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BITS AND BYTES
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NEWSLETTER Vol.
5. No. 2· May 2000
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S.B.
ACCOUNTING SERVICES
ACCPAC
Lots of Exciting things are happening at
Accpac these days. The full suite of the 32 Bit Version 4.1 Core modules will
be out by the end of this month. There are now 5 flavours of Accpac Accounting
software available.
Accpac Plus – Dos product with over a million users and still very strong in the
market. Lots of addons and support.
Discovery Series – newest addition to the family line for Windows. Full 32 bit integrated
GL, AP and AR. There are some limitations but it is basically the same as the
full-blown version.
Small Business Series – More functionality and features than the DS
but still reasonably priced.
** There is a Multi Currency module available
for both DS and SBS.
Corporate Series – Top of the line Windows that works in Pervasive.Sql or Microsoft SQL.
Unlimited users and lots of features
Due to the architecture of Accpac Windows
products, they are independent of the Operating system so they work on Linux,
NT, Win 9X and so on.
EBusiness
– Accpac
has and will be adding to the product line software for eBusiness on the
Internet. If you are not familiar with Internet shopping, check out
Chapters.ca. Accpac will be entering this market with a very competitive
Software package. You will be able to get your business on the web and start
selling your products directly off your home page.
Addons
– As
popularity grows with the Windows products so do the offerings from 3rd
Party Developers. There are already over a hundred Addons or Vertical Software
packages available and that will continue to grow.
Customization – This is possible due to
the fact that VBA is built into all of the Windows products and they are
tightly integrated or can be with all of the Office products.
Reports – Chrystal Reports is the
standard report writer for Accpac for Windows but there are now a number of
easier choices to help get the reports you want and need to run your business
more efficiently.
Upgrades – There is an upgrade path
for most of the products so you can start smaller and grow your business into a
larger software package when the time is right.
COMPUTERS
Hardware is becoming so mainstream and cost effective that it makes sense to either upgrade or buy new. Ram is cheap and Hard Drive space is so low it isn’t funny.
The Monthly special is now an
Intel Celeron 500Mhz Processor
PC Chips Board,
2 USB Ports, 2 Serial Ports
1 Par, 1 PS/2 Port, & 2 USB ports
64mb SDIMM 133Mhz RAM
1.44mb Panasonic Floppy Drive
Western Digital 10.8gb HD
Creative 52x CDROM
AGP Video (on board)
16 bit Sound Card (on board)
56k V.90 Modem (on board)
10/100 LAN (on board)
Super Mini Tower Case 250W
Mitsumi 104 PS/2 Keyboard
Mitsumi PS/2 Mouse w/scroll
100 Watt Amplied speakers
2 Year Parts & Labour Limited Warranty
(Monitor not included)
All this for $775.00*
Delivery/Set-up
extra
INTERNET
By now you should have a web presence of some kind, email or a basic web page. I can help you get started with something for now.
SPECIALS
Accpac Discovery Series - $1995
VENDORS
Accpac– www.accpac.com
Softrak– www.softrak.com
Paymate – www.akmicro.com
Accpaconline – www.accpaconline.com
Mss – www.superclerk.com
Unisoft – www.unispace.com
OTHER STUFF
I
am still trying to sell my Doral 17’8” boat. It is in good condition and would
be perfect for a small lake or river. It will fit 6 people and you can safely
ski or tube with it. It has a 175 I/O Merc. Cruiser engine and comes with a
trailer. All this for only $6000. I am
willing to negotiate.
Contact
Info
Stuart Bowland
P.O. Box
286
Thornhill,
Ont., L3T 3N3
Phone
(416) 931-2650
Fax
(416) 931-5556
Email – stuart@sbacc.net
Web-www.sbacc.net
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Subject to taxes and price may change without notice