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Scientific Solutions^® - History

This history of Scientific Solutions is from an accumulation of various authoritative materials including advertisements; press releases; publications including magazine articles and research papers, patents and trademarks; and interviews from many of the people who have been associated with the company over the years.  The information is informative and interesting and provides a glimpse into the early work that resulted in the computer based data-acquisition industry that exists today..

In the history of data acquisition, Tecmar and Scientific Solutions are actually the same company.  You will find that many of the technologies commonplace today in computers, data aqusition and also multimedia, have their roots and foundation in designs and products from the many talented individuals who worked at Tecmar Scientific Solutions over the past 30 plus years.

Tecmar and Scientific Solutions - The Beginning 1972

In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of the Space Shuttle; The Magnavox Odyssey video game system is released marking the dawn of the video game age; Elvis performs the first of four sell-out concerts in Madison Square Garden; and Dr. Martin Alpert starts Tecmar Scientific Solutions in Cleveland Ohio - the name "Tecmar" being drived from MARty's TEChnology. 

The company was founded to manufacture pulmonary medical equipment Dr. Alpert designed while he was a medical student. Certain components of his invention were then unavailable, so Dr. Alpert and his team began designing and manufacturing the parts themselves. The company was incorporated in 1974 and Dr. Alpert, along with his wife and business partner Caroline, started to market the products to the general public. The initial products were scientific data acquisition products used in the medical industry, but the company found that their appeal as general purpose data acqusition products applied to multiple diverse industries.^[1]

Dr. Alpert has both an engineering degree and a medical degree.  He initially came up with a new idea in the pulmonary area that had to be micorprocessor based.  As part of the development of the medical product, he needed certain components that weren't available for micoprocessors, specifically analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.  Dr. Alpert and his team developed them in a general sense so they could be used in the medical product development and also offer them to the general market.

The S-100 bus, designed in 1974 as part of the Altair 8800, was one of the first “industry standard” bus for the microcomputer industry and later became the IEEE-696 standard.  Dr. Alpert designed his products to be S-100 bus add-in cards and developed an industry breakthrough: the first multifuncion data acquisition board that was eventually ported to the PC.

By 1975 Tecmar Scientific Solutions was actively selling a family of S-100 bus products including multi-functional data acquisition boards such as the LabMaster AD212, the DADIO and the IEEE-488 add-in card. 

In 1977 Tecmar Scientific Solutions introduced the LabMaster AD211 multi-functional data acquisition system for the Apple II computer, making the LabMaster AD211 the world's first multi-functional data acquisition product for the Apple computer platform.^[2]

IBM introduces the PC and Tecmar Scientific Solutions is first with PC products - 1981

On August 12, 1981, IBM announced the IBM PC with availabiltiy on October 7. Six weeks after IBM's announcement, Tecmar Scientific Solutions had 20 PC products available and for sale at the October 1981 Comdex computer show held in Las Vegas, NV. This gave Tecmar Scientific Solutions the distinction of being the very first company to produce add-on products for the IBM PC.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

The products for sale in 1981 included the LabMaster which is the world's first multi-functional data acquisition card for the PC. In fact, the LabMaster is also the world's first PC bus add-in card of any type and is still sold and supported today, making it also the world's longest selling and support PC peripheral. In addition to the LabMaster, also introduced in 1981 were a number of other products including the PC-MATE IEEE-488 which is the world's first IEEE-488 add-in card for the PC, the BaseBoard Digital I/O card and the LabTender low-cost multi-function data acquisition card. These PC-based data acquisition products predated competitor's products by years.

These 20 products introduced in 1981 are the first add-in/add-on products developed for the IBM PC by any company in the world. The accomplishment of having 20 products for the PC so quickly after IBM's introduction was widely reported and has been recounted in numerous articles throughout the years.

Notes:
(1). Most of the above products are PC add-in cards. The exception is the Expansion Chassis which is the same size and color as the PC.
(2). The original PC did not include a time of day clock or a hard disk and came with 16KB or 64KB RAM pre-installed.

New publications to address this industry such as PC Magazine (started in 1982) and PC World (started in 1983) were created as a result of the IBM PC, joining the ranks of well established and respected publications such as Byte Magazine (started in 1975) and Test & Measurement World (started in September 1981).  The next several years saw very fast advancement in the number of peripherals produced and in the acceptance for the IBM PC.

By 1982, Scientific Solutions had over 30 PC products including 8, 12, 14 and 16-bit data acquisition systems with 16 to 256 Analog Input channels; multi-range Analog output channels; software programmable gain amplifiers; five on-board precision timer/counters and sample rates up to 150Khz. The hardware products were fully supported with the LabPac data acquisition software package to aid developers in creating their own data acquisition applications.

In addition to creating the first PC data acquisition hardware, Scientific Solutions also created LabPac, the first PC installable device driver and data acquisition software programming environment. The LabPac software installed as an extension to the DOS BIOS and included a full library of high-level functions that could be called from any DOS programming language.

LabPac software included full support for A/D, D/A, Digital I/O, Counter Timer functions, programmable software gains, gain-array sequence tables, data streaming to disk, and graphic routines. Like the hardware products, the LabPac software is still fully supported today and has been augmented with a 32-bit windows version that has an expanded library that includes function calls from the original LabPac DOS product in addition to new calls to support advanced BusMastering. Scientific Solutions LabPac software was available several years before competing products from other manufacturers.

PC Magazine Vol 1 No. 5 from September 1982 lists these products with descriptions and prices; LabMaster ($995) page 132, LabTender ($395) page 133, PC-Mate IEEE-488 ($395) page 134, and many others. The Scientific Solutions product line included a range of products to satisfy many data acquisition needs. The company was actively advertising in all of the leading publications, typically full color, full page adds on the back covers or inside front covers. Advertisements can be seen in PC Magazine starting with its premier issue in April 1982 and continuing for a number of years.

