MacWEEK articles from September 1993

MacWEEK archives from September 1993

Apple readies CPU cornucopia; new Quadras, active-matrix Duos due. (Apple to introduce Macintosh Quadra 605 and fold Centris models 610, 650 and 660AV into Quadra microcomputer line; to introduce Macintosh PowerBook Duo 250 and 270c portables and Macintosh LC 475 for education; to introduce LaserWriter Select 360 laser printer) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - October CPU introductions have become an Apple tradition in recent years, and this year won't be an exception. In hopes of stemming its recent sales slowdown, the company plans to reorganize its desktop product line,...

Magic Cap OS will let users walk through on-line world; General Magic plans Mac version for '94. (operating system for personal digital assistants)
September 6, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - One of the industry's best-kept secrets, General Magic Inc.'s operating environment offers a new way of looking at communications on an emerging class of handheld devices and existing personal computers, including the...

PowerPC may start slowly. (acceptance of Apple Macintosh microcomputers based on PowerPC microprocessor may be delayed by poor emulation performance and little native software)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - The PowerPC will quickly take over the top and middle of the Mac line next year, but disappointing performance in emulation mode and a limited selection of mainstream applications running in native mode could slow early...

Apple to focus on photography. (plans to introduce Venus and Mars digital cameras, repackage Kodak PCD Writer 200 CD-ROM recorder) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple will take a shot at electronic photography in November, when it plans to unveil an inexpensive digital color camera and a CD-ROM mastering system, sources said. The new Apple products reportedly will debut at...

Farallon adapters will daisychain Macs on Ethernet. (Farallon Computing Inc.'s EtherWave Ethernet adapters, cards and transceivers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Alameda, Calif. - Farallon Computing Inc. next week is expected to announce a line of Ethernet products that will help users easily set up ad hoc networks or expand existing LANs. Farallon's EtherWave line consists of adapters, cards and...

Passport ships Encore to notation app. (Passport Designs Inc. Encore 3.0 musical software)(Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Half Moon Bay, Calif. - Passport Designs Inc. recently shipped Version 3.0 of Encore, its $595 composition and notation software. Encore transcribes MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data into standard musical notation for...

ElasticReality price falls. (ASDG Inc. morphing program) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Madison, Wis. - ASDG Inc. recently announced an introductory offer that will cut the price of ElasticReality, the company's new morphing program, by almost two-thirds. Until Jan. 1, 1994, ElasticReality will cost $349, down from $995....

Aldus CEO Brainerd to step down: search for successor may take six months. (Paul Brainerd resigns as head of Aldus Corp.) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Seattle - Paul Brainerd, the founder of Aldus Corp. and the father of the desktop publishing industry, said he will step down as Aldus president and CEO as early as this year. Brainerd, 45, made the announcement as part of a major company...

Novell reports $255 million loss. (Novell Inc.) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Provo, Utah - Stung by a lull in product introductions, weak European sales and apparent low demand for NetWare 4.0, Novell Inc. last month reported its first loss. The networking company, based here, said it lost $255.4 million during...

Symantec buys Fifth Generation in stock swap worth $45 million. (Symantec Corp.) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Symantec Corp. last week said it will acquire Fifth Generation Systems Inc. in a stock swap worth about $45 million. Together, the two companies - which between them have acquired more than 20 other companies over the...

Apple to add 7 new models to double Performa line. (Apple Performa 410, 460, 466, 467, 475, 476 and 500 microcomputers) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple's Performa line next month will more than double in size as the company adds seven new models. The new models, expected to range in street price from $999 to $1,799, will join the existing Performa 405, 430, 450, 600...

System 7 Pro to include AOCE, AppleScript. (Apple's upgraded operating system to incorporate Apple Open Collaboration Environment PowerTalk client) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple this fall will bundle a set of system extensions into a new system-software release to be called System 7 Pro, sources said. The new release is based on the mail-enabled Finder that is at the heart of AOCE (Apple...

