M Computing

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Volume 1, Number 1, February 1993
Volume 1, Number 2, April 1993
Volume 1, Number 3, June 1993
Volume 1, Number 4, September 1993
Volume 1, Number 5, November 1993

Volume 2, Number 1, February 1994
Volume 2, Number 2, April 1994
Volume 2, Number 3, June 1994
Volume 2, Number 4, September 1994
Volume 2, Number 5, November 1994

Volume 3, Number 1, February 1995
Volume 3, Number 2, April 1995
Volume 3, Number 3, June 1995
Volume 3, Number 4, Septembet 1995
Volume 3, Number 5, November 1995

Volume 4, Number 1, March 1996
Volume 4, Number 2, June 1996
Volume 4, Number 3, July 1996
Volume 4, Number 4, September 1996
Volume 4, Number 5, December 1996

Volume 5, Number 1, March 1997
Volume 5, Number 2, May 1997
Volume 5, Number 3, August 1997
Volume 5, Number 4, October 1997
Volume 5, Number 5, December 1997

Volume 6, Number 1, March 1998
Volume 6, Number 2, June 1998
Volume 6, Number 3, August 1998
Volume 6, Number 4, October 1998
Volume 6, Number 5, December 1998

Volume 7, Number 1, February 1999
Volume 7, Number 2, May 1999
Volume 7, Number 3, July 1999
Volume 7, Number 4, September 1999

Volume 8, Number 1, March 2000

M Computing, Volume 1, Number 1, February 1993

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4-5	Richard F. Walters Climbing Aboard
7-12	Ichiro Wakai International Commerce, What Internationalizing M[UMPS] Means to Japan
13-15	Paulo Roberto Baratta International Commerce, M[UMPS] Technology: Very Much a Part of Brazilian Commerce
16-17	anonymous Just Ask!
18	Ed Hinkle VA FileMan 19 Brings Welcome New Features for Users, Programmers
22	John F. Covin Welcome to the Board Room
24-27	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, QUIT — The Ultimate Command
30-32	Dirk Steenken and Ulrich Spindel International Commerce, Bayplan Progress toward International Standards in Communication
34-38	Aviva Furman and Thomas H. Munnecke Usability Testing of a Hyper-M Application
39-42	Thomas C. Salander Stone Disks, The Making of a Standard: Step Four
44-45	Catherine N. Pfeil and Maureen Hoye Focus on FileMan, Today’s FileMan
46-47	David M. Schulz Networked Terminals in a Unix/M[UMPS] Environment
49	Catherine N. Pfeil Commentary, The Name Change...
49-51	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Commentary, M... Have we lost our UMPS?
53-58	Dayna Aronson and Richard Landis Two MUMPS Networking Models
64	Peggy Hoffman Welcome to the M Technology Association

M Computing, Volume 1, Number 2, April 1993

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Page	Title
4-5	Richard F. Walters Window to the World?
6-9	Russell White IV Interfacing M[UMPS], Connecting with the Outside World
11-12	Catherine N. Pfeil and Maureen Hoye Focus on FileMan, VA’s Newer Tools Bring Versatility, Flexibility
13-25	Guy Gardner Interfacing M[UMPS], Peeking at the New M[UMPS] Windowing API
28-29	anonymous Just Ask!
31-32	Michael A. Ginsburg The “Company” that I Keep
33-38	Kristin N. Johnson and Steven K. Lathrop Interfacing M[UMPS], Leveraging the Power of Off-the-Shelf Windows Applications
44-45	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, The Secrets of $TRANSLATE
46	anonymous InterSystems Purchases DataTree to Combine PC and Mainframe Expertise
48	Sandra W. Reynolds Commentary, Distaso Memorial Fund Honors M[UMPS] Technology Leaders — Past, Present and Future
50-55	John Clemens Interfacing M[UMPS], Serving SQL
60-66	August M. Turano Interfacing M[UMPS], Orchestrating Remote and Local Databases
68-74	Cui Zhang and Richard F. Walters Interfacing M[UMPS], HL+: High Level Languages Plus Multilingual M[UMPS] Databases
76-77	Ed Hinkle Three DHCP Packages Ease Data Collection and Tracking
80	Peggy Hoffman Come to D.C.

