MacWEEK articles from July 1992

MacWEEK archives from July 1992

Lotus to take Mac Notes public with expo preview. (Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus Notes 3.0 for the Macintosh) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Cambridge, Mass. -- Lotus Development Corp. will mark another step in its effort to redefine itself as a multiplatform workgroup and communications company next month, when it offers the first public demonstrations of a Mac client for its Notes...

Canon engine on track for HP, QMS. (Canon USA Inc. to supply printer engines for HP, QMS Inc. printers)
July 13, 1992... Lake Success, N.Y. -- Users can expect higher resolutions at desktop prices thanks to a new generation of print engines from Canon USA Inc. Canon's new BX engine will bring true 600-dpi resolution to upcoming printers from QMS Inc. and...

Mactivity '92 links managers to net solutions. (networking trade show)
July 13, 1992... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Macintosh network managers this week will converge here on Mactivity '92, the conference that in only its second year is becoming a leading venue for sharing networking experience and test-driving connectivity products....

Quorum, Apple settle lawsuit. (Quorum Software Systems Inc.)
July 13, 1992... Menlo Park, Calif. -- Clearing a way for developers to port their Mac applications to Unix platforms without fear of legal repercussions, Quorum Software Systems Inc. last week settled its pending lawsuit against Apple. Quorum, which...

Apple, Microsoft set to present united front: aim to reassure users with joint initiatives. (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Aim to reassure users with joint initiatives San Jose, Calif. -- Puting their differences behind them for a day, Apple CEO John Sculley and Microsoft Corp. CEO Bill Gates will jointly preside over what sources described as an...

New cast of professional tools due with sequel to Adobe Premiere. (Adobe Systems Inc.'s Adobe Premiere 2.0 desktop video software) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Mountain View, Calif. -- Video professionals might take a second look at QuickTime with the release of Adobe Premiere 2.0, an upgrade that adds animated titles, rotoscoping, device control, edit decision lists and SMPTE timecode. Adobe...

Applications hog storage, RAM: ballooning software increases overhead. (trend towards increased hardware requirements in software packages)
July 13, 1992... Balloning software increases overhead San Francisco -- Like the balooning federal budget, the size of major Macintosh applications if fast exploding, and not all users believe they can afford the rising cost of storage and RAM. While...

Informix to upgrade Wingz, improve data manipulation. (Informix Software Inc. demonstrates Wingz 2.0 spreadsheet software) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif.--Informix Software Inc. is expected to deliver a new version of Wingz, its graphical spreadsheet for the Mac and other platforms, by the end of this year. Version 2.0 will offer simplified ways of linking worksheets, a new...

PowerBook 100 to join Price Club. (Apple portable computer to be discounted, mass-merchandised) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Cupertino, Calif.--Apple is giving the Macintosh PowerBook 100 a second chance to improve its "also ran" reputation, by turning to mass-market distribution. Apple said the PowerBook 100, configured with 4 Mbytes of RAM, a 40-Mbyte hard...

Essential improvements for Easy Alarms 2.0: better calendar and printing options added. (Essential Software introduces Easy Alarms 2.0 upgrade of calendar and reminder program) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Better calendar and printing options added Staatsburg, N.Y. -- Essential Software last month released Easy Alarms 2.0, an updated version of its scriptable calendar and reminder program. Key enhancements in the new release include:...

Personal Training offers Excel 4.0 cassettes. (audio-tape training systems) (News Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif.--Personal Training Systems recently shipped the first three modules of a six-part self-paced audio-tape training course for Microsoft Excel 4.0. Personal Training for Microsoft Excel 4.0 for the Mac sells for $99.95 per...

Nest Software offers free MacQuill to schools. (MacQuill word-processing and layout package) (News Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif.--Nest Software Inc. is offering a free copy of MacQuill, its recently introduced entry-level word processing and layout package, to any school in the United States. The software, which lists for $149, offers such features...

Apple Canada bundles SpeedyCD with AppleCD 150. (AppleCanada bundles ShirtPocket Software Inc. SpeedyCD software utility with CD-ROM drives) (News Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Mesa, Ariz.--Apple Canada last month began bundling ShirtPocket Software Inc.'s SpeedyCD, a software utility that accelerates directory operations on CD-ROM drives, with the AppleCD 150. Under the promotion, which is expected to last...