Intuit to acquire ChipSoft. (Intuit Inc.) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Menlo Park, Calif. - Intuit Inc., developer of the Quicken personal-finance package, last week announced plans to expand its portfolio by acquiring ChipSoft Inc., publisher of MacInTax and some 325 other tax-preparation products. Under a...

Update method needs update. (Editorial)
September 6, 1993... Apple's approach to delivering system-software updates is once again out of control, and it's the kind of problem the company could fix without spending a lot of scarce resources - all that's required is a dose of discipline and some...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
September 6, 1993... It was with regret but no surprise that I read that Data Access Language may be sold off by Apple in the story "DAL may be up for adoption" (MacWEEK, Aug. 9). Apple has done with DAL what Xerox Corp. did with its original development of...

Let's all avoid the feeding frenzy on IS departments. (My Turn) (Column)
September 6, 1993... Have you ever considered the company and institution bashing that goes on these days? It seems that crowd mentality is at its zenith when it comes to criticizing organizational failure. I've observed with interest the recent drubbing...

Mac use defines boundaries of the many New Finders. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
September 6, 1993... As promised in the last column, we'll get right into alternate Finders that third-party vendors could offer. First, let's cover what Dave Winer, founder of UserLand Software Inc., thinks we need as a minimum starter set. Winer is...

PB RAM vendors seeking solution to timing glitches. (vendors of third-party 10Mbyte RAM cards for Apple Macintosh PowerBook 165c and 180c notebook computers solving incompatibilities) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - Some users of high-end all-in-one PowerBooks have found that third-party 10-Mbyte RAM cards can cause crashes and lockups. Now several developers claim to have identified and solved the problem. The symptoms, generally...

It's time for business users to get the picture. (Mac Soapbox) (Column)
September 6, 1993... First, imagine this: It's the fall of 1993 and all publications, including this one, have no images - no photographs, no art - to illustrate the articles or advertisements. Imagine it has always been this way. One day, you're excited to...

Toshiba boosts capacity of PB drive to 520MB. (Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.'s Disk Products Div.) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Irvine, Calif. - Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. last month stretched the limits of PowerBook storage capacity by 200 Mbytes with the announcement of a 2.5-inch drive that has a capacity of 520 Mbytes. The SCSI-2 OEM drive will...

Neon's LANsurveyor puts net devices on the map: software can use SNMP agent to monitor AppleTalk networks. (Software Review) (Simple Network Management Protocol network manager)(includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
September 6, 1993... Software can use SNMP agent to monitor AppleTalk networks ... ...................... Score Card: LANsurveyor Neon Software Inc. Version tested: 1.01 List price: $395* Overall value 4 LANsurveyor offers a...

Apple UGC to go its own way. (User Group Connection, Apple's user-group support department, to become separate company) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple USA is preparing to turn the User Group Connection, its user-group support department, into a separate company. In a letter sent to groups last month, UGC manager Ray Kaupp said the organization will spin off on...

Rae provides smart assistance to Mac users: PIM is powerful but bulky and slow. (Software Review) (includes related summary article) (Evaluation)
September 6, 1993... PIM is powerful but bulky and slow ... ...................... Score Card: Rae Assist Rae Technology Inc. Overall value 2 Version tested: 1.02 List price: $199 One of the first attempts to add intelligence to a...

Newton app controls presentations. (Avalon Engineering Inc.'s PresenterPad presentation software for the Apple Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Boston - A forthcoming Newton package will transform the MessagePad into a presentation assistant. Avalon Engineering Inc. last month announced PresenterPad, a suite of tools for creating and monitoring meetings, presentations and speeches....

MessagePad is shipping. (Apple Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Just in time for back-to-school sales, the Newton MessagePad has hit stores across the nation. Apple last week said the device was shipping in quantity to dealers, computer superstores and campus resellers and was expected to be broadly...

Temperatures rise over discussion of CLImate. (Reviews Forum) (Letter to the Editor)
September 6, 1993... We are disappointed with the lack of accuracy and precision in Steve Michel's review of CLImate (see MacWEEK, July 26). The reviewer's criticism of the documentation was alarming, considering that a lack of time and effort spent reading the...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
September 6, 1993... The Aug. 16 review of QuarkXPress 3.2 contained an incorrect street address and toll-free phone number for Quark Inc. The correct address is 1800 Grant St.; the correct number is (800) 788-7835.

