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Fae INES OS "WE EK LLY F fe} MACINTOSH 06.07.93 Volume 7 Number 23 MANAGERS Editing Aces Suite RasterOps takes on SuperMac's DigitalFilm Datebook Pro Major update adds power, versatility to time manager Touchbase Pro Revamped contact manager feature-laden, easy to use ® ~ ® < a See Page 47 ie “Adtive-color 180c, ‘low-cost 145B join PowerBook series By Raines Cohen and Kirsten L. Parkinson Cupertino, Calif. — Apple this week will expand its PowerBook line in two directions, adding its most affordable model and a new high-end model with crisp color. The PowerBook 180c is func- tionally identical to the PowerBook 165c but features an active-matrix color screen; the PowerBook 145B is a less expensive version of the 145 that lacks a few extras found in that machine. Apple will also introduce PowerBook File Assis- tant, a utility software package that includes battery-management, file- synchronization and other features (see story, Page +). > The 180c is priced at $4,159 See PowerBook, Page 115 | Se ueieal Newtons to deliver E-mail features Users will be able to send objects, text By Robert Hess Cupertino, Calif. — The New- ton personal digital assistants Apple will begin shipping this summer will let users send messages around the world at the tap of a pen. Known as Newton E-mail, the electronic-mail software is expected to be built into all versions of the new handheld device. Itwill work with the 2,400-bps modem attachment that will be shipped with the first Newton devices, as well as the more-advanced communications capabilities expect- ed in later models. To support Newton E-mail, Apple is reportedly establishing a dedicated host mail system ace ble via SprintNet, a worldwide telecommunications network that provides local, toll-free access from most cities. An Internet gatew: will let users communicate with vi tually all other mail services. Newton E-mail will let users trans- oO el Hello from Bob Print, O items Fax, Oitems Beam, Oitems Mail, 2 items fox] e3} 8 Oy Rg eis Seri SB @ x xe Calculator Formulas Time Zone; Prefs Styles a Volume Contrast Batter Newton E-mail’s Out Box dialog. mit data objects such as memos and notes, names and addresses, calendar | events, and to-do items. While view- ing any of these objects, users will be able to select Mail from a menu or write, for example, “mail John Smith” on the screen. That will turn the object’s contents into a message preaddressed to John Smith if that See Newton E-mail, Page 116 | Special | Mass STORAGE | eport The state of the art in hard disks and optical drives Newton momentum building By Andrew Gore Chicago — Apple last week marked the first anniversary of Newton’s debut by offering a few more details about future directions for the personal digital assistant. The company and its partners discussed plans for Newton devices at the Consumer Electronics Show here. > Delivery. Newton will ship | this summer and for less than $1,000, according to Gaston Basti- aens, vice president and general OND CiA S 5 manager of Apple’s Personal Inter- active Electronics (PIE) Division. Sources said the device will have a 20-MHz ARM RISC Processor; a 320-by-240-pixel, 3-by-5-inch reflec- tive LCD screen; a half-duplex, point- to-point infrared transceiver; and an AppleTalk-enabled serial port. Pow- | ered by four AAA batteries, Newton | will have one PCMCIA slotand a tiny | 2,400-bps external fax modem. > Desktop connectivity. Apple has said it will offer software that lets Newton download data to a Mac or | Windows-based computer. Sources said the software, code-named Dock- | er, will come in two flavors: a simple backup program, anda more sophisti- | cated product that emulates New- | ton’s planner and Rolodex functions | and is AppleScript-savvy. See CES, Page 114 | gies, | areas: By Andrew Gore Cupertino, Calif — Apple is inviting all comers to apply to be field testers ofits first pen-based and wireless PowerBooks. Under a new program called Emerging Markets and Technolo- Apple is seeking “customers with specific business needs that have defied traditional mobile-computing technology,” said Mark Orr, the pro- gram’s product-line manager. Orr said Emerging Marl Technologies needs testers in two > Pen-based Macs. Apple first publicly discussed its pen-based PowerBook Duo prototype last Apple soliciting users to test pen-based PBs month at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Code-named Hancock, the unit is already being tested in the field. Orr said Apple wants to expand the number of test sites sig- nificantly this summer. Apple's pen technology currently works with unmodified System 7.1. An extension lets users control the Finder and enter menu commands with pen gestures, For example, a “flick-up” gestur single upward pen stro ntered over a window in the Finder could be used to make the window scroll up. Orr said Apple hasn't —a yet See Testing, Page 114 | Real Soon Adobe returns to drawing board for sweeping Illustrator upgrade By Bruce Fraser The long-awaited Adobe Illustra- tor 5.0, currently in beta testing, is the most sweeping revision so far of Adobe Systems Inc.’s popular Post- | Script illustration program. Version 5.0 leapfrogs the Windows-based Version 4.0 with new tools, new plug-in filters and major revisions to the user interface. Many of the new features seem | designed to attain parity with Tlus- trator’s main competitor, Aldus FreeHand. For example, Version 5.0 adds layers, a pressure- ] sensitive calligraphic Pen STAN WAGE Adobe Illustrator 5.0 features several new tools and a plug-in feature similar to the one found in Photoshop. mode. Illustrator 5.0 makes extensive use of floating palettes. The Layers palette, which resembles the Chan- nels palette in Adobe Photo- shop, allows you to create, delete and manipulate layers. You can temporarily make layers nonprintable and Preview modes. indepen- dently for each layer. 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Thin external power pack runs PBs for 5 to 9 hours By Raines Cohen Concord, Mass. — VST Power Systems Inc. last week announced VST ThinPack, an external, high- density power pack it said will more than double the time PowerBook users can work without a recharge. The 1.5-pound battery, which works with PowerBook models 100 through 180c, is only one-quarter- inch thick—small enough to slip into theside pocket of a notebook carrying case. The company said the battery, which is designed to be used concur- rently with the notebook’s standard internal battery, will run a Power- Book 165c for more than five hours, a 180 for more than seven hours and a 100 for more than nine hours. To charge a fully discharged Thin- Pack takes from three to five hours. No separate charger is required; users can plug the PowerBook’s standard AC adapter directly into the battery. The $179.95 battery, due next month, contains more power cells per cubic inch than traditional nickel- cadmium batteries, which waste space by using cylindrical cells in a rectangular enclosure. The company said a ThinPack will last three to five years, or 1,000 to 1,600 cycles. VST Power Systems Inc. is at 1620 Sudbury Road Suite 3, Con- cord, Mass. 01742. Phone (508) 287-4600; fax (508) 287-4068. 0 White House opens up to electronic mail as Clinton, Gore get Internet addresses By Henry Norr Washington — Computer users can now send their opinions and advice to President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and a handful of congressmen via electronic mail. The White House announced last week that for the first time in history it is directly connected to the Internet. Clinton’s new Internet address is president@whitehouse.gov, while Gore can be reached at vice- president@whitehouse.gov. In a statement the White House posted on-line last week, all E-mail messages will be read and automati- cally acknowledged, but the system is notyet capable of sending “a tailored response” to individual messages. For now, according to Jock Gill of the White House Office of Media Affairs, the system will extract only general statistics about messages sent to the chief executives. But he said, “We're working as fast as we can” to improve the system’s analysis and reporting capabilities. Most commercial on-line services offer gateways to the Internet. But Gill said the White House will con- tinue to maintain accounts on a num- ber of services. On CompuServe, the White House address is 75300,3115; on America Online, it is Clinton PZ. Gill declined to say whether the White House E-mail facilities include any Macs. “We have to be nondenominational,” he said. “We're all the people’s president, not just one brand.” Separately, the House of Rep- resentatives’ Committee on House Administration announced a pilot program called the Constituent Electronic Mail System. So far, however, only seven con- gressmen have signed up for the mailboxes. Information is available at congress@HR. house. gov. 0 20 20 24 24 28 28 32 32 33 33 36 New utilities package from Apple aids PB owners File Assistant synchronizes, defers printing. GW Instruments revamps data-acquisition app SuperScope Il eases manipulation of waveform data. Gateways Network SuperVisor divides to conquer MSA to split up network administration package. News Analysis: X.400 coming to Mac desktops 1988 specs provide native support. GA Microtek gets continuous-tone output clicking SnapPrint printer outputs to Polaroid instant film. Get The Picture delivers images to Mac clients IPT server swaps thumbnails for high-res images. BusinessWatch Apple loses copyright suit Vows to appeal 5-year-old case. AT&T buys controlling interest in EO Phone giant reaches out and touches handheld market. Opinion Editorial Pen is coming, and Jot will help. My Turn/Paul Saffo ‘Saffo kicks off MacWEEK’s round-robin column with critical look at the dream of the paperless office. Letters No freeze on Macs at Ben & Jerry's. Mac Manager/Don Crabb Many not open to Windows NT. What's in storage? The latest information on MO drives, PowerBook options, disk arrays, and MiniDisc and DCC formats. VOL.7 N0O.23 MacWEEK 06.07.93 ce Reviews 47 47 49 51 118 63 66 % RasterOps modular hardware gives QuickTime boost Editing Aces Suite offers professional video and audio capabilities. New release of Datebook Pro a major event Afier Hours adds more power, flexibility and integration to its personal scheduler. 