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03.01.93 Volume 7 Number 9 Rae applications — Software platforms By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif. — PowerBook users frustrated by how difficult it can be to access and organize all the data they deal with while on the road may soon see a ray of hope. According to sources, Rae Tech- nology Inc., based here, has created a proprietary technology for gath- ering and organizing the reams of information mobile users need to Macintosh OS T E A software PDA for users on the move Data repository databases, documents (text, graphics, etc.) PDA OSes Other OSes Free-form data manager from Rae to mimic PDAs manage. The company plans to offer both prepackaged and custom applications based on this technol- ogy for PowerBooks and eventual- ly personal digital assistants such as Newton. > Software PDA. Rae’s first commercial application will be a personal organizer that includes a multidimensional date book, con- See Rae, Page 112 News Analysis By Neil McManus, Kirsten L. Parkinson and Leonard Heymann San Francisco — Before taking a gamble on one of Apple’s new midrange Macs, users are consider- ing how they will play the slots. Until recently, buying a midrange Mac was a relatively sim- ple choice between the now-defunct Mac Isi and Ici. But with last month’s introduction of the Centris line and LC III and October’s intro- Mac midrange getting crowded duction of the Ivx, Mac users now must choose among four midrange models that offer a dizzying array of prices, processor speeds and slot configurations. Apple’s midrange Macs pose questions for corporate users, such as: “Is a 68030 processor suffi- cient, or do I need the 68040 chips of the Centris line?” “Which machine can I afford?” and “Do I See Midrange, Page 111 NEWS PAPER 5 EGIOPN D C 1UACS s NUE WS W E EAR ily er fe) MACINTOSH MANAGERS IN REVIEWS Sketch! 1.5 Alias packs speed in upgraded 3-D tool a PBTools Util package manages battery life A Frontier 2.0 UserLand delivers major upgrade See Page 41 Company will offer on-site Mac repairs By Jon Swartz Cupertino, Calif. — Succumbing to competitive pressures from other personal computer vendors, Apple plans to offer free one-year, on-site service starting this spring for desk- top Macintoshes sold in the United States, sources said. The new on-site warranty plan, which will be provided by third par- ties, applies to most Apple products purchased early this year, sources said. PowerBook users, however, still will be required to mail in their machines for repairs. Sources said Apple is ironing out final details of the plan. Apple declined to comment. The company currently offers one-year warranties for all its prod- ucts and already offers customers one year of free on-site service with its line of Performa consumer Macs. Apple’s extension of warranty coverage will come nearly a year after Compaq Com- puter Corp. and IBM Corp. began offering users a min- imum one-year, on- site warranty free with all their per- sonal computers. IBM upped the ante last fall by extending on-site coverage for PS/2s and selected note- books to three years; in December, Compag followed suit, extending the warranty on all its PCs to three years. Meanwhile, AST Research Inc. and Dell Computer Corp. also Apo to retool warranty policy have said they likely will revise their on-site warranty and support services. Industry observers said Apple, which had mulled over a change in its warranty policy for several months, was finally forced to act to keep pace in the highly competitive desktop market. “As prices among vendors converge, it is ever to provide thor- ough service and sup- port,” said Pieter Hart- sook, editor of The Hartsook Letter in Alameda, Calif. “It adds value to a product, and it builds customer good will.” Users such as Liz Kahler, an See Warranty, Page 111 Upgrade to include paint tools, outlining By Lisa Picarille Santa Clara, Calif. — Claris Corp. this month reportedly will ship a major upgrade to its Claris- Works integrated package. ClarisWorks 2.0 for the Mac packs enough bang for its 299 bucks to rival not only other Macintosh integrated packages but full-blown applications, including some of Claris’ own products, sources said. New features will include a new 32-bit painting module, which joins the existing word processing, draw- ing, communications, database and spreadsheet portions of the program, according to beta testers. Inaddition, the update addsa built- in outliner, facilities for creating on- | screen presentations and features to streamline existing functionality. > Macro buttons. One of the first things ClarisWorks users will ClarisWorks 2.0 may rival stand-alone applications notice in Version 2.0 are the sets of macro buttons that automate com- mon tasks. The buttons can change from module to module or even doc- ument to document, sources said. For example, the spreadsheet will include buttons for instantly creating frames without row and column See ClarisWorks, Page 112 Scripting systems for every need en route to Mac By Robert Hess San Francisco — Listen closely to the people engineering the future of Macintosh computing and you might think they are all following a script — or one of several new scripting standards designed to bring the power of programming to end users. Although HyperCard popularized the concept of end-user program- ming on the Mac, many people felt intimidated by its similarity to real programming. And while macro pro- grams convinced some users that con- trol of their Macs was as easy as point- ingand clicking, these programs were limited in their ability to respond to ever-changing Mac environments. The next generation of scripting products aims to simplify the process by providing a way for users to control applications’ actions without worry- ing about programming structures. > AppleScript. When this heir apparent of scripting systems finally See Scripts, Page 111 more important than | oducing DayStar’s Turbo 040... nly 68040 accelerator that does it right! 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Otter brands and product namesare trademarks or registered trademarks oftheir respective holders Produc specications are subject tochange without notice. ©1993 DayStar Digital, Inc Apple dispatches bug fix, 32-bit enabler for 7.1 users System Update 1.0 affects few Macs By Robert Hess Cupertino, Calif. — Apple last week released two new extensions for System 7.1. As previously reported, Macintosh Hardware System Update 1.0 fixes some bugs in 7.1, while the 32-Bit System Enabler supports 32- bit addressing on older Macs. > Macintosh Hardware Sys- tem Update 1.0. Steve Goldberg, Apple manager of Macintosh sys- tem software, said onlya small num- ber of users need the update and those who do should find the prob- lems “very noticeable.” Errors include decreased performance of high-speed serial communications and inaccurate system clocks, which potentially affect the Mac LC, LC TI, Osi, Uvx, Ilvi, Classic I, and Quadra 900 and 950. The update Virus vendors respond fo new strains By Mitch Ratcliffe Evanston, Ill. — Two new Mac viruses have resulted in a flood of upgrades to anti-viral utilities. Virus-watcher John Norstad of Northwestern University here re- ported last week that new variants of 'T4 and CDEF have been discovered at the University of Illinois at Urbana and in New York, respectively. T4-C, which attempts to change the name of applications to “Disin- fectant,” can damage system boot Apple denies reports of RISC Mac clones Cupertino, Calif, — Apple last week categorically denied published reports that it has licensed or plans to license third parties to build PowerPC-based Macintosh clones. “Apple has no plans to license the Mac OS for PowerPC clones,” said Apple spokeswoman Betty Taylor. PowerPC, a RISC processor being developed by Apple, IBM Corp. and Motorola Inc., will be available for purchase by computer makers but won't include the RISC implementa- tion of the Mac operating system. However, sources said that Apple and IBM do plan to offer PowerOpen, their Unix OS, to a limited number of third parties to run on PowerPC machines. 0 also corrects problems with floppy disk ejection on the Mac IIsi, Ici, Tlvx, IIvi, and Quadra 700 and 950. The update also includes a new version of the Memory control panel that prevents users from setting RAM disk sizes to inappropriate values (see MacWEEK, Feb. 8). > 32-Bit System Enabler. This extension permits Macs without 32- bit-clean ROMs to use more than 8 Mbytes of memory. With the Enabler, owners of Mac Tl, IIcx and SE/30 models with Sys- tem 7.1 installed can access up to 128 Mbytes of physical RAM, and Mac II users can access up to 68 Mbytes. The Enabler also lets these users turn this feature on; Mac II users must have a PMMU (paged memory manage- ment unit) to access virtual memory. Both extensions will be free from user groups and on-line services. Users can call Apple at (800) 892- 4649 to order disk copies of either extension for a $10 shipping fee. 0 code, applications and parts of the System file, according to Gene Spaf- ford of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. He said the new ver- sion of CDEF, a virus that can dam- age the desktop files of Macs run- ning System 6, can be detected by most anti-viral software. But one widely used software innoculant, the shareware applica- tion Disinfectant 2.9, cannot detect the new CDEF variant. Norstad, chief author of Disin- fectant, said he has released a new version of the application, Version 3.0, that deals with T4-C and the new CDEF. It is available now on most on-line services, Internet Mac archives and many bulletin boards. Norstad said the upgrade also fixes an incompatibility with Aladdin Systems Inc.'s Stufflt SpaceSaver. Free upgrades will be available for several commercial virus utilities. Symantec Corp. said Version 3.5 of its $99 Symantec AntiVirus for Mac- intosh can detect both new viruses. Users of Version 3.0 can download Virus Clinic and Intercept upgrade modules from major on-line systems. Central Point Software Inc. will post on-line a drop-in module for its Anti-Virus. Microcom Inc. will ship free upgrades to users of Virex. Microseeds Publishing Inc.’s Rival and the shareware applica- tions VirusDetective and Gatekeep- er do not require upgrades to detect the new viruses. 