MacWEEK articles from May 1995

MacWEEK archives from May 1995

At Ease widens scope. (Apple's At Ease 3.0 security software)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... It began life as a way for parents to keep children from deleting their files, but Apple's At Ease software may soon grow into a mature security application, sources said. At Ease 3.0, reportedly slated for release by summer, will offer three...

Now cornering PIM market as Adobe divests. (Now Software Inc buys TouchBase and DateBook software from Adobe)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Adobe Systems Inc. exited the personal information management market last week by dealing TouchBase and DateBook to Now Software Inc. Details of the agreement, the latest in a series of acquisitions that have consolidated the Mac PIM market,...

Apple plans to take shots at Windows 95 glitches.
May 1, 1995... In Microsoft Corp.'s apparent haste to make Windows 95 available to Christmas shoppers -- bugs or not -- Apple sees its own window of opportunity. According to an Apple memo circulated to sales representatives in April, Apple believes...

First clones priced to sell against Macs. (Power Computing Corp's Macintosh clones)
May 1, 1995... This week Power Computing Corp. began shipping, in limited quantities, Macintosh compatibles at prices $260 to $1,200 less than similar Power Macs. In a head-to-head comparison between Power Macs sold through three low-price dealers from...

Newer docks to hold PCMCIA, 486. (Newer Technology's PCMCIA ComboDock and DOS ComboDock PCMCIA expansion cards)
May 1, 1995... Newer Technology will reportedly show strong support for Apple's upcoming desktop and portable Macs with a new bundle of products. Sources said the lineup will include a dock that features PCMCIA slots and another that runs DOS and Windows...

New chapter for PowerBooks; laptops to take on RISC in August. (Apple's PowerBook 5000, 2000 and 190 product lines)
May 1, 1995... On Aug. 28, Apple will reportedly give its PowerBook lineup a much-needed overhaul, adding PowerPC processors, 10.4-inch screens, infrared LocalTalk and PCMCIA slots. > The PowerBook 5000 series, code-named M2, will crown Apple's offerings....

Be true to your Duo.(MacWEEK Insider)(Column)
May 1, 1995... Until recently, I was the national poster boy for the PowerBook Duo family. I got a Duo 230 when Apple unveiled it in 1992; moved up proudly to the 270c when it came out; and staunchly defended the much-criticized subnotebook line against all...

SoftPEG cuts the cards. (CompCore Multimedia Inc's SoftPEG MPEG video software)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Software breaks MPEG shackles A small Silicon Valley start-up has developed a software-only solution for playing MPEG movies on the desktop. CompCore Multimedia Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., said SoftPEG, in conjunction with a video card or...

White Pine licenses teleconferencing app. (White Pine Software Inc licenses Cornell Research Foundation's CU-SeeMe desktop video teleconferencing shareware)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... White Pine Software Inc. this week will reveal exclusive licensing rights to Cornell Research Foundation's CU-SeeMe desktop video teleconferencing shareware. The company said it plans an enhanced commercial version by year-end. CU-SeeMe...

HyperCard 2.3 hits Power Mac speed. (Apple's HyperCard 2.3 scripting, multimedia and prototyping software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Apple this week plans to bring HyperCard up to speed on the latest Mac models with Version 2.3, the first Power Mac-native version of its scripting, multimedia and prototyping tool. The $129 application will come in native and 680x0-based...

Justice sues Microsoft over Intuit acquisition.(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... In a surprise move, the U.S. Department of Justice last week sued Microsoft Corp. in an attempt to block its proposed $1.5 billion acquisition of Intuit Inc. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, challenges the merger....

Kyocera expands printer line with three new LED models. (Kyocera Electronics Inc's FS-400A, FS-1550A and FS-3400A printers)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Kyocera Electronics Inc. is preparing to extend the range of its LED printer line with a low-cost model and two speedy office devices. The new printers are all based on proprietary 300-dpi engines and are slated to ship this month. They...

CD-R vendors boost options, lower prices.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... A chorus of vendors recently voiced its support for CD-Recordable storage with new drives, disc media and price cuts for existing products. > Olympus Image Systems Inc. of Woodbury Park, N.Y., said it will ship its Deltis CD-R2/Mac recorder in...

New HP flatbed raises res. (HP's ScanJet 3c color flatbed-scanner) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Hewlett-Packard Co. this week will offer flatbed-scanner users more bang for their buck with a new color model that boasts higher resolution, bit depth and speed than HP's current lineup. The ScanJet 3c will carry the same $1,179 price tag as...