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News By Raines Cohen Cupertino, Calif. — Along with its two new notebooks, Apple this week is scheduled to announce a $79 package of utilities that can help PowerBook owners move among multiple environments, print while on the road and work longer between charges. PowerBook File Assistant helps users synchronize the contents of folders on different disks. While the control panel will run on any Sys- tem 7-equipped Macintosh, it is designed for users who frequently go back and forth between a Power- Book and a desktop Macintosh or network, MACWEEK 06.07.93 System 7.1 users link two folders or files simply by dragging them from the Finder into the program’s Synchronizer window (System 7.0.x users have to select files from dialog boxes within the program). Links can be one-way or bidirectional. Unlike most _ synchronization programs, PowerBook File Assis- tant is aware of file-level changes (such as renaming the file) at either end ofa link. ‘The package also provides: > Backlight dimming. A con- trol panel automatically dims the backlighting on older PowerBooks after a user-set period of inactivity; newer models already include this feature. = File Assistant Setup > Backed up RAM disk. An ex- EF a, SS Ba. tension can create a special RAM disk SS oifice Fae ‘Status: The items have been synchronized Last Synchronized: Wed, Apr 21, 1998, 4:17:20 PM PowerBook 1650 that is automatically copied toa file on the hard disk when the Status: The items have been synchronized Last Synchronized: Tue, May 11, 1993, 9:55:30 PM J PowerBook is shut PowerBook Backup [| __ Work Progress down. _ Restarting SS Ofice Mac SS PowerBook 1656 reloads the disk con- tents. > Cursor track- eae | er. An extension de- veloped by Apple’s Advanced Technolo- Soros Mae Status: The items have not been synchronized Last Synchronized: Never By Robert Hess Pittsburgh — Developers can use a broader range of environments to build object-oriented databases with Persistent Data Systems Inc.’s IDB Object Database Version 2.0. IDB, which costs $995 for a sin- For the record The May 24 issue misidenti- fied the vendor of a new 21-inch color monitor. The ViewSonic 21 is offered by ViewSonic, 20480 Business Parkway, Wal- nut, Calif. 91789. Phone (909) 869-7976 or (800) 888-8583; fax (909) 869-7958. Open Sesame! from Charles River Analytics Inc. will use an average of 450 to 500 Kbytes of memory, not Mbytes as stated in aMay 24 article. Mark Minshull’s name was misspelled in a May 24 article on AppleScript. PowerBook 1650 With Apple’s new PowerBook File Assistant, users can link two folders or files by dragging them into the program’s Synchronizer window. Links can be one-way or bidirectional. Object-oriented database gets update gy Group causes the trackball cursor to leave a temporary trail of about a dozen arrow images so that users can easily find ial gle developer license, is a develop- ment database engine that gives application developers access to object-oriented database technolo- gy- In addition to the development tool kit, a display manager assists in interface design, while a browser lets developers incorporate data- examination tools. Version 2.0 adds support for Apple’s Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop, Borland International Inc.’s C for Windows, Microsoft Corp.’s Windows NT and NeXT Computer Inc.’s NeXTstep. It pre- viously worked with Symantec Corp.’s Think C, Microsoft’s C for Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Domain/OS, as well as Unix systems from Sun Microsystems Inc. and HP. IDB will run as a stand-alone application or may be used to share data across networks running the supported platforms. Persistent Data Systems Inc. is at 75 W. Chapel Ridge Road, Pitts- burgh, Pa. 15238. Phone (412) 963- 1843; fax (412) 963-1846.0 Apple to enter PB utility arena the cursor. On the PowerBooks’ liq- uid-crystal displays, especially the passive-matrix versions, it is often difficult to find the cursor because the screen is slow to respond. > Deferred printing. Like Palo- mar Software Inc.’s On The Road utility, the package includes soft- ware that lets users away from the office spool print files to disk for later printing. > Automatic network volume mounting. A control panel similar to AutoReMounter, which is includ- ed with recent PowerBooks, auto- matically reconnects to previously mounted network volumes when a PowerBook wakes up or is restarted. > Sleep Key. Users can switch a PowerBook into sleep mode by pressing a single user-defined key. PowerBook File Assistant marks the launch of a new software line for Apple. The PowerBook Assis- tant line will include the Power- Book/DOS Companion — bundle released last fall, as well as future products. The package will be offered through retail channels. Although Apple said it is aimed at novice users unaware of third-party alternatives, some PowerBook utility vendors are concerned about Apple stealing their market share. “Apple in the software business is strictly in the cream-skimming business,” said a senior executive at a PowerBook utility vendor. But the software maker said he is resigned to a changing market in which Apple competes with its developers. ‘Third-party developers “have to offer more complete solutions,” he said. “The best [software makers] can hope for is that Apple licenses your stuff.” 0 E Hiie_Tait_Wave Display Journal Tesk_nerawore_Controk SuperScope Il makes it easy Palas [Lay Pass ssaiate | “Fiter ite [veretera| for users to cre- ate instrumen- tation panels such as this by dragging and connecting com- ponents. of 199 [semen atrze sire | ‘Tea oT ‘a GW Instruments’ SuperScope II speeds data analysis, presentation By Raines Cohen Somerville, Mass. — GW Instru- ments last week shipped a major upgrade to its SuperScope data acquisition, analysis and presenta- tion application. SuperScope II, a complete rewrite of the 4-year-old original, lets users create virtual instruments and digi- tize, analyze, plot and store to disk continuous streams or discrete blocks of waveform data. No programming is required for many analyses; users can simply drag a wave object, for example, into a graph icon to display it. Users can also set up an on-screen journal where data is recorded and draw connections between components to link them. The program works with the company’s MacAdios I/O cards as well as with National Instruments Corp.’s cards, serial devices and TEEE-4888 instruments. GW Instruments said a Super- Scope II user can create an oscillo- scope with 11 mouse clicks, a spec- trum analyzer with 17 or a strip-chart recorder with 16. Users can edit the menu bar and other interface elements to create custom applications built on SuperScope II. Users can also go beyond the 80 built-in waveform functions either by defining their own objects and routines or by using HyperCard externals. Think C source code for the program’s application program- ming interface is also included. An entry-level version of Super- Scope II sells for $750 but does not allow programming of pulse analy- sis, filter and advanced-waveform functions. A more complete pack- age is $1,490, an open version that includes object code costs $2,990, and a five-Mac site license is $2,500. SuperScope users can upgrade to Version II for $500. “We used [SuperScope II] for thermocouple measurements,” said beta-tester Keng Leong, an engi- neer at Argonne National Labs of Argonne, Ill. “We also use [Nation- al Instrument’s] LabVIEW, but it was too slow and we don’t need all the fancy graphics.” GW Instruments is at 35 Medford St. Somerville, Mass. 02143. Phone (617) 625-4096; fax (617) 625-1322. Aldus to pump up Persuasion with new dimensions By Neil McManus Seattle — Aldus Corp. is report- edly preparing a new version of Per- suasion that will add 3-D charting, animation and hyperlinks to the presentation program. The upgrade to the $495 pro- gram, due later this year, will report- edly include enhancements such as: > Improved charting. Persua- sion will have a number of new chart types, including true 3-D charts. Users will be able to rotate and skew charts as well as change the charts’ perspectives. Users will also be able to link charts, text and graphics to programs such as Microsoft Excel through Microsoft's OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) standard. > Multimedia features. Text and objects will be able to move along a predefined path for simple animations. Users will be able to create hot spots that let them jump to other slides, presentations and programs. The upgrade will also offer automatic highlighted builds for on-screen presentations. > Interface improvements. The upgrade will have floating palettes. Users will be able to create presenta- tions in slide view in a manner similar tothatused in Microsoft PowerPoint. Persuasion will prompt users to enter titles, subtitles and text as they create new slides. Users will be able to trans- fer masters between the Mac and Windows versions of the program. > Color-palette improvements. The palette will be optimized for eight-bit-color displays to improve the look of Photo CD and scanned images and QuickTime movies. Bill Higgs, vice president of soft- ware research at InfoCorp of Santa Clara, Calif, said many of Persua- sion’s reported new features seem to be aimed at users preparing interac- tive on-screen presentations. “Multi- media features are the sexy stuff that sells programs, but about 70 percent of all presentations are still made with transparencies and overhead projectors,” Higgs said. Aldus Corp. is at 411 First Ave. S., Seattle, Wash. 98104-2871. Phone (206) 622-5500; fax (206) 343-4240. 