MacWEEK articles from October 1993

MacWEEK archives from October 1993

Large sites consider return to Mac fold: Apple takes its vision to Fortune 500 execs. (companies that had planned to phase out Macintoshes)
October 4, 1993... San Francisco - After apparently losing skirmishes with PC competitors at several Fortune 500 sites, Apple now appears to be winning back the hearts, minds and purchase orders of some large corporations. In response to the threatened...

AOCE to help Mac desktop carry peer-to-peer message. (Apple Open Collaboration Environment) (Apple's System 7 Pro, PowerShare Collaboration Server workgroup software) (includes related article on third parties preparing AOCE applications) (First Look) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... It's Oct. 4: Do you know where your E-mail is? Apple knows where it should be - on the desktop, above the Trash - and with this week's release of System 7 Pro, the company aims to put your mail in its place. We looked at a prerelease version...

Apple enlists help of Software AG to market Vital. (Apple's new Vital platform-independent client/server architecture)
October 4, 1993... Frankfurt, Germany - A major mainframe software vendor has endorsed Apple's Vital architecture for platform-independent client-server computing. At Macworld Frankfurt last week, Apple CEO Michael H. Spindler announced an alliance with...

New Duo batteries pack bigger charge: improved cells have 30% more capacity. (Apple announces PowerBook Duo 250, PowerBook Duo 270c) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Battery life has long been a major problem for PowerBook users, but the Apple notebook line will get a new lease on battery life with the expected debut of two new Duos on Oct. 21. The PowerBook Duo 250, an...

PageMaker 5 opens new chapter: update gains ground on XPress. (Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress) (Software Review) (new version of Aldus PageMaker page-layout software)(includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
October 4, 1993... ... ...................... Score Card: PageMaker Aldus Corp. Overall value 5 Version tested: 5.0 List price: $895* With PageMaker 5.0, Aldus has made it clear that it doesn't intend to give in...

Apple, Citibank teaming up on credit-card, rebate plan. (credit card to offer rebates on Apple products) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... New York - Apple and Citibank are negotiating the release of a co-branded credit card that would offer customers rebates on Apple products based on a percentage of every dollar they charge. The companies had planned to announce the card...

WIRE service: first on-line community for women's interests, concerns, issues. (Women's Information Resources & Exchange) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... South San Francisco, Calif. - Aiming to create an electronic community for women, the first on-line commercial network dedicated to women opened its gateways last week. Funded by private investors, the Women's Information Resources &...

Mood cautious at Electronic Books expo. (trade show) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... New York - Content providers, tool makers and computer manufacturers warily eyed each other here last week at the Electronic Books '93 Conference and Expo. Although speakers said all three types of companies need to collaborate to...

Connectix gets On The Road for PowerBook. (Connectix Corp. to market On The Road 1.1)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Mateo, Calif. - Mac utility maker Connectix Corp. last week acquired a product that makes it easier for roving PowerBook users to manage their communications. The company picked up On The Road 1.1 from developer Palomar Software Inc....

Browsers get BookWorm for Mac. (Communication and Information Technologies Inc., The Voyager Co. introduce new authoring packages) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... New York - New multiplatform software engines for electronic books are on track from Communication and Information Technologies Inc. and The Voyager Co., the companies announced at the Electronic Books '93 conference here last week. CIT...

NEC CD drives crank up the speed. (NEC Technologies Inc. MultiSpin 3X)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Wood Dale, Ill. - NEC Technologies Inc., which led the way in doubling the spindle speed and thus the data transfer rate of CD-ROM drives, is cranking things up another notch with new drives that spin at three or even four times the standard...

Mac CDPD modem to return to Comdex. (Cellular Digital Packet Data) (Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. to show product running on Macintosh) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Phoenix - At Agenda 94 here last month, Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. used an IBM ThinkPad to show off its CDPD wireless modem, but Macs will get equal time at Comdex/Fall '93 in Las Vegas next month. CDPD (cellular digital packet...

IDL science system comes to Mac: package widely used in aerospace, physics. (Research Systems Inc. introduces IDL for Macintosh) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Boulder, Colo. - Research Systems Inc. last month released a Mac version of its scientific computing system, IDL, pronounced "ideal." The $1,500 program, whose name stands for integrated data language, combines mathematics, visualization...

