MacWEEK articles from March 1993

MacWEEK archives from March 1993

ClarisWorks 2.0 may rival stand-alone applications: upgrade to include paint tools, outlining. (Claris Corp.) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Upgrade to include paint tools, outlining By Lisa Picarille Santa Clara, Calif. - Claris Corp. this month reportedly will ship a major upgrade to its ClarisWorks integrated package. ClarisWorks 2.0 for the Mac packs enough bang...

Free-form data manager from Rae to mimic PDAs. (Rae Technology Inc.) (personal digital assistants)
March 1, 1993... By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. - PowerBook users frustrated by how difficult it can be to access and organize all the data they deal with while on the road may soon see a ray of hope. According to sources, Rae Technology Inc.,...

Apple to retool warranty policy: company will offer on-site Mac repairs.
March 1, 1993... Company will offer on-site Mac repairs By Jon Swartz Cupertino, Calif. - Succumbing to competitive pressures from other personal computer vendors, Apple plans to offer free one-year, on-site service starting this spring for desktop...

Mac midrange getting crowded. (Apple Macintosh)
March 1, 1993... By Neil McManus, Kirsten L. Parkinson and Leonard Heymann San Francisco - Before taking a gamble on one of Apple's new midrange Macs, users are considering how they will play the slots. Until recently, buying a midrange Mac was a...

Scripting systems for every need en route to Mac.
March 1, 1993... By Robert Hess San Francisco - Listen closely to the people engineering the future of Macintosh computing and you might think they are all following a script - or one of several new scripting standards designed to bring the power of...

Apple dispatches bug fix, 32-bit enabler for 7.1 users. (System 7.1 operating system) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... System Update 1.0 affects few Macs By Robert Hess Cupertino, Calif. - Apple last week released two new extensions for System 7.1. As previously reported, Macintosh Hardware System Update 1.0 fixes some bugs in 7.1, while the 32-Bit...

Virus vendors respond to new strains. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Mitch Ratcliffe Evanston, Ill. - Two new Mac viruses have resulted in a flood of upgrades to anti-viral utilities. Virus-watcher John Norstad of Northwestern University here reported last week that new variants of T4 and CDEF...

Apple denies reports of RISC Mac clones. (reduced-instruction-set computer) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple last week categorically denied published reports that it has licensed or plans to license third parties to build PowerPC-based Macintosh clones. "Apple has no plans to license the Mac OS for PowerPC clones,"...

SyQuest offers VideoShop on cartridges. (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Fremont, Calif. - SyQuest Technology Inc., based here, and DiVA Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., last week unveiled a limited-time offer that will include DiVA's VideoShop 1.0 on SyQuest removable-media cartridges. VideoShop, a $599 QuickTime...

Mass Micro bundles QuickImage card, Datapak. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Kirsten L. Parkinson Sunnyvale, Calif. - Mass Microsystems Inc. last week announced a multimedia bundle that packages its QuickImage 24 Video Capture Card with its SyQuest-based DataPak drives. In addition, the company is offering a...

Newer releases RAM for PB 165c; util finds slow RAM in new PowerBooks. (utility) (Newer Technology) (Apple's PowerBook 165c notebook) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Util finds slow RAM in new PowerBooks By Carolyn Said Wichita, Kan. - Newer Technology is whipping up some solutions to add and test memory on the newest PowerBooks. The company last week announced a freeware application to...

Centris users face limited choice: only some NuBus cards fit 610. (Apple Macintosh Centris 610 microcomputer) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... By Raines Cohen San Francisco - The Centris 610 may pose a dilemma for expansion-hungry users: The new Mac offers only a processor direct slot; with an adapter, it accepts NuBus cards no longer than 7 inches. Until now, 13 inches has...

Second Wave expands NuBus options. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Austin, Texas - Second Wave Inc. last week reduced prices and added new versions to its Expanse line of external NuBus chassis systems. > Price cuts. The four-slot Expanse NB4 and the eight-slot Expanse NB8 were cut by $300 each, to...

For the record.
March 1, 1993... Last week's story on Microsoft Office inaccurately reported that there is no upgrade available for the entire collection on CD-ROM. Microsoft Corp. reissues the Office CD whenever one of the four applications it contains is updated. Users can...