0 4 20 24 24 28 28 34 | ia News Seven-inch cards in short supply Vendors will il he Centris 610’s smaller NuBus space slowly. Nine to Five outputs Paperless Printer Program creates electronic documents that users can read, annotate, print without originating application. PowerBooks and PCs PowerBooks are quietly finding their way into the PC world, but linking them with DOS isn’t as difficult as many believe. Gateways Asanté climbs Ethernet ladder Vendor to unveil departmental hub, bridging module. Vendors throw switches at users Tribe, Synernetics, UB offer switch options. GA Canto brings European graphics apps to U.S. Programs catalog images, let users adjust scanning controls. Digital F/X premieres Hitchcock video system Nonlinear video-editing system exports EDLs. BusinessWatch SuperMac buys E-Machines product line Acquisition boosts company’s share of Mac 24-bit display market. Clinton unveils $17 billion technology plan High-tech companies eager to take spin on information “superhighway.” Apple road map The computer maker has changed a lot in the past two years; MacWEEK presents a guide to the differ- ent missions of Apple’ five major divisions MacWEEK VOte 2 W0.9 03 0 a8 a Opinion 32 Editorial Apple thrives on chaos, strategies du jour. 32 Commentary/Jean-Louis Gassée Time for General Magic to conjure real products. 33 Letters Let’s hear it for Omnis 7. 33 Mac Manager/Don Crabb Al Al 44 45 47 50 50 14 55 58 93 Distributed computing can fix wasted cycles. Reviews Alias redraws Sketch! Upgrade addresses many problems: improves screen redrawing, text importing, texture mapping. PBTools big on conservation Utility concentrates on battery-charge maintenance for PowerBooks. PowerPrint/LT takes non-Mac printers to LocalTalk Hardware, software package can put up to 800 parallel-interface printers on the network. UserLand opens new tools in Frontier 2.0 Upgrade more accessible to programming novices and more powerful for experts. ProductWatch The road to geographic imagery Mapping software for business and scientific research puts spin on raw data. MacinTouch/Ric Ford Spending more time with the HFS bug. Ask David Ramsey New 72-pin SIMMs make life better. This monitor is the message And now a display with built-in sound-in and -out. Ad Showcase 110 Careers Mail Order 112 Advertiser Index Classified 113 Product Index ‘MacWEEK (ISSN 0892-81 18) is published weekly, with the exception of ug. 30, Nov. 22, and Dec. 20 and 27 by Coastal Associates Publishing, LP., 1 Pork Ave, New York, N.Y. 10016, Single copy pce including postage: $6. Oneyearsubscrifion rte: U.S. $99, Canoda/Mexio U.S. $175, Intemational: US. $300 (airmail odes must be prepaid. Dtct subscription inquires to Customer Service Deparment, MacWEEK, c/o CP. Box 1766, Rieron, NJ. 08077-7366; (609) 461-2100. 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Printed in U.S.A News Util finds slow RAM in new PowerBooks By Carolyn Said Wichita, Kan. — Newer Tech- nology is whipping up some solu- tions to add and test memory on the newest PowerBooks. The company last week announced a freeware application to check if the correct memory module has been installed in a PowerBook 180 or 165c. Italso unveiled modules engineered specifically for the PowerBook 165c. > Utility. Newer this week will release Nightmare On PowerBook Street, a free application that checks if the correct memory module has been installed in a PowerBook 180 or 165c. The 180 and 165c require 85- nanosecond pseudo-static RAM for full-speed operation; older Power- Books use 100-nanosecond memory. While the 180 and 165¢ can accommodate modules designed for the older machines, adding the slower RAM slows the machines, Newer said. When the new Power- Books detect the older memory, they switch into a compatible mode, which adds extra wait states and thus slows performance. Further, Newer By Kirsten L. Parkinson Sunnyvale, Calif. — Mass Micro- systems Inc. last week announced a multimedia bundle that packages its QuickImage 24 Video Capture Card with its SyQuest-based Data- Pak drives. In addition, the compa- ny is offering a host of drives for the new Macs. > Multimedia bundle. A $1,059 bundle includes the QuickImage card and the 44-Mbyte DataPak model; a package that bundles the card with the 88-Mbyte DataPak 88C costs $1,189. QuickImage, regularly $395, lets users capture images from video- Fremont, Calif. — SyQuest Tech- nology Inc., based here, and DiVA Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., last week unveiled a limited-time offer that will include DiVA’s VideoShop 1.0 on SyQuest removable-media cartridges. VideoShop, a $599 QuickTime editing program, will be bundled on both the 44-Mbyte and 88-Mbyte SyQuest cartridges through April 30. MACWEEK 03.01.93 TECHNO "Nightmare On PowerBook™ Street" [_ RESULTS been specifically desi gned for your PowerBook 1i ‘Congratulations, your computer contains a mem is rotadding anyadditional wait-states to the operationof your Mao! ‘module that has jand 1650. The RAM. (USA) 1-800-678-3726 (Global) 316-685-4904 (FAX) 1-316-685-9368 (Applelink) NEWER SALES Gs) ewer Tecdaclogyis svademar ol Specrum Zagineering, Ine. Pow eBook is w denmark of Ayal Compete, Nightmare On PowerBook Street checks a PowerBook 180 or 165c for the presence of additional wait states to determine if the correct memory modules have been installed. said, older modules may require the removal of heat sinks, which voids the warranty and can cause motherboard components to overheat. Nightmare On PowerBook Street detects when additional wait states are being used, alerting users to the pres- ence ofan older memory module. > PowerBook 165c RAM. Newer next week will ship 2-Mbyte, 4-Mbyte, 6-Mbyte, 8-Mbyte and 10- Mbyte memory modules for the new color PowerBook, which comes standard with 4 Mbytes of RAM. Although the memory-expansion tape recorders, camcorders and videodisc players. The board offers JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression hardware. The 44-Mbyte DataPak usually lists for $769; the DataPak 88C, which can read and write both 44- Mbyte and 88-Mbyte cartridges, regularly retails for $959. The bundle offer, which is avail- able through April 30, is designed to dovetail with a plan by SyQuest Technology Inc. and DiVA Corp. to include DiVA’s VideoShop 1.0 on SyQuest’s removable cartridges (see story, below). > Multimedia upgrade kit. SyQuest offers VideoShop on cartridges ‘The cartridges also will include QuickTime 1.0, a HyperCard version of the VideoShop manual, a collection of sound and video clips from The Image Bank Inc. of New York, and SyQuest’s SCSI Probe utility. Users will be able to upgrade to VideoShop 2.0 for $249 when it is released this spring (see Mac- WEEK, Jan. 25).0 connector and RAM specification used on the PowerBook 165c are identical to those of the PowerBook 180, the color PowerBook holds its RAM on a separate card, forcing vendors of high-capacity RAM cards to redesign their offerings to fit the machine’s cramped space. ‘The company declined to release pricing because it varies with fluctu- ations in market demand. Newer Technology is at 7803 E. Osie, Suite 105, Wichita, Kan. 67207. Phone (316) 685-4904 or (800) 678- 3726; fax (316) 685-9368. 0 Mass Micro bundles Quicklmage card, DataPak Mass Micro is offering multimedia upgrade kits to users who already own DataPak drives. For $259, users can get the QuickImage 24 card and a 44-Mbyte SyQuest car- tridge that includes VideoShop. A $299 package includes the card and an 88-Mbyte cartridge. > Drives for new Macs. Mass Micro unveiled a number of inter- nal drives that are fitted with brack- ets for the Quadra 800, Centris 610 and 650, and the Duo Dock. New DiamondDrives, in capaci- ties from 120 Mbytes to 1 Gbyte, range in price from $539 to $3,195. ‘The SCSI-2 MASSterDrives, avail- able in capacities from 510 Mbytes to 2.8 Gbytes, are priced from $1,849 to $7,695. ‘Mass Micro is shipping internal CD-ROM drives and magneto- optical drives for the Centris line for $839 and $1,699, respectively. A dig- ital audio tape drive for the Quadra and Centris models is $2,649, and internal SyQuest drives for the Cen- tris line cost from $599 to $899. Mass Microsystems Inc. is at 810 W. