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THE NE Was W EPEIKobsY. F OR MACINTOSH 07.30.91 Volume 5 Number 26 MANAGERS Real soon ClarisWorks Preview of Claris’ forthcoming integrated-software package Page 7 PacerForum Preview of Pacer’s groupware product Page 18 Outbound turns new page with Mac Notebook System By Raines Cohen Boulder, Colo — fan Apple label is important to you when purchasing a notebook Mac wait until fall. But if full Mac compati bility in a 6-pound package will do Outbound Systems Inc. is expected to ship the Outbound Notebook System this week Outbound has been shipping a portable Mac, the Outbound Laptop System, for over a year. The company is the only laptop maker sanctioned by Apple to include in its machines ROM chips taken from used Macs. But many users thought the Out bound laptop was limited in func tionality and found it too cumber some to set up, even compared with Apple's heavier and bulkier Mac Portable. “We learned a lot from the current product,” said Bob Louthon, Outbound chief operating officer The new Outbound Notebook folds down to just 8.5 by I] inches and is 2.5 inches thick. Unlike Apple’s low-end notebook due this fall, the system can accommodate Reviewed in this issue MacroMind Three-D GreatWorks MacDraw Pro GraceLAN ContoursPro CD-ROM drives MacroMind Director Carbon Copy Mac ScanMaker 1850S See Page 41 Ovtbound’s new notebook, offered in variety of configurations, aims to underprice Apple and beat it to the market. both a SuperDrive-compatible flop- py drive and up to a 60-Mbyte hard disk internally. The hard disk is eas- ily removed or swapped, so multiple drives can be used in one machine. The display is a sidelit 10-inch LCD with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels; the display’s response time is Just 100 milliseconds, half that of Outbound’s previous displays, mak See Outbound, Page 122 Apple switching E-mail engine onto new track By Carolyn Said ond Margie Wylie Cupertino, Calif. — AppleMail won't resemble electronic mail much when the store-and-forward engine appears under a new name as part of System 7.1 later this year Responding to angry third-party E-mail vendors, Apple has backed off from ng its own E-mail crea front end and is promoting the repackaged engine as an ideal plat form for collaborative applications Although E-mail vendors will still be able to hook their front ends into the store-and-forward and directory services through a low-level toolbox, Apple also will provide Apple events that let other applications call on the engine's services See AppleMall, Page 122 Twin towers will top Mac line Desktop ‘040 model comes with Ethernet By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. — While more ordinary looking than Apple’s new Mac Ilex, the desktop “040 Mac due this fall packs much of the power of its taller sibling, accord- ing to sources The smaller machine is identical in size to the Mac Iex and Ici but designed to stand vertically on the desktop, sources said. Apple will offer an 040 logic-board upgrade to owners of the three-slot Macs Under the hood, however, the desktop 040 Mac features an entirely different design. It uses a {Hz 68040 CPU that has two 4-Kbyte caches and a floating-point unit built in. The (040 Mac also includes Apple's new 1-Mbyte ROMs and comes with 4 Mbytes of RAM soldered onto the logic board, according to sources. There is one RAM expansion Pictured above are Apple’s new Macintosh Ilex (left) and the desktop version of the 68040 tower Mac (right). bank with four SIMM (single in- line memory module) slots. The slots can accept either 1-Mbyte, 4- Mbyte or 16-Mbyte 80-nanosecond SIMMs for a maximum of 68 See Desktop Mac, Page 124 One Scanner, By Andrew Gore and Neil McManus n Jose, Calif. — Apple will extend the boundaries of gray-scale and halftoning technology when it introduces a new scanner and two LaserWriters at the Seybold Semi- nar on Desktop Publishing in Octo. ber here. Apple's Image Publishing product rollout will include a new Apple scanner capable of 256 levels of gray, feature-packed scanning soft- ware and two new 300-dpi Laser- two printers Writers that produce high-resolution halftones. > Apple One Scanner. The One Scanner, expected to be priced at $1,499, will replace the $1,799 Apple Scanner, which offers only 16 gray levels. In addition to 256 gray levels the One Scanner's improvements include three scanning speeds and the ability to scan at any resolution from 72 dpi to 300 dpi. It has a See Scanner, Page 122 New standards to extend AppleTalk By Margie Wylie Cupertino, Calif, — There won't be an AppleTalk Phase 3 anytime soon, but network managers should find relief from AppleTalk’s lack of manage ment capabilities and other niggling problems in the months to come While it is praised for its simplic ity and extraordinary network ser vices, AppleTalk has been criti NEWS ANALYSIS cized for being slow over wide-area links, lacking management features and being unreliable slow) over remote connections. as well as Developers outside Apple have been compensating for AppleTalk’s weaknesses in their own routers. dial-in products and management software for some years, but Apple is just beginning to look into setting standards in these areas > Management. Embracing the standard SNMP (Simple Net See AppleTalk, Page 124 Managers eager for floor-standing Mac By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. — While Apple prepares its two new 68040-based Macs for introduction Oct. 21 are evaluating how the desktop and tower Macs might help fill their companies’ needs. | > Test results. The first thing Mac managers want to know about '040 Macs is, “How fast for how much? Overall, both machines ran any- where from 25 percent to 100 per cent faster than a Mac IIfx, sources said. Computing tasks that require extensive disk I/O ran toward the low range of the 040 machines’ perfor mance range, while tasks that pri- marily consisted of floating-point math ran significantly faster Although test results for the '040 tower, currently called the Macin- tosh Ilex, were slightly better than the results for the "040 desktop machine (see story, left), the differ- ence was not significant, according to sources. The Mac Ilex benefits from a faster internal SCSI chip than the desktop unit, but only the fastest hard drives can take advan: tage of that speed boost The '040 desktop Mac is expect ed to retail for about $5,900 with 4 Mbytes of RAM and a SuperDrive $6,500 with an 80-Mbyte hard See Hex, Page 124 volume buyers CLaAtS iS, SECOND JEU EOIN NEWSPAPER The best has just gotten better. Our new PowerCache’ is even faster and it fits into almost any Mac, from the LC and Ilsi up to the IIci... all you have to do is change the adapter board. It’s completely universal. The same card fits 7 different machines! Relative Performance of almost every function. 50 MHz POWERCACHE... OVER TWICE AS FAST! 20 MHz MAC IIsi Move it from yours fo theirs If your needs change, no problem. We will swap the adapter board free of charge. Simply plug in and take off! DayStar’s universal PowerCache for the Mac SE/30, LC, II, Ilx,llex, lisi, and llci. 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Integrated application takes on Microsoft Works. eee | 7 first ook at Claris Works 14. MecDraw Pro laches old sofware rw hicks | for the Cerebral | Program raises integration fo new level Text handling, color tools top list of improvements. bier | 9 LaCie drives get small 44 GracelAN 2.0 fies up loose ends on nets hem, Ale; whe | Palm-size PocketDrives store 40 Mbytes, Upgraded Tech Works software stil lacks database. uses a donated " F Mac in her work Hi cers ret ot acts eiesarrcle 46 Review In Brief with children. eee re sere cam Jae CLs At Your Service: Too much Phil too litle function. | 4 Pear eerie gro cot Bose Bee 50 CD-ROM drives on faster, lower-cost track len Triangle’s Twinlt provides low-cost option. 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By Margie Wylie and today is the president of the 5 cy eee Pelham’ Manor, N.Y.— “When NationaliCristina Foundation, a | 24 er seks impression wh Hermes yon coy you realize the power of micro- non-profit clearinghouse that ser EXT supports Pie anion oe EE ProductWatch computers, you want to make that matches thousands of donated, 3 , technology available to the people used computers with organizations | 24 Hew has TrueType fared in PostScript face-off? 67 SQ. databases moke Mac debuts | whose lives can be literally changed lean from years of social-services Complications outweigh Truelype's benefits, A new generation of client-server systems offers | byt ald Wise Nat cuts and hungry for technology Der MARSE Sarl odie new test bo 3D i network users enhanced performance power | That’s why Marin helped start In 35 states and several foreign oy countries, including Ireland, Poland Program les users dash of freeform drawings in:D. 79 Getting a handle on System 7.0 . and China, computers and peripher- Would you rather fight than switch? The right Ju ge rejects attack is onstetiugh the NCI ar rebiig an ela he per cf berg na a used to teach history to students with 2 | ; ht learning disabilities and to help chil- re olor lid ford on Appie copyrig dren express themselves through art. jing custom disk parfiions can lower 7.0 barriers Some computers serve as the sole . San Francisco — A federal judge means by which people with cere- % ae ate i: here rejected a key defense of _ bral palsy or other physically degen- ‘an defragmentation patch up disk performance? Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett- _ erative diseases communicate. : . Packard Go. in Apple’s copyright Increasingly, the donations are 7 ae Manoger/Steve Loris suit against them being used to educate disabled icKeys taps into power of Apple events Reinforcing a previous ruling, people who want to enter the work | US. District Judge Vaughn Walker force. “To be technologically sensi- said Microsoft and HP cannot tized is to be employable in the | 28 pre-press professionals handle 7.0 with care | BusinessWatch claim that the Mac window displays 21st century,” Marin said, Sar ea BG See ROT vat cocurilec using nw OS lack the originality needed for The Texas Rehabilitation Com- 119. Alter write-off, Apple posts loss for quarter copyright protection. mission, one of many umbrella Restructuring, legal costs offset unit-sales growth The ruling appeared to strengthen organizations served by the NCF, Apple's hand in the look-and-feel case, although Microsoft said it has other defenses, including its 1985 agreement with Apple and other assigns equipment to physically dis- abled students at the University of Texas’ campuses. For the students, the computers become their key to 32 Protecting small fish in big ponds What if large companies formed a development pool? 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NoWERK sa registered rodemork of Coot Associates Publishing, LP News MACWEEK 07.30.91 MicroNet first with Sony optical By Henry Norr Irvine, Calif. — MicroNet Technology Inc. next week will become the first Mac vendor to announce a storage system based on a new Sony rewritable optical mechanism that can store up to 128 Mbytes on a 3.5-inch cartridge. The drive, slated to go on sale in the fourth quarter for $1,795, will be introduced at next week's Macworld Expo in Boston, along with new high-speed disk-mirroring systems based on MicroNet's NuPort SCSI card. The compa- ny also will show a pair of recently introduced portable tape backup systems. > Optical drive. The new MicroNet drive will be built around Sony's SMO-300 magneto-optical mechanism. The drive promises not only lower prices and a smaller footprint but also superior performance com- pared with 5.25-inch magneto-optical sys- tems. Average seek time for the new system will be 40 milliseconds, according to Sony, twice as fast as the larger opticals and faster than hard drives were only a few years ago. The MicroNet optical will come with one cartridge; additional cartridges will cost $69 each. The low per-megabyte media cost could help the new optical technology gain ground against the current leaders in removable mass storage, SyQuest Technology of Fremont, Calif., and Iomega Corp. of Roy, Utah. > Mirroring. The company’s new fault- tolerant storage systems incorporate two high-performance drives, one E: primary Lift-off for 32-bit Rocket: ‘040 accelerator runs 7.0 By Henry Norr San Jose, Calif. — Radius Inc. last week boosted its Radius Rocket into System 7.0 orbit with a 32-bit-clean software update for the 68040-based accelerator. The $3,495 NuBus card, which improves the performance of the Mac II, Ix, Ilex and | Ici to Mac IIfx levels and beyond, now sup- ports most aspects of the new operating sys- tem. The one exception, according to the company, is virtual memory. “It's unclear as to whether we'll ever get that working,” said Steve Becker, Radius product manager. He said Apple's virtual-memory code was written for the 68030’s PMMU (paged memory management unit) and has not yet been optimized for the newer processor. In collaboration with Newer Technologies of Wichita, Kan., Radius also announced that it will modify Rocket boards, on an individual basis, for customers who want to install Newer's 16-Mbyte composite memory mod- ules on the card. The Mac Ici can access up to 128 Mbytes of RAM; even with a Rocket, other models remain subject to the memory limita- tions imposed by their “dirty” ROMs, but the can take advantage of additional RAM with Maxima 2.0 and Optima utilities from Connec- tix Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif. The Rocket still does not work with the Mac IIfx. Becker said Radius remains com- mitted to supporting Apple’s top-of-the-line '030-based model but declined to set a date. The new Rocket software is available free from on-line services and many dealers; a package including a new manual is $25 from Radius and dealers Radius Ine. is at 1710 Fortune Drive, San Jose, Calif. 95131, Phone (408) 434-1010; fax (408) 434-9575. 0 storage and the other for real-time backup In the event the primary drive fails, the sys- tem continues to operate by switching instantly to the functioning unit. Because both drives are attached to the NuPort's high-speed SCSI port, the system will be up to three times faster than mirror- ing systems that put one drive on the slow Mac SCSI port, according to the company. MicroNet’s fault-tolerant systems start with a $6,790 package that includes the mir- roring software, a NuPort card and a 312- Mbyte primary drive with a matching unit for backup. A 1.35-Gbyte system has a retail price of $13,290. > Portable tape drives. MicroNet last month added two high-capacity tape drives to its Collegiate Pack line of porable storage systems. The Micro/Tape CPKT-600, priced at $1,645, incorporates a Teac streaming- tape mechanism with a capacity of 600 Mbytes per cartridge. The Micro/DAT CPKD-2000, with a suggested retail price of $3,295, uses an ARDAT Python 35-inch dig- ital audio tape mechanism. Each drive weighs about 3 pounds. They are bundled with a four-user pack of Retrospect Remote, network-backup software from Dantz Development Corp. of Berkeley, Calif MicroNet Technology Inc. is at 20 Mason, Invine, Calif. 92718. Phone (714) 837-6033, fax (714) 837-1164. 5 You could be missing the best parts of System 7.0 Make sure you get 32-bit addressing and virtual memory a Memory to one full gigabyte of virtual memory, |-_ saree! fo) Seeeeead This feature is missing So: ‘on the original Mac II 8 betel This feature is missing on Mac I, Ix, tex and SE/30 wo or as much physical RAM as you can put in your Macintosh. You can get full use of 4MB and 8MB- SIMMs or push virtual memory beyond Apple’s 13 megabyte limit with MODE32. It’s ideal for memory-intensive applications such as graphics, desktop publishing, multimedia, CAD, large fully compatible Macintosh. memory and run programs faster. System 7,0 Memory control panel. use 32-bit addressing. Tun concurrently. The System 70 Memory Control Panel on a our Mac II, IIx, Ilcx or SE/30 lacks some important capabilities of the current generation of Macs, It won't run Apple’s new standard 32-bit addressing mode which lets you use much more In fact, you'll discover that 32-bit addressing doesn't even appear in the That's why Connectix created a simple, affordable and unique software solution, MODE32;* to let older Macs MODE32 gives you access to more memory and boosts your productivity With additional memory, applications can work faster and more programs can MODE32 breaks through the eight megabyte memory barrier to access up spreadsheets and image processing. Ifyou want the 32-bit addressing which is standard on the current generation of machines, you need MODE32. Get virtual memory on your original MacII If you have an original Macintosh Il, virtual memory is also missing from your Memory control panel, Virtual memory is a standard System 7.0 feature that allows you to increase your Mac’s system memory without having to buy and install additional SIMM memory. Put the power of virtual memory to work for you with an MC73™ PMMU (Paged Memory Management Unit). It quickly drops into an existing socket designed specifically for this purpose. Get virtual memory with the MC73 PMMU. This latest version (mask 73) of the Motorola 68851 PMMU is the only one known to be fully compatible with the original Macintosh II. Be sure to get the full power of System 7.0 Don't miss these powerful System 7.0 features, Order MODE32 or MC73 today from your supplier, or call Connectix at (800) 950-5880 or (415) 324-0727. Maximize your RAM investment lor Macs that have eight or more megabytes of RAM, MAXIMA™ is a simple, inexpensive way to get more out of your memory investment. MAXIMA is the unique RAM enhancement utility that extends access to large amounts of RAM and creates a powerful RAM disk. Whether you use System 6, System 7, 32-bit addressing, or standard 24-bit mode, MAXIMA gives you more Mac productivity. MAXIMA’s protected, nonvolatile RAM disk converts part of your RAM into a high-speed storage device that is visible on your desktop. It works just like any other hard drive except hundreds of times faster. The contents survive system crashes, shutdowns, and restarts, Use the RAM disk to reduce boot time, accelerate many routine operations, and speed up memory-intensive applications. MAXIMA also extends 24-bit addressing capacity. Use up to 14 MB of RAM for applications in System 6, Do the same in System 7 whenever you tum off 32-bit addressing. It's ideal for applications and extensions that need large amounts of RAM but aren’t “32-bit clean When you've gone to 8MB or beyond discover MAXIMA, the productivity tool that MacUser rates four and a half mice, Call your supplier or Connectix at (800) 950-5880 or (415) 324-0727, 800-950-5880 CONNECTL CORPORATION isin? Hydra delivers Mac card for PCs By Raines Cohen San Jose, Calif. — Users excited by the recent IBM-Apple alliance but unwilling to wait for tangible results can forge an alliance on their own desktops now. Hydra Systems Ine. last week shipped ANDOR ON add-on card for IBM PCs and compatibles that runs Mac software. In its current form, the $995 card requires Mac Plus ROMs and Apple's System 6 or 7.0, although Hydra claims both are “readily available.” When it announced the card last year (see MacWEEK, Dec. 18, 1990), the company said it was developing its own ROM, based on the Xerox Star interface, that would run Mac software. Hydra has not yet said when it will deliver the ROM. The full-length PC card will work on PC XT-architecture machines up to 486-based systems. ANDOR ONE requires a 3.5-inch floppy drive, 512 Kbytes of RAM, a Microsoft-compatible mouse or trackball, and an EGA or VGA display. A built-in speaker provides eight-bit audio output. The card runs on a 16-MHz Motorola 68HC000 processor and offers direct memo- ry access of up to 4 Mbytes of aren ory which the user must install as SIMMs (single For fast, easy file access, HAND-Off get new File Cait View Label special About