WORLDSCRIPT JUMPS LANGUAGE BARRIERS

Published in Computer Jagat

Apple has announced its WorldScript technology. The introduction of WorldScript will transform the Mac into the first international PC through worldwide language support.
The new technology includes support for text input and display, as well as for incorporating language attributes, such as date and time formats, for most written languages.
With WorldScript, Apple provides [...]

NEW MACHINE’ MADE FROM BIOCHEMICALS

Us scientists have come up with a new “machine”, which is made up of biochemicals and not silicon, to mimic the human brain.
John Ross of Stanford University said that such a machine would exist within the year and could be initially used for basic computations, such as addition and subtraction.
Ross with his co-workers Allen Hjelmsfelt [...]

ENGINEERING AND SYSTEM ASPECT OF COMPUTER DESIGN (Part Two)

Originally Published in 1992 (Computer Jagat Magazine)

Hakikur Rahman
Two type of MOSFETs are available; p-channel and n-channel. Each of them consists of a drain, a source, a gate and a substrate area with external terminals, p-channel MOSFETs are applied with negative voltage at the gate and positive voltage to n-channel. Hence, they act as switch and [...]

A Pres Release From ACT

Originally Published in 1992 (Computer Jagat Magazine)
Recently Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, a government organization has decided to install a NOVELL NETWARE based LAN/ WAN system. Our attention was drawn by the organization to some of the purposely distorted facts about NOVELL made by some individual, mainly to the fact that authorized distributor of NOVELL does [...]

USL (AT&T) UNIX SVR4.2 Vs. SCO UNIX SVR3.2.4 FACTS Vs. MEDIA HOOPLA

Originally Published in 1992 (Computer Jagat Magazine)

In December 1989 when AT&T announced the first UNIX SVR4, it was touted as the ultimate UNIX operating system, merging the main variants of UNIX such as SVR 3.2, BSD and XENIX And now with the announcement of the SVR4.2 from Unix Systems Laboratories (USL), a subsidiary of AT&T, [...]

INTEL TO BUILD XGA CHIPS FOR

Intel Corp. has joined IBM in trying to establish XGA as the next standard for PC graphics.
Under a technology licensing agreement announced by the two firms last week, Intel will develop XGA chips offering increased graphics performance, as well as other devices based on IBM’s XGA technology.
The first produce will be an XGA chip that [...]

ISDN LEADING THE NEW WAVE OF COMPUTING

ISDN is a technology that has the potential to revolutionise telecommunications the way the
chip revolutionised computing. But what exactly is ISDN and what can users get out of it?
This article discusses some of the exciting applications.
ISDN, or Integrated Services Digital Networking, has been hailed as the new type of information communications network.
ISDN allows the digital [...]

A REVIEW OF A TRANSACTION MODEL FOR DISTRIBUTED OBJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Mustafa Rafiqul Islam
This article describes the transaction model of a Distributed Object Management (DOM) system. The DOM is a distributed active object-oriented environment in which autonomous heterogeneous systems can be integrated and new (non-traditional) applications can be developed. A DOM system appears to be homogeneous distributed object system, in which all objects are expressed in [...]

IBM NCR 3330

IBM NCR 3330
A Powerful Desktop
NCR has enhanced its AT bus product line with the addition of the NCR 3330, a powerful desktop computer that delivers superior upgradability. The NCR 3330, based on industry standard AT-but architecture and Intel486 microprocessor technology, contains two processor sockets and is upgradable through the entire i486 family. [...]

THE INTEL 80860 RISC PROCESSOR

Originally Published in 1991 (Computer Jagat Magazine)
M. Lutfar Rahman and M. Alamgir Hossain
INTRODUCTION
The 80860 microprocessor manufactured by Intel Corporation of USA is the world’s first 64-bit single chip microprocessor. It is also Intel’s first reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor. This chip is likely to provide supercomputing power to the desktop personal computers.
The 80860 microprocessor [...]

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