By the end of 1982 and the start of 1983, PC based data acquisition was in full-swing with customers worldwide using Scientific Solutions multi-functional data acquisition boards and other Scientific Solutions add-on products for the PC. Scientific Solutions 1983 catalog is over 150 pages and has over 50 PC products available. Advertisements can be seen in PC World starting with its premier issue in November 1983 and continuing for a number of years.

The IBM PC interface and add-in/add-on market was quickly accelerating and after a few years Scientific Solutions started to concentrate on PC products and eventually phased out the manufacturing of S-100 and Apple II products.  Within a few years, the company had over 100 products including the original data acquisition products, memory expansion boards, computer video products and tape backup drives.

By 1985 Tecmar Scientific Solutions was essentially two companies in one.  The "Tecmar" company that was now concentrating on tape backup solutions and consumer add-in cards and the "Scientific Solutions" company that was continuing with the scientific, industrial and medical data acquisition products that started the company.  Both product lines were growing at a trememdous rate and to better distinguish the distribution and marketing of these diverse products, Dr. Alpert split the company into two with Tecmar Incoporated concentrating on tape storage solutions and Scientific Solutions Incorporated keeping the original scientific products.[7]

Tecmar and Scientific Solutions operated as "sister" companes and shared a common design and manufacturing center in Solon, Ohio.  The Tecmar design team and engineers concentrated on the tape backup line of products.  The Scientific Solutions design team and engineers concentrated on the data acquisiton and speciality board level products.  But both teams worked together on a variety of projects on a daily basis.

On October 8, 1986, Tecmar was acquired by the technology holding company Rexon and continued with the concentration on data storage products.[8]

Tecmar and Scientific Solutions - IBM MultiMeida collaboration

In 1986, IBM approached Tecmar to deisgn and manufacture a number of multimedia products.  These products were to be designed and manufactured by Tecmar and marketed by IBM.  Scientific Solutions provided the engineering and design talent, and Tecmar provided the manufacturing and test talent.  The result of this partnership was the release in 1988 of IBM's Audio Visual Connection (AVC).  This breakthru product consisted of a sound record and playback card (IBM Audio Capture and Playback Adapter - ACPA), a video digitizing card (The IBM Video Capture Adapter /A - VCA/A) and the Audio Visual Connection authoring software. 

The ACPA featured CD quality 16-bit digital audio recording at 44.1Khz stereo or 88.2Khz mono, 16-bit stereo playback with 2x oversampling, and real-time DSP hardware based compression/decompression (if desired).  The card also features the ability to download algorithms for the onboard 10 MIPS digital signal processor (TMS320C25).  Typical downloadable algorithms provide for interpolation or decimation filters to effectively provide different sample rates and MPEG/JPEG hardware assisted image decompression.   Incidentially, the 16-bit stereo ACPA sound card with the 10 MIPS C25 DSP was released several months before the 8-bit mono SoundBlaster product which utilized an 8051 microcontroller instead of a true DSP.  The Audio Visual Connection product was awared the winner in the hardware category at the 6th Annual PC Magazine Technical Excellence awards held in 1989.

A sound card uses Analog-to-Digital converters, Digital-to-Analog converters, amplifiers and other technologies that are common place in data acquisition products.  So it was natural to utilize the experience and expertise of the Scientific Solutions engineers to design the hardware which was a breakthru in quality digital audio for the PC and a forerunner to the digital audio MP3 craze.

The same team approach was used to develop the IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/ A , (March 1990), which allowed for the viewing of full-motion video on the computer screen, graphic overlay and full video scaling.  Like the Audio Visual Connection, this product was marketed by IBM under the IBM brand name.

And again, the collaboration resulted in the PS/2 TV (March 1992), PS/1 TV (1993) and PCTV (1994)  products each which are external units containing an analog TV/Cable tuner that allows for display, scaling and freeze-frame capture of video on a computer screen.  The PS/2 TV was marketed by IBM.  The PS1 and PCTV were marketed directly by Tecmar.

Tecmar  - The Rexon years and beyond . . .

With the Rexon acquisition of Tecmar in 1986, the emphasis within the Rexon / Tecmar organization was on tape backup products.  There was some development and work with Tecmar and Scientific Solutions on IBM multimedia collaborations in the early 1990s as previously noted, but the Rexon management mentality was heavily tape backup oriented.

In 1991 Rexon acquired two other tape drive manufacturers, WangTek and WangDAT.[9]

On September 13, 1995, Rexon entered into voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[10]

On December 11, 1995 Rexon sold the Tecmar tape products and company to Legacy Storage Systems International who subsequenctly changed their name to Tecmar Technologies pursuant to shareholder approval on October 2, 1996.[11]  At this time, Rexon ceased as a company.

In 1998, Tecmar Technologies was purchased by TTI, a holding company, which positioned Tecmar Technologies as a comprehensive magnetic tape data storage brand. [12].

This comprehensive data storage branding was reinforced in 1999 when Iomega sold their Ditto brand to Tecmar Technologies.  At this time, Tecmar Technologies offered DAT, QIC, Travan and Ditto magnetic tape technologies. [13]

In 2000, Overland Data acquired Tecmar Technologies in an effort to compliment its line of higher end tape products. [14]. 

