MacWorld 8412 December 1984

December 1984 $4.00 Canada $4.75 Have Your aggedk J Your Mac Today? ae ps to Save Time And MONEY, facintosh Run Better Laine AAAAAAAAAA Kids Draw 1 Move Into MacStation! It's two walls and a roof where every Macintosh should live. With plenty of storage space for a printer, disk drive, modem and manuals. Anda place your pet mouse can hide! It's MacStation. An integrated workstation that’s at home in offices, dorm rooms or dens. And a terrific way to save valuable desk-top real estate, Adjustable shelves let you rearrange the rooms the way you like. ‘The roof doubles as a handy printer stand. With attic space to store continuous form paper. Plus MacStation is ventilated. To keep Macintosh cool. And with the large front door, you can easily take Mac out fora walk. ‘You don’t have to mortgage your house to buy one, either. Because you can get MacStation for only $95* at your favorite Apple store. Give your Macintosh a good home! For more information call: 1-800-547-4000, Dept. 407 (In Oregon or outside USA: Call 1-503-684-3000, Dept. 407) AL ra é T™ “This is our suggested retail price. MicroRain's 2000 dealers ‘nationwide set the actual selling price. Apple is registered trademark and Macintosh a trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc Tecmar Sweetens Macintosh with Hard Disk Power Mac Drive Tecmar’s Mac Drive gives you a 10 megabyte With Tecmar’s Mac Drive... fixed hard disk or a 5 megabyte removable hard disk. You can add a 5 megabyte e Your Macintosh runs much removable hard disk to either of the above. faster than with the built-in floppy. e Mac Drive will provide up to 38 times more storage than floppies. ¢ You can minimize the use of floppies. e You can access files and save time by loading programs from Mac Drive. e You can take your removable Mac Drive cartridge with you for added security. Tecmar Sweetens Apples™ Tecmar Inc, 6225 Cochran Road Solon (Cleveland), Ohio 44139-3377 Phone:(216)349-0600 Telex: 466692 Circle 14 on reader service card MACWORLD December 1984 The Macintosh"Magazine Getting Started Review 44 Have You Hugged Your Mac Today? 70 Shifting into Overdrive Gordon McComb Danny Goodman Presenting preventive maintenance A detailed examination of three hard tips for keeping your Macintosh disk systems and the ways they can healthy and active. help improve your productivity with 60 Get Info the Macintosh. Lon Poole 86 Microsoft BASIC Comes of Age Macworla’s tutor answers questions from readers about the Mac. Sharon Zardetto Aker The new MBASIC 2.0 enables you to write a variety of programs that take advantage of the Mac’s unique work environment. 102 Going to the Oracle to Make a Sale Bill Grout An analysis of Sales Edge, a sales advisor that counsels you on dealing with tough customers. 116 Macware News Edited by Erfert Nielson Announcements of the latest developments in Macintosh software, hardware, and accessories. AAAAAAL AAG Do you frequently see the “disk full” message on your Mac's screen? Read “Shifting Into Overdrive” on page 70 to find out whether you need a bard disk system. 126 142 154 166 180 Hands On The Voyage of Sonar Sub Rob Dickerson Journey 20,000 bytes under the sea with your Macintosh and an arcade- style game created with MBASIC 2.0. Spreadsheets Printed in Style Lon Poole Here’s how to use Muttiplan’s special printing options to customize your worksheets. Open Window Edited by Daniel Farber An exchange of Macintosh discoveries. Community Into the Mouth of the M.A.U.G. Jeffrey Young A look at what it’s like to join the information network society. Macworld Gallery Edited by Erfert Nielson An exhibition of Macintosh graphics, including a special display of children’s art. Photo/illustration credits Apple Computer, Inc., 36; Jobn Hersey, 34-37, 103; The Image Bank, 126-127, 166-167; George Steinmetz, 9, 15, 60; ‘red Stimson, cover, 44-53, 70-73. 195 196 Columns The Macintosh Is Here to Stay David Bunnell Note Pad Ted Nace The Vows of Software Development Letters Macworld View Edited by Janet McCandless News and notes for the Macintosh community, including a special update on the 512K Mac. Indexes Products Advertisers Macworld 3 If you're planning to purchase or upgrade 10 @ 512K Mac, see this month's Macworld View on page 34. MACWORLD Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Andrew Fluegelman Editor: Kearney Rietmann Associate Editor: Daniel Farber Assistant Fditor: Adrian Mello Editorial Manager: Janet McCandless Editorial Assistant: Exfert Nielson Copy Editor: Frances Grimble Assistant to the Editors: Heidi Mitchell Contributing Editors: Danny Goodman, Lon Poole, Jeffrey S. Young Art Associate Publisher: Jacqueline Poitier Designer: Marjorie Spiegelman Associate Designer; Dennis McLeod Art Director: Brace Charonnat Design Associates: Leslie Barton, Holly Douglas, Donna Sharee, Molly Windsor-McLeod Assistant to the Art Director: Nan Cassady Production Production Director: Herbert Linden Senior Production Manager: Frances Mann Production Manager: Lee R. Trevino: Editorial Production Manager: Ellyn L. Hament Production Editor: James Felici Ad Traffic Coordinator: Jayne Boyer Telecommunicators: Mark L. Duran, Susan M. Ford Publishing Publisher: David Bunnell Special Projects: Susan Keller Communications: Noreen A. 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Microsoft® BASIC is the language than ever with the advanced spoken by nine out of ten microcom- trace command. San ae ; ‘ , puters worldwide. It’s the ngog It's no wonder Microsoft is the most with the most programs written for it. logical choice for the Macintosh. So if you want to access the power of your Macintosh” only one language makes the most sense. Mac's first language, Microsoft BASIC. Not only is it the industry standard, it’s the most advanced BASIC for Macintosh. It lets you add mouse commands. Graphics. Windows. Change type fonts and styles. Customize menus. Incorporate music and sound effects. Write your own dialog boxes. Basically, it lets you take advantage of everything that makes Mac ‘Mac: It makes editing programs as easy MICRESSOFT,. Weve as cutting and pasting and pointing The High Performance Software WTitten more and clicking. Debugging is easier Macintosh programs than any other software company. Including Mac's spreadsheet, Multiplan? So if you want to get the most out of your Macintosh, call (800) 426-9400 for the name of your nearest Microsoft dealer. In Washington State, \laska, Hawaii and Canada, call (206) fan ate registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation isa trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Ine "Tis the season Last season, you couldn't celebrate MacMania because there was no Macintosh” Thats all changed now. Out of respect for your unbridled love of the Macintosh (and ours, too), we've created even more insanely wonder- ful ways to enhance its remarkable performance. With five easy-to-use, useful and totally capti- vating products that make great gifts. All designed to the Macintosh’s high standards for quality and relia- bility. Priced to please the most discriminating Macintosh lover. Mac-Daisywheel- Connection... Now, with the Mac: Daisywheel - Connection, your Macintosh can print with any popular daisywheel letter- quality printer. Like the Apple Daisywheel Printer, the Brother (HR Series), the C-Itoh (Starwriter), the Daisywriter, the Diablo, the NEC Spinwriter, and the Qume (Letterpro and Sprint 11 Series) — just to name a few. The Mac: Daisywheel - Connection gives you complete flexi- bility. You can keep your daisywheel and dot matrix printers connected to your Macintosh at all times. Just point and click to the printer you want to use, The Mac: Daisywheel - Connection is ideal for business corre- spondence, reports, legal docu- ments and even spread- sheets. It lets you print a full 15” paper width, It comes complete with a program disk, a quick start-up guide and an inter- face cable. List price $99. Mac-Spell-Right.. With Mac- Spell- Right, you can easily eliminate all the woes associated with checking and correcting spelling, This powerful new application program automatically does the work for you. Get the power of Webster's Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus with the click of a button. Because Mac- Spell -Right works directly within MacWrite™ and tuns transparently while you work, you never have to switch back and forth between disks and programs. ‘Think of how your productivity will improve. It won't take nearly as long to check and edit documents once you add “Spell” to the MacWrite menu bar, And you may even find yourself with a little extra time on your hands to expand your vocabulary. Mac+ Spell - Right gives you alternate word choices, too. List price $89. Mac-Epson-Connection.. ‘Thanks to the Mac- Epson - Connection, you can now use Epson dot matrix printers with your Macintosh* Our new driver for high quality dot matrix printers will drive you wild, especially when you see how graphic te eo. 4 oon. ets for MacMani your graphics look and how professional your texts look. Nothing could be simpler or faster (at 160 characters per second). And it takes only 30 seconds to transfer the software to your 34%" diskettes or hard disks. The Mac-Epson- Connection is totally versatile, too. Anything you can print on the Imagewriter™ you can print on an Epson. The Mac: Epson - Connection is compatible with any soft- ware that runs between the Macintosh and the Imagewriter. ‘The Mac: Epson - Connection comes with a program disk, a quick start-up guide and an interface cable. List price $89. “the Mac-pson: Connection supports wile range of printer ‘moves from Epson, incking the FX 80 and 100, the RX 80 and 100 and te LOIS. Mac-Turbo-Touch.. The Mac-‘Turbo- Touch is a new high- speed direct input device (or, if you will, a