MacWEEK articles from May 1993

MacWEEK archives from May 1993

Scitex invests in RasterOps. (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - Running low on cash after three straight quarters of poor earnings, RasterOps Corp. last week received a $10 million infusion from Scitex Corp. Ltd. in exchange for 13 percent of RasterOps' stock. Under the...

Symantec posts losses for Q4, year. (fourth quarter) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Battered by declining sales of its DOS utilities and applications and besieged by legal questions over its executives' roles in a trade-secrets dispute, Symantec Corp. last week announced disappointing results. The...

Sun finally sets on computer chain. (Sun Computers Inc.) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Carson, Calif. - The sun apparently has set for the final time on Sun Computers Inc. The 200-person Apple reseller, which has had financial problems for several months, recently suspended operations, according to sources. Several of...

Aldus Q1 earnings down but better than anticipated. (Aldus Corp.)
May 3, 1993... Seattle - Aldus Corp. last week posted first-quarter financial results that were slightly higher than expected but well below corresponding figures for the same period last year. For the quarter ended April 2, Aldus' revenues were $41.6...

Drive makers mix results. (Quantum Corp., Maxtor Corp.) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... San Francisco - Quantum Corp. and Maxtor Corp. last week reported strong fiscal years but drastically different results for their fourth quarters. > Quantum of Milpitas, Calif., posted sharply increased sales and profits for fiscal year...

The latest Mac shortage: LC III. (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Just when it looked as though Apple had finally caught up with demand for most of its Mac models, now comes word from dealers of a major LC III shortage. "By the time we get our order, it will have been a month late,"...

Lotus Q1 sales flat, profits down 41 percent. (Lotus Development Corp.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Cambridge, Mass. - A steep first-quarter drop in DOS product sales offset a boom in Windows applications sales for Lotus Development Corp., producing flat sales and declining profits. The software company, based here, said sales for its...

American developers land on European soil. (Iona Software Ltd.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Dublin, Ireland - With some financial help from the Irish government, Iona Software Ltd. is bringing U.S. software to European Mac users. Iona will initially distribute localized software in 10 countries, including Germany, the United...

Intel a shaky platform for Mac. (plan to port Mac operating system to IBM PC platform) (Editorial)
May 3, 1993... Do large numbers of users of Intel-based computers really want an alternative to Windows? And can Apple, even with the help of Novell Inc., convince those who do to choose the combination of DR DOS and a ported version of the Mac Finder and...

ISDN: It may be coming to a desktop near you. (Integrated Services Digital Network)(Commentary) (Column)
May 3, 1993... A $70 installation and $20 to $30 per month is about all you need to order an ISDN line from Pacific Bell and other regional Bell operating companies. That's it, no kidding. ISDN is here. Well, almost. We now have the network, but most...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
May 3, 1993... Cracked PowerBook display leaves hole where cash was This story about the dark side of the notebook experience begins with my purchase of a treasured PowerBook Duo 230. My Duo rewarded my affectionate reverence one day by developing...

How right is rightsizing? The answer is up to you. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
May 3, 1993... Rightsizing is a cause celebre these days in corporate computing. Simply put, it means replacing mainframe-based 3270 and VAX terminal networks with client-server applications on networks of workstations, IBM PCs and compatibles, and Macs....

Latest LaserJet is a PostScript power. (Hardware Review) (LaserJet 4Si MX printer)(includes related summary article, articles on minor mechanical problem in early units, what makes 4Si MX different) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993... Hewlett-Packard's new printer has the speed and strength to satisfy most heavy printing needs. .................... Score Card: LaserJet 4Si MX Hewlett-Packard Co. List price: $5,499 Overall value 4 HP has come up...

Macro market branches out with upgrade to Tempo III Plus. (Software Review) (Affinity Microsystems Ltd. Tempo II Plus)(includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993... The latest version of Affinity's macro software steps up to compete with CE Software's QuicKeys. .................... Score Card: Tempo II Plus Affinity Microsystems Ltd. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $179.95* ...

Quick-paced competition from CE Software. (CE Software Inc. QuicKeys 2.1.3) (includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993... For many common tasks, we found Affinity Microsystems Ltd.'s Tempo II Plus 3.0 as capable as CE Software Inc.'s QuicKeys 2.1.3. But we couldn't perform some basic things, such as open folders with a keystroke; instead, we had to place an alias...