As of 2007, Tecmar Technologies is a dormant brand owned by Overland and Scientific Solutions continues as an active independent corporation in the data acquisition, medical and industrial controls marketplace. [15]

Scientific Solutions Incorporated - Solving Problems for Problem Solvers

The Rexon acquisition of Tecmar in 1986 did not have much impact on Scientific Soluitons Incorporated and the company continued to design, manufacture and market its core data acquisition products.  

The 1987 periodical, PC Tech Journal Vol 4 No. 13 is an editorial index that provides a comprehensive product guide. Listed in this guide are the Scientific Solutions products with references to previous articles in the PC Tech Journal reviewing the products, and the date of product introduction, listed as 1981.

In 1987 Scientific Solutions introduced the world's fist data acquisiton products for the then new IBM MicroChannel archetecture.  The MCDAS familty of products (MCDAS 1612, MCDAS 1614, MCDAS 1616) provided 12, 14 or 16-bit resolution and high speed BusMastering data transfer.  The MC-IEEE provided a fully compliant IEEE-488 GPIB interface to the IBM PS/2 MicroChannel archtecture.

In 1991, Scientific Solutions took home one of the very first Best In Test awards and was the only company to receive the Product of the Decade award from Test and Measurement Magazine.  The Best In Test award was bestowed by the editors of the publication to 10 products introduced from 1981 to 1991 that they felt were most deserving, with the LabMaster being one of these 10 products.  This was the beginning of TWM Best in Test award program which started on the 10th anniversary of the magainzes premier.  Then the editors asked the readers to choose among the 10 products the one, and only one, that had the most significant effect on the test and measurement industry.  This one product would receive the distinguished "Product of the Decade" award.  As voted by the readers, the Scientific Solutions LabMaster was the winner.  These awards and honors were bestowed upon Scientific Solutions because of the introduction of the Scientific Solutions LabMaster in 1981 which pioneered PC based data acquistion a decade earlier by being the world's first PC base data acquisition product.  As quoted on the board "Scientific Solutions LabMaster, The First PC Based Instrument Board" and rightfully credited Scientific Solutions with helping to create the PC based data acquisition industry.

Test and Measurement World, Vol 11 Nol 10, September 1991, page 57

As previously noted, Scientific Solutions engineers were involved in the design of several multimedia breakthrus including the first sound cards for PCs that allowed for high-quality record and playback of digital audio ,  digital video products with MPEG/JPEG compression/decompression and TV tuner products.  Altough many of these multimedia features are commonplace today, they were breakthru products when originally developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The 2001 Test & Measurement World 20^th year anniversary issue contains an article titled “PC instrumentation through the ages” (Test & Measurement World, Vol 21, No. 11 September 2001) and again cites the Scientific Solutions LabMaster as the world's first data acquisition board introduced in 1981 for the IBM PC.

Today, Scientific Solutions continues to innovate and provide data acquisition solutions to a wide variety of customers.

Scientific Solutions continues to sell and support many of the PC products that were originally introduced in 1981.  The LabMaster ISA card produced today is essentially identical to the original 1981 version, with the update for DMA (added in 1987) and incorporation of surface mount components for better manufacturing and quality control.  Software written in 1981 will run on the current version of the board and software written today will run on the 1981 hardware.  You may be aware that the LabMaster / LabMaster DMA consists of two cards; one for inside the PC and the other that sits externally to the PC in its own unit.  What you probably do not know is why this external board is the particular size that it is.  And also, why is the LabMaster card in the PC sometimes referred to as the "motherboard" and the external card sometimes called the "daughterboard"?

References:

[1] Reference: David Bunnell (1982), Tecmar's Triumph, PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 5, September 1982 Article “Tecmar's Triumph” by David Bunnell ,PC Magazine Publisher & Editor in Chief, is a retrospective article about the one year anniversary of the IBM PC. David Bunnell's article discusses the founding of Tecmar in 1972, the release 20 new products for the PC in 1981, and the use of the companies products for the NASA Space Shuttle Robotic Arm.  Includes interview with Dr. Martin Alpert.

PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 5, September 1982, pg. xx - xx

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[2] Reference: Various publications as listed. Full Page Advertisement for Tecmar Scientific Solutions S-100 and Apple Products
Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 1, January 1982, pg.243 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 2, February 1982, pg. 157 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 6, June 1982, pg. 383 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 7, July 1982, pg. 337 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 8, August 1982, pg. 369 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 9, September 1982, pg. 415 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 10, October 1982, pg. 355	Select Image for Larger View

[3] Reference: Various publications as listed. Full Page Advertisement for Tecmar Scientific Solutions S-100 and Apple Products with special emphasis on Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Products
Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 3, March1982, pg. 275 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 4, April 1982, pg. 345 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 5, May 1982, pg. 251	Select Image for Larger View

[4] Reference: Byte magazine, Vol 7 No. 1, January 1982. Full page (page 63) Tecmar advertorial “congratulating”IBM for the personal computer...”Personal Computer is Great! - and now, it is even better with TecMate series of Add-in and Add-on Products” which includes IEEE-488 interface, Analog to Digital Converter 8, 12, 14, 16 bit, Digital to Analog Converter 8 and 12-bit, Video Digitizer, Stepper motor controller, etc.

Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 1, January1982, pg. 63

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[5] Reference: Various publications. Full page advertisement titled "The IBM Personal Computer. . . Personal, Professional, Technical - or something in between. . . PC-Mate makes the IBM Personal Comptuer a perfect match."  Discusses various products including making the computer an Intellegent Laboratory Tool with IEEE-488 instrumentation, Analog to Digital Converter - 8, 12, 14, 16 bit, stepper motor controller, BSR X-10 device control, etc. . .

Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 2, January1982, pg. 113 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 3, March 1982, pg. 83 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 4, April 1982, pg. 161 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 5, May 1982, pg. 175 PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 1, April / May 1982, Back Cover PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 2, June / July 1982, Back Cover

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[6] Reference: Various publications. Full page advertisement titled "First, the IBM Personal Computer, The Next Step. . . Tecmar" Numerous products mentioned including IEEE-488, LabTender, LabMaster, Stepper Motor Controller, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh, etc. .
Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 6, June 1982, pg. 299 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 7, July 1982, pg. 71 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 8, August 1982, pg. 263 Byte Magazine, Vol 7, No. 9, September 1982, pg. 39 PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 3, August 1982, Back Cover PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 5, September 1982, Back Cover	Select Image for Larger View

[7] Reference: David Bunnell ( 1982), Boca Diary, PC Magazine Vol 1 No. 1, April/May 1982 Article “Boca Diary” by David Bunnell, PC Magazine Publisher & Editer in Chief,  discusses that in 1981 members of the IBM PC design team “were particularly intrigued by Tecmar, the Cleveland engineering company which, at that time, had already developed more than 20 options, including a PC expansion box” including interviews with IBM personnel.

PC Magazine, Vol 1, No. 1, April / May 1982, pg. xx

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[6] Reference: C. G. Masi (1991), 10th Anniversary,  Test & Measurement World, Vol 11 No. 10, September 1991 Article "10th Anniversary" by C.G. Masi, Editor - Test & Measurement World.  In recognition of this publication's 10th year anniversary, the editors selected and awarded “Best In Test” products for 10 outstanding products introduced since 1981 including the Scientific Solutions LabMaster. Additionally, the LabMaster was the only product awarded “Product of the Decade” for being (as quoted on the award ) “The first PC based Instrument Board” and was credited with creating the PC data acquisition industry and having the greatest impact on the data acquisition industry from 1981 to 1991.

Test & Measurement World, Vol 11, No. 10, September 1991, pg. xx

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[7] Reference: Byte Magazine, Vol  11 No. 93, March 1986, Full page (pg. 313) Dr. Martin Alpert full page announcement of Scientific Solutions as the exclusive source for PC Data Acquisition and Control for the Laboratory and Industry.
Byte Magazine, Vol 11, No. 93, March 1986, pg. 313	Select Image for Larger View

[9] Reference: John Longwell (1991), Orange County Business Journal, November 11, 1991 -- Wangdat is being acquired by Rexon for stock and five-year notes in a deal valued at $12 Million..
Byte Magazine, Vol 11, No. 93, March 1986, pg. 313	Select Image for Larger View

[9]  ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL)--Nov. 11, 1991--OC drive maker Wangdat jockeying in hot niche. (Orange County; digital auto tape drive maker; acquisition by Rexon Inc.)(Company Profile)

[15] Scientific Solutions, Inc. www.Scientific-Solutions.com

LabPac U.S. Copyright registration, 19OCT82 Registration No. TX-1-211-386 LabPac software printout & LabPac User's Guide and Reference Manual Library of Congress TX-1-211-386, Txu-137-971 Scientific Solutions LabPac data acquisition software copyright registration and reference location at the Library of Congress, 1982.

Byte magazine Vol. 8 No. 11, November 1983 Article “ Expanding on the PC” by Mark Welch Survey of expansion cards for the PC including the Tecmar (Scientific Solutions) Graphics Master, Time Master, Speech Master, PC Master, Stepper Motor Controller, LabMaster, LabTender, Distance Tender, Device Master, BaseBoard and others.

PC World Premier Issue, Vol 1 No.1, November 1983 Full page back cover advertisement for Tecmar branded Scientific Solutions products

PC Tech Journal, Vol 1 No. 4, January 1984 Cover Article “PC In the Lab” by Peter Aitken, PH.D, Duke Medical Center In this article, Dr. Aitken relates his own experience of using a PC with a LabMaster purchased in 1982 for data collection and analysis in the Integrative Neurophysiology Laboratory at the Duke University Medical Center. The article relates Dr. Aiken's search for data acquisition hardware for the IBM PC. . . ”The next step was to find an analog interfacing board for the PC that would meet the laboratory's needs. . . .At the time of our search (fall, 1982), only one firm, Tecmar (Scientific Solutions) was marketing such boards. Fortunately one of their models, the LabMaster, offered all the features we needed: 6 to 12 bit A/D channels (with optional expansion to 256), 5 clock/counters, 24 digital input/output lines, and A/D conversion speeds to 40Khz.”

PC Tech Journal, Vol 1 No 6, March 1984 Cover Article “Tecmar's Lab Master and the PC: Laboratory Efficiency” By Peter Aitken Cover story with an in-depth article titled "Digital-To-Analog, Analog-To-Digital". Scientist Peter G. Aitken from Duke University Medical Center puts the LabMaster board, purchased in 1982, to the test in this in-depth article.
Abstract from the Editorial Index:
"The LabMaster provides a powerful and flexible interface for the IBM PC. The board has 16 single ended or 8 differential A/D channels, two D/A channels, five 16-bit counter/timers, and 24 digital I/O lines. The LabMaster performs very well in a lab. A photo shows the LabMaster board. The motherboard and the register access for the 9513 timer are shown in figures. A table gives port assignments for the LabMaster."

Test & Measurement World, Vol 21 No 11 September 2001 Cover Article: “PC Instrumentation through the Ages” by Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor A historical article about PC based data acquisition with Scientific Solutions' LabMaster product again being recognized as the first PC based data acquisition product.

The following tables list various publications that contain advertisements for our products.  Our goal is to update this to include all publications with links to images of the actual advertisements and also PDF versions of the articles.

