVGA Color Monitor

-13" Tower Case with 200w Power supply

-104 Win'95 Mitsumi Keyboard

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-1 5 "SONY 100SX SVGA Color Monitor

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$244/ 272 Intel ISA Ether Exp. Pro 10+I Combo $1 9N 159
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$188
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$67/ 11N 128
3COM3C5098 Etherlink NI 1/ 5 pk.
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$169 Toahiba
3COM 3C5098 ENIerlink IN20 pk.
$2395
220CDS P133/16/1.356/10x/12.1' STN
$2755 3COM 305098 Combo 1/ 5 pk.
$165/ 140
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$258N 11785
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$46 3 7 3GOM 3C5098 Etherlink IN tl 5+
$148/ 135
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$ 63 8 6 3COM 3G5098 TPO I/ 5+
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$595 300CT P133MMX/32/1.66f10x/10.4" TFT
$46 5 8 3COM 3C905-TXPCIEL
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$176/ 188
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$47N 598 IBM ITHINKPAD)
Novell v4.11 5/ 10/50 User
$895/ 1695/ Call
$2769 MS Windows NTStation
HP SPI 4C
-$519/ 9T9 lomega Ditto 2GB inti exl. SCSI
$289
$200/ 249 36SXD P133/8/1.356f6x/'l1.3" DSTN
$75N 99S
Microtek E3/ E6/E6.3f 3
$289/ 647/%9/1277 lomega Ditto 3.2GB inti exL
$269/ 338
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Tel: 879-8642
FAX: (604) 879-8640

Store Hours:
Mon.-Sat.:
10:00 - 6:00
Prices and Specifications are subject to change without notice.
All list pricesare csfiscl cash discount
Alt products name, trademarks are properties of their respectNe owner.

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W. 7th AVE.

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604 273 $368

178~311 Haxelbridge Way, Richmond, BC V6X 3L7

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NINIX166/200N/Hz

Pentium 133/166NHz CPU

NNX Ready N/B w!512K PBC

P-133

16MB EDO RAN <am. /o f26Ma)

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32MB RANI (firom 16M) o$88 Windows 85(Release 2) $120

2.66/8.16 (from 2.16}+$40/80 Windows NT (Station) $280
18x CD4tOM (from 12x) +$20 Corel Wordperfect Suite $80
Supra 38.6 V/F/llllodem $ 8 8 INS Office 97 Pro
$480

84IIB RAIN (from 32M) +$175 Windows 85 (Release 2) $'l20

2.66/3.1G(from 2.16) +$40/80 Windows,NT (Btstlon} $280
24x CD-ROIN (from 16x) +$40 Coral WordPerfect Suite $80
USR 33.6FullDuplex Vi $150 MS ONce 87 Pro
$ 480

E133DN P133 16M 1.16 11.3DSThl

$1838
E133D P133
1 6 M 1.1G 11.3DSTN 28.8
$198 8
E133T P133
1 6 M 1.1G 11.3TFT
28.8
$273 8
MX133T P133 16M 1.46 11.3TFT BX 33.6 108T $4148
MX166T 166mmx 16M 2.16 12.1TFT Bx 33.6 108T $5998

365X P 133 BM 1.086 11.3DSTN

365XD P120 BM 1.DBG 10.4TFT 6X

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104 (Windows 95) Keyboard

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ATX Tower w/235}/j/A7X P/S

Fujltsu 1A4MB 3.5" FOO

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BQW Amp. StereoSpeakers

$62/mth Gompton's Encyclopedia 5 4 GD Titles

82MB RAM (from 16M) +$88 Windows 95 (Release 2) $120

2.16/2.86 (from 1.76}+$40/80 Windows NT (Station) $280
15" llilonitor (from 14") +$90 Coral WordPerfect Suite $80
Supra 88.8 V/F/Ilodem $ 8 8 I I S Oflice 87 Pro
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Pentium Pro 150/200NMr w/256K Cache

Intel 440FX Chipset A7X M/B
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$36/mth' 104 PNindows 95} Keyboard

Mid-size Tower Case

PnP

Fujitsu 1.4MB 3.5" FDD

60W Amp. Stereo Speakers

Compton's Encyclopedia 6 CD Ttles

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512K Pipeline Burst Cache

Fujitsu 1A4MB 3.5" FDO

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$2198
$3038
$3538
$7088
$9188

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2650CO P150MMX 16M 1.46 12.1DSTN 1DX

2650CD P150MMX 16M 1.46 12.1TFT 10X

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Proview 14" /15" /1i
$ 2 08/288/56030pin1MB /4MB
MAG DX15T / D700T
$468 / 908 T2pin 4M/BM/16M EDO $28/48/8
72pin 32M /64M EDO
$17 5 /520 Canon BJG-240 Color
$2ZB
NEC 15"CSQO/ MSGG
$ 4 48/525
$105/200
NEC 17" XV17+/M?00
$9 5 0/1038168pin EOO 16M/32M
Panasonic 17' S17
$798 188pin SDRAM 16M / 32M $110/21 Ganon 8 J~550 1Px11" Color $580
Samsung 15"GLe /GLi $435/488 AMD KS-90/133/166 CPU $68/1QB/17
WD 2.168/2.568
USR Big Picture Video Phone Kit $498 Sony 15" 10DSX / 100SF $498/578
WD 3.1GB/4.068
$338/438
Sony 17" 200SX / 2QDSF $898/1038 Intel P120/P133/P166 $140/180/2
HP DeskJet820Gxi/87QC $478/628
2.16/3.26 Quantum SCSI $398/45
Sony 17 SE2T 1600 x 1260 $1228
Lexmark 2030/2050
$280/338
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$11 8 8
Sony 20" 300SFT 1600 x 1280 $1998 Asus VX97/ TX9? 512K M/8 $148/22
9.06 Quantum SCSI UW
$228
Asus HX 512K AT / ATX M/8 $188/198
Panasonic 12x / 24x
$118/168 Viewsonic 17" V??3 / V775 $698/868 VX-Pro / Triton Il 512K M/8 $98/11 Brother HL730DX 600dpi Bppm $448
Toshiba 12x /16x
$118/128 Viewsonic 17" 1768/17PS $818/968
Brother HL760DX 12DOx600dpi $560
$188
A daptec 2940 PCI SCSI Kit
$2 5 0 Pioneer 12x SGSI CD-ROM
Acer
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$38
Adaptec 2940UW PGI SCSI KIt $32
Viewsonic 21 P810/815 $1998/2468
HP 6P/6PM 6QOdpiBppm $97Q/1260
$68/108
Diamond Flreport 40UW scsi IQt $16 Soundblaster 16/32 PnP
GVC
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Fax/Modem
$218
HP 5 / 5N / SM
$ 1 4 28/2028/2468
Soundblaster AWE 64 PnP
$14 8
3Com EtherLink Ill PCMCIA
$178 HP V/SSI/SSIMx $2598/3678/S150
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Lexmark OptraR+ 1200dpi 16p $1768
$78 CL 5446 (MPEG) PCI 1M/2M $30/4
1 00MB ZIP Drive Pare/SCSI $ 1 9 Yameha M15 Stereo Speaker
Adaptec APA-1460 SlimSCSI Kit $238 Lexmark OptraRN+ 1200dpi $2088
Labtec
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$148
168 JAZ Drive SCSI int/ext $418/53
83 3D Virge 2M/4M
$50/70 MegaHertz XJ4336 33.6 Mdm $318
10GMB ZIP Disc 1/10pcs
$18/170 60W/120W/180W Speaker $20/40/60 ATI 3D Xpn 2M/3D Xpn+4M $60/15 MegaHertz XJ428BM 28.8 Cel $328
168 JAZ Disc 1/3pcs
$148 / 380
ATi 3D PC2TV 2M/M
$15 0 / 180
HP ScanJst SP /4C
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Ditto 268 lnt/Ext
$208/268 Creative 4210i lnL Kit
iSA 16bit Ethernet Combo
$598
$38 U-Max 6E Pro
798
Ditto 3.268 Int/Ext
$328/38 Panasonic 4x2 Int Ktt
$560 Diamond Stealth 3D 2M
$68
$128 GVC PCI Ethernet Combo
HP T2000 268 Int/Ext
$2 1 8/27 HP SureStore 6020i/8020e $598/738 Diatnond 3D 3400 4M VRAM $288 3Gom 3CS098 PCI 10BT
$110
HP T3000 3268 int/Ext
$ 2 6 0/81 Yamaha Bx4Int./ExL $868/968
3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/1008T $128 Dragon Writer Chinese/Japanese $27
Diamond 3D Monster 4M EDO $2
HP T4000 468 Int/Ext
$4 ? 8/55 Yamaha6x4 Int./Ext kit $1066/1188
NT Server 4.0 5/10 User $999/1238 Chinese Gateway 8 3x3 Pen
Traven TR1/TR8/TR4 Tape $38/43/5
O EM CMNedia 1/1
$8/7 5 Matrox MI. 8D 2M/4M W
GoGo 6x4 Pen System $28
1 9 8 /26 NT Station 4.0
$298 FinaArt
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Fujilsu 1.76/2.16/2.66 $288/2?8/29 Ac er 33.6 Full Duplex Voice Int $98
2.16 JTS / Seagate
$228/ 288 Supra 33.6 Voice/Fax/Mdm Irit. $98
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The authors of the program have built
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masks!) and other tough-to-model plants.