This Macintosh. G Addison © Canyon arm Clock lDpaopoo lo 0] NV office » et more done in less time with HAND-Off,” the collection of productivity tools that make accessing ‘files a snap. As MacWEEK said, “It’s so good that Apple should have put it in their system software,” Here's how the new System 7.0 savvy Yersion can make your Macintosh even more productive. Locate and launch files fast using the Apple menu Click open any document, alias or application directly from the Apple menu. Speed through your control panels with a mouse stroke. HAND-Off II’s new Ee program you need is missing, HAND-Off SuperMenu” tums the System7.0 Apple | ts application substitution will auto- | menu into a multi-level hierarchy for matically use an alternate. | viewing, launching and opening both folders and files. Pop-up menus open Moving through a clutter of overlapping windows can be confusing. Your desktop will be easier to use when you pair | HAND-Off II's new Autohide feature with System 7.0. Autohide lets you automatically hide all windows except the ones that your current application is using. The result is a cleaner, more productive desktop. Automatic substitution for your missing applications Say goodbye forever to the annoying “Application Not Found” message. If the Now, whenever you click on a file, you can automatically open a compatible | alternate application. YUUyy many files simultaneously Organize files and applications the way you work, With the HAND-Off II pop-up launch menu you can easily open any file or group of files. This custom pop-up. menu isideal for opening all of the letters, charts, spreadsheets and files associated with a project. Finder enhancements for increased productivity You can create custom settings for any application, so whatever is running, your Mac will automatically switch to the environment you prefer. HAND-Off II lets you individually set the color depth and sound level for any application. It’s all automatic. Run your Mac in full color when you use your favorite graphics programs. Then HAND-Off II will transparently change to the faster black and white mode when you switch to a word processing or spreadsheet program, With HAND-Off I's “on-the-fly” application substitition this error message is obsolete. You can even pre-assign application substitutions. HAND-Off II lets you double click on any file-even one from a DOS machine-and automatically open it using a compatible alternate program. Get HAND-Off II, the productivity tool that MacUser rates five mice. Call your software supplier or Connectix direct at (800) 950-5880 or (415) 324-0727. | CONNECTIX. CORPORATIONS “This utility is definitely in a league with Suitcase land it’s indispensible,” — MacUser, February 1991 800-950-5880 _ News MACWEEK 07.30.91 in-line memory modules). It includes an AppleTalk-compatible RS-422 connector for use over LocalTalk networks, allowing users to share printers and servers with Macs The card can read and write Mac single- and double-sided floppies but not high- density 1.4-Mbyte disks, In addition, it can use a portion of the PC’s internal hard disk for file storage. Both 25- and 50-pin SCSI connectors are included for direct conne tion to Mae-dedicated internal and external | drives. The file-translation utility Word for Word from Mastersoft Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., is included. Hydra Systems Inc. is at 1340 S. Saratoga- Sunnyvale Road, Suite 106, San Jose, Calif. 95129. Phone (408) 253-5800; fax (408) 253-1113. Tl unveils RISC printers with PostScript Level 2 By Neil McManus Austin, Texas — Texas Instruments Inc. hopes to shake up the printer market this week by introducing two new relatively inexpensive RISC-based PostScript Level 2 laser printers. The AppleTalk version of the microLaser Turbo, a 9-page-per-minute printer, will retail for $2,349. The 16-ppm microLaser Turbo XL with AppleTalk will list for $3,749. Both 300- dpi printers will ship in September. The new TI printers come with 2.5 Mbytes of RAM, expandable to 10.5 Mbytes, and 35 Type 1 fonts. Both printers are built around two processors: a 16-MHz Weitek PXL 8220 RISC (reduced instruction set computing) chip on the PostScript processor board and a Motorola 68000 chip on the main controller board. The printers have a 250-sheet paper tray that can handle a variety of paper and transparency sizes, including letter, legal, A4 and B5. A Centronics parallel interface is stan- dard on both models, with other interfaces available as options. A SCSI interface lists for $249. The printers offer automatic switching between ports and between PostScript Level 2and HP PCL 4 emulation Texas Instruments Inc. is at 12501 Research Blvd., Austin, Texas 78769. Phone (512) 250-7111 or (S00) 527-3500; fax (512) 250-6926. Lower price for Adobe PS Texas Instruments Inc. this week will slash the microLaser PS17 with AppleTalk to $1,499, setting a new low price point for Adobe PostScript laser printers in the Mac market. In addition to the PS17’s $645 price cut, TI’s microLaser PS35 with AppleTalk will be cut to $1,849, a $795 drop. Both 300-dpi printers come with 1,5 Mbytes of RAM and engine speeds of 6 pages per minute. The microLaser PS17 comes with 17 Type 1 fonts, while the PS35 has 35, TI also will drop $1,245 off the price of the microLaser XL PS17 with AppleTalk, making it $2,899. It also will cut the list price of the micro- Laser XL PS35 with AppleTalk to $3,249, a reduction of $1,395. The XL printers are similar to the lower-priced microLasers but offer engine speeds of 16 ppm News MACWEEK 07.30.91 SuperMac soars with Thunder line Boards display color at 21 inches By Neil McManus Sunnyvale, Calif. — SuperMac Technology this week will unveil two new accelerated video boards for large-screen color displays. SuperMac’s $1,899 Thunder/S card delivers eight-bit color, while the $4,999 Thunder/24 offers 24-bit color. Both NuBus boards, which will ship in September, work on color displays as large as 21 inches. The Thunder boards accelerate QuickDraw commands by as much as 2,300 percent by using a new proprietary application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The new cards contain Super- Mac's propnetary OpenSlot connec- tor, which allows application-specific accelerators (such as for QuickTime) to be plugged into the card. The Thunder cards also have SIMM (single in- line memory mod- ule) sockets for up to 8 Mbytes of GWorld (graph ies world) ipl memory. Apple’s GWorld QuickDraw routines create im- ages off-screen and quickly transfer them to the display SuperMac is of- fering a 4-Mbyte GWorld SIMM kit for $749 and an 8-Mbyte kit for $1,449. SuperMac’s SuperMatch sys- tem software is included with the boards. SuperMatch ensures that colors displayed on a monitor closely match the colors of output devices that comply with Tektronix Inc.’s TekColor Color Manage- ment System (CMS) specifications. The SuperMac cards have hard: SuperMiac’s new Thunder /8 and Thunder /24 video boards accel- erate QuickDraw commands up to 2,300 percent. ware pan and zoom and come with a system extension for screen capture, screen saving and creating virtual screens as large as 8 feet square SuperMac Technology is at 485. Potrero Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif, 94086. Phone (408) 245-2202; fax (408) 735-7250. 0 GIS software combines mapping, database features By Raines Coben San Jose, Calif. — Strategic Map- ping Inc_ next week will announce its first Geographical Information Sys- tem (GIS) for the Mac. Due in September for $795, Atlas Pro combines aspects of presenta- tion graphics and database software Users can create text reports, data- driven maps and charts without hav- ing to switch between mapping and database programs. A starter kit of data, boundary and ZIP-code files is included. Features include: > Street maps. The program can map out every street in the country, match any address to its latitude and longitude, and attach user data to geographic points. The company separately offers street data from Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., and the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER (topologically inte- grated geographically encoded refer- ence) files and DIME (dual inde: pendent map encoding) files. Files are available on floppy disk and cus- tom CD-ROMs for $250 per county > Manipulation. Changes Strategic Map- ping’s new Atles Pro provides live links between deta and graph- ics, so any change or selec- tion made on the ‘map is immedi- ately reflected in the table and vice versa. made on the map are updated immediately in the data tables and charts and vice versa. Attributes of graphs, maps and text can be changed by clicking on palettes and menus, rather than using a series of nested dialog boxes > SQL. Atlas Pro’s built-in spreadsheet can import external data, match up geographic vari- ables such as addresses or ZIP codes, and perform SQL queries to find records by geography or attributes. Users also can perform point-and-click selection. » System 7.0. The Poca which can publish and subscribe to data and graphics, also supports TrueType and balloon help. It can import Data Access Language (DAL) query documents Atlas Pro is the first mapping pro- gram to support core Apple events. As a result, applications that can send Apple events can use the pro- gram as an engine, even across a net- work, to create maps and look up data. It also supports custom events that render coordinates and dimen- sions into specific areas on a map. Users of MapMaker software can upgrade to Atlas Pro for $249. A file- compatible version for IBM PCs and compatibles shipped this month. Strategic Mapping Inc. is at 4030 Moorpark Ave., Suite 250, San Jose, Calif. 95117. Phone (408) 985-7400; fax (408) 985-0859. 