Unix suppliers agree on program interfaces. (X/Open Company Ltd. to administer standard backed by Unix vendors) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Menlo Park, Calif. - Faced with the challenge of Windows NT, more than 75 Unix system suppliers and application developers last week announced agreement on a common set of application programming interfaces. The plan will make it easy...

TeamAgenda gains calendar features. (MacVONK Inc.'s TeamAgenda 1.5 group-scheduling software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Calgary, Alberta - MacVONK Inc. last week updated TeamAgenda, adding new event categories and improved alarm features to the group-scheduling program. TeamAgenda 1.5 offers users new calendar-entry types, including events without...

eDisk 1.2 compresses faster, more reliably. (Alysis Software Corp.'s driver-level data compression utility) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - Alysis Inc. has released an update to eDisk, its driver-level data-compression utility. Version 1.2, available now, improves performance, ease of use and reliability in several areas, according to Alysis. The program's...

MarcoPolo update continues search for paperless office: archival and retrieval system features enhanced interface. (Software Review) (Mainstay MacroPolo document archival, retrieval and distribution system)(includes related summary article, article on exploring network performance) (Evaluation)
September 6, 1993... Archival and retrieval system features enhanced interface ... ...................... Score Card: MarcoPolo Mainstay Version tested: 2.0.3 List price: $395* Overall value 3 MarcoPolo, Mainstay's document archival,...

Kodak library will help access discs. (Kodak Professional Image Library 30 combines PCD Jukebox 100 CD changer, Jukebox Manager software and Shoebox image-cataloging program) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Rochester, N.Y. - Searching through a pile of CD-ROMs for that perfect image or a piece of data can be a real chore, but a new library system from Eastman Kodak Co. aims to help users easily store and access multiple discs. The Kodak...

Automatic disk compression stirring debate among users. (includes related article on file-level vs. driver-level compression)
September 6, 1993... Users of file-level and driver-level compression are adamant about their preferred methods. Automatic disk compression programs promise to effectively transparently double the storage space on your hard drive. Although most can live up...

Third Wave ships faster drive. (Third Wave CD-ROM Changer jukebox storage system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Austin, Texas - Third Wave is now shipping a CD-ROM drive that achieves sustained data transfer rates of 612 Kbytes per second. The $1,379 Third Wave CD-ROM Changer is based on a Pioneer drive with a six-disc magazine for easy access to...

Media managers catalog files. (Buyers Guide)
September 6, 1993... New programs help users navigate gigabytes of multimedia data. It's one thing to have a large hard disk or CD-ROM brimming with illustrations, photographs, sounds, animations, QuickTime movies and text files. It's quite another to find what you...

Nisus' File Clerk to help users track down files. (Nisus Software Inc.'s file management software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Solana Beach, Calif. - New file-management software due this fall from Nisus Software Inc. will let users organize and retrieve files by clicking through a hierarchy of user-defined keywords. File Clerk is designed to help users working...

AV Macs include all but the green sync. (MacInTouch: Bugs & Tips)
September 6, 1993... Customers connecting third-party monitors to the AV Macs may be in for a surprise. These Macs lack "sync on green," and some monitors are looking for it. Bugs & Tips Shakedown street Now that the Cyclone and Tempest have...

AVs: massive cosmic powers. (new Macintosh Centris 660AV, Quadra 840AV models) (Ask David Ramsey)(question-and-answer) (Column)
September 6, 1993... Q. I'm in the market for new high-performance Macs. Should I wait for the PowerPC-based ones? A. This question has become one of the most common on the various networks. The answer is, emphatically, no, in my opinion. Waiting...

