MacWEEK articles from June 1994

MacWEEK archives from June 1994

New 486 emulator for PPC to take aim at SoftWindows: vendor claims app is faster than Pentium. (Utilities Unlimited)
June 6, 1994... Lake Havasu City, Ariz. -- Insignia Solutions Inc.'s year-end plans to introduce Intel 486 emulation to the Mac with a new version of its SoftWindows may be foiled by another developer fast approaching from the Arizona desert. Utilities...

New PBs, Duos may woo users from desktop. (News Analysis)
June 6, 1994... Apple's first 68040-based PowerBooks are winning some enthusiastic fans, including many users who told MacWEEK the machines may displace their desktop Macs. Most users of the all-in-one PowerBook 520 and 540 models, as well as the Duo 280 and...

Multimedia to star at show. (Digital World conference) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Los Angeles -- A new surge of multimedia products, many boasting increased cross-platform capabilities, will greet attendees at this week's Digital World conference here. The three-day show, which blends the worlds of publishing,...

Slowing Power Mac sales shake Wall St.
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- Responding to rumors of stalled Power Mac sales, Wall Street put the brakes on Apple stock last week. For the week ended June 2, Apple shares fell about 10 percent, closing at $27.38. Despite the bad news, analysts and many...

Compaq claims Apple won't crack Windows market. (Power Macintoshes not considered threatening)
June 6, 1994... Houston -- Two weeks after Compaq Computer Corp. nabbed the top spot in the industry's market-share hierarchy, the company tossed a few stones at Apple's strategy of using Insignia Solutions Inc.'s SoftWindows to make further inroads into...

MS Mail takes alternate route: several migration paths available. (Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks)(News Analysis)
June 6, 1994... Managers of Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks must migrate to the company's imminent Windows NT-based mail server to get new features such as rules and integrated work-flow capabilities. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. has been telling...

PB vendors consider Control Strip: most would rather switch than fight. (PowerBook utilities)
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- PowerBook utility makers will put the old adage "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" into practice later this year by linking with Apple's Control Strip. Doing so, developers said, will give Control Strip users access to their...

Epson to ship $600 720-dpi inkjet: Stylus Color uses new coated paper. (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Torrance, Calif. -- Epson America Inc. next month will ship the Epson Stylus Color, a four-color inkjet printer that offers 720-dpi resolution. The printer, with an expected street price of $600, will initially have only a Windows driver, but...

Taligent sneaks PEEK at Application Environment. (Partners Early Experience Kit) (ships early version to primary investors) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Sticking to its self-imposed schedule, Taligent Inc. last week shipped an early reference release of its Taligent Application Environment to its primary investors: Apple, IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Taligent, based...

Apple tuning set-top cable box. (Apple reportedly testing several versions of cable television converter) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Continuing its quest for a role in cable television, Apple reportedly is testing several versions of a set-top box for the U.S. and European markets. Sources said Apple's prototype cable boxes consist of dramatically...

Rae rolls out faster, lower-priced Assist PIM. (Rae Assist 1.5) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Rae Technology Inc. this week will ship an update to its personal information manager that provides speed improvements and interface enhancements at half the price of its predecessor. Rae Assist 1.5 will cost $99, $100...

New color monitors hit market. (Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 15FS, CD Solutions CD-14, ETC Viewmagic CA-15655P, 15655PL) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc., ETC Computer Inc. and CD Solutions are widening the color-display spectrum with new 14-, 15- and 17-inch models. > Mitsubishi said it plans an August debut for the $535 Diamond Pro 15FS, a...

Power Mac products recently shipped.
June 6, 1994... Company Product Price/upgrade (1) Hash Inc. Animation Master 2.0.5 $1,049/$100 (206) 750-0042 Now Software Inc. Now Contact 1.1 $49.95 (503) 274-2800 or (800) 237-3611; ...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
June 6, 1994... The May 16 article on Graphisoft U.S. Inc.'s ArchiCAD 4.5 (Page 6) should have stated that upgrades from Version 4.0 are free only to users who purchased the program within the past year.

CharisMac disk driver now packs RAID. (CharisMac Engineering Inc. Anubis Professional Storage Suite 2.53) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Newcastle, Calif. -- A new version of CharisMac Engineering Inc.'s Anubis Professional Storage Suite offers support for RAID and third-party SCSI accelerator cards as well as faster formatting of magneto-optical drives. Version 2.53 of the...