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086. Phone (408) 522-1200; fax (408) 733-5499. a Newer releases RAM for PB 165c¢ Centris users face limited choice: Only some NuBus cards fit 610 By Raines Cohen San Francisco — The Centris 610 may pose a dilemma for expansion- hungry users: The new Mac offers only a processor direct slot; with an adapter, it accepts NuBus cards no longer than 7 inches. Until now, 13 inches has been the standard NuBussize. Some cards already are small enough to fit the 610; others are being redesigned to fit (see chart, below). However, many cards, especially accelerators and high-resolution dis- play adapters, include so many chips that it would take a major redesign for them to fit the system. Vendors said they will move cards to the newer standard slowly. “In the future, when we reissue our display cards, we may re- engineer them to fit the 7-inch form factor,” said a spokesman for Radius Inc. of San Jose, Calif. “At this point, I doubt that we'll go retro and redo our entire line at once.” Technical obstacles may prevent some cards from ever shrinking to fit. “For most of the monitor cards, it’s no big deal [to redesign them for the smaller size],” said Randy Cook, product manager for multimedia at RasterOps Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. “But for multimedia cards, [electrical] noise in the analog com- ponents is hard to avoid when you miniaturize the boards.” Some users may end up choosing other Macs to avoid the problem. “We think that heavy-duty multi- media users will go with the Centris 650,” which has three full-size NuBus slots, Cook said. Others may turn to expansion options such as Second Wave Inc.’s external NuBus chassis systems (see story, below). The issue may become more pressing when Apple ships other ‘Macs using the same 7-inch form factor later this year, sources said. 0 Some NuBus cards that fit the Cent VENDOR * Special internal I/O connector is unusable; a new adapter will be offered for external connector. * Card is being redesigned to fit; a new version will ship by April. Second Wave expands NuBus options Austin, Texas — Second Wave Inc. last week reduced prices and added new versions to its Expanse line of external NuBus chassis systems. > Price cuts. The four-slot Expanse NB4 and the eight-slot Expanse NB8 were cut by $300 each, to $995 and $1,895, respectively. > Two-slot chassis. This spring the company will ship Expanse NB2, a two-slot chassis. The device will sell for less than $500 and fit between the Mac and the monitor. > New interface. Also _ this spring, LC III users will be able to buy Expanse systems with an inter- face card that fits their Mac’s proces- sor direct slot. Pricing will be the same as for other Expanse chassis. Existing Expanse systems offer the choice of a 7-inch NuBus inter- face or an SE/30 PDS interface. Second Wave Inc. is at 9430 Research Blvd., Echelon II, Suite 260, Austin, Texas 78769. Phone (512) 343-9661; fax (512) 343-9663.0 Introducing SuperATM. Now You Can Move It Without Losing It. This ever happen to you? Someone sends you a document and when you pull it up on your computer or print it, it looks like alphabet soup: letters floating off, no formatting, and type that’s. . that’s... what is Geneva? Courier? at happened? re missing SuperATM" software from Adobe. fou see, until now, if you didn’t have the same fonts as the author of the document, you didn't have a document. You had a problem. But SuperATM is going to change all that. With SuperATM, people can send you documents that you can view, print, even edit, in all their original glory. Magic? No, but close. 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Jacobs Boulder, Colo. — Nine To Five Software Inc. has begun shipping a program that turns any Mac docu- ment into electronic “paper” that can be viewed without the originat- ing application. ‘The PaperLess Printer includes: > Printer Driver, a Chooser- MACWEEK 03.01.93 level driver that records documents to disk instead of printing them. > Printer Switcher, a control panel that allows the user to switch between the current printer and the program’s Printer Driver. > PaperLess Viewer, an appli- cation that permits users to view, search, reduce, enlarge and mark pages, as well as attach notes to a document. The program can perform prox- imity searches on text in a docu- ment, finding words that occur in = fie PapertesssHeip” Remares ‘You con emotate te fie with notes like this one By Kirsten L. Parkinson East Haven, Conn. — Microtech International Inc. last month rolled out a host of new storage options, including four internal drives for the Centris 610. > Centris 610 drives. The com- pany’s Europa line for the Centris 610 includes four drives in capaci- For the record Last week’s story on Microsoft Office inaccurately reported that there is no upgrade available for the entire collection on CD- ROM. Microsoft Corp. reissues the Office CD whenever one of the four applications it contains is updated. Users can upgrade the entire CD or can upgrade indi- vidual applications on disk. Pric- ing varies depending on version. Tn the Feb. 15 issue, Quasar Knowledge Systems Inc.’s fax number was incorrect. The num- ber is (301) 530-5712. The Feb. 15 story about MADA’s CD-ROM contained incorrect information, provided by MADA. Thomas is not public domain. It is copyrighted and is being freely distributed. It was developed by Digital Equip- ment Corp. Nine To Five’s Paperless Printer prints to disk to create electronic “paper.” The Printer Switch er, bottom right, lets users change between their printer and the program’s Printer Driver without going to the Chooser. ties ranging from 101 Mbytes to 499 Mbytes (see chart below). The drives are based on low- power, 1-inch-high, 3.5-inch mech- anisms. Microtech declined to name the mechanisms’ manufacturers. ‘The Europa models offer average seek times as fast as 10 milliseconds and sustained data transfer rates up to 2.5 Mbytes per second. The Europa 100i and 200i are standard SCSI drives; the 400i and 500i offer SCSI-2 interfaces. > Duo Dock internal drive. Microtech is now shipping the $1,499 Roadrunner D500i, a 499-Mbyte internal drive for the Duo Dock. The new 3.5-inch, low-power model, which provides an average seek time of 10 milliseconds and a sustained data transfer rate of 2.5 Mbytes per second, replaces the 435- Mbyte Roadrunner D400i model, which listed for the same price. Utility eases document exchange the same line or on the same page. PaperLess Printer documents can be protected by encryption and passwords. Tf a document’s fonts are not installed, the Viewer relies on sys- tem font substitution. Different ap- proaches are taken by Adobe Sys- tems Inc.’s forthcoming Acrobat, which mimics font metrics, and No Hands —Software’s_ | Common Ground, which substitutes bit maps for missing fonts. By August, Nine to Five hopes to introduce OS/2 and Windows ver- sions of the program, allowing cross- platform distribution of documents. No Hands, whose Common Ground shipped for the Mac this year, plans a Windows version for release by summer, while Adobe plans Mac, DOS, Windows and Unix versions of Acrobat. The PaperLess Printer will sell for $19.95 until April 22, after which it will cost $119.95. Nine to Five Software Inc. is at P.O. Box 18899, Boulder, Colo. 80308. Phone (303) 443-4104 or (800) 292-5925; fax (303) 443-4386. 0 Microtech lines up storage for Centris 610, Duo Dock > 32-bit SIMMs. The company is offering 1-Mbyte, 2-Mbyte, 4- Mbyte, 8-Mbyte and 16-Mbyte SIMMs in 32-bit, 72-pin configura tions compatible with the LC II, Centris 610 and 650, and Quadra 800 models. Prices for the memory modules are unavailable because of price fluctua- tion, Microtech said. > Price cuts. The company also slashed the prices of most of its drive lines from 25 percent to 46 percent. The biggest cuts came in the high-capacity Nova and Nova XL lines, according to Microtech. For example, the 1-Gbyte Nova XL1000 dropped to $3,049, a $2,250 reduction. Microtech International Inc. is at 158 Commerce St, East Haven, Conn. 06512. Phone (203) 468- 6223 or (800) 626-4276; fax (203) 468-6466.0 New Europa internal drives for Cent CAPACITY “SUSTAINED DATA TRANSFER RATE 1.1 Mbytes per second 1.3 Mbytes per second GCC Technolo- gies’ Level 2- compatible SelectPress 600 can output full-bleed, tabloid-size pages ata hardware resolution of 600 dpi. GCC SelectPress 600 circulates tab-size, full-bleed, 600-dpi pages By Matthew Rothenberg Bedford, Mass. — GCC Tech- nologies Inc. last month delivered a laser printer that can output full- bleed pages up to tabloid size at a hardware resolution of 600 dpi. The SelectPress 600, priced at $4,499, prints eight letter-size or four tabloid-size pages per minute. It switches automatically between the Level 2 version of Phoenix Technologies Ltd.’s PhoenixPage PostScript interpreter and PCL 5 and HP-GL emulations, and it includes 39 Type 1 fonts. The printer comes standard with simultaneously active LocalTalk, RS-232 serial and Centronics paral- lel interfaces, as well as a SCSI port connected to a 40-Mbyte hard disk. Through May 15, GCC will bundle the SelectPress 600 with an Ether- net card that supports thin-net and 10BASE T; Ethernet will cost $429 thereafter, the company said. The SelectPress 600 is based on a Toshiba TN-7270 engine and runs on a 25-MHz AMD 29030 RISC processor with 8 Mbytes of RAM, which can be expanded to 40 Mbytes. The printer ships with a 250-sheet paper tray. GCC offers a second 250-sheet tray and a 150- sheet multipurpose sheet feeder for $499 and $299, respectively. GCC Technologies Inc. is at 209 Burlington Road, Bedford, Mass. 01730-9143. Phone (617) 275-5800 or (800) 422-7777; fax (617) 275- 1115.0 Epson kits give Macs connections to dot-matrix, laser printer series Add PostScript card to new ActionLasers By Carolyn Said Torrance, Calif. — Epson Amer- ica Inc. this month lined up its dot- matrix and laser printers for Mac connectivity with two new kits. > Dot matrix. The Epson Talk kit for dot matrix, due by midmonth for $229, lets Mac users print to Epson’s LQ 700 series of dot- matrix printers, as well as to some of its ActionPrinter dot-matrix print- ers. The printers range in price from $449 to $1,499. Dot-matrix printers are used for printing specialized documents such as wide-format spreadsheets, multipart forms, labels, invoices and checks. The kit consists of a user- installable LocalTalk interface board, cabling and a driver. > Laser printers. The Epson Talk kit for lasers, due this month for $699, lets Mac users print Post- Script graphics to Epson’s EPL- 8000 and new ActionLaser 1000 and 1500 laser printers. All three printers are based on Minolta 300-dpi engines. The EPL- 8000, priced at $1,599, hasan engine speed of 10 pages per minute and a PCL 5 interpreter. The ActionLaser 1000, priced at $799, has PCL 4; the ActionLaser 1500, priced at $999, also has PCL 5. Both ActionLasers printat 6 ppm. The 8000 and 1500 have Epson’s Ritech resolution-enhancement technology in firmware, which raises effective resolution to 600 dpi. The Epson Talk kit for laser printers includes a user-installable LocalTalk interface, Adobe Post- Script interface card, cabling and a driver. Epson America Inc. is at 20770 Madrona Ave., Torrance, Calif. 