MacWEEK articles from January 1993

MacWEEK archives from January 1993

Portable Macs make move to color. (Apple's PowerBook 165c) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Passive-matrix 165c expected next month By Raines Cohen Cupertino, Calif. - What do you call a PowerBook 180 with a color passive-matrix screen? As of next month, a PowerBook 165c. The 165c will be followed this summer by a...

Apple architecture promises mix-and-match networking.
January 4, 1993... By Mitch Ratcliffe San Francisco - Apple this year plans to release a stream of developer and end-user tools that will add more network sophistication and support for mobile clients of the PowerBook and Newton ilk. As it makes its...

Color-matching apps hook up with ColorSync. (Apple's graphics software) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Color-matching apps hook up with ColorSync By Matthew Rothenberg San Francisco - Third-party color-management systems are getting their hooks into Apple's new ColorSync extension to QuickDraw. ColorSync will make its debut at...

Spring crop of 68030-based Classics will lower the cost of entry-level color. (Apple's Color Classic color microcomputer) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Carolyn Said Cupertino, Calif. - Apple next month will ship its Color Classic, a compact color Mac priced at less than $1,400, sources said. Later this spring, the company reportedly will deliver a more-powerful Color Classic that...

Programs ease imposition burden. (Island Imposition Publisher, Ambassador Software ThumbPrint) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Kirsten L. Parkinson San Francisco - Publishers and service bureaus now have two new Mac applications for paginating and imposing large documents, such as books and manuals. > Island Imposition Publisher, to ship this month from...

Wayzata spinning out new graphics CD-ROMs. (Wayzata Technology Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Kirsten L. Parkinson Grand Rapids, Minn. - Wayzata Technology Inc. has rolled out a slew of graphics CD-ROMs, including photo, art and font packages. > Photo Pro volumes 1 and 2 each contain more than 100 stock photos stored as...

Mac keeps L.L. Bean catalogs in step. (case study)
January 4, 1993... Like its famous outdoor wear, L.L. Bean Inc.'s new Mac-based electronic publishing system is conservative yet state-of-the-art. Linking the Freeport, Maine, retailer's entire creative staff via 60 Mac workstations, the setup eventually will...

Catalog producers opt for increased automation. (News Analysis)
January 4, 1993... By Mitzi Waltz Many publishers use the Mac for its established image-editing and desktop publishing capabilities. The specialized needs of catalog publishers - including tools to handle fluid pricing, customer and product information as...

Radius expects to start fiscal 1993 with loss: monitor maker puts blame on delays. (Radius Inc.)
January 4, 1993... Monitor maker puts blame on delays By Eric Lach San Jose, Calif. - Citing delays in the production of a new monitor as well as Apple's slow delivery of new CPUs, Radius Inc. last month announced that weaker-than-anticipated sales...

Apple's channel conflict. (Guest Editorial) (Column)
January 4, 1993... Despite its progressive image, Apple repeatedly has been dragged kicking and screaming into the late 20th century when it comes to handling its resellers. And 1992 was no different. For example, using distributors to sell products to...

Apple's stock climbing, but still undervalued: price/earnings ratio lags behind rivals'.
January 4, 1993... Price/earnings ratio lags behind rivals' By Lisa Picarille Cupertino, Calif. - For the first time in Apple's 15-year history, its earnings per share price has exceeded that of IBM Corp., but Apple's shares continue to trade at an...

Wishing Apple a happy new year full of adversity. (Commentary) (Column)
January 4, 1993... Jean-Louis Gassee What do you give a company that has almost everything? There are some fairly obvious gifts we could place under Apple's tree -besides more PowerBook 180s and Quadra 950s. For instance, one could hope for a little...

The new year will bring new approach to Newtons. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
January 4, 1993... Don Crabb Welcome to 1993, a watershed year for Apple, its customers and Mac managers everywhere. You already know most of why 1993 will be an important transition year: more Macs that are both cheaper and faster, the countdown to the...

FTC closing in on antitrust action against Microsoft. (Federal Trade Commission) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... By Jon Swartz Washington - After months of rumors and vague press rumblings surrounding a Federal Trade Commission investigation into Microsoft Corp.'s business practices, the commission's staff reportedly is ready to urge antitrust...

