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10 July 1990 Vol. 4 No. 25 Ww fe} R K s T A T i) fe} N N E Sa MACDRAFT © THE WEEK IN REVIEWS ® LOW-COST COLOR BOARDS VIRTUAL & MAXIMA @ SPYGLASS ® COMPRESSION UTILITIES @ MACINUSE @ MARCO POLO ® INSIDE INFORMATION RIVAL & SAM Apple shells out | | $1 million for ‘Classic’ name By Daniel Farber Cupertino, Calif. — It may or may not be “the choice of the new generation,” but Apple’s new com- pact Macintosh, due in October, | will probably be marketed as “the real thing.” Taking its cue from Coca-Cola Co. rather than CEO John Scul- ley’s former employer Pepsi-Cola Co., Apple is leaning toward Mac- intosh Classic as the name of the new Mac slated to replace the Mac Plus and SE this fall. In addition, Nem GE the company may use the word | “Classic” to de: bers of the compact-Mac family Apple already has made a sub- stantial investment in the “Classic” See Classic, Pa; cribe other mem- 4-ppm units aimed at small workgroups By Pamela Pfiffner Cupertino, Calif. — Moving into the thick of a field crowded with competitors offering lower-cost laser printers to individual users and small workgroups, Apple last week unveiled two new additions to its LaserWriter line As expected (see MacW May 1 and June 26), the new i page-per-minute Personal Laser- Writer series includes: » The Personal LaserWriter SC. a $1,999 direct-connect SCSI unit that relies on the Mac’s own pro- cessor and QuickDraw routines to generate 300-dpi text and graphics. networkable PostScript model, priced at $3,299. immediately, are markedly differ- > The Personal LaserWriter NT, a Apple’s new 4-page-per-minute Personal LaserWriter printers, available immediately in both PostScript and non-PostScript models, are two-thirds the size of the older LaserWriter I! models. ent, both inside and out, from Apple's two-and-a-half-year-old, 8- ppm LaserWriter II line Moving away from the rounded corners and sleek silhouette of the IIs, the new Personal LaserWriters sport what product manager See LaserWriter, Page 8 ] | | The new printers, ayailable | | John Sculley: The Robert Puette: New | 0 whe tok ovr RED president of Apple USA New VP of soles for ‘and topped Spindler os view who plons to recon who earned his stripes ‘Apple USA who rode up | L his right-hand man quer the USA ot Hewlett-Packard _from the Southwest | By Pamela Prifin ‘Apple fields new team for USA sales push By Connie Guglielmo and Pamels Pfiffaer Cupertino, Calif. — If it were a summer movie sequel, it would be called “Apple 90: The Reorg, Part IL” But while the cast has changed, the story remains the same: The company is still looking for a work- able Apple USA team. In its second major management restructuring this year, Apple announced on June 21 that William B. Coldrick, senior vice president of sales for Apple USA for the past year, would become a part- time adviser to the new presi- dent of Apple USA, a role Coldrick previously had been expected to assume. Unspun Claris puts developers on edge | § By Doniel Farber | Cupertino, Calif. — | Decidedly mixed reactions greeted Apple’s surprise ; announcement last month that Claris Corp. will remain an Apple-subsidiary rather than become an independent company. While most industry ana- lysts called it a smart move, third- party software developers expressed renewed fears of unfair competition. When Apple formed Claris more than three years ago, it planned on the subsidiary eventually becoming a publicly traded, separate company. Industry insiders have even expect- ed Claris to develop applications for Windows 3.0 to expand its portfolio, Apple CEO John Sculley attribut- ed the recent decision to reel in Claris to the increasing importance of software as “the factor that shapes ptitive advantage in the 1990s. While [the subsidiary’s] spin-off Olaris, Page 8 Mobile, Ala. — In hopes of steal- ing some of Apple’s thunder, this week QMS Inc. will announce a personal laser printer that appears to best Apple’s new offerings in terms of price, performance and functionality. The new QMS-PS 410, like Apple's new Personal LaserWriter NT (see story above), is a Post- Although observers speculated that he had been elbowed out, Coldrick said in a prepared state- ment that he was reducing his role See Reorganization, Page 9 [TA = oT E N E- Wess Tri-Data fills out Netway 2000 gateway line Santa Clara, Calif. — Tri-Data Systems Inc. announced several new versions of the Netway 2000, its SPARC-based Systems Network Architecture gateway linking Macs and IBM PCs to mainframes. The new models, complementing the original 64-session version, support 16, 32 or 128 sessions. Prices range from $5,995 for the 16-session unit to $14,995 for the largest version. LoserWriter IINTX ROMs upgraded Cupertino, Calif, — A $119 ROM upgrade for Apple’s LaserWriter IINTX printer will reach dealers this month, Shipping in new units since May, the new ROM Version 3.0 offers better hard disk manage- ment, improved LaserJet emulation and software switching of emula- tion modes via the AppleTalk port, the conypany said. 0 QMS takes on Personal challenge with faster, cheaper PS printer Script laser printer based on Canon’s 300-dpi, 4-page-per- minute LBP-LX marking engine. But at $2,795, the QMS printer is priced at nearly $500 less and is 6 pounds lighter than the Apple printer, At the*same time, it has key features such as a faster proces- sor, a parallel port, a later version of Hewlett-Packard $ page- See OMS, Page & CLyAys's SECOND Pie a NEWSPAPER Why pivot when you can click? 60 dpi for text entry- just click. 46 or 36 dpi for enlarged Macintosh 9 or 13-inch screen images- just click, click. The 19" L-View° Multi-Mode” display system lets you move your mouse, not your monitor, to select the perfect display mode for every job in your company. } gives you the best possible view for each of the applications you use, And that’s what you get with the L-View Multi-Mode from Sigma Designs. Whether you work with spreadsheets or CAD, graphics or text, desktop publishing or word processing, L-View Multi-Mode lets you choose the best ways to display them...for the way you want to work. You select from six dis- play modes by clicking in the L-View Multi-Mode control panel, or by pressing the convenient keyboard commands. It's fast, and it’s easy. There's more. Pop-up menus. Multiple cursor G immicks aside, what you really need is a display system that The L-Vieo Multi-Mode contra pane! lets you change display modes at the click ofa mouse, or with user-cnfigurable keyboard commands © 1990 Sigma Designs, nc. L-View Multi-Mode isa trademark of Sigma Designs, Inc. Macintash isa registered trademark of Apple Computers, Inc. Specifications subject to change without notice, and menu bar sizes. A screen saver. Anda screen capture utility. L-View Multi-Modes’s 19" land- scape monitor maximizes your dis- play area, incorporating state-of-the -art technology for the highest image quality. Refresh rates of up to 92 Hz assure you of solid, flicker free images. Price? That’s the best news, It clicks with any budget. So get what you want, when you want it for the Macintosh IIxx family of computers. Call your Authorized Sigma Designs Dealer or Sigma Designs direct at 1-800-933-9945. 46501 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 TEL; (415) 770-0100 FAX: (415) 770-0110 TLX: 171240 LTT MARTIN = Pianieatt Bert 990 Feeay O8 pareny GY Toottay oven Soe o¢ 6 000 #00 Coo ooo By Henry Norr Montclair, Calif. — Promising an integrated solution to the problem of managing resources, individual calendars and workgroup schedules ina mixed computing environment, ASD Software Inc. this month began shipping Planisoft, a schedul- ing application that runs on both the Mac and Microsoft Windows The program, which makes heavy use of icons, pop-up palettes, and color or fill patterns, offers the same interface in both operating environments, the company said. In addition to a single-user ver- sion priced at $249 for either plat- form, ASD offers a network version for $895 for five users or $1,295 for 10 users. The network version works with AppleShare, TOPS and Novell Netware. Developed in France, the program is already marketed in Europe by Alpha Sys- tems, ASD’s parent company. ‘The network version makes it pos- sible to link and superimpose agen- das from multiple Macs, IBM PCs or Aladdin uncorks Stuffit Deluxe By Henry Norr Aptos, Calif. — Stuffit Deluxe, an enhanced commercial version of the popular file-compression utili- ty, is finally out of the bottle, according to publisher Aladdin Systems Ine. The $99.95 program features a long list of improvements over its once-shareware predecessor, which Aladdin now calls Stuffit Classic; > Several compression methods To our readers MacWEEK will not be pub- lished July 17 and 24. During ‘our hiatus, you can still get your weekly dose of Mac news via the MacWEEK News Beat fea- ture on Zmac, Ziff-Davis Pub- lishing Co.'s on-line companion to its two Mac publications Instructions on how to get on Zmac can be found on Page 115. Planisoft Pieler lets Mac, PC users get with the program both, so users can visualize resource allocation and spot free times and conflicts, Because Planisoft uses col- or or fill-pattern codes, rather than text, in its main time grid, informa- tion can be shared while details are kept confidential. Users can create four sets of codes, each with up to 15 custom entries, to represent different appointments, locations, levels of urgency or other information. Data also can be protected by a multilevel password scheme. ASD also publishes FileGuard, an access-control and encryption pro- gram (see MacWEEK, May 22) The program, which incorporates a relational database, also can be used for contact management. Fea- tures include structured fields for names, addresses and other informa- tion; dialing from within the pro- gram; search and analysis capabilities across multiple schedules; and export ina variety of Mac database formats ASD Software Ine. is at 4650 ‘Arrow Highway, Suite G-21, Mont- clair, Calif. 