Organizer Issue Update 6/1992

Update Special

 

Monitor and eye

The most important part of a computer system, the monitor, is given far too little attention when purchasing. What to look for, which screens are currently popular with buyers: UPDATE researched the Swiss market.  

Canon's color miracle

Fresh from CeBIT in Swiss land: Canon's CLC 10 copies, prints and scans in the DOS and Apple world.  

OS/2 and Windows combined in a double pack

For a limited period of time, the market giants IBM and Micro soft want to offer the two new operating systems OS/2 2.0 and Windows 3.1 for less than 200 francs in a double pack.  

Editorial test

The UPDATE editorial team took a look at the integrated GeoWorks including the Quattro Pro spreadsheet.  

From Swiss architect: GVD development

Wally Demuth, architect from Schlieren, amazes the experts with a CAD program.  

The images learn to walk

Adobe Premiere turns the Macintosh into a mixer for videographers.  

FoxPro: Test market

25 enthusiastic DOS testers can now purchase the extremely fast FoxPro 2.0 database at an absolute preferential price.  

Silicon swallows Mips

Last-minute rescue. After serious losses, Mips now seems saved: Silicon Graphics wants to raise $334 million.  

Lawyer against whisper sex

In Zurich, a district attorney is investigating PTT and the operators of the 156-numbers.  

Technology Park Bern

Additional solvent tenants are still being sought - TP Bern is scheduled to open in a year's time.  

AT8fT: Machines instead of telephone operators

Communications giant AT&T wants to replace one-third of its female telephone operators with robots.  

UPGREAT!

 

Databases

A computer without a database is like a car without wheels. The phenomenon of DBs was investigated by the UPGREATl editors from the mainframe to the normal PC.