turbocharged “mouse”) for your Macintosh. This is not meant to imply that the legendary love affair between mouse and man is over, Rather, for those of you who are ready for something that can respond as quickly as you do, there is now an exciting option. An option that reduces the time it takes to edit a document by 40%. An option that covers the same ground the mouse covers in one-third the time and in one-fourth the desk space. What's more, the Mac- Turbo - Touch is always right where you need it whether you're right- or left-handed because you can park it on either side of the keyboard. Where does it plug in? In the mouse port, of course. Flexibility is only one of its many virtues, Responsive performance is another, The slightest touch of the gyroscopic ball positions the pointer quickly and accurately on the screen. Mac: Turbo- Touch makes MacWrite, MacPaint and any other software work better, faster and more precisely than before. List price $129. Mac-Memory- Disk. The Mac- Memory: Disk lets you access more of the memory in your 512K Macintosh, It makes interaction between software applications ten times faster. It also lets you allocate a portion of the RAM (Random Access Memory) resident in your 512K = Assimilation Process. igre, Macht sod Mace are alerts of Ape Compu, he: Nace a wader lensed ope Comte. ac aye Canetti ees Mtns Sas Mem Dare yp and ac Ue ch ees tv Pe © Aton Pons BS Dies Circle 110 on reader service card Macintosh and treat it like a disk. With the Mac-Memory- Disk, you now have immediate access to more memory. List price $29. MacMania Plus. Other forms of MacMania are available. Like our Ten-Pack of blank 3!" disk- ettes made of totally certified media to protect your data. List price $55. "Tis truly the season for MacMania. Your local Apple Computer Dealer will be happy to show you the ways to cele- brate MacMania with additional input and a demonstration. Or call toll-free: 1-800-MAC-5464. In California, toll-free: 1-800-421-0243. In Canada, direct-dial: 408-446-0797. Oh my gosh, look whats : § | il ii MasterType™ by Bruce Run for the Money™ by Make Millions™ by Tom Zweig. At last, Mac owners Tom Snyder. Learn to pur- Snyder. The adult business can join the other 250,000 sue profits in the real world simulation game that tests computer owners who have as you escape from an alien entrepreneurial skills and access to the fastest, most planet. Based on economic strategies through “boom entertaining way ever of models prepared by an MIT and bust’. Make Millions learning to type and improv- economist, teenagers learn gives aspiring capitalists all ing speed and accuracy. and experiment with this of today’s management The best selling educational fast-paced game that en- tools: stock quotations, mar- program in America gives courages sound business ket research, spread sheets, you arcade game action thinking. With graphics that data base and consulting with exciting Mac graphics. look great on the Mac, lots services. And, to create vari- Give it a try! Before you of action,and a compellin ety, you can “‘mouse your know it, you'll be a master scenario, Run for the Money Mac” into different environ- typist on your Mac too. is a game to be enjoyed ments while you wheel and again and again by young- deal. Play Make Millions. sters or the whole family. See if you have what it takes to be a tycoon and make millions. Tha Crarharaucnh Guetand FHS SU WUE VU YEE Sy TUL le © Scarborough Systems, Inc., 25 N. Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591 Circle 133 on reader service card David Bunnell The Macintosh Is Here to Stay The Macintosh has established a new standard in personal computing Thousands of Macintosh users have found that the Mac is an indispensable tool for busines education, and recreation. Yet many computer journalists and would-be personal computer gurus still question the Mac's ability to survive in the com- petitive personal computer market. As the publisher of Mac- world and its older sister maga- zine, PC World, | attend most of the major personal computer trade shows, conferences, and other events. Because I have broad experience in the indus: try, I'm amazed that the Mac is still questioned. It seems so obvious that the Macintosh has arrived. Over the past nine months, the Mac has clearly es- tablished itself as a successful alternative to the IBM PC, The steady increase in hardware accessories and software is re- flected in Macworld's im- pressive increase in ad pages. Our first issue (February) con- tained only 18 pages of ads, our fifth issue (November) had 80 pages, and this issue has 100—not a bad track record for a doomed machine. Most computer magazine publishers will not look back on 1984 as one of their best ications, s ST-Mac, Softalk for the IBM PC, List, Personal Soft- ware, PC Age, Digit, and Jr, have fallen off the rack and re- tired to archival heaven. Prac- tically all computer magazines have experienced a dismal de- cline in advertising and news- stand sal And yet, in the midst of this publishing depression, Mac- world, which owes its lifeblood to the Macintosh, has been the most successful computer pub- lication of the year. We have achieved astonishing “sell through” in computer stores and on newsstands, while other magazines watched their sales drop to 15 percent of the market or less. Of course, our success as a publication doesn’t rest solely on the Mac’s suc We are compelled to consistently de- liver easily accessible, useful, and timely information to new and advanced Macintosh users—and to deliver that infor- mation in a package that is not only appealing, but on occ: sion downright beautiful. So far, our readers have voted us the number one publication covering the Macintosh, And they have placed enough faith in the Macintosh to establish it as a new personal computer standard, an equal to the IBM PC and the Apple II. Unfortunately, computer crit- ics tend to predict with blind- ers on. They can’t understand why the Macintosh sells so well, and they continue to Macworld 9 David Bunnell moan about the lack of soft- ware for the machine. Actually, a wealth of exciting software is available for the Mac, and tons more is coming, The 60,000 Macintosh users: who bought their machines during the Mac's first 100 days are a select group. As the first people to adopt the Mac, they have often had to wait for promised innovations such as application programs, second disk drives, hard disks, and 512K of memory. But such is the price of pi- oneering. The first IBM PC buyers suffered similar experi- ences. The operating system kept changing, the PC’s first word processing program by IBM, ZasyWriter, was initially confusing and full of strange bugs, and even the first release of WordStar for the PC was dis- appointing. Critics claimed that the PC would never have enough software. The CP/M operating system was more widely accepted than PC DOS, and the PC’s expanded memory was of little importance. Sound familiar? Instead of building on an existing standard, IBM had the nerve to think it could re- place CP/M with PC DOS. ‘Two years later Apple de- cided it could counter the no- tion that all new personal computers had to be IBM com- patible. The Macintosh was conceived not so much as a computer but as a desktop ap- pliance with an intuitive user interface based on the mouse and pull-down menus. Had the Mac been PC compatible, it could not have possessed two crucial features—a small footprint and great graphics. The Macintosh fits conven- iently on most desktops with room to spare for the odds and ends of office work. In com- parison, the IBM PC is a small tank. Since personal computers are starting to replace much tra- ditional desktop paper work, they must be accessible. Like a 10 December 1984 telephone, a personal computer should always be within reach—but not so reachable that you trip over it every morning. The Mac's super graphics can enhance business reports and papers with charts and sketches. And by making every- thing print out as it appears on the screen, the Macintosh adds a new dimension to personal computing. Once you geta taste of the Mac, computing is never the same. In many ways, the Macintosh is more revolutionary than the IBM PC was in 1981, because existing personal computer software cannot be easily con- verted for the Macintosh. Many of the PC’s most popular pro- grams were borrowed from the CP/M days, including such fa- vorites as WordStar and dBASE HL Because the Mac's user inter- face is radically different from preceding interfaces, restruc- turing software for the Macin- tosh is extremely difficult. However, when designed suc- cessfully, Macintosh software is usually of higher quality. Because of these technical limitations, the Macintosh soft- ware base can't possibly blossom as fast as the IBM PC software base. Computer jour- nalists who fail to recognize the Mac's distinctive qualities can easily make premature, negative declarations. To write great Mac software, program- mers have to first abandon the piano for the violin, learn to play new music, and bring out a new sound. Just as it takes time to compose great music, it takes time to create good software. So just give the Macintosh a lit- de time! It demands the best. The Macintosh Mouse and Ieon have ushered in a new standard in personal computing. Because Icons are integral to the Macintosh operation, good screen ty is absolutely essential for optimum User performance and comfort. The screen is no longer just a display, but a tool as essential to the User as the Keyboard or Mouse. The new MacTilt is designed to elevate the Macintosh and allow screen ad- justment to a viewing angle which is just perfect for you. As smooth as , the MacTilt can be easily adjus with the touch of a finger to reduce Wie and Ane the optimum in screen/icon