MacWEEK articles from July 1995

MacWEEK archives from July 1995

Apple: market share no longer top priority. (changing how firm markets and sells in Europe)
July 10, 1995... With Windows 95 ahead and an unsuccessful marketing plan behind it, Apple is radically changing how it markets and sells Macs. At a meeting of European managers in London in May, Dan Eilers, senior vice president of Apple Worldwide Marketing &...

CE plans three-tiered QuickMail update path. (CE Software's QuickMail 3.5)
July 10, 1995... Eager to slake customers' thirst for Mac e-mail features, CE Software Inc. will soon ship a QuickMail upgrade with server-based rules and drag-and-drop message handling for clients. CE plans to deliver QuickMail 3.5 by late August; the company...

Mac OS update 2 due. (System 7.5 Update 2.0) (Evaluation)
July 10, 1995... Apple is reportedly preparing another care package of operating system enhancements for Macintosh users. System 7.5 Update 2.0, said to be in the early stages of development, will bring elements of the PCI Macs' OS to other CPUs. But sources said...

Avid builds on 8100 100 for video editing. (Avid Technology's Media Processor 601-based Power Mac hardware system)(Product Announcement)
July 10, 1995... Avid Technology Inc. will put a new facade on its video production line this month with the release of Media Processor, an all-in-one 601-based Power Mac hardware system. The new six-slot design will be offered as part of the company's Media...

Mactivity serves up Java, Winsock 1.1 for the Mac. (firms introduce new plans and products at Mactivity 1995 conference)(Product Announcement)
July 10, 1995... More than 100 companies plan to take advantage of this week's Mactivity '95 conference to show off new products and unveil plans. The convention in San Jose, Calif., will include announcements that Apple will be reaching out to Windows developers...

FUD damage in Iowa. (E-mail vendors make many promises, but do not deliver on strategies)(fear, uncertainty, and doubt)(MacWEEK Insider)(Column)
July 10, 1995... We now have an e-mail road map from CE Software Inc. I think I'll file it under the heading "QuickMail, Promised Features," so the folder will come neatly after the one labeled "QuickMail, Moribund Integration Strategies." That folder was...

Symantec nets Delrina: buyout delivers fax, utility apps for $415 million.(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Symantec Corp. continued to feed its acquisition habit last week, gobbling up Canadian fax and utility software maker Delrina Corp. for an estimated $415 million. The stock buyout will enable Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec to integrate...

PowerBook 5000 RAM ready to go. (Peripheral Outlet offers memory modules for PowerBook 5000s)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Before Apple has even acknowledged the existence of PowerPC-based PowerBooks, memory vendors are poised to ship RAM upgrades for the new laptops. Peripheral Outlet last week became the first to announce memory upgrades for the forthcoming...

Memory swaps dim between 9500s. (some dual inline memory modules for Power Mac 9500s may fail when used with 132MHz-based unit)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... All DIMMs are not created equal. According to Apple, some dual in-line memory modules designed for the Power Mac 9500s may contain dynamic RAM chips that work fine in the 120-MHz version of the machine but fail when used with the 132-MHz unit....

Execs bolt from Newton, Japan divisions. (Apple Japan president Frank Seji Sanda, Newton Systems Division VP Shane Robinson)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Apple's corporate ranks received a double whammy last week with the sudden defections of two prominent executives. Frank Seiji Sanda, president of Apple's Japan division, quit after less than a year on the job because of clashes with upper...

Fujitsu to drive PowerBook 5000 series. (Fujitsu Computer Products of America's DynaMO 230 Portable magneto-optical drive)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Peripheral Outlet isn't the only one getting an early start on PowerBook 5000 products. Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. this week will announce that its new 17mm-high magneto-optical drive will work in Apple's upcoming portables....

1st Tech puts RAM through its paces. (1st Tech/Dark Horse's Sigma LC memory tester)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Determining whether a memory module is a nag or a thoroughbred no longer requires a degree in electrical engineering, thanks to 1st Tech Corp. and Dark Horse Inc., which are now shipping a memory tester compatible with most Mac RAM modules....