PCI slate continues to grow. (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
May 1, 1995... Third parties offer new devices Third-party card vendors continue to rally around Apple's forthcoming PCI-based Macs, Apple recently announced. In addition to networking and storage I/O cards, the new offerings encompass image capture,...

TeamAgenda crosses platforms. (MacVONK Inc's TeamAgenda 2.1 now for Windows)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... MacVONK Inc. is bringing TeamAgenda to a new cross-platform audience with an upgrade to the workgroup-scheduling application that spans three networking standards. TeamAgenda 2.1 marks the Windows debut of the application, which is also...

PB upgrades rev up laptops. (Sonnet Technologies Inc's new processor board and Memory International's PCMCIA fax-modem)(Brief Article) (Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Both the high and low ends of Apple's PowerBook line recently received boosts in power when two companies introduced upgrades for the laptop computers. Sonnet Technologies Inc. shipped its $499 33/66-MHz 68040 processor board with FPU...

Cirque trackpad gives users elbowroom. (Cirque Corp's GlidePoint Desktop Mac trackpad)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Users will have an easier time putting their fingers on data when Cirque Corp. introduces GlidePoint Desktop Mac, a new trackpad input device. Slated for a June release, the $99 GlidePoint ADB pad will have a surface area of 2.2 by 3.12 inches,...

Utility speeds keyboard entry. (LandWare Inc's EasyTyper glossary utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Taking a load off of busy fingers, LandWare Inc. in April introduced EasyTyper, a glossary utility that automates data entry. When users type a few letters of a word and then hit a Command key, the $59.95 control panel suggests whole words or...

Spin whips up WhirlWinds. (Spin Peripherals' WhirlWind RAID systems)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Spin Peripherals, a division of Spirit Technologies Inc., of Marlborough, Mass., recently shipped speedy WhirlWind RAID systems. The packages use a Trillium software controller, which offers RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) levels 0...

Kingston deals PCMCIA cards. (Kingston Technology Corp's DataPak 260 PCMCIA hard drive)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Kingston Technology Corp. of Fountain Valley, Calif., recently released its DataPak 260, a PCMCIA Type III hard drive with a 260-Mbyte capacity. The $595 drive has an average access time of 10.6 milliseconds and an idle shock rating of 750...

Olympus shifts price delta for Deltis MO. (Olympus Image Systems Inc's Deltis magneto-optical drive product line)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Users with mountains of data should note that Olympus Image Systems Inc. of Woodbury, N.Y., recently lowered by 24 percent the list prices of its Deltis line of magneto-optical drives. The Deltis 230MO Mac 3.5-inch drive dropped to $795 from...

Storage bits and bytes. (Sony and Philips Electronics North America Corp demonstrate digital video CD standard)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... The techno-slugfest for future digital-video CD standards continued as Sony Electronics Inc. of Park Ridge, N.J., and Philips Electronics North America Corp. of San Jose, Calif., last week demonstrated a player that reads a single-sided...

RealAudio to bring live audio to Internet. (Progressive Networks' RealAudio Internet client-server sound-publishing and distribution system)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Mac users will soon be able to hear National Public Radio and ABC News radio broadcasts played back in real time over the Internet at connections as slow as 14.4 Kbps, thanks to a new audio-on-demand system from Progressive Networks....

ViewSonic looks to audio systems. (PerfectSound VS127 computer speakers)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... After years in the monitor business and fresh from its debut of sound-capable displays, ViewSonic Corp. this month plans to ship audio electronics for the Mac. The PerfectSound VS127 speaker system, priced at $149, consists of two amplified...

Optronics system is direct to plate. (PlateSetter Aurora)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Optronics last month shipped the PlateSetter Aurora, a direct-to-plate system that creates, with the use of a darkroom, aluminum plates for offset printing. PlateSetter Aurora costs $235,000 and comes with five standard plates that range in...

Human Software updates Adobe Photoshop plug-ins. (Human Software's CD-Q 2.0, AutoMask 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... For people who want to stretch Adobe Photoshop's boundaries, The Human Software Co. has updated two of its Photoshop plug-ins, CD-Q and AutoMask, both now at Version 2.0 and native on the Power Macintosh. As its name implies, the $295 AutoMask...

