MacWEEK articles from June 1992

MacWEEK archives from June 1992

MacIS: Apple corporate support leaves room for improvement. (Managing Apple Computers in Information Systems)
June 8, 1992... By Carolyn Said San Francisco -- Getting better support from Apple remains a critical concern for Mac managers. Members of MacIS (Managing Apple Computers in Information Systems), meeting here last week, repeatedly called on the...

Apple's PDA future at hand. (Apple's Newton Personal Digital Assistant)(Newton Special Report)
June 8, 1992... By Andrew Gore and Daniel Farber Chicago -- Apple shed light on its vision of how people and technology will work together in the future when it switched on its "intelligent" Newton technology at the Consumer Electronics Show here. ...

Users adrift in OS deluge. (operating system)
June 8, 1992... By April Streeter and Jon Swartz San Francisco -- In most market-driven economies, customers greet choice with open arms. In the computer industry, however, a proliferation of operating systems -- and the promise of many more to...

FileMaker Pro 2.0 to cross platforms. (Claris Corp.'s FileMaker Pro 2.0 data base management system)(includes related article on penetrating the Microsoft Windows market) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Andrew Gore Santa Clara, Calif. -- Promising "a true cross-platform solution without compromise," Claris Corp. will officially announce FileMaker Pro 2.0 for Macintosh and Windows. Aside from cosmetic details such as button...

Newton may bring high-tech help to everyday tasks: software optimized for small bits of data. (Apple's Newton portable computer)(includes related article on the low-power reduced-instruction-set computing chip in the Newton)(Newton Special Report)
June 8, 1992... Software optimized for small bits of data By Henry Norr Cupertino, Calif. -- "At Apple, all hardware projects are thinly veiled software projects," observed Michael Tchao, product-line manager for Apple's Newton devices, and users...

No-risk RISC makes faster, better printers. (reduced instruction-set computing) (Macweek Special Report on printers)
June 8, 1992... By Bob Weibel Not long ago the use of high-speed RISC processors was a revolutionary new direction for desktop PostScript printers. Now it's almost standard equipment in a speed-conscious marketplace. Look around, and you'll see...

Excel 4.0 hits shelves; update packed with new features: custom toolbars, Chart Wizard added. (Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 4.0 spreadsheet software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Custom toolbars, Chart Wizard added By Jon Swartz Redmond, Wash. -- Just one year after the release of Microsoft Excel 3.0, Version 4.0 of the best-selling spreadsheet began hitting dealer stores late last week. In addition to...

SuperMac offers audio/video bundle. (SuperMac Technology Inc.'s Spigot & Sound graphics board and Spigot & Sound Pro graphics board)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Carolyn Said Sunnyvale, Calif. -- SuperMac Technology last week shipped what it calls a "one-stop solution" for audio/ video capture and editing on the Mac. The two new packages, Spigot & Sound and Spigot & Sound Pro, combine...

Microsoft kills Wordbasic plug-in. (Microsoft Corp.'s plug-in module of WordBasic for Microsoft Word 5.0 word processing software) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Jon Swartz Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. has pulled the plug on a plug-in module of WordBasic for Microsoft Word 5.0. The software giant instead is developing a version of thThe WordBasic plug-in originally was scheduled for...

Hayes gets Rockwell to license key patent. (Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. licenses Heatherington '302 to Rockwell International Corp.) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Louise Fickel Atlanta -- Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. has induced the world's largest manufacturer of modem chip sets to license a patented Hayes technology, known as Heatherington '302. Hayes, based here, last week...

easyPrint bypasses chooser. (SF/O Software's easyPrint operating system enhancement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Bellevue, Neb. -- SF/O Software last month shipped easyPrint, a $29.95 application that lets users bypass the Chooser when selecting printers. easyPrint places icons on the desktop to represent each available printer (see MacWEEK, March...

Business Software pitches SoftSell 3 as faster, easier. (SoftSell 3.0 sales/marketing software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Carolyn Said Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Business Software Inc. last month shipped SoftSell 3.0, doubling the speed and simplifying the use of its sales-automation software. SoftSell, which comes with and requires HyperCard 2.1, acts as...