Publication	Issue	Date	Page	Summary and link	PHOTO
Byte Vol.7, No. 1 January 1982	Vol 7 No.1	January 1982	p 63 p 243	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions / Tecmar: Products for the IBM Personal Computer: Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO), X-10, Stepper Motor Controller, Extender Boards Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products,Data Acquisition(IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte Vol. 7, No. 2 February 1982	Vol 7 No.2	February 1982	p 113 p 157	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO), X-10, Stepper Motor Controller,Extender Bds Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte Vol. 7, No. 3 March 1982	Vol 7 No.3	March 1982	p 83 p 275	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO), X-10, Stepper Motor Controller,Extender Bds Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte Vol. 7, No. 4 April 1982	Vol 7 No.4	April 1982	p 161 p 345	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO), X-10, Stepper Motor Controller,Extender Bds Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products,Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte Vol. 7, No. 5 May 1982	Vol 7 No.5	May 1982	p 175 p 251	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO), X-10, Stepper Motor Controller,Extender Bds Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte Vol. 7, No. 6 June 1982	Vol 7 No.6	June 1982	p 299 p383	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products,LabMaster , LabTender , BaseBoard, X-10, Stepper Motor Controller Video VanGogh Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte	Vol 7 No.7	July 1982	p 71 p 337	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products,LabMaster , LabTender , BaseBoard, X-10, Stepper Motor Controller Video VanGogh Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (IEEE 488, A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte	Vol 7 No.8	August 1982	p 263 p 369	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products,LabMaster , LabTender , BaseBoard, X-10, Stepper Motor Controller Video VanGogh Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte	Vol 7 No.9	September 1982	p 39 p 415	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products,LabMaster , LabTender , BaseBoard, X-10, Stepper Motor Controller Video VanGogh Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte	Vol 7 No.10	October 1982	p 247 p 355	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:S-100 & Apple Products, Data Acquisition (A/D, D/A,DIO)
Byte	Vol 7 No.11	November 1982	p 69	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate
Byte	Vol 7 No.12	December 1982	p 61	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate
Byte	Vol 8 No.1	January 1983	p 199	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate
Byte	Vol 8 No.2	February 1983	p 115 p 440	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate 1/4 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products	image missing
Byte	Vol 8 No.3	March 1983	p 263	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC-Mate products
Byte	Vol 8 No.4	April 1983	p 15 p 405	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Over 30 Laboratory, Scientific, Industrial products. AllinOne, PC-Mate 1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate & Tape	image missing
Byte	Vol 8 No.5	May 1983	p 83	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master
Byte	Vol 8 No.6	June 1983	p 358	1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate	missing image
Byte	Vol 8 No.8	August 1983	p 304	1/3 Page Advertisement:S -100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products	missing image
Byte	Vol 8 No.9	September 1983	p 176	1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products	missing image
Byte	Vol 8 No.10	October 1983	p 222	1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products	missing image
Byte	Vol 8 No.11	November 1983	p 30 p 132 p 168 - 184	1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products 2/3 Page Advertisement: Computer & More,San Diego,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products, Expansion Chassis Article: Expanding on the PC by Mark Welch - This article reviews expansion cards for the PC, including the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, Time Master, Speech Master, PC Mate, Stepper Motor Controller, LabMaster, LabTender, Distance Tender, Device Master, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh	missing image missing image
Byte	Vol 8 No.12	December 1983	p 92 p 134 p 601	1/3 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products 2/3 Page Advertisement: Computer & More,San Diego,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate products, Expansion Chassis 1 Page Advertisement: Micromail,Tustin,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC products
Byte	Vol 9 No.1	January 1984	p 141 p 161	1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,488 1 Page Advertisement: Mini MicroMart, Syracuse, NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master
Byte	Vol 9 No.2	February 1984	p 403 p 477	1 Page Advertisement:Mini MicroMart, Syracuse, NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale, AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,488
Byte	Vol 9 No.3	March 1984	p 60 p 186 p 244 p 497	2/3 Page Advertisement: Computer & More,San Diego,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: Mini MicroMart, Syracuse, NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain 1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,488
Byte	Vol 9 No.4	April 1984	p 222-223 p 324 p 388 p 505	2 Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain 2/3 Page Advertisement: Computer & More,San Diego,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 1/3 Page Advertisement: Mini MicroMart, Syracuse, NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,488
Byte	Vol 9 No.5	May 1984	p 74 p 181 p 183 p 244-245 p 366-378	1Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcros GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: GenTech,New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC products 1 Page Advertisement: Mini MicroMart, Syracuse, NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC Mate, Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain,Wave,Bosun,Graphics Master Article: Laboratory Data Collection with an IBM PC, by Stephen Gates - This 13 page article features the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar LabMaster Data Acquisition board.  "The system described here represents a hardware and software solution to the problem of data collection and analysis in a wide variety of commonly encountered laboratory situations.:" This article explains many aspects of data acquisition, such as: digital to analog, analog to digital and digital I/O.Using the LabMaster card's channel array for channel switching and gain control and the timer and counter functions are also explored.
