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SPECIAL REPORT ‘21 I$ COMPUTING SAFE FOR YOUR HEALTH? ® j The Macintosh Magazine July 1990 $3. Could Your Computer Be Killing You? ———— SEE PAGE 136 GRAPHING. SOFTWARE 2-0 CAD PC TO MAC AND BACK COLOR MONITORS ozebs 340_ ey _Xog vas es LN: Orval Ure Maya 10H aT Tv Vite yeveo00d ING 96b229 4 #z6ve000dINd& : A ie ozsy. LI T9303 9800 THEO DBF ay Preferred by nine o and manipu Consistently, people who work with num- bers have some noticeable traits. They’re intelligent, organized and thor- ough—buttoned up, if you will. Which explains why Microsoft’ Excel has been the spreadsheet standard for Macintosh” ever since it was introduced in 1985. Today, 90% of Macintosh spreadsheet users do their calculating, manipulating, analyzing and pre- ve it. id while Microsoft Excel has always been easy to learn and use, it can now perform Profitability by division WxC 2000 JUL AUG WinMark Copiers all the complex functions you perform, but with labor-saving benefits. 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Eee TO: FR: DT: RE: ce Shannon Pitts Peter Cohen November 13th, 1989 Presentation to the Board In preparation for the annual meeting, I've created a 20-minute slide presentation on our successful entry into the small printer market. The presentation will explain to the share- holders that, on a basis of sound marketing strategy, reinforced with our knowledge of the printer business at other levels, we have been able to grow from a 2 percent share of market, to 9 percent in 18 short months. To the right is an excerpt of the presenta- tion which illustrates our growth. Anticipated concerns will probably center around quality of service and the ability to meet market demand over the next year, We should be able to squelch any fears by explaining that our small printers have a very low (4%) field repair call requirement at present. And ot nes, bly resources here in the Ry WxC 2000 JUL AUG SEP. Revenue (In Thousands) With a very respectable 9 percent share after only 18 months, we feel we can reach 15 percent by the end of the next fiscal year (see six month projection). Actual vs Forecast Are we in danger from constant exposure to indeed burt us. Mac- world'scritical analy- sis begins on page 136. (Photo by Dan Escobar.) Control a multitude ofmultimedia devices from your desktop, page 119. may DEPARTMENTS By Deborah Branscum MNelCONOCIAStH s.r cree yee whens sccee's 5] By Steven Levy StataiofithelMlatsteccciccsscsecs votes sone teat 93 By Bruce kK Webster By Dan Littman and Tom Moran NOWIPFOUUDTS it esictscicuisscnereestnere ant ences 235 HOW ATOOUICKITINS: As scrvcese cme ce temece ees cra as 247 By Lon Poole How To/Getting Started with Paint and Draw Software ....253 By Jim Heid How To/Insights on SuperPaint 2.0................0... 261 By Erfert Fenton Uitlate spe tee 20's Secce cca iter seidlemioetirm in eRe 269 WHBTBHOBWWetces cess ccc eo Gaceeerent ce oltre 271 BastsSallarss:. diiccpers acre rane ass sratie taieleiewaierteles 312 You don't have to bean artist to make a splash with grapbicssofiware, page 253. MACWORLD « JULY 1990 Macworld the Macintosh” Magazine July 1990 TAL SREP OR Inthisissue, Macworldasks some tough questions about computers and health risks: bow long can we afford to overlook the disturbing statistics? Commentary/Jerry Borrell......... 23 Is Your Computer Killing You? Conspicuous Consumer........... 71 By Deborah Branscum The Magnetic-Field Menace By Paul Brodeur Arecomputer users unknowingly risking their health? Macworld investigates source of growing concern: monitors and electromagnetic emissions, Color Monitors Put to the Test wee 4G By Robert Eckhardt Macworld Labse' nonitors for image luates the quality and value. Top of the Charts........ By David L. Foster 3-D charts, the ‘rom simple line graphs to fancy can show off your data in a flattering light. See how 11 chart-making programs stack up. Mac DOSsier........ ee he ByJim Heid Apprehensiveabout exchanging files with that PC down the hall: awhole range of hardware and software options for breaking down those formidable barriers. Making |Platist sce goo ORs. OPES SOO NG ae By Doug Houseman and Ann Marie O'Connell Hasthe Mac2-D CAD There's market filled in the empty spaces? We compare 19 programs for engineers and architects MACWORLD + JULY 1990 Ratlius Pivot Display System ... 192 Rotating-display monitor. TypeStyler 1.01.22... 2.2... 183 ‘Typographic special effects. MicroPhone Il 3.0 and White Knight 11... Telecommunications programs. DiskTop 4. 192 File-management desk accessory. ‘Mac Rescue and Gemini 020/030 . 1h Two Macintosh upgrade kits, After Datk 1.1, Fish 2.0, and Pyro 4.0 A trio of screen savers. McGee, The Playroom, and Preschool Pack. . ‘Three programs for pres TurboStar .... Active star-bub. Hooklp.. Iconic programming enwironment. faplink Mac lll .. File-transfer utility KepPlan 0 ee cs catie cle a0 Project manager. AutoSave 111.1... File-saving utility. Partner 1.01 ....... ese AL) Grapbic utility for desktop publishing and word processing programs. IdeaFisher 10, MindLink 1.0... 