NeXT co-founder Tribble to join SunSoft. (NeXT Computer Inc.'s co-founder Guy "Bud" Tribble joins Sun Microsystems Inc.'s subsidiary, SunSoft Inc.) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Jon SwartzMountain View, Calif. -- Sun Microsystems Inc. has continued to gain from its rivals' losses. For the second time in as many months, the workstation maker poached a top executive from a competing company. Guy "Bud" Tribble,...

MacTools 2.0 out of the box. (Central Point Software Inc.'s MacTools 2.0 file management software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Beaverton, Ore. -- When Central Point Software Inc. announced MacTools 2.0 in March, company officials said they hoped to ship the upgraded utility package in May. They didn't make it by much, but they did make it. Enhancements in the...

Retrieve It! barks when hunt is over. (MVP Software Inc.'s Retrieve It! search software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Palo Alto, Calif. -- A barking retriever is joining the moose, the dogcow and the fish in the Mac menagerie, and the newcomer is hoping to chase GOfer away -- as well as On Location and other text-finding tools. The...

Alysis adds more to More Disk Space. (Alysis Software Corp.'s More Disk Space 1.1 file management software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr San Francisco -- Alysis Software Corp. last month released an updated version of More Disk Space, its second-generation compression utility. The program combines several techniques, including a resource-compression...

The real story behind printer resolution. (mechanics of laser printing, resolution improvement) (Macweek Special Report on printers )
June 8, 1992... Using technology, vendors can coax greater than 300-dpi resolution out of 300-dpi laser printer engines. By Bruce Fraser Until relatively recently, the standard resolution for laser printers was 300 dpi. Vendors such as Varityper...

E-Machines cuts prices on monitors and color graphics cards by 50%. (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... Beaverton, Ore. -- E-Machines Inc. this month slashed the prices of its color monitors and graphics interface cards, in some cases by more than 50 percent. Price reductions (see chart above) were in response to increased competition in...

Smalltalk gets with System 7 program. (ParcPlace Systems Inc.'s Objectworks/Smalltalk 4.1 program development software; Objectworks/Smalltalk for Microsoft Windows 3.1 program development software; Objectkit/Smalltalk C Programming add-in/on software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Mountain View, Calif. -- ParcPlace Systems Inc. has broadened the horizons of Objectworks\ Smalltalk with a new version of its object-oriented programming environment that supports System 7 and 68040 Macs. ...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
June 8, 1992... The May 25 issue of MacWEEK included an incorrect number, provided by SyQuest Technology Inc., for the bulletin board where the company distributes the SCSIProbe control panel. The correct number is (510) 656-0473. The May 18 issue gave...

Critics complain utility 'saves' changes - to the trash. (program errors in Alysis Software Corp.'s More Disk Space file management software) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... One aspect of Alysis Software Corp.'s More Disk Space that has drawn fire from competitors, journalists and some users on the company's CompuServe support forum is not addressed in Version 1.1, and the company's president, Justin Gray, said...

Newton connectivity may be limited: first devices might require card shuffle. (Apple's Newton portable computer)(includes related article on developers' plans for Apple's Newton)(Newton Special Report)
June 8, 1992... First devices might require card shuffle By Mitch Ratcliffe Chicago -- Communications are at the heart of the Newton operating system, but the first generation of the intelligent assistant reportedly won't make many connections. ...

Apple will face sharp competition as rivals set sights on the PDA pie. (Personal Digital Assistant)
June 8, 1992... By Andrew Gore Chicago -- Apple isn't shy about its hopes of grabbing the biggest slice of the personal-information pie, but other companies with equally large appetites have their eye on the same market. Some of the would-be...

Waiting for PostScript Level 2. (page description language)(includes related article on PostScript Level 2 advantages) (Macweek Special Report on printers)
June 8, 1992... The required printer driver won't be ready until later this year; users wonder if it's worth the wait. By Larry Stevens Users who have been waiting for the productivity boosts and other promises of Adobe PostScript Level 2 will have...

