MacWEEK articles from June 1993

MacWEEK archives from June 1993

Active-color 180c, low-cost 145B join PowerBook series. (Apple's PowerBook 180c and PowerBook 145B notebook computers) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple this week will expand its PowerBook line in two directions, adding its most affordable model and a new high-end model with crisp color. The PowerBook 180c is functionally identical to the PowerBook 165c but...

First-generation Newtons to deliver E-mail features. (electronic-mail software expected to be built into all versions of Newton personal digital assistants)
June 7, 1993... Users will be able to send objects, text Cupertino, Calif. - The Newton personal digital assistants Apple will begin shipping this summer will let users send messages around the world at the tap of a pen. Known as Newton E-mail, the...

Apple soliciting users to test pen-based PBs. (PowerBooks)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple is inviting all comers to apply to be field testers of its first pen-based and wireless PowerBooks. Under a new program called Emerging Markets and Technologies, Apple is seeking "customers with specific business...

Newton momentum building. (Apple offers details about Newton personal digital assistant)
June 7, 1993... Chicago - Apple last week marked the first anniversary of Newton's debut by offering a few more details about future directions for the personal digital assistant. The company and its partners discussed plans for Newton devices at the...

Adobe returns to drawing board for sweeping Illustrator upgrade. (Software Review) (Adobe Systems Inc.'s Adobe Illustrator 5.0)(Real Soon) (Evaluation)
June 7, 1993... The long-awaited Adobe Illustrator 5.0, currently in beta testing, is the most sweeping revision so far of Adobe Systems Inc.'s popular PostScript illustration program. Version 5.0 leapfrogs the Windows-based Version 4.0 with new tools, new...

Apple to enter PB utility arena. (announces PowerBook File Assistant file management software) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Along with its two new notebooks, Apple this week is scheduled to announce a $79 package of utilities that can help PowerBook owners move among multiple environments, print while on the road and work longer between charges....

Site licensing saves users more than just money. (Management)(includes related article on new licensing options)
June 7, 1993... Large companies can reap multiple benefits from site-license contracts. The discounts that you get from site licenses are important. But many managers say the administrative advantages are even greater than the cost-savings of discount...

Thin eternal power pack runs PBs for 5 to 9 hours. (VST Power Systems Inc. introduces VST ThinPack battery pack for Macintosh PowerBook) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Concord, Mass. - VST Power Systems Inc. last week announced VST ThinPack, an external, high-density power pack it said will more than double the time PowerBook users can work without a recharge. The 1.5-pound battery, which works with...

White House opens up to electronic mail as Clinton, Gore get Internet addresses. (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Washington - Computer users can now send their opinions and advice to President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and a handful of congressmen via electronic mail. The White House announced last week that for the first time in history it...

Object-oriented database gets update. (Persistent Data Systems Inc. IDB Object Database Version 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Pittsburgh - Developers can use a broader range of environments to build object-oriented databases with Persistent Data Systems Inc.'s IDB Object Database Version 2.0. IDB, which costs $995 for a single developer license, is a...

GW Instruments' SuperScope II speeds data analysis, presentation. (scientific software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Somerville, Mass. - GW Instruments last week shipped a major upgrade to its SuperScope data acquisition, analysis and presentation application. SuperScope II, a complete rewrite of the 4-year-old original, lets users create virtual...

Aldus to pump up Persuasion with new dimensions. (Aldus Corp. developing upgrade to presentation software) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Seattle - Aldus Corp. is reportedly preparing a new version of Persuasion that will add 3-D charting, animation and hyperlinks to the presentation program. The upgrade to the $495 program, due later this year, will reportedly include...

Impact series boosts LCs to Quadra graphics level. (Extreme Systems Inc.'s Impact RGB/16, RGB/19, RGB/21 accelerator cards) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Tukwila, Wash. - A new series of 24-bit display/accelerator cards from Extreme Systems Inc. promises Mac LC and LC II users the display capabilities of a Quadra, as well as a boost in processing performance. The Impact RGB series,...

Kodak ships print-server software. (Eastman Kodak Co.'s Lionheart Print Server Software 3.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Rochester, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. last week shipped a new multinetwork, multiplatform version of the print-server software for its Lionheart 1392 Printing System. Lionheart Print Server Software 3.0, available as a $2,000 upgrade, adds...

Dictionary for 5 languages. (Microlytics Inc.'s Berlitz Interpreter) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Pittsford, N.Y. - Microlytics Inc. has released a dictionary that simultaneously looks up words in five languages. The $49.95 Berlitz Interpreter stores 12,000 words in French, Italian, German, Spanish and English. The program,...