0 New 4D first major application shipping with core events support Customizer Plus added to Version 2.2 By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. — ACIUS Inc. this month started shipping 4th Dimension Version the first major application to support core Apple events. Via the core events, other appli- cations will be able to eoneolithe ACIUS engine and work with information in 4D databases The new release also supports most System 7.0 features, such as 32-bit addressing, virtual memory, TrueType and balloon help, but not publish and subscribe. The new version, which remains priced at $795, also has the ability to run 4D externals that send cus- tom Apple events to other applica- tions. GeoQuery Corp. of Naper- ville, IIL, will offer such an external with Version 3.0 of its GeoQuery mapping software, expected to ship by year-end With the external, 4D users will be able to launch GeoQuery, send selected data to a specific map and then display that data on the map. Changes made to the data in Geo- Query will be sent back to 4D. The new 4D also includes a new utility called Customizer Plus, which lets users localize the data- base to their own language. In addi- tion, it lets users create defaults for windows, key commands, memory, fonts, color palettes and buttons. The utility also can be used to restrict data-file access to specific databases. 4D now requires less disk space for data files with multiple indexes, the company said Users can upgrade for $50 by contacting ACIUS by Sept. 30. ACIUS Ine. is at 10351 Bubb Road, Cupertino, Calif. 95014. Phone (408) 252-4444; fax (408) 252-0831. 5 Mirror has $397 color monitor Roseville, Minn. — Mirror Technologies this month intro- duced the Mirror 14-inch Color Monitor for $397. Mirror’s new monitor offers a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels at 67 dpi, a screen refresh rate of 66.7 Hz and a .31mm dot pitch. It comes with front-mounted control knobs, anti-glare screen coating, and a tilt-and-swivel base. Mirror's monitor is compatible with the built-in video on the Mac LC, Ilsi and Ici. It also works with third-party color graphics boards. Mirror Technologies is at 2644 Patton Road, Roseville, Minn 55113. Phone (612) 633-4450; fax (612) 633-3136. o Pixar hopes to win with Showplace 3-D app By Connie Guglielmo Richmond, Calif. — After a few false starts, Showplace, Pixar's 3-D icture-composition software, is Pally off and running. At a press briefing last week fea- turing Steve Jobs, a principal in- vestor in Pixar, the company said it is now shipping the $995 program Pixar also announced it is at work on a technology called Iceman (Image Computing Environment) that it hopes will become an indus- try standard for image manipula- tion, Jobs said. Showplace lets users assemble ob- jects into pictures in much the same way page-layout programs let users assemble elements onto a page. It was slated to ship in February, but Pixar later said a software spinoff would market the program. Plans for the spinoff fell chi however (see MacWEEK, March 12) Jobs and Ed Catmull, Pixar co-founder, said that Showplace has been repackaged as a front end to MacRenderMan, photo-realistic 3-D rendering technology, which was used to create Pixar's award- winning animations, MacRender- Man, which Pixar has promoted Pixar’s Showplace lets users compose photo- realistic 3-D images using MacRenderMan rendering technology. as an industry standard for photo realism, also has been used by film- makers to create animated creatures in moyies such as “Terminator 2.” The technology also helped win the company a three-picture deal with Walt Dis- ney Co. of Burbank, Calif, to cre- ate feature-length animated films Although it has been available as a $795 application from Pixar, Mac- RenderMan now will only be avail- able bundled with Showplace. The company also will offer Showplace and MacRenderMan on CD-ROM starting next month for $695. Two companies announced clip libraries of surface textures for use with Showplace. The VALIS Group, a start-up company here that was founded by former Pixar employees, is shipping the $495 VG Shaders + VG Looks. Acuris of Fremont, Calif, announced three new ClipModels libraries, which are $395 each. Pixar is at 1001 W. Cutting Blyd., Richmond, Calif, 94804, Phone (415) 236-4000; fax (415) 236-0388, 0 The artwork for the July 16 arti- cle on Ray Dream Ine.’s JAG utility (Page 32) was created by Carl W. Kistler and Dennis DeSantis using Electronic Arts’ Studio/8. Claris takes integration to higher level ClarisWorks set to ship by year-end By Dale Coleman Claris Corp. is bet- ting that Claris- CY YE Works, the inte- grated-software ackage it hopes to REAL A ie eT Yoke} p \:!! prove attrac- tive to purchasers dissatisfied with Microsoft Works and Symantec Corp.'s new Great- Works (sce review, Page 41), which began shipping three weeks ago. The biggest problem with inte~ grated software has been the rela- tively low level of true integration among a pi ’s individual mod- ules. While GreatWorks offers a much higher level of integration than Microsoft Corp.'s aging offering, the beta version of ClarisWorks shown to MacWEEKX indicates that Claris is aiming at still greater integration. The individual components of ClarisWorks are called environments. These cover the usual suspects in the integrated-software arena: word pro- munications. Not Tee Lotter i E surprisingly, the fea- tures available in each environment (with the exception of the communica- tions module) are a subset of those in standard Claris ap- FE af GIR 2tegrated by Design New software product ships on time. Filmattt = plications (Mac- Draw Pro, File- Maker Pro, and the upcoming Claris Resolve and Mac- Write Pro). Each environment's inter- This newsletter consists of spreadsheet, chart, graphics and word face closely resem- bles that of its ppplicationverace Claris counterpart. processing frames created and edited in this single graphical docu- ment. Text frames can be linked to overcome ClarisWorks’ inabili- ty to wrap text around objects in word processing documents. According to Claris, this should make it relatively painless to upgrade to the real thing when you outgrow Claris- Works or a part thereof. Of course, there's nothing particu- larly innovative or interesting about Reieiteynuecins checwno applications, although each environ- ment offers adequate tools for most tasks and is implemented intelligent- ly. How well the environments are integrated, however, makes the Step-by-step integration. There are several steps to full inte- gration, and apparently Mac soft- ware is going to take each step indi- vidually. The first step is simply to paste discrete applications together with a relatively low level of common functionality, as Microsoft Works does. The next step includes a greater degree of common function- ality, such as common text-manipula- tion tools in each module; Great- MACWEEK 07.30.91 level, in which task-specific tools are available for the appropriate task in each module. Each ClarisWorks document con- sists of one or more frames; word processing, spreadsheet and graphics frames mix freely in a single docu- ment. Selecting a frame activates the appropriate menu bar. New frames are created by selecting the appro- priate tool from a floating palette. So you can easily incorporate graphics or live spreadsheet elements in a word processing document with a simple click and drag. The tool palette is active in these three envi- ronments, as well as the forms-layout mode of the database environment. Current attempts at integration seem clumsy in comparison. Thanks to its thoughtful interface, very little training should be required for users to reach maxi- mum productivity with ClarisWorks. Other notable features include about 20 XTND file-translation fil- ters, a macro recorder, footnotes, linked text frames, 3-D bar charts, and flexible object scaling. Missed steps. For all its evolu- tionary features, ClarisWorks has a few omissions that we found surpris- ing. There are no hot links between documents. If you incorporate a part of a worksheet into a word process- News cessing document is not pisted Based on the steady barrage of propaganda from Claris during the past few months, we expected Claris- Works to be the most System 7-sawvy of all System 7-savvy applications. Such is not the case; ClarisWorks lacks support for the flashier System 7.0 features, such as publish and subscribe, and even for Apple events. Their absence strikes a dis- cordant note in what otherwise seems to be a well-conceived effort. Claris will aim ClarisWorks at the traditional integrated market, com- pees primarily of managers and irst-time users, small and medium businesses, Mac Portable and laptop users, and the education market. Its projected $295 retail price, overall utility and relatively modest disk requirements make it an attractive choice for the intended audience. Other contenders. Also on the integrated horizon and scheduled for release later this year is BeagleWorks from Beagle Bros. of San Diego. According to the company, Beagle- Works will offer a level of integration and functionality similar to that of ClarisWorks, but it also will feature live hot links between documents, support for publish and subscribe, and a color paint module. Claris Corp. is at 5201 Patrick whole package more powerful than the sum of its individual parts. Works achieves this step, ClarisWorks aims for the next ing document, then change the Henry Drive, Santa Clara, Calif. | original worksheet, the word pro- 95052. 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When used with the $4,495 Radius Color Display 21, the card lets users switch between 72 and 78 dpi on the fly for either actual- size or two-page viewing Mac IIsi users who purchase PrecisionColor § will receive a free NuBus adapter with a math copro- cessor socket » PrecisionColor Calibrator 2.0. This software update to Radius’ $695 stand-alone display calibration device offers more color control increased compati- — Mah Screen He Colibrator 2.0 comes with help screens that explain the finer points of odjusting ¢ monitor’s color temperature and gamma. bility with third- party displays and System 7.0 support The calibrator lets users adjust dis- play attributes to match the color characteristics of their input and out- put devices. With the new version users can set exact color temperature and gamma settings instead of being restricted to preset options. The white point of a dis play also can be manipulated PrecisionColor Calibrator 1.0 users can upgrade to Version 2.0 for a shipping and handling fee. Version 2.0 is compatible with all Radius color displays. It works with displays and graphics cards from Apple, E-Machines Inc., RasterOps Corp. and SuperMac Technology Radius is at 1710 Fortune Drive, San Jose, Calif. 