MacWEEK articles from August 1990

MacWEEK archives from August 1990

System 7, part II: AppleMail. (Rumors)
August 7, 1990... System 7, Part II: AppleMail August is the month when the summer doldrums are punctuated by the decision-making process: Do the Boston expo? Watch Apple's scientific-visualization demo at Siggraph '90 in Dallas? Or just stay home and...

Lower-than-expected results send technology stocks down. (MarketWEEK: StockWatch)
August 7, 1990... Lower-than-expected results send technology stocks lower When is good news bad? When the good news isn't as good as it should be. And that has become especially irksome lately, as professional analysts and their institutional clients...

Group to make SPLAsh expo debut. (Think C, Think Pascal user group) (Symantec Programming Languages Association)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr Cupertino, Calif. -- The Symantec Programming Languages Association (SPLAsh), an organization for users of Symantec Corp.'s Think languages, will get off the ground Aug. 9 with an ice-cream social at the Boston Computer...

Study reveals only moderate loyalty to the Apple brand. (MarketWEEK: MarketWatch)
August 7, 1990... Study reveals only moderate loyalty to Apple-brand monitors Despite Apple's dominance in Mac monitor, printer and storage device markets, there appears to be only moderate loyalty to the Apple brand, according to the recent MacWEEK...

Caere takes OCR in hand; Typist sends scanned text directly to apps. (optical character recognition, applications, hand-held scanner) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Typist sends scanned text directly to apps By Pamela Pfiffner Los Gatos, Calif. -- Caere Corp. may prove this week that a scanner in hand is now the equal of one on the desktop. At Macworld Expo, Caere will unveil Typist, an...

CrystalPrint Express outputs 12 ppm. (Qume Corp. introduces 12-ppm PostScript printer) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Pamela Pfiffner Milpitas, Calif. -- Having established itself as a leader in printer performance with its 6-page-per-minute CrystalPrint Publisher series, Qume Corp. is seeking to break new ground with a 12-ppm model, the CrystalPrint...

Microtech adds really big drives to Nova line. (Microtech International Inc introduces 120Mbyte, 1.2Gbyte hard disk drives) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr East Haven, Conn. -- Microtech International Inc. is adding a slew of new models ranging in capacity from 120 Mbytes to 1.2 Gbytes to its popular Nova hard drive line. Highlighting the lineup of new models will be a...

Who you gonna call? Ask new Mac book. (Goldstein & Blair publish "Macintosh Bible 'What Do I Do Now?' Book")
August 7, 1990... Berkeley, Calif. -- What do you do when your Mac presents an error message? As every experienced user knows, more often than not the only choice is clicking "OK." But sometimes you do have a choice and, anyway, it's good to know just...

Oracle puts SQL server on Mac; moves Mac into database big leagues. (structured query language; Oracle Corp.'s Oracle Server for Macintosh) (includes related article on Brio Technology Inc.'s DataPrism data base query tool) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Moves Mac into database big leagues By Margie Wylie Boston -- Oracle Corp. this week will announce the first multiclient/multiserver SQL database for the Macintosh, a product that company officials said will change the way...

Siclone caches in: IIci SRAM card. (Siclone Sales and Engineering Corp. introduces CiCache) (static RAM cache card for Macintosh IIci) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr San Jose, Calif. -- Siclone Sales & Engineering Corp. will this month become at least the fourth company offering a cache card for the Mac IIci. Siclone's CiCache, priced at $699, incorporates 64 Kbytes of...

Baseline seeks niche with INIT Manager. (Baseline Publishing Inc introduces INIT Manager utility program) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr Memphis, Tenn. -- Commercial and shareware INIT-management utilities have proliferated almost as fast in the Macintosh world as the Startup documents (INITs) themselves. But just as power users keep adding more of the...

Hell, Optronics in patent dispute. (Dr.-Ing Rudolf Hell GmbH)
August 7, 1990... By Pamela Pfiffner Kiel, West Germany -- Dr.-Ing Rudolf Hell GmbH, parent company of Melville, N.Y.-based Hell Graphic Systems Inc., filed a lawsuit in late June charging Optronics with violating its patent for color halftone screening...