Radius debuts 17" display for color proofing. (PressView 17 SR Color Reference Display System)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Radius Inc. hopes to bring soft proofing one step closer to reality with its latest 17-inch display, due this month for $2,399. Designed for color pre-press, the PressView 17 SR Color Reference Display System consists of a hooded and shielded...

Alpha Merics offers poster-size printing. (Spectrum thermal wax inkjet printer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Inkjets also print on diverse media Big jobs require big machines, and Alpha Merics Corp. has released a large-format, thermal-wax inkjet printer that will print on any material up to three-quarters of an inch thick. The Spectrum comes in...

Drums, flatbeds span the market. (low-cost drum scanners compete with high-end flatbed scanners)
May 1, 1995... As technologies for capturing sharper images advance the scanner market, lines between drum and flatbed scanning are starting to blur. Five years ago drum scanners owned the high-end publishing world, and flatbeds were relegated to the office and...

Letraset has font deluge. (Phototone Alphabets CD-ROM, Fontek Typfaces, others)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... The Phototone Alphabets CD-ROM, $199 from Letraset USA of Paramus, N.J., presents letters and numbers created from photographic images, for example, an "S" made of seashells. A keyword search engine scans through all 500 letters in four alphabet...

TypeTamer reins in fonts. (Impossible Software's TypeTamer font management tool)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Impossible Software Inc. of Irvine, Calif., released a $59.95 font-management tool, TypeTamer, which augments a traditional font menu. It places fonts in the current document at the top of the menu and lets users create custom font categories,...

URW releases DeSign Collection. (URW America Inc's font collection)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Created for use at display sizes, the URW DeSign Collection from URW America Inc. of Nashua, N.H., comprises 870 PostScript Type 1 fonts. It is $999 until June 30, when it will list for $1,399. URW also shipped 11 new typeface families created by...

All Adobe all the time. (Adobe Systems' Adobe Font Folio 7.0)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Adobe Systems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has shipped Adobe Font Folio 7.0, two CD-ROMs containing the entire Adobe Type Library, for $12,000, about 80 percent less than purchasing the typefaces individually. Version 7.0 adds 117 new faces and...

Rolling your own. (Ares Software's FontChameleon 1.5 Starter Kit)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... For users who want hands-on font manipulation, Ares Software Corp. of Foster City, Calif., has shipped the FontChameleon 1.5 Starter Kit. Priced at $55, the kit includes 47 font descriptors (see MacWEEK, Dec. 12, 1994, Page 24), from which users...

Fonts with culture. (P22 type foundry's Duchamp, Arts and Crafts and Miro font sets)(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Inspired by art, P22 type foundry of Buffalo, N.Y., has released three new fonts sets, priced at $21.95 each. Duchamp, Miro, and Arts and Crafts are based, respectively, on the handwriting of American painter Marcel Duchamp, the paintings of...

Graphic details.(Font Beat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Fargo Electronics Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn., slashed the price of its lowest-end thermal-wax/dye-sublimation printer. The Primera Color Printer with Photo-Realistic Upgrade Kit, previously $1,445, is now $899, a reduction of almost 40 percent....

Xtension automates ColorPro. (binuscan's binuscan JobManager)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... binuscan Inc. this month plans to offer an automation option for its $1,950 ColorPro color-correction and color-separation application. binuscan JobManager, also $1,950, is a QuarkXTension that communicates between QuarkXPress and ColorPro....

In Focus brightens up projection line. (In Focus Systems' introduces four new projectors, updated LCD panel line)
May 1, 1995... Giving presentations in well-lit rooms may be easier with new, brighter projection equipment from In Focus Systems Inc. This month the company shipped four new projectors and updated its LCD panel line. Announcements included: > LitePro 580....

Jyacc's JAM spreads to Mac. (JAM for the Macintosh client/server development tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Company eyes OpenDoc future Jyacc Inc. plans to add to the rivulet of cross-platform client-server tools flowing to the Mac when it releases JAM for the Macintosh this week. The high-end client-server development tool costs $2,000 per...

CodeWarrior 6 CD to roll out at WWDC. (Metrowerks)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... At this month's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Metrowerks Inc. will introduce several new products, including Version 6 of its CodeWarrior CD-ROM containing prerelease versions of several products. CodeWarrior is...

ARA server market blossoming. (new remote access products introduced)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... The barriers separating mobile Mac users from their LAN-based data broke down further as vendors recently announced a host of new remote-access products, including several new multiprotocol devices and updates. > Dayna Communications Inc. In...