FWB PE drives take swing at new media. (FWB Inc. Personal Edition HammerPE 330, HammerPE 540) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- FWB Inc. last month expanded its Personal Edition line of storage products with new hard disk, magneto-optical and DAT drives. The $619, 330-Mbyte Hammer*PE 330 and $899, 540-Mbyte Hammer*PE 540 offer average access times of...

HP drops LaserJet price. (HP LaserJet 4Si MX) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. last month sweetened the deal on its HP LaserJet 4Si MX with a new multiprotocol interface card and a $200 price cut, to $5,299. The enhanced version of the 600-dpi, 17-ppm laser printer replaces the...

Macs connect with phone CD-ROM. (Digital Directory Assistance Inc. PhoneDisc) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Bethesda, Md. -- Mac users can let their mice do the walking with Digital Directory Assistance Inc.'s PhoneDisc, a national listing of telephone numbers and addresses on CD-ROM. Digital Directory Assistance last month delivered software drivers...

MacProducts' RAIDs use Fast SCSI-2 cards. (MacProducts MagicRAID) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Austin, Texas -- MacProducts USA Inc. recently conjured up MagicRAID, a new family of array storage systems. Each MagicRAID configuration consists of a Fast SCSI-2 NuBus accelerator card developed by BusLogic Inc., RAID (redundant array of...

SyQuest rejoins fray with Iomega. (SyQuest Technology Inc's legal wrangling) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Fremont, Calif. -- SyQuest Technology Inc. has come out swinging in the latest round of its legal sparring match with Iomega Corp. over removable-cartridge licensing. Recent statements by SyQuest indicate a truce between the companies may be...

SuperCard tools ship. (Fourth World's SCAuthor development tools) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Los Angeles -- Fourth World has updated its SuperCard development tools and assembled them into a single package. According to the company, SCAuthor includes dozens of utilities that make it easier for SuperCard developers to enhance their...

AuthMan opens Mac door to Kerberos security. (freeware program from University of Michigan) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Network managers can be sure who is knocking at the door now that the University of Michigan's Information Technology Division released Version 1.08 of AuthMan, a free Mac client for Kerberos servers. Kerberos, named for...

TeamWARE recruits Mac E-mail for its TeamOffice groupware. (releases TeamMail 3.0 client for Macintosh) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif. -- ICL Inc.'s TeamWARE division last month added a Macintosh TeamMail client to its TeamOffice groupware suite. Version 3.0, the first release of a Mac TeamMail client, lets users reply to messages by dragging them onto the...

WordPerfect achieves Symmetry. (Symmetry 4.1 product suite) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Atlanta -- At Comdex/Spring '94 here recently, WordPerfect Corp. sent out the message that Version 4.1 of its E-mail and calendaring package, WordPerfect Office, would change its name to WordPerfect Symmetry when it ships in June. The company...

Visit Video gains speed, size, color. (Northern Telecom Visit Video 2.0, Visit Voice 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Richardson, Texas -- Branch offices can soon turn to their telephones for multimedia conferencing with Northern Telecom Inc.'s latest version of Visit. Last month the company shipped Release 2.0 of Visit Voice, a personal call-management...

Some users report lack of activity can cause fatal idle bug in 540c. (PowerBook 540c) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- A peculiar bug has been reported by some PowerBook 540c users. According to reports, this bug shows itself only when you don't do anything with your computer. "As long as there is some activity, either through the modem port...

First integrated Newton app debuts. (Avail Technology Inc. Tapworks) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Atlanta -- The Newton equivalent of ClarisWorks debuted last month here at Comdex/Spring '94. Avail Technology Inc.'s Tapworks, due later this month for $119, is an integrated application combining a word processor, spreadsheet, chart...

APS Tattoos enliven the Apple Trackpad. (decorative stickers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Kansas City, Mo. -- PowerBook customization will get an outre twist with APS Technologies Inc.'s $10 Tattoos for the Apple Trackpad. The 500-series Tattoos consist of 20 color images printed on 0.002-inch mylar with a nonpermanent adhesive...

PB 100 battery, charger ship. (Battery Technology Inc. offers replacement battery for PowerBook 100) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Commerce, Calif. -- PowerBook 100 users who have had a hard time tracking down their portable's lead-acid power packs are getting some help from Battery Technology Inc. The company last week shipped an alternative to the PowerBook 100 battery....