91763; (714) 624-2594. 0 that offer different combinations of speed and efficiency. Special meth- ods optimized for 24-bit color graphics and sound are included. >A Magic Menu Finder Exten- sion, which lets users compress, decompress and mail files directly from the desktop. > An open architecture for plug- ging in special-purpose compres- sion and encryption routines. > Built-in virus protection. > PICT and Text Viewers for users examining the contents of archives. > A scripting language. >A 200-page manual, plus context-sensitive on-line help. > Simplified Standard and full- featured Expert modes. > Support for moving files among archives by dragging among up to eight simultaneously open windows For a limited time, registered Stufflt owners can upgrade for $40. Aladdin Systems Ine, is at Deer Park Center, Suite 23A-171, Aptos, Calif. 95003; (408) 685-9175, 0 n 25 28 32 38 40 42 44 44 118 50 52 In this Issue News CAD/CAM Group's system ties ECAD tools, database Apple wholesales Pluses for less HyperCard 2.0 unvelling leaves unanswered questions Neuron Data revises Nexpert Object for mainstream Digital World conference takes on multimedia slant BackTrack: A leap forward for Mac file versioning Extending DTP: QuarkXTensions for newspapers. Low-cost products help managers untangle Ethernet Levco 860i card brings Mac up to speed with Intel chip CrystalPrint PS clone clears way to Type 1 fonts New links for Macs and HP LoserJets New Media Steve Rosenthal ‘Multimedia publishing evolves: Three models for this infant industry. StackWEEK Steve Michel With HyperSpeller, spell checking finally comes to HyperCard. Opinion Editorials Letters Mac the Knife = Window of opportunity: Mac front ends extend the viability of 3270 applications. The Mac Manager Don Crabb The summer season is asworm with software sequels. 57 58 62 62 70 70 70 12 12 80 80 82 86 113 113 13 115 116 90 94 98 9 0 Trends: Mac design and development packages for the construction industry link 3-D drafting and visualization, time keeping, and cost calculations. MacinTouch A sofwore gremlin i prowing in the PRAM of Mac I! machines; here ore three simple woys fo get rid of it Comparison: ColorBoard 264, Color Card/24, | Display Card 8°24 low-cost true-color graphics cards Review: Rival, SAM af anti-virus front lines Review: MacDraft 2.0 challenges MacDraw Il Review: Marco Polo lets users store, explore files Reviews in Brief: Plus 2.0, VideoPaint Comparison: Compression utilities Diamond, DiskDoubler 2.02, Stuffit 1.5.1 Review: Spyglass focuses on scientific-data patterns Review: Virtual, Maxima perform Mac memory feats Review: Watch your language with Inside Information Review. 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MoWEEK so egistred rodemot of Coast Assocs Pblshing, LP News Electronic CAD system integrates database, tools for fast design By Rochelle Garner Cupertino, Calif. — CAD/CAM Group Ine. last month introduced a system of four modules and an integrated database intend- ed to extend the electronic CAD capabilities of the Macintosh Due sometime in the third quarter of this year, CAD/CAM’s new Engineering Capture System for the Macintosh, previously available for Sun and DOS-based computers, is based on a database that automatically stores underlying electrical information as users draw lines and symbols on-screen. As a result, net lists (lists of all electrical components) can be generated almost instantaneously “Every other schematic-capture program stores a database of graphical information rather than electrical information,” said David Squires, application manager with the CAD/CAM Group. “But when the user is drawing line segments, the computer is just sucking its thumb. We decided to use that time to build up a database with that electri- cal information readily accessible. According to Squires, the program can generate a net list of tens of thousands of components within seconds. In addition, the database automatically connects information arranged hierarchically (in which the design can be viewed overall and by functional detail) and in sheets (containing the design and information for each component > The database is part of the Design Capture Tool, the Engineering Capture System's core module. Priced at $2,495, the Design Capture Tool is used to enter schematics and perform error checking. It supports back annotation onto the schematic mentation of design changes for more-thorough docu- The module allows users to move interactively among the Disinfectant upgrade, INIT due this week By Henry Norr Evanston, Ill. — Disinfectant 2.0, a m upgrade of a free anti-virus utility that has earned a loyal following among corporate network managers as well as individual users, is scheduled for release this week. Developed by John Norstad of Northwest ern University here with the assistance of an international team that includes the Mac world's leading virus fighters, the program is designed to be a comprehensive tool for detecting and removing all known Mac viruses, preventing further infections and educating users about the problem. The new version, which will be through bulletin-board services and user released groups, can scan and repair selected files and folders or complete disks in the background It also installs a Startup document (INIT that, while not as feature-rich as commercial competitors, provides simple and unobtru- sive protection against known viruses Version 2.0 also can be configured to scan and repair disks automatically from a Mac dedicated as a scanning station An expanded manu problem is built into the program and serves as the basis for its on-line context-sensitive help. Norstad, one of the original developers of Odesta Corp.'s Helix database family, said he al and guide to the virus has spent more than 1,000 hours developing Disinfectant, which now totals more than 25,000 lines of code different hierarchical levels for greater detail Selected nets, or the wires between compo- nents, a hierarchy and all sheets. > Design Analysis Tools, priced at $995. comprises a number of tools that handle error checking, monitor capacitive loads on each net and determine whether the nets e highlighted throughout all levels of have sufficient power. Clicking on errors brought up in a list box will cause the mod- ule to automatically zoom in on the design area containing the problem. The Design Analysis Tools module also includes a viewer for critical paths, or paths within a design that are slower than the rest. When used with a critical path tool, available from other MacWEEK 10 July 1990 vendors, the viewer will display the critical path directly on the schematic > The $1,995 Waveform Tool, used for dis- playing logic-simulation waveforms, enables post-simulation analysis. It does not require the Design Capture Tool module. » The $12,500 Programmer's Interface Kit provides C-level access to the database for customization. CAD/CAM Group Inc. is located at 20480-B Pacifica Drive, Cupertino, Calif. 95014; (408) 725-0204. 0 The desktop Mac with more tha MocWEEK 10 July 1990 tors for $649 and the SE HD20 for $1,248 Apple had to combat the influx of DOS machines in the education battleground said Aka Demesa, Apple marketing director for ComputerCraft Corp. of Houste New machines on the horizon also appear Dealers pass on Plus cost cut $1,799, which remains unchanged. The Mac SE with a 20-Mbyte hard drive is available from some dealers for less than $2,000, com: pared with a reduiced list price of $2,969 set in February Members of the education community got an even better deal. For a month in May and June, Apple offered the Plus to K-12 educa- Cupertino, Calif. — Acting just a day before IBM Corp. introduced its low-end PS/1 line of personal computers, Apple last month cut dealer costs for the Macintosh Plus to $799. In response, street prices in some parts of the country dipped to as little as $879, less than half Apple’s suggested list price of to be driving the prices down. “It's no secret that Apple plans to introduce new computers for the low end,” said Richard Biba, presi dent of Computer Connexion in West Cov ina, Calif. “I think the lowered prices are to clear the channels.” intosh for people none destion P Think oft as the office Mac’ & you can take home with you. Or the Mac for the home thats capable enough touse at the office. Either way, this is the Macintosh that gives you the freedom to work where you can get the mostwork J done. The Macintosh Portable. The Portable is, first and foremost, a full-fledged, completely compatible Macintosh. Its got the standard Mac keyboard, and comes with a page-width screen. It run all the same programs you're currently using, at twice the speed of our best-selling Macintosh SE. And, just as impor- tant, it plugs into any Mac peripheral. There’ also the added benefit that since you'll always be using the same computer, your desktop and programs will always be set up just the way you like them. Complete with the most current version of all your work. For the name of the authorized Apple reseller nearest you, give us a call at 1-800-538-9696, ext. 725. And find out how to have the power to be your best. No matter which desktop you happen to be at. Ul The power to be your best. © 1900 ype Computer nc pe te ple bg Mac anal Macinac re reseed maosars dhe pacer be your bei a achomar of pple Camp In Feature: Description: Software Activated by mouse dick convenient