Voyager CD-ROM helps Mac users Take Five. (The Voyager Company) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... If your shoulders ache from hunching over your keyboard and your stomach is churning from too much stress, you need to take a break, ergonomic experts say. Take Five, a new CD-ROM due this month from The Voyager Company, offers a wide...

Mutoh enters tablet market with new digitizer series: serial-port XL line ranges up to 42" x 60". (Mutoh America Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Serial-port XL line ranges up to 42" x 60" Mount Prospect, Ill. - Mutoh America Inc. last month expanded from its offerings of plotter devices with a new line of digitizer tablets that it described as "aggressively priced." Two of...

RasterOps ships display board, 20-inch monitor: PaintBoard promises QuickDraw boost. (RasterOp Corp. introduces PaintBoard Turbo graphics board, 20/20 Multimode Color Display) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... PaintBoard promises QuickDraw boost Santa Clara, Calif. - Once again putting its color-handling expertise to the test, RasterOps Corp. last week began shipping a new 24-bit display board and 20-inch color monitor for the Macintosh. ...

AMUG offers faster Quadra 950 speed. (Arizona Macintosh Users Group offers to swap Quadra logic board for one with replaced components) (Apple's Quadra 950 microcomputer) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Phoenix - The Arizona Macintosh Users Group is offering a Quadra 950 upgrade that boosts the machine's processor speed to 42 MHz. A standard Quadra 950 is rated at 33 MHz. AMUG offers a conversion whereby it swaps a user's Quadra logic...

Helst adds multimeeting support to REG+: meeting participants now easily categorized. (Helst Systems' REG+ 2.0 meeting/registration program) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Scotia, N.Y. - Helst Systems last month unveiled REG+ 2.0, an upgrade that enables the meeting-registration program to support multiple meetings. Written in ACI US Inc.'s 4th Dimension, REG+ lets users store data about people registering...

Chang's TableServer ties together data from different applications. (Chang Labs Inc. introduces TableServer data-interchange software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Chang Labs Inc. has a solution for developers and users curious to see AppleScript put to practical use: TableServer, a program designed to let users swap numerical data between applications. The windowless...

T.S. MicroTech's FanCard cools hot Macs. (T.S. MicroTech Inc. introduces fan on NuBus board) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Torrance, Calif. - T.S. MicroTech Inc. has introduced a NuBus-based fan to increase circulation and reduce heat inside Macs. According to the company, heat buildup within a Mac can damage components, and the fans built into Macs can offer...

Philmont system helps users build presentations. (Philmont Software Mill introduces Philmont Symposium System 2.2 presentation software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Philmont, N.Y. - The Philmont Software Mill is shipping an upgrade to its Mac multimedia presentation software that streamlines the creation and navigation of interactive presentations. The Philmont Symposium System 2.2 allows users to...

FWB bases 1.3-Gbyte MO on Maxoptix mechanism. (FWB Inc.'s hammerDisk 1300FMF magneto-optical drive) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... San Francisco - Storage vendor FWB Inc. this week will apparently be first out of the gate with a 1.3-Gbyte magneto-optical drive, using a new Maxoptix mechanism billed as the fastest in its category. The hammerDisk1300FMF, slated to ship...

Radius cuts display prices. (Radius Inc.) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Radius Inc. last week dropped the prices of its monochrome display systems by as much as 29 percent. The Radius Two-Page Display/21, a 21-inch system with a resolution of 1,152 by 870 has been reduced from $1,399, to...

Logica offers PDS cards for more Macs. (Logica Research Inc. introduces processor direct slot accelerator cards, cache cards) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Austin, Texas - Logica Research Inc. is now shipping a revamped line of its LogiCache accelerators and offering cards for additional Mac models. The 50-MHz 68030 processor direct slot cards are $749, or $899 with a math coprocessor....

APS to ship 105MB drive. (APS Technologies announces APS SQ 3105 SyQuest drive) (News Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Kansas City, Mo. - APS Technologies this month plans to ship a 3.5-inch external SyQuest drive with a capacity of 105 Mbytes per cartridge. The $749 APS SQ 3105, which ships with one cartridge, provides an average seek time of 12 milliseconds...

PaperTemplates series ships. (PaperDirect ships PaperTemplates forms software) (News Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Lyndhurst, N.J. - PaperDirect is shipping PaperTemplates, a series of software templates pre-formatted for output to the company's business forms, postcards, certificates and mailing labels. The $39.95 package contains 120 templates that...

