MacWEEK articles from July 1994

MacWEEK archives from July 1994

Now we are 5.0: utility suite goes native, adds compressor. (Now Software Inc's update to Now Utilities)
July 4, 1994... Portland, Ore. -- Now Software Inc. is reportedly readying an update to Now Utilities that expands the utility suite's current functions, incorporates other Now software products and implements new Apple technologies. Sources said the company,...

Apple brass pledge new plans to woo corporate buyers.
July 4, 1994... New York -- Hoping to allay industry concerns about its commitment to big business and dealers, Apple last month made a strong sales pitch to both groups at a two-day conference here. When the smoke cleared, the company had announced several...

Houdini card set for return engagement; speedier DOS card shown at PC Expo. (Apple's DOS Compatible card for Power Mac)
July 4, 1994... New York -- At PC Expo here last week, Apple demonstrated a fast new Power Mac version of its DOS Compatible card, formerly known as Houdini, that features sound-output functions. Sources said the company plans to ship a version of the new card...

Screen refresh gives users pause. (Macintosh requires monitors with high refresh rates) (includes related article on ZiffNet/Mac's Macintosh Catalog) (Macintosh requires monitors with high refresh rates)
July 4, 1994... San Francisco -- As more third-party vendors target their monitors at Macintoshes with on-board video, buyers are finding that a little display savvy can go a long way to prevent incompatibility headaches. As part of Apple's effort to prevent...

Low-end Macs, PBs march toward IDE; Apple to adopt Intel-standard storage bus. (Integrated Drive Electronics disk drive standard) (Macintoshes and PowerBooks)
July 4, 1994... The historically straight and SCSI lines of Macintosh storage architecture are branching as Apple reportedly prepares to add IDE disk drives to low-end Macs. Later this month, sources said, Apple will begin basing Mac models on internal hard...

Adobe jumps into Aldus-Altsys fray. (Adobe Systems Inc tries to settle legal dispute between Aldus Corp and Altsys Corp)
July 4, 1994... San Francisco -- Adobe Systems Inc. has stepped into the fight between Aldus Corp. and Altsys Corp. over FreeHand, but the graphics giant apparently has had no luck effecting a solution. FreeHand developer Altsys in April filed a lawsuit...

Chicago is Apple's best opportunity. (Microsoft Corp's operating system) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
July 4, 1994... Not long ago, I sat in an operating system briefing hosted by David Nagel, the vice president and general manager at AppleSoft, Apple's OS division. One of his more interesting comments during that session (and I'm paraphrasing) was that he was...

IBM cuts 601 cost, unveils 603 prices. (PowerPC 601 and 603 processors) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Armonk, N.Y. -- IBM Corp. last week cut the cost of the PowerPC 601 processor used in current Power Macs and took the wraps off pricing for its version of the PowerPC 603. PowerPC co-developer Motorola Inc., meanwhile, announced that it will...

Sony adds 15", 20" monitors to Multiscan color display series. (Sony Electronics Inc's Multiscan 15sf and Sony Multiscan 20se) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... an Jose, Calif. -- Sony Electronics Inc. last week announced 15-and 20-inch additions to its Multiscan line of color monitors. The $549.95 Multiscan 15sf, available now, is a 15-inch color display with a maximum viewing area of 14 inches. It...

DeltaGraph Pro charts new course; version 3.5 adds System 7.5 support. (DeltaPoint Inc's DeltaGraph Pro 3.5 presentation program) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Monterey, Calif. -- DeltaPoint Inc. last week shipped Version 3.5 of its DeltaGraph Pro charting and presentation program. The upgrade features native Power Mac compatibility, new chart types and support for Apple's forthcoming System 7.5....

Radius targets digital video; StudioArray serves Quadra, Power Mac. (Radius Inc's RAID system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... San Jose, Calif. -- Radius Inc. focused on the storage needs of digital video users this month when it introduced the Radius StudioArray, a $6,999 RAID system optimized for use with VideoVision Studio, Radius' NuBus video-capture board. The...