0 The new generation HP LaserJet 4M printer. At last. An HP laser printer built specifically for the Mac—the new LaserJet 4M. A laser printer with everything Mac users need. From built-in PostScript™ Level 2 software from Adobe™ to stand- ard LocalTalk and optional EtherTalk. = a = a pas] = The finest print quality in its class. Thanks to HP’s microfine toner, Resolution Enhancement technol- ogy, and advanced engine designed expressly for 600 x 600 dpi, the LaserJet 4M printer delivers the finest print quality of any 600- dpi machine available. tau” And with a new RISC emmy processor and 6 MB of standard memory accel- erating formatting and 1/0 speeds, complex PostScript and graphics files are rendered faster and more clearly than ever before. Greater flexibility. The HP LaserJet 4M printer also sets new standards in versatility, with a wide range of typefaces and two integrated paper trays. Tue 600 dpi creates rich, Smoother curves, no jagged edges, thanks to HP'S exclusive Resolution Enhancement technology Microfine toner makes 600-dpi ‘output look even sharper. 35 PostScript Type | typefaces for Mac and PC PostScript language users, 35 intelifont ‘and 10 TrueType typefaces for PC users pro duce a broad range of docu- ment style. (©1993 Hewlett-Packard Company PE12954 *Suggested U.S. list price. **In Canada call 1-800-387-9867, Ext. 7340, Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. *To have a LaserJet 4M printer data sheet sent immediately via fax machine, call 1-800-964-1667 from your touch-tone phone, As well as 30 500 opi the options of a 500- sheet tray | ee and power Four ine bot envelope feeder, “""""" And it’s designed to be shared simultaneously by PCs and Macs. Automatic language switching between PCL 5 and PostScript, and 3 hot I/Os give mixed environments greater flexibility. 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News MACWEEK 06.07.93 Kodak ships print-server software By Matthew Rothenberg Rochester, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. last week shipped a new multinetwork, multi- platform version of the print-server software for its Lionheart 1392 Printing System. Lionheart Print Server Software 3.0, available as a $2,000 upgrade, adds automatic manage- ment of print queues, resources and printer con- figurations, and it supports multiple networks and platforms simultaneously, Version 3.0 includes a driver for Macs as well as Windows 3.1, Kodak said. It supports Kodak’s Lionheart Info Merge, File Merge, Image Merge and Image Library Management software. ‘The Kodak 1392 Printer, which starts at $135,000, is based on a proprietary electro- photographic engine that uses an LED array to output as many as 92 letter- or legal-size Dictionary for 5 languages Pittsford, N.Y. — Microlytics Inc. has released a dictionary that simultaneously looks up words in five languages. The $49.95 Berlitz Interpreter stores 12,000 words in French, Italian, German, Spanish and English. The program, which can be installed as either a desk accessory or an application, allows users to cut and paste words from the dictionary into other applications. A flash-card feature helps users test their vocabulary in each of the languages. Users click on the icon of the language they want to use as their source. The program then displays a word in the chosen language; users attempt to supply the corresponding word in any or all of the remaining languages before the Interpreter displays the correct translations. ‘The European version of the program con- tains help documentation in each of the five languages. An update scheduled for the end of the year will add new business words to the dictionary. Microlytics Inc. is at 2 Tobey Village Office Park, Pittsford, N.Y. 94949. Phone (716) 248- 9150 or (800) 828-6293; fax (716) 248-3868. pages per minute at a maximum resolution of 300 by 300 dpi. It supports PostScript Level 2, PCL 5 and HP-GL languages, and it includes Ethernet, TCP/IP, LocalTalk and parallel interfaces. Eastman Kodak Co. is at 343 State St, Rochester, N.Y. 14650. Phone (800) 344-0006. : Impact series boosts LCs to Quadra graphics level By Neil McManus Tukwila, Wash. — A new series of 24-bit display/accelerator cards from Extreme Sys- tems Inc. promises Mac LC and LC II users the display capabilities of a Quadra, as well as a boost in processing performance. The Impact RGB series, introduced this month, incorporates a 32-MHz 68030. According to Extreme, the cards make the older LC models run 25 percent to 33 percent faster than the LC III. > The Impact RGB/16, shipping this month for $699, offers 24-bit color on moni- tors up to 14 inches and eight-bit color on 16- inch displays. > The Impact RGB/19, expected in July for $869, provides 24-bit color to displays up to 16 inches and eight-bit graphics to 19-inch monitors. > The Impact RGB/21, expected later this summer for $929, offers 24-bit color graphics on monitors up to 16 inches, 16-bit color on 19-inch displays and eight-bit color on 21-inch monitors. Extreme’s new Impact boards come with software that lets the older LCs take control of the enhanced SANE (Standard Apple Numeric Environment) routines to accelerate math functions. An FPU (floating-point unit), which further accelerates math functions, is available as a $70 option. Extreme Systems Inc. is at 1050 Industry Drive, Tukwila, Wash. 98188. Phone (206) 575-2334; fax (206) 575-3928. 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News Serial-port XL line ranges up to 42" x 60" By Nathalie Welch Mount Prospect, Ill. — Mutoh America Inc. last month expanded from its offerings of plotter devices with a new line of digitizer tablets that it described as “aggressively priced.” Two of the three new models are Mac-compatible. > Mutoh IS/ONE. This tablet offers 0.025-inch accuracy and is available in two sizes: 12 by 12 inches for $645, and 12 by 17 inch- es for $995. The tablet plugs into the Apple Desktop Bus and supports a variety of input devices, including two- and three-switch pens and four- and 12- button cursors. It offers five prede- fined emulation keys and as many as 23 programmable function keys. > Mutoh XL. Geared toward larger-format input, such as mapping, this tablet is available with accuracy MACWEEK 06.07.93 of either 0.010 mm or 0.005 mm. ‘The model with 0.010-mm accu- racy comes in four versions, ranging from 18 by 24 inches for $1,550 to 42 by 60 inches for $2,550; the model with 0.005-mm accuracy also comes in four versions, ranging from $3,050 for an 18-by-24-inch tablet to $5,050 for a 42-by-60-inch tablet. Mutoh XL requires a Mac serial interface available from Mutoh for $50. Itcan be used witha three-switch pen or four- or 16-button cursors. Both the Mutoh IS/ONE and the Mutoh XL ship with the Pensmith Driver, software developed by Kurta Corp. that lets users exchange running mouse programs with digi- tizer programs without having to reconfigure the tablet’s software. ‘The tablets support a variety of Mac graphics programs. Pointing devices are priced separately. Mutoh America Inc. is at 500 W. Algonquin Road, Mount Prospect, Ill. 60056. Phone (708) 952-8880; fax (708) 952-8808. 0 PaintBoard promises QuickDraw boost By Connie Guglielmo Santa Clara, Calif. — Once again putting its color-handling expertise to the test, RasterOps Corp. last week began shipping a new 24-bit display board and 20-inch color monitor for the Macintosh. > PaintBoard Turbo is a $1,499 board that promises to accelerate QuickDraw as much as 50 times faster than standard unac- celerated QuickDraw, according to the company. Other features include nine-bit DAC (digital-to-analog converter), compared with the eight-bit DAC standard supported by most other display boards. RasterOps claims the nine-bit DAC significantly improves the display of highlights, shadows, textures and patterns in 24-bit-color images. The PaintBoard Turbo works with color monitors as large as 20 inches from RasterOps, Apple and most third-party vendors. It gives users access to a virtual work space as much as four times the monitor size, up to a maximum size of 4,096 by 1,024 pixels, which users can maneuver around using the board’s hardware pan and zoom. > The 20/20 Multimode Color Display is a 20-inch, two-page color display with a list price of $1,799. The display offers resolu- tions from 640 by 480 pixels to 1,152 by 870 pixels and a refresh rate of 75 Hz. ‘The monitor requires a graphics Mutoh enters tablet market RasterOps ships display board, 20-inch monitor with new digitizer series display board and is compatible with boards from RasterOps, Apple and other third-party vendors. In addition, it works with Raster- Ops’ Paint PC 24-bit display board and products from Truevision Inc. torun on IBM PC- and compatible- based systems. The 20/20 offers digital controls and a tilt-and-swivel stand. RasterOps Corp. is at 2500 Walsh Ave., Santa Clara, Calif. Phone (408) 562-4200 or (800) 729- 2656; fax (408) 562-4066. 0 AMUG offers faster Quadra 950 speed Phoenix — The Arizona Macin- tosh Users Group is offeringa Quadra 950 upgrade that boosts the machine’s processor speed to 42 MHz. A standard Quadra 950 is rated at 33 MHz. AMUG offersa conversion whereby it swaps a user’s Quadra logic board for one with several replaced components and a new fan. ‘The result is an increase in perfor- mance of about a 20 percent to 30 percent, according to the user group. AMUG can perform the conver- sion at its facility or at a user’s site for the additional cost of air fare and accommodations. Normally $499, the Quadra 950 upgrade costs $299 until mid-September. Users pay shipping to and from AMUG. AMUG also offers a $499 con- version for the Quadra 700, boost- ing its speed from 25 to 33 MHz. The Arizona Macintosh Users Group is at 4131 N. 24th St. No. A-120, Phoenix, Ariz. 85016. Phone (602) 553-8966; fax (602) 553-8771.c Performance Ethernet {iif 2s. 