MacWorld 8610 October 1986

Clear your desk, SideKick’s here! Sisericxe The Macintosh” Office Manager,” gets rid of antiques like desktop phone directories, calcu- lators, calendars, notepads, clocks, adding machines, and similar clutter. It sweeps all that off your desk and into your Mac. You can now bring true desktop organization, information manage- ment, and telecommunications to your Mac and do all that while you're running other programs. What PhoneLink does for you PhoneLink™ automatically dials all your phone numbers. Your fingers no longer do the walking. You don't needa modem—but ifyou do have one, PhoneLink does this even while your modem is in use, You get both SideKick and Phone- Link for only $99.95! What SideKick does for you Gives you a full-screen editor and mini-word processor that lets you jot down notes, create and edit files, and/or be used in conjunction with programs like MacWrite” or MacPaint.” ‘ © Provides you with a telecommunica- tions program that sends and re- celves data from any on-line network or bulletin board while using other applications. (You need a modem for this feature.) @ Letsyou tap into a full-featured finan- clal and scientific calculator that will let you print out a paper tape of your work. G Offers you a print spooler that prints any text file while you run other programs. @ Shows you an instant calendar—by day, week, or month—which you can also print out. @ Reminds you of important dates/ times/appointments with a “things- to-do” file, © Alerts you to engagements with a convenient alarm system. @ Tells you what you're spending in telephone charges by calculating the cost of every call to whatever area code or time zone. @ Keeps you aware of business and travel expenses, @ Gives you a credit card file that tracks entries, balances, and limits. © Arms you with a report generator that prints out your mailing lists, calendar, or phone directory. @ Tells you the time with a sweep- hand analog clock. © Gives you instant on-line “Help” with one mouse click. Turbo Pa: coming he incredibly is CO Mae Turbo Pascal {01 willbe priced @ comple ~ patible with Lisa” an Workshop Pascal. Furbo Pascal for Ih Pascal vers Turbo Noverbet Heart of America’s skipper Buddy Melges with Borland ‘énterrational's skipper Prilippe Kahn on a testing, training, ‘and anaiylical run, Santa Cruz, Calilomia Mac News for Kangaroos! Heart of America, one of the U.S. 18-meter contestants in the Amer- ica’sCupraces in Australia, isrelying on Reflex for the Mac to help Bring Tnat Cup Up. (They're also using Borland’s SideKick” and Turbo Pascal.*) Reflex analyzes 20 different variables like wind speed, heel angle, backstay load, trim tab angle, rudder angle and 16 other criteria to show and tell Heart of America where to be when—and what to do now to win! ete ent jor and th seal for the Mac Leen fines 2 eset t e ability to fun soe ABE: clickable a grams Eun 1a te ‘compilations using al into 48K. compile! fit ie til. asc ae Progt the current ran, ut dot is even bel for the \Bt on. Gel oe ‘tel Pascal for the Mac— an selile for Introducing Reflex for the Mac, Borland’s remarkable new relational database Because it is a truly relational Designed to make the database, Reflex for the Mac™lets — most of your Mac’s visual you get your various acts together. talents, Reflex for the Mac Lets you connect “A” to “B” to “C,” _ lets you place fields and or “Dog to “Cat” to “Fight.” Or pictures wherever you want whatever links and connections ‘Memon the page—and you need to make and need to see. en a al ey It's a simple spreadshest-style our Bop Generators series ofelectronicandvisualcross- A funny way to use references, There's a clear connec- Reflex for the Mac tion (which you first make by Let's say you have to drawing it on-screen) between “ake a lot of peeches “Client” —“Matter”—“Attorney”— and. you like to tell Jokes, “Time Sheet”—“Expenses” and Dut can’t always remember “Binl” Or between “Slow Driver the right one for the right iin LeftHand Lane”—"Minadeng: ~) Sebees the mht time, - - So you use Reflex for the Traffic Jam” and “Shot from Mac to set, up multiple flles Behind.” It's all relational. that all connect to each other. Your “Joke” file connects to your “Audience” file, which is split into cate- gories like “Friendly,” "Hogtite” “Dumb,” “Student” or whatever— all of which are intercon- nected and relational. Reflex for the Mac lets you find the right joke for the right audience, right now. (The serious sides of business include applica- tions like client billing, stock portfolio manage- ment, tax planning, and your checkbook.) ‘Thelink ines you draw establish bath visual <andelectronicrelationships between your dalabases, ‘ter opening the Overview’ window, you draw link lines between databases directly ontoyour Macintoshsereen, Five free templates when you buy Reflex for the Mac. 66 You get—absolutely free—5 ready-to-use templates tor: + Sample 1040 tax formpreparation + Slackportiolioanalysis + Client tilling + Aparts‘explosion’ application that breaks down objectsinto ‘components for cost analysis, * Personal checkbook template. Total cost to you? $Zip! 