QMS delivers high-res laser printers with expanded networking options. (QMS 1060 Print System and QMS 1660 Print System) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Mobile, Ala. -- QMS Inc. last week rolled out new 600- and 1,200-dpi RISC-based laser printers with networking options. The QMS 1060 Print System, priced at $2,699, can output up to 10 letter-size pages per minute, according to the company. It...

DayStar to take RISC to Mac IIs. (DayStar Digital Inc PowerPC upgrade cards go into some Apple computers) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Flowery Branch, Ga. -- DayStar Digital Inc. has announced a deal with Apple that will put DayStar's PowerPC upgrade cards into some Mac II-series machines. According to DayStar, the licensing agreement will give it exclusive rights to develop...

PowerBuilder coming to the Mac; Powersoft expands development tool. (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... San Francisco -- Powersoft Corp., hoping to grow with the client-server market, reportedly is preparing an upgrade of its flagship graphical development tool that will feature multiplatform support and a tool to shift applications between...

Sales automation turns Inside Out. (Sierra Software Innovations Inc's Salesbase 2.0 uses Sierra's Inside Out II relational database engine) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Incline Village, Nev. -- With its latest upgrade, the client-server sales-automation program Salesbase has a new client engine and owner. Originally developed by After Hours Software as a 4th Dimension front end to a host database, Salesbase...

Disk Quota keeps eye on AppleShare server disk space. (Santorini Consulting & Design Inc's Disk Quota 1.0 network utility)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... San Francisco -- AppleTalk administrators may at last be able to control the level of disk space each user consumes on an AppleShare server with a new utility from Santorini Consulting & Design Inc. Expected to ship next week, Disk Quota 1.0...

Vacation makes it to Mac mail. (MR Mac Software's VacationMail automatic reply software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Del Mar, Calif. -- Macintosh users of Unix-based mail systems can let electronic pen pals know when they are on holiday via MR Mac Software's new VacationMail automatic-reply software. The $39.95-per-user VacationMail utility acts as an...

FreeSoft rides again, resurrects White Knight with major upgrade. (White Knight 12.0 telecommunications software) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Beaver Falls, Pa. -- White Knight will ride out of the past next week when The FreeSoft Company delivers Version 12.0, the first major upgrade in four and a half years. Derived from one of the original Macintosh telecommunications programs,...

InocuLAN scans Mac files faster; Cheyenne speeds searches for viruses by 25 percent. (InocuLAN 3.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... yn Heights, N.Y. -- Cheyenne Software Inc. this month plans to upgrade its InocuLAN anti-virus software for NetWare file servers, Intel-standard PCs and Mac clients, with faster scanning and expanded reports. Like its predecessor, InocuLAN 3.0...

Viking maxes Duo RAM; new 24-Mbyte card for BP 500 added. (Apple PowerBook 500) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... aguna Hills, Calif. -- Viking Components Inc. shipped a 36-Mbyte RAM module for the Duo 280 and 280c and added to its memory modules for PowerBook 500s. Viking's 36-Mbyte Duo RAM module is composed of a new 16-Mbyte card mounted on Viking's...

Kalman to offer mobile fax service. (Kalman Technologies Inc and Motorola Canada Ltd) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Vancouver, British Columbia -- Kalman Technologies Inc. and Motorola Canada Ltd. this month formed an alliance to develop technology to let mobile devices receive faxes from traditional fax machines. The service will run on Cellular Digital...

RasterOps docks not compatible with Duo 280s. (DuoMate 8 and DuoMate 16sc docks not compatible with PowerBook Duo 280 model) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Duo 280 owners looking to RasterOps Corp.'s docks for RGB and NTSC output are temporarily out of luck. The company said the $499 DuoMate 8 and the $649 DuoMate 16sc do not work with the 68040-based Duos. Both docks have...