217 Idea-generating software. BAK) Solarian it.,..... pees 219 Color arcade game, Aperture 1.06 ..........0.. mM Visual-information manager. Network Bundle for Mac3.0 ... 224 Network programs. Window Shopping........... 227 HyperEntrepreneur 1.1, Layouts 1.0, American English Writing Guide 1.1, and CleanPath Com- puter Maintenance Kit 1.0. If your spreadsheet is spreading you too thin, € file can Formula Format Data Options Macro Window 222 Scotts Vall Franchise 55 |Store ‘Street Tl tate_|Zip ("80 Sales G5)Pizza 0. 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Will that new territory support a field office? Ask GeoQuery. Draw a circle anywhere, and get a report on every prospect inside. ‘To see how GeoQuery acldresses these and other pointed questions, call the toll-free number below. And get a sharp answer GeoQuery every time. = For more information or to order, call 1:800:323'5423. © 1990 Odeste Cop 4084 Commercial Avenue, Nanérook, I GOO62. 1-708-498-5615, ‘Geolluery Maciosh and VAX ave registered wademarks of Arg Design Gioup, Apple Compute: Inc, and O:gtal Equipment Corp. respectvely ap116q/070190 Circle 330 on reader service card. 4 MACWORLD + JULY 1990 MACWORLD Editor-in-C! thief Jerry Borrell s EDITORIAL Executive Editor Adrian Mello Managing Editor Charles Barrett Editorial Manager Jane Lagas Senior Associate Editor/Depts. Deborah Branscum itor/Lab Manager Chip Carman Senior Associate Editor/Features Joo Matazzoni Senior Associate Editor/East Coast Brita Mong enlor Associate Editor/Reviews Carol Person Senior Associate Editor/Features Chery! E. Spencer Associate Editors/News Dan Littman, Tam Moran Associate Editor/Features Suzanne Stefanac Associate Editor/Reviews Liza Weiman Senior Production Editor Luis A. Camus Senior Capy Editor Ruth Henrich Assistant Editors Cathy E, Abes, Mark Hurlow, Mary Margarat Lewis Production Editor Jo Ann Villalobos Copy Editors Marjorie Baer, Emily Bower, Felicity O’Moara, Katharine L. Ulrich Production Assistant Lisa Brazieal Editorial Assistants Julian CR. Okwu, Tim Warner Editorial Administrative Assistants Suzanne Courteau, Lyn Taylor Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief Sandy Butler Andrew Fluegelman Intern Jonathan Cassell Contributing Editors Nancy E. Dunn, Robert C. Eokhardt, Erfert Fenton, Rob Hahn, Jim Heid, Dave Kosiur, ‘Stovon Levy, David Pogue, Lon Poole, Stove Roth, Charles Seiter, Franklin N. Tessier, Bruce F. Webster ‘Overseas Editors Osmund Lind Iversen, Editor, ‘Australian Macworld, tol. 02-438-5133; Poter Worlock, Editor, Macworld (U.K. edition), tel. 01-831-9252; David Ushijima, Contributing Editor, Japan Senior Associate . ART ann DESIGN Design Director Dennis McLeod Art Director Joanna Hoffman Assistant Art Directors Nancy Paynter, Kent Tayenaka Designer Leslie Barton Designer/informational Graphics Ame Murty Associate Designers Andrew Faulkner, Hae Yuon Kim inior Design Associate Tim Johnson Design Associate Martha Katt cy PRODUCTION Director of Manufacturing Anne Foley Production Manager Claudia Dawn Smukler Advertising Billing Coordinator So Fong Yip Advertising Traffic Coordinator Annette Garcia President/CEO and Publisher Macworld Communications, Inc, Jami Martin Assistant to the President Terri Edelman July 1990, Yolume 7, Number 7 Me issn 0741-8647) is published monthly for 36 sues. Foreign orders must be prepaid in US. funds with audtional postage. Add $16 per year from Canaita and Mexico 416 per year for surfac ther countries, Seconi-<lass postage paid at San Francisco, Cale fornia, and at ditional mailing offices, LOCALE ASLAN LES PLANED EEN I dem iA fen oa ce eens aa It's Going Where No High-Speed Modem Has Gone Before. There's nothing more advanced for Macin- Lis] SHARE Teeven lets you dial in to your network tosh networks than the new high-speed NETWORK SHARING AAL#A| from a remote site to access files, use TOPS® NetModem V.32. Because the NetModem REMOTE BRIDGING AAAKA! AppleShare, E-mail? printers or any other V.32 pushes performance to the limit. Just EASE OF USE #4484] network resource. And it lets any Mac on plug one into your network and every DIAL-IN NETWORK ACCESS | # #844] your network access a remote network connected Mac can communicate at any thousands of miles away, creating a pow- speed up to a sizzling 9,600 bps with full V.32 compatibil- erful, high-speed wide-area internetwork. The Hayes-com- ity. The NetModem V.32 is easy to use, even if you’ve patible NetModem V.32 comes with Internet Manager soft- never seen a modem before, with menubar ‘LEDs’ and ware that lets you create network zones, control traffic, familiar modem sounds fed back to your Mac as your call restrict access between zones - even check the location progresses. It’s also economical, saving the expense of a and status of every device in the system. The NetModem dedicated Mac, multiple