90309. 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The $2,195 C2000DAT, with a storage capac- ity of 2 Gbytes, and the $2,695 C8000DAT, which stores up to 8 Gbytes through data compression, are internal DAT subsystems de- signed for the removable-media drive bay of the Centris 610. They come with DeskTape, Optima’s system extension that puts a tape icon on the desktop and lets users copy files, fold- ers or volumes to the tape by dragging them onto the icon. > Removable hard disks. Opti- ma’s new line of internal SyQuest removable drives also is intended for the Centris 610. The $530 C45R uses 44-Mbyte cartridges, the $798 C88R uses 88-Mbyte car- tridges, and the $898 C88Rplus reads from and writes to both sizes. MACWEEK 03.01. 93 They are bundled with DiskINIT, Optima’s system extension that lets users eject and format cartridges as if they were floppy disks. > Magneto-optical. The $1,699 C128MO is an internal, 128- Mbyte, removable magneto-optical drive for the Centris 610. It is bun- dled with MOinit, Optima’s system extension that lets users eject and format magneto-optical cartridges. > Internal hard disks. The company announced five 5.25-inch internal hard disk subsystems that fit inside the IIvx, Centris 610 and 650, and Quadra 800 and 950. The new hard disks range from the $895 C240, with a 240-Mbyte capacity, to the $4,795 C1600, which holds 1.6 Gbytes. Optima’s new $895 C240/3 240- Mbyte drive and $1,795 C500/3 500-Mbyte drive are third-height drives designed to replace the exist- ing 3.5-inch drive in the Centris 610. ‘The subsystems feature average seek times as fast as 10 millisec- onds, data transfer rates of up to 10 Mbps and rotational speeds of up to 5,400 rpm. The drives are bundled with DiskMount, Optima’s partitioning, mirroring, password-protection and diagnostic software, Optima also sells a variety of 3.5- inch hard disk mechanisms, which can be used to replace the Apple- supplied drive in any desktop Mac. The company is now offering mod- els with brackets and cabling for the new Color Classicand LC II. Optima Technology Corp. is at 17526 Von Karman, Irvine, Calif. 92714. Phone (714) 476-0515; fax (714) 476-0613.0 Optima ships array of storage for new Macs NewGen models sharpen halftones on Personal Series RISC-based line By Matthew Rothenberg Fountain Valley, Calif. — New- Gen Systems Corp. last month pushed up the resolution of its Per- sonal Series line of RISC-based laser printers with two new models. The $2,395 TurboPS/880p and $2,195 TurboPS/660p use proprietary image-enhancement and halftoning software to print at resolutions of 800 by 800 dpi and 600 by 600 dpi, respectively. Lifetime outfits new Macs with 32-bit SIMMs Huntington Beach, Calif. — Life- time Memory Products Inc. last month released a line of 32-bit RAM SIMMs for Apple’s newest Macs. The company is offering 2-, 4-, 8-, 16- and 32-Mbyte SIMMs for the LC III, Centris 610 and 650, and Quadra 800. Those Mac mod- els use a 32-bit, 72-pin configura- tion that allows users to add one SIMM ata time, rather than in pairs or four at a time as in older Macs. Lifetime declined to announce pricing for the SIMMs because of constant fluctuation in demand. “Prices are going all over the place,” said a company spokesman. In other news, Lifetime last month acquired MacSystems Inc., a mail-order Mac memory reseller based in Altus, Okla. Lifetime Memory Products Inc. is at 305 17th St, Huntington Beach, Calif, 92648. Phone (714) 969-2421 or (800) 233-6233; fax (714) 960-0638. 5 Like the other members of the Personal Series, the $1,595 Turbo- PS/300p and the $1,995 Turbo- PS/400p, the new models are based on Canon U.S.A. Inc.’s 300-dpi, 4- page-per-minute LBP-LX engine and handle letter-size paper. Both printers switch automatical- ly among NewGen’s PostScript interpreter, which is based on Weit- ek Corp. technology, and PCL 4 and HP-GL emulations. Each also comes with automatic connection switching among Local- Talk, RS-232C serial and Centronics parallel ports. Both devices feature 25-MHz Weitek XL-8220 RISC chips. The TurboPS/880p and the Turbo- PS/660p ship with 12 Mbytes and 8 Mbytes of RAM, respectively, and each can be upgraded to 32 Mbytes. Each includes a 200-sheet paper tray. NewGen Systems Corp. is at 17580 Newhope St., Fountain Val- ley, Calif. 92708. 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INGRAM -800:728°4MCN GM Cove BFWB SS @ Samsung tones up printer with upgrade By Matthew Rothenberg Ridgefield Park, NJ. — A new upgrade kit from Samsung Elec- tronics America Inc. promises to give the company’s Finalé 8000 laser printer a sharper image and tone up its gray-scale capabilities. The $995 Imagel200 upgrade kit, scheduled to ship this month, comprises a user-installable daugh- terboard, an extra-fine toner car- tridge and 4 Mbytes of RAM. The board uses new halftoning algo- rithms that enable the 300-dpi printer to output eight-bit halftones at an apparent resolution of 1,200 dpi, Samsung said. Through the end of this month, users can buy the kit for $699. Samsung said daughterboard upgrades due later this year will provide the Finalé 8000 with Post- Script Level 2 and network faxing. The $1,995 Finalé 8000 is based on a proprietary engine that prints to letter- or legal-size paper or trans- parencies at a rate of 8 pages per minute. It includes PostScript Level 1 and PCL 5 interpreters and comes with 35 Type I fonts anda TrueType rasterizer. The printer switches between emulations as well as among its LocalTalk, RS-422A serial and Centronics parallel ports. It runs on a 16-MHz Intel i960 KA RISC chip and ships with 2 Mbytes of RAM, expandable to 18 Mbytes; two 250-sheet input cas- settes; and two font-cartridge slots. Samsung Electronics America Inc,, Information Systems Division, is at 105 Challenger Road, Ridge- field Park, N,J. 07660. Phone (201) 229-4066 or (800) 466-0262; fax (201) 229-4069. 5 Templates meet U.S. Defense Department standards By Carolyn Said Torrance, Calif. — Users in the defense industry can tailor docu- ments to U.S. Defense Department requirements with new templates for FrameMaker, Frame Technolo- gy Corp.'s $795 _ structured- publishing application. Advanced Technologies Applica- tions Inc. last month released ATA/Doc_Templates, which pro- VT100-340 vides templates in FrameMaker for- mat for Data Item Descriptions that conform to Defense Department system and software-development standards. ATA/Doc_Templates also will work with FrameBuilder, Frame’s application for generating documents compliant with Standard Generalized Markup Language. FrameBuilder for the Mac is due out later this year. TN3270 3179G PATHWAY ACCESS. LEAPS TALL NETWORKS IN A SINGLE BOUND. uaddvway GYVOBARy | | | | FEE —! YaMdWOD 1dl4DS ATA/Doc_Templates _ ranges from $180 for one standard to $300 for a package that includes six stan- dards. Like FrameMaker, the tem- plates are available for Mac, DOS, Windows and Unix platforms. Advanced Technologies Applica- tions Inc. is at 3528 Torrance Blvd., Suite 214, Torrance, Calif. 90503. Phone (310) 316-6350; fax (310) 316-3982. News MACWEEK 03.01.93 T15319°M (gy © file tat Page Fen SEAM 92 Navigator | SCIENTIFIC MAC CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM CIS al EC) | UG | pele ie Pa | Si fAbstract:}[ Caserbeams, in s Presta] isin oe ong Tae pin aes in the images. The prin | Tet'whether the fverbee is a ira] Worcester, Mass. — Did you miss MacSciTech’s technical conference, held in San Francisco in January 1992? Relax; the scientific and technical users association is offering a complete set of proceedings on CD-ROM. The Official SEAM “92 Conference CD-ROM contains all the abstracts and most of the proceedings from sessions at the Scientific and Engineering Applications of the Macintosh (SEAM) conference. The disc also includes QuickTime movies of keynote addresses. The disc is $79 ($49 for Mac- SciTech members); quantity discounts are available. MacSciTech is at 49 Midgley Lane, Worcester, Mass. 01604. 