trackball way fo rotate and view objects from different angles. LDrafting Constructs lines in z-axis; identifies Assistont when aligned with the z-axis of o given geometry; helps align objects behind visually obstructed point of line. Tsometric Familiar methodology for designers design sccustomed to drawing boards. Ashlar’s 2-D Vellum to get 3-D add-on By Rochelle Garner Sunnyvale, Calif A 3-D module thal add a variety of innovative features to llum 2-D CAD pr late next month, Ines pion scheduled D will include an on: screen software trackball, a z-axis version of the intelligent Drafting inal Vellum Assistant introduced and a new method for ~ 3-D wire frames. Ashlar’s patent-pending Drafting Assistant uses text to explain the cursor’s positi tive to gec sbjects. T the acknow look of Claris MiniCad+ 3.0, both due this m The Z-Drafting Assistant will take this feedback one step further, recognizing when geometry resides in the z-axis and even alert users that their cursor is behind other geometry in the wire frame In addition, Vellum 3D creates a methodol produce iso s are 30 3-D wire frames using gy familiar to designers wh in which any 2-D profile) 3-D often have trouble working with it,” said tric drawings es out from a by hand. “Designers moving to Rich Carpenter of Asblar’s marketing sup- port group. “We decided that the easiest way for users to get into 3-D was by pretending that the drawing is an isometric. The Z Drafting Assistant will then create the 3-D wire e model. Vellum 3D will require Vellum 1.1 and a Mac II or SE/30. Ashlar Inc. is at 1290 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086; (408) 746-3900. VersaCAD links info, objects Bedford, Mass. — Computervision Corp. parent company of the former Versacad Corp., last month announced Version 3.0 of VersaCAD/Macintosh Edition. The new release of the $2,395 2-D CAD program offers an Attributes feature that lets users associate non-graphie information with objects or groups of objects. Attributes such as model number, manufacturer, cost and description can be assigned to any of four user-definable fields. Numeric information | greater can be sorted by operations such as than” and “equal to.” Information can be accessed even when objects are used in other documents. Other new features in Version 3.0 include automatic generation of lines parallel to | 1 boundary and the capability to read VersaCAD DOS files directly Versacad, part of Computervision Corp.'s Personal CAD/CAM Business Unit, is locat- 2124 Main St., Huntington Beach, | 714) 960-720. | ed Calif, 92645, News New HyperCard raises questions Conversion routines, | July release in doubt | By Reines Cohen Beverly Hills, Calif. — Apple's splashy announce- ment of Hyper- Card 2.0 here late last month may be exciting news for stackheads, but it leaves unanswered such questions as shipping date, downward com- patibility and future development directions. Apple said the new version will ship in July, although beta testers report that many bugs remain and that Apple was adding and changing features as recently as last week. “They'll be lucky if they can ship a debugged version in time for Macworld Expo in Boston this August,” several devel- opers said. Developers said they enjoy the new features of HyperCard 2.0 (see related story at right). “The ability to run in the background is incredi- bly nice,” said Kevin Altis, presi- dent of Dazzl, a Columbia, Mo consulting firm. “Combined with the enhanced externals interface, it really puts HyperCard beyond all the other similar programs While a simple convert com- mand performs a one-way transla- tion of pre-2.0 stacks to the new file format, not all stacks will be able to be translated without some modification. Changes in the Leaders of the HyperCard team at Apple are (left to right) Mike Holm, Kevin Calhoun, Don Winkler ond Robin Shank. The group is expected to be divided and perhaps moved to Claris. HyperTalk language and externals interface will make some currently working stacks break in ways that require repair. Ifa stack on a CD. ROM has problems, the user will have to copy the stack to the hard disk for conversion. Apple said it will reorganize the HyperCard team after Version 2.0 ships, to begin parallel develop- ment of HyperCard 2.1 and 3.0 Version 2.1, expected in January 1991, will take advantage of System 7.0 as well as future CPUs; the far- off HyperCard 3.0 will be tightly coupled with System 8.0. Some Apple watchers said the team could move to Claris Corp., now that it is becoming a division of Apple.o HyperCard 2.0 features © Vorioble card sizes, @© Multiple windows © Styled text in fields @ Hot text (Hyperlext) support © (olor PICT support © Improved externals interface ©@ User-definable menus @ MultiFinder backgrounding © |mproved printing @ Foster, enhanced HyperTalk © Debugging © ‘Integrated on-line help SuperCard 1.5 keeps Silicon Beach in running By Raines Cohen San Diego — Shipping on the very day that Apple introduced HyperCard 2.0, Silicon Beach Soft- ware last month released a long- awaited major upgrade to its SuperCard authoring system. Version 1.5, announced four months ago (see MacWEEK, March 13), is much faster than SuperCard 1,0 and fixes bugs that formerly tar- nished the 13-month-old applica- tion, according to beta testers. “It is now even more in a niche by itself as a media integra- tion machine, showing full-color cards, PICS animations and the like,” said Kevin Altis, pres- ident of Dazzl, a Columbia Mo, consulting firm. “It still doesn't have the speed, elaborate externals interface or back- ground capabilities of the new HyperCard.” SuperCard 1.5 sells for $299, up $100 from previous versions Slicon Beoch’s SuperCard 1.5 upgrade odds support for hier- archical menus illustrated here | would be more | difficult even | im the just- New features include support for hierarchical and pop-up menus, list fields, and color text. Animation features haye been enhanced. Pro- ject developers using Version 1.5 now can access integrated on-line help when building applications with the SuperTalk programming language. SuperTalk enhancements in- clude an overall speed increase, integrated debugging, and im- proved MultiFinder switching between the SuperEdit develop- ment environment and the Super- Card user environment The debugging module, Script- Tracer, steps through programs as they execute, showing expres- sion and variable values and types. Scripts can better detect and respond to error conditions Registered owners of Super- Card 1.0 received the new version for free. Silicon Beach Software, now a subsidiary of Aldus Corp., is locat- ed at 9770 Carroll Center Road, Suite J, San Diego, Calif. 92126; (619) 695-6956, o Developers put HyperCard 2.0 through its paces The bonds of non-disclosure | dropped last month as hordes of developers rushed forward to tell the world about their Hyper- Card 2.0-specific stacks. Most of the products won't ship until HyperCard 2.0 is released later this summer. Business and reference stacks. Highlighted Data Inc. of Washington, D.C series of CD-ROM-based govern- ment guides. The first dise will help users locate employees of US. government agencies, including Congress, the executive branch and the judiciary. Subsequent titles will cover Europe, Canada, Latin and South America, the Soviet Union, and Eastern bloc countries. >The HyperGlot Software Co. of Knoxville, Tenn., unveiled RefBase, a $150 reference- tracking database and bibliogra- phy generator. » Petroglyph Ine. of San Francis- co and Nova Development Corp. of Calabasas, Calif, introduced stacks for business writers and journalists. Multimedia stacks. The Voy- ager Company of Santa Monica, Calif., announced several new and upgraded titles based on Hyper- Card 2.0, including The Louvre LaserStack; Igor Stravinsky; The Rite of Spring CD Companion; Voyager CD AudioStack; and Voy- ager VideoStack. > Cultural Resources Inc. of Cranford, N.J., plans an Octo- ber release for Culture 2.0, a CD-ROM-based educational application Developer tools. New search engines and database externals for HyperCard 2,0 were announced by Knowledgeset Corp. of Moun- tain View, Calif.; Softstream Int national Inc. of Mt. Laurel, N.J.; and Answer Software Corp. of Cupertino, Calif. > ICOM Simulations Ine. of Wheeling, IIL, and Somak Software of Encinitas, Calif., announced replacements for HyperCard 2.0's debugger and seript editor > Millennium Software of Lagu- na Beach, Calif., announced HyperX 4.0, an update to its $99.95 expert-system tool > Hyperworks Software Design & Development of Mission Hills, Calif; Tulip Software of Andover, Mass.; Boojum Computer Systems Inc. of Silver Spring, Md.; Cyan of Spokane, Wash.; and Trendware Corp. of Huntington, Conn., all announced HyperCard-related tools and utility stacks, Publications. Bantam Double- day Dell Publishing Group Inc., under the Bantam Computer Books name, released three books on HyperCard 2.0. — Raines is working on a | MocWEEK 10 July 1990 Founder & Publisher Michael Tehong EDITORIAL Editor Daniel Ruby Executive Editor Daniel Farber ‘Managing Editor Brenda Benner News Group Group Editor Henry Norr Senior Editor Rochelle Garner Associate Editor Connie Guglielmo Editor ot Large Dale Coleman Senior Writer John Battelle Technical Analyst Raines Cohen Staff Reporters Pamela Pfiffner, Carolyn Said, John Webster Technology Group Group Editor Anita Malnig Senior Editor/Reviews Becky Waring Senior Technical Editor Ric Ford (Boston) Senior Writer Rick LePage (Boston) Associate Editor Cliff Lehman Assistant Editors Stephen Howard Janice Maloney Information Specialist Nathalie Welch, | Copy Editors Cate Corcoran (Copy Chief), Anne Matera (DTP Chief), Marian Hansen, Matthew Rothenberg Contbtig Editors Clay Andres, Don Crabb, St Ki Steve Michel, David | ‘osenthal, Ezra Shapiro, Joe! 