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Colour plotter from Apple
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Colourplotter from Apple 1 four-pen plotter is now available for use with the Apple IIe and Apple III. This is Apple's first colour plotting product, and is aimed it users of e,ogineering and design software. The pens, which can be used four at a time out of a choice of eight .olours, can be either water-basedfor paper, or oil-based for drawing m transparencies. Paper can be either A4 or ‘43 size. The machine itself has its own ROM, and costsabout &700 in the 1JK. (Apple Computer cUK) Ltd, Eastman Way, Hemel ‘Jempstead, Herts HP2 7HQ. Tel: (0442) 60244.) 0 --___-
Hicroimagingand computing lomputing power and micoimaging storage come Jgether in Kodak’s latest sys:m, which the company detribes as ‘its most powerful inormation system to date’. At the heart of the system is a nnentor mini, from ADDS, vwhich is hnked to computer tczrminals and to Kodak micrloimage terminals. These are nnicroprocessor-controlled ret rieval devices which sort tlhrough hundreds of images to find the document requested vJithin seconds. Requests can e ither come directly from the 0 perator, or from the central C omputer Kodak sees t.his system, the ;AR-4000, being used partiularly in x-r accounting sys-
1icro;maging terminalsfrom Kodak.
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terns, such as order entry, accounts payable and receivable and freight documentation. The computer is then used for processing the application, and retrieving images of appropriate documents. Documents can either be input at the user end through the KAR-4000 system, or can be downloaded from a remote operator. The system is designed for applications where users typically process from 1000 to 7 000 incoming documents a day and make 25 or more retrievals. (Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State Street, Rochester 14650, New York, USA. Tel: (716) 724 0 4000.)
Unix on DG Eclipse Unix is to run on Data General Eclipse MViFamily computers. UNX/VS is, says Data General, compatible with Bell Labs System III Unix, in form, content, interface and documentation. UNXVS will run alongside the proprietary operating system AOSIVS, using some of its features. Commands and utilities in a Unix environment can be invoked from the software
‘shell’ or from the AOS/VS command line interpreter, for example. Users have access to communications software, and functions under both operating systems, including office automation. Ada is also available for development purposes. (Data General Corporatron, 4400 Compmer Drive, Westboro, MA 01580, USA. Tel: (6171 366 8911. L)ata General Ltd, Hounslow House, Third Floor, 7241 734 London Road, Hour&w, Middlesex TW3 II’D, UK. Tel: 01-572 17455.) 0
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Colourplotter from Apple 1 four-pen plotter is now available for use with the Apple IIe and Apple III. This is Apple's first colour plotting product, and is aimed it users of e,ogineering and design software. The pens, which can be used four at a time out of a choice of eight .olours, can be either water-basedfor paper, or oil-based for drawing m transparencies. Paper can be either A4 or ‘43 size. The machine itself has its own ROM, and costsabout &700 in the 1JK. (Apple Computer cUK) Ltd, Eastman Way, Hemel ‘Jempstead, Herts HP2 7HQ. Tel: (0442) 60244.) 0 --___-
Hicroimagingand computing lomputing power and micoimaging storage come Jgether in Kodak’s latest sys:m, which the company detribes as ‘its most powerful inormation system to date’. At the heart of the system is a nnentor mini, from ADDS, vwhich is hnked to computer tczrminals and to Kodak micrloimage terminals. These are nnicroprocessor-controlled ret rieval devices which sort tlhrough hundreds of images to find the document requested vJithin seconds. Requests can e ither come directly from the 0 perator, or from the central C omputer Kodak sees t.his system, the ;AR-4000, being used partiularly in x-r accounting sys-
1icro;maging terminalsfrom Kodak.
,125 no 9
november
1983
terns, such as order entry, accounts payable and receivable and freight documentation. The computer is then used for processing the application, and retrieving images of appropriate documents. Documents can either be input at the user end through the KAR-4000 system, or can be downloaded from a remote operator. The system is designed for applications where users typically process from 1000 to 7 000 incoming documents a day and make 25 or more retrievals. (Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State Street, Rochester 14650, New York, USA. Tel: (716) 724 0 4000.)
Unix on DG Eclipse Unix is to run on Data General Eclipse MViFamily computers. UNX/VS is, says Data General, compatible with Bell Labs System III Unix, in form, content, interface and documentation. UNXVS will run alongside the proprietary operating system AOSIVS, using some of its features. Commands and utilities in a Unix environment can be invoked from the software
‘shell’ or from the AOS/VS command line interpreter, for example. Users have access to communications software, and functions under both operating systems, including office automation. Ada is also available for development purposes. (Data General Corporatron, 4400 Compmer Drive, Westboro, MA 01580, USA. Tel: (6171 366 8911. L)ata General Ltd, Hounslow House, Third Floor, 7241 734 London Road, Hour&w, Middlesex TW3 II’D, UK. Tel: 01-572 17455.) 0
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