                     PC ARTICLES INDEX (PART A) VOLUME III
                                  ISSUES 6-11 

 ARTICLE TITLE                    DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLE              V IS PAG 
 
 Raising Comsumer Consciousness   Guest Editorial: Should consumers   3  6  95 
                                  be permitted to test software       
                                  before purchase?                    
 Beating a PATH to Your Command   PATH command--how to better use     3  6 107 
                                  command search paths.               
 Putting PC Compatibility to the  Do PC compatible computers live up  3  6 110 
 Test                             to their claims?                    
 How Blue Can you Get?            Guidelines to define PC             3  6 112 
                                  compatibility.                      
 Playing Hardball Against th XT   Reviews of Compaq Plus, Eagle 1600, 3  6 115 
                                  Stearns PC,Eagle Spirit XL, MPC     
                                  1600-4.                             
 A Garden of Portables            Chameleon Plus, Columbia VP, Corona 3  6 123 
                                  Portable, Eagle PC Spirit,          
                                  Hyperion, Compaq.                   
 Lifting the Veil of              Review of several PC compatibles.   3  6 131 
 Compatibility                    
 Taking a Closer Look at the RGB  RGB color monitor--how it works.    3  6 145 
 Monitor                          
 The 16-Bit Seduction of Roger    Music--musician/hacker works on     3  6 156 
 Powell                           making music with PC.               
 Composing Prose with WANDAH      WANDAH word processing program      3  6 161 
                                  helps UCLA students write clearly & 
                                  well.                               
 An IBM First for Secondary       IBM targets secondary schools for   3  6 165 
 Schools                          computer education.                 
 TI's Model 855:A New Definition  TI's Model 855 letter quality       3  6 171 
 for Letter Quality               printer reviewed.                   
 The Making of Modula-2           Modula-2 programming language       3  6 176 
                                  history.                            
 A $40 Invitation to Modula-2     Modular-2 compiler--an inexpensive  3  6 183 
                                  software offer.                     
 What's New with Modula-2?        Modula-2: Some of it's advantages   3  6 187 
                                  plus a review of two Modula-2       
                                  compilers.                          
 Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers  Modula-2 resembles Pascal, but a    3  6 193 
                                  closer look reveals it's            
                                  improvements.                       
 Invisible Seattle: A Novel Idea  Seattle literary group uses PC      3  6 198 
                                  network to produce novel about the  
                                  city.                               
 The First Heartbeat              DEBUG, BEGMEM, BOOTMEM--making      3  6 203 
                                  initial booting-up easier.          
 Fixed Disks without Fear         Fixed disks.                        3  6 207 
 Taking a Gamble with WordVision  WordVision review.                  3  6 211 
 An Illustrated History of the    Computer Chips: shown through a     3  6 222 
 Chip, Part 3                     series of amazing photographs.      
 APL: A Language for Modern Times APL--new PC implementations make    3  6 229 
                                  this language worth another look.   
 Fast Math with PC/Calculator     Calculator--software turns PC into  3  6 241 
                                  desk-top calculator.                
 A Computer for Chartridge        Homeowners Assoc. uses PC to handle 3  6 247 
                                  multiple                            
                                  estate-planning/maintenance tasks.  
 New Wave Data Management         Database Management packages--3     3  6 251 
                                  alternatives to dBASE II reviewed.  
 Driving the New Diggermobile     Games: Digger                       3  6 255 
 Don't Be a Computer Wimp         Introductory book for the computer  3  6 261 
                                  novice.                             
 Typeset-Perfect Prose            Typeset-computer telecoms. help     3  6 269 
                                  writer & typesetter communicate     
                                  electronically.                     
 PC Training Gets Personal        Training--Personal Consultant       3  6 273 
                                  training series lets student set    
                                  own pace.                           
 Software for Hard Hats           Construction: contractors use PCs   3  6 281 
                                  to estimate construction costs.     
 Playing the Market with a PC     Stock Market: investors use         3  6 287 
                                  hardware, software & services for   
                                  portfolio mngmt.                    
 Graphing Medical Statistics      Doctors use PCs to produce visual   3  6 293 
                                  aids for lectures and               
                                  presentations.                      
 Handling Strings with MUMPS      MUMPS--managing massive databases   3  6 387 
                                  with this language interpreter.     
 Telex Changes with the Times     Telex--PCs being retrofitted to     3  6 393 
                                  transmit messages worldwide.        
 Getting Satisfaction             Consumer dissatisfaction: how to    3  6 397 
                                  complain and get results.           
 Lovers and Other Computers       Guest Edit.--artificial intel. and  3  7  97 
                                  the possibility of computer         
                                  companions.                         