Apple settles securities violation suit. (Apple Computer Inc.) (Business Briefs)
August 7, 1990... Apple settles securities violation suit San Francisco -- Still paying the price for costly dynamic RAMs it bought during the 1988 chip shortage, Apple last month agreed to a settlement with shareholders who sued it for securities...

Jasmine Technologies resurfaces from Chapter 11. (Business Briefs)
August 7, 1990... Jasmine Technologies resurfaces from Chapter 11 San Francisco -- Jasmine Technologies Inc. rose out of Chapter 11 last month when a judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California approved its plan for purchase...

Jackson steps down as Silicon Beach general manager. (Charlie Jackson, Silicon Beach Software, San Diego, CA) (Business Briefs)
August 7, 1990... Jackson steps down as Silicon Beach general manager Seattle -- Seven months after selling the company he founded to Aldus Corp. (see MacWEEK, Jan. 23), Charlie Jackson has stepped down as acting general manager of Silicon Beach Software....

Apple to test brochures in national papers. (Apple Computer ad campaign) (Business Briefs)
August 7, 1990... Apple to test brochures in national papers Boston -- USA Today readers here and in other major cities will find out more about the Macintosh when they open their papers Wednesday, thanks to a new experimental Apple advertising campaign....

Microsoft seeking bigger LAN share. (local area network)
August 7, 1990... Microsoft Corp. is trying to wrest a portion of the LAN market from Novell Inc., its smaller but successful rival, the old-fashioned way -- with lots of money. Microsoft officials briefed industry analysts last week about its plan to...

New technology in pursuit of video mastery. (Video Master, a video controller for the Macintosh microcomputer, from VENT Inc.) (Hardware Review) (New Media)(Column) (evaluation)
August 7, 1990... New technology in pursuit of video mastery I just spent a few hours editing videotape with one of the first popularly priced video controllers for the Mac, and I'm impressed -- with its potential. The $599 Video Master from VENT...

Some thoughts on HyperCard 2.0. (StackWEEK) (column)
August 7, 1990... Some thoughts on HyperCard 2.0 PRODUCTS & NEWS In last week's column, we discussed Silicon Beach Software's SuperCard 1.5, wondering how it would fare during the wait for HyperCard 2.0 and especially after Apple's release of that...

Farallon updates Timbuktu/Remote. (Farallon Computing Inc.'s Timbuktu/Remote 2.0 communications software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Now puts remote screen in a window By Carolyn Said Emeryville, Calif. -- Trainers, consultants, value-added resellers and support personnel who need to view and operate remote Macintoshes will have additional tricks in their bag...

Kennect plugs new multiformat floppies. (Kennect Technology introduces Drive 1200, Drive 360 5.25-inch floppy drives for Macintosh)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr Los Gatos, Calif. -- Kennect Technology, extending its line of multiformat floppy drives into the 5.25-inch realm, last month began shipping two new models. The new products, both of which require Rapport, the...

Microsoft no threat to Apple; Mac apps highly profitable. (Microsoft Corp. continues to support applications for Apple Computer's Macintosh)
August 7, 1990... By Daniel Farber Redmond, Wash. -- If you stroll through Microsoft Place, you might think you were on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, across Lake Washington, rather than at the headquarters of the world's largest...

Letters. (letter to the editor)
August 7, 1990... MacWEEK ad campaign riles volume buyer I recognize that it is necessary for you to solicit additional, on-going advertisers to support your valuable publication, but I take strong exception to the "smear campaign" tactics that are...

The move to make the IIci mainstream. (Apple Macintosh IIci) (aggressive marketing) (editorial)
August 7, 1990... At first blush, Apple's moves to push the Mac IIci at the expense of the popular IIcx may seem puzzling. The 16-MHz, three-slot IIcx has been outselling the more powerful three-slot IIci machine 3-to-1. Moreover, dealers tend to find the...