Reviews forum. (Letter to the Editor)
May 3, 1993... What exactly are flopticals, anyway? The comparison article titled "Floptical drives not solid choices" by R. Bradley Andrews (MacWEEK, April 12) did not give floptical technology a fair shake. This article was supposed to be a...

MIDI modules are right in tune with needs of Mac presenters. (Comparison) (Hardware Review) (Roland Corp. SoundCanvas SC-55, Yamaha Corp. TG100)(includes related summary article, articles on product information, what a General MIDI sound module is) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993...... ................. Score Card: General MIDI sound modules Two General MIDI sound modules provide self-contained MIDI sound generation for use with Macs and other MIDI "instruments." They're both capable music producers, well-suited to...

Adjustable Keyboard: Apple's ergonomic device is a step in the right direction. (Hardware Review) (In Brief) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993... Although our control of the Macintosh depends completely on its mouse and keyboard, it often seems that these components are barely given peripheral attention in design and marketing. We hear more about the fine points of processors, caches...

Safe & Sound: Central Point's $49.95 util makes disk recovery easy. (Central Point Software Inc.) (Software Review) (In Brief) (Evaluation)
May 3, 1993... Safe & Sound Central Point's $49.95 util makes disk recovery easy Safe & Sound is a new simple-to-use, $49.95 hard disk recovery utility from Central Point Software Inc., the company responsible for the popular, full-featured...

Remote-access products are fostering ARA connections. (AppleTalk Remote Access) (Product Watch)(includes related articles on how ARA can substitute for multi-user remote access, product information)
May 3, 1993... AppleTalk Remote Access has made the dream of telecommunicating more real than ever. AppleTalk Remote Access was originally conceived as a single-user software package, its fate tied to the acceptance of the PowerBook. Even Apple has...

ARA: Out on a limb at Johnson & Johnson. (AppleTalk Remote Access) (Case Study)
May 3, 1993... At Johnson & Johnson Orthopedics Inc. of Raynham, Mass., the plunge into remote access started when a few employees wanted to keep in touch with the office while they were on maternity leave or working odd hours. The company installed a...

Mixing and matching hardware, software. (MacInTouch: Bugs & Tips) (Column)
May 3, 1993... Apple is pumping more and more products out the door, and technical questions are outpacing official answers. Here are some tips. Bugs & Tips Mixed messages. Apple's StyleWriter II printer offers several enticing advantages over...

Ask David Ramsey. (question-and-answer) (Column)
May 3, 1993... Q. I have a 500-Mbyte hard disk. Will files be stored more efficiently if I partition it? A. Yes. The smallest amount of space the Mac's file system can use is called an allocation block. A Mac volume can have a maximum of 65,536...

Deneba offers artWorks swap. (Deneba Software offers competitive upgrade) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Miami - Aiming to rake in users of competing products, Deneba Software last month announced a $69 trade-in to its artWorks painting and drawing application. Users of any other painting or drawing program, including Aldus SuperPaint,...

Apple to unveil DAL ODBC tool kits. (Open Database Connectivity) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... San Francisco - Apple and Microsoft Corp. will take the stage together at this week's DB/Expo '93 here to discuss plans for integrating their data-access technologies. Apple is expected to announce additional of support for the Open...

WorldScript bug fix in. (Connectix Corp. fixes bug in Apple WorldScript II system extension) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... San Mateo, Calif. - Connectix Corp. has fixed a bug in WorldScript II, the Apple extension that adds support for languages such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese under System 7.1. Connectix's Alternate Input Tuner, released last month with...

Power is more than a prefix. (Rumors) (Column)
May 3, 1993... If the lust for power were a sin or a crime, there would be no shortage of candidates for absolution. But since most of us spend our days in the temporal world, we need be concerned only with criminal manifestations of this most popular...

Due for Duos: color, '040, Ethernet dock.
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Over the next year and a half Apple will release Duos with gray-scale and color screens and 68040 and PowerPC processors, as well as an improved Duo Dock, sources said. > Greater grays. In October Apple will offer...

Sales sluggish for passive-matrix PB 165c: many users waiting for active color screens. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook 165c)(News Analysis)
May 3, 1993... San Francisco - Apple may view its first color portable with rose-tinted glasses, but most users remain colorblind concerning the PowerBook 165c. A spot survey of corporate buyers and dealers revealed that demand for the PowerBook 165c...