 Keeping Subdirectories Simple    Subdirectories--the simple approach 3  7 113 
                                  is the best.                        
 Easy as 1-2-3                    Integrated Software: Lotus 1-2-3    3  7 122 
                                  overview.                           
 1-2-3 Links Arms With Business   Integrated Software: business       3  7 125 
                                  applications of Lotus 1-2-3.        
 Handing Off Your 1-2-3 Files     Integrated Software: transfering    3  7 129 
                                  1-2-3 files to other programs.      
 Armed For Learning 1-2-3         Training: learning Lotus            3  7 133 
                                  1-2-3--which tutorials are best?    
 Thumbing Through the             Spreadsheets for 5 integrated       3  7 144 
 Spreadsheets                     packages reviewed.                  
 Touching Base With Database      Integrated Software--data           3  7 152 
 Managers                         management and integrated packages. 
 Two Cheers For Execu/WRITER      Execu/WRITER Review.                3  7 161 
 Getting a Grip on Graphics       Graphics modules in VisiCalc IV,    3  7 165 
                                  1-2-3 & SuperCalc3.                 
 SuperCalc3 Grows On You          SuperCalc3 reviewed and compared to 3  7 174 
                                  1-2-3.                              
 Still Blooming After All These   VisiCalc IV reviewed and compared   3  7 179 
 Years                            to 1-2-3.                           
 Love IT Or Leave IT              IT Series of integrated packages    3  7 189 
                                  reviewed.                           
 SeriesOnePlus Shows Its Tangled  SeriesOnePlus review.               3  7 193 
 Roots                            
 The Metaphysics Of METAFILE      Database management system,         3  7 196 
                                  METAFILE, reviewed.                 
 Prepare To Meet Your T/Maker III T/Maker III reviewed.               3  7 207 
 Desq: Through An Open Window     Desq--software integrator sneak     3  7 214 
                                  preview.                            
 Assembly Language: The IBM Macro Languages--Assembly Language.       3  7 221 
 Assembler                        
 PCs In Pinstripes                Businesses turning to IBM PC        3  7 252 
                                  computerization.                    
 Will Middle Management Survive   Middle management--the effects of   3  7 262 
 The PC?                          the PC on managers.                 
 Dapper's Rite Of Passage         Electrical engineering program,     3  7 268 
                                  Dapper, finds its market.           
 Hi-Sci From IBM's Think Tank     Think tank--IBM's Thomas J. Watson  3  7 275 
                                  Research Center developing new      
                                  product ideas.                      
 Software for a Taxing Solution   Tax preparation (individual) using  3  7 280 
                                  a spreadsheet program.              
 Are Disk Tutorials the Best      Training: tutorials on disks--are   3  7 291 
 Teachers?                        they the best way to learn?         
 The Typesetter Connection        Typesetting--typographers using PCs 3  7 309 
                                  to produce professional-looking     
                                  material.                           
 Choosing the Pick of the Litter  Pick operating system review.       3  7 321 
 Haute Cuisine and Hot Dogs       Games: Lode Runner, Burger Time.    3  7 335 
 The Cream of the Crop            Review of 5 books worthy of your    3  7 343 
                                  time.                               
 PC Filing: It's In The Cards     Index card programs--card file      3  7 349 
                                  programs reviewed.                  
 Acronyms for Education           Instructional techniques defined    3  7 353 
                                  (CAI, CAL, CMI).                    
 Take $5,000 and Thank the IRS    Tax deduction for purchase of       3  7 359 
                                  computer for your business.         
 Electronic Investment Advice     Investments--Evaluation Form        3  7 363 
                                  software review.                    
 PC Drawing Power                 Graphics--PCcrayon & 4-POINT        3  7 367 
                                  Graphics reviewed.                  
 Driving with ANSI.SYS            ANSI.SYS--loadable device driver.   3  7 445 
                                  (Part 1)                            
 XMODEM: A Standard is Born       XMODEM--file transfer for           3  7 451 
                                  error-free transmission.            
 Bringing Out the Big Guns        Consumer complaints--how to get     3  7 457 
                                  tough with the manufacturers of     
                                  problem software                    
 The Death of Print?              Guest Edit.: will electronic        3  8  89 
                                  books/magazines/newspapers kill off 
                                  printed media?                      
 The Messy Connection             Batch files--to reunite programs    3  8 103 
                                  with data when using                
                                  subdirectories.                     
 Macros: Powerful Tools for Micro Macros--software that runs series   3  8 114 
 Users                            of keystrokes.                      