Optima deals PCI card, CD-R pack: users can buy card with drives, array. (Optima Technology's Fast and Wide SCSI-2 PCI card, Diskovery 650CDR)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Optima Technology Corp. in June boarded the PCI bandwagon with a card for its storage products. The company also hit the charts with a CD-Recordable package. Optima's Fast and Wide SCSI-2 PCI card is $398 to purchasers of Optima's hard drive...

ImagePlus printers add high resolutions. (NewGen Systems' ImagerPlus 18xf, ImagerPlus 12xf)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... NewGen Systems Corp. has extended the horizons of its line of high-resolution, oversize laser printers with two new models. According to the company, the $7,995 ImagerPlus 18xf is the first printer to use the 900-dpi TEC A-659 engine. NewGen...

Three Tek color printers flesh out Phaser family. (Tektronix's Phaser 480X, Phaser 540 Plus, Phaser 240)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Tektronix Inc. has toned up its color printer lines, eliminating some models and introducing three new machines. The new printers include one aimed at the high-end graphics market as well as two office machines, the company said. The Phaser...

For the record.(Correction Notice)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... The June 26 First Look at Insignia Solutions Inc.'s SoftWindows 2.0 (Page 1) contained incorrect phone numbers. Insignia can be reached at (415) 335-7100; fax (415) 335-7105. Also, SoftWindows is currently at Version 1.0. Contrary to an...

ATTO on PCI track with ExpressPCI. (ATTO Technology's line of storage accelerator boards)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... ATTO Technology Inc. played its hand of PCI cards in June with the release of ExpressPCI, a new line of storage accelerator boards with an expandable architecture. The Fast and Wide SCSI-3 cards are available with either one or two...

Sonnet takes over production of Mobius Speedster. (Mobius Technologies' 68040 accelerator updated by Sonnet Technologies)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Mobius Technologies Inc. may be dead, but its 68040 accelerator lives on, thanks to Sonnet Technologies Inc., which this month shipped an update to the product. The Speedster, a 40-MHz 68040-based accelerator for the Mac IIx, IIcx, IIci and...

PowerSecretary more articulate. (Articulate Systems' PowerSecretary Power Edition 2.0.3 speech-to-text conversion software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Articulate Systems Inc. in June enhanced the fluency of its PowerSecretary speech-to-text conversion application and delivered a new entry-level version for word processing. Version 2.0.3 of the $2,495 software, now called PowerSecretary Power...

UMAX rolls out scanner and bundles OCR. (UMAX Technologies' includes Wordlinx 2.0 OCR software with scanners, to introduce Mirage D-161 large-format flatbed scanner)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... UMAX Technologies Inc. is extending the horizons of its flatbed scanner line for corporate and graphics users. Getting down to business, the company last week enhanced a variety of its scanner packages with Version 2.0 of Wordlinx, OCR software...

Three new CD-ROM changers land on desktops.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Tuning up their disc-handling repertoires, a trio of storage vendors recently unveiled new CD-ROM jukeboxes. > Regal Electronics Inc. last week debuted the CDC-4X, a small quadruple-speed changer that will let users play a handful of discs. The...

Cross-platform titles from Oracle in cards: Media Objects now available. (multimedia development environment)(Product Announcement)
July 10, 1995... Entering a new market, database heavyweight Oracle Corp. in late June shipped Oracle Media Objects, its multimedia development environment. Now available directly from Oracle and for download from the company's World-Wide Web site, the...

Wacom tablets get erasers. (Wacom Technology's Art Pad II, ArtZ II graphics tablets include Erasing UltraPen feature)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Taking some of the pressure off artists to get it right the first time, Wacom Technology Corp. has developed an eraser function for its pressure-sensitive digitizing tablets. New versions of its graphics tablets, slated to ship this week, will...