Hebrew CD-ROM price drops. (Davka Corp. Judaic Classics Limited Edition) (News Briefs) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Chicago - Davka Corp. is making it less expensive to bone up on the Bible and Talmud. Until at least July 15, the company will sell its Judaic Classics Limited Edition CD-ROM, which contains the complete Hebrew text of the Old Testament and...

Property Manager adds templates. (Transoft Corp. introduces Transoft Property Manager 2.2) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Santa Barbara, Calif. - An upgrade of Transoft Property Manager from Transoft Corp. adds a slew of new templates and multi-user support to help property owners and managers organize their information. Like previous versions, Transoft...

TransPac releases word processing tools for Chinese, Japanese. (TransPac Software Inc. introduces Japanese Shasta 1.1, Japanese TurboWriter 2.2, Traditional Chinese TurboWriter 2.0)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - TransPac Software Inc. last week released a trio of foreign-language word processing tools designed for Mac users who need to translate, edit and print documents containing both English text and Japanese- or Chinese-language...

Madacon '93 highlights now available on CD-ROM. (highlights of MacApp Developers Association conference) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Highlights from February's Madacon '93, the fourth annual conference for developers using object-oriented technology, are now available on CD-ROM. MADA, previously the MacApp Developers Association, is a nonprofit...

From the bookshelf.
June 7, 1993... Running Microsoft Works 3 for the Apple Macintosh By Charles Rubin Through the eyes of fictional video store owner Al Chroma, this book instructs users on how to organize business records and prepare custom sales materials. ...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
June 7, 1993... The May 24 issue misidentified the vendor of a new 21-inch color monitor. The ViewSonic 21 is offered by ViewSonic, 20480 Business Parkway, Walnut, Calif. 91789. Phone (909) 869-7976 or (800) 888-8583; fax (909) 869-7958. Open Sesame!...

Calendar of events.
June 7, 1993... June 11-12: MacFair LA '93, Los Angeles. Exposition and conference cosponsored by Apple. Contact Los Angeles Macintosh Group at (818) 5748047; fax (818) 574-5028. 12-16: Nexpo, New Orleans. Newspaper technical trade show....

MSA to split up Network SuperVisor: smaller, specialized programs result. (Management Science Associates Inc.) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Pittsburgh - Shirking an all-in-one strategy, Management Science Associates Inc. is dividing up its Network SuperVisor administration program to give users the option of buying only the tools they need. MSA this summer plans to launch a...

In the world of X.400 messaging 1988 is still in the near future. (News Analysis)
June 7, 1993... Exchanging X.400 text messages is possible for most Mac users only through their LAN-based electronic-mail packages. But a newer implementation of the mail and messaging standard is bringing advanced X.400 E-mail and other new services right...

Novell bundles WAN links with NetWare MultiProtocol Router. (NetWare MultiProtocol Router Plus 2.1)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Provo, Utah - Novell Inc. last week rolled its multiprotocol and widearea routing software into a single package and added source-route bridging for token-ring networks. NetWare MultiProtocol Router Plus 2.1 now combines AppleTalk, IPX...

Axis puts new spin on Ethernet print servers. (Axis Communications Inc. introduces NPS 550)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Danvers, Mass. - Axis Communications Inc. this week is shipping a print server that lets Macintosh users on an EtherTalk network share parallel or serial printers. The NPS 550 has one RS-232 serial and two Centronics parallel ports for...

Microtek printer outputs in a snap: $1,499 color device prints to Polaroid film. (Microtek Lab Inc. SnapPrint Instant Film PRinter, ScanMaker 45t, ScanMaker 35t, Transparent Media Adapter) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Torrance, Calif. - Microtek Lab Inc. has brought down the price of photographic proofing with a new continuous-tone color printer that outputs Polaroid instant prints. Microtek also announced that last week it started shipping two new...

New Media Suite Pro supports QuickTime movies, animations. (Avid Technology Inc. introduces Media Suite Pro 1.1 video-editing system) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Tewksbury, Mass. - Avid Technology Inc. last month released a new version of its low-end digital video-editing system that supports QuickTime movies and animations. Media Suite Pro 1.10, now shipping for $9,995, is a nonlinear...

IPT's Get The Picture database lets Macs tap Sun image server. (Information Presentation Technologies Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun SPARCstation)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... San Luis Obispo, Calif. - Information Presentation Technologies Inc. is now shipping Get The Picture, a networked image-database system with Mac client support. With Get The Picture, Mac clients can browse, copy and print TIFF and...