visibility, the full potential of this revolutionary new Computer. For alow $99.95, MacTilt will convert The MacTilt’s unique design tilts 30° your Macintosh into a professional ergonomic workstation which will allow you and your Staff to realize and rotates 360°. In addition, your Macintosh lifts easily on and off when used as a portable. To obtain new MacTilt, visit y Computer Dealer or call or write: oe Se ine (800) 328-9839 or (612) 7. Ergotron Manuf fora fall Rage of CRT Monitors and Portable Compute MacTilt is a trademark of fi n, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark licensed to Apple Comput Circle 83 on reader se: ODES/A ™ An Interactive Information System Vor Individuals With A Need To Know With Odesta Helix, you can model worlds of ide and watch them live and interact upon your desktop, Odesta Helix is a new program — notan old program made to work on a new machine, It takes a new approach — letting you define and control the shape and form of information according to your own needs and style. Odesta Helix gives youa rich and powerful set of visual tools that lets you begin working immediately, without having to learn a programming language or battle with the restrictions of “spreadsheet” type thinking. Relation icon € File Edit Icons fisplay Search Font Style = ‘Abasus icon far Home Data P setting up calculations } and relationships Hield icon represents Form-view icon pulls types of information everything together ‘Vemplate icon for constructing and changing forms Query icon lets you do interactive searches Index i¢on te al things in w order you want you get In Print? comments nlever InPr Helix uses icons (visi Odest relationships and functions as objects that you can easily manipu- lato, Create them by clicking on the icon-wells on the left, and dragging them to your desktop, Bach opens to reveal deeper and doepor operations and values that may be invoked and shaped with the click ofa mouse button, Odesta, 4146 Doolittle Drive, Noetht (HOO) 424 5025 bn lini, (41.2) 198 Hk, UON002 (ISA) 15 Apple, Lisa, and Macintosh aire trademarks of Apple Computer, Ine © 1984 ODESTA Circle 13 on reader service card Odesta Helix & Macintosh’ The Next Step. Edit, leans Tispiny Sea nents Tiles act as arithmetic, text, Boolean and date ors, fune- and values. Visual building blocks let you set up even the most complicated statement or calculation and use it whenever you want to, Drag tiles out from the list at the left. Drop icons into the tile holes, or type in numbers or text. Connect the tiles by pulling arrows around. This whole calculation is represented by a single abacus icon that may be used on any form, and you may make up as many as you feel like @ File Edit Icons fispioy Find Nent - Find Previous Author: Billings, Robert Williem rrr . Main Title: Antiquities of Seotle vine asteth Entended The Baronial and eaewn Title: « uci Place: inburgh ; | Replace Delete Publisher: ¥ Clear Form Show Selection Illustrated? Yes. What Kind? Te Categorie Comments: qwrto full polished calf, with elaborate and red & blue 60 full page plate: ries contains oactle In Print?_No Here isa form-view being sed in conjunction with an interactive se: form (query icon titled “Castles~ 1860"). One aspect of the radically innovative d f Odesta Helix is that you can enter, query, edit, and print infor- mation all from one window — without having to shift from one mode or application to another, Another reflection of this dynamic design is that if you make a change in one window, you see the result pop-up in any open related window Introducing Accounting For Those With A Mouse In The House. (Or Office) Accounting He and Ic all along. Back to Basics Accounting System by Peachtree Software” is now In fact, you’ve probably _ available for the Macintosh seen it featured in ___ It'sinamed Back to Basics Apple Macintosh adver- ‘ ; because it is an uncomplicated, tisements. , _. €asy-to-learn accounting system Uncomplicated—easy-to- sir - for small businesses. f learn—yet full featured. That’s You don’t neéd any accounting ex- Back to Basics. : ‘i perience and barely need any computing For more information, contact _ experience. The straightforward manual _ your local dealer or Peachtree Software, Ege LeaenSepOnT acon ting and computing 1-800-554-8900. eee «gah ie sar ak Be ee a America’s Software _ ff 4 peared sis et int etree peace oe gro , eachtree; é luding Genes ger, Accounts 4 7 Ley Wage Ped Cag or aia Payable and Accounts Receivable. © Peachtree Software - _ The first business accounting system EH eR Rea iliay apa aca cat for the Macintosh, Back to Basics has a Rchtfoc and Weare oat afer derma en enjoyed b ners of Apple® I+, We ie gs ane © ith ; , Lge ea fe Ome ff Note Pad: Ted Nace The Vows of Software _ Development ; For software developers, the Mac is both irresistible and frustrating Computer manufacturers know that the more programs run on their computers, the more com- puters they can sell, But only Apple has turned this idea into a religion. In fact, one em- ployee in the company even has the job title “Software Evangelist.” He has worked since before the Macintosh was announced to make soft developers into Mac dis Perhaps no easier job than that of Software Evangelist ever existed. The Mac could proba- bly have done its own pros: elytizing. All the Evangelist had to do was carry the 19-pound wonder from developer to de- yeloper, making sure every: body signed a confidenti: agreement in return fora chance to see and use the computer. At Broderbund Software, co- founder Gary Carlston recalls the day the Software Evangelist came to call. Although Broder- bund’s programmers had been doing their jobs, it seemed to Carlston that they were getting a little bored with the existing crop of computers, But when the Evangelist came by and showed them the Mac, the pro- grammers all “started wagging their tails. Elsewhere the reactions were similar, Programmers reached behind their IBMs, Ap- ple He’s, and Commodores and flipped off the power. Then they took out ballpoint pens and started filling out forms to petition Apple’s Certified De- veloper Program for mem- bership. Software developers who qualify for the program receive hardware and software tools at ble discount. The discount is an important benefit because botha and a Mac are re- quired for programmers to create commercial quality software, Certified Developers also get something more crucial than discounts on hardware and software: the chance to ask s. They can attend ind apply for admis- sion to an inner sanctum, the Registered Developer Program, which allows them a direct phone line to Apple's technical experts. When the mail sacks bulging with applications started arriv- ing at company headquarters in Cupertino, the Developer Rela- tions staff saw that devotion to the Mac indeed spreading fast. The amount of interest was almost alarming. Far more people wanted to be Certified Developers than Apple could likely cope with. As the months passed, the Mac continued to serenely draw ovals and polygons, stretch them this way and that, and fill them with pretty patterns. Ob- serving the computer closely, Apple's Developer Relations people decided that the ma- chine must be contemplating the paradox that was also on their minds. If everybody was writing software for the Mac, why were so few programs ac- tually available? The answer, of course, is that creating software for the Mac is harder than most people ex- pected. For starters, the user interface requires a different approach to writing programs than for other personal com- puters. Even converting exist- ing software running on other machines is tricky and inor- dinately time consuming. To overcome these difficulties, many programmers developing software for the Mac need more than the right hardware and software. They need tech- nical advice from the source. Faced with literally thou- sands of applications to the Certified Developer Program, Apple had to make a hard deci- Macworld 15 Note Pad sion. It could either try to help everyone and spread resources too thin, or it could concentrate on the companies with the best prospecis for quickly getting programs on the market. Naturally, Apple chose the latter course. The Certified De- veloper Program requires would-be developers to de- scribe their experience in mar- keting software, Applicants have to tell Apple their plans for providing technical support for their programs. They must describe their experience in preparing user manuals and documeniation. They must also send Apple a business plan. De- velopers who can't provide sat- isfactory information are not accepted into the program. All this information is rea- sonable to require of any com- pany that intends to market its software on a commercial scale. But what about the thou- sands of “small developers,” the bright college students, kitchen table hackers, and other in- ventive spi who, in addition to lots of third-rate junk, con- tinue to come up with exciting new programs? These people don't write business plans, nor do they know much about marketing sofiware. They take their crea- tions to a software publisher and let the publisher worry about the resi. Iwas talking about the Mac- intosh software problem with a market researcher. “The Mac will never get 10,000 programs unless Apple finds a way to make life easier for the small developers,” | worried out loud. The market researcher seemed unconcerned. “No- body can use 10,000 programs anyway,” he said. “150 is more than enough. It’s just as well to keep the junk off the market.” His point of view is not un- common. It’s true that a rela- tively small number of titles ac- counts for the bulk of the software that gets sold, But the promise of the Macintosh is to bring new people into comput- ing. Achieving this promise re- quires that there