Utility eases document exchange. (Nine To Five Software Inc.'s Paperless Printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... PaperLess Printer outputs docs to disk By Ian G. Jacobs Boulder, Colo. - Nine To Five Software Inc. has begun shipping a program that turns any Mac document into electronic "paper" that can be viewed without the originating...

Microtech lines up storage for Centris 610, Duo Dock. (Microtech International Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Kirsten L. Parkinson East Haven, Conn. - Microtech International Inc. last month rolled out a host of new storage options, including four internal drives for the Centris 610. > Centris 610 drives. The company's Europa line for...

GCC SelectPress 600 circulates tab-size, full-bleed, 600-dpi pages. (GCC Technologies Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Bedford, Mass. - GCC Technologies Inc. last month delivered a laser printer that can output full-bleed pages up to tabloid size at a hardware resolution of 600 dpi. The SelectPress 600, priced at $4,499, prints...

Epson kits give Macs connections to dot-matrix, laser printer series; add PostScript card to new ActionLasers. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Add PostScript card to new ActionLasers By Carolyn Said Torrance, Calif. - Epson America Inc. this month lined up its dot-matrix and laser printers for Mac connectivity with two new kits. > Dot matrix. The Epson Talk kit for...

NewGen models sharpen halftones on Personal Series RISC-based line. (reduced-instruction-set computer) (NewGen Systems Corp.'s laser printers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Fountain Valley, Calif. - NewGen Systems Corp. last month pushed up the resolution of its Personal Series line of RISC-based laser printers with two new models. The $2,395 TurboPS/880p and $2,195 TurboPS/660p...

Optima ships array of storage for new Macs; Centris 610 gets DATs, removables. (Apple Macintosh Centris 610 microcomputer) (digital audio tape) (Optima Technology Corp.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Centris 610 gets DATs, removables By Nathalie Welch Irvine, Calif. - Optima Technology Corp. this month released a bevy of storage products for Apple's newest CPUs. > DAT subsystems. The $2,195 C2000DAT, with a storage...

Lifetime outfits new Macs with 32-bit SIMMs. (single inline memory module) (Lifetime Memory Product Inc.) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Huntington Beach, Calif. - Lifetime Memory Products Inc. last month released a line of 32-bit RAM SIMMs for Apple's newest Macs. The company is offering 2-, 4-, 8-, 16- and 32-Mbyte SIMMs for the LC III, Centris 610 and 650, and Quadra...

Samsung tones up printer with upgrade. (Samsung Electronics America Inc.'s Image1200 upgrade kit for the Finale 8000 laser printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Ridgefield Park, N.J. - A new upgrade kit from Samsung Electronics America Inc. promises to give the company's Finale 8000 laser printer a sharper image and tone up its gray-scale capabilities. The $995...

Templates meet U.S. Defense Department standards. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Carolyn Said Torrance, Calif. - Users in the defense industry can tailor documents to U.S. Defense Department requirements with new templates for FrameMaker, Frame Technology Corp.'s $795 structured-publishing application. ...

Scientific Mac conference on CD-ROM. (MacSciTech's Official Scientific and Engineering Applications of the Macintosh '92 Conference CD-ROM) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Worcester, Mass. - Did you miss MacSciTech's technical conference, held in San Francisco in January 1992? Relax; the scientific and technical users association is offering a complete set of proceedings on CD-ROM. The Official SEAM '92...

FWB cuts drive prices up to 36%, adds hammerCD, hammerDisk MO. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Henry Norr San Francisco - FWB Inc. last month trimmed its prices and added two new models, a CD-ROM player and a 1-Gbyte magneto-optical drive, to its storage line. > CD-ROM. The hammerCD drive, priced at $959, is based on a...

Affinity drops prices. (Affinity Microsystems Ltd.) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Boulder, Colo. - Affinity Microsystems Ltd. has reduced the price of all its macro-creation software for students, faculty and employees of educational institutions. All educational prices will be half the normal retail prices. For...

Software keeps track of changing designs: can add equations to CAD drawings. (computer-aided design) (Design Intent Software Inc.' Design Intent!) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Can add equations to CAD drawings By April Streeter Huntington Beach, Calif. - Design Intent Software Inc. is shipping 3-D modeling software that includes a database to keep track of the myriad facts about an object's design. ...