Upgraded Tbx System links stacks to Toolbox. (Tuesday Software introduces Tbx System 1.2 development tool for HyperCard)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Barbara, Calif. -- An upgrade to Tuesday Software's Tbx System extends HyperCard developers' access to the Macintosh Toolbox. The Tbx System consists of two external functions (XFCNs) that allow developers to access more than 1,200...

Gibbs plans CAM software update. (Gibbs and Associates plans to ship upgrade to computer-aided-manufacturing software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Chatsworth, Calif. -- Gibbs and Associates, a longtime leader in Mac-based computer-aided manufacturing, plans to ship an upgrade to its CAM software in August and a new program based on virtual-reality concepts this fall. Version 4.2 of...

Tandberg packs 2GBs on QIC tape. (quarter-inch cartridge) (Tandberg Data Inc. introduces Panther 2000 tape drive that can store 2Gbytes on one cartridge)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Westlake Village, Calif.--A new tape backup unit due this month from Tandberg Data Inc. can store up to 2 Gbytes on a quarter-inch cartridge at a rate 67 percent faster than digital audio tape drives, according to the company. The Panther...

Low-cost Extender puts 68030 in LC. (Extreme Systems introduces Extender accelerator card for Macintosh LC)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Tukwila, Wash. -- Extreme Systems last month released the Extender, a Mac LC enhancement it describes as a low-cost alternative to Apple's LC II logic-board upgrade. Like the Apple upgrade, the Extender provides a 16-MHz 68030 processor to...

Fulcrum to upgrade text-search software. (Fulcrum Technologies Inc. introduces Ful/Text 6.0 search software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Ottawa -- Fulcrum Technologies Inc. last month announced a new version of Ful/Text, an application programming interface that lets developers build indexing and text-retrieval capabilities into any program. Version 6 of the Ful/Text...

Business Sense now shares data. (Business Sense Inc., formerly Wyoming Software Inc., introduces Business Sense 1.6 accounting software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... West Jordan, Utah -- The names of the publishers haven't stopped changing, but Business Sense seems to survive and mature anyway. Wyoming Software Inc., the latest in a long series of companies that have marketed the integrated accounting...

Personal Library releases PL/MAC. (Personal Library Software Inc. introduces upgrade to full-text search-and-retrieval system)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Anaheim, Calif. -- Personal Library Software Inc. last month released PL/MAC, an upgrade to its full-text search-and-retrieval system, previously called PL/3. The program lets users search ASCII text files using Boolean operators, concept...

Pacer DAL Server for AIX lets Mac get SQL data from IBM RS/6000. (Pacer Software Inc. introduces DAL Server for AIX Data Access Language server)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... La Jolla Calif. -- Pacer Software Inc. further extended the reach of Apple's Data Access Language with a new DAL server that links Macs to SQL databases on IBM RS/6000 workstations running the AIX Unix operating system. Available now,...

FBI tightens Digital Telephony. (FBI sharpens language in proposed legislation that would require all voice and data networks to be capable of wiretapping) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Washington -- The FBI has sharpened language in proposed legislation that would require government wiretap access to all U.S. voice and data networks. The proposal, known as Digital Telephony, is a response to new telephone technology,...

Tandem breaks out Mac connectivity. (Tandem Computers Inc. announces new marketing approach that unbundles AppleTalk application programming interface from DAL Server database server, introduces MacOffender performance monitoring software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Tandem Computers Inc. this week will announce a new marketing approach that could encourage the development of Mac client applications for the company's transaction-processing minicomputers. At this week's Mactivity...

Farallon announces low-cost hub. (Farallon Computing Inc. introduces Ether10-T Starlet network hub)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Emeryville, Calif. -- Farallon Computing Inc. last week announced that it will join the fray in the low-end Ethernet hub market. The Ether 10-T Starlet hub, due in August for $399, provides eight 10BASE T connections and a thin Ethernet...

QuickMail to deliver wireless news: mainstream service offers 50 news wires. (Mainstream Data Inc. introduces Newscast for QuickMail gateway to wire-service news feeds)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Salt Lake City -- It's not quite the local paperboy, but at least it won't throw your paper on the roof. Electronic-mail gateway software due this week from Mainstream Data Inc. will deliver news reports from as many as 50 wire services to...

