MacWEEK articles from August 1996

MacWEEK archives from August 1996

ATI 5-in-1 card to deliver multimedia on a budget. (ATI Technologies Xclaim VR and Xclaim 3D multifunction accelerator boards and Xclaim TV tuner)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... ATI Technologies Inc. this week will unveil a pair of products intended to woo low-budget Mac users into the high-end realm of multimedia. The rollout will center on an inexpensive multifunction accelerator board. The Xclaim VR is a $349...

Express line on '97 track. (Apple developing high-end Power Macs for 1997) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... New logic board at core of Apple's high-end systems There's no rest for the wicked fast. As Apple rolls out its latest Macs this week in Boston, engineering teams in Cupertino, Calif., are reportedly working on a flagship series due in June...

Motorola, IBM to double PPC speeds with G3 chip. (PowerPC processor development) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... The PowerPC partners this week will present a road map to the processor's future, including clues about three new chip series that will carry the architecture into the 21st century. The plans offer preliminary details about two of the future...

What's the diff? Making sense of 604e, 603e speed. (comparing performance in systems based on the PowerPC 604e and 603e processors) (Product Information)
August 5, 1996... The wealth of Macintosh systems being introduced at this week's Macworld Expo is a boon for customers seeking a range of offerings. But with choice comes confusion, especially over the megahertz speeds of the new PowerPC 604e and 603e processors....

Expo Show Picks. (MacWeek picks top Macworld Expo products) (includes related articles on Corda Technologies' Live Objects effort, Apple's new version of QuickTime 2.5, and a special edition of MacWeek reporting on the expo) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 5, 1996... The pickings are easy at Macworld Expo This week's Macworld Expo will again demonstrate that the convention abhors a vacuum. The Boston show's two convention halls will be crammed with the new, the useful and the curious. As the Mac cloning...

PB 5300cs discontinued; reseller backlog cancelled. (Apple discontinues PowerBook 5300cs notebook) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... It's hard enough finding a PowerBook these days, but it will soon be darn-near impossible to get a new PowerBook 5300cs. Apple next week will discontinue the model. Apple spokeswoman Kate Paisley said the company will continue to manufacture...

Farallon cuts Fast Ethernet prices. (Farallon Communications lowers prices of 100-Mbps products, offers trade-in plan for LocalTalk and Ethernet equipment) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... With the hope of spurring Fast Ethernet sales, Farallon Communications Inc. this week cut the price of its 100-Mbps offerings and announced a trade-in program for LocalTalk and Ethernet equipment. The company's Fast EtherTX 10/100BASE T NuBus...

SCSI adapter now part of PaperPort V bundle. (Visioneer bundles SCSI adapter with PaperPort Vx scanner, can double scanning speeds)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Visioneer Inc. last week said it will offer a SCSI adapter for its PaperPort Vx desktop scanner free to new buyers between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31. In addition, the Palo Alto, Calif., company will extend the offer to purchases made after July 1....

CPUs to storm Boston expo. (new products on display at MacWorld Expo 1996 in Boston) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Apple, cloners unpack new boxes Apple and Mac-compatible vendors will open the floodgates on new CPUs at this week's Macworld Expo in Boston. The high- and low-end systems will offer users a wide selection for performance and options. Apple...

NUpowr ups system speed. (Newer Technology Inc upgrades NUpowr board for PowerBook 500 notebooks)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Newer Technology Inc. is prepping cards that will speed desktop and portable systems. Newer plans to introduce this week at Macworld Expo in Boston a faster version of NUpowr, the company's upgrade option for users of PowerBook 500-series...

Now Software retools Utilities package to 6.5. (Now Utilities 6.5)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Now Software Inc. plans to ship by the end of the month a major upgrade to Now Utilities. Version 6.5 will include a complete reworking of Now Startup Manager, the company said, and come with enhancements to Now Super Boomerang and Now...

MathCad Plus 6 to add calculating engine. (MathSoft Inc revises numeric and symbolic calculation software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... MathSoft Inc. is set to ship in September MathCad Plus 6, the first major revision of its numeric and symbolic calculation application in three years. Replacing Version 3.1 and jumping several numbers, the $349 program will be unveiled this...