be a smor- gasbord of software to match the diversity of people's needs and interests. To me, saying that 150 pro- grams is more than enough is like saying we don’t need li- braries with thousands of books. Many library books, of course, rarely get checked out, for the simple reason that for most people they're not worth reading, But you never know when you'll find a gem. 16 December 1984 People sometimes compare personal computers and the software that runs on them to other electronic equipment and media. The computer is like a television, they say, and the software is like a television show. Although these analogies make sense, they obscure one amazing difference between computers and other media. With the personal computer, the same machine that runs the software can be used to create new software. It’s as though the television that you use to watch last year’s reruns could also create next year’s hit comedy. And many computer users, un- like most television viewers, are involved in creating for their medium, All in all, the Mac’s first year hasn't been an easy one for software developers, but things are looking up. Languages and utilities are becoming available that will let programmers de- velop software without the Lisa. And entrepreneurs are taking the initiative to make sure that “technical difficulties beyond their control” don't stall their programming efforts. In Los Gatos, California, William Parkhurst thought that other people besides himself might be having problems with getting their Macintosh pro- grams off the ground. Through a group called the Software En- trepreneurs’ Forum, Parkhurst and others began meeting ona biweekly basis to share tips and techniques (see Macworld View in this issue). The meetings grew fast and attracted the interest of the Ap- ple Software Evangelist, who jumped at the chance to pro- vide technical assistance to a group of 40 developers, rather than attempt to work with each one individually, Asa result, the group now gets the help it needs from Apple. As the Mac's popularity grows, so will the number of small software developer: Forming groups like the Soft- ware Entrepreneurs’ Forum is one solution for those who aren't admitted to the inner sanctum. After all, even if the Software Evangelist can't help all such groups, neighborly aid may provide the answers. 0 Ted Nace, a freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area, is writing a book on software marketing for Micro- Soft Press. 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The Surge Suppressor is a replacement power cord, providing UL listed surge sup- pression and line noise =" == filtering for the Macin- “"* Nal tosh. It fits easily into the carrying case, so your Macintosh is pro- | tected no matter where static Dust Covers in the family. One protects your Mac- intosh and keyboard. ‘The other takes care of your Imagewriter. Leave your delicate, intelligent modem at home. The Portable Modem is the perfect traveling companion for the Macintosh. Tt’s small, sturdy, battery powered, thana pound and own carrying case. The Portable Modem operates at 300 baud with weighs less CO even has its any communications software. Circle 11 on reader service card K@ KENSINGTON™ BYY MICROWARE ‘Trademarks: Maccessories/Kensington Microware Apple, Macintosh, Imagewriter/ Apple Computer In. Rotts by Xiphias ‘© 1984 Kensington Microware There are two anti- The Control Center, styled to fit underneath the external disk drive, provides fingertip control over your whole system. There’s . a master switch — to power the whole system on and off, and separate switches for a printer, modem and one auxiliary device. It also protects your whole system from power surges, line noise and static shocks. The Universal Printer Stand, for the Apple" Imagewriter; also fits most other dot matrix printers. It raises your printer 1%" from the | desk at the Y sa front and <4 os 4%" at et the back, mai an angle that allows you to monitor your printer’s performance more easily. By raising your printer a few 4 i 2 inches from the desk, the Universal Printer Stand solves the problem of where to store your paper. Several hundred sheets are accommodated neatly underneath. The Disk Case provides safe storage for 36 Macintosh disks. And it comes with . a handy packet of Cay spare disk labels. —— There is more to Maccessories than hardware. Maccessories Graphic Accents for Business is a collection of busi- ness icons. Use them to illustrate reports, design letterheads, spice up memos, or create invitations. Maccessories Type Fonts is a series of type fonts in sizes of 15 point type and larger. Perfect for headlines, bulletins, anywhere you need a larger typeface. Each disk includes three fonts in various sizes and a selection of business icons. Maccessories Quick Cursor is a Utility Program that allows you to designate any four keys or combina- tion of keys on your Macintosh as cursor controls. You no longer have to take your hands off the keyboard while typing and fumble for the mouse just to move the cursor. Available at Apple dealers everywhere. For more information contact Kensington Microware Ltd., 251 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10010, 212-475-5200, Tx: 467383 KML NY. Letters Discovering MacFORTH Asa new Macintosh owner, I was anxious to develop soft- ware for the Mac and was elated to find MacFORTH [see “The MacFORTH Dimension,” November]. I'm currently using version 1.1 and find it to be well supported, well documented, and a joy to use. To program- mers who haven't tried Mac FORTH, I say that you're pass ing up an ideal tool for exploiting the power of the Mac. MacFORTH's speed, flexi- bility, and Toolbox routines make it an impressive language. also came across a bug in the Mac's desktop Control Panel. While the date is being set, the clock stops and loss time in the process. However, if the date is set in the Alarm Clock, the time is not affected. Apple should have caught this long ago. Dave Hirsh Oakmont, Pennsylvania The Sinister Computer The Macintosh is a break- through computer in many ways, one of which has yet to be mentioned in your pages. The M especially friendly to left-handers. Naturally there are some right-sided char: teristics that a left-handed per- son does not fail to notice. Disks are inserted on the right and the mouse port is on the right side of the back of the ma- chine. However, left-handers can route the mouse around the back to the left of the ma- chine (a sinister rearrange- ment that I enjoy doing to Macs at computer stores). They can use the programmer's switch (located on the machine’s left side, thank you) to reboot the Mac when needed. Being able to use the mouse with the left hand allows the left-hander added (gulp) dexterity when working with the Macintosh. But perhaps the detachable numeric keypad is the best touch of all for a southpaw. If the Macintosh had the same keyboard as the Lisa, the nu- meric section would be on the right. A left-handed person would be crossing hands as often as a pianist performing a Chopin étude. At least with a Mac the keypad can be located on the left side of the main key- board, even though the crossed wires look a little awkward. Paul Schroeder Jowa City, lowa An Author’s Reply I must compliment Evelyn Spire on her unbiased review of the major Mac books on the mar- ket. I did note a few errors in her review of Introducing the Apple Macintosh by Ed Con- nolly and Philip Lieberman, which she compared to The Ap- ple Macintosh Book, by Cary Lu [see “The Macintosh Be- tween Covers,” July/August]. Ms. Spire mentions that Cary Lu’s book is the “only one up to date enough to be rid of the ‘al- ternate disk’ icon.” A careful re- view of our book would have revealed that all the pictures and illustrations were up to date-reflecting the final pro- duction version of the Macin- tosh software, including the Finder. The only known error in our book is the appendix on the disk utilities that were not in- cluded in the Mac at the last minute. I feel that with this ex- ception (and a flipped illustra- ion) the book is quite an achievement considering that it was the first one available for the Mac, beating all others to market by six weeks. Our aim in writing the book was to share our excitement and enthusiasm with people contemplating the purchase of a Mac—not to provide a blow- by-blow description of the ar- chitectural trade-offs made by the machine's designers, For this information, I recommend the extensive and well-written technical information available from Apple. Philip Lieberman Los Angeles, California We stand corrected.—Ed. Software for Writers About six weeks ago, I pur- chased a Macintosh, primarily to assist me in writing short stories and poems. | immedi- ately found that it was far supe- rior to any typewriter I'd known. As computers have a ten- dency to do, the Mac jostled my imagination, | began to think of software for the Macintosh that would further assist writers. I would particularly like to see an on-line dictionary and the- saurus, a spelling checker, and a word counter. When I looked for these applications at local computer shops, | was told that they were currently unavail- able. Do you know of any plans to produce such software? Billy Moore Zionsville, Indiana Macworld 23 Introducing Dow Jones Straight Talk™ Now there’s smart software” for the Macintosh. Think of it. Now there’s software as smart as the Apple® Macintosh™ computer. Dow Jones Straight Talk™ offers you all the facts in Dow Jones News/Retrieval® and the other leading information services. With Straight Talk, you get the exact information you need when you _ need it. Get an‘A’ on your Pape It’s one o'clock in the morning. Your term. paper on the American Revolution is due at 8 ere was the misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill really fought? It could be the difference between ” anda “B” Circle 69 on reader service card 24 December 1984 Letters The MacGAS glossary and Spelling checker, which in- cludes antonyms and syn- onyms, is available from Ap- plications Unlimited. Another spelling checker, Mac Spell Right, can be installed in disk- based MacWrite; a thesaurus is available for two-drive sys- tems. Mac Spell Right can be purchased from Assimilation Process. For further informa- tion on MacGAS and Mac Spell Right, see Macware News i? this issue.