Mitsubishi shows off new Diamonds, boosts monitor warranties to 3 years. (Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.'s Diamond Pro 21FS, Diamond Scan 17FS and Diamond Scan 15FS color monitors) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Cypress, Calif. - Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. has introduced a trio of new flat-square monitors. > Diamond Pro 21FS. Available now for $2,999, the 21-inch monitor offers users resolutions from 640 by 480 pixels to 1,152 by 870...

How about a Newton Expo? (Rumors) (Column)
September 6, 1993... Now, usually by this time of year we're all steeling our resolve to abandon our slothful summer ways in favor of a truly productive end-of-year season. And that's probably true for most of us this year, but with a difference. The summer of...

Compact Panasonic LED printer packs big punch; offers PS Level 2 and fax capabilities. (Panasonic Communications & Systems Co.'s KX-P5400 SideWriter light emitting diode printer using PostScript Level 2 page-description language) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Secaucus, N.J. - Panasonic Communications & Systems Co. is thinking small with a compact new LED printer that packs Adobe PostScript Level 2 and a PostScript fax option into less than 15 pounds. The KX-P5400 SideWriter, due this month for...

Claris updates FileMaker, discontinues CAD. (Claris Corp.'s Filemaker Pro 2.1 for the Macintosh data base manager announced, Claris CAD computer-aided design software discontinued) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Santa Clara, Calif. - Claris Corp. recently made a mixed bag of announcements. > FileMaker Pro update. The company is now shipping FileMaker Pro 2.1 for the Mac. The upgrade supports MacIPX, giving Mac and Windows users peer-to-peer...

Network Installer 1.4 includes AppleTalk 58.1. (Apple's Network Software Installer 1.4 includes new version of network protocol) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has updated its Network Software Installer software to Version 1.4, incorporating new technology and fixing bugs in the collection of network drivers. Included in this package is a new release of AppleTalk,...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
September 6, 1993... The Aug. 23 issue gave incorrect contact phone numbers for the ZiffNet/Mac on-line service. To join, call (317) 856-7571 or (800) 666-0330. An Aug. 16 story listed an old address for Berkeley Speech Technologies Inc. The current...

Matlab libraries add Maple functions; extensions will integrate algebraic, calculus options. (The MathWorks Inc.'s Symbolic Math Toolbox and Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox extensions to its Matlab software offer Maple V functions) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Natick, Mass. - The MathWorks Inc. this week will announce two extensions to its Matlab package that add symbolic mathematics and variable precision computation based on Maple V. The Symbolic Math Toolbox and the Extended Symbolic Math...

Sparrow's Kmax 5.0 assists in creating multidimensional displays and data plotting. (Sparrow Corp.'s data acquisition application) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Mississippi State, Miss. - Sparrow Corp. recently shipped Kmax 5.0, an update to its high-end application for data acquisition, analysis and visualization as well as instrument control. The new version adds support for multiparameter data...

HiQ 3.0 out on Sun, due for Mac in 1994. (Bimillennium Corp.'s HiQ 3.0 numerical mathematical environment for Sun Microsystems Inc.'s SPARCstation microcomputers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Los Gatos, Calif. - Bimillennium Corp. last week shipped an update to its numerical mathematics environment for Sun SPARCstations that foreshadows a Mac upgrade due early next year. HiQ 3.0 features a graphical Project Notebook interface...

Action! Mouse on the loose. (PoinTex Inc.'s Action! Mouse for Macintosh programmable mouse) (Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Walnut, Calif. - PoinTex Inc. this month will set loose its Action! Mouse for Macintosh, a $99 programmable mouse. Action! Mouse is designed for right- and left-handed users. Either of its two buttons can be programmed to perform a...

Ambassador 2.0 offers 1,200 templates; users fill in blanks to write in Japanese. (Language Engineering Corp.'s correspondence translator) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Belmont, Mass. - Language Engineering Corp. is adding a palette of new text-building blocks to Version 2.0 of the English-Japanese configuration of Ambassador, its software that lets English-speaking users construct foreign-language...