Heavy lessons from Outbound portable. (Apple to license Outbound Systems technology for Outbound Laptop System) (editorial)
August 7, 1990... The marketing failure of the Macintosh Portable isn't a result of poor technology; it stemmed from Apple's failure to understand what customers want in a portable computer. That fact will be made evident with the expected announcement of...

QuoteMaster gives investors real-time stock monitoring. (Strategic Planning Systems' QuoteMaster software for real-time monitoring of stocks and commodities) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr Santa Clarita, Calif. -- Investors and securities professionals now can turn to their Macs for real-time monitoring of their favorite stocks, options, futures, funds, commodities, indexes and head-line news using FM or...

October Macs: names, ranks, serial numbers. (Apple Computer Inc.'s low-end microcomputers)
August 7, 1990... By Raines Cohen Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple is rounding third base and heading for home in the CPU rollout as it prepares to launch the new fall lineup on Oct. 15th. Sources said the names of the three machines are now at least etched...

The search for technical support. (managing Macintosh systems)
August 7, 1990... By Dennis Wyss For many computer managers, finding adequate technical support, knowledgeable advice and systems integration can be their greatest ongoing headache. This is not to say that support sources don't exist. Managers can go to...

Metamorphosis puts all fonts onto Type 1. (Altsys Corp.'s Metamorphosis 1.5 font-conversion utility)(Adobe Systems Inc.'s Type 1 proprietary encrypted and hinted font format) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Pamela Pfiffner Plano, Texas -- Altsys Corp. last week added Type 1 compatibility to its Metamorphosis font-conversion utility while halving the program's price from $295 to $149. Metamorphosis 1.5, now shipping, can convert any...

Bear River offers new Mac programming courses. (Bear River Institute) (One-Minute Manager)
August 7, 1990... Bear River offers new Mac programming courses Berkeley, Calif. -- Bear River Institute, a Mac technical training company based here, has announced four additional courses for Mac programmers. The new classes -- "Introduction to...

FoxBASE+/Mac users get new training option. (Wellington Systems Inc. offers training in use of DBMS)
August 7, 1990... FoxBASE+/Mac users get new training option Norwalk, Conn. -- Wellington Systems Inc. has added training for Fox Software Inc.'s FoxBASE+/Mac database to its roster of courses. The information-technology management consulting company will...

Muse inspires new data outlook. (Occam Research Corp.'s Muse data analysis program) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Daniel Farber and Henry Norr Watertown, Mass. -- Occam Research Corp. this week will announce Muse, an innovative data-analysis program that uses natural language queries to manipulate and visualize data. Targeted at corporate...

Chang Labs provides C.A.T III classes.(Chang Laboratories Inc.)
August 7, 1990... Chang Labs provides C*A*T III classes Santa Clara, Calif. -- Users of the business-contacts relational database C*A*T III from Chang Laboratories Inc., based here, may wish to attend an intensive one-day class in San Francisco, New York,...

Building-to-Building networks. (Photonics Corp.'s Building-to-Building Photolink infrared communications device) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Raines Cohen Campbell, Calif. -- Photonics Corp. last month announced Building-to-Building Photolink, an infrared communications product used to extend AppleTalk networks outdoors. The wireless network devices, mounted indoors, can...

The IBM PS/1: a golden opportunity for Apple. (The Mac Manager) (column)
August 7, 1990... IBM recently handed Apple the marketing opportunity of a lifetime. In June IBM announced the Personal System/1, its new low-end computer designed specifically for the home computer market. In so doing, the company legitimized everything Apple...

Mac databases power up. (Apple Macintosh software) (survey of relational DBMS users)
August 7, 1990... Database management on the Macintosh has come a long way from its humble origins in single-user flat-file applications that emphasized the graphical advantages of the platform more than its data-crunching capabilities. Today, the Mac has...

How Macs are bridging the database gap. (PCs still used more than Macs for database work)(includes directory of Mac database products)
August 7, 1990... By Dan Ruby and Jonathan Oski The enduring paradox about the Macintosh in business is that it has achieved great success in every application area except the one that is at the core of business computing -- database management. ...

