Computer Marketing Plc, a computer products distribution organisation in Camberley, Surrey, has two new product ranges: the Cornerstone high resolution paper-white monitors and Digital Communications Associates Inc’s 10NET Plus range of local area networks. The new monitors are offered in SinglePage XL and DualPage versions, and are aimed at serious word processors and desk top publishing users. The SinglePage XL features a 15 screen, displaying a full A4 page that shows a document exactly as it will be reproduced by a quality printer. Cornerstone’s anti-aliasing software draws characters on the screen exactly as they will be printed, the thing has 1,080 by 768 pixel resolution and optional four levels of greyscaling. Flicker is reduced by a fast refresh rate of 70Hz, a flat Cathode Ray Tube and non-interlaced scanning. Drivers for the most popular MS-DOS packages, such as WordPerfect, WordStar 5.5 and Ventura Publisher and operating environments like MS-Windows are available, and for many applications that run under Windows and GEM/3. A proprietary single page display controller card features an applications-specific circuit, designed to improve reliability by reducing the number of chips needed to drive the screen, and full Hercules graphics emulation. The SinglePage XL is available now at UKP1,025. The DualPage monitor, with a 19 display, 1,600 by 1,280 dot resolution, a 67Hz refresh rate, optional four level greyscaling and full Hercules emulation has the same features as the SinglePage XL but puts up two full A4 pages of text (or one A3 page). The DualPage is available for AT-alikes and PS/2s at from UKP2,100. Digital Communications’ 10NET Plus range of networking software starts with a 1Mbps Bus LAN for small workgroups using MS-DOS and OS/2 micros using twisted pair cabling with network connections made either via menus or batch commands. The Ethernet version of 10NET provides the same facilities at 10Mbps for larger workgroups. There is also a version of 10NET Plus for IBM Token Ring networks. At the top of the range is the 10Mbps 10NET Fibre LAN. It supports distances up to a mile and can link up to 392 machines. 10NET Plus includes electronic mail, a separate Chat feature and conference telephoning, and is NetBIOS compatible. Computer Marketing claims a three station net takes about an hour to set up, is easier than most systems to use since commands are either menu-driven or straight MS-DOS commands, and it starts at under UKP1,000.
