The new Compaq Deskpro 386 is among the first personalcomputers to take advantage of Intel's <strong>80</strong>386 32-bit microprocessor, a powerhouse ushering in a new level of personalcomputing.group of industry companies that wanted a standardformat for all CD-ROM development. This meansthat different computers with different operatingsystems can still use the same format for CD-ROMeven with different brands of CD-ROM disc drives.At the same time that CD-ROM is being standardized, many companies are lining up to promotefuture CD-I applications. One of the newest companies in the burgeoning CD-I field is AmericanInternational Media (AIM), created by compactdisc pioneers Philips International and PolygramB.V. International. Following the Sony/PhilipsCD-I standard, AIM's mission is to spearhead thedevelopment of software for CD-I. Philips, withControl Data, has also formed another companyinvolved in the mass-storage arena, Laser Magnetic Storage (LMS) International, which will be involved in the design, manufacture, and marketingof optical disc and magnetic tape storage systems.The formation of these companies is indicativeof the confidence that major players in the computer and optical disk markets have in CD-ROWor CD-I technology. They want to be on theground floor of whatever CD market isbuilt. And they're betting that the CD-Imarket in the long run could be every bitas big as the CD audio market is becomingtoday.More support for the CD-ROM mar-ket has come from Reference Technology, a <strong>Color</strong>adocompany that has announced support for major CD-ROM drives in conjunction with Microsoft's MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions. Reference Technology isproviding the necessary device-driver software tooperate with Hitachi, Sony, and Philips CD-ROMdrives.Another company, computer-disk giant Maxell,has introduced a new 5%-inch optical WORM(Write Once, Read Many) disc that's capable ofstoring 13,000 letter-size pages on its two sides. TheModel OC-101 is housed in a protective cartridgedesigned to work with the Hitachi OD-101-1 opticaldisc drive. Designed to be used with a personalcomputer or office automation applications, the newWORM disc allows the user to write to the laser discone time, storing huge amounts of data for archivaluse. Thereafter, the information can be accessed butnot changed.New CD media are emerging virtually everyweek as competing companies jockey for position inthis potentially explosive market. While many computer owners may not directly use laser printers andoptical discs for several years, it's clear that thetechnology is advancing much faster than anyonehad expected. With powerful new microprocessors,versatile operating systems, and laser-driven products growing more practical for business and homeusers, the personal computer system of 1990 islikely to be as different from today's as our presentmachines are from those used in the late 1970s.©Toshiba's new $3,499 PageLaserl2 laser printercosts less than half the price of the first generation of laser printers in 1984-85, and prints atdouble their speed—up to 12 pages per minute.TTTTTTITTTT!12 COMPUTE! February 1987
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