Mac sales dipped in Q2. (Macintosh sales down about 21 percent for Apple's 2nd qtr 1996) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Apple's hardware sales dipped again last quarter, but there are signs that things may be picking up. Two reports released at the end of July - one from International Data Corp. of Framingham, Mass., the other compiled by Dataquest Inc. of San...

VST preps PB Zip and hard drives, adapters. (VST Technologies to announce Zip 100 drive for PowerBook 190 and 5300 notebooks; Expansion Bay Hard Drive)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... VST Technologies Inc. this week plans to announce an internal Zip drive for the PowerBook 190 and 5300 series. The company also recently unveiled a new line of hard drive modules and power adapters for the notebooks. VST said its Zip 100...

Lenses for digital cameras. (Tiffen Corp offers lenses and accessory kits for several digital cameras) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Film camera users have always been able to choose from hundreds of lenses and accessories, and now users of point-and-shoot digital cameras can get in on the action. Tiffen Corp. of Hauppauge, N.Y., now manufactures lens and accessory kits for...

Grab a MAG. (MAG InnoVision Co offers 15-inch DX15T-M and 17-inch DX17T-M monitors)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... MAG InnoVision Co. Inc. is offering new 15- and 17-inch monitors. Based on Sony Corp.'s Trinitron CRTs, the 15-inch DX15T-M has an estimated street price of $385, and the 17-inch DX17T-M is $740, MAG said. The DX15T-M has a resolution of 1,152 by...

Room with a ViewSonic. (ViewSonic P810 21-inch high-resolution monitor targeted for graphics and CAD markets)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... ViewSonic Corp. last week introduced a new 21-inch high-resolution monitor for the graphics and CAD markets. The $1,695 P810 replaces ViewSonic's 21PS, which the company said is its best-selling 21-inch monitor. With a noninterlaced Matsushita...

Smile, you're saving money. (Smile International ships CD6424VS 14-inch color monitor)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Smile International Inc. recently shipped its new low-cost color monitor. Aimed at budget buyers, the $275 CD6424VS has a 14-inch, noninterlaced CRT with a resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels, a variable refresh rate between 50 Hz and 100 Hz and a...

Mac multimedia, 3-D to heat up Siggraph. (Siggraph 96 trade show to feature Apple's QuickTime 2.5 and QuickDraw 3D 1.5, other 3D Macintosh applications)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Hybrid modeler for ElectricImage The slow-paced southern summer will meet the high-speed world of computer graphics in New Orleans this week when Siggraph 96 arrives in town. Apple will set the pace at the graphics show with QuickTime 2.5,...

QuickDraw 3D 1.5 to plug in renderers. (Apple adds Windows 95 and NT support to image processing software)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Apple will offer some solid assistance to 3-D application developers when it delivers a new version of QuickDraw 3D, the company said. QuickDraw 3D 1.5, which Apple said will ship at the end of September, will add support for Windows 95 and...

ColorIt! 3.2 gains formats. (MicroFrontier Inc image-editing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... MicroFrontier Inc. this week plans to give Boston's Macworld Expo show goers a plethora of formats with the latest iteration of its image-editing software. Color It! 3.2 is due to ship at the show for an introductory price of $20, compared...

Extensis tools tap into text, Web. (Extensis Corp introduces PhotoTools, CyberPress and QX-Tools 2.0 plug-ins for Photoshop and QuarkXPress)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Extensis Corp. this week will stretch its line of Mac software modules with new and enhanced plug-in collections for Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress. The new software, slated to debut at Macworld Expo in Boston and ship in September, will...

Broderbund to purchase T/Maker. (Broderbund Software to purchase T/Maker, a clip-art developer, from Deluxe Corp) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Edutainment software company Broderbund Software Inc. last week announced its plans to buy popular clip-art developer T/Maker Co. from Deluxe Corp., T/Maker's parent company, for an undisclosed sum. Founded by current Apple Vice President of...

