MacWEEK articles from September 1995

MacWEEK archives from September 1995

Mac users eye alternatives to MS Office suite. (Microsoft's integrated software)
September 4, 1995... In the beginning, there was Word. Then came Excel, Office and the perennial upgrades. But according to analysts, some users are checking out alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s productivity suite. Chris LeTocq, analyst for SoftTracks Software...

Speed boosts on track for PCI-based Mac line: Apple upgrades due in early '96. (CPU plugs into daughterboard socket)
September 4, 1995... Apple will make good on its promise to use the CPU daughtercard socket of the new PCI Macs by shipping upgrades early next year, sources said. In the first quarter, Apple will reportedly offer an upgrade for the Power Mac 9500 from a 120-MHz...

Apple rejects Gateway due to parts shortage. (Gateway 2000 will not get System 7 license)
September 4, 1995... Apple recently nixed a Mac OS licensing deal with Intel-standard PC clone maker Gateway 2000 Inc. and has put the pursuit of other deals on hold because of worldwide component shortages. Negotiations with Gateway, the $2.7 billion supplier of...

Radius Telecast takes QuickTime to pro level. (VideoVision Telecast QuickTime video digitizing system) (includes related article on professional use of Telecast) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Score card: Radius VideoVision Telecast 1.0 Radius Inc. List price: $15,845* Overall value: 4 (Very good) The Radius VideoVision Telecast is a very good nonlinear video-editing system designed for integration into a professional...

Power revs up clones. (Power Computing's Power 120 Macintosh clone and minitower case)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... Power Computing Corp. this week will release a 120-MHz addition to its Mac clone family. The company will also debut a minitower enclosure available across the Power lineup. The Power 120, available in desktop and tower versions, sports a...

A 10-step plan for Apple. (making company forecasts and product availability mesh)(MacWEEK Insider)(Column)
September 4, 1995... The latest Mac shortages have caused Apple to delay its efforts to sign up major new licensees. I have only one question: Is anyone surprised? I think we can now officially blame availability for everything from the war in Bosnia to warts. It...

Bandai's Pippin gets a face lift. (Bandai Company's Power Player game system)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Bandai Co. Ltd. of Tokyo recently showed off a slick new design for its forthcoming Pippin-based Power Player game system. As first reported in Next Generation magazine, the unit was displayed at the Tokyo Toy Fair and will include a...

Limiting Internet access: apps keeps users from selected sites. (Microsystems Software's Cyber Control Internet access control utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Microsystems Software Inc. jumped into the business of controlling Internet access last week when it introduced a utility that filters out questionable material on the Internet. Like Surfwatch Inc.'s self-named Internet blocker, Cyber Patrol...

Supra releases V.34 PB modem. (SupraFAXModem 288 28.8-Kbps fax modem supports V.34 standard for PowerBook)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Months after the company announced the product's availability, Supra Corp. is now shipping the V.34 version of its fax modem for Apple's long-discontinued 100-series PowerBooks. The $269.95 SupraFAXModem 288 now supports the international...

Macromedia acquires Fauve. (Fauve Software)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Contributing to the recent spate of company acquisitions, Macromedia Inc. last week folded Fauve Software Inc. into its business. San Francisco-based Macromedia, the leading developer of multimedia-authoring software, and Fauve announced an...

DayStar lowers RISC: 100 MHz nears $1,000. (DayStar Digital reduces PowerPC accelerator prices)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... DayStar Digital Inc. this week slashed prices on its high-end PowerPC accelerators in an attempt to make them more attractive to owners of aging 680x0-based Macs. The company sliced up to 23 percent off the price of its 100 MHz PowerPro 601...

Epson widens inkjet line; new Stylus will be able to output tabloid-size pages. (Epson America's Stylus Pro and Stylus Pro XL color ink jet printers)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... Epson America Inc. is extending output options within its Stylus line of color inkjets. The new printers, which the company unveiled last week, include a tabloid-size model. The $999 Stylus Pro and $2,125 Stylus Pro XL are 720-by-720-dpi CMYK...