Low-cost PB set for June; 180c to follow. (PowerBook notebook computers) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple will fill some gaps in the PowerBook line this summer with a lower-cost entry-level model and an active-matrix color notebook. In addition, the company will begin bundling a client-only version of AppleTalk...

HP, Apple putting little engine from Canon in low-end printers; 'smart' QuickDraw LaserWriter in works. (HP LaserJet4ML; Personal LaserWriter 300) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - A diminutive new Canon laser engine making its debut this week in a Hewlett-Packard Co. printer also looms large in Apple's low-end printer plans, sources said. The HP LaserJet 4ML is slated to ship this summer at a...

Kaleida puts off release of ScriptX until next spring. (Kaleida Labs Inc. delays Mac version of ScriptX multimedia scripting language)
May 3, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Kaleida Labs Inc. has delayed release of the Mac version of ScriptX, its cross-platform, interactive, multimedia scripting language, by more than six months. In a major change of strategy, the Apple-IBM Corp....

HP updates palmtop PC: 100LX optimized for communications. (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Corvallis, Ore. - The HP 100LX, a new pocket-size IBM PC compatible from Hewlett-Packard Co., lacks the cutting-edge capabilities of Apple's upcoming Newton. But unlike the Newton, the $749 HP product should be available this week, is...

Ingram to sell third-party software on CD. (Ingram Micro Inc.) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Santa Ana, Calif. - Ingram Micro Inc. last week announced the creation of a new division to sell third-party software on CD-ROMs and other media. Ingram Micro Technology Services will launch its first program, CD-Access, in September....

After Hours releases Pro versions of PIMs integrated via Apple events. (After Hours Software introduces Touchbase Pro, Datebook Pro personal information information management systems ) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Van Nuys, Calif. - Touchbase and Datebook turned Pro last week, but that doesn't mean customers will have to pay more to play with the After Hours Software personal information managers. The company not only revised the names of its...

SyQuest confronts clone disks: Iomega to market French cartridges.
May 3, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - Users of SyQuest drives may soon be able to get additional cartridges from a surprising second source, but SyQuest Technology Inc. is warning customers - and arguing in U.S. and foreign courts - that the third-party media...

Tests show Nomai media could damage both drives and data, SyQuest charges. (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Having lost, at least temporarily, its bid to have a California court block U.S. distribution of Nomai S.A.'s cartridges, SyQuest Technology Inc. last week launched a publicity blitz aimed at convincing its customers that the French-made...

Mannesmann delivers portable PS printer. (Mannesmann Tally Corp. introduces MobileWriterPS)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Kent, Wash. - Mobile Mac users with a yen for printing PostScript on the road can turn to a new portable printer from Mannesmann Tally Corp. The MobileWriterPS, available now for $999, weighs in at 8.3 pounds and measures 11.4 by 8.7 by...

New GCC Level 2 printers output edge-to-edge legal-size pages. (GCC Technologies Inc. introduces BLP Eclipse printers)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Bedford, Mass. - GCC Technologies Inc. last week turned the spotlight on a new line of Level 2-compatible 300-dpi printers that offer edge-to-edge legal-size output and a variety of network options. The BLP Eclipse line is available now...

Office Tracker supports AOCE, remote access. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Austin, Texas - Milum Corp. this week will ship Version 1.1 of its electronic in/out board with enhanced security and support for AOCE and remote access. Office Tracker lets users track the whereabouts of employees and equipment. The...

Mr. File learns new ways to search, copy in background, foreground. (Softways introduces Mr. File 2.0 file-management software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Softways last month shipped Version 2.0 of Mr. File, improving the file-management utility's performance and adding new options for searching and copying. Mr. File copies, erases and searches for files in the...

FileRunner gets in sync with Mac; package synchronizes files on multiple Macs. (MBS Technologies Inc. introduces FileRunner for the Macintosh) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... McMurray, Pa. - MBS Technologies Inc. last month shipped a Mac version of FileRunner, a file-synchronization package previously available only for DOS machines. FileRunner for the Mac maintains parity among any number of Macs;...

Fujitsu enters retail market with DynaMO. (magneto-optical drive) (News Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. last week took the plunge into the retail market with the shipment of an external magneto-optical drive. The $1,225 DynaMO has a 1-inch-high, 3.5-inch mechanism and offers a...