—Ed. More Software for Writers Tuse a Macintosh and enjoy it immensely, However, I have noticed a few things that could be added to MacWrite. When I was in graduate school, I wrote a lot of research papers that were footnoted. It is conventional to place foot- notes at the ends of such pa- pers because it is so difficult to place them at the bottoms of the appropriate pages. If a Mac- Write “footnoter” were devel- oped that was similar to the “footer” but unique to every page, writers could place foot- notes on the pages where they belonged. Long footnotes could be carried over to the next page. This would improve the readability of research papers and keep the footnotes from being lost. Richard McHenry Houston, Texas Microsoft Word for the Macin- tosh allows you to place foot- notes either at the end ofa document or at the bottoms of the appropriate pages. See “The Word from Microsoft,” JulyiAugust.—Ed. No More Flipping I think that you are doing an ex- cellent job with Macworld. In fact, I have found so much use- ful information in it that I would like to suggest that you publish a comprehensive index each year, | have worn my first three issues precariously thin from constantly flipping through them to find informa- tion that I know I read there somewhere. Fred Sauter Rochester, New York We will publish the first an- nual Macworld index in the January 1985 issue.—Ed. An Alternative to Get Info In “Clean Up Your Electronic Desktop” [May/June], Daniel Farber says that you should “keep your file names short and concise. Unless you have only a few files on your desk- Get that Big Promotion. In half an hour, your boss is due to finalize a merger with a company you have doubts about. His career rides on this deal. How can you change his mind before it’s too late? Now there’s smart software” for the Macintosh™ computer. With Straight Talk, the smart software from Dow Jones, you can get the lowdown on a COmEE Ty, without ever ee your ial Play it Smart. Play the Information Game” and get $60 off Dow Jones Straight Talk” and Apple’ Modem. Play the Information Game at your authorized Apple® dealer. Answer five questions on the Macintosh’ computer using Straight Talk. Show us how smart you are. ee Play the Information Game and buy Straight Talk and we'll give you $10 off Straight Talk and $50 off Apple — Modem* It’s a deal smart people can appreciate. One that will make you a winner — what- ever your information gam For the name of the participating authorized Apple dealer nearest you, call 800-257-5114 New Jersey, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada 609-45: *Rebated from Dow Jones and Apple with proof of purchase while supplies last. Apple is a registered tracemark of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh is a tademark licensed Circle 69 on reader service card 20 November 1984 Macworld 25 Letters | N T RO D U C | N G top, you'll have to move some of your file icons around to make the names legible.” This technique doesn’t work for me. I prefer to give rather long names to my files so that I can tell ata glance what infor- mation they contain without using the Get Info command. First, I arrange my icons close to each other so that they all fit on one screen. This arrange- ment causes file names to over- lap, but if I need to see a file name I simply click once on the icon. The Finder then high- lights the icon and the name, even if they are covered up—and I don’t have to move the icon at all. This way, I can look at several file names in the time the system takes to ex- ecute one Get Info command. David Simpson Mountain View, California An Excellent Companion I was one of the first people in = TR ae Topeka to purchase a Macin- Speed up your Mac by 400-600%, tosh, and ra highly fied Add up to 20 Mbytes of storage, : with my decision. Unfortu- AND, Keep your Mac working for you while you nately, while I had enough print! 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You can § control every frame with your Mouse or let the entire show run automatically, even run continuously Bas an unattended display! There are 16 dramatic, movie-type special effects you can use to create extra attention. And, right on the screen you can place the specific control buttons you want to click: start, next frame, back-up, jump (to a specific frame}, pause/resume, quit. Want Subliminal Messages in your show? The Slide Show Magician lets you put them in, as well as superimpose blocks of text over key pictures. Naturally, you can edit your show — shift a frame, eliminate a frame, add or delete special effects, select the time before a frame change. And you can use the sup- plied screen-borders (like a stage curtain which opens) or quickly prepare your own. Now you can create the most interesting slide shows this side of Hollywood! And thanks to the Mac's portability you can take it with you right to a customer's desk, the boss’ office, to school, to meetings. Or, set iton a counter or in your store window and let the show run and fun and run, Get the Slide Show Magician today, it's good jug business. Need art help to make an impressive slide show? See the McPicl information that follows. ee Only $59.95 i een For details, Be oes see below. Here‘s push-button art for the Mac! A combined total of over 300 useful, usable pictures you can use “As Is”. Or, with MacPaint/MacWrite you can customize, clone, combine or change them to suit your needs! Vol. | has its library of pictures in 12 individual Scrapbooks from Business to Holiday to S, . imals to Symbols. Vol. 2’s unduplicated pictures are in MacPaint** files, and cover every- “ thing from Science, Exotica, Maps and Flags to the People Maker which lets you make oe your Own people from dozens of heads, eyes, mouths, hats, torsos, accessories etc! . Each volume has a different Hint Manual which graphically shows you how to make a thousand picture variations! No competitive program is so complete, so useful, so usable! For « business, for school, for home, for anyone who needs or wants to create invitations, cards, flyers, stationery, ads, reports. Available now at your computer store. Vol. | MePic! with 28 page Hint Manual. $49.95 Vol. 2 MePic! with 36 page Hint Manual. $49.95 The Slide Show Magician. $59.95 » - VISA/MASTERCARD accepted, Add $2.00 shipping/handling for I ea program. $3 for 2 programs. $4 for all 3. (Cal. residents please ada 6 1/2% lax) 4 2 * Registered tademaik of Mevosoll Comp > fl “Traemaak licensed to Apple Computer Inc **Tradematks of Apple Computer Inc Magnum. 2 21115 Devonshire Sti=Ste. 337, # Ehatswionh,, Car 1311 6 Circle 51 on reader service card THE CAT” DESIGNED FOR MACINTOSH” *499 Cat for your mouse. Our engineers have designed the most No mysteries. It checks itself out to make advanced personal computer modem your money __ sure what you send is exactly what is received can buy. 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MACINTOSH is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc Circle 75 on reader service card Edited by Janet McCandless Macworld View reports on new products and develop- ments in Macintosh tech- nology. We cover items of in- terest to Mac users and comment on industry trends. We welcome contributions from readers and pay up to $50 for the items we use. Please include your name, address, and phone number with your contributions; send them to Macworld View, 555 De Haro St., San Francisco, CA 94107. The Mac Coaches ‘ Batters : Can playing video games im- prove a baseball player's bat- ting average? Yes, says Peter Favaro, a personal computer consultant with a doctorate in psychology. When video games peared, many sports trainers wondered if they could be used to improve athletes’ eye-hand coordination. Favaro, however, believes that such software is best applied to sharpening athletes’ decision-making proces rather than to, developing their eye-hand co- ordination per se. Macworld-View Le <= News and notes for the Macintosh community 4, a ae oe ay . : For example, take a baseball player who is in a slump. Nor- mally, coaches work on improv- ing such a player's barting tech- niques. But Favaro believes that slumps result from slowed- down processing of the visual information the athlete receives while playing. 34 December 1984 The batter must, for instance, recognize at exactly what point a ball breaks. When the ball is first thrown by the pitcher, it appears to travel ina straight line. If it is a fast ball, it con- tinues traveling along the same path. But if it is a curve ball, it breaks at some point. Exactly when does the visual informa- tion change? ‘To sharpen this one aspect of athletic decision making, Favaro has designed a video game for the Macintosh. The player is shown an image of a coin flipping at high speed. He or she must click the mouse each time the image changes. Favaro believes that practicing this discrimination task helps train baseball players to judge the pitcher's throw and decide when to hit the ball. Favaro selected the Mac for developing sports software be- cause of its fast 68000 proces- sor and its black-and-white high-resolution monitor, which athletes find “less distracting” than a color monitor. He plans: to publish a book, accom- panied by software, on per- sonal computer applications in sports, physical fitness, and stress management. 