DCA acquires network rival Avatar. (Digital Communications Associates Inc. buys Avatar Technologies Corp.) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... By Mitch Ratcliffe Alpharetta, Ga. - Digital Communications Associates Inc. has acquired its leading competitor in the Mac-to-IBM connectivity market, Avatar Technologies Corp. DCA, based here, last month announced it has agreed to...

Ramtek acquires Mass Micro in stock swap: no layoffs expected in $4.5 million deal. (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... No layoffs expected in $4.5 million deal By Ian G. Jacobs San Jose, Calif. - Ramtek Corp., an OEM manufacturer of imaging and display products, last month announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire struggling Mass...

Sun links two networking companies. (Sun Microsystems to merge its two networking divisions) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Sun Microsystems Inc. has announced it will merge its two networking divisions - Sitka Corp. and SunSelect - into a single unit called SunSelect. The new unit integrates SunSelect's open, client-server networking...

Novell has good, profitable '92. (Novell Inc. reports $933 million in annual sales, $249 million in profits for FY 1992) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... Provo, Utah - Novell Inc. last month reported stellar sales, profits and growth for its fiscal 1992 year. The networking giant, based here, said annual sales rose 46 percent to $933 million, compared with $640 million in the same period a...

Apple should watch its step. (Editorial)
January 4, 1993... If ruthlessly appropriating markets pioneered by others were a crime, Apple might well be judged Public Enemy No. 1 by many of its developers. The company in recent years has introduced a host of products that duplicate capabilities...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
January 4, 1993... MacTemps lays claim to status as No. 1 in hot temp market I was pleased to the see the story "Temp workers offer high skill level" (MacWEEK, Oct. 26) as a positive look at the many benefits of Mac-specialized temporary help. It is a...

Myths about compression need to be cleared up. (Mac Soapbox) (Column)
January 4, 1993... The "urban-legend" phenomenon is no stranger to the software industry, and it seems that no other software category is more subject to folklore than data compression. These myths arose in concert with data compression's rapid growth. Since...

Managers adjust to year of rapid change. (annual survey of Macintosh managers) (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... This year MacWEEK's annual State of Mac Management survey makes some direct comparisons with last year's numbers. There's more interoperability, more use of System 7 . . . and more constraints on managers' budgets. Managers adjust to...

Budgets reflect times: Managers forecast fewer Mac purchases. (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... In lean economic times, managers are scaling back purchases of new Macs and re-evaluating equipment. By Eric J. Adams If you need further evidence that the national economy is in the doldrums, examine the budgets of Macintosh...

Spark card ignites Quadra graphics. (Spark International Inc.'s Video Torch) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Nathalie Welch Glenview, Ill. - Spark International Inc. this week will ship a 24-bit-color graphics card for the Macintosh Quadras that it said works at the same rate as the Quadra's CPU. The Video Torch connects via the...

EasyFlow shapes up charting for the Mac. (HavenTree Software Ltd.'s EasyFlow for the Mac 1.1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Lisa Picarille Kingston, Ontario - HavenTree Software Ltd. has ported its popular DOS flowcharting program to the Macintosh . EasyFlow for the Mac 1.1 lets users create and edit diagrams, organization charts and data flowcharts...

Who doesn't have System 7 and why. (user survey) (includes related article on how an exhibit design company is migrating to System 7) (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... At MacWEEK subscriber sites, System 7 use has tripled since last year. But a significant number still have not switched. Why? By Jim Leeke AAs this 1993 State of Mac Management survey states, 45 percent of the Macs installed at...

Contact offers 'sidegrade.' (Contact Software International Inc.) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... Carrollton, Texas - Contact Software International Inc. this wee will announce a promotion that makes ACT!, its $395 contact-management application, available to users of competing products for $99. Users of any Mac application that...

Evolving product line tests many companies' resources. (new Macintoshes)(includes related article on Northrop Corp's testing lab) (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... Most prefer the "real-world" approach to testing new Mac products. By Paul Karon In the past year, Apple has reshaped its product line with computers such as the Quadra, with three versions, and the PowerBook, already up to a...

Plotter-emulation software updated. (Stevens Creek Software's PlotView 3.3) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Ian G. Jacobs Cupertino, Calif. - Stevens Creek Software recently shipped an upgrade to PlotView, an application that emulates Hewlett-Packard Co. plotters. The $119.95 program reads HP-GL format files, which are commonly...