Second Wave NuBus chassis line now supports AVs, new LC models. (Second Wave Inc.'s Expanse NB4 and NB8 expansion chassis for Apple Macintosh computers) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Austin, Texas - Second Wave Inc. is expanding its line of NuBus expansion chassis to support several new Macs. The company last month enhanced its four- and eight-slot chassis to support the AV Macs and announced a version for the LC 520 and...

Drive enclosures ship. (Casa Blanca Works Inc. offers four new external drive enclosures) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Greenbrae, Calif. - Casa Blanca Works Inc. last month added four new options to its line of external drive enclosures. The new enclosures include a zero-footprint case for CD-ROM drives; a standard Mini-case for 3.5-inch hard drives;...

POS/OE upgrade lets users process multiple tasks. (EES Companies Inc.'s POS/OE 4 Mac 3.0.5 point-of-sale software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Framingham, Mass. - EES Cos. Inc. last month added calendar and multiprocessing capabilities to POS/OE 4 Mac, its order-entry, point-of-sale, inventory and accounting program. Version 3.0.5's scheduling feature lets users display...

PLI offers internals for AVs, extends warranty on 3.5". (Peripheral Land Inc.'s Infinity 105 Turbo SyQuest drive and Infinity Optical 3.5" magneto-optical drive available for Apple Macintosh Centris 660av and Quadra 840av; warranty on 3.5-in SyQuest drives doubled to two years) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Fremont, Calif. - PLI last month introduced internal drive options for the new Centris 660AV and the Quadra 840AV machines. > SyQuest. The internal AV version of the company's Infinity 105 Turbo is shipping now for $795. Based on...

SyQuest, Iomega boost drive warranties. (SyQuest Technology Inc. and Iomega Corp. double warranties on removable hard disk drives) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - Removable-media drive vendors SyQuest Technology Inc. and Iomega Corp. last month increased the warranties on their systems to two years. Iomega's warranty change covers its line of Bernoulli removable-media drives, which...

Palo Alto releases Marketing Plan Toolkit; spreadsheet add-ons help formulate plans. (Palo Alto Software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Eugene, Ore. - Palo Alto Software has released Marketing Plan Toolkit, a set of spreadsheet macros and worksheets for step-by-step development and implementation of a marketing plan. The $149.95 package requires Microsoft Excel, Lotus...

Digitalk overhauls Smalltalk/V, improves access to Toolbox, classes. (Smalltalk/V for the Macintosh 2.0 object-oriented programming environment) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Los Angeles - Digitalk Inc. has released Version 2.0 of Smalltalk/V for the Macintosh, a major upgrade of its object-oriented programming environment. Priced at $495, Smalltalk/V 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the product, which offers...

Serif version of technical font unveiled. (Famous Engineer Brand Software Inc.'s FEBTechSerif mathematical typeface) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Richmond, Va. - Famous Engineer Brand Software Co. last month rolled out a new version of its technical font designed to complement the Palatino typeface. FEBTechSerif offers 226 mathematical, engineering and chemical characters,...

RTJ's Medical Master takes strain out of record keeping. (RTJ Corp.'s Medical Master medical record database manager) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Waltham, Mass. - A new program from RTJ Corp. aims to take the pain out of paperwork for medical offices. Medical Master, based on ACI US Inc.'s 4th Dimension, is designed to organize patient care and help with clinical data management....

Delrina adds address book to Far Side planner. (Far Side Daily Planner and Calendar Publisher 3.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Gary Larson fans have another year of chuckling ahead of them with an upgrade to Delrina Corp.'s Far Side Daily Planner and Calendar Publisher. Version 3.0 of the program, which Delrina acquired when it purchased Amaze...

Quadmation cuts price. (ZPS-230fx power-supply upgrade for Apple Macintosh II microcomputers is cheaper) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... Sunnyvale, Calif. - Quadmation Inc. last month lowered the price of its ZPS-230fx power-supply upgrade. The price has fallen to $299 from $349. The 234-watt unit serves Mac II, IIx and IIfx computers and supplies up to twice as much...

