News bits

Home Office Computing, Jan, 1991

NEWS BITS

Okidata reportedly plans to cut its list prices on laser printers to about $999; (609) 235-2600 .... Marstek, Inc., introduces the Mars 800 Plus, an 800-dpi hand scanner with 64 levels of gray for the PC ($459) and Mac ($540); (714) 833-7740 .... Morefonts 2.0 is an upgraded on-the-fly font-generation program for the LaserJet by MicroLogic Software, $150; (415) 652-5464 .... askSam, a favorite freeform database program, adds relational capabilities and more in version 5.0, $395; new developer edition, $695; askSam Systems, (800) 327-5726 .... Microlytics introduces the Infodesk series for Mac and IBM compatibles; references include electronic editions of The Random House Encyclopedia, $119, and Strunk & White's Elements of Style, $59; (716) 284-9150 .... Pacific Data Products reports a new version of its PostScript emulation cartridge, PacificPage PE, for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet, $499; (619) 552-0880 .... PSI Integration, Inc., is now shipping the COMplete Fax/Modem, which the company says is the first internal send-and-receive fax-and-data modem for the Mac Portable, $599; (800) 622-1722 ....

About Product Previews: In this monthly department, you'll read about significant hardware and software for the home office. While not complete reviews, mentions in Product Previews are based solely on editorial evaluations rather than manufacturers' press releases.

About News Bits: Mentions in News Bits do not necessarily reflect hands-on evaluations, but all news and products have been researched by HOME-OFFICE COMPUTING and are confirmed by their respective companies.

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