 MAGNIFI.KEY: Making a Pro out of ProKey combined with WordStar for   3  8 120 
 Wordstar                         quick commands.                     
 NEWFONT: Creating Fonts without  Newfont creates compact fonts for   3  8 132 
 Fuss                             graphics and lettering.             
 Downloading: Building your own   Downloading lets you create logos,  3  8 144 
 Characters                       typefaces & symbols.                
 Building Financial Models:       Venture & Plan 80 for building      3  8 153 
 Venture and Plan 80              financial models.                   
 Taking the Pain out of Planning  Management--Business applications   3  8 164 
                                  for manufacturers of MAC-PAC/PC.    
 Energize Your Graphics           EnerGraphics creates pie and bar    3  8 171 
                                  charts and line drawings.           
 Graphix Plus a Whole Lot More    Graphics adapter board (STB's       3  8 179 
                                  Graphix Plus) reviewed.             
 Computer Graphics from the       Graphics: artist uses PC to produce 3  8 184 
 Launching Pad                    graphics.                           
 The Shape (and Color) of Things  NAPLPS create a standard for        3  8 191 
 to Come                          graphics transmissions.             
 Getting On-Line for Education    Education--Plato on-line database   3  8 214 
                                  turns PC into computer tutor.       
 Six Easy Pieces: Accounting      Price Waterhouse Reports:           3  8 222 
 Packages from IUS                Accounting Packages--EasyBusiness   
                                  System.                             
 Working with Graphics Characters Programming: Writing BASIC programs 3  8 233 
                                  for using ASCII graphic characters. 
 Learning the PC with Loved Ones  Training: learning the PC at home   3  8 248 
                                  with family members.                
 Lotus Orchestrates a Symphony    Lotus' Symphony adds word           3  8 257 
                                  processing & telecommunications to  
                                  1-2-3.                              
 The Whimsical World of Samna     Samna Word II review.               3  8 263 
 A MicroPro Family Portrait       MicroPro--a look at other software  3  8 271 
                                  products of this WordStar producing 
                                  company.                            
 Not Buying Is Also a Choice      When it's a better decision not to  3  8 287 
                                  buy a computer.                     
 Cosmic Indigestion               Games: Cosmic Nightmare, Crush      3  8 297 
                                  Crumble, and Chomp!                 
 A Step Beyond the PC             Career opportunities in computing.  3  8 301 
                                  Accessing on-line databases.        
 Automating an Index              Indexing: programs for technical    3  8 307 
                                  writers that sort/alphabetize are   
                                  insufficient.                       
 Creating Quality Courseware      Analysis required for               3  8 313 
                                  nonprogrammers to create their own  
                                  educational software.               
 Let's Get Technical              Stock market analysis with          3  8 319 
                                  MarketAnalyst.                      
 Avoiding Real Estate Alligators  Real Estate Tools 1 makes financial 3  8 325 
                                  calculations easy.                  
 Designer Software from ASID      Interior designer's                 3  8 329 
                                  software--ASID's Designwright.      
 Metastring Magic                 ANSI-SYS--how to reassign keys and  3  8 402 
                                  change display formats (Part 2).    
 A New Era in Communications      Systems Integration--Era 2 helps    3  8 417 
                                  hardware & software work together.  
 An Adolescent in Disguise        Guest Editorial--computer industry  3  9  89 
                                  still in its adolescence.           
 Sing a Song for PL/1             Languages: PL/1.                    3  9 102 
 Supercomputer Power and the PC's Supercomputer's powers & how they   3  9 114 
 Future                           may someday be adapted for the PC.  
 A Delicate Balance:The PC &      IBM PC and Cray 1 compared--turning 3  9 136 
 Supercomputer Weigh In           up some surprising similarities.    
 Watching IBM for a Living        IBM industry analysts monitor the   3  9 144 
                                  marketplace.                        
 The World According to the       Consulting firm predicts            3  9 154 
 Gartner Group                    technological futures of their      
                                  corporate clients.                  
 Bank Street Writer is a Family   Bank Street Writer word processing  3  9 164 
 Affair                           program reviewed.                   
 Logo: A Language for Grown-Ups   Logo--a computer language first     3  9 174 
 Too                              developed for children is for       
                                  grownups too.                       
 The Doctor is Indisposed         Dr. Logo review.                    3  9 181 
 A Tale of Two Logos              Logo--comparison of PC Logo and IBM 3  9 186 
                                  Logo.                               
 A Logo with the IBM Label        IBM Logo reviewed.                  3  9 199 
 Free and Easy with Ladybug       Ladybug--a pared down version of    3  9 207 
                                  Logo for children.                  
