Unix and Torch offer user-flexibility

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Following a general overview of Unix-based software systems for the advanced computer user, a review of 2-12 Book Keeper, an accounting software package that is Unix-based from Steam Radio (a British software developer), praises the accounting programs for their flexibility, the company-performed microcomputer installation and training, and for the elimination of some processing steps (e.g., entering a transaction into the system automatically generates double accounting entries, computes VAT, and revises the audit trail, as necessary). 2-12 Book Keeper retails for 950 pounds sterling in Britain, a price considered low for Unix-based software. The Torch Triple X microcomputer is an inexpensive Unix-based computer, with prices of from 17,000 pounds for a five-screen system to 5,000 pounds for a two-screen system. Triple X is flexible, comprehensive, and able to handle many tasks.

Microcomputers, Product introduction, UNIX, Great Britain, Steam Radio, Torch, 2-12 Book Keeper (Computer program), Torch Triple X (Computer)

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On test: Cascade

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Mantix Systems' (Slough, UK) Cascade computer software package allows accountants to control big projects. The program contains an engineering screen that can display elaborate tree structures that represent a project's contracts and sub-elements. Cascade is a dynamic tool for accounting for major technical projects and allows the accountant to assess the impact of changes in the project on the whole structure in terms of cost, giving the accountant the power to influence the decisions of engineers and schedulers. Cascade runs on the Unix operating system, uses the Oracle relational database, is written in user-friendly, flexible Structured Query Language, and uses X Windows for the visual display. The package is available for the Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 and 9000/800 computers and alternate computer platforms.

Product/Service Evaluation, Mantix Systems, Cascade(Accounting software)

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Unity is strength

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Brook Street Computers' UNITY has been developed for configurable and sophisticated multi-user accounting work. It is designed to take advantage of the latest hardware and UNIX software. UNITY features: windowing and split screens; high resolution color graphics on 80- and 132-column screens; and the ability to move from one program to another while retaining the original position in each. Additionally, the program features: low memory requirements; the ability to be configured to work with C-ISAM-compatible relational databases; and it can be used on the whole hardware range from mainframes to PCs. The program has excellent bank reconciliation procedures and financial document set-up procedures, and it pays special attention to the way people actually work.

Brook Street Computers PLC, Unity (Computer program)

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