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Average seek times are as fast as 35 milliseconds and trans- fer rates can reach 4 Mbytes per second, according to the company. A version with 1 Mbyte of cache RAM is $4,589; with a 4-Mbyte cache, it’s $4,899. > Price cuts. FWB released a MACWEEK 03.01.93 FWB cuts drive prices up to 36%, adds hammerCD, hammerDisk M0 new price list incorporating reduc- tions on most of its hardware. Cuts range up to 36 percent. FWB Ine. is at 2040 Polk St., Suite 215, San Francisco, Calif. 94109. Phone (415) 474-8055; fax (415) 775-2125.0 Affinity drops prices Boulder, Colo. — Affinity Microsystems Ltd. has reduced the price of all its macro-creation soft- ware for students, faculty and employees of educational institutions. All educational prices will be half the normal retail prices. For exam- ple, Tempo II Plus, the company’s high-end macro-creating utility, will drop from $179.95 to $89.98. ‘The price of multi-user bundles also has been halved for schools. Affinity Microsystems Ltd. is at 1900 Folsom St., Suite 205, Boul- der, Colo. 80302. Phone (303) 442- 4840 or (800) 367-6771; fax (303) 442-4999.0 Software keeps track of changing designs Can add equations to CAD drawings By April Streeter Huntington Beach, Calif. — Design Intent Software Inc. is ship- ping 3-D modeling software that includes a database to keep track of the myriad facts about an object’s design. Available now for $7,500, Design Intent! lets users create geometry for product or part designs using a standard set of drawing tools, maintain a database of rules about those designs, and create links between database and design sketches so that changes to either are reflected in both. For example, in the design of a spray bottle, laws of fluid mechanics are input to an editor window that pops up when a user double-clicks on part of the sketch of the bottle. Mathematical equations or expres- sions that directly affect the appear- ance of the model can be added to the editor window. ‘The program also supports Sys- =a aa H Design Intent! from Design Intent Software allows users to add mathemati- 1 cal equations to Faeroe eee actors Coe shape and BA Smears Petra tate” 12053600 model CAD iz tote designs. Eos Soe Eetcecty™ 1o0000 | * Paarocarcs sz,0600) } .s00 | RO.125 tem 7’s publish and subscribe to allow users to link elements of designs to other applications such as word processors or spreadsheets. Once relationships between design sketches and the program’s rules database are added, the design can be saved as a template in Design Intent!’s object-oriented programming language, which is called Intent! Intent! lets users add or modify parts of an intricate model without having to recompile or reload entire designs. Intent! also allows design- ers to custom-tailor interface ele- ments, such as windows, buttons, menus and dialog boxes. Design Intent! templates can be exported to other CAD programs as DXF (Drawing Interchange File) files, but the program cannot import any file formats other than its own. Design Intent Software Inc. is at 525 14th St. Huntington Beach, Calif. 92648. Phone (714) 536- 1126; fax (714) 536-6069. 0 Return your MacWEEK renewal application as soon as you receive it! If you’re serious about your Mac you can’t afford to miss a single issue of MacWEEK, the only resource of its kind for today’s dedicated Macintosh professional. That’s because MacWEEK is your single best source for timely news, extensive product reviews and lab tests, informed opinion, and expert buying guidance. Don’t delay! Keep your FREE MacWEEK subscription coming. Return your renewal application as soon as you receive it. Don’t let your next issue of MacWEEK be your last! sea Ries P.O. Box 1765 * Riverton, New Jersey 08077-7363 HyperHIT adds new commands By Raines Cohen South Dartmouth, Mass. — SoftStream International Inc. last month shipped an update to its HyperHIT database engine for stack developers. HyperHIT Deluxe includes the same scripting functions as HyperHIT Relational and adds 25 new commands to the relational- database search engine. The package of HyperCard external commands (XCMDs) Medical dictionary works with MS Word Novato, Calif. — WordStar International Inc. now is shipping an interactive medical and pharmaceutical spelling checker for Microsoft Word. Stedman’s 25/Plus for Microsoft Word is an electronic version of Stedman’s 25 medical reference book. The package includes more than 200,000 medical and pharmaceutical terms, as well as references for more than 30,000 drug names. WordStar International offers an elec- tronic _medical/pharmaceutical _ spelling checker for WordPerfect (see MacWEEK, Nov. 15, 1992). The stand-alone version is $99. A multi- user version — for companies running Word from a server — is $345 for two to five concur- rent users. Additional user licenses can be purchased in increments of five, 10 and 20. WordStar International Inc. is at 201 Alameda del Prado, Novato, Calif. 94949. Phone (415) 382-8000 or (800) 523-3520; fax (415) 883-1629. 5 App creates overlays for special keyboard Richmond, Calif. — IntelliTools Inc. recently released an application that lets users create custom keyboard overlays for its alter- native keyboard. ‘The $69.95 Overlay Maker works with the company’s $395 IntelliKeys touch-sensitive enlarged keyboard. The device is targeted at disabled users and children, although it also has applications in retail point-of-sale systems. With Overlay Maker, which resembles a drawing program, users define custom key- board layouts, associating any series of key presses and mouse actions with various keys. Users can add text, pictures, decorative lines and colors to the overlays and print them out to produce a keyboard cover. Overlay Maker comes with 20 predefined layouts anda library of 200 symbols. The program supports a special keyboard setup for persons with disabilities who have difficulties with the standard QWERTY key- board, the company said. IntelliTools Inc. is at 5221 Central Ave., Suite 205, Richmond, Calif. 94804. Phone (510) 528-0670; fax (510) 528-2225. ¢ works with both Apple’s HyperCard and Aldus Corp.’s SuperCard. New features in the Deluxe version include multiple selections per relation, a unique identifier for each record and script- level record-path manipulation, New com- mands include 10 data-handling shortcuts and one that formats data for display or export. The company said it enhanced several commands to improve network performance in the multi-user version, which works over AppleTalk LANs. In addition, HyperHIT Deluxe/Multi-User offers a more efficient and robust database server than before. “We live on XCMDs,” said Jerry Daniels, vice president for technical development at Daniels & Mara Inc.,a consulting company in Austin, Texas. “We will likely use HyperHIT News MACWEEK 03.01.93 as part of our in-house development system. | We develop our own front ends, but our cus- tomers often need a database to manage their local data.” HyperHIT Deluxe sells for $500 in a single-user package and $700 for a multi-user version. SoftStream International Inc. is at 10 Twin Ponds Drive, South Dartmouth, Mass. 02748. Phone (508) 991-4011 or (800) 262- 6610; fax (508) 991-4223.0 Graphic evidence of Andrew expertise with Mac-to-IBM midrange connectivity. United States (800) 328-2696 ext. 43 (44) 734 894685 International (708) 349-5440 FAX (708) 849-5673 See the benefits of Mac ease and IBM midrange power for yourself. Call for your free MacMidrange™ tour demo diskette. 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For Mac managers who have had to rely on DOS-based laptops for their mobile computing needs, the irony must seem particularly sweet: the shoe would seem to be on the other foot. For once, the PC estab- lishment should have to figure out how to work with mobile Macs. Function over passion. Of course, nothing in the world of interoperability is so neat. The shootout judges agreed that their companies would settle for a techno- logically inferior computer for the sake of full compatibility with cur- rent PC standards (DOS, Windows and OS/2). And even after glowing PowerBook reviews in PC maga- zines, few PC traditionalists are breaking ranks in a rush to buy Mac notebook computers. Old habits die slow, and where there’s a need for cross-platform compatibility, hard- the IBM PC and compatible and Mac camps for its design, ease of use and price. True, the PowerBook is not the PowerPC. However, there are ways to make it compatible with PCs, so much so that even some no-nonsense PC managers are taking a hard look at the PowerBook. While not always officially sanctioned, PowerBooks are finding their way into PC sites. In this Special Report, MacWEEK addresses the concerns of PC users who want PowerBooks and offers suggestions on how to fit the Apple laptop PowerBook blues: Can PC sites put top-ranked laptops to use? boiled managers remain uncon- vinced that a Mac notebook will give them the interoperability they need. “We already have a big installed base of PCs, and most of our people are trained in DOS,” said Michael Libretti, an analyst and program- mer for a large household-products manufacturer in New York. “To introduce a new way of doing things just wouldn’t be worth the time and effort.” Although he acknowledged that PowerBooks can share files with PCs, Libretti voiced concern over the potential complications involved in running PC-to-Macintosh file-translation utilities. He said that his company deploys custom DOS-based financial forecasting, sales and invoicing applications, and