Empower revamps security lineup. (Magna's Empower 5.0 and Empower Professional 5.0 security utilities)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... Empower, Magna's line of Mac security utilities, recently gained new monikers, a new code base, a new look and new pricing. The company released Empower 5.0, which replaces Empower I, and Empower Professional 5.0, successor to Empower II. While...

Bare Bones wraps up new BBEdit text editor. (Bare Bones Software's BBEdit 3.5 text editor)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Bare Bones Software Inc. recently released an update to its BBEdit text editor that beefs up usability and speeds access to far-flung data. Version 3.5 of the $119 program features an Apple Guide-based help system. Besides providing definitions...

BTI unveils new PB accessories. (Battery Technology's MC-1950 nickel-metal-hydride internal battery for PowerPC PowerBooks and MC-1950S external battery pack)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Battery Technology Inc. in October will expand power options for owners of the new PowerBook 5300 models with long-life batteries and power packs. The company will ship the MC-1950, a $199 nickel-metal-hydride internal battery for the new...

Conley unleashes Cobra, SR-30 RAID. (SR-30 high-capacity storage server and Cobra, two-slot arrays for desktop storage)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Conley Corp. recently filled out its storage lineup with the release of new high-capacity server and desktop arrays. The SR-30 is an eight-slot Fast and Wide SCSI-3 enclosure that supports capacities up to 32 Gbytes. A configuration that...

MicroDisk shifts to higher speed. (Micropolis's modular storage system enhanced)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Micropolis Corp. will move its modular storage line onto the fast track with the release this month of high-speed versions of its MicroDisk system. The new Fast and Wide SCSI-2 stacking enclosures use 3.5-inch hard drive modules of 2.1 and 4.3...

Enterprise's new slots. (Mega Drive Systems Enterprise 2 and Enterprise 8 removable storage systems)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Spotlighting storage rather than star ships, Mega Drive Systems Inc. of Beverly Hills, Calif., recently released new Enterprise storage systems. The $499 E-2 and $1,999 E-8 are enclosures offering two and eight slots, respectively. The units...

DPT pitches SmartRAID for Mac. (Distributed Processing Technology's DPT-TWR high-capacity storage enclosure)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Distributed Processing Technology Corp. of Maitland, Fla., recently offered Mac users high-capacity storage enclosures in its SmartRAID line. The $1,995 DPT-TWR is a six-slot Fast SCSI-2 enclosure that supports DPT's EZ-Plug hard drive modules...

MicroNet pares CD recorder cost. (MicroNet Technology's Master CD Plus CD-recordable authoring system)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... MicroNet Technology Inc. of Irvine, Calif., recently trimmed the price of its Master CD Plus CD-Recordable authoring system. Based on a double-speed mechanism, the unit is now priced at $1,695; it previously cost $1,895. The recorder comes with...

Fractal revises Dabbler to teach and animate. (Fractal Design's Dabbler 2.0 natural-media paint package)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Fractal Design Corp. next month will put into motion an upgrade to Dabbler. Version 2.0 of the user-friendly natural-media paint package will feature flip-book animation, Fractal said. Dabbler 2.0, which is expected to cost $69, $30 less than...

Electric Cafe takes over ModelShop: version 3.0 due by end of the year. (3-D architectural-modeling application)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Electric Cafe Inc. has saved ModelShop from oblivion by acquiring the 3-D architectural-modeling program from Macromedia Inc. and announcing plans to retool the program by year-end. ModelShop 3.0, the first major upgrade to the program since...

Strata plugs 3-D into XPress. (3DXT QuarkXTension supplements QuarkXPress page-layout applications)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Strata Inc. plans to lay out a new vision of desktop publishing with a QuarkXTension that adds 3-D type and rendering technology to QuarkXPress, the popular page-layout program. The $99 3DXT will be introduced at this month's Seybold Seminars...