YARC cards boost 9500 graphics, 3-D. (YARC Systems developing Screamer acceleration card, Hydra PCI multiprocessing card, YARC-RIP)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Putting its support -- and its acceleration muscle -- behind Apple's newest Macintosh, YARC Systems Corp. has three PCI cards for the Power Mac 9500 in the works: a QuickDraw 3D accelerator, a PostScript RIP and a multiprocessing graphics card....

Imagesetters turn eco-friendly. (imagesetters designed to eliminate water use and toxic silver byproduct)
July 10, 1995... The green of money and the green of the planet haven't often been able to peacefully coexist. But increasingly in the world of imagesetters, green is in, both financially and environmentally. A growing group of manufacturers are redesigning...

Parametrics offers thermal printers. (General Parametrics' Spectra*Star 240, 280 color thermal printer)(Product Announcement)
July 10, 1995... General Parametrics Corp. recently enhanced its plain-paper palette with a pair of thermal printers that the company said offer more power for less money. The Spectra*Star 240 costs $2,995, $800 less than the Spectra*Star GLx, which it...

Adobe melds press apps. (Adobe Systems' PressWise 2.5 DTP software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Broadening the spread of its electronic page imposition application, Adobe Systems Inc. recently shipped an upgrade to PressWise that includes new color separation and preflight functions. The $3,995 PressWise creates plate-ready imposed...

Mac confusion on IsoEthernet: will Apple sell OEM cards? (isochronous Ethernet coming to Mac, but details lacking)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... The emerging networking scheme known as isochronous Ethernet is probably coming to the Mac, but the principal vendors involved aren't quite sure of the details. National Semiconductor Corp. recently announced it is preparing isochronous...

NetPhone 1.2 calls the Web. (Electric Magic's NetPhone 1.2)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... The Electric Magic Co. in June updated NetPhone, its software that places phone calls over the Internet, and released a free server that helps users find one another. NetPhone creates full-duplex audio sessions over TCP/IP networks such as the...

Upgrades for dial-in networking. (Novell's Netware Connect 2, J&L Information Systems' ChatAccess 4PC, ChatAccess 8PC remote access servers, Cabletron Systems' Micro-CS)(Product Announcement)
July 10, 1995... "Variety" is the watchword in remote-access servers, as three vendors offer different upgrade paths for AppleTalk-based dial-in networking services. > Novell Inc. Due to ship this month, Novell's NetWare Connect 2 handles up to 128 ports,...

MacHack compiles coding concerns. (programmers use 1995 MacHack Conference to outline top 10 concerns)
July 10, 1995... Southfield, Mich. -- Attendees of the annual MacHack Conference have a saying: "Macworld Expo is for marketers, WWDC is for managers, and MacHack is for engineers." This year, as in the past nine, some 300 of the Mac industry's most respected...

PCI is opening LAN-card market.
July 10, 1995... After several seasons of calm networking weather, Macintosh users are seeing a new front move in as Digital Equipment Corp. and Rockwell Networking Systems blow into town with Fast Ethernet cards for PCI-based Macs. "We do not differentiate...

100Base T now official. (100BASE T standard made official by Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers gave the final OK in June to IEEE 802.3u, the 100BASE T standard, and IEEE 802.12, a k a 100VG-AnyLAN. "The standard for 100BASE T is an excellent document," said Howard Frazier, chairman of...

Hubs & routers beat.
July 10, 1995... Compatible news Boulder, Colo.-based Compatible Systems Corp. is shipping its RISC Router 4000S. The device's four Ethernet ports can be used for thick-net or 10BASE T connections; one port also has a thin-net connector. The $3,495 device...

Interactive chat lines for LANs. (Electronic Learning Systems' ChatNet system)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Electronic Learning Systems Inc. this month brought out a more direct alternative to e-mail. The ChatNet system, which is free for a three-user version, allows peer-to-peer text-based conversations and file transfer over EtherTalk or LocalTalk...

