MacWEEK articles from June 1995

MacWEEK archives from June 1995

Strata builds on QD 3D. (Strata Inc's StudioPro 1.75 modeling and rendering application)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Breaking new ground in several dimensions, Strata Inc.'s StudioPro 1.75 will be the first program to fully support Apple's QuickDraw 3D and among the first to take advantage of the multiprocessing architecture developed by DayStar Digital Inc. of...

Apple, Farallon seeing infrared across Mac line. (PowerBook 190 and 5000 series to provide wireless access)
June 5, 1995... When Apple debuts its new PowerBook 190 and 5000 series Aug. 28, it will also roll out the infrared carpet, giving users wireless access to network services and other devices. Apple will reportedly provide tools to utilize the PowerBooks'...

Viper: Iomega to strike again; removable media stores 1.3 Gbytes.
June 5, 1995... Iomega Corp. plans to sink its fangs into the high end of the removable-storage market with a new high-capacity drive, code-named Viper. According to sources, attendees at PC Expo in New York this month will get a look at the drive, which will...

DayStar lines up players for multiprocessing API. (DayStar Digital Inc)
June 5, 1995... An impressive roster of graphics application developers, including Adobe Systems Inc., Eastman Kodak Co., Macromedia Inc. and Quark Inc., have lined up to back the multiprocessing architecture developed by DayStar Digital Inc. and endorsed by...

Clones head overseas; Olivetti, Acorn, Goldstar in talks. (Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA, Acorn Computer Group plc and Goldstar Technology Inc to develop Macintosh clones)
June 5, 1995... Apple's Mac OS licensing group is calling out around the world, and is close to signing up three foreign clone makers. But it is Power Computing Corp. that may have reason to be dancing in the streets. With its U.S. licensing efforts under way,...

Future of Now includes PDAs and 3.5 update. (Now Software Inc's Now Contact 3.5 contact manager and Now Up-to-Date 3.5 workgroup software)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Now Software Inc. this month will reportedly ship new versions of its flagship information managers that offer better integration with each other and the Mac OS. According to sources, Version 3.5 of Now Contact and Now Up-to-Date will feature...

Take me out to the clones. (analysis of Radius Inc's venture into Mac clone development)(MacWEEK Insider)(Column)
June 5, 1995... In baseball circles, the Atlanta Braves are generally considered the best team not to win the World Series (strike notwithstanding). Despite an excess of talent, the Braves have consistently come up short in the 1990s. The Mac market isn't...

New NetWare strategy. (Apple and Novell co-develop NetWare for PowerPC)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Novell to wait on RISC version Novell Inc. and Apple have finalized their plans to push NetWare for PowerPC into the market. One of their options could be to have Apple resell the network operating system under its own brand name. Last week...

Apple changes its tune, decides to rewrite Dylan. (application development environment)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Apple is learning that the road to a better programming language is rockier than it expected and includes some false turns. The company has stopped development on its Dylan environment and will start over, almost from scratch. Apple said the...

Ingram-Radius deal hints at retail clones. (Ingram Micro Inc to distribute Radius Inc's Macintosh clones)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Ingram Micro Inc. and Radius Inc. this week will announce that beginning July 1, Ingram has the exclusive rights to distribute all Radius' Mac-compatible systems for the next two years. Although the deal includes the $12,000 System 100 clone,...

ArchiCAD update draws on QT VR. (Graphisoft US Inc adds QuickTime VR technology to ArchiCAD for Macintosh)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Graphisoft U.S. Inc. this week plans to show architects attending the A/E/C Systems '95 expo in Atlanta a new way to create model homes without wood, nails or builders. By integrating Apple's QuickTime VR technology into its $4,995 ArchiCAD...

IDE marches on for Mac. (hardware and software vendors offer support for IDE drives)
June 5, 1995... Vendors offer hardware, drives Despite mixed messages from Apple, Mac vendors are pushing ahead with hardware and software support for IDE drives. According to storage companies, mobile users will have access to higher capacities and...

Contact Ease spans platforms. (WestWare Inc's Contact Ease Enterprise sales-automation application)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... WestWare Inc.'s client-server sales-automation system will ship next week, nearly a year after it was announced. Contact Ease Enterprise, which runs on Macs, Power Macs and Windows machines, was developed using Blyth Software Inc.'s Omnis 7...