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Written in ACI US Ine.’s 4th Dimension, REG+ lets users store data about people registering for conferences and workshops, then automatically print badges, tickets and receipts for each participant on a single perforated sheet of paper. Enhancements in Version 2.0, which is available now, include: > Multiple-meeting support. REG+ stores registration informa- tion about multiple meetings in a single database, allowing users to enter data once for a person partici- pating in more than one meeting. > Unlimited participant cate- gories. Users can now define an un- limited number of categories for meet- ing participants, such as member, nonmember, — stu- dent and guest, and then assign different pricing structures to each of those cate- gories. The previ- ous version offered incomplete ro) ) a ies aq | only four prede- Version 2.0 of REG+ lets users store information about mul- tiple meetings, conferences and workshops in one database. fined categories. > New reports. Version 2.0 in- cludes about 15 new financial- report forms. A single-user, single-meeting ver- sion of REG+ that supports up to 300 meeting participants costs $450. A single-user system with unlimited meetings and participants is $1,650; the same system for four networked users is $2,550. A year of automatic upgrades is 20 percent of the pur- chase price. Helst Systems is at 26 Pinewood Drive, Scotia, N.Y. 12302. Phone (518) 384-1353. By Robert Hess Cupertino, Calif. — Chang Labs Inc. has a solution for devel- opers and users curious to see AppleScript put to practical use: TableServer, a program designed to let users swap numerical data between applications. The windowless application functions as a server for columnar data. Applications that are capable T.S. MicroTech’s FanCard cools hot Macs By Robert Hess Torrance, Calif. — T.S. Micro- Tech Inc. has introduced a NuBus- based fan to increase circulation and reduce heat inside Macs. According to the company, heat buildup within a Mac can damage components, and the fans built into Macs can offer insufficient circulation. Intended primarily for Quadra- level Macs that act as video and graphics workstations, the FanCard isa NuBus card with a single or dual fans attached. T.S. MicroTech, which produces similar components for the IBM PC-compatible mar- ket, said the FanCard is virtually silent and requires very little voltage to operate. A FanCard with a single fan sells for $89.95; a dual-fan model is $109.95. T.S. MicroTech Inc. is at 20818 Higgins Court, Torrance, Calif. 90501. Phone (310) 787-1640; fax 10) 787-1647. of sending Apple events may copy | data from their proprietary struc- tures into TableServer tables for transfer to other applications and tab-delimited files. For ex- ample, Chang Labs said, Table- Server could manage lists of inventory items so that a scriptable invoicing system could look up item prices. Chang Labs said TableServer supports the Required, Core and Table suites of AppleScript and can run inas little as 100 Kbytes of memory. The company plans to include TableServer with future scriptable versions of its $495 CeAsT contact manager, as well as offer source code to developers and consultants as both a utility | and learning tool. TableServer sells for $99 but will cost $49 until Macworld Expo in August. Chang Labs Inc. is at 10228 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino, Calif. 95014. Phone (408) 727-8096; fax (408) 252-3081.0 WINDOWS TO AXP You chose Alpha AXP as your next generation of computers for one reason: performance. That’s the very same reason S COMPATIBLE investment. ibil PATHWOR to choose PathWay Access to make the most of your It’s designed from the start for compat- ity with AXP. In fact, PathWay KUP REMOTE BAC 13179 TN3270. JONVHDX WVWSWA/ Access is the most feature-rich, high-performance TCP/IP product to maximize the potential of AXP MAC TO AXP UNIX TO AXP. 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PW bases 1.3-Ghyte MO on Maxoptix mechanism San Francisco — Storage vendor FWB Inc. this week will apparently be first out of the gate with a 1.3-Gbyte magneto-optical drive, using a new Maxoptix mechanism billed as the fastest in its category. ‘The hammerDisk1300FMF, slated to ship in July at $4,999, is based on Maxoptix’s T3-1300 mechanism, which provides an average seek time of less than 19 milliseconds and maximum read transfer rates of 2.2 Mbytes per second. The 5.25-inch drive, which has 4 Mbytes of cache memory built in, will read and write 650-Mbyte cartridges, Maxoptix’s proprietary 1-Gbyte cartridge format and cartridges from other 1,3-Gbyte drives. It will ship with one cartridge; pricing for additional cartridges has not been determined. Maxoptix is one of four vendors that have announced optical mechanisms in the new 1.3- Ghyte capacity (see story, Page 37). Sony Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in April unveiled their OEM drives, which will ship later this year. IBM Corp.'s 1.3-Gbyte optical drive is notavailable in Mac-compatible configurations. FWB Inc. is at 2040 Polk St., Suite 215, San Francisco, Calif, 94109. Phone (415) 474- 8055; fax (415) 775-2125.0 Radius cuts display prices San Jose, Calif. — Radius Inc. last week dropped the prices of its monochrome display systems by as much as 29 percent. ‘The Radius Two-Page Display/21, a 21-inch system with a resolution of 1,152 by 870 has been reduced from $1,399, to $999. The simi- larly configured Two-Page Display/21E, which meets Swedish safety standards for extremely low-frequency and very low-frequency emis- sions, has been lowered from $1,599, to $1,299. The Two-Page Display/19, a 19-inch sys- tem with a resolution of 1,152 by 870, has been cut from $1,099, to $799. In the 15-inch cate- gory, the Full-Page Display has been reduced from $699, to $549. The Radius Pivot, which can display in both portrait and landscape modes, has been lowered from $699, to $549. Both systems offer a resolution of 640 by 870. The Radius systems work with the built-in video of newer Macs. Radius offers adapters for other Macs. Radius Inc. is at 1710 Fortune Drive, San Jose, Calif, 95131. Phone (408) 434-1010; fax (408) 434-0770. 0 ‘The $75 program is made up of two parts: Symposium Creator and Symposium Explorer. Symposium Creator lets users generate pre- sentations by combining existing QuickTime movies, HyperCard stacks, PICT images and text files. The new version gives Symposium designers the ability to create documents that Philmont system helps users build presentations combine graphics and text. Symposium Cre- ator also includes a rudimentary color drawing program for generating shapes such as squares, circles, polygons and ovals. Symposium Explorer is the navigation engine. It allows users to search through presentations by keywords, an alphabetized “This service, provided by contract service providers, is specific to hard ore ps THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU OF WHY WE CREATED A! The image you see over there started out attached to the image you see over here. But as this document made its way down to the printer, the Macintosh it was created on recognized a small problem: 11x17 pages can’t fit through 8% x 11 printers. And so, out came the electronic scissors. Now, if you're like many Macintosh users, you know all about this routine. And you know how it feels to walk into a meeting with a layout that contains hours of blood, sweat and tears, and a fat strip of tape right down the middle. Enough said. Introducing the new ‘ions. Consult the Compaq Castomer Support Center for further detail. COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Laser Printers, A line of machines that can print 11x17 pages in a single pass. And because they come with up to three and may not be available in certain 1992 Compaq Computer Corporation. All Rights Reserved topic index or a graphical map of the presenta- tion. Explorer Version 2.2 also sports a sim- plified interface for the program’s navigation options. Current owners of Philmont Symposium System Version 1.0 can upgrade for free. Runtime versions of Symposium Explorer are $15 per user. The Philmont Software Mill is at 14 Maple Ave., Philmont, N.Y. 12565. Phone (518) 672- 4890 or (800) 527-9199; fax (212) 420-9365. 0 paper trays, these print- ers also let you switch between paper sizes without ever leaving your desk. So you don't have to pull one paper tray out and replace it with another, only to have your neighbor re- peat the process two minutes later. And for raphic los Logica offers PDS cards for more Macs By Carolyn Said Austin, Texas — Logica Research Inc. is now shipping a revamped line of its Logi- Cache accelerators and offering cards for additional Mac models. The 50-MHz 68030 processor direct slot cards are $749, or $899 with a math copro- people whose design ambitions extend be- yond Helvetica Bold, PAGEMARQ Printers offer two ways to ex- pand your type library, eliminating the need to continually download from your Macintosh, gray scales. You can add 1-and 2- MB Programmable Font ‘COMPAQ Registered US. Patent and Trademark Offiew Corporation Product names mentioned herein may bet Modules, and store as many as 40 additional fonts, Or you can add an internal 60-MB Hard Drive, and store every- thing from Avant Garde to Zapf Chancery—as many as 1,500 fonts, All of which print with amazing clarity thanks to the 800x400 dpi high-resolution mode~a feature that de- livers razor-sharp type and graphics as well as smooth, high-definition Of course, the new COMPAQ PAGEMARQ cessor. Previously available only for the Mac Tix, Tex, Isi and SE/30, the PDS cards are now also offered for the Mac II, Ici, [Ivx and Ilvi; Performa 600, 400, 405 and 430; LC, LC II and LC II; and the SE, Classic and Color Classic. Adapters, which sell for $59 each, are 'A PRETTY GOOD IDEA V 11X17 LASER PRINTER. Laser Printers are fully backed by CompaqCare, our extensive service and support program. Which includes a one- year, on-site’ limited warranty as well as un- limited phone support. All at no additional Add on Internal FAX Modem and you can turn your Mac into a personal fax machine. One that will send and receive PostScript quality faxes in any size up to 11x17. charge whatsoever. If you're interested in learning more, sim- ply call 1-800-345-1518 in either the United States or Canada. Weill show you how LOMPAL to keep your big ideas in ‘one piece, At least until your client sees them. A typographer’s dream, these printers can store 1,500 fonts. Of course, not all of us dream about type. In which case, the 35 fonts that come standard are more than adequate. required forall CPUs except the IIci, Ivx, Ilvi and Performa 600. Logica offers 64-Kbyte cache cards for the Ilsi for $179 and the IIci for $169. The com- pany also has a line of FPU (floating-point unit) boards; pricing varies according to market fluctuations. Logica said it plans to release a 25-MHz 68040 PDS accelerator this summer. That card will be priced in the $1,200 range. DiiMO Technologies Inc., based here, for- AI News MACWEEK 06.07.93 merly did engineering work for Logica but is | now selling