QuickDraw 3D aids CAD market. (Apple's CAD software serves as basis for developers' products at Siggraph 95)
September 4, 1995... When a slew of CAD vendors at Siggraph 95 in Los Angeles in August announced that upcoming versions of their architecture and engineering applications will be based on Apple QuickDraw 3D, it looked as if Apple may finally have found the ace in...

Avid plugs in video effects. (Avid Technology's TransJammer Volume 2 plug-in library of transition effects and UDAC Multimedia's Final Effects special-effects filters)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Avid Technology Inc. and UDAC Multimedia released new plug-in tools at Boston Macworld Expo in August that turn the Mac's video capabilities into special effects. Avid's TransJammer Volume 2 is the second in a series of plug-in libraries...

Smart Quotes tracks print jobs. (Legacy's Smart Quotes 2.0 for quoting and invoicing printing jobs)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Legacy Corp. recently offered graphics users a hand with the business end of their operations when it delivered Smart Quotes 2.0, a program designed to help pre-press houses in quoting and invoicing print jobs. The upgrade to the application,...

Instant images: reports from the field are mixed. (inexpensive digital cameras)
September 4, 1995... Low-end digital cameras provide the quickest way from picture to pixel. Why would anyone even consider a low-end digital camera when they cost far more than traditional 35mm cameras, fail miserably in image-quality tests and offer only...

Bringing it home: The New Yorker does digital. (digital images created in-house at magazine)
September 4, 1995... On its Aug. 7 cover, The New Yorker ran an illustration by Barcelona, Spain-based painter Mariscal. That's not necessarily a big deal unless you realize that the entire process -- art was submitted on disk in Adobe Illustrator, a proof was...

French hacker forces change in Net security. (encryption technology to be exported)
September 4, 1995... A French hacker with access to 120 workstations and two supercomputers, all working in parallel, has created a minor stir on the Internet that has resulted in U.S. government officials changing the export laws for encryption technologies....

FTPd now native, works on Web. (Stairways Software Pty Ltd's FTPd 3.0.0 FTP server shareware)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Stairways Software Pty. Ltd. is now offering FTPd 3.0.0, the latest update to the $10 FTP server shareware. FTPd takes advantage of System 7's Users & Groups interface and the Finder's sharing privileges to let users share Macintosh volumes over...

Mac Web developers share experiences and offer tips. (WebEdge II developers conference)
September 4, 1995... Last month's WebEdge II, the second Mac World-Wide Web developers conference held here this year, brought more than 300 Webmasters together to share their experiences and give insights into the management of Mac-based Web sites. Some issues...

White Pine prepares commercial CU-SeeME: also ships native Open Transport X Window tool. (White Pine Software's CU-SeeMe videoconferencing software; eXodus 6.0 Macintosh client)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... White Pine Software Inc. at last month's Macworld Expo in Boston shed more light on its plans for a commercial version of Cornell University's CU-SeeMe desktop videoconferencing software and shipped the Open Transport-native version of its X...

Apple updates on-line. (software upgrades available)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Apple has recently released updates to nearly a dozen of its software products. All are available on AppleLink, eWorld and CompuServe, as well as Apple's two FTP servers, ftp.info.apple.com and ftp.support.apple.com. > Apple Telecom 2.2 >...

TechGnosis adds ODBC; SequeLink ties to many databases. (Open Database Connectivity) (SequeLink 3.0 client-server middleware)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... TechGnosis Inc. this week is set to release Version 3.0 of SequeLink, its client-server middleware for Macintosh, OS/2, Unix and Windows machines. With SequeLink, developers can write their applications to the API, which then negotiates the...

GrabNet util maintains URLs across browsers. (Uniform Resource Locators) (ForeFront Group's GrabNet 2.0.4 database access software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Users who switch among multiple Internet browsers can now share a single bookmark file within those applications by using The ForeFront Group Inc.'s latest rendition of GrabNet, Version 2.0.4. The application allows users to maintain multiple...