PB 500 upgrades due. (PowerBook utility programs to be enhanced to support 500-series dual-battery power management) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Incremental updates are planned this month for VST Power Systems Inc.'s PBTools and Connectix Corp.'s Connectix PowerBook Utilities, which add support for the PowerBook 500-series' dual-battery power management system. Connectix said a new...

New PageMaker Additions assist with Acrobat, ad traffic, interface. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Seattle -- Aldus PageMaker users can look forward to souping up their desktop publishing documents with a bevy of new and forthcoming Additions available from the Aldus Developers Cooperative. > Active Help! is a $149 CD-ROM that gives users...

Font Consortium to create standard for GX type: group's objective is font interoperability. (Apple's QuickDraw GX) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Seattle -- With the code for Apple's QuickDraw GX reportedly finalized last week, momentum is building to standardize the extensive, flexible fonts possible with the system extension. Aldus Corp., Linotype-Hell Co. and International Typeface...

Aldus plugs into modular apps; ChartMaker uses OLE, Clipboard. (Aldus Corp's presentation graphics software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Seattle -- Aldus Corp. this week will become the first major Mac vendor to jump into the modular-applications market. The company will ship ChartMaker, a $149 business-charting module that works with any host application through OLE 1.0, publish...

Nikon previews flatbed scanner, snapshot-sized printer. (Nikon Inc AX-1200 ScanTouch; NP-10 Coolprint)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 6, 1994... Melville, N.Y. -- Nikon Inc. last month previewed its ScanTouch scanner and Coolprint snapshot-sized printer, which are both due in September. The AX-1200 ScanTouch Flatbed Scanner, priced at $1,535, is a three-pass, 24-bit-color scanner with...

Unix helps Novell push sales up. (Novell Inc.) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Provo, Utah -- Boosted by an $81 million Unix license to Sun Microsystems Inc., Novell Inc. last month posted a 45 percent jump in sales for its second quarter. Revenues for the quarter ended April 30 hit $407 million, up from $281 million in...

Aldus, Altsys draw lines in battle over FreeHand. (Aldus Corp., Altsys Inc.) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... San Francisco -- The battlefields are quiet right now, but behind the lines Aldus Corp. and Altsys Corp. are preparing for the next campaign in the war over the future of FreeHand. FreeHand developer Altsys, based in Richardson, Texas, sued the...

StockWatch. (Illustration)
June 6, 1994... 06.01.94 close Weekly % change Apple 28.25 -9.60 Software developers Adobe 30.00 3.00 Aldus 28.25 0.89 Caere 7.38 ...

Top hard drive sellers for 1993. (Illustration)
June 6, 1994... Quantum Corp. increased its share of the hard drive market by 5 percent last year, making it the world's top disk drive seller, according to Dataquest Inc. A record 51.51 million units shipped in 1993, the survey revealed. ...

Software giants move into consumer arena; fledgling divisions target home market.
June 6, 1994... With the success of consumer-oriented computer lines such as Apple's Performas, large software companies are setting their sights on home, sweet home. Traditionally the bailiwick of smaller companies, the consumer market is projected to grow...

Lotus to buy Notes creator Iris Associates. (Lotus Development Corp) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Cambridge, Mass. -- Lotus Development Corp. recently acquired Notes developer Iris Associates for $84 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Iris Associates, based in Westford, Mass., became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lotus, based here....

Apple VP leaves OS license on track. (former Apple Vice President Cheryl Vedoe resigns) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- For the past six months she led Apple's efforts to license its operating system, but former Apple Vice President Cheryl Vedoe said that her departure should not hamper Apple's plans. Apple CEO Michael Spindler remains...

ON acquires Da Vinci; few changes planned. (ON Technology, Da Vinci Systems Corp) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Cambridge, Mass. -- ON Technology Corp. last week announced its acquisition of Da Vinci Systems Corp. as a wholly owned subsidiary. While the financial details of the deal were not disclosed, ON said that Da Vinci will continue to operate from...

Too-timid marketing. (Apple Power Macintosh) (Editorial)
June 6, 1994... Apple lucked out twice at the spring Comdex show in Atlanta late last month. First, its small booth was tucked next to Motorola's massive and packed edifice in the main hall. People who were elbowed out of Motorola's space spilled into Apple's....

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
June 6, 1994... Excel's poor PPC performance understandable if unfortunate Regarding Northern Telecom Inc.'s performance with the 680x0 version of Excel 4.0 on the Power Mac 68000 emulator (MacWEEK, May 16, Page 1), a clear understanding of emulation shows why...