Mac falls short in database tasks. (Point/Counterpoint) (column)
August 7, 1990... Mac falls short in database tasks By Jim Seymour I love the Mac, but it's not a very good database machine. Certainly there are a number of interesting database programs for the Mac. Filevision and Helix showed us what...

Mac 'oozes right stuff' for database work. (suitability of Apple Macintosh to work with large databases) (Point/Counterpoint) (column)
August 7, 1990... Mac 'oozes right stuff' for database work By Don Crabb The Macintosh is the best personal computing platform for both small- and large-scale database work. Now that I've gotten your attention, Jim, try to contain your DOS-OS/2...

Lack of tools, content conspire to keep multimedia a buzzword.
August 7, 1990... By Connie Guglielmo Beverly Hills, Calif. -- Despite the variety of multimedia-related products that have been released or announced during the past year, several technological and legal obstacles still prevent multimedia publishing from...

Strata revamps StrataVision 3d, distributes Pixar's MacRenderMan. (Strata Inc.'s StrataVision 3d 2.0 CAD software)(MacRenderMan computer graphics software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Connie Guglielmo St. George, Utah -- Strata Inc. last month added more depth to its 3-D rendering capabilities, introducing a major upgrade to StrataVision 3d and announcing that it is distributing Pixar's MacRenderMan rendering...

Ventura Mac Edition on 1990 horizon. (Ventura Software Inc.'s Ventura Publisher, Macintosh Edition desktop publishing software) (Late News) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Ventura Mac Edition on 1990 horizon San Diego -- Ventura Publisher, one of the most popular desktop publishing programs for the IBM PC and compatibles, will be coming to the Mac before year-end. Ventura Software Inc., a Xerox company,...

Simplifiler PIM: organizing in fourth dimension. (Zicon Software Corp.'s Simplifier personal information manager) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By John Webster Lake Oswego, Ore. -- Zicon Software Corp. recently shipped Simplifiler Version 1.0, a Macintosh personal information manager (PIM) designed to help users organize the stacks of paper strewn across their desks. ...

Apple's IIci cache card due next week. (memory board) (Late News) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Apple's IIci cache card due next week Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple next week will release a cache card for the Mac IIci. Priced at $399, well below the level of current third-party offerings, the card offers 32 Kbytes of 25-nanosecond...

Paracomp signs French animator. (Encore Development's FilmMaker animation software)
August 7, 1990... By Connie Guglielmo and Daniel Farber San Francisco -- Paracomp Inc. has acquired rights to FilmMaker, a French animation program, and will ship it at this week's Macworld Expo for less than $1,000. Developed by Paris-based Encore...

QuicKeys 2: mean macro machine. (CE Software Inc.'s macro utility program) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr West Des Moines, Iowa -- Promising even faster and more-flexible ways to unlock the power of the Mac from the keyboard, CE Software Inc. this week will unveil QuicKeys 2, a new version of its popular macro utility. ...

Start-up Madrid daily stakes it all on Mac. (El Sol newspaper in Spain published on Macintosh)
August 7, 1990... By Janice Maloney Madrid, Spain -- A new sun is rising in Spain. El Sol, a 3-month-old newspaper produced entirely on Macs, is casting a long shadow on an industry skeptical of the Mac's capability to do rigorous, four-color, fully...

NetWare: still no direct Mac link. (Novell Inc. delays direct NetWare 386 support for Apple Macintosh)
August 7, 1990... By Margie Wylie Provo, Utah -- Users impatient for direct support for Macs on NetWare 386 networks will have to wait until at least the end of the year, Novell Inc. said last week. For now they'll have to settle for an update to...

Thermal transfer, inkjet advances put color in new light. (color printers)
August 7, 1990... By Clay Andres San Francisco -- While everyone is waiting for a low-cost color laser printer that's just like their LaserWriter, prices on thermal-transfer printers are dropping, and the quality of inkjet technology is improving --...