MacLinkPlus/Translators volume bundles offered. (DataViz Inc.) (News Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Trumbull, Conn. - DataViz Inc. is now offering volume bundles of MacLinkPlus/Translators, its file-translation utility. The utility includes more than 700 translation combinations to convert word processing, graphics, spreadsheet and database...

RasterOps drops price of color display adapter. (24Mx 24-bit color graphics board) (News Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - RasterOps Corp. last month dropped the price of its 24Mx 24-bit-color NuBus display adapter by 47 percent. The card is now $799, down from $1,499. It provides QuickDraw acceleration up to 600 percent and supports a...

MicroMat's MicroProbe device tests ADB chains. (MicroMat Computer Systems MicroProbe ADB) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Novato, Calif. - Why send out your Mac for service when you can fix it, or at least diagnose it, yourself? MicroMat Computer Systems this month will go beyond its Mac-testing software with the first product in a new line of hardware testing...

Extension prints electronic watermarks. (Working Software Inc. introduces Working Watermarker) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Santa Cruz, Calif. - Working Software Inc. last week announced a system extension that lets users place a graphic or text behind a document when printing. Due by June for $49.95, Working Watermarker adds controls to Print dialog boxes...

Apps go Mac to Windows and back: Altura porting tools work both directions. (Altura Mac2Win, Win2Mac) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Pacific Grove, Calif. - With the old lines dividing platforms eroding each month, attendees at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., next month will be taking a close look at a growing line of Mac-Windows porting tools...

Remus lets users turn existing drives into RAIDs: Trillium software offers RAID levels 0,1.4,5. (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) (Trillium Research Inc. introduces Remus) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Hudson, Wis. - Trillium Research Inc. this month will release Remus, a Mac application that lets users configure their hard drives as RAID systems. Users can create an unlimited number of partitions and configure them as RAID (redundant...

Transoft is RAID-ing the storage market with the help of AT&T. (introduces DataDock disk arrays) (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Santa Barbara, Calif. - The name Transoft Corp. may not ring any bells with most Mac users, but that can't be said of the partner helping it bring its DataDock disk arrays to market - AT&T Co. Transoft designed the arrays, but the NCR...

Exabyte branches out with DAT, QIC drives. (digital audio tape, quarter-inch cartridge) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Boulder, Colo. - Exabyte Corp., which earned its reputation in the backup market as the exclusive manufacturer of 8-millimeter tape systems, last month marked two milestones in its effort to diversify into other tape technologies. The...

Mercury adds drives to removables line. (Mega Drive Systems Inc. introduces 1.6Gbyte Mercury disk drive, MR/5 RAID subsystem) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Beverly Hills, Calif. - Mega Drive Systems Inc. last month added two new high-capacity models to its line of 3.5-inch Mercury removable drives. The $3,359 1.6-Gbyte Mercury, based on a Micropolis mechanism, offers an average seek time...

Re-engineer-iT helps IS managers build road maps of their business. (SR Research Inc. introduces new network business-modeling software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Brookline, Mass. - SR Research Inc. next month will ship software for Apple's Workgroup Server 95 designed to help information-systems managers create and remodel mission-critical applications to respond to changing business needs. ...

Adambyte releases new powerboxes. (Adambyte introduces new configurations in powerbox series of battery-backed mobile storage systems for Macintosh PowerBooks) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Adambyte, developer of the powerbox series of battery-backed mobile storage systems for use with PowerBooks, last month added several new configurations and reduced prices on its original models. The new versions...

FWB adds new drives, array to Hammer line. (introduces HammerPB210, Hammer1600FMF, Sledgehammer3200FMF disk drives, disk array) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... San Francisco - FWB Inc. last week added two new high-capacity drives and a new array to its Hammer line, and it reduced prices on several existing units. The new drives include: > HammerPB210, an internal PowerBook drive with a...

Mind Path takes remote control to new length: unit controls cursor up to 60 feet away. (Mind Path Technologies IR90 Remote Control) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Dallas - Freedom to roam takes on new dimensions with Mind Path Technologies Inc.'s new wireless remote control, which lets users take long-distance control of their cursor and keyboard. The Mind Path IR90 Remote Control, due to ship in...