Compatible routers get DECnet Phase IV capabilities. (Compatible Systems Corp. introduces DECnet Phase IV software upgrade for LocalTalk-to-Ethernet routers) (Gateways Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Boulder, Colo. -- Compatible Systems Corp. this month shipped a software upgrade that will add DECnet Phase IV protocol capabilities to its LocalTalk-to-Ethernet routers. The upgrade is free to users of Compatible's $2,195 Ether*Route/TCP...

Global Village cuts price of TelePort/Fax 9600. (Global Village Communications reduces price of TelePort/Fax 9600 SendFAX modem) (Gateways Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Mountain View, Calif. - Global Village Communication this month reduced the price of its TelePort/Fax 9600 SendFAX modem from $225 to $195. TelePort/Fax 9600 is the only 9,600-bps fax modem that connects to the Mac via the Apple Desktop...

Synergy unbundles net utilities from VersaTerm. (Synergy Software separates network-connection tools from VersaTerm and VersaTerm-PRO terminal-emulation applications) (Gateways Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Reading, Pa. - Synergy Software, in a bid for its competition's users, has unbundled the network connection tools from its VersaTerm and VersaTerm-PRO terminal-emulation applications. Due next month, VersaTilities is a $99 package of tools...

LANtastic gets AppleTalk gateway. (Artisoft introduces LANtastic for Macintosh) (Miramar Systems Inc., Artisoft Inc. cooperate to give Macintosh clients access to LANtastic microcomputer network)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Francisco - Miramar Systems Inc. and Artisoft Inc. have teamed to give Mac clients a formal invitation to Artisoft's popular LANtastic Intel-based PC network. Artisoft this month released LANtastic for Macintosh, a gateway from...

Dayna to offer low-cost router. (Dayna Communications Inc. to introduce PathFinder LocalTalk-to-Ethernet router)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Clara, Calif. - At the Mac-tivity '92 conference here this week Dayna Communications Inc. will stretch its Macintosh networking muscle with a new, low-cost Local Talk-to-EtherTalk router. Due next month for $899, the new PathFinder...

MaCNet intros Ethernet cards, hubs. (MaCNet division of CNet Technology Inc. introduces 8CON-8800 network hub, adapter cards for LC, SE/30)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif. - MaCNet, a new Mac networking hardware company, this week will introduce a family of Ethernet adapter cards and hubs. The company is a division of CNet Technology Inc., an IBM PC and compatible network hardware supplier....

NetWorks to alert managers in advance. (Caravelle Networks Corp. introduces NetWorks 2.0 monitoring software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Caravelle Networks Corp.'s latest version of its network monitoring software, NetWorks 2.0, adds a new early-warning system for AppleTalk or TCP/IP networks. The new version will be unveiled at the Mactivity '92...

Digital Products' SprintTalk puts LocalTalk printers on Ethernet. (Digital Products Inc. introduces SprintTalk/25E print server, ShareTalk serial-to-parallel conversion device) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Waltham, Mass. -- Digital Products Inc. last month released two new products designed to help Mac managers put existing printers to new uses. SprintTalk/25E is a print server that connects LocalTalk printers to an Ethernet network without...

DowVision gets two-way communication. (Dow Jones & Co. Inc. announce Macintosh program development software for online information system) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Princeton, N.J. -- Dow Jones & Co. Inc. this month announced new Mac developer tools that will let corporate users add a second dimension to their X.25-based, one-way DowVision news broadcasts. Previously, the DowVision news service allowed...

Sonic adds NetWare support to remote start-up package. (enhances its Diskless Mac add-on board that allows Macintoshes to start up from a system image file residing on a file server) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Macs connected via Ethernet to NetWare servers soon will be able to start up as a Novell client, even with no hard disk installed. The Diskless Mac (TDM), a $149 optional add-on for Sonic Systems Inc.'s NuBus Ethernet...

Fast 486 powers AppleShare server. (ShirtPocket Software Inc. introduces EasyServer Python file server)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Mesa, Ariz. -- The fastest Intel CPU will put a charge in Shirt-Pocket Software Inc.'s AppleShare server product line when the company ships its new EasyServer Python. Due this week, EasyServer Python is a $4,800 box powered by a 50-MHz...