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ORACLE is a registered trademark of Oracie Corporation. ‘Alltrade names relerenced are the service mark, trademark, or registered trademark ol the respective manufacturer Call 1-800 ORACLE for hardware and sofware requirements. iF News Claris value would certainly be consider- able, Claris has greater strategic value for Apple shareholders by remaining part of Apple.” Wall Street, for the most part, viewed the move as strategically sound. “In rethinking the situation, Apple increasingly realized that Microsoft is its major competitor, not IBM,” said Peter Rogers, an investment analyst with Robertson, Stephens & Co. in San Francisco. Under the new arrangement, Claris will continue to develop and market its Mac applications, but it also will take on a broader role in developing extensions to system software, Apple officials said. “We want to take advantage of Claris’ know-how in building and marketing applications to do a bet- ter job of commercializing Apple (software) technology,” said Randy Battat, Apple vice president of product marketing. “Claris has the channels, support and marketing expertise to look at a number of products, such as Hyper- Card, AppleShare and the Data Access Language (formerly CL/1), and make them more commercial Claris at a glance Employees: 350 Est. 1989 revenues: $80 million Date founded: April 1987 Headquarters: Sonta Coro, Colif. Investors: Wholly ovned, independent Apple subsidiary Products: MacPoint 2.0, MacWrite Il, MacDraw Il, FileMaker Pro, MacProject 11, Garis CAD 2.0, SmartForm, Apple- Works 3.9 ond AppleWorks G5 11 From Page 1 Technology: XTND, file translation archicecture; Query Tool, database ‘access tool; Wingz spreadsheet source code; HyperHelp, core engine for on- line context-sensifive help; Public Folder, network file sharing utility. successes,” said John Zeisler, Claris vice president of marketing. Battat and Zeisler did not rule out the possibility of Claris developing software for other platforms but said such products would be networking software designed to better integrate the Mac into other environments. Sculley claimed that Claris’ new role will help increase Mac unit sales and that Apple will assist third parties in “better utilizing Macintosh technologies.” Even so, Mac developers, especially those competing against Claris’ offerings, were disappointed. “Essentially, third-party develop- ers like us have to accept that Claris will continue to have a cer- tain advantage,” said Mark Vernon, vice president of sales and market- ing at ACIUS Inc, The Cupertino, Calif.-based company publishes two database packages, 4th Dimen- sion and FileForce, that compete against Claris’ FileMaker Pro. Paul King, president of Innova- tive Data Design, the Concord, f., publisher of Dreams and MacDraft II CAD programs, ex- pressed even greater concern. “It appears that Apple will be using its developers to create new markets for use by Claris,” King said. “Even more so now, Claris may have inside knowledge that is not available to other developers.” “It won't be a very even playing field if Claris doesn’t have to be concemed about profitability.” said Heidi Roizen, president of T/Maker Co. of Mountain View, Calif. “Currently, we only hear weak promises of “trust us’ from Apple.” T/Maker’s WriteNow word processor competes directly against Claris’ MacWrite IL “There is a healthy degree of skepticism, just like three years ago,” said Claris’ Ziesler in response to the criticisms. “We prefer that people look at our track record of independence over the past three years and judge us by our actions.” As a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, Claris will continue to oper- ate out of its Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters, with Claris CEO Wil- liam Campbell reporting to Seulley. To regain complete control of Claris, Apple purchased the 20 percent of Claris shares that had been owned by the software sub- sidiary’s employees. 0 LaserWriter From Page 1 Steven Rea dubbed an “industrial design”: a compact box with sharp corners. Its small footprint (9.8 inches high by 15 inches wide by 18.3 inches deep) is designed to share valuable desktop real estate with a Mac. The units weigh in at 32 pounds each, “a Mac Portable less than the LaserWriter IIs,” Rea quipped. The LaserWriter II print- ers weigh 47 pounds The new 300-dpi printers are both based on Canon's LBP-LX print engine, which has a duty cycle rated at 150,000 pages, or half that of the LaserWriter IIs but 50, percent more than the original LaserWriter. The printers use $99. toner cartridges that print about 3,500 pages each. The Personal LaserWriter SC, which replaces the $2,799 Laser- Wniter IISC, features an 8-MHz 68000 processor with 1 Mbyte of RAM, 64 Kbytes of ROM and a SCSI port that connects it to a single Mac. The printer can be upgraded to the Personal LaserWriter NT for $1,300 plus the SC board in trade The networkable model, the Per- sonal LaserWriter NT, includes 2 Mbytes of RAM, which can be upgraded to 8 Mbytes, and 1.25 Mbytes of ROM loaded with Ver- sion 51.8 of PostScript as well as a subset of the code for the Adobe ‘Type Manager font scaler. In addition to a 12-MHz 68000 processor, the printer's controller incorporates a PIC (Peripheral Inte- grated Controller) chip, the same customized chip Apple uses for 1/0 processing in the Mac IIfx. In other LaserWriters, the main processor spends 25 percent of its time deal- ing with LocalTalk, Rea said. By relieving the CPU of this burden, the PIC chip boosts throughput 15 percent to 25 percent. The Personal LaserWriter NT ships with 35 Adobe typefaces and two IBM PC graphics Extended Character Set fonts. For use in mixed-platform environments, it Sd MocWEEK 10 July 1990 offers Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Plus (PCL 3) and Diablo 630 emu- lations and an RS-232C/422C serial interface in addition to its Local- ‘Talk port. While Apple declined to specu- late on sales, sources said the com- pany anticipates that 15 percent of all Maes sold in the first quarter of 1991, which begins in October, will be sold with a LaserWriter. Apple reportedly expects the PostScript Personal LaserWriter NT to outsell the SC model by nearly 4-to-1. Both printers are equipped with two paper input bins: a built-in, 250-sheet letter-size cassette and fold-out, 50-sheet multipurpose tray. Other trays are available; an additional letter cassette or a legal cassette costs $79, and an envelope cassette is $89. How Apple, QMS personal laser printers stack up Printer Language Interface Fonts Paper Price ‘Apple Personal QuickDrow SOS “on dsk 50- ond 250- $1,999 LaserWriter SC shoe bins ‘Apple Personal Adobe Localfolk 37 buitin | 50-and 250: $3,299 LaserWriter NT PosiScip! RS. 732, sheet bins 65422 QMS-PS 410 Adobe locolfak ——4Sbuitin —=—SO-sheetbin. $2,795 PostScript «RS 2B. Centronics QMS From Page 1 description language and auto- matic emulation switching, making it easy to use in networked groups of Mac and IBM PC users. QMS also lowered prices on the most popular models in its existing PostScript laser line. Scheduled to ship July 18, the QMS-PS 410 is based on a cus- tomized 16-MHz 68020 processor that allows for simultaneous con- nectivity via the AppleTalk, RS-232C serial and Centronics parallel interfaces that come stan- dard on the printer. Incoming data from any of the three ports can be received at the same time. Each interface has a configurable input buffer of 8 Kbytes, Users do not haye to switch interfaces either on the printer or through software, QMS said, because a proprietary Emulation Sensing Processor (ESP) auto- matically switches between Post- Script, the resident HP PCL 4 Classic name. According to Guy Rabbat, CEO of Modular Computer Systems Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Apple paid $1 million to acquire rights to the name from his company. A wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG in Stuttgart, Ger- many, Modular Computer retains comput dustry trademark rights to the “Classic” name. The 20-year- old company manufactures the ModComp Classic, a series of real- time computer systems for the con- trol and automation market. Rabbat said the five-year, able contract called for two pay- From Page 1 eee ments totaling $1 million. Apple also gains the right to litigate if Modular Computer declines to pursue companies infringing on the “Classic” trademark. “We expect no conflict [with Apple] regarding usage of the name,” Rabbat said. “In fact, it will enhance our name. Apple will take it into the personal computer mar- ket, and we will continue to use it the control and industrial market Apple officials declined to comment. Mae Classic seems an appropri- ate name for a compact Mae,” said Ash Jain, publisher of the Macin- tosh Market Report in Irvine, Calif, emulation and an HP-GL emula- tion mode that is available as a $295 option. The QMS-PS 410 ships with 2 Mbytes of RAM, expandable to 6 Mbytes, and 1 Mbyte of ROM. QMS said the ROMs can be upgraded to PostScript 2 when it's available from Adobe Systems Inc. The printer comes with 45 resi- dent Adobe typefaces, including four Helvetica Condensed and six Adobe Garamond faces in addition to the standard 35 LaserWriter Plus fonts. QMS said it chose the additional fonts because they are two of Adobe's most popular optional typeface packages. HP- compatible fonts can be added with plug-in font cards accessible through slots on its front panel Adobe ‘Type Manager font-scaling technology is built-in. According to QMS, the combination of the processor and ATM rasterizer results