Newton makes for easy reading on-, off-line. (Random House Inc. and Motorola Inc. plan to offer products for Apple's Newton portable computer) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Andrew Gore Chicago -- At its Newton debut here, Apple gave some tantalizing glimpses of what users might want to stuff into Newton's slot. Although the prototype demonstrated could display only black-and-white images on its tiny...

Recognizing all possible capabilities. (Apple's Newton portable computer)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Cupertino, Calif. -- Newton from the start will be able to interpret not only printed text, but also graphics and mathematical expressions, and a flexible "recognition architecture" will make adding further capabilities-...

Making the scene at CES Chicago: where Apple, consumerism collide: Newton dwarfed by gaming giants. (Consumer Electronics Show; Apple Newton portable computer)(Newton Special Report)
June 8, 1992... Newton dwarfed by gaming giants By Mitch Ratcliffe and Andrew Gore Chicago -- When Apple took the wraps off its first new computing platform since the Macintosh -- at center stage in a renovated porn theater on this city's north...

PostScript/PCL switch hitters: find out which is right for you. (context and port switching; page description languages) (Macweek Special Report on printers)
June 8, 1992... Emulation and port switching in printers can be either a boon or a curse when sharing a printer in a cross-platform environment. By Bob Weibel You use a Mac -- so why should you care whether some PostScript printers offer automatic...

Understanding color technology. (color printing) (Macweek Special Report on printers)
June 8, 1992... By Larry Stevens When color Macs were first introduced in the late 1980s, the question on many people's minds was: Great, but what do we do with the color? Color output at first was virtually unavailable and then only for those who...

Apple diagnostic software turns Pro. (Mac Test Pro performance analysis software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Carolyn Said Cupertino, Calif. -- A new and comprehensive diagnostic software package from Apple should simplify life for Mac hardware troubleshooters, but it won't let them clear away the pile of older tools cluttering their...

Add-ons let phonograph use unmodified C, Pascal libraries. (TGS Systems Ltd.'s add-on software for Prograph program development software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Halifax, Nova Scotia -- TGS Systems Ltd. in recent weeks has released a slew of previously announced add-ons for Prograph, its object-oriented visual development system. >The Prograph C Interface, priced at $149, lets...

Scanning the color market. (comparison of 10 color scanners)(includes related articles on high-resolution flatbed color scanners, scanner speed, scanner-related terms) (Hardware Review) (Reviews) (Evaluation)
June 8, 1992... We rounded up 10 scanners with claimed resolutions of more than 300 dpi and ran them through an exhaustive battery of tests. By Bruce Fraser The 300-dpi resolution of most flatbed color scanners is high enough for print reproduction...

Toolbox brings neural networking to Matlab. (The Mathworks Inc.'s Neural Network Toolbox program development software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By April Streeter Natick, Mass. -- The MathWorks Inc. recently released its first tools for designing neural networks, which simulate human reasoning to solve problems. The Matlab Neural Network Toolbox, priced at $695, is a plug-in...

Undeterred by Apple competition, Insignia delivers updated AccessPC: extension mounts variety of media. (Insignia Solutions Inc.'s data conversion software) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Extension mounts variety of media By Henry Norr Mountain View, Calif. -- Insignia Solutions Inc. provided some of the technology that went into Apple's new Macintosh PC Exchange extension, but clearly that doesn't mean that Insignia...

Streamlined Mindlink stirs brainstorms; upgrade delivers improved interface. (Mindlink Inc.'s Minklink Problem Solver 2.2 decision support software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Upgrade delivers improved interface By Carolyn Said North Pomfret, Vt. -- Mindlink Inc. last month shipped Version 2.2 of its Mindlink Problem Solver software. The upgrade to the HyperCard-based product is designed to...

Jostens assembles educational package. (Jostens Learning Research Center add-in/on software for Jostens' Integrated Learning System)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Dartanyan L. Brown San Diego -- A networked educational package due this month from Jostens Learning Corp. combines the recently released Mac version of Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia with special tools to help K-12 students take...