Investors sold on Apple stock. (Wall Street bullish on Apple stock)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Wall Street is now bullish on Apple stock after the bearish summer of 1994. In July 1994, the price of Apple stock hovered around $26 per share amid concerns that the company's margins were eroding in a personal computer price war and that...

MacWEEK index: it's an on-line world. (worldwide on-line subscriptions)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... MacWEEK index Worldwide on-line subscriptions jumped by nearly 1 million in the first three months of 1995, according to Simba Information Inc. The Wilton, Conn.-based research company attributed most of the growth to a 47 percent increase in...

Cayman back to router roots. (Cayman Systems executives try to rebuild company by stressing workgroup internetworking market niche)
July 10, 1995... Cayman Systems Inc. is pinning its future financial hopes on a past product strategy. But time may be running out for the internetworking company. The Woburn, Mass.-based company's work force, which numbered nearly 100 people in 1993, is down...

Adobe, Frame outline future: merged company to cross platforms. (Adobe Systems' acquires Frame Technology)
July 10, 1995... The reviews are in, and Adobe Systems Inc.'s acquisition of Frame Technology Corp. gets a thumbs up from company officials and analysts alike. The $500 million deal, which Mountain View, Calif.-based Adobe announced in June (see MacWEEK, June...

Off the wire.
July 10, 1995... Netscape Communications Corp. last week announced that it plans to issue 3.5 million shares of stock in mid-August at a price that has not yet been determined. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which employs 200, is a leading supplier of...

Joint OS from Apple, IBM would challenge Microsoft.(Dealer's Corner)(Column)
July 10, 1995... IBM Corp.'s recent announcement of its intention to offer the Mac OS as an option on future PowerPC-based systems captured press attention but may have seemed like old news to resellers. Most, after all, thought the original PowerPC announcements...

Not ready for review. (Insignia Solutions' SoftWindows 2.0 performance makes some question its usefulness)(Editorial)
July 10, 1995... If the recent First Look at the beta version of SoftWindows 2.0 generally reflects its ultimate performance, you are all excused for yawning. And you might as well stretch your arms and walk around the room, because if Insignia Solutions Inc.'s...

Apple-IBM alliance at 4 bordering on stagnation. (alliance is now four years old)(The Second Decade)(Column)
July 10, 1995... This week marks the fourth anniversary of the original announcement of Apple's alliance with IBM Corp., which means it's time for another review of the state of the partnership. Some wheat, lots of chaff A year ago I wrote, "Of the four...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
July 10, 1995... A crush on Windows 95? Henry Norr, have you considered how your words sound outside the cavity of your own head (MacWEEK, June 19, Page 24)? I mean, you sounded like a schoolgirl giggling over the length and girth of Microsoft's interface. I...

Corporate computing's monolith gets manageable. (Apple's new emphasis on corporate computing is good news)(The Mac Manager)(Column)
July 10, 1995... I'm starting to get excited again. Excited, believe it or not, about Apple. Before you make me blow into the sobriety balloon, let's consider the most recent evidence I uncovered at an unlikely location -- PC Expo -- via an even less likely...

PowerCADD 2.0 reinforces toolbox, network support. (Engineered Software's CAD software) (includes related article on product attributes) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 10, 1995... Score card: PowerCADD 2.0 Engineered Software List price: $795* Overall value: 4 (Very good) PowerCADD 2's most important additions are layer attributes for globally controlling a project's appearance and better printing and...

Data-entry tools enhance Now Contact, Up-to-Date 3.5. (Now Software's workgroup calendar and contact manager) (includes related article on product descriptions) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 10, 1995... Score card: Now Contact and Up-to-Date 3.5 Now Software Inc. List price: $149* Overall value: 4 (Very good) With Versions 3.5 of its contact manager and scheduling program, Now Software continues its formula for success by putting...

Now Software stays in sync. (Now Synchronize file synchronization software for Macs and Newton PDAs) (Software Review)(Evaluation)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... While Now Software Inc.'s Now Up-to-Date has long supported connections to Sharp Inc.'s popular Wizard organizers, the company will soon release Now Synchronize, a $49.95 application that resides on both the Macintosh and Apple's Newton...