 A Day in the Life of CADplan     CADplan software review--for        3  9 216 
                                  designing blueprints, schematic     
                                  diagrams, etc.                      
 Electrify Your Ledger with       Price Waterhouse Report: BOOKS! a   3  9 226 
 BOOKS!                           general ledger accounting package.  
 A Plot Fit for a Scientist       Data Evaluation Program for         3  9 238 
                                  scientists--finding math model that 
                                  fits data best.                     
 PPL Cultivates Circuits for      Path Programmable Logic will let    3  9 246 
 Micros                           you plan & produce your own         
                                  integrated circuits                 
 Printing with a Laser Beam       Laser printers at the threshold of  3  9 252 
                                  PC technology.                      
 A New League of Super Printers   Laser-type printers at affordable   3  9 258 
                                  prices soon to be available.        
 Building an Orderly Hard Disk    Organization--how to organize your  3  9 269 
                                  file system on DOS 2.0 or 2.1.      
 A Trio of Mailing List Managers  Mailing List Managers: 3 software   3  9 279 
                                  programs for mass mailing reviewed. 
 Put a New Face on Your Printer   Type styles available for your      3  9 288 
                                  letter-quality printer.             
 Words to the Wise                Games: Tic Tac Show, Spellakazam.   3  9 311 
 Introducing the PC Family        Books on IBM PC products: PC, XT &  3  9 319 
                                  PCjr.                               
 Creating Order from Chaos        Organize your thoughts with writing 3  9 325 
                                  programs.                           
 Legal Persuasion                 Graphics and spreadsheet software   3  9 329 
                                  for the legal profession.           
 Hot and Cold Running Software    HVAC software to choose the right   3  9 335 
                                  heating, cooling, ventilation       
                                  system for homes                    
 Well-Schooled in 1-2-3           Lotus 1-2-3 for school management   3  9 341 
                                  (attendance,class lists,grade       
                                  computations).                      
 Milking The $ Cow                Banking software, MicroStar, helps  3  9 347 
                                  cash managers utilize every         
                                  interest dollar.                    
 A Command Performance            EBL (Extended Batch Language) a     3  9 421 
                                  powerful command list facility.     
 Can we Talk? A Modem Primer      Modems: an overview.                3  9 435 
 Bye-Bye QWERTY                   Keyboards: Dvorak keyboard- an      3  l 338 
                                  alternate to Qwerty.                
 A Logo with the IBM Label        IBM Logo reviewed.                  3 09 199 
 The Hidden Costs of Software     Guest Edit.: programmers of their   3 10  89 
                                  own software may miss other         
                                  software solutions                  
 Shells: A New Face for DOS?      Operating systems wraparound        3 10 103 
                                  programs, Shells--is there a demand 
                                  for them?                           
 Inside the PC Portable           IBM Portable PC reviewed.           3 10 112 
 IBM Joins the Suitcase Set       IBM Portable PC--the mechanics &    3 10 124 
                                  marketing behind the product.       
 All the President's PCs          White House uses EOPNET, a network  3 10 139 
                                  of XTs that keep presidential aides 
                                  in touch.                           
 Live Free with UNIX              UNIX--history and overview.         3 10 145 
 Understanding UNIX               UNIX--introduction to capabilities  3 10 155 
                                  and terms.                          
 Taking the Cue from UNIX         QNX--a new multitasking, multi-user 3 10 161 
                                  operating system designed around    
                                  UNIX tenets                         
 A UNIX to be Proud of            Xenix--Microsoft's version of UNIX  3 10 165 
                                  reviewed.                           
 A Classy Idris in the UNIX       Co-Idris--a multi-user UNIX         3 10 173 
 Neighborhood                     lookalike reviewed.                 
 A Daisy Wheel Printer with Extra Diablo 630 PC ECS Printer--daisy    3 10 179 
 Petals                           wheel printer reviewed.             
 The MLA Learns a New Language    MLA (Modern Language Association)   3 10 186 
                                  uses databases to aid academics.    
 PCs and Social Scientists: The   Social Scientists (sociologists,    3 10 192 
 Chemsitry Is Right               political scientists & historians)  
                                  use PCs.                            
 Offbeat Solutions to Common      Accessories for the PC marketplace. 3 10 198 
 Problems                         
 The PC Goes to Bat               Baseball manager uses PC-XT for     3 10 209 
                                  computer-aided batting lineup.      
 Assembly Language: Putting Macro Macro Assembler--putting it to work 3 10 215 
 Assembler to Work                with Assembly Language.             