Kodak's Shoebox organizes Photo CD images. (Eastman Kodak Co. introduces new software for cataloging image files)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Rochester, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. last month released new software designed to give Macintosh users a way to quickly index and catalog Photo CD images. Kodak Shoebox, developed by Seattle-based PhotoDisc Inc., lets users index, catalog...

Painter branches out with foliage library, tutorial. (Fractal Design Corp. introduces Trees & Leaves, Painter 2.0 Companion, PainterX/2 for Windows add-ons) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Aptos, Calif. - Fractal Design Corp. next month will add foliage to its Painter 2.0 application with the shipment of Trees & Leaves, an add-on library of Brush Looks. The company last month also unveiled a Painter 2.0 tutorial package...

New CD collections offer eclectic mix of clip art. (CD-ROM clip art collections) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... San Francisco - New CD-ROM clip-art collections include textures and QuickTime movies of everything from peat moss to witch doctors. > Pixar has released Pixar One Twenty Eight, a $299 CD-ROM of 128 seamlessly tiling textures, including...

MacPresents 1.1 adjusts resolution. (Educational Multimedia Concepts Ltd. upgrades MacPresents - Multimedia Presentation Manager) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Minneapolis - Educational Multimedia Concepts Ltd. is shipping an upgrade to its MacPresents - Multimedia Presentation Manager that supports a variety of screen resolutions, System 7.1, and the latest versions of QuickTime and Macromedia...

LaserMaster color inkjet outputs to 36" x 110". (LaserMaster Corp.'s DisplayMaker Digital Color printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Eden Prairie, Minn. - LaserMaster Corp. last month shipped an oversize inkjet printer the company hopes will make a big splash in PostScript output. The DisplayMaker Digital Color printer, available for $17,995, outputs four-color images...

CD-ROM simplifies color desktop publishing. (ColorExpert Inc. ColorExpert 1.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 7, 1993... Toronto - Users trying to get a grip on color desktop publishing can turn to ColorExpert 1.0, a new reference CD-ROM that explains everything from scanning images to final press approval. Available now for $395 from ColorExpert Inc., the...

Dealers don't worry about catalog. (Apple Catalog direct-sales operation)
June 7, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - The summer edition of Apple's mail-order catalog isn't likely to make dealers sweat, despite a larger selection of Macintoshes and printers. In addition to the PowerBook 145 and 160 models, which have been available...

Apple loses suit, vows to appeal: refuses to concede in 5-year copyright feud. (Apple's copyright suit against Microsoft Corp. and HP)
June 7, 1993... San Francisco - After investing five years in judicial maneuvering -not to mention millions of dollars in legal costs - Apple last week officially lost its copyright-infringement suit against Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. For...

TechGnosis trademarks network term. (TechGnosis Inc. makes 'client/server middleware' a tradeamrk) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Boca Raton, Fla. - TechGnosis Inc. last month laid legal claim to an increasingly used networking buzzword. The company, based here, said it has been granted a registered trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the term...

AT&T looks to a handheld future; acquires majority stake in EO. (EO Corp.) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Basking Ridge, N.J. - AT&T Co. is aiming to make handheld computing devices as popular as the telephone. To that end, AT&T is placing its bets on nearly every major player in the fledgling handheld computer and wireless communications...

3Com stock takes hit. (3Com Corp.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - Shares in 3Com Corp. dove nearly 30 percent last week after a brokerage firm issued a negative report about the pace of the networking company's orders. 3Com stock plunged $11.50 to $27 per share after Thomas...

Conner warns of Q2 loss. (Conner Peripherals Inc. expects to post loss for 2nd qtr 1993) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Conner Peripherals Inc. last week said it expects to report an operating loss for its second quarter ending June 30. The drive maker, which would not disclose the amount of the loss, blamed stiff price competition, an...

Focus Enhancements goes public. (Focus Enhancements Inc.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
June 7, 1993... Woburn, Mass. - Focus Enhancements Inc., a 35-person peripherals and networking mail-order company here, this week completed an initial public offering of 1.5 million shares. The offering, underwritten by Thomas James Associates Inc. of...

Don't write off the pen. (pen-based computing) (Editorial)
June 7, 1993... It's easy these days to pooh-pooh pen-based computing, but dismissing the pen out of hand is as shortsighted as proclaiming the keyboard obsolete. That's why we look forward with enthusiasm to Apple's impending entry into the field,...