CodeWarrior compiler saved the Power Mac. (The Second Decade) (Column)
June 6, 1994... I first met Greg Galanos four or five years ago. I was MacWEEK's news editor, and he was calling in hope of coverage for the Modula compiler his start-up company, Metrowerks Inc., had just introduced. Greg thought his new product was big news....

Guerilla Management 101: the prerequisite for survival. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
June 6, 1994... Being a Mac manager has always been a mixed bag, requiring a combination of technical acumen, political skills, psychic abilities and human kindness. But to be a successful Mac manager in the '90s we're going to have to become good at internecine...

Digital video stretches the Macintosh envelope: progress in video products gives Mac producers room to move. (Tech Analysis) (MacWEEK Special Report: Digital Video on the Mac)
June 6, 1994... Over the past decade, text, pictures and sound have moved from analog to digital. In many ways, this has changed how people work --and how they play. Desktop publishing not only brought the Mac fame and fortune but changed the nature of...

Movie makers like results from Mac-produced videos: users tout flexibility, lower cost of digital. (MacWEEK Special Report: digital Video on the Mac)
June 6, 1994... The Macintosh and digital video technology have long been collaborators, but it's today's desktop video-editing and production tools that are getting more favorable reviews from users who rave about the cost savings and high quality. Why all...

Five desktop packages take on the challenge of digital video: SuperMac, RasterOps, Radius, Data Translation, Avid compete. (Radius Video Vision Studio 1.7, SuperMac Technologies DigitalFilm Deluxe 1.5, RasterOps MoviePak2 Pro Suite 1.5, Data Translation Media 100 1.1, Avid Media Suite Pro 2.2 desktop video equipment) (Hardware Review) (MacWEEK Special Report: Digital Video on the Mac) (Evaluation)
June 6, 1994... Creative challenges are the lifeblood of Macintosh graphics professionals, and no task is as intriguing or enticing as producing high-quality videos. Thanks to the development of several advanced digitizing boards, industrial-level desktop...

PC peripherals on Macs. (Ask David Ramsey)(question-and-answer) (Column)
June 6, 1994... Q. Is there any way to use an Intel-standard PC keyboard and mouse with my Mac? A. Actually, yes. I've just become aware of a product from Silicon Valley Bus Co. called KeyStone. It's a $99.95 Apple Desktop Bus interface for PC keyboards and...

Sorting SCSI cables inside Power tower. (MacInTouch) (Column)
June 6, 1994... Dual SCSI buses and extra storage bays are distinguishing features of the Power Mac 8100, but putting them to practical use is not necessarily easy. The Power Macintosh 8100/80 offers more internal-storage options than any previous Mac model...

GE dives into used market. (GE Computer Services) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Norcross, Ga. -- GE Computer Services last month announced the formation of the GE Remarketing Services division to sell a range of used computer parts and systems. GE Remarketing Services said it has an inventory of almost 900,000 components...

Pinnacle drops price on CD system. (Pinnacle Micro RCD-202 Mac CD-ROM recording system) (Brief Article)
June 6, 1994... Irvine, Calif. -- Pinnacle Micro Inc. this week dropped the price of its RCD-202 Mac CD-ROM recording system by 38 percent to $2,495, down from $3,995. The RCD-202 can master discs in ISO 9660, Macintosh and audio CD formats. It supports...

D-Day in July: 68030's last hurrah. (Rumors) (Column)
June 6, 1994... Depending on who and where you are, the passage of time may seem to be accelerating more than usual lately. You don't have to be enjoying a peaceful retirement to be surprised that 50 years have passed since one of the most momentous events of...

Survey says one in three sites have taken to RISC. (penetration of Power Macintosh models)(includes related article on methodology used in survey) (MacWEEK QuickPoll)
June 13, 1994... Although they were introduced just three months ago and despite reports of slow sales (see MacWEEK, June 6, Page 1), Power Macintoshes are already installed in three out of 10 MacWEEK sites. Power Macs' presence will continue to expand rapidly...

CE to strengthen QM client in 3.0. (CE Software Inc's QuickMail 3.0 electronic mail software for Mac and Windows) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... West Des Moines, Iowa -- CE Software Inc. is preparing a major upgrade to its QuickMail client for AppleTalk that adds much-requested mailbox-management tools, such as automated message handling and full-text searches. According to the...