Managers focus on interoperability as key factor in buying equipment: switch-hitting hardware preferred at user sites. (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... As networks become morecomplex, users are discovering the importance of cross-platform hardware and software. By Connie Guglielmo Switch-hitting hardware preferred at user sites Along with price and performance, add...

Interoperable software tops the buying charts; Managers focus on interoperability as key factor in buying equipment. (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... Interoperable software tops the buying charts Making sure that users working on different platforms can share day-to-day business information contributes a lot to the bottom line of software developers, such as Microsoft Corp.,...

ASK flat-panel display now available in U.S.. (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... By Nathalie Welch Rochester, N.Y. - The ASK Flat-Screen Monitor, one of the first LCD flat-panel displays to support 24-bit color at 640-by-480-pixel resolutions, is now available in the United States. The $5,995 backlit...

As sites become heterogeneous, AppleShare loses out to NetWare. (MacWEEK Special Report: The State of Mac Management)
January 4, 1993... Sites with more than a score of PCs opt for NetWare for security, speed and add-on functions. By Jeff Ubois In the days when Macintosh networks were isolated from the corporate LAN, there wasn't much of a question about how to...

NEC expands its Multisync line. (NEC Technologies Inc.'s MultiSync Video/RGB Switcher and MultiSync IDC-2000 Improved Definition Converter) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Switcher, converter polish Mac-based presentations By Nathalie Welch Wood Dale, Ill. - NEC Technologies Inc. last month expanded its line of graphics hardware for Mac-based presentations with two new MultiSync devices. >...

ToolPAKs for Canvas: plug-ins extend design, imaging, utility features. (Software Review) (In Brief) (Evaluation)
January 4, 1993... ToolPAKs for Canvas Plug-ins extend design, imaging, utility features One reason Canvas is so popular is the ease with which you can add to its feature set through the use of plug-in modules. Deneba Software demonstrates the...

Add-on programs power up QuarkXPress, PageMaker. (Quark Inc., Aldus Corp. offer extensions to desktop-publishing programs)(includes related article on QuarkXTension programs, PageMaker add-ins) (Product Watch)
January 4, 1993... Additions and XTensions let PageMaker and Quark users add custom features. By Connie Guglielmo There's an old cliche underlying the strategy behind the add-on technology of QuarkXPress and Aldus PageMaker that acknowledges you...

Utilities put the power in PBs. (PowerBook utility collections) (Product Watch)
January 4, 1993... Packages can extend your portable's battery life, optimize limited disk and memory space, and synchronize files. By Mitzi Waltz Although some of Apple's latest PowerBooks are among the fastest Macs in the product line, making the...

PowerBook sales tools keep work up to date. (sales and marketing software for Macintosh PowerBook notebook computers) (Product Watch)
January 4, 1993... Vendors use AppleTalk Remote Access to help businesses manage outside sales offices. By Mitzi Waltz PowerBooks in combination with contact-management packages are creating indispensable tools for many salespeople. The pairing lets...

Vendors find ways to build better mouse. (input devices for Apple Macintosh) (includes related article on cordless mice and mouse shells) (Product Watch)
January 4, 1993... If you think you've outgrown your mouse, try one of these radically designed pointing devices. By Eric J. Adams There are plenty of reasons why a traditional mouse may not be the best pointing device for your needs. You may find a...

Product Info. (company and product directory information for Product Watch section) (Directory)
January 4, 1993... DTP ADD-ONS Aldus Corp. 411 First Ave. S., Seattle, Wash. 98104-2871 Phone (206) 622-5500; fax (206) 343-4240 Azalea Software Inc. Azalea UPC: $129 P.O. Box 16745, Seattle, Wash. 98116-0745 Phone and fax (206) 937-5919 ...

Photo CD magic uses new software tricks. (MacInTouch) (Column)
January 4, 1993... Photo CD magic uses new software tricks Apple's new computers with built-in CD-ROMs bring Kodak's Photo CD graphics to the desktop, but the applications and documents are not what they appear to be. Bugs & Tips Instant photos....

What fonts are necessary? (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
January 4, 1993... Q. I keep all my fonts in separate suitcases and would like to remove as many fonts from the System suitcase as I can. Which fonts should I leave in? A. Fortunately, this isn't something you have to worry about with System 7. Whether...