M Computing, Volume 1, Number 3, June 1993

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8-22	August M. Turano M[UMPS] System Advantage, Remote and Local Database Orchestration
24-31	William J. Harvey M[UMPS] System Advantage, Data Representation and Modeling Using Global Mapping
32-33	Robert S. Craig A Call to Action
34-38	Ruth E. Dayhoff and Peter M. Kuzmak M[UMPS] System Advantage, Interoperability of Large MUMPS Systems with Outside Systems, Devices, Software and Data in a Distributed Environment
39-54	Susan H. Johnston M[UMPS] System Advantage, Michael J. Distaso Memorial Student Paper 1993 Award Winner, The Effect of Language on Software Costs
55-61	Lee J. Hirz Language and Communication Issues, TCP/IP Communications in a MUMPS Environment
62-68	Peter M. Kuzmak and Ruth E. Dayhoff Language and Communication Issues, A Bidirectional ACR-NEMA Interface Between the VA’S DHCP Integrated Imaging System and the Siemens-Loral PACS
69-77	Terry L. Wiechmann and Jerry E. Goodnough Language and Communication Issues, Object Oriented MUMPS: A Proposed Blueprint
78-89	T. Bain Henderson Statistics and Analysis, Behavior of $RANDOM Across MUMPS Implementations
90-105	W. Lloyd Milligan Statistics and Analysis, Selected Continuous Probability Distributions
106-121	Alvin G. Byars Statistics and Analysis, Generating Pseudorandom Variates from Known Distributions
122-124	David R. Hoak and Frank Stalling Jr. Statistics and Analysis, Plotting Multiple Graphs Using Standard M[UMPS] in DHCP
125-126	Elisa Joy Enison and Ruth E. Dayhoff Statistics and Analysis, A Graphical Display for Electrocardiogram Data in an Integrated Hospital Information System
127-124	John C. Kupecki and Kornel A. Krechoweckyj Statistics and Analysis, The Statistical Analysis of Global Growth (SAGG) Project
135-145	Patricia M. Riggie and Linda Jacknowitz M[UMPS] Database Technology: Medical Applications, WV Consult’s CE Link: A Search Interface for the Occasional User
146-152	Susan Roberts Richie M[UMPS] Database Technology: Medical Applications, Automatic Casefinding of Cancer: Integration of Databases in the VA DHCP Automated Tumor Registry
153-163	Susan Roberts Richie M[UMPS] Database Technology: Medical Applications, Automatic TNM Staging of Cancer: Using the VA-DHCP Oncology-V2 Tumor Registry
188-189	Ed Hinkle MUGLIB Software Fits Many User Needs

M Computing, Volume 1, Number 4, September 1993

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4-5	Richard F. Walters Why Bother? — The Internationalization of M[UMPS]
6-15	Marcio Biczyk do Amaral and Yoichi Satomura Multilingual Applications, Processing Natural Languages at Chiba University Hospital
16-23	Wolfgang Giere and G. William Moore Multilingual Applications, Translating English into German Using VA File Manager
29	anonymous Just Ask!
30-31	Elliot A. Shefrin The Value of an MTA Membership
32-42	D.C. Walker and Richard F. Walters Multilingual Applications, Developing a Multilingual Index to Access Health-Care Terminologies
45-46	G.V. Montgomery Commentary, M[UMPS] Vital to Quality Health Care for U.S. Veterans
47-48	Thomas C. Salander MDC Update, MDC Approves 1993 Language Enhancements
49-52	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, How to Sort «MacMumps» and Other Strange Guys
56	Peggy Hoffman M[UMPS] Technology is Going to Comdex Next Spring

M Computing, Volume 1, Number 5, November 1993

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4-5	Richard F. Walters M[UMPS] and Database Futures
6-18	Avi Silverschatz, Michael Stonebraker and Jeff Ullman Database Management, Database Systems: Achievements and Opportunities
20-25	Frederick L. Hiltz and Pasha Roberts Database Management, The Enterprise Database: How Does M[UMPS] Compare?
26-27	Gregory R. Kreis Ahoy Mate! Paradigm Shift Dead Ahead!
28-29	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, Programming Hooks 101: Introduction
31-38	Keith Stendall Database Management, The Relevance of SQL to M[UMPS] Technology in 1993
39-41	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Naked Reference — Beauty Queen or Porn Star?
42-46	Donald A. Gall Database Management, Dollars and Sense: How M[UMPS] Compares with COBOL and Relational Database Software
48-49	anonymous Just Ask!
50-51	Ed Hinkle VA FileMan’s Version 20 Now Available
56	Peggy Hoffman M[UMPS] and the National Health-Care Plan

M Computing, Volume 2, Number 1, February 1994

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4-5	Richard F. Walters M[UMPS] and Education
9-12	Shirley E. Williams, Horace M. Whitt, William J. Niendorff and William J. Harvey Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], A Model Training Program for Dental Hygienists
13-19	Richard F. Walters Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], An Introductory Course on M[UMPS] Worth Exporting
20-21	John F. Covin Listen, Understand, and Deliver
22-24	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Data Compression — Double your Disk Space for $49.95
26-27	Nicolas A. Thireos Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], A Schema for Biomedical Computing with M[UMPS]
28-29	Robert S. Craig Commentary, Paradigm Shifts: Part II
32-33	Terry L. Wiechmann Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], A Primer on Computer-Based Education
34-39	Kate M. Schell Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], Grow your own M[UMPS] Programmer
40	anonymous Just Ask!
41-43	Linda Chernek Moore Getting Smarter with M[UMPS], Accelerated-Learning Techniques through Mindmapping
44	Ed Hinkle New MUGPAL Software: Victory Programmer Environment
45-48	Gardner S. Trask III M[UMPS]’s New Interface, The M[UMPS] Windowing API — Expansive Tool or Expensive Toy?
50-52	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, Programming Hooks 102: Rules for Use
56	Robert Mappes Comdex: Making it Happen for MTA Now

