OCLC Micro: Volume 6 Issue 6

DUBLINes

OCLC will begin shipping the M386sx Workstation on January 1,1991. The M386sx Workstation is based on an 80386sx processor operating at 16Mhz (switch selectable to 8Mhz). This…

NETWORds

The audio CD industry and its consumer market continue to endorse the compact disc as a virtually indestructible medium for audio distribution. Compared to audio tape and vinyl…

Software up in Flames

Bill Machrone

What happens when you lose your investment in software to a natural catastrophe? The answers will surprise you.

Education, Communication, and Cooperation: OCLC’s Preservation Program

Thomas F. R. Clareson

Reflects on the initiatives being taken by OCLC to educatelibrarians about preservation of library collections. Describes thetechniques whereby libraries can create bibliographic…

MicroMARC:amc Version 2.11

Fred Hohnhart

IN JULY, 1990, Michigan State University released the latest version of the MicroMARC:amc archives and manuscripts cataloging software, version 2.11. [Earlier versions were…

The Memory Maze: Sorting Out The Various Types Of PC Memory

Provides a comprehensive explanation of the following types ofmemory: conventional memory, expanded memory (EMS), and extended memory(XMS). Gives definitions of the terms real…

The Truth Behind Shareware And Public Domain Software

Stephen M. Jackson, Serafim Halkias

Laments the fact that new and expensive software upgrades are notalways a step forward, and can, in fact, be costly mistakes if they arenot what the buyer wanted in the first…

The OCLC Cataloguing Micro Enhancer And CAT CD450 Systems In A Processing Center Environment

Michael Kaplan

Reports on the problems faced by Harvard College Library (made upof several smaller libraries) while implementing its online unioncatalog. Observes that their use of the CAT CD450…