Xante laser handles big pages, 1,800 dpi. (LaserPress 1800)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Xante Corp. last week extended the scope of its laser printer line with a new model the company said can print full-bleed tabloid-size pages at up to 1,800 by 1,800 dpi. Xante said the LaserPress 1800, slated to ship in June for $8,495, is...

Paralan extends SCSI reach. (RegeneratoR SCSI cable extenders)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Paralan Corp. will pave data pathways this summer with the release of RegeneratoR SCSI cable extenders. Each self-powered unit will extend single-ended, or Fast and Fast and Wide SCSI-2, buses 19.8 feet; a $695 differential SCSI model, now...

App edits images on low-end Macs. (Technosystems USA's Chagall imaging-editing and paint application)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Users with limited budgets or limited RAM can still test their artistic abilities with Chagall, a forthcoming image-editing and paint application from European software developer Technosystems USA. Slated to ship in August for $299, Chagall...

Warming up in ICEfields. (The Color Partnership's ICEfields for Macintosh stochastic screening software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... To print higher-quality photographs, many publishers are turning to stochastic screening as an alternative to the halftone process. The latest product to compete for their attention is ICEfields, Mac-based stochastic screening software available...

Netscape will put Director into browser. (Netscape Communications Corp to integrate Macromedia Inc's Director technology into Netscape Navigator World-Wide Web browser)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Hoping to launch multimedia produced in Director off the desktop and out into cyberspace, Macromedia Inc. this week announced an agreement with Netscape Communications Corp. that may signal the decline of helper applications. Macromedia said...

PlateJet creates film and plates. (Cymbolic Sciences International Inc's PlateJet large-format platesetter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Cymbolic Sciences International Inc. last month announced a large-format platesetter, PlateJet, that can handle eight-up signatures of both film and plates. PlateJet, due in August, is an internal drum machine that outputs aluminum digital...

Multimedia, Internet technologies tie knot.
June 5, 1995... With last year's explosion of multimedia titles and this year's mass discovery of the World-Wide Web, the question arises of where these two highly visible technologies will head next. Industry insiders, makers of multimedia tools and title...

X-Rite enters scanner calibration market. (Scanner Enhancer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... X-Rite Inc. showed its entry in the growing race of scanner calibration systems at Drupa 95 in Dusseldorf last month. The Scanner Enhancer, slated to ship in July, is a $195 test-target package for creating ICC (International Color Consortium)...

Getting the goods on desktop video.
June 5, 1995... It takes more than a Power Mac and editing software to produce videos in-house. Rewind a decade or so to when the first generation of desktop publishing products hit the street, and you'll have a good feel for today's desktop video markets....

Electronic opportunities a boon to print publishing.(Editorial)
June 5, 1995... The desktop publishing revolution is over, and the dawn of the next revolution is quickly approaching: new-media publishing. New media include digital video, CD-ROM publishing -- both static and interactive -- on-line publishing and interactive...

Oracle set to update client-server tool line. (Developer/2000 application development software)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Designer/2000 not Mac-bound Oracle Corp. plans to bring its Developer/2000 line to the Mac this summer. Coupled with the company's imminent Power Objects, the new tools will create a broader Macintosh base for Oracle client-server database...

New Internet apps reach the market. (Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... The first Mac-based challenger to Star Nine Technologies Inc.'s WebSTAR shipped last week, and The ForeFront Group Inc., Software Ventures Corp. and P.INK Software Engineering GmbH & Co. unveiled new Internet tools. > NetWings Inc. of Fremont,...

Apple ships Windows clients. (AppleShare and AppleSearch network software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Late last month, Apple shipped its delayed Windows clients for AppleShare and AppleSearch. The AppleShare client will be bundled with Workgroup Servers; customers who have bought servers since Jan. 1 can get the software for Intel-standard PCs...

Programs race to succeed HTML. (Hypertext Markup Language)
June 5, 1995... All dressed up and nowhere to go; that's been the rap on portable digital documents, but it's a changing story now that the Internet beckons. And although Adobe Systems Inc. and Netscape Communications Inc. have made the most noise, lesser-known...

Versit opens GeoPort. (Versit group releases free specifications for GeoPort telephony hardware)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... All the best specs in life are free, according to Versit. The group of four communications vendors recently released free specifications for the GeoPort telephony hardware and a digital business-card standard. The specifications are the first...