DayMaker gains address books, net support. (Panel Development Corp.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Multi-user version does group calendars By Kirsten L. Parkinson New York - Pastel Development Corp. will roll out an address book add-on to DayMaker and a networked version of the personal information management program at this...

DayStar accelerator prices chopped by up to 38 percent. (DayStar Digital reduces prices of Macintosh accelerator cards) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... By Raines Cohen Flowery Branch, Ga. - DayStar Digital Inc. this week will announce 20 percent to 38 percent price cuts in all of its accelerator products. The company said it is responding to an upcoming price decrease by Motorola...

Apple set to roll out color peripherals. (new Color OneScanner, Color Printer, LaserWriter Pro 630, LaserWriter Pro 600)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Apple plans a major focus on imaging at Macworld Expo this week. Besides its ColorSync QuickDraw extension, sources said, Apple will ship: > The Apple Color OneScanner, a $1,499 24-bit-color flatbed scanner that captures 300-dpi RGB...

Apple looks to Asia for answers. (Mac the Knife)(Rumors) (Column)
January 4, 1993... While most of us will spend this week in a state of permanent awe at all the neat new technologies on display and the implications of various announcements, the Knife will devote at least some of his waking hours to pondering both what might...

Virtual Gibbs helps visualize tool designs. (Gibbs and Associates Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By April Streeter Moorpark, Calif. - Gibbs and Associates this month will ship a computer-aided manufacturing program that allows users to visualize tool designs before they are sent to cutting machines. Virtual Gibbs, to be priced...

Object Logo trimmed for student version. (Paradigm Software Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Cambridge, Mass. - A new version of Paradigm Software Inc.'s Object Logo promises to teach nascent developers a thing or two about object-oriented programming on the Mac. Object Logo Student Edition, available...

SalesMark upgrade Desktop Marketing. (SalesMark Software inc.'s Desktop Marketing 1.3 sales/marketing software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... San Antonio - SalesMark Software Inc. has revamped its sales-management application. Desktop Marketing 1.3, priced at $595, can print form letters and create telemarketing queues up to 10 times faster than earlier versions, according to...

SuperMOM line gets added mail power. (National Tele-Press) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Lisa Picarille Newton, Mass. - National Tele-Press recently upgraded its SuperMOM line of mail- order management products to Version 2.2. The products do mail-list management, invoicing, order processing, inventory control,...

MountainGate readies removables; some IncreMeg drives support Fast SCSI-2. (Small Computer System Interface) (MountainGate Data Systems Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Some IncreMeg drives support Fast SCSI-2 By Kirsten L. Parkinson Orange, Calif. - MountainGate Data Systems Inc. will unveil at Macworld Expo this week its new IncreMeg line of removable disk drives. The IncreMeg drives, due to...

UMAX packs 3 apps with gray-scale scanner: new ScanOffice bundle priced at less than $1,000. (applications) (UMAX Technologies Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... New ScanOffice bundle priced at less than $1,000 By Matthew Rothenberg Santa Clara, Calif. - UMAX Technologies Inc. last month shipped a gray-scale scanner bundle designed to help Mac users acquire images for gene al office tasks....

Attache packs up PB files: 'Bags' will automate travel preparations. (Santorini Consulting and Design announces 'travelware' package)
January 4, 1993... 'Bags' will automate travel preparations By Henry Norr San Francisco - An Attache from Santorini soon could send PowerBook users packing. An innovative "travelware" package due late this quarter from Santorini Consulting &...

New Apple software is key to third-party translators: Easy Open unlocks formats, platforms. (system extensions and applications that manage conversion of documents to other formats and platforms) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Easy Open unlocks formats, platforms By Raines Cohen San Francisco - Third-party developers will use this week's Macworld Expo here to exhibit a number of document-translation products that work with a new Apple technology. ...

No Hands finds Common Ground. (No Hands Software introduces Common Ground document-imaging software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Carolyn Said Palo Alto, Calif. - No Hands Software this week will introduce Common Ground, a package that can transform any Mac document into "digital paper" that can be viewed and printed without the application that created it. The...