AG Group offers views to token-ring nets. (AG Group Inc. announces TokenPeek network analyzer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Clara, Calif. -- The AG Group Inc. this week will offer a glimpse of its forthcoming Token-Peek network analyzer for token-ring networks at the Mactivity '92 conference here. The $995 network performance monitor, which will ship in...

SoftLibrarian prevents illegal software use. (Jeddak Inc. introduces SoftLibrarian 2.0 security software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif. -- A new version of Jeddak Inc.'s SoftLibrarian will add a feature designed to prevent illegal software usage on a network. The $169 program lets users create and manage software libraries on Mac networks and stand-alone...

Symantec takes another at-bat with Q&A. (Symantec Corp.'s data base beta tests for third time; release delayed) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Cupertino, Calif.--In baseball it's three strikes and you're out. But for Symantec Corp.'s long-awaited Q&A for the Macintosh, despite three strikes, it's still up there swinging. Three separate beta versions of the flat-file database have...

MacWEEK takes break, goes on-line. (will not publish July 20, 1992 edition) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... MacWEEK will not publish next week. Look for an expanded Gateways section and a special report on Mac sound technology in our next issue, July 27. We will post coverage of the Mactivity '92 Macintosh networking conference in the News Beat...

Distilling complex information with data-analysis software: programs mold data into readable reports. (includes directory)(Product Watch) (Buyers Guide)
July 13, 1992... Programs mold data into readable reports Once running only on workstations or larger computers, Mac data-analysis software allows users to manipulate and display complex statistical or scientific data to study trends and patterns within the...

Gates says Microsoft's future rides on Windows NT; new OS due by year-end, will cost less than $500. (Bill Gates; operating system)
July 13, 1992... New OS due by year-end will cost less than $500 San Francisco -- Microsoft Corp. CEO Bill Gates is betting the entire company on the success of Windows NT becoming the mainstream operating system of choice. Gates made the statement as...

Tech Noir cache cards give Quadras a boost. (Tech Noire QuadCache 25, QuadCache 33 add-on cards for Apple Macintosh Quadra microcomputers)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Watsonville, Calif. -- Tech Noir this month released a pair of Quadra cache cards designed to boost performance with any application, including those incompatible with the 68040's built-in caches. The QuadCache 25, a $445 add-on for the...

RasterOps' 264 board doesn't like 32 bits. (The Help Desk) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... * Old RasterOps Video ColorBoard 264 cards don't work correctly in Macs with more than 8 Mbytes of RAM running under System 7 with 32-bit addressing turned on. RasterOps Corp. has an upgrade for boards with ROMs prior to Version 1.3. Call the...

Apple File Exchange gets confused. (question and answer) (Ask David Ramsey) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Q: Apple File Exchange refuses to show the "Mac to DOS" and "DOS to Mac" conversion menus when I insert a DOS disk. Why? A: This one was mysterious. I hadn't used Apple File Exchange in a while, but when I fired it up and tried it, I...

New virus, Trojan horse surface. (T4, Trojan Horse computer viruses discovered on Internet) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... San Francisco -- In separate incidents in recent weeks, a new Mac virus was discovered in games uploaded to Internet file archives, and vigilant staffers at CompuServe's MAUG forums thwarted an attempt to post a malicious Trojan horse there....

CEL, Andrew join forces to link to Blacksmith, AS/400. (introduction of Blacksmith 1.07) (CEL Software Inc. and Andrew Corp. introduce new products linking IBM AS/400 hosts with Blacksmith database front-end development tool) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Edmonton, Alberta -- CEL Software Inc. has teamed up with Andrew Corp. to forge links between IBM AS/400 hosts and Blacksmith, CEL's developers tool for creating database front-end applications. Blacksmith 1.07, a newly released upgrade,...

DSS gets second shot at public acceptance. (Digital Signature Standard) (News) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Washington -- The proposed federal Digital Signature Standard will get another hearing in the court of public opinion this fall. A revised version of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS), a technology that will let users verify that...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
July 13, 1992... The June 29 story reporting that Information Electronics had discontinued its QuickMail gateways incorrectly implied the company would halt technical support. The June 22 issue incorrectly reported the price for Multi-Ad Services Inc.'s...

