Friendly computer programs that will mimic a desk, even a messy one
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New computer graphics software programs are available that format computer display screens to look like a desktop. The desktop is organized in different ways depending on the applications software being used. For example, the graphical user interface (GUI) for a spreadsheet software may be a stack of 'white bond' paper. Colors, designs, icons and images can all be manipulated and used as needed for different applications. The most common version of this adaptable, user-friendly approach to personal computing, through which a user can 'shuffle' through papers, discard some in a trash can icon, and open multiple windows for multiple tasks, belongs to the GUI developed by Apple for its Macintosh products. Now Microsoft Corp's Windows 3.0 is a comparable product for the much larger MS-DOS, IBM-compatible market. Zenith Data Systems Corp and 35 other microcomputer makers ship Windows 3.0 with their hardware.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1990
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A computer clues you in to the joke
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Voyager Co's Multimedia Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony CD-ROM database enumerates Beethoven's life and the time period in which he lived, analyzes his ninth symphony and plays the symphony. Each page of the reading provides options for users to call up more information or control the information provided. Users are guided by Robert Winter, the Beethoven scholar who helped Voyager put the compact disk together. Winter shows how to listen to the music and explains the music's form and style. The disk also includes a multiple-choice quiz. The presentation is sometimes serious and informative and sometimes humorous. The disk was originally made for Apple Macintosh computers but now comes in a version for IBM and compatible computers. Other disks are available, and prices range from $25 to $100. Also required are an installed audio board and a CD-ROM player.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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Maybe a computer can outsew Grandma
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Computerized sewing machines, which have been introduced by every major manufacturer, create various stitches at the push of a button. These products are still very new, but already they represented 5 percent of the $40 million sewing machine industry in the United States in 1990. A computerized sewing machine costs about $3,000. Singer's Quantum XL-1 is an example of a computerized sewing machine. The Quantum XL-1 can do 190 different stitches and patterns. Pfaff's Creative 1475 CD can scan a sketch into its memory, and the sketch is programmed so that the machine, which already has 481 designs in its memory, can stitch it. A $3,000 New Home Memory Craft 8000 sewing machine, which comes with a touch-sensitive screen, four memory cards and 108 decorative stitches, can handle embroidery.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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