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["Compatibles","Tandy's 1000EX, 3000HL: DOS for Home, Business","Pepper","Jon",null,"6","01","33","First Look: Tandy 1000EX & 3000HL computers: well-priced compatibles from Radio Shack.","TANDY RADIO SHACK 1000 1000EX"]
["DBASE II & III","Quicksilver Does DBASE Applications Compiling","Hart","Glenn",null,"6","01","54","First Look: Quicksilver: competent dBASE III Plus-compatible compiler reviewed.","DBASE COMPILER QUICKSILVER DATABASE"]
["DBASE II & III","R&R: A Shortcut to Creating dBASE Reports","Hart","Glenn",null,"6","01","38","First Look: R&R Relational Report Writer: flexible dBASE report generator.","DBASE DATABASE REPORTS R&R CONCENTRIC SOFTWARE"]
["Ergonomics","Whatever Happened to Ergonomics?","Manes","Stephen",null,"6","01","91","Ergonomics: user confort, once a hot topic has become a dead issue.","ERGONOMICS"]
["Graphics","CAD at Any Price","Hart","Glenn",null,"6","01","189","CAD (Computer-Aided Design) packages: AutoSketch, EasyCAD, CADWrite and MicroCadam reviewed.","CAD"]
["Graphics","ColorMagic Dresses Up EGA Screens","Pepper","Jon",null,"6","01","48","First Look: ColorMagic utility program gives you total control of EGA colors.","EGA GRAPHICS COLOR"]
["Graphics","Freeform: Simple CGA Graphics","Sagman","Steve",null,"6","01","48","First Look: Freeform: paint program let you draw on-screen with a mouse and paint 3D.","CGA GRAPHICS FREEFORM"]
["Graphics","Stretching the Standard: Seven New EGA Boards","Petzold","Charles",null,"6","01","165","Enhanced graphics adapter boards: seven new EGA boards reviewed.","EGA BOARDS HARDWARE"]
["Hardware","Drawing a Bead on Bernoulli","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","01","217","Cartridge-based hard disk systems act as both mass storage and backup devices.","BERNOULLI BOX MAS STORAGE HARD DISK"]
["Hardware","Sony's Multiscan Monitor Challenges NEC MultiSynch","Stafford","Paul",null,"6","01","33","First Look: Multiscan monitor from Sony: high resolution monitor reviewed.","NEC MULTISCAN MONITOR HARDWARE"]
["IBM","AT Clone from IBM, The","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","01","155","IBM PC-XT Model 286: can out-perform an AT but has slow hard disk and high price.","AT HARDWARE IBM"]
["Integrated Packages","Words & Figures Puts 1-2-3 Inside a Text Editor","Barr","Chris",null,"6","01","38","First Look: Words & Figures: incorporates a 1-2-3 clone and a word processor.","1-2-3 123 LOTUS WORDS & FIGURES SPREADSHEET"]
["Marketplace","Abort, Retry, Ignore","Howard","Bill",null,"6","01","152","Bugs, bombs and backward moves of 1986: PC Magazine looks at industry mistakes.","INDUSTRY TRENDS"]
["Marketplace","Best of 1986 (And Some of the Worst), The","PC Magazine Staff",null,null,"6","01","115","New PC products of 1986: the best & worst (Editor's Choice).","REVIEWS BEST WORST EDITOR"]
["Marketplace","Power Desk, The","Alsop","Stewart",null,"6","01","107","Tongue-in-cheek proposal about building a desk/computer combination.","EDITOR"]
["Marketplace","Software Revolution (Part 1), The","Norton","Peter",null,"6","01","75","Significant developments in the computer industry (like HAL and programming aids).","REVIEW SOFTWARE"]
["Mathematics","MathCAD Solves Equations On Free-form Scratch Pad","Sklaver","Ellen",null,"6","01","36","First Look: MathCAD: equation editor/electronic scratch pad for the engineer reviewed.","CAD MATHCAD MATHEMATICS"]
["Micro/Mainframe","Mainframes--Here to Stay","Dvorak","John",null,"6","01","67","Micro/mainframe myths: imaginary conflict between micro and mainframe people.","MAINFRAME CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE"]