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With Reflex for the Mac, you'll have all the right connections. 4 & Really uses the visual strength of the Mac to produce a database design. tool ‘Adam Greene, InfoWorld ...astunningly wonderful application generator/dbms Esther Dyson, Release 1.0 Bridges the gap between the pretty programs and the power programs Stewart Alsop, or) POletier Bee Late | | want YE H the best! ‘Send me Rellex for the Mac ‘or Sidekick for the Mac at $992 To order by phone or for a dealer nearest you, call (800) 255-8008 in CA call (800) 742-1133 — Relier for the Mac — Sidehick for the Mac (wt Phonevink) 599.95" $_ ws Ouiside USA add $10 per copy CA and MA (es. add Sales” lax ‘Amount snciosed Prices inte shipping to al US cites. Payment: VISA MC Money onder Check Credit cad expiation dale 1 a Shady | eal Ea) teal al NOT COPY PROTECTED **60-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE BB cons ans purchase orders WILL NOT be accep a Borland. Ouiside USA make payment by bank drall, ‘payable in US doftars drawn an @ US hank. 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Microsoft's New Works Danny Goodman While you work your way up to more powerful programs, let this very workable integrated package be your productivity workhorse. CinaNew Light Jim Takatsuka Discover the unified theory of C programming. LightspeedC combines a multiwindow text editor, a linker, and utilities into an integrated environment that lets you write and test code with relative ease. Insight Keith Thompson A graceful user interface, sophisticated reporting features, and power to spare make Layered’s /nsight the high-end accounting package to beat. 126 130 136 The Macintosh"Magazine Hands On The Ins and Outs of Interlace Laurie Flesher ‘Two dozen tips for faster, more efficient operation and better-looking reports. Keys to the Future Nanci Hamilton Reel and Christopher Osburn Are you still using a keyboard layout designed over 100 years ago to slow down speedy typists? Break out of the nineteenth century by converting to the speed-optimized Dvorak layout. Community The Labtop Macintosh Dan McNeill and Paul Freiberger It’s no longer an experiment: from + data acquisition and instrument ofa control to biological modeling and molecular diagramming, the Mac is getting results in scientific applications. Dreamy, La ie et 13 27 35 47 65 79 Departments A Tale of Two Systems David Bunnell What Do Macintosh Users Want? Jerry Borrell Can a Plus Be a Minus? Steven Levy Letters Macworld View A look at Servant, details on the new Apple II, dBase comes to the Mac, an Apple support group for programmers, and more. Get Info Lon Poole Macworld’s tutor answers questions about printing envelopes on the ImageWriter, the Finder versus the MiniFinder, RAM disk difficulties, and other Macintosh concerns. Macware Reviews "Word Handler Anew alternative to Word and Write. beets . * Micro Planner Plus A project manager for people with big plans. "Acta Ifyou agree that an outliner should be an adjunct rather than an application, consider this handy desk accessory from Symmetry. =ColorChart A color graphics program that’s low on the price spectrum. = The Graphics Magician Adda little action to your programs with this animation application. "Turbo Maccountant A full-featured accounting program with an agreeable bottom line. "Evelyn Wood Dynamic Reader and Smart Eyes Quick scans of two speed-reading packages. =Softstrip The biggest thing since bar code or a concept without a constituency? =Mac+il Run (or is it walk?) Apple II software on the Mac. 179 Open Window An exchange of Macintosh discoveries, including three Excel macros for scientists and statisticians, tips on undocumented Microsoft BASIC features, and pointers on using 7empo and MacTracks to print multiple copies of MacPaint files, Macworld Directory Indexes Advertisers Products Macworld = 3 Drawing of a piano string-making ma- chine created using MacPlot. For a driver that can stretch your plotter's abilities, see page 96. ‘iwo-headed Mac: Ka- dius’s full-page display lets you use the Mac’s screen at the same time. See Macworld View for details. MACWORLD David Bunnell Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Poitier Director/Art and Design J. Kelley Younger Executive Editor Jerry Borrell Editor Christopher Burg Acting Art Director Editorial Managing Editor: Charles Barrett Associate Editors: Daniel Farber, Adrian Mello ‘Technical Editor: David Ushijima Assistant Editors: Nancy E. Dunn, Joe Matazzoni, Janet McCandless Senior Copy Editor: Kathleen Christensen Copy Editors: Cathy E. Abes, Katherine Ulrich Editorial Assistants: Eileen Drapiza, Valerie L. Kuletz Assistant to the Executive Editor: Gina Vanlue Editorial Administrative Assistant: Otto Waldorf Contributing Editors: Danny Goodman, Jim Heid, Steven Levy, Gordon McComb, Erfert Nielson, Lon Poole, Jeffrey S. 