modems and extra phone lines - \.32 is setting a whole new standard. For more informa- not to mention excessive telephone and online charges. tion, call Shiva at 1-800-458-3550. y) | re 4 2 UV Vos teed 155 Second St., Cambridge, MA 02141 ‘All product names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers, \r You’rRE ConstperING An AppLte Monrro Once again, Radius turns display technology to match the format of your project, For exam- onits ear, Introducing Pivot," the first display ple, when you’re writing a manuseript, you that goes from portrait to landscape with only can sée a full page in portrait position. And ; ae | ‘ agg 4 a gentle push, |) The new Pivot is the first _ \ / when_you switch to spreadsheets, you can display that changes orientation, in real time,” * rotate Pivot to view all wwelve months, © Four levels of gray are furnished. Wi ‘ upgrades to 16 levels for nearpRotonrephie quality en Ideal for graphic design and desien pub- lishing. Pivot is compatible meh virtually every Macintosh application and may be used phone 1-800-227-2795 Then, before you buy a display for your Macintosh, check out another + amazing way to look at things from Radius. Circle 46 on reader service card “2uy Smipey yo Syrewopen pesays1Ba1 0 S{ewepen are APIdsIQ JoALd SmpeL PUR ‘OBO SIpeH! SU“SNIPEY| DUI SNIPEH OBE! > So;NGUISIG FeuOKeUsa;U SnIpeH Jo BUIBU BU} 40} OLOL-YEP-BOF IIED'SIEIS PA}UN By} OpISINO Oat] NDA} 2A SURE | =. ‘aay MacTableS four surfaces are interchangeable, and meet Macintosh modular design specifications, glove. Other configurations Support Macs. ‘with justa screwdriver and a supplied Allen wrench. 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MARKETING Marketing Associate/Reader Service Susan Carrll Marketing Associate/Merchandising Lisa Espinoza Marketing Associate/Communications Kimberlee Luedoo Marketing Associate/Events Randy Schneiderman (415/243-0505) a CIRCULATION Director of Circulation Lindsay Davidson Fulfillment Coordinator Evelyn Adenau Promotion Coordinator Lori Hitchcock Circulation Assistant Catherine Huchting Single-Copy Sales Director George Clark Single-Copy Sales Rep Martin Garchar MARKET RESEARCH Director of Research Gary L. Rocehio Rescarch Coordinator Guy Tasaka ADMINISTRATION Director of Finance Vieki Peilen Corporate Business Manager Christina W. Spence Accounting Manager Pat Murphy Director of Human Resources Shelly Ginenthal Information Systems Manager Walter J. Clegg Founder David Bunnell Founding Editor Andrew Fluegelman 1943-1985 In a field of unfriendly communication interfaces, enter a new face. Modems, wake up. speaking terms. 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Motorola has said it will appeal the original March 29 decision and that it expects to be able to continue selling the chips for the eight months the company anticipates the hearings will rake. Much Faster Printers Coming Adobe Systems says its new generation of PostScript printer controller boards will run three to seven times faster than current controllers. The new con- trollers are based on Mips’s R3000 RISC chip. Adobe head John Warnock said that within one year the new controllers will cost about the same as the 68020- based controllers now found in many PostScript printers, including Apple’s LaserWriter IINTX. Apple would not comment about using the R3000-based controller in future LaserWriters. Calling All (mageWriter Las Apple recently announced that its rework program for the troublesome ImageWriter LQ will end on October 31. Until then registered owners can haye bad line-registration or excessive noise problems fixed for free, even if the printer is out of warranty oryour AppleCare seryice contract has expired. Crate Ceases Operation ‘After several months of increasing problems and complaints of poor customer service, Crate Tech- nologies, a manufacturer of hard drives and tape backup systems, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles on April 20, 1990 (see Conspicuous Consumer). Apple-DEC Alliance Bears Fruit Apple and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) haye announced DEC LanWorks for Macintosh, a multifaceted bundle of Mac- and VAX/VMS-based soft- ware utilities and applications for Mac-to-VAX net- working. The package offers three types of software for both AppleTalk and DECnet environments: basic connectivity, services and applications, and applica- MAGWORLD + JULY 1990 tion programming interfaces (APIs). Connectivity software includes AppleTalk for VMS 3.0, a VAX/ VMS-based AppleTalk router and AppleTalk-to- DECnet gateway, and DECnet Phase 4 protocol driver for the Mac. Available services and applications range from an AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP)-compatible file server and print server to VT-320 terminal emu- lator and VMS Mail client application for the Mac. DEC LanWorks also provides Digital Document In- terchange Format (DDIF) translators for MacPaint, PICT, and MacWrite file formats