["Networks","Making Connections: The IBM Token-Ring Network","Derfler","Frank",null,"6","01","227","IBM Token-Ring Network: could be industry standard but lacks diagnostic tools.","IBM TOKEN RING LAN LANS"]
["Networks","Tops Links Mac and PC Files","Marks","Howard",null,"6","01","46","First Look: Tops:low-cost LAN lets PCs and Macs share files/PhoneNet protocol adapter.","LAN LANS HARDWARE CONNECTIVITY"]
["Programming","PC Lab Notes: A Quick Look at QuickBASIC","Winer","Ethan",null,"6","01","285","QuickBASIC: new functions & features of Microsoft's QuickBASIC 2.0 examined.","PROGRAMMING COMPILER BASIC MICROSOFT"]
["Programming/Utilitie","Files Fly with DIREX","Holzner","Steve",null,"6","01","295","DIREX: utility for speeding up your file copying, deleting and protecting chores.","FILE UTILITY SOFTWARE DIRECTORY BATCH"]
["Publishing","Desktop Publishing: Myths and Realities","Seymour","Jim",null,"6","01","85","Desktop publishing: the problems and promise of this newly emerging field.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING WORD PROCESSING"]
["Services","MSR: A New Approach to Software Support","Krasnoff","Barbara",null,"6","01","259","MSR: hot-line software support brings technical help close at hand.","MSR SOFTWARE"]
["Software Aids","Hotshot Annotates Text-Only Screens","Sagman","Steve",null,"6","01","48","First Look: Hotshot: RAM-resident screen annotating program reviewed.","HOTSHOT SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Software Aids","Super PC-Kwik Gives Lightning a Good Run for Money","Davis","Stephen",null,"6","01","43","First Look: Super PC-Kwik program speeds file accessing time by caching memory.","SUPER PC-KWIK REVIEW SOFTWARE"]
["Spreadsheets","Multidimensional Spreadsheets:Giving Depth to Data","Bryan","Marvin",null,"6","01","243","3D spreadsheets give a deeper dimension to spreadsheet data analysis.","SPREADSHEETS SOFTWARE REVIEW 3D"]
["Word Processing","Electronic Thesauri: 4 Ways to Find Perfect Word","Raskin","Robin",null,"6","01","275","Thesaurus: find synonyms fast and easy with four electronic thesauri.","WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE THESAURUS DICTIONARY"]
["Word Processing","ForComment Tracks Text Revisions","Johnston","Chris",null,"6","01","54","First Look: ForComment: a document-review utility for reviewing group word processing projects.","FORCOMMENT SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Compatibles","Tandy 1000SX: A Slight Improvement","Stafford","Paul",null,"6","02","52","First Look: Tandy 1000SX compatible reviewed--just a tad faster than the Tandy 1000.","TANDY 1000 1000SX REVIEW HARDWARE COMPATIBLE"]
["Compatibles","Victor Champion: Well-Built Bargain","Stafford","Paul",null,"6","02","52","First Look: Victor Champion--a well-built PC with many features and a low price.","VICTOR CHAMPION HARDWARE REVIEW COMPATIBLE"]
["DBASE II & III","dBASE on Video: A Basic Primer","Jones","Mitt",null,"6","02","46","First Look: dBASE III Plus Learning System video tutorial reviewed.","DBASE TRAINING VIDEO TUTORIAL"]
["Database Management","Database Power Puts on an Easy Interface","Poor","Alfred",null,"6","02","109","Database managers: powerful & easy-to-use--dBASE III+, R:base System V and DataEase.","DATABASE MANAGER SOFTWARE REVIEW RBASE DBASE"]
["Database Management","File Managers Gets a Face-lift","Desposito","Joe",null,"6","02","119","File managers getting easier and powerful: Q&A, Powerbase and PFS:Profession File.","DATABASE REVIEW Q&A PFS POWERBASE SOFTWARE"]
["Entrepreneurs","Awards for Technical Excellence","Alsop","Stewart","Machrone, Bill","6","02","164","PC Magazine's 3rd annual awards for Technical Excellence in software/hardware development.","BUSINESS HARDWARE REVIEW EDITORS"]