M Computing, Volume 2, Number 2, April 1994

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4-5	Richard F. Walters Appearances can be Deceiving
6-10	Linda J. Thorpe and Bruce H. Douglass Building Business and Commerce, Litigation-Support Software for Platform Independence
11-15	Mark A. Wieder Building Business and Commerce, M[UMPS] Makes Telephone Directories: An Application for Typesetting and Pagination
16-17	John F. Covin The Sun Shines
18-19	Gardner S. Trask III ESI’s Computer-Based MWAPI Reference and Tutorial
20-24	Donald L. Gross Building Business and Commerce, M[UMPS] Makes the Money Go «Round»: Commodities Trading on the International Market
25-31	Christine Bowman Building Business and Commerce, PostScript and M[UMPS] Team Up for Graphical Use
32-34	Ed J.P.M. de Moel and Cheryl Dougherty Building Business and Commerce, Barcodes in a Printer-Independent Environment
36-37	anonymous Just Ask!
39	Ichiro Wakai Appreciation of Thomas Salander
40-45	William J. Harvey, Frederick G. Kohun and Donald J. Caputo Building M[UMPS] into the Curriculum, M[UMPS] Technology in a Computer and Information Systems or Computer Science Program
46	Ed Hinkle New Software and Documentation Will Improve Patient Record Keeping
47-52	Gardner S. Trask III M[UMPS]’s New Interface, The M[UMPS] Windowing API: The Tools
53-56	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Nugget or Fool’s Gold? — The Modulo Operator
64	Peggy Hoffman M[UMPS] Technology Marketing Campaign Takes off

M Computing, Volume 2, Number 3, June 1994

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Page	Title
9-14	Michael L. Henderson Directions in Registry Management Software Development: The DHCP Oncology Package
15-23	Gary L. DuVall, Robert N. Cook, LuAnne T. Barron, Charles Humble and Charles O. Beauchamp Computer Aided Drug Use Evaluation in a Large Outpatient Population with DHCP
24-32	William J. Harvey Referential Integrity in VA FileMan
33-45	Lee Bolleter Process Improvement for Software Development and Maintenance in Small Organizations
46-50	Frederick G. Kohun, Robert J. Skovira and David F. Wood The Viability of the Object Paradigm for Shared Database Applications: A Case Study
51-57	John C. Kupecki and Kornel A. Krechoweckyj VAMC Database Analysis Using SAGG Utilities
58-65	Gary S. Shumway MIIS to M[UMPS] Conversion and Language Comparison
66-69	Terry L. Wiechmann Organizational Benefits of Object Orientation
72-76	Thomas C. Salander Commentary, Where do we go from here?
84-87	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Internationalisation — Mission Impossible?
90-94	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, Programming Hooks 103: Lookup: Part I
104	Alan S. Muir Putting MTA to work for MDS

M Computing, Volume 2, Number 4, September 1994

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Page	Title
4	Richard F. Walters The Look of Things to Come
6-9	Bruce B. Evans Platform Interoperability, M[UMPS] Database Access Methods: Which One should you Use?
10-18	Lloyd F. Botway Platform Interoperability, Language Extensions to Improve the Readability of M[UMPS]
20	anonymous Defining the Future
22-27	W. Lloyd Milligan Platform Interoperability, Translating M[UMPS] into English
28-29	W. Lloyd Milligan Review of: Newgames: Strategic Competition in the PC Revolution by John Steffens
31-36	Charles Williams and Z. Chen Database Management, Using M[UMPS] to Discover Knowledge
38-39	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Efficiency in Boolean Expressions
41-50	Gardner S. Trask III M[UMPS]’s New Interface, The M[UMPS] Windowing API: Windows, Ho!
51	Ed Hinkle MTA Releases Online Manuals
52	anonymous Just Ask!
55	anonymous MDC Update, Fifth Canvass Process in 1994 Begins
56-59	Donald W. Simborg Commentary, IT Potential in Health Care

M Computing, Volume 2, Number 5, November 1994

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Page	Title
4-5	Richard F. Walters What’s so New about Clients and Servers?
9-11	Frederick L. Hiltz Clients and Servers, Client-Server Computing in a Large Network of PCs
12-16	Lee J. Hirz Clients and Servers, M[UMPS]-Based Clients and Servers in a TCP/IP Environment
18-24	Feng Huang Internationalization, Features of M[UMPS] Required in China: Insights from Translating FileMan
26-27	John F. Covin The Business at Hand
28-30	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, Sneak Preview: FileMan Version 21
31-33	Arthur C. Lee Interfacing M[UMPS], Implementing Metaphor Graphics in an M[UMPS] Environment
34-36	G. William Moore and Jules J. Berman At Last! Royalty-Free Application Licenses for M[UMPS] Developers
37	David Selwood Tips ’n’ Tricks, Recursive Programming in M[UMPS]
39-41	Susan H. Johnston and Frederick G. Kohun Management Techniques, A Management Overview of Software Metrics and Quality
64	Rita Mincavage At First Glance