VST adds 12-hour pack. (VST Power Systems Inc's ThinPack PLUS external battery) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Concord, Mass. -- VST Power Systems Inc. last month shipped a new version of its ThinPack external battery that lets 100-series PowerBooks operate for up to 12 hours without recharging. Like VST's original ThinPack (see MacWEEK, June 7, 1993,...

PenMagic automates letter writing on Newton. (PenMagic Software Inc's Letter Express) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... North Vancouver, British Columbia -- With PenMagic Software Inc.'s Letter Express, writing letters on a Newton may no longer be a monumental chore. The $69.95 Newton writing assistant has an enhanced on-screen keyboard and stores commonly used...

Newspapers flock to Mac software; graphics solutions pull in Nexpo goers.
July 4, 1994... Las Vegas -- As the 12,000 newspaper professionals at last week's Nexpo 94 avoided the 110-degree heat, exhibitors and attendees alike were showing signs of warming up to the Mac. At The Associated Press' crowded booth, the New York-based wire...

Scitex publishing system in the P.INK. (Scitex America Corp's P.INK Press publishing system) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Las Vegas -- Although Scitex America Corp.'s shiny black 18-wheeled truck was among the most eye-catching sights at Nexpo 94 here last week, the publishing system shown inside was the real attraction. P.INK Press, developed by P.INK Software...

Fauve's xRes lets users edit huge CMYK files in real time. (Fauve Software Inc's paint and photo-retouching program) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Cary. N.C. -- Fauve Software Inc. last month announced a paint and photo-retouching program that the company promises will be able to manipulate CMYK files in real time. Like HSC Software Corp.'s Live Picture, which reportedly was ready to...

Ultre bridges wet and dry printing technologies. (Vision 300 and 400 OEM imagesetters from Linotype-Hell Co) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 4, 1994... Melville, N.Y. -- A martini should be both wet and dry. High-end printing can be also, with Ultre's pair of OEM imagesetters that support wet-process media and a new dry-process film and paper. Ultre, a division of Linotype-Hell Co., said the...

Macs not a priority at PC Expo; business users come to see Windows apps.
July 4, 1994... New York -- Mac was a four-letter word at PC Expo here last week. In a hall full of Chicago hype, Windows machines and OS/2 boosterism, few Apple products could be found, even at the booths of prominent Mac developers. Some of the show's 800...

Radius-SuperMac deal still solid despite dropping stock prices. (Radius Inc and SuperMac Technology Inc plan to merge)
July 4, 1994... San Francisco -- In the month after Radius Inc. and SuperMac Technology Inc. announced plans to merge, the companies' stock prices dropped steadily, but analysts said that it doesn't mean the deal is in trouble. Radius of San Jose, Calif., and...

Updated En Passant catalog CD due this fall from Apple, partners. (Apple, Redgate Communications Corp, Electronic Data Systems Corp) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- CD-ROM users this fall will again be able to shop from their homes, courtesy of an update to an interactive program launched by Apple, Redgate Communications Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Dallas. Sources said...

Media Vision cuts work force. (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Fremont, Calif. -- Troubled multimedia company Media Vision Technology Inc. faced more hardships last month when it laid off about 10 percent of its work force. The company, based here, cut 35 jobs, keeping 328 employees. The move was part of...

StockWatch. (Brief Article) (Illustration)
July 4, 1994... Adobe 27.00 0.00 Aldus 26.25 6.60 Caere 6.88 0.00 CE Software 3.00 9.09 Macromedia 8.06 -12.84 Microsoft 51.38 -0.24 Novell 17.00 13.33 Symantec ...

Oracle sales jump 41 percent. (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Redwood City, Calif. -- Boosted by expanding sales of its Unix and Desktop licenses, Oracle Corp. last month reported a 41 percent increase in sales for its fourth quarter. Revenues for the quarter ended May 31 hit a record $668 million, up...