Byte	Vol 9 No.6	June 1984	p 149 p 212-213 p 284-285 p 466-467 p 491	1 Page Advertisement: GenTech,New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: PC products 2 Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain,Wave,Bosun,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Oryx Systems,Wausau, WI - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products 1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: LabMaster,BaseBoard,Scribe Tender,Wave,Cadet, Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,488	missing missing missing missing
Byte	Vol 9 No.7	July 1984	Not Reviewed
Byte	Vol 9 No.8	August 1984	Not Reviewed
Byte	Vol 9 No.10	September 1984	p 60-61 p 236-237 p 277 p 444-445 p 508-509	2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcros GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain,Wave,Bosun,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement: GenTech,New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate,Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Oryx Systems,Wausau, WI - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:PC Products 1 Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Wave,Cadet, Mate,Captain, Graphics Master, Time Master,Scribe Master
Byte	Vol 9  No. 10	October 1984	p 52-53 p 277 p282 Back_Cover	2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: S-100, Scottsdale AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Many Products (Captain, Mates,Wave,TimeMaster, Scribe Tender,Graphics Master) Full Page Advertisement: CompuMail, Thousand Oaks, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Fu1l Page Advertisement:Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master	letter to editor needed
Byte	Vol 9  No. 11	October 1984	p 86-87 p 232-233 p 397 p 512-513	2 Page Advertisement:Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain,Wave,Bosun,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement:GenTech, New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate,Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement:S-100, Scottsdale AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Mate,Wave,TimeMaster, Scribe Tender,Graphics Master.
Byte	Vol 9 No.12	November 1984	p 56-57 p 202-203 p 235 p 564-565	2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcros GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement:Conroy-LaPointe, Portland,OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate, Captain,Wave,Bosun,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement:GenTech,New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate,Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement:S-100, Scottsdale AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Mate,Wave,TimeMaster, Scribe Tender,Graphics Master.
Byte	Vol 9 No.13	December 1984	p 50 p 137 p 139 p 150 p 173 p 232 p 339 p 426-427 p 476-477 p 484	1/3 Page Advertisement:MidWest Micro-Peripherals, St Paris, OH - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement:Discount Computer Centers,San Jose,CA/Sunnyvale,CA/Sacramento,CA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master 1Page Advertisement:Computer warehouse, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 1/3 Page Advertisement:Perfect Compatibility, Philadelphia,PA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement:GenTech,New York,NY- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate,Captain,Graphics Master 1 Page Advertisement:PC NetworkChicago,IL- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Mate,Captain 1/3 Page Advertisement:Warehouse Data Products, Phoenix,AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement:Oryx Systems,Wausau, WI - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:All Products 2 Page Advertisement:S-100, Scottsdale AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Mate,Wave,TimeMaster, Scribe Tender,Graphics Master. Full Page Advertisement: CompuMail, Thousand Oaks, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master
Byte	Vol 10 No. 1	January 1985	to be reviewed
** Byte	Vol 10 No. 2	February 1985	p 263 p 266	Article: Laboratory Interfacing, by Lincoln E. Ford, M.D. - This article features the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar LabMaster Data Acquisition board.  "There are several commercially available devices that will perform at least four of the five functions required for the laboratory applications described...  Several of my colleagues and I bought the LabMaster board made by Tecmar becuase it provides all five functions and becuase it was the first one available" Article: Interfacing For Data Acquisition, by Thomas Clune - This article is a comparison of three different interfaces for using computers in the laboratory.  Mr Clune explains  "Since I find the IEEE-488 to be the most versatile option for laboratory data acquisition, I will devote a fair amount of time to explaining that interface."  He further explains "The equipment used in thie experiment includes an IBM PC with 128K bytes of memory, a Tecmar IEEE-488 internface for the PC, ..."  The article contains same data acquisition programs that includes using the Tecmar IEEE-488 software ver. 3, which is an early version of the Route-488 library.
Byte	Vol 10 No. 3	March 1985	p 299 not fully reviewed	Review of Tecmar JrCaptain Memory Board
** Byte Vol. 10, No. 6 June 1985		June 1985	p 18 p 147 p 485	Letter to editor regarding IEEE-488 article from Byte February 1985 article "Interfacing for Data Acquisition". Article: SALT, by Samuel D. Fenster and Lincoln E. Ford, M.D. - This article discusses SALT - a threaded interpretive language interfaced to BASIC for research laboratory applications.  "Research laboratories such as ours have become increasingly dependent on computers...we developed a method of combining compiled and interpretive higher-level languages for general use in a diversity of laboratory applications......The software described here was written specifically for an IBM PC equipped with a Tecmar Lab Master board." Full Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: IEEE-488, DADIO, Video Van Gogh, E+EEPROM programmer, Base Board, LabMaster, Graphics fMaster, Graphics Tender, Captain, Wave, Maestro, Expansion Chassis, Dynamic Memory
** Byte Vol. 11, No. 3 1986		March 1986	p 313	Full page color advertisement. Scientific Solutions LabMaster	XXX need p 429 S-100 corp has tecmar LabMaster, DADIO, LabTEnder, etc
** Byte Vol. 11, No. 7 Jult 1986				Article: Five Laboratory Interfacing Packages, Patricia Wirth and Lincoln E. Ford - This article is a review of five commercial laboratory interfacing software packages.  The reviewers used the Tecmar / Scientific Solutions Lab Master card to test and evaluate the various functions of the software.  Also included as one of the five packages is Tecmar / Scientific Solutions LabPac.
** Byte Vol. 11, No. 9 September 1986			p 437	Full Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: IEEE-488, Lab Master
Byte	Vol. 12 No. 1	January 1987	p 320	review of Maestro AT
Byte	Vol. 21 No. 3	March 1987	p 385	Full Page Advertisement: S-100 Div 696, Scottsdale,AZ - Scientific Solutions: IEEE-488, iEEE-488 Software, E+ EEPROM Programmer/Reader, LabMaster
Byte		November 1987	p 94	What's New Column:   Data Acquisition and Process Control.  Review of Scientific Solutions Route-488
Byte		December 1987	p 124	High Speed Memory Boards for ATs - Captain 286 included
Byte		March 1988	p 102	Enhanced EGA and VGA boards - Tecmar EGA Master 800