Judge OKs Prodigy suit. (online service could be liable for message content)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... A Prodigy Services Co. subscriber who accused a Lake Success, N.Y.-based investment banking firm of criminal conduct has landed the on-line company in legal hot water. New York State Supreme Court Justice Stuart Ain last month ruled the...

Egghead eyes hardware. (Egghead Software Inc to sell PCs)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... After years of success in the software business, Egghead Software Inc. is about to take a crack at selling personal computers. Starting this summer, the $800 million software retail chain plans to expand almost a third of its 170 stores...

Accelerator market slowing down pace.(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Apple has nearly completed its transition to an all-PowerPC lineup and given its blessing to clones, yet users are still clinging to their 680x0-based Macs and boosting their speed. "People become attached to their machines," said Bob...

Microsoft doubles fees. (doubles price of concurrent licensing fees)
June 5, 1995... Raises licensing rates to combat concurrent usage Savvy IS managers can kiss goodbye the money they have been saving from sharing applications over WANs and by borrowing software from overseas operations. Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash.,...

Thinking about CHRP. (Common Hardware Reference Platform)(Column)
June 5, 1995... Apple's PCI Macs are just around the corner, and already people are looking ahead to the Common Hardware Reference Platform. CHRP systems are built around PowerPC, the PCI bus and other standard components. IBM Corp., Apple, Novell Inc. and other...

MacIS' message: market share requires mind share. (Apple's position and prospects in enterprise computing)(The Second Decade)(Column)
June 5, 1995... I had the pleasure of attending the spring national conference of MacIS last month, and I came away with some observations about the Mac's position and prospects in enterprise computing. Cool stuff In many ways the experience was heartening....

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
June 5, 1995... His own Copland tune Your sneak preview of Copland (MacWEEK, May 15, Page 1) has inspired me to start my own wish list for the next Mac interface. You'll note that a couple of ideas have been swiped from other interfaces. I think turnabout is...

Big Bill is watching you through his Windows 95. (Microsoft's wizard agent in Windows 95)(The Mac Manager)(Column)
June 5, 1995... The National Rifle Association got it wrong. It's not the "jackbooted thugs" of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that we have to worry about. It's the unethical marketing thugs of Microsoft Corp. I'm not talking about how Microsoft...

Poser 1.0 stands tall in illo market. (Fractal Design Corp's draw software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 5, 1995... Score card: Poser 1.0 Fractal Design Corp. List price: $99* Overall value: 4 (Very good) Poser is a unique tool that replaces the wooden artist's dummy with something significantly more functional. It lets you create realistic...

Snap Mail 2.0 delivers easy, affordable messaging app. (Casady & Greene Inc's Snap Mail 2.0.1 plug-and-play e-mail package) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 5, 1995... Score card: Snap Mail 2.0.1 Casady & Greene Inc. Overall value: 4 (Very good) List price: $250* Snap Mail has been beefed up considerably since its previous release. New features in Version 2.0.1 include the capability to store mail...

FreeMail 4.0. (FreeMail Inc's point-to-point e-mail application) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 5, 1995... Point-to-point app brings e-mail to the masses Overall value: 4 (Very good) If your computer is connected to a LAN, e-mail is probably something you take for granted. However, if you use a stand-alone computer or spend a great deal of time...

Midrange printers can satisfy your high-speed needs.(includes related article on real-life performance) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
June 5, 1995... Product Info Data Products Corp. Typhoon 30: $18,195 (simplex parallel serial), $20,995 (simplex plus), $27,495 (duplex); Typhoon 60: $91,000 (duplex parallel serial), $92,570 (Ethernet) Woodland Hills, Calif. (818) 887-8000 or (800) 980-0374...

Installing, updating Mac is not a simple process.(MacInTouch)(Column)
June 5, 1995... RAM Doubler 1.5.2, Silverlining 5.6.1 are just two of the latest updates. Configuring a workable Macintosh system right now is a whole lot more complicated than just clicking on a single Installer button. With all the problems people are...

MacWrite Pro 1.5 now $49. (Claris Corp's word processing package)(Brief Article)
June 5, 1995... Claris Corp. last week lowered pricing on its MacWrite Pro word processing program. The program now carries a $49 price tag. While it was previously $249, MacWrite Pro 1.5 was recently offered for $99 via an on-line promotion. Claris said users...

