MacWEEK articles from March 1992

MacWEEK archives from March 1992

Nikon's latest scanner slides home. (Nikon Electronic Imaging's LS-3510 AF scanner) (Hardware Review) (includes summary of LS-3510 AF features) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... The LS-3510 AF offers auto-focusing, improved auto-exposure, and optional 12-bit scanning for improved color and detail. It comes bundled with either Photoshop or ColorStudio. By Eric Benson Nikon Electronic Imaging's 35mm Film...

Crash Barrier utility bombs out. (Casady and Greene Inc.'s utility program) (Software Review) (includes summary of Crash Barrier features) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... Extension offers little protection By Steve Michel Most Mac users have had a bomb blow up in their face. Certainly, to more adventurous users of various extensions, control panels and early versions of software, the bomb is an...

Multimedia CDs: two CDs put raw media at producers' fingertips. (MacroMind-Paracomp Inc.'s ClipMedia Vol. 1 Business and Technology, Compact Designs Inc.'s PROclaim!) (In Brief) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... Multimedia CDs Two CDs put raw media at producers' fingertips Creating multimedia presentations is an exhausting business. Working with clients and assembling material coherently takes most of your time, often leaving little time...

Nisus Compact packs portable power: plenty of features for notebook users. (Paragon Concepts Inc.'s Nisus Compact 3.3 word processor) (Software Review) (includes summary of Nisus Compact 3.3 features) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... Plenty of features for notebook users By Dale Coleman Thanks mostly to Microsoft Corp.'s unsuccessful product, Write, the idea of marketing a subset of a full-featured word processor hasn't been too popular. Paragon Concepts Inc....

Data acquisition gathering an audience on the Mac. (includes related article on data acquisition software)(Product Watch)
March 2, 1992... If you're suffering under the load of expensive and difficult-to-use workstations or stand-alone devices in your scientific or industrial work, Mac data acquisition may be the solution. By Larry Stevens Like typists first confronted...

Let the buyer beware: tricks of the retail trade. (MacInTouch: Issues & Trends, Bugs & Tips)
March 2, 1992... Let the buyer beware: Tricks of the retail trade The computer retail jungle is getting more tangled as both authorized and unauthorized dealers try new tricks on unsuspecting buyers. Issues & trends Deals and scams. As the...

Changing the Installer to the 'Remover' and other tips. (The Help Desk)
March 2, 1992... Changing the Installer to the 'Remover' and other tips >Apple's Installer has a not-too-hidden Remove function. Just hold down the Option key in the custom install screen, and the Install button changes to Remove. >A/UX 3 can't...

Extension definition and the right cache size. (Ask David Ramsey)
March 2, 1992... Extension definition and the right cache size Q: I held down the Shift key to disable extensions, but the control panel for my Macintosh Display Card 8*24 GC also quit working. Why? A: Holding down the Shift key disables more than...

Apple channel changes official: three distributors will sell to VARs. (value-added resellers) (Business Watch)
March 2, 1992... By Jon Swartz Campbell, Calif. -- Conceding there are almost no small Mac value-added resellers, Apple USA last week launched a new VAR strategy. "We do not have a presence in the small VAR market," admitted Cliff Jenks, vice...

Guglielmi named to head Taligent. (Joseph Guglielmi, CEO of Taligent, joint venture between Apple Computer Inc. and IBM Corp.) (Business Watch)
March 2, 1992... Management is mostly ex-Apple By Daniel Farber San Jose, Calif. -- Apple and IBM Corp. last week took several steps toward making Taligent, their joint venture, and Pink, its object-oriented operating system, a reality. As...

Pen computing '92: market waiting to happen. (Business Watch)
March 2, 1992... Notables aplenty, products scarce By Raines Cohen San Jose, Calif. -- With hardware and operating systems for pen-based computing still scarce, prospective competitors in the emerging field checked out each other's wares at the Pen...