HyperHIT adds new commands. (SoftStream International Inc.'s HyperHIT Deluxe data base management system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Raines Cohen South Dartmouth, Mass. - SoftStream International Inc. last month shipped an update to its HyperHIT database engine for stack developers. HyperHIT Deluxe includes the same scripting functions as HyperHIT Relational...

Medical dictionary works with MS Word. (WordStar International Inc.'s Stedman's 25/Plus for Microsoft Word) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Novato, Calif. - WordStar International Inc. now is shipping an interactive medical and pharmaceutical spelling checker for Microsoft Word. Stedman's 25/Plus for Microsoft Word is an electronic version of Stedman's 25 medical reference...

App creates overlays for special keyboard. (IntelliTools Inc.'s Overlay Maker application) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Richmond, Calif. - IntelliTools Inc. recently released an application that lets users create custom keyboard overlays for its alternative keyboard. The $69.95 Overlay Maker works with the company's $395 IntelliKeys touch-sensitive...

PowerBook blues: can PC sites put top-ranked laptops to use? (MacWEEK Special Report: Mixing PBs and PCs.)
March 1, 1993... Enthusiasm for PowerBooks among DOS managers and users has been dampened by compatibility issues. But must that be the case? By Steve Cummings Last June, the PowerBook took top honors for on-the-road usability in a "shootout" with...

PowerBook-hungry PC users find ways to link to DOS. (Apple's Macintosh PowerBook notebook computer) (includes related article on linking Powerbooks to Ethernet networks) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mixing PBs and PCs.)
March 1, 1993... Running DOS on a PowerBook may not be for everyone, but for those who need DOS and want PowerBooks, it's the right choice. By Steve Cummings To inveterate PC users sorely tempted by the PowerBook's ergonomic luxuries, Apple offers...

Product info. (product directory for MacWEEK Special Report: Mixing PBs and PCs.)
March 1, 1993... Asante Technologies Inc. Asante EN/SC-10T PB: $449 Asante EN/SC PB: $549 404 Tasman Drive, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089 Phone (408) 752-8338 or (800) 622-9686; fax (408) 752-8599 Dayna Communications Inc. DaynaPORT SCSI/Link PB: $429...

Asante to offer departmental hub: seven-slot chassis to support 72 ports. (Asante Technologies Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Seven-slot chassis to support 72 ports By April Streeter San Jose, Calif. - Asante Technologies Inc. is moving up the networkdevice food chain. This week the company will announce plans to move into the fast-growing...

Administration broadcasts support for PCS bill. (personal communications services)
March 1, 1993... By Mitch Ratcliffe Washington - The Clinton administration and the U.S. House of Representatives last week acted to open to commercial use a portion of the radio spectrum that may provide a home for wireless communicators. Since...

AlisaMail delivers connections for X.400, Unix mail systems. (Alisa Systems Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Nathalie Welch Pasadena, Calif. - Alisa Systems Inc.'s mail-integration system this month will gain direct links to X.400- and Unix-based mail systems, as well as a Windows version of its directory searching software. With X.400...

Vendors push switch offerings.
March 1, 1993... By April Streeter San Francisco - Users eager to pull a switch to speed sluggish LocalTalk and Ethernet network segments are facing a growing number of options. Switches can ease LAN bottlenecks by isolating nodes and passing...

Telebit dial-in routers link remote workgroups to LAN. (local area network) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By April Streeter Sunnyvale, Calif. - Telebit Corp. last week unveiled two dial-in routers that can link remote sites to an Ethernet LAN. The NetBlazer PN, due in May for $2,699, will have one built-in V.32bis modem and will include...

IPT queues up print-management util. (Information presentation Technologies inc.'s Print Queue Manager) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By April Streeter San Luis Obispo, Calif. - Information Presentation Technologies Inc. this month plans to ship a Macintosh printer-management utility that works with the company's line of spoolers. Print Queue Manager, which will...

3Com packages WAN router, card. (wide area network) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By April Streeter Santa Clara, Calif. - 3Com Corp. last month introduced a wide-area router and router card that complement the company's simplified LAN-WAN networking scheme. The router and card depend on 3Com's Boundary Routing...

InterTalk router extends controls, protocol access. (International Transware Inc.'s InterTalk 3.0) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... By Ian G. Jacobs Mountain View, Calif. - International Transware Inc. late last month began shipping an update for its LocalTalk-only router with device hiding features and expanded access to TCP/IP and DECnet protocols. Version 3.0...

