-- Phoenix Newspapers Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., publishers of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC (348k morning) and PHOENIX GAZETTE (79k evening): Fifteen custom configured terminal servers to attach 480 existing System Integrators Inc. Coyote workstations to its SII-Tandem host system via LAN.

-- SACRAMENTO BEE (270k morning): 122-plus AISI Pentium workstations and file servers configured for SII's AMTX classified software, including Microsoft Windows NT Server software and Microsoft SQL server software in support of IBM OS/2 Warp Connect with Windows for the SII client application.

-- AKRON (Ohio) BEACON JOURNAL (157k morning): 200-plus user Novell network in a 3COM switched environment, with four AISI Pentium file servers in a fault-tolerant configuration. Network connectivity components and AISI workstations are configured with SII's MTX, AMTX and MTX Layout software, with Hewlett-Packard workstations configured for Tandem MLAD applications.

AISI also reported smaller second-quarter sales to: FRESNO BEE (149k morning), San Francisco Newspaper Agency, DENVER POST (285k morning), ALBANY (N.Y.) TIMES UNION (102k morning), BUFFALO NEWS (302k all-day), ALLENTOWN (Pa.) MORNING CALL (138k morning), HARRISBURG (Pa.) PATRIOT-NEWS (63k morning), Cabledata Corp. and ATT Wireless.

The books will include city and neighborhood maps, permitting users to perform text and graphical searches. Each book is delivered on a single $7 CD-ROM containing listings and general consumer information, as well as multimedia-based advertising and maps.

Dataware may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.dtag.de/dtag/detemedien.

-- SANTA BARBARA (Calif.) NEWS-PRESS (52k morning): DT's editorial and pagination systems, including databases, replacing a CMS system; upgrades for DT classified and graphics systems to version 4.2.

-- DAILY SENTINEL, Grand Junction, Colo. (30k evening): upgrade for DT display ad, classified, graphics and editorial/pagination systems to version 4.2.

-- PALM BEACH POST, West Palm Beach, Fla. (176k morning): DT's display ad, editorial, pagination, graphics and Locations/WAN databases; 51 AdSpeed, 34 PageSpeed, 28 SpeedPlanner, six SpeedWriter, 32 Javelin, eight Order Entry and one ClassSpeed Pagination Pro.

-- Joint purchase by the STUART (Fla.) NEWS (33k morning) and VERO BEACH (Fla.) PRESS-JOURNAL (32k morning): DT's ClassSpeed classified system, replacing Atex. The NEWS will use DT's Javelin to bring files created in third-party applications into DT's pagination system. The order includes DT's classified and graphics databases, 26 ClassSpeed, eight Javelin, two SpeedDriver, one AdCompress, one GQL with Classified model, one Internet Publisher and one DT FaceSpan Digital Toolkit.

-- DES MOINES (Iowa) REGISTER (188k morning): DT's editorial, pagination and graphics databases; replacing SII; 84 SpeedWriter reporter, 40 PageSpeed interactive page layout, 14 SpeedPlanner page planning, 25 ImageSpeed, one eight-wire UNIX WireSpeed, 16 AdSpeed display ad make-up and one AdCompress software package.

-- LONGVIEW (Texas) NEWS-JOURNAL (29k morning): FaceSpan Digital Toolkit and Ad Compress software; upgrade for DT classified system to version 4.2.

-- TORONTO STAR, Toronto, Canada (491k morning): DT's ad and graphics system for its Real Estate News section; DT's display ad, graphics and classified databases; four AdSpeed, four ClassSpeed and one ClassSpeed Pagination Pro. DT also will write custom interfaces to an IBM AS400 system.

Digital Technologies may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.dtint.com.

GEAC may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.geac.com/offices/vs/.

NewsView Connections32 includes WebDesk, featuring HTML drag-and-drop functionality that allows the user to use one screen to design the order of stories on web pages, assign stories to a customizable template, place images on pages and edit headlines.

NewsView Connections32 also includes a new byline rights management tool which allows a librarian to build a list of writers' bylines, assign attributes to those bylines to control which on-line suppliers may receive their stories, and have the software manage dissemination.

The price cuts come as Linotype-Hell prepares to ship two new LinoColor scanners, SAPHIR Ultra and JADE. LinoColor scanners and software are available through Ingram Micro.

Linotype-Hell may be visited on the World-Wide Web at http://www.linotype-hell.com.

Roaster Developer's Release 2.3 includes support for Sun's JDK 1.0.2 and increases the stability of the development environment for Java. Roaster owners can download Roaster DR2.3 from the Roaster web site at http://www.roaster.com; a demo version also is available.

ImageGate is a digital advertising delivery system that can transmit graphics files as fast as 1 megabyte per minute.

ImageNet, a division of Cornell Data Systems Inc. of Bernardsville, N.J., is a network systems integrator. ImageNet will display its products in the Info-Connect booth at America West, Oct. 23-24 at the Reno Hilton, Reno, Nev.

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