Iomega lays off 32 employees. (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Roy, Utah -- As part of its effort to cut 75 jobs, Iomega Corp. last week laid off 32 of its approximately 900 employees. Iomega, based here, said the other 43 positions are being eliminated through attrition and redeployment of people within...

EA co-founder steps down. (Electronic Arts Inc Chair Trip Hawkins) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... San Mateo, Calif. -- Electronic Arts Inc. Chairman Trip Hawkins, citing a potential conflict of interest, resigned last month to work at 3DO Co., an electronic systems developer that has lost $66.8 million since going public last year. Both...

Wall Street's anxieties. (high-tech mergers) (Editorial)
July 4, 1994... Wall Street fears uncertainty and change more than anything. Mergers are the epitome of corporate risk, involving vast sums of money, management reshuffling, product realignment and employee anxiety. Lately, the stock market has been clearly...

Houdini stages great escape from Apple's scrap heap. (Apple's coprocessor) (The Second Decade) (Column)
July 4, 1994... It's not unusual for Apple to disregard MacWEEK's advice; it is unusual for me to be delighted about it. But delighted is how I'm feeling about news that Houdini will soon reappear on the Mac stage, even though a MacWEEK editorial not long ago...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
July 4, 1994... Microsoft's native motives harder than ever to justify I agree completely with Henry Norr about the native Microsoft Word and Excel question as presented in his Second Decade column "Gates may love the Mac, but delays do real damage" (MacWEEK,...

Lessons to be learned from installing imperfect software. (The Mac Manager) (Tutorial) (Column)
July 4, 1994... You know, I love the idea and the technology behind PowerTalk, Apple's collaboration and messaging product. What I am having trouble loving as much, however, is the herky-jerky configuration process this puppy puts you through to use it with...

StudioPro 1.1. (Strata Inc's 3-D animator) (Native Power Mac Quick Look) (Software Review) (Evaluation) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Strata Inc. List price: $1,495 Strata's Power Mac upgrade to StudioPro delivers performance that serious 3-D animators and high-end illustrators have been waiting for. The speed of most functions has increased 300 percent to...

DateBook & TouchBase Pro 4.0 a solid bundle; Aldus' linked applications offer Drag and Drop, more speed. (Software Review) (Evaluation)
July 4, 1994... ... ........................ Score Card: DateBook & TouchBase Pro Aldus Corp. Consumer Division Version tested: 4.0 List price: $129.95* Overall value 4 Aldus has done an impressive job revamping its...

Mass-storage strategies: reliable access to digital info. (includes buyers guide) (Buyers Guide)
July 4, 1994... With more data distributed over more types of storage devices, the right mix is crucial to success. In the perennial struggle to keep pace with ever-expanding files and applications, Mac information managers have more places -- and more room...

Hacking PPC Enabler plus other updates. (PowerPC) (Mac in Touch: ProductWatch) (Tutorial) (Column)
July 4, 1994... If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, here are some tips on patching Apple's PowerPC Enablers with a resource editor, along with other updates. It is not too surprising that Apple has released several versions of its PowerPC system...

The Power to freeze up. (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
July 4, 1994... Q. Why, after I start my 7100, does it crash the first time I use a Command key to invoke a menu command? A. This astoundingly weird response is apparently a problem with some Power Macs and the Apple Extended Keyboard. If you don't release...

Overproduction of hard disks may spin down drive prices.
July 4, 1994... Monterey, Calif. -- The year ahead looks rocky for disk drive producers, according to Dataquest Inc. forecasts revealed at its StorageTrack '94 conference here last week. The San Jose, Calif.-based market research firm said it foresees...

Gaming on future market shares. (Mac the Knife) (Column)
July 4, 1994... If you're the wagering type, these past couple of weeks of soccer mania have no doubt been exciting times. Unlike the regulated gaming you find at, say, the horse track, betting on professional sporting events, even soccer, is strictly illegal in...