PLI moves removables to Quadra. (Peripheral Land Inc. offers internal versions of magneto-optical drives) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Fremont, Calif. -- PLI last month brought its full line of high-capacity removable-media storage systems to the Macintosh Quadra 900 and 950. The company is now offering internal versions of its 128-Mbyte...

MacWEEK's procedures for testing color scanners. (includes related article on ZD Labs) (Reviews)
June 8, 1992... Our test suite for evaluating the 10 scanners reviewed here contained both objective, quantitative tests and subjective image jurying. We tested the scanners for speed, accuracy of registration, gray linearity, resolution, repeatability and...

Rancho Technology rolls out floptical. (Rancho Technology Inc.'s RT5000Mac floptical drives)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. -- Rancho Technology Inc. last month joined the growing list of Mac storage vendors offering 20-Mbyte floptical drives. The company's RT5000Mac is priced at $533, including a single floptical cartridge. Like...

DeltaPoint maps out upgrade to DeltaGraph. (DeltaGraph Professional 2.01 presentation software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... DeltaPoint maps out upgrade to DeltaGraph Monterey, Calif. -- DeltaPoint Inc. last month updated DeltaGraph Professional, its $295 charting program, to improve performance, fix several bugs and enhance a few features. Version 2.01,...

Kent*Marsh tunes up FolderBolt security utility. (FolderBolt Tune-up add-in/on software for FolderBolt data security software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Kent-Marsh tunes up FolderBolt security utility Houston -- Kent-Marsh Ltd. last week released a free utility that updates FolderBolt, the company's $129.95 folder-level access-control utility. Called FolderBolt Tune-up, the patching...

FWB offers ToolKit to Silverlining users at half price. (FWB Inc.'s Hard Disk ToolKit utility; La Cie Ltd.'s Silverlining utility) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... FWB offers ToolKit to Silverlining users at half price San Francisco -- FWB Inc., publisher of Hard Disk ToolKit, is wooing users of its chief competitor in the high-end drive utility market with a 50 percent discount offer. Owners of La...

Windowcraft hyper over Windows: takes HyperCard stacks to Windows. (Windowcraft program development software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Takes HyperCard stacks to Windows By Raines Cohen Burlington, Mass. -- Two years in the making, a HyperCard-like Windows 3.0 application that can run converted Mac HyperCard stacks is now available. Windowcraft Corp. last week...

Jasik's CoverTest tells programmers what procedures have been tested. (Jasik Designs' CoverTest debugging/testing software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Menlo Park, Calif. -- A new application due this month from Jasik Designs just might help Mac software be more reliable. Called CoverTest, the program is intended to assist programmers and software quality-assurance...

Diaspora helps applications read across platforms and networks. (Kueny Consulting Services's Diaspora program development software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Pittsburgh -- Kueny Consulting Services has released Diaspora, an object-oriented programming environment that lets developers create programs that work on multiple platforms and across networks. Diaspora uses...

ScanMatch: partial solution to color inconsistency. (usage of Savitar Inc.'s ScanMatch scanning software) (Reviews)
June 8, 1992... We used ScanMatch, Savitar Inc.'s simple but effective scanner-calibration package (see MacWEEK, Jan. 20), on both our high-resolution and low-resolution jury images to see if it would improve the output from the scanners. The results we...

Baseline adds a voice to QM. (Baseline Publishing Inc.; QuickMail)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Memphis, Tenn. -- Baseline Publishing Inc. is offering QuickMail users a friendly voice to announce the arrival of messages and point out spelling errors. The company is now shipping two Speak n' Spell modules for CE Software Inc.'s...

Applied Engineering ships bevy of boards. (Applied Engineering TransWarp 040, LC, Classic and SE accelerator boards and Applied Engineering QuadraLink DMA input-output board)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By April Streeter Dallas -- Applied Engineering, a division of AE Research Corp., last month shipped a bevy of new accelerator boards and cut prices on its existing accelerators. >TransWarp '040/33. The company shipped its previously...