Wollongong suite offers Internet path. (Wollongong Group's Pathway Access for the Macintosh 3.1 set of TCP/IP applications) (includes related article on product description) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 10, 1995... Score card: PathWay Access for the Macintosh 3.1 Wollongong Group Inc. List price: $350* Overall value: 3 (Good) The Wollongong Group Inc.'s PathWay Access is a suite of TCP/IP applications that includes Telnet, FTP, Gopher, mail,...

ClarisWorks 4.0: elegance by design. (integrated software) (includes related article on product features) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 10, 1995... Score card: ClarisWorks 4.0 Claris Corp. List price: $129* Overall value: 5 (Excellent) ClarisWorks 4.0 is a remarkable achievement, offering a slew of features without altering the basic personality of this best-selling Mac...

Why a 5-diamond review for a not-so-slick Scripter?
July 10, 1995... Reviews Forum I was surprised to read your overwhelmingly positive review of Main Event Software Inc.'s Scripter (MacWEEK, June 12, Page 29). I find the program's user interface to be poor-to-average, but this was never reflected in the...

RAID software boosts flexibility.(Buyers Guide)
July 10, 1995... Product Info AIWA America Computer Systems Division COREarray 20000: $7,000 to $24,000; COREarray Micro 2000: $5,000 to $8,000 Mahwah, N.J. (201) 512-3600 or (800) 920-2673; fax (201) 512-3704 ATTO Technology Inc. ExpressStripe: $395;...

Next stop for performance: RAID Level 5.
July 10, 1995... RAID Level 5 overcomes the 100 percent redundancy of Level 1 by striping recovery information over all the disks in the array. If any single disk goes down, the recovery data can be used to reconstruct that data. RAID 5 is also more economical...

Printing package is easier to find than Microsoft fix. (users report problems with Apple LaserWriter 8.3 printing software) (Microsoft offers fix for Power Mac crashes)(MacinTouch)(Column)
July 10, 1995... Microsoft's Type 11 fix is hidden in a directory filled with cryptic DOS files. Apple's Color LaserWriter brought with it an official release of the new LaserWriter 8.3 printing package (see MacWEEK June 12, Page 38). The new set of three...

US West stays competitive with flat-file database.
July 10, 1995... FileMaker Pro lets the support team prototype interfaces for new customer services. A commonly heard rule of thumb is if you're a small-to- medium-sized business, you can run it using a flat-file database management system such as FileMaker...

He's back: Kawasaki returns to hawk Mac development. (Guy Kawasaki)
July 10, 1995... As part of its effort to create a revival among third parties, Apple has announced the appointment of Guy Kawasaki as an Apple Fellow for developer issues. Comparing his new job to the launch of the Mac in 1984, Kawasaki told MacWEEK: "There's...

Director audio toolkit. (Macromedia and ION create Macromedia Directory Enhanced CD Toolkit)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Macromedia Inc. and ION, an interactive music CD company in San Rafael, Calif., are uniting their technologies into a tool kit aimed at facilitating widespread development of discs combining CD audio and multimedia content. The Macromedia...

Eilers' division taking shape. (Apple's Worldwide Marketing & Customer Solutions division headed by Senior VP Dan Eilers)(Brief Article)
July 10, 1995... Apple's Worldwide Marketing & Customer Solutions division, created in April to bring the company closer to customers, began to take final shape last week. Sources said all of product marketing will be centralized into a global organization,...

StockWatch.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 10, 1995... 07.06.95 Weekly % close change Apple 47.00 -0.53 MacWEEK Composite* 335.89 2.62 Software developers Adobe ...

Bill's pockets jingle, jangle, jingle.(Mac the Knife)(Column)
July 10, 1995... If spring is the time when a young man's fancy turns to love, then these early days of summer are the time when those who have accumulated their fill of that asset turn instead to more weighty matters, such as wealth. And there's evidence to...

