MacWEEK articles from October 1994

MacWEEK archives from October 1994

Fast new Tektronix Phaser to set tone in color-laser race. (Phaser 540 printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Tektronix Inc. is reportedly preparing to enter the burgeoning color laser printer market in a big way this fall when it ships a new model that offers speed and image quality unequaled by its competitors. According to sources, the Wilsonville,...

Virtual memory lightens PPC load. (reducing memory requirements of native Power Macintosh applications)
October 3, 1994... Users making the transition to the Power Mac have noticed that not only do fat-binary applications consume more hard disk space than their single-platform counterparts, but native Power Mac software sometimes eats large amounts of memory as well....

New LaserWriter, StyleWriter enhance Apple printer lineup. (LaserWriter 1600/600 PS and Color StyleWriter 2400) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... New Apple laser and inkjet printers are slated to hit the shelves this week. According to C.J. Miser, industry analyst with BIS Strategic Decisions of Norwell, Mass., the new LaserWriter 1600/600 PS and Color StyleWriter 2400 demonstrate...

Face of things to come: new GUI taking shape; System 8 marshals agents to speed tasks. (operating system upgrade from Apple) (includes related article on OS agents)
October 3, 1994... The company probably won't call it Macintosh95, but the operating system of that vintage will satisfy those thirsty for some Apple-flavored interface innovation, while putting Windows95 a generation behind. Next year, sometime after Microsoft...

AppleTalk breaks into Windows. (Windows clients for AppleShare, AppleSearch and Apple Remote Access)
October 3, 1994... In early 1993, Apple said it would eventually release Windows clients to AppleShare, Apple Remote Access and AppleSearch. Eventually is now early 1995, with a little help from some third-party developers. According to Eric Gould, Apple's...

Apple ships PPC Performa line; models bundled with Quicken and modems. (Performa 6100 series uses the PowerPC 601 CPU; includes the 6110CD, 6112CD, 6115CD, 6117CD and 6118CD models) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Apple rolls its entry-level systems on board the PowerPC bandwagon as it debuts five 601-based Performas this week. The Performa 6100 series is based on the 60-MHz Power Mac 6100/60. Each model in the line comes with an internal CD-ROM drive, a...

Photoshop 3.0 packs a time bomb. (Adobe Systems image processing package automatically deactivated in 1995 because beta version program code not deleted in shipping versions) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Adobe Systems Inc. inadvertently included a New Year's surprise with Photoshop 3.0: On Jan. 1, 1995, the application will cease to work. Beta versions of Photoshop 3.0 included code that inactivated the application after a certain date. The...

But will it be a Macintosh? (Apple's plans for System 8) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
October 3, 1994... System 7.5 has shipped, at last. And while waxing sarcastic about the joys of Apple's Shareware OS is tempting, it's high time to start the debate over the next major system software release, code-named Copland. As my engineering friends are...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
October 3, 1994... Contrary to a story in the Sept. 19 issue (Page 6), the format translators from DataViz Inc.'s MacLinkPlus/Translators are available on both the floppy disk-based and CD-ROM versions of System 7.5. A Sept. 5 article on the Online Networking...

ClarisWorks 3.0 costs less, gains assistance features. (integrated software suite) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... As Claris Corp. gears up to release a major upgrade to ClarisWorks for Windows this month, the company is also enhancing the ease of use of the Power Mac and 680x0-based versions of its integrated-software package. ClarisWorks 3.0 will also...

DRAM tailored to Power Macs. (Microtech International's modules) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Microtech International Inc. in September shipped memory modules designed specifically for Power Macs. These modules feature either 16 or 32 Mbytes of 70-nanosecond dynamic RAM mounted on 72-pin boards; each board is 1 inch high, compared with...

HP DeskWriter 320 raises resolution, lets users make quick switch to color. (inkjet printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Hewlett-Packard Co. this week is expected to deliver a new portable inkjet printer that the company said combines higher print quality with a user-friendly color option. The HP DeskWriter 320, priced at $379, replaces the company's DeskWriter...