Users giving mixed reviews to latest vintage of Vines. (Banyan Systems Inc. Vines 5.0 network operating system)(News Analysis)
July 13, 1992... Westboro, Mass. -- Four months after Vines 5.0 climbed onto corporate networks, users are saying the fruits of the network operating system's new Macintosh connectivity have been both sweet and sour. Banyan Systems Inc.'s Vines 5.0 is a...

Information Builders gets more Mac support. (Blyth Software Inc., Andyne Computing Ltd. to build support for Information Builders Inc. EDA/SQL client/server application programming interface into new Macintosh and Windows database client software) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Boston -- Information Builders Inc. got two big Macintosh votes for its Enterprise Data Access/SQL client-server software at last month's Database World here. Blyth Software Inc. and Andyne Computing Ltd. will build support for EDA/SQL...

Balancing fears, rights in wars against viruses; a little black book reveals secrets and highlights some difficult issues facing the computer industry. (Mark Ludwig's 'The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses, Volume I') (Issues & Trends)(MacInTouch)
July 13, 1992... A little black book reveals secrets and highlights some difficult issues facing the computer industry. Rights in conflict. Wars always raise difficult questions about the limits of civil liberties, and the current war on computer viruses...

Microsoft apps to get Oracle ODBC hook. (Oracle Corp. databases to support Microsoft Corp. Open database Connectivity application programming interface) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Boston -- Oracle Corp. databases and Microsoft Corp. applications will be talking the same language later this year, the two companies announced last month at Database World here. Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., will support...

Picking Mac terminal emulators: Nitpicking details are the key. (Tech Analysis) (Buyers Guide)
July 13, 1992... Mac-to-host connections are among the most complicated problems facing network administrators. But users don't want to be hassled with the details; the personal computer is just a smart terminal, right? For MIS people, desktop terminal...

What will new Magnet attract?; 'intelligent agent' to ship at Macworld. (No Hands Software's file management software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
July 13, 1992... 'Intelligen agent' to ship at Macworld No hands software will release Magnet, a System 7-only file-management utility at Macworld Expo in Boston in August. We examined a prerelease version of this unusual $129 application. Searching...

ThunderStorm powers up Photoshop. (SuperMac Technology Inc. introduces ThunderStorm graphics accelerator card for Adobe Photoshop image-editing application) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Sunnyvale, Calif. -- SuperMac Technology this week will announce ThunderStorm, a DSP-based NuBus card that accelerates Adobe Photoshop filters by up to 1,100 percent. To ship next month for $999, ThunderStorm uses two programmable 16A...

Finding desktop trapping solutions. (color trapping) (News Analysis)
July 13, 1992... Color trapping, the adjustment made to areas on the page where colors overlap, remains one of the key unresolved issues in desktop production. While the capabilities for professional trapping work gradually have improved and a large set of new...

Apple's overseas sales seesaw; units up in Japan but soft in Europe.
July 13, 1992... Units up in Japan but soft in Europe San Francisco--In a major shift in Apple's worldwide distribution pattern, rapid growth of Mac unit sales in Japan and other Far Eastern markets is helping the company compensate for a slowdown in...

Photon technology could slash cost of high-resolution printing. (Photon Imaging Corp.'s Laserfan technology) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... South Plainfield, N.J. -- Photon Imaging Corp. has announced a new imaging technology that promises to provide high-resolution laser printing at desktop prices. Laserfan, which Photon demonstrated at last month's Digital World conference...

Varityper RIPs into software. (Varityper Inc. introduces Series 3000 Imagesetting System raster-image-processor software, 5300B imagesetter, bundles software with Scitex America Corp. Iris SmartJet 4012 color ink-jet printer) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... East Hanover, N.J. -- Varityper Inc. has gone soft on PostScript with two new output systems based on a PostScript-compatible software RIP. The Series 3000 Imagesetting System, slated to ship in September, will include PCI, a proprietary...

FastBack Express targeted at novices. (Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s file backup utility for Apple Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Baton Rouge, La. -- It may not have a lot of bells and whistles, but Fastback Express Macintosh might get more users on the backup track, according to publisher Fifth Generation Systems Inc. The new entry-level utility, available now for...