its own line of accelerators under the | name of DiiMOCache (see MacWEEK, May | 31). DiiMO’s cards are the same design as those | formerly marketed and manufactured by Logi- | ca, which said it is now using a different engi- | neering company for its cards. | Logica Research Inc. is at 8760A Research Blvd., Suite 313, Austin, Texas 78758. Phone (512) 836-2168 or (800) 880-0988; fax (512) 832-1533.0 BRR SI Fas APS to ship 105MB drive Kansas City, Mo. — APS Technologies this month plans to ship a 3.5-inch external SyQuest drive with a capacity of 105 Mbytes per cartridge. The $749 APS SQ 3105, which ships with one cartridge, pro- vides an average seek time of 12 millisec- onds and transfer rates of up to 1.2 Mbytes per second. Additional cartridges are $79. APS Technologies is at 6131 Deramus, P.O. Box 4987, Kansas City, Mo. 64120-0087. Phone (816) 483-6100 or (800) 235-2753; fax (816) 483-3077. Hebrew CD-ROM price drops Chicago — Davka Corp. is making it less expensive to bone up on the Bible and Talmud. Until at least July 15, the company will sell its Judaic Classics Limited Edition CD-ROM, which contains the complete Hebrew text of the Old Testament and the Babylonian Talmud, for $49.95. The disc usually sells for $129. Davka Corp. is at 7074 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60645. Phone (312) 465-4070; fax (312) 262-9298. PaperTemplates series ships Lyndhurst, N.J. — PaperDirect is ship- ping PaperTemplates, a series of software templates pre-formatted for output to the company’s business forms, postcards, certificates and mailing labels. The $39.95 package contains 120 templates that can be opened from within Microsoft Word, Aldus PageMaker and QuarkXPress. PaperDirect is at 205 Chubb Ave., Lynd- hurst, NJ. 07071. Phone (800) 272-7377. News MACWEEK 06.07.93 Property Manager adds templates By Kirsten L. Parkinson Santa Barbara, Calif. — An upgrade of Transoft Property Manager from Transoft Corp. adds a slew of new templates and multi-user support to help prop- erty owners and managers orga- nize their information. Like previous versions, Transoft Property Manager 2.2 combines accounting functions with an ACI US Inc. 4th Dimension database for storing information about ten- | ants, vendors and owners. New | features of Version 2.2 include: | > Multi-user support. The | program now lets as many as 20 users access a central database simultaneously, ‘The previous version supported only single users. > Accounting improvements. New accounting features include built-in 1099 tax forms, support for aging reports, and integrat- ed invoice and purchase-order forms. The pro- | gram automatically calculates late charges and compiles reports up to 50 times faster. > New templates. ‘Transoft Property Man- ager 2.2 adds about 50 new document and Property Manager 2.2 allows as many as 20 users to access infor- mation about tenants, vendors and property owners simultaneously. report templates, including repair notices, rental-agreement forms and holiday messages. A Basic single-user configuration of Prop- erty Manager, which handles as many as 100 housing units, costs $495; a $995 Pro version supports unlimited units. Basic and Pro upgrades are $149 and $195, respectively. Transoft Corp. is at 31 Parker Way, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93101. Phone (805) 963-7181 or (800) 949-6463; fax (805) 963-7178. 0 -Madacon’93 highlights now available on CD-ROM Cupertino, Calif. — Highlights from Feb- | ruary’s Madacon ’93, the fourth annual con- ference for developers using object-oriented | technology, are now available on CD-ROM. | MADA, previously the MacApp Develop- ers Association, is a nonprofit organization of primarily Mac developers. ‘The CD-ROM contains the soundtrack from the show’s keynote address, a QuickTime slide show and audio presentation of the Bedrock development environment, slides from most of the sessions and sample source code from ven- dors who demonstrated technology. The disc is available to MADA members for $95. Membership is $75 a yea! MADA is at 10062 Miller Ave., Suite 202-B, Cupertino, Calif. 95014. Phone (408) 253-2765; fax (408) 253-2767; AppleLink, MADA. ¢ —one of our competitors in a recent ad TransPac releases | word processing tools for Chinese, Japanese — By Lisa Picarille San Jose, — TransPac Software Inc. last week released a trio of foreign- language word processing tools designed for Mac users who need to translate, edit and print documents containing both English text and Japanese- or Chinese-language characters. > Japanese Shasta 1.1 provides on-line English-to-Japanese translation for more than 100,000 words. Shasta parses English words and phrases and displays Japanese definitions. The $195 program, which requires KanjiTalk 6.0.7 or later, can be invoked from any applica- | tion and supports multiple dictionaries. > Japanese TurboWriter 2.2 is a word processor for creating, editing and printing doc- uments containing Japanese and English text. ‘The $295 program, which requires KanjiTalk or Apple’s Japanese WorldScript module, supports avariety of Japanese language features, including vertical text. It offers KanjiTalk in-line conver- sion using Apple’s Kotoeri input method, in which users enter the phonetic spelling of a Japanese word and the program converts the word into the appropriate kanji character. > Traditional Chinese TurboWriter 2.0 provides functionality similar to Japanese TurboWriter. The $395 program, which requires ChineseTalk 6.0.6 or later, offers in- line conversion using a built-in phonetic input method with an 80,000-word dictionary. It is bundled with an English-Chinese dictionary. ‘TransPac Software Inc. is at 4300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 245, San Jose, Calif. 95129. Phone (408) 261-7550; fax (408) 984-6303. 0 We couldn’t agree more. The coolest thing about Stuffit Deluxe is the more you Stuff, the more disk space you have. Enjoy more disk space. Programs today take up enormous amounts of disk space. That’s why file compression has become so popular. And no one compresses tighter or faster than the Eddy award-winning StuffIt Deluxe. Cool. Talk less, say more. Stuff a file before sending it over a modem or network and it will take a fraction of the usual time to get there. And now, Stuffing is as easy as adding “sit” to an item in the Finder. Presto! An archive. Cool. Mactiser Editors Choice. ard for Best Compression Software Access more than just Stuffit archives including PC (Zip and Arc), Unix (tar and compress), and Macintosh .cpt files. Cool. But wait. 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The book also details how to set up an inventory system and analyze profits using the word processing, database, spreadsheet, graphics and communica- tions productivity tools. $24.95 / 400 pages / ISBN 1-55615-388-0 Microsoft Press 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, Wash. 98052-6399 Phone (206) 882-8080 or (800) 677-7377 Fax (206) 936-7329 Using ClarisWorks By Laurie Miller Love This guide to the integrated package offers advice on how to create a sales report, logo and letter- head; amortize a loan; and merge database information with form letters and labels. $22.95 / 434 pages / ISBN 0-201-57017-3 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 1 Jacob Way, Reading, Mass. 01867 Phone (617) 944-3700 or (800) 358-4566 Fax (800) 333-3328 The Macintosh Bible Guide to ClarisWorks By Charles Rubin With sections corresponding to each module of ClarisWorks, this book | attempts to teach the integrated package in small chunks. $22 / 400 pages / 1-56609-051-2 Peachpit Press Inc. 2414 Sixth St., Berkeley, Calif. 94710 Phone (510) 548-4393 or (800) 283-9444 Fax (510) 548-5991 Media: RCD-63 Copacity: 580 MB Time: 63 minutes Price: $39.00 each FOR ONLI@ £41 1s Pinnacle Micro introduces the first affordabl@Mmereon ln cm@a QO Mim Com Grim ae computers. The RCD-202 system comes comMPCMNUMC LECT a CAIRO ICTR ICI CTL that allows you to produce HFS, ISO 9660 ofmetn(m GM TiLTn MUTT CoMm Cm ZUM: the ability to create your own CD's for low cost (MMMM Od) Rac CI MUU CUM I own disk for mass duplication. For more iniQ@utnC mem URC MUU TC a UCM recordable CD-ROM technology call: Te] EE-3 ° 7070 Trademark Owners: RCD and Pinnacle Micro are trademarks of Pinnacle Micro, Inc. MRIS PINNACLE 19 Technology « Irvine, CA 92718 « Int'l (714) 727-3300 » Fax (714) 7B EAB) THE OPTICAL STORAGE COMPANY News MACWEEK 06.07.93 Site licensing saves users more than just money Large companies can reap multiple benefits from site- license contracts. By Larry Stevens ‘The discounts that you get from site licenses are important. But many managers say the administrative advantages are even greater than the cost-savings of discount purchasing. Site licenses used to simply be a means of saving money through volume purchasing. Certainly the 10 percent to 25 percent discount many software companies offer their larger customers is nothing to sneeze at. But recent site-license contracts also save on administra- tive overhead by reducing the cor- poration’s need to store, distribute and monitor software. By offering applications on CD- ROM instead of in shrink-wrapped boxes and providing relatively easy ways to license individual users and distribute software, software vendors increase the value of their site licenses. Administrative costs. “There are two costs to acquiring software: the cost of the packages themselves and the cost of administering and distributing the packages,” said Michael Gravis, a management analyst at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC). “The older site licenses helped with the first cost. Finally, we have licenses that also assist in the administrative area.” Software vendors, who have fielded complaints from corporate customers for years about the bur- den of administrating the flood of shrink-wrapped packages, are final- ly beginning to do something about the problem. Several publishers, including Claris Corp., Word- Perfect Corp., Microsoft Corp. and even Apple, are offering new or improved license contracts to light- en the administrative load on infor- mation technology departments (see story, Page 18). About his Site Management Program (SMP) from Claris, Gravis said, “It certainly gives us