Photonics eyes merger partner, cuts work force. (slow sales prompt downsizing, search for partner)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Citing sluggish growth in the wireless LAN market and the lack of a diversified product line, Photonics Corp. has laid off nearly three-fourths of its employees and is seeking a merger. Photonics President Gary Hughes said the San Jose,...

MacWEEK Index: Women and computers. (Illustration)
September 4, 1995... Women are playing a bigger role in the personal computer purchasing plans of households and are as knowledgeable about technology as men, according to a recent survey. Technology Awareness level E-mail 92% Internet ...

Executive severance to get golden at Apple. (contingency plans for hostile takeover)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Apple wants to soften the landing of several of its executives in the event of a hostile takeover. In an amendment to its quarterly earnings report last week, the company unveiled a severance plan that will make CEO Michael Spindler and others'...

Diamond to ring in Supra. (Diamond Multimedia Systems takes over modem manufacturer Supra Corp)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. in August announced it intends to acquire modem maker Supra Corp. of Vancouver, Wash., for $54 million in cash and stock. Bill Schroeder, CEO of San Jose, Calif.-based Diamond Multimedia, said the addition of...

Used Macintosh prices.(Buyers Guide)
September 4, 1995... Model Config. Price SE 1/20 $150 SE/30 5/40 $375 Classic 2/40 $275 Classic II 4/40 $375 LC 4/40 $200 LC II 4/80 $300...

Mac shortage dogging Apple. (Breakaway '95 dealers' conference highlights discontent)
September 4, 1995... Temperatures percolated in the 90s, the Bayou air was thicker than gumbo, and the French Quarter was downright balmy. So why was the Christmas shopping season on the minds of the more than 900 resellers and manufacturers who gathered at the...

Off the wire.(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... IBM Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., in August signed an agreement to license Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95. With the exception of Apple, IBM was the last of the top 10 personal computer makers to sign such an agreement. Boca Research Inc., based in Boca...

Open Transport hassles leave 9500 users stewing.(The Second Decade)(Column)
September 4, 1995... "Windows 95 is a 2-by-4 across Apple's head," I heard Apple Fellow Guy Kawasaki say on the radio the other day. "It will make us leaner, meaner, more competitive and more empathetic with our customers, or we'll die." I think Guy should...

The publishers' choice.(Editorial)
September 4, 1995... Venerated by its readers as the best magazine in the business with the industry awards to back up its fans' bias, The New Yorker has recently -- some might say finally -- gone digital. A feature in this week's GA Extra tells how a top-tier...

How Apple can win over market's great unwashed.(The Mac Manager)(Column)
September 4, 1995... Few subjects are as thought-provoking to Mac managers as the future of Apple. Let's face it; our butts are on the line here. We convinced our bosses to go Mac. We fought with our colleagues to make sure we stayed Mac. And despite the irritation...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
September 4, 1995... Clueless in Cupertino Bravo! I agree with Walter Schild's column in MacWEEK (Aug. 14, Page 32). Why does Apple put a 500-Mbyte hard drive in the new 7200? Even the 6200 Performa has 1 Gbyte! Does more power mean that you will have fewer...

SyQuest EZ135 speeds secondary storage race.(includes related article on bundled features) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Score Card: EZ135 Drive SyQuest Technology Inc. Overall value: 3 Estimated Street Price: $239.95 * The EZ135 Drive is marketed as a direct competitor to Iomega Corp's Zip drive. With a sustained data transfer rate of 2.3 Mbytes per...

For the record.(Correction Notice)
September 4, 1995... In our review of Claris Corp.'s Emailer 1.0 (MacWEEK, Aug. 21, Page 41), we incorrectly described part of the program's setup procedure. The presence of CompuServe Information Manager (MacCIM) or CompuServe Navigator would provide an indication...

No-frills Radius Edit package fills nonlinear-editing niche. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Radius Edit, one of the three QuickTime editing programs bundled with Radius Inc.'s VideoVision Telecast, offers video editors a more professional approach to nonlinear editing. Designed to fill the niche left by the late CoSA Hitchcock...