in performance three to four times faster than comparable printers and equivalent to that "The design of compact Macs is essentially unchanged since the original 128K Mac was introduced in 1984, Apple needs to come up with more consumer-oriented names like “Classic’ that have broader appeal to consumers than SE, ci or fx,” Jain said, Like its predecessors, the new Classic Mac reportedly has an 8-MHz 68000 microprocessor and 9-inch-diagonal monochrome compact-Macintosh sereen, along with a modified version of the SE ROM, The units also will come with the external ports that are standard on the SE; one SCSI, one Apple Desktop Bus, two of Apple's top-of-the-line Laser- Wniter LINTX. The QMS-PS 410 outputs to let- ter, legal, A4 and intermediate sizes. It ships with a 50-sheet multipurpose paper tray. A 250- sheet letter/A4 tray costs $195. It weighs 26 pounds and mea- sures 7.5 inches high by 26.1 inches wide by 13.5 inches deep. The new printer also ships with a one-year warranty. QMS also announced across-the- board price cuts on its 8-ppm PostScript printers. The QMS-810 and QMS-PS 820, based on 68000 controllers running at 16 MHz, have been reduced by $1,000 each to $3,995 and $4,995, respectively. The QMS-PS 810 turbo and QMS- PS 520 turbo, based on 68020 con- trollers running at 20 MHz, haye been cut by $500 each to $5,495 and $6,495, respectively. QMS Ine. Sales and Marketing Support may be reached at 1 Mag- num Pass, Mobile, Ala. 36618; (800) 631-2692. 0 serial, one floppy and one audio-out. The new machine is expected to be priced at about $1,500 with 1 Mbyte of memory and a 1.4-Mbyte | floppy disk drive, sources said. A. version with a 40-Mbyte, Linch hard disk drive would be priced about $2,150. The Mac SE current ly lists for $2,569 with dual flop hard disk. ‘This is the second time had to ante up for a prod In 1983, Apple bought rights to Macintosh name from M Laboratory Inc., a supplier oft phoule equipment in yetine en yf Reorganization — From Page 1 to spend more time with his family and pursue personal interests. At the same time, Apple said Michael L. Dionne would replace Coldrick as vice president of sales for Apple USA, responsible for domestic sales and marketing. A seven-year Apple veteran, Dionne previously was vice president of Southwest Operations. On June 26, the company named Robert Puette, a 24-year veteran of Hewlett-Packard Co., as president of Apple USA (see story, Page 113). The post had been vacant since late January, when Allan Z. Loren resigned after two years on the job amid major management maneu- vers that led to the rise of Michael H. Spindler as chief operating offi- cer (see MacWEEK, Feb. 6). On June 29, Donald P Casey, vice president responsible for network- ing, engineering, multimedia and the Apple II, called it quits. Casey, who had been rumored to be taking over for outgoing Apple Products President Jean-Louis Gassée, announced he would head east to join Lotus Development Corp. in Cambridge, Mass., as vice president of its spreadsheet division. Roger Heinen, vice president of software engineering, who defected from Digital Equipment Corp. to join Apple in January, has taken Casey assume: Lotus position Donald Casey, a 21-year IBM veteran who just spent two years as Apple’s vice president of networking and communications, will play a key role | im managing Lotus Development Corp.'s spreadsheet business. over Casey's group. Heinen will report to Ed Birss, senior vice president of product-engineering operations Industry analysts said the manage- ment changes are being directed by Spindler, who is moving quickly to consolidate Apple USA in an effort to boost lagging domestic sales. In a statement, Spindler said, “Bob {Puette] has the right set of skills and experience to galvanize Apple's U.S business in the coming years.” “All the [reorganization] moves Spindler has made so far have made logical sense,” said Thomas Galvin, vice president with the investment firm Smith Barney in New York. “It remains to be seen if it results in a more efficiently run organization. Apple can’t get much worse.” Donald Heeter, an analyst with Wessels, Arnold & Henderson in Minneapolis, said, “Puette is by reputation a good manager, and Apple has emphasized his long his- tory [of] running a large operation. Apple doesn’t need to lose any of its technology creativeness, but it has to assume a structure more along business realities.” Analysts said they hope that improved stability at Apple USA will bolster investor confidence. “Apple has been telling the streets that we should look to fiscal 1991 and look past the current issues. I'm not sure that investors are willing to do that,” said Mark Stahlman, a principal with Alex Brown in New York. “The [new management] teams are going to have to come together. Then they're going to have to resolve their strategies, and then they're going to have to execute strategies. The question is, how long will Wall Street be patient?” o News Siclone knocks down card costs San Jose, Calif. — Facing stiff competition in both of its principal product lines, Siclone Sales & Engineering Corp. last month announced sharp cuts in the prices of its accelerator boards for the Mac II and IIx and its pseudo- static RAM upgrades for the Mac- intosh Portable (see chart at right for new prices) The cuts on Siclone’s 33- and 40- MHz accelerators are the second since the introduction of the Mac IIfx in March, Siclone Sales & Engineering last month moved to 107 Bonaventura Drive, San Jose, Calif. 95134; (408) 456-5060; (800) 767-8207. [913040 Accelerator (33-MHz 68030, 68882) $996 S199 13040 Accelerator (40-wHs 68020, 68882) $996 $3,699 [73050 Accelerator (50-MHz 68030, 68882) $1,696 $4,299 RAM-T0-GO 3 MB (2oddional Mbytes) $500 $1,199 RAM-TO-60 4 MB (3 edditional Mbytes) $900 $1,599 RAM-T0-GO 5 MB (4 odditional Moyles) $1,300 $1,999 Seagate pushes 3.5-inch envelope Scotts Valley, Calif. — Seagate Technology Inc. last month an- nounced a pair of new hard disks that it said will offer the best performance available from 3.5- inch drives. The new drives, scheduled for volume shipment in the fourth quarter, have formatted capacities of 426 and 331 Mbytes, according to the company. The announcement came just days after rival Quantum Corp. announced new 425- and 331-Mbyte 3.5-inch mechanisms. Designed and manufactured at a facility Seagate acquired last year from Control Data Corp., the drives use the patented “zone-bit record- ing” technique and a spindle- rotation speed of 4,400 rpm to achieve the industry's fastest data access, Seagate said. The Secret Is Out. And so is PowerDraw Version 3.0. Get to know the most powerful CAD program ever developed for the Macintosh. Intuitive. Fast. Elegant. By Engineered Software See us at MacWorld Booth #5129 Call Engineered Software for complete information or the dealer nearest you. 1-919-299-4843 ee Micnecom feeeease——sreises We Still Make House Calls. “Virex saved our business. Our computers were severely infected, but Virex repaired the damage.” Scottsdale, PA P.O. Box 51816 Durham, NC 27717 (919) 490-1277 ext 525 Microcom Software Division | We update Virex® quickly with the ability to both detect and repair files infected by new Macintosh computer viruses. New versions are available within days of new virus reports. Our update subscription service delivers Virex updates to your door automatically. And our toll-free Virex Help Hotline™ enables you to get help fast when you need it. Yes, we still make house calls, because we know that’s important. Call us for the name of the dealer nearest you or for information about site licensing. (© 1990 Microcom inc. Virmx and Virex Help Hote are trademarks of Mecrocom Systems, ine, Macintosh i a ragemart of Apple Computer, nc Aims system at broader market By John Webster Palo Alto, Calif. — Neuron Data Inc. hopes that Version 2.0 of its Nexpert Object, released last month, will bring the expert system into the mainstream soft- ware market. The new, $5,000 version has been rewritten to appeal to users familiar with relational databases and the C programming language, the company said. The original release was geared toward pro- grammers knowledgeable about artificial intelligence. Version 2.0 offers: > The capability to develop a broader range of applications. The program now supports multiple- value data types, allowing users to attach more than one value to a field and making it easier to view relationships among fields, Another innovation, list data types, allows information associated with objects to be treated as ordered lists. > Debugging with the new Agenda Monitor feature. Agenda By Reines Cohen New York — Datapro Research Group last month began shipping Datapro Consultant (Macintosh Edition), a CD-ROM-based multi- media information service aimed at people who support Mac users, set standards and offer product advice. The disc, which contains a refer- ence guide to Mac-related prod- ucts, uses Silicon Beach Software's SuperCard to contro] Farallon Computing Inc.’s MediaTracks pre- sentations. Users can create their own comparison charts by selecting features and products within a cat- egory. Profiles of selected compa- nies and directories of vendors, user groups, on-line services and information sources also are includ- ed. Both the color and black-and- Detepre Consul- font (Mocntosb Edition) indudes onumber of moltimedio reviews and demonstrations of a variety of Macintosh prod ods, with @ SuperCard-bo front end and search engine. News Neuron Data retools Nexpert Object 195 Monitor lets users visualize the internal processing of the pro- gram’s inference engine, used for determining logical paths to solving a problem. “The Agenda Monitor addresses the hardest part of Nexpert for the beginning user to understand,” said Joseph Liemandt, president of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Trilogy Develop- ment Group Inc., which is using the program to develop a network- configuration application. “It allows you to look into a window of the Agenda [Nexpert's inference Datapro ships Consultant, CD-ROM reference quide to Mac products white presentations are narrated with digitized audio. Product and vendor listings are linked to related press releases and citations of coverage in several Mac-related publications, includ- ing MacWEEK. The single-issue, introductory price of Datapro Consultant (Mac- intosh Edition) is $595, which includes a discount on the sub- scription price. That price will be determined once the frequency of publication (most likely quarterly, the company said) is set this fall Datapro Research Group, a unit of McGraw-Hill Computers and Communications Information Group, is located at 600 Delran Parkway, Delran, N.J. 08075; (609) 764-0100; (800) 328-2776. 