Hawkeye zooms in on Mac screens with wireless infrared penlight pointer. (Pointer Systems Inc. introduces Hawkeye) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Burlington, Vt. - Pointer Systems Inc. last month announced Hawkeye, an infrared pointer that lets users control a Macintosh by pointing at its screen from up to 12 feet away. Due to ship to end users in October for less than $400,...

PowerTrax 1.25 boosts security, interface options. (Soft Solutions Inc. PowerTrax 1.25 contact-management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Atlanta - Soft Solutions Inc. last week released an upgrade to PowerTrax, giving the contact-management application a face lift and several new security features. With Version 1.25, users can mark information as personal, preventing...

From the bookshelf.
May 3, 1993... A number of publishers offer books to help both users and developers master the latest version of Claris Corp.'s flat-file database. FileMaker Pro 2.0 for the Mac in a Nutshell By Maria L. Langer This volume combines an...

Micro Focus to bring compiler to A/UX. (Micro Focus Cobol for Unix) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Palo Alto, Calif. - Micro Focus this month plans to ship a version of its Cobol compiler and tools for A/UX, Apple's Unix implementation. The Micro Focus Cobol for Unix development environment includes tools that let developers create...

Lincoln ships Straight Shot billing package. (Lincoln Software Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Lincoln, Mass. - Lincoln Software Inc. this month shipped an accounting package for users who bill for professional services and allocate expenses to clients. The $1,200 Straight Shot offers businesses such as architecture and law firms...

Mac info published on the Internet. (Apple names first five on-line department chairs in Internet Higher Education Pilot Program) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Acting to enhance its communications with silicon-tower academia, Apple last month named the first five on-line department chairs in the Apple Internet Higher Education Pilot Program. The Apple-funded program gives...

Portable carries its weight in space. (Macintosh Portable used on Spacelab D-2 mission) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany - Apple's own Edsel, the Macintosh Portable, currently is achieving cutting-edge prominence in an environment where its hefty weight won't be a drawback. The Mac Portable is a key part of one of the 90...

Cyborg adds back ends to HR management line. (Cyborg Systems Inc.) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Chicago - Cyborg Systems Inc. this month began supporting relational database back ends for its line of multiplatform human-resource management software. Cyborg's Solutions Series includes its Human Resource Management System, Payroll,...

Dictionary gives rhymes. (Eccentric Software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Seattle - How often have you searched for a rhyme, only to find your choice to be a grammatical crime? Eccentric Software is trying to end that problem with a rhyming dictionary for the Mac dubbed A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes. The...

Calendar of events.
May 3, 1993... MAY 9-12: SUGI 18 Conference, New York. Satistical-analysis conference with special problem-solving solving booths to cover specific software snags. Contact SAS Institute Inc. at (919) 677-8000; fax (919) 677-8166. 9-13: Apple Worldwide...

Workgroup Server 95 ready to roll: A/UX and PDS card speed AppleShare Pro. (Processor Direct Slot) (Apple ships hign-end file server; offers new networking software) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - With this week's shipment of its Apple Workgroup Server 95, Apple is firmly setting its sights on the fast-growing client-server market. While Macs of every stripe have served over the years as file and print servers,...

Early users give AURP thumbs up but need to adjust to new protocol. (AppleTalk Update-based Routing Protocol) (News Analysis)(includes related article on emergence of AURP as a standard)
May 3, 1993... The idea behind AppleTalk Update-based Routing Protocol was simple: to replace the outdated and chatty Routing Table Maintenance Protocol with a more efficient method of synchronization to make it practical to tunnel AppleTalk through...

EO beats Newton out the door, comes up short on Mac links. (Eo Inc. introduces EO 440 personal digital assistant) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - EO Inc. last month beat Apple to the punch at getting a personal digital assistant to market, but Macintosh users must concoct their own methods to communicate with the new devices. The $1,995 EO 440 runs at 20...

AppleShare 4.0 will watch for piracy. (metering capabilities to be built into upcoming Macintosh networking software) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Apple is about to serve up a new method to combat software piracy. AppleShare 4.0, due in June, will include a new protocol called License Manager that searches AppleTalk networks for unauthorized copies of the server software. When an...

Caravelle NetWorks expands view to SNMP: update also monitors IPX and DECnet. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Nepean, Ontario - Caravelle Networks Corp. last week shipped the latest version of its network-management application, adding support for SNMP devices on AppleTalk and TCP/IP networks. The $995 NetWorks 3.0 monitors network devices and...

