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06.18.91 Volume 5 Number 23 T H E INGESWeoaWeegeek Leo 1F R MACINTOSH MANAGERS Timbuktu 4.0 PixelPaint Pro ColorFast film recorder Adobe Streamline 2.0 See Page 51 Management, DAL top 0c. 21 Taaial Apple, IBM powwow latest MaclS wish list 5! for tower, | By Rochelle Garner San Francisco — The board of Managing Apple Computers in Information Systems (MaclIS) last week presented Apple executives with an explicit list of issues they want Apple to resolve. The top-10 list was voted on by about 170 members attending the MaclS conference in Washington earlier this month (see MacW June 11). It shared a number of items with a list the elite group of Mac managers sent to Apple after its meeting in December. The items on the list were as follows: > Deliver network tools. Sixty-nine percent of attending MacIS members said they need See MaclS, Page 106 5 System-software security 59% 4. Publish client-server architecture vision 51% 5. “Commercial-strength” support infrastructure 51% 6. Network security 49% 7. A full notebook line 42% 8, Improved TCP/IP support 38% ven Ether oul it ae os 5 nt mee of cokes recto vem eet ‘notebook Macs. By MacWEEK staff Cupertino, Calif. — The current book on when customers will be able to purchase one of the new Mac notebook computers is Oct. 21 Current plans, sources said, call for a major product rollout on that date. Products expected to debut include three new notebook-size Macs, ranging from 5.3 to 7 pounds; a 68040-based floor-standing Mac; a 68040-based desktop model; and a 68030-based Classic (see Mac- WEEK, June 4 and May 21) If Apple is able to stay on sched- ule, the rollout will coincide with the opening of Comdex/Fall '91 in Las Vegas. Timing the product debuts with Comdex, where Apple and the Mac have been minor play- ers, reflects Apple’s new-found determination to move into the computing mainstream and win customers away from MS-DOS and Windows, sources said The new product introductions are exper ada bring price reduc- See Rollout, Page 108 ‘Symantec has Apple plans to join 16-inch color club in the Works By Corolyn Said Cupertino, Calif, — For years, the market for Macintosh integrat- ed software has been a small pond dominated by a big fish — Microsoft Corp. But over the next few weeks, two other leviathans will plunge into that market, lured by the growing pool of home and small-business Macintosh users that probably will increase demand for low-cost package combine the functions of several applications Symantec Corp., based here, next week is expected to announce its acquisition of the Leonard Devel. opment Group Ine. of Jacksonville, and the eight-application pack- it introduced Jast fall as ard SmartWorks (see Mac- Oct. 23, 1990), Symantec See Symantec, Page 106 age that | By Neil McManus Cupertino, Calif. — Apple's color display line will tum sweet 16 when the company introduces a relatively low-cost 16-inch Sony monitor this winter, sour The 16-inch display, to be manu- factured by Sony, reportedly will be priced at $1,599. Wise with a 21- inch color monitor that Apple is pected to re! for less than ,000 (see MacWEEK, May 14), the 16-inch display will shore up the com pany’s high-end display line. The new large-screen color dis- plays will be aimed at users of the two new 68040-based Macs, due in October (see MacWEEK, June 4), The '040 Macs reportedly contain a built-in video controller that can provide 24-bit color to 16-inch sereens (with additional video RAM) and eight-bit color to screens as large as 21 inches. “Why would you want to buy an 040 machine and have a little integrated QPP | E-Machines to get big-time competition dinky 13-inch monitor?” said Pieter Hartsook, manager of the Mac research program at International Data Corp.’s Mountain View, Calif., office See Monitors, Page 108 E-Machines’ now ColorPoge E16 monitor (see story, Poge 6) will have seme company in the 16-inch color display market when Apple introduces its entry this winter, at superpower summit By Daniel Farber and Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. — Hoping to create an al- liance with the mightiest of com- puter manufactur- ers and find part- ners who will help finance develop- ment of new prod- ucts, Apple execu- tives last week attended a summit meeting at IBM Corp.’s Armonk, N.Y., headquarters Discussions at the “purple” sum- mit (combining Big Blue and Apple red) centered on three pri- mary possibilities, sources said IBM, Motorola, others in running By Raines C Cupertino, Calif. — For more than a , Apple has admitted that RISC technology is key for the next generation of Apple computers. But, sources said, the company has not yet decided on a RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processor archi- tecture and is not expected to deliver a RISC-based machine until 1993. Apple is turning to a diverse set of potential partners in an effort to find a RISC processor for its next- generation operating system, Last week's reports of an Apple- IBM get-together led to wide- sree speculation that Apple will choose IBM's RS/6000 RISC pro- cessor for its new operating system (see story, this page). RS/6000 is a five-chip set that runs only in IBM RS/6000 POWERstations and POWER- servers. Motorola might be in- yolyed in manufacturing the chips for Apple, sources said > 88110. On firmer ground, Apple is known to be considering Motorola's 88110 chip, which Alliance may make Microsoft see red > Licensing by IBM of some or all of a new, processor- independent Apple operating system code-named Pink. > A joint ven- ture between the two companies to develop the Pink operating system. > Adoption of the RS/6000, an IBM-developed RISC (reduced instruction set computing) micropro- cessor, for use in future Apple work- stations and desktop computers. Apple and IBM officials declined to comment See Apple/IBM, Page 108 Apple weighs RISC options includes functions that Apple specifically requested. “I think it would be crazy for Apple to go with the RS/6000. How would it compete with IBM?” said Andrew Allison, editor of ISC Management newsletter in Los Altos, Calif. Allison said Apple would be best off continuing its development work with Motorola's 88110 RISC CPU. See RISC, Page 106 ov gee < 0 3 z ° ) ° « wu < « 4 0 , z 4 z fem 9 Introducing the PostScript-compatible LaserScript LX. Forget about having to beg or borrow a printer, because at $1,995 the LaserScript LX LaserWriter Il NTX ipt LX”is a steal. I's faster than a LaserWriter ITNTX, with some PostScript & PCL 4 emulation PostScript & PCL 4 emulation ee NIX doesn't have. Like four active ports, so you can connect _2MB standard RAM 2MB standard RAM 2 : ; Auto-emulation switching Manual emulation switching both Macs and PCs to the same printer—with or without a network. And 45, esident fonts 35 resident fonts automatic emulation switching, so you can switch between PCL4 and | LocalTalk, 2 RS-282, 1 Centronics port 1 LocalTalk, 1 RS-232, 1 ADB, 1 SCSI port PostScript-compatible languages without using the front panel. All ports active Only one port active ata time But the most attractive feature of the LaserScript LX is that all this 2° MHz processor »* IG MHz processor performance won't break the bank—which is important in these economic $1,995.00* $4,995.00* times. For the dealer nearest you, call Abaton toll-free at (800) 444-5321 or (415) 683-2226. At $1,995, it would be a crime to spend any more. G& = Abaton “Suggested retail price. LaserScript, LaserScript LX, Absian, the Abatoo hago, and “We make your ideas easier lo publbsh “are trademarks of Everex Systems, Inc v7 (ther brand nares ad proc ames re trademarks renee trademarks oi respective companis. In Canada eal |800-663:5161 | } ‘Simple Soft- (ET ieee rattnge bebe ware’s Control (Ceveer sales oper Patter Tower, shipping to developers this week, can control Interopplication ‘communications- ‘aware applica~ tions such as, Deneba’s Canvas 3.0, shown here, cond help them exchange data with other ‘applications. ControlTower scripting app supports Apple ‘object model’ By Raines Cohen Mill Valley, Calif, — Apple’s Open Scripting Architecture, announced last month (see Mac- WEEK, June 4), lays the ground- work for standardized scripting of Apple events. But with compatible scripting systems not yet available, developers have had no easy way of testing applications’ Pca init functions, and users couldn't drive the slowly increasing number of Apple events-aware applications. Simple Software Inc. broke that barrier last week when it shipped ControlTower, the first scripting IBM offers rebates in trade for Macs By Dartanyan L. Brown White Plains, N.Y. — If you've got the urge to dump that old com- pact Mac and get a “real” computer straight from Big Blue, IBM Corps got deal for you. The Armonk, N.Y.