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models from other 3D programs. Models that
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of the program is the addition of Boolean

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KPT Bryce 2
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Pros: Powerful natural scenery renderers, good
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Cons: DXFfilter is flawed (update avaiiabie at
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Contbtued from page43

models created in nearly any program.

Unfortunately, the Windows version's

files cannot
be exported
to a Mac but
it can read

Mac Bryce
files. Also, the
current ver-

sion has no
a nimat i o n
capabilities, although animation is pmmised

for a future release-and several demos

on the
CD-ROM demenstrate animations created
with an early prototype of the as yet unreleased "SuperBryce."
A particularly
cool feature of
B ryce is i t s
ability
to
import
2D

graphics and
place them
convincingly
into 3D scenes,For example, the image above
shews a two@imensional bitmap of a dog

made it too
d ark in t h e
original rendering. Issues
like lighting
and camera

positioning
are no longer
solely the concerns of photographers!
Now, with Bryce or other modem 3D programs, you must set up the scene and light it
convindngly to achieve a professional resultjust as a professional photographer uses the
same techniques to take his or her images from
the ordinary to the exceptionaL A little training or at least reading in this area would

which, in turn was followed by the acquisition of Specular International, makers of

.Infini-D, Logomotion and other graphics
tools for Mac and Windows. Previously,
Metatools had acquired RTG, a company

known for its real-time 3l? graphicsand physical-modeling innovations. I predict a great
year foi MetaCreations. Its combined product

lines are generally excellent, and the potential for synergy between produds like Ray
Dream Designer, Detailer, Poserand Bryce(all

dehnitely pay off for those of us who aren't

naturally inclined towards"drama."
I found that an update on the Metatools

are now available for both Windows and

Web site (http Jhww.metatools.corn) greatly

improved Bryce's DXF import capabilities.

Macintosh) is mind-boggling,
At the Mac world expo in January,

Before installing the update, large DXF Ales

often aborted with an error message, After

installing the new plug-in, I successfully

saved DXF Alesfrom Extreme 3D, Ray Dream
Designet and Caligari TrueSpaceand imported them into Bryce without problems. In fact,

I had better resultsusing DXF than Apple's3D

Metafiie format. Brycepreservesobject hierarchies when models are imported, so compo-

that has been inserted into a 3I? scene. As

nents ef imported DXF Ales could easily be

long as the 2D image is fadng the camera, it

looks convindng
it even casts shadowsand

subselected to apply different materials to the

vaneus parts.

shows ripples and reflections in the 3D watet!

ative graphics software, is poised to become a

thing of the past at least in terms of its
name, The company recently announced its
i ntention t o
ch a nge i t s n a m e to
MetaCreations.
This follows a merger with Fractal Design
(which, some analysts have noted, was more
like Fractal being acquired by Metateeis),

creates ultra-realistic fire, smoke, clouds,

glass, water and other real-world textures
with just a click or two. Although version 2's
modeiing tools are mostly limited to primitive objects (poiyhedra, tori, etc.), organic
shapes (recks, meuntains, etc.) and so on, its
addition of DXF and 3DMF import solves
what had been the biggest drawback of version 1.
Without a doubt the most "artistic" ef the
3D programs on the market, Bryce is in a
league of its own. It is a 3D program that is
actually fun to use and utterly engrossing.

The best collection of models I came

acrosswasthe large library included with Ray

the second image, we see the detail of our 2D Dream Studio and Ray Dream Designer. A
subset of this collection (with a few changes
dog
and a bit of dodgy aliasing amund its
alphaxhannel mask. In this image, a spot- and additions) shipswith CorelDraw 6 and 7.
light added a little All lighting to the "dark The Internet is also a great source of freely
side" of the animal to improve its visibility, as downloadable 3D models.
Bryce's sophisOcated ray-tradng renderer
the bright sunlight coming Aom behind it
By zooming in on the scene, asshown in

Metatoois' big thinker, Kai Krause, and musician Peter Gabriel demonstrated some forthcoming MetaCreations products that break

new ground in more ways than oneone of

the demos showed Gabriel creating an image

Although Bryce's love-itwr-hate-it inter-

face is a bit of a challenge at Arst (I really like of a mountain by whistling!

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Tools, KPf Bryce and
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ing presets that can then be customized.
This is a very good feature asort of virtual photo studio.
Hundreds of texture-mapped 3D sample
models, which I found to be of better than
average quality, and some of very high
quality and detail. Models are easily
browsable in icon form. Model libraries
loaded from the CD-ROM are easily
accessed the next time you start the program. Performance of the program is relatively good when large models, such as
the 40 MB model of the Chichenitza
archaeological site, are loaded. This huge
fiie neariy brought Bryce to its knees, but
RDD handled it well. Subjectively, the
imagelooked much better when rendered
in Bryce, though.

ing capabilities, enabling them to simulate

complex textures such as snake scales,
Previous versions of Ray Dream Designer
have been reviewedseveral times in various
issues ofThe Computer Paper,including Sept.
'94 and Oct. '95.
A book entitled Tiie Ital Dream Handbook,
a collection of tutorials and examples from
various artists edited by Craig Patchett and
john Sledd, is now available from Charles
River Media (ISBN 1486801-09-6), This book
focuses on important issues such as lighting
and composition, and is well worth a read by
Ray Dream Designer/Studio or CorelDream
3D users. Recommended, along with some
further study on the principles of staging,
lighting and cIassical animation. These studies are as essential to those working in a digital paradigm as they continue to be for those
working in the film, theatre and presentation
industries, This book wisely emphasizes that a

good 3D rendering is asmuch about art as it

is about science.

In May, Fractal announced its intention to

ship version 5.0 of Ray Dream Studio in the
third quarter of 1997. According to the company, the new version will include new object
creation tools, new rendering effects and
ThinkFish rendering technology. The upgrade

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also offers performance increases

and support
for symmetric multi-processing (SMP). It is
expected to have a street price of $300. The
company says upgrades will be $99,
Fractal says Ray Dream Studio 5.0's new
object creation tools include Mesh Form
modeler, a vertex-level modeler that defines
the contour and appearance of 3D models

using a selection of image manipulation tools

and Boolean operations. Mesh Form special
effects include fire, fog, clouds and fountain,s
Fractal has also enhanced Ray Dream's shad-

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This program is a real no-brainer. It works,
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2.0 and found them to be nearly identical.
Like many cross-platform applications, the
Windows version can read Mac files, but not
vice versa.

but the program allows you to define maps of

virtually any size.
We' re not especially big fans of Detailer's
(AKA Painter' s) cluttered interface, but this
tool works well albeit a little more slowly
than we'd like, even on a Pentium 150 or a
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and may be
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(MeshPaint and trueSpace 3 are also capable
of "painting" directly on 3D models). If you
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mation controlsandfinal-quality ray-tniced rendering;
improvedspline-basedmodeler. Animationassistants
Because Ray Dream is a subsidiary of Fractal ease the work ofsmoothing motion pathsand bankDesign, it's not surprising that there are some ing models asthey moveonpaths, etc. Powerful
synergistic features in the product lines. object andmaterial morphing capabilities. Supports
However, we were delighted to find a full ver- textures inQuickDraw30 previewsbut only for
sion of Ray Dream Designer 4.1 in the Fractal directly appliedbit maps.
Detailer package, RDD 4.1 supports VRML, Cons: Flawedimport andexport modules; modeler is
the popular internet 3D file format, and most weak compared toExtreme 30, trueSpace andother
of the modeling and rendering tools found in advancedtitles. Interlace is notparticularly intuitiveRay Dream Studio (basically, everything no tool tips, no rightmousebutton support, no wizexcept animation and inverse kinematics) are ards other thanthe animation assistants. Moscanllne
in Designer.
renderer in3.5 (a scanllnerendererisduein version
Detailer is basically a version of Fractal 4, though),
Painter with 3D extensions. Using Painter-like
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on the Mac than on the Windows platform, it
update as you paint.
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We tested the program by bringing in a animation and inorphing features are very
human figure model from Fractal Poser 2.0 strong
better than any other application
and "hand-painting" the facial features on tested here, in fact. Its modeler, however, is
the model. We found the default texture-map
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It's also worth mentioning that rumors are
circulating that Macromedia is discontinuing
development of the program, citing slow
sales, (The company recently laid off 10 percent of its work force, making this rumor
seem all the more plausible). That would be a
real shame. Extreme 3D has a great set of tools
and an interface that grows on you.
Extreme 3D proved to be the best application in this test for modeling-related tasks,
including the manipulation of existing models. Its rendering was the weakest, though, as
it does not support ray tracing.
An example of an Extreme 3D particle system animation i s o n o u r W e b s ite at
http: //tcp.ca/gsb/net/pice/particle2.zip (475KB ZIP
file, AYI format). The animation shows a "jet-

very basic session in which you animate a

sion. Doesn't support system fonts (Newtek supplies

a number of PostScdpt outline fonts). Mac mouse
pointer occasionally disappeared during use.

