MacWEEK articles from April 1994

MacWEEK archives from April 1994

Buyers plug into Power Mac performance: sales exceed forecasts; $200 million backlog.
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- Apple Executive Vice President Ian Diery bragged at the Power Mac's glitzy New York launch that the company had logged more than 150,000 orders worldwide for its new line of RISC computers. According to sources, the Power...

Dealers move boxes as users await apps. (Buyers Plug into Power Mac Performance)
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- Power Mac shipments took off last month, but users and dealers said more native applications are needed before sales will really skyrocket. All three models are in high demand, setting sales records at some dealerships....

Mobile OS to hit the streets; first system enhancements slated for May. (Apple to differentiate the operating system that comes with PowerBooks from the desktop version)(includes related article on prices of Motorola 68040-based PowerBooks)
April 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Starting this spring, Apple will begin the slow process of differentiating the Mac OS that comes with PowerBooks from the desktop Mac OS. In an effort to combat less expensive, faster and more ergonomically...

Alias sketches path to easier 3-D. (Alias Research Inc.) (Sketch 2.0 modeling and rendering application) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Toronto -- Aiming to make high-end 3-D modeling as simple as 2-D illustration, Alias Research Inc. is preparing Version 2.0 of Sketch!, its modeling and rendering application. Due in June for 680x0 and Power Macs, Sketch! 2.0 adds more...

PPC servers due this month; '040 models to stick around. (Apple's WS 6150, WS 8150 and WS 9150 PowerPC-based servers) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple is preparing to premiere a trio of PowerPC-based servers this month, but without software changes, the full potential of the new offerings will be unrealized. Sources said Apple will roll out the Workgroup...

Speedier 100-MHz PowerPC 601 is cheaper, consumes less power. (IBM, Motorola introducing faster version of chip)
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- IBM Corp. and Motorola Inc. are moving to fend off Intel Corp.'s advances with a smaller, lower-power PowerPC 601 chip that runs at 100 MHz, but it likely won't appear in Power Macs until next year. IBM's...

PPC developer tools released. (Power Mac programming environments) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple has released a beta form of its Power Mac programmer's environment and announced ship dates for more than a dozen third-party development products. A beta release of the Macintosh in RISC Software Developer's...

Privacy conference stirs up controversy. (Computers, Freedom and Privacy)
April 4, 1994... Chicago -- The increasingly bitter debate about electronic privacy dominated the crowd of hackers, law enforcement officials, academics and other attendees at the fourth Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference here last month. The...

Secure encryption goes native PPC. (PowerPC) (usrEZ Software introduces ultraSecure 3.0)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Irvine, Calif. -- usrEZ Software Inc. has released ultraSecure 3.0, which utilizes native PowerPC code for optimum data encryption speed, the company said. The new version also improves conformance with U.S. government requirements for user...

IMagician beats PPC at image editing. (hardware accelerator from Sixty Eight Thousand Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Boston -- Sixty Eight Thousand Inc. has acquired and enhanced an image-manipulation accelerator that it said provides performance speeds far greater than a Power Mac. IMagician Pro, slated to ship next month for $4,495, combines a NuBus...

Quark testing waters in multimedia market. (announces upgrade policy for XPress) (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Boston -- Quark Inc. last month relaxed its Power Mac upgrade policy for XPress and unveiled a possible future QuarkXTension that turns its desktop publishing application into a multimedia authoring system. At Seybold Seminars 94 here,...

Iomega cuts prices on drive, cartridge. (Iomega Corp. LaserSafe Plus high-capacity magneto-optical disk drive) (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Roy, Utah -- Iomega Corp. last month reduced by as much as 27 percent the price of its high-capacity magneto-optical drive and media. The LaserSafe Plus is now priced at $3,995, cut from $4,995. The drive is a 5.25-inch magneto-optical...

For the record. (Mar 21 and Mar 28, 1994) (Correction Notice)
April 4, 1994... A story in the March 28 issue incorrectly stated the upgrade price for Island Graphics Corp.'s Island Trapper 2.0 (Page 22). The correct price is $995. In the March 21 story on SuperMac Technology Inc.'s Spigot II Tape board (Page 34),...