and CL/1 front ends and back ends for DEC's Rdb database, in addition toa number of network-management utilities. Single- user client licenses for DEC LanWorks are available from DEC for $295. For more information, call DEC at 508/493-5111. The Desk Set Zedcor is planning to enter the integrated-package market with a set of seven desk accessories that will list for $399.95. The new package, tentatively called Desk, consists of DeskCalc, a spreadsheet with chart- ing capability; DeskCom, a telecommunications pro- gram; DeskSecretary, a calendar program that issues reminders; DeskWrite, a word processor; and Desk- File, a database. The package also includes DeskPaint and DeskDraw, Zedcor’s 32-bit color paint and draw programs. The DAs’ features work together—for ex- ample, forms from DeskFile can be copied into DeskDraw and modified, and changes will be up- dated automatically in DeskFile. For more informa- tion, contact Zedcor at 602/881-8101. Descartes to Challenge GeoQuery A Lyme, New Hampshire, start-up is developing a $995 data-mapping application that will be similar to Odesta’s GeoQuery but will have a much wider range of features. Intermap’s Descartes will be able to map data by point, line, or area; layer different data sets on a single map; and zoom from a national level down to roughly the of a city block. Be- sides mapping, Descartes also generates bar charts and tables for reports, and its database is directly accessible to the user. Descartes will ship with zip codes, major cities, interstate highways, and demo- graphic information for U.S. states and counties; other kinds of information will be available at addi- tional cost. For more information, contact Intermap at 603/795-4751. (continues) Storage Dimensions’ 1GB D lem (MAC 8 (|. 7 | \ emmemmmenscsnsnnenenenseanen en Storage Dimension: announced a hard disk drive that stores 1020MB—just over a gigabyte. The full- height, 5'/i-inch drive comes in several incarnations: the MacinStor 1020 IIA is for internal use in the Mac Il, Mex, and fx; the external MacinStor 1020-HC1 is for the Mac Plus and up; and the external MacinStor 2040-HC2 is a dual-drive device that stores 2040MB, also for the Plus and up. The data-transfer rate for the drives ranges from 15 to 24 megabits per sec- ond, with a 15ms average seek time, according to Storage Dimensions. The 1020 1/i will list for $8799, the 1020-HC1 for $8999, and the 2040-HC2 for $17,495. For more information, contact Storage Dimensions at 408/879-0300. New Publisher Launches Mac Line Several of Preferred Publishers’ key employees have founded a separate company and plan to publish low-priced Macintosh software. The first four prod- ucts that Baseline Publishing plans to release are Flashback, a scriptable, network-capable backup util- ity that will list for $99.95; Cheque, a $49.95 home finance package; 1 Shot Worksheet, a $79.95 desk accessory combining a forms designer and spread- sheet; and INIT Manager, a $49.95 utility that, among other things, generates a detailed report about your INITs’ memory use and System patching. For more information, call Baseline at 901/682-9676, MegaGraphics Shows its Colors Mass Micro Shows Plus, SI The latest from MegaGraphics is a series of color display products including a 24-bit graphics adapter board and two 16-inch monitors, The $4799 Mega- Screen 2024 adapter has a 69Hz refresh rate and supports the company’s 16-inch and 19-inch moni- tors at up to 1024-by-826-pixel resolution. The $3595 MegaScreen 16" WYSIWYG Display subsystem com- bines the company’s existing MegaScreen 2008 8-bit color board with a Sony Trinitron tube and displays 75 pixels per inch and 832 by 656 pixels at 69Hz. ‘The MegaScreen 16" High-Resolution Display, which is intended for CAD applications, offers 1024 by 826 pixels at a compressed 88 pixels per inch, It can use either the MegaScreen 2008 board or the Mega- Screen 2024. With the 2008 adapter, the monitor lists for $3695. A version for the SE/30 lists for $3695 including the MegaScreen 3008 adapter board. For more information, contact MegaGraphics at 805/484-3799, eo Mass Microsystems introduced a video-production device for the Mac Plus and SE that creates mono- chrome text and graphic overlays and combines them with full-motion color video from other sources. The Color/Space Plus/SE can output in composite NTSC or S-video formats to any video recording or display device. Slated to ship in May, the external SCSI device will retail for $1895 and require a $100. Video Adapter Kit that must be installed by the dealer. For more information, contact Mass Microsystems at 408/522-1200, Microlytics' Way with Words icrolytics is developing a utility, called Inside In- formation, that classifies words into a wide range of hierarchical categories and makes it possible to find an exact word from a rough definition. Travelling down the hierarchy is somewhat like browsing an outline or tree chart, and the 65,000 words at the bottom level