Cross-platform DVI movies play full-screen, full-motion with EyeQ. (digital video interactive) (New Video Corp. introduces EyeQ 750/8 Playback Solution, EyeQ 750/8 Authoring Solution video-compression boards)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Santa Monica, Calif. -- New Video Corp. this month shipped two Quick-Time-compatible DVI video-compression boards that let Macs watch full-screen, full-motion movies. New Video's EyeQ NuBus boards use Intel Corp.'s 1750B video processor...

MacRenderMan taps into YARC. (YARC Systems Corp. introduces YARCRenderMan software for its NuSprint coprocessor boards that supports Pixar Inc. MacRenderMan rendering software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Newbury Park, Calif. -- MacRenderMan and Presenter Pro users now can tap into the processing power of YARC Systems Corp.'s YARC NuSprint coprocessor boards, thanks to new software released this month. YARC's new YARCRenderMan software lets...

Curtain rises on Screen USA's compact tabletop drum scanner. (Screen USA introduces DT-S1015 drum scanner)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Rolling Meadows, Ill. -- Screen USA has weighed in with a new tabletop drum scanner that carries a relatively lightweight price tag. Available now for $38,900, the DT-S1015 can capture eight bits of CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) data...

ImageAccess archives directly from Nikon film scanners. (Nikon Inc. Electronic Imaging Department introduces ImageAccess archiving software for Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Melville, N.Y. -- Nikon Inc.'s Electronic Imaging Department this month will ship new Mac archiving software that automatically catalogs images as they are grabbed from a Nikon film scanner. ImageAccess is a $495 single-user version of a...

Baseline puts QuickTime to work. (Baseline Publishing Inc announces Spectator, I Like Icons utility programs)(includes related article on other Baseline products)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Memphis--Baseline Publishing Inc. is putting the desktop in movies and movies on the desktop. Spectator, a $149.95 utility due from the company this month, will record Mac screen activity as a QuickTime movie that can be edited, overdubbed...

Excel 4.0 by the numbers. (Mac the Knife) (Column)
July 13, 1992... In the modern age of media dominance, the message is often hidden in the numbers. For example, how many Southerners, real or imaginary, can simultaneously mount a credible quest for the presidency? If you turned to your handy spreadsheet to...

Mitsubishi printers look to Level 2. (PostScript Level 2 emulation) (Mitsubishi International Corp. introduces Colorstream/DS, CHC-S746i, CHC-746i color printers) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... White Plains, N.Y.--Mitsubishi International Corp. this month announced it will offer PostScript Level 2 emulation for its i-Printer series of 24-bit-color printers. The Colorstream/DS, CHC-S746i and CHC-746i will include PowerPage...

Radius offers low-cost cards for large screens. (Radius Inc. introduces PrecisionColor 8Xj, PrecisionColor 24Xk graphics boards)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Jose, Calif.-- Radius Inc. this month introduced its lowest-cost accelerated color graphics cards for large-screen displays. PrecisionColor 8Xj. Available now for $599, this eight-bit NuBus board provides 256 colors or shades of gray...

StrataType 3d fleshes out fonts: program converts Type 1 and TrueType formats. (Strata Inc. introduces StrataType 3d font-editing program, StrataClip 3d clip-art libraries) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Program converts Type 1 and True Type Formats St. George, Utah -- Strata Inc. has announced two new products designed to make it easier to generate 3-D type and graphics. StrataType 3d, priced at $295 and slated to ship this month,...

Torque servers speed rendering 10 times. (Torque Systems Inc. introduces Unix-based servers for rendering complex graphics images) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Palo Alto, Calif. -- Torque Systems Inc. last week shipped a line of Unix-based servers designed to render complex images up to 10 times faster than a Quadra 900. The basic RenderServer configuration, priced at $11,900, consists of a CPU...

DiskFit Pro 1.1 allows automatic backup. (Dantz Development Corp.'s file backup program)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Berkeley, Calif.--Dantz Development Corp. last week shipped an upgraded version of DiskFit Pro, its popular backup utility. Version 1.1 of the $125 program adds a new function that lets networked users automate backups. With the new option,...

Tableworks takes shortcut to lower price. (Npath Software introduces Tableworks ShortCut add-in table-editing program for Quark Inc's QuarkXPress page-layout package) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Issaquah, Wash. -- Npath Software Inc. is shipping a lower-priced, streamlined version of its Tableworks Table Editor QuarkXTension. Tableworks ShortCut (SC), priced at $119, is a stripped-down version of Npath's $299 Tableworks, a...

