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  >>  ALPHA FOUR RUNTIME VERSION DROPS $700 IN PRICE TO $299.95  << 
 
   If you want to develop your own DOS-based database applications to  
give or sell to others, check out the latest news from Alpha Software  
Corporation. It's lowered the price on its run-time version by $700!  
Until September 15, 1995 (maybe longer, the company representative  
wasn't sure), you can purchase it for $299.95 instead of the regular  
price of $995. (The multiuser unlimited license version for networked  
users now costs only $399.95 instead of $2995.) If Clipper and Borland's  
dBASE compiler are giving you fits -- or you don't know how to program  
and don't care to learn -- this is the way to go. Your users can enjoy  
your beautiful reports and forms, and even search with powerful queries.  
Any databases you develop using the runtime are royalty-free. Alpha  
Software Corporation, (800) 622-7105.  
 
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 >>  FREE SCREEN SAVER SHOWCASES NATURAL BEAUTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA  << 
 
   A new freeware screen saver takes Windows users on a virtual tour of  
British Columbia, Canada, by moving the traditional travel poster from  
the office wall to the desktop computer. The program, from Tourism  
British Columbia, offers a gallery of 20 striking, full-color "travel  
posters." The photographs are as varied as British Columbia itself.  
Scenes include ocean beaches, wilderness parks, quiet mountain lakes,  
whales in the wild, grizzly bears, and a stunning skyline shot of  
Vancouver. "Using this screen saver is like installing a coffee-table  
book on your computer desktop," says tourism minister Bill Barlee. 
   The screen-saver home page on the World Wide Web is more than just a  
download site. It also links to an interactive tourism map of British  
Columbia, and to information about an exhibit of Mongol artifacts now on 
display at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, just a ferry  
ride north of Seattle. 
   To download, point your URL to:  
 
          http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/screensaver.html 
 
   Those not wired to the Web may order the screen saver by calling  
(800) 663-7611 and paying a $5.95 shipping charge ($6.95 outside  
Canada). 

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         >>  PRICE DROPS ON PORTABLE 2X CD-ROM PLAYER  <<

   Our friends at Surplus Software have sent us another catalog. A 
couple of deals stand out this month:

     [] The Reno Media Vision 2x Portable CD-ROM Player drops in price 
           from $199 to $159. If you're looking for a CD-ROM drive and 
           an audio disc player in one, this is for you. It includes a 
           SCSI2 interface card you can plug into your PC. (If you have 
           a Macintosh, you can plug it directly into your Mac's 25-pin 
           SCSI port.) Includes cables and driver software for both 
           platforms. Specs: 306K/sec transfer rate, 180ms access time, 
           64K data buffer.
     [] Lotus SmartSuite 3.0 for Windows at $98.99. That's truly a suite 
           deal, considering the original retail price was $795, and you 
           get all these goodies in one package: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 5, 
           Approach 3.0, Ami Pro 3.1, Freelance Graphics 2.1, Organizer 
           1.1 and ScreenCam. It's also Lotus Notes-ready.

   Surplus Software, (800) 753-7877 or (503) 386-1375. 

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