64 WordStar: The Creators
47Piggybacking and Impersonation
75 The Select Word Processor: Martin Dean versus the Command-Driven Restaurants
48People and Policies: Working with the Right Ones
8Ed Boland: Accounting
49Hardware and Software
9Charlie Bowie: Data Base and Spreadsheet
5011 Wired to Work
10Alan Scharf: Integrated Program, Including Graphics
5112 How I Found “God,” on MCI (and a Few Other Odds and Ends About Electronic Mail)[75]
11A SALES REP (OR BROCHURE DESIGNER)
52Do You Need One?
12A CORPORATE TRAINING OFFICIAL OR TEACHER
53In General, Do You Know What You Want To Do—With People and Equipment?
13A BUREAUCRAT
54How Fast Do You Want the Network to Transfer Information?
14A PERSONNEL OR DIVISION MANAGER
55How Much of a Load Do You Want to Put On Your Network—and Can It Handle It?
15AN ARCHITECT
56Is the Network Reliable in Other Ways?
16A PRODUCT DESIGNER
57How Easy Must the Network be to Use?
17A FACILITIES MANAGER
58What Special Features Do You Need?
18A CONVENTION PLANNER
59What Kind of Protocol Does the Network
19A CORPORATE PLANNER
60How Easy Is the Network to Install?
20Training: How to Enjoy the Mahony Advantage
61How Much Support Will the Manufacturer
21Training (Continued): The Dahlonega Answer
62A Bus
22Micros and the Data-Processing Department
63A Star
23The Canary in the Mine
64A Ring
24... Good Job Design
65Telephone Style
25THE SCREEN
66Twisted Pair
26THE KEYBOARD
67Shielded Wire
27SPECIAL ERGONOMIC FEATURES
6814 As The Jungle Thickens (AKA the Great Modeming)
28Good Furniture
69Afterword
29Lighting
70BACKUP I Twenty-Six Questions to Ask at (and About) the Computer Store
30Noise Reduction
71BACKUP II A Few Grouchy Words on Printers
31Air Conditioning, Heat, And Ventilation
72BACKUP III The Lucky 13: What to Look for in Choosing Software
32RADIATION
73BACKUP IV On the Evolution of Software (And a “Perfecter and Perfecter” Program)
33BACK AND MUSCULAR PROBLEMS
74BACKUP V “3-D” Versus Mail-Order Software—and How to Shop
34PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS
75BACKUP VI “Easy” Data Bases: Another View (Mensa Member Versus InfoStar)
35EYESTRAIN
76BACKUP VII ❑ Graphics Tips
36CRTs: Should They Go Down the Tube?
77BACKUP VIII Consultant Contracts: Some Who-How Questions
37Data Diddling
78BACKUP IX Window Shopping
38The Trojan Horse
79BACKUP X Of Mice and Men—and Touch Pads, Touch Screens, Etc.[106]
39The Salami Trick
80BACKUP XII MODEM7: An Almost-Free and Fairly Easy Way to Talk to Other Computers
40Superzapping
81BACKUP XIII Why Not an Electronic Peace Corps?
41The Trap-Door Trick