Scientific Solutions in Control Engineering

Scientific Solutions in PC Magazine

In April/May of 1982,  PC Magazine started publication with their Premier Issue (Vol. 1 Number 1).  PC Magazine was the first magazine dedicated to the IBM line of personal computers.  IBM had announced the PC in August of 1981, and PC magazine was the first publication dedicated to technical articles, advertisements, product reviews and industry analysis of this new breed of systems.  Recognizing the importance of this publication, Scientific Solutions / Tecmar had full page advertisements of its industrial, control and scientific products including the Lab Master, Lab Tender, Base Board and DADIO acquisition products.  These advertisements were normally on the elite back cover to obtain maximum reader coverage.

Publication	Issue	Date	Page	Summary and link
PC Magazine	Vol 1 No 1	April / May 1982	Back Cover	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: LabMaster, LabTender, Stepper Motor Controller, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh, IEEE488, Route488, Protozoa Article title "Boca Diary" by David Bunnell This article is by David Bunnell, the PC Magazine publisher about his vist to Boca Raton in December 1981 "to vist the birthplace of what could turn out to be the most dynamic electonic product of the decade - the IBM Personal Computer" Following excerpt from the article: "Our first two visitor were Bill Syndes, Engineering Manager, Entry Systems Business and David Bradley, Manager of Entry Systems Business Architecture.  I (David Bunnell) asked them about the open-bus structure of the Personal Computer and how they felt about thrid-party companies selling such things as IBM PC-compatible memory boards.  Sydnes told me that the PC was definitely "designed to be open." He and Bradley were very interested in hearing about these products and they were fascinated that so many were already available.  They were particularly intrigued by Tecmar (Scientific Solutions), the Cleveland engineering company which, at the time, had already developed more than 20 options, including a PC expansion box."
PC Magazine	Vol 1 No2	June/ July 1982	Back Cover	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: LabMaster, LabTender, Stepper Motor Controller, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh, IEEE488, Route488, Protozoa
PC Magazine	Vol 1 No3	August 1982	Back Cover	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: LabMaster, LabTender, Stepper Motor Controller, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh, IEEE488, Route488, Protozoa
PC Magazine	Vol 1 No4	September 1982	Back Cover	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: LabMaster, LabTender, Stepper Motor Controller, BaseBoard, Video VanGogh, IEEE488, Route488, Protozoa
PC Magazine	Vol 4 No 10	May 14, 1985	C2_Inside_Cover pp 333 p 68 p 70 p 75-76 p 79-80 p 82 p 90-91 p 125 -131 p 139-143 p 218 p 225 p 274 p 276 p 292 p 307 p 326 p 333 C4_Back cover	3 Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar - Tape Full Page Advertisement: Discount Computer Center, Campbell,CA/Sunnyvale,CA/Sacramento, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master 3 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Micro Mart  (20 locations) - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Applied Computer Products Inc, Huntingdon Valley PA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Computer Mail Order, Williamsport,PA/Statline,NV/Ontario Canada - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Wave, Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Oryx Systems, Wausau, WI - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captian, 1st, 2nd 3rd mate, Graphics Master Article: Protability Meets Privacy, by Frank Derfler Jr. - Explains the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar PC-Mate Article: An Up-Front Approach to Backup, by Winn Rosch - Reviews the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar QIC-60 Full Page Advertisement: PC Network Chicago, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain Full Page Advertisement: Computer HUT, Nashua, NH/Wichita, KS - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Maestro, Graphics Master 2/3 Page Advertisement: PC Mart, Alhambra CA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: GenTech, New York,NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: INTEK, Newport Beach CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Cawthon Scientific Group: Telex Link Full Page Advertisement: CompuMail - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master, Captain Full Page Advertisement: Discount Computer Center, Campbell,CA/Sunnvale,CA/Sacramento,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar - Maestro
PC Magazine	Vol 5 No 1	January 14, 1986	C 2 p 20 p 45 p 72-73 p 76-77 p 79 p 98-10 p 120 p 161 p 196 p 225 p 244 p 268 p 285	Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Magafunction 2 Page Advertisement: Progressive Micro Distributors, Atlanta,GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Conroy-LaPoint, Portland OR- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain 2 Page Advertisement: 47st. Computer, New York,NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Computer Mail Order, Williamsport,PA/Statline,NV/Ontario Canada - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Wave, Graphics Master 3 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Article: Enlarging the dimensions of Memory - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar - 640 Plus 2/3 Page Advertisement: GenTech, New York,NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Computer Mart Venice,FL/Las Vegas,NV - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain 1st,2nd Mates, Wave, Graphics Master 1/3 Page Advertisement: Magnum, Norcross GA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Mates,Wave, Graphics Master 2 Full Page Advertisement: Micro Mart  (20 locations) - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain, Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Cawthon Scientific Group: Telex Link
PC Magazine	Vol 5  No 21	December 9, 1986	p 28 p 90-91 p 92-93 p 217- 224 p 241-245	Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master, QIC60AT 2 Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 2 Page Advertisement: Northeastern Software, Shelton,CT- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Maestro, Wave,Graphics Master 8 Page Advertisement: PC Network,Chicago,IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain
PC Magazine	Vol 6 No 2	January 27, 1987	p 92-93 p 100 p 147-151 p 237-248 p 310	2 Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master, QIC60AT 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain Article: Multifunction Boards by Winn Rosh - Review of the Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Maestro Full Page Advertisement: Compuclassics,Reseda,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master
PC Magazine	Vol 6 No 4	February 24, 1987	p 68-69 p 102 p 191 p 299 p 303 p 316 p 312	2 Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master, QIC60AT 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain 1/2 Page Advertisement:Advantage Computer Products,Campgell,OH- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Maestro, EGA & Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Micro Mail, Lakewood,NJ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master Full Page Advertisement: Compuclassics, Reseda,CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master Full Page Advertisement: Programs Plus, Stratford CT - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master, Captain, Graphics Master
PC Magazine	Vol 6 No 7	April 14, 1987	p 74 p 106 p 110 p 239-244 p 288	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:QT 125 Full Page Advertisement: PC Network Chicago, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain Full Page Advertisement: GenTech, New York,NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master
PC Magazine	Vol 6 No 8	April 28, 1987	p 64 p 81-85 p 90 p 96 p 333	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:QT 125 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain Full Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master 1/2 Page Advertisement: Advantage Computer Products,Campgell,OH- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captin,Maestro, EGA & Graphics Master
PC Magazine	Vol 6 No 10	May 26, 1987	p 62 p 90 p108 p 114 p 249-253	Full Page Advertisement: Silicon Specialities, Mesa,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar:QT 125 2 Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Softline, Brooklyn NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master 5 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Master, Graphics Master
PC Magazine	Vol 6  No 11	June 9, 1987	p 12-13 p 92-93 p 101 p 262 p 295-300	2 Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: M500,MG100,Graphics Master, EGA Master 2 Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Silicon Specialities, Mesa,AZ - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: EGA Prosync, Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: PC Network Chicago, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain 3 Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Captain,Graphics Master 1/3 Page Advertisement: GenTech, New York,NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar: Prosync, EGA Master Cawthon Scientific Group: Telex Link
PC Magazine	Vol 21 No 5	March 12, 2002	p 137 - 159	Article: Living History by Michael Miller Retracing the evolution of the PC and PC Magazine "The first issue (PC Magazine) included a look at all the new PC products and accessories introduced at the third annual Comdex show. Tecmar introduced 20 PC accessories...."