Mass Micro, Advent to unveil video products. (Mass Microsystem Inc.'s EasyVideo 8 graphics board and Advent Computer Products Inc.'s Neotech Color Video Encoder digitizer) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Connie Guglielmo Boston -- For users looking for a way to take Mac graphics out to videotape, Mass Microsystems Inc. and Advent Computer Products Inc. will be unwrapping new low-cost products at Macworld Expo. >Mass Microsystems....

Apple, Outbound reach pact. (Apple Computer Inc., Outbound Systems Inc.) (agreement on licensing technology for Outbound's Macintosh-compatible portable computer)
August 7, 1990... Boulder, Colo. -- Apple and Outbound Systems Inc. said last week that they have reached an agreement about the technology on which Outbound's Mac-compatible portable is based. Identical announcements from both companies said the agreement...

RasterOps boards for 13-inch screens. (RasterOps Corp.'s 8S and 24S graphics boards) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By John Webster Santa Clara, Calif. -- Streamlining and accelerating its graphics-board line, RasterOps Corp. this week will introduce small-screen versions of its latest eight-bit and 24-bit graphics boards. Due next month, the 8S...

New Alisa message switch links Mac and VAX mail. (Alisa Systems Inc.'s AlisaMail, MailMate/MM, MailMate/QM, MaxNotes 1.1 and TSSNet 2.0 network communications software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Margie Wylie and Carolyn Said Pasadena, Calif. -- Riding on the conviction that it can win the business of smaller shops in the face of the Apple/Digital Equipment Corp. alliance, Alisa Systems Inc. last month launched a slew of new...

For the record. (corrections)
August 7, 1990... In the July 31 issue, MacWEEK reported on UPS 4 MAC Version 2.0 from Software Design & Consulting of Milwaukee. The name of the shipping program has been changed to Shipping 4 MAC, Version 2.2. The phone number listed for The HyperMedia...

Artist board paints CAD drawing faster. (Artist Graphics Inc.'s Artist XJS accelerator board for computer-added design) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Rochelle Garner St. Paul, Minn. -- Artist Graphics Inc. this week will begin shipping its Artist XJS display-list accelerator. The board, which speeds up pans, zooms and redraws in some vector-based CAD applications, currently...

Does it pay to purchase a dedicated film recorder?
August 7, 1990... by Dona Z. Meilach As businesses rely more and more on slide-based presentations, they mustdetermine their hardware needs. While a good video or animated multimedia presentation, with all its flash and cutting-edge Mac technology,...

4D 2.1, compiler speed performance: update improves use of memory. (ACIUS Inc.'s 4th Dimension 2.1 relational data base and 4D compiler) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Update improves use of memory By Daniel Farber Cupertino, Calif. -- ACIUS Inc. has begun shipping Version 2.1 of its 4th Dimension relational database as well as its new 4D Compiler. Version 2.1, which remains at $795, offers...

Turning to training to keep up on Mac. (training in Macintosh applications)
August 7, 1990... To stay in step with computer technology, designers are looking to the classroom. By Mitzi Waltz The explosion of hardware and software tools that has thrust Macintosh-based systems into the realm of high-resolution color design...

SuperCard scriptors get support package. (Silicon Beach Software's SuperCard Developer Support Program)
August 7, 1990... By Raines Cohen San Diego -- SuperCard programmers will soon be able to find help through a new package of support services offered by Silicon Beach Software. The company, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Aldus Corp., announced last...

Sadder, older and more computer-literate. (attitudes of graphic designer Tom Lulevitch)(Boldface) (column)
August 7, 1990... Sadder, older and more computer-literate About two years ago, I interviewed Tom Lulevitch for MacWEEK's GA section. Lulevitch, an established illustrator and designer based in New York, had recently purchased a Mac Plus and was starting...

High-quality color work on the Mac is possible.(using Macintosh computer for graphic arts) (Guest Viewpoint) (column)
August 7, 1990... High-quality color work on the Mac is possible As our first guest columnist in GA, Edgar Guttzeit, owner of New York-based Goodsight Graphics Inc., a training center, design shop and service bureau, is no stranger to color technology nor...