Speedy AV hard drives to hit the shelves; APS, Micropolis, Fujitsu ship devices. (APS Technologies' MS 4.0 and MS 9.0 Fast SCSI-2 drives; Micropolis Capricorn 3243 and Taurus 4221 internal drives; Fujitsu Computer Products of America's DynaDISQ 240, 525 and 1000 dives) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Users' storage options for high-performance applications will expand this month with the delivery of new hard drives optimized for AV Mac models. > APS Technologies Inc. this month plans to ship the MS 4.0 and MS 9.0, a pair of Fast SCSI-2...

NEC spins out two CD drive lines; MultiSpin 4X, 2V lines span spectrum. (NEC Technologies Inc) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... NEC Technologies Inc. this week released two CD-ROM drive lines: a professional, high-speed line aimed at corporations and the multimedia market and a value line aimed at price-conscious users. The MultiSpin 4X series replaces the 3x models NEC...

CrossTarget update forges stronger link with spreadsheets. (Dimensional Insight's data analysis package, version 3.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Dimensional Insight Inc. this month shipped a software update designed to let its CrossTarget data analysis and reporting software work with other data processing tools. The upgrade, which brings CrossTarget's Diver component to Version 3.0,...

NEC MultiSync XE monitor trio lets users button down display options. (NEC Technologies' MultiSync XE15, XE17 and XE21) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... NEC Technologies Inc. this week will aim for the corporate desktop when it ships its MultiSync XE series of color monitors with on-screen controls. Comprising 15-, 17- and 21-inch models, the new series is based on NEC CRTs with dot pitches of...

NobleNet brings RPC to Mac. (EZ-RPC cross-platform remote procedure call tool) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... NobleNet Inc. of Southboro, Mass., has announced the Mac implementation of EZ-RPC, a tool kit for creating cross-platform, transport-independent client-server applications. EZ-RPC lets developers implement Sun- and Texas Instruments-standard...

Forte comes through with development app. (Forte Software's Forte) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... It's been a long time coming, but Forte Software Inc. of Oakland, Calif., has finally shipped its application development environment, which provides enterprisewide client-server and distributed application development. Forte said the environment...

Natural Intelligence hones QuickCode Pro. (version 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Natural Intelligence Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., has delivered an upgrade to QuickCode Pro, the company's add-on to the procedural editor in ACI US Inc.'s 4th Dimension database. Version 2.0 introduces a hierarchical Structure menu for quick access...

MicroAPL polishes Power Mac translation tool. (PortASM for Macintosh 1.2) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... MicroAPL Ltd. of London has shipped Version 1.2 of PortAsm for Mac, a tool that translates 680x0 assembly code to PowerPC code. The update offers improved code generation, optimization of Mac Toolbox calls, better support for Pascal and C code,...

Nisus extends QUED/M. (Nisus Software's text editor version 2.7) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Nisus Software Inc. of Solana Beach, Calif., has announced that its QUED/M text editor now supports Metrowerks Inc.'s CodeWarrior development environment. Version 2.7 of the software also supports UserLand Frontier. QUED/M 2.7 is $149; upgrades...

Mac CaLANdar 2.3: now it works; Microsystems fixes LAN scheduler bugs. (Microsystems Software) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Microsystems Software Inc. recently began shipping an important upgrade for the Macintosh version of CaLANdar. Unlike the previous release, the new Version 2.3 actually works, the company said. CaLANdar is a cross-platform, multi-user...

TeamAgenda recruits System 7.5, proxies. (MacVONK Inc's version 1.7 scheduling application) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... MacVONK Inc. said it will ship Version 1.7 of TeamAgenda, its multi-user scheduling application, at the end of this month. The upgrade incorporates System 7.5 features, including PowerTalk to let users drag e-mail requests directly to their...

MacLAN Connect 4 is faster 32-bit VxD for PC-to-Mac file sharing, printing. (Miramar Systems Personal MacLAN Connect 4.0 network software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Last week Miramar Systems Inc. checked in with an upgrade to its $199 cross-platform file-sharing and printing software. Personal MacLAN Connect 4.0 adds AppleTalk printing for Intel-standard PCs and a faster 32-bit AppleTalk stack for Windows....

