European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes computers tuesday september 20,1994 chips n bits what you Don t know about a Ray machines and Metal detectors at airports could be hazardous to your Jap on says a compute consultant who s logged More than a million air Miles during the last 12 years toting his equipment through countless terminals. Some passengers Are reluctant to put their Laptop on the Security conveyor Belt deducing that the computer and disks like a camera and film might be damaged by the a rays. ,. Not so says Scott Mueller author of  pcs que corp., $34.95 fourth edition due in october. A rays a form of Light might affect film especially the High Speed kind but computers and disks which arc written by a magnetic Field Aren t sensitive to Light Mueller says. What they might be sensitive to Are the magnetic Fields of the Metal Detector in the Security Arch and. The hand held Wand. So passing the Laptop through or by the Asch or near a Metal detecting Wand is More Likely to mess up your files. The Best Way to get through Security is to put the computer on the Belt he says. Another Laptop travel tip always carry a bookable floppy or upgrade to Dos 6.0, which has a built in Way to bypass configuration files at Start up so if your computer locks up late at night at the hotel you re not stuck until morning. " " times change fast signs saying no computer have replaced no radio in Many cars parked along new York streets. A from wire reports keys to future prof its Microsoft ready to become a Force in hardware sales by Lawrence m. Fisher new York times san Francisco making it second foray into the com Juter hard Ware business Microsoft corp. Has begun shipping a keyboard with a suggested retail Price of $99. Microsoft said the keyboard would be broadly available through com Puter retailers in Early october. The software giant already Sells mouse which was initially a frequently needed add on to run it windows program now most person Al computers come with a  said the new keyboard was the result of 18 months of ergonomic and usability misting Microsoft s keyboard require windows software and it will not work with Apple computer inc macintosh which can Only run win Dows using a special program. The Microsoft natural keyboard has 104 keys three More than Stan Dard personal computer keyboards and will provide Short cuts to Micro soft s windows software. The move reflects Microsoft s de sire to expand into other areas of the computer business and it encourages customers to use those products that take advantage of the keyboard s Fea Tures especially windows software. While the keyboard Market has been fiercely competitive with thin profit margins reflecting the commo. Dit like nature of the product con Cerns about ergonomics and repetitive stress injury Are prompting companies to come out with different types of products. The ability to offer Short Cut keys Microsoft is about to begin Selling its ergonomically designed keyboard. That tap into its operating systems and applications gives Microsoft an advantage As does its powerful Brand name and influence with distributors and retailers of computer products. Two of the Microsoft keyboard s keys work with task manager a Fea Ture of the. Coming version of win Dows code named Chicago. One key brings up the task manager which offers icons and descriptions of Active applications under the new windows software while the second key lets users switch to any Active application. The third key is intended to work with Short cuts planned for future applications like word processors and spreadsheets. The m Microsoft keyboard s keypads Are split and rotated outward to encourage a straight wrist position while the Width and Angle of the key Board also help users keep their shoulders straight and arms relaxed while typing the company said. The keyboard has a front Edge that can be adjusted to accommodate a variety of desk and chair Heights and a built in Palm rest. Microsoft collaborated with key tronic corp., the largest Independent maker of keyboards to manufacture the new keyboard. This collaboration brings our manufacturing expertise together with Microsoft s Industrial design and Ergo nomic experience said Stanley Hiller key tronic s chief executive. Several leading computer manufacturers including Dell computer corp. And Zenith data systems corp., will offer the Microsoft key Board with their machines this fall he said. / " 30,000 flee volcanoes in Papua new Guinea port moresby Papua new Guinea a thirty thousand people fled the port City of Rabaul and surrounding villages monday hours before two Volca noes erupted spewing smoke Miles into the air and blanketing the ground with at least 8 inches of Ash. No casualties or major damage was reported but police officials said that communications to the City were poor. V ,. Emergency officials said they had unconfirmed re ports that a third Volcano nearby had erupted. There were also fears that hot vents under Rabaul s Harbor might also break out. Authorities ordered a mass evacuation late sunday after a series of earthquakes rocked the City 500 Miles Northeast of port moresby the capital. Witnesses said Rabaul which is ringed by several dormant volcanoes was almost deserted. A thick Black Haze had blocked out the Sun. Loud explosions from the eruptions were matched by violent thunderstorms. The rain is mixing with the Ash. The whole place is covered with Ash. 8 to 10 inches deep resident Ashton Peters told the australian. Broadcasting corp. A few hours after he woke late to find the City empty. Rabaul is pitch Black said the roman Catholic archbishop of Rabaul Karl Hesse in a Telephone inter View from his Home 10 Miles away. It is very dramatic. It does t look Good for  volcanology its said mount Tau Vur at the end of Rabaul Airport s runway erupted just before Dawn. Mount Vulcan a mile away erupted two hours later. The two volcanoes last erupted in 1937, killing 507 people scientists say the area has been volcanically act Tive for millions of years. Rabaul on the Island of new Britain is a picturesque port City whose Bay is part of an ancient col lapsed volcanic Crater. Chunnie readies train runs for cars London a operators of the Channel Tunnel linking England and France said monday that shareholders Trivel executives and journalists can put their cars on the trains for trial runs next month a step once scheduled for last summer. Eur Tunnel is not ready to give a Dale when Ordinary people who turn up at the Tunnel entrances in Folkestone England or Calais France can go through Al though a spokeswoman said t it could happen As soon As mid november. After years of delays eur Tunnel has grown wary of making too. Many specific predictions about the Channel As it is nicknamed. During the Early summer executive Shad predicted that the Uhlie could begin using shuttle trains to take their cars through the Tunnel around october. At the time eur Tunnel had hoped its so called overture service for investors and opinion formers including travel Industry figures and journalists would be running by june or july. The Tunnel operators said monday that this service intended to gain publicity for the project will now operate from oct. 3 to nov. 15, five Days a week from 8 . To 8 . Reservations will be required As will a $45 fee to cover administrative costs. Eur Tunnel spokeswoman Allyson an Drews said the company statement implies that service for the Public will bet in on or about nov. 1 \ now pressures City Over clinics Miami a the National organization for women has called for an economic Boycott of Pensacola i the City does t establish a protective ring around its two abortion clinics. Two doctors and an unarmed escort have been shot to death outside Pensacola abortion clinics since March in. Part of what s missing in Pensacola is the political will to Stop this Vio Lence said now s president Pat Ricia Ireland. The group s National Board sunday unanimously approved a Boycott of Pensacola As a last  the Board did not discuss details of the Boycott did not set a deadline and did not mention what other Steps it would first take to persuade the City to adopt Buffer zone ordinance. The Boycott still has to be approved by now s executive committee. A Buffer zone ordinance would re serve an area in front of the clinics that protesters could not enter. Pensacola mayor John Fogg said the City Council was not opposed to such a Law but was t sure it could pass Legal Muster. Courts have Dis agreed about the constitutionality of such zones although the . Supreme court in july upheld one i Melbourne Fla