stream of bubbles" effect just one of the

m any effects
such as smoke, fire,leaves,dust,
explosions, etc., possible with particle systems. It's also worth mentioning that Extreme
3D's particle systems are missing some desirable features, such as collision detection. In
practical terms, this makes a tree covered with
leaf-shaped particles have leaves that pass
through one another not too realistic.

spaceship along a path. The results of this,

and the other demo-reel examples, do not
show off one of Lightwave 5.0's strengths: its
organic animation capability, which the company calls MetaMation, lets you create a character animation using low-resolution objects
for maximum efficiency. Then when you are
set to r ender, LightWave automatically
applies the Metaform algorithm to smooth
out the object to the desired leveL
This, Newtek claims, eliminates cross talk
between bones and allows for more realistic
skin folds, pinches, creases, and flexing.
Indeed, Lightwave also includes a "Bones"
feature that allows for joint compensation

For better or worse, the program uses the

same interface that characterized the original
Amiga version, as found on the Yideo Toaster,
and was later marketed as a standalone apphcation on Amiga, Unix, Windows and now
Mac.
lt comes with a videotape-based tutorial
that gets quite tiresome and goes on ad nauseum about basic concepts such as how to
rotate and move a cube to and fro, but may be
appropriate for a person who has never
worked with a 3D application. (Really, are
these the kind of people buying Lightwave?)
At any rate, the demo takes you through a

Newtek Llghtweve 3D (Mac version

S.oc tested)
Pros: Powerful modeling, rendering and compositing
tools. Popular in production environmentsLighiwave skills are job skills.
Cons: Modeler and renderer are separate modulesAmiga-heritage interface is frequently clumsy and
non-intuitive. No online Help, at least on the Macver-

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and muscle flexing, which can help create
animations that don't look so, well, computerish.
A powerful feature that sets Lightwave
into the big leagues along with 3D Studio Max
and other high-end renderers is its ability to
effectively merge ZD and 3D features. Not
only can Lightwave incorporate 2D scanned
or painted backgrounds with your 3D characters, it can turn an animated 3D character into
what looks like a convincing 2D cel animation, complete with cartoon-~le outlines
and flat shading. This has enormous potential
for cartoonists and "Anime" artists.
On the downside, LightWave, like 3D
Studio Max, cannot morph objects with differing numbers of vertices the way Infini-D
can. Also, LightWave's support of QuickDraw
3D seems superficial its interactive rendering was of much lower quality and provided
less preview flexibility than any of the other
apps reviewed here. Worse, the original S.O
release of Lightwave for the Mac has numerous bugs, including a bug in its installation
routine.
Users in the Internet LightWave newsgroup comp. graphics.apps.iightwave consistently
mention having to tweak the config settings
to get animation files to save properly as we
did. (Newtek has specific instructions on how
to properly configure LW for the Mac at its
Web site). Newtek has also released an update
to address bugs in the Mac release.

form," metabaiis, and support for inverse Kinematics.

Other effects may beadded via piug-ins. Version 3
includes several, such as particle systems, terrain,
etc. Fairly fast interactive rendering. trueSpace 3adds
support for Microsoft Oireci 30 far real-time rendering (version 2 supported only Intel's 3OR interactive
renderer), Improved Help andTutorial system.
Cans: Strange interface. Renderer is based on f 6-bit
code and true$pace version 3 continues to suffer in
performance an Windows NTsystems (as did version
2) as a result,
trueSpace is one of the leading 3D titles for

gration features, we cannot in good conscience recominend it.

See hitpy/www.newtek.corn for more info,
including program updates (EPS import and
VRML export filters for the Mac are now available), and a number of tutorials.
Callgarl trice%pace 3

Pros: Goodi mport andexport filters includingVRML

import and export (VRML 2.0 export only). Powerful

physical-modeling tools, including gravity, wind, and
collision detection. Other new tools include "piasti-

Windows and certainly one of the best values

in terms of price/performance. Version 3,
which was released April 15, introduces features the company asserts are not available in
any other mid-range 3D package nor found in
many high-end workstations, including a coll ision-detection feature t hat a l l ows an

object say, a cup to be placed on a table so

that it doesn't sink "through" the surface.
(TriSpectives, a Windows 9S package mentioned in an earfler review, also included this
feature.)
The trueSpace 3 release also adds W

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HL-1060 Dual Bin Printer

However, even after applying the update

on our Umax J700/180 PowerMac clone with
4$ MB of RAM (running only the system
extensions that shipped with the system), the
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rendering. By removing the "PowerFPU"

extension that shipped with the system, I
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had been causing the program to fail during
rendering, but even then, the mouse pointer
disappeared now and again, the QuickTime
Ales created by the program weren't double-

"+

clickable, and an error popped up when

attempting to s ave a s cene as VRML
"Duooohl U n able t o ac t i v ate g l o bal
'LWPaneiServices'" hardly a robust production tool.

Despite these issues, LightWave users usually extoll the program's virtues to the point
of defensiveness, and rightly point out that
LightWave is chock full of powerful features
that stand up well to those of higher-priced
offerings.
Indeedonce you' re past the un-Mac-likeness of its Amiga-legacy interface, Lightwave's
too)set is considerable, and its renderer
(which supports ray tracing and radiosity) is
very highly regarded. For that, and its common use in TV and the movies (Babylon 5,
seaQuest, etc.), it is worth learning if you are
interested in 3D graphics as a profession.
Note: the Mac version we tested was dongle-protected. (Mac users take Newtek's
warning about not plugging in the ADB key
with the power on seriously. We inadvertently did this and were alarmed to discover the
machine wouldn't even start up until the key
was removed and its parameter RAM was
reset!)
Overall, Lightwave had by far the most
problems of any of the programs tested here
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used to own an Amiga. Although we respect
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the minimally recommended 32 MB of RAM
and the other with 128 MB of memory.
and other video-like effects.
Needless to say, the better-equipped system
One aspect of Max that is especially strong
fared better but we didn't have significant
is its ability to match 3D models with perproblems on either system. And, despite a
spective lines and other elements of existing warning in the Kinetix documentation that
photographs. This makes Max a favorite Max may not work correctly under Win95, we
among designers many of whom are familexperienced no significant issues on that OS.
iar w it h
p a r en t c o m pany A u t odesk's It's worth adding that Max fully supports
AutoCAD line of products, which Max super- multiprocessing under the Windows NT envi-

ronment, so if you are lucky enough to have

a PC with more than one CPU, NT is clearly
the way to go.
As for hardware video acceleration, the
following quote from Eric D. Wiesen of Xert

3Q graphics geetas

Computing nicely sums up my own experiences:

wThe bottom line is this. If you want to
run 3DS MAX as fast as possible for the lowest priceget an accelerator based on 3D Labs'
Peimedia NT chipset. The best value out there
is Leadtek's Winfast L2200, which is blazingly

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fast and costs around $450. If you want to run

Sofflmage or other OpenGL applications in
the future, you have to spend more money.
You can either get an Oxygen 102 with 8 MB
of SDRAM for around $900, which will be
slower in MAX than the Permedia, but which
will provide SI support, or you can get a Glint
500TX board for around $1,500, which will
be faster than Oxygen 102, about equivalent
to Perinedia in MAX, and will support Sl as
well. It also gives you an additional 8 MB of
texture memory."
Readers of
TCP m ay rec a ll t he
wMegasystemw review in the Feb. 1997 issue,
in which we favorably reviewed the Leadtek
L2500 and L2200 cards and recommended
the L2200. We continue to find this card an
excellent investment for 3D graphics work in
the Wi~do~s 95 or NT environments.
We have a soft spot for 3D Max, as it is th
direct descendent of the first 3D program we
ever seriously used Cyber Studio on an Atarii
ST. Those interested in learning Max as a job
skill should look into the $995 Student purchase o p t i on ,
av a i lable fr o m the
www.ictech.ca link below (some limitations

apply). Also, those interested in "sci-Rw spedal effects should check out the Ventana

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Max far above its competition as a product

priced like this should be.

Note: the pr ogra, which runs on Intel
based NT and IiVin95 (NT is recommended), is
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% IIIIpi gelI ii e I I4 NESf neaeeea

effects power. This b ook

parallel-port dongle-protected. Although we

did not experience problems with our system's printer and parallel-port-connected
tape backup unit, the Max documentation
(which is excellent, by the way) warns that
the dongle may interfere with some parallelconnected devices, See www.ictech.ca, 3D
Ark's Max Links page at www.scozone.corn/3
dark/links/3dsmaxlinks.html or the Kinetix home
page at http//www.ktx.corn/ for more info on 3D
Studio Max.
Klrsetlx Character Stisdlo 1e1a for
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nianuals for the products for MAX and
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p eople complaining that

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use, that its Physique mesh-morphing tools

were nothing but trouble, and so on. After
reading the product manuals and getting
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the complainers are probably struggling
along with a pirated version of the program.
Character Studio's Biped and Physique tools

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Released back in October, the basic camera
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This means that for less than $1,000, you
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The reason the Epson design won me over,

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modularity and choice,
To start with, I always had the option of
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I found that the latter produced the best
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they were taken, so the memory of the cam-

era could be cleared quickly and ready for

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This feature, however, is not unusual and
is common to most digital cameras. The Teal
flexibility came with the diIFon LCD screen.
By having it as an option (rather than builton to the hack of the camera), I could decide
when I wanted to sacriflce the battery power
that displaying the screen requires. I could
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the back without fear of smudging the screen.