Polaroid scanner shooting for SOHO. (Polaroid PhotoPad scanner targeted for home offices)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Polaroid Corp. this week will deliver a petite new scanner designed for digitizing snapshots. The PhotoPad, slated to make its Macintosh debut this week at Macworld Expo in Boston, is aimed at small-office, home-office users as well as Web...

Gretag devices measure color. (Gretag Color Control ships SpectroLino and SpectroScan color-management extensions for ColorSync 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Gretag Color Control in July shipped a pair of measurement devices designed to take the headache out of color management. The SpectroLino and SpectroScan both speed the generation of device profiles for ColorSync 2.0, the current version of...

QuickMail to go POP. (CE Software developing Internet version of QuickMail E-mail system) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Mac mail system preps for Internet Moving to take Qualcomm Inc.'s Eudora and Claris Corp.'s Emailer head-on, CE Software Inc. is readying an Internet-ready version of QuickMail, the company's e-mail system. CE said it will detail these plans...

Roaster Pro to make public debut at expo. (Natural Intelligence introduces first Java development environment for the Macintosh) (Macworld Expo)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... While Java integration still sits on the Mac OS to-do list, Natural Intelligence Inc. is prepping tools to implement stand-alone Java applets on the desktop. This week's Macworld Expo in Boston will be the coming-out party for Roaster...

Digital Comet aims at Web. (introduces CometPage and CometSite Web-authoring tools)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Digital Comet Inc. hopes to bring Web-page creation down to earth with CometPage and CometSite, a pair of authoring tools released to public beta testing last week. CometPage, priced at $79, lets users move templates, macros or commands into...

Web Weaver moves to 2.0. (Miracle Software updates Web authoring software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Miracle Software Inc. is adding speed and spell checking to the next version of its Web publishing tool, due this month. Version 2.0 of World Wide Web Weaver will be the first Power Mac-native incarnation, and it will remove the 32-Kbyte file...

PointCast news service to make Mac delivery. (PointCast news service now available for Macintosh users) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Free screen saver crosses platforms At this week's Macworld Expo in Boston, Mac news hounds will be able to glimpse PointCast, the Internet news service long-available on Windows. PointCast Inc. will be demonstrating the Mac client for its...

Internet Explorer beta supports HTML frames. (Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.1 Web browser in beta testing) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Microsoft Corp. in July released a beta version of its Internet Explorer Web browser that adds HTML frames but does not offer ActiveX support. The public beta of Version 2.1 also includes a built-in QuickTime VR player and the ability to...

Mainstay users to chat. (Mainstay ships ChitChat client-server software for network conferencing)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Mac networks are about to get chattier. At Macworld Expo this week in Boston, Mainstay will ship ChitChat, a client-server package for conferencing over networks. Sporting an interface similar to that of America Online's chat rooms, ChitChat...

Farallon gains 26% in first public quarter. (Farallon Communications Inc) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... In its first quarter as a publicly traded company, Farallon Communications Inc.'s revenues grew 26 percent compared with the same quarter in the previous fiscal year. In July, the company reported overall revenues of $15.6 million for the...

Sagem to offer new ISDN tools. (Sagem Planet-ISDN GeoPort Adapter, Meet-Me-Light videoconferencing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... Sagem will show its new ISDN and videoconferencing products at Macworld Expo this week in Boston. The company, formerly known as Sat-Sagem, is now shipping the U.S. version of the Sagem Planet-ISDN GeoPort Adapter, a $395 ISDN terminal adapter...

BoxTop plug-ins focus on images for the Web. (BoxTop Software ships HVS WebFocus plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 1996... BoxTop Software Inc., in conjunction with Digital Frontiers LLC of Evanston, Ill., shipped in July a set of Adobe Photoshop 3.0 plug-ins for compressing and converting images into Web-ready formats. HVS WebFocus, priced at $129, can create GIF,...

The good life. (Macworld Expo offers wide variety of Macintosh applications)(Editorial)
August 5, 1996... English author George Moore observed, "The difficulty in life is the choice." Luckily for Macintosh buyers, life has never been so difficult. At this week's Macworld Expo in Boston, vendors will demonstrate a host of different Macs in a...