RagTime 4 to run native on PPC: integrated app adds better graphics tools. (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Hanover, Germany -- MacVONK Inc. is tuning up a new version of its RagTime integrated software package for release this summer. RagTime 4.0, which German developers B&E Software GmbH demonstrated at Apple's Power Macintosh rollout at...

Power Mac-native software now shipping.
April 4, 1994... Power Mac-native software now shipping Company Product Price/Upgrade* Adobe Systems Inc. Photoshop 2.5.1** $10/n/a (415) 961-4400 or (800) 833-6687 Canto...

Maple V Release 3 improves equation solving, integration. (Waterloo Maple Software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Waterloo, Ontario -- Waterloo Maple Software last month turned over a new leaf with its Maple mathematics package, shipping Release 3. Maple V Release 3 builds on the program's symbolic and numeric computational functions, graphics, and...

MicroExpressionist edits equations. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... San Francisco-based Prescience Corp., a subsidiary of Waterloo Maple Software, recently shipped a low-cost version of its Expressionist equation editor for the Mac. MicroExpressionist, priced at $79, features the same palette, scientific...

DEClaser 5100 can expand to 1,200 dpi. (laser printer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Maynard, Mass. -- Users can get a handle on high-resolution output this month as Digital Equipment Corp. ships the DEClaser 5100, a laser printer with a resolution of 600 dpi, which can be expanded to 1,200 dpi. The $2,199 DEClaser 5100...

Kurta unveils smaller pressure pads; vendor also lowers prices on larger input tablets. (Kurta Corp.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Phoenix -- Kurta Corp. last month introduced two new graphics tablets and cut prices and improved performance on its existing XGT line. > XGT 6-by-8-inch tablet. The company's latest addition to its XGT line of pressure-sensitive...

Exabyte kit auto-cleans quarter-inch tape drives.
April 4, 1994... Boulder, Colo. -- Backups can come clean with Exabyte Corp.'s new automatic cleaning system for quarter-inch tape drives. The $44.50 Exabyte Quarter-inch Minicartridge Cleaning Kit, introduced last month, is a wet-cleaning system that...

A backup strategy can save or doom vital data. (Management)(includes related article on security problems)
April 4, 1994... Should users back up their own data or should managers take charge of the entire process? The actual process of backing up a network requires only an understanding of technology. But to successfully protect the enterprise's information...

Few solutions to cross-platform backup. (includes related article on restoration)
April 4, 1994... Most offices include a mixture of machines, which complicates backup dramatically. What are the options? Few companies today are single-platform shops. So the ideal backup solution would be one that could work with Macs, IBM PCs and...

Motorola moving toward cross-platform backup. (Case Study)
April 4, 1994... John Middleton would like to see his facility's Mac, IBM PC and compatible, and Unix machines back up to a central location using a cross-platform package with a strong auditing system for security. But what he's got is one system for the...

White Pine plans X server for PPC; Grafpoint merger adds to Windows line. (White Pine Software)
April 4, 1994... Nashua, N.H. -- White Pine Software Inc. last month merged with fellow X Window System developer Grafpoint Software Inc. of San Jose, Calif., and announced new Mac-to-X Window packages, including a native X server for the Power Macs. The...

isoENET puts TV into 10BASE. (Technical Analysis) (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Apple's announcement of support for isoENET, National Semiconductor Corp.'s implementation of isochronous Ethernet technology, opens the door to more-standard multimedia networks. Effectively, isoENET is two networks running over 10BASE T...

Taligent's object technology to frame client-server services. (Technical Analysis)
April 4, 1994... After years of secret development, Taligent has started demonstrating the environment it says will pave the way for easier cross-platform application development. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company plans to offer its object-oriented...

Asante deals low in Ethernet card contest with new MacCon-i line. (Asante Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... San Jose, Calif. -- Ethernet vendor Asante Technologies Inc. last week delivered a new deck of low-cost Ethernet cards, including a $149 10BASE T-capable NuBus model. The MacCon-i line is the latest in a series of inexpensive Mac...

FAXnetwork gets multiline packs. (PSI Direct FAXnetwork 1.1)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Vancouver, Wash. -- PSI Direct, since September a division of modem maker Supra Corp., this month will deliver the first of two updates to its LAN-based FAXnetwork package. FAXnetwork 1.1, due late this month, and Version 1.5, due for...