95131. Phone (408) 434-1010; fax (408) 434-0770. By Dortanyan L. Brown Minneapolis — Two new port- able hard drives announced this month by Mirror Technologies Inc. ‘are compact in both size and price. The new drives measure 4.6 by 7.8 by 2 inches, A 40-Mbyte ver- sion is priced at $297, while an 80. Mbyte model is $397 The larger drive, which weighs Microsoft cuts price of Works By Andrew Gore Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. earlier this month cut the price of its venerable integrated package, Microsoft Works 2.0, from $295 to $249. Microsoft's price cut comes at a time when activity in the Mac integrated-software market has sud- denly become heated. GreatWorks, a $299 package from Symantec Corp (see review, Page 41), was intro- duced last month. This week Claris Corp. will introduce ClarisWorks for $299 (see story, Page 7). Next week, Beagle Bros. Inc. will introduce its $299 BeagleWorks at the Macworld Expo (see MacWEEK, July 16). Microsoft said it cut Works’ price to make it more attractive to Mac Classic and LC buyers. Sources familiar with the product, however, said Microsoft was motivated more by the program's new competitors and because the company may debut Works 3.0, the first major update to Works in three years, at the expo. Microsoft Corp. is at 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, Wash. 98052- Phone (204 -8080; fax the best 3D pro Mac. 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Called the PocketDrive, the portable unit will be shown at next week's Macworld Expo in Boston and is slated to ship in September at an introductory price of $449. Its 2.5-inch drive, with an aver- age seek time of 19 milliseconds, is manufactured by Quantum Corp., parent company of La Cie’s owner, Plus Development Corp. The drive draws power from one of the Mac's Apple Desktop Bus ports; for the Mac Plus, which has no ADB, La Cie plans an adapter that will get power from the floppy drive port. ‘Aimed panne at users who want to carry their data and pro- grams between two offices or home and work, the PocketDrive will ship with several special adapters designed to take the hassle out of connecting and disconnecting: > PocketDocks. The package will include two custom cables, called PocketDocks, that can be left connected to a Mac, making it pos- sible to connect or remove te drive without having to reach around to the back of the Mac. The docks each have a 25-pin SCSI connector for daisychaining, an external termi- nation switch and a rotary switch for setting the SCSI ID number. > T connector. Also included will be a SCSI T connector for use when the drive is taken to a Mac without a PocketDock. The light- weight adapter has termination and SCSI ID switches. The drive is covered by a two-year warranty on parts and labor. It’will ship with Silverlining, La Cie’s $150 hard disk utility, and more than 5 Mbytes of public-domain software. The PocketDrive will directly challenge the Clipper, a miniature drive marketed by Jasmine Tech- nologies Inc. of San Francisco and its affiliate, 1DS Systems Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. The Clipper plugs directly into the SCSI port on the back of the Mac and lacks the PocketDrive's docking cables. La Cie Ltd, is at 19552 S.W. 90th Court, Tualatin, Ore, 97062. Phone (503) 691-0771; fax (503) 691-5590, o Macreations delivers updated Tycho By James Cury Boulder, Colo. — Macreations Publishing Corp. this month shipped a new version of Tycho Table Maker, software that converts information from a spreadsheet or database into tables for use in page layout or presentation materials Available for $149.95, Version 1.5 now offers fractional character spac- ing, find and replace, user-defined text styles, and a new Type 1 Ding- bat font. It is System 7-compatible. “I use Tycho Table Maker to cre- ate charts comparing competitors’ prices for every destination our cus- tomers travel to, depending on dif- ferent seasons and departure points,” said Stanley Lo, manager at Green Banker, a real-estate company that also owns several travel companies. Registered users can purchase upgrades for $24.95, plus shipping and handling, and a completely revised manual for $15, Macreations Publishing Corp. is at 1150 Hancock Drive, Boulder, Colo. 80303. Phone (303) 447-3705. 3 MACWEEK 07.30.91 News Maxima 2.0 gives System 7.0 users new ways fo put their RAM to work By Henry Norr Menlo Park, Calif. — Connectix Corp.’s Maxima was an acknow!- edged breakthrough — the only way for Mac systems to access more than 8 Mbytes of memory — when it was released a year ago. But some users expected it to fade away with the advent of System 7.0 and 32-bit memory addressing, Not so, says Connectix, which this month delivered Version 2.0 of the $129 utility, an upgrade avail- able free to registered users Intended primarily for Macs equipped with 4, 8: or 16-Mbyte SIMMs (single in-line memory modules), the program gives users two ways to take advantage of their installed RAM » Application memory. The new version lets Macs access up to 14 Mbytes of RAM as main memory in System 7.0's 24-bit mode, as well as under System 6. Without Maxi- ma, users who need to run applica- tions that don’t work under the new system or in 32-bit mode are limited to 8 Mbytes of real memory Under MultiFinder in System 6 or in System 7.0's 24-bit mode, howev- ‘Ask about our Preferred Resales Program! “Limited Time Otter Call our Memory Hotline 1 -800-678-DRAM (673-3725) Fax (316) 685-9368 Ideal For / High-End Graphics / Color Pre-Press ¥ Multimedia / Large Database Processing Use our 8MB and 16MB SIMMs with Mac IIfx or IIci. Up to 65MB in IIsi, either System 7.0 or with OPTIMA/ Use our 4MB SIMMs and optional 128™ by Connectix (bundled free) and OPTIMA/32™ by Connectix for up to System 6.0.x. Get up to 128MB in 32MB of System Memory. SS jac Classic Memory Card ‘MB or 3MB of additional RAM to your Mac performance. ‘Classic for “big Mac” Run OPTIMA/128 and OPTIMA/32 are trademarks of Connectix Corp. Photoshop is a trademark of ‘Adobe Systems, Inc. 7803 E. Osie, Suite 105 « Wichita, KS 67207 TECHNOLOGY intensive applications. 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Box 51489 Durham, NC 27717 (919) 490-1277, ext 491 pon oe Me 2} paar at 9 om News MACWEEK 07.30.91 Great Gantt! integrated with 4D Varcon also releases Micro Planner reader | By Rochelle Garner San Diego — Varcon Systems Inc. this month began shipping a new program that lets developers add Gantt charting to database applications built with ACIUS Inc.’s 4th Dimension. Available now for $295, Varcon’s Great Gantt! 4D External Kit includes a copy of the company's Great Gantt! program and a set of 4D externals. Under System 7.0, or 6 with MultiFinder, users running applications with the externals installed will be able to transfer schedule data directly to the chartin program, Data can be edited aad manipulated within the Gantt chart and returned to 4D. In addition, users can specify the fields they need within 4D for presentation within Great Gantt!. Data can include planned and actual start dates, end dates, costs, | progress dates, dependency informa- tion and milestones. In addition, On Location due for 7.0 update By Raines Cohen Cambridge, Mass. — ON Tech- nology Inc. last week announced Version 2.0 of On Location, its pop- ular file-searching desk accessory. The new version, due in Septem- ber, offers a new interface, runs faster and adds new features in sev- eral areas, includin; » Indexing. Version 2.0 will be able to index volumes in the back- ground under System 7.0, a capa- bility the current version lacks. The new version also will let users set the length of idle time the program waits before starting to index. In addition, users will be able to index numbers in files, not just words. > Searching. While previous versions perform only Boolean AND-type searches, the new ver- sion also will do OR searches. The file list can be copied or printed, | and users will be able to select disks and files by typing, The program's interface is more Mac-like than before, according to beta testers. Users can disable the Claris XTND filters the program normally uses to view files and select the default font for text views. On Location’s price remains $129.95. Ropatersd Gaee can up- | grade for $20 (plus $5 postage) or ik, free if they bought the original after July 8. The program has a one-year money-back guarantee. ON Technology Ine. is at 155 Second St., Cambridge, Mass 02141. Phone (617) 876-0900; fax (617) 876-0391. o users can make on- screen notations in Chari for New Equipment Installation 5 Great Gantt!; notes eal I (a oe ee remain attached to their associated tasks, even when tasks are moved. In a separate an- nouncement, Var- en cone as Great Ganttl/ 4th Dimension External Kit con said it has released Great Gantt! Version 1.4. The $195 program automatically reads files created in MicroPlanning International Inc.’s Micro Planner Ver- sion 6 and Micro Planner X-Pert. Current owners can upgrade to Ver- sion 1.4 for $25, Until Sept. 1, developers can pur- chase the Great Gantt! 4D External Kit from Varcon for $150; external Great Gantt! 4D External Kit lets programmers create live data links between ACIUS’ 4th Dimension and Varcon’s Great Gantt!. procedures are $99. After that time, external procedures will cost $195. Varcon Systems Ine. is at 10509 San Diego Mission Road, Suite K, San Di Calif. 92108, Phone (619) 563-6700; fax (619) 563-1986. 