PC-Hypertext: Potential

The PC-Hypertext family of software programs (MaxThink, Inc.)
holds significant promise as an integrated information management
system.  The primary handicap that currently limits the
application of this system for preservation applications is its
relatively weak graphics capabilities.  However, the most recent
update of the software (May, 1989) does address this deficiency
by permitting the display of graphics files in the PC-Paintbrush
format (.PCX) from the PC-Hypertext applications program.  At the
same time, the company has announced that imminent upgrades will
include the capability to display graphics files in TIFF,
Postscript, and NAPLPS formats, and to display information stored
on CD-ROM and videodisc devices.  Other projected developments
are the graphic display of network relationships and flow
diagrams.  These capabilities would represent significant
enhancements of the MaxThink system.  In consideration of the
other attributes of that this hypertext system demonstrated in
the case study application, these enhancements would make this
system an excellent "off-the-shelf" solution for a broad range of
preservation information management applications.

<efile26>   PC-Hypertext Attributes Summary
<efile30>   PC-Hypertext Limitations Summary
<efile37>   Software Configuration (Prototype)
<dfile90>   PC-Hypertext: Upward Compatibility