It's cyberspace, not shelf space, that is key to future. (Apple focuses on electronic software distribution) (The Second Decade) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
August 5, 1996... Promoting awareness of the mail-order channel and taking better advantage of CD-ROM are important steps Apple can take, in the near term and at modest cost, to combat the perception that Mac software is hard to come by. But the future of...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
August 5, 1996... Just say 'Go' In the 07.15.96 issue, the Mac the Knife piece implied that I left Power Computing because I either failed a drug test or refused to take one (Page 70). Neither is true. Though Power Computing is apparently drug-free now and I no...

Essence of expo emerges in Newton technology. (Macworld Expo shows improvements in Newton PDA market) (The Mac Manager) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
August 5, 1996... Here I am getting my schedule together for Macworld Expo in Boston. Zipping through the pile of business cards I collected at last year's show, I am struck by how many Macintosh people and companies have morphed in the past year. None more so...

MacWeek guide to intranets; ten things to consider when building corporate intranets. (includes related article on Lotus Notes and intranets) (Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
August 5, 1996... While the Web firestorm on the Internet proceeds pell-mell, the rise of the intranet inside the corporate fire wall may prove more explosive. Since Web browsers and servers run equally on Mac, Unix and Microsoft Windows systems, cross-platform...

Will Mac make leap from Internet to intranets? (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... Intranets are more than just internal Web sites, even though they use similar technology. While developers of Web sites seek to attract visitors with glitzy multimedia, corporate IS groups are more concerned with control of multiple-network...

What are you getting into? (intranet technology is enticing, but corporate implementation could be premature) (Commentary) (Technology Information)(Column)
August 5, 1996... I hate to throw cold water on a hot topic, but I can't sit here and not say what I think: Slow down on this intranet jazz. What are intranets doing for you and your operation? Are they going to make it easier for you to administer groupware...

MacWeek 200. (the top 200 sites using Apple Macintosh systems) (includes related article on the definition of a site) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... Power Macs satisfy; Internet component poised to boost sales The 1996 MacWEEK 200, the eighth annual survey, shows that major U.S. and Canadian corporations and government sites steadily continue to purchase Apple Power Macs with overall high...

Users at top sites say Mac is their machine of choice. (users at Livermore and Los Alamos labs prefer Macs)(includes related article on the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's use of Macs)(MacWeek 200) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... At Livermore and Los Alamos labs, when users are given a choice, they prefer the Mac. A look at the largest Macintosh sites in the country and Canada shows that the Mac is more than Apple's operating system, a fancy plastic box and fast chips....

Federal Express sales reps take Macs on the road. (Apple PowerBook 540 used by sales representatives)(MacWEEK 200) (Product Information)
August 5, 1996... FedEx brought on PowerBook 540 machines to help with sales, service automation. Like Xerox and Kleenex, FedEx has practically become a generic term for a product -- and it's not because it has an "x" in its name. Federal Express Corp. (No....

Boon to business or boondoggle, the Internet grows. (Internet installations increasing) (includes related article on the growth of intranets)(MacWeek 200) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 5, 1996... Baseball philosopher Yogi Berra once observed that a certain nightclub was so crowded that nobody went there. Likewise the Internet is crowded with plenty of companies, organizations and government agencies, if only in a hazy belief that it's...

Education 50: Higher-ed Macs hold their own. (Macintosh finds acceptance in the education sector)(MacWEEK 200) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 5, 1996... The 50 education sites surveyed this year generally mirror the MacWEEK 200, with some notable exceptions. Macs are holding their own against Intel-standard PCs better in the education sector. Here 41 percent of the installed base are Macs...

Business apps still on top: Web is big man on campus. (Education sector uses Macintosh applications)(MacWEEK 200) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 5, 1996... Like most MacWEEK 200 sites, developing Web pages is becoming business as usual at the Education 50 sites. However, word processing and spreadsheets are the most popular applications on campus, proving indeed that the Mac is a...

GA 25 identifies graphics apps use. (the top 25 corporate users of graphic arts)(MacWeek 200) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... This year the MacWEEK editors decided to expand the MacWEEK 200 to reflect the large segment of our readers and other Mac users involved in the graphic arts. We defined graphic arts as companies producing text with images that were four-color,...