Sonic, Team ASA FDDI software speeds Mac-Unix file exchanges. (Sonic Solutions MediaNet 1.4 driver; Team Advanced Systems Associates' UX-Express Unix daemon) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Sonic Solutions and Team Advanced Systems Associates are preparing high-speed links from Macs to Unix boxes over Fiber Distributed Data Interface. Both companies promise file transfer speeds starting at 1 Mbyte per second. Team ASA said it...

Cylink prepares wireless bridge; transmits 1 Mbps at range of 15 miles. (AirLink Bridge) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Cylink Corp. recently announced AirLink Bridge, a $7,995 wireless Ethernet bridge that it expects to ship at the end of the month. The LAN-to-LAN bridge uses spread-spectrum radio technology to transmit at 1 Mbps over distances of up to 15...

ACC introduces Ethernet hub-bridge-router combo. (Advanced Computer Communications' Danube Hub) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Advanced Computer Communications Inc. is now shipping the Danube Hub, an eight-port 10BASE T Ethernet hub combined with a LAN-WAN bridge router. Intended primarily for use in branch offices, the Danube Hub uses ACC's normal data compression,...

Network traffic.
October 3, 1994... Grand Junction Networks Inc. of Fremont, Calif., is now shipping full-duplex options for its 100-Mbps hubs and cards. Called CollisionFree, the technology lets devices send and receive data simultaneously on different wires, eliminating Ethernet...

Terminators on the PB SCSI chain. (connecting Apple Macintosh PowerBook notebook computers) (Mobile Solutions) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Connecting a SCSI device to a PowerBook is simple. Ensuring the connection works can be a little more complicated. Communications along a SCSI cable can often be disrupted by noise. Terminators, placed at either end of the SCSI chain, have...

Patch for PB 150 now available. (Apple PowerBook 150 Update fixes trouble in the Macintosh Communications Toolbox) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Apple last week released a software patch for the PowerBook 150 that resolves system failures and improves modem compatibility. The PowerBook 150 Update fixes a problem involving the Macintosh Communications Toolbox that can cause the portable...

Prodigy gains 14.4-Kbps access; members to also get Internet hooks. (Prodigy Services Co's online information service) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Prodigy Services Co. later this month will let its subscribers access the Internet. With the launch of Internet services, Prodigy will also add nationwide 14.4-Kbps access at no additional charge. Higher-speed access will begin this month in...

Apple readies MessagePad 120; new PDA model debuts in Germany. (Apple Newton MessagePad 120)
October 3, 1994... Apple last week gave its German patrons, at Macworld Expo Frankfurt, a peek at the MessagePad 120 slated for release in Germany this month. In the United States, the company announced a special offer to 100 and 110 buyers that ends shortly before...

Interface and Internet driving struggle for on-line dominance. (competition among commercial on-line services, including CompuServe, Prodigy Services Co, America Online, Delphi Internet Services and General Electric Information Services' GEnie)
October 3, 1994... The competition among commercial on-line services will get fierce this fall when new interfaces, extensive Internet connections and expanded multimedia capabilities start to appear. These, and other enticements designed to attract new members,...

Macromedia products ride on info highway. (Smart 3D technology licensed by Oracle, new Authorware versions planned)
October 3, 1994... San Francisco -- Some vehicles on the information highway will have Macromedia technology under the hood, according to the multimedia company. At its fifth annual user conference, held here last week, Macromedia Inc. announced deals with...

Special Delivery enhances buttons. (Interactive Media Corp's Special Delivery 2.0 authoring program) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Interactive Media Corp. is buttoning up Version 2.0 of its Special Delivery authoring program, offering a variety of new buttons and button enhancements. Buttons, which can be placed on any object, are the key to interactivity for the $399...