Portable printer pumps out PS. (Mannesmann Tally Corp. introduces MobileWriterPS PostScript printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Kent, Wash. - Mannesmann Tally Corp. this week will introduce a portable thermal printer that packs a PostScript interpreter and a LocalTalk interface. The MobileWriterPS, slated to ship in April for about...

GlobalFax 2.1 to add OCR, support for Duo. (Global Village Communications Inc. introduces new version of fax software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Nathalie Welch Mountain View, Calif. - Global Village Communication Inc. this month will upgrade its GlobalFax software with optical character recognition and release a special version for PowerBook Duos. The company also will...

1992 brought more mobility, lower prices; extensions, PDAs and PowerPC top '93 agenda. (personal digital assistants)
January 4, 1993... 1992 was a year of extraordinary growth and innovation for Apple, but not for its institutional customers. The company became, by its own account, "the worldwide leader in unit shipments of microcomputers." By driving Mac prices down...

ALSoft, Inline enter PB-util race. (ALSoft introduces UP, Inline Design introduces PB Tools utility package for PowerBooks) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Henry Norr San Francisco - Two more utility vendors this week will jump into the PowerBook market with packages that provide improved power management, security and other conveniences. ALSoft Inc. and Inline Design both plan to...

RasterOps DuoMate will drive big screens. (third-party docking station for PowerBook Duo portable computers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - A new PowerBook Duo dock from RasterOps Corp. promises to help users take advantage of large color monitors and displays as they roam the road. The DuoMate, to debut at Macworld Expo this week and ship by March for...

SuperMac Thunder II cards pack 2 DSPs to speed apps. (SuperMac Technology introduces Thunder II, Thunder II Lite, THunder II HDTV graphics boards) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Neil McManus Sunnyvale, Calif. - SuperMac Technology this week will introduce a new line of 24-bit-color display cards with built-in DSP acceleration for graphics programs. SuperMac's new Thunder II line, to be unveiled at...

MicroNet lines up new storage: PowerBook drive holds 250Mbytes. (MicroNet Technology) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... PowerBook drive holds 250 Mbytes By Kirsten L. Parkinson Irvine, Calif. - MicroNet Technology Inc. will unveil a host of advanced storage systems at Macworld Expo this week. > PowerBook internal drive. The PBi-250, a 2.5-inch...

New CPUs due at faster tempo. (central processing unit) (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. Mac managers could consider 1992 the year Apple beta tested its faster-to-market Mac strategy, with limited success. For the first time, Apple introduced CPUs four times in one year. Admittedly, the Quadra 950, which hit the...

System matures - adoption. (Apple's System 7 operating system) (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. With System 7.1, which shipped in October, Apple inaugurated a new approach to operating system upgrades, adding features and CPU compatibility via modules and extensions. System 7.1 was the first "world-ready" system with...

ARA mobile in '92, PDAs in '93. (AppleTalk Remote Access, personal digital assistants) (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. In 1992 Apple's PowerBooks set the stage for the new era of mobile Macintosh computing. The enormously successful products gained an impressive market share in a short time and spawned a number of hardware and software mobile...

Business apps stay on course. (applications) (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. As Mac developers concentrated on getting their Windows products out the door, 1992 proved to be an unusually uneventful year for Mac productivity software. There were major Mac upgrades - including Microsoft Excel 4.0, Word...

More pieces fit into connectivity. (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. For Macs, 1992 was the year of the networking elbow joint, a year that was dominated by small products that fit into the corners of your networks. Printer converters, multiport transceivers, terminal emulators, and...

GA: QuickTime to QuickDraw. (graphics applications) (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. Last year started with a bang, as Apple debuted QuickTime, its multimedia extension. Suddenly Mac users had digital video and graphics synchronized with sound. A torrent of QuickTime products followed, such as SuperMac...

There's something for everyone in '93. (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... There's little doubt that 1993 will be a memorable one. The Knife reports a sharp upsurge in RAM and spreadsheet sales in Britain as the curious attempt to figure out an equitable way to calculate the queen's income taxes, now that her...

Devil's dictionary for 1992. (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... AURP: Lighthearted sitcom about a wacky radio station in Cupertino. Casper: The friendly vaporware. Duo Dock: Where Batman and Robin park the Batmobile. Enterprise computing: Term explaining why you can't communicate with...