TechWorks collects tools for network managers. (TechWorks Net Utilities performance analysis software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Louise Fickel Austin, Texas -- TechWorks Inc. last week shipped a new package that offers management for the masses. TechWorks Net Utilities is a $129 set of tools for troubleshooting AppleTalk networks and monitoring connected...

Distinguishing optical, interpolated resolution. (image scanning; scanning devices) (Reviews)
June 8, 1992... If a scanner claims a resolution of 600 dpi, you might expect it to detect a pair of lines one-six-hundredth of an inch wide and one-six-hundredth of an inch apart. We found that this simply isn't the case. A scanner's true, or optical,...

'Fire walls' stand as a protectant between trouble and the network. (network security)(News Analysis)(Gateways)
June 8, 1992... By Bruce Schneier Large buildings are often built with fire walls -- fire-resistant barriers between vital parts. A fire may burn out one section of the building, but the fire wall will stop it from spreading. The same philosophy can...

FourMat gives tools to teachers. (FourMat Corp.'s FourMat Learning Processor 2.0 educational software) (Software Review) (Reviews) (Evaluation)
June 8, 1992... When used with the right material, the Learning Processor can be a useful addition to a teacher's or trainer's repertoire. By Roger Karraker Ever since the first "educational computers" appeared in the 1960s, students and teachers...

Infomatic's QuickMail WAN gateway connects world: Global mail network through local dial-up. (Immedia Infomatic Inc.'s QuickMail WAN gateway)(wide-area network) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Global mail network through local dial-up By Nathalie Welch Montreal -- A new QuickMail gateway from Immedia Infomatic Inc. lets QuickMail users exchange messages with colleagues worldwide for the price of a local telephone call....

Cypress fax-sharing software cuts net traffic by converting on server. (Cypress Research Corp.'s FaxPro II facsimile modem)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Cypress Research Corp. last month shipped FaxPro II, a network fax-sharing system the company said offers more efficiency and ease of use than its predecessor. The product includes a Group 3...

Word processing DAs. (desk accessories; Working Software Inc.'s QuickLetter 2.0, SoftSync Inc.'s Expert Writer 1.0)(In Brief) (Software Review) (Reviews) (Evaluation)
June 8, 1992... Word processing DAs ExpertWriter released; QuickLetter upgraded Choosing the better between the latest version of QuickLetter and the newly released ExpertWriter word processing desk accessories is difficult -- they're the same...

Software AG to port its development language to Mac. (Software AG of North America Inc.'s fourth generation development languages) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Louise Fickel Reston, Va. -- Software AG of North America Inc. last month announced that it will port its fourth-generation development language to the Mac. When it ships later this year, the Mac version of Software AG's Natural...

InterCon hands Mac keys to Unix: lets Mac clients use network services. (Intercon Systems Corp.'s WorldLink communications software and InterPrint computer network software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Lets Mac clients use network services By Dartanyan L. Brown and Nathalie Welch Herndon, Va. -- InterCon Systems Corp. last month introduced two Macintosh keys to Unix network services. >WorldLink, due this month, will provide...

Quadra 950: convolution, sound and power supply. (The Help Desk) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... Quadra 950: Convolution, sound and power supply >Convolution, a pixel-averaging feature that makes Mac video look better on traditional TV screens, is built in to the Quadra 950. The feature is used when you connect a TV-style video cable...

Is your lithium too stressed? (Ask David Ramsey) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... Is your lithium too stressed? Q: My Mac II is getting reluctant to start. How can I tell if the batteries need replacing? A: Check the voltage of the lithium batteries with a digital voltmeter. Good batteries will read 3.2 to 3.85...

ClearAccess extension opens DAM to Sybase Open Client. (ClearAccess Corp.'s Sybase Open Client Data Access Extension search software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... New link simplifies access to fast data By Louise Fickel Fairfield, Iowa -- ClearAccess Corp. made the Mac view to Sybase databases a little clearer last week as it shipped an extension to Apple's DAM for the Macintosh. The...