Apple releases PB 550c in Japan. (PowerBook 550c notebook computer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 1995... Apple released in Japan last week the PowerBook 550c. There are currently no plans to make the new portable available in the United States. As previously reported (see MacWEEK, May 1, Page 1), the 550c is like the 540c, adding a 10.4-inch...

StockWatch.(Illustration)
June 5, 1995... 06.01.95 Weekly % close change Apple 42.19 -2.74 MacWEEK Composite* 232.46 -4.33 Software developers Adobe ...

A plethora of publishing promises.(Mac the Knife)(Column)
June 5, 1995... Political trends, like fashions, come and go. In both cases, this perpetual impermanence is probably a good thing. This way, at least, if you find something distasteful about either the general drift of the collective political consciousness or...

Apple's Color LaserWriter may spur sluggish market. (Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS)(Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... When Apple unveils its color laser printer next week, its strength among graphics users may add momentum to a technology still seeking a market. The Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS, which sources said will carry an ApplePrice of $6,989, reportedly...

Adobe hones PageMaker. (Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker 6.0)
June 12, 1995... Version 6 to add CMS, trapping The next version of Adobe PageMaker is on track for a summer debut. Version 6.0, the first major PageMaker upgrade to ship from Adobe Systems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., will offer new features for color,...

IBM to join Radius clone team. (IBM and Radius to announce agreement for IBM to manufacture Radius' Mac clones)
June 12, 1995... Ingram, Adobe round out lineup One of the industry's heaviest hitters has lined up behind Radius Inc. to help support its Macintosh clone efforts. IBM Corp. will soon announce a pact with the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company to manufacture its...

PCI Thunder ready to roll. (Radius' PrecisionColor 8/1600, Thunder 30 PCI cards)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Radius Inc. will leap on board the PCI bus next week with cheaper and speedier versions of its PrecisionColor and Thunder display and graphics-acceleration boards. Sources said the new cards are expected to ship concurrently with Apple's Power...

Tsunamis to trickle in. (PCI-baed Power Macs sales analyzed)
June 12, 1995... The first PCI-based Power Macs, code-named Tsunami, are expected to take the high-end graphics and publishing markets by storm. However, sales forecasts for initial acceptance beyond those markets remain cloudy. Although the Power Mac 9500/120...

For want of a shelf....(Macintosh software supply shortages)(MacWEEK Insider)(Column)
June 12, 1995... Despite what self-help guru Robert Fulghum might say, I didn't learn everything I need to know in kindergarten. However, I did pick up a few helpful tips. Take, for example, the nursery rhyme, "For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of...

Now ships new PIMs. (Now Software's Now Up-to-Date 3.5, Now Contact 3.5, Now Synchronize) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Up-to-Date gains to-do list, Contact notes improved Now Software Inc. this week will ship Version 3.5 of both Now Up-to-Date and Now Contact and announce a synchronization tool for use with Newton-based PDAs. Now Up-to-Date 3.5 features a...

IBM and Motorola unveil faster 604s. (PowerPC chips)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... IBM Corp. and Motorola Inc. this week will announce two higher-speed implementations of the PowerPC 604 chip that effectively double the performance of their chips of a year ago. In addition, Apple will confirm plans to use both versions of the...

Free Mac list server. (Leuca Software's Macjordomo list server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... In his spare time, a cellular biologist at Cornell University Medical College is creating a free Mac-based list server that could prop up the Mac's standing when it comes to managing group e-mail distribution on the Internet. Written by...

Organizer price halved. (Claris cuts price on PIM)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Claris Corp. last week dropped the price of Organizer, its personal information manager, by nearly 50 percent. Claris Organizer now costs $49, down from $99; the company said the price will remain at $49 until Dec. 31. "We've been hearing...

FrameMaker 5 goes on-line. (Frame Technology's document authoring program)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Frame Technology Corp. last week shipped Version 5.0 of FrameMaker, its $895 document-authoring application (see MacWEEK, April 3, Page 10). New layout features include text runarounds as well as headlines and graphics that straddle multiple...