Plug-in lets Photoshop read Scitex images. (Total Integration Inc. introduces add-in program that lets Adobe Photoshop image-editing software read images from Scitex America Corp. pre-press systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Palatine, Ill.--Adobe Photoshop users can edit selected portions of large Scitex image files with a plug-in set to ship this month from Total Integration Inc. Called FASTedit/CT, the $239 Photoshop plug-in opens and previews images saved...

Move to desktop saves The New Yorker $1 million. (New Yorker magazine moves to entirely digital publishing) (Screen Test)
July 13, 1992... New York--New Yorker cartoons, those signature black-and-white drawings peppered throughout the pages of the revered magazine, could soon go digital. The cartoons will be the last step in The New Yorker's switch to the Mac, a transition...

FWB eases disk management with scaled-down HD ToolKit. (FWB Inc.'s Hard Disk ToolKit-Personal Edition file management software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... San Francisco -- A slimmed-down, lower-priced version of FWB Inc.'s Hard Disk ToolKit disk-formatting and management package, designed for users who don't need all the capabilities of the feature-packed original, is scheduled for release this...

Kaleida's moral imperative. (New Media)(interview with Kaleida CEO Nat Goldhaber - Column) (Interview)
July 13, 1992... Should the business of multimedia involve more than business? At a news conference on June 23 in Beverly Hills, Calif., where his appointment as CEO of Kaleida was announced, Nat Goldhaber raised that issue as he discussed his goals for the...

With eye on multimedia market, Aldus acquires Fetch database. (Aldus Corp. announces acquisition of multiuser mixed-media database application) (Brief Article)
July 13, 1992... Seattle -- With an eye on the multimedia market, Aldus Corp. last week announced its acquisition of a multi-user, mixed-media database application. Code-named Fetch, the program lets users catalog, browse and retrieve digital media in such...

Seikosha dot matrix handles wide forms. (Seikosha America Inc.'s SP-2415AP dot-matrix printer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Mahwah, N.J. -- Since Apple discontinued the ImageWriter LQ, pickings have been slim for Mac users looking for a dot-matrix printer that can handle wide forms. Now Seikosha America Inc. has expanded the options with the SP-2415AP, a monochrome...

Sigma unveils high-resolution monitors; new models aimed at imaging market. (Sigma Designs Inc.'s MultiMode 150, MultiMode 120 monitors)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... New models aimed at imaging market Fremont, Calif. -- Sigma Designs Inc. is preparing two new gray-scale 19-inch display systems capable of high resolutions for document-image processing, graphics and medical imaging. MultiMode 150....

Newer card boosts Quadra 700 to 30 MHz or more. (Newer Technology's Variable Speed Overdrive accelerator card for Apple Macintosh Quadra 700 microcomputer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Wichita, Kan. -- Got a Quadra 700 and feeling frustrated that Apple is offering an upgrade path for your machine's big brother but not for yours? Newer Technology will offer a solution next month--at a fraction of the cost of Apple's...

NewGen adds two RISC printers, one with Ethernet interface. (NewGen Systems Corp.'s TurboPS/660, TurboPS/630En printers; reduced-instruction-set computing)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 13, 1992... Fountain Valley, Calif.-- New-Gen Systems Corp. last month added two new models to its Task Pro Series of RISC-based laser printers. The TurboPS/660, available now for $3,795, offers a resolution of 600 by 600 dpi. It includes IET Level...

Latest Apple ads may not sway corporate buyer. (Apple advertising campaign touting superiority of Macintosh over Microsoft Windows)
July 13, 1992... San Franciso -- Apple's recent ad campaign touting the superiority of the Macintosh over IBM PCs and compatibles running Windows may influence some small businesses, but it isn't likely to have much effect on corporate buyers, according to...

Apple cuts dealer funding program: angry resellers vow to sell competing PCs. (Apple to eliminate dealer infrastructure funding program)
July 13, 1992... Angry resellers vow to sell competing PCs Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple has informed resellers that it will eliminate its dealer infrastructure funding program, effective next March. The program was established last October to help dealers...