Paperless office: paper gluttons need not worry. (My Turn) (Column)
June 7, 1993... MacWEEK this week launches a new round-robin column in which five commentators will take turns presenting their perspectives on the Mac and the computing scene. First in line is Paul Saffo, a research fellow at The Institute for the Future, a...

Windows NT: a lesson in forgetting customers. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
June 7, 1993... Unless you left the planet for the past couple of weeks, you could not have failed to note the hype surrounding the formal announcement of Windows NT. Microsoft Corp. hardly had to spend a nickel on paid advertising, what with articles in...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
June 7, 1993... Mac is the majority flavor of choice at Ben & Jerry's The story "Two big sites stop Mac purchases" (MacWEEK, April 12) about how some big corporations are banning Macs caught my eye. I'm the Mac guru at Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. I...

High-capacity hard drives flood mass-storage market. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)(includes related articles on future hard disk capacities, criteria for buying high-capacity drives)
June 7, 1993... Plenty of Mac users could use a 1-Gbyte hard drive these days, what with ever-expanding applications, bulging System folders and huge graphics files. As the number of users who need to have multiple megabytes of data close at hand has grown...

Magneto-optical storage: going 1Gbyte and beyond. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
June 7, 1993... Recent innovations in magnetic-optical technology have made it possible for you to hold more than a gigabyte of data - 1.3 Gbytes to be precise - in the palm of your hand. In the past few months, market leaders Sony Corp., Hewlett-Packard...

MiniDisc and DCC: Will they be playing more than music? (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
June 7, 1993... Although popular as storage and distribution media in the computer industry, both CD-ROM and digital audio tape technologies trace their origins to the consumer-electronics industry, where they began as audiodistribution formats. Two new...

Souped-up PowerBooks offer maximum memory on the road. (larger-capacity drives for Macintosh PowerBook portable computers) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
June 7, 1993... For many owners of the first PowerBooks, the largest available drive was 40 Mbytes. But don't worry. Larger-capacity drives will let you bring more files on the road. PowerBooks have never been known for roomy hard drives. The initial...

Putting drives together for big storage impact. (Macintosh disk arrays) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)(includes related articles on how disk arrays speed up professional video production, how RAID technology works, vendor information)
June 7, 1993... Companies looking for ways to increase the speed of on-line storage now have an array of choices - disk arrays, that is. Besides providing large storage capacities, disk arrays - hard drives strung together to form a single logical device...

RasterOps' Editing Aces Suite fulfills its mission in QuickTime. (Hardware Review) (includes related summary article, articles on DigitalFilm, comparison between DigitalFilm and Photo CD) (Evaluation)
June 7, 1993... Professional audio capabilities will be an important asset when Sound Manager 3.0 and QuickTime 1.6 arrive. ... ................. Score Card: Editing Aces Suite RasterOps Corp. List price: $4,697* Overall value 3...

Datebook makes jump to Pro league; features improved interface, integration: update tightens link with Touchbase Pro. (After Hours Software Datebook Pro) (Software Review) (includes related summary article, article on how product is integrated with Touchbase Pro contact manager) (Evaluation)
June 7, 1993... Update tightens link with Touchbase Pro .................... Score Card: Datebook Pro After Hours Software* Version tested: 2.0 List price: $79.95** Overall value 4 Datebook Pro is the first major...

After Hours makes solid contact with release of Touchbase Pro. (contact-management software) (Software Review) (includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
June 7, 1993... Major improvements, including new fields, shortcuts and greater flexibility, make this worthwhile product even better. .................... Score Card: Touchbase Pro After Hours Software Version tested: 3.0 List price:...

Assembling the pieces in the groupware puzzle. (includes related articles on how Dow Chemical Co uses Group Technologies Inc's Aspects for collaborative computing, Macintosh-based work-flow systems, product information)
June 7, 1993... Managers must look at many options when designing ways to improve work flow. The personal computer is a heads-down, shoulders-to-the-wheel machine that focuses users' attention on their own work rather than the goals of their company....

Displays looking good on latest Mac models. (MacInTouch: Bugs & Tips)
June 7, 1993... We take a video tour of the newer Mac models, examining the details of their improved on-board display capabilities and a few of the issues involved. Bugs & Tips Speed on the cheap. One of the joys of Apple's 68040-based Macs is...

Reviews forum. (Letter to the Editor)
June 7, 1993... ShirtPocket president offers observations I would like to personally thank you for including EasyServer in your comprehensive file-server review (MacWEEK, May 10). I'm sure all network managers realize the difficulty of undertaking...