Palm Computing plans '94 delivery for utility linking Mac to Zoomer PDA. (personal digital assistant) (Palm Computing developing set of tools to link hand-held devices to desktop Macs) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Los Altos, Calif. - If you can't wait for Apple's Newton Connection utility to transfer files to your Mac, don't get a Zoomer PDA. A set of tools to link the new Casio and Tandy handheld device to the Mac isn't due until early next year. ...

Latest Pinnacle MO holds 1.3Gbytes. (Pinnacle Micro's Sierra magneto-optical disk drive) (Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Irvine, Calif. - Pinnacle Micro this month will set a new price low for 1.3-Gbyte magneto-optical drives with a new $3,245 system. Based on the company's own 5.25-inch mechanism, the Sierra 1.3GB drive offers a spindle speed of 4,500 rpm,...

Akimbo ships FullWrite update. (FullWrite 1.7 word processor) (Akimbo Systems)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Somerville, Mass. - Akimbo Systems last week released an upgrade to FullWrite that makes the long-neglected word processing program fully compatible with System 7 and 68040 Macs. With Version 1.7, Akimbo clears up incompatibilities that...

New Toolbox from MathWorks adds image processing to Matlab: lets users visualize, manipulate images. (MathWorks Inc. ships Matlab Image Processing Toolbox add-on to mathematical software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Natick, Mass. - The MathWorks Inc. last week shipped an add-on to its computational math product that adds image-processing functions.The Matlab Image Processing Toolbox lets users visualize, manipulate and analyze images and 2-D signals. ...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
October 4, 1993... The Sept. 6 issue incorrectly stated the maximum resolution of two new monitors from Mitsubishi Electronic America Inc. The Diamond Pro 21FS offers resolutions up to 1,600 by 1,280 pixels; the Diamond Scan 17FS, which will ship this month,...

New portable printers come in under 3 lbs. (Citizen America Corp. introduces Citizen Notebook Printer II; Dove Computer Corp. announces DoveWriter) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Francisco - Citizen America Corp. and Dove Computer Corp. have weighed in with Mac-compatible portable printers that break the 3-pound mark. Although the Citizen Notebook Printer II is based on a proprietary engine and the DoveWriter...

DeskTracy system-use monitor beefs up security for business use. (KansasBay Systems introduces DeskTracy 2.0 security software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Oakland, Calif. - KansasBay Systems recently shipped Version 2.0 of DeskTracy, its system-use monitor and security utility. Originally designed for use with rental Macs at copy shops and university computer labs, DeskTracy now offers...

NEC unveils three new MultiSync monitors: 3V 15" model displays 72-dpi color for $550. (MultiSync 6FGp, 5FGp) (NEC Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Wood Dale, Ill. - NEC Technologies Inc. this week announced three new additions to its MultiSync monitor lineup, including a 15-inch color model for $550. > MultiSync 3V. Priced at $550, the 3V provides a variety of resolutions,...

Adobe releases limited Photoshop, Premiere on CD. (Adobe Audition CD-ROM)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Adobe Systems Inc. this month will release Adobe Audition, a $249 CD-ROM containing limited versions of Photoshop and Premiere and a collection of clip images and movies. Adobe Photoshop LE offers most of the...

New utility from Atticus will help Mac users find files on floppies. (Atticus Vista)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Stamford, Conn. - A new utility due at the end of this month from Atticus Software Corp. is designed to help Mac users find files on off-line floppies and removable cartridges. Called Atticus Vista, the $69.95 package includes a control...

Altura offers developers cross-platform apps. (Altura Software Inc. introduces QuickHelp, QuickView, Win2Mac) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Pacific Grove, Calif. - Altura Software Inc. has a trio of new cross-platform products for developers. > QuickHelp lets developers create on-line, context-sensitive help with hypertext links and embedded graphics. It is source-file...

New TI microLaser printers incorporate PostScript Level 2: Pro 600 generates 8 ppm at 600 dpi. (Texas Instruments Inc. laser printers)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Temple, Texas - Texas Instruments Inc. recently joined the roster of printer vendors offering 600-dpi, Adobe PostScript Level 2 laser printers. The company has shipped a new member of its microLaser line. The microLaser Pro 600,...

Samsung outputs Protege, Finale printers. (Samsung Electronics America Protege 5000, Protege 5600, Finale 1012, Finale HighRes) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Ridgefield Park, N.J. - Samsung Electronics America Inc. recently unveiled a variety of new electrophotographic printers. The printers are all based on proprietary letter-size engines. Each comes with 35 Type 1 fonts; PCL 5; a built-in...