IE gateway due for Lotus Notes. (Information Electronics)
April 4, 1994... Hammondsport, N.Y. -- Information Electronics this week expects to ship a gateway between Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes and the two most popular Mac E-mail systems. The company also announced a flood of gateways it plans to release during...

aXess500 brings directory access. (Control Data Systems Inc. introduces aXess500 for Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Arden Hills, Minn. -- Control Data Systems Inc. last month released an X.500 directory user agent that gives Mac client access to centralized directories maintained by the company's Mail*Hub E-mail integration server. aXess500 for...

Apple to unfurl new portable util: Control Strip uses extensible architecture. (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- It's been said that the best tool is one that stays out of the way until you need it. Apple is about to add such a tool to the PowerBook desktop: a new extension called Control Strip. MacWEEK recently examined a...

Upgrade kit takes 160, 165 up to 180. (PowerBook) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Emeryville, Calif. -- PowerBook 160 and 165 users can now upgrade their portables' speed without parting with their systems. Digital Eclipse Software Inc. started offering the $429 ($309 through April 22) F/33X upgrade kit late last...

PB adapter adds S-video output. (P2 Systems PortaView)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Seattle -- P2 Systems last month shipped a portable adapter that lets video-capable PowerBooks provide NTSC output. The 6-inch, 8-ounce PortaView, priced at about $195, comes with a Mac-to-VGA video adapter, plus cables for output to NTSC...

Microtech unleashes RoadRunnner 2.5", 500-Mbyte PB hard drive. (Microtech International Inc.'s hard disk drive for Apple Macintosh PowerBooks) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... East Haven, Conn. -- PowerBook users can take along a lot more data with a 2.5-inch, 500-Mbyte hard drive that Microtech International Inc. shipped last month. The $749 RoadRunner 500i is based on a Toshiba mechanism, providing an...

CDPD poised to provide reliable wireless. (Cellular Digital Packet Data)(News Analysis)
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- CDPD has been a hot topic in mobile computing almost as long as the term "wireless" has existed. And, while few would debate its potential, users may be wondering just when CDPD is coming to their PowerBook or Newton. ...

Newton gets on the enterprise. (Moving Target) (Column)
April 4, 1994... It's been a month since Apple shipped the MessagePad 110, and thus far the product seems to have been well-received. However, if Newton is to prove itself, Apple must change its strategy as well as improve its technology. It must find...

Lind charges up PowerBooks with line of power packs. (Lind Electronic Design Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Minneapolis -- PowerBook users will be able to gain up to four times the battery life with new external power packs from Lind Electronic Design Inc. Lind recently debuted three external, sealed-gel, lead-acid battery packs, each weighing...

Mac Power allows remote control. (Server Technology Inc. Mac Power)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. -- A new device from Server Technology Inc. can help mobile users conserve power and get out of a jam when systems crash. It also lets a modem and fax machine share a phone line. The $199.95 Mac Power On/Off + Aux...

Mac vendors target video pros; NAB catch phrase: 'Broadcast-quality.' (National Association of Broadcasters) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Las Vegas -- Mac vendors stepped into the spotlight at the National Association of Broadcasters convention here last month to demonstrate "broadcast-quality" hardware and software. Adobe Systems Inc. and Radius Inc. set the tone of the...

Linotype, Scitex, Screen roll out new high-res drum scanners. (Linotype-Hell Co, others introduce new scanning equipment) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Boston -- Linotype-Hell Co., Scitex America Corp. and Screen showed off new high-end drum scanners at last month's Seybold Seminars 94 here. > Linotype-Hell. ColorPilot S 3300 is a new scanning system based on the ChromaGraph S 3300...

Raster unveils large-format electrostatic printer; device aimed at short-run color jobs. (Raster Graphics Inc. Digital ColorStation 5400) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Raster Graphics Inc. last month unveiled the Digital ColorStation 5400, a large-format electrostatic printer supporting CMYK plus an additional spot color. Raster Graphics is aiming the device at short-run, on-demand...

Monotype, Letraset, Font Bureau offer new fonts.
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- Graphic designers hankering for new typefaces can take their pick from a slew of new packages from such companies as Monotype Typography Inc., Letraset and The Font Bureau Inc. > Monotype of Chicago last month shipped...