New accelerators speed Photoshop filters, functions. (Adaptive Solutions' 64-bit PowerShop NuBus Adobe Photoshop accelerator card; EA Research Inc's EAsyColor 24/1360 QuickDraw and Photoshop card) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Adobe Photoshop users with a need for speed can soon look to Adaptive Solutions Inc. and EA Research Inc. for new choices in Photoshop performance enhancement and video acceleration. Adaptive is gearing up to release its 64-processor NuBus...

General Parametrics to ship full-bleed, dye-sub printer. (Spectra*Star DSx dye-sublimation printer) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Users can measure up high-resolution images as General Parametrics Corp. this month releases the $7,695 Spectra*Star DSx, a dye-sublimation printer offering 600-by-300-dpi resolution. Intended for the graphic design, presentation and scientific...

Proxima adds three LCD panels to Ovation+ line; active-matrix panels display 32-bit color. (Ovation+ 840, 842 and 846 displays) (Product Announcement)
October 3, 1994... Proxima Corp. plans to add to its new high-end Ovation+ series of LCD projection panels with three high-resolution, active-matrix panels. The Ovation+ panels boast a palette of 16.7 million colors, resolution of up to 800 by 600 pixels and less...

Seymour lets users see more photographs; on-line system has 200,000 images. (Picture Network International Ltd's stock photography service)
October 3, 1994... Designers have a new way to acquire high-quality photos without leaving their desks. Seymour, an on-line stock-photography system from Picture Network International Ltd., offers browsing, licensing and delivery services. PNI said 31 stock...

Resellers, vendors favor Pentium over PPC at computing summit. (Computing Technology Industry Assn member poll shows disregard for PowerPC-based systems) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... Nashville, Tenn. -- Resellers and vendors didn't exactly treat Apple to Southern hospitality at a computer conference here in September. By wide margins, both groups voted that Power Macs were unlikely to displace Intel-standard machines as...

Intuit, AmeriQuest complete buyouts. (Intuit acquires Parsons Technology; AmeriQuest Technologies acquires National Computer Distributors) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... A pair of Mac companies finalized separate acquisitions last week. Intuit Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., completed its estimated $67 million buyout of Parsons Technology Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after receiving federal approval (see MacWEEK,...

MacWEEK index. (Asia/Pacific software sales up) (Illustration)
October 3, 1994... Asia/pacific software sales up Software sales in the Asia/Pacific region improved 49 percent in the first half of 1994, the Software Publishers Association announced last week. Japan led the surge, with $232.7 million; the region totaled...

StockWatch. (Illustration)
October 3, 1994... 09.28.94 close Weekly % change Apple 33.88 -0.73 Software developers Adobe 33.75 -2.88 Aldus 31.50 0.00 Caere 9.50 1.33 CE...

Apple licensing: too little, too late? Lack of U.S. partner seen as stumbling block. (Macintosh operating system and computer technology)
October 3, 1994... Apple may have finally decided to send in the clones, but industry observers contend its new strategy comes too late. Despite the company's announcement in September that it will license the Mac operating system, developers and analysts are...

Off the wire.
October 3, 1994... Adobe Systems Inc. has found a new home. The graphics company last month signed an agreement with San Jose, Calif., officials to relocate its headquarters from nearby Mountain View to San Jose. The deal calls for Adobe to construct an 18-story...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
October 3, 1994... Newton's innovations add up to real-world usefulness What a pleasure to read Henry Norr's Second Decade column "New apps make it clear: You can't write off Newton" (MacWEEK, Sept. 12, Page 32) and see MacWEEK recognize the Newton for what it...

Big applications mean big bucks. (hardware upgrades needed for memory-intensive programs) (Editorial)
October 3, 1994... Software today is immense. It takes up vast amounts of real estate on hard drives. It demands a lot of expensive memory to run. Kilobytes are a quaint appendage in software. Megabytes are de rigueur. Gigabytes cannot be far behind. That's...

Common platform would improve PowerPC outlook. (The Second Decade) (Column)
October 3, 1994... "Computing's Bold Alliance Is Faltering at Age 3," proclaimed a four-column headline in The New York Times in September. In the long story below it, reporter John Markoff, quoting a pantheon of pundits, argued that the IBM Corp.-Apple alliance...

