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    October 1, 1992                                           Vol. 1, No. 8


    "DECNEWS for Education and Research" is a monthly electronic
    publication from Digital Equipment Corporation for the education and
    research communities worldwide.

    Readers may obtain additional information about DECNEWS items by
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    IN THIS ISSUE:
             Announcements
             . DECtouch Converts PC Monitor to Touchscreen
             . Digital-Built, Upgradable PCs Introduced in U.S.
             . New U.S. TEI Desktop Price List Issued
             . MSI Alliance to Provide 3D Software for Alpha
             . PATHWORKS X.25 Software for PSDN Announced
             . EDUCOM '92 to Feature Olsen and Alpha
             . Book on "Bitnet for VMS Users" Now Available

             Customer News
             . Purdue Explores AIDS with X-ray Crystallography
             . Swarthmore to Integrate Voice, Video, Data


    DECTOUCH CONVERTS PC MONITOR TO TOUCHSCREEN...........................

    Digital recently announced DECtouch hardware, a low-cost product that
    quickly and transparently converts MS-DOS based PC monitors from
    Digital and most other vendors into high-productivity touchscreen input
    devices.  The hardware, which can be installed and running in minutes,
    plugs into a PC serial port and quickly calibrates itself to the size
    and weight of the monitor.  No special software or monitor modifica-
    tions are required, and DECtouch can co-exist with or replace a mouse.
    The device comes with C-callable libraries and popular touch device
    emulation for application developers running MS-DOS V3.3 or later.
    It is now available for a 110-volt power supply and will be available
    for a 220-volt supply by the end of '92.

    * Press release on DECtouch, news0801.txt


    DIGITAL-BUILT, UPGRADABLE PCS INTRODUCED IN U.S.......................

    Digital recently introduced the DECpc LP (Low-Profile), a family of
    Digital-built, high-performance, upgradable, aggressively-priced
    desktop PCs initially available in the U.S. only.  Components for the
    industry-standard 386- and 486-based PCs will be manufactured in a
    Digital facility in Taiwan.  This will enable Digital to produce the
    high-quality PCs at a reduced cost and pass on the savings to
    customers.  The family includes a 66-MHz 486DX2 system that uses
    Intel's fastest 486 processor.  Five of the six new models offer
    extremely high-performance graphics technology and plug-in processor
    upgrades.  All models run under Digital PATHWORKS, Novell NetWare, and
    Banyan VINES PC networking systems.

    * Product fact sheet on DECpc LP family, news0804.txt
    * Product fact sheet on DECpc LP upgradables, news0805.txt


    NEW U.S. TEI DESKTOP PRICE LIST ISSUED................................

    Digital has issued a new U.S. The Education Initiative (TEI) Desktop
    Price List, dated August 24, 1992.  TEI is a set of partnership
    programs designed to help education institutions achieve substantial
    cost savings by sharing computing management, support, and service
    responsibilities with Digital.  The TEI Desktop Price List offers
    special education pricing on desktop products and peripherals.  The
    document also describes new pricing guidelines and business practices
    now in effect.  For a copy of the new list, contact your local Digital
    sales representative.


    MSI ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE 3D SOFTWARE FOR ALPHA.........................

    Digital and Molecular Simulations, Inc. (MSI) recently annunced a
    partnership under which the two companies will collaborate to provide
    3D molecular modeling applications for Digital's Alpha AXP (AXP is the
    new name for Alpha) workstations and servers, and massively parallel
    platforms.  They will also jointly market the combined software and
    hardware solutions to scientists in commercial and academic labora-
    tories worldwide.  Depending on the product, MSI gives qualifying
    academic laboratories worldwide a 70 to 90 percent discount off the
    list price of its 3D molecular modeling software for DECstations, with
    the exception of ChemistryViewer which is discounted at 55 percent.
    These discount rates do not apply in Japan where products are sold
    through distributors.

    MSI contact in Europe: Karen Faulkner, +44-223-421590
    West of Mississippi, U.S.A.: Kim Moore, 708-505-5820
    East of Mississippi, U.S.A.: Amanda Porzio, 617-229-9800


    PATHWORKS X.25 SOFTWARE FOR PSDN ANNOUNCED............................