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For the name of one near you, call (800) 634-9737 In Illinais, (800) 854-9737 In Canada, (800) 565-1267 7 = — GENERAL COMPUTER The leading edge starts here. wademarks of General Computer Corp. PageMaker a tradamarkot Aldus Corp Microsot and Exoe! are wacemaris Circle 143 on reader service card “Smartcom II (communications software) for the Mac is the best terminal program for the Macintosh...” —Link Up, September 1985. What more can we say? David Bunnell A Tale of Two Systems Once the whole world of personal computers seemed to orbit around IBM. Now it’s unclear who's orbiting around whom. ‘While IBM moves toward a closed system, Apple moves to open up the Mac.’ Somewhere in a distant personal computer galaxy, a new star is being born. In the meantime, back here on earth, we're being pelted by meteorites the size of IBM PC clones. It's been almost a year since Apple president and CEO John Sculley issued his prophetic warning to the gurus and moguls of personal computing gathered at Esther Dyson’s annual forum in Phoenix to discuss the shape of the PC universe. Aserious consequence of sweeping MS-DOS standardization, Sculley cau- tioned, was that South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan would flood the United States with low-cost, high-quality personal comput- ers and dominate the PC-compatibles marketplace. No one at the conference took him very seriously. The personal computer in- dustry leaders agreed that only one stan- dard existed—namely, MS-DOS—and that anyone who wanted to be a force in the in- dustry would have to conform to that standard, This prompted another warning from Sculley. “Industry standards that don’t al- low for future innovation will end up sti; fling the industry’s growth instead of reg- ulating it,” he reminded them. But Compaq Computer president Rod Canion and others argued that the MS-DOS standard actually promoted rather than in- hibited creativity, They maintained that staying within the standard would free you to do anything you wanted, while ensuring your software's compatibility with what- ever machines were dominating the PC world. The consensus was that Apple had positioned the Macintosh to be a factor in the corporate world—like the IBM PC—and that the attempt had failed miserably. I re- member a moment during the conference when someone actually remarked, “Apple is dead but doesn’t know it yet.” In session after session, speakers re- peated the doomsday forecast for Apple Computer. They insisted that once the Microsoft Windows interface for the PC was released, the Macintosh—with its words-and-graphics sophistication—would lose its temporary advantage over the PC. Once Windows was available, they claimed, there would simply be no reason to own a Macintosh. Well, Windows has been released, and the Mac is doing better than ever. It’s now clear that if Windows does make an im- pact, it will largely be on the faster 286- and 386-based PCs: Windows requires more speed and more memory than the standard PC provides. Even with an acceler- ator board, Windows seems very slow. It's also apparent that Windows ona PC doesn’t yet compete all that well with a Macintosh, because the Mac’s screen reso- lution is far superior to that of the IBM PC. Eventually, Windows-based machines will indeed rival the Macintosh. But be- cause Windows demands faster processing and more memory, there won't be enough Windows-based machines to constitute a real threat to the Mac for at least another year. And when this point is reached, the machines will probably be much more ex- pensive than the Mac-based systems. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates recently told me that “the Macintosh will be the (continues) Macworld 13, The issue of Fortune magazine on the left side of this ad was painstakingly created by a large staff [ga of editors and proof readers and art directors |i andtypesettersand & camera operators and keyliners. The Fortune on the right side of this ad was painlessly recre- ated by one person. using PageMaker’soft- (a ware. Because Page- Maker gives anyone the ability to publish just about anything. PAGEMAKER TURNS YOUR MAPUBLISHING THE LARGEST HOUSE. vu Ss. INDUSTRIAL CORPO With PageMaker you can set your own type, juggle pictures, control line spacing, enlarge or shrink graph- ics, create line rules, crop photos and move alltheelementsofa * page around until you get then you want them. i D N Then you can print the onde inne out on It signe ais a great deal of ima a laser printer with 300 dot resolution. 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Because it will save money in typesetting You'll discover how easy and production on every piece you produce. ‘ALDUS is to make any good idea look PageMaker runs on both Apple 512K like a million bucks. 411 First Avenue South, Suite 200, Department A, Seattle, WA 98104 (206)622-5500 Circle 306 on reader service cord ANNOUNCING A FREE OFFER WITH A 3,000-YEAR GUARANTEE. What a deal! Your first Shanghai” game’s on us! Just send for your freeShanghai demonstration disk which contains one tantalizing puzzle. It’s guaranteed to whet your appetite for the billions of options on the complete disk. What makes us so sure? History. Shanghai is derived from the ancient oriental game of MahJongg, which has captured players’ imaginations for over 30 centuries. Find out what a 3,000-year obsession is all about. Write for your free Shanghai Demo: Activision, Inc. P.O. Box 7287 Mountain View,CA 94039 Enclose a $3.00 check for postage and handling. 