["Graphics","Two Keys to the PC Graphics Explosion","Seymour","Jim",null,"6","02","83","Products that quietly become industry standards (NEC's MultiSync color monitor).","GRAPHICS REVIEW HARDWARE MONITORS"]
["Hardware","AT Multifunction Boards: Put More Memory to Work","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","02","237","Multifunction boards for the PC AT expand memory: six boards reviewed.","HARDWARE MULTIFUNCTION BOARDS REVIEW"]
["Hardware","New Drives for Downsized Disks","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","02","38","First Look: Maynard Model 80310 and Toshiba Model ND-354A: 3 1/2\" floppy disk drives reviewed.","HARDWARE REVIEW FLOPPY DRIVES DISKS DISKETTES 3.5\""]
["Hardware","PC Mouse Bus Plus: A Port Saver","Machrone","Bill",null,"6","02","46","First Look: Mice, PC Mouse Bus Plus: new PC mouse with 1/2 length card.","HARDWARE REVIEW MOUSE PC MOUSE"]
["Hardware","Pocketful of Mice, A","Wiswell","Phil",null,"6","02","207","Mice: seven new mice, four with three-button design, reviewed.","HARDWARE REVIEW MICE MOUSE"]
["Languages","Clarion: Fourth-Generation Programming","Aarons","Richard",null,"6","02","153","Clarion: a significant new programming language geared towards the programmer.","CLARION SOFTWARE REVIEW 4GL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE"]
["Marketplace","High-Tech PR: A New Animal","Dvorak","John",null,"6","02","67","PR firms shun the press and pursue research company analysts to promote products.","BUSINESS INDUSTRY RESEARCH"]
["Marketplace","Software Revolution (Part 2), The","Norton","Peter",null,"6","02","75","Significant developments in the computer industry (like improved programming languages).","INDUSTRY REVIEW SOFTWARE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT"]
["Networks","Making Connections: Tallgrass's LanCourier","Derfler","Frank",null,"6","02","225","Tallgrass Technologies LanCourier TG-800 with VINES networking software reviewed.","TALLGRASS HARDWARE REVIEW TG-800 VINES NETWORK"]
["PC AT Alternatives","Competing at the Top: High Performance ATs","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","02","193","PC AT alternatives: four AT compatibles from companies with reputations for quality.","AT HARDWARE REVIEW COMPATIBLE"]
["PC AT Alternatives","ITT XTRA/286 ATW: 10-MHz AT Compatible with EGA","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","02","43","First Look: XTRA/286 ATW: a high-performance AT compatible reviewed.","AT HARDWARE REVIEW COMPATIBLE"]
["Portables","NEC MultiSpeed: Speedy, Feature-Packed Laptop","Somerson","Paul",null,"6","02","33","First Look: NEC MultiSpeed laptop: superb portable enters market.","LAPTOP HARDWARE REVIEW COMPATIBLE"]
["Portables","Perfect Portable, The","Alsop","Stewart",null,"6","02","101","Laptops: opinion that the perfect laptop meets size, weight and price criteria.","LAPTOP PORTABLE REVIEW EDITORS"]
["Programming","386 Assembler & C Compiler Break 64K Segment Limit","Petzold","Charles",null,"6","02","33","First Look: 386/ASM 80386 assembler, and High C Compiler 386:80386 C compiler reviewed.","386 80386 C LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING COMPILER"]
["Programming/Utilitie","Command You Can Count On, A","Mefford","Michael",null,"6","02","273","PARSE.COM utility counts characters, words and sentences in ASCII text files.","DOS UTILITIY ASCII"]
["Programming/Utilitie","PC Lab Notes: Making DIR Do Double Duty","Mefford","Michael","Petzold, Charles","6","02","251","DIR made powerful: utility for comparing two directory listings simultaneously.","DIR UTILITY DOS SOFTWARE"]
["Spreadsheets","Spreading Doom","Manes","Stephen",null,"6","02","91","Tongue-in-cheek look at how spreadsheet technology can affect business.","SPREADSHEET REVIEW BUSINESS"]