PageMaker 6 lays out solid, limited upgrade. (Aldus Corp's PageMaker 6.0 desktop publishing software)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... It's been 10 years since Aldus Corp. first introduced the page-layout program that helped launch desktop publishing. So the timing couldn't be better to unveil PageMaker 6.0, the latest version of a steady, if not stellar, performer striving to...

Image editing and DTP to stretch Canvas 5.0; overhauled app to debut at expo. (Deneba Software Inc)
July 17, 1995... Giving new meaning to the term "major upgrade," Deneba Software of Miami is reportedly working on a revision of its Canvas illustration application that may turn the program into the Swiss army knife of graphics applications, sources said....

Apple joining Oracle to hawk Power Objects. (client/server development tools)
July 17, 1995... Oracle Corp. and Apple are finalizing a marketing and sales agreement that will reportedly allow Apple to resell Oracle Power Objects client-server development tools through the retail channel. Sources said Apple plans to sell both the Power...

PowerPC-based Performa pricing on par with PCs: eWorld browser MPEG card ship.(Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Apple this week will ship a new lineup of Performa products, including two new PowerPC-based machines, a DOS-compatible unit and an MPEG playback add-in card. But prices and configurations may be the real story. Along with beefier...

New PBs slow in coming. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300 laptop computers)(Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Apple is expected to announce its PowerPC-based laptop line Aug. 28, but some models may not ship until October. Apple originally said the new PowerBook line was slated to ship in the first half of 1995 before revising its target date to this...

No. 1 is still second-best. (Adobe Software Inc's Aldus PageMaker 6.0 desktop publishing software) (MacWEEK Insider) (Software Review)(Evaluation)(Column) (Evaluation)
July 17, 1995... With its first upgrade of PageMaker, Adobe Systems Inc. is offering a feature-packed new release, well-equipped to face the competition -- circa 1992. I always feel bad criticizing PageMaker: In support and customer relations, the program...

Radius clone due July 4. (an Apple Macintosh clone)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... On July 24, Radius Inc. will announce and start shipping its first "mainstream" Mac clone, an 8100/110 knockoff that sources said will allow dealers more flexibility in configuring systems than its Apple-branded cousin. Just like the 8100/110,...

D2 to acquire La Cie, add Joule to crown. (D2 electronique, joule modular desktop storage system)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... A longtime player in the Mac storage market, La Cie Ltd. this week is expected to be scooped up by a major European drive vendor. D2 electronique, based in Paris, will buy Beaverton, Ore.-based La Cie Ltd., a Quantum company, for about $12...

DataViz translates HTML: kit can convert pages from Web. (DataViz Inc's Internet Translator Kit, Conversion Plus for Windows 3.0)(Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Internet surfers can now save their favorite World-Wide Web pages and then edit them with any word processor thanks to the latest conversion tool from DataViz Inc. The company this week will ship in its collections of file translators the...

PopupFolder 2.0.1 gives users control of menus' appearances. (Inline Software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... This week a new version of Inline Software's Finder enhancement will pop up on users' screens, with a range of new features intended to speed access to folders and files. The $79 PopupFolder 2.0.1 turns the Finder's icon for a folder into a...

Elektoson shifts to Gear 3.0 with support for hybrid discs. (CD-Recordable software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Elektroson Inc. next week will tune up CD recording with the release of Gear 3.0, an update to its cross-platform CD-Recordable software. In addition to an improved user interface, the upgrade expands support for new CD standards and jukebox...

HP's high-yield inkjet: black and white soars on new color DeskJet. (HP DeskJet 1600CM printer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Hewlett-Packard Co. last week released its HP DeskJet 1600CM, a new high-speed 600-dpi network PostScript printer with a difference: It's a color inkjet. The $2,479 1600CM joins HP's other color inkjet and laser printers for networks: the...

XLR-8 pushes CPU speed to 150 MHz. (Warp Factor 150MHz accelerator card)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Pushing processor performance to the limit or even beyond, XLR-8 last week shipped an accelerator for the new Power Mac 9500 models that jacks up the clock-rates by as much as 25 percent. The $249 Warp Factor 150MHz attaches to the PowerPC...