Sites jump to Web; others herald Mac for print success. (Hallmark Cards Inc, Time Inc, and other companies in the Graphic Arts 25 rely on Macintoshes)(MacWeek 200) (Company Operations)
August 5, 1996... At most GA 25 sites, Web development is the darling of the technically and visually skilled. And no wonder. A Web world ruled by text is boring at best to visually creative people ready to bring sites up to their graphic potential. But don't be...

PowerBase series makes good use of low-cost 603e. (Power Computing Corp's PowerBase 180, 200 and 240 PowerPC-based systems) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Score card: Key 5 Excellent 4 Very good 3 Good 2 Fair 1 Unsatisfactory PowerBase 180, 200, 240 5 (Excellent) Power Computing Corp. List price: $1,495 and up* Hits: Top-of-the-line processor and graphics performance at...

Power Macs expensive but faster than ever. (Apple's Power Mac 9500/200, 8500/180 and 7600/132) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Overall value: Power Mac 9500/200 4 (Very good) Power Mac 8500/180 4 (Very good) Power Mac 7600/132 3 (Good) Less than four months after its last speed bump, Apple has given its Power Macintosh line another nudge upward in...

Performas are faster, multimedia-savvy. (Apple's PowerPC 603e-based Performa 6400/200 and 6400/200) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Overall value: Performa 6400/200 4 (Very good) Performa 6400/180 4 (Very good) Apple's new 180- and 200-MHz PowerPC 603e-based Performa 6400s feature faster performance, more multimedia muscle than most home users could imagine and...

UMAX S900L/604e/200 a decent clone. (UMAX Computer Corp's PowerPC 604e-based system) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Overall value: UMAX S900/200 4 (Very good) If Apple were the only other source for Mac OS hardware, UMAX Computer Corp. would be riding tall with the SuperMac S900L/604e/200, its 200-MHz 604e-based follow-up to the original S900 (see...

MP options deliver low-cost speed boost. (DayStar Digital Inc's Genesis MP 360+ PowerPC-based system, and nPower 360+ upgrade board) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Overall value: Genesis MP 360+ 4 (Very good) Power Mac 9500/180MP 4 (Very good) nPower 360+ card 4 (Very good) After an inauspicious start, the era of Macintosh multiprocessing may be about to flower. Apple's announcement this...

For the record.(Correction Notice)
August 5, 1996... Our review of Apple's Internet Server Solution (07.15.96, Page 25) should have said that it is possible to set up Open Door Networks Inc.'s HomeDoor virtual-domain software to display domain names so it appears that a company is maintaining its...

Avid makes video inviting. (Apple's Avid Cinema hardware/software for personal video publishing was developed by Avid Technology Inc) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
August 5, 1996... Overall value: 4 (Very good) Digitizing video on the desktop is still a new and complex task that can overwhelm the pocketbook and confidence of the average user. Apple's Avid Cinema hardware and software package, developed by Avid Technology...

Stepping back for a long look at the Mac. (the Mac OS) (MacInTouch) (Product Information)(Column)
August 5, 1996... This is a week for taking stock, as the annual Macintosh carnival assembles in Boston. The cloning of the Mac architecture is pushing development on the hardware side and delivering exciting new options and performance. The problem is that the...

Schools learning the ABCs of the Web for kids, teachers. (Internet in Education) (includes a related article on making the Web easier) (Internet Web Online Service Information)
August 5, 1996... On March 10, the president of the United States installed cable in a California school to highlight the importance of Net Day, a one-day event to draw attention to the government's efforts to get public schools online. For some, seeing Bill...

Apple raising resolution with next color flatbed. (the Color OneScanner 1200/30 color flatbed scanner) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Apple in September will reportedly release a new flatbed scanner that offers twice the resolution of its predecessor along with greater color depth. The Color OneScanner 1200/30 will come with new Xerox OCR software that will let Web producers...

Miro to tap into FireWire bus. (Miro Computer Products Inc will develop a digital video-editing board based on the FireWire high-speed bus with Skipstone Inc) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Miro Computer Products Inc. is seeking to fast-forward itself to the top of the digital video market with new technology, a price cut, and strategic partnerships with Power Computing Corp. and Skipstone Inc. Miro and Skipstone, an Austin,...

