I.B.M. said to aid project on computers and writing

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IBM is providing financial support for the Go Corp, of Foster City, CA, which is working on a portable computer that recognizes handwriting. IBM will act as a reseller of the machine to corporate accounts. An endorsement from IBM is significant because such an endorsement increases the chances that Go's technology will be a standard for computers that use a pen or a stylus for input rather than a keyboard. Go machines will face competition. Canon Electronics and the Sony Corp already have introduced portable computers that recognize handwritten Japanese characters. And in Sep 1989, Grid Systems Corp introduced the Gridpad ($2,370, plus $425 for a memory card), a 4.5-pound portable that can read handwriting and is compatible with IBM's MS-DOS operating system. Go's computer - which Go executives hint might not use MS-DOS - is said to be more sophisticated than these products.

Computer storage devices, Research, Product development, Computer peripherals industry, GO Corp., Laptop computers, Portable computers, Optical character readers, Laptop/Portable Computer, Handwriting

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Computer stocks with promise: a trio of companies that makes complex computers can prosper even as mainframe makers sag

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Although demand for mini and mainframe computers is diminished, as more tasks are being handled by microcomputers, demand is still strong for high-performance computers that handle many transactions with little risk of system failure. Transaction processing is a $20 billion to $30 billion market, growing 10 to 20 percent each year. An even narrower market, 'fault-tolerant' processing, will reach 20 to 30 percent growth. Fault-tolerant machines are based on redundancy, and they avoid system failure by having at least two computers or processors perform each job. Tandem Computers Inc introduced the first system in 1976, and analysts think Tandem stock is now a good buy. In addition to Tandem, analysts are looking closely at Stratus Computer Inc and Sequent Computer Systems Inc, all three companies having outperformed the market.

Evaluation, Computer industry, Securities, Online transaction processing, Multiprocessing, column, Tandem Computers Inc., TDM, Stratus Computer Inc., Sequent Computer Systems Inc.

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Dreaded virus said to cause little damage to computers

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A computer virus that was set to effect IBM microcomputers and compatibles on Oct 13, 1989 caused very little damage but created a lot of anxiety among users. Possibly due to a programming flaw in the virus itself, the virus caused few problems in the areas that it appeared. Advanced warnings of the virus were circulated at a hackers conference held in Amsterdam, but most computer security experts had said from the start that fear of the virus was blown out of proportion. The authors of the virus are unknown, but are rumoured to be a European group aligned with West German terrorists, or a Norwegian group not happy with the celebration of Christopher Columbus.

Prevention, Computer viruses, Virus, Microcomputer, Disaster Management

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