an upfront savings, but that’s mini- mal.” Yet he said that as a result of the contract, his company will enjoy a $60,000 annual savings resulting from a more efficient means of distributing and monitor- ing software. While MWRDGC wants its Mac and IBM PC and compatible users to try out new categories of software, it prefers that they stan- Tow N/R David W. Smith, vice president of information technology at PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, hopes that encouraging employees fo access software from one vendor will put them in a better position to collaborate with each other. bottom line was we needed at least one full-time person. With salary and benefits, we figured $60,000.” The Claris SMP eliminates most of the administrative costs for MWRODGC Itis server-accessible | and comes as a CD-ROM instead | of in shrink-wrapped boxes, saving dardize on a limited number of packages. It also has to prevent users from placing unlicensed soft- ware on their hard disks. Gravis looked at the cost of inventory, considered the adminis- trative burden of tracking CPU ser- ial numbers and calculated the labor hours necessary to make peri- odic audits of machines. He also estimated the time and morale cost of taking administrative action against employees who violated software license agreements. Although it may be an unusual step at most companies, Gravis said he would have had to hire someone to administer software licenses. “The warehouse space. MWRDGC per- mits and even encourages users to copy any software onto their hard drive, so piracy is not an issue. MWRDGC urges users to stan- dardize on Claris products because they’re easier to acquire than other publishers’ software. The only requirement for users See Site licenses, Page 18 Calendar of Events JUNE 2: MacFair LA ’93, Los ence co-sponsored by Apple. Contact Los Angeles Macintosh Group at (818) 574-8047; fax (818) 574-5028. America at (703) 648-1000; fax (703) 648-1333. 8620; fax (703) 522-0241. ence, San Francisco. Conference Angeles. Exposition and confer- 12-116: Nexpo, New Orleans. Newspaper technical trade show. Formerly the American Newspaper Publishers Association conference. Contact Newspaper Association of 13-17: Electronic Messaging 93: The Decade Ahead, Atlanta. Tenth annual conference of the Electronic Mail Association. Contact the Elec- tronic Mail Association at (703) 875- 14-115: The Outsourcing Confer- exploring the opportunities, strate- gies and realities of outsourcing. Con- tact Digital Consulting Inc. at (508) 470-3880; fax (508) 470-0526. 14+ 116: Client/Server World, Boston. Conference on technical and managerial issues of client-server opplications and networks. Contact Digital Consulting Inc. at (508) 470- 3880; fax (508) 470-0526. 14-117: MicroSystems Forum, San Jose, Calif. Conference, expo and seminars on emerging alterna- fives in key areas of microcomputer design, including wireless communi- cations and microprocessors for personal digital assistants. Contact MicroDesign Resources at (707) 823- 4004 or (800) 527-0288; fax (707) 823-0504. 14-17: Object World, San Francisco. Object-oriented pro- gramming technology conference and exhibition. Contact IDG World Expo Corp. at (508) 879-6700 or (800) 225-4698; fax (508) 872-8237. 16-18: MacHack, Ann Arbor, Mich. Technical conference for Mac developers. Contact Expotech Inc. at (313) 882-1824; fax (313) 882-6942. 16-18: Enterprise '93, Boston. Conference and exhibition on “critical business issues” facing the enterprises of the ’90s. Contact IDG World Expo Corp. at (508) 879- 6700 or (800) 225-4698; fax (508) 872-8237. 21-23: Mobile Computing Forum, Dallas. Conference for corporate end users, government consultants and systems integrators. includes hands-on demonstrations of new mobile-computing and wireless- technology products. Contact Dataquest Inc. at (805) 298-3262 or (800) 457-8233; fax (805) 298-4388. 22-23: Los Angeles Lop & Palmtop, "93, Anaheim, Calif. Portable com- puting and communications exposi- | tion and conference. Contact Laptop Expositions at (212) 682-7968; fax (212) 867-8277. 23-26: Digital World '93, Beverly Hills, Calif. Seybold conference and showcase on multimedia. Contact Sey- bold Seminars at (310) 457-8500 or (800) 433-5200; fax (310) 457-8599. JULY 29-1: Mactvity, San Jose, Calif. Conference and exposition on Macin- tosh networking. Contact Winehouse Computer Co. at (408) 354-2500 or (800) 798-2928; fax (408) 354-2571. 29-1: PC Expo, New York. Contact Bruno Blenheim at (201) 346-1400 or (800) 829-3976; fax (201) 346-1602. Please submit notices of conferences, trade shows and other Mac-related events to: Calendar, MacWEEK, 301 Howard St., 15th floor, San Francisco, Calif. 94105, or fax to (415) 243-3650. No training or educational seminars please. “THE BOTTOM LINE The HP ScanJet Ic sets a new stan- dard for affordable color scanners. Its engine is fast and well-engineered, and HP's innovative color-callibration soft ware makes hassle-free, “true”-color scans a reality. Prices at less than $2,000, the HP ScanJet Ic is a best buy in its class. iy TOP-NOTCH HARDWARE WINN To test the HP ScanJet IIc, we used the same set of tests we used for our most recent color-scanner lab report. The results showed HP's new scan- ne ner to be the class in both and software. The ScanJet impresses from the moment you open the box.’ Other and black-and-white photos, the ScanJet IIp is an exceptional product. The scanner is just 16 inches.|c . EAMED WITH INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE MAKES HP'S NEW COLOR SCANNER A WINNER. _ The HP ScanJet IIc uses a one-pass scanning method that makes it one of the fastest color scanners we've seen. (It also provides time-saving color previews that dynamically display any changes you make to the scan, such as exposure, hue, and saturation modification. 44 We were extremely impressed...7” We'd hate to brag. So we'll let the Mac press do it for us. Macworld awarded both the HP ScanJet IIc and IIp their World Class Award, and named the HP ScanJet IIc as the Best Color Scanner for 1992, and the HP ScanJet IIp as the Best Black & White/ Gray-Scale Scanner. While MacWeek gave their prestigious Diamond Award to the HP ScanJet IIc. HP ScanJet Ic Speed. Simplicity. And accuracy were all applauded. It’s no wonder. HP's single-pass scanning delivers both lightning-fast speed and precise color regis- tration. TWAIN support allows scanning without having to switch between applications. And HP AccuPage technology with 400-dpi resolution can tackle the toughest OCR challenges. What's more, capabilities this advanced have never been this affordable. List price on the HP ScanJet IIc is just HP ScanJet IIp ING COMBINATION scanners use a removable screw that locks the scan head for shipping, but HP uses a locking lever that's built into the scan-/ elf. There's no screw to lose, and the lever is so easy to use that you'll find yourself locking the scan head more often, thereby increasing its life span. best in its hardware -y showed the HP ScanJet Ic to be a top performer. In addition to i eral olocsed beck ands eee ie (00 inecsntue aon anileeed! ehecemming software, HRMS eauIee Nc can’ciBe beat. , Hewlett-Packard's ScanJet Ip sets a new standard for afford- able desktop gray-scale scanners, a Ea ae $1,599. The HP ScanJet IIp is just $879. And right now, the HP ScanJet IIc includes Adobe™ Photoshop LE. Impressed? Don't just take our word for it, or even the Mac press’s. Attend one of our scanning semi- nars that will be held April through September, 1993. To find out more about the HP ScanJet IIc and IIp or seminars in your area, call 1-800- SCANJET, Ext. 7364” And judge for yourself. G HEWLETT PACKARD News Oy WACWEEK 06.07.93 New licensing options Software companies are offering new software licenses to accommodate users’ changing needs. Microsoft Select was developed “in response | to changing needs of information technology organization,” according to John Mutch, director of enterprise marketing for Redmond, Wash.- | based Microsoft Corp. As a greater percentage of personal computers are networked and as corporations try to control worldwide divisions, they need a more efficient way to buy software. The first phase of the project makes it easier to acquire products. Phase 2 will provi mation on CD-ROM databases about Microsoft's and other companies’ products. A final phase “will bring Microsoft into a strategic relationship with its customers,” according to Mutch. WordPerfect Corp.’s Customer Advantage Program (CAP) allows corporate customers to place all their WordPerfect versions (for differ- ent platforms and different languages) on any network in the company. Each month, customers pay a fee based on their “high watermark,” the maximum number of users who accessed the program simultaneously. Even Apple reportedly has begun a pilot pro- ject in which site licenses for System 7.1 are sold to selected customers (see MacWEEK, April 19). Claris Corp.'s Site Management Program is sev- eral years old, but, until April, Claris considered each product separately to determine eligibility for discounts. Now Claris combines all products — both Mac and Windows versions — in its suite for determining eligibility for the service, as welll as the level of volume discount. — By Larry Stevens If youre not using MacIools, this is how your disk is being repaired. Other utilities try and patch your disk. We'll rebuild it. Only MacTools* has catalog rebuild capabilities to fix complex catalog damage, large hard drives, and root folder problems. But don’t take our word for — 1-800-289-9316 Ext.3 ification purpoies only, ©1993 Central Point Seftore, In. some directory damage on my hard drive that Disk Doctor (Norton Utilities) reported it was unable to repair.” There’s even a 60-day money-back guarantee. Call now for a ry competitive upgrade for $49.95" or see your near- it. MACWORLD said “DiskFix (MacTools) repaired 9 est dealer. And get your disk fixed once and for all. Site licenses is that they report any software they copy toa manager. Once a month, Gravis tallies the number of Claris products his users copied onto their drives and reports the number to Claris, which then bills the company. From Page 16 Improved productivity and synergy. David W. Smith, vice