MicroNet to bundle Retrospect with drives. (MicroNet Technology Inc.'s CMO Canon and Micro/Removable disk drives)(Dantz Development Corp.'s Retrospect backup software)
August 7, 1990... Irvine, Calif. -- MicroNet Technology Inc. last month announced that it is offering several of its removable-storage systems in specially priced bundles with Retrospect, the archiving and backup program from Dantz Development Corp. ...

Broderbund to bring new twist type to expo. (Broderbund Software Inc.'s TypeStyler 1.5 computer graphics software and Letterhead data entry software)(MacWorld Exposition 1990) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Pamela Pfiffner San Rafael, Calif. -- Broderbund Software Inc. will show more twisted type at Macworld Expo this week as well as bigger words and letterheads. A new version of Broderbund's type-manipulation program, TypeStyler...

PixelPaint Pro gets bigger picture. (SuperMac Technology Inc..'s PixelPaint Professional 2.0 computer graphics software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Boston - SuperMac Technology will announce a major new version of PixelPaint Professional, its 32-bit painting program, at MacWorld Expo this week. Version 2.0, due in the fourth quarter, offers a new virtual-memory scheme for handling...

Fast relief from latest HP pen plotter. (HP's 7550 Plus eight-pen plotter) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Rochelle Garner Boston -- Taking another opportunity to show its commitment to the Macintosh market, Hewlett-Packard Co. is announcing the newest addition to its line of desktop pen plotters at Macworld Expo here this week. Due...

Presentations hit the executive desktop. (new Macintosh presentation hardware and software)(includes related article on transparencies vs. slides)
August 7, 1990... Presentations hit the executive desktop Color templates pave the way By Larry Stevens Desktop presentation software is raising the quality of presentations and giving managers a hand with designing. Typewritten...

Odesta plans faster Double Helix 3.5. (data base management system) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Daniel Farber Northbrook, Ill. -- Odesta Corp. this week will announce a new version of Double Helix, its multi-user relational database for Macintosh and DEC VAX environments. To ship in the fourth quarter, Version 3.5 will...

Ultimate Solution to DTP file transmission. (Ultimate Solutions Inc.'s Ultimate BBS communications software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Carolyn Said Indianapolis -- Ultimate Solutions Inc. is offering a product for desktop publishers designed to eliminate the headaches from transmitting files to a service bureau for final output. Ultimate BBS, a customizable...

Thrifty managers go mail order. (buying Macintosh hard disks by mail)
August 7, 1990... Thrifty managers go mail order Up to 60% savings vs. distant service By Amy Bermar Why purchase a Macintosh hard disk at retail when you can get two for the same price from a mail-order supplier? That's the bottom-dollar...

Tactics' TRS equalizes travel time, sales load. (Tactics Sales Performance Analysis Inc.'s TRS sales/marketing software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Raines Cohen Andover, Mass. -- Companies allocating territories for their sales staff soon will be able to automate the job with TRS from Tactics Sales Performance Analysis Inc. The software, due in early September, uses...

Newbridge card: RISC, Ethernet, SCSI. (Newbridge Microsystems's NewLife IAC graphics coprocessor) (reduced-instruction-set computers, small computer systems interface) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Kanata, Ontario -- Newbridge Microsystems last week announced a programmable multifunction NuBus coprocessor card based on a 33-MHz version of the Am29000 RISC (reduced instruction set computing) chip. The chip is the same one adopted by...

EasyServer: 'IIfx speed, SE price.' (ShirtPocket Software's EasyServer file server) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Margie Wylie Mesa, Ariz. -- Claiming to deliver "the speed of a IIfx for the price of a Mac SE," ShirtPocket Software will ship an Intel-based AppleShare server in September. EasyServer uses standard Mac external disk drives to...

Mounting disk cartridges and debugging PostScript. (MacInTouch.)
August 7, 1990... Mounting disk cartridges and debugging PostScript Bugs & tips Mount 'em cowboy. The strange phrase "to mount a disk" came originally from environments where an operator in a special computer room would take a disk (a stack of...