    At the recent European Digital Users Group symposium in Cannes, France,
    Digital announced PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) software -- a cost-effective
    PATHWORKS networking option for connecting single, remote PCs to
    servers over packet switched data networks (PSDNs).  Designed for use
    with an AT-bus X.25 network interface card from Canada's Eicon
    Technology Corp. and now available from Digital, the software brings
    distributed network services and client-server computing to PC users
    across a wide area network.

    * Press release on PATHWORKS X.25, news0802.txt


    EDUCOM '92 TO FEATURE OLSEN AND ALPHA.................................

    Ken Olsen, Digital's founder, former CEO, and a computing pioneer who
    has made unprecedented contributions to the industry, will be the
    keynote speaker at EDUCOM '92.  The Digital exhibit at the conference,
    slated Oct. 28-30 in Baltimore, Md., will feature several Alpha AXP
    systems and a "Planning for Alpha AXP" seminar.  Scheduled daily at
    various times, the seminar will discuss the role the world's fastest
    microprocessor will play in education, scientific, and engineering
    computing; and describe the resources available for beginning your move
    into the next computing era.  At Digital's exhibit, you will also find
    Digital's latest PC models and representatives from the new Campus
    Reseller Program.

    Contact for registration information: EDUCOM, +202-331-5375


    BOOK ON "BITNET FOR VMS USERS" NOW AVAILABLE..........................

    "BITNET for VMS Users," the first book to cover BITNET exclusively, is
    now available from Digital Press.  The concise guide describes how to
    search remote databases and carry on relay conversations with users
    around the world, as well as electronic mail and other features.  U.S.
    customers can order the book, order number EY-L464E-DP, by calling
    Digital Press at 1-800-Digital.  Customers outside the U.S. can order
    the book through a local Digital training facility.  Also, faculty
    members can obtain review copies, order number 0-13-928797-3, by
    contacting Prentice Hall--a worldwide distributor of Digital Press
    books.


    PURDUE EXPLORES AIDS WITH X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.......................

    Purdue University's Macromolecular Crystallography Group in Indiana,
    U.S.A. is currently using X-ray crystallography -- a technique used to
    study the structure of proteins and viruses -- to investigate the core
    antigen of the AIDS virus.  The group conducts experiments in an
    environment that includes two Digital mainframes and 18 VAX VMS and
    RISC ULTRIX workstations.  Using these systems for software develop-
    ment, the scientists are also building tools that can capitalize on the
    increased rate of acquisition of high-quality data spawned by recent
    advances in X-ray detection and synchrotron radiation technology.  This
    family of new instrument-independent software tools, which provide
    interactive visualization, enable researchers to evaluate and control
    the most demanding crystallographic experiments in conditions close to
    real time.  The tools make the process of macromolecular crystallo-
    graphy more efficient and the elucidation of structures more rapid.

    * Purdue Application Story on the Macromolecular Crystallography Group,
      news0803.txt
    Contact: Dr. Wladek Minor, Staff Scientist, xte@mace.cc.purdue.edu


    SWARTHMORE TO INTEGRATE VOICE, VIDEO, DATA............................

    The campus-wide network at Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College will soon
    be a "utility" for easy access to voice, video, and data.   With the
    current network, students and staff can access multi-vendor applica-
    tions by simply plugging their Macintosh computers into outlets located
    in offices, classrooms, dorm rooms, and other work areas.  The liberal
    arts college recently invested $2.8 million to expand its network to
    include INTERNET access, a digital PBX phone system for campus-wide
    telephone and intercom capabilities, and video for interactive
    teleconferencing and security needs.  Each dorm room will have two
    jacks per student, one for a Macintosh and one for a phone.  In
    addition to managing the purchase and installation of Swarthmore's PBX
    system, Digital will provide all of the required network components and
    integration services, including design and ongoing network management.

    Contact: Judy Downing, Swarthmore's Director of Administrative Computing,
    downing@cc.swarthmore.edu


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