Windows clients may run afoul of Mac's resources. (Windows AppleShare clients to be bundled with Macintosh Workgroup servers)
May 1, 1995... Apple next week will begin bundling a Windows client to AppleShare with every Workgroup Server sold. Ushering in a new era of cross-platform openness does not come without some precautions, however, and Apple will strive to educate Windows users...

Network traffic.
May 1, 1995... Visix Software Inc. of Reston, Va., is now shipping Version 2.5 of its Galaxy Application Environment. The update has new and enhanced tools for distributed application building, including a new Visual Datatag Editor, Datatag Iterator and...

On-line services to speed up. (CompuServe, Prodigy Services to offer high-speed access)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... CompuServe Inc. and Prodigy Services Co. announced new prices and plans for high-speed access last month at the Internet World show in San Jose, Calif. CompuServe introduced Internet-specific pricing, added three free hours of Internet access...

Pacific Data to ship 4D Internet tools. (Pacific Data Management's Internet Tools for 4th Dimension)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... This month Pacific Data Management Inc. will hook databases built in ACI US Inc.'s 4th Dimension directly to the Internet. Internet Tools for 4th Dimension, due to ship at the end of May for $189, will be a collection of external code resources...

RSI teams Macs with PCs. (RSI Systems' Eris Personal Video Communications System)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 1995... Eris box helps users collaborate via ISDN RSI Systems Inc. recently announced it is shipping a videoconferencing system that lets users of Macs and Intel-standard PCs collaborate on projects over ISDN lines. The Eris Personal Video...

Demand zaps Zip's supply. (Iomega's Zip drive in short supply)
May 1, 1995... Clone maker may make it an option Selling Iomega Corp.'s new Zip drive during its first two weeks on the market was as hard as buying it. But one of the first Macintosh clone vendors intends to ease the scarcity by making the popular drive an...

MacWEEK index.
May 1, 1995... Most valuable companies More than a dozen companies that develop Mac products landed on BusinessWeek's ranking of the 1,000 most valuable public companies in the United States last year. Apple was 208th, with an estimated market value of $4.7...

Microsoft, Justice attack Sporkin's antitrust ruling.
May 1, 1995... Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week that a federal judge exceeded his authority when he struck down their antitrust settlement. And, apparently, the...

Apple results portend faster growth in '95. (2nd qtr 1995 results signal potential continued growth in 1995)
May 1, 1995... Apple's good fortunes should extend well beyond its prosperous second quarter and through 1995. Joseph Graziano, chief financial officer, told financial analysts that results for the quarter ended March 31 -- in which profits vaulted 320...

Used Macintosh prices.
May 1, 1995... Model Config. Price SE 1/20 $250 Classic 2/40 $375 Color Classic 4/80 $700 LC 2/40 $200 LC II 4/40 $300 LC III ...

Off the wire.
May 1, 1995... RasterOps Corp. has settled a shareholders' lawsuit by agreeing to pay $6.5 million in cash and stock to the plaintiffs. The class-action complaint, filed in June 1992, accused the Santa Clara, Calif.-based digital-video developer of not...

Personal computer trading goes on-line. (Dynabit USA's Trade'ex)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Dealers seeking a free on-line listing of product information now have access via the Internet. Dynabit USA Inc. this week will raise the curtain on Trade'ex, a worldwide on-line trading forum for Macs, Intel-standard PCs, peripherals and...

Getting to how from why. (marketing computers)(Editorial)
May 1, 1995... In a speech before the Computer Press Association recently, Terry Schwadron, deputy managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, expressed his concern that industry publications such as this one often create a dichotomy between people who are "cool"...

Apple's top challenge: defining Mac advantage. (The Second Decade)(Column)
May 1, 1995... My April 10 column on the Pentium's progress ruffled more than a few feathers. One critic, a longtime Macintosh champion at one of Apple's major corporate customers, wrote to accuse me of "parroting" Intel press releases; "badgering" readers;...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 1995... Is you is or is you ain't? Mr. Gore, I'm not a drive guy either (MacWEEK, April 17, Page 3). But I've got four hard drives totaling 550 Mbytes of storage and like the prospect of a fast, inexpensive backup system for $200. And you were right...