5 New Dicer simulates floating objects Visualization tool gets solid-fill option By Raines Cohen Champaign, Ill. — Spyglass Inc last week shipped a new version of Spyglass Dicer, its 3-D and 4-D data-visualization application. Version 1.1 of Dicer, which lets users view how data changes over time, remains priced at $495. The program displays 3-D data sets as a freely rotatable cube (see MacWEEK, Aug. 7, 1990). Users can slice away portions of the cube to reveal the interior of the solid and inspect the data set by observ- ing color variations in the cube. By rendering only the visible edges of the data, Dicer can operate much faster than a full 3-D rendering application. The new version now supports animation, data reformatting, addi- tional data-saving options and a solid-fill feature. Solid fill renders all the data-set voxels (3-D pixels) to simulate the appearance of a floating object. It loes this by making voxels repre: senting specific values transparent, causing the remaining voxels to look as if they are floating in space. Dicer offers three kinds of animation » Slice animation lets users select any two slices in a data cube. The program generates and dis- plays a sequence of all the slices in between, with each slice filling the window to simulate the user moy- ing through the data set > Space animation interpo- lates between two slices or data cubes by calculating in-between frames and displaying them from a user-selected vantage point. > Time animation shows a series of data sets collected over time, displaying them as one dynamic proc Any of the ation sequences can be saved as Hierarchical Data Format, PICT or PICS files, A PICS player utility is included. Users now can save settings and rename dimensions. Educational and volume dis- counts are available, Registered users can upgrade for free. Spyglass Inc. is at 701 Devon- shire Drive, C-17, Champaign, Ill, 61520. Phone (217) 355-1665, fax (217) 355-8925, o Tie Cat Pasa Special Tanies indore Spyglass Dicer 1.1 indudes the ability to turn on all voxels (3-D pixels) so key data oppears to float in space. News BR I Er S Baseline Publishing doing its part for the environment Memphis, Tenn. — Baseline Publishing Inc. will be attending Mac- world Expo next week in environmentally aware style. The company, which already follows such earth-friendly steps as using recycled packaging for its documentation, will donate $1 to the Macworld Earth Conservancy for every product it sells at the expo. “We hope we can raise some awareness. The computer industry is cone of the worst offenders of using too much packaging,” said David Gilliland, Baseline’s CEO. Gilliland said the company is hoping to raise between $10,000 and $20,000 for the conservancy, a group that promotes recycling in the computer industry and reforestation. Baseline Publishing Inc. is at 1770 Moriah Woods Blvd., Suite 14, Memphis, Tenn. 38117. Phone (901) 682-9676; fax (901) 682-9691. Apex math coprocessor now offers choice of speeds Austin, Texas — Second Wave Inc. next month will ship a multi- speed version of its Apex 68882 floating-point math coprocessor card for the Mac LC. The new Apex card will ship in 16:, 25-, 33-, 40- and 50-MHz configurations. Prices range from $149 to $300. The original Apex, announced this spring (see MacWEEK, April 23), was priced at $249 and ran at a clock speed of 16 MHz. The company dropped the price to $149 last month. Second Wave Inc. is at 9430 Research Blvd., Echelon Il, Suite 260, Austin, Texas 78759. Phone (512) 343-9661; fax (512) 343-9663. Gene Construction Kit three times faster W. Lebanon, N.H. —Textco Inc. last week shipped an upgrade to its molecular-modeling software, Gene Construction Kit. GCK lets users analyze and manipulate strings of genetic material by cutting and pasting graphical representations of DNA fragments _ (see MacWEEK, March 5). Version 1.07 of the $895 program, free k registered users on request, runs up to three times faster than previ versions, according to the company. Textco Inc, is at 27 Gilson Road, W. Lebanon, N.H. 03784. P and fax (603) 643-1471. ICP catalogs Mac software on CD-ROM database Indianapolis — Intemational Computer Programs Inc. lost month leased the ICP Apple Macintosh Software Product database. The CI ROM contains descriptions of more than 1,700 Mac software p Aimed at potential software buyers, the $29.95 CD-ROM also: hands-on software demonstrations and product presentations. Cr offer updates every three months for $20 each. The CD-ROM requires an Apple CD-ROM drive compati Mazc’s hierarchical file system and HyperCard 2.0 or higher. International Computer Programs Inc. is at 8700 Keystone Suite 1100, Indianapolis, Ind. 46240-2183. Phone (317) 844. fax (317) 574-0571. a Chena ‘work processor’ puts spin on data Fair Witness outlines ideas, tracks projects By Dortanyan L. Brown and Henry Norr Allentown, Pa. — Chena Soft- ware Inc. had to invent a category to describe Fair Witness, an appli- cation that lets users outline ie tabulate preferences, track projects and design custom “information charts” that combine a variety of data types The company dubbed its $495 program, which began shipping last month, a “work processor,” because it is designed to let man- agers keep all the information they need for a job in a single docu- ment, without switching among different applications > Outlining. The program opens in an outline view, where users can enter and organize their ideas. Along with standard features such as expanding, contracting and rearranging items, Fair Witness lets users group entries into cate- gories by dragging them to on screen “category boxes” with cus tom labels or icons > Information charts. By clicking on a palette or menu item, users can turn the outline into an information chart, a grid of cells that can hold multiline text, num bers, icons or pictures, Custom pop-up menus, listing frequently entered names, dates or other Fair Witness” Gantt-type chart lets users schedule start and end dates, as well as mark specific dates within time lines. THIS MAC RUNS SYSTEM 7. AND UNIX AT Booth #449 Call (408) 492-9368 JOhmore informauae See Integrated Device Technology, items, reduce typing and ensure consistency. Rows and columns can be resized, rearranged and hidden. Mathematical functions include sum, variance, standard deviation minimum, maximum, and average ghted average » Time charts. Fair Witness Gantt-style time-chart view lets users select intervals, colors, pat- terns and markers, as well as start ing and ending points. Schedule changes can be made by dragging markers and bars; dates in other views are updated automatically > Freeform. The program also provides a “freeform” mode, in which ideas can be placed any- where on an “electronic white board” and linked with customized lines and arrows to create organiza- tional or flow charts > Ratings. Fair Witness offers several special options for ranking alternatives and tabulating prefer- ences. Words or numbers can be used for ratings, and results can be displayed as pie or bar charts All views are linked and auto: matically updated when data is modified in any view, according to Chena. Custom screen layouts can be created and saved as menu items for easy retrieval and weig MACWEEK 07.30.91 Fair Witness) as a tracking 1 use system business Joseph Fanelli, advertising manag at Rohm and Haas Co ical company in Philadelphia. “I can put on in at different levels it to keep track of what the project is who it’s for and approval cycles On Maes running System 6.0.7 inforr and see just what I want. I nse as well as critical dates News and higher, Fair Witness supports sound annotation, Under System 7.0, it also offers ball Volume discounts are on help available Witness comes with a training 0, which also is available sepa: rately for $9.95. Chena Software Inc. is at 905 Harris St., Allentown, Pa. 18103. Phone (215) 770-1210 or (800) 245-4577, fax (215) 770-1043 Microtech covers other vendors’ drives | By Dortanyan L. Brown East Haven, Conn. — Microtech International Inc, last week program that covers hard disk and CD-ROM drives from other ven dors, as well as its own products The new offer extends by a year the original manufacturer's warranty and external drives from Apple and Microtech, as well as external drives from CMS Enhance on internal ments Inc., Ehman Inc., EMAC FWB Inc., GCC Technologies Inc MicroNet Technolc Inc., Mirror Technologies, PLI, Plus Develop ment Corp., Procom Technolog Inc. and Storage Dimen: Drives must still be unde Besides the extra toll-fre tan eee warranty prov hipping and $200 worth. | of coupons toward Microtech prod ucts. If Microtech fails to return @ drive day return within 24 hours, the company stomers $100; the credit | can be applied to service or products Pricing depends on drive capacity Warranties are $59.95 for 20-Mbyte to 100-Mbyte hard drives; $89.95 for f 120 Mbytes to 210 Mbytes: $119.95 for hard drives of 320 Mbytes to 400 Mbytes, as well as CD-ROM drives; $169.95 for 650. Mbyte capacities; and $219.95 for drives of 1 Gbyte or more. The extended. will credit ¢ drives o warranty program car purchased from Microtech dealer Microtech International is at 153 sé merce St., East Haven, 2 Phone (203) 468-6223 or 800) 626-4276, fax (203) 467-8124. FIND OUT TODAY. 