Extremism in the defense of the Mac is no vice. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
October 3, 1994... It's official. Apple knows nothing about marketing. With the company's superior technologies, the 4-to-1 ratio of DOS/Windows to Mac in the installed base ought to be reversed. It isn't reversed because Apple marketing is inept. It's not too...

PowerPoint 4.0 makes presentations automatic; Wizards, OLE 2 features help blend program into Office 4.2. (Microsoft's presentation package) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 3, 1994... Score Card: PowerPoint Microsoft Corp. Version tested: 4.0 Estimated street price: $339* Overall value: 3 Introductory assistance and strong links to other Microsoft Office applications are the hallmarks of PowerPoint 4, which...

DaynaLINK server eases remote access; PCMCIA-based unit simplifies installation. (Dayna Communications' DaynaLIK ARA Mobile Access Server) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
October 3, 1994... Score Card: DaynaLINK ARA Mobile Access Server Dayna Communications Inc. Overall value: 4 List price: $2,999* The PCMCIA-based DaynaLINK ARA Mobile Access Server eliminates the use of messy external modem power cords and serial port...

Excel 5.0 review didn't tell the whole story. (Reviews Forum) (Letter to the Editor)
October 3, 1994... Excel 5.0 review didn't tell the whole story The review of Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh and Power Mac (MacWEEK, Sept. 19, Page 1) stated that a complete installation on 680x0 Macs requires 22.4 Mbytes of disk space. This is correct but...

FastPace Instant Contact 1.0: Foresight's powerful PIM is graceful and speedy. (Foresight Technology) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 3, 1994... Overall value: 3 With so many vendors marketing personal information managers, it might be easy to overlook FastPace Instant Contact from Foresight Technology Inc. It would also be a mistake. What at first appears to be a simple application...

CD AutoCache 1.01: CharisMac utility promises support for all CD-ROMs. (CharisMac Engineering's CD-ROM driver) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 3, 1994... Overall value: 3 CharisMac Engineering Inc. has overhauled its CD-ROM driver line, replacing CD AllCache with a new product, CD AutoCache. The $79.95 utility includes a generic driver for all Macintosh CD-ROM mechanisms, support for audio CDs...

Expanding menu of services offers more for less on-line. (on-line information services) (Buyers Guide)
October 3, 1994... On-line service options are getting broader as more companies offer more specialized and innovative forums. It's still important, however, to compare costs, such as monthly fees, hourly rates and downloading fees, against what business-related...

Complicated process puts procurement in peril. (Lockheed Missiles and Space Co expert system implementation)
October 3, 1994... Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, Calif. Problem: Seventy-five percent of Procurement Requests (requests for materials) had to be corrected because of errors. Solution: The development of an expert system with Smart...

Watch for gotchas when installing 7.5. (Apple's System 7.5 operating system) (MacInTouch) (Column)
October 3, 1994... Apple announced the official availability of System 7.5 in a news release as I was writing this column, but the first wave of buyers was already working through various installation issues. Connectix Corp. of San Mateo, Calif., came to the...

Even more System 7.5 secrets. (Apple's operating system upgrade) (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
October 3, 1994... System 7.5 is offered in both floppy and CD-ROM form. You'd be well-advised to get the latter (assuming you have a CD-ROM drive), because it includes several parts of the system that the floppy version does not. The biggest missing piece is the...

OpenDoc beta due in Nov. (Apple's object applications standard and technology) (Brief Article)
October 3, 1994... OpenDoc is alive and well and on track for release early next year, according to the sponsors of the component-software technology. Apple plans to deliver a beta version of OpenDoc for the Mac next month and a final release in the first quarter...

Bundle up or you'll catch cold. (Apple's marketing plans) (Mac the Knife) (Column)
October 3, 1994... Some mornings it truly doesn't pay to get out of bed. Take, for example, our fearless leader, who pulled off the first bloodless invasion of another country since the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport. That din you heard last week was not the...