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Once reigning supreme, lately IBM has seen its power eroded not only by low-cost im- ports from Asia but by homegrown clones right here in the United States. At the Phoenix conference IBM may have been touted as invincible, but here we are, less than a year later, asking the ques- tion, Will Big Blue ever regain the position it once held in personal computing? The prospects are bleak indeed. Iron- ically, IBM is about to embark on a strategy of making its future computers less clona- ble and more proprietary—probably with methods similar to those Apple used with the Macintosh, such as placing routines that draw text fonts and display graphics in a proprietary ROM. While IBM moves toward a closed tem, Apple plans to open up the Macintosh. At this point, Apple has the advantage because it stands to benefit from the lesson of IBM's trials in the world of compatibi Thus Apple can incorporate all the benefits of open architecture while avoiding the pit- falls that have befallen Big Blue. By putting in slots that will accommo- date third-party circuit boards, memory boards, and interface boards, Apple is en- couraging the creation of different Macin- tosh configurations that otherwise might not have come about. I predict that in the not-too-distant fu- ture we will see an explosion of diversely configured Macintoshes on the market. These machines will be loaded with differ- ent kinds of internal boards and config- ured to a wide variety of input and output devices. However, despite the open Mac, Apple is unlikely to simplify the Macintosh’s ROM (continues) Presenting Two Drives... Introducing the MagNet 40/40 and the MagNet 30X. Speed, Storage, Security, Allin One. The MagNet 40/40 hard drive with tape backup offers speed, dependability, multi software, plus peace of mind. Perfect for big applications like desktop publishing, CAD, CAM and financial modeling where large storage and data integrity are crucial. 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Circle 455 on reader service card 20 October 1986 David Bunnell enough to make it copyable. Apple is cer- tainly not going to make it easy for com- petitors to churn out Mac clones. That's another valuable lesson Apple has learned from IBM's experience, as well as its own Apple II saga. Should Apple ever decide that having Mac clones could be an advantage, it can simply license the Macintosh ROM toa manufacturer and collect royalties on the clones that its licensee produces. Vern Rayburn, president of Symantec —the company that makes the Q&A pro- gram for MS-DOS machines—recently ob- served that most of the exciting software development today is taking place in the world of the Macintosh, not in the PC world, Suddenly the tables are turned, Many large corporations are now buying Macin- toshes for their high-quality output and their ability to integrate text and graphics in an aesthetically pleasing manner. For such applications, the Macintosh clearly has the edge over the PC. By the time the 386-based machines come along to steal the show, Apple will have built enough bridges to MS-DOS to include MS- DOS emulation on the Mac itself. In this way, corporations can easily in- tegrate the Macintosh system into a PC en- vironment and exchange data and files, and even programs, through networks. So Apple has the chance to make the Macintosh a winner in large corporations after all. Several lessons can be learned from this tale of two systems. One is that you can’t always rely on the conventional wisdom of industry gurus for answers to complex questions. They're frequently wrong. Another is that things aren't always what they appear to be. A year ago, it appeared that the whole personal computer industry had gone into orbit around IBM and would never escape. Now it’s not clear who's orbiting whom. In fact, there may be more than one PC solar system out there. Just watch out for the black holes. 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The quadLYNX uses a non porous phenolic ball that is perfectly round and impervious to dust and dirt. Overall quality construction means incredibly precise cursor manipulation. We think you'll agree, the mouse is just no match for quadLY NX versatility, reliability and ease-of-use, Interested? The quadLYNX price of only $129 includes a full year warranty — nine months longer than the warranty offered by Apple™ For a limited time we're even offering a $20 rebate when you send in your old mouse. This offer expires Friday, November 7, 1986, Midnight. So call us today. Or talk to one of our dealers. Then, get your hands on a quadLYNx, and quit mousing around. Macintosh and Apple are trademarks of Appla Computer Inc. Honeywell | 102 East Baker Street - Costa Mesa, CA 92626 714-979-5300 800-824-3522 THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SCAN A CAT When you want to create graphics with your Macintosh, there's no need to pussyfoot around with anything less than Thunder- Scan. 