ThinPack Utilities monitor PB batteries. (VST Power Systems Inc.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Concord, Mass. - VST Power Systems Inc. this week will ship ThinPack Utilities, $39.95 power management software for its external long-life PowerBook battery. ThinPack Utilities provides visual feedback on the current state of the...

Screen saver keeps going and going. (PC Dynamics Inc.'s Energizer Bunny for Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Westlake Village, Calif. - PC Dynamics Inc. this week set Energizer bunnies hopping across Mac screens. The company's $29.95 screen saver shows the pink rabbit from the highly visible TV commercials traversing the screen, banging that drum,...

Preventing worker burnout while supporting the users. (Management)(includes related article on tips for preventing burnout)
October 4, 1993... Working under the stress of dealing with frustrated and impatient users daily, support staffers can burn out faster than cheap light bulbs. But it doesn't have to be that way. Recognizing that they can't afford to let trained internal...

Beating dependency on help desks.
October 4, 1993... Whether help-desk managers believe users rely too heavily or not enough on help desks, they agree on one thing: Much of the reliance on the help desk is directly attributable to a lack of alternatives. Manual labor "Manuals are...

Calendar of events.
October 4, 1993... OCTOBER 10-13: SPA, Chicago. Ninth annual conference of the Software Publishers Association. Changes in the software industry, ideas and tactical information are highlighted. Contact SPA at (202) 452-1600; fax (202) 223-8756. ...

Novell lines up ARA server NLM: NetWare Connect is update to NACS. (NetWare Loadable Module for AppleTalk Remote Access) (Novell Inc. to ship ARA-savvy version of remote access software ) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Sunnyvale, Calif. - This week Novell Inc. is scheduled to ship an ARA-savvy version of its remote-access software for NetWare LANs. NetWare Connect is a new NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) that lets Macs with modems and AppleTalk Remote...

Da Vinci Systems set to preview MHS Mac client at NetWorld. (Da Vinci Systems Corp. to introduce Da Vinci eMAIL for Macintosh 2.5)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Raleigh, N.C. - Da Vinci Systems Corp. this week will unveil its first fully featured E-mail client for the Macintosh. Da Vinci eMAIL for Macintosh 2.5 will be previewed at this week's NetWorld 93 Dallas, and the company said it will ship...

Milum's Pro upgrade adds scheduling, scripts, PowerTalk to Office Tracker. (Milum Corp. introduces Office Tracker Pro)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Austin, Texas - Milum Corp. last week shipped a major upgrade to its in-out tracking software that adds group scheduling, better notification, and PowerTalk and AppleScript support. Office Tracker Pro, starting at $395 for a five-user...

Cayman merges hub and router, finds Livingston. (introduces new GatorStar iHR integrated hub/router, plans to co-develop remote-access servers with Livingston Enterprises Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Cambridge, Mass. - At this week's NetWorld 93 Dallas, Cayman Systems Inc. will announce a new integrated hub-router and a remote-access business partnership, both of which are aimed at giving the company a greater foothold in PC workgroups....

Delrina turns gray with Mac Fax Pro. (Delrina Corp. introduces Delrina Fax Pro for Macintosh)(Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Delrina Corp., maker of the popular WinFax Pro for Windows, last week shipped its Mac cousin, Delrina Fax Pro for Macintosh. The multipart $129 package includes a faxing-management application along with: >...

News feeds slated for AppleSearch. (Mainstream Data Inc. to offer news-retrieval service) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Salt Lake City - Mainstream Data Inc., the company that broadcasts digital news over the radio waves, next month will start beaming its news feeds into AppleSearch. Due in November, the $995 Mainstream Newscast for AppleSearch funnels...

AnyLAN: HP, IBM team up to add token-ring support to 100BASE-VG. (new networking technology) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Palo Alto, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. last week announced it has joined up with IBM Corp. to add token-ring support to its 100-Mbps network specification. The companies predicted supporting products would arrive as soon as next summer. ...

FCC allocation good news, bad news for Apple. (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Washington - The Federal Communications Commission took a leap of faith last month, allocating 160 MHz of spectrum for personal communications services. The move means future handheld voice and data devices will inherit four times the...

Status*Mac update tracks more Macs. (ON Technology Inc. introduces Status*Mac 3.1)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... ON Technology Inc. nex week is expected to ship a free upgrade to its Stasus*Mac configuration-management software. Version 3.1 adds support for all current Macs. The upgrade also lets administrators distribute fonts to System 7.1's Fonts...