haye definitions. You can type in an approximate definition of a word you're looking for using AND and OR logic, and refine your search as Inside Information suggests possible words. Inside Information will list for $119. For more information, contact Microlytics at 716/248-9150, MacTools Goes Deluxe Central Point Software's latest set of utilities is called MacTools Deluxe, and packs a feature set compa- rable in scope to Symantec's SUM or the Peter Nor- ton utilities. MacTools Deluxe includes DAs for lo- cating files, partitioning a hard disk, and encrypting data; a hard disk backup application; a disk defrag- menter; Fast Copy, for making multiple copies of floppy disks; Rescue, for recovering damaged or de- leted files or disks; and Mirror, which keeps track of directory information in a separate file to facilitate recovering lost files. MacTools Deluxe will list for $129. Central Point Software's copy-protection- breaking utility is now only available in Copy IL Mac, which will be updated later this year. For more information, contact Central Point Software at 503/690-8090. DocuComp Expanded DocuComp, an application that compares two ver- sions of a document and shows changes by under- lining and striking out text, is getting some new abilities in version 1.5 including: jump to a line by number; show changes in color; mark or ignore hid- den text; alternate printing change bars on left- and right-hand pages; print change bars without mark- ing changed text. It also adds an area for making notes at the bottom of the page. The list price re- mains unchanged at $159.95. For more information, call Advanced Software at 408/733-0745. Ballade of the Mac Café Dynaware is developing Ballade, a 16-track MIDI se- quencer, tone editor, and tone librarian for the Ro- land MT32, CM32L, and CM64 keyboards. 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Ask the critics,” “As we said before, CE Software's Quick- Mail is the best electronic mail package on the Mac, and the latest updates have only increased its lead over Microsoft Mail and InBox.” MacWeek, 8/8/89 “Rather than exercising 20-20 hindsight, start out with Qu fail.”” Dave Kosiur, Connections, July-August/89 “Go toa dealer and try it” Versions for the Macintosh and PC. Suggested retail price: Version 2.2, 10 user pak: $499.95 Free literature and Where To Buy: 1-800-523-7638 Dept. CE32. SS COMMENTARY =z Is Your Computer Killing You? INDUSTRIAL-AGE PROBLEMS GIVE WAY TO INFORMATION-AGE PROBLEMS BY JERRY BORRELL his month we face the issue of whether low- frequency magnetic emissions from personal computers, espe- cially from the monitors connected to computers, may cost you your health. One of our own designers put it most succinctly as he worked on his Mac to create ele- ments of our cover article and learned more about the article’s conclusions: “You feel kind of betrayed. This tool, that you've heard about all of these years as the thing that can do so much, may be killing you.” Why Is Macworld Concerned? Good question, since the issue is based upon a larger context, that is, the like- lihood that electromagnetic fields of certain frequencies may affect human health, specifically hormonal secre- tions, intracellular activities, and the immunologic abilities, Your next question may be, Why raise the issue in Macworld? After all, ELF (extremely-low-frequency) mag- netic emissions aren't unique to Maci tosh computers and their peripherals. Why Macs and their peripherals when there are over 20 million IBM PCs and clones in use? One answer—because no other computer magazine has had the temerity to question whether the industry upon which its livelihood depends may be responsible for long- term health problems. We are a com- puter magazine, extolling the virtues sxx of personal computing in each issue, so it is our responsibility to tell our readers if they're in danger, rather than protect the short-term interests of in- dustry. And that (as Johns-Manville of asbestos ill fame might tell you in retro- spect) could well make the industry more viable in the long run. As recently as last December, PC Magazine, the largest computer maga- zine in the world, took the summary stance that “Even if the worst of the effects attributed to ELF prove true, it’s likely that you face far greater risks from other forms of pollution (such as cigarette smoke you inhale, either MACWORLD + JULY 1990 your own or that of coworkers), the cholesterol in your bloodstream, and the peanut butter you spread on your noontime sandwich.” A cavalier anal- ogy that downplays the links between ELF emissions and several forms of cancer. If This Were Really True the Government Would Have Warned Us Let’s play a game. A memory-recall game. I'll write several words or phrases; you read them and see if you can find any theme linking them: lead, mercury, asbestos, radium, coal dust, cotton dust, beryllium, benzene, DDT, PCB, dioxin, ethylene dibromide, eth- ylene oxide. Any luck? No? OK, here