Apple opens GX engine; Lari takes it to the Web. (Lari Software Inc and Pace Works Inc will incorporate Apple's QuickDraw GX graphics engine into their products) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... QuickDraw GX may soon get a new lease on life thanks to persistent lobbying by third-party developers. Apple this week will announce at Macworld Expo that it has split the GX graphics engine from its printing architecture and will distribute it...

Power's Fitch on CPU speed traps. (Power Computing Corp VP of Engineering Jon Fitch on the company's PowerTower Pro PowerPC-based system) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
August 5, 1996... Following the late-July rollout of the fastest Mac OS model on the market, Jon Fitch, Power Computing Corp. vice president of engineering, offered MacWEEK a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the design of the PowerTower Pro and the clone market....

StockWatch.(Illustration)
August 5, 1996... 08.01.96 Weekly Close Change Apple 21.25 0.25 MacWEEK Composite* 196.81 -0.08 Software Developers Adobe 30.88 -1.38...

Welcome to the pleasure dome. (Mac the Knife) (Humor)(Column)
August 5, 1996... The Knife is working himself into a gentle lather this week in preparation for the Mac community's sweaty group hug in Boston. Like most veterans of recovery groups, halfway houses or penal institutions, he finds the trappings of Macworld Expo...

Java to filter into Mac OS with Harmony. (Apple demos software running Java applets at Macworld Expo, Mac OS to include Java in 1st qtr 1997) (Product Development)
August 12, 1996... Apple last week lent credence to its promise of delivering Java within the Mac OS. At Macworld Expo in Boston, the company gave the first public demonstration of pre-release software that runs Java applets in the Finder. Apple said it would...

CEO slices up OS, slows PPCP intro. (Apple CEO Gil Amelio details release schedule for Mac OS 8.0 and PowerPC Platform machines) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 12, 1996... Boston -- Apple CEO Gil Amelio rallied the troops in his Macworld keynote address last week and pulled out the big guns -- forthcoming pre-release software and hardware from the company's labs. Perhaps more important to Mac users in the near...

Color peripherals proliferate. (Canon CLBP 360PS color laser printer, BJC-4550 color ink jet printer; Epson Stylus Color 500 inkjet and Expression 636 color scanner debut at Macworld)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Color was key at Macworld Expo in Boston last week, as Canon blasted into the Mac imaging-peripherals market and Epson America Inc. introduced a 36-bit flatbed scanner. Canon U.S.A. Inc. debuted a color laser printer and its counterpart, Canon...

Twin peeks: Macs span shows; users bounce back at Macworld Expo. (optimism expressed at 1996 trade show) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 12, 1996... Users bounce back at Macworld Expo Boston -- Gilbert Amelio's first Macworld Expo as Apple CEO offered a marked contrast to the somber mood of last January's show in San Francisco, when Michael Spindler was on his way out and takeover rumors...

Apple spices up Cajun Siggraph. (Twin Peeks: Macs Span Shows) (Siggraph computer graphics trade show in New Orleans) (includes related article Apple's QuickTime 2.5) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 12, 1996... New Orleans -- Alpha-channel masks supplanted carnival masks as more than 25,000 people braved the Crescent City's heat and humidity to check out the coolest in computer graphics during Siggraph 96 last week. Apple chose Siggraph as the site to...

Long-awaited Canvas update makes it to users. (Deneba Software ships Canvas 5.0 image-processing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... The Canvas faithful were rewarded for their patience at the Deneba Software booth last week at Macworld Expo in Boston. The company began selling the first shrink-wrapped boxes of Canvas 5.0, a long-awaited update that transforms the illustration...

Microsoft previews Mac Internet Explorer 3.0.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Microsoft Corp. used last week's Macworld Expo in Boston to demonstrate the Mac version of Internet Explorer 3.0, the first edition of the browser to offer ActiveX and Java support. Daniel McGilicuddy, Microsoft software test engineer, said a...