Good news and bad news for Macs at corporate sites. (Apple wins Fortune 1,000 accounts) (includes related article on how licensing of the Macintosh operating system may attract more sites)
October 10, 1994... Apple has been making strides landing large accounts with its RISC machines, laptops and other products. The company, however, seems to take two steps backward with each forward move in its competition with the Intel-Windows platform. Apple...

Apple, IBM aim at PPC unity; Big Blue Mac clones due in summer '95. (PowerPC-based systems)
October 10, 1994... Where there's smoke, there's fire. Shortly after the third anniversary of their alliance, Apple and IBM Corp. reportedly are cooking up a common hardware platform compatible with their respective RISC operating systems. Sources said the PowerPC...

Now Up-to-Date 3 will track people, places and things. (Now Software's network scheduler) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... A major upgrade to Now Up-to-Date this year will add long-awaited group-scheduling features to Now Software Inc.'s network calendaring application. Sources said Now Up-to-Date 3.0 will allow users to track not only attendees but also rooms and...

MacTools recovers from RAM. (Symantec's Central Point Division's MacTools Pro 4.0 utilities program) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Symantec Corp.'s Central Point Division next week will release a major update to its disk diagnosis and repair utility, sources said. MacTools Pro 4.0 comes fast on the heels of its in-house competitor, the recently released Norton Utilities for...

Photoshop retouches image with new palettes, layers. (Adobe Systems' Photoshop 3.0 image editing package) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 10, 1994... Score Card: Photoshop Adobe Systems Inc. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $895* Overall value: 5 Photoshop 3 is a beautifully comprehensive upgrade to Adobe's industry-standard Macintosh image editing program. In addition to...

HP builds office OCR bundles. (offers Calera Corp's WordScan Plus with the HP ScanJet IIcx 24-bit color scanner and ScanJet 3p grey-scale scanner) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... Hewlett-Packard Co. last week made a pair of scanner announcements, including an OCR software and color scanner bundle that points to the future of the scanner market. In a move that it said reflects color scanners' metamorphosis from a...

Oracle plans low-end database for Mac, Windows users. (Oracle7 7.1.4 for Windows 3.1 and Oracle for Power Macs single-user versions and ports of Workgroup server to NetWare and OS/2) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... Feeling pressure from users and rivals to clarify its desktop database strategy, Oracle Corp. revealed plans to provide single-user versions of its database for Windows and Macintosh, and ports of its Workgroup Server to Novell NetWare and OS/2....

Elvis builds UFO detector for Apple. (industry rumors about Apple-IBM-Motorola efforts) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
October 10, 1994... If rumors had wings, last week we would have been watching a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." The biggest rumor, of course, was that Motorola Inc. was ready to acquire Apple. This whopper took Wall Street by storm, driving Apple's stock...

Mass Micro, Integral ship PCMCIA drives. (Mass Microsystems' MiniMASStr II and Integral Peripherals' Viper 8260PA, 8340PA and Cobalt 8420PA drives) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... PCMCIA storage options expanded last week when one vendor introduced a desktop reader-writer drive and another unveiled high-capacity hard drive cards. Small and large removable objects should be able to meet on the desktop this month when...

Pro Imager 4000 color flatbed scans transparencies, reflective art. (Pixelcraft scanner) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Making its initial foray into the general-purpose graphics market, PixelCraft Inc. last week rolled out a color flatbed scanner for both transparencies and reflective materials. The $2,995 Pro Imager 4000 has an optical resolution of 600 by...

High Tide launches fax response system. (High Tide Software's Fax-It-To-Me) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... High Tide Software recently shipped Fax-It-To-Me, a fax response system based on the company's WaterMark Voice Mail package and 4-Sight L.C.'s 4-Sight Fax system. Fax-It-To-Me uses the WaterMark software as a front end that answers the phone...

Brother laser printers set new low: 300-dpi HL-600 lines starts at $399. (Brother International's HL-630, HL-645 and HL-655M models) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Brother International Corp. has knocked down laser prices with a new line of printers that starts at less than $400. The HL-600 line is based on a new proprietary engine that outputs 6 pages per minute at 300 dpi. All the models handle index...

