Roles

EXCELLENCE
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place on February 8, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Masonry International Excellence in Masonry Awards Breakfast.

Information on tickets for the Awards Breakfast will be provided at a later date.

COMPUTERS FOR CONTRACTORS

By JAMES N. MEIDL
President, J. Meidl Systems

Speed Costs!
How Fast
Do You Want
to Go?

I SAW THE SIGN "Speed Costs! How Fast Do You Want to Go" in an automotive parts store. The me

Computer Speed

The amount of computer speed needed depends on the amount of data on the screen. There is a drastic difference in the maximum characters which can fit on the screen between DOS character mode, 80X252,000, and Windows graphic mode

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Each successive backup records over the previous backup on the tape. The week is no longer on that tape.

I also recommended that you make a separate backup biweekly or monthly, as necessary, using t

COMPUTERS

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The value of what can be done with a PC versus how much money is spent to purchase it is an incredible value now. The accompanying table shows how the price of an average PC Compatible system has dramaticall

DETERMINE YOUR LEVEL OF USE, AND THEN SELECT A BRAND WHICH FITS YOUR NEEDS.

Parts and labor are your cost after warranty. Although replacement parts are often not expensive, they are also not always available. You may have to spend money "upgra