["Spreadsheets","SuperCalc4: A Great Contender","Brown","Bruce",null,"6","02","135","SuperCalc4--latest version adds features to make it a serious 1-2-3 contender.","SUPERCALC 4 SPREADSHEET REVIEW LOTUS 1-2-3"]
["Telecommunications","Communications Classic in the Making:ProComm 2.4.2","Venditto","Gus",null,"6","02","48","First Look: ProComm, Ver.2.4.2: low-cost telecommunications package competes with PC-Talk III.","PROCOMM TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODEM SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Telecommunications","GammaFax Links Dedicated Fax Machines with PCs","Derfler","Frank",null,"6","02","36","First Look: GammaFax board enables PC-to-Fax machine communication.","FAX COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE REVIEW"]
["Travel","Map Software: To Live and Drive in L.A.","Matzkin","Jonathan",null,"6","02","46","First Look: Streets on a Disk: gives travel directions, time, and distance for L.A. only.","MAP SOFTWARE REVIEW MAPPING"]
["Word Processing","Electric Pencil PC: A $50 Text Editor","Johnston","Chris",null,"6","02","38","First Look: Electric Pencil PC: easy-to-use professional word processor reviewed.","WORD PROCESSOR ELECTRIC PENCIL SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Word Processing","WordPerfect 4.2 Improves","Jones","Mitt",null,"6","02","48","First Look: WordPerfect 4.2: latest version of feature-packed, professional quality word processor.","WORD PROCESSING WORD PERFECT SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["80386","CCI ST/386: Mail-Order Prices for 32-Bit Computing","Desposito","Joe",null,"6","03","36","First Look: CCI ST/386 PC: an 80386-based computer at a comparably low price.","386 HARDWARE 80386 COMPATIBLE REVIEW"]
["Compatibles","A*Star II: 12-MHz Speed for $2,690","Desposito","Joe",null,"6","03","36","First Look: A*Star II PC:receives good marks for engineering and performance.","AT HARDWARE 80286 COMPATIBLE REVIEW"]
["Consumer Complaints","Back to the Stone Age","Alsop","Stewart",null,"6","03","103","Technical developments that confuse the consumer and render good programs useless.","CONSUMER TRENDS TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS"]
["DBASE II & III","Quickcode Plus Generates Versatile dBASE Programs","Hart","Glenn",null,"6","03","52","First Look: Quickcode Plus:excellent dBASE program generator reviewed.","DBASE SOFTWARE REVIEW QUICKCODE PLUS DATABASE"]
["Education","Demonstration, The","Manes","Stephen",null,"6","03","91","Misadventures of an educational presentation to high school students.","EDUCATION REVIEW TRENDS"]
["Finance","Managing Your Money: Best Personal Financial Tool","Amsden","Loren",null,"6","03","34","First Look: Andrew Tobias' Managing Your Money Ver.3.0:personal financial management software.","FINANCE MANAGING YOUR MONEY SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Finance","MoneyMate: For the Game of Life","Amsden","Loren",null,"6","03","48","First Look: MoneyMate:personal financial management software reviewed.","FINANCE MONEYMATE SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Games","Star Trek Game: Frustrated in Space","Jones","Mitt",null,"6","03","48","First Look: Star Trek, The Promethean Prophecy: a text-based game with little AI.","GAMES SOFTWARE REVIEW STAR TREK SPACE"]
["Graphics","EGA Wonder: One-Card Solution for Graphics?","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","03","33","First Look: EGA Wonder: a video adapter that lets you use any monitor with any video standard.","EGA HARDWARE REVIEW EGA WONDER MONITOR GRAPHICS"]
["Graphics","ImageMaker Film Recorder for PC Text Slides","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","03","43","First Look: ImageMaker: novel film recorder uses daisy wheel to produce text slides.","GRAPHICS REVIEW HARDWARE FILM IMAGE PROCESSING"]
