Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.tech From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: tech Thu, Jun 25 1992 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 05:35:29 EDT Message-ID: 06-25 0000 DECISIONLINE: Technology USA TODAY Update June 25, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network COLLIDER DEBATE MOVES TO SENATE: Supercollider proponents acknowledged they now have an uphill battle in the Senate, where a move last year to kill the project failed by only 14 votes. The house has already voted against funding the project. The superconducting supercollider, under construction near Dallas, would allow scientists to unlock fundamental secrets of matter. (For more, see special Collider package below.) DELL TO USE INTEL'S P-5: Dell Computer Corp. has received engineering samples of Intel Corp.'s latest microprocessor, Jeffrey Lu, Dell's engineering chief, told Bloomberg Business News. Dell plans to ship personal computers that use the microprocessor, dubbed P-5, later this year. Lu said the Dell engineers are running tests on it now. He didn't say which Dell models will use the new microprocessors. ZEOS POCKET PC UNVEILED: Zeos International, Ltd. unveiled a new ultra light weight personal computer. The firm says its Zeos Pocket PC weighs only 1.3 pounds and offers 10 hours of battery life under continuous use. Delivery is schedule to begin within 30 days with prices starting as low as $595. The $595 model has 1 megabyte of RAM and 1.5MB of ROM. SIXTY SIGN UP FOR HOOPS: Ithaca Software, the developer of the HOOPS Graphic Development System, said Wednesday that more than 60 commercial software development organizations have entered into distribution agreements to release commercial products based on HOOPS. The company said HOOPS provides software application developers with a common graphics interface to all of major workstation and PC platforms. ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM AVAILABLE: Cheyenne Software Inc. said Wednesday it has begun shipping InocuLAN, an enterprise-wide anti-virus software solution, featuring Real Time Trap. The Real Time Trap inspects all files entering or exiting a NetWare 3.11 server for a virus. Prices start at $245. SUN GOES SOUTH OF THE BORDER: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. said Wednesday it has established Sun Mexico. It is the firm's 19th worldwide subsidiary and the second subsidiary in Latin America. Sun Mexico will provide local sales, service and marketing support to distributors, value-added resellers and customers in Mexico. GRID SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL: GRiD Systems Corp. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with NCR Corp. under which NCR will distrubute GRiD's MS-DOS-based pen computer software platform. GRiD's PenRight! will be offered on NCR pen computers. Similar agreements are pending with MicroSlate, SuperScript Inc., and Fujitsu Personal Systems (formerly Poqet Computer Corp.). CAE TO BUILD SIMULATOR: CAE Electronics Ltd., a subsidiary of CAE Industries Ltd., said Wednesday it will build a Boeing 747-400 flight simulator for United Air Lines for $8.5 million. It is scheduled to be available in mid-1993. The simulator will be the second 747-400 and 14th in total that CAE Electronics has supplied to United since 1979, the company said. HOTLINE TO SERVICE BLIND: Abacus Global Support, a Miami-based toll free computer help hotline, is expanding its operation to cater to blind computer users. Abacus Global said Wednesday it will hire blind technicians to offer assistance for problems with adaptive equipment and software for blind PC users. For information, call 800:848-9192. SPECIAL PACKAGE ON COLLIDER: $1 BILLION HAS BEEN SPENT: After losing a vote in the house, proponents of the supercollider face an uphill battle in the Senate. So far, Congress has spent about $1 billion to start work on the collider. Some leading scientists warned that loss of the collider would mean that the United States was giving up its leadership in basic research. COLLIDER HAS POWERFUL FRIENDS: Senate strategy to restore collider funds is being mapped by the project's powerful friends. They include Senate Finance Chairman Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas; Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Sen. J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. BUMPERS ENCOURAGED BY HOUSE VOTE: Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., who led last year's Senate drive to kill the collider, was encouraged by the House's anti-collider vote. "The Japanese decision not to commit funds (for the collider) and the increased debate on reducing the budget deficit are both important reasons to kill (collider) funding," Bumpers said. U.S. GETTING LITTLE HELP: The supercollider has been billed as an international project. To date, the United States has received total pledges of $40 million from India and Albania to help pay for the collider, but no aid has actually been received. Japan has opted to build their own collider. Some physicists believe that research could be handled quite well if existing laboratories are adequately funded. (End of package.) Technology Editor: Ed Kelleher. 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