Berkeley delivers Expresso PIM; app melds calendar, backgrounds. (Berkeley Systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Berkeley Systems Inc. recently served up Expresso, its personal information manager for the Mac and Windows. Expresso, which has an estimated street price of $49, has a calendar, an address book, to-do lists and a note pad, as well as 20...

Optiquest preps low-cost screen. (4500DC color monitor) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Optiquest Inc. this week is slated to ship a new low-cost 17-inch color monitor for the Mac. The 4500DC, which carries a list price of $795, is based on a Hitachi flat square tube with a dot pitch of 0.27mm and an Invar shadow mask. The...

Cambridge builds multimedia speaker system; Kloss' SoundWorks has audiophile quality. (Cambridge Soundworks Inc's SoundWorks by Henry Kloss) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Cambridge SoundWorks Inc., long known for providing components to the hi-fi audio market, recently entered the multimedia market with a speaker system specifically designed for use with computers. SoundWorks by Henry Kloss is a three-piece...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
October 10, 1994... A Sept. 26 story on Asante Technologies Inc. (Page 12) misattributed a statement to the company's director of product marketing. The comments about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 100VG-AnyLAN were made by a company spokeswoman.

APS adds MO models. (APS Technologies' magneto-optical drives) (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... APS Technologies Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., ushered in a new pair of additions to its magneto-optical line. The two internal drives are a 230-Mbyte, 3.5-inch model priced at $899 and a 1.3-Gbyte, 5.25-inch mechanism that costs $1,899. Both of the...

MicroNet pushes performance of Data Cannon. (MicroNet Technology's Fast and Wide SCSI-2 version of the Data Cannon PDS card) (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... MicroNet Technology Inc. of Irvine, Calif., introduced a Fast and Wide SCSI-2 version of its Data Cannon PDS card. The $545 card supports average read and data transfer rates of 8.5 and 7.9 Mbytes per second, respectively. The product is aimed at...

Computer Connections crosses platforms. (Computer Connections America Inc adds magneto-optical drives to its Shuttle line) (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... Computer Connections America Inc. of Bedford, Mass., has bolstered its Shuttle line of storage products with some MO drives. The portable Shuttle drives include both parallel and SCSI ports for multiple platform backups. At the low end, the...

Quantum delineates Digital deal. (acquisition of DEC storage business includes magneto-resistive and digital linear tape technologies) (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... Quantum Corp. of Milpitas, Calif., last week revealed details of its acquisition of Digital Equipment Corp.'s storage business. The dust finally settled at $360 million and included Digital's magneto-resistive and DLT (digital linear tape)...

DriveSavers eyes IDE recovery. (data recovery services to include Integrated Drive Electronics interface drives) (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... DriveSavers Inc. of Novato, Calif., has expanded its data-recovery services to include IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface drives. Unlike the SCSI drives used by Macs since 1986, the new PowerBook 150 and Performa 630 series use IDE...

Storage bits and bytes. (Storage Beat) (Brief Article)
October 10, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif.-based SunDisk Corp. and Tokyo-based NEC Corp. recently signed an agreement to co-develop 256-Mbit flash-memory chips. The technology could lead to a PCMCIA Type II card that holds 500 Mbytes; the current high for today's flash...

Optima offers RAID, single-drive bundles. (Optima Technology's DisKovery 3600DHW, 4200W, 8200W and 18000W RAID systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... Expanding the storage options for high-performance applications, Optima Technology Corp. in September released new array systems and hard drive bundles. The array systems comprise a Fast and Wide SCSI-2 NuBus card; Wide SCSI drives; and...

TValue 4 eases cash-flow managing. (TimeValue Software's financial package) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
October 10, 1994... TimeValue Software has introduced an update to TValue, Mac software that lets financial professionals evaluate and structure loans and leases. Priced at $149, TValue 4 includes new features that make it easier for users to manage cash flow and...