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Consortium activities also will include holding Mac accounting user forums, pub- lishing an end-user and developer newsletter, and providing speakers at CPA conferences mierCon introduces NFS/Share™, an easy to use Chooser device that allows users to mount NFS servers just as they would an AppleShare™ server. NFS/Share makes using your NFS server as Convenient as using a local disk. Available servers are automatically listed when you “bring up” NFS/Share, and you can even set up vol- umes to automatically use it every time that you start your machine! Any Macintosh computer that is attached to a TCP/IP network via a galeway or an EtherNet card is now able to store 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 NPS/Share, the only thing you'll need to worry about... is where you'll fit the Cray on your desk, InterCon @ InterCon Systems Corporation qi In addition to representatives from Apple, board members include chairwoman Kath leen Lane, who is president and CEO of SoftView Inc.; Doug Burgum, president of Great Plains Software Ine.; Ken Currier, president of Softsync/BLOC; Bill Goodhew, president and C of Peachtree Software Inc; and Mitch Russo, president of Time- slips Corp The Macintosh Accounting Consortium can be reached at (408) 236- AppleLink at MACACCT. a 950 Herndon Parkway ™ Herndon, Virginia 22070 703.709.9890 = 703.709.9896 (FAX) Comment@intercon.com (intemet email) ® Applelink: 01988 (© 19 ket Symes npr OMA YA Optix opens images to multiple users By Allison de Laveaga Flint Hill, Va. — Blueridge Technologies Inc. announced it will ship a multi-user ver- sion of its Optix document-imaging manage- ment software in September. Priced at $695 per person, Version 3.0 will allow users in small groups to share image databases created with Optix over an Apple- Share or compatible server. The company is positioning Version 3.0 between the current single-user version of Optix and Optix Net- work, a Unix, server-based system intended | for large workgroups. New features will include: > Forms Dropout/Forms Overlay. Optix can remove boxes and lines when scan- ning or storing forms. Because users are stor- ing data rather than the form template, images can be stored more compactly and retrieved more quickly. Optix overlays the correct form when a document is retrieved » File type plug-in. The new version will read image files created by products from other imaging vendors and write image files that can be read by other vendors’ products. > Exporting. Users now will be able to export Optix index records as tab- and comma-delimited files. | > Apple events. Blueridge said the new version includes support for System 7.0’s Apple events of open, print and quit. | Optix users can upgrade to Version 3.0 for $49; those who purchased Optix after May 1 can upgrade for free. | Blueridge Technologies Inc. is at Flint Hill Square, Flint Hill, Va. 22627. Phone (703) 675-3015; fax (703) 675-3130. 6 Foundation’s EPlanner beefs up scheduling By Rochelle Garner Cary, N.C. — Foundation Solutions Ine. this | month began shipping Version 2.0 of its EPlan- ner project-planning and -tracking program. Now priced at $255, up from $95 for Ver- sion 1,5, the new version of the Gantt chart- ing program adds a number of capabilities | designed for users not skilled in project man- | agement to schedule and track tasks. New features include » Resources pools. Users can share resources among different projects. Each resource has its own calendar: | > Resource-loading histograms. EPlan- ner now produces histograms, or bar charts, that display where resources have been assigned as well as resource conflicts. Clicking on a histogram calls up a report on resources described in that portion of the bar chart > Import aad export. EPlanner can read and write files saved in tab-delimited ASCII format >» Dependencies, Users can set task and milestone dependencies simply by pointing at a task and dragging a dependency line to another task. EPlanner automatically resched- ules those tasks to reflect that dependency » Customizable symbols. > Annotations. Text and graphics can be placed anywhere on the chart, attached to specific tasks Foundation Solutions Ine. is at Suite 2000 Regency Parkway, Cary, N.C. 27511 Phone (919) 481-3517; fax (919) 481-3551. c with Timeslips package By Nathalie Welch Norcross, Ga. — Peachtree Software Inc. has discontinued the Time Billing module of its Insight Expert Accounting Series in favor of By James Cury New York — NYNEX Resources Co. last month announced Ver sion 3.4 of the NYNEX Fast Track Digital Directory, a complete set of NYNEX White Pages telephone listings on CD-ROM Information Peachtree endorses link CD-ROM lists NYNEX White Pages provides several information-retrieval modi- fications designed to aid businesses that need to ve extremely large database informa tion, Version 3.4 will ship as a LAN package Prices range from $595 to $9,500, depend- ing on the number of geographic areas and News MACWEEK 07.30.91 area or from the entire six-state NYNE region, and they can receive updates monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually NYNEX Fast Track provides telephone numbers for New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine Connecticut. The directory now has more than 200,000 nation- wide AT&T toll-free numbers. NYNEX Information Resources Co. is at and sections of southen 100 Church St., New York, N.Y. 10007. Phone (800) 338-0646; fax (212) 513-9788. ‘Timeslips Corp.’s Timeslips 111 Accounting Link (TAL) For the Mac. Available for $79.95, TAL For the Mac requires the Timeslips III time-billing program, The Insight Expert Accounting Series, now priced at $395 per module, consists of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Billing, Accounts Payable, and Payroll and Inventory With TAL For the Mac, users can import time and expense records from Timeslips directly into the Insight Expert General Ledger, print statements on ieHeriend or special forms designed by Timeslips Corp., and print income reports in either detail or summary formats. Timeslips Corp. markets both TAL For the Mac and Timeslips III, which costs $299.95 for single-user versions and $699.95 | for the Network Edition Peachtree is offering current users a | choice of Timeslips II and TAL For the Mac, another module from the Insight Expert Accounting Series, or six months of free technical support. Peachtree Software Ine. is at 1505 Pavilion Place, Norcross, Ga. 30093, Phone (404) 564- 5700 or (800) 247-3224; fax (404) 564-5888. Timeslips Corp. is at 239 Western Ave., " Essex, Mass. 01929. Phone (508) 768-6100; 4 fax (50S) 768-7660. 0 Minitab makes shift | to Mac interface By Mitch Ratcliffe State College, Pa. — Minitab Inc. last week began shipping a new Mac-interface version of its Minitab Statistical Software for | Macintosh, D Release 8.1 of Minitab, priced at $695, is the first version that lets users manipulate statistics in a menu-based data editor, Previ- ously, Mac users were required to enter data z at a command line similar to the one in | Minitab for DEC VAXes and IBM PCs and 4 required updates. Due to oe in the third quarter, the new Users can purchase information about any version includes up to 10 million listings and f Modern Renaissance at Your Fingertips compatibles. The new Mac version provides a series of 2 menu selections and dialog boxes for enter- 1 ing, editing and viewing data. | - = The program now takes advantage of as uy Presi Gallery Ellects works the way you do: much RAM as the user allocates to it. 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Macintosh Is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, inc. Al rights reserved, *1991 Silicon Beach Software, Inc & ee a News MACWEEK 07.30.91 Golden Triangle’s Twinlt slashes cost of mirroring By Henry Norr San Diego — Golden Triangle Comput ers Inc., which brought continuous auto- matic backup to the Mae with its card-based DiskTwin duplexing system, next month will deliver a software-only solution for users with more-limited funds or expansion capabilities Called Twinlt, the new $249 control panel mirrors everything written to the user's pri- mary storage device onto a second, identical disk on the standard SCSI bus. If the prima- ry drive falls victim to a hardware failure, the backup unit is available instantly Golden Triangle said its software works with any Mac and with all manufacturers’ hard MEETING MAKER™ SAVES SOLES THE BEST WAY TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IM THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME | You spend enough time in meetings. 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That product, however, cos limited to NuBus Macs and free slot Golden Triangle Computers Ine. is at 4849 Ronson Court, San Diego, Calif. 92111. Phone (619) 279-2100; fax (619) 279-1069. DiskMaker formats drives with one click San Diego — The release of System 7.0 has brought several new vendors into the market for generic hard disk-formatting utili- ties and drivers The latest to offer a retail package is Gold- en Triangle Computers Inc., (see story above), which next month will begin shipping an $89 program it calls DiskMaker The program, which the company said works with all brands and models of SCSI hard drives, offers one-button installation for a basic drive setup. More-adyanced features, configurable through a control panel, include partition- ing, write-locking and password protection. A master password offers access to any par tition in case the user forgets its specific password. DiskMaker, which grew out of the PartitionTwin software in Golden Triangle’s duplexing product, is compatible with A/UX and System 7.0, including virtual memory, the company said. $999 and is 30s with a Terraform, one of more than 25 new display modules in More After Dark, uses fractal math to generate planet images. After Dark goes MAD with 25 more displays By Henry Norr \ Berkeley, Calif: — After Dark users will be } getting MAD by the middle of next month That's when Berkeley Systems Inc., pub- lisher of the best-selling screen-saver pack- age, plans to release a collection of more than 25 add-on display modules under the name MAD, or More After Dark Along with new displays of frolicking kittens, ducks in a confetti factory and a Mowin’ Man who drives his mower in neat rows up and down the screen, the $39.95 set will include a playable arcade-style game called Lunatic Fringe by Ben Haller, author of Solarian II Also included are additional fish files for | import into After Dark’s Fish! module and Virex-D, a detection-only anti-virus module codeveloped with Microcom Inc. A utility that will update any version of After Dark 2.0 to the System 7.0-compatible Version 2.0u will be shipped in the MAD package. MAD requires After Dark 2.0 or