Hudson joins board. (Apple elects former Kodak executive Katherine Hudson) (Brief Article)
July 4, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple last week elected Katherine Hudson, a former Eastman Kodak Co. executive, to its board of directors. Hudson, who is the board's only female director, replaces former Northern Telecom Inc. CEO Paul Stern, who stepped...

LaserMaster lowers cost of fine print. (LaserMaster Corp introduces Unity 1800XL, Unity 1800XL-0 high-resolution printers) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Eden Prairie, Minn. -- Prices for high-end output dropped last week when LaserMaster Corp. introduced two new plain-paper laser printers that reportedly reach resolutions of up to 1,800 dpi. The $6,995 Unity 1800XL and $8,995 Unity 1800XL-O are...

Wellfleet, SynOptics plan merger: billion-dollar deal to create net giant. (Wellfleet Communications Inc, SynOptics Communications Inc)
July 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Making a connection that could have major implications for the Mac and DOS markets, networking titans SynOptics Communications Inc. and Wellfleet Communications Inc. last week announced plans to merge. The estimated $1.2...

AppleSearch update to learn its WAIS around the Internet. (Wide Area Information Server) (AppleSearch 1.1)(includes related article on client programs)
July 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- As the country barrels down the information superhighway, Apple is preparing to make sure it can stay in front of the pack with a new version of AppleSearch that makes browsing the vast Internet data resources as easy as...

Copland file system scores in speed, size.
July 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Starting later this year, Apple reportedly will begin replacing parts of the Mac file system with a new architecture, which will ultimately result in higher disk capacities and greater performance, particularly for multi-user...

Dylan to offer another side of object coding. (Apple developing new programming tools)(Tech Analysis)
July 11, 1994... Several years ago, faced with the increasing complexity of software development, Apple began asking programmers what was wrong with existing tools and what could be done to improve them. Later this year those developers will have an opportunity...

Take this job and love it. (Don Strickland heads up Macintosh OS licensing project) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
July 11, 1994... According to an internal memo sent out by Michael Spindler late last month, Don Strickland gave up his stewardship of Apple's imaging products division to take on an incredibly important job that nobody in his or her right mind would want. In...

Microsoft pumps up Works 4: OLE 2.0 serves as link to Excel, Word. (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. this week will unveil Works 4.0 for Macintosh, a major upgrade to the integrated software package that includes more than 100 new features and enhancements. Works 4.0, priced at $99.95, features enhanced word...

Radius ships low-power displays: Pivot, IntelliColor display lines expand. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... San Jose, Calif. -- Radius Inc. last month added new energy-saving monitors to its Pivot and IntelliColor display lines. The 15-inch Pivot Display/gs, priced at $699, supports eight-bit gray scale; like earlier Pivot monitors, it can be rotated...

Schwab rolls out personal-investment software. (StreetSmart for the Macintosh) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Mac-based investors can now trade on-line, thanks to a new software package from Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Schwab last week delivered StreetSmart for the Macintosh, a personal-investment application that lets investors trade...

Philips debuts MagnaScan/15. (Philips Consumer Electronics Co) (Monitors Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Knoxville, Tenn. -- Philips Consumer Electronics Co. last month began shipping the Magnavox MagnaScan/15, a 15-inch color monitor priced at $399. The monitor displays 1,024 by 768 pixels at a refresh rate of 80 Hz. Its flat square Philips tube...

Samsung readies 15-inch SyncMaster for August. (Samsung Electronics America) (Monitors Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Ridgefield Park, N.J. -- Samsung Electronics America Inc. next month plans to ship the SyncMaster 4Ne, a multiple-resolution 15-inch color display priced at $370. On the Mac, the SyncMaster 4Ne displays a maximum resolution of 832 by 768...