M Computing, Volume 3, Number 1, February 1995

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4-5	Richard F. Walters Changes: A Recurring Theme?
9-12	Kate M. Schell Changes in the M[UMPS] Workplace, Changes in the World and Working Environment of the M[UMPS] Programmer
13-19	Donald A. Gall Changes in the M[UMPS] Workplace, An M[UMPS] Implementation of Object-Oriented Programming
20-23	Rodney Anderson Changes in the M[UMPS] Workplace, A Basic Introduction to OO Concepts
24	John F. Covin Business as Usual or Change?
25-26	anonymous MTA Board Meets for Strategic Planning
28-29	R. Chris Richardson Interfacing M[UMPS], Where is the M[UMPS] in POSIX?
30	anonymous Just Ask!
32-33	anonymous InterSystems Adds DSM Product Line
34-35	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Mayans Would Have Done It with M[UMPS]
36-37	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Stone Disks Turning Into Windmills or What’s Going on with the MDC?
38	Don E. Piccone Standard Error Codes
41-42	Kristi R. Hanson Relationship Between MTA-NA and the MDC, MTA-International and LUGs
48	Rita Mincavage Annual Meeting with You in Mind

M Computing, Volume 3, Number 2, April 1995

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4-5	Richard F. Walters How Public is M[UMPS]?
10-13	Max Rivers, James W. Poitras and Pablo Halpern New Technologies and M[UMPS], M[UMPS] and Robotics
14-17	Luiz Carlos Lobo Jr. New Technologies and M[UMPS], A Successful Alternative Approach to MWAPI
18-19	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Bad Code, Good Code
20	Ken Wagner Commentary, Growth in M[UMPS] Technology Continues
21-25	Wolfgang Kirsten M[UMPS] and Software Engineering, From ANS MUMPS to ISO M
26-29	Jerry E. Goodnough and John A. McManamon Commentary, Evolving M[UMPS] in Object Technology
30-32	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Execution — Is It Always Deadly?
33-39	MDC Staff Objections and MDC Responses for Two Draft American National Standards
40-41	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, MDC Accepts Set of Extensions
41-44	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, FileMan Version 21: DBS Record Selection and Criteria
48	Rita Mincavage LUGs are Key to Sharing Information

M Computing, Volume 3, Number 3, June 1995

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4	Stephen M. Casey Welcome to MTA’s 24th Annual Meeting
10-16	Tasha Crannell and R. Chris Richardson Global Placement Model
19	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, How to Handle the DO Command in the Age of $TEST
20-24	Robert D. Andrews Information Sharing Using a Client Server Prototype: M[UMPS] to VB via TCP/IP
25-30	Donna S. Cunningham - Beckman Hardware for MUMPS: Is There a Choice?
33-40	Peter M. Kuzmak and Ruth E. Dayhoff Implementing the Digital Image and Communications for Medicine (DICOM) Protocol in M[UMPS]
45-47	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do (Luke 23:34)
48-51	Rodney Anderson New Technologies, How OOP Relates to MWAPI
52-54	Tami Winn and Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, FileMan 21: Twelve Steps to Better Sorting
60-61	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, End-of-the-Century Blues
62	William P. Aldrich New Technologies, Reverse Engineering: Its Use on a Legacy System
72	Rita Mincavage ... The More they Remain the Same

M Computing, Volume 3, Number 4, Septembet 1995

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4-5	Richard F. Walters M[UMPS] Looks Out
8-12	Steven Popkes Tools of the M[UMPS] Trade, Rehabilitation of Legacy Systems by Automatic Methods
13-16	Kyle Clarke Tools of the M[UMPS] Trade, Creating Windows Help Files from M[UMPS] Databases
18-26	Warren G. Weis 1995 Distaso Student Award, A Performance Analysis of Relational and Hierarchical Database Packages Based on Query Response
28-30	Rob Bowran Commentary, From Dylan to the Blues
31-32	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Bee Tree
33-35	John F. Covin The State of M[UMPS] Technology Association
37-38	John F. Covin Moss-Backs, Legacy Systems and Re-engineering
39-41	John C. Dvorak Dvorak on M[UMPS], Part I
50-52	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Standards... Bah, humbug
56	Robert Mappes MTA Conference Joins Forces with Database and Client/Server World