-based giant last week announced here a rebate plan designed to lure owners of Mac 512, 512KE, Plus, SE and SE/30 machines, as well as owners of older IBM and Compaq PCs, into the PS/2 camp. Customers buying a new PS/2 will receive a discount based on two factors: the value of the machine they are trading in and the price of the IBM model they are purchas- ing. Rebates on Macs range from $100 to $1,250; for older IBM PCs amounts range from $35 to $975. The rebate program was announced in connection with the rollout of several new PS/2 models last week. The lineup includes sev- eral aggressively priced systems based on a 20-MHz Intel 386SX chip, some of them using the older AT bus instead of the Micro Chan- nel Architecture. The Model 57 SX, a new Micro Channel machine designed as a replacement for the best-selling Model 55 SX, comes standard with a new 2,88-Mbyte floppy disk drive. IBM Ake announced a 3.5-inch erasable opti- cal drive and a color touchscreen. environment to use what Apple calls the “object model,” its struc- ture that defines a common syntax for events. Although an end-user version is not due until late this year, the initial release should prove useful for testing applica- tions under development, as well as for Biaipla batch processing and unattended operation of some Sys- tem 7.0-sayvy applications. ControlTower uses a browsing metaphor. Users select the applica- tion to which they want to send an event, then choose the desired event from a list. Each application supplies a list of the Apple events it supports. The $149.95 program supports all of the standard Apple events suites, as well as its own suite of programming events for scripting control. These include If, While, Set Variable, On Error and Pause. ControlTower maintains user and programmer log files for debugging and auditing. Simple Software's application incorporates the functions of the company’s earlier NightLIFE product, enabling ControlTower to run scripts at preset times. Because many Apple event-aware applica- tions can run without user inter- vention, the Program will be able to run tests and processes unat- tended at off-peak hours “It’s a very easy method for users to set up a simple script for sending Apple events,” said Andrew Chil- vers, product manager at Visual Business Systems Inc. of Atlanta. Chilvers showed ControlTower managing Deneba Software's Can- vas 3.0 and his company’s Graph- Master product. “Using the object model, {ControlTower] was able to select some text blocks in Canvas, send them to GraphMaster for 3-D rendering and bring the resulting image back to Canvas.” Purchasers of the developer's ver- sion will receive free updates to ControlTower up to and including the initial commercial release. Site licenses are available, and a one-year money-back guarantee is included. Simple Software Inc, is at 220 Redwood Highway, Suite 42, Mill Valley, Calif, 94941, Phone (415) 381-2650; fax (415) 381-6417. o 4 21 24 24 32 32 32 46 46 Symmetry’s StockRunner! out of the blocks New utilly lets stacks run without HyperCard. DiskDoubler first 7.0-savvy compression ufility Version 3.7 cuts wait and weight when shrinking files. Tektronix puts solid color on plain paper Solid-ink printer offers PS Level 2, 300-dpi color ‘Multimedia presentations get Ovation from Proxima Portable panel provides large-screen color projection. A/UX Developer's Tools join Mac look, feel to Unix CD-ROM set brings MPW, AT&T compiler to A/UX. Iconix lets CASE data flow freely among platforms Structured-analysis program runs on Macs, PCs, Unix. Gateways Some fax modems lack the facts for System 7.0 Software can’t handle new operating system's subfolder and virtual memory. Hyperactive nets calmed down with h-three card MacRing NB 16/4 eliminates routing problems ‘and jitters caused by other switchable cards. GA An easy PIL to swallow at ANPA/TEC ‘91 Publishing Interchange Language technology will let users swap documents between DTP programs. News analysis: Graphics and System 7.0 The new operating system will bring better memory management and file sharing to graphics applications. a \ Kodak launches digital imaging for photographers Digital Comera System technology housed in back of Nikon F3-based camera body and lens. New Media/Steve Rosenthal QuickTime to turn the multimedia clock ahead. Opinion Editorial When MacIS talks, Apple seems to listen. Letters Things the manual didn’t tell you about TouchBASE. Commentary/Jean-Louis Gassée Better shop around for a processor chip that will last. Mac Manager/Don Crabb Apple should take advantage of its ad forum. MacWEEK VOL.5 NO.23 06.18.91 Ea Reviews 51 PixelPaint Pro taken up another notch SuperMac spruces up interface, adds features to the first paint program that mostly supports System 7.0. 51 There’s color in Timbuktu 4.0 54 58 103 103 103 110 70 74 90 Farallon adds color and improves performance in this upgrade of its network screen-sharing product. Nothing could be Finder File-management ufilities MasterFinder and Mr. File tare good and no-so-good in the era of Finder 7.0. GCC’s ColorFast film recorder slides home QuickDrow graphics processing makes it affordable. Streamline converts bit maps fo lines ‘Adobe's conversion program not casual Review in Brief digiMatic finds points in maps and charts. ProductWatch QuickDraw printers viable for non-network printing Using ATM and TrueType, QuickDraw-driven laser, inkjet ond impoct printers offer a low-cost choice. MacinTouch/Ric Ford How to fit Adobe bricks into System 7 road. ‘Ask David Romsey Desk accessory tricks under System 7. 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Symmetry Software Corp. last week announced StackRunner!, a new utility that can tum HyperCard stacks into double-clickable applications. Although stacks are a convenient format for electrically publishing data, the software needed to read them — Claris’ HyperCard — is no longer as universal or convenient as it once was. When a user sends a HyperCard 2- formatted stack to a business contact or a ven dor distributes a guided tour in stack format, there's no longer a guarantee that the recipi- ent will be able to read it. Symmetry’s product, scheduled to ship next month, solves the problem by installing a 150- to 200-Kbyte runtime engine into the stack The technique is based on the Hyper. Engine technology that the company sells to. application developers, including Lotus Development Corp. and Claris Corp., for use in their on-line help systems. Symmetry also uses the routines in HyperDA, its stack- running desk accessory (see MacWEEK, Feb. 19), and StackDA, an installer that con- verts stacks into desk accessories, StackRunner! is not a full implementation of HyperCard, but it does allow users to browse, search, edit text in, copy graphics from and print stacks. It can fnstall onto both HyperCard Lx and 2x stacks, and it provides multiple win- dows, visual effects and limited support for externals, The product's implementation of HyperTalk supports user-defined handlers, as well as both local and global variables. A menu lets users de-install StackRunner!, stripping off the code and converting the file back into a stack. Once de-installed, the Ceres Software gives users new Inspiration By Carolyn Soid Portland, Ore. — Ceres Software Inc.’s Inspiration has always helped users map out their ideas, but with Version 3.0 of the outlin- ing and diagramming application, users also can transform those ideas into polished pre- sentations and documents, the company said. Inspiration is designed to help users give shape to their thoughts with visual represen tations of relationships, information flows or sequences of events. The upgrade, released last month, lets users add their own symbols and icons, importing and customizing graph- ics and symbols in both diagram and outline views. Templates of documents and charts, as well as custom symbols and graphics, can be stored for frequent use. The new version also adds the ability to layer and link diagrams and outlines, allowing the user to break up large or complex con- cepts into manageable pieces, Ceres said. Ver- sion 3.0 also ships with a spelling checker. Both Version 3.0 and the preceding release, Version 2.05, are System 7- compatible. The next release will add System 7-savvy capabilities, Ceres said Inspiration’ asnriansi pas $295, R from $199. Registered users can upgrade for $35, plus shipping and handling Ceres Software Inc, is at 2520 $ W Hamilton St., Portland, Ore. 97201, Phone (503) 245-9011; fax (503) 246-4292 stack can be edited in HyperCard like any other stack. j “If you're developing for teaching pur- poses, it’s the best thing since sliced bread,” said Dorian Cougias, information technolo- gy consultant at Hawkey & Associates Inc., a division of Wace USA in Chicago. “We can create a stack in half the time it takes to create a conventional training tool, add in our own fonts, assign our own icon, and not have to worry about what version of HyperCard the customer has or carry that 1,500 Kbytes of overhead around. It lets us parts System 7.0 design custom training solutions really fast.” StackRunner! will sell for $79 until the end of August, when the price will go up to $99, Users can