Scientific Solutions in PC World

 PC World was launched on November 29, 1982 - the opening day of the 4th annual COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas.  The magazine's sales managers worked their way up and down the show aisles talking to every company exhibiting PC - related hardware and software.  Scientific Solutions / Tecmar was so impressed with this new group of individuals that we placed three full page advertisements in the premier issue Vol. 1 No. 1 , and continued to advertise in many subsequent issues.  PC World continues to publish to some 6 Million + readers.

Publication	Issue	Date	Page	Summary and link
PC World Vol. 1, No. 1 November 1983 "Premier Issue"	Issue 1 No. 1	April 1983	pg. 70	Full Page Advertisements also adds on p 233 (first mate), and back cover (tape drive)
PC World		December 1985	pp 63 pp 150 pp 166 pp 305 pp 344-345 pp 348-350 pp 378 pp 401 pp 404 pp 405 pp 406 pp 408 pp 410 pp 413-414 pp 415	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Megafunction 1/3 Page Advertisement: Micromission Wilmington,DE/New York, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Cadet Full Page Advertisement: Arlington Computer Products, Elk Grove, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement:: Computer Hut, Nashua, NH/ Montreal, Que/Wichita, KS - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, Maestro 2 Full Page Advertisement:: Price-Line Computer Inc, Chatsworth, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master 3 Full Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix, AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain,Graphics Master 2 Full Page Advertisement: Progressive Micro Distributors, Atlanta, GA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Computer Mail Order,Willamsport, PA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Discount Micro Sales, Fountain Valley, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain Full Page Advertisement: Computer Mart, Venice, FL/Las Vegas, NV -  Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, Captain,FirstMate,WaveXT Full Page Advertisement: Computer Discount Warehouse, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain Full Page Advertisement: Northeastern, Stratford, CT - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Graphics Master 2 Full Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross, GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Micro Flash Computer Systems, Concord CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, QIC 60
PC World		January 1986	pp 22 pp 252 pp 280-282 pp 313 pp 365-366 pp 367 pp 368 pp 369-370 pp 371	Full Page Advertisement: Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Megafunction Full Page Advertisement: Computer Discount Warehouse, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain 3 Full Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Northeastern, Stratford, CT - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Graphics Master 2 Full Page Advertisement: Progressive Micro Distributors, Atlanta, GA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Discount Micro Sales, Fountain Valley, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain Full Page Advertisement: Computer Mart, Venice, FL/Las Vegas, NV -  Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master,Captain,FirstMate,WaveXT 2 Full Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross, GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, Captain Full Page Advertisement: Micro Flash Computer Systems, Concord, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, QIC 60
PC World		February 1986	pp 184-185 pp 276 pp 311-312 pp 329 pp 336 pp 364 pp 365 pp 366 pp 367 pp 368-369	2 Full Page Advertisement: Northeastern, Stratford, CT - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Graphics Master, Maestro Full Page Advertisement: Computer Mart, Venice, FL/Las Vegas, NV -  Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics 2 Full Page Advertisement: LogicSoft, Farmingdale, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain,Graphics Master, QIC 60 Full Page Advertisement: PC Network, Chicago, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain 1/3 Page Advertisement: Micromission Wilmington, DE/New York, NY - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain, Cadet Full Page Advertisement: Telemart, Phoenix, AZ- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain,Graphics Master Full Page Advertisement: Computer Discount Warehouse, IL - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain Full Page Advertisement: Discount Micro Sales, Fountain Valley, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Captain Full Page Advertisement: Micro Flash Computer Systems, Concord, CA - Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, QIC 60 2 Full Page Advertisement: Micro Mart, Norcross, GA- Scientific Solutions/Tecmar Graphics Master, Captain