IBM to beat Apple in shipping AS/400 emulator. (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Armonk, N.Y. - IBM Corp. this week will begin shipping the SNA*ps 5250 terminal-emulation application that Apple also will sell beginning in June. The emulator will provide terminal access to IBM AS/400 minicomputers (see MacWEEK, Feb....

Penril multiplexer fuses fax, data, voice onto one line. (Penril DataComm Networks Inc.'s DVX600) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Gaithersburg, Md. - Penril DataComm Networks this week will ship its DVX multiplexer family that integrates fax, data, LAN and voice traffic over a single WAN connection. Priced at $2,500, the self-contained DVX600 multiplexer integrates...

High Tide dials voice mail on Macs. (High Tide Software's WaterMark Voice Mail 1.1) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Berkeley, Calif. - High Tide Software this week is releasing automatic voice messaging software that it said puts a full-featured voice-mail system on a Macintosh. WaterMark Voice Mail 1.1, priced at $170, runs in the background to...

Shade II renders blend of 3-D tools. (SystemSoft America Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Neil McManus Palo Alto, Calif. - Users have a new spline-based 3-D modeler and renderer to choose from with the arrival of Shade II. Available now for $2,000, Shade II is being distributed by its developer, SystemSoft America...

RasterOps tones up CorrectPrint performance. (RasterOps Corp.'s CorrectPrint 300i printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Matthew Rothenberg Santa Clara, Calif. - RasterOps Corp. has pumped up its CorrectPrint 300 continuous-tone dye-sublimation printer with faster firmware, more memory, cleaner color and new network options. According to RasterOps,...

Digital F/X puts Hitchcock on trail of nonlinear video-editing users; NuBus-based system links to Video F/X. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Neil McManus Mountain View, Calif. - Digital F/X Inc. next month will introduce a nonlinear video-editing system that lets users prepare edit-decision lists on the Mac and automatically assemble final tapes on high-end video...

Net database manages XPress docs. (documents) (North Atlantic Publishing Systems Publication Administrator 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Lisa Picarille Chelmsford, Mass. - North Atlantic Publishing Systems Inc. last month released Version 2.0 of Publication Administrator, its client-server database XTension for managing layouts in QuarkXPress. The upgrade is based...

Canto imports popular graphics apps. (applications) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Scanner software, database unveiled By Matthew Rothenberg San Francisco - Berlin-based developer Canto Software GmbH this month will offer U.S. Macintosh users image-database and scan-enhancement programs that already are hot...

Pixar offers new glimpse into 3-D. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... Updates Typestry to speed rendering By Kirsten L. Parkinson Richmond, Calif. - Users of Pixar's 3-D rendering programs next month will be able to look to Glimpse, the company's utility for editing surface textures. Pixar also has...

Dycam software update links camera to desktop. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 1, 1993... By Lisa Picarille Chatsworth, Calif. - A software upgrade due this month from Dycam Inc. will forge a more direct link between the company's Dycam Model 3 digital camera and the Mac desktop. Like earlier versions, Version 3.3 of the...

SuperMac acquires E-Machines line: technology offshoot to focus on R&D. (research and development) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Technology offshoot to focus on R&D By Neil McManus Sunnyvale, Calif. - SuperMac Technology Inc. last week acquired the licensing, brand names and distribution rights for the entire product line of competitor E-Machines Inc. Terms...

Symantec executives could face indictments in trade-secret suit. (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... By Jon Swartz Santa Cruz, Calif. - A grand jury could indict Symantec Corp. executives as early as this week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Borland International Inc. The Santa Cruz County (Calif.) grand jury may decide...

Clinton rolls out info superhighway.
March 1, 1993... By Mitch Ratcliffe San Jose, Calif. - President Clinton last week laid out an ambitious technology policy that promises to bring information to the masses and profits to the computer industry. The president proposed $17 billion in...

Tax plan to help small businesses.
March 1, 1993... By Jon Swartz San Francisco - In addition to his technology initiative, President Clinton's sweeping tax proposals should have an impact among Silicon Valley companies. The tax package is likely to reward small businesses and...

Apple to participate in EPA energy program. (Environmental Protection Agency)
March 1, 1993... By Jon Swartz Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has announced it will join an energyconservation program created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Energy Star program, aimed at getting hardware vendors to build...

