Cover of the January 8th, 1985 issue of PC Magazine
PC Magazine was one of the most popular PC magazines in the 1980s and 1990s. The January 8, 1985 issue includes:
Cover Stories
- Computing - Predictions for the future of personal computing including a computer on every desk by the early 1990s, as many computers as TVs in the home by the end of the century, and lots more.
- Other Voices, Other Futures - The opinions of various people on the future of computing. Those surveyed include Ray Bradbury, a theologian, Bob Hope's personal comedy writer, and many others.
Table of Contents from the January 8th, 1985 issue of PC Magazine
Features
- Graphics That Dress for Success - A look at various busines graphics software, mostly for data visualization. Products looked at include VCN ExecuVison, HyperGraphics, and ExecGraphics.
- Charting Your Course on the PC - A look at software specifically for creating charts and graphs including Lotus 1-2-3, SuperCalc, Chart-Master, DR Graph, GrafTalk, and Graphwriter.
- PC Systems for Pie Chart Picassos - A look at three buisness presentation graphics software packages, including PictureIt/VideoShow, Presentation Master, and Genigraphics.
- Samurai Image Processor - A system that uses software, a graphics card, and a film recorder to produce slies of computer graphics. This was before projectors and PowerPoint.
- PC Graphics Challenge the Mighty Cray - Comparing the graphics capabilities of the PC with those of the Cray super computer.
Table of Contents from the January 8th, 1985 issue of PC Magazine (continued)
Pro Columns
- Freehand Graphics - Two art programs for the PC, PC Paintbrush and Dr. Halo, are evaluated and compared to MacPaint.
- For Doctors: Windows in the Office - A look at Doctor's Office Manager, medical software from IBM.
- A PC Helps Fight Class-Action Suits - How PCs, along with an Epson FX-100 printer, Hayes 1200B internal modem, R:base Series 4000 database software, PMate text editing software, Multiplan spreadsheet software, WordStar word processor and FYI 3000 text management software, helped to win class-action lawsuits against Burlington Northern, Western Electric, Motorola, and the Chicago City Council.
- Up in Smoke - Using Halon 1211 instead of water and other traditional to fight fire in order to protect electronic equipment and magnetic media.
Departments
- PC News - Data loss becomes an increasing problem as those new to mass storage systems don't backup their data. Tape backups were the best choice at the time. Infocom releases a database package called Cornerstone. Compaq updates Deskpro line of computers with 10-30 MB hard drives...and more.
- The Market Grows Up - How both PCs and users have matured over recent years.
- More Than Pretty Pictures - The limitations of current PC business graphics packages.
- Letters to PC - Letters from readers about software being sold before it is ready, The Technical Investor, Garland Pathfinder, and mail-order price wars.
- Hard Disk Housekeeping - A look at various programs to help organize and keep your hard drive clean.
- Checkerboard Challenge - Reviews of Gramps: The Checker Champion and Sargon III.
Back cover of the January 8th, 1985 issue of PC Magazine
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