512K Update The official announcement of the 512K Macintosh on Sep- tember 10 creates new purchas ing decisions for both potential owners and owners who bought their machines before the announcement date. The suggested retail price for the 512K Mac is $3195, and the price of the 128K version has been reduced $300 (from $2495 to $2195). If you look through your local newspaper, you may see the 128K Macin- tosh advertised for less than $2195. And some retailers are even selling it for less than $2000. Mac owners who want to up- grade their 128K machines to 512K must purchase the Macin- tosh 512K Memory Expansion Kit from a dealer for $995. Your dealer performs the upgrade by installing a new digital board; the procedure takes less than half an hour. If you bought your Mac before September 10 and can't decide if you want to upgrade, you may be interested in Apple's incentive plan. As of this writing, Apple plans to have your dealer give you a special coupon when you up- grade your machine. If you send Apple the coupon, your system disk, and proof of the date you purchased your 128K Mac, you will receive free cop- ies of MacDraw and MacPro- Ject. Coupons will be packaged with the Memory Expansion Kit until March 31, 1985 and can be redeemed until June 1. The 512K Mac performs bet- ter than the 128K Mac in several respects. You can copy disks and documents faster, store larger documents, and use en- hanced application programs designed to take advantage of the extra 384K of memory, But the real power of the 512K Mac shows up when a portion of memory is configured as a RAM disk. A RAM disk (some- times called an electronic disk) uses the computer's memory to. hold programs and data. If you load an application and all the information it needs to run into a RAM disk, for example, the delays that occur as the Mac transfers information into memory from disk or vice versa are viftually eliminated. Assim- ilation Process of Cupertino, California, plans to release RAM disk software for the 512K Mac. See your Apple dealer for availability information. Microsoft Overseas If you're a businessperson re- vising a Microsoft Multiplan spreadsheet for a report on your board of directors’ meet- ing in Copenhagen, you may not realize that your colleague ina Paris branch office could be preparing a similar report using a French version of Multiplan. Yes, foreign-language soft- ware for the Mac is available, and will become increasingly common during the next few months. Since the European software market is growing rapidly, companies such as Mi- crosoft (which has subsit in England, France, and Gi many) are planning to translate Macintosh software and tribute it overseas. In fact, Mi- crosoft plans to release French and Italian versions of Multi- plan before the end of 1984. A German version is scheduled for release in late 1984 or the first quarter of 1985, as is a French version of Microsoft Chart. Future plans for Euro- pean Macintosh owners in- clude foreign-language releases of Microsoft Word, Microsoft File, and MBASIC 2.0. Programmers Supporting Each Other Independent software devel- opers are finding that some of their best friends are direct competitors. At least, that's what's happening at the Soft- ware Entrepreneur's Forum and the Programmer's Shop. Programmers for the Macin- tosh meet regularly at the Soft- ware Entrepreneur's Forum (in Palo Alto, California) to swap information and to share exper- tise. Every two weeks, speakers give talks on particular topics and members engage in infor- mal discussions. And once a week, smaller groups of four to seven programmers gather to discuss the Macintosh docu- mentation or to work on a se- Macworld = 35 Macworld View lected topic, such as how to im- plement desk accessories. William Parkhurst, vice-presi- dent of the Forum, says that programmers willingly share utility programs and sub- routines. He feels that many small developers recognize that they can bring their prod- ucts to market faster by ex- changing information than by working alone. In addition to developers, the Software En- trepreneur’s Forum welcomes marketing personnel, venture capitalists, and publishers. The Forum also sponsors a bulletin board where members can exchange technical and product information. A similar bulletin board is m: the Programme! Hanover, Massachusetts, a na- tionwide retailer speci products for programmers. Certified and noncertified de- velopers use the board to ex- change information about products they have developed, heard about, or tried. These products include compilers, languages, utilities, and devel- opment tools (such a: semblers, debuggers, and li- braries). The Programmer's Shop also attempts to verify product and release date infor- mation for its clients, and ad- vises them on market trends. For more information on the Software Entrepreneur’ Forum, write to Barbara Cass, Executive Director, Software Entrepreneur's Forum, PO. Box 61031, Palo Alto, CA 94306, 415/854-7219. For information on the Programmer's Shop, write to Programmer's Shop, 128 Rockland St., Hanover, MA 02339, 800/421-8006 or 617/826-7531. Thésimple, fluid designs decorating the boxes for the Macintosh and its accessories resemble Matisse’s work. The motifs of most of the components are cleverly replicated from the drawing of the Mac. An Award- winning Package Since its introduction in Janu- ary, the Macintosh’s packaging designs have received wide rec- ognition. The American Insti- tute of Graphic Arts cited the Mac team for packaging de- signs in its communications graphics competition. The In- dustrial Designers Society of America presented Apple with a certificate of excellence in which jurors remarked that “the Macintosh packaging pre- sents a delightful departure from the standard computer packaging with its technical ap- pearance and state-of-the-art imagery. ... But not only are the graphics engaging, they are also daringly different. All in all, a brilliant, human design breakthrough.” The packaging designs were among 100 ac- cepted by the Society of Typog- raphers of America for its an- nual show. The Mac team achieved recognition in sepa- rate annual competitions spon- sored by Art Direction and Print magazines Inspired by a poster by John Casado, Tom Hughes invented a design for the Mac logo using primary colors that have line quality resembling the work of the French artist Matisse. 36 December 1984 Hughes retained Casado to create the actual illustration, re- lying on his experience in min- imalist designs, in which each line is significant, According to Hughes, Steve Jobs was in- volved in fine-tuning the logo. Clement Mok worked with Hughes on the designs for the boxes that contained the nu- meric keypad, the disk drive, and the carrying case. Mok was also the art director for the MacPaint manual. Ellen Ro- mano developed the overall design for the manuals and managed their production. Apple in Community Affairs Beginning in 1985, Apple will offer Macintoshes as part of its Community Affairs Grants pro- gram to nonprofit organiza- tions. Mark Vermilion, Apple’s manager of community affairs, that the grants are awarded primarily to organizations that use personal networks “for di- rect human services and hu- manistic kinds of a i example, Chorizo, a San Fran- cisco-based organization, re- ceived a grant to develop a shared data base for five neigh- borhood agencies to retrieve information on legal aid, health services, education, and hous- ing. A group of artists from Davis, California, that travels and puts on shows for the pub- lic obtained an Apple I for cho- reography and music synthesis. Apple's Grants office receives 1000 to 2500 inquiries a month. Although Vermilion under- stands that nonprofit organiza- tions are administered by over- worked employees, he cautions administrators to take the time to plan a computer application thoroughly and to discuss how the technology will be intro- duced within their organiz: tion. He recommends that orga- nizations research other nonprofits that already use computers in their work. One agency that nonprofit associa- tions can contact for informa- tion is the Public Interest Computer Association in Wash- ington, D. C. Write to PICA, 122 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/544-4171, As a way of addressing the needs of a large number of nonprofit groups in metro- politan areas, Apple has initi- ated a computer lab project. Vermilion says that Apple intends to establish eight to ten computer labs this year. The first lab has been set up at the Information Technology Re- source Center, affiliated with the Museum of Science and In- dustry in Chicago. The lab is equipped with Apple Ie’s and Macintoshes, and its purpose is to inform nonprofit orgar tions about the uses of comput- ers in their work. The lab staff assists administrators in identi- fying their organization's com- puter needs and in selecting appropriate applications. Groups are given access time on computers. The computer lab program is a coordinated effort by Apple, other vendors, local funding sources, and ser- vice organizations that provide technical assistance to non- profit groups. For futher information on the Community Affairs Grant program, write to Apple Com- puter, Apple Community Af- fairs, 20525 Mariani Ave., M/S 231, Cupertino, CA 95014. The Look-alike Story Several new programs reveal that the Macintosh user inter- face and bit-mapped graphics are influencing the design of software for other personal computers. One of the most in- fluential programs is Bill Atkin- son's MacPaint. Jeffrey Young, a Contributing Editor of Mac- world, has followed the Mac- Paint phenomenon since the Mac was introduced in January 1984, He recently examined three graphics programs that offer interesting