are some hints. Name industrial chemicals that are capable of killing both workers who produce them and people who use them in their work. Substances that both government and industry have at one time claimed have no ill effects. The truth of the matter is that government, regulatory bodies, and industry do not have a good track rec- ord of protecting consumers. In Alan Derickson's chapter of Dying for Work: Workers’ Safety and Health in Twentieth-Century America (edited by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz; Indiana University Press, 1987) he writes about the conditions for workers during the industrial boom period of the 1890s. “Beneath its gleaming surfaces the gilded age [1890s] was also the ‘leaded age’ in which an evolving disease-intensive technology posed a multitude of health risks for American workers.” As I sat reading Derickson’s chapter de- scribing how miners died of black lung, how car painters died of fumes from some of the first autospraying ma- chines, how felt-hat makers went slowly mad, how radium dial painters became palsied, I came to realize that we are, just as our grandparents be- fore us, in the midst of the latest tech- nological/industrial maelstrom, facing a new set of health-related issues little understood by our peers. And as was the case at the turn of the century, it will be up to the users of technology, rather than manufac- turers or industry, to identify health and technology issues. Let the Arguments Begin! Or, Terminology and Etiology, Part | So often over the last 90 years, in the case of each of the substances listed above, each claim of an impact on health began with a long period of denial, The period of denial is typi- cally followed by a period when termi- nology obfuscates the issues, when the public does not have a clear under- standing that there are problems. During this time people continue to grow ill or die while scientists and tech- nologists argue over what the real is- sue is. It goes something like this. Lots of Vietnam veterans have developed cancer. Many of them were exposed to Agent Orange, containing dioxin, perhaps the most poisonous substance in the history of the earth. So how do you prove that Agent Orange is the cause? And why should your suspi- cions prevent Dow Chemical from us- ing a perfectly effective chemical in its pesticides? Another case more to the point. You may have read a story in the New York Times last year—just after the release of Paul Brodeur's book, Cz- rents of Death (Simon and Schuster) — in which IBM announced that it has taken the stance that monitor and radiation issues can be solved. Fur- thermore, it was the company’s posi- tion that its products will incorporate IBM's own patented technology to negate the problem. COMMENTARY The trouble is that the issue ad- dressed in the New York Times re- lates to VLF (very-low-frequency), and not ELF, electromagnetic fields. | am not accusing IBM of clouding another issue in the all-too-disassociated mind of the public. Nor do I fault the re- porter who filed a story that seemed like a recap of an IBM corporate press release. | merely point out that much of the reading public probably thought that IBM had resolved that trouble- some issue they'd been hearing about on television (Brodeur was inter- viewed by Ted Koppel on “Nightline”). The real problem, you see, lies not in the dangers that technology can produce, but in the people who con- trol the instruments of business that produce the technology. For it is their tendency to try to disprove that any harm will come from new technology, rather than to seek to protect the lives of those who pay to use the new tech- nologies, And so we spend a great deal of time during which the economic rights and well-being of the compa- nies producing the technology are protected at the expense of the well- being of the majority (the public), Pathology and Epidemiology At some point in the argument, the various parties are able to agree on terminology. They may even be able to agree on certain aspects of the prob- lem. Mining or milling companies come to recognize that many of their workers have similar respiratory dis- eases. The companies are forced to recognize that their mines or spinning mills are poorly ventilated. Still, they refuse to admit that the wo are re- lated, and stand dumb before thou- sands of suffering workers. Innocent until proven guilty, they respond. ‘This is the stage at which the suf ferers, and whatever responsible par- ties may take up their cause, are asked to describe the mechanism, the actual physical process by which the condi- tions of their work cause the disease or medical conditions that are at the heart of the argument. It has never been a situation favorable for those raising the issue. The men in the coal mines spitting up blood found no support from mining companies by pointing to the number of similarly affected miners—instead they founded MACWORLD + JULY 1990 unions, which