install the engine into any number of stacks and distribute up to 250 copies royalty-free. A distribution license, priced at $150 per year, allows unlimited copying of stacks. Symmetry Software Corp. is at 8603 E Palm Road, Suite 110, Scottsdale, Ariz 85258. Phone (602) 998-9106 or (800) 624- 2485; fax (602) 991-0572. c You could be best the of = Memory Disk Cache Always On Virtual Memory @ on Oort 32-Bit Addressing @0n Oor Cache Size This feature is missing on the original Macintoshll This feature i Macintosh Il, IIx, Ilex and SE/30 S missing on v7.0 The System 7.0 Memory Control Panel on a fully compatible Macintosh. | DiskDoubler gets faster, savvier By Henry Norr Palo Alto, Calif’ — Salient Software Inc last week released DiskDoubler 3.7, an upgrade that author Lloyd Chambers described as the most seueant of the many that the compression u its 16-month history In addition to offering both faster and ity has undergone in tighter compression, the new release makes DiskDoubler the first System 7-savvy pro- gram in its category. Version 3.7 incorporates Apple events for compressing and expanding files, allowing other programs, even on dif ferent machines, to cess files on request. The $79.95 program also will take advan- e DiskDoubler pro- tage of Finder 7.0's drag-and-drop capability When the user drops a file icon over DiskDoubler’, the program will automatical- ly compress uncompressed files and expand previously compressed ones. Other System 7.0 features include balloon help, color icons and support for aliases. Enhancements for users of both old and new versions of the operating system include the following: > Tighter compression. A new algo- rithm delivers smaller compressed files than If you have a Mac Il, IIx, IIcx or SE/30, make sure you get 32-bit mode and virtual memory our Macintosh II, IIx, Icx or SE/30, doesn’t have the 32-bit capability of the most recent systems. So you won't get 32-bit mode when you upgrade to System 7.0. You'll be missing out ona powerful new technology which can allow you to access much more memory and mun programs faster. That’s why we created MODE 32>" a simple, affordable software solution that enables older Macintoshes to run in 32-bit mode. More memory for more productivity MODE32 breaks through the 8 megabyte memory barrier to access up to one full gigabyte of virtual memory (VM), or as much physical RAM as you can put in your Macintosh. With increased memory, applications will run faster and more programs can run concurrently, This increases productivity, especially in such memory-intensive applications as desktop publishing, image processing and multimedia. MODE32 is the 32-bit solution Unless you have MODE32, your Mac Il, IIx, IIcx or SE/30 won't tun 32-bit mode — or even display it as an option in the memory control panel. To make your Macintosh work like the new generation of machines, just copy MODE 32 into your system folder. Here’s the best part: MODE32 gives you full 32-bit mode operation under System 7.0 for only $169. mm ‘32-BIT MODE FOR MAC It ix, tex & $4/30 (ph em 18 Poet Any Mea TM, Heo 98 co © 1991 Connecx Corporation. MODES2 aed MCTS are radamarts of Conacti Corp, Maciotos ine and the Appia ogo are registered Vrademar of Apot | Compute, CONNECTIX For the original MacIl, there’s another catch If you have an original Mac Il, there is something else you need to know: virtual memory is completely missing, and won't even appear in your control panel. Virtual memory (VM) lets you increase your Mac’s memory without ) having to install any additional SIMMs. Your Mac II needs a Motorola PMMU coprocessor to run virtual memory. Connectix sells the current Mask 73 version of the PMMU, the only version that is known to be fully compatible with the Macintosh. When you upgrade to System 7.0, just add a Connectix MC73™ PMMU for only $179 to get virtual memory on your original Macintosh II. Upgrade to all of the benefits of System 7.0 If you have a Mac II, IIx, Icx or SE/30, get MODE32 and discover the power of 32-bit operation. And, if you have an onginal Mac II, you need the MC73 to enjoy all of the advantages of virtual memory. To order MODE32 or an MC73 PMMU, call your supplier or call Connectix direct at (800) 950-5880 or (415)324-0727. 800-950-5880 Re P GOR ART 1 ONN News MACWEEK 06.18.91 any other product on the market, according to Salient. The new method incorporates code obtained under a non-exclusive license from Bill Goodman, author of the popular shareware utility Compactor Pro. >» More speed. The speed of Disk- Doubler’s default algorithm has been increased, and the program now works as much as 50 percent faster with Sigma Designs Inc.'s DoubleUp compression card. A new configuration option provides an addi- tional speed increase when the program is processing groups of small files. » Self-expanding archives. Version 3.7 lets users create compressed files that others can open with a double click, even if they have no Salient software. Other new features include background operations and a file-copying function that Salient said is twice as fast as the Finder's. Upgrades are $15, but free to custom- ers who purchased an earlier version after April 15. Salient Software Inc. is at 124 University Ave., Suite 300, Palo Alto, Calif. 94301. Phone (415) 321-5375; fax (415) 321-5378. 0 Two programs designed to ease data formatting By Raines Cohen Van Nuys, Calif. — When you download tabular data from a corporate mainframe or an on-line service or read in printed reports with a scanner and character recognition software, the next step is often to bring the material into a Mac database or spreadsheet. But since few such applications are capable of parsing out formatted data or extracting just the desired fields, the job can involve extensive manual reformatting. A new program from WorksWare Comput- er Software Solutions, as well as an older utility from Seawell MicroSystems Inc., is designed to alleviate this problem. > WorksWare’s DataMate. WorksWare developed its data-extraction application, called DataMate, to enhance its line of verti- cal packages for real-estate agents. The pack- ages work with formatted data downloaded from on-line multiple-listing services. The $149 utility, released last month, can extract data, reorder fields, change delimiters and eliminate duplicate records as it process- es text. Users can create and save filters identifying the source data and specifying which operations to perform on which fields. DataMate can merge files and save in a vari- ety of formats, including text files that can be read directly by Microsoft Works and Excel, Panorama, Wingz, FileMaker Pro, and others. ‘A demo version of the program is available on disk for $10 and for free on on-line services. > Seawell’s DataMerge. Seawell Micro- Systems’ data processing utility, DataMerge 20, performs many of the same functions as DataMate, but because it does not load the files into RAM, the Seawell software can handle extremely large files, according to the company The $99 program lets users create menus. of common transfer formats, for easy access | later on, The program can skip or add line feeds often present in on-line files and non- Mac documents WorksWare Computer Software Solutions is at 8031 Broadleaf Ave., Van Nuys, Calif, 91402 Phone (818) 989-2298; fax (818) 994-3550, eawell MicroSystems Ine. is at P.O. Box 30, Seattle, Wash. 98122. Phone (206) 3123 or (800) 347-7008. News MACWEEK 06.1 8.91 Tektronix rolls out solid-ink printer [Machines adds lower-cost model to midsize color-display lineup PhaserJet PXi offers tabloid-size color By Neil McManus Wilsonville, Ore. — Tektronix Inc. this week will announce its PhaserJet PXi, a solid-ink Post-Script Level 2 printer that offers tabloid-size color output on plain paper. Due next month for $9,995, the 300-dpi printer will come with 36 Type 1 fonts and 10 Mbytes of RAM, expandable to 18 Mbytes. A 24-MHz AMD Am29000 RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processor enables the printer to image a full-color PostScript page in two minutes and a monochrome page in 40 to 60 seconds. The PhaserJet PXi can handle a variety of paper stocks, includin; thin drafting vellum, oyerhen! transparencies and 80-pound cover stock, in sizes up to 12 by 18 inch- es. It comes standard with a 200- sheet letter-size paper cassette; a 200-sheet 11-by-17-inch cassette is available as a $150 option The printer can auto- matically switch among its AppleTalk, Centronix parallel and RS-232 seri- al interfaces without user intervention. Until Mountain View, Calif.