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Networks that don’t even come close in performance can cost three times as much. Whether you're using all Macs, all PCs or Macs and PCs, we're so con- vinced that TOPS is the best network you can buy that Centram is offering a special introductory 30-day money back guarantee. Don’t waste a minute. Call and order TOPS today. And get your IBM on speaking terms with your Macintosh. For inquiries, call 415/644-8244 or write Centram Systems West, 2372 Ellsworth Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704. Introductory 30-Day Money Back Guarantee For orders, call 800-222-10PS in California call 800-445-TOPS Centram systems west Jerry Borrell What Do Macintosh Users Want? As the Mac changes, are users following suit? Apple may sell as many Macs this year as in the machine's first two years combined.’ Determining how Macintosh users are changing is an all-important pursuit for the editors of Macworld if we are to produce a vibrant, entertaining publication. How can one measure the needs and interests of a group of some 600,000 individuals? More- over, do the needs of a 128K Mac owner co- incide with those of the 512K or Mac Plus owner? How do the interests of the long- time Mac user differ from those of the new user? Which products, in a proliferating market, deserve editorial attention? Finding the answers to these ques- tions is fundamental to serving you effec- tively. One way we learn is by direct in- quiry: quarterly subscriber surveys, phone calls to our readers, and conversations with developers and user group members. The results provide us with a general reader profile, The most popular applica- tions, we're told, are word processing, spreadsheets, data management, graphics, games, and communications. And while you use the Macintosh primarily for busi- ness, it is often found in the home, em- ployed for “personal enrichment.” A significant number of readers ac- quire new hardware shortly after its an- nouncement. A 1985 survey, for instance, showed that most readers owned 128K Macs, while 1986 results indicated that most owned 512K Macs. This same period also showed significant acquisition of hard disk drives and laser printers. Your growing numbers reinforce the point: the Macintosh is on the move, Apple may sell as many Macs this year as in the machine’s first two years combined, While it's still too early to make generalizations about the expanding Mac user base, we can draw some conclusions. Two trends, in particular, come to mind, First, many new buyers choose the Macintosh for a specific application: desktop publishing; desktop communications; or, increasingly, applica- tions such as engineering and design. Un- derstandably, these users want detailed in- formation on how to use the Mac in their particular fields. Second, we find a growing intolerance of the problems common to all computers. You want the product to work right the first time around-to be “the right thing.” To- ward that end, we laud Apple's release of system software version 3.2 and Finder 5.3. When hardware and software develop- ers catch up, we'll see an end to system crashes—provided that everyone converts to the new system versions. While there's no doubt that the Macin- tosh and its market are changing, you con- tinue to ask us for certain basics: new product information, how to use hardware and software more effectively, and guid- ance about which products to buy. Charac- teristics of the reader also hold steady; the typical Mac user continues to be more edu- cated, inquisitive, creative, and energetic than the general population. Most of our readers aren’t “power users,” but they do run a variety of applica- tions on their Macs—and so tend to en- counter a broader range of problems than (continues) Macworld = 27 Introducing Insight. Pee Tie fait Window Form Menort fiction Find Sot-up i! 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Viewed right on the screen, they let you compare last ia tat_Windous form, ction fing flap a evanyreter Insight not only analyzes your results, it explains who is watching them and why Insight interprets your performance, describes business factors affecting tt, and finally recommends actions you can take. year's performance, current year-to- date, and even how you re doing com- pared to your industry. All this allows you to quickly understand where your company is, project where it's going, and what adjustments you should consider. Insight’s Expert Reports calcu- late and interpret trends in your sales, © 1986 Layered, Inc. owner. IBM isa regis Circle 13 on reader service card costs, and expenses. So you can better manage and project revenue, expenses, assets and liabilities. 