these would have to be re- designed to run on the Mac. While the PowerBook’s Super- Drive can read PC-formatted disks and, with SoftPC from Insignia Solutions Inc., the PowerBook can run many DOS programs (see story, next page), most corporate buyers insist on full compatibility with the PC standard — even if they personally crave a PowerBook. “From a user’s point of view, the PowerBook is a great machine,” Libretti said. “The tactile feel of the keyboard is very nice, and I like the fact that the keyboard is recessed so [there is] a place to put your wrist. I also think the trackball is very good.” But with the DOS standard firmly entrenched at his company, Libretti said, “There’s really no chance our company would buy PowerBooks.” When Montpelier, Vt—based National Life Insurance Co. was looking for a notebook with which to equip its field agents, it settled on the new ThinkPad 700C from IBM Corp. rather than the PowerBook, even though Douglas Nelson, a tech- nical analyst at the company, gave the PowerBook top marks as one of the PC Expo shootout’s judges. “My impression was that the PowerBook was the nicest of all the notebooks in the shootout,” Nelson said. But, like other wary corpora- tions where PCs predominate on the desktop, National Life decided ona portable computer to match its installed base and didn’t consider the PowerBook a realistic option. “We do have a few Macs in cer- tain departments like Creative Ser- vices, but in general our company has standardized on IBM [PCs] and compatibles,” Nelson said. The insurer is moving to OS/2, howev- er, and while the PowerBook’s SuperDrive can read OS/2 format- ted disks, the machine won’trun OS/2 using SofPC. Autonomy on the road. PowerBooks are making inroads into corporate bastions of PC-hood through the usual route — the back doors left open by relatively autonomous departments. At Los Angeles-based oil giant ARCO, for example, where PCs rule the corpo- rate roost, PowerBooks now travel with the company’s highly mobile staff of internal auditors. While the auditors still need to access data stored on mainframes and PCs, such information is readily available over company networks, or on PC disks that can be read by the PowerBook. “We were way overdue for a new portable when the PowerBook came out,” said James Callinicos, senior information systems support specialist at ARCO’s Internal Audit Department. Previously, desktop Macs were used by managers at the Internal Audit Department’s home office, while field auditors carried DOS-based laptops from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. of Irvine, Calif. At that time, man- agers successfully employed SoftPC ‘on desktop Macs to run the same suite of DOS applications used by auditors on the road. Callinicos said that at the time he was contemplat- ing a switch to a smaller and more powerful notebook that could run a graphical user interface such as Microsoft Windows. The Power- Book 170’s vivid, active-matrix LCD screen made the Maca strong contender over garden-variety DOS notebooks, whose passive- matrix design makes the screen pointer hard to see, Callinicos said. Although he did consider the Toshiba 4400C, a high-end model with an active-matrix color screen, Callinicos decided the Toshiba was too expensive and too heavy when compared with the PowerBook. Butitwas the PowerBook’s reduced support requirements that finally tipped the scales. “Who was going to support a Windows effort?” Callinicos said. “If something goes See PowerBook, Page 16 SEELIONS PowerBook-hungry PC users find ways to link to DOS Running By Steve Cummings To inveterate PC users sorely DOS ona tempted by the PowerBook’s ergonomic luxuries, Apple offers PowerBook this tantalizing sweetener: The PowerBook can run DOS software. may not be So, just how practical is the DOS PowerBook? for everyone, SoC, DOS emulation sofe- ware package from Insignia Solu- but for those tions Inc. reportedly can turn a PowerBook into a DOS-compatible who need computer. However, while SoftPC does, by most accounts, work as DOS and advertised, users must tolerate some performance and compatibili- want Power- _ ty limitations. Books, it’s the right choice. According to its manufacturer, SoftPC is compatible with nearly all DOS-based programs The latest version of the package, Soft- PC with Windows, comes with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and runs ‘Windows programs. SoftPC with Windows, however, is recommend- ed only for 68040-based Macs, such as Quadras, which leaves out current PowerBook models. DOS without a PC. Apple itself depends on SoftPC to run its sophisticated corporate tax soft- ware, an MS-DOS package not available for the Mac. According to Dan Benoit, senior tax-systems analyst at Apple, SoftPC has proven compatible with the tax software and everything else his group has thrown atit. “SoftPC works fine with graphi- cally intense applications and even with the Microsoft CD-ROM extensions (software device drivers required to access CD-ROM drives ona PC),” Benoit said. Nor has Apple had trouble running programs that need hardware-dependent expanded memory, he said. But Apple’s tax department runs SoftPC on a pair of fast Quadras amply endowed with memory. For the PowerBook user with more modest firepower, SoftPC presents several drawbacks. For one thing, DOS programs run relatively slow under SoftPC. In benchmark tests published in August 1992 by PC Magazine, a PowerBook 170 equipped with the previous version of SoftPC was rated as comparable to an 11.8-MHz PC. By contrast, today’s typical PC notebook runs at 20 to 33 MHz. SoftPC also consumes substan- tial amounts of memory — 1.4 Mbytes ata minimum for the base version and 4.7 Mbytes for the Professional version that supports extended and expanded memory and emulates a math coprocessor. And while SoftPC successfully emulates an Intel 286 microproces- sor, it won't work with applications that require the special capabilities of the 386 and 486 processors. Remote control. For reasons such as these, many users choose other methods to run the occasional DOS program while they’re on the road. And often, users find that it’s enough to transfer files between their PowerBooks and PCs. Traveling attorneys from the Menlo Park, Calif,, branch of law firm Weil, Got- shal and Manges run DOS software via a telecommunications link to the office’s Ethernet network, said Daniel Siegel, an attorney at the firm. “Tn our particular office, the staff is on PCs and the attorneys have PowerBooks or desktop Macs,” Siegel said. The reason for the dichotomy: The firm’s New York News MACWEEK 03.01.93 (Ee Fie_can_setup, me a SSE ii j [ie ress ecu Z headquarters dictates a set of DOS- Shown above is based applications for administra- a PowerBook tive functions, while the attorneys running Microsoft prefer Macs for their personal use. Word for DOS At the office, attorneys and staff _using Insignia alike routinely exchange files Solutions’ SoftPC. between the two platforms viaan _ Although SoftPC Ethernet network, Siegel said. with Windows Occasionally, however, file lets users run exchange alone is not enough — Windows applica- Cosmopolitan PowerBook users who want connections outside the Macintosh world need a way to link their notebooks to Ethernet networks. The dominant standard for networks, Ethernet connec- tions allow high-speed sharing of files, printers and other resources between disparate types of computers. Ethernet in a box. Plug-in Ethernet cards provide the fastest and tidiest Eth- ernet hardware connection but require a ‘Macintosh with expansion slots, some- thing PowerBooks lack. An external device that adapts one of the machine’s ports to the Ethernet protocol provides the next best solution. Although they give the user something else to lug around, these devices are reasonably compact. All come with the necessary cables. Dayna Communications Inc.’s pocket- size SCSV/Link Ethernet adapter, for instance, measures 3 by 4.4 by 1.5 inches. Four models are available: Three provide different combinations of Ethernet con- nectors (thin, thick and 10BASE T), and Making the PowerBook-to-Ethernet connection one model, the 3-in-1, includes all three connectors. All include two SCSI con- nectors so that the device can be part ofa SCSI chain. Technology Works Inc.’s Ethernet SC (PB) comes in two connection con- figurations, one for thin and thick, the other for thin and LOBASE T. At 5.5 by 7.5 by 1.5 inches, Ethernet SC is some- what larger than the Dayna units. Several other companies, including Compatible Systems Corp. of Boulder, Colo.; Focus Enhancements Inc. of Woburn, Mass.; Asanté Technologies Inc, and others, also market SCSI-to-Ethernet boxes. The LocalTalk heroes. SCSI-to- Ethernet adapters won’t help users of PowerBook Duos, which lack a SCSI port in the computer itself (the Duo’s SCSI port is part ofits desktop docking unit). For Duos, Dayna offers the DaynaPORT E/Z, an external Ethernet adapter that plugs into the Local Talk serial port. Because of inherent hardware limita- tions, external adapters for SCSI and ser- ial ports run significantly slower than a plug-in Ethernet board. However, the DaynaPORT E/Z performs faster than a standard LocalTalk connection because ituses the fast LocalTalk protocol, according to a Dayna spokesperson. LocalTalk provides yet another way to connect a PowerBook to an Ethernet net- work, but this solution requires an acces- sible Mac already on the network. After cabling together