-based Adobe Sys- tems Inc. releases its PostScript Level 2 print- er driver for the Mac in the fall, the Tektronix printer will use a Level 1 driver that doesn’t take advantage of such Level 2 features as compres- sion, improved memory management, forms caching, composite fonts and device-independent color matching. In addition to Post- Script, the Tektronix printer can emulate Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HP-GL plotter language. Tektronix’s PhaserJet PXi printer images with four colored, wax- based, solid-ink bars (cyan, magenta, low, black), which look and feel ike crayon. The ink is melted, and Users do multimedia presentations By Natholie Welch San Diego — Ova- tion, a new color LCD projection panel due next week from Proxima Corp., promises Mac users an interactive mul- timedia projection de- vice weighing less than 6 pounds ‘When placed on top of a standard overhead pro- jector, the $8,495 port- able panel provides large- screen projection of charts, graphs, real-time video and computer ani- mation in as many as 24,389 colors. Ovation’s active-matrix panel provides the rapid response time needed to project live motion without distortions, according to the company. Ovation can be used with any Mae, but models without an exter- nal video port require an interface kit consisting of video board and cable. The kit must be purchased sepa- For the Record The June 4 issue gave incorrect | prices for U.S. buyers of GT Omnicom Inc.'s QPID, Correct prices are $30 for the demo ver- sion, $695 for one user and $2,500 for a five-pack on the go with Ovation and Cyclops Proxima’s Ovation projection panel indudes the Cyclops pointer system, which is used to control a software pre- sentation directly on the projection screen. rately from Proxima for prices ranging from $100 to $170, depending on Mac model Cyclops, a pointer system that acts as a cordless mouse, gives the presenter the ability to control the demonstration, including pulling down menus, clicking on buttons and dragging icons, by touching the wand to the wall screen. A remote-control device also is included to control the Ovation panel itself, Ovation can be purchased in configurations that support either the U.S, NTSC (National Televi- sion System Committee) video- signal standard or the European PAL standard Proxima Corp. is at 6610 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92121-3297. Phone (619) 457- 5500; fax (619) 457-9647. 0 Tektronix PhaserJet PXi offers a palette of more than 8 million colors and can print on a variety of paper stocks. droplets are propelled onto the page, where they instantly resolidify. Industry analysts (see Mac- WEEK, June 11) say solid-ink print- ers offer a number of advantages over thermal-transfer color printers, including plain-paper output, vibrant colors, rel Etively bast engine speeds and lower consumables costs, Consumables for the Tektronix printer average 25 cents for a color page, half the comparable figure for thermal-transfer printers. Tektronix Inc.'s Graphics and Imaging Division is at P.O. Box 1000, 26600 S.W. Parkway, Wil- sonville, Ore. 97070. Phone (503) 682-7377 or (800) 835-6100; fax (503) 682-3408. 5 Higher resolution for Accel-A-Writer Montrose, Ala, — Xante Corp. this week will begin shipping a new version of its Accel-A-Writer, a RISC-based LaserWriter controller ype that now offers higher res- olution and a SCSI interface. New firmware gives the con- troller, still priced at $2,495, true 600-by-600-dpi resolution, com- pared with the previous 1,200 by 300 dpi. The product is compatible with ia original LaserWriter, Laser- Writer Plus and 1 models, and the Personal LaserWriter SC and NT, The Accel-A-Writer comes with 6 Mbytes of RAM, expandable to 16 Mbytes, Tt can switch automati- cally among AppleTalk, serial and Centronics parallel interfaces with- out user intervention, The controller uses a 16-MHz AMD 29000 RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processor and the PhoenixPage PostScript interpreter from Phoenix Technologies of Norwell, Mass Xante Corp, is at 23800 Highway 98, Montrose, Ala. 36559, Phone (205) 990-8189; fax (205) 990-8489, 0 Futura accelerates Apple monitors By Neil McManus Beaverton, Ore. — Setting its sights on budget-conscious users, E-Machines Inc. this week will extend its color display line to include a lower-priced 16-inch monitor, an eight-bit video board for 16-inch displays and a 24-bit board for 13-inch displays. > ColorPage E16. Due July 1, this new 16-inch color monitor will retail for $1,595, nearly $1,000 less than its other 16-inch displays. The ColorPage E16 is a flat- square CRT manufactured by Toshiba, while the company’s previ- ously available ColorPage T16 and ColorPage TX16, both priced at $2,500, are Sony Trinitron displays. The E16 is a trisyne monitor, capable of three resolution modes: 640 by 480 pixels at 55 dpi using the built-in video of the Mac LC, Ilsi or Ici; 832 by 624 pixels at 72 dpi with E-Machines’ XL8 and XL24 and upgraded Futura/24 boards; and 1,024 by 808 pixels at 87 dpi, although no current E-Machines board can drive it at that resolution. MapInfo adds f > ColorPage/XL8. Available. now for $995, this NuBus board can provide eight-bit color on E-Machines’ 16-inch displays and | Apple’s 12- and 13-inch RGB monitors i E-Machines also offers a $500 | auxillary board that upgrades the ColorPage/XL8 to 24-bit color. > Futura/24. This NuBus display board, available now for $995, brings accelerated 24-bit color to Apple's 12- and 13-inch RGB monitors. ‘A $500 E-Machines kit upgrades the Futura/24 to an XL24 card, allowing it to bring 24-bit color to the company’s 16-inch monitors. Both the Futura/24 and the ColorPage/XL8 provide built-in QuickDraw acceleration and hard- ware pan and zoom The new E-Machines display cards also contain inputs for NTSC (National Television System Com- mittee) and PAL (a European stan- dard), which give users video-in and video-out capabilities when coupled with E-Machines’ $2,495 QuickView Studio video digitizer and the $575 QuickView Video encoder. E-Machines Ine. is at 9305 S.W. Gemini Drive, Beaverton, Ore. 17005, Phone (503) 646-6699; fax (503) 641-0946, o stats function, more user control of maps By Raines Cohen Troy, N.Y. — MapInfo Corp. last month released new versions of its desktop mapping package for both Mac and Windows, as well as international versions. MapInfo for Macintosh 1.1 adds a dynamic statistics function that calculates sums and averages of val- ues in database fields for “what-if” analysis, Clicking on California, Nevada and Arizona, for example, can sum and average a company's annual sales for those states. The $995 program, which all currently registered users will receive free, also includes new dot- density maps and graduated sym- bols for improved user control of map appearance. It now can locate an intersection if users enter the names of cross streets. The international versions of MapInfo accommodate foreign address structures and allow cus- tomization of menus and help sereens. The international versions also provide support for hardware copy protection. International prices vary, depending on the distributor. 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Window Runner will ship with two files: a Mac application that converts Mac-generated Course Builder documents and a Windows 3.0 application that runs them on IBM PCs and compatibles. Trainin, sequences and presentations shoul function identically on both plat- forms, according to TeleRobotics “(Window Runner) surprised me with how fast the file converted,” said Jim Pollard, learning systems specialist for Guaranteed Software Inc. of Spokane, Wash. “A 600- Kbyte hypertext file with a few graphics converted in less than a minute,” he said. Converted files, Pollard said, retain the look and feel of the Mac, with but- tons in the same places and anima- tions running in the same sequence and at the same speed. One difference, he said, is that Mac fonts are converted to PC fonts when running under Win- dows 3.0. Font con- versions can be specified when run- Get a dedicated file server without the hardware expense ning the Macintosh application Conversions can be performed oyer the network or with stand- alone Macs equipped with an Apple SuperDrive or any third- party product that lets a Mac mount a PC disk, One copy of Window Runner is required for each Windows-based system. The program ships with one Mac and one Windows appli- cation. Additional copies erik Windows player are $100, TeleRobotics International Inc. is at 8410 Oak Ridge Highway, Knovwville, Tenn. 37931. Phone (615) 690-5600; fax (615) 690-2913. a RACE technique cuts NuBus traffic By Mitch Ratcliffe Sunnyvale, Calif. — A new 24-bit color display card from Gen- eration Systems Inc. promises screen redrawing that is as much as 25 percent faster than standard true-color display cards. The Designer 24, priced at $1,995, relies on a technique Gener- MacWrite II gets Correct Grammar Sausalito, Calif. — Claris Corp is now bundling Correct Grammar, WordStar International Inc.’s grammar-checking program, with MacWrite II, its Mac word pro- cessing software. Correct Grammar has been included in the Claris package since the rollout of System 7.0 on May 13. Customers who purchased MacWnite III after May 1 but didn’t receive the grammar checker can arrange for a free copy by calling Claris customer relations. Correct Grammar retails sepa- rately for $99. MacWrite II lists for $249 WordStar was originally published by Lifetree Software Inc., which WordStar acquired in February Claris Corp. is at 5201 Patrick Henry Drive, Box 58168, Santa Clara, Calif. 