That being said, this design decision does

mean that the camera ends up being quite

long and sometimes seems a little unwieldy.

The built-in flash was also handy, since

many of the pictures I took were indoors. The

camera included four flash modes (auto,
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m (1.5 to 10 ft,). Unlike other cameras in this

dass, Epson also offers the option of letting
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accessory lenses or filters for close-up, wideangle and special-effect pictures. (I did not,
unfortunately, get a chance to try this out,
although it was useful to know that other lens
options were available,)
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go any further.
Dotal cameras in the sub-$1,500 range
are not intended to replace a 35 mm or APS
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comes to printed image quality. Why'? Simply
put, the CCD devices (digital light sensors) on
these cameras do not record as much information as a photographic emulsion from a 35
mm negative does.
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the 35 mm photographic image quality cost
around $20,000 or more. So you' ll have to
wait a long time before today's high-end capa-

biiities get into the mass market.

In which medium does digital cameras
such as the QuickTake 200 excel? Well, if you
are outputting an image to a computer video
display or television, then this is the camera
for the job,

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unit.
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When you snap a picture, it is saved onto

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high-quality images. If you prefer, a mode dial
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your images. You can also lock protect and, of
course, delete unwanted images.
Under a rubber-sealed flap are housed two

ports that allow you to view your images on a

computer screen or television set. Apple provides the software and cable so you can
upload images to your computer through its
serial port. I found myself being impatient
while waiting for images to appear on the
screen. This is due to the speed limitations of
the serial connection.
Once the imagesare uploaded, you can
save or open them up in any image-editing
application. Alternatively, you can view
images on your TV in a slideshow format (via
the bundled NTSC video cable). However, I

found image quality sharpness, color to be

much better on a computer screen.
The QuickTake 200 can be powered by an
AC adapter, or for portability, four AA batteries. I recommend using the AC adapter whenever you can, because the longevity of alkaline batteries is disappointing. Despite being
more expensive, you' re probably be better off
(in the long run) using AA lithium batteries.

Software
A comprehensive software bundle comes on
CD-ROM with this package. Camera Access
provides easy-to-use image-viewing and
image-managing features when you hook
your camera to your Mac's serial port. Also
included are Adobe Photo Deluxe (image editing), Adobe Pagewill (Web site creation) and
PictureWorks NetCard (email image annotation). Adobe also provides a plug-in so you
can directly upload images into Photoshop.

Summary
The QuickTake 200 isn't glamorous in terms
of its hardware features. To improve its appeal

to the m ainstream consumer, several

improvements are needed. Features in the
next iteration of this product should include
an integrated eyepiece, integrated flash, auto
aperture and auto focus. Battery performance

also needs to be improved.

However, the QuickTake 200's hardware

shortconnngs are compensated by the excellent value of the software bundle that comes
with it. If you need the convenience of quick
access to images, or you are a well-heeled digital consumer who likes to play with the latest
gadgets, then this camera will fit your needs. 0
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staff, you should spend some time reading
and taking courses of this topic. By applying
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member as an important individual, you will
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dependable staff. The following sums up the
course on human relations (source anony-

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The siz most important words: "I admit I
made a mistake."

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The four most important words: "What is

your opfnlo1L~
7Re three most important words: "If you

point. In order to accept a position, a person

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sufficient to meet his/her basic needs for sur-

Hierarchy of needs
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They progress from one stage to the next,
although some people "plateau" or stay at a
certain stage for a period of time before
advancing on. Briefly, the stages follow:
The basic or survival level is the starting

A manager's job is to recognize what stage

the employee is at, and to assist and encourage them to progress along the ladder to their
highest level of capability. Pushing too hard
may sometimes discourage and frustrate staff
who may have a different learning pace.

The two most important words: "Thank you.

The one most important word: "We"
The least important word: "I

i.eadershlp style
A leader is one who is in control, takes charge
of a situation, and is decisive. A good leader
or manager is fair, firm, and consistent, as
well as flexible. Being flexible doesn't mean
that you have to change your personality, You
can be firm and still be friendly; you can be
decisive and still be polite. You can give someone more freedom without giving away the
company. The better you are at knowing how
to treat your employees, the more effective
you will be as a manager. And the employeremployee relationship will be more satisfying
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You can reduce unwanted employee turnover

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such as delegating responsibilities and shared
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vival {food, shelter).

A person's security needs relate to job,
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newest line of hard drives,

way.

o r a b r e akthrough i n
processor technology, it all

With rapid advanceinents such as these, is

it any wonder we feel frustration? Just as
many were getting used to their brand new

. means more decisions for

those considering the purchase of a new computer.

the hardware industry.

It has only been recently that software
releases have actually required a Pentium
pmcessor for optimum performance, despite
the fact that the Pentium has been on the
market for over two years now. The gaming
market tends to be the first to take advantage

soon as a new processor hits the market, and

more to the point, can we and should we try
to keep up?

'll

such as Microsoft Office for Windows 95,

Lotus SmartSuite and Corel Wordperfect
Office will run fine on a 486 machine with a

healthy dose of RAM.

In hct, it's safe to say that the only time

you' ll need to even consider a Pentium

which of the latest games you can't run.

Until recently, the system requirements of
most software titles was a 48&class processor
with 8 MS of RAM. Only now are we starting
to see the majority of those requirements
shift over to the Pentium processor. Many
boxes still read "Pentiurn reconunended" as

processor is if you' re performing tasks that are

heavily dependent on your CPU, such as

computer-aided design (CAD) applications or,

opposed to "Pentium required." This means

you guessed it, the latest games.

The bottom line is that you shouldn't lose
any sleep over fear that your computer will be
out of date the minute you take it out of its
box. Which brings us to the subject of our

the software will run on 486 machines, but

you won't get optimum performance until

present Lab Test. You' ll find that a typical

"mid-range system," such as those we tested

ure your new system, you should first sit

your needs? Which brings us to our next

point we wish to emphasize: your computer is
only out of date if you find that it simply can-

Continued on page 77

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104 Windows95 Keyboard

find that the most popular of office suites

your computer really is by checking out

Panasonl01DOMB

color and snazzy pie charts, you can still get

by on a 2&6 or 386 machine. If you do a bit
more than simple bookkeeping, you' ll still

get a good indication of how 'out of date"

Infernal lDE Z1P-Drive

dass rnachine from 1978 with a monochrome

monitor will do the job. If you want to add

ware industry is always playing catch-up with

s179.60

Let's face it, if the majority of your corn-

133 MHz Pentium machines lnteps engineers you move up to the recommended processor this month, will serve you adequately for the
next few years.
were already hard at work designing the suc- and megabytes of RAM.
cessor of the Pentium Pro the Pentium II
So why obsess over the latest processor
technology,
when you may already have a Wleretto Look for
processor.
Are our computers rendered obsolete as machine that is more than adequate to meet When deciding on how you want to config-

It's no surprise that

many feel distressed about the arrival of a new
technology. We' re constantly being told that
no matter what you buy, you' re already out of
date. This is one of the myths we wish to dispel in this month's Test Lab, while trying to

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not perform up to your own expectations

Pentium pmcessor running at 60 and 66 MHz of any new technology, so you can generally

dock speeds, although work began on it several years prior to its release date. Similarly,
themselves bewildered by a the fall of 1995 gave us the Pentiuna Pro
slew of n e w p r o ducts processor. In M a y o f th i s y e ar, I n tel
appearing on store shelves announced its latest creation, the Pentium II,
literally every month.
formerly known by its code name Klamath. In
Whether it's t h e l a test its initial stages, it will run at clock speeds of
233 and266 MHz, with 300 MHz soon on the
p rinter technology, t h e

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about it, a processor is only as good as the

software designed to take advantage of it. And
history has repeatedly shown us that the soft-

The endless pro9resslon

This is especially true in

the computer industry,
where consumers find

A-Open
Azure

and/or requirements.

Consider this. every two or three years, Intel

releases a new generation of processors. In the
spring of 1993, we were first treated to the

today's everyday item.

teated

Our advice is to not worry so much about

the seemingly endless procession of everfaster processors. When you really think

purchase.

er was yesterday's news is

proeltects

bring

some
comfort
to t h o se
who
are
faced with the
decision of making a new computer

anth
a f t e r
month, we find
find ourselves staring into the
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down and give some thought as to what the

machine's main functions will be.If you flnd

that your tasks are very basic and won' t
require the best components money can buy,

we would still recommend that you rernember to plan ahead. Saving yourself a few bucks
today can be troublesome down the road,

especially if you find your requirements

change significantly, or that you suddenly
need to do soinething you hadn't planned on
initially,

First and foremost, plan on getting some

extra RAM. You' ll find that most systems
today ship with 16 MB as standard, but for an
extra $100 or so, you can upgrade that to 32
MB. All of the systems we looked at this

month had 32 MB included s specified in

our criteria to the vendors. Although 16 MB
may be adequate for most needs, you' ll flnd
that the extra 16 MB will go a long way in
improving your system's performance, especially if you do a fair bit of multi-tasking.
Besides, RAM prices are at an all time low,
so why not spend the extra few bucks? It' s
definitely a worthy investment, and you
never know what prices will be like tomorrow.

tions want to own anywhere from 30 to 100

choppy sound are a thing of the past.