ViewSonic cuts monitor prices across the board. (Monitors Briefs) (Brief Article)
July 11, 1994... Walnut, Calif. -- ViewSonic last month lowered prices by up to $204 on its entire line of monitors, including its Mac-compatible ViewSonic Professional series. Among ViewSonic Professional models, the company dropped the list price of its...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
July 11, 1994... A story in the July 4 issue of MacWEEK (Page 4) incorrectly listed the Sony Component and Computer Products Group's address and phone number. The group is at 3300 Zanker Road, San Jose, Calif. 95134. Phone (800) 352-7669; fax (408) 955-5171. ...

Glyph switch lets users divvy up SCSI devices. (Glyph Technologies Inc. SCSI Switch/Extender)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Ithaca, N.Y. -- An "intelligent" switch box from Glyph Technologies Inc. lets digital audio and video users share scarce SCSI resources. SCSI Switch/Extender, priced at $495, is an external device that lets a pair of SCSI initiators or a Mac,...

La Cie, MaxConcept, MicroNet bolster RAID lines. (La Cie Ltd. introduces Joule RAID systems; MaxConcept Inc. introduces MaxRAID; MicroNet Technology enhances Raven 1800) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Storage vendors last month introduced an array of new RAID options for Mac users. > La Cie Ltd. announced its Joule RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) line, software-controlled RAID systems based on its modular...

Utility helps build help systems. (DataPak Software Inc's On-Line Help construction Kit) (Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Vancouver, Wash. -- Programmers who want more power from application help systems than balloon help can provide but who don't need the bells and whistles of Apple Guide can now turn to DataPak Software Inc.'s On-Line Help Construction Kit. The...

Toshiba takes to road with double-speed portable CD-ROM drive. (Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. introduces XM-4100A)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Irvine, Calif. -- Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. last month took its CD-ROM technology on the road when it shipped a Macintosh-compatible portable CD-ROM drive. The double-speed XM-4100A measures 5.5 by 1.3 by 8.3 inches and weighs...

Tools Plus gains firmer grip on GUI. (Water's Edge Software introduces Tools Plus 2.5.1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Oakville, Ontario -- Water's Edge Software has launched an upgrade to its Tools Plus suite of programmers libraries. The new version extends the software's support for standard interface elements and introduces several controls. Tools Plus...

V.34's countdown to approval: September deadline for modem standard. (News Analysis)
July 11, 1994... The draft recommendation for 28.8-Kbps base modem speeds is poised to become an international standard in about 60 days. The V.34 specification could still be derailed by intellectual property disputes, however, and the estimated 1 million...

Maryland to offer free hookups to the Internet.
July 11, 1994... Baltimore -- Questions about the public library's position in a networked society surfaced in Maryland last month. The state's library agency announced a plan to provide library databases and fee-for-service Internet connections for its 5 million...

DynaWeb server holds SGML books: Web server queries, converts to HTML. (Standard Generalized Markup Language can be converted to Hypertext Markup Language) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Providence, R.I. -- Internet users won't get the usual mark-up when Electronic Book Technologies Inc. releases the recently announced DynaWeb, a Unix-based World-Wide Web server for Standard Generalized Markup Language documents. Electronic...

Persoft's 2-Mbps Intersect Bridge provides SNMP in radio LAN link. (Simple Network Management Protocol) (Persoft Inc)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Madison, Wis. -- Persoft Inc.'s wireless bridge for Ethernet now boasts SNMP support to aid administrators in monitoring and managing both the bridge and physically separated Ethernet LANs. Available now for $6,495 per unit, the Intersect...

Lotus tweaks Notes 3.1, improves speed. (Lotus Development Corp) (minor upgrade)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Cambridge, Mass. -- Lotus Development Corp. last week shipped Notes 3.1, a minor upgrade to its standard-setting groupware system. The new version updates the OS/2-based server and the clients for Macintosh, Windows and OS/2. In addition to...

DCA takes Irma for Mac to 4.0. (IRMA Workstation) (Digital Communications Associates Inc) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Alpharetta, Ga. -- Digital Communications Associates Inc. last week upgraded its Mac-to-mainframe 3270 terminal emulation software, IRMA Workstation, to run native on Power Macs. The new version also increases the number of host sessions and adds...