M Computing, Volume 3, Number 5, November 1995

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4	Richard F. Walters Living with Change
7-10	John Glaser, Vincent Ciotti and Fred Zodda The M[UMPS] Revolution, Client/Server Technology: The Agony and the Ecstacy, Lessons Learned from a Pioneer
11-15	Arden W. Forrey and Walter Biggs Health Informatics Standards Review for the M[UMPS] Community
16-20	John C. Dvorak Dvorak on M[UMPS], Part II
22-26	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Sorting Revisited
27-29	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Compatibility, Backward and Forward
30-32	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, FileMan Version 21: The Database Server
33-40	Peter J. Denning and Bernard Rous The ACM Electronic Publishing Plan
48-49	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Code With Legs
56	Rita Mincavage MTA Gears Up for Annual Conference

M Computing, Volume 4, Number 1, March 1996

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4	David A. Holbrook, Frederick G. Kohun, Gregory R. Kreis, Robert Mappes, Roger Partridge, Gail Penrod and Catherine N. Pfeil Welcome!
9-14	Kirsi Karvinen, Mikko Korpela and Hellevi Ruonamaa Rejuvenation of Legacy Systems: The Case of M[UMPS]/Kernel Based Hospital Information Systems in Finland
15-19	H.A. Soriyan, A.D. Akinde, F.O. Farewo, M.A. Adekunle, A.O. Oristoberu and Mikko Korpela M[UMPS] and Kernel as Appropriate Technology in Health Care in Africa
20-24	Richard F. Walters and Nancy E. Reed Distance Learning: Can we Use it to Teach M[UMPS] Programming?
25-27	David Johnson and Judy McKenzie M[UMPS] Database and Non-M[UMPS] Application — Connectivity Utilizing OCR
28-29	Ed Hinkle Kernel Version 8.0
30-31	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Or ELSE...
32-35	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Rational Arithmetic
36-37	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Indirection
49	Ed J.P.M. de Moel From the Chairman of the MUMPS Development Committee, Five New ANSI Standards
50-51	Terry L. Wiechmann, John A. McManamon and Jerry E. Goodnough Integrating Object Technology with M[UMPS]: Candid Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
56	Rita Mincavage For the Times they are Changing

M Computing, Volume 4, Number 2, June 1996

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3-4	Richard F. Walters Facing the Winds of Change
4	Al Gore Letter regarding 1996 Annual Meeting
8-17	Arthur B. Smith Relational, Tree/Plex, and Object Oriented Databases
18-21	Erik Zoltán Why OOM is Better than Traditional M[UMPS]
22-24	W. Lloyd Milligan, Thomas G. Ackerman and Edward J. McIntosh TERMiTE
25-26	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, What will be in the Next Standard?
30	Pamela G. McIntyre Commentary, A Newcomer’s Viewpoint
31	Ken Wagner Professional Corner, Job Hunting Tips
34-35	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Threads
40	John F. Covin Board Room, M[UMPS] Technology Alive and Well in ’96
42-43	David A. Holbrook Commentary, MTA Conferences ’96 and ’97: Some Questions Answered
46	Rita Mincavage Understanding M[UMPS] Technology: The Secret Weapon

M Computing, Volume 4, Number 3, July 1996

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3-4	Richard F. Walters M[UMPS] as Part of a Hybrid Solution
6	Elliot A. Shefrin MTA Annual Financial Review
7-11	Tami Winn and Marcus Werners The Use of DHCP Around the World
12-13	James Rooney Evaluating Programming Languages: The Power of M[UMPS]
14-16	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Questions and Answers
18-19	Don Cannatti, Diane McCance and Jackie Hartfiel DHCP Goes to Korea
20-25	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Hype[r] about the Web, Using World Wide Web HyperText to Make M[UMPS] Databases Accessible
26-28	Chris Bonnici The M[UMPS] Experience
30-33	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Do Centuries Really Change?
36-37	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Recursion
40-42	Frederick D.S. Marshall Focus on FileMan, Programming Hooks 104: Introduction to the Input Transform
43-44	Yun Sik Kwak and Hee Sun Jeon 1996 Spring Meeting: Beginning of a Successful Journey
45	Edward Bader and Robert Fort First Hand Account of German Success
48	Pamela G. McIntyre Viewpoint, Stop Whining and Get a Grip

M Computing, Volume 4, Number 4, September 1996

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3-4	Richard F. Walters The internet and Information Overload
7-8	Dan Baer Electronic Communication: Shouldn’t We Use it More Effectively?
10-12	Katherine Chaitin Finding the Right Internet Service Provider
13-25	Patricia M. Riggie Migrating M[UMPS] Databases to the WWW
26-29	Erik Zoltán The Secret of Learning M[UMPS] — Gaining a Major Edge in Job Effectiveness
30-35	Richard F. Walters, Ed J.P.M. de Moel, Jeff Loeb and Kate M. Schell M[UMPS] and the Internet: Opportunities Galore!
36-39	Arthur B. Smith Rapid Prototyping: A New Philosophy for Application Development
44-45	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, The Nice Thing About Standards
46-47	Dan Baer What are USENET Groups?
48-49	Frederick L. Hiltz Just Ask!, Lock
50-51	Kristi R. Hanson Members Talk — MTA Listens: The Annual Conference, Part I
56	Pamela G. McIntyre Ante Up People, It’s Time!