New twist for Double Helix: Albara buys Odesta line. (Brief Article)
March 2, 1992... By Dartanyan L. Brown Conroe, Texas -- Odesta Corp.'s Macintosh product line got a new owner last week. Albara Corp., based here, has agreed to acquire Odesta's Helix database line. Albara is the parent company of Micro Business...

Irish eyes smile on Dublin Mac developers. (US software developers move to Ireland) (Business Watch)
March 2, 1992... By Carol King Dublin, Ireland -- Ireland is fast becoming the gateway to Europe for U.S. software developers. Software sales now account for 10 percent of Irish exports, or $1.5 billion. The lure of cheap labor, a pro-business...

NeXT to introduce two RISC-based computers. (reduced-instruction-set computers) (Business Briefs)
March 2, 1992... NeXT to introduce two RISC-based computers Redwood City, Calif. -- NeXT Computer Inc., in its latest bid to leapfrog workstation rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in computing speed, this fall is expected to introduce...

Xante boards: more grays, fonts. (Accel-a-Writer printer upgrade boards; Accel-a-Writer 8000 laser printer) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Neil McManus Mobile, Ala. -- Xante Corp. is boosting its Accel-a-Writer printer upgrade boards with gray-scale enhancement and a Flash ROM system of adding printer-resident fonts. The company is also preparing its first laser...

Moniterm shuts down manufacturing operations. (Business Briefs)
March 2, 1992... Moniterm shuts down manufacturing operations Minnetonka, Minn. -- Moniterm Corp., a monitor maker beset by money problems since last fall, has shut down its manufacturing operations. The company has been seeking a prospective buyer...

MacroMind-Paracomp update will bring the Magic touch to QuickTime. (Magic 1.1 interactive presentation software) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Andrew Gore San Francisco -- Playing QuickTime movies in unusual shapes will require Magic. MacroMind-Paracomp Inc. this month is expected to ship Version 1.1 of Magic, its $395 low-end interactive presentation tool. The upgrade...

Growth prompts mass hiring effort at Intuit. (Business Briefs)
March 2, 1992... Growth prompts mass hiring effort at Intuit Menlo Park, Calif. -- At a time when many computer companies are laying off employees, one San Francisco Bay area developer is looking for a few good people -- about 100, in fact. Intuit...

DataPak offers developers several bags of tricks: object libraries without royalties. (DataPak Software Inc.'s Programmer's Bag of Tricks, On-Line Help Construction Kit, Pagination and Luster-PIC) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Object libraries without royalties By Raines Cohen Vancouver, Wash. -- DataPak Software Inc. recently introduced a gaggle of products aimed at making developers' lives easier. The products, a series of object libraries, will...

Macintosh Consultants Network to hold conference. (Eighth International Consultants Conference April 23-26, 1992 in Boston, MA) (Business Briefs)
March 2, 1992... Macintosh Consultants Network to hold conference Modesto, Calif. -- The Macintosh Consultants Network will hold its Eighth International Consultants Conference April 23-26 in Boston. This year's theme is "Expanding Microcomputer...

Laptop Liberator links to PCs. (Software Architects Inc.'s drive-formatting and file transfer utility) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Henry Norr Bothell, Wash. -- Hitching a PB to a PC might not be most people's idea of liberation, but Software Architects Inc. is hoping that users who have to move files between PowerBook 100s and IBM PCs or compatibles will see it...

Micron brings 24-bit color to SE/30, IIsi. (Micro Technology Inc.'s Xceed MacroColor 30 24-bit color video card) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Neil McManus Boise, Idaho -- Micron Technology Inc. is now shipping the Xceed MacroColor 30, a new 24-bit-color video card for the SE/30 and Mac IIsi. Priced at $599, the board provides 16.7 million colors to 12-, 13- and 14-inch...

For the record. (Brief Article)
March 2, 1992... The Feb. 17 issue incorrectly listed the manufacturer of the Iris inkjet printer. The correct manufacturer is Iris Graphics Inc. of Bedford, Mass. A Feb. 17 review gave the wrong price of the Classic Performer from Harris Laboratories...