Twin Turbo speeds graphics; Integrated Micro's PCI card doubles 7500 rate. (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
September 4, 1995... Overall value: **** Although the internal video circuitry on Apple's Power Macs is impressive and fast, Apple's new PCI-based Power Macs come with the promise of speedy peripheral cards to improve it even further. If Integrated Micro...

CAD power spans broad spectrum.(includes related article on when two-dimensional CAD is enough)
September 4, 1995... Product Info Autodesk Inc. AutoCAD Release 12: $3,995 San Rafael, Calif. (415) 507-5000 or (800) 964-6432; fax (415) 507-5100; http://www.autodesk.com BAGH Technologies Inc. Architrion 5.81: $4,495 Montreal (514) 273-0522 or (800) 561-0522;...

Challenges of the 7500: acquisition, configuration. (Power Mac 7500)(MacInTouch)(Column)
September 4, 1995... The safe approach to PCI Mac migration is to build onto a blank System folder I got lucky. There were four Power Mac 7500 16/500 systems left in one local superstore the week after their introduction, and I quickly grabbed one. My preferred...

MacWeb update adds security layer: Version 2.0 brings support for tables.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 4, 1995... TradeWave Corp., formerly EINet, in August shed some light on its plans for the next version of MacWeb. The company said it plans to tie the World-Wide Web browser to a new high-level Internet commerce system. MacWeb 2.0 will be part of a...

LTI puts color on-line with ColorLink fax app. (Laser Today International)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Laser Today International Inc. in August shipped ColorLink, software that brings color to the monochrome world of faxing. The $138 package, available for Power Macs and 680x0-based Macs as well as Windows machines, lets users send color images...

Oracle gets piece of OpenDoc. (Oracle Corp becoming full member of Component Integration Labs; IBM and Novell waver in their support)
September 4, 1995... With the final release of OpenDoc near, one key developer is moving to prop up the object technology, while support by a pair of its major proponents shows new signs of sagging. The good news for OpenDoc backers: Oracle Corp. this week will...

Microsoft: virus fix is in.(Brief Article)
September 4, 1995... Microsoft Corp. has moved to squash a cross-platform virus created in Word 6's macro language. The company posted a scanning tool for the Word macro virus on the Internet and a variety of on-line services, including CompuServe, America Online...

StockWatch.
September 4, 1995... 08.31.95 Weekly % close change Apple 43.00 -6.01 MacWEEK Composite* 305.27 -5.82 Software developers Adobe 51.00 -17.24 Caere ...

Kawasaki leads Rush to judgment.(rumors)(Column)
September 4, 1995... Remember the Mac? That's the computer that survived Apple marketing and Apple product forecasting mostly unscathed. But it isn't surprising that as late as last week some were discounting its future in the face of the Windows 95 blitz. Given the...

OpenDoc consortium adds pair of partners; Oracle signs up, Novell to farm out. (Component Integrated Laboratories Inc consortium)
September 11, 1995... OpenDoc was thrust back into the limelight last week when two influential organizations signed up for Component Integrated Laboratories Inc., the consortium promoting the component-software standard. Meanwhile, one of the group's founders...

Power catches PCI wave with new line of clones. (Power Computing Corp's Mac clones will handle both PCI and NuBus boards)
September 11, 1995... Power Computing Corp. in late October will reportedly ride in with a series of high-speed Mac clones that can handle both PCI and NuBus boards. According to sources, the family, code-named TidalWave, will sport either 120- or 132-MHz PowerPC...

Spindler: Market menaced by Microsoft's monopoly. (Apple CEO Michael Spindler) (includes related article on Apple clone market and companies)
September 11, 1995... If Michael Spindler picked a phrase to sum up his views on Microsoft Corp., it might be: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Apple's CEO told MacWEEK in an exclusive interview that industry standards are a good thing in the...