PacBell unites PC mail services. (Pacific Bell's LANmail Connection telecommunications service)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Louise Fickel Fairfield, Iowa -- ClearAccess Corp. made the Mac view to Sybase databases a little clearer last week as it shipped an extension to Apple's DAM for the Macintosh. The Sybase Open Client Data Access Extension works...

Apple joins Microsoft, Novell, 17 more in backing proposed license-control API. (Apple supports License Service Application Programming Interface)
June 8, 1992... By Louise Fickel San Francisco -- Apple last month climbed on the software-licensing bandwagon when it joined a host of developers in supporting a proposed standard that may let IS managers spot illegal copies of software on their...

PROmotion moves into animation; new Mac software eases movie making. (Motion Words Inc.'s PROmotion multimedia software) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... New Mac software eases movie making By Carolyn Said Vancouver, British Columbia -- Motion Works Inc. last week shipped PROmotion, an animation program with strong System 7 support. PROmotion lets users create and edit...

Break out Dustbuster before replacing drive. (dirty disk drives may malfunction) (MacInTouch) (Column)
June 8, 1992... Break out Dustbuster before replacing drive Before hauling your Mac into the dealer because the floppy drive is faulty, try a breezy spring cleaning. Bugs & tips Dust devils. "This disk is unreadable. Do you want to...

Kodak launches dye-sub printer; new model speeds transparencies. (Kodak XLT 7720 dye-sublimation printer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Rochester, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. has released a continuous-tone dye-sublimation color printer that handles transparencies as well as prints. Available now for about $25,000 through third-party vendors, the...

LetraStudio 2.0 back on track with TrueType, PostScript. (LetraSet's LetraStudio 2.0 graphics software) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Paramus, N.J. -- After a six-month delay, Letraset shipped LetraStudio 2.0, an update to its type-manipulation program that supports TrueType, imports editable PostScript files and provides new image controls. ...

Tektronix hones color inkjet output. (Tektronix Inc.'s FinePoint imaging technology)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Nat Friedland Wilsonville, Ore. -- Tektronix Inc. last week announced an enhancement to Adobe PostScript Level 2 that will deliver smoother color and clearer detail to users of its Phaser II PXi and Phaser III PXi printers. The...

Aldus PressWise templates ease burden of page imposition. (Aldus Corp.'s PressWise desktop publishing software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Carolyn Said Seattle -- Aldus Corp. last month shipped PressWise, a page-imposition program aimed at commercial printers and service bureaus. PressWise, one of a handful of Mac imposition programs, eliminates the process of...

Proxima tones upcolor LCD panels; ColorWorks models use new RGB tech. (red, green blue)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... ColorWorks models use new RGB tech By Nathalie Welch San Diego -- Proxima Corp. has announced a new family of LCD projection panels that the company said provides users with high-quality color systems for a lower price than earlier...

Tutorial gives Director users a piece of the action; step-by-step tour covers latest tools. (Media in Motion's Interactive Training for Director educational software)(Macromind Director 3.0 multimedia software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Step-by-step tour covers latest tools By April Streeter San Francisco -- Media In Motion has premiered a software training course for MacroMind Director. Interactive Training for Director, available for $199, provides a...

Kodak to roll out slide scanner: RFS 2035 captures 35mm fast. (Eastman Kodak Co.'s Professional RFS 2035 scanner)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Rochester, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. last week announced a new color scanner that makes fast work of 35mm slides and negatives. Scheduled to ship next month for $7,995, the Kodak Professional RFS 2035 scans 10...

Ideal scanners eye big picture. (Ideal Scanners & Copiers Inc.'s FSS-3000 MP, FSS-5000 MP and FSS-8000 MP scanning devices and CADImage/SCAN scanning software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... Rockville, Md. -- Ideal Scanners & Copiers Inc. has expanded its flatbed scanner offerings with a new line of large-format eight-bit gray-scale devices and a new image-correction software package aimed at architects, engineers and map makers....