The search for CPU truth. (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
June 7, 1993... As we saw last week, coming up with a useful cross-platform benchmark isn't easy. Addressing this issue is the Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative, a nonprofit group that devised a suite of programs to be a standard measure of computer...

The seen and not-seen scene. (Rumors) (Column)
June 7, 1993... As long as we have Ross Perot we will always have ample opportunity for sarcasm. But enough about serious affairs of statecraft. Of late, most thinking Americans have been more concerned with the troubling matter of Barney, the animated,...

New Dataproducts technology due for LaserWriters. (Virtual Printer Technology to be used in Apple's LaserWriter 800 and LaserWriter 810 laser printers)
June 14, 1993... Woodland Hills, Calif. - New networking technology from Dataproducts Corp. promises to extend the horizons of the company's own printers as well as future LaserWriter models from Apple. The new software, which Dataproducts has dubbed...

Speedy new Macs blowing into town; Quadra, Centris go 'av' with new models. (Apple's Macintosh Quadra 840av and Macintosh Centris 660av microcomputers) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - The hurricane season should end with the arrival of some eagerly awaited storms. The Macintosh Quadra 840av, code-named Cyclone, and the Macintosh Centris 660av, code-named Tempest, are expected to be available by...

Will open-systems Mac open doors? (Apple's open systems software development strategy)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple's plans to take Macintosh applications and system services into a brave new world of open-systems computing may face stiff competition from a number of fronts. Apple last month announced that it will move parts...

Apple to cut prices again; earnings projection prompts quick action. (Apple to cut prices of selected Macintosh products)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple this week will cut the prices of selected Macs and peripherals 7 percent to 26 percent in the wake of its announcement last week that second-half earnings will fall short of expectations. Apple late Friday would...

Adobe Acrobat juggles text, graphics for corporate docs. (Adobe Systems Inc.'s Acrobat Exchange, Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Distiller document management software) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Seeking a new milestone in the quest for the paperless office, Adobe Systems Inc. this week will release its long-heralded technology aimed at liberating the exchange of electronic documents from the shackles of their specific file formats and...

It's summer school for the newest integrated Mac. (Apple's Macintosh LC 520 microcomputer) (Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Starting next month there will be a colorful new Apple on the teacher's desk. The LC 520, the Color Classic's bigger, faster brother will start shipping in July only to education customers, sources said. As...

Apple ships 15-pound LaserWriter. (Apple's Personal LaserWriter 300 laser printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple this week revealed a petite new model at the low end of its laser printer line. The Personal LaserWriter 300, to ship this week for $689, is based on a Canon engine that prints 4 pages per minute at a resolution...

Apple offers rebates from $50 to $350. (Brief Article)
June 14, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Just two days after disclosing that earnings would be lower than expected, Apple last week announced rebates of $25 to $350 on 25 CPUs and peripherals. The rebates, which range from $50 on the Mac Classic II and Color...

QMS color laser heading to market. (QMS Inc.'s ColorScript Laser 1000 color laser printer) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Mobile, Ala. - QMS Inc. this week will take the wraps off the ColorScript Laser 1000, the first PostScript-compatible color laser printer priced at less than $12,500. The ColorScript Laser 1000, to ship in volume in the fall for $12,499,...

Radius deals speedy 24-bit, DSP graphics cards. (Radius Inc.'s PrecisionColor Pro 24-bit display board and PhotoBooster digital signal processing image processing card) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Radius Inc. will stir up the color graphics market this week with a new, accelerated 24-bit display board and a PDS-based DSP card for image processing. > PrecisionColor Pro. Available this month for $2,499, this...

Procom releases ATOM squad. (Procom Technology Inc.'s ATOM 340-PB, ATOM 340-PB/X, ATOM 340-LW and ATOM MD 340 hard disk drives) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Irvine, Calif. - Procom Technology Inc. last week introduced four 340Mbyte hard drive configurations based on a Toshiba Fast SCSI-2 mechanism with a 128-Kbyte cache and a 12-millisecond access time. > ATOM 340-PB. An internal PowerBook...

Now ships two new apps, updates calendar program. (Now Software Inc.'s Now Compress data compression software, Now Fun! utilities and Now Up-to-Date 2.0.1 desktop accessory software) (Product Announcement)
June 14, 1993... Portland, Ore. - Now Software Inc. last week shipped two new products and an update to another program. > Now Compress. A new entry in the crowded file-compression market, Now Compress incorporates and offers compatibility with other...