M Computing, Volume 4, Number 5, December 1996

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3-4	Richard F. Walters Onward and Upward!
7-8	Anne Thneus Open M and Visual M[UMPS] Help Centra Speed Delivery of Electronic Banking Services
9-11	Barbara Shinrock Gateway for M[UMPS]: Prescription for Better Health Care
12-15	Chris Bonnici M[UMPS] in Malta
16-18	Erik Zoltán “Slap a GUI on It”, Your M[UMPS] Future Will Be Easier if it’s Object Oriented
20-21	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Breaking the Bottleneck
22-24	Jay Hocott A Tool for Basic Programmer Training
26-29	Rod Fulton Modularization: A Key Component of Structured Programming
32-33	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Beyond the Year 2000, There be Dragons...
34-35	Kristi R. Hanson Members Talk — MTA Listens: The Annual Conference, Part II
38-43	W. Lyle Schofield Integrating MUMPS and SQL, A system Architect’s Overview
46-47	John Greiner-Ferris Changes in Corporate Trust Industry Challenge Sofware Suppliers
56	Pamela G. McIntyre Gateway to M[UMPS] or Gateway to M[UMPS] Markets

M Computing, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1997

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1	Valerie J. Harvey A Tribute to Richard Walters, Executive Editor 1993-1996, M Computing
3-4	Valerie J. Harvey Of Lists, Wishes, Risks and Other Things
7-9	Rita Shoor M[UMPS] Technology and Windows NT: Exploring the Next New Frontier
10-11	Erik Zoltán What CORBA will Mean to the M[UMPS] Community
12-13	Edward Bader and Wally Fort DHCP in Pakistan
14	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Examples
16-18	Winfried O. Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks, Free Lunch for All M[UMPS] Programmers
23-26	George James Time for a Change — The Year 2000 Problem
27-29	Donald A. Gall Street Lamps and Lost Keys
30-32	P. James Newton Doing M[UMPS] for the World Wide Web
33-35	Frederick D.S. Marshall Programming Hooks 105: Intermediate Output Transforms
40	Pamela G. McIntyre T minus 2000 and Counting

M Computing, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1997

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4	Charles S. Volkstorf Letter to the Editor
8-12	Aaron Seidman Conference Paper, Distributed Processing Via Email
13-21	Mikko Korpela, Mauri Kaatrasalo and Hellevi Ruonamaa Conference Paper, Application Development with VA’s FileMan: From Terminals via Client/Server to Web
22	Arthur B. Smith Questing, Sallying Forth on a New Adventure
43-45	Arthur B. Smith and Frans S.C. Witte Taking M[UMPS] Beyond the Year 2000
46-47	John Greiner-Ferris Polylogics Survives the Test of Time
48	Emilio DeCesaris Kennedy Health System
56	Pamela G. McIntyre Ah Standards, Sigh...

M Computing, Volume 5, Number 3, August 1997

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Page	Title
3-4	Valerie J. Harvey From the Editor, Crossroads and Crosscurrents
7-8	George Black Open M Used for Pioneering Oil System
9-12	Erik Zoltán Is Top-Down Design a Waste of Time? Is Bottom-Up Coding Faster?, Part I
13-16	Don Gall Some Things Never Change
17	Arthur B. Smith Questing, M[UMPS] at the Crossroads
18-19	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Who says that you can’t use M[UMPS], because you have to use Object Oriented Technology?
20-26	Hee Sun Jeon, Yun Sik Kwak, Hune Cho, Hyung Soo Kim and Soo Yon Jang The Superiority of M-Technology for a Hospital Information System, part II, Comparison of System Performance between Ingres and Open M
27	George F. Timson DHCP on the Web
30-31	J. Barry Herring Why Object Technology Makes Business Sense
33	Jim Kellerman Fun in Boston
33	Susan Schluederberg DCI DB Expo
34-36	Kristi Hanson 1997 Association Meeting Minutes
39-40	Gardner S. Trask III MTA 97 — A Look Back
42	Frederick D.S. Marshall Omega, A New M[UMPS] for the Object World: MDC’s Omega May be in Testing by this Time Next Year
44	Pamela G. McIntyre Viewpoint, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Inside-Out and Upside-Down

M Computing, Volume 5, Number 4, October 1997

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Page	Title
3-4	Valerie J. Harvey Pronouncing the Name of a Global..., Or: A Carrot is a Carrot
8-12	Erik Zoltán Bottoms Up!, Why Top-Down Design may be a Waste of Time, Part II
13	Arthur B. Smith Questing, M[UMPS] Grows Up
14-15	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, 2.7183 Apples = 3.14159 Oranges, Or was that the other way about?
18-20	T. Bain Henderson, W. Lloyd Milligan, Robert M. Kolodner and Judith V. Douglas Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks, The VA Success
21	Greg Vail and Dave Potter Data Innovations Inc.
22-25	Valerie J. Harvey and Lynne R. Cuda Multi-User and Multi-Device M[UMPS] Training Techniques
26-29	Valerie J. Harvey, Dan Baer, Gary Baanstra, Bernard Bishop, Scott Jones, Gregory R. Kreis, Michael L. Poxon, James A. Self, Kevin Smith and Leane Verhulst Threads, Coding Samples
30-31	Paul Elswick 75% of Seacoast Laboratory Data Systems’ Clients Transition to MSM-Server for Windows NT Platform
36	Pamela G. McIntyre Arguing with Success