Putting your service bureau on-line. (Specialized software serves pre-press service bureaus)
June 8, 1992... Telecommunications links can speed up getting client files to the shop and the finished product back to the client. By Mitzi Waltz Given the electronic nature of desktop publishing technology, service bureaus can profit from using...

Video preproduction planning with Mac software tools. (usage of word processing, desktop video and project management software packages)(includes related article on using mainstream Macintosh applications) (Product Watch)
June 8, 1992... Programs help save time and money By Steve Rosenthal Ask any corporate video producer: Good preproduction planning, which includes writing a script, budgeting and scheduling, can mean the difference between excellent productions or...

Quantum pushers 2.5-inch envelope. (Quantum Corp announces release of Go*Drive GRS 160 hard disk drive, enhancement of Go*Drive GRS 80)(Brief Article) (News) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Henry Norr Milpitas, Calif. -- Apple has just added 80-Mbyte hard drives to its PowerBook line, and third parties are just announcing 120-Mbyte units, but Quantum Corp. last week announced a 2.5-inch drive with a capacity of 160...

Microsoft port to open Mac to Windows apps. (Microsoft Corp develops program development software) (News) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... By Daniel Farber Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a porting kit that will allow developers to generate Macintosh applications from their existing Windows programs. The cross-platform development tool, code-named...

Novell revenues leap 50% in second quarter. (Novell Inc. releases financial report) (News) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... Provo, Utah -- Novell Inc.'s fortunes continued to soar last quarter as the networking giant posted a 50 percent increase in revenues and a 60 percent jump in net income compared with the same period last year. Novell's revenues for its...

Eclectic illustrator Mark Jasin mixes his media. (Screen Test)
June 8, 1992... Eclectic illustrator Mark Jasin mixes his media Los Angeles -- Combining object-oriented illustrations with bit-mapped images in his print advertisements is only natural for self-described mixed-media artist Mark Jasin. "Most...

Telecommunications to the max. (Gazlay Marketing Group's equipment acquisition)
June 8, 1992... At Gazlay Marketing Group, a color-separation house with locations in Kansas City, Mo., and San Antonio, the search for speed led to combining local and remote satellite dishes with PrePress Express from GTE SpaceNet of McLean, Va. (PrePress...

Imposition is finding its place. (new software reduces stripping time for service bureaus)
June 8, 1992... For service bureaus and printers, new software may be able to cut down stripping times by a factor of three to four. By Cliff Lehman Money- and timesaving electronic-imposition software might be the key that finally lures commercial...

Storage Dimensions extends its line. (Storage Dimensions introduces Transportable series, adds products to 2Fast line; hard disk drives) (News) (Product Announcement)
June 8, 1992... By Dartanyan L. Brown Milpitas, Calif. -- Storage Dimensions is making changes in its MacinStor line, cutting prices on older products and adding a new series of transportables ranging in capacity from 60 Mbytes to 1 Gbyte. ...

Purloined press release saga. (Mac the Knife)
June 8, 1992... Whenever Apple introduces a spanking new platform, there is no end to the flow of words from the nimble fingers of computer writers who are anxious to add their precious thoughts and observations. The Knife, however, having reported on this...

Keeping that copy coming: service bureau spoolers.
June 8, 1992... By Mitzi Waltz Print spoolers are invaluable in a typical office environment. By holding jobs until a printer is free (or, if so configured, until users leave their Macintosh) and then processing them in the background, they minimize...

Two suspects held in Adobe's co-founder's abduction: FBI agents rescue Charles Geschke. (Federal Bureau of Investigation; Adobe Systems Inc.'s co-founder Charles Geschke) (Brief Article)
June 8, 1992... FBI agents rescue Charles Geschke By Jon Swartz Mountain View, Calif. -- The FBI has arrested two suspects in connection with the May 26 kidnapping of Adobe Systems Inc. co-founder Charles Geschke. Mouhannad Ali Bukhari, 26,...