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Taking the upgrade path is costly and confusing but ultimately satisfying Nowhere is it easier to be left behind than in the field of personal computing. Ob- solescence is always just a product an- nouncement away. When that happens, users face a tough decision: upgrade, or muddle through with yesterday's tech- nology. Sometimes, progress's relentless advance does not even permit upgrading. Fortunately, in the case of Apple's introduc- tion of the Macintosh Plus, the upgrade is an option. But is it a step worth taking? A deceptively difficult inquiry. For my part, I had developed a fierce affection for my Macintosh 512K, nicknamed the Hum- mer, The machine earned its moniker from the frequent conversational interludes be- tween its internal and external floppy disk drives. Sometimes, when I least expected it (and surely when I least desired it), a message came up on screen that the Hum- mer required a specific disk, and then it would sullenly wait until I supplied it. The chat then recommenced, conducted in hums of varying pitches. The Hummer’s private discourse sym- bolized the relative slowness of the original Mac. Owners have come to accept a sug- gestion to go out and get a cup of coffee after they've given commands to set a pro- gram in motion. The Mac Plus, combined with a hard disk drive, promises something else: The Decaf Mac—with no place for cof- fee in the process. Specifically, the Mac Plus’s improve- ments include more memory (a mega- byte’s worth), a double-sided internal disk drive to replace the single-sided one, new ROM chips that somehow speed up digital housekeeping, and a high-speed port— called the SCSI (pronounced scuzzy)—for lightning-fast access to hard disk drives that utilize the port. There's also a new key- board with a numeric keypad and cursor- control keys, the very keys that Macintosh maestro Steve Jobs vowed would never <eyboard, Oh, well. Owners of 512K Macintoshes can get a whole-hog upgrade for around a thousand bucks, or a baby upgrade (just the disk drive and the new ROM) for three hundred. I went whole hog and bought a brand-new Plus, handing over the Hummer to my friend at home. (And let me tell you, I had some fun getting her Apple I + files into the Mac—but that’s another story.) Plug-Incompatible A problem greeted me when I opened the Macintosh Plus box: the connectors for the serial ports don’t match the ports on the Hummer. I was unable to hook up my ImageWriter or modem to the Plus without special adapter plugs. After searching fran- tically in the box for the adapters, I sadly reached the conclusion that there were none in there, and I had to venture into the world and find them. MAX SEABAUGH A frantic survey of New York stores re- vealed a remarkable shortage of adapter plugs. Finally I found a store that agreed to sell me two adapters for $20 apiece. I ran uptown and purchased two flimsy pieces of plastic and metal with a fair value, I figure, of about $3. It was the most unpleasant ex- perience I'd had since unpacking an IBM PCjr and finding out that the keyboard wouldn't work without batteries (not included), The next surprise was the end of the hum. The double-sided disk drives on the Mac Plus make a distinctly different sound~a robotic gurgle. The good news is that the gurgle seldom lasts for long— undoubtedly because with the improved ROM chips, the Mac Plus does not access the disk with the same loony insistence as the Hummer did. And, of course, the new disk drive holds twice as much information as the old one, Drive, He Said This brings up the question of what people should do with their old disk drives. Not only is it inefficient to use a sin- gle-sided drive in conjunction with double- (continues) Macworld 35 You do more than spreadsheet calculations. Jazz*does more than that, too. Five times more than that. More than any other single piece of software made for your Apple” Macintosh™ personal computer. Five powerful functions—not just a smattering of this and that—but five functions deep enough to stand alone: spreadsheet, database, word processing, graphics and communications, All five so thoroughly integrated that they work beautifully together through a unique Jazz feature called HotView. With Jazz you can direct your attention to many projects—or mi arts of the same project— without changing programs. With Jazz you can revise or update information in one document or several documents instantly. With Jazz you can work the way you work best. All of which simply means this: you can be more productive, more effective—you can do more, ith Jazz, than you can with any other piece of software. Go ahead. Get a demonstration at a Lotus authorized dealer. Your Macintosh is capable of doing a lot more than spreadsheets. For that matter, so are you. Lotus Jazz re for the Apple Macintosh ine nd processing, database and c © 1986 Lotus Development Corporation. Lotus and Jazz are registered trademarks of Lotus Developrient Corporation, Macintosh isa trademark of Melntosh Laboratory, Inc. and is used with expressed permission of pple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Steven Levy sided disks, it can be somewhat dangerous because of the confusion that inevitably arises in such a situation. Unable to fathom the nature of this (double-sided) beast, the doddering old external drive concludes that it’s not a formatted disk at all and asks that you click the mouse to format the disk properly. If you have not been watching carefully, you might do this and wipe out as much as 800K-or an entire book's worth—of information. For a while, I played with the Plus using no external disk drives at all, hard or floppy, to see if such a stripped-down ap- proach was feasible. I found it not too time- consuming to make up some double-sided disks that included a well-stuffed System Folder, an application or two, and consider- able room for documents. For simple word processing or spreadsheeting, this is quite adequate. Then, attempting to take advan- tage of all that memory inside the Plus, I loaded a System Folder and Microsoft Word into a RAM disk (a program that carves out a chunk of computer memory to behave like an extra disk drive, only faster), stuck a floppy into the drive for my document, and absolutely wailed away. Then, abruptly, I encountered a very weird bug. The cursor on my screen sud- denly grew to a height of about 4 inches, and the rest of my text disappeared. And nothing I typed produced a response. Since this is not my preference for turbo computing, I tried to undo whatever I had done, without success. I finally had to shut down the machine, thus wiping out the contents of my RAM disk. After encounter- ing the same problem on my second try, I gave up and went back to using the stan- dard floppy. Then I discovered that some- where along the line, the computer's clock had gone haywire. It informed me that some of my more recent files were created not in 1986 but in 1904. The idea of time- travel word processing was intriguing, but I would be happier in a less volatile comput- ing environment. @ @ @ Ss eS Clouded Vision What caused the bug? You guess. All I know is that somewhere in the interaction between the RAM disk software, Word, the system software, and the new ROM, some- thing was amiss. Is it too much to expect that things go right? Since Apple has done considerable boasting about the easy up- grade path from the Mac 512K to the Plus, you expect the snags to be kept toa minimum. Instead, adventures. Pull down the calculator and use the numeric keypad to work it; the plus sign on the board makes a minus sign on the screen (I'll ignore the symbolism). 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And bugs kept appearing, so Apple issued System 3.1.1 (that's right, three-point-one-point-one) and Finder 5.2. Meanwhile the version numbers of the ImageWriter driver and the Desk Accessory Mover kept inching up, too. Finally, I heard of the supposedly final, bug-free System 3.2 and Finder Sound confusing? No joke. Apple is making an effort to keep people informed of the latest updates, but not enough of an effort. Although Apple sends the latest ver- sions to dealers and makes them available on CompuServe for downloading, the bur- den is still on the users to (1) determine whether they need new versions and (2) take time and expense to get the upgrades themselves, Apple should take the more re- sponsible approach of immediately send- ing the upgrade disks to anyone who filled Fos RIGHT une Sete Ritzitatic BODONI Italic Bold Bolditalic out Mac Plus warranty cards, 512K En- hanced Mac cards, or upgrade kit cards. Irun on about these problems be- cause all this improvement has subtly but effectively blemished the vision of the Mac- intosh: computing without worrying about what a computer is, The way | see it, people should be able to buy a Macintosh as a first computer, go to work on it, and never have to think about what a System is and what a Finder is and what version of these things they have in their machines. That kind of garbage should have gone out with the MS-DOS computers, While I real- ize this complexity goes hand in hand with the effort to improve the Macintosh, the sit- uation is still disappointing. Hard Drivin’ Man That said, let me go on to the more cheerful experience of hooking up toa hard disk drive. After a few weeks of using both the Apple HD 20 (connected to the external disk drive port) and a SuperMac DataFrame 20 (connected to the SCSI port), I have to conclude it’s the only way to go. In fact, for anyone even considering an upgrade, I recommend going directly to a hard disk drive and not bothering with the sleek double-sided external floppy. This style of computing is certainly in the heart of the Macintosh vision. Both the hard disks | tried were ludicrously simple - to set up: the HD 20 was no more difficult to format than a floppy disk, and the Data- Frame arrived already formatted, complete with system software installed. Whereas the early Macintosh hard disk drives were more costly and saddled with complicated software problems, this generation lets you get going with zero learning time and pro- vides an easy discover-shortcuts-as-you-g0 route to real power computing. The other big advantage of a hard drive is the ability to build as huge a Sys- tem file as you want. 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