AccuZIP6 zips through Mac mailings: bulk-mail package evaluates options. (Software Publishers of America Inc.) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Bulk-mail package evaluates options By Raines Cohen The Lakes, Nev. -- A new integrated bulk-mail package for the Mac is due this week from Software Publishers of America Inc. AccuZIP6, formerly called SuperBulkmailer+, not...

Updated database for non-profit groups helps fund-raisers manage donor contacts. (Technology Resource Assistance Center Inc.'s MacTRAC donor-tracking software) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By April Streeter Menlo Park, Calif. -- Non-profit organizations can now distribute fund-raising-related activities across the organization with a multi-user version of MacTRAC, a donor-tracking application. First released in 1988...

Fast Pitch Lite lets stacks switch-hit as slide shows. (OBjectic Systems Inc.'s Fast Pitch 2.0 Lite) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Renton, Wash. -- A simple utility that turns HyperCard stacks into slide shows without the need for scripting shipped last month. Fast Pitch 2.0 Lite, which OBjectic Systems Inc. is distributing as shareware for $15, is a scaled-down...

Macs move back onto military bases. (News)
March 2, 1992... By Shawn Tomlinson Reston, Va. -- Three years after it stopped selling Macs on U.S. military bases, Apple is putting them back in Post Exchange stores, sources said. This time, however, the company won't be selling direct. Sources...

AutoBack copies to unmounted servers. (TerraNetics Inc.'s AutoBack 3.0 back-up software) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Henry Norr Los Angeles -- AutoBack, TerraNetics' automatic-backup extension, now can compress the backup files it creates and transparently store them on network volumes not mounted on the desktop. The program automatically backs...

Trade-in program offers cash for old Macs and PCs. (Apple USA) (News)
March 2, 1992... By Jon Swartz Cupertino, Calif. -- In a move to bolster corporate sales and chip away at its competitors' installed base, Apple USA last week launched a trade-in program for volume buyers. Under terms of an agreement between Apple...

MEGAbase serves up dBASE files. (XBase/Server data base management system) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Raines Cohen Mountain View, Calif. -- Client-server databases typically are expensive and based on complex SQL interfaces, but a new multiplatform development kit offers a more affordable option based on the lowest common denominator...

The price of portable power. (Mac the Knife)
March 2, 1992... If you live in a state that's on the presidential primary roster, you probably think that every time the phone rings it's a pollster asking you what you think of the president's economic plan or your views on the relevance or lack thereof of...

4 years ago in MacWEEK.
March 2, 1992... March 1, 1988: "The Catch-22 of the Apple CD-ROM market may be broken this week with the introduction of the AppleCD SC..." In retrospect: Then again, it might take several years for the technology to catch on. In the intervening years,...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
March 2, 1992... Now, just what makes the AS/400 a dinosaur? Recently Don Crabb indicated that the AS/400 is a dinosaur system (MacWEEK, Jan. 6). I don't know enough about computers to know that the AS/400 system is a dinosaur. I'd really like an...

Canon Bubble Jet prints, scans, copies: color copier offers 400 dpi, SCSI port. (dots per inch, small computer system interface) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Color copier offers 400 dpi, SCSI port By Neil McManus Lake Success, N.Y. -- Canon U.S.A. Inc. in June will release a new full-color Bubble Jet device that prints, copies and scans at 400 dpi. The CJ10 Desktop Color Bubble Jet...

Editorial management systems put desktop publications in order. (Ideas to Print Inc.'s Publication Information Management System and North Atlantic Publishing Systems Inc.'s Publication Administrator) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Carolyn Said Boston -- Editorial management has been a weak spot for the Mac, but developers have been working to tone it up over the past months. Both new management systems and beefed-up existing ones flexed their muscles at Seybold...

Du Pont rolling out drum scanner, imagesetter. (Du Pont Corp.'s Printing and Publishing Division's Scantex Plus drum scanner and PPI1800 plain-paper imagesetter) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By April Streeter Wilmington, Del. -- Du Pont Corp.'s Printing & Publishing division is aiming to make a splash in the Mac pre-press market with a new high-resolution color drum scanner and a plain-paper imagesetter. >Scantex Plus...