Apple builds better 680x0 emulator; update set for Jan. (1995)
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- If necessity is the mother of invention, then serendipity must be its father. While working on a new 680x0 emulator to address performance problems with PowerPC 603-based Power Macs, Apple has reportedly developed software...

PIE may fall under cost-cutting knife. (Apple's Personal Interactive Electronics division)
June 13, 1994... Apple's Personal Interactive Electronics division, home of the Newton, is reportedly bracing for a major restructuring. Sources said that anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of PIE will be redeployed within Apple. PIE's moves reportedly...

Apple deals new hand: five PPC Macs for '95. (Power-PC-based Power Macintoshes) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- It has been observed that today's Power Macs are really 680x0 machines with RISC chips grafted on. But in the first quarter of next year, Apple will introduce a new line of computers that even critics will have to agree are...

Apple to ship AV-capable 630-series Macs in July.
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple's latest round of 68040-based desktop machines will debut next month with miniature expansion slots designed for specific solutions. Sources said the new models, dubbed the 630 series, will be priced at less than...

Corel bringing apps to Power Mac. (porting CorelDraw graphics package) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Ottawa -- While users of 680x0-based Macs won't see CorelDraw on their desktops any time soon, Corel Corp. will soon begin porting the popular graphics package to the Power Mac platform. CorelDraw combines several stand-alone applications,...

New Micropolis drives target video. (Scorpio 1991AV; Taurus 4110AV hard drives) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Chatsworth, Calif. -- Micropolis Corp. last week delivered a pair of new high-performance hard drives aimed at digital video production. The $5,455 Scorpio 1991AV is a 5.25-inch Fast SCSI-2 drive with a 9.1-Gbyte capacity. The 1991AV has an...

15-inch monitor to join Apple multi-res series. (Apple Multiple Scan 15) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple reportedly is planning to add to the low end of its recently launched line of multiple-resolution monitors with a new 15-inch display. The Apple Multiple Scan 15, which sources said is scheduled to be announced July...

Mirror cuts card prices. (MacUSA Inc's Mirror division's introduces 14-inch Trinitron Display, cuts prices on Tornado graphics accelerator board) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Edina, Minn. -- Mirror, a division of MacUSA Inc., this month introduced a new 14-inch monitor and cut prices on its Power Mac-compatible graphics accelerators. Mirror's $499 14-inch Trinitron Display, shipping now, has a Sony Trinitron tube...

DiskLock latches onto networks. (Symantec Corp's The Norton DiskLock 3.0 data security software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. last month delivered centralized administration software for its DiskLock security package and added drag-and-drop encryption to the stand-alone Mac version. Version 3.0 of the software, which Symantec...

Nirvana upgrades MicMac recording app. (Nirvana Research's recording software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Santa Cruz, Calif. -- Nirvana Research has upgraded MicMac, software designed to turn a Mac into a tape recorder. MicMac records sound input to disk. It can run in the background, and users can turn recording on and off from within any...

Square One 2.0 supports Apple's drag-and-drop. (Binary Software Inc's Square One 2.0 file-launching utility) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Santa Monica, Calif. -- Binary Software Inc.'s Square One file-launching utility has advanced to Version 2.0 bearing a palette of new features. The upgrade includes an enhanced interface, a system menu for global access and an expanded...

For the record. (May 16, 1994) (Correction Notice)
June 13, 1994... A May 16 story (Page 20) incorrectly stated that the original Duo Dock does not support 16-bit color. This capability is possible with 1 Mbyte of video RAM, but it is limited to displays up to 16 inches. The June 6 article on Aldus PageMaker...

Directory sync apps coming for Mac mail. (US West Advanced Communications Services' Interact Message Switching Service; Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc's Mosaic Works Agent at QuickMail for Macintosh; Boston Software Works Inc's InterOffice for QuickMail MHS) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... San Francisco -- Mac E-mail managers' calls for directory assistance are being answered by several vendors' new LAN gateway and integration services. > US West Advanced Communications Services. The Interact Message Switching Service, a...

ON, Beyond: mergers' minor toll on E-mail. (ON Technology Corp's acquisition of Da Vinci Systems Corp; Banyan Systems Inc's acquisition of Beyond)
June 13, 1994... After a flurry of recent E-mail and scheduling acquisitions, it looks like more business as usual for Macintosh sites as the consolidated companies outline product strategies that abandon nothing. ON Technology Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., last...

Mail systems under fire: survey finds many users are dissatisfied. (electronic mail)
June 13, 1994... Los Altos, Calif. -- An independent survey of Mac E-mail administrators indicates widespread dissatisfaction with current products and big changes afoot in the makeup of the installed base. Market researchers Indigo Systems of San Francisco and...