Taligent offers peek behind veil of secrecy. (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - After a year of relative silence, Taligent Inc. last week announced the formation of three primary business units. The Native System Group, headed by Beatriz Infante, is dedicated to integrating and delivering the...

CE Software sales up, profits down. (CE Software Holdings Inc.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... West Des Moines, Iowa - Despite a slight increase in sales, CE Software Holdings Inc.'s profits dropped by one-third for its first quarter ended Dec. 31, 1992. Behind strong sales of QuicKeys 2.1.3, introduced in November, the...

No damages awarded in Monotype-ITC trial. (Monotype Typography Inc., International Typeface Corp.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
March 1, 1993... Seattle - The second part of the legal battle between International Typeface Corp. and Monotype Typography Inc. last month ended in a draw when a federal judge here threw out the damage claims of both companies. U.S. District Judge...

Managing chaos. (Editorial)
March 1, 1993... Apple has been something of a study in managing amid chaos. Over many years it has traversed a minefield of product strategies du jour and has emerged a stronger, if no less tumultuous, company. For managers, this means staying one step...

General Magic: more than just smoke and mirrors. (Column)
March 1, 1993... Jean-Louis Gassee In the old days when new products appeared, users were left to figure out the meaning for themselves. In time, a new concept - even a new paradigm - might emerge. No one cleverly conceived, designed and then...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 1993... Cross-platform Omnis 7 overlooked in Special Report I am disappointed with the minimal coverage given to Blyth Software Inc.'s Omnis 7 in the Special Report "Putting the cross-platform promise to the test" (MacWEEK, Feb. 8). Omnis...

What a terrible thing to waste Mac CPU cycle. (central processing unit) (The Mac Manager) (Column)
March 1, 1993... Don Crabb You may already have all the Mac processing power you will ever need if you just had some way to access that power. Do you think I'm nuts? Let's run some numbers. Suppose you have 500 Macs in your company. On average,...

Apple of the 1990s: more diverse, serious. (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... Over the past two years, Apple not only has revamped its product line but remade itself. In terms of its organization, its strategy, its place in the market, and its relationships to other industry players and platforms, the company has...

Corporate may hold the reins, but decisions made in trenches. (Apple) (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... Leaders' biggest challenge is to maintain consistency. By Andrew Gore Gone are the days when every project at Apple had to be run through a gantlet of executives, each modifying the particulars until what emerged, months later, bore...

Macintosh Systems Division: its business is critical to the bottom line but volatile. (includes related articles on the division's product line, the success of Apple Macintosh PowerBook notebook computers and on Apple peripherals) (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... Division's role is to keep up with the steady supply of new products. By Andrew Gore The Macintosh Systems Division is at the core of everything Apple does, both strategically and financially. Its product lines, which encompass...

Mac Software Architecture division's job is maintaining the 'Mac advantage.' (includes related article on the division's product line) (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... Now under the leadership of David Nagel, MSAD is responsible for working to improve and extend the Mac OS. By Henry Norr These days, new operating systems are sprouting in Cupertino like mushrooms after a rain. But now and for the...

Enterprise Systems Division rethinks the role of networking in the Mac system; new retail products will work with TCP/IP, Unix. (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) (includes related article on the division's product line) (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... New retail products will work with TCP/IP, Unix. By Mitch Ratcliffe The "enterprise" in Apple's Enterprise Systems Division has given some users the impression that the group is focused strictly on the networking needs of the...

PIE division moves away from Newton-mania. (Apple's Personal Interactive Electronics) (Newton personal digital assistant) (includes related article on the division's products) (MacWEEK Special Report)
March 1, 1993... By Andrew Gore In a pre-emptive strike last May, Apple single-handedly defined the nascent personal digital assistant market by offering a preview of its Newton technology. The unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago...

Mac mapping software grows to meet new needs. (includes related article on CD-ROM-based map databases)
March 1, 1993... Options change, differentiate to meet customer demands. By Mitzi Waltz Mapping software isn't just for geographers. Salespeople plotting travel strategies, marketing whizzes tying demographics to addresses, geologists examining oil...

MacGrafix Mapping System helps map manager digitize St. Louis. (ComGrafix Inc.'s mapping software)
March 1, 1993... Mac software helps trim project costs from $3 million to $350,000. By Mitzi Waltz Tony Meyers, manager of mapping and graphic design for the city of St. Louis, said the MapGrafix Mapping System from ComGrafix Inc. allowed him to...