comparisons with MacPaint. Young reports that Color- Paint, released by IBM for the PCjr, is MacPaint's closest look- alike. You choose items from pull-down menus and draw with a mouse. ColorPaint’s menu is similar to MacPaint's, with the addition of a merge feature for combining two drawings. Fewer shaped tools are provided in ColorPaint’s tool shelf, but a microscope tool enables you to edit your drawings pixel by pixel. A tool’s most recent action can be re- versed with a second button on the mouse. ColorPaint does not allow you to integrate text and pic- tures, and it provides fewer fonts and font sizes than does MacPaint. Eight separate 16- color palettes are provided, giv- ing you 128 colors in all. How- ever, you can use only four col- ors on the screen at once, and the intensity of the colors changes each time you select a new color palette. ColorPaint allows you to print in color. Young notes that PC Paint- brush (received too late for re- view) is also similar to Mac- Paint. \t runs on the IBM PC, PCjr, and PC compatibles, and is published and distributed by International Microcomputer Software, Inc. ‘Two other programs related to MacPaint—MousePaint and DazzleDraw—work with the Apple Ie and Apple Ic. Mouse- Paint (also called ApplePaint) was created by Bill Budge, au- thor of the Pinball Construc- tion Set game, and is marketed by Apple. MousePaint does not allow you to use patterns, only solid colors. The program of- fers 128 colors, but you can use only one at a time on the screen. However, you can print in more than one color with the Apple Scribe printer. The second MacPaint look- alike for the Apple Ile and Ap- ple Ic is DazzleDraw, mar- keted by Broderbund Software. DazzleDraw provides 128 dif- ferent colors that can be com- bined and saved on disk. An ex- change feature allows you to fill portions of your drawing more flexibly than with the MacPaint paint bucket; you can exchange patterns and colors in specific areas. DazzleDraw’s tools are not visible on a tool shelf; they must be chosen from a pull- down menu. You can enter text with DazzleDraw, but its text capabilities, like ColorPaint's, are more limited than those of MacPaint. DazzleDraw allows you to print in color. According to Young, the com- puters running these MacPaint look-alikes have lower-resolu- tion graphics than the Macin- tosh. Consequently, you cannot achieve such finely detailed drawings. Also, none of the programs offer the flexiblity of the lasso in selecting areas to be cut or copied. They rely in- stead on equivalents of the clumsier selection rectangle. And although you can print drawings created with any of these three programs in color, todo so you must invest in a thermal or ink jet color printer. 0 Macworld 37 Pols. the ight intensity throug! Introducing Filevision for Macintosh: The fine art of filing by pictures. Now you can file things the way you seethem, = Because Filevision lets you store any data in your files. What's more, Filevision lets you link another picture to an object. And lets you kind of information visually. Within pictures group objects together as a common type. you easily create yourself. Even if you can’t type or draw. Filevision. The first software that combines a practical filing system with a simple-to-use, object-oriented drawing system. Which lets you quickly visualize your data. Instead of sorting through tedious line-by-line listings. In the click of a mouse, you can retrieve the data stored behind each object in your picture. You can even select the objects in your pictures, based on the Each object in your picture is automatically connected to the information about that object. cones ints the eye. jes color dependant upon light intensity Create technical illustrations or pictures of science class projects, with ease. Whatever you need to remember about your picture, Filevision lets you store on forms connected to it. And retrieve in the click of a mouse. So you can create zoom-like effects, step-by- step hierarchies, or overlays. Whatever your mind can picture. “Finally A filing system that sees things my way.” Imagine. A filing system for less than $200, that lets you look at information the way you look at the world around you. Utilizing the simplicity of the Macintosh’s eye-opening technology, Filevision allows you to create the most spectacular visualizations of whatever you need to file. Or anything you want to see in more detail. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a businessperson, or someone who collects things at home; if your data relates to EICIBSIEEIOIES ka ~ Organize office space by department. Diagram a summer home. Even create a play book for your football team. It’s a breeze with Filevision. something you can see, you can file it Make a data form for any new object, and visually with Filevision. And retrieve it all objects of that type will have the same visually, too. form. Automatically. You simply place Modify a symbol and all matching objects in a wo symbols in your picture will be modified. picture, or select 4 Automatically. symbols from , Change an existing form, and all forms Filevision’s ready- of that type will change. Automatically. made symbol menu to represent “Picture the potential.” pieces of the infor- ayes mation you wish _ The possibilities are endless. tofile. Filevision can help you quickly make Then there’s maps, and dawdle over the demographics. Filevision’s flexible Assemble anatomical drawings and look up way of handling alphanumeric data. Each the names of the ligaments. Separate a object in your picture is automatically con- Plan of Bar Mitzvah guests into those who nected to a data form. Which you custom 40 and those who don’t eat Kosher food design, quick as a click. and actually see who you seat them next to. Pinpoint places and connect them to faces. “For a change, it’s simple Control your inventory by depicting your B Too? entire shelf space. And map out geography to modify my files: lessons, sales territories and direct-mail Updating your files is just as easy. ad targets ad infinitum. Whenever the best-laid plans of mouse and Filevision. The unique filing system man need a little replanning, remember for your Macintosh that lets you store and you're just a click or two away fromreper- —_ work with information ei fecting your files. Create new symbols and __ in pictures, as well as €ElOoS objects, and add them to your picture. numbers and text. SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Software for the veal world. Map out sales territories. Sift out subdivisions for direct-mailings. Or search out the states that participated in the French and Indian Wars. Filevision makes your requests pop off the screen. In the click of a mouse. Plan a political fund-raiser with Filevision, and seat the non-smoking Independents away from the smoking Republicans, Oy, click to see which blocks of seats have been reserved at your dinner theater. ircle 54 on reader service card UR STORIES LACK IMAGINATION. Because Infocom’s inter- f c=) active fiction is designed ‘¢€ > to run on your imagination. ~ That's precisely why there's nothing more interesting, challenging or interactive than an, Infocom disk— but only anes y Qu ‘ve put it in your computer. Once it’s in, you experience ! something akin to waking up inside a a novel. You find yourself at the center of an exciting plot that continually challenges you with surprising twists, unique char- acters (many dinarily developed personalities) and original, logical, often hilarious puz- zles. Communication is car- ried on in the same way as it is ina novel—in prose. And le interaction is easy—you type in full English sentences. But there is this key difference between our tales and conventional novels: Infocom's interactive fiction is active, never pas- sive. The course of 2508 events is shaped by what you choose to do. And you enjoy enormous free- dom in your choice of actions —you have hundreds, even thousands of alternatives at every step. In fact, an Infocom interactive story is roughly the length of a short novel in content, but because you're 46 actively engaged in the plot, your adventure can last for weeks and months. Find out whatit’s like to get inside a story. Get one from Infocom. Because with | Infocom’s interactive fiction, there’s room for you on every disk. InFoCcOoM Circle 43 on reader service card LETTER QUALITY PRINTING FOR YOUR MACINTOSH™ with ProPrint™ CDI’s ProPrint is the MOST COMPREHENSIVE letter quality program for the MAC on the market today! You can prepare professional letters, reports and docu- ments from your MacWrite™ files on all popular letter quality (serial) printers: Abati Brother Diablo Qume TeleVideo Amdek C. Itoh Dynax Silver-Reed Transtar Apple Comrex duki Star Powertype Xerox Blue Chip Daisywriter NEC Smith Corona HP. LaserJet ProPrint is .... —Versatile, formatting includes —Easy to use, yet POWERFUL: © Proportional Spacing Headers/Footers ' © Mouse driven, uses pull down menus © Underlining © Subscript ; " eBoid face @ Ribbon color change © Auto loads and prints up to 50 files © Superscript © Tabs; Decimal tabs ® Single or multiple copies ¢ Justification: Right, Left, Center, Full © Auto default to most recent printer x ? settings upon start up (no need to —Multi-Tasking reload printer specs before each use) e Allows user to simultaneously 1) Print document(s) 2) Use desk accessories 3) Select additional files for printing —Fully warranted for one year 4) Monitor and control printing status —Available for immediate delivery PCGPSRIE oo. ctspscyislenrnapetircensiperetenety $ 7400 PRO SRER With CAD es 2.5. icc o ne rtsmparntmeereceaneencicrnaan $ 9900 ProPrimt with A/B Switch and 2 cables...........6:0ceeee $22500 Creighton Development, Inc. 4931 Birch Street, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Cai (714) 476-1973 TM—Macintosh \s 9 trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc, ProPrint Is a trademark of Creighton Development, Inc., MacWhite is a trademark of Apple Computer: Inc Circle 64 on reader service card Now under new Now that MacWrite and MacPaint have dragged you not kicking and screaming into the world of personal computing, it's time to give your Macintosh new marching orders: The OverVUE™ information manager. With OverVUE, you can now enter another world just as easily, The world of database management. A database, in case you didn't know, is simply raw information. Like a long-distance phone bill, a mailing list, an inventory, or your daughter's orthodontist appointments. And what OverVUE does is organize all that into useful tables, summaries, extracts, analyses, or reports. This is serious business. But you can do it easily. Because OverVUE takes full advantage of Apple's incredible Macintosh technology. management. Communicates with other software like Micro- projects to schedule, bank statements to - soft Chart and Multiplan. Allows editing just reconcile, employee records to maintain, like MacWrite. Does math just like Einstein. accounts receivable to monitor, or a power And the process doesn't drag on forever. lust to satisfy, rush over to your authorized OverVUE can sort 1,000 records in about 2 Apple dealer. seconds. Don't go another day without OverVUE. So if you've got sales to analyze, inventory The quick, the easy, the only way to levels to track, customer lists to update, phone —_get you and your Macintosh into upper charges to allocate, time reporting to simplify, levels of management. Over VUE ProVUE Development Corporation, 222 22nd Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 + (714) 969-2431 Over VUE Information ‘© 1984 ProVUE Development Corporation. Apple, MacWrite and MacPain{ are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macinloahis a iedematk licensed to Apple Compote, Inc. and Multiplan are rd tradematks of Microaolt ProVUE and OvesVUE are of ProVUE De Co is Getting Started: Maintenance Have You Hugged Your Mac Today? Gordon McComb The Macintosh is a Just about any dentist will tell you that the best way to fairly self-sufficient keep a happy smile is to take care of your teeth. Brush machine. It does regularly, dentists say, and avoid between-meal sugary what you ask it to snacks, and you'll greatly reduce the chances of getting do without demand- nasty holes in your teeth. Unlike old-time dentists, ing too much atten- modern dentists urge preventive maintenance. They tion, but carrying leave pulling teeth till last. The more you take care of out your commands your teeth, the less drilling and filling you'll have to does cause wear suffer. and tear. Following What on earth do teeth and the Macintosh have in some simple, inex- common? Just like your teeth, your Macintosh needs pensive cleaning regular care if you expect it to have a long and hearty routines can help life. With the Mac, you're not up against cavities, but you save money on against dirt, grime, oil, and a host of other potentially service calls. disastrous villains. Keeping the Mac in top working condition can help you avoid costly service calls. For a long-lasting Mac, it's a good idea to clean the slender plastic exterior, to vacuum or blow out ac- cumulated dust from its ventilation slots, to keep the disk drive grime-free, and to maintain the mouse in top working condition. While there’s nothing technical about caring for the Macintosh, and nothing out- rageously expensive, there are right and wrong ways to do it, A Home for Your Mac The first step toward proper Mac care is placing the machine in the proper environment. A sturdy desk or table in a corner of a clean office, den, or classroom is ideal. The Macintosh should be kept out of direct sunlight. Not only can the sun's light cause annoying glare on the video screen, its heat can warp the Mac’s plastic case. Worse still, sunlight can cause the internal circuits to overheat. Let one of the Mac’s components. get too hot and it'll burn out. Blow just ene.chip and if you're looking at a $50 repai bill; mi The Macintosh was designed cooling: AveiusN cong echnique, air is drawn 4 necks vithe Mac's 's'sidé and bottom vents and out the ‘i: ‘op-when 1 the inside of the machine heats up. Ifyou “block any of these vents, you seriously restrict the air- : flow so that the Mac heats up. 44 December 1984 uuene Figure Clean the Macintosb's exterior with a soft sable paintbrush, which you can buy at any art store. Macworld 45 ff Getting Started For safety’s sake, always keep the immediate area around the Macintosh free of objects, including paper, disk caddies, modems, and printers. In particular, keep the external drive away from the vents on the com- puter’s left side. The left side gets the hottest because it's the side with the heat-generating analog board (which contains the Mac's power supply and all the electronics to operate the video display tube). The vents should get at least an inch of free space for breathing room. BSS Ifyoure a lousy housekeeper, it'll quickly show up in the way your Macintosh behaves. One of the latest furniture trends is all-in-one computer workstations with all kinds of nooks crannies for a computer and its acces built furniture is a nice idea, but it’s wise to stay away from the desks where the computer is tucked inside an enclosure (they're easy to spot: they look like futuris: tic rolltop desks or fancy kitchen cabinets). Like errant papers or misplaced disk drives, enclosed computer workstations can restrict airflow through the Macintosh, Power to the Mac While thinking of a good place to rest your Mac, consider the location of the nearest power outlet. Ifat all possible, place the Mac right by an outlet and avoid the use of extension cords. If no convenient power outlet can be found, you'll have to make do with an ex- tension cord. The Mac's power cable is only a little over 7 feet long, so in reality an outlet must be under your nose to do much good. There is actually nothing wrong with using an extension cord with the Mac, but you must follow some rules. Don't settle for just any extension cord, Good ones for the Mac should be big and fat and rated for at least 20 amps. Most importantly, the cord must have a grounding plug. This plug is essential for safety. Alas, the cheap extension cords commonly used for lamps just won't do for the Mac. They're too light and they lack a grounding wire. While you're at the hardware store buying the right kind of extension cord, get one that’s just long enough for the job. Don't trail a 20-foot cord around the floor when a 6-foot cord will do. Whether you use an extension cord or not, keep the wires out of the way. You run the risk of losing pre- cious data if someone trips over the cord and the plug comes tearing out of the wall. Besides, tripping over the power cord will likely yank the Mac right off the table, and a cracked Mac is a sorry sight, 46 December 1984 When at all possible, avoid plugging the Mac into the same electrical circuit shared by a heavy, power- hungry appliance such as a refrigerator, air condi- tioner, or photocopier. Heavy appliances like these draw lots of power when they are first turned on, And when they're turned off, they pump a bolt of electricity through the power circuits that can find its way into the Macintosh. The power supply built into the Macintosh has electronics to squelch most of these momentary power drains and surges, but it can’t compensate for them all. Brownouts and surges, even the ones that last less than a hundredth of a second, can corrupt data in the Mac- intosh’s random access memory (RAM). Some of the more powerful surges can even cause permanent damage, requiring extensive repair. For extra protection against power fluctuations, consider buying a power line conditioner at a com- puter retail store. These cost from $40 to $150 and pro- vide an extra measure of protection for the Mac’s power circuits, Cleaning Up Your Act The second step toward proper Mac care is a clean and healthy home or office. If you're a lousy housekeeper, it'll quickly show up in the way your Macintosh behaves. Dust and soot in the air can settle between the Mac's keys, which can make typing a chore. Dust can also find its way inside the Macintosh, where it forms a blanketlike film on the internal elec- trical components and connections and makes the Mac heat up. Dust is to be avoided. Consider it Mac Enemy Number One. Reduce airborne pollutants by regularly dusting and vacuuming the room you keep your Mac in. Keep the area around the Macintosh as clean as possible. If your Mac is near a window or an air vent, controlling dust will be difficult at best. Even so, clean as much as you can. If your Mac is stationed in an air-conditioned room, be sure that the vent filters are cleaned regularly. If you live in a dry, dusty climate or use the Macin- tosh in an area where dust is hard to control, consider buying an electrostatic air filter ata department store (for about $20). These power-operated cleaners work by actively attracting dust. They give off small charges of electricity, so keep them away from the computer and disks. The filters in electrostatic cleaners get grimy fast, so replace them promptly when they are soiled. Surprisingly, the Mac so vulnerable in the wet winter, when airborne dust is at a minimum. The rea- son is simple. Winter is heater season. If you use a ker- osene- or wood-burning heater near your Mac, take note. Most wood heaters, even properly vented ones, give off soot and ash that can be hard to control, Ker- osene heaters emit a fine spray of conductive oil that acts as a dust attractor when the oil settles on and in (continues on page 49) ACL, Inte. 1960 E. Devon Ave.