For those of you moving up from Windows 95
to an NT workstation, IBM Intellistation may just be the smartest choice. The
Intellistation E pro and M Pro are suitable for applications in finance, software,
engineering, desktop publishing, database development, design and drafting, architecture,
electronic design analysis and Web site creation. Available in either 2-D or 3-D
configurations, the machine is powered by a 350 or 400 MHz Pentium II microprocessor, 100
MHz ECC SDRAM, a 440 BX chipset with AGP and a 100 MHz front side bus. For 2-D users, the
system is configured with a Matrox Millenium II AGP graphics accelerator with 8 MB WRAM.
For 3-D users, the Intellistation E Pro uses the 8 MB SGRAM Permedia 2A AGP graphics
accelerator, while the M Pro comes powered with the Intergraph Intense 3400 accelerator
with 32 MB SDRAM.
Bam, Bam, Back-up
When you work with complex operating systems, you also need
sophisticated power management. Welcome American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro. With a
matt black exterior, it has a slick-look and is poised to set the standard for premium
desktop power protection. Blessed with all conceivable essentials, it allows the user to
replace the battery and has a push-button resettable overload protection. The system even
emits visual and auditory signals to alert users of power problems or battery depletion.
Modela Elixir for
Images
Insert a product prototype into the Roland Picza and
the machine's piezo-electric probe will scan and convert the image into a 3-D digital
file. The plotter, Modela, accurately cuts the scanned shape in either wax, rubber, balsa
wood or even styrofoam. To beam it across the room! The Picza 3-D digitiser is priced at
$1,495 while the Modela 3-D plotter carries a tag of $1,195. For details, check
www.rolanddga.com .
Now Stare, No Strain
It's maddening sometimes. The monitor seems all ablaze and
you go on working rubbing your eyes. Computer eye-strain is linked to the effort the human
eye makes in filling the gaps between the small light elements of displays. But there is
some good news. Scientists at IBM Research have developed a new flat-panel display that
allows users to see text and images with a clarity of 200 pixels per inch--virtually
indistinguishable from the printed page. Named after the inventor of the X-ray machine,
the Roentgen prototype has four times the pixels, or picture elements in the same space as
common cathode-ray tube monitors.
Deltra Images can Talk
and Walk
Now, bid farewell to those dilapidated photo albums with
photos slipping out, colours fading and a musty smell emanating. Now jump on to the
digital bandwagon. The Deltra Digital Photo Album Creator is a specially designed software
which helps you copy photos onto CDs, real fast. Upto 400 photos, with captions, can be
stored on an album, a sound clip attached if desired, and different borders chosen. Priced
at Rs 7,500, it comes with a sample project.
Just Out of the World
Sony Corp. has demonstrated
a new notebook with a built-in digital still camera, at the Windows World Expo show in
Tokyo recently. Working on Windows 98, the Sony VAIO Superslim Notebook gives you core
functionality in an ultraslim design. Incredibly light and feature-rich, it rivals the
palmtop in portability, yet comes with the power of an Pentium processor with MMX
technology. Less than an inch thick and smaller than a standard sheet of paper, virtually
any briefcase can make room for the VAIO 505. Even if you throw it loosely, the durable
magnesium alloy case protects it. Optional accessories like stereo speakers, external
CD-ROM drive, rechargeable battery, 32 MB RAM expansion module and AC adapter are
available.
You are What You
Look At!
Catering to the growing demand in the Indian monitor market,
the Rs 1500-crore Kinetic Group has tied up with the Korean giant, Daewoo Colour Monitors,
to manufacture the full range of colour monitors from CKD kits supplied by Daewoo.
According to Manish Motwani, managing director of KCL, the company will soon offer
multimedia solutions as well. Daewoo Electronics, part of the US $75 billion Daewoo group,
is now aiming for a volume production of ten million monitors per annum by 2001.
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For those of you moving up from Windows 95
to an NT workstation, IBM Intellistation may just be the smartest choice. The
Intellistation E pro and M Pro are suitable for applications in finance, software,
engineering, desktop publishing, database development, design and drafting, architecture,
electronic design analysis and Web site creation. Available in either 2-D or 3-D
configurations, the machine is powered by a 350 or 400 MHz Pentium II microprocessor, 100
MHz ECC SDRAM, a 440 BX chipset with AGP and a 100 MHz front side bus. For 2-D users, the
system is configured with a Matrox Millenium II AGP graphics accelerator with 8 MB WRAM.
For 3-D users, the Intellistation E Pro uses the 8 MB SGRAM Permedia 2A AGP graphics
accelerator, while the M Pro comes powered with the Intergraph Intense 3400 accelerator
with 32 MB SDRAM. 
Insert a product prototype into the Roland Picza and
the machine's piezo-electric probe will scan and convert the image into a 3-D digital
file. The plotter, Modela, accurately cuts the scanned shape in either wax, rubber, balsa
wood or even styrofoam. To beam it across the room! The Picza 3-D digitiser is priced at
$1,495 while the Modela 3-D plotter carries a tag of $1,195. For details, check
www.rolanddga.com . 
Sony Corp. has demonstrated
a new notebook with a built-in digital still camera, at the Windows World Expo show in
Tokyo recently. Working on Windows 98, the Sony VAIO Superslim Notebook gives you core
functionality in an ultraslim design. Incredibly light and feature-rich, it rivals the
palmtop in portability, yet comes with the power of an Pentium processor with MMX
technology. Less than an inch thick and smaller than a standard sheet of paper, virtually
any briefcase can make room for the VAIO 505. Even if you throw it loosely, the durable
magnesium alloy case protects it. Optional accessories like stereo speakers, external
CD-ROM drive, rechargeable battery, 32 MB RAM expansion module and AC adapter are
available. 