Quark users deluged with XTensions. (XTensions to QuarkXPress desktop publishing software from Quark Inc.) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Carolyn Said Lake Mary, Fla. -- It's gotten so you need a scorecard to keep track of the players in the QuarkXTensions game. In fact, a new company called XChange has sprung up to distribute third-party add-ons to QuarkXPress, the...

OCR software vendors adding scripting links and image capture. (optical character recognition)
March 2, 1992... By Mitzi Waltz Developers of optical character recognition software are eyeing new roles in the desktop publishing and archiving markets, and their latest Mac offerings promise to do more than simply translate scanned type into...

Mirus hones film recorder image. (Mirus Industries Corp.'s FilmPrinter turbo II)
March 2, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Milpitas, Calif. -- Mirus Industries Corp. has tightened up its FilmPrinter turbo color film recorder with a new version that features sharper optical technology. The FilmPrinter turbo II, available now, can...

nView pumps up MediaPro panel to 262,144 colors. (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Newport News, Va. -- nView Corp. recently announced a color-enhanced version of its MediaPro active-matrix LCD projection panel and an external video adapter that lets its ViewFrame Spectra and SpectraPlus models...

Sharp projector shows high-resolution color. (Sharp Electronics Corp.'s XG-2000 liquid crystal display video projector) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Mahwah, N.J. -- Sharp Electronics Corp.'s newest LCD video projector, the XG-2000, uses three active-matrix panels to produce full-color images at 479 by 455 pixels. The XG-2000, available now for $6,495, sports...

Baltimore waterfront gets redecorated with FreeHand. (Aldus Corp.) (Screen Test)
March 2, 1992... Baltimore waterfront gets redecorated with FreeHand New York -- As part of a major face-lift plan for Baltimore's Waterfront Promenade, a host of environmental graphics -- signs conceived in Aldus Corp.'s FreeHand illustration program --...

Technology speaks louder than words. (Editorial)
March 2, 1992... Technology speaks louder than words Buying a computer is, among other things, an act of faith, and Apple has recently given its customers more grounds to believe. Choosing hardware and software means making a long-term investment....

Can Apple sell system software, seriously? (Commentary) (Column)
March 2, 1992... Can Apple sell system software, seriously? Jean-Louis Gassee Change seems to be in the making for Apple's system-software strategy. And I'm not referring to Taligent's future licensing policies, but, more immediately, to the...

What to do when the INITs hit the fan. (Apple Macintosh initiate routine) (The Mac Manager) (Column)
March 2, 1992... What to do when the INITs hit the fan Don Crabb Why is it that when you can least afford a system failure, it happens? Murphy's Law notwithstanding, it's the result of problematic software or bad management or harebrained users...

QuarkXPress embraces middle age: upgrade brings greater stability. (Quark Inc.'s desktop publishing software) (Software Review) (includes a comparison between XPress and PageMaker) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... Upgrade brings greater stability By Kathleen Tinkel The bratty child of desktop publishing is growing up. With QuarkXPress 3.1, the System 7-savvy upgrade to XPress, Quark Inc. has produced a tauter, more responsive program and...

Frontier opens the way to a user-controlled Mac. (UserLand Software Inc.'s program development software) (Software Review) (includes related article on script programming in UserTalk) (Evaluation)
March 2, 1992... By Linda Custer UserLand Software Inc.'s Frontier is a scripting and interapplication communications tool that automates repetitive tasks in the Finder and other System 7-savvy applications. It adds a macro language to the Finder and...

BeagleWorks joins the pack of Mac integrated programs: Beagle Bros. delivers seven-module litter. (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Bros. delivers litter of seven modules By Carolyn Said San Diego -- Beagle Bros. Inc. jumped into the integrated software fray last week with the release of BeagleWorks. The $299.95 package is modular in design like...