["Hardware","Cruise Control: Speed at Hand","Machrone","Bill",null,"6","03","48","First Look: Cruise Control: well-thought-out keyboard accelerator reviewed.","HARDWARE REVIEW KEYBOARD"]
["Hardware","PC-Sprint: $100 PC and XT Racing Kit","Jones","Mitt",null,"6","03","38","First Look: PC-Sprint: a no-slot accelerator board that boosts PC and PC XT speed.","HARDWARE REVIEW ACCELERATOR TURBO BOARD"]
["Hardware","Sliding in Memory: 14 Hard Disk Cards","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","03","195","Hard disk cards: 14 memory-expanding cards reviewed.","HARDWARE REVIEW MASS STORAGE HARD DISK CARDS"]
["IBM","IBM PC II: Fiasco in Wonderland, The","Dvorak","John",null,"6","03","67","Marketing mistakes by IBM in releasing PC-XT Model 286.","BUSINESS ANALYSIS TRENDS MARKET INDUSTRY"]
["Integrated Packages","Stalking the Low-End Integrated Solution","Raskin","Robin",null,"6","03","267","Integrated packages for under $200: four low-cost and easy to learn packages reviewed.","SOFTWARE REVIEW INTEGRATED PACKAGAGES"]
["Languages","Industrial-Strength Programming","Norton","Peter",null,"6","03","75","Programming languages: the difficulty faced in switching from BASIC to C.","PROGRAMMING REVIEW LANGUAGES SOFTWARE"]
["Networks","Making Connections: Fox Research's 10-NET","Derfler","Frank",null,"6","03","223","Fox Research's 10-NET: this all-inclusive network package reviewed.","FOX RESEARCH NET 10-NET NETWORK HARDWARE REVIEW"]
["PC AT Alternatives","AT Alternatives: Extra Features and Cheaper, Too","Desposito","Joe","Puglia,V., Teets,C.","6","03","241","PC AT alternatives: nine low-cost AT compatibles tested and reviewed.","AT HARDWARE REVIEW COMPATIBLES"]
["Printers","Iprint Adds Graphics Tricks to Laser Printer","Hart","Glenn",null,"6","03","43","First Look: Iprint: graphics software utility for the laser printer reviewed.","PRINTERS HARDWARE REVIEW"]
["Programming/Utilitie","Adding Power to Batch Programs","Prosise","Jeff",null,"6","03","299","CHECK.COM utility tests parameters of batch files for intelligent branching.","UTILITY FILE DOS PROGRAM"]
["Programming/Utilitie","Playing the Dating Game","Prosise","Jeff",null,"6","03","323","TIMEKEY utility inserts date and time-stamps into spreadsheets, text files, etc.","UTILITY DOS PROGRAM"]
["Publishing","Bestinfo's Superpage II: Beyond Desktop Publishing","Burns","Diane","Venit, S.","6","03","174","Superpage II: $7000 heavy-duty typesetting tool--desktop publishing of the future.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Publishing","Desktop Publishing Without Hype","Alsop","Stewart",null,"6","03","110","Desktop publishing: the promise and pitfalls of this burgeoning industry.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Publishing","Muscling In on the Mac: PC-Based Page Composition","Burns","Diane","Venit, S.","6","03","119","Desktop publishing: five new under $1000 page composition parograms reviewed.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Publishing","Putting Text and Graphics in Their Place","Rosenthal","Steve",null,"6","03","181","Desktop publishing: page description languages--a look at state of the art PDLs.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Publishing","Stacking Up to the Mac","Burns","Diane","Venit, S.","6","03","159","Desktop publishing: sample newletter produced with each of five page compostion packages.","DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Software Aids","Corefast: Easy File Backup with Error Check","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","03","46","First Look: Corefast: high-speed, menu- and command-driven backup system reviewed.","SOFTWARE BACKUP REVIEW COREFAST"]