TeleTypesetting T-Script Deluxe includes anti-aliasing in upgrade. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Brookline, Mass. -- TeleTypesetting Co. recently released T-Script Deluxe Version 3.4, an upgrade that brings anti-aliasing to its PostScript RIP and conversion utility. The company also said it is preparing a Power Mac-native version,...

New Aldus environment to open door to automating the pre-press process. (Aldus Corp. Open Prepress Environment)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Boston -- Service bureaus and professional printing houses will be able to automate the entire pre-press process through a program introduced here at Seybold Seminars 94 last month by Aldus Prepress Division. Aldus Open Prepress...

IBM maps plans for mid-1990s. (IBM CEO Louis Gerstner outlines strategy) (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... New York -- IBM Corp. CEO Louis Gerstner last month outlined a "road map for IBM in the mid-'90s" that will reduce its dependence on mainframe computers and lead it into the communications market. Nearly a year after taking over the...

Financial woes, soft market force Applied Engineering to call it quits.
April 4, 1994... Dallas -- One of Apple's oldest third-party developers quietly shut down operations here last week after it failed to pay off a long-term loan. In the 15 years it existed, Applied Engineering offered a gamut of Apple II and Mac products...

Mergers reshape industry's future. (Adobe Systems Inc., Aldus Development Corp.; Novell Inc., WordPerfect Corp.)
April 4, 1994... San Francisco -- As Adobe Systems Inc. and Novell Inc. reeled in their recent big catches, industry observers fished for reasons for the massive consolidation efforts and waited for possible repercussions. With their new-found strength,...

Used Macintosh prices.
April 4, 1994... Used Macintosh prices Model Config. Price Plus 1/20 $275 SE 1/20 $375 SE/30 5/40 $700 Classic 2/40 ...

StockWatch. (Illustration)
April 4, 1994... Software developers Adobe 24.50 -11.31 Aldus 27.50 -10.20 Caere 8.00 -14.67 CE Software 3.88 0.00 Macromedia 15.25 -15.28 Microsoft 83.63 -3.04 Novell ...

General Magic considering IPO. (initial public offering) (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Mountain View, Calif. -- Hoping to cast a financial spell on Wall Street, General Magic Inc. is preparing to go public, according to a report published last week. The company, which is developing software that will allow owners of...

Windows app sales up 80 percent. (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Washington -- An 80 percent leap in sales of Windows applications pushed North American software sales to a record $6.81 billion in 1993, the Software Publishers Association reported last month. Total revenue increased 18 percent, from...

CD patent revoked. (Patent and Trademark Office invalidates Compton's New Media Inc patent)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 4, 1994... Washington -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last month revoked Compton's New Media Inc.'s controversial patent on CD-ROM technology. The office, headquartered here, said it dismissed most of the claims based on prior art and the...

ComputerLand has new name, identity: Vanstar. (Brief Article)
April 4, 1994... Pleasanton, Calif. -- ComputerLand Corp. has assumed a new name and identity. In the process, it has also landed two major accounts. The world's largest personal computer systems integrator, which this year sold its name and U.S....

In the shadow of giants. (Editorial)
April 4, 1994... The merger of two giants -- like Aldus and Adobe, or Novell and WordPerfect -- creates a monolith that casts a much bigger shadow over the rest of the market than the companies did separately. Large companies do come up with strong,...

The new Macs' message: all power to the imagination. (The Second Decade) (Column)
April 4, 1994... While Mac software developers scramble to get native Power Macintosh versions of their programs out the door, let's hope they are also putting some thought into second-generation products that will take fuller advantage of the new chips. And...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
April 4, 1994... Send that old Mac to schoolto ease chronic budget crunch The Eli cartoon depicting old compact Macs being used as furniture (MacWEEK, March 21, Page 45) prompts me to suggest a more appropriate use for all those old, creaky Mac Pluses,...

The Mac may be friendly, but training remains vital. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
April 4, 1994... Hooray for the Power Macintosh! Our lives are now complete! Mac managers rejoice! Hallelujah! OK, enough with the Power Macintosh hoopla. I'm tired of it, you're tired of it, and we've got work to do. For the last six months,...