StarNine to buy MS Mail client, will vie with CE. (StarNine Technologies' purchase of Microsoft Mail for Appletalk on the Macintosh will make it competitive with CE Software Inc)
September 11, 1995... StarNine Technologies Inc. is developing plans to move from being a provider of gateways for other e-mail systems to a full-fledged vendor of e-mail with close ties to Microsoft Corp., according to sources. StarNine of Berkeley, Calif., is...

Grab-bag PageMaker 6 no Quark-killer upgrade. (Adobe Systems' PageMaker 6.0 desktop publishing application) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 11, 1995... Score card: PageMaker 6.0 Adobe Systems Inc. List price: $895* Overall value: 3 (Good) PageMaker 6 shines in its implementation of color management and support for Kodak Photo CD and Hi-Fi Color. Multiple master pages and new tools...

Have we got a hit? (lab-based benchmarks of World Wide Web servers) (MacWeek Insider)(Column)
September 11, 1995... In this issue, MacWEEK publishes labs-based benchmarks of World-Wide Web servers. It appears we are the first to do so. The test results won't surprise those who have kept their ears to the Mac-Internet groundswell: The (breathe in) Apple...

New color lasers on tap; Lexmark, QMS models ready. (Lexmark International Inc's Optra C and QMS Inc's magicolor CX color laser printers)(Product Announcement)
September 11, 1995... A new wave of color laser printers is set to ship from Lexmark International Inc. and QMS Inc. Lexmark will be the second company, after Apple, to offer a color laser built atop a Canon engine when it ships the Optra C later this month....

Adobe takes aim at low end with PrintGear architecture. (Adobe Systems introduces PrintGear chip, a new OEM controller architecture focussing on home and small-business users)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Adobe Systems Inc. this week will rip into the low-end printer market with PrintGear, a new OEM controller architecture aimed at small-business and home users. PrintGear will comprise a host-based driver and a set of processors embedded in the...

SuperCard 2.5 sports enhanced QT controls. (QuickTime) (Allegiant Technologies' SuperCard 2.5 multimedia authoring tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Dealing a new hand for SuperCard, Allegiant Technologies Inc. has released Version 2.5 of the multimedia authoring tool. SuperCard 2.5 features 24-bit-color graphics display, enhanced QuickTime controls, a new transitions engine and a freely...

Apple gives away fix for Open Transport. (Apple provides free CD-ROM upgrade to Open Transport)(Product Announcement)
September 11, 1995... In an effort to quell concerns of users who are displeased with Apple's handling of Open Transport upgrades for the Power Mac 9500, Apple last week announced it will offer a free CD-ROM containing the most recent version of the networking...

For the record. (corrections)(Correction Notice)
September 11, 1995... The Aug. 21 story on the Mac Volume Buyer event (Page 30) incorrectly stated the location of Adams New Media, which is in Holbrook, Mass. An Aug. 21 letter on HTML 3.0 features (Page 37) incorrectly cited a URL reference. The correct location...

TopDown connects files to flowcharts. (Kaetron Software's TopDown 4.5 cross-platform flowchart software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Letting users put their finger on relevant data, Kaetron Software Corp. this week will release an update to TopDown, its $345 cross-platform flowchart software. Version 4.5 lets users hot-link chart elements with data files from other...

PRDS ships color fax, scanner combo. (Pacific Rim Data Sciences' ColorBlaster mf combines color scanner, high-speed fax modem and PostScript printing abilities)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Extending the reach of colorful communications, Pacific Rim Data Sciences in October will release ColorBlaster mf, a new multifunction package that combines a color scanner and a high-speed fax modem with PostScript printing capabilities. The...

TechWorks ships memory for new PPC PowerBooks. (Technology Works Inc releases memory modules for PowerPC-based PowerBooks)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Technology Works Inc. last week released memory modules for the new PowerPC-based PowerBooks. The company cautioned users that choosing the right module is no longer as simple as it used to be. TechWorks pointed out that while the new 5300-...