later. Registered owners will receive a mailer offering the new package at a 50 percent dis- count, the company said. MAD also will be offered in a $69.95 bundle with After Dark, which has a suggested retail price of $49.95 Berkeley Systems Inc. is at 1700 Shattuck GO to bring MacroMaker back to life By Henry Norr Incline Village, Nev. — MacroMaker users who found themselves high and dry when Apple dropped the previously bundled macro utility from System 7.0 soon may get relief from a small developer here Start Recording Finde) Clean © Sort GO Technology Inc. next | @@/0uplicate week will offer a System 7,0- |@BEmaty Trash compatible version of the program free to registered owners of any of its Hot Keys packages, a series of collections of predefined MacroMaker macros. The company said it licensed source code for the program from Apple and updated it in consultation with the orig- inal author, Don Denmann. In addition, GO will introduce a new Hot Keys collection for Finder 7.0 and offer it at an introductory price of $29.95, Along with the updated MacroMaker, the package will include 35 Finder-specifie macros, 20 stan- GO\Get info Go) Nide Finder GOiMake Alias (O)New Folder @O)0pen ‘Open MacroMaker About This Mac (@9)Clean Up Window GOClose All Window cEsc GBICLOSE Window @O)Find w/Options (66) Open Selected o (@O)Open Upper/Close 2F2 dard global functions and a new desk accessory called Super 7, which provides 22 ite screens covering the new operating system’s basic features. Hot Keys collections, priced at $59.95 each, include a universal set and FL Fe ore Esc $8 program-specifie packages BUD for Aldus Corpi'siEaees rio ff Maker 3.0 through 3.0.2 and 4.0, Claris Corp.’s MacWrite LU, Microsoft Word 4.0 and Works 2.0, and Personal Press from Aldus’ Silicon Beach Software subsidiary. The macros are designed for use with the function keys on extended keyboards. Each set comes with a plastic keyboard template and MacroMover, a DA for transferring macros from one set to another. GO Technology Inc. is at P.O. Box 7667, Incline Village, Nev. 89450. Phone (702) 831- 3100 or (800) 468-5391; fax (702) 831-3118. 5 SSS EDS designs system for Macs, DEC VAX By Emily Kay Burlington, Mass. — Like most of us, Craig Foster used to “read a fair amount” while waiting to see his doctor, “I would wait an average of 15 or 20 minutes for an appointment,” said Foster, who operates a dry-cleaning business in Lexington, Mass. For Foster and other patients with Harvard Community Health Plan's (HCHP) Burling- ton Health Center here, the wait has been cut dramatically because of a client-server system developed by InterPractice Systems, a joint yenture between HCHP and Electronic Data Systems Corp. The Burlington site, one of 36 HCHP locations in Massachusetts, is the first to use the integrated clinical, administrative and financial system to manage every aspect of patient care and billing. Foster said he waited just 15 seconds the first time he went to see his doctor after the system was in place. Dr. Max Walten, a pediatrician with the center, agreed that the system helps him manne his time. Before he answers phone calls between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., Walten logs on to his Macintosh to review patients’ medical records stored on a VAX 6420 server from Digital Equipment Corp. “I look up the patient schedule to see where I have openings, so I can rank the acuteness of illness and see how best to fit them in,” Walten said. “When parents call and tell me their child is no better on a cer- tain medicine, I can bring the chart up, see what diagnosis and treatments were made and make changes. The concept of missing or lost charts is eliminated.” The system, based on an Ingres database running on the VAX, links physicians, adminis- trators and patients to improve patient access to doctors, fia efficiency of office visits and improve the coordination of information. Doctors use Mac IIci systems in their offices to access the VAX via TechGnosis Inc,’s SQL Link. The Mac initiates the request for infor- mation from the VAX server, which retrieves the information from the database and displays it on the screen of the Mac client. Most of the logic processing occurs on the VAX, while Mae users can edit data, said Michael Palmer, manager of EDS’ Technology Transfer Group in Plano, Texas, which helped design the system to doctors’ specifications. “Each piece is doing what it's good at,” Palmer said. “The database is good at data retrieval. The workstation is coordinating everything and telling the server what to bring back and what to print.” In examination rooms, physicians write prescriptions on DEC VT 420 terminals, Doctors can customize lists of medications they most often prescribe for ailments. “You almost eliminate typing with the quick pop- up lists,” Palmer said. “They're customized to each doctor for the medicines, X-rays and lab procedures a doctor normally orders.” A doctor may have 10 or 12 windows on a screen at a time, all accessing different pieces of the database. For example, a doctor can call He a patient's habits, past prescriptions and lergies, and determine from the data whether a patient's problem is linked to a drug allergy. Doctors said they like the system's simplicity. Burlington now has 32 workstations and 90 terminals talking to one VAX 6420 server, which HCHP already owned. EDS chose the Mac to minimize the amount of training doc- tors would need. The business and worksta- tion codes, which took 18 EDS employees six months to develop, were written in SmallTalk ClickChange now System 7-compatible, also brings ‘7-Oh’ look to System 6 By Henry Norr Chatsworth, Calif. — A new version of Dubl-Click Software Inc.'s ClickChange makes the interface-customization utility Sista Wiew anei_pecial_80_ wines Tee 0 compatible with System 7.0 and lets System 6 users adopt the look of the new system even before they upgrade. Version 1.05 of the $89.95 control panel is 32-bit clean, according to the company. It rovides Fallon help and runs rom any of three locations: control panels, extensions or | System folders. Eight new color "| sets designed for System 7.0 have been added; changes in window, scroll bar and button styles now show up immediate- ly, without rebooting. The new release also includes more beep sounds, animated cur- sors and patches for incompatible programs. | For users of System 6, the package } includes a variety of what Dubl-Click calls '7-0h options, including 3-D windows and | restyled scroll bars | Users can receive the new version by return- | ing their original disk and a stamped, self- In addition to predefined alternative cursors, buttons, sounds, color sets ‘and window styles, ClickChange lets users manipulate the Mac interface, addressed envelope with 52 cents postage for USS. delivery. Users who have previously regis- tered have the option of ordering the update by phone for $5 or by contacting the company on America Online (keyword: DublClicks) or GEnie (mail to DUBLCLICK) Dubl-Click Software Inc. is at 9316 Deer- ing Ave., Chatsworth, Calif. 91311. Phone (818) 700-9525; fax (818) 700-9727. a Client-server arrangement helps health-care services HCHP’s client-server system A separate team worked on the server code in the same time period. Some 64 Macs and 150 terminals are plant Palmer said. Eventually, HCHP will install an integrat- ed expert system that will help patients prac- tice preventive medicine from home. “The rien. will ask patients questions and give them options, such as “Go to an emergency room, or ‘Call your doctor for an appoint- ment,’ ” Palmer said. Patients may not know what's behind the increased efficiency, but they do notice it “T'm not sure they sense that it’s the com- puter making things go more easily for them,” Walten said. “But people are remarking on how quickly things seem to get done.” © News MACWEEK 07.30.91 LANDesign 1.14 offers five new export formats By Jomes Cory Thornhill, Ontario — COMPUneering Inc. is now shipping Version 1.14 of LANDesign, its land surveying, coordinate geometry and subdivision layout software for the Mac. Designed for use by professional survey- ors, civil engineers, land planners, architects and archaeologists, the $595 program now supports five new export formats and a Data Collectors module: The new version, compatible with Sys- tem 7.0, now lets users save i es in DXF. (Drawing Interchange Format); CCDEF (ComGrafix Data Exchange Format), the format supported by ComGrafix’s Geo- graphic Information System program, Map- Grafix; FlexiScript, an output format for Amiable Technologies Inc.'s FlexiCAD; MacDraw II; and the native format of Claris CAD. The five output options with LANDesign cost $275, or $300 when purchased separately. LANDesign’s new Data Collectors module, priced at $375, allows users to download data collected in the field directly to LANDesign. The software works with data collectors from Lietz/Sokkisha, Pentax Instruments, Geotron- ics of North America Inc., Topcon Instrument | Corp. of America and compatibles. COMPUneering Inc. is at 113 McCabe Crescent, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada LAJ 2S6. Phone (416) 738-4601; fax (416) 738-5207. é Cas; a ; For more ii\formation, call 1-800-877-7749, Introducing the IMTX 8000" Media Integrator Macintosh ty “The Audio-Video-Control Peripheral 3 for Media Production and Presentation” : Beeeeeeeeeewe , pai Li eel | | | | | = =|—_ ee ee x Il | | | h 8-Device Machine Control a a 13 Video Channels ; + e — 7 Ne a =! = — = = es —— a < = — Meanie — = 3 24 Audio Channels =] 4 rerosana ve my ee. o-— TI mM ee rs COMPUTER | I i | = 4 ; ova, mm Hill L SIGNAL& CONROL — age ~ Itlooks like a Box... but actually it's a Bridge. ~~ sophisticated audio/video production ~~ and delivery. It makes “broadcast “proposition. ‘complement to Macintosh based ishing to lower the threshold of edit- he end for dedicated edit controllers and production studios as we now ~~» know them: eo peri t Reducing the Costof. 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