Pleiades updates Digital Storefront package. (version 1.1 of Pleiades Research Corp's voice-mail package) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Houston -- Pleiades Research Corp. last week added a simplified interface and a multiple configuration option to its Digital Storefront Mac-based voice-mail package. This week the company will deliver a free fax-back upgrade. Initially...

Trade group decries Internet hype. (Internet Business Association forms) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Washington -- Dissatisfaction over the current state of Internet awareness has prompted a group of small- and medium-sized software and service providers to form the Internet Business Association this month. The trade group intends to monitor...

Hayes ships Mac V.Fast Class modem. (Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc's Optima 28800 V.FC + FAX for Macintosh) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... San Francisco -- Putting Mac users on the path to 28.8-Kbps data speeds, Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. last month shipped its V.Fast Class fax modem bundle for the Mac. The $579 external Optima 28800 V.FC + FAX for the Macintosh comes with...

Helix cuts prices for educators. (Helix Technologies' Helix Express 2.0 relational database) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Prospect Heights, Ill. -- Mac managers at educational sites will find it more affordable to give Helix Express a spin now that Helix Technologies has added steep educator discounts. Helix, a division of Conroe, Texas-based Albara Corp., said it...

Omnis 7 2.2.1 talks to Oracle 7. (Blyth Software's database development system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Foster City, Calif. -- Blyth Software Inc. recently introduced an upgrade to Omnis 7 that fixes bugs in the cross-platform database-development system and bolsters connections to Oracle Corp.'s Oracle7. The $3,750 Omnis 7 2.2.1 includes...

Fat RAM puts squeeze on modems; tight fit in PB 500s with some modules. (Apple PowerBook 500) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... San Francisco -- PowerBook 500 users who need add-on RAM should take a close look at the memory modules they purchase before installing them. Some cards may impede the installation of, or make electrical contact with, an internal modem card....

Lifetime ships 500-series memory. (Lifetime Memory Products Inc's memory modules) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Lifetime Memory Products Inc. last month shipped RAM memory modules for the PowerBook 500 that range in capacity from 4 to 32 Mbytes . The boards are priced at $300, $600, $1,200 and $2,400 for 4, 8, 16, and 32 Mbytes, respectively. Adding the...

Apple clocks new marketing tactic. (PowerBook models labeled at internal clock speed; potentially misleading tactic) (News Analysis) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... In addition to new technologies such as the trackpad and full-sized keyboard, Apple's new 500-series PowerBooks also introduce something a bit less technological: a new marketing ploy. In an effort to counter years of advertising by vendors of...

Wireless messaging partners offer reduced memberships. (RadioMail Corp, RAM Mobile Data USA Limited Partnership and Wireless Telecom Inc) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... San Mateo, Calif. -- Businesses interested in wireless messaging but fearful of its costs can climb on the airwaves for less this month thanks to special introductory pricing from RadioMail Corp., RAM Mobile Data USA Limited Partnership and...

Supra ships PCMCIA modem. (SupraCOMcard 144) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... Vancouver, Wash. -- Once Apple ships its PCMCIA card cage for the 500-series PowerBooks next month, users will be able to swap some peripheral cards between the PowerBook and Newton. One such device available now is a fax modem from Supra Corp....

No Duo upgrades yet for 210, 230. (Apple PowerBook Duo models) (Brief Article)
June 13, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. -- Owners of PowerBook Duo 210s and 230s eager for more computing power will have to wait until next year for upgrades. Apple confirmed last week that the $899 Duo 280 logic-board upgrade, which features a 33-MHz 68LC040...

Newton developers reference ships. (Creative Digital Systems' NewtRTFM NewtonScript programming reference) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 13, 1994... San Francisco -- Newton programmers can now recycle their bulky reference manuals and replace them with a on-line version from Creative Digital Systems. NewtRTFM is a comprehensive NewtonScript programming reference containing more than 750...

Sometimes a great Notion in a very practical notion. (Moving Target) (Eidetic Inc's Notion: The Newton List Manager PIM) (Software Review) (Column) (Evaluation)
June 13, 1994... First, Newton was the divine avatar of change, the force that would bring order to our chaotic lives. Later, Newton was the devil's spawn, one that would suck our wallets dry and leave us confused, drooling hulks, repeatedly writing "Meet Joe for...