Checkfree goes electronic. (Checkfree Commercial Payment Service first on-line electronic commerce service)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Checkfree Corp. is joining forces with half a dozen leading developers of accounting software to create a global commercial electronic payment service. Beginning in late summer, the company said, it will launch the Checkfree Commercial Payment...

MountainGate trots out storage. (MoutainGate International's Stampede modular storage systems)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... MountainGate International Inc. next week will help users round up hard drives when it delivers Stampede, a new series of desktop and rackmount modular storage systems. Stampede chassis come with either two, four or eight drive bays for...

For the record.(Correction Notice)
June 12, 1995... A headline in the June 5 issue (Page 1) misstated the reported capacity of Iomega Corp.'s forthcoming Viper drive. As the story stated, sources said the actual capacity is 1 Gbyte.

Project adds help tools. (Microsoft Project 4.0)
June 12, 1995... Version 4.0 gets agents, simple calendar view A recent upgrade to Microsoft Project brings agents and a new calendar view to the aid of Macintosh planners. Microsoft Corp. said Version 4.0 of the $469 application, available now for...

Vendors shed light on DIMM solutions. (dual in-line memory modules to be standard for Power Macs)
June 12, 1995... Users eager for the coming crop of Power Macs can stock up early on memory or take their current supply with them thanks to new products from Memory International Inc., Microtech International Inc., PNY Electronics Inc. and SimmSaver Technology...

TView improves clarity. (Consumer Technology Northwest's personal computer TV converter)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Converter cuts video flicker, sharpens text Consumer Technology Northwest Inc. this week will announce a new personal computer-to-TV converter that it claims sets new standards for clarity and sharpness. The $499 TView, which will ship in...

Microfield whiteboard cut down to desktop size. (Microfield Graphics' SoftBoard Model 205)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... Scaling down its electronic-whiteboard technology, Microfield Graphics Inc. in May shipped a personal-sized unit for use in offices, cubicles and small meeting rooms. The SoftBoard Model 205, priced at $2,795, measures 39 by 40.5 inches and...

Lind cleans up PB 500 batteries. (Lind Electronics' Lind Conditioner 500)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... Lind Electronics Inc., vendor of a wide range of PowerBook peripherals and add-ons, late last month announced it shipped the Lind Conditioner 500. The new device eliminates the memory effect prevalent in the "intelligent" batteries used in the...

Workbench to mix modes. (Interactive Image Technologies' Electronics Workbench 4.0 enhanced)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Interactive Image Technologies Ltd. of Toronto will facilitate electrical tinkering with an update to its cross-platform Electronics Workbench circuit-simulation software. Slated for an August release, the $299 Version 4.0 will simulate...

National punches in with LabVIEW update. (National Instruments' Joint Time-Frequency Analysis Toolkit 3.1 add-on to LabVIEW data acquisition program)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Giving users a handle on data, National Instruments Inc. of Austin, Texas, this month shipped an update to Joint Time-Frequency Analysis Toolkit, its cross-platform software for the LabVIEW data-acquisition package. Version 3.1 of the $495...

GeneWorks composes DNA pictures. (IntelliGenetics' GeneWorks DNA 2.4 DNA analysis tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... IntelliGenetics Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., recently uncorked an update of its GeneWorks DNA-analysis package. Version 2.4 of the $2,950 software adds a helical-net function that lets users view protein structures in two dimensions. The...

Sciopt sheds light on laser data. (Sciopt Enterprise's Paraxia 2.0.1 for Power Macs)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Focusing on optical-design performance, Sciopt Enterprises of San Jose, Calif., recently shipped a Power Macintosh-native version of Paraxia, its $1,595 laser design and analysis package. Running on a Power Mac, Paraxia 2.0.1 computes Fast...

XChange adds XTensions. (PickUpSpot, FinterType, other Xtensions for QuarkXPress)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... Spring brings a new crop of QuarkXTensions available from XChange. Samples from the new add-ons improve QuarkXPress' compatibility with competing page-layout programs, enhance the program's graphics capabilities and let users add emphasis to...

Transverter takes on PDF, PostScript. (TechPool Software's Transverter Pro 3.0 format conversion software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... TechPool Software this month plans to ship an upgrade to Transverter Pro, the company's utility that turns PostScript into a flexible interim file format for viewing and conversion. Version 3.0 will handle Adobe Systems Inc.'s Portable Document...