A developers tool that is easy but not commonplace. (Taligent Inc's CommonPoint Application System)(The Mac Manager)(Column)
May 1, 1995... You read its brochures and you yawn. You see the technical diagrams and you snooze. You ruminate on jargon such as "support frameworks," "application frameworks" and "domain frameworks" and your eyes glaze over. But you see the damn thing...

Plan & Track and FastTrack Schedule manage projects. (AEC Software Inc's FastTrack Schedule 3.0, Mainstay's Plan & Track 3.5) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1995... Score card: Project-scheduling software Project-scheduling software simplifies the task of effectively managing a project's time line. Both FastTrack Schedule and Plan & Track are easy to use and produce high-quality output that can be...

Automation helps users master the backup chore. (backup software)(includes related article on data "pushing" products)
May 1, 1995... Product info ASD Software Inc. FileDuo 1.0.5: $89 Montclair, Calif. Phone (909) 624-2594 Broad Ripple Systems Inc. Late Night Attendant 2.5: Pricing starts at $49.95 each (for less than five) Indianapolis Fax (317) 924-4271 Cheyenne...

Ascetic approach helps calm System 7.5.1 crazies. (Apple's operating system update)(MacIntouch)(Column)
May 1, 1995... Low-level Mac OS programs need special care and handling. One reader, a consultant with numerous clients, has had no problems at all with System 7.5.1. His rigorous procedures reject many popular utilities, such as RAM Doubler, and automatic...

Object partners push OpenDoc.(Brief Article)
May 1, 1995... Apple last week announced Mr. C and Mr. Cpp, C and C++ compilers that will be able to generate OpenDoc components originally written in other environments. Apple also confirmed that when MacApp 3.5 ships, the C++ framework will be able to create...

StockWatch.
May 1, 1995... 04.27.95 Weekly % close change Apple 37.88 0.66 MacWEEK Composite* 234.65 3.90 Software...

Dancing for the developers.(Mac the Knife)(Column)
May 1, 1995... If you haven't been spending all your time defending your position on the great free-speech debate of late, there's only one explanation: You are a developer and your mind has room for little more than dreams of the upcoming Apple Worldwide...

Logic-board upgrades on hold until PCI ships. (Apple to discontinue current upgrade path for older Mac models, plans to design upgrades for upcoming RISC-based PowerBooks and PCI Macs)
May 8, 1995... Apple next week will pull the plug on its Power Mac logic-board upgrade path for older Mac models, sources said. The company will hand off some of its upgrade business to DayStar Digital Inc.; however, Apple will focus most of its efforts on...

FileMaker to forge links. (Claris FileMaker Pro 3.0 database to offer relational capabilities)
May 8, 1995... Relational version to keep look, feel While Claris Corp. has kept quiet about the details surrounding FileMaker Pro's metamorphosis from a flat-file to a relational database, sources who have seen an alpha version of the update say this change...

WWDC shows off Copland. (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference; company plans to demonstrate upcoming operating system)
May 8, 1995... At the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference this week in San Jose, Calif., Apple will lay out its strategic technology plans for developers. Of the roughly 80 sessions scheduled during the week, more than one-third focus on either OpenDoc...

Mac OS to juggle CPUs. (Apple expected to unveil agreement with DayStar Digital Inc to add multiprocessing capabilities to Macintosh operating system)
May 8, 1995... Apple and clone makers will be able to multiply the power of their Macintoshes with a new API that sources said can turn Power Macs into formidable multiple-processor machines. At this week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose,...

Apple ABS, PIE: names change, missions intact.(Apple Business Systems and Personal Interactive Electronics divisions join unified Research and Development Group)
May 8, 1995... Meet the new ABS and PIE, same as the old ABS and PIE. The names have changed, but the operations at two of Apple's more specialized divisions remain the same, despite a companywide reorganization in April that landed the two divisions in the...

Why not a gigabyte? (new removable cartridge drives from SyQuest Technology Inc and Iomega Corp)(MacWeek Insider)(Column)
May 8, 1995... SyQuest Technology Inc. this week is announcing its response to Iomega Corp.'s Zip drive, offering similar pricing and slightly more capacity. Although the EZ135 Drive was code-named RoadRunner, I think SyQuest should have picked another bird,...

The low-cost drive war. (SyQuest Technology introduces EZ135 removable cartridge drive)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Steering a course to low-cost storage, SyQuest Technology Inc. last week introduced its EZ135 Drive. SyQuest said the EZ135 will ship in June with a $199.95 IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface for the Intel-compatible market; a...