FWB puts move on data; HSM TookKit eases migration. (FWB Inc's HSM ToolKit, a hierarchical storage management for individual Macs and AppleShare servers)(Product Announcement)
September 11, 1995... While its storage hardware lets data fly, FWB Inc.'s new software will help files emulate the migratory habits of birds. The company in October expects to release HSM ToolKit, low-cost entry-level hierarchical storage management for individual...

Deltec delivers UPS app for Mac. (Deltec Electronics Corp's LANSafe III uninterruptible power supply management software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... To help users secure data in case of a power failure, Deltec Electronics Corp. next week will release a Mac version of its LanSafe III uninterruptible power supply management software. The $99 software is compatible with Deltec's PowerRite...

Multimedia Labs' hi-fi sound. (TC-1490-7SUB speaker package)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Aiming for computer-based presentations that can mimic a live concert, Multimedia Labs Inc. recently shipped a high-fidelity four-piece sound system. The $299 TC-1490-7SUB speaker package comprises two wall-mountable speakers, a subwoofer and...

APS' DAT jukebox handles 40 Gbytes. (Alliance Peripheral Systems' DATLoader600 jukebox)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... APS Technologies will let users connect the DATs when it releases its DATLoader600 jukebox later this month. The $2,299.95 six-slot autoloader holds up to five DAT data cartridges and one cleaning cartridge, which ship with the unit along with...

RealAudio hits to Internet fans. (Progressive Networks Inc's Live RealAudio client server system for Internet-based broadcasting)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Far-flung sports fans cheered as Progressive Networks Inc. last week used its RealAudio technology to broadcast a major-league baseball game over the Internet. Mac and Windows users equipped with Progressive's RealAudio player tuned in to...

Touching numbers. (Genovation Inc's AddPoint input device)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Adding a new twist to numeric input, Genovation Inc. later this month will release a Mac version of its AddPoint keypad that includes a built-in GlidePoint touchpad. The $128 ADB keypad has a 4.25-by-6.25-inch footprint and a touchpad with a...

Gold Disk puts polish on Astound upgrade; Version 2.0 adds tighter controls to presentations. (presentation software)(Product Announcement)
September 11, 1995... Gold Disk Inc. last week delivered a long-awaited sequel to its presentation software package. Astound 2.0 is available now for $249.95, down from $399 for the previous version. The program was originally slated to ship in April as Version 1.5...

Plug-ins widen scope of Photoshop: four vendors prep new filters. (four graphics/imaging utilities for Adobe Systems Inc's Photoshop image processing software)(Product Announcement)
September 11, 1995... Business is still booming in the crowded market for Adobe Photoshop filters, judging from the plethora of new products. > The Human Software Co. recently delivered Squizz!, a new $149 distortion filter package that the company said lets users...

PageMaker 6 first to offer Hi-Fi Color. (Adobe Systems Inc's PageMaker 6.0 desktop publishing software)
September 11, 1995... With the release of Adobe PageMaker 6.0, users have their first chance to try out Hi-Fi Color, a new approach to process printing in which the color gamut is visibly enhanced through the use of two or more inks in addition to the standard CMYK....

Montgomery Ward takes pre-press tasks in-house.
September 11, 1995... The work volume is staggering and last-minute changes are the rule at Montgomery Ward & Co. Inc.'s headquarters in Chicago, where the advertising department designs, paginates and sends to press 8,000 full-color, multi-image pages each year. As...

Montage enhances recorder. (Montage Graphics Inc's FR2 Enhanced! film recorder)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Montage Graphics Inc. has honed the capabilities of its FR2 film recorder with improved optics that sharpen slides by up to 15 percent, the company said. The FR2 Enhanced!, available now for $6,995, features a new custom lens and an enhanced...

Color-mixing app plugs into XPress. (Praxisoft Inc's Color Compass XTension color-mixing software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
September 11, 1995... Praxisoft Inc. is preparing to let QuarkXPress users plug into color mixing with a QuarkXTension that complements the company's Color Compass software. The $100 XTension, slated to ship at Seybold San Francisco this month, will help users of...