Brighter, lighter projectors ship. (Boxlite Corp's Boxlight 3080; Proxima Corp's Desktop Projector 2710, 2810 and 2900)(Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Although no rival to the summer sun, new projectors released in June from Boxlight Corp. and Proxima Corp. brightened the presentation market with models that display images up to 25 feet diagonally. The $8,999 Boxlight 3080 uses a 400-watt...

Virtus to send 3-D to the Web. (Virtus Corp will incorporate Virtual Reality Modeling Language, or VRML, into its software)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Hoping to bring 3-D worlds to cyberspace, Virtus Corp. in early August will begin to incorporate Virtual Reality Modeling Language into its software. Support for Virtual Reality Modeling Language, or VRML, an emerging standard for displaying...

MiniCad 6 to ship in fall. (Graphsoft Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Graphsoft Inc. is planning a major upgrade to MiniCad and bringing the currently Mac-only application cross-platform. Scheduled for a Macworld Boston announcement in August and a September ship, the $795 MiniCad 6 will include an integrated...

New QX-Tools suite to offer 10 XTensions. (Extensis Corp's QXTools DTP software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
July 17, 1995... Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, daily tips, layers and a configurable tool bar can be added to QuarkXPress with a new suite of QuarkXTensions. Building on the success of its suite of Adobe PageMaker Plug-ins, Extensis Corp. in August will offer a...

PCI deals new deck of video cards. (Focus On Digital Video)(Column)
July 17, 1995... The advent of the PCI bus should provide breakthroughs in price, performance and cross-platform compatibility for digital video, an area where throughput is critical. Starting this fall, video board makers from the Mac and Intel-standard PC...

AT&T service to print on demand. (Network Demand Printing Service)(Brief Article) (Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... AT&T Corp. envisions a day when documents can be sent electronically to any printer in the world. This month the Murray Hill, N.J., company announced a plan to make this a reality. AT&T's Network Demand Printing Service is a worldwide network...

ListStar ships; Apple nets MailShare. (StarNine Technologies Inc's ListStar E-mail program; MailShare freeware)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... The Macintosh gained muscle as an Internet mail server last month when StarNine Technologies Inc. shipped ListStar and Apple announced it had bought MailShare, a freeware Mac-based Internet mail server. StarNine said it hopes ListStar will horn...

Mac Notework on e-mail track: DaVinci draws a server upgrade. (ON Technology Corp's Notework 4.0, DaVinci eMail)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... ON Technology Corp. this week polished its two e-mail systems, adding Macintosh clients to Version 4.0 of Notework and server enhancements to DaVinci eMAIL. Notework provides e-mail and telephone-messaging services for Windows and DOS users on...

BlueStreak is 10 100BASE T for NuBus, PCI. (Dayna Communications Inc's BlueStreak Fast Ethernet dual-speed 10 100BASE T adapter cards)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Dayna Communications Inc. last week announced the details of its new BlueStreak Fast Ethernet product family. The company expects to offer in August dual-speed 10/100BASE T cards for NuBus and PCI Macs. The NuBus card, which Dayna said should...

Asante deals stack of 100-Mbps hubs. (Asante Technologies Inc's AsanteFAST 100 Hub)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 17, 1995... Asante Technologies Inc. this week plans to ship the AsanteFAST 100 Hub, which it said is the first stackable 100BASE T device. Managers will be able to combine five of the 12-port hubs; each one costs $1,995. The 100BASE T standard allows for...

Alternative LANs push multimedia speed limits. (Sonic Solutions' MediaNet, Transoft Corp's SCSI-Net) (Focus On Interoperability)
July 17, 1995... Because they need such high throughput, multimedia shops working with digital video and sound or high-resolution graphics often can't use a LAN like other companies do. While Fast Ethernet, Open Transport, PCI cards and Asynchronous Transfer Mode...