Streamline shows its colors in EPS: update converts scans to color Illustrator files. (Adobe Streamline 3.0) (Encapsulated PostScript) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - A new version of Adobe Streamline bridges the gap between Photoshop and Illustrator by converting color and black-and-white bit-mapped images into editable Illustrator files. Streamline 3.0, due later this month,...

Genicom and Summagraphics warm to thermal-wax printers. (Genicom Corp.'s Gencom 7025, Summagraphics Corp.'s SummaChrome Imaging System) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Francisco - Genicom Corp. and Summagraphics Corp. have cooked up thermal-wax printers aimed at different ends of the color printer market. Genicom recently introduced a thermal-wax model that starts at less than $1,000, and...

Info Products' new color scanner to capture 24-bit color in one pass. (Info Products announces ImageReader Color Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... Campbell, Calif. - Info Products next month plans to enter the Mac scanner market with an inexpensive sheet-fed model that captures 600-dpi color images. The ImageReader Color Macintosh, priced at $999, is a version of Plustek USA Inc.'s...

OSC's Deck II upgrade to be first AV audio app. (software to support new AV Macintoshes) (Deck II 2.1 sound processing software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Francisco - OSC next month will be the first vendor out of the gate with AV-compatible audio software when it ships an upgrade to its Deck II sound-editing application. Version 2.1 of Deck II will support recording and editing of at...

Sony, Yamaha offer Mac a medley of new speakers. (Yamaha Corp. of America introduces YST-M10; Sony Electronics Inc. announces SRS-D2KPC)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 4, 1993... San Francisco - Users looking for sound accessories for their Macs can choose from a medley of new speakers from two leading music-equipment manufacturers. > Yamaha Corp. of America this month delivered a pair of small Mac-compatible...

Suit claims Sculley was forced out: Eisenstat's account differs from Apple's. (former Apple VP Albert A. Eisenstat files wrongful-termination suit)
October 4, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Hollywood would love it. Wall Street would cringe. Albert A. Eisenstat's stunning wrongful-termination lawsuit against Apple, filed last week in state Superior Court here, claims company Chairman John Sculley was...

ComputerLand sells franchisee, distribution business to Merisel. (ComputerLand Corp. divests itself of billion-dollar franchising operation)
October 4, 1993... Pleasanton, Calif. - Merisel Inc. gained a billion-dollar business and ComputerLand Corp. lost its name in a deal with major implications for the Mac channel. ComputerLand, based here, last month agreed to sell its franchise and...

Oracle posts first-quarter profit, then pays $100,000 fine to SEC. (Securities and Exchange Commission) (Oracle Corp.) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Redwood Shores, Calif. - Oracle Corp. had mixed news for its shareholders last month. The database company reported soaring profits but was hit with a big fine by the Securities and Exchange Commission for shoddy accounting in past years. ...

Microsoft to pursue home-PC market. (Microsoft Corp. to launch Microsoft Home line of educational, entertainment, low-end software) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is taking another step toward fulfilling a vow CEO Bill Gates made on founding the company 18 years ago - to put a PC "on every desk and in every home." The company this week will launch Microsoft Home, a...

Profitable third quarter doesn't help Adobe stock. (Adobe Systems Inc.) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Spurred by strong application sales, Adobe Systems Inc. last week reported steep increases in sales and profits for its third quarter. Wall Street, however, was not impressed. Adobe's stock fell $2.25 per share to...

Supra buys modem maker PSI. (Supra Corp. purchases PSI Integration Inc.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Albany, Ore. - Financially strapped PSI Integration Inc. of Campbell, Calif., was purchased last week by fellow modem maker Supra Corp. for an undisclosed sum. Supra, based here, picked up the privately held company after PSI's bank...

J.D. Power says Dell is No. 1. (Dell Computer Corp. customer-satisfaction rating) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Agoura Hills, Calif. - Dell Computer Corp. has ended Apple's two-year reign as No. 1 in customer satisfaction, according to survey results announced by J.D. Power and Associates last month. Austin, Texas-based Dell topped the list,...

Investment firms to buy DCA. (Digital Communications Associates Inc.) (Business Briefs) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Alpharetta, Ga. - Digital Communications Associates Inc. last month agreed to be purchased by a pair of private investment firms. The networking company, based here, will be acquired by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and the Sprout...

European software rise. (software sales in Europe)
October 4, 1993... Led by a surge in Windows sales, western European software sales increased 10 percent to $413.1 million in the second quarter of 1993. Windows sales improved 47 percent to $297 million during the quarter. SALES ...

