Getting about by computer: step-by-step programs
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Three software programs that can answer questions about travel are described and evaluated. All are for MS-DOS microcomputers. The three programs are: PC City Travel Guides, $16.95 per diskette, from Traveldata Co, Santa Barbara, CA; Personal Traveler, $149, from Travelware, Salt Lake City, UT; and Automap, $99.95, from Automap, Phoenix, AZ. PC City Travel Guides function as guidebooks for 14 US cities, and for London and Paris. The US diskettes include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Miami-Orlando, Dallas-Houston and the six main Hawaiian islands. Hotels, restaurants and rental companies are ranked, and sightseeing and entertainment possibilities are covered. Personal Traveler is a complex program that can help a frequent flier track itineraries, together with and points and miles. Automap allows a user to select a place to go and a starting place, and it displays a preferred route.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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A Babel of programs and one translation
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Systems Compatibility Corp's Outside In data conversion program can translate data from over 50 MS-DOS and 3 Macintosh programs into a form that can be understood by a word processing program. Outside In can handle word-processing, data base and spreadsheet programs without compromising character attributes or formatting characteristics. A list of compatible products is listed on the package, but a list contained inside also gives specific version numbers. Most of the program's tasks are performed using the function keys. The program ships with a 27-page tutorial that is written with Microsoft Word commands. If another word processor is used, the user must translate the commands. Claris Corp ships HyperCard 2.0, an improved version of its data base management system. The $49 HyperCard upgrade is able to mix fonts, styles, type and sizes.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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Business programs reaching big time
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Two business programs that had their origins in shareware and home-distribution are now available in the mainstream. SolveIt! The Financial Calculator, $49.95, performs such tasks as figuring out accelerated payments, gross profit margin of a series of stock trades and net worth statements. SolveIt!, originally a shareware program, asks the user a series of questions to arrive at answers on the price of an affordable house or the future value of a series of deposits. One-Person Office, formerly Tony Stewart's Home Office, has been licensed to Spinnaker Software. The program is designed for users who have separate clients and projects, expenses to be tracked, invoices to be mailed, contracts to be organized and reports to be printed. One-Person Office, $69.95, is part of Spinnaker's Better Working series of programs.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1990
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