["Software Aids","Pdisk: A Grab Bag of Hard Disk Utilities","Davis","Stephen",null,"6","03","52","First Look: Pdisk: a collection of basic DOS utilities that are missing from DOS.","SOFTWARE REVIEW UTILITY DOS PDISK"]
["Telecommunications","First Hayes-Compatible Modem for PC Convertible","Pepper","Jon",null,"6","03","46","First Look: EasyTalk 1200: Hayes-compatible internal modem for the IBM PC Convertible.","TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE REVIEW EASYTALK MODEM"]
["Word Processing","Manuscript Whips Large Documents into Shape","Machrone","Bill",null,"6","03","33","First Look: Manuscript from Lotus: word processor for the well-structured document.","WORD PROCESSING LOTUS SOFTARE REVIEW"]
["Word Processing","Manuscript: Something Old, Something New","Seymour","Jim",null,"6","03","85","Manuscript from Lotus: merges word processing with text editing and formatting.","WORD PROCESSING LOTUS SOFTWARE REVIEW"]
["Graphics","Inset Integrates Any Graphics Screen","Krasnoff","Barbara",null,"6","04","46","First Look: Inset-produces professional-looking hard-copy text/graphics combinations.","GRAPHICS SOFTWARE REVIEW INSET"]
["Graphics","PC Paintbrush Expands Drawing Area","Kunkel","Gerard",null,"6","04","48","First Look: PC Paintbrush Plus introduces larger virtual page.","SOFTWARE REVIEW PC PAINTBRUSH PLUS GRAPHICS"]
["Graphics","Polaroid Palette Mertis a Plus","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","04","54","First Look: Polaroid Palette Plus image recorder makes photos/graphics from the screen.","HARDWARE REVIEW IMAGE PROCESSING POLAROID PALETTE"]
["Hardware","Cheetah Plugs In 386 Processing for $495","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","04","35","First Look: Adapter/386 circuit board allows 80386 compatibility and multitasking.","HARDWARE REVIEW 80386 COMPATIBLE BOARD TURBO"]
["Hardware","Silencer Offers Cool, Quiet Power","Mendelson","Edward",null,"6","04","48","First Look: Silencer 150-replacement power supply and fan adds ample wattage and cooling power.","HARDWARE REVIEW POWER SUPPLY SILENCER"]
["Hardware","Surprise! Boosts PC, XT Processor Speed","Jones","Mitt",null,"6","04","52","First Look: Surprise!-an easy-to-install, no-slot accelerator board.","HARDWARE REVIEW TURBO BOARD"]
["Lotus 1-2-3","And Here Comes HAL","Petzold","Charles",null,"6","04","109","HAL: Lotus's revolutionary English language 1-2-3 interface reviewed.","SOFTWARE REVIEW HAL LOTUS 1-2-3"]
["Marketplace","Eggciting Way to Buy Software, An","Alsop","Stewart",null,"6","04","103","Egghead Discount Software stores' winning formula for retail success.","INDUSTRY REVIEW BUSINESS EGGHEAD"]
["Marketplace","Oven of the Half-Baked Idea, The","Manes","Stephen",null,"6","04","93","Simulations: Steven Job's next step in computer simulations examined.","INDUSTRY REVIEW STEVEN JOB COMPUTER"]
["Marketplace","Space Aliens Running Major Software Firms","Dvorak","John",null,"6","04","65","Tongue-in-cheek report of abduction by software-selling aliens.","INDUSTRY REVIEW EDITORS"]
["Marketplace","Where are the Other Lotuses?","Seymour","Jim",null,"6","04","83","Absence of dominance in database management, graphics, and word processing categories examined.","INDUSTRY SOFTWARE REVIEW TRENDS"]
["Networks","Making Connections: Orchid Technology's PCnet","Derfler","Frank",null,"6","04","253","Orchid Technology's PCnet--local area network reviewed.","NETWORKING ORCHID PCNET LANS REVIEW"]
["Operating Systems","DOS Shells Get Smarter","Puglia","Vincent","Pepper, Jon","6","04","175","DOS shells: DOS-enhancing utilities make file tracking and manipulation easier.","OPERATING SYSTEMS DOS SHELLS REVIEW UTILITY"]