First PDA will use pen, RISC: infrared link ties device to Mac. (Apple's Personal Digital Assistant handheld computer; reduced-instruction-set computer)(includes related article on PDA software dispenser kiosks)
March 2, 1992... Infrared link ties device to Mac By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple plans to deliver its first Personal Digital Assistant -- a handheld, RISC-based computer that uses a pen as its only input device -- in January 1993. ...

HP palmtop gets wireless Mac links. (95LX palmtop computer) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Mitch Ratcliffe Corvallis, Ore. -- Mac users may have to wait until next year for Apple's Personal Digital Assistant, but this month they'll be able to communicate with their Mac from afar using a palmtop computer from Hewlett-Packard...

Intelligent agents take U.S. bows. (Apple's Reporter software agent and Casper voice-driven intelligent assistant)
March 2, 1992... By Mitch Ratcliffe and Andy Gore Monterey, Calif. -- Apple's intelligent agents last week performed an American encore to their Macworld Tokyo debut. Apple CEO John Sculley demonstrated Reporter, a software agent that can search and...

Claris refutes HyperCard death rumors.
March 2, 1992... By Raines Cohen Santa Clara, Calif. -- Claris Corp. said HyperCard will have not only a colorful future but a long one. The company last week flatly denied widespread rumors that it is planning to sell the product or curtail...

Cornell students jailed briefly, on virus, Trojan horse charges. (includes related article on anti-virus tools)
March 2, 1992... By Henry Norr Ithaca, N.Y. -- It wasn't exactly death row, and it lasted only overnight, but two college students found themselves in Tompkins County Jail here last week, charged with unleashing the latest Mac virus. David S....

Apple pushes OOP across platforms. (object-oriented programming; MacApp Developers Association)
March 2, 1992... By Matthew Rothenberg Orlando, Fla. -- Mac object-oriented programming is going cross-platform, according to Apple representatives and developers gathered here last week for the third-annual conference of MADA, formerly the MacApp...

MacInTax hassles anger preparers. (ChipSoft Inc.'s tax preparation software) (includes related article on delayed state tax forms)
March 2, 1992... By Henry Norr San Diego -- Call it a MacInTax revolt. Some users of the popular tax-preparation program, published this year by ChipSoft Inc., and Taxview, the companion product for professional preparers, are up in arms over what...

StatZ, SurveyZ come to Resolve. (Spreadware's add-on software for Claris Corp.'s Resolve spreadsheet software) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Henry Norr Palm Desert, Calif. -- Spreadware last month released modules that give Claris Corp.'s Resolve spreadsheet new capabilities in the areas of statistics, survey analysis and small-business financial management. The...

New APS drives: low profile, high capacity. (Alliance Peripheral Systems Inc.'s Lp120 and Lp240) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Dartanyan L. Brown Independence, Mo. -- Alliance Peripheral Systems Inc. last month began shipping a slew of new hard drives based on two recently released, higher- capacity additions to Quantum Corp's low-profile 3.5-inch ProDrive...

Mouse moves in 3-D but without the wires. (Gyration Inc.'s GyroPointe Remote) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Saratoga, Calif. -- Gyration Inc.'s recently introduced handheld mouse, which provides both 2-D and 3-D cursor control, has gone cordless. GyroPoint Remote, based on the GyroPoint 3-D mouse announced last fall...

Unbound unleashes 3.5" MO, cache utility. (OptiMac-130 magneto-optical drive; Lightworks caching software) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Huntington Beach, Calif. -- Unbound Inc. has added a 3.5-inch model and a performance-boosting caching utility to its line of magneto-optical drives. >Smaller MO. The OptiMac-130, a 3.5-inch external model, is priced at $1,950 without a...

Hayes to extend LANstep connectivity: Mac client, E-mail gateway readied. (Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc.'s LANstep Mail Gateway 1.1, LANstep 2.0) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Mac client, E-mail gateway readied By Louise Fickel Norcross, Ga. -- Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. this year will try to broaden the appeal of its LANstep network operating system with added Macintosh and TCP/IP connectivity, as...