MB of your precious drive space, And if you' re

Fmm Imation comes a new technology

also never before seen, the new LS-120 drive.
This new drive uses LaserServo technology to

the somebody who likes to do "full" installs,

you could easily be looking at up to 250 MB
in some instances,

cent to 400 percent. The larger primary cache

alone accounts for an Il percent increase in

overall system performance even without

MMX-specific software.
We first confirmed this in September of

have a 2 GB hard drive, but you know the

story a few megs here, a few rnegs there, and
before you know it, you get the all too famil-

offer 120 MB of storage on a 3.5-inch disk virtually identical in shape and size to a standard 1.44 MB floppy. The LS-120 spins faster
than a standard floppy drive, has a faster
access time, and is a neat idea in general,

iar "Insufficient Disk Space" message staring

although a few years overdue.

you in the face.

By doing a bit of hard drive pricing, you
will quickly realize that in many cases, spending anextra$SO can buy you 500 or 600 MB
more storage space! For example, at the time
of writing this report, the typical street price

for a 2.5 GB Western Digital hard drive was

The drive is also fully backwards compatible with your old floppy disks, and you use a
standard EIDE connector to hook it up to
yom existing hard drive or CD-ROM connector,
Note too that nearly every system this
time around makes use of a larger 512KB

$338, On the other hand, the 3,1GB Western

Level-2 (or secondary) cache. If you want to

a score of 145 onour benchmark suite. This

Digital sold for $375, So why not spend the

squeeze every last drop of performance from

your system, this certainly helps, though not

time around, even the slowest systein in the

survey was quicker than the fastest 166 MHz
system to date. Our fastest system this month

It may not seem like that much when you

extra $37 and get yourself the extra 600 MB/

Such smart choices will go a long way
towards extending the life of your trusty PC.

So what else Is new?

By looking over our comparimn chart in this
month's Test Lab, you' ll notice some things
never before seen in the PCs we' ve tested.
First, there is a new chipset from Intel already
being used by many vendors, the 430TX. Its
main features include better power manage-

greatly, To take full advantage of a cache larg-

'96 when we discovered one of the systems

was using a pre-release version of the new
processor. The price difference between a
166 MHz standard Pentium processor and a

166 MHz MMX processor is currently about

$80. If you' re looking to buy a new system
in the near future, we would deflnitely recommend spending the extra $80 on the new
variety.
It's worth mentioning that the fastest 166
MHz system we*vetested was from Dell, back
in Deceinber of last year. The system achieved

er than 2S6KB, you need to be under an

operating system such as Windows NT or
UNIX, but that's another discussion altogether.

came fromMynix Technology,and achieved

New precessers

Ills test

The most obvious change in this month's sur-

an impressive score of 198, which is 36.5percent fasterthan the 166 MHz Dell XPSsystem

from December,

After watching the price of RAM go from $38

to $70 per MB overnight a few yearsback,

ment for both mobile and desktop PCs, sup.

port for the new Ultra DMA (ATA-3, VIDE}

anything's possible.
The price of hard drives is also dropping,

interface, and optimization for the new line

of MMX processors. For full details, visit

vey is the MM X p rocessors from Intel,

Basically, you' re getting a Pentium processor
with 57 new instructions and a larger 32KB
primary (or Level-1) cache. In the months to
follow, we should be seeing a slew of new software titles designed to take advantage of these

slowly but surely. This is another area we rec-

http: //www.intel.corn/design/pcisets/

new processors,

of applications. All machines were conflgured

ommend you give some thought because of

all the variables involved. First, remember
that the storage requirements for new applications are always increasing. Just a couple of
years ago a "typical" install took a f ew
megabytes. Today, you' ll find many applica-

predb ref/430tx/.
Also new to this month's review are the
latest CD-ROM drives from Panasonic. With
24x speeds, these drives offer much higher

In a nutshell, MMX technology allows

software developers to program their code so
that it uses fewer instructions to accomplish
the same tasks. According to estimates, software designed for MMX processors will offer
overall improvements ranging from 50 per-

to run in a resolution of 800x600 with a 16bit color depth (65,536 colors).

transfer rates and lower access times, making

multimedia applications fly. Jerky video and

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32 MB of RAM. We left the remaining system

components up to them, as long as they fit
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FREE 1 Mouth Internet Access

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ATI 3D Expr esslon Video w/2M

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CANON BJC 240 Color Printer

$215

CANON BJC 4100 Color Printer

$265

33.6 Int. Full Duplex Fax Modem $79

USR33.6 Int. Voice Fax Modem $ 1 3 2
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$219
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(W/System Purchase Only)

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$120

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BROTHER HL730dg $47

BROTHER HL760dx $575
CANON 4SS0 Color(11el 7I $569
HP 692C Color inkjet $3 89
HP 820Cxi Color iukjet$5
HP 870Cxi Color mkjet$639
HP 6L LASER
$5
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$1025
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$389
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SONY 15" 100SX 25DP $499
SONY 15" IOOSf .25DP $579
SONY 17" 200SX,.25
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$439
A9117" SV 28DP
$739
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Panasonic 24X CD Rom Drive $155

Speed EIDE Cd Ro
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Sound Blaster AWE 64PNP Sound Card

Pair of 80W Magnetic Shielded Speakers
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Pair of Magnetic Shielded Speakers
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and superior refresh rates. For storage, the systern includes a Quantum Fireball ST hard
drivewith a capacity of a whopping 4.3 GB,

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floppy drive is capable of reading and writing

to a new type of media virtually identical m

appearance to a regular floppy disk, but with

a capacity of 120 MB. It is also fully backwards

compatible with your old floppy disks.

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speakers capable of a maximum output power
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systems in this survey, such as asound card or

CD-ROM drive. The machine we reviewed

came equipped with 16 MB of EDO RAM,

256KB ofpipelined cache and a 166 MHz
MMX processor. For storage space, you get the
popular Western Digital 2.5 GB model, vrhich
offers not only excellent performance but ade-

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is $2,365 with a three-year parts and labor

warranty. For an additional $608, you can
have IBM's 15-inch model G50 monitor.

scores in this month's

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save $$$ at the same time

with a Pentium 166

MMX
pro c essor
512KB of pipelined
cache and 32 MB of

Advanced Technology
has all the bells and
whistles anyone could

SDRAM, all situated on a Tyan Titan Turbo

motherboard, making use of the latest 430TX

chipset from intel.
For maximum graphics performance, the
system uses a Matrox Millennium video card
with 4 MB of WRAM onboard. Storage comes
in the form of a 2.5 GB hard drive from

ask for. It uses the new

ASUS TX97 motherboard with Intel's new
430TX chipset to maximize MMX perfor-

mance, and is home to a 166 MMX processor

Aloueite Laser provides remanufactured and re%lted

toner cartridges to laser printer users with savings up to 60%

with 512KB of Level-2 pipelined cache and 32

MB of SDRAM. The video system in the
machine leaves little to be desired, consisting
of a high-speed Matrox Millennium card with

Maxtor, and for multimedia, the popular ESS

1868 chipset and a Mitsumi 16x CD-ROM
drive. Rounding out the system is a 33.6Khps

4 MB of dual-ported WRAM onboard. If high

resolution and speedy graphics are a require-

watt multhnedia speakers.

faxmodem from Wisecom and a pair of 120,

ment for you, this card won*t let you down.

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months, we' ve had
several systems from
various manufacturers that failed to mmplete our r igorous
BAPCo benchmark
suite, and on a couple
of occasions, these
induded systems from Mynlx Technology.
This month tells a different story, however.
Not only did the system make it through the
entire benchmark suite, but it did it flawlessly
on the first try with no system hangs or
glitches whatsoever. Not only that, but it
managedto achieve the highest score of aII
the systems in this month's mundup, finlshing with an overall score of 198.

When it comes to storage, you won't have

any worries in the near future thanks to the
large Quantum 6.2 GB VIDE drive. As for multimedia, a Panasonic 24x CD-ROM drive and

We also carry other toners, developers 8 drum units.

Cartridges are tested and compietely disassembled when recharged.
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Photocoplers Canon Personal Copier Laser Printers HP Laser Jet I, II, IIP, III,
Sharp Z-series Copier
lllP, IIID, Illsi, IV Apple
Canon Brother IBM
Panasonic FP820
QMS NEC and moml
Laser Fax I|tachines

quite nicely. To round out the system, you get

a Supra Express 56Kbps X2 modem ready to
tackle the Net. The system is very cornpetltively priced at $2,825 and comes with an

superior six-year labor and three-year parts

warranty. If your budget is just under $3,000,
this machine is definitely not one to pass up.

