{"id":32586,"date":"2024-01-25T01:14:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T06:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=32586"},"modified":"2024-02-03T23:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T04:48:25","slug":"pc-magazine-january-8th-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/pc-magazine-january-8th-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Magazine (January 8th, 1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FPC_Magazine%2F1985-01-08&amp;twg_show=PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-768x1102.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-1070x1536.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-1427x2048.jpg 1427w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FPC_Magazine%2F1985-01-08&amp;twg_show=PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_001.jpg\">PC Magazine &#8211; January 8th, 1985<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>PC Magazine was one of the most popular PC magazines in the 1980s and 1990s. The January 8, 1985 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Cover Stories<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computing<\/b> &#8211; Predictions for the future of personal computing including a computer on every desk by the early 1990s, as many computers as TVs in the home by the end of the century, and lots more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Other Voices, Other Futures<\/b> &#8211; The opinions of various people on the future of computing. Those surveyed include Ray Bradbury, a theologian, Bob Hope&#8217;s personal comedy writer, and many others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Best of 1984, and Some of the Worst<\/b> &#8211; Some of the best items include the IBM PC AT, the Lattice C Compiler, the HP Laser Jet printer, MCI Mail, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=32589\" class=\"attachment wp-att-32589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-768x1031.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-1144x1536.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-1525x2048.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_008.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Graphics That Dress for Success<\/b> &#8211; A look at various busines graphics software, mostly for data visualization. Products looked at include VCN ExecuVison, HyperGraphics, and ExecGraphics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Charting Your Course on the PC<\/b> &#8211; A look at software specifically for creating charts and graphs including Lotus 1-2-3, SuperCalc, Chart-Master, DR Graph, GrafTalk, and Graphwriter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC Systems for Pie Chart Picassos<\/b> &#8211; A look at three buisness presentation graphics software packages, including PictureIt\/VideoShow, Presentation Master, and Genigraphics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Samurai Image Processor<\/b> &#8211; A system that uses software, a graphics card, and a film recorder to produce slies of computer graphics. This was before projectors and PowerPoint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC Graphics Challenge the Mighty Cray<\/b> &#8211; Comparing the graphics capabilities of the PC with those of the Cray super computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Shuttle Radar and PCs Map the Earth<\/b> &#8211; Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory use radar data collected from the space shuttle Challenger and several PC-XTs to map the Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zooming in for a Closer Look<\/b> &#8211; A look at Index Technology&#8217;s $9,500 Excelerator, a software package designed to create various types of detailed graphics such as complicated flow charts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Screenbusters<\/b> &#8211; A look at a couple of different touch screen systems including Touch Information Display and Touchpen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Eek! A Mouse for the PC<\/b> &#8211; An article on adding a mouse to the PC and using it. In the DOS days, using a mouse was not especially common on the PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=32588\" class=\"attachment wp-att-32588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_009.jpg 1883w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Pro Columns<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Freehand Graphics<\/b> &#8211; Two art programs for the PC, PC Paintbrush and Dr. Halo, are evaluated and compared to MacPaint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>For Doctors: Windows in the Office<\/b> &#8211; A look at Doctor&#8217;s Office Manager, medical software from IBM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A PC Helps Fight Class-Action Suits<\/b> &#8211; How PCs, along with an Epson FX-100 printer, Hayes 1200B internal modem, R:base Series 4000 database software, PMate text editing software, Multiplan spreadsheet software, WordStar word processor and FYI 3000 text management software, helped to win class-action lawsuits against Burlington Northern, Western Electric, Motorola, and the Chicago City Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Up in Smoke<\/b> &#8211; Using Halon 1211 instead of water and other traditional to fight fire in order to protect electronic equipment and magnetic media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Keyboard Codes<\/b> &#8211; Understanding the PC&#8217;s character and scan codes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Let a Broker Do the Searching<\/b> &#8211; Using an information broker to search online databases for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC News<\/b> &#8211; Data loss becomes an increasing problem as those new to mass storage systems don&#8217;t backup their data. Tape backups were the best choice at the time. Infocom releases a database package called Cornerstone. Compaq updates Deskpro line of computers with 10-30 MB hard drives&#8230;and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Market Grows Up<\/b> &#8211; How both PCs and users have matured over recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>More Than Pretty Pictures<\/b> &#8211; The limitations of current PC business graphics packages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters to PC<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about software being sold before it is ready, The Technical Investor, Garland Pathfinder, and mail-order price wars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hard Disk Housekeeping<\/b> &#8211; A look at various programs to help organize and keep your hard drive clean.<\/li>\n<li><b>Checkerboard Challenge<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of Gramps: The Checker Champion and Sargon III.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC Graphics and Sound: Unlimited Designs<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of two books that teach you how to create graphics on your PC: Graphics Primer for the IBM PC and Games, Graphics, and Sound for the IBM PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New on the Market<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at new hardware and software including the NIU-130 (local area network interface), 280 MB Internal Expansion Kit (hard drive for the IBM PC AT), SKY320-PC Digital Signal Processor, MultiModem PC (300\/1200 bps modem), Multigraph (high-res monochrome and color graphics adapter for the IBM AT), Bullet-286 (80286-based replacement motheroboard fo the PC-XT), TW-3000 TECwriter (electric typewriter\/printer), PortaAPL (APL interpreter written in C), DepoBank (information retrieval service), EasyLink Instant Mail Messenger (EasyLink service software), PC\/Survival Kit (utilities for DOS), Excalibur Plus (multi-user accounting system), IMiGIT (color graphics and text editor for the PC-EYE video image grabber board), WYLBUR\/pc (development system compatible with mainframes), Rx30 Pharmacy Software System (pharmacy and prescription management system), SoftShell (user interface for UNIX on the PC), and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Club News<\/b> &#8211; A partial directory of PC user groups across the country.<\/li>\n<li><b>User to User<\/b> &#8211; Questions and answers about finding the size of subdirectories, using commas with integers, getting 50 lines displayed on an RGB monitor, Word Perfect, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC Tutor<\/b> &#8211; How to define the boot drive with DOS 2.1, change sector size, create simple graphics in CP\/M-86 with Pascal on a monochrome monitor, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-1141x1536.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-1521x2048.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PC_Magazine_1985-01-08_358.jpg 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: PC Magazine &#8211; January 8th, 1985 PC Magazine was one of the most popular PC magazines in the 1980s and 1990s. The January 8, 1985 issue includes: Cover Stories Computing &#8211; Predictions for the future of personal computing including a computer on every desk by the early 1990s, as many computers as TVs in the home by the end of the century, and lots more. Other Voices, Other Futures &#8211; The opinions of various people on the future of computing. Those surveyed include Ray Bradbury, a theologian, Bob Hope&#8217;s personal comedy writer, and many others. The Best of 1984, and Some of the Worst &#8211; Some of the best items include the IBM PC AT, the Lattice C Compiler, the HP Laser Jet printer, MCI Mail, and more. Features Graphics That Dress for Success &#8211; A look at various busines graphics software, mostly for data visualization. Products looked at include VCN ExecuVison, HyperGraphics, and ExecGraphics. Charting Your Course on the PC &#8211; A look at software specifically for creating charts and graphs including Lotus 1-2-3, SuperCalc, Chart-Master, DR Graph, GrafTalk, and Graphwriter. PC Systems for Pie Chart Picassos &#8211; A look at three buisness presentation graphics software packages, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[600,2362],"class_list":["post-32586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-dos","tag-dos","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32636,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32586\/revisions\/32636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}