The grays give way to color in desktop publishing

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Five years ago, desktop publishing technology allowed someone with a microcomputer to combine type with black-and-white images, generating documents that looked almost professionally typeset. Two years later, it was possible to produce single colors for backgrounds or borders. Now, technological advances are making even four-color photos possible, which had been an unconquered frontier on desktop systems. Previously, those wanting color photos had to take their business to a specialized color house, where there were systems that cost from $1 to $2 million, requiring extensive training to operate. Color houses might charge as much as $500 an hour. Now, the technology behind such systems has been replicated on desktop systems costing between $50,000 and $300,000. Some companies, such as the Imapro Corp and Cyberchrome Inc, already are selling complete desktop color systems.

Electronic computers, Methods, Product information, Desktop publishing software, Desktop publishing, Color, Imaging systems, column, New Technique, DTP Software, Imaging Technology, Imapro Corp., Cyberchrome Inc.

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Citing rift with board, key Tronic's chief quits

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Alfred T. Zirkle resigns as chief executive of Key Tronic Corp, the largest manufacturer of computer keyboards in the US. Key Tronic was founded in 1969 by Zirkle's father, Lewis Zirkle, and John Cavers. Alfred Zirkle became president in 1990, after his father's retirement. Key Tronic enjoys annual sales of $140 million. Zirkle's goal was diversification, and Key Tronic has begun manufacturing plastic cases and components for notebook computers. Zirkle is resigning because of differences between him and the company's board concerning 'priorities.'

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Computer peripherals industry, Chief executive officers, Key Tronic Corp., KTCC, Keyboards (Computers), Growth (Physiology), Growth, Executive, Companies, Keyboard, Personnel Management, Foreign Competition, Resignation, Zirkle, Alfred T.

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A new supercomputer from Intel

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Intel Corp introduces the iPSC/860 supercomputer. Intel says the iPSC/860 will rival the Cray Y-MP's performance at a tenth of the price, though analysts say Intel's machine targets commercial customers - not Cray's traditional research customer base. The iPSC/860 will be available in Mar 1990 and will cost $265,000. Unlike Cray's supercomputers, which rely on superfast processors, Intel's machine depends on thousands of small processors working together.

Computer programming services, Supercomputers, Supercomputer, Parallel processing, Product Introduction, product announcement, Intel iPSC/860 (Supercomputer)

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