eventually became powerful enough to instigate legisla- tion to protect the miners—despite a lack of scientific evidence that their work conditions caused their illnesses. Indeed the task is even harder today, for the burden of providing sci- entific proof falls upon those least able to afford extensive research; while industry, government, and trade asso- ciations often bring to bear all th economic strength to discredit, deny, and disprove any evidence that may be brought forward. While there are many studies that show problems with VLF electromag- netic emissions (relating VLF emissions to birth defects among pregnant women using computers or relating VLF to the incidence of cataracts), there has been very little study among. humans with regard to the long-term effects of ELF emissions. To be cer- tain, there are over 20 research stud- ies indicating that ELF emissions may cause problems, but to date we have no long-term studies on the effects upon human health. Some studies were begun, but researchers, once given data indicating that human health is likely to be affected, could hardly continue to use human sub- jects as laboratory animals. While the impact of VLF emissions has been shown in groups over rela- tively short periods of time, the ef- fects of ELF—said to be cancers of various sorts—would require longer periods of time to manifest them- selves, possibly decades. Even more troubling, the actual mechanism by which ELF may affect us (I mentioned three suspected im- pacts: interference with intracellular activities, disturbance of hormonal secretions, and effects upon the im- munologic system) is not understood. And without conclusive evidence, it’s all too easy to ignore the body of still- evolving research on the subject and say, So prove it. Tam reminded of the soldiers that the military marched into the atomic explosion areas in the 1950s by way of providing them with “psychological training” to improve their fighting prowess in an atomic war theater. Re- searchers and scientists were certain there would be no health impacts upon the soldiers. REPORTS INDICATE A POWERFUL NEW WAVE WILL SOON ENGULF THE COUNTRY z “La Cie offers the leading combination of Silverlining.” - MacWeek 1990 TN Sates software and performance.” - MacWorld 1990 z CONVENIENCE ¢ National onsite service by UTLET Call (800) 999-0143 for your free Tsunami ¢ 20-210 megabytes Noetey or ‘formation kit. Dealer inquiries welcome. 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Those parties in the past who have raised the issues and won have been rewarded by being granted a name for their disease: silicosis, byssinosis, as- bestosis. And slowly, ina few instances, industry has had to amend its killing ways. What Will Government Do? Hoping for some activity on the part of the federal government, I began making calls to the administrative branch—those organs of our govern- ment responsible for promulgating standards to protect citizens. One prominently placed individual, John Villforth, chairman of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in the FDA, had a press flack respond with a fax that may as well have been written by James Watt to people complaining about tree harvesting on public lands, or by Anne Burford in response to questions about why the Superfund for toxic disasters had not been used to eradicate any problems. It’s hard to believe that bureaucrats in Washing- ton have so little real intent to benefit the citizenry of this nation. On the legislative front I placed calls to the chairmen of the House and Senate Science Committees. Con- gressman Robert A. Roe, chairman of the House Science Committee, had someone on his staff respond that the congressman did not want to be both- ered by nonissues. Only Senator Al- bert Gore—who held hearings on this subject as a congressman in 1981— agreed to discuss the subject. Fortu- nately, Senator John Glenn, chairman of the Government Affairs Committee, has decided to hold hearings in May on the subject (he was in the USSR at press time, and unavailable for COMMENTARY months, so was unable to comment). The result of my dealings with Washington in support of possible immense concerns relating to ELF emissions? Hey, don't bother me. I've got real work to do (a paraphrase of Congressman Roe). Macworld will continue to work with the respective congressional staffs to try to bring about legislative activity, How Do the Manufacturers Feel? While we are fortunate to live ina dif- ferent age from our grandparents, itis still fair to look at the preceding his- tory of industry and technology so that we may benefit from its lessons. In an effort to alert manufacturers to the findings of our articles, Macworld’s editors met with presi- dents of six companies producing monitors for the Macintosh—Radius, RasterOps, E-Machines, SuperMac, Sigma Designs, and MegaGraphics— to disclose much of the information that appears in this issue (without ac- tually giving them the