president of informa- tion technology at PPG Industries Inc. of —_| Pittsburgh, said that while volume discount was an advantage, the main reason he signed up for Microsoft Select was “to improve pro- ductivity by encouraging our users to move toward more uniformity in software choices. Smith said that in the past, “100 software acquisitions meant 100 buying decisions.” Now, whenever one of PPG’s 12,000 person- al computer users need software, they just take it off the CD-ROM and report the action. An added advantage is that by encouraging users to access software from one vendor, employees are in a better position to collabo- rate with each other. Gravis found a similar advantage from his site-license agreement. “We can piggyback the users’ natural curiosity to try out new programs. With our site-license program, we foster synergy instead of taking expensive meme tor nibier he said. | Upgrades. Most site licenses include an optional maintenance agreement that pro- vides free, automatic upgrades. Steve Birgfeld, manager of computing stan- | dards and support at Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va., said that the ability to upgrade at will is one of the main advantages _| of buying site licenses. “Our upgrade is based | on our resources and the needs of our users. The site license removes the financial incen- tive or disincentives to upgrade.” Brad Jackman, director of large-account sales at WordPerfect in Orem, Utah, pointed out that most corporations don’t upgrade their entire enterprise all at once. Typically, they upgrade department by departmentas the training and support services become avail- able. While a major upgrade is often adminis- tratively difficult, “a maintenance agreement eliminates one major headache — acquiring the upgrade packages,” Jackman said. Beyond discounts, site licenses that pro- vide software on CD-ROM and allow the applications to be placed on servers are so different from older ones that merely offer _| discounts on 10-packs or 100-packs, vendors prefer using alternative names for the agree- ment. While it is easy to suspect gimmick: when hearing phrases like “product acquisi- tion programs,” there is substance to the claim that these agreements are radically changing the way software is purchased by larger customers. 0 Tota arta eo ou mt ey ine proery of te specs omar. © 1989 NEC ace. ne It's real, it's a $100 check—and it says you can afford 24-bit color. If you thought you couldn't afford true 24-bit color, you need a Reality Check. Here’s how you get one. Just buy an NEC MacFG™ 24Xp Color Display Interface Card for your 15” or 17” MultiSync® FG™ or FGe™ color monitor before June 30, 1993*—and we'll give you $100. The MacFG 24Xp is a great deal. And it’s even better now since it’s only $399 after the rebate*” Multiple resolutions and more. The 24Xp maximizes the MultiSync monitor's performance for all your advanced graphics needs. It gives you incredible photo-realistic color, includes built-in QuickDraw™ acceleration and it is designed to maximize the FullScan™ dimensions of MultiSync monitors. Moreover, its switch-on-the-fly capability allows easy switching of display modes without restarting your system. For promotion details. See your NEC dealer or call 1-800-NEC-INFO. For information via fax, call NEC FastFacts™ at 1-800-366-0476, request document 11 and 349701. If you're thinking of buying a 24-bit color card from someone else, you really do need a Reality Check! Because % is the way you want to go. NEC one 161" Manse FG 0 Fe mentor chavs oy ne 90,199, edengten tens mabe soured ty 718793. Mandate’ xtra sng pes aerabate MAAS «opted vadrar and FO, Mac. FG, FulScn od Fata we demas NEC Teenie. Alter adres Gateways MSA to split up Network SuperVisor Novell bundles WAN Links with _ NetWare MultiProtocol Router Smaller, specialized programs result By Leonard Heymann Pittsburgh — Shirking an all-in- one strategy, Management Science Associates Inc. is dividing up its Net- work SuperVisor administration program to give users the option of ing only the tools they need. MSA this summer plans to launch a family of Network SuperVisor products from its CSG Technolo- gies Division, beginning with the LANscape mapping program due at the end of June for $295. In August MSA expects to unveil separate offerings that will gather an invento- ty of network devices and analyze those assets. The new series of products offers users more flexibility and reduces memory requirements, the company said. The current Network SuperVi- sor 2.0 requires at least 3 Mbytes of RAM because it is an integrated product built on top of ACI US Inc.’s 4th Dimension database. > LANscape. The first of the new products includes a network schematic application that is known as the Topology Editor in the com- hined package. It learns the config- uration and status of client Macs via a SuperVisor Responder extension 3rd Floor Topology/ Physical ACHE Internationa Pittsburgh Site Physical AppleTalk Network Schematic CB sd Floor Phone Cable LeealTak East Ving Conference Room Rereareh LAD z= LANscape, the first of a trio of forthcoming Network SuperVisor products, creates a net- = = aes C2 | work schematic that can be enhanced with drawing tools to reflect an actual floor plan. or the Apple Responder and draws a map of the network. When devices go down, their icons turn gray and can trigger alarms. > LANwatch. Formerly known as the Network Control Center, this application gathers data from the client Responders and produces reports on designated groups of Macs. Network addresses and mon- itors have been added to the list of features than can be scanned. Pric- ing has not been determined. > ASSETbase. The database portion of Network SuperVisor runs faster after it was rewritten with Version 3.0 of 4th Dimension, according to MSA. Information News Analysis By Nathalie Welch Exchanging X.400 text messages is possible for most Mac users only through their LAN-based clectron- ic-mail packages. Buta newerimple- mentation of the mail and messag- ing standard is bringing advanced X.400 E-mail and other new services right to the Mac desktop. ‘An advanced X.400 implementa- tion would Jet users create il containing both text and graphics, ss an integrated enterprisewide 00 directory service to address the message, or choose alternate delivery methods. Users could also receive work-flow information per- taining to the status of a project and In the world of X.400 messaging — 1988 is still in the near future access off-line message repositories from their desktops. Bur the catch is that products sup- porting the new services are just now becoming available, especially for the | Mac managers, therefore, must miliarize themselves with the new 400 implementation to dec when and how they will move to it. | | | | Global mail network. Origi nally established in 1984 by the Committee Interna- aph and Telephone, the X.400 standard specifies a format for E-mail addresses that lets mail systems and gateways See X.400, Page 22 from LANwatch can be imported into ASSETbase, where it can be analyzed and used to create custom reports and graphs. Pricing has not been set. Management Science Associates Inc. isat 30 William Penn Place, Suite 329, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219. Phone (412) 471-7170; fax (412) 471-7173. 0 > Networking j > Communications | | By April Streeter | Provo, Utah — Novell Inc. | | last week rolled its multiprotocol and wide-area routing software into a single package and added ‘| | source-route bridging for token- ring networks. NetWare MultiProtocol Router Plus 2.1 now combines AppleTalk, IPX (Internetwork Packet Ex- "| | change), TCP/IP and Open Sys- tems Interconnection routing with H | bridging for nonroutable proto- | cols, such as IBM Corp.’s Systems Network Architecture. Plus 2.1 also includes Novell’s WAN Links, which allows wide- area bridging or routing via X.25 or with synchronous connections using the Point-to-Point Protocol. Plus 2.1 is available now for $1,495. Previously, the two programs cost $2,290 together. WAN Links’ wide-area _rout- ing software previously required a Novell NetWare server to oper- ate. The new version, however, may be run on any dedicated IBM PC or compatible on a Net- Ware network. For setting up | a wide-area connection, Novell currently supports only its own $1,195 Sync/+ adapter cards, which must be installed at both ends of the connection. Novell said it will add the Apple Update-based Routing Protocol to the next upgrade of the multi- protocol router, which is due before the end the year. Support for asynchronous dial-in and the AppleTalk Remote Access Proto- col are also in the works, Novell | officials said. Current users who wish to add Version 2.1’s bridging without adding WAN Links will pay $299. Version 2.1 Plus upgrades are $749. | Novell Inc. is at 122 East 1700 | South, Provo, Utah 84606. | Phone (801) 429-7000; fax (801) | By April Streeter Danvers, Mass. — Axis Commu- nications Inc. this week is shippinga print server that lets Macintosh users on an EtherTalk network share parallel or serial printers. Hardware to connect The NPS 550 has one RS-232 serial and two Centronics parallel ports for connecting printers to AppleTalk, NetWare or TCP/IP- based Ethernet networks. Thin-net and 10BASET ports also are printers to Ethernet 1Supports to LocalTalk devices. ttSupports up to four Local Talk devices. "Supports up to six LocalTalk devices. **Supports up to eight LocalTalk devices. 453-1267.0 Axis puts new spin on Ethernet print servers included in the device. It will cost $695, which is atthe high end of the price spectrum for similar products (see chart below). Mac users can choose a spooling option when sending print jobs to an NPS 550-connected printer to | achieve average throughput of 30 | Kbps. According to Axis, this is more than [5 times faster than rates achieved by competing print servers with serially connected printers. In spooler mode the server does not send back its normal status mes- sages, however. Individual printers connected to the network via the NPS 550. nay be password-protected. The Peg erericatl be adaanisceelt over the network. | NES 550 supports PostScript and Hewlett-Packard PCL printers. It also supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). Four LEDs indicate power and print job status. Axis Communications In subsidiary of Axis Commur n AB of Lund, Sweden, is at 99 Rosewood Drive, Suite 170, Dan- vers. Mass. 01923. Phone (508) 777-7957; fax (508) 777-9905. 