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When you look under the hood of this

beast, you' ll very quickly realize how it
achieved this feat. First of all, the system consists of a 166 MMX processor, 512lcB of
pipelinedcache, 32 MB of EDO RAM, and the
new 430TX chipset from Intel. For lightning
fast graphics, the system uses a Matrox
Mystique video card with 2 MB of high-speed
SGRAM onboard. Storage space is anything
but scarce with this 4.3 GB Quantum Fireball
ST. Rounding out the system is a BTC 12x CDROM drive and an ESS 1868 sound card. If

you' re looking for the ultimate MMX system,

get this Mycomp Vantage.
NEC P43werlNate P2166IN

If you' re looking for

a system bearing a
name you recognize
a nd want a ni c e

combinationofpopular components,

c onsists of a 1 6 6
MMX
proc essor,
256KB of pipe(ined
cache and 32 MB of
EDO RAM. For graphics, the PLT 2015
relies on an S3 ViRGE
video card with 2 MB
of EDO RAM. Also
included with this system is a 15-inch monitor, a Packard Bell model 2020. The system
uses a combination sound card/modem, the
SND3-336, which delivers 16-bit Dolby
Digital (AC-3) stereo sound and wavetable
synthesis, as well as a 33 6Kbps voice/faxmodem. Storage comes in the form of a 2.1 GB
hard drive from Seagate, and a 16x CD-ROM
drive from Goldstar. One of the inost discemable features of this system is the vast amount
of software included.
To name but a few, you get MS Word for
Windows 95, MS Works, MS Money, Quicken

the NEC PowerMate

line of computers is
just what you need.
The model we tested was the 2520-24874C,
which consists of the following configuration:

SE,Encart
a Encyclopedia,Pod fa new game

a 166 MHz Pentium MMX processor, 2S6KBof

online services. If you want a system that has it

pipelined cache, 32 MB of EDO RAM, an ATI

video card using the latest 3D Rage II chipset
configured with 2 MB of SGRAM, a Sound
Blaster 16 sound card, a 3.1 GB hard drive
from Western Digital and a Goldstar 16x CDROM drive. With the PowerMate P2166M

all right out of the box, the Platinum 2015

from Packard Bell is a great candidate.

series, NEC will also include their very popu-

S amtack ar e w e l l
known under the Pine
brand name. The system we received this

designed to take advantage of the MMX proces-

sor), Ecco the Dolphin from Sega,and a slew of

other titles ranging from productivity to edutainment to various trial subscriptions to many

$amtach

C omputers
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lar NEC MultiSync C500 15-inch monitor to

accompany the system.

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Unux mousepods, Ishirts, etc.

HTML Color clipart
Delphi Poweriools

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Unux Bible

34
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Unux Journal Magazine

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Unux Developers Resource

Linux in o Nutshell Book
Linux Programming Book
Monster Media 18
Night Owl 24
PC Electronics
QRZ Ham Radio

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Linux Toolkit
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Running Linux 2nd Ed Book
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Siackwore (New)
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Visual Basic Super Library
19
Visual Basic Tools
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Adobe illustrator'

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Adobe Photoshop 4.0'
349
Adobe Pagemaker 6.5'
299
Borland C++ Ver4.5
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Borland Delphi Win
29
Clickart 65,000 pic's
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Coral Draw 7'
189
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Coral Office Pro'
Coral Printhouse
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Coral WP Suite'
62
First Aid 97
35
Lotus Srnarlsuite 97
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McAfeeAnti-Virus 3.0
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MS OHiee 9 7 Professional' 2 9 9
MS Publisher 97'
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MS Visual Basic Pro 5.0'
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MS Visual C ++ 5.0
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MS Windows NT 4.0*
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Duke Nukem 3D
Duke t4ukem Plutonium
Duke Nukem Atomic '

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Americon Heritage Talk Dic

Better Homes Cooking

Bod yworks 5,0

It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymon. Canadian Encydopedia 97

Chinese Dieeanary
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due greatly in part to the slower Trident video
card.

under $2,500.

Overall, this machine would make a great

starter system for any home, especially considering its low price tag of just over $2,000.
We would, however, recommend that you
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Trident card for a high-performance card. The
addition of a Matrox Mystique with 2 MB
onboard, for example, will do wonders for
this system.

T o start off, w e
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processor, 512KB of
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onboard, and a Diamond Monster 3D card,

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Western Digital hard drive, to the high speed
Panasonic 24x CD-ROM drive.
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inside the box a new Sporster X2 56Kbps

faxmodem. Combine all of this with a pair of

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received from STD
this month is a great
example of what you
can buy for just under
$2,000. Inside the box
is a 166 MMX processor,
512 K B
of
pipelined cache and
32 MB of EDO RAM. The video subsystem
consists of an 53 VIRGE 3D video card
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Performance on this card will not be on par
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machine. This system can be yours for $1,999

including a 15-inch digital monitor.

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for this month's Lab. Its system has every-

Yamaha M15 speakers,a m icrophone and a

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Ultlnet
Always ready to provide us with loaded

systems at very low

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The use of a Matrox Millennium video
card with 4 MB of WRAM onboard and a
3.2 GB Quantum Fireball hard drive helped
this system to achieve a high score of 187
on our benchmark suite. Also found in the
mini-tower of this machine is a high speed
24x CD-ROM drive f rom Panasonic, a
Sound Blaster 16 sound card from Creative

Labs and a USR Sportster 33.6Kbps faxmodem. The system as configured, plus a pair

thing you need to get you up and running

of 80 wattspeakers, sells for $1,998 and

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super hard drive to an excellent price of $2,185 with a
three-year parts and labor warranty, If you' re looking for
top perBzrmance on an MMX machine, look no further.

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Without a doubt, the award for best price/performance

this month goes to. the A-Open system from.Comtronic;

g';: @; Fot,-just over $1,400 you get a complete 166 MHx MMX

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with 'a 2.0 GB hard dAve, a 16x CD-ROM drive,

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and a 33.6Kbps modem. If you want a starter system that
offers full multimedia capabiTities but don't want to
btehk thp. bsllk, this IS.the, IQ%tllB fOt $0IL

Overall
The PowerMate P2166M from NEC impressed us very much with its combination of qual-

. ity components, good performance and attractive price tag. It features anexce))ent hard
drive, a 3.1 GB Western Digital, a zippy 16x Goldstar CD-ROM drive and anWTI 3D Rage
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images. HP scanners include a feature called
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OCR tasks by reevaluating and adjusting contrast and brightness values on a line-by-line
basis as the image is scanned. However,
AccuPage scans are somewhat slower we
usually leave it turned off.
It is worth mentioning that HewlettPackard scanners are among the few brands of
scanners due to have built-in support in the
forthcoming "Memphis" version of Wmdows.
Memphis (AKA Windows 98) will reportedly

nant position in the marketplace, and virtually assures that the graphics or OCR software
package you buy will support HP's products,
Unfortunately, the system's Symbios SCSI
card wants to use I/O 220, which most soundcards already use. Fortunately, you ran change
the I/O address of the Symbios card through
Win95's System/Device Manager= although
this is not a task many beginners would relish.
In conclusion, the HP SP enjoys wide distribution, but its setup procedure, image quality and value are only so-so. The PaperPort
software is this bundle's strongest feature.
Hewlett-Packard 5$ sheet-fedscanner
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Pms: Compact, Includes PaperPoft software.

Cons: Our evaluation unit had such poor color image
quality, we contacted HP to find out if perhaps our
test unit was defective. (See HP's response below.) If
you are considering purchasing this unit, compare a
color sample
say, a business cardwith the output
from an inexpensive flat-bed unit for comparison.
The newest addition to the Hewlett-Packard
ScanJetfamily is the ScanJet 55,a colorsheetfed scanner that, as the name suggests, is the
company's follow up to th e 4S model it
licensed from Visioneer in 1995.
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model connects via a parallel port (and offers
a pass-through for p r inter connection).
Unfortunately, potential conflicts with some
models of printers, induding many of HP's
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the automatic software launch feature that is

one of the unit's best features.
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exactly how to turn off the conflicting feature
of the scanner, but it suggests that the parallel port interface is not the ideal method of
scanner connection.
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fact, turning
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required if you have a printer connected to your
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It should be mentioned that the HP drivers
were utterly painless to instai) on the Windows
and Mac systems we' ve attached the unit(s) to.
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ner to our Adaptec SCSI interface (we chose to

not use the card that ships with the HP) and

II:

started Windows 95. The system recognized the

scanner and prompted us for the location of

go into Options and adjust the brightness

in Contrast;
and scan the card with the long edge

down.

the HP Scanning softvrm diisc. Done. Seconds

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We were expecting no headaches with this

processors in the ScanJet 5s as are found in

the IIcx, the ScanJet 5p or 4c, would make the

product from the Agfa division of venerable

aspirin maker Bayer, but we encountered a

ScanJet 5s much more expensive than it is,

few disappointments in this, the company's

Wood says HP wanted to ensure this scanner was affordable, while offering consumers
a means to simplify the management and

lowest-cost scanner, In a nutshell, we found

a true indicator of scanner quaBty, as it only

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company was not in violation of another

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parity in the scanning quality at the same res- Price: S349

support staff
and a host of

maintenance

As far as the splash screen that pops up,

Woods says HP had to do this so that the

electronic distribution of black-and-white and

the software to be weak

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ways to the Microtek 3E. Both units ship with

color paper-based documents.

