_{Cover of the June 1993 issue of PC World}

June 1993 was the month and year I graduated high school. I would buy my first "PC" (I had a Commodore 64 at the time) a couple of months later, right before going off to college. The June 1993 'Lotus Edition' issue includes a special Lotus 1-2-3 insert with articles that I assume Lotus paid for. The normal contents of this issue includes:

Cover Story

• 486s for $1250 - Budget 486 systems reach new low prices. Current best buys include the Micro Express ME 486DLC/40, Acma 486SX-33 VESA, Blackship BLK 486DX/33 LB, USA Flex 486SX/25, and Diamond DT 486DLC/40. There are also categories for best price, best service and support and best performance. A total of 25 486 based systems are reviewed here.

Spreadsheets

• 50 Spreadsheet Tips - Tips and tricks for using Excel, Quattro Pro and multiple versions of Lotus 1-2-3.

Windows

• Windows NT: The New DOS? - Windows NT may be the future of PCs. Ultimately that would prove true when Windows XP took over circa 2001...but not in 1993.


• Word Processor or Desktop Publisher - A comparison of Word Processing software vs. Desktop Publishing software. Software in the comparison includes Ami Pro, Microsoft Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, Publish It, Express Publisher, and Microsoft Publisher.

_{Table of Contents from the June 1993 issue of PC World}

Top of the News

• 1-2-3 Leapfrogs Excel and Quattro - An overview of the latest release of Lotus 1-2-3 (version 4.0 for Windows). Supposedly it offered more features and usability than Excel and Quattro Pro at the time.


• In Touch on the Go - A look at the new HP 100LX palmtop/PDA which features an 80C186 processor capable of running DOS applications (up to 300K in size), a CGA black and white screen, and more.


• HP's LaserJet 4L Makes Itself at Home - A "low cost" $849 laser printer.

New Products

• Zeos Contenda and Micro Electronics WinBook notebook PCs - A look at the new Zeos Contenda notebook featuring a 25 MHz 386SL processor, backlit VGA screen, 2MB of RAM and a 80MB hard drive for $1495 and the Micro Electronics WinBook featuring a Cyrix 25-MHz 486SLC CPU, 4MB of RAM and a 120MB hard drive for $1699.



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• CompuAdd 450SLC2 486 desktop PC - This PC features a 486SLC2-50 CPU and 4MB of RAM for $1695.


• Pinnacle RCD-202, RCD-200 CD ROM recorders - What would eventually be called CD-RW drives were not really affordable/popular until around 1998 or so (even then they were pretty expensive). However, they were available much earlier. Here's a couple from Pinnacle Micro for a mere $4095 and $4195 (five years later such drives would be priced in the hundreds of dollars).


• Packard Bell 486 PCs - In the Pentium era, Packard Bell developed a very poor reputation. However, before that I think there hardware tended to be more standard and more reliable. In 1993 they introduced a whole new line of 486 PCs.


• Maxtor MXL-105-III - Tiny PCMCIA based 42MB and 85MB hard drives for $475 and $600. I have a 1GB IBM PCMCIA hard drive lying around somewhere...


• Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Windows - Photoshop used to be a Mac only program. Not anymore...


• MapInfo Maps&Data - Presentation/mapping software designed for things like illustrating layouts of sites for new proposed commercial buildings and such.


• Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 - A much easier way to develop Windows apps than there had been up to that point.


• Serif PagePlus 2.0 desktop publisher - A desktop publishing package that would have competed with things like PageMaker.

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Here's How

• Help Line - Questions answered from readers including tips about terminal auto-dialing in Windows, using Print Screen, choosing an on-line service, using XCOPY, and more.


• Spreadsheets - Questions answered about spreadsheet programs including using edit, search and replace in Quattro Pro, hiding and formatting columns in Excel, using macros in Excel, book recommendations and more.


• Word Processing - Word processing question answered about changing the font in WordPerfect 5.1, temporary files in WordPerfect for Windows, converting documents from WordPerfect 5.1 to Ami Pro 3.0, and more.


• Windows - Windows questions answered about drag and drop in Windows 3.1, using file manager, removing Norton Desktop (I loved this program back in the day), managing postscript fonts, and more.


• Data Management - Database questions answered about printing and dBASE III Plus, saving deleted dBASE records, counting records in Paradox, formatting Paradox 4.0 reports, and more.


• Publishing & Presentation - Publishing and presentation related questions answered about backgrounds in Harvard Graphics 3.0, creating fractions in PageMaker, and printing transparencies in CorelDraw 3.0 (another program I loved though I may have had 3.x or 4 .x).

Departments

• Letters - Readers write in about organizing your hard drive, tax software, multiboot in DOS 6.0 and DR DOS 6.0, shareware, and more.


• Consumer Watch - Mail order company BCS violates FTC rules, Dataworld disappears, Bulldog Computer Products fails to deliver, and more.


• Real Problems, Real Solutions - Linking remote offices via a dedicated data line offers solution to inconvenient faxes, phone calls and overnight delivery of documents.


• Business Fixtures - A look at Improv, a simplified spreadsheet program from Lotus.

_{Back cover of the June 1993 issue of PC World}

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