Apple broadens user support with new assurance program. (includes related article on Apple's Interactive Voice Response System)
September 6, 1993... The plan's command center in Austin, Texas, is aiming for a 90 percent customer-satisfaction rate. What Apple began two years ago as an effort to aid users stymied by its then-new System 7 has now blossomed into a support hot line that...

Users evaluate Apple Assurance. (Apple USA's customer support service) (includes related article on details of one-year warranty service)
September 6, 1993... The program brings Apple into step with major third-party support providers. With Apple Assurance, the Apple program launched in April that will provide one year of on-site or carry-in service for all Apple hardware products free of...

Calendar of events.
September 6, 1993... September 14-15 CD-ROM Summit 93, Toronto. Conference aimed at in-house and commercial developers of CD-ROMs. Contact Microplacement Inc. at (416) 960-3845; fax (416) 960-8791. 15-17 Apple Expo, Paris. Apple's annual Mac...

Remedy to offer Mac help desk; Unix-based system routes trouble tickets. (Remedy Corp.'s Action Request System) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Mountain View, Calif. - Remedy Corp., a leader in the help-desk market, is developing a Macintosh client that is due by the end of the year. Remedy's Action Request System (ARS) is a client-server application that provides forms for...

Wollongong Group carves out a new Pathway to NFS volumes. (Network File System) (Pathway NFS for Macintosh 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Palo Alto, Calif. - The Wollongong Group Inc. next week will deliver a speedier version of its Macintosh client for Network File System. Pathway NFS for Macintosh 2.0, priced at $295 per copy, lets users on an Ethernet network (or...

MultiAccess releases NuBus adapter to link Macs to fast-packet networks. (MultiAccess Computing Corp.'s SMDSTalk/DSO) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - MultiAccess Computing Corp. last month shipped a NuBus card that will let network managers include Macintoshes in future fast-packet, wide-area networks. The company is offering the SMDSTalk/DSO, a $1,195 NuBus adapter...

Pacer updates Mac-VMS connectivity products. (Pacer Software Inc.'s version 9.0 of its PacerShare, PacerPrint, PacerConnect and PacerLink Apple Macintosh-to-DEC VAX connectivity software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Westborough, Mass. - Pacer Software Inc. next week will ship upgrades for its client and server software tools that link Macs to VMS host computers. New features, including simplified installation and flexible user licensing mark Version...

InterCon enhances TCP/Connect II software. (InterCon Systems Inc.'s TCP/Connect II 1.2 Apple Macintosh to Unix connectivity software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Herndon, Va. - InterCon Systems Corp. last month delivered a new version of its Mac-to-Unix connectivity software, TCP/Connect II, bolstering keyboard mapping and file transfer options. TCP/Connect II 1.2 provides users with a floating...

Biscom updates Faxcom, releases LAN package. (local area network) (Faxcom for Macintosh 1.1 and Faxcom for LAN fax software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Chelmsford, Mass. - Biscom Inc. last month updated its Faxcom for Macintosh software and began widespread distribution of its cross-platform network fax system. Faxcom for Macintosh 1.1 consists of a Biscom fax server as well as Mac...

Enterprise Integration Network ships WAIS. (Wide Area Information Server) (Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.'s Enterprise Integration Network releases shareware MacWAIS 1.23 client) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Austin, Texas - The Enterprise Integration Network, a project of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp., has released a shareware Wide Area Information Server client for Macs and IBM PCs and compatibles. WAIS was originally...

CalScan 3.1 simplifies rescheduling of meetings. (RBC Inc.'s group scheduling software) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Arlington, Va. - RBC Inc. last month revved its cross-platform scheduling software up to Version 3.1, adding the option to re-invite people to meetings. CalScan 3.1, for Macintosh and DOS clients, offers the ability to reschedule group...

Sony to deliver videoconferencing hardware. (Sony Electronics Inc.'s PCS-V2 and PCS-V4 to combine color video camera, microphone and speaker) (Gateways Briefs)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Montvale, N.J. - Sony Electronics Inc. later this year will deliver two devices that provide computer-based multimedia and desktop video teleconferencing functions in a single unit. Due to ship in the fourth quarter, the PCS-V2 will cost...