5 11 ——— —— 2S S=S SSS a Nexpert Object Version 2.0 offers a graphical pplication- development environment that lets users visualize all the rules in an expert system, as well as the ules’ classes, objects and properties. engine] and understand exactly what is going on.” > Libraries of code designed to provide rapid prototyping, includ- ing code for integrated input and output, parsing and journaling, which documents code functions, > A single integrated bridge con- necting Neuron Data's previous bridges to a variety of databases, including Oracle, Ingres, Sybase and Digital Equipment Corp.'s Rdb. The bridge also lets users access non-SQL databases, such as Ashton-Tate Corp.'s dBase III, with SQL-like queries. > The capability to develop applications on a Mac that will run on more than 30 other platforms, including IBM mainframes and DEC minicomputers Neuron Data Inc. is located at 444 High St., Palo Alto, Calif. 94301; (415) 321-4488, 0 Apple ships updated Unix OS for the Mac Cupertino, Calif. — A/UX 2.0, a major upgrade to Apple's imple- mentation of Unix for the Mac- intosh, made it out the door late last month, Based on American Telephone & Telegraph Co.’s Unix System V, Version 2.2, A/UX 2.0 now lets users run Unix, X Window and Macintosh applications from the Mac Finder. The operating system is available now for $795 on CD-ROM; $995 on tape or floppies; and $2,395 on an 80-Mbyte external hard disk and on preconfigured Mac Ilex, Ici and IIfx systems. Apple’s X Win- dow System for A/UX, including both Mac X and a traditional X Window server, is $350. Upgrades are free to customers who bought Version 1,1.1 after March 19; a variety of upgrade options are available to others New versions of A/UX Right to Copy ($495 per system) and A/UX Right to Update ($99 per system) let customers buy a single copy of A/UX 2.0 for installation on multi- ple Macs, 0 Insignia delivers new solution that puts MS-DOS files on desktop By Henry Norr Sunnyvale, Calif. — Ahead of its announced schedule, Insignia Solu- tions Ine. last month began shipping AccessPG, a Startup document designed to make it easier to work with MS-DOS files on the Mac. Ordinarily, files on MS-DOS- formatted disks are visible only through the Apple File Exchange utility, not from the Finder. But the new Insignia program, like DOS Mounter from Dayna Communica- tions Ine. of Salt Lake City, creates a standard desktop window for DOS disks; files and directories are depicted as icons and can be manipulated by clicking and drag- ging. The program also allows users to assign a DOS file to a acl MacWEEK 10 July 1990 marketed by Kennect Technology, Peripheral Land Inc. and Out- bound Systems Inc. While Dayna’s DOS Mounter attempts to write a Mac desktop file on each DOS disk, AccessPC creates the file in memory, cutting mounting time and enabling it to work with full or write-protected disks, Insignia said. The Insignia program also lets users format DOS disks while in the Finder. AccessPC is available now at $99.95; the price is scheduled to rise to $129.95 after Oct. 31. Dayna’s DOS Mounter lists for $89.95. Insignia Solutions Inc. is located at 254 San Geronimo Way, Sunny- vale, Calif. 94086; (408) 522-7600. 0 Mac application so that double-clicking on the file icon launches the application. AccessPC, originally reported under the code- name Wizard (see MacWEEK, June 12), works with Apple's SuperDrive; DOS parti- tions created by Insignia’s Soft PC emulator; Orange Micro Inc.’s DOS copro- cessor cards; Dayna’s DaynaFile, and DOS- compatible floppy drives By Henry Norr Beaverton, Ore. — Breaking from the post in the Mac disk-utilities sweepstakes a step ahead of rival Peter Norton Computing Inc., Cen- tral Point Software Inc. last month began shipping MacTools Deluxe, a $129 package of nine utilities. Like The Norton Utilities for the Macintosh, MacTools Deluxe was originally due months ago. The Norton program, now owned by Symantec Corp., is slated for re- lease later this month. Symantec's SUM II dominates the category. Key features in the Central Point package include a Rescue applica- tion for recovering files and disks; a Control Panel device (cdev) that lets users examine and undelete deleted files from within any appli- cation; a full-featured backup appli- cation, including a compression function; and a disk optimizer that provides a color map of disk frag- mentation, which is updated as the program works A Startup document (INIT), com- parable to the Shield module in SUM II, makes copies of critical vol- ume information to facilitate speedy recovery from disk crashes, Other MacTools utilities provide password ‘AccessPC not only lets users see files from PC-formatted disks in standard windows on the Mac desktop but allows ‘mopping of MS-DOS file-name extensions to Mac programs. Central Point’s MacTools Deluxe released; Norton Utilities slips protection and encryption, partition- ing, and searching of file names and contents from the Apple menu. 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While IBM reaffirmed its com- mitment to multimedia technology by announcing a new multimedia division for education and training, Apple and Warner New Media showcased new technologies that give users the tools to become pro- ducers as well as viewers of multi- media presentations. > Tyler Peppel, Apple manager of | media integration products, showed a low-cost video-editing system th: | lets Mac users cut, paste and assem- | ble video as easily as they manipu- | late text and graphics. Using Kubrick, prototype software from Farallon Computing Inc. of Emeryville, Calif, Peppel controlled inexpensive Sony videotape recorders from the Mac. Kubrick lets users create their own video clips by selecting starting and ending points for each segment, and then organiz- News Photographer James W. Smith scanned and digitally retouched this image using Adobe Photo- shop. The image was part of en Apple-sponsored exhil ing the clips, represented by picons (picture icons), into presentations. Peppel added that Apple has a “healthy working relationship” with Sony and is working on ways to improve the links between the Mac and Sony's consumer video products. Kubrick, due out later this year, was developed by Jay Fenton, author of VideoWorks II, the predecessor to MacroMind Ine.’s MacroMind Director program. On the exhibit Moor, a host of third-party Mac developers show- cased new multimedia products and New Scitex system automates coloring, separation of line art By Carolyn Soid Bedford, Mass. — Comic-book artists, cartographers, textile design- ers and other artists can colorize d color separate their black-and- white line art with ColorFill, a new application from Scitex America Corp The $70,000 system, set to ship this month, includes a black-and- white scanner for inputting artwork, @ Mac IIfx with a 19-inch color mon- itor, a color proofer and ColorFill software. The software is available separately for $15,000. ColorFill automates several stages of graphics production. In addition to replacing manual color- ing, it offers a streamlined output process that bypasses the tradition- al color-separation process. Color- Il offers the color-manipt d color-separation features of a high-end pre-press system, Scitex said. Artwork can be output direct- ly to any PostScript-language imagesetter Another time-saving feature, Sci- tex said, allows ColorFill users to create a palette to assign color values to designated a recurring character within a comic book. Scitex America Corp. is located at 8 Oak Park Drive, Bedford, Mass. 01730; (617) 275-5150. lation eas, such as Colorfill from Scitex America lets users colorize black-ond-white line art, They can then monipu- | late and color separate the artwork, ovtputting it directly to PostScript imogesetters. | Ni it the Digital World conference. titles (see story at right). Between the bells and whistles, Apple also paid homage to digital technology by hosting an art exhibit. Called “Pho- tography in a Digital World,” it fea- tured photos manipulated with Adobe Photoshop by nine photogra- phers, The exhibit was produced by Future Images Inc. with help from Friends of Photography at the Ansel Adams Center in San Francisco. > Warmer New Media of Burbank, Calif, showed its vision of interac- tive television. “Megillah” is an extemal box that sits between televi- sion sets and LaserVision players, next-generation laser-disc players that handle dises encoded with mul- tiple audio and video channels as well as text for subtitling. According to Wamer New Media President Stan Cornyn, Megilla not only lets viewers choose among several languages stored on the disc but also among several camera angles. “We want to make