Software makers' products should appeal to women. (My Turn) (Column)
October 4, 1993... Macintosh Quadras, Corvettes. Expensive, powerful machines built by corporations forced to contend with downsizing, shrinking profit margins and share prices tumbling quicker than an Olympic gymnast. In a recession, what's a company to do?...

List of New Finder functions users want is long, indeed. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
October 4, 1993... I can barely keep up with the New Finder mail, much of which comes from people at Apple who are scrutinizing our debate and looking for help. With that in mind, it's time to update our detailed Finder Features List, based on readers'...

Going for the jugular. (Intel's campaign to discredit PowerPC microprocessor claims) (Editorial)
October 4, 1993... Intel smells blood. The semiconductor behemoth senses that one of the biggest players in the computer industry is weak. And Intel has gone on the attack. The company has launched an advertising and public-relations campaign to counter the...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
October 4, 1993... The spin on Apple sales fails when numbers are reconciled I've noticed that sometimes MacWEEK is a little unfair in its handling of Apple. MacWEEK seems to want to avoid anything that might be construed as boosterism so badly that it...

Capacity is a hot commodity: drive capacities swell, prices plummet as makers vie for storage market superiority. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... The storage market has been especially volatile this year. Capacities are rising, and the price per megabyte of internal and external hard drives has never fallen more sharply. Industry analysts expect that downward price trend to continue...

Hard drives favorite among storage buyers: research points to pertinent factors in quest for bytes. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... From CD-ROM drives to rewriteable magneto-optical systems, Macintosh users have many storage technologies from which to choose. But a survey conducted in May over an nth-name sample of all MacWEEK recipients found that hard disk drives...

Finding the best method for long-term archiving: choosing a durable storage technology is important, but be prepared to upgrade. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... In the past, when archivists stuck to human-readable media such as acid-free paper and microform, they didn't have to worry about whether the information, when unearthed, could still be read. But finding a satisfactory means of archiving your...

Third-party formatters: worth the extra cost? Some users are buying what they practically already own, and the choice is paying off. (disk-formatting software) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... Virtually every SCSI drive comes with formatting software. So it would seem that trying to sell formatters to SCSI drive owners would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. But several manufacturers are successfully doing just that. Why do...

Souped-up SCSI operations from SCSI Manager 4.3. (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... Managers and users choosing a disk-formatting utility have something new to think about this fall: compatibility with SCSI Manager 4.3. The SCSI Manager is the portion of the Mac operating system that handles communications between the...

Devising PCMCIA cards for use in the Mac world. (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... PCMCIA's promise as a memory and storage standard has generated more interest in the world of IBM PCs and compatibles than that of Macs for a simple reason: Until Apple released the Newton MessagePad, it hadn't offered a product with slots to...

Flash war is brewing. (PCMCIA flash-memory cards) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... Although PCMCIA cards have opened a new product vein for memory and storage vendors to tap, a battle is ensuing to determine whether cards using flash technology will beat out more-conventional memory and storage methods. The first...

The future of data storage: bigger load, smaller box. (improvements in hard-disk and optical-disk technologies) (MacWEEK Special Report: Mass Storage)
October 4, 1993... They have names you might hear on "Star Trek," such as "blue laser" and "giant magneto-resistance," but the exotic technologies emerging in the world of mass storage have a mundane element in common -increased disk capacity. It is a law...

RasterOps mates the Duos with video and SCSI ports: DuoMate 16sc lets users hook up with their desktop hardware. (Hardware Review) (RasterOps docking station for PowerBook Duos)(includes related summary article, article on upcoming DuoMate 8) (Evaluation)
October 4, 1993... ... ...................... Score Card: DuoMate 16sc RasterOps Corp. List price: $649 Overall value 4 A full-featured, reasonably priced alternative to Apple's Duo docks, the RasterOps DuoMate 16sc provides...

Is the desktop publishing war a wash? (Software Review) (Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress 3.2) (Evaluation)
October 4, 1993... ... ...................... Score Card: QuarkXPress Quark Inc. Version tested: 3.2 List price: $895* Overall value 5 Performance 4 Features 5 Ease of use ...

Company, user say Rae can Assist you today. (Reviews Forum) (Letter to the Editor)
October 4, 1993... From Ross Scott Rubin's otherwise factual review of Rae Assist (MacWEEK, Sept. 6, Page 51) we'd like to make a few points: > Rae Assist replaces the need to use three to five different applications to manage personal information. It is...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
October 4, 1993... In our review of the Quadra 840AV (MacWEEK, Sept. 20, Page 45) we stated that the Quadra 800 allows the use of 70-nanosecond SIMMs. In fact, both the Quadra 800 and 840AV require 60-nanosecond SIMMs. The 840AV's stock RAM is supplied as...