Micron gives images the squeeze. (Micron Technology Inc.'s Xceed ICDP-II compression/decompression accelerator card) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Connie Guglielmo Boise, Idaho -- Micron Technology Inc. is readying a plug-and-play system for 24-bit color-image compression and decompression. The Micron Xceed ICDP-II compression/ decompression accelerator card works with...

Asante 10T Hub due in September. (Asante Technologies Inc.'s 10T Hub network hub) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Margie Wylie Sunnyvale, Calif. -- While the 10BASE T Ethernet-over-phone-wire standard slouches toward approval by the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, Asante Technologies Inc. is rounding out its product line with...

FullWrite Pro 1.5 to debut in Boston. (Ashton-Tate's FullWrite Professional 1.5 word processing software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Henry Norr Torrance, Calif. -- It's not quite the high-performance Version 2.0 some FullWrite Professional users had hoped to see by now, but Ashton-Tate Corp.'s feature-rich and slow-selling word processor is finally getting its...

IV apps headed for Mac. (Ashton-Tate's dBASE IV Runtime Plus data conversion applications software) (MacWorld Exposition 1990)
August 7, 1990... Torrance, Calif. -- Yearning to run dBASE IV applications on your Mac? Hope is in sight, or will be at Ashton-Tate Corp.'s booth at this week's Macworld Expo. The company will be showing dBASE IV Runtime Plus, a program that will let Mac...

Palomar to upgrade PLOTTERgeist driver. (Palomar Software Inc. PLOTTERgeist 1.1 device driver) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Oceanside, Calif. -- Palomar Software Inc. is expanding the list of plotters supported by its PLOTTERgeist driver, the company said. Due in September, Version 1.1 of the Chooser-level plotter driver will let users plot to all current...

Quark delivers XPress 3.0 (QuarkXPress 3.0 desktop publishing software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Denver -- Quark Inc. didn't make the trek to Macworld Expo, but back home the company is shipping Version 3.0 of QuarkXPress. A simpler interface, a pasteboard metaphor, an interactive Show Measurements palette, multiple-item selection,...

Paragon Concepts to ship Nisus 3.0 word processor. (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... Solana Beach, Calif. -- Nisus 3.0, the latest version of Paragon Concepts Inc.'s $395 word processor, will ship this week with simplified menus, enhanced graphics and layout features, and a new BASIClike programming-language module used to...

A/UX 2.0: a Mac Unix that is smooth, superb. (Software Review) (includes related article about costs associated with A/UX.) (evaluation)
August 7, 1990... A/UX 2.0: A Mac Unix that is smooth, superb A/UX 2.0 Apple List price: $800 +Integrates Unix and Mac operating systems with a high degree of compatibility; provides graphical interfaces to hundreds of Unix commands and...

NRC gateways AppleTalk, TCP/IP. (Network Resources Corp.'s MultiGate and IPGate computer network software)(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... NRC gateways AppleTalk, TCP/IP By Margie Wylie San Jose, Calif. -- Network Resources Corp. last month introduced two software solutions for mixing AppleTalk and TCP/IP networks. >The $795 MultiGate Mac software runs in the...

Heizer converts stacks to Windows Toolbook. (Heizer Software Inc.'s ConvertIt! data conversion software) (product announcement)
August 7, 1990... By Raines Cohen Pleasant Hill, Calif. -- Heizer Software last week shipped ConvertIt!, an application that converts HyperCard 1.x stacks into "books" usable by Asymetrix Corp.'s ToolBook under Windows 3.0. ConvertIt! translates...

Multimedia mag set for expo preview. (Hypermedia Communications Inc.'s MacMedia magazine)
August 7, 1990... Sausalito, Calif. -- MacMedia, a new magazine from HyperMedia Communications Inc., will be shown for the first time at this week's Macworld Expo. It will focus on multimedia technology, people, projects and tools. The magazine will feature a...