95052-8168. Phone (408) 727-8227. o ation calls redundant access cycle eliminator (RACE) to boost perfor- mance by avoiding redundant output to the NuBus. The card also sup- ports NuBus block-mode transfers. The Designer 24 delivers a resolu- tion of 1,024 by 768 pixels with a re- fresh rate of 74 Hz. Users can choose from up to 16.7 million colors or 256 shades of gray. The card allows users to select output gamma settings for Sony and Ikegami monitors. According to Generation Systems, The Designer 24 is compatible with the Display Card 824 GO, Apple's $1,999 QuickDraw accelerator card, and with the acceleration techniques built into many graphics programs. Because the Generation Systems card requires less than 15 watts, the company said, it can be used safely in the Mac IIsi. Many competing graph- ics accelerators, including Apple’s, exceed the IIsi’s tight power budget, although the companies said their cards can be used in the single-slot machine under normal conditions. Generation Systems is at 1185-C Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089. Phone (408) 734-4626 or (800) 325-5811; fax (408) 734-4626. o DataClub DataClub® lets every Mac on your network contribute to network file sharing. And it’s so casy, you already know how to use it! At the heart of DataClub is the concept of a Virtual Server™. A Virtual Server is a file server that doesn’t reside on any single Macintosh, but rather uses free space on hard disks already on the network. DataClub then treats this free space — no matter how many ma- chines it’s on —as a single file server that appears as one desktop volume to anyone needing to share files. Because DataClub’s Virtual Server doesn’t reside on just one Mac, you also avoid network bottlenecks caused by many users vying for the processing attention of a single machine, [ System 7 Users | DataClub allows client access from System 7 | machines. So every Mac in your network can share information — today! 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Like current versions, Extend 2.0 will offer a graphical program- ming environment for simulating a range of continuous or discrete processes, Icons are logically linked via a schematic diagram Due by year-end, the new System 7.0-savvy version will use Extend’s existing scripting capabilities in con- junction with new templates for writ- ing to System 7.0’s Apple events, The combination [a aan ore te aoe Bee will let users create wa] enietwents =a r s= links through which Extend can launch a spreadsheet to perform, for exam- ple, calculations for a simulation. Extend 2.0 also will include a li- brary of communi- cations links be- tween Extend and specific applica- tions, such as Claris Under System 7.0, Imagine That!’s Extend 2.0 simulation software will be able to interact with other applications such as Garis’ Resolve, shown here, for performing calculations. Corps Resolve. Extend 2.0 also will support Sys- tem 7.0's publish and subscribe capability, balloon help and TrueType fonts. A new hierarchical interface will allow users to nest icons of subpro- cesses, for example, within a single, all-encompassing icon. Double- clicking that icon will reveal the component processes. The price ofthe new version has not been determined, but upgrades for users of the current $495 release, Version 1.1k, will be $99. Imagine That! Ine, is at 151 Bernal Road, Suite 5; San Jose, Calif. 95119. Phone (408) 365- 0305; fax (408) 629-1251. 0 WritePro releases Scarborough, N.Y. — Mac spreadsheet jockeys are still waiting for their 1-2-3, but budding Mac fiction writers already have one up on their financial friends. Write Pro 1/2/3/4 is a creative- writing tutorial by best-selling author Sol Stein. The WritePro Corp. software, previously available only on MS-DOS, shipped last week. The company decided to create a Mac version, Stein said, when it was inundated with calls AG ah under System 6 and'c: Ree TROSPECT ae DAN TZ cS Think backup. 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The new release is writing tutorial from Mac users responding to a New York Times review that didn’t mention that the program runs only on IBM PCs and compatibles. Priced at $99.95, plus $5 shipping, the package has exercises and guide- lines designed to help both novices and professionals create rounded characters and well-developed plots. WritePro Corp. is at 43 Linden Circle, Scarborough, N.Y. 10510. Phone (914) 762-1255 or (800) 755-1124; fax (914) 76: o VIREX VERSION 8 also available with source code and a license for unlimited distribution at one site for $995. New features include employee and supplier databases, with memo fields for details; new labor and supplier reports in the job-costing module; and user-editable cost- adjustment descriptions. The pro- gram also adds three decimal places for specification of partial units of labor, material, services and equipment, as well as the abili- ty to export to Peachtree Software Inc.'s atOnce! accounting system. “Cost Management System is very fast and simple to use,” said user James Erwin, president of Lacey Development of Rochester, N.Y. “It’s also very reasonably priced for what it does.” But Erwin, who is involved in several businesses, said the package is designed primarily for the oat struction industry. He said he’d like to see the software made more useful to other small businesses. Softouch Software is located at 5200 S.W. Macadam Ave., Suite 255, Portland, Ore. 97201. Phone (503) 241-1841; fax (503) 223-6240. 0 If it were any stronger, youd need a prescription. New Virex Version 3 is the most powerful virus prevention, detection and treatment available. 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Macitosh i bademark of Apple Compr, lc News MOD Wacweek 06.18.91 VAMP adds IAC to McCAD system By Rochelle Garner Los Angeles VAMP Inc announce two new modules as well as Sys: this week will tem 7.0-savvy upgrades to the entire McCAD Electronic Design System, its fami ly of software products for the design and fabrication of electronic components The company said the revamped line will give electronics firms a way to implement concurrent engineering, a popular design methodology that emphasizes timely com munication among all members of design and marketing teams. The system will use System 7.0's publish and subscribe functions and Apple events to allow the various mem: bers of a product team to share information A new Administrator module will provide version control and help enforce corporate design-procedure standards The McCAD Electronic Design System comprises eight modules for such tasks as schematic capture, printed-circuit board layout, analog simulation and auto-routing. The System 7.0-savvy versions will use Apple events for automatic passing and updating of information among open mod- ules, Any number of modules can be open simultaneously, nterCon introduces NFS/Share™, an easy to use Chooser device that allows users to mount NFS servers just AppleShare™ server. NFS/Share makes using as they would an your NFS server as ‘convenient as using a local disk. Available servers are automatically listed when you “bring up umes to automatically use it every time that you start your ma Any Macintosh computer that is attached to a TCP/IP network vi gateway or an EtherNet card is now able to store FS/Share, and you can even set up vol- shine! and retrieve docu- ments from any NFS volume. NFS/Share also gives you the option of storing Macintosh applications on your mounted volume and | running them from there! NFS/Share gives you the convenience of automatic translation between UNIX and Macintosh text files, giving you the means to edit UNIX test files with any Macintosh text editor and Macintosh text files with any UNIX text editor. With NFS/Share, the only thing you'll need to worry about. is where you'll fit the your desk. CRAY Y-MP InterCon wInterCon Systems Corporation 950 Herndon Parkway = Herndon, Virginia 22070 Information can be passed between an auto-router and the layout editor, for exam- ple, as the tool is performing the routing or immediately after routing is completed Updates for three of the McCAD modules ‘hematics, Schematics DS (digital sig- ind the PCB-ST layout editor — will be available in August, the company said Updates to the McCAD Classic SPICE, Ger- ber Translator, Gerber View, Tracker and Trailblazer auto-router modules are expected by the end of the year. Prices for the upgrades have not been determined, but they will be higher than prices for the current line of products. VAMP said it will continue to offer the existing product series as well. Prices of current modules range from $175 for the translator to $4,995 for the high-end Trail- blazer auto-router. The new modules are: » ECO Administrator. Tentatively called the ECO (Engineering Change Order) Administrator, this module wall pro- vide management services to regulate who can access or change published and sub- scribed information and under what condi- tions, Engineering companies, for example, may require a certain number of designer sign-offs before marketing can publish doc- umentation. The new administrator soft- ware will run on AppleShare and compati- ble servers, » Logic compiler. Due this month, VAMP’s McCUPL logic compiler will let users generate fuse maps of programmable logic devices, either directly onto silicon or as a mask. It is priced at $1,495. VAMP Ine. is at 6753 Selma Ave Angeles, Calif. 