PixelPaint Pro3 combines image editing, painting: upgrade shines with Wet Paint, floating layers, script support. (Software Review) (Pixel Resources Inc.) (Evaluation)
April 4, 1994... ... ...................... Score Card: PixelPaint Pro Pixel Resources Inc. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $379* Overall value 4 A long-overdue upgrade, PixelPaint Pro3 introduces some powerful...

610 DOS Compatible: system offers compatibility and decent performance. (Software Review) (Apple Macintosh Quadra 610 DOS Compatible)(In Brief) (Evaluation)
April 4, 1994... Overall value 4 With the arrival of the Quadra 610 DOS Compatible, Apple has provided a viable solution for those who want a Macintosh but need to use DOS/Windows applications. The new system includes both 68040 and 486SX processors and...

OAI CD/Maxtet: CD network server offers easy access to multiple discs. (Optical Access International) (Hardware Review ) (Evaluation)
April 4, 1994... Overall value 4 As CD-ROMs become an increasingly common component of business computing life, the need for a networkable CD solution has grown. Optical Access International Inc.'s CD/Maxtet, a $6,599 CD-ROM server, gives users access to...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
April 4, 1994... MacWEEK's March 14 Road to Power Mac supplement failed to credit Jeff Davis and his team at ZD Labs for their extensive work in benchmarking the new machines.

Low-cost desktop scanners provide precise results. (includes related article on questions to ask when choosing a scanner) (Buyers Guide)
April 4, 1994... The combination of hardware and software can produce true resolution if you know what to look for. Color flatbed scanners are less expensive and more capable than ever before, but anyone looking to buy a color flatbed can quickly become...

Still no PPC Mac upgrades.
April 4, 1994... Nope, no logic-board upgrades are available yet. From California to New York, as of this writing, the only confirmed upgrades I've been able to find were a few processor direct slot cards delivered to some educational institutions. But...

Installing Power Mac is no spring picnic. (MacInTouch) (Column)
April 4, 1994... Power Macs hold plenty of benefits and plenty of pitfalls. Migration issues include disk software, input devices and communication support. Week two of the Power Macintosh era: Apple dealers still have no AV models, no upgrades and no...

Will Windows win round one? (rumors) (Column)
April 4, 1994... The inflation rate is minuscule and even California is officially out of its deep recessions. Assuming that the stock market doesn't adjust itself into the cellar over the spring months, there will be nothing but good times ahead. Apple seems...

Native Power Mac quick look: Painter 2.0b. (Fractal Design Inc's)
April 4, 1994... Fractal Design Inc. Price: $399 Painter's natural-media image-creation and photo-retouching functions are processor-intensive, so it's not surprising that Fractal shipped one of the first Power Mac-native programs. Graphics users...

System 7.5 delayed; GX release imminent; scheduled for debut at Macworld Expo.
April 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- While the major features of System 7.5, Apple's upcoming system-software reference release, have been made public, the company reportedly has a number of small but important updates under wraps for introduction at the same...

CodeWarrior adds PowerPC weapon with IBM compiler. (Metrowerks Inc.) (includes related article on Metrowerks' CodeWarrior compilers)
April 11, 1994... St. Laurent, Quebec -- Metrowerks Inc., the developer community's bold new kid on the block, has received a big boost from a formidable ally, IBM Corp., and will announce several major additions to its CodeWarrior product this week. The...

Apple pins server hopes on PowerPC NetWare. (Novell Inc.'s Processor-Independent NetWare)
April 11, 1994... San Francisco -- On April 25, Apple and Novell Inc. will secure their relationship with a PowerPC PIN. One week before NetWorld+Interop '94 in Las Vegas, Apple will put its RISC-based Workgroup Servers on the table and announce it is porting...

Aldus Persuasion 3.0 charting presentation improvements. (Aldus Corp.'s presentation software) (Software Review) (includes related article on Persuasion) (Evaluation)
April 11, 1994... ... ...................... Score Card: Persuasion Aldus Corp. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $495* Overall value 4 With Version 3, Persuasion has re-emerged as one of the strongest Mac...

Patched system extensions put PPC Macs at risk. (PowerPC-based Macintosh microcomputers)
April 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Power Macintosh users waiting impatiently for more native-mode applications to arrive may want to add native extensions and control panels to their wish lists. Most extensions written for 680x0-based Macs work on the new...