M Computing, Volume 5, Number 5, December 1997

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Page	Title
3-4	Valerie J. Harvey From the editor, In this Issue...
8-11	Terry L. Wiechmann Migrating the CHCS Clinically Relevant Database and Business Rules to Object Technology
12-13	Arthur B. Smith Questing, Standards
14-15	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, ... and in a Fraction of a Second, the Computer can Repeat this Error a Zillion Times
15	Kate M. Schell MTA Europe
16-20	Don Gall What is Optimum?
21-23	George F. Timson The Input Transform: An Example
26-27	Ken Wagner and Pamela G. McIntyre Henry Elliott & Company
28	Don E. Piccone MDC Briefs, Building the Millennium Standard or ... Pattern Matching Controversy Resolved
29-36	Valerie J. Harvey The “Coding Challenge” Thread
41-42	Arthur B. Smith MUMPS Development Committee Audit
48	Pamela G. McIntyre Is it Real of is it Client/Server?

M Computing, Volume 6, Number 1, March 1998

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Page	Title
1	Gardner S. Trask III 1998 MTA Annual Conference Announcement
3-4	Valerie J. Harvey In this Issue...
8-9	Terry L. Wiechmann ESI Technology Corporation Moving M Technology into the Future with Object Technology
10-11	Arthur B. Smith Questing, What is the Value of Standards?
12-13	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, The Only Thing that is Constant... is Change
14	Kathy Malin MTA Spins Bigger Web
15-19	Richard F. Walters Can Distance Learning be Used to Teach M Programming?
20-23	George F. Timson The FileMan Date Format
26-30	Valerie J. Harvey Threads, M Technology Threads
31-32	Paul Willis A Letter from America
33-34	Don E. Piccone MDC Briefs, Building the Millennium Standard or... &“Library” Controversy Resolved
36-42	Chris Bonnici The Year 2000: M and More
48	Pamela G. McIntyre M Around the World? Maybe not

M Computing, Volume 6, Number 2, June 1998

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Page	Title
1	David A. Holbrook A Salute to John F. Covin, Outgoing Chair, MTA Board of Directors
3	Kate M. Schell Oh No! Not Another Learning Experience!
9	Paul N. Willis M Around the World, MTA-Europe, The View from Afar
15-16	Arthur B. Smith Questing, The Standards Approval Process
17	Fred L. Hiltz Open MUMPS Interconnect: Revise the ANSI Standard?
18-19	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Behind Modulo
20	Jeff Loeb The Year 2000 Computing Crisis, A Date Conversion Plan
21	Kate M. Schell Book Review, Time Bomb 2000
22-27	George James and Jon P. Diamond Year 2000, Making Good Time
28-30	Terry L. Wiechmann A Business Rules Framework
32	Gardner S. Trask, III Welcome to Boston!!!
39-42	Ed J.P.M. de Moel and Richard F. Walters M[UMPS]-Based Asian Character Lookup Programs on the Internet, A New Way of Making M[UMPS] Visible
43-47	Charles Volkstorf A Simple Generator of Imcompleteness Theorems (Written in M[UMPS], of course)
50-52	Joel Yungton 1998 MTA Salary Survey Results
55-56	Valerie Harvey Threads, The “Get Ready to Buy Books” Thread
57-58	Don E. Piccone Building the Millennium Standard, or, $REFERENCE controversy resolved
65-69	Max Rivers From M[UMPS] to Windows: One Step or Two?
72	Pamela G. McIntyre So You’re Going to Write a Book

M Computing, Volume 6, Number 3, August 1998

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Page	Title
3-4	Kate M. Schell Innovation versus Standardization
10-11	Don Gall The MTA’s own Y2K Problem
12-14	Greg Kreis The Java as a Second Language Experience
15-17	Max Rivers Using M[UMPS] to Keep up with Laboratory Automation
18-20	Wilhelm Pastoors Interview with Richard Walters, ... Every Problem can just as easily be considered an opportunity.
22-23	Don E. Piccone Building the Millennium Standard, or, Event Processing Controversy Resolved
27-29	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Two Steps Closer to Objects in M[UMPS]
30	David J. Whitten Participants’ Review
31-32	Brenda Wiechmann Profit from the Power of Web Training!
33-36	Paul Grabscheid InterSystems’ Acquisition of MSM
38-40	Kate M. Schell Threads, The Acquisition
42-43	Arthur B. Smith Questing, Interesting Times
47	Pamela G. McIntyre Oh No, Not Microsoft!