AXiON adds auto-switching. (Intelligent Electronic Serial Port Switch 2.2) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Sunnyvale, Calif. - AXiON last month shipped an upgrade to its serial-port switch that gives users additional ways to choose between connected serial devices. The AXiON Intelligent Electronic Serial Port Switch 2.2, priced at $159, is...

Server Manager joins GraceLAN line. (Technology Works Inc. to market GraceLAN Server Manager) (Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Austin, Texas - Technology Works Inc. last week expanded its line of network-management tools with a deal giving it exclusive rights to market Santorini Consulting & Design Inc.'s Server Manager. Under the agreement, Technology Works last...

DCA cards shed light on network with TokenPeek. (Digital Communications Associates Inc. LanWay, MacIrmaTrac cards support TokenPeek packet analyzer) (Gateways Briefs) (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Alpharetta, Ga. - Digital Communications Associates Inc. says its token-ring cards won't get in the way of low-level network management. The Mac-to-mainframe connectivity company said its line of token-ring cards can now be used with The...

RCOM offers new emulation options. (Computer Vectors Inc. introduces RCOM-Mac 3.1) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - Computer Vectors Inc. has added new Mac-to-IBM PC and compatible and Mac-to-mainframe connectivity options to its terminal-emulation package. RCOM-Mac 3.1, available for $179.95, now has both Zmodem and Ymodem...

FirstClass opens BBS to Windows users. (introduces FirstClass Client for Windows) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Scarborough, Ontario - Windows users can now join discussions and send electronic mail on SoftArc Inc.'s Macintosh-based FirstClass bulletin board system. The FirstClass Client for Windows, shipping this week, will be free and available...

Macs, PCs talk with ASP drivers. (ASP Computer Products Inc. introduces MacJet, OnPage printer drivers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Sunnyvale, Calif. - ASP Computer Products Inc. last month shipped two printer drivers that let Macs join IBM PCs and compatibles in sharing non-networked printers. The MacJet driver lets Macs print to a non-PostScript printer equipped...

Dayna adding SNMP support to line of Ethernet adapter cards. (Dayna Communications Inc. offers support for Simple Network Management Protocol) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Salt Lake City - Dayna Communications Inc. this week is adding SNMP support to its line of network interface cards, and it will unveil an installer program that lets managers load drivers onto a network's Macs from a single computer. ...

America Online answers Prodigy's call: both services offer flexible pricing plans. (Brief Article)
May 3, 1993... Vienna, Va. - Mathematicians might be needed to figure out who has the best deal now that America Online Inc. has restructured its prices in response to rate changes instituted last month by competitor Prodigy Services Co. > Prodigy....

Gold Disk polishes presentations. (Gold Disk Inc. introduces Astound presentation software) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Torrance, Calif. - Gold Disk this week will introduce Astound, a new program that lets users create slide-based and multimedia presentations. Astound retails for $399, but Gold Disk is offering the program at an introductory price of $99...

Transverter Pro spans graphics gap, makes cross-platform PS files editable. (TechPool Software Transverter Pro lets users move PostScript files) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Cleveland - A new application from TechPool Software converts PostScript files and other graphics from a variety of platforms to editable Adobe Illustrator files. Transverter Pro, now shipping for $249, uses PostScript as a universal...

Polaroid picking up the pace with latest 24-bit film recorder. (Polaroid Corp.) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Cambridge, Mass. - Polaroid Corp. has introduced a new version of its CI-5000 film recorder that prints up to twice as fast as its predecessor and costs about 10 percent less than the original model. The CI-5000S, available now for...

Agfa steps up to PostScript Level 2 with Viper software RIP. (raster image processor) (Agfa Corp.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Ridgefield Park, N.J. - Agfa next month will strike with Viper, the company's first Adobe PostScript Level 2 software RIP. The $9,995 RIP (raster image processor), which Agfa unveiled at Seybold Seminars 93 in Boston last month, uses the...

Faster upgrade extends scope of Multi-Ad Search: version 2.0 handles 10 catalogs at once. (Multi-Ad Services Inc. introduces Multi-Ad Search 2.0) (Product Announcement)
May 3, 1993... Peoria, Ill. - Multi-Ad Services Inc. last month shipped a new version of Multi-Ad Search, one of the original entries in the now-burgeoning field of image-cataloging programs. Search 2.0, priced at $249, has been rewritten from the...