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(Computer Article)Mall Software, Travel
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
Antiques mall software is to some extent a cottage industry. A mall owner wanting to automate sales recording and dealer payment will pay to have a custom program written. Others in the area will see it and buy it for their malls. Pretty soon the ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cataloging and Travel
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
In May 1993 this column reviewed Collectorpro 2.52 for antiques collectors. It was a DOS program. In May 1994 the first Collectorpro for Windows (version 3.2) was reviewed. In the ensuing decade a new version has appeared every couple of years. The latest has ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Threats
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
Spam on the Decline?
In the February 2004 issue of M.A.D. this column discussed spam (junk e-mail) at great length. It was enough to discourage some people from using e- mail. It reported that in a 45-day test period I received 2168 e-mail messages, of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Information on the Web
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
We are a family of ice skaters, not skiers or snowboarders. So we were mystified when a television sports show labeled a snowboarder "stance: goofy." Two minutes on the computer with the search engine Google told us that "goofy" means her right foot was forward ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Portable Documents
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
In a paperless world, illustrated catalogs of antiques, auction catalogs, collectors? newsletters, and brochures of conservators or appraisers would be created in digital form. Forwarded by e-mail, recorded on a CD, or made downloadable on the Web, they would be readable by anyone with access ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Making Blogs
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
Last month we talked about "blogs" or "Web logs," miniature Web sites where bloggers post to a daily or weekly journal. Starting a blog is easy and takes little technical knowledge, and it can be free. This will be illustrated by an example. An antiquer?s ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Inexpensive Software
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
The new user of computers is often faced with buying expensive software to do simple jobs. Inexpensive software is often available that will do those jobs until the new user?s needs are better known.
PolyEdit
Almost any word processor will do for writing letters, memos, reports, and ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Antique Software
by John Reid,
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(Feature)The Salander-O'Reilly Lawsuits: One Settled, One in Limbo, and Another Goes Deeper
by David Hewett
In ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fortuitous Circumstances Result in Recovery of $60,000 Atlas
by David Hewett
Sometimes ... (Read More)
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