0 a att spay ange. fo sponurpm pat aosruepeas un samp pe oun prcug py Ayo) zrury fo yarucpms va pony uy AR) MOY 7661) [ ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY FOR LASER PRINTERS. ] Asante now takes Ethernet all the way to your laser printer. The proven leader in Macintosh® networking now offers more Ethernet® solutions than ever. Introducing AsantéPrint;" the simplest way to connect up to 2 Local- Talk™ laser printers or other devices directly to a high-speed Ethernet network. The reliable EtherTalk to LocalTalk converter. AsantéPrint has no switches to set or installation soft- ware to load, so it works right out of the box. And, unlike other converters of its kind, AsantéPrint has no necessary power-up sequence. Because of this, it’s the only EtherTalk-to-Local Talk converter that is capable of unat- tended recovery after a power outage. AsantéPrint is so simple, it’s perfect for small net- works. It’s also ideal for more sophisticated networks when combined with AsantéPrint management software. This combination offers you management and security features which provide an unparal- leled level of control over all your Ethernet and LocalTalk connections. TNASANIE The security software assigns passwords to any or all of your connected LocalTalk devices, and even allows you to specify passwords for specific LocalTalk classes such as color printers or dial-out modems. So you can protect peripherals from unauthorized or accidental access. Asanté. All the right connections. Asanté™ has a reputation for producing compatible, reliable networking products. We offer a full family of best-selling Ethernet and Token Ring® i” » wa adapter cards for PCs and Macs®. Anda full line of intelligent and non-intelligent 10BaseT hubs. Now we're taking Ether- net all the way to your laser printer. ‘Worldwide Market Share |Of Mac Ethernet Cards, 1991 AsantéPrint. The latest innovation in | 5 Asn m Apple® am Cabletron m3Com mi Farallon Dayna mm Others 1m Shiva Ethernet solutions from the company with all the right connections. Catan nt Zz Resellers: Asanté products are available from Ingram Micro, Merisel and Tech Data. ALL THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS™ [ Asanté Technologies, 821 Fox Lane, San Jose, CA 95131, 800-662-9686 or 408-435-8388 ] Gateways MACWEEK 06.07.93 X.400 From Page 20 exchange messages without under- standing their contents. Itis com- pliant with the Open System Inter- connection reference model for global communications and in- cludes support for an X.25 packet- switched network or asynchronous dial-up lines. In 1988 the CCITT revisited the X.400 specification and produced an interlocking set of new or improved functions, including transmitting and redirecting multi- media documents, tapping integrat- ed X.500 directory services, and accessing off-line Message Store repositories. These new functions can be directly accessed froma user’s desktop. Other benefits of the 1988 revision include E-mail security features and the capability to transport Electronic Data Inter- change and voice mail over an X.400 backbone. “Companies don’t need to rush 1988 X.400 migration if they are personally enjoying their current setup,” said Daniel Blum, princi- pal at Rapport Communication, a consulting company in Takoma Park, Md., that developed a report on 1988 X.400 migration for the Electronic Mail Association of Arlington, Va. “But ifa company is just starting from scratch and has done little with X.400 at this point,” Blum said, “it would be like buying a used car to imple- ment 1984.” ‘Many people, however, do buy used cars. Frank Prabel, a product manager with Apple’s Enterprise Systems Division, said, “More than 90 percent of X.400 customers are using com- ponents based on the older 1984 implementation.” 1984 specification. In No- vember Apple released its $3,000, single-connection MacX.400 SD (Single Domain) and its $5,000, multiple-domain MacX.400 servers, both of which are based on the 1984 specification. Instead of Apple developing User Agents (UAs) to its servers, client access is provided by third-party E-mail packages that require gateways to move the mail from the Mac- intosh E-mail server to the Mes- sage Transfer Agent (MTA). UAs are the client components used to create and read mail, while MTAs transport the messages. Gateways for Apple’s MacX.400 servers include InterCon Systems Corp.’s Dispatcher/MacX.400 con- nection to CE Software Inc.’s QuickMail, as well as StarNine Technologies Inc.’s forthcoming Mail*Link gateways for QuickMail and Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks. The gateways, like the Apple MacX.400 servers, are based on the 1984 X.400 implementation. To take advantage of 1988 X.400 functionality, native UAs must reside on the Mac desktop. “Basically, migration from 1984 to 1988 will not have a big impact on products that are seeing the X.400 backbone through a gateway,” Blum said. But since existing E-mail systems will be around for quite some time, customers are likely to still value the X.400 gateways for Mac-based E-mail packages. “People will gradually realize the benefits of native X.400 user agents, which are no degradation or loss of information through the gateways,” Prabel said. “There- fore, the gateway market will start declining as the native UA market ramps up.” Prabel expects X.400 customers to migrate to 1988 specification in the 1994-95 time frame. “This is when Apple is planning to migrate to 1988. Apple will probably offer an update for customers who already have MacX.400,” Prabel said. ences, Apple’s 1988 X.400 update solu- tions are likely to include third- party components. “Apple is cur- rently considering getting parts of source code from an external X.400 supplier,” Prabel said, “because productizing the 1988 X.400 specs is such a vast undertaking.” First with Mac access. In July, Los Angeles-based Isocor is expected to ship whatit claims is the first 1988 UA for the Mac. Iso- pro for Macintosh will bring core features such as E-mail, file transfer and multimedia document handling directly to the Mac desktop (see MacWEEK, April 12). David Knight, Isocor vice presi- dent of sales and marketing, said that although the Mac audience is just now warming up to X.400, sev- eral companies have invested heavi- ly to bring out 1988 X.400-based messaging servers. Rapport’s Blum said: “Most of the native X.400 products coming outare 1988-compliant. Iam not even sure if there are any native 1984 X.400 products running on the Mac, just gateways. The ones coming out now are all 1988.” The Wollongong Group of Palo Alto, Calif., recently released its PathWay Messenger client, which, when used with its PathWay Mes- saging Services mail server, lets Mac users exchange E-mail with X.400 message-handling systems. “PathWay Messaging supports the Message Transfer Kernel listed in the functional group profile for 1988 X.400 MTAs,” said Doug Ambort, PathWay Messaging product manager, “and we are well on the way to full migration to 1988, but in no way is ita full implementation of 1988; that is just not possible yet.” WorldTalk Corp. of Los Gatos, Calif, has an X.400 gateway based on the 1988 implementation, but it still brings Mac users into the cor- porate backbone via Mac E-mail packages such as Microsoft Mail and QuickMail. “Our WorldTalk 400 Gateway is a full implementation of 1988 X.400, which could be expanded,” said Mark Stieglitz, vice president of marketing at WorldTalk. “But nobody has written programs that would expand even the basic new features of 1988 X.400, such as keeping track of attachment names as it goes through the gateway.” Companies must migrate. Before being able to reap the bene- fits of the expanded standard, com- panies would have to migrate to 1988 X.400 components, including messaging backbones, gateways and user interfaces, “We had been using a 1984 X.400 gateway for MCI from Soft-Switch since 1989,” said Steve York, manager of enterprise infrastructure support at Hughes Aircraft Co.’s Long Beach, Calif.- based Enterprise Information Sys- tems Division, which has about 1,500 Macs and 2,500 IBM PCs or compatibles. “We wanted to go to an in-house backbone, and it made sense to go with the newer 1988 standard.” York said that with native 1988 X.400 UAs and native MTAs his company did not have to con- tend with complicated gateway technology. “A higher degree of functionality and robustness is possible when you don’t have gateways,” he said. York said that functions his company would like to see on the desktop include support for X.500, object identifiers, transfer of multimedia documents, as well as messag- ing security Companies that fail and authenti- i cation.“We to migrate could find are looking to eae oe artis their mission-critical process in the ' secondhalfof Messaging systems no Cae por longer supported. throughput and reliability are the key things I am looking to 1988 X.400 to provide.” Paying the piper. The costs associated with migrating to, or building from scratch, a 1988 X.400 system can include planning and evaluation, direct purchase costs, deployment and conversion costs, maintenance costs, and costs associ- ated with retraining users and administrators. “Tf talking about a smaller envi- ronment, costs could be between $5,000 to $10,000 for a new low-end 1988 X.400 server,” Rapport’s Blum said. “But fora large multinational corporation with multiple gateways to many proprietary E-mail systems, it could get into six or seven figures.” Although the cost of a move to the new standard is high, compa- nies that fail to migrate could find their mission-critical messaging systems no longer being supported. “The risks of not migrating are in several areas,” Blum said. “As more and more products and trad- ing partners start using 1988 tech- niques, things won’t translate well.” Blum said another risk is product obsolescence because older, propri- etary directory synchronization utilities must be made to coexist with new X.500 products. 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