Adaptec 1$02 series ISA SCSIcards (and both

Refering to our test of this HP tmit, which

involved scanning in business cards, Woods
said there are a couple of things we might try
to improve the quality of the scanning on the
ScanJet 5s:

manufacturers falsely daim that the card does

not support more than one SCSI device). An

ensure you choose Color Photo when

prompted (versus document);

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error in the documentation. We suspect it just
might also have a little something to do with
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adapter; the E3 bundles the slightly newer

1502AE. Our test unit did not ship with a
SCSI terminator. The Microtek unit did.
The SnapScan, like the E3, ships with both
Mac and Windows software, despite the misleading "PC version" designation on the box.
Windows users get OmniPage LE and Ulead
Photolmpact SE editors (see the E3 review for

features are a nice touch, although the soft-

ware's sharpen function appears to be more

crude than the "unsharp mask" type of
enhancement usually performed in a program
like Photoshop. Both Agfa utilities also produced occasional initialization errors when
we attempted to adjust a parameter while the

eight characters. (We had named our directory "Photoshop"; we had to type "PHOTOS-1"
to get the Agfa software to recognize it.)
Also, the installer forced us to run several
different Setup programs to install the various
components. Worse, the scanner had to be
turned on before the computer in order for it

final scan, The TWAIN driver worked reliably

in Photoshop though. (Photoshop is, however, not part of the package.)
Color fidelity was not especially good.
Skin tones were quite accurate, but at the
expense of bright orange hues, such as the

to be recognized by the system

a problem

magenta with 100 percent yellow. This color

scanner was finishing a preview scan. The that the Canon IX401S, the Artcc Vlewstation

details); Mac users get OmniPage LE and

TWAIN drivers (both 16- and 32-bit drivers

Color-It software. a collection of other Agfa

software tools for both platforms facilitates are included) worked well, though.
We were not impressed with the PC softcopying, enhancing and color-correcting
ware's dumsy installation program. The
images.
installer proved to be incompatible with
Intel's LANdesk network management soft-

Fotosnap is a shnplistic on~ck scanning

utihty. We received occasional "scanner initialization errors" with this utihty. Themore
full-featured FotoLook includes a number of

color you get when mixing 100 percent

looked a muddy, dark red onscreen. White

A6000C Plus and certain other models also

areas did not display undue amounts of noise,

have. Boo hiss.

fortunately.
When we inspected the unit, we suspect-

Fortunately, there is a solution albeit a

slightly inelegant one. In Windows 95, open ed that the shiny chrome rail inside the Agfa
up the System control panel (or rightwiick

case might be likely to cause more reflections

My Computer and choose Properties) and than the nearly uniform interior of the
ware on our test system and, even after we caick the Refresh tab on the Device Manager Microtek unit. However, we did not notice a
had uninstalled the Intel code, the FotoFIavor tab. This allowed the Agfa software to initial- problem when working with photos, possibly
additional features but some aspects, such as installer did not correctly identify the loca- ize correctly. Occasionally, however, the because Agfa has chosen to inake the interior
its ewizard" interface option, seemed poorly tion of our Photoshop installation, nor did it Fotosnap software reported an "iaitiaHzation
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larger flat-bed and comparable image quality
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better value than the HP Scanjet SP, though.

documentation says this interface only supports one SCSI device. Is this tzue7
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is also connected with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see
night sky for backyard stargazers. He is also staff astronomer
selection above), but until Pathfinder lands in Ju}y, this is
at the Ontario Science Centre and an astronomy columnist
the only place you' ll see brand new images from another
for t/adiscoverycawhich airs on t he D iscovery Channel,
planet, updated on a regular basis,
Canada. The following is a list of Semeniuk's top 10 stargazWeb site: htfp://galileo.ivv.nasa.gov/index.htmi
ing Web sites:
4. Searching for Extra-Solar Planets This is the home
page for Geoff Matey and Paul Butler of San Francisco State
1 Hubble Space Telescope
University, the most prolific planet hunters working today.
Electronic Information
It links to other planet discovery sites.
Servtce This is the home
Web site: http: //cannon.sfsu.edu/-williams/planet
page for the world's most
search/pfanetsearch.html
famous orbiting observatory.
$. The Comet ObservatIon Home Page Charles Morris
With every new image, this
maintains this comprehensive listing of reports and images
site takes you right to the cutof Comet Hale-Bopp as well as all other comets currently
g edge of di
and This shot of the Egg Nebula,
visible.
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(http: //www.exn.net/mainfivansuniverse/), a monthly look at the

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Mars Pathfinder landing and the Carsini mission to Saturn.

Web site: http: //www.jpl.nasa.govl

Web site: http //www.fuLmsu.edu/abrams/

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most of their moons. Thoroughly illustrated with (downloadable) images. The author, Bill Amett, also maintains
two other excellent and useful astronomy sites: The Web
Nebula and The Messier Objects.
6. Eclipse Home Page Everything you need to know
Web site: httpJ/www.seds.org/bills/tnp/
about any solar and lunar eclipse anywhere in the world is 10. Astronomy PIcture of the Day A great way to start
the day! Gives an overwhelming sense of how much
available here. The site is maintained by premier eclipse
chaser, Fred Espenak
astronomy is currently going on around the world.
Web site: http: //planets,gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
Web site: http: //antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astroplx.html
7. Abrams Planetarium Skywatcher's Olary i From the
people who bring you Abrams Sky Calendar, this site is the Kelth Schengili-Roberts isrhe Computer Pape/sWebWatch editor. he
most effldent way of keeping up with events in the current welcomesany comments, suggestionsandW eb-related news you may
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on a TZmrt. Printers from companies like
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any item made of cotton. Having been sent a
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for you to take people or objects from one

photo and place them into anothex

lf you am taking photographs for the purpose of putting a face, or head, on a T-shirt
make sure that the subject is photographed in
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tographs for other T-shirt d

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First you need an image. You can generate
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just forget that it actually has to be.

this pricey paper and burned my fingers, to be remember that you must mirror the image

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reversed on the iron-on transfer, so youmight

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the new Dynamic HTML model being forwarded by Microsoft. This new specification, if
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Printing to your 7-shirt

continued from page100
you know what he means.
As a test, I purchased ironwn transfers
from another manufacturer and used them
on my Epson. The output was perfect, Be forewarned though, this was a single, unofficial
experiment. Experiment at your own risk!
The paper itself is smooth on the ironing
side and coarse on the transfer side. In my
test, I found the paper jams easily and works
bestiflhere are a few sheets of regular paper

iron must be on maximum setting with no

steam or moisture. An ironing board is not a
good surface for this procedure as it usually has
small holes below the ironing board cover. To

the backing once the transfer is ironed on.

Although each printer is different, it is
essential that you select the right kind of
paper in your printer setup before printing.
On the Epson machines this means select-

get an even and secure adhesion the surhce

should be solid. This can beachieved by pladng

ing "Glossy or Special Coating" paper. This

tells the printer how to lay down the ink.
The T-shirt
The transfer can be applied to any light-colored material that is smooth and natural. For
the most part this means cotton. However,

cotton blends can be used as long as the syn-

behind to insure the printer properly grasps thetic component of the material is not too
the first sheet. Because the paper is so costly,
after the first few printings, I endeavored to
put two or t hree images' on each sheet.
Remember that you need to leave about 6.5

high. In my test I used standard T-shirts. The

material must be clean and wrinkle free.
To apply the transfer you can go to a T-shirt

shop or, do as I did

simply use your iron. The

the transfer. In which case, re-applying the iron

will solve the difficulty but re-heating inakes
the image fuzzy because the colors begin to
bleed. The blending of different colored dots,
which causes the image to look out of focus, is

also what happens if you heat the transfer for

a towel or doubled sheet on a table or the floor.

The exact length of time for holding the
iron on top of the transfer varies depending
upon which company's paper you use, the size
of the transfer (smaller than the iron is quick,
larger is slower) and your level of courage. If
you do not heat the transfer sufficiently, specks
of the color will remain on the backing making
your print look old and faded. It is the case,
that a firmly pressed iron gives best results.

too long. Your new creation will last longer if

washed insidewut in cold water. The dryer is
fme if used on the "normal" setting.

Immediately upon removing the heat, the

transfer's backing must be peeled off. If the
backing is not removed quickly it will stick to

more T-shirts, a pillowcase, a quilt, baby

Once you do one you will want to do

more. Not only that, but the rest of your fam-

ily will want you to do more as well. Make

sure you exaggerate the effort needed to produce these works of art or requests will come
Hying at you like a short-order cook. I am
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attachments can produce results that range out and bought a "computer centre" and
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dose with a look at an early nornlneefor spume of the year, Interstate 76.
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mettle through pursuits that tax the

mind over reflexes or hand<ye coordination.

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amidst swarms of good and bad guys.

Graduates of the Falcon 3.0 school of fly-

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to the library and check out the latest issue of

Philosopher's Meekly, 'cause Fox Interactive's

not part of the deal, and this is one very made

game, A small radar screen will convey the
proximity of enemy craft, but sufflce it to say
that there's practically no spot left vacant.
Unlike the movie, bouncing off a solid object
is peanitted, while floating power-ups provide

their heads. In an unprecedented display of

gameplay speed, it' ll do to a joystick what
those dastardly aliens from the movie of the
same name wanted to do to h umanitynamely annil ate it.