Cross-platform data access: a meeting of many minds. (includes directory of data access software) (Buyers Guide)
September 6, 1993... Providing cross-platform database access is fraught with perils. MacWEEK looks at strategies to help avoid headaches. The problem with data these days is that everyone wants to get at it, no matter where it's stored or whether they use a...

New server for AWS 95 clears the way for queries from more clients. (Apple's DAL Server for A/UX and Apple Workgroup Server 95 1.4 data access software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... The Apple Workgroup Server 95 puts Apple on the back end of the cross-platform database structure for the first time. A new Open Database Connectivity-compliant Data Access Language server will open the AWS 95 to a wide variety of client...

Dataproducts delivers latest Jolt; printer refines solid-ink output. (Jolt PSe color PostScript Level 2 printer) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Woodland Hills, Calif. - Dataproducts Corp. last week unveiled a new version of its Adobe PostScript Level 2 solid-ink printer that the company said provides output rivaling pricier continuous-tone devices. Jolt PSe is available now for...

FrameMaker lays out new features; version 4.0 handles group docs, CMYK. (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black color model) (Frame Technology Corp.'s desktop publishing software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Frame Technology Corp. this month will reportedly roll out an upgrade to FrameMaker that offers stronger cross-platform and workgroup controls, among other features. Sources said FrameMaker 4.0 will ship simultaneously...

Aldus gets Fetch database moving; update searches more files faster. (Aldus Corp.'s Fetch 1.2 image-cataloging software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Seattle - Aldus Corp. this month will teach Fetch some new tricks when it ships Version 1.2 of the $295 image-cataloging application. The company has rewritten Fetch to incorporate Sierra Software Innovations Inc.'s Inside Out II database...

In Focus panel makes light work of LCD projection. (liquid crystal display) (In Focus Systems Inc.'s PanelBook 450 and LitePro 550 projection systems) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... Tualatin, Ore. - In Focus Systems Inc. last month delivered a passive-matrix version of its compact LCD panel for mobile users and announced a lightweight LCD projection system with built-in light source and audio. Each device offers a...

Filters raise Cumulus to new heights of compatibility. (11 filters available for Canto Software Inc.'s Cumulus 1.1 image-database software) (Brief Article)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - A new set of software filters extends the reach of Canto Software Inc.'s Cumulus image-database software to a variety of new and upgraded file types. The 11 filters, available free to users of Cumulus 1.1, provide access...

Macromedia spins out multimedia CD-ROM. (Macromedia Inc.'s Perfect Presentations: ClipMedia 3 multimedia library) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 6, 1993... San Francisco - Macromedia Inc. last month shipped Perfect Presentations: ClipMedia 3, the latest in a series of royalty-free multimedia libraries on CD-ROM. The $195 disc contains almost 1,000 clips, including QuickTime animations,...

Radius revamps channel strategy in move to boost market share. (Radius Inc.) (Brief Article)
September 13, 1993... San Jose, Calif. - Radius Inc. is aggressively retooling its distribution strategy in an attempt to improve its share of the Mac peripherals market. Under the new strategy, purchasing, fulfillment and support will be handled by such...

Microsoft focus of EC probe. (European Community scrutinizes Microsoft business practices) (Brief Article)
September 13, 1993... Redmond, Wash. - Already under an antitrust investigation in the United States, Microsoft Corp. last week said that authorities also were preparing to scrutinize its business practices in Europe. A Microsoft spokesman said Novell Inc. has...

Apple delivers Version 1.04 of Newton OS. (new version of operating system for Apple's Newton MessagePad personal digital assistant)
September 13, 1993... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple last week released an upgrade to the Newton MessagePad's operating system, the second such update this month. At press time the company had not officially announced the new release, Version 1.04. But customers...

Internet spins web over business; AT&T, cable services hooking up to the net.
September 13, 1993... San Francisco - The business world has seen the Internet and wants to make the worldwide network of TCP/IP-based networks its own. A spate of recent commercial connections to the Internet will make electronic mail, file archives and,...