programs that are like going to the movies with a steering wheel,” he said. Warner is looking for a hard- ware developer to manufacture Megillah, which Cornyn hopes to see on the market in 1991 for less than $1,000. Stauffer Gold puts morgues on Macs Joplin, Mo. — Newspapers can put their morgues on a Mac with Stauffer Gold, an electronic news- per library system from Stauffer Media Systems, Stauffer Gold stores articles on optical dises and lets Mac or IBM PC users file and retrieve them Stories can be input electronically from a newspay tem or scanned in, Available now, the software costs $2,995 for up to five users and $100 for each addi- tional user Stauffer Media Systems can be reached at 3316 E, 32nd St, RO. Box 1330, Joplin, Mo. 64802; (417) 1280, 1's production sys- MacWEEK 10 July 1990 Multimedia pioneers unveil array of new presentations, animation tools Several Mac developers and publishers joined Apple in promot- ing multimedia technology with new product announcements at last month's Digital World conference: > ABC News InterActive of New York showed a new $395 interactive multimedia presenta- tion about AIDS as part of its “Understanding Ourselves” series. The HyperCard 2.0-driven disc, which contains interviews with Dr. C. Everett Koop, former USS. surgeon general, provides facts about AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and tries to expose some of the commonly held myths about the disease. Ted Koppel, ABC News anchor, serves as the guide, The disc also has closed captions for the hearing impaired and a sec- ond audio channel in Spanish. > MotionWorks Ine. of Vancou- ver, British Columbia, announced a $295 multimedia extension to HyperCard 2.0 called ADD- motion. Due next month, it is made of up of two modules, MotionPaint and MotionDraw. MotionPaint is a 24-bit color paint program that lets users cre- ate color actors and backdrops and bring them into stacks MotionDraw is an animation module that supports four-channel sound. Animations, which can contain 24 objects, are made by drawing a path that can be edited. With path tweening, users select starting points and endpoints for an animation, and the program automatically generates in-between frames MotionDraw contains ADDmotion Runtime a HyperCard 2.0 exter- nal command (XCMD) that users can dis- tribute royalty-free. > MacroMind Ine. of San Francisco said it is planning a fall release for MediaTracks, the point-and-click video- editing system devel- oped by The Multi- media Co. (formerly the ABC News InterActive demonstrated HyperCard 2.0-driven videodisc presentation about AIDS that features interviews with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop. British Broadcasting Corp's Inter- active Television Unit). Sources said the program will retail for less than $500. > Truevision Inc. of Indianapolis announced Movie and Capture, two XCMDs that give HyperCard 2.0 users access to its NuVista video graphics boards. Movie records a digital movie and saves it either in a compressed file format or as a PICS file. Users also can play movies in the background while running other applications. ‘The Capture XCMD captures a real-time image from video in eight-, 16- or 32-bit color; the captured image can be pasted into the Clipboard or saved as a PICT file or resource. » Articulate Systems Ine. of Cambridge, Mass., introduced VoiceLink, a voice- and sound- input device for Maes, The digitiz- er, to be priced from $250 to $300, will ship next month. The company also announced the ASI Developer Toolkit, which lets users incorpo- rate voice annotation, command and control in their applications. » HyperPro Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif, announced VideoAuthor, a HyperCard 2.0-based authoring package for creating videodise- based presentations. Formerly BigTimeTY, the $395 package for Mac IIs will ship in July. > Radius Inc. of San Jose, Cali released RadiusTYV, a $2,795 video- in board that brings real-time video and TV signals to the Mae screen. — By Connie Guglielmo ne te tn pete pay Pope oon iv oo a A Sleuth ferrets out system info By Henry Norr Buena Park, Calif. — Dariana Technology Group Ine., which has for several years sold a diagnostic utility for MS-DOS users, next month will ship a Mac version of the program as well as one for Windows 3.0. Priced at $149, System MacSleuth will deliver a report detailing the type of Macintosh, processor and coprocessors installed, available memory, System and Finder ver- sions, installed desk accessories, loaded Startup documents (INTIS), available network resources, and other configuration information, Dariana evidently is still learning the differences between Macs and IBM PCs. 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First published in March, MacLit now includes more than 5,000 cit zines in 1988, as well as books published as long ago as 1987. Periodicals indexed include MacWEEK MacUser, Macworld, InfoWorld, MacTutor Apple Direct, Develop and Byte. Articles are not abstracted but are organized in a cus: ions to articles published in mag and news weeklies beginning tomizable hierarchical subject-heading sys. tem. MacLit was developed with Odesta Corp.'s Double Helix 3.0 by Jan L. Harring ton, a noted authority on the program. A stand-alone version, including a Double Helix runtime engine, is $149. For owners of the Odesta program, MacLit: The Guide is priced at $119. One quarterly update is pro vided free a one-year subscription to addi tional updates is $99. The Guide requires 6 Mbytes of disk space, and a 65020 or 68030 processor is recommended. Last month, Black Gryphon also began shipping application the bibliography-management application its guide is based on for customers who wish to use it for other kinds of references. Called MacLit: The automatic creation and updating of a master list of subject headings, a text field that can be used for notes, article ject headings or the contents of the text field MacLit: The Application is available ir stand-alone form for $79 or to owners of Double Helix 3.0 for $49 > Along with the June monthly update to its MacInfo service, Niles and Associates Inc. sent subscribers a new package that includes a new manual and updated keyword list. Based on Niles’ EndNote bibliographical application and nd-alone Application, its features include abstracts or the full text of an and Boolean searching on either sub- desk accessory, MacInfo now includes citations and abstracts of 5,179 articles published since March 1959; 3,178 come from MacWEEK and the remainder from MacUser and Macworld MacInfo is priced at $120 for the complete starter database and 12 monthly updates; for dealers academics and stu- ser groups dents, the price is $99. EndNotes, ordinarily priced at $129 but available to new MacInfo subscribers for $59, is required > MacKay Associates announced Mae Dou- Nuvotech rebate program Sausalito, Calif Nuvotech Inc. last month launched a summer rebate program on its Ethernet adapters. NuyoLink SC, a $495 external device that connects any Mae with a SCSI port to an Ethernet net- work, and the NuyoLink IJ, Nuvotech’s internal adapter card for the Mac II family For euch purchase made between June 15 and Sept. 15, the company will send a $25 | rebate on receipt of proof of purchase Nuvotech Inc. is at 2015 Bridgeway, Suite 204, Sausalito, Calif, 94965; (415) 331-7815. The program covers both the ble Feature, a $5 disk that includes both an index to 1,600 MacWEEK articles published from January 1989 through last month and a directory of 500 movies from the 1980s The MacWEEK Index, with keywords and brief descriptions of each article cited, is part of MacKay’s Journal Index series, which also includes a $35 index to 1989 issues of MacWEEK, MacUser and Macworld and a subscription service covering the same publi- cations in 1990. The service is $35 if shipped in the form of July and January updates; it is $65 for bimonthly updates The movie database is part of Movies Movies, Movies, a $35 guide to films from 1915 through 1989 MacWEEK 10 July 1990 All of the MacKay indexes, shipped in text format, can be used with a variety of applica tions. Templates for FileMaker, 4th Di sion, FileForce, Panorama, Microsoft Works and HyperCard are included Black Gryphon Ltd. can be reached at RRI Box 220B, Scout Road, Salt Point, N.Y. 12578, 914) 266-3527. Niles and Associates Ine. is at 2000 Hearst St., Berkeley, Calif. 94709, (415 655-6666. MacKay Associates is located at 6439 Boxelder Drive, Lincoln, Neb. 68506. (402) 486-3550; (800) 829-6753. MocWEEK 10 July 1990 Forthought’s utility spools plotter output By Rochelle Garner Sunset, S.C: — Forthought Inc released a plot spooler and a new DXF (Drawing Interchange Format) translator for its SNAP! 2-D CAD package. > Forthought’s $195 Plot Spooler can queue up multiple HP-GL-compatible text files for unattended output to plot- has s with a tomatic page- or roll-feed op: tioned According to the company, the stand- alone program will output any files from any application capable of generating HP-GL-text files > Also priced at $195, SNAPYDXF lator provides bidirectional translation between SNAP! and files saved in the Auto- Trans: CAD DXB If the DXF file being translated contains Block Forthought’s translator automatically trans. Symbol objects then can be manipulated as whole entities within SNAP! ‘The $695 SNAP! uses a design methodolo- gy similar to the workstation-based CAD software developed by Intergraph Corp. of Huntsville, Ala. Forthought Inc. can be reached at PO. 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Adube, PouScript and the PotScrip lego are tredemarks of Adobe Systems Incorporate, repstered i the USA © 1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated All righis macrved. 