 Farm Workers Get a PC of the     Farm Workers--migrant and seasonal  3 10 238 
 Action                           workers are taught new PC skills.   
 Electronic Writing: PC Tapping   Word Processing changing the art of 3 10 248 
 at the Chamber Door              writing.                            
 Putting your Correspondence in   Business form letters: software     3 10 259 
 Good Form                        programs for writing this kind of   
                                  correspondence                      
 Mainframe to Manager: Accessing  Corporate database mgmt. system to  3 10 266 
 Corporate Info.                  access data from corporate          
                                  mainframe.                          
 The Future State of the Art:     Sight--computer endowed with sight  3 10 281 
 Computer Sight                   would greatly increase its          
                                  capabilities.                       
 The Thrill is Gone               Games: Pac-Man, Defender, Stargate. 3 10 285 
 Deciphering the Life of Turing   Biography of Alan                   3 10 291 
                                  Turing-mathematician who began      
                                  research in artif. intelligence     
 On the Road: Writing in Transit  Writing in transit: traveling with  3 10 294 
                                  your computer.                      
 Author, Author                   Authoring language system/software  3 10 299 
                                  program to create interactive       
                                  courseware.                         
 Building a Medical Database: A   Hospital uses DataEase to build a   3 10 301 
 Case History                     medical database.                   
 Developing an Electronic Survey  Surveys--micros used in designing   3 10 305 
                                  and analyzing questionnaires.       
 A Well-Fed Printer               Printers--using right paper-feed    3 10 309 
                                  improves appearance of printed law  
                                  material.                           
 A PC Pen Printer                 Pen Plotter--how to use a dot       3 10 383 
                                  matrix printer as a pen plotter.    
 Put Your PC on Automatic Pilot   Unattended PC can be set up to take 3 10 399 
                                  charge of communications.           
 The Computer Frustration Cure    Guest Edit.--frustration we feel    3 11  95 
                                  when computers malfunction.         
 The Kitchen Table Software       Cost analysis of publishing your    3 11 119 
 Handbook                         own software.                       
 Project Database                 Project Database: database          3 11 128 
                                  management comparison/review(First  
                                  of 7 part series).                  
 HP's New Printer: The Small,     Hewlett-Packard's HP 2225 ink jet   3 11 188 
 Silent Type                      printer reviewed.                   
 More Than Just Plain Volks       Volkswriter Deluxe review.          3 11 195 
 XyWrite Way to Go                XyWrite II-plus review.             3 11 203 
 IBM Goes UNIX                    UNIX: IBM version (PC/IX) of AT&T's 3 11 216 
                                  operating system.                   
 Windows On UNIX                  UNIX-uNETix review.                 3 11 228 
 A Venerable UNIX                 UNIX--VenturCom's VENIX review.     3 11 246 
 A Good Buy on UNIX               UNIX--Mark Williams Company's       3 11 250 
                                  COHERENT review.                    
 Single Dots or Double            Turning the color monitor's         3 11 255 
                                  double-dot characters to            
                                  single-dot...and back.              
 Opening Windows on MS-DOS        MS-Windows: Microsoft's new         3 11 264 
                                  operating system reviewed.          
 Climbing Around in the DOS       DOS 2.0 commands and                3 11 275 
 Directory Tree                   subdirectories.                     
 Construction Costs At Your       Insurance industry--company offers  3 11 290 
 Boeckh And Call                  building cost database to insurance 
                                  industry.                           
 Whipping your Text into Shape    Text Managers (PCFile & FYI 3000)   3 11 305 
                                  reviewed--files that can be sorted  
                                  by key word                         
 Kings and Queens                 Games: Chess, Charles Goren:        3 11 325 
                                  Learning Bridge Made Easy.          
 A Sampling of Books: Four for    Business: program listing and       3 11 333 
 Business                         advice for the business user.       
 A Writer Takes Care of Business  Freelance writer's program to keep  3 11 339 
                                  track of deadlines, story ideas,    
                                  payments.                           
 On-Line Libraries                Library, on-line--review of on-line 3 11 343 
                                  law libraries available.(Part 1)    
 A Scientific Database:           Organizing scientific literature    3 11 349 
 Conquering Infoglut              using PC-File III.                  
 Computerizing a Small Practice   Hardware review (general) of what   3 11 355 
                                  individual practitioner needs.      
 Electronic College               TeleLearning Systems network of     3 11 359 
                                  computer/instructor taught courses. 
 Debugging Bad Habits             Debugging-programming &             3 11 431 
                                  program-testing habits helps debug. 
 Express Yourself Through MCI     MCI Mail--sending electronic        3 11 447 
 Mail                             messages via modem or paper.        
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