["Operating Systems","PC Lab Notes: Digging Deeper into DOS(Part 1)","Winer","Ethan",null,"6","04","277","DOS tutorial of less familiar commands and options: increase your DOS productivity.","OPERATING SYSTEMS REVIEW DOS"]
["PC AT Alternatives","Epson Does It Again","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","04","265","Epson Equity III Plus: worthy PC AT alternatives reviewed.","AT COMPATIBLE HARDWARE REVIEW EPSON EQUITY III"]
["PC-XT Competitors","In-Between Machines:80286-Based XT Compatibles,The","Rosch","Winn",null,"6","04","223","PC-XT compatibles: four 80286-based XTs reviewed.","AT COMPATIBLES 80286 HARDWARE REVIEWS"]
["Printers","Olympia's $649 NP136: A Competent Performer","Matzkin","Jonathan","Rose, Phil","6","04","36","First Look: Olympia NP136 dot matrix printer--steady, fast performer.","HARDWARE REVIEW OLYMPIA NP136 DOT MATRIX PRINTER"]
["Printers","Panasonic 9-Pin Printers Are a Dot Matrix Bargain","Matzkin","Jonathan",null,"6","04","36","First Look: Panasonic KX-P1080i and KX-P1091i printers: outstanding quality for the price.","HARDWARE REVIEW PANASONIC KX-P1091I DOT MATRIX"]
["Programming","Software Revolution (Part 3), The","Norton","Peter",null,"6","04","75","Debugging advances: software debugging tools, like Microsoft's CodeView, examined.","PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE TOOLS REVIEW CODEVIEW"]
["Programming","turboMagic Manages the Interface for Turbo Pascal","Rubenking","Neil",null,"6","04","43","First Look: turboMagic--code generator for Turbo Pascal reviewed.","BORLAND SOFTWARE REVIEW TURBO PASCAL"]
["Programming/Utilitie","Very Savvy Search Utility, A","Mefford","Michael",null,"6","04","287","SEARCH.COM utility: combines file search and string search functions.","FILE UTILITY DOS SEARCH"]
["Software Aids","Move Over SideKick, $85 Lotus Metro Does It All","Machrone","Bill",null,"6","04","33","First Look: Metro from Lotus Devel. Corp. vies for memory-resident disk management market.","SOFTWARE REVIEW UTILITY LOTUS METRO"]
["Software Aids","Squish Puts a Squeeze on Files","Davis","Stephen",null,"6","04","46","First Look: Squish--RAM-resident utility that compresses data files before they're stored.","RAM RESIDENT SOFTWARE REVIEW UTILTIY"]
["Tax Preparation","TurboTax Simplifies Tax Season","Meadows","Laura",null,"6","04","33","First Look: TurboTax, Ver.4.0: still among the best and easiest individual tax preparation software.","SOFTWARE REVIEW TURBOTAX TAX PREPARATION"]
["Telecommunications","ComcoModem 2400PC: Best bps/Dollar Ratio","Stone","David",null,"6","04","43","First Look: ComcoModem offers low price, high performance 2,400bps modem.","HARDWARE REVIEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODEM COMCO"]
["Telecommunications","For Your Ears Only: PC Security Modems","Marks","Howard",null,"6","04","241","Modems to protect your data: Cermetek Security Modem & Anderson Jacobson 2412-AD3H.","TELECOMMUNICATIONS CEREMETEK MODEM SECURITY"]
["Word Processing","OfficeWriter's Enhancements for the Printed Page","Miller","Catherine",null,"6","04","54","First Look: OfficeWriter, Ver.5.0: adds enhancements including some desktop publishing features.","WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE REVIEW OFFICEWRITER"]
["Word Processing","Whoops! Catches Typos, Has Thesaurus","Miller","Catherine",null,"6","04","48","First Look: Whoops!--spelling checker and thesaurus reviewed.","WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE REVIEW SPELLING THESAURUS"]
["Word Processing","Word Processors: More Power for the Money","Raskin","Robin",null,"6","04","127","Word processing programs: 18 low-cost packages reviewed.","WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE REVIEW COMPARISONS"]