Public mail systems open lines of communications. (selecting a public mail service)(includes related articles on dealing with enclosures, public mail networks and gateway products)
October 4, 1993... Accessibility, available gateways and cost are factors to consider when choosing a public mail service. Roaming users, contractors, customers and suppliers are asking for a common electronic-mail system. Dedicated telephone lines to...

Gateways link public, private mail: E-mail gateways come in real-time, dial-up modes.
October 4, 1993... Establishing and automating links between public and private electronic-mail systems is a high priority in many businesses. Several companies sell gateways, which connect public mail networks to the E-mail servers running on a LAN by...

Start with AV Macs for PowerPC migration. (MacInTouch: Bugs & Tips)
October 4, 1993... The transition to PowerPC Macs will not be simple, but developers and users can get a jump on the process by working on AV Macs compatibility right now. Bugs & Tips The AV Macintoshes represent an intermediate step between previous...

New CD-ROM, AV details. (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
October 4, 1993... A recent column explained how to change the volume of an internal CD-ROM drive by removing its metal shielding and adjusting the previously hidden volume control (see MacWEEK, Aug. 9, Page 78). Several readers have pointed out that this won't...

Apple reports 50,000 Newtons sold. (Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant) (Brief Article)
October 4, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Despite initial mixed reviews and a slew of early bugs, sales of the Newton MessagePad are anything but sluggish, Apple reported last week. The company said it has sold 50,000 units of the handheld personal digital...

Some sales suffer an early frost. (Rumors) (Column)
October 4, 1993... This business of making projections is riskier than first thought. For example, last week's leak that Apple would meet its quarterly projections is on the verge of turning into this week's nonfact. Maybe it was the belief that the valiant...

Photoshop to get PAT solution for batch processing. (Photoshop Automation Technology) (DayStar Digital Inc.) (Product Announcement)
October 11, 1993... Flowery Branch, Ga. - DayStar Digital Inc. is preparing software that uses AppleScript to bring batch processing to Adobe Photoshop. DayStar will introduce its Photoshop Automation Technology (PAT) software package at next week's Seybold...

New '040 Duos to chip away at portable processing times. (PowerBook Duo portable computers)
October 11, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - The search for more power in a PowerBook may end next summer when Apple ships its first line of '040-based Duos, which sources say will perform considerably faster than today's fastest dockable notebooks. The new Duos...

Apple Japan swims against tide, posts steep sales, market gains.
October 11, 1993... Tokyo - While Apple weathers tough financial times in Western markets, the company's star continues to rise in Japan, where it enjoys rapid growth and will soon open an assembly plant. Apple Japan's sales for fiscal year 1993 ended Sept. 30...

Execution of SuperMac's new printer is ProofPositive. (Hardware Review) (Reviews)(includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
October 11, 1993... ... ...................... Score card: ProofPositive Full-Page Printer SuperMac Technology Inc. List price: $10,499* Overall value 4 SuperMac's first foray into the printer market is a well-executed,...

Global alternative due for Duo modem. (Global Village Communications to introduce new modems for Macintosh Duo notebook computers) (Brief Article)
October 11, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Duo users will have reason to rejoice this Christmas, which is when Global Village Communication Inc. plans to ship the first alternative to Apple's much-maligned PowerBook Express Modem. According to sources, the...

Apple gets into distribution with software-on-CD plan. (Apple to distribute Software Dispatch CD-ROM) (Brief Article)
October 11, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple next month will open shop as a third-party distributor when it ships a CD-ROM of applications, including games and spreadsheets. Software Dispatch, to be managed by an AppleSoft unit of the same name, will...

New PB software manages power. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook) (Brief Article)
October 11, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple's introduction of the PowerBook Duo 250 and 270c next week will be accompanied by new battery-management software for all PowerBooks. PowerBook control panel 7.2 lets users choose either the Easy or Custom...

Automap will tell you where to go: users simply input start, end locations. (Automap Inc. Automap Road Atlas)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 11, 1993... Bellevue, Wash. - Automap Inc. will help Mac users find the way to San Jose or any of more than 120,000 North American locations with Automap Road Atlas, the first Mac driving-directions application. The first Mac release, Version 3.0,...