Macs to get first direct FDDI access from Team ASA's new Stallion card. (Fiber Distributed Data Interface; Team Advanced Systems Associates' Stallion NuBus card) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Louise Fickel San Diego -- Team Advanced Systems Associates will let any Mac II-series machine function as a gateway between an AppleTalk network and a 100-Mbps Fiber Distributed Data Interface network. FDDI is a high-bandwidth...

Data marketplace to get Mac client. (American Information Exchange) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Palo Alto, Calif. -- Mac users soon will be able to browse a virtual farmers' market of on-line information, sampling data offered by others before purchasing it or selling their own information, via a new service from...

CSG will offer Topology Editor as stand-alone mapping tool. (CSG Technologies Inc.'s Network SuperVisor Topology Editor) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Louise Fickel Pittsburgh -- CSG Technologies Inc. is preparing a stand-alone network mapping tool based on the topology editor already built into its Network SuperVisor application. CSG, a division of Management Science...

NetFrame puts Macs on superservers. (NetFrame Systems Inc.'s NF450FT and NF250FT) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Milpitas, Calif. -- NetFrame Systems Inc. last month announced a pair of new superservers, the first in its line that support the Macintosh. The products, called Object Servers, combine a multiprocessor,...

Mitem update will add 4D support: front-end developers to get ACIUS option. (MitemView 3.0; ACIUS Inc.'s 4th Dimension) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Front-end developers to get ACIUS option By Louise Fickel San Jose, Calif. -- An upcoming update to MitemView will let developers use ACIUS Inc.'s 4th Dimension to build Mac client applications that share the data-management burden...

Ethernet costs continue to fall. (Brief Article)
March 2, 1992... By Nathalie Welch Cupertino, Calif. -- The drive to lower-priced Ethernet connectivity continued last month with announcements from Hewlett-Packard Co. and Kodiak Technologies. HP cut the prices of the EtherTwist family, which the...

AgentMan: Macs on Sun net maps. (Information Presentation Technologies Inc.'s Apple AgentMan; Sun Microsystem Inc.) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... By Louise Fickel San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- Information Presentation Technologies Inc. this month will ship software that lets users of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s SPARCstations monitor AppleTalk devices on their networks. Apple...

ZModem tools finally arriving. (Pacer Software Inc.'s PacerTerm 1.02; Seaquest Software Inc.'s ZModem SQ) (Gateways Briefs, brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... ZModem tools finally arriving La Jolla, Calif. -- The modem savvy of Zorro is shipping now from Pacer Software Inc. The first commercially available Zmodem toolfor the Macintosh Communications Toolbox is available now in PacerTerm 1.0.2,...

Colby introduces personal videophone. (Colby Systems Inc's ColbyVision) (Gateways Briefs, brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Colby introduces personal videophone Palo Alto, Calif. -- Colby Systems Corp.'s personal videophone is giving users a low-cost video teleconferencing option. Available now, the $1,499 ColbyVision bundles a black-and-white 9-inch...

Performance adds V.32, file transfer to Internet link. (Performance Systems International Inc.'s WorldLink Basic) (Gateways Briefs, brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Performance adds V.32, file transfer to Internet link Reston, Va. -- Performance Systems International Inc. has broadened its dial-up access to the TCP/IP-based Internet, providing V.32 modem access and anonymous FTP (File Transfer...

Nynex offers on-line electronic Yellow Pages to Mac. (Nynex Information Resources Co.'s Nynex NortheastAccess) (Gateways Briefs, brief article) (Product Announcement)
March 2, 1992... Nynex offers on-line electronic Yellow Pages to Mac New York -- The first electronic Yellow Pages service is now on-line from Nynex Information Resources Co. Called Nynex NortheastAccess, the directory lists information for 1.7...

What we need is executive-proof E-mail. (Commentary) (Column)
March 9, 1992... What we need is executive-proof E-mail Jean-Louis Gassee The third great lie of computing, "You can do it," is the most honored, and nowhere is it better followed than in the nebulous area of connectivity. Can I tie together...