3-D developers emerge. (developing programs to support QuickDraw 3D)
June 12, 1995... More support for QuickDraw 3D Apple continues to find third-party developers who will use QuickDraw 3D to help dissolve the walls between dimensions on the desktop. Last week Apple announced more companies that will revise products to support...

Multimedia shines at techy Tinseltown shows. (Apple's New Media Forum, Digital World conferences/trade shows)
June 12, 1995... Los Angeles -- The glitter of Tinseltown was rendered faint by the glow of CRTs last week when the multimedia community invaded downtown Los Angeles. Between the West Coast stop on the world tour of Apple's New Media Forum and the sixth annual...

Graphic details.
June 12, 1995... Radius Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., is now shipping the Splash Power Series of color-controller servers. Featuring a PowerPC chip, the servers act as RIPs for Xerox MajestiK Color Series copiers, offering built-in calibration, color correction and...

Security Guard 3.0 guesses passwords. (MR Mac Software's Network Security Guard 3.0 network security software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... MR Mac Software recently upgraded the AppleShare access-checking features of its security utility and also added the ability to tailor security audits to individual networks. Version 3.0 of Network Security Guard is available now for $259 for...

Apple, WebStar servers shipping. (StarNine Technologies' WebStar 1.1, Apple's Internet Server Solution for the World Wide Web)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... It's a new world for Mac Internet servers: StarNine Technologies Inc. shipped WebStar this week, and last week Apple released its Internet Server Solution for the World-Wide Web. And this month Apple reportedly purchased the rights to the...

Data, fax, voice in one card. (Simple Technology's 28.8 Communicator)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Simple Technology Inc. has combined a modem, fax machine, telephone and cellular-phone attachment into a device the size of a credit card. The 28.8 Communicator is a Type II PCMCIA card that includes a 28.8-Kbps data modem with a fax portion...

Wave of OpenDoc tools building. (developers creating products for Apple's OpenDoc standard)
June 12, 1995... While Apple sang the praises of OpenDoc at its recent developers conference, it handed out the second developers release of the Mac OpenDoc programming kit. Now a chorus of third-party vendors are chiming in, and Apple is preparing a set of...

New Pipeline puts phone, fax on ISDN. (Ascend Communications' Pipeline 25 ISDN router)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
June 12, 1995... Ascend Communications Inc., developer of the popular Pipeline series of ISDN routers, this week will roll out its least expensive and most versatile model yet. The Pipeline 25, priced at $895, is targeted at telecommuters and small-office...

MacWEEK index.
June 12, 1995... 1994 expandable organizers Unit Market Rank Company shipments share (%) 1 Sharp Corp. 280,000 50.0 2 Psion plc 220,000 39.3 3 Casio Computer Co....

IBM deal good for Apple? (Lotus Development acquisition)
June 12, 1995... Lotus takeover bid could mend fences What does IBM Corp.'s move to become king of the land of the lotus eaters portend for Apple? The signals are decidedly mixed, with some viewing Big Blue's bid to buy out Lotus Development Corp. as...

Intuit posts third-quarter loss.(Brief Article)
June 12, 1995... Call it the vagaries of the acquisition game: A successful buyout took a bite out of Intuit Inc.'s third-quarter earnings, yet an aborted merger with Microsoft Corp. will net the personal-finance software company millions in the fourth quarter....

Execs named in civil sex suit. (Global Village Communication lawsuit)
June 12, 1995... A former employee has filed a lawsuit accusing two executives at Global Village Communication Inc. of sexual assault and battery and sexual harassment. In the civil suit, filed in Santa Clara County (Calif.) Superior Court, Roberta Wallace...

Newton succeeds in small retail chain. (Newton Sources Inc)
June 12, 1995... Large selection, sharp staff are secrets to success While Newton-based PDAs may not be garnering headlines, they are selling, thanks in no small part to a tiny specialty chain started in New York. Newton Source Inc., with locations in New...

Let Apple dealers offer clones as an alternative to Intel boxes.(Dealer's Corner)(Column)
June 12, 1995... One customer was about to buy a Power Macintosh 6100 with DOS card until he learned that the video resolution of that Mac is limited to 832 by 624 pixels. He wanted at least 1,024 by 768 for CAD applications but needed Intel-standard PC...