Organizer Issue Update 5/1992

Update Special

 

Mass storage

CD-ROM, WORM, ROD: terms that are still unfamiliar to users today, but will be commonplace tomorrow. UPDATE—Author Matthias Zehnder explored the world of optical storage.  

Zenith price reduction

ZDS (Zenith Data Systems) reduced prices for desktop and notebook computers by up to 23 percent.  

Noname prices from brand manufacturer

Commodore takes up the fight:The German-made computers are to be brought to the user at discount prices.  

ACCU text in version 3.0

Now the Xerox OCR program recognizes ten languages and offers a lem mode for unusual font styles.  

Novell in search of partners

Market leader Novell is always entering into new alliances and partnerships: Now also with Compaq and SCO.  

Faster LANtastic

Version 4.1 of the peer-to-peer network LANtastis was introduced at CeBIT '92: First impression - insane speed.  

Reader survey

UPDATE would like to get a better picture of the readership.  

Bomb business?

The notebook boom is coming to an end, and individual manufacturers are already turning away from the tiny device again. Is it all just a fashion trend?  

Murder in porn milieu

For the first time, a computer was used in the courtroom to reconstruct a murder case: The murderer was not the gardener!