the LocalTalk ports of the two machines, the user can then run software such as Farallon Computing Inc.’s PowerPath or Sonic Systems Inc.’s PowerBridge to access the Ethernet file services, printers and other devices. Finally, if the user is willing to tolerate much slower performance, a dial-in con- nection to the network via a high-speed modem (9,600 or 14,400 bps) provides another alternative. The best way to ensure an easy, efficient telecommunica- tions connection is via an AppleTalk Remote Access server or by using software such as Farallon’s Liaison. However, dial- in links tonon-Macintosh computers also are possible. — By Steve Cummings there are still some DOS programs tions, it is recom- that have no equivalent on the Mac. _ mended only for Next to commandeering a 68040 machines. staffer’s PC, the simplest solution is The Asanté torun the DOS program from the _EN/SC-10T PB PowerBook over the network via SCSI box lets Timbuktu 5.0, cross-platform net- PowerBook working software from Farallon _users access an Computing Inc., Siegel said. With Ethernet network. Timbuktu, Windows programs running on the PC appear on the Mac’s screen and can be controlled via the Mac’s mouse and keyboard. On the road, Siegel accomplishes the same thing by connecting to the network via modem. This strategy requires AppleTalk Remote Access software, which implements the AppleTalk network protocol over a standard modem connection. “There have been a few times I’ve wanted a DOS laptop to run a partic- ular program,” Siegel said. “I’ve used AppleTalk Remote to call up the net- work and do it that way. Itmay bea little slower, but it’s certainly easier than carrying two laptops with you.” Siegel said that, in trying an earlier See SoftPC, next page The world’s most powerful personal scanning software announces support for color, plus new features that make beautiful results — from Macintosh® to desktop printer to printing press — as quick and easy as point-and-click! FOR LINE DRAWINGS, ART & IMAGES GREAT RESULTS FROM SCAN TO PRINT OF OTO The expert operator for your desktop scanner. CALL (800) 231-SCAN FOR OFOTO VERSION 2 UPGRADE INFORMATION OR PRODUCT LITERATURE. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Ofoto is a trademark of Light Source Computer Images, Inc. ©1993 Light Source. All rights reserved. News MACWEEK 03.01.93 PowerBook wrong with Windows, you've got about eight places to look, and trying to sort out problems over the phone can be really tough. Support- ing the Mac is much easier.” So much easier, Callinicos said, that he was able to cut the sup- port staff from five people to just one after moving to the PowerBook. From Page 14 Happy multimedium. The PowerBook also has found a niche at some companies already practicing mixed-platform comput- ing. Although most of its departments rely on PCs, Honeywell Inc. uses the Macintosh to develop and maintain a custom multimedia application built with Authorware, a cross- platform multimedia development package from San Francisco-based Macromedia Inc. According to Jack Wright, manager of Honeywell’s Multimedia Resource Center in Phoenix, the Honeywell application consists ofa database of presentations portraying every aspect of the company’s Industrial Division and its products. The database is distributed on both Windows and Mac plat- forms to hundreds of field salespeople, who use it in interactive sessions with customers. DOS-based notebook computers simply don’t provide the features and performance required for multimedia applications, Wright said. “We have a big issue with the ability to deliver multimedia on DOS notebooks because the power just isn’t there. On the PowerBook, we can run in 256 colors [using external LCD panels] at great speed, but everything starts to fall apart when you get over to a 386 with VGA and 16 colors,” he said. Despite their performance advantages, however, PowerBooks are very much in the minority at Honeywell, Wright said. “Some people insist on running their DOS applica- tions. I would get a lot further selling Power- Books if they could run DOS apps directly.” Wright said he was aware of SoftPC but considered it too cumbersome and did not think its performance could meet user expec- tations. “The basic issue is usability. We want [the compatibility] embedded deeply in the machine so the computer automatically knows what to do with whatever software you give it. We don’t want to deal with it our- selves ona higher level.” Even if users don’t require a Mac that seamlessly runs all DOS programs and instead turn to other solutions, the complex- ities of transferring files between the two platforms remains a barrier to full accep- tance of any Mac, including the PowerBook, Wright said. “We have this incredible prob- lem with file translation. It’s supposed to work, and it kind of does, but you have to know exactly which software version created the file, and you have to have the right ver- sion of the translator.” With the appearance of applications that run identically on both Windows and the Mac, compatibility concerns are diminishing. ‘Theoretically, no technical barriers prevent users who fancy the PowerBook from work- ing on an equal footing with corporate PCs. In actuality, however, practical corporate concerns over performance and support for an additional platform as well as nagging doubts about translation inconsistencies will preclude widespread adoption of Power- Books for the immediate future. 0 SoftPC version of SoftPC, he had found it to be slow and to suffer from occasional incompatibilities. From previous page The access road. When PowerBooks replaced Toshibas at Los Angeles-based ARCO’s Internal Audit Department (see story, Page 14), SoftPC no longer was needed to ensure that the audit department's desktop Macs were compatible with the DOS notebooks. But since the rest of ARCO had standardized on the PC, PowerBook-equipped auditors do rely on another Insignia Solutions product, AccessPC, to simplify file sharing with DOS machines. Like Dayna Communications Inc.’s DOS Mounter and Apple’s Macintosh PC Exchange, AccessPC allows the PowerBook to mount a PC floppy disk directly on the desktop without requiring the user to run Apple File Exchange. “You can set up file associations based on file names so that when you double-click on a DOS file the right Mac application will open it,” said James Callinicos, a senior information systems support specialist at ARCO. While the PowerBook may not be the notebook computer for those heavily depen- dent on DOS software, when nothing short of the actual DOS program will do the job, savvy mobile PowerBook users usually can find a way to runit.o ASANTE TECHNOLOGIES INC. Asanté EN/SC-10T PB: $449 Asanté EN/SC PB: $549 404 Tasman Drive, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089 Phone (408) 752-8338 or (800) 622-9686; fax (408) 752-8599 DAYNA COMMUNICATIONS INC. DaynaPORT SCSV/Link PB: $429 DaynaPORT SCSV/Link-3 PB: $499 DaynaPORT E/Z: $399; DOS Mounter: $89.95 50S, Main St., Suite 530, Salt Lake City, Utah 84144 Phone (801) 531-0600; fax (801) 359-9135 FARALLON COMPUTING INC PowerPath: $149; Liaison: $399 ‘Timbuktu: $199; $299 (2-pack); $999 (10-pack) 2470 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda, Calif. 94501-1010 Phone (510) 814-5100; fax (510) 814-5020 INSIGNIA SOLUTIONS INC. 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Asanté’s new offerings include: > AsantéHub 2072. Due to ship in May, the seven-slot 2072 chassis will cost $1,095. Twelve-port cards will run between $725 and $1,245, which Asanté said can lower per- port costs to less than $90. A redun- dant power supply for the hub will be available in May. > AsantéBridge 1012. Also due in May is a $1,999 bridge card that will fit into the expansion slot of the company’s $1,299 12-port work- group hub. The card will bridge between the 1012 hub and one other Ethernet connection using a Fujitsu Inc. SPARClite RISC processor. A variety of SPARClite- based bridge cards for the larger 2072 hub also are slated for the third quarter, according to Asanté. Asanté to offer departmental hub A May upgrade to Asanté’s hub-management software will support the company’s new bridge module and 72-port hub. Version 2.2 will let an administrator quickly locate users or busy nodes as well as keep a log of a network’s performance. The company said the new bridges are based on an architecture that could be expanded in the future to include other services, such as routing and switching. > AsantéView 2.2. A new release of the company’s $1,499 hub-management software will add support for the 1012 bridge card as well as the 2072 hub. The software will provide a trio of new features: Find Talker will ferret out nodes that are sending copious numbers of packets; Find Node will locate users based on low-level Media Access Control addresses; Database Log- ging will keep a list of network per- formance statistics. Upgrades from Version 2.1 will be free. Asanté Technologies Inc. is at 821 Fox Lane, San Jose, Calif. 