72-pin SIMMs explained. (single inline memory modules) (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
March 1, 1993... A lot of people have been asking about the 72-pin SIMMs used by the new Centris, Quadra and LC III Macs. This marks a significant change in Mac memory architecture and, in general, it's for the better. The old. With the exception of...

Knowing bug's tricks helps keep it in check. (MacInTouch: Bugs & Tips) (Column)
March 1, 1993... We pay another visit to the HFS bug, analyzing its behavior in more detail to help predict when it may bite. We also look at a few potential solutions. Bugs & Tips Partitioning parameters. Feedback from readers and programmers...

The medium is the monitor. (Mac the Knife) (Column)
March 1, 1993... There are those hearty souls who insist that happiness is where you find it, and to them, happiness is everywhere. Not unlike Bill Clinton. Having a president who never met a travel plan he didn't like has its advantages. Take last week's...

New Mac Sound Manager to widen users' audio options. (Apple enhances Mac Sound Manager, QuickTime 1.5, Musical Instrument Digital Interface) (Brief Article)
March 8, 1993... By Steve Rosenthal San Francisco - Apple this month will release a new version of the Macintosh Sound Manager that will make it easier for users to connect to a wide range of audio input and output hardware. The revamped...

PowerOpen vendors organizing. (PowerOpen Association promotes PowerOpen Unix implementation) (Brief Article)
March 8, 1993... By Henry Norr Boston - Apple this week will join Motorola Inc., IBM Corp. and several other prospective PowerPC customers in forming a new organization to promote PowerOpen, the new Unix implementation IBM and Apple have been working on...

Free Duo keyboard. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook Duo users provided with free replacement keyboards) (Brief Article)
March 8, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Typing too fast for your PowerBook Duo's keyboard? Apple can help with a free replacement or repair by mail or at a dealer. Some PowerBook Duo users have reported problems in which the Shift keys or the space bar on...

Informix takes new ViewPoint: front ends will limit access to host data. (Informix Software Inc.'s Informix-ViewPoint search software, Informix-DBA data base management system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... Front ends will limit access to host data By Mitch Ratcliffe Menlo Park, Calif. - Informix Software Inc. this fall will ship two new products that will let Mac administrators provide their users specialized views of corporate data...

It's official: ClarisWorks 2.0 will ship this month. (Claris Corp.'s integrated software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... Shortcuts, outliner highlight upgrade By Lisa Picarille Santa Clara, Calif. - Claris Corp. last week officially announced a major upgrade to its best-selling integrated software for the Macintosh. ClarisWorks 2.0 for the Mac,...

VideoLab's FlexCam to bring new angle to desktop video. (videoconferencing equipment) ( Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... By Lisa Picarille Bloomington, Minn. - VideoLabs Inc. is readying a 4.2-pound gooseneck device designed to replace camcorders in video teleconferencing and desktop video applications. FlexCam, due next month for $595, consists of a...

ITC upholds tariff on Japanese screens. (International Trade Commission supports tariff on active-matrix displays) (Brief Article)
March 8, 1993... By Jon Swartz Washington - The International Trade Commission last week upheld a 62.7 percent tariff on imported Japanese-made active-matrix displays but ruled that a second type of flat panel imported from Japan should not be a target...

Conley fits '040s for Fast SCSI. (SHA-100 Fast SCSI accelerator card for 68040-based Apple Macintoshes) (Small Computer Systems Interface) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... By Henry Norr New York - Conley Corp. last week added a Fast SCSI adapter for 68040based Macs to its line of high-end storage products. The $995 card, called the SHA-100, fits into the processor direct slot of the Centris 650 and...

MapGrafix integrates bit maps: new faster version supports System 7.1. (ComGrafix Inc.'s MapGrafix 3.0 mapping system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... New faster version supports System 7.1 By Raines Cohen Clearwater, Fla. - ComGrafix Inc. is mapping out the future of its MapGrafix high-end mapping system, adding features, speeding others and taking advantage of System 7.1. ...

Bechtel gives users Edge in document generation. (Bechtel Software Inc.'s program development software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
March 8, 1993... By Kirsten L. Parkinson San Francisco - A $20,000 system from Bechtel Software Inc. lets inhouse programmers create templates from which users can automatically generate complex documents. The Edge, based on an expert system...