The industry: market share, not margins. (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... Look back. The bottom line for those in the Mac business in 1992 was simple: Less was more. While overall Mac sales were up, prices plummeted and margins shrank, forcing many companies to shed workers, consolidate operations or merge...

In Control 2.0's calendar feature tells users when to-dos are due. (Attain Corp. In Control 2.0 to-do list manager) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By Henry Norr Somerville, Mass. - In Control originally was designed to tell users what to do, but starting this week it also will remind them when to do it. Version 2.0 of Attain Corp.'s $129.95 to-do list manager is slated for...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
January 4, 1993... In the Dec. 7 issue, Peter M. Fine's name was misspelled. A chart in the Nov. 16 issue listing recently introduced fax modems should have said that PerfectData Corp.'s EasyModem 144MAC cost $995. That price has since been reduced to...

New SyQuest 88s write 44MB cartridges. (SyQuest Technology Inc. introduces SQ5110C removable hard drive mechanism) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... SyQuest Technology Inc. this week will move to address a compatibility issue that has kept some users away from its 88-Mbyte removable-media drives by announcing a new model that can write as well as read 44-Mbyte cartridges. Called the...

1993 may be Mac's finest year. (related to '1992 Brought More Mobility, Lower Prices; Extensions, PDAs and PowerPC Top '93 Agenda')
January 4, 1993... This year the Mac could become a far richer, more powerful and more complex computing platform than it is today - if Apple can bring to fruition a number of initiatives it has already announced, and if third-party developers provide the...

QuickPoll shows PowerBook preference at the high end. (Apple's Macintosh PowerBook portable computer)
January 4, 1993... MacWEEK's latest QuickPoll indicates that PowerBooks will maintain their brisk sales during 1993. The high-end 180 model garners the greatest purchase interest, according to the survey, followed by the Duo 230. These laptop purchases likely...

Double-duty PBs save money, ease file-version headaches. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook portable computer)
January 4, 1993... A PowerBook-Duo Dock combo may be the right answer for those who need a Mac on the road and at the office. By Larry Stevens A solid minority of people are using their PowerBooks as their only computer - on their desktops as well as...

Most PB users telecommunicate to stay in touch with their offices. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook portable computer)
January 4, 1993... By Larry Stevens Most people use PowerBooks to take work away from their job site. They use the telephone to stay in touch with that site. Because of this, as a group, PowerBook owners may be the heaviest telecommunication users....

QuickMail 2.6 addresses reliability; upgrade smooths out server performance. (CE Software Inc.'s QuickMail 2.6 electronic mail system) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Update smooths out server performance By Nathalie Welch West Des Moines, Iowa - CE Software Inc. is preparing a revision of its QuickMail electronic-mail system aimed largely at improving reliability. Server and administrative...

ShareView Plus dials up analog video teleconferencing; transmits color video via 14.4-Kbps modem. (ShareVision Technology Inc.) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... Transmits color video via 14.4-Kbps modem By Nathalie Welch San Jose, Calif. - No, you're not seeing what I am saying! If you've ever tried to describe an object or event to a co-worker by talking them through it over the telephone,...

TribeStar combines LocalTalk hub with fast bridge Ethernet. (Tribe Computer Works Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 4, 1993... By April Streeter Emeryville, Calif. - Tribe Computer Works will put a new arrow in the quiver of network managers battling LocalTalk's bandwidth bottleneck this week at Macworld Expo. TribeStar, due next month for $1,795, can take...

Focus stokes Ethernet price war; cuts adapter prices to under $100. (Focus Enhancements Inc.) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... By April Streeter Woburn, Mass. - Focus Enhancements Inc. this week will slash the cost of installing Ethernet by cutting the price of some Macintosh adapter cards to below $100. The company, which sells its products directly to...

Apple gives Xmodem Tool a tuneup. (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... Free 1.1 upgrades available at expo By Nathalie Welch Cupertino, Calif. - Apple will distribute free upgrades to its problematic Xmodem Tool at this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Apple Xmodem Tool 1.1, which will be...

Installer returns. (Apple's Network Software Installer 1.3) (Brief Article)
January 4, 1993... Apple's Network Software Installer 1.3, designed to help clear up the confusion among AppleTalk versions, has itself become a subject of confusion. The company posted the installer on AppleLink Nov. 25 only to remove it on Dec. 2,...