7 News Ehman delivers $499 portrait monitor Evanston, Wyo. — Ehman Inc months display below $1,000, last month be pin which just go pushed the price of a two-page gan ship ng a 15-inch portrait-mode monochrome monitor priced at just $499, including a video card for the Mac I, SE or SE/30. The Full Page Display System offers olution of 640 by 870 pixels at 80 dpi and a refresh rate of 75 Hz. The power cord and video cable included with the 6 feet long, making it easy for users to posi Tes system are tion the display at a distance from the CPU A tilt-swivel base ts included. The system is covered by a 30-day money back g) Ehman Inc Road, Evanston, Wyo. 82930, arantee and a one-year warranty is located at 97 S. Red Willow WT) 7: 789-3830. ... and cuts prices on high-capacity drives Evanston, Wyo. Ehman Inc at least some of its hard drives. Last month, — It's a rare month when doesn’t announce a price cut on the company’s highest-capacity models got their turn. > The 180-Mbyte member of the new Ehman E Series was reduced from $1,099 to | $849, while the internal version of the same drive, previously $999, was cut to $$49. » The 135-Mbyte Ehman E external drive is now $799, down from $999, while the interna] equivalent is now $749, reduced » drives incorporate Fujitsu mecha- nisms that deliver an average access time of 20 milliseconds. All Ehman drives now come with improved formatting software and undergo 24-hour burn-in testing the company said. They are covered by a 30- day money-back guarantee and a two-year limited warranty Ehman Inc. is located at 97 S. Red Willow Road, nston, Wyo. 82930; (307) 789-3830. Survivor trade-in targets | Dollars & Sense users Inglewood, Calif. — Survivor Software Ltd. last month announced a special trade-in offer and conversion utility designed to encourage users of the Dollars & Sense per- | sonal and small-business accounting program to convert to MacMoney, Survivor's entrant in the same field. Monogram Software Inc., the original publisher of Dollars & Sense, in May sold the rights to the program to The Software Toolworks of Chatsworth, Calif. MacWEEK, June 5). Under the new trade-in program, Dollars & Sense users who send Survivor the title page of the manual or the original serial numbered program disk can get a complete copy of MacMoney 3.5, which normally lists for $119.95, for $49. A utility that converts data from Macintosh Dollars & Sense 4.x to MacMoney format will be sent free to trade- in purchasers. Survivor Software Ltd. is located at 11222 La Cienega Blvd., Suite 4 450, Inglewood, Calif, 90304; (213) 410-9 c (see News Tech Works updates NanoDISK By Henry Norr Austin, Texas — Technology Works Inc | last month began shipping NanoDISK Ver- sion 2.0, an improved version of a RAM disk utility that lets users take advantage of any installed memory, even beyond the 8-Mbyte limit of the current Mac operating system | While the original NanoDISK required a minimum of 16 Mbytes of memory, the new version works on any Macintosh with 4 or more Mbytes of memory and System 6.0.4 or higher. The program lets users set aside from 1 to 28 Mbytes of memory as a RAM disk, which can be accessed far faster than any magnetic medium Using a special write-through technology, NanoDISK automatically copies data saved to it to disk, so that it is preserved even if the user accidentally throws away the RAM disk icon or has to restart the Macintosh. The new version has an improved interface that makes. it much easier to use, the company said NanoDISK 2.0 is priced at $89. Tech- nology Works, a leading supplier of add-on Macintosh memory, also offers it as part of a $1,995 bundle with four 4-Mbyte SIMMs (single in-line memory modules) Certain programs, including TOPS and If you can think of better ways to.spend your time than backing up your hard disk, you need FastBack II or FastBack Tape. FastBack Il is the world’s fastest and most reliable backup software for the Macintosh. FastBack Tape gives you a fast, ultra-reliable 120 megabyte tape drive, ‘kup system. It evenlets you schedule automated, unattended backups to take place whenever you choose, Even when you're otherwise occupied, for the ultimate | > After all, you have bettér things to do. MocWEEK 10 July 1990 Microsoft Mail, ordinarily cannot be installed properly on Macintoshes with more than 8 Mbytes of memory, according to Tech- nology Works, but NanoDISK 2.0 comes with a Startup document (INIT) designed to solve the problem. Thanks to the soft- ware, the company said, its 4-Mbyte SIMMs are the only ones available that can be used with such programs. Technology Works Inc. is located at 4030 Braker Lane W., Austin, Texas 78759; (512) 794-8533; (800) 688-7466. 0 BackTrack maintains multiple file versions By Henry Norr San Francisco, Calif. — Bringing a stan- dard mainframe file-management technique to the Macintosh for the first time, Santorini Consulting & Design Inc. will this month begin shipping BackTrack, a highly customiz- able utility designed to preserve copies of earlier versions as a document is edited. The package, slated to carry a price of $200, consists of a Startup document (INIT), an application used to configure it, and a Control Panel device (cdev) for turn- ing it on and off. Users can tell BackTrack which documents to work with, defining narrow or general “class groups” by file type, creator, location, size, name, or size and name Filters, Santorini said, can range from the simple ( versions of all files in folders A, B and C”) to such complex formulas as “keep versions of all files with the letters ‘Noorplan’ in their name, located in myFold- erA or myFolderB, created by Mac MacDraw, and less than 300K in size. A new version of a selected file, with a user-defined delimiter and a version num- ber appended to the original name, is creat ed the first time the user saves changes made to an existing document in an edit ing session. 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MultiSync 5D Resolution from Mac II card and compatibles up to 1280 x 1024 on a 20" screen for graphics design. Microprocessor digital NEC 22 Attendees drawn to SQL, press system By Carolyn Said Las Vegas — Although its booth was sequestered in an obscure cor- ner and periodically disrupted by the clamor of an offset press demonstration, a small German software company drew a large share of the spectators’ attention at the American Newspaper Publish- ers Association/TEC ‘90 trade show here last month. Belying its size and its booth’s location, PINK Software Engineer- ing GmbH & Co. magnetized ANPA attendees with two heavy- weight products: the first Mac SQL database server and a complete newspaper system built around it. > PINK SQL, which runs over LocalTalk and Ethernet networks, lets multiple Macs function as SQL database servers for up to 25 other Macs each. Client Macs use only 80 Kbytes of memory, whereas clients of SQL servers such as Oracle use 1 Mbyte, PINK said. Search requests are compiled, and syntax checked and compressed, before being sent over the network, boosting perfor- P.INK steals the show at ANPA E_Tae_Te_siyie_ lem Page Dew Wiaiien FINE TP Cane Site mit Oe PINK Press, @ =f} workgroup pub- ZOHo088 mance and reducing network stress, the company said. PINK also offers optional SQL Query Optimizer soft- ware to further decrease database response time. Based on a subset of SQL, PINK SQL is compatible with Sybase mainframe-based SQL for users who require full SQL functionality, the company said. PINK offers software links to ACIUS Inc.'s 4th Dimension, Fox Software Inc.’s FoxBASE+/Mac, HyperCard, Silicon Beach Soft- ware Inc.’s SuperCard, Informix Software Inc.'s Wingz, Microsoft Excel, Ragtime and QuarkXPress. lishing system, has on artide sta- tus list (center) that shows the uthor, location and other infor- mation about i artides in an XPress document. ‘A dummying mod- 11M} le (bottom right) lets users apply Hii] Yorious layouts to =f} the poge. PINK SQL, which sells in Ger- many for about $1,200 for a server and five clients, will be available in the United States sometime this fall. > PINK Press, a workstation publishing system for newspapers and magazines, uses the PINK SQL database server. The system combines modules for word pro- cessing, pagination, administration and advertising management. Pagi- nation is done on QuarkXPress through a QuarkXTension devel- oped by PINK. The system includes such newspaper necessi- ties as tracking, security and the capability to have multiple users il i aaa working simultaneously on the same document. PINK plans an early 1991 release for PINK Press in the United States, In the spring of 1991, PINK also plans to release a QuarkXTension that gives multi-user capabilities to XPress, the company said PINK Software Engineering GmbH & Co. is located at Rothen- baumchaussee 5, 2000 Hamburg 13, West Germany; AppleLink GER.XSE 006.9 How-to book on FrameMaker due Reading, Mass. — Hot on the heels of the release of FrameMaker for the Macintosh, Frame Technol- ogy Corp. and Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. have announced a book about the technical publish- ing application. “Using FrameMaker 2.1 for the Macintosh,” a 300-page paperback due in August for $22.95, offers practical information on getting the most out of the program, Addison- Wesley said. It includes step-by- step explanations of how to create such projects as newsletters, pre- sentations, books and brochures. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. is located at Jacob Way, Reading, Mass. 01867; (617) 944-3700. a MocWEEK 10 July 1990 SpeedView monitor displays complete tabloid-size page By John Webster Orem, Utah — Digital Technolo- gy In