90028. Phone (213) 466- fax (213) 466-8564. 0 Mancini Brothers won't let deadbeats forget By Shawn Tomlinson San Antonio — Promising accounting soft- ware that “operates like a real business and not an automated accounting manual,” DataBased is now shipping a receivables- management package called The Mancini Brothers. Aimed at small to midsize businesses, the program supports standard receivables functions, such as recording open invoices, issuing statements, applying finance charges and sending late letters. 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Digit's expEDIte/Mac will support the Electronic Data Interchange format, a stan- dard that allows the exchange of purchase orders, requests for quotation and similar business documents in computer-readable form regardless of platform The IBM IN electronic-mail system uses a Prepac synchronous protocol that can’t be accessed with public-domain pro- NuPORT and WrenRunner-2 Make MicroNet's SBT-1288NP MacUser Editors' Choice for Best Storage Product. MicroNet's NuPORT and Seagate's high performance disc drives are a perfect match. Because when you put them together you get our award winning 1,288 MB system. MicroNet splices two 644 MB Seagate WrenRunner-2 disc drives into one logical volume for ultra-fast seek times of 6 ms. Then we add our unique NuPORT, SCSI-2 NuBus accelerator for 3.1 MB/sec sustained data transfers. 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The $9,995 system includes Optix soft- ware, a Mac LC, a Ricoh IS50 scanner with a 6-page-per-minute automatic document feeder, a Sony rewriteable optical drive and a. PLP II laser-quality printer {Ra GCC Tech- nologies Inc Like the Optix software for single users, Optix Pilot features include a built-in database that can index more than a million documents; fast compression and decom- pression ratios; drawing tools for editing and annotating images; and an upgrade path to Blueridge’s Optix Network, a server that runs under A/UX and uses Informix Software Inc.’s SQL database. > An Arabic version of Optix is now shipping for $695. Saudi Systems Corp. is working with Blueridge to distribute the software. Other non-English versions of Optix are also being developed by Blueridge. Blueridge Technologies Inc. is at PO. Box 430, Flint Hill, Va. 22627. Phone (703) 675- 3015 or fax (703) 675-3130. 0 AVR boosts scanners to 600-dpi resolution By Neil McManus San Jose: Calif. — Advance Vision Research Inc. this week will announce that it is increasing the top resolution of its AVR 3000 series of color and gray-scale scanners from 300 dpi to 600 dpi. The resolution upgrade is achieved through software interpolation by the scan- ner drivers. Depending on the complexity of the scanned image, interpolating to higher reso- lutions can add as much as 15 percent to 20 percent to image processing time, according to the company ‘The upgrade, available immediately, is free to owners of AVR 3000 scanners. List prices and features of the AVR units remain the same: » AVR 3000/CL Plus is a 24-bit-color scanner priced at $2,590. » AVR 3000/GS Plus is a $1,990 gray- scale scanner that offers 24 levels of gray. Both are flatbed models with an image area of 8.5 by 14 inches. They come with a SCSI interface and cable and a copy of Photoshop Limited Edi- tion, a subset of Adobe Systems Ine.’s $895 image-editing program. Users can upgrade to the full Photoshop for $249. Advance Vision Research Inc. is at 2201 Qume Drive, San Jos alif. 95131. Phone (408) 434-1115; fax (408) 434-0968. 0 By Shawn Tomlinson Baldwinsville, N.Y. — Like the fans who mobilized to keep the “Star Trek” series on TV when network executives wanted to kill it, users of Reflex Plus for the Mac are mounting a campaign to resurrect the program. But Reflex Plus, once published by Borland Inter- national Inc., has already been off the air — Symantec offers THINK Reference By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif, — THINK Reference, a new $99 Mac programming guide from Symantec Corp., puts the reams of informa- tion required to build Mac applications at a developer's fingertips The encyclopedia of system information contains data for programmers working in Symantec’s THINK C and THINK Pascal as well as Apple’s Macintosh Programmer's Workshop. The program contains informa- tion from “Inside Macintosh” volumes I through V and Apple Tech notes, as well as data on fonts and other system resources, programming tips and examples. Many top- ics come with graphic illustrations. THINK Reference includes multiple tables of contents and supports searches on multiple criteria. Topics are cross-referenced, and users can place up to 10 electronic bookmarks for quick access to sections of special interest THINK Reference takes up a total of 3.5 Mbytes of hard disk space Symantec Corp. is at 10201 Torre Ave., Cupertino, Calif. 95014-2132, Phone (408) 253-9600; fax (408) 253-4092. o Patches let THINK Pascal, Crun under System 7.0 By Andrew Gore Bedford, Mass. — Current versions of Symantec Corp.'s THINK C and THINK Pas- cal are not compatible with System 7.0, but the company is distributing user-installable patches and header files that make it possible to run the products on System 7 in 24-bit mode and compile 32-bit-clean applications that take full advantage of the new system. In addition to being unable to run in Sys- tem 7.0’s 32-bit mode, the THINK compilers can’t use virtual memory. “THINK C and THINK Pascal are not currently 32-bit clean,” said Daye Neal, senior engineer for Symantec. “But the applications you build with the programming languages are 32-bit clean.” The software patches and header files for THINK C and THINK Pascal are available on AppleLink, Symantec's foram on Compu- Serve and the company’s own bulletin board Symantec plans 32-bit-clean versions of both the C and Pascal products, according to Julie Bingham, the company’s director of programming products. She wouldn't com- ment on release dates. Developers interested in getting more information about running THINK products with System 7 can contact Symantec's lan- guages group, which is at 135 South Road, Bedford, Mass. 01730. Phone (617) 275- 4800; fax (617) 275-2124 Users move to revive Reflex Plus except for reruns — for several years, and its fans want it revived on a different channel The company last updated the product in 1987, when it changed the name from Reflex to Reflex Plus. A year later, Borland withdrew from the Mac market. Last month, the Reflex Plus Orphans Association, an all-volunteer user group formed last year to provide support for other users of the program, issued a public appeal to Borland to find a new home for it “Most of us are business owners and use Reflex in our businesses,” said Fred Rushden, membership coordinator for RPOA. “Some of us have [put] thousands of hours of work into our databases, and we're willing to do a lot of work not to have to give up that work.” Rushden said Reflex is easy to use, powerful and flexible, which is why the product still has a following, estimated by the organization at 100,000 users, Citing the example of Ashton- News MACWEEK 06.18.91 Tate Corp., which last year sold its dBASE Mac package to a new publisher, Rushden con- tended that users “orphaned” by Borland want to be “adopted” by another, more committed software developer. Their hope, he said, is that another company will bring Reflex Plus up to date and offer technical support RPOA provides support to Reflex Plus users on CompuServe and America Online The Reflex Plus Orphans Association is at 3142 Beaver Brook Lane, Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027. Phone (315) 635-7550. THE PLUS get more done in a day. WITH IS 16PPM SPEED. Twice as fast as traditional printers, the Kodak Ektaplus 7016 printer can make you at least twice as productive. It maintains fast, high-quality throughput, even when printing Adobe PostScript language. It helps you THE PRIN ‘Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated and are registered in the U.S. THE PLUS IS DOS/MAC COMPATIBILITY. Introducing the Kodak Ektaplus 7016 printer. Equipped with Adobe PostScript language/Appletalk interface options, it can support both DOS and Macintosh computers simultaneously! Configure it with four ports, and it can support up to four users, or even four networks. 