Table of Contents| |
| EDITORIAL | |
| Everyware | 6 |
| G. Michael Vose |
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| FEATURES | |
| Beyond Macro Programming | 11 |
| A strategy for customizing applications software. |
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| Bill Gates |
| The Application Program Interface | 19 |
| The SideKick Plus kernel, a proposed TSR standard. |
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| Steven R. Boye, Philippe Kahn |
| The Network-Model DBMS | 25 |
| A powerful alternative to the relational-model database management system. |
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| Dave Kruglinski |
| Dark Horse Applications | 33 |
| A handful of unusual or unknown programs for MS-DOS computers. |
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| Ezra Shapiro |
| The Promise of Application Software | 37 |
| Trends for the future of productivity programs. |
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| Oliver L. Picher, Cynthia R. Lubrano, Rochelle Theophano |
| Designing Modern Accounting Software | 47 |
| An analysis of key features determining the cost and quality of accounting software. |
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| Gary W. Hedge |
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| REVIEWS | |
| Word Processors | 55 |
The top seven - three for the Macintosh and four for the IBM PC.
WriteNow, MindWrite, Word for the Macintosh, Manuscript, WordPerfect, Word for the PC and Nota Bene. |
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| Phillip Robinson |
| Spreadsheets | 69 |
This new crop of programs offers multidimensionality and natural language.
1-2-3, HAL, Boeing CALC, Excel, Multiplan, Silk, SuperCalc4, Trapeze and VP-Planner. |
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| Rich Malloy |
| Database Managers | 77 |
A sample of the latest products for MS-DOS and the Mac.
Q&A 2.0, ALPHA/three, Reflex 1.1, OverVUE 2.0d, FileMaker Plus 2.0, Powerbase 2.3, Universal Base SIX 6.6, R:BASE System V, Paradox 1.1, Reflex 1.01, Omnis 3 plus 3.24 and Double Helix. |
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| Charles Spezzano |
| Communications | 91 |
A dozen top performers with a variety of features.
ASCII Pro, Blast-II, Crosstalk XVI, Flash, HyperACCESS, MicroPhone, Microsoft Access, ProComm, Red Ryder, Relay Gold, Smartcom II and Telescape. |
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| Brock N. Meeks |
| RAM-Resident Utilities | 103 |
You can piece together a system that combines all the features you need.
Turbo Lightning, Whoops!, Strike, Webster's New World On-Line Thesaurus, Keyworks, SmartKey, SuperKey, ProKey, jot!, PRD+, SideKick, Partner PC, Homebase, Cruise Control, SmartNotes, Tornardo Notes, Referee and PopDrop. |
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| Jon Edwards |
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| BOMB/INDEX | |
| BOMB | 129 |
| Editorial Index by Company | 129 |
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| LISTINGS | |
| From BIX | 118 |
| From BYTEnet | |
| On Disk | 80b |
| In Print | 80b |
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