BBEdit Lite text editor to turn to OpenDoc. (Bare Bones Software introduces OpenDoc version of BBEdit Lite text editor)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Bare Bones Software Inc. unveiled last week at Macworld Expo in Boston an OpenDoc version of its BBEdit Lite text editor. The company said it will release the OpenDoc part by the end of the month. Users will be able to download it free from...

Nikon's digital breed. (Nikon previews PC Card-based digital camera and multimedia device that records sound and handwritten memors as well as images) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 12, 1996... New camera twists: PC Card-based, multimedia device Most digital cameras closely resemble their point-and-shoot brethren, but at last week's Macworld Expo in Boston, Nikon Inc. gave conventioneers a peek at two new cameras that are clearly a...

Scripter update opens next chapter. (Main Event Software ships Scripter 2.0 authoring and development environment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Main Event Software Inc. last week released the latest edition of Scripter. Version 2.0 of Main Event's AppleScript authoring and development environment features a handful of new debugging capabilities, the company said. With the new Call...

Epson's inkjet colors for less. (Epson America ships $279 Stylus Color 500 color inkjet printer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... In a new foray into low-cost, high-resolution color, Epson America Inc. this week will deliver the Stylus Color 500. The 720-dpi color inkjet prints on plain paper and will carry an estimated street price of $279. Based on a proprietary...

FastTrack gets update, server edition added. (AEC Software ships FastTrack Schedule 4.0 and FastTrack Schedule Network Version 4.0 scheduling and project-management software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... AEC Software Inc. is now shipping two new versions of its FastTrack Schedule scheduling and project-management application, one for individuals and another for servers. FastTrack Schedule 4.0, priced at $299, includes context-sensitive online...

Wingz flits back to Mac. (Investment Intelligence Corp ships Wingz 2.1 spreadsheet)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Like a swallow to San Juan Capistrano, the long-lost Wingz spreadsheet and data-analysis package is returning to the Mac. The program, originally developed and marketed by Informix Software Inc., was acquired by Investment In- telligence...

App bundle set to scan; NewSoft ships scanner six-pack. ($79 ViewOffice PowerSuite includes $450 worth of scanning software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... NewSoft ships scanner six-pack NewSoft Inc. has gathered together $450 worth of scanning software and bundled it into a $79 suite. The ViewOffice PowerSuite is a collection of six scanning and document-imaging products for any scanner that...

FWB extensions speed disk I/O. (FWB Software LLC introduces Turbo Toolkit Mac system extensions for speeding disk I/O)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Last week at Macworld Expo in Boston, FWB Software LLC introduced Turbo Toolkit, a $79 suite of three system extensions designed to speed disk I/O operations. The package includes TurboRead, which monitors user access patterns and buffers...

The direct approach. (Hitachi America introduces OD172 DOW magneto-optical drives and OU172 DOW external version)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 1996... Hitachi America Ltd. of Brisbane, Calif., recently introduced the OD172 DOW, a 5.25-inch, 2.6-Gbyte magneto-optical drive, priced at $2,295. An external version, the OU172 DOW, costs $2,795. Each of the models use Light Intensity...

Berger ponders Radius' future. (Radius CEO Chuck Berger discusses his company's financial and technological plans) (Company Business and Marketing)(Interview)
August 12, 1996... Just days before Macworld Expo in Boston, battered graphics vendor Radius Inc. offered its creditors shares in the company in exchange for debt reduction. This measure came on the heels of a surprising third quarter, in which Radius turned a $4.7...

RasterOps rises from the ashes. (RasterOps Technology reborn, plans first graphics-accelerator cards in Sep 1996) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 12, 1996... Company ready to release first display of series Everything about RasterOps Technology Corp. is new except its name and its mission. The company is again offering color-management and display technology to Mac users. Once a major Mac...

mFactory reduces price, speeds mTropolis. (mTropolis multimedia authoring software now priced at $1,195) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 12, 1996... Hoping to widen its user base, mFactory Inc. lowered the price of mTropolis from $4,995 to $1,195 and is working on a speedy upgrade to the interactive multimedia-authoring tool. mFactory demonstrated mTropolis 1.1 at last week's Siggraph 96...