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The $895 pack- age, introduced at the USENIX Technical Conference and Exhibition here last week, is scheduled to ship in August on three CD- ROM discs. » Mac tools. The kit includes a version of the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Apple's standard development environment for Mac applications, which runs under the cur- rent release of A/UX Version 2.0.1. Compo- nents include the MPW shell; MPW C, C++ and Object Pascal compilers; source debugger SADE); ResEdit resource editor; and an assembly language debugger (MacsBug) > Unix tools. A second C compiler in the new kit, licensed from AT&T Co.'s Unix Sys- tem Laboratories, is designed for the cre- ation of applications for A/UX or the latest standard Unix, System V Release 4. Also included are the C++ Language System, based on Release 2.1 of AT&T Co.'s object- oriented development system; the full X Window System X11 Release 4 development environment; and the dbx debugger, a popu- lar tool among Unix programmers, according to Apple. > Tools for hybrid programs. Exten- sions for the ANSI C compiler and dbx will help developers create and test Unix applica- tions wearing the Mac interface — a feat that has always been possible under A/UX but not necessarily easy, according to Jeff Benrey, product manager. In addition, a source and object library of A/UX system calls will let programmers build Unix capabilities, such as splitting a process, into an A/UX application. Sample source code for HyperCard external commands (XCMDs) that will allow stacks to call Unix functions is also included. A/UX Developer's Tools will be distributed through APDA, which can be reached at 408) 562-3910 or (800) 282-2732 in the Unit- ed States and (800) 637-0029 in Canada. c _SuperDuper copies in bulk Salinas, Calif. — A new ie disk- copying utility could make life easier for those who duplicate disks in bulk with Mac- intosh floppy drives or common duplication machines. NeoConcepts’ SuperDuper, which works with all Macs except the IIfx, copies four times faster than the Finder, according to the company. It can write a unique serial number on each disk and run in the back- ground under MultiFinder or System 7 The regular version of SuperDuper sells for $79. A version that controls Douglas Mae Disk Duplicators and Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s Jukebox Five retails for $150; one for Mountain Computer Inc.'s duplicators is $390. NeoConcepts can be reached at P.O, Box 6883, Salinas, Calif. 93912, Phone (408) §99-4821 Foundation offers Hypertext help By Allison de Laveaga Cary, N.C. — Macintosh application developers looking to add a help system to their programs can get some help of their own with new software from Foundation Solutions Inc. EHelp, which began shipping last month, is an engine that supports context- sensitive, structured hypertext help, the company said. EHelp can be displayed as a standard modeless application window, a modal window or a pop-up note. EHelp provides a topics list and hypertext-style links between related notes and topics Complete color, font and style capabilities are available. Unlike other help engines, no royalty fees are attached to EHelp. EHelp’s $350 price includes a perpetual license for a single application. EHelp is being used to create a help system for EPlanner, a project-management system that is due in August from the company Foundation Solutions Inc. is at 2000 Regency Parkway, Suite 270, Cary, N.C. 27511. Phone (919) 481-3517; fax (919) 481-3551. c a By Dartanyan Brown Greenbrae, Calif. — Casa Blanca Works Inc. this month announced Drive7, a hard disk utility designed to reduce the cost and hassle of migrating to System 7.0. Due by the end of this month, the pro- will feature an update button that lets users install a fully System 7.0-compatible Call 1-800-433-3422. Drive7 promises easier 7.0 updating driver with a single click, even if the drive was formatted by another utility. Many older drivers are incompatible with the new system or do not support its virtual-memory scheme, and some vendors have not yet shipped com- patible updates. Blanca said its update function pable of replacing any driver that con is c SONY MAGNETO OPTICAL DISK EDM 1040 fo2sbyte/sectot memories. 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Other Drive7 features include partition ing, A/UX support and balloon help for users of System 6.0.x as well as 7.0 A copy of Drive7 with a 10-user license will be priced at $39.95 until July 30, when the price will go to $59.95, News MACWEEK 06.18.91 Casa Blanca remote LCD | to keep users in the know By Dartanyan L. Brown Greenbrae, Calif stay at their desks soon will be able to get real-time updates from their computers via Radar 1, a remote LCD unit under develop: ment at Casa Blanca Works Inc | Attached to the computer's serial port, the display has a 64-by-120-dot supertwist screen that can display graphics or eight 20-character lines of text. The screen sits in a 5-by-5-inch sloping case de: ting or standing users. Mac users who can’t ned for easy viewing by sit Custom software is required, and Casa Blanca initially will market the Radar 1 on an OEM basis and through value-added resellers. The unit, which is expected to ship next month, is designed primarily for use in vertical markets such as factory automation, investment management and medical moni toring. A stockbroker could use it, for exam: ple, to get a real-time reading calculated with a proprietary formula from changing price data, the company said. Prices are expected to be less than $300 per unit, depending on quantity. Casa Blanca said it will offer custom development assis- tance and plans to release off-the-shelf office-management applications of the tech- | nology this summer. Casa Blanca Works Inc. is at 148 Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Calif. 94904. Phone (415) 461-2227; fax (415) 461-2249, InterPlot offers scientists point-and-click analysis By Raines Cohen Silver Spring, Md. — Scientific Visions last month released InterPlot, an application that lets users extract data from scientifie graphs by clicking and dragging The $99.95 program features analysis tools that dynamically show calculated function values as the user moves the mouse along a selected curve. The approach, the company said, makes data exploration both faster and more interactive than traditional analysis soft- ware, which performs calculations on entire data sets. InterPlot’s on-screen palette includes derivative, standard-deviation and integra- tion tools. The program also supports linear and non-linear curve fitting, with user- defined fit functions. Built-in functions include Bessel and error and gamma functions. Users can define cus- tom functions, based on the built-in ones, to calculate new curves. The program automatically propagates error values, when present, through all caleu- lations, so the accuracy of the final result can be determined easily. Error bars can be dis- played on charts PICT graphics can be imported, and the program provides a palette of MacDraw-like drawing tools for chart annotation. Data can be entered in the program or imported from. text files InterPlot comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee. A demo version is available from the company for $5. Scientific Visions is at P.O. Box 1971, Sil- ver Spring, Md. 20915. Phone (301) 593-0317 News MACWEEK 06.18.91 Two companies give Mac monitors some new shades By Allison de Laveaga Santa Rosa, Calif. — Two manufacturers of add-on display screen filters recently extended their product lines to the newest members of the Mac family > Kensington Microware Ltd. last week began shipping the Anti-Glare Filter for the 12-inch monochrome and color displays, as well as for Radius Inc.'s Pivot Display, are due later this month The filters, made of optical-quality glass with several layers of anti-reflective and seratch-resistant ceramic coating, reduce glare by as much as 96 percent and improve percent, according to the company. The fil- ters slip over the top of the monitor. The Classic filter is $69.95, the model for Apple's 12-inch displays is $99.95, and the filter for the Pivot is $199.95. The company also offers filters for a variety of other Apple and third-party Mac displays. Kensington claims no. Mac Classic. 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What differentiates the two models is their effectiveness against extremely low frequency (ELF) and very low frequency (VLF) electrical emission. The $89.95 MacGlare/Guard Plus cuts electrical-field radiation by 98 percent, while the $139.95 E-shield model eliminates 99.99 percent of the electrical-field radiation, ane to the company. OCLI also makes Glare/Guard filters for larger Macs. Neither company’s filters affect ELF or VLE ragnete-Reldrradiatlans the main focus of recent controversy about the possible health hazards of VDTs. OCLI cited an independent study showing that it is not possible to block magnetic fields with transparent material. Kensington Microware Ltd. is at 2855 Campus Drive, San Mateo, Calif. 