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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1994--Personal OS/2 from IBM, a 4
MB version of OS/2 for Windows that is slated to ship in about six
months, was named 'Best of Show' in BYTE magazine and The Interface
Group's "Best of COMDEX/Spring and Windows World '94" award ceremony in
Atlanta.
Personal OS/2 will be faster, support for Windows for Workgroups, and
have an easier installation while offering better stability than
Windows 3.1.
Capturing the MOST SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGY award was Ole Custom
Controls from Microsoft, which merges the benefits of VBX with OLE 2.0.
Finalists in the category were Alpha at 33 Mhz from Digital Equipment
Corp. and Kurzweil Voice for Windows, a voice recognition system from
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Inc.
The BEST ROOKIE award, to the top first-time exhibitor with a product
that shows outstanding potential went to Medio Multimedia for Medio
Magazine and other CD titles, a magazine on CD-ROM, which integrates
full-motion video, audio, text and graphics with current news stories,
entertainment, reviews, sports and childrens materials.
In the MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE CATEGORY, Elastic Realty by Elastic Realty
Inc., a morphing and special effects software for Windows, featuring
warping, layering and matting capabilities was named winner. Finalists
in the category were MediaShop for Windows, a multimedia production,
integration and authoring package from Motion Works, and Razor, digital
video editing software for Windows from in:sync corporation.
In the MULTIMEDIA HARDWARE CATEGORY, Video Machine Lite, a video
editing system which allows users to add complex digital video effects
in real time video, from Fast Electronic U.S. Inc. was named winner.
MediaPlayback PC and Macintosh, computer expansion boards and software
from International Interactive Media, and MGA Impression Plus 64-bit
graphics accelerator from Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. were named
finalists.
In the PORTABLE CATEGORY, Apple Computers' new line of high-performance,
full-featured PowerBook 500 Series computers was named winner. Finalists
in the category were Z-NOTEFLEX, modular notebook computer system from
Zenith Data Systems and the IBM ThinkPad 755 family of notebooks with
interchangeable modules.
In the BEST SYSTEM CATEGORY, TD-4 Personal Workstations featuring
dual 90 Mhz Pentium processors and G91 graphics acceleration with
optional 3D GLZ graphics engine, from Intergraph Corporation was named
winner. Finalists in the category were the Revolution Q-SMP
Symmetrical Multiprocessor system from Advanced Logic Research Inc. and
the MACH 1-166, an entry-level Alpha system from NEKOTech, a division
of Inventory Conversion Inc., were named finalists.
In the PERIPHERALS CATEGORY, Imagine-128, a 128-bit graphics and
multimedia processor from Number Nine Computer Corporation was named
winner. Finalists in the category were ViewSonic 17 Monitor OnView from
ViewSonic and SmartRAID, a full 'RAID-ready' storage solution from DPT.
In the PRINTER CATEGORY, Epson's Stylus Color ink-jet printer was
named winner. Finalists in the category were the LaserJet 4 Plus and
4M Plus from Hewlett-Packard and Fargo Electronics Inc.'s PrimeraPro
Color Printer.
In the BEST SOFTWARE CATEGORY, Lotus Forms Version 1.0 electronic-
forms software for designing, routing and tracking forms, from Lotus
Development Corp. was named winner. Finalists in the category were XRES,
a painting/editing system for large, high-resolution images, from Fauve
Software and Ca$HGRAF, a financial management package designed for small
to mid size businesses, from Target Software Group Inc.
In the SYSTEM/DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE CATEGORY, Personal OS/2, a 4MB
version of OS/2 for Windows from IBM, was named the winner. Finalists
in the category were Microsoft's Windows NT Workstation, a desktop
operating system, and WinG which enables fast, smooth game graphic
animation in Windows 3.1, Chicago, and Windows NT, also from Microsoft
Corporation.
In the COMMUNICATIONS CATEGORY, Scanfix, a multipurpose scanner that
brings low-cost color faxing to the desktop, from Plustek USA Inc. was
named winner. Finalists in the category were CommCard, a high-speed,
wireless fax/modem with landline and voice capabilities from Open Sky
and Connection Pro, a fax/voice modem with business audio and digital
voice messaging, from Digicom Systems were named finalists.
In the NETWORKING CATEGORY, CorStream server, a dedicated server for
the LANtastic network operating system, from Artisoft Inc., was named
winner. Finalists in the category were SkyLAN local talk wireless LAN
from S&T Co. Ltd and Ben IIO, a 16-bit ISA Ethernet bus adapter, from
Boca Research Inc.
BYTE is the world's leading multiplatform computing authority
providing Early Product Adopters with in-dept coverage of leading
products and emerging technologies. BYTE is read by more than one
million readers each month.
The "Shelly" awards, the Oscars of the microcomputing industry, are
named in honor of Sheldon G. Adelson, founder of COMDEX and CEO of The
Interface Group.
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