100-MHz PPC 604 to push Power Mac past Pentium. (Motorola Inc. and IBM Corp.'s PowerPC 604)
April 11, 1994... Austin, Texas -- IBM Corp. and Motorola Inc. are about to announce a PowerPC processor that may give Apple a significant lead in PC performance by year-end. Boasting a 100-MHz clock speed and having a SPECmark integer rating of 140, the...

KS upgrade speeds Power Mac; oscillator boosts 6100 to 80 MHz. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... Marietta, Ohio -- You can transform a Power Macintosh 6100/60 into a 6100/80 with an accelerator that shipped this month from KS Labs Inc. Alacrity PM 6100, a $165 user-installable upgrade, consists of an oscillator and a fan. The...

Apple unveils 17-inch Triniton monitor. (Apple Multiple Scan 17 Display) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple this month will ship a new multiresolution 17-inch display targeted at business users with graphics needs. The Apple Multiple Scan 17 Display, priced at $1,069, uses a Sony Trinitron tube with a 0.26mm dot...

New INIT-29 strain discovered in U.S. (INIT-29-B Apple Macintosh virus) (Brief Article)
April 11, 1994... San Francisco -- A new Mac virus emerged in the United States last week, quickly followed by a round of antidotes. INIT-29-B, discovered last month on the West Coast, differs slightly from the original INIT-29 virus, which first appeared...

Micro Warehouse sales up. (Brief Article)
April 11, 1994... South Norwalk, Conn. -- Bolstered by strong Mac sales, Micro Warehouse Inc. last week posted sharp jumps in sales and profits for its first quarter, ended March 31. The company, based here, reported sales of $156.8 million, up 59 percent...

Third-party PPC cache cards ready. (PowerPC-based cache cards from King Memory & Peripherals Inc., Logica Research Inc., Technology Works Inc. and Mobius Technologies Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Pick a card, any card. If you use a Power Macintosh 6100/60 or 7100/66, you now can choose from among several caching alternatives to add speed to your system. All of the initially available third-party cards, such as...

Prism image-analysis program goes native. (Signal Analytics Corp.'s Prism 3.3) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... Vienna, Va. -- Signal Analytics Corp. last week shipped a prerelease Power Mac version of its scientific image-analysis tool. Prism 3.3, due in final form by June, is designed to work with microscopy applications requiring shape-detection...

For the record. (Apr 4, 1994, issue) (Correction Notice)
April 11, 1994... A story on Page 6 of the April 4 issue listed an out-of-date price for Prescience Corp.'s MicroExpressionist. It is now $159 and is not bundled with Claris Corp.'s MacWrite Pro.

New WordPerfect division hits road with low-end Main Street software.
April 11, 1994... Orem, Utah -- WordPerfect Corp. this week rolled out its Main Street line of consumer software tailored for home and small-business users. The new product line, which is being distributed by WordPerfect's new consumer-products division,...

Two updated utilities from Inline pop up. (Inline Software Inc.'s PopupFolder 1.0.1 and Redux Deluxe 2.5) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... Lakeville, Conn. -- Inline Software Inc. shipped two products: a new folder-navigation system extension and a major update to its backup program. PopupFolder 1.0.1 shows from the Finder the contents of folders via a hierarchical pop-up...

Brainstorm offers help to Applied users. (Brainstorm Products; Applied Engineering) (Brief Article)
April 11, 1994... Mountain View, Calif. -- Brainstorm Products last week offered free technical support, competitive upgrades and stock rotation to users and dealers stranded by the demise of Applied Engineering. Citing money problems, the Dallas-based...

Atticus adds to Super 7. (Atticus Software Corp.'s Super 7 Utilities 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... Stamford, Conn. -- Atticus Software Corp. has added a new component to its Super 7 Utilities suite and enhanced several existing components. Super 7 Utilities 2.0 now includes Window Master, which lets users stack and tile windows or...

New displays sport lower prices. (new display models from Idek Iiyama North America Inc., MAG InnoVision Inc., RasterOps Corp. and Samsung Electronics America) (Product Announcement)
April 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Competition in the display market heated up last month when Idek Iiyama North America Inc., MAG InnoVision Inc., RasterOps Corp. and Samsung Electronics America debuted new models. > Idek shipped the VisionMaster 17,...