94403. Phone (415) 572-2700 or (800) 535-4242; fax (415) 572-9675. Optical Coating Laboratory Ine. is at 2789 Northpoint Parkway, Santa Rosa, Calif. 95407-7397. Phone (707) 545-6440 or (800) 545-6254; fax (707) 525-7410. a User group of scientists, engineers calls for papers By Rochelle Garner Worcester, Mass. — MacSciTech, an orga- nization recently chartered to disseminate information about using the Mac for scientif- ic and engineering applications, this month issued a call for technical papers to be read at a technical conference scheduled for next January. MacSciTech was announced in April by Aq and the Consortium for Laboratory & Industrial Applications for the Macintosh, an organization of developers of technical prod- ucts for the Mac (see MacWEEK, April 9). The conference, called Scientific & Engi- neering Applications of the Macintosh (SEAM ‘92), will be held Jan. 15-17 in San Francisco. Suggested topics for conference papers include the Mac and data acquisition, imaging, data analysis, data visualization, CAD/CAM and computer-aided engineer- ing, and specific disciplines such as chem- istry and molecular biology. 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The software also blanks and locks the screen after a specified interval of inactivity or when the user clicks on a designated on-screen hot spot. An Administrator application lets the net- work manager maintain the password list, customize the message that Authenticator presents to users, configure the screen saver and set other parameters. In addition, Authenticator 2.0 maintains a log of Mac usage, as well as a separate file that records information about each print job. With the Administrator program, the diverse environments. Unfortunately, resources available to Macintosh/ AppleTalk network managers have not kept pace with the revolution. Until now. Over 50 Technical Sessions Mactivity ‘91: The Macintosh Connectivity Conference is a three- AppleTalk networking professionals. VAX integration, and much more. 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Only for your free six page brochure 1-800-798-2975 ext, 693 by the best experts and educators in jursharan Sidhu, Jim Groff, Reese and Dan Schwinn. See The Latest Networking Products ‘The conference includes the Mactivity Product Showcase where you'll go face to face with key networking vendors such as Apple, Farallon, Shiva, Cayman, and many others. jactivity ‘91: The Macintosh Call Today ‘Mactwvty 91: The Macintosh Connectivity Conference isan independent conerence, not afuiated wth Apple Compute, nc. Macintosh and AppleTalk are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, nc network manager can merge logs from pro- tected workstations into a tab-delimited ASCII file that can be exported to databases and spreadsheets. The package is priced at $120 per machine, with volume and educational dis- counts available Harvard's design school commissioned the program more than two years ago to help cut the costs of laser printing, according to Erin Hoffer, director of computer resources. Because the original version of Authentica- tor, still running on the school’s computers, tracks only Mac, and not printer, usage, charges were based on machine time. The new version, to be installed this summer, will make it possible to charge for pages actually printed, Hoffer said. Version 2.0 leaves hard disks unprotected when users boot from a floppy disk, accord- ing to David Kovar, president of Eclectic Associates. But an upgrade, to be distributed to registered users at cost this fall, will close this loophole, he said. Another enhancement, also due this fall, is support for Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Network Information Service, an authentication-~ management protocol. That version will allow managers on multiplatform networks to administer Authenticator from Unix systems. Yet another upgrade, now in the planning: stage, will let administrators set quotas on individual users’ printing with an upgrade scheduled to ship at the end of the year. Authenticator runs under System 6.0.5 and later, including System 7.0, the company said. Eclectic Associates Inc. is at 266 Broad- way, Arlington, Mass. 02174. Phone (617) 643-3373 or (800) 253-3367. o Newer offers trade-in for high-density RAM By Dartar own Wichita, Kan. — If you've already got 20 or 32 Mbytes of RAM and your appetite for memory still isn’t satisfied, Newer Technolo- gy has a solution for you. ‘The company, which has been a pioneer in bringing high-density memory to the Mac, said it will offe; 8-Mbyte and 16-Mbyte SIMMs (single in-line memory modules) in trade for 4-Mbyte or 8-Mbyte modules. Since RAM prices change on a daily basis, the company said, customers must call in advance to obtain an up-to-date quote. Newer will then ship a completed and pre- paid Federal Express form and envelope to the customer, Upon return of the customer's SIMMs, Newer will test them for functional- ity and update the customer's account for the quoted trade-in amount. Credit card and c.0.d, customers will receive a check for the trade-in amount. “Typically, if a customer has a 4-Mbyte SIMM that costs $400, we're giving about 50 ercent back in trade-in,” said Gene Hilde- brand, Newer director of sales. “We are see- ing a lot of Radius Rocket users, as well as users involved with color pre-press, desktop publishing and high-end graphi Several memory-hungry graphics applica- tions, including Adobe Photoshop and Letraset’s ColorStudio, are already 32-bit clean, so users can take advantage of memory beyond the Mac’s old Mbyte limit by nun- ning System 7.0 or Optima, a Connectix utility that Newer distributes with its SIMMs. Newer Technology is at 7803 E. Osie, Suite 105, Wichita, Kan. 67207. Phone (316) 685- 4904 or (800) 678-3726; fax (316) 685-9368. 5 —— Iconix CASE tool links platforms By Mitch Ratcliffe Santa Monica, Calif. — Iconix Software Engineering Inc. is shipping an upgraded computer-aided software and engineering tool that supports simultaneous access by Users working on Macs, IBM PCs and com- patibles, and Unix workstations FreeFlow 4.0.1, priced at $995, is a structured-analysis tool that serves as a front end for Iconix’s PowerTools, a suite of nine integrated CASE tools, FreeFlow uses the DeMarco analysis method for developing data and control flow diagrams that serve as the foundation for software-engineering projects. Earlier this year, Iconix released versions of FreeFlow for Windows 3,0 and X Win- dow, which can share files with Version 4.0.1 for the Mac, Users have simultaneous access to FreeFlow files from all three platforms over any network that implements AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol), but only one user can write to a file during a multiplat- form support (MPS) session “We use FreeF'low to analyze the software requirements of the Long Bow Apache heli- copter,” said Ernie Corrall, an engineer with the McDonnell-Douglas Helicopter Co. in Mesa, Ariz. “FreeFlow 4.0.1 has added draw- ing tools that simplify revisions Cac to curves, more data-dictionary capacity and additional fields for structure charting. It's been working really well.” The PowerTools suite also includes FastTask, a states dia- CARD REAR Iconix Software Engineering’ Freeflow links Macintosh, Windows 3.0 and Unix users working together on software-engineering projects. ‘auteomiea 4) Teller esc! gramming module; DataModel- er, for entity-relationships chart- ing; QuickChart, a Yourdon J method structure charting mod- ule; SmartChart, a structure charts- and language-sensitive ] model editor; PowerPDL, a |] pseudocode and document gen- |] erator, ASCII Bridge, a module = that handles data import, export and merges; CoCoPro, a cost- estimation module; and Ada- Flow, for projects in the UniDisc announces new CD-ROM offerings By Allison de Laveaga Soquel, Calif. — UniDise Inc. has announced a Mac version of The CD-ROM Directory on Disc and a new version of The Guinness Dise of Records, both recent CD- ROM releases. 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The Guinness Dise of Records, including text and pictures but no sound, will be priced at $99, The Guinness Multimedia Dise of Records, which includes sound, will be $149. UniDise Inc. is at 3941 Cherryvale Ave., Suite 1, Soquel, Calif. 95073. Phone (408) 464-0707; fax (408) 464-0187. 0 CD-ROMs focus on African countries By Allison de Laveaga Golden, Colo. — Africa is the destination to which two new $99 CD-ROM discs from CD ROM Ine. will take you Syinga, now shipping, is a HyperCard- based educational disc about Zimbabwe. It contains 3,000 pages of text and more than 1,000 maps, photos and drawings culled from the Tabex Encyclopedia of Zimbabwe. Infor- mation on Zimbabwe's agriculture, animals, arts, culture, geography, geology and history are included Another not-yet-named disc, due in August, will focus on southern Africa. 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