The 'new Mac': managers must start planning now. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
March 9, 1992... The 'New Mac': Managers must start planning now Don Crabb I'm getting worried and so are some of the other Mac managers with whom I regularly consult. Our furrowed brows come from Apple's distinct public non-vision of the future of...

File servers face off at the net. (Apple's AppleShare 3.0, International Business Software Inc.'s DataClub Classic 2.0 and DataClub Elite 2.0)(includes product evaluation summary) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... File servers face off at the net By Dan Magorian Of all the networking software Apple has made available, AppleShare is probably the most successful. Most sites with more than a few Macs run an AppleShare file and print...

Atlas Pro maps out powerful new features. (Strategic Mapping Inc.'s desktop mapping program)(includes product evaluation summary) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... By G. Donald Bain Atlas Pro from Strategic Mapping Inc. provides an eagerly anticipated upgrade from Atlas MapMaker, long the leading desktop mapping program on the Macintosh. Atlas Pro adds important capabilities and improves many...

Pinpointing differences between Atlas Pro, MapInfo. (Strategic Mapping Inc.'s Atlas Pro and MapInfo Corp.'s MapInfo desktop mapping software)
March 9, 1992... The evolution of Strategic Mapping Inc.'s MapMaker into Atlas Pro has given it a feature set very similar to that of MapInfo from MapInfo Corp. of Troy, N.Y. (see MacWEEK, Feb. 19, 1991). They both offer similar Mac and DOS versions; create...

AutoDoubler puts the squeeze on files. (Salient Software Inc.'s compression software)(includes product evaluation summary and related articles on the DiskDoubler utility and Sigma Designs Inc's DoubleUp hardware-compression board) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... By Loftus E. Becker Jr. AutoDoubler, Salient Software Inc.'s new compression product, is designed to provide virtually transparent file compression for users short of hard disk space. Install the software, restart and go to dinner....

PowerView trades speed for flexibility: SCSI video box has some limitations. (Radius Inc.)(includes product evaluation summary) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... SCSI video box has some limitations By Michael Murie One of the first shortcomings users notice in Apple's PowerBooks is the lack of a means for connecting to external monitors. A portable Mac could be a full-featured desktop...

Shredder: to protect confidential information, let 'er rip. (DLM Software Inc.'s utility program) (Software Review) (In Brief) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... Shredder To protect confidential information, let 'er rip Erased files on the Mac are not really gone when the Trash is emptied. In fact, widely available "undelete" utilities such as the one found in Symantec Corp.'s Norton...

Nexus fx drives 55. (Perspect Systems Inc.'s accelerator)(includes product evaluation summary) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
March 9, 1992... By Dale Coleman The need for the latest, fastest Mac in most applications has to be balanced against the reality of budget constraints. As a result, managers often find 3-D modeling -- that would greatly benefit from this year's...

Buying software in large quantities: site licenses take crunch out of costs.
March 9, 1992... Site licenses take crunch out of costs By Clay Andres Software is expensive, especially if you have to buy it for lots of Macs. While mail-order and discount stores offer large discounts, software manufacturers can offer even...

Is software copied illegally at your company? (includes related article on types of end-user licensing)
March 9, 1992... By Clay Andres Stealing software is easy. You just copy it. On the other hand, calling the Software Publishers Association anti-piracy hot line is easy, too. Any disgruntled employee or competitor can dial (800) 388-7478, and before...

Microsoft readies propaganda blitz for Windows 3.1 as OS war heats up. (operating system)
March 9, 1992... By Jon Swartz San Francisco -- The operating systems war intensified over the past two weeks out West as two of the main combatants lobbed platform shells and fired off technology statements. While Apple outlined its future...

MacroMind-Paracomp add to empire: Authorware target of latest merger.
March 9, 1992... Authorware target of latest merger By Jon Swartz San Francisco -- MacroMind-Paracomp Inc. and Authorware Inc., two bright lights in an otherwise dim multimedia market, last week agreed to merge. The companies declined to...