95131. Phone (408) 435-8401; fax (408) 432-1117.0 By Mitch Ratcliffe Washington — The Clinton administration and the U.S. House of Representatives last week acted to open to commercial use a portion of the radio spectrum that may pro- fj vide a home for wireless communicators. \ Since 1990, Apple and various companies have lob- bied for access to radio frequencies they intend to use for personal com- munications services (PCS). The system will let devices use low- power transmissions to communi- cate over a network of radio towers and in-building transceivers. A lack of clear frequencies has hindered PCS growth. ‘The industry may find its foothold in frequencies currently owned by the federal government. Congress this month likely will pass House Resolu- tion 707, the Emerging Telecom- munications Technology Act, which would reallocate through a series of rafiles 200 MHz of spec- tum to PCS. The bill )\ awaits final approval by the ) full House; it was passed by / the previous two sessions of Congress, but former Presi- dent Bush vetoed it both times. The Clinton administration stoked the fires of frequency con- version last week during a flurry of technology-related announcements (see story, Page 28). President Clinton last week said he would propose legislation that will require the government to accept bids for the 200 MHz of spec- trum targeted by H.R. 707. The gov- ernment currently relies on a lottery system, which awards spectrum free Administration broadcasts support for PCS spectrum bill to the winners of regional drawings. Auctioning off government frequen- cies would reap $4.1 billion over four years, the administration said. “Auctions are a great idea if the purpose is to lead to a more effi- cient use of spectrum,” said Ira Brodsky, an analyst with Datacomm Research Co. of Wilmette, Il. “But the question here is whether this is an auction or just user fees.” Democrats and Republicans alike have opposed auctions of radio fre- quency because they may not be fair to entrepreneurs with innovative communications technologies, said an aide to Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., one of H.R. 707’s sponsors. “An auction to the person with the deepest pockets is unacceptable,” the aide said. “Rep. Markey believes there must be some recognition of the public interest in the award of spectrum.” 5 AlisaMail delivers connections for X.400, Unix mail systems By Nathalie Welch Pasadena, Calif. — Alisa Systems Inc.’s mail-integration system this month will gain direct links to X.400- and Unix-based mail sys- tems, as well as a Windows version of its directory searching software. With X.400 and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) connec- tions, the VAX-based AlisaMail will be able to exchange electronic mail with X.400- and SMTP-based E- mail packages without Digital Equip- ment Corp.'s MailBus message router, which is currently required. The company said the full range of X.400 attributes is supported, including generic message com- mands. SMTP-specific features, such as UUEncode and UUDecode compression, also are supported. AlisaMail starts at $10,000 for a base configuration. Upgrades are free. Due in the second quarter and priced at $550 for up to 99 users, Alisa’s PeopleFinder for Windows will let users access AlisaMail and its universal directory. AlisaMail consists of a SQL- based relational database engine called the Information Switch, which requires a. VAX 3000 series minicomputer. The engine stores all messages and interfaces with AlisaMail’s Mail —_ Integration Servers, which handle message delivery and directory synchro- nization between supported E- mail systems. Version 4.0, released last year, facilitates the exchange of mail between Mac-based packages such as Microsoft Mail and CE Software Inc.’s QuickMail, as well as Novell Inc’s Message Handling Service, DEC-based VMSmail and ALL- IN-1 Mail, and a variety of packages for IBM PCs and compatibles. Alisa Systems Inc. is at 221 E. Walnut St., Suite 175, Pasadena, Calif, 91101. Phone (818) 792- 9474; fax (818) 729-4068. 0 Vendors push switch offerings By April Streeter San Francisco — Users eager to pull a switch to speed sluggish LocalTalk and Ethernet network segments are facing a growing num- ber of options. Switches can ease LAN bottle- necks by isolating nodes and passing multiple packets between multiple ports simultaneously, resulting in increased total throughput. Tribe Computer Works Inc. of Emeryville, Calif, last week shipped the TribeStar, its $1,795, eight-port, LocalTalk-to-Ethernet switch, which it said will invigorate sluggish LocalTalk networks. This week, Synernetics Inc. of North Billerica, Mass., will intro- duce a $12,500, eight-port Ethernet card for its LANplex switching hubs that the company said will increase Ethernet switches throughput by 35 percent. And last month, Ungermann-Bass Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., announced the DragonSwitch, a $14,400, 16-port Ethernet switching card for its AccessOne hub. 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ALL THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS™ [ Asanté Technologies, 821 Fox Lane, San Jose, CA 95131, 408-435-8388 ] Gateways MACWEEK 03.01.93 Telebit dial-in routers link remote workgroups to LAN By April Streeter Sunnyvale, Calif. — Telebit Corp. last week unveiled two dial-in routers that can link remote sites to an Ether- net LAN. The NetBlazer PN, due in May for $2,699, will have one built-in V.32bis modem and will include sup- port for AppleTalk Remote Access, AppleTalk, TCP/IP and IPX (Inter- network Packet Exchange). The NetBlazer PN2, a version of the router without a modem, will be available for $2,299. The PN and PN? each will have a switchable, three-media Ethernet port that will support thick, thin or 10BASE T wiring. Through a syn- chronous serial port, the PN sup- ports a variety of wide-area net- work media, including switched 56, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), or 56- and 64- Kbps leased lines. LEDs on the front panel will show telephone line status and packet collisions. Telebit said a modem card with V Fast support that can be swapped will be offered as soon as that 28.8- Kbps technology is available. The PN routers are the same size as Telebit’s WorldBlazer modems. Like several other products announced recently, Telebit’s new devices combine many services in small, affordable packages for branch offices (see MacWEEK, Feb. 15). Since many remote or branch offices do not have dedicated network managers, PN configuration consists of plugging in the box and inserting a floppy disk into the router’s built-in drive. Software updates load auto- matically. An administrator can do the rest of the setup over a remote connection, Telebit said. Telebit Corp. is at 1315 Chesa- peake Terrace, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089. Phone (408) 734-4333; fax (408) 734-3333..0 IPT queues up print-management uti By April Streeter San Luis Obispo, Calif. — Infor- mation Presentation Technologies Inc. this month plans to ship a Mac- intosh printer-management utility that works with the company’s line of spoolers. Print Queue Manager, which will cost $39 for a single-user ver- sion, works on Ethernet networks that have Sun Microsystems Inc. SPARCstations or NeXT Comput- er Inc. servers. Print Queue Manager has two password-protected modes. Queue- ‘View lists status information for print jobs waiting for a networked printer, including elapsed print time for the current printing job. An authorized user can move waiting jobs to differ- ent printers, change a job’s position in a queue, suspend a job or have it reprint after a designated time lag. ‘The software also keeps a log of printing errors associated with spooled print jobs. ‘The print-management software is part of software IPT developed for Canon U.S.A. Inc.’s GetThePicture image-database package. IPT Inc. is at 555 Chorro St, Suite A, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 93405. Phone (805) 541-3000 or (800) 233- 9993; fax (805) 541-3037. 3Com packages WAN router, card By April Streeter Santa Clara, Calif. —3Com Corp. last month introduced a wide-area router and router card that comple- ment the company’s simplified LAN- WAN networking scheme. ‘The router and card depend on 3Com’s Boundary Routing software to handle maintenance of routing tables and other administrative tasks. ‘The routers function as forwarding bridges with the added ability to fil- ter local traffic from packets bound for the wide-area network. Accord- ing to 3Com, remote users can install the routers easily and depend on headquarters for administration. Due at the end of this month, the $3,495 router, called NETBuilder Remote Control, forwards traffic from a remote network — that has no other routers — to a central network via the Boundary Routing software. The $3,000 card, the LinkBuilder ECS Remote Control Module, pro- vides central routing capabilities in 3Com’s four- and 10-slot ECS hubs. Both new products will route AppleTalk Phase 2 as well as TCP/IP, Novell Inc.'s IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) and Digital Equip- ment Corp.’s DECnet protocols. 3Com Corp. is at 5400 Bayfront Plaza, P.O. Box 58145, Santa Clara, Calif. 95052. Phone (408) 764- 5000; fax (408) 764-7130. InterTalk router extends controls, Gateways protocol access By lan G. Jacobs Mountain View, Calif. —Interna- tional Transware Inc. late last month began shipping an update for its LocalTalk-only router with device hiding features and expanded access to TCP/IP and DECnet protocols. Version 3.0 of the company’s $599 InterTalk router lets administrators hide all the laser printers in specified zones and devices. For example, if a manager typed an asterisk into InterTalk’s _ naming-configuration window, adding an asterisk to the name of any device would hide it. If the network administrator desires, any Inter'Talk user on a