Likethe movie, Independence Day the

game shows us what happens when steroidenhanced space ships flex their muscles in
our atmosphere while vre, being the survival-

extra weaponry, on-the-spot repairs, and other

goodies the manual doesn't tell you about.

Fox makes it dear that Independence Day

takes advantage of the latest 30 video accelerator and MMX-processing technology, yet I
had some problems with the setup on a 200
MHz MMX machine with a Siem Screamin'
3D card. But after some tweaking...voila,
there was one of the slickest looking, speediest games I' ve ever played. And yes, I fully
blarae this superb sounding program for
blowing my speakers too.

ists we are, try to repel them. Unlike the

movie, the game centres on just one element,
ship-to-ship battles, and leaves stuff like plots
and intrigue to the cinematic original.
As is to be expected, Independence Day
opens with a bang. It kicks off with a very
lengthy video sequence involving clips from
the movie and otherwise lovely Hollywood
special effects. Then it's on to the deddedly

sparse pre-game option screen (single vs. multiplayer, audio, control configuration, and
other basic stuff) before you take on the role
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take it for granted that "everyone programs that make their way onto the
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u sing the program. Some programs are set to that does not need to be paid for to be used. All

I n t ernet, usually via the Usenet or on pirate s e lf-terminate at this time (they are often of the software on TUCOWS is either shareware
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are a lot of myths and false ideas about share- Web sites.
referred to as crippleware"), but many continShareware is software that you may legally u e o n with full functionality, or with only a
ware and freeware, and "warez".
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This month, we look at two programs that
speed up the process of registering Web sites
with the many search engines on the Interne.

Anyone with a Web page to promote knows

that one of the most important keys to high hit
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book looks at the interesting times

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to build the fastest computers-better
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The Invention of thesupercom
puter is an
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computing sdence and corporate bureaucracy

to build their machines.

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The book covers a wide stretch of history

detailing the workings of various computer
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What is interesting is the way that many of
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of two reasons: being choked to death by its
own bureaucracy; or running out of money
before getting a salable product to market
EspeciaBy interesting b the story of Contml
Data, from its heady beginnings as the company that beat IBM at its own game by making the

As well, many of the aspects of lus personal

life are glossed over, induding the failure of his
first marriage, which ended in divorce after 30
years.Admittel
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working of the corporate cuituns Cray helped to
establish, but don't think that this book will be a
compelling biography of Cray the man.
By the time Cray met his untimely death as
the result of injuries sustained in a car accident
in 1996, the supercomputing industry he' d
helped found had changed dramatically. In the

erst generally acknowledged supercomputer, to

roubnely snapped up the fastest computing

machinery to help them design and test nuclear

omputer

its eventual demise in the '80s as a wornwut,

Ineffidentcompany boundwp in its own inter-

With the end of the cold war came a dramatic shrinking in the budgets of these Arms,
along with other government
agendes and universities, which had always been the best customersfor ~y's creations. This book provides
a good overview of the way Cray helped tocreate some of the fastest computers in the world,
and his legacy in the world of computmg.Q

Search eIIUiIIe software

many Web masters sabotage their own efforts

by not carehCy considering their listings before
submitting them.

bility in most seaKh engines

and you can use
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use for single page authors who that just wants
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pmvides a full text report of the sites that have
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nal Aghts and red-tape. Throughout the book, it

also becomes apparent that the best working
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tightly focused teams that do not have to deal
with much of the managerial bureaucracy that
can dog creativity. These are the sort of stories
you want to teB your children if you want them
to grow up to be entrepreneurs in the computer biz.
Unfortunately, the book never really reveals
much about the man himself. Worse, it offers
tantalizing glimpses into Cray's character, but
delve deeper. Much is made of his work habits,
typically toiling long-hours at a workbench,
personaBy building thecompo
nents that would
make up one of the many computers created
during his career.
Continued from page I 12

When you name your site, from the very

beginning, you should be thinking of how the
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Continued from page l09
umn to find out what, in this reviewer's

opinion anyway, are the really, really good

ones. Of the titles I' ve had a chance to audition in 1997, there's one game that has
emerged as a true great: Activision's drivingshooting masterpiece Interstate 76.
For me, Interstate 76 succeeds because it
sticks in my mind even when the computer is
off. I can't help but think about it: how it
pulls me into its world and keeps me there,
how it combines so many good gaming elements into one package, and how it just plain
has me addicted.
Interstate 76 plops you down into the still
familiar year of 1976, a time of outrageous

fashion, funked-up music, far out lingo, and

muscle cars. Sut it's not the 1976 we all

remember. In this 1976, law enforcement has
dwindled and the oil crisis has grown to criti-

the w ay. I n th i s
respect Interstate 76

cal proportions, paving the way for powerful

but it all comes down

to how weII you can
drive and shoot. And
brother, what a drive!
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real car, and that's a
rarity even in many of
today's top racing titles. As the

terronsm and organized vigilantes.

As mustachioed, bell-bottomed good guy
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circumstances behind your sister's untimely
demise. Each "inission" puts you behind the
wheel of your Picard Piranha, a tricked-up V8 laden with enough weaponry to destroy an
entire town, as you cruise through the deserts
and mesas of the American southwest in
search of the truth.
Cool cut scenes with funky music and
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. gameplay action as the intrigue intensifies,
You' ll have a specific objective in each of
the game's 17 "scenes," but expect to

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Little real debate on party pulpits
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of the World Wide Web began a couple of
years ago. It occurred to me that Election
'97 would be a great opportunity to test the
premise of many technological optimists
that the Web can be a inedium for

Thank he raven for CBC Ratllo (Web version)

Then, I ran across the CBC Radio election site, the best allround Election '97 Web site I could find. The CBC Web site
was produced in conjunction with the Sympatico Internet
service, and programmed by Medialinx. It made very clever
use of the CBC's up-to-the-minute audio and video
news gathering resources.
There were Complete recordings of press
conferences by all the major candidates, which

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in public policy. There are several million
Canadian voters with access to the Web. What
would we choose to do with our new wired world
view and powerful new communications tools this time
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home page was a hot button for Yahoo Canada's

Election 97 election links
page. It listed the major parties, current news events, and a
Macleansmagazine section. When I clicked on a Liberal Party
link I was taken to that party's homepage (http:ljfjjjjww.liberal.ca),
a quietly impressive, official looking site where I had a choke
of either official language. The content of was interesting,
partly for what was there, but mainly for what wasn' t.
Under the slogan of "Securing Our Future Together," there
was a summary of the Liberal platform, which presented the
Liberal party line as the only sensible plan of action for the
country, There was no debate, no assessing of differing opinions, or admissions of mistakes, changes in direction or criticisms of the government.
More to the point, there was nothing I could find anywhere on the Liberal site that encouraged or allowed citizens
to quiz the candidates or to chat with other citizens. If you
wanted to send an email, there was no indication of who it
was that would receive it. I sent a message to the prime minister, and by press time still had not received a reply.
The site was entirely atop@own.e A student might find
this useful for doing research on the Liberal Party, or getting
contact information for Liberal MPs, but this is a one-way use
of the medium, not a forum for discussion.
More of the same
I checked the sites of the other Canadian poliflcal parties, and
they were mostly similar. Party platform, lists of candidates by

could be downloaded and listened to in a real-

The partieS'Current use of

the Web is an' unfortunate
reflection of thieir basic culture.
The political 'party electoral
industry is just that: an industry that seems to have more
to do with the ethos of the
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line rather than toothpaste}

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.org), and a horde of fringe parties all seemed to have a similar
approach to using the Web. The Web, as seen by our political
parties, is a big electronic campaign brochure that doesn' t
require them to pay for postage stamps.
Co around them
Getting tired of the lack of interest in the people's voice on
every major party site, I browsed and searched for other
options. There were dozens of non-party-specific election sites,
ranging from scholarly to satiric.
The Aardvark Communications Mother of All Canadian
Web Pages duplicated much of the Yahoo site's links, but in a
chattier, more skeptical way. The Carlton University election
Web site had lots of links to other election news sites, as well
as to the Web pages of political think tanks of all ideological
hues, and the wonderfully comprehensive Politics Canada
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as offering extremely comprehensive and up-todate news, the CBC site also allowed a lot of scope for debate,
in a section moderated by the veteran political commentator
found Zolfs election forum to be one of the most
informative and fun t hat t his election has
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this election campo)yn. But what rol does the federal
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Heaven election poll site, which purported to predkt the election results on the basis of customers' preferences for various
burger conflgurations named after the different parties (Bloc
burgers not available in BC, though). The great Montrerrl
Gazette cartoonist Aislin's drawings were available online,
highlighted with his most recent daily drawing, and with an
archive of older drawings also available.
The official Election Canada Web site was apparently the
victim either of a technical glitch or a bit of hacker mischief,
when it was discovered that all of the listings for Reform Party
candidates had been deleted. The site was shut down temporarily, while an investigation was underway.

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message to its leader, Alexa McDonough. I did, and again,
received no reply by press time. Reform (hitp JNjjww.reform.ca),

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bit. As a forum for political discussion between Canada's masters and the proles, however, it's a bit of a bust.
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