M Computing, Volume 6, Number 4, October 1998

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Page	Title
4-5	Kate M. Schell Software Quality, Standards and the MTA
12-13	Arthur B. Smith Questing, Where Do We Go from Here?
14-15	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Implicit Bindings and Conversions?
16-18	Winfried Gerum The “Euro” Problem, or Treating Currency as an Internal Data Type
19-21	Winfried Gerum Zur Euro-Problematik, Die Währung als Systeminterner Datentyp
22-25	Paul Perrin It is Not a Fancy Language, So I Call it M’ish
26-27	Arden W. Forrey Health Informatics Standards Review for the M[UMPS] Community — 1998 Update
28-29	Ray Wright Requirements Definition: The Essential Precursor to a Successful Project
36	Pamela G. McIntyre Proprieraty or Not Proprietary

M Computing, Volume 6, Number 5, December 1998

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Page	Title
3-4	Kate M. Schell M[UMPS] Programmers in a User-Oriented World
9	Chris Casey Whither the MTA?
11-13	Feng Huang M[UMPS] Market in China: Opportunities and Challenges
14-15	Don Gall From the Chairman
16-19	Alan Simon The Next 5 Years
21-22	Arthur B. Smith Questing, MDC Seeks the Latest Technology
23-24	Ed J.P.M. de Moel The Titanic is Still Afloat
25-27	George F. Timson The FileMan Audit Trail
30-32	Bill Lake Web-based Skill Testing for Computer Professionals
33	Rick Marshall Michael Distaso Memorial Fund
34-37	Max Rivers Putting a Browser Front End on M[UMPS]: M[UMPS] Gets a Window on the World
40	Pamela G. McIntyre Everything Old is New Again

M Computing, Volume 7, Number 1, February 1999

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Page	Title
3-4	Kate M. Schell Open Sesame
6 + 37-38	Andrew Leonard Apache’s Free Software Warriors
11-17	Kevin O'Kane An M[UMPS] Compiler for Internet Server Applications
18-25	Rick Marshall Omega Common Architectural Framework (CAF), Design Guide: Symbol Table
26-28	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills, Turn, Turn Again...
29-32	Rick Marshall FileMan Version 22
23-35	Armin van Harten Utility Code
52-53	Arthur B. Smith Questing, Fire and Ice
56	Pamela F. McIntyre Best Practices

M Computing, Volume 7, Number 2, May 1999

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Page	Title
3-4	Kate M. Schell M Computing — Focus for the Year
5-39	David Ritter The Middleware Muddle
8-14	James Hay MWAPI: A New Face for M[UMPS]
15-16	Keith Snell Book Review: Reference MWAPI
17-20	Richard F. Walters History and Continuing Evolution of FreeM: A Concept Whose Time Has Come (Again)
21-23	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills,
26-27	Winfried Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks,
31-35	Rick Marshall FileMan 22 and Indexes: Part I

M Computing, Volume 7, Number 3, July 1999

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Page	Title
3-4	Kate M. Schell Communicate, Communicate!
6-31	Alex Cullen Avoiding Intranet Chaos
9-15	Steven Popkes An Object Oriented Application in EsiObjects
17-18	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills
19	Don Gall Strategies and Solutions
22-23	Arthur B. Smith Questing
26	Winfried Gerum Tips ’n’ Tricks
32-36	Ditmar Tybussek Browser Development Tool @net

M Computing, Volume 7, Number 4, September 1999

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Page	Title
12-18	Marilyn D. Paterno, Rita D. Zielstorff, Mark Segal, Jonathan M. Teich, Gilad J. Kuperman, Roberta L. Fox Using M[UMPS] to Navigate Multiple Step Clinical Algorithms Over Time
17	Don Gall Message from the Chair
19-21	Glenn Palmiere Reviving Hardware — Bringing New Life to Old Hardware
22-25	Wang Jizhang Recent Trends and Challenges of HIS in China
26-29	Fred Boles A Glimpse into the Object-M Future
30-32	Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills
40-44	Ethan Fener An Overview of Partners HealthCare Clinical Information System Architecture
48-49	Kate M. Schell Hail! and Farewell?

M Computing, Volume 8, Number 1, March 2000

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Title
Michael G. Kholin, M.D. Developing a PDM system within Borland Delphi and MUMPS
Harm Kirchhoff Terminal to MWAPI
Max Rivers MTA Comes Full Circle
Winfried Gerum New MUMPS — an inquiry
Ray Newman An Interview with ...
Don Gall From the Chairman: Letter from the Chair
Kate M. Schell From the Editor: M Computing moves to the Worldwide Web
Ed J.P.M. de Moel Windmills: Going... going... but far from gone
Anonymous Industry in the News
Anonymous M Around the World
Anonymous Vendor Voice
Anonymous M Computing Ownership