Apple FTP sites full of official files. (File Transfer Protocol on Internet)
July 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- The Apple Business Systems Division opened up shop on the Internet last week at abs.apple.com. The division announced a freely available FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server containing software patches and technical notes...

Internet links pose password piracy risk. (CompuServe, America Online Internet gateways may not be secure) (Brief Article)
July 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Users who access on-line services through the Internet may be exposing themselves to a significant security risk. CompuServe Inc. and America Online Inc.'s services are available to users over the global Internet as well as...

Duo 230 cut from dealer list. (Apple discontinues PowerBook Duo 230 in dealer channel) (Brief Article)
July 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple last week took the Duo 230 off its dealer list but did not completely remove the subnotebook from distribution. An Apple spokesman said the Duo 230, which features a 33-MHz 68030 CPU and passive-matrix gray-scale...

Tiny tapes store 1.25GB on Datasonix tape drive: SCSI, PCMCIA versions due in '95. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Boulder, Colo. -- Borrowing the Greek word for transport, Datasonix Corp. last month announced Pereos, a modular 1.25-Gbyte tape backup system for mobile users. A $595 parallel interface version of the card for Intel-standard PC notebooks will...

Delphi ups access speed to 14.4Kbps. (Delphi Internet Services Corp.) (Brief Article)
July 11, 1994... Cambridge, Mass. -- Delphi Internet Services Corp. last week said members can now access its on-line service at either 9,600 bps or 14.4 Kbps, except during peak hours. Delphi said users can access the service at 14.4 Kbps through the...

Remote users get in sync with office files. (News Analysis)
July 11, 1994... Whether it's called synchronization, reconciliation or file merge, the ability to compare and update two copies of a file is becoming increasingly important as more users work away from the office. Users on the road need to have the most...

Large-format CalComp printer avoids environmental hazards. (EcoGrafix Film Imaging System)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Anaheim, Calif. -- CalComp this month shipped an "ecologically friendly" large-format printer. The EcoGrafix Film Imaging System can use EcoFilm, a new dry-process film substrate. The $39,995 plotter and RIP package is aimed at the newspaper,...

DesignReality drafts product prototypes. (Ashlar Inc) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Drafting an expanded course for industrial designers, Ashlar Inc. last week released new 3-D surface modeling software and shipped a Power Mac version of its Vellum CAD program. DesignReality, priced at $1,995, is a...

Photophase to ship lower-cost digital camera kit. (Photophase Studio Kit)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Redwood City, Calif. -- Photophase Inc. this month will add a low-cost option to its studio digital camera line when it ships a high-resolution digital camera-back package for less than $12,000, including lights. The new Studio Kit includes a...

Photoshop plug-ins shape terrain, import EPS files. (Knoll Software CyberMesh; Total Integration Epilogue)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... San Francisco -- Users can perform digital magic with a new crop of Photoshop plug-ins. They include: > CyberMesh from Knoll Software. Available for $49 for 680x0 and Power Macs, CyberMesh lets users save gray-scale images as 3-D models in DXF...

PhotoFlash update scripts tasks for QuickTake camera. (PhotoFlash 1.1 software for QuickTake digital camera)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Enhancing its focus on digital imaging, Apple last month upgraded its PhotoFlash software and shipped versions of its QuickTake 100 digital camera for Windows and Power Mac machines. PhotoFlash 1.1, a $279 image-editing and...

Microspot MacPlot Raster 4.0 improves text quality. (new version of QuickDraw RIP package for color plotters)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 11, 1994... Saratoga, Calif. -- Offering more than a smidgen of color, Microspot USA Inc. last month released Version 4.0 of MacPlot Raster, its $1,295 QuickDraw RIP package for color plotters. Upgrades are $90. Version 4.0's intelligent error-diffusion...