Testing for 'Worms'
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Computer-aided repair equipment allows computer technicians to locate and repair problems on computer circuit boards and other electronic components. Prior to this, only automatic test equipment was available which could detect the problem but required another step to fix it. About three million dollars worth of computer-aided repair equipment was sold in 1983, only the second year of sales. By 1987, sales are expected to soar to fifty to eighty million dollars. Some of the companies marketing this equipment are Electronic Packaging Company (EPC), Fairchild Camera and Instrument, and Marconi Instruments. Prices for the equipment range from forty thousand dollars at EPC to fifty thousand dollars for the central computer plus twenty thousand dollars for each terminal at Marconi. Fairchild's product costs between forty and ninety thousand dollars.
Publication Name: Venture
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0191-3530
Year: 1984
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Security For Modems
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Security modems are becoming increasingly popular in computer systems. Before a user can access a software in a modem, he or she must type in a six-to-fifteen character password. If the modem recognizes it, it hangs up and calls a number preprogrammed with the password. That number connects with a sales manager who must be at that number to log on when the modem calls. Two companies that sell security modems are Penril DataComm in Gaithersburg, Maryland whose unit retails for $750 and Cermetek Microelectronics Inc. in Sunnyvale, California whose unit retails for $695. A drawing depicting security modems is included.
Publication Name: Venture
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0191-3530
Year: 1985
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Software That Makes Music
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Waveform Corporation of Berkeley, California has developed a software package for the Commodore 64K which is affordable and does not require a synthesizer in order to play, write or record music on disks. The program is MusiCalc 1 and retails for $74.95. Thomas McCreery started Waveform in 1982 with fifty thousand dollars and two partners. The Commodore was chosen because of its sound chip as well as for its price. Sales projections are eight million dollars for fiscal year 1984. New venture captial will be used for research and development. A photograph of McCreery is included.
Publication Name: Venture
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0191-3530
Year: 1984
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