HP delivers DeskWriter. (DeskWriter 660C inkjet printer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Hewlett-Packard Co. this week is slated to deliver a fast new member of its popular DeskWriter line of color inkjet printers. According to HP, the DeskWriter 660C will replace the current 560C model and will command a retail price of $599. The...

MicroNet docks drives. (MicroNet Technology Inc's DataDock storage device)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Putting disks on a dock by the bay, MicroNet Technology Inc. next week will release DataDock, a modular storage system. The DataDock systems are two-bay desktop enclosures that support removable hard drive, SyQuest, magneto-optical and DAT...

Virtual reality comes to Internet via Gopher. (The Gopher Team's TurboGopher VR 2.1a3)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Gopher, an oft-overlooked but popular Internet database system, may turn some heads this year as it steps into virtual reality. TurboGopherVR 2.1a3, developed by The Gopher Team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and released last...

Microsoft outlines enterprise: it's OLE.(developing new enhancements to Object Linking and Embedding technology)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... At a briefing last week, Microsoft Corp. painted its technology plans for enterprise customers in broad strokes. In short: It's all OLE. The Redmond, Wash.-based company plotted directions for its OLE, or Object Linking and Embedding,...

Monitor for Power Macs. (Optiquest Inc's Model 1000S)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 8, 1995... Optiquest Inc. of Walnut, Calif., this month will ship the Model 1000S, a $279, 14-inch monitor capable of displaying Macintosh images at a maximum resolution of 640 by 480 pixels at 75 Hz. It uses a Philips tube with a 0.28mm dot pitch and has...

ViewSonic embraces new emission standard. (ViewSonic 17GS display complies with new Swedish TCO rules)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 8, 1995... Walnut, Calif.-based ViewSonic Corp. last week shipped the ViewSonic 17GS, an $895, 17-inch display housing a Matsushita tube with a 0.27mm dot pitch and a maximum Mac resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels at 75 Hz. The display features on-screen,...

Company to bring Smile to 20-inch market. (Smile International Inc's CA2011 20-inch monitor)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 8, 1995... Smile International Inc. of Costa Mesa, Calif., this month will ship the Smile CA2011, a 20-inch monitor housing a Hitachi tube with a 0.28mm dot pitch and Invar shadow mask. It has a maximum Mac resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels at 75 Hz and...

External monitor support for new LC models. (Power R Inc to offer Presenter 580-5200 monitor adapter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 8, 1995... Power R Inc. of Seattle this week will ship a monitor adapter for the LC 580 and LC 5200 that allows the new all-in-one Macs to drive an external display or LCD projection panel. The Presenter 580-5200, priced at $129, supports all resolutions...

Mac, Windows can share schedules: groupware apps to cross platforms. (Campbell Services Inc's OnTime Enterprise for NetWare; Microsystems Software Inc's CaLANdar)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Cross-platform workgroups now have even more options for sharing schedules, thanks to new software from Campbell Services Inc. and Microsystems Software Inc. Campbell this month will ship a Mac client for OnTime Enterprise for NetWare, its...

Video a hit at RAID show.(RAID '95 International Storage Conference)
May 8, 1995... San Jose, Calif. -- Digital video and storage management vied for the spotlight with arrays for mainframe and workstation server applications at Technology Forums Ltd.'s RAID '95 International Storage Conference. The RAID conference, held in...

Digital proofs gaining favor.
May 8, 1995... A new crop of digital proofers will take the spotlight at Drupa, the world's largest printing exhibition, which is in full swing this week in Dusseldorf, Germany. Digital proofs are crucial to filmless operations, such as direct-to-plate and...

MediaPaint dresses up QT. (QuickTime tool from Strata Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Users can gussy up QuickTime movies by painting onto frames with MediaPaint, which Strata Inc. is now shipping. Priced at $695, MediaPaint is actually a new version of Neil Media Inc.'s $395 Video Graffiti. Strata acquired Neil Media in October...

Agfa imagesetter offers internal RIP. (Agfa AccuSet 1400)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 8, 1995... Expanding its AccuSet line of imagesetters, Agfa released a new capstan imagesetter with an internal RIP. The $51,900 AccuSet 1400 comprises the AccuSet 1000, which has no internal RIP, and Agfa's Star 400 PostScript Level 2 RIP. The new...