articles). Apple, whose 13-inch color monitor is the worst offender of all the products tested, agreed to be present, but was unable, because of a misunderstand- ing, to attend, We provided a forum, background reading, methodology for how we did our testing, We asked the manufactur- ers to provide us with feedback for inclusion in this issue. And we told them that the July issue of Macworld was part of an ongoing effort to ob- serve how industry would respond to the concerns we are raising. Two companies, MegaGraphics and Sigma Designs, responded that they intend to modify their products so as to ameliorate VLF emissions. Another, SuperMace Technology, has decided to host a larger-scope meeting of the industry with the monitor-tube manu- facturers (Sony, Mitsubishi, and oth- ers) to discuss possible ways to re- duce ELF magnetic emissions. For our part, Deborah Branscum, our Con- spicuous Consumer columnist, will report regularly on the activities that manufacturers are undertaking to re- duce ELF emissions. So What? Is It Oat Bran or Cholesterol? Could all of this be just another one of those confusing health issues like MACWORLD + JULY 1990 the question of the real value of oat bran in one’s diet? The merit of which seems to vary with the particular sci- entist or nutritionist talking about the situation, Could this be a health issue like cholesterol, which most scientists appear to agree can cause problems, but about which some researchers are now beginning to say that a complete absence is a problem as well? I think not. Extremely-low-fre- quency magnetic emissions may prove to be one of the most troublesome is- sues we face with information tech- nology over the next decade, unless standards are established by the gov- ernment—something that is unlikely to happen without a congressional requirement. We believe that admin- istrative-branch agencies are unlikely to act against powerful lobbies in Washington such as the Electrical Power Research Institute or the CBEMA (Computer Business Equip- ment Manufacturers Association) with- out public and congressional recogni- tion that there is a problem, What About Hair Dryers and Appliances? One of the first things I'll receive after publishing this column are letters cit- ing the harm caused by household appliances—toasters, hair dryers, ham radios, and so on, Please save yourself the trouble, It is true that those dle- vices also produce the electromagnetic fields about which we are writing— the difference lies in the simple fact that almost none of you spend as much as half of your day sitting next to one of those devices, Unlike any other electrical device that may pro- duce harmful electromagnetic fields, personal computers and their users are closely united for long periods each day. I hate to think of the 12- hour days I've spent on computers over the last several years, In the end, if we prove to have jumped to a conclusion that's wrong— at least people won't have suffered. But if we're right, and if manufactur- ers take action, many of the millions of computer users may never have to fear the technology that they've come to rely upon. 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I have painted as a hobby for 15 years—wasted years that could have been used to memorize error codes and chip DIP pinouts. The only good painting that came out of it was Mona Lisa typ- ing on a Macintosh. I tried to paint it in the Louvre but I was attacked by an IBM repairman disguised as a Louvre guard, screaming 370 mnemonics in French. These IBM guys are taking over the world, They are everywhere keeping good art from being created. But I say, MacGeeks unite! The revolution is continuing; the next gen- eration is on its way. The blue chip is swaying and crumbling under the sheer force of millions of Macs, pumping through networks all over the world, flashing the hypermedia message of the MacColor, the rainbow technicolor of the nineties! P.S, When do I get my GeekChic T-shirt? Fredrik Bergquist Stockholm, Sweden Out of Joint over Jasmine fter reading Tom Negri- no’s hard disk review and his 100 percent accu- rate description of Jasmine Technology's totally “abys- mal” service (Reviews, April 1990], I was angry enough to write about my Jasmine fiasco. In December 1989, I ordered a DirectDrive 40 hard disk from Jasmine af- C) LETTERS STREDONS ter reading favorable re- views in Macworld (“World Class,” September 1989) The salesperson as- sured me that my hard disk would arrive January 15; it didn’t. After making numer- ‘ous attempts to contact Jas- mine's customer service, I was told my hard disk should arrive soon—March 4! Lalso discovered that my Visa account was charged the day I ordered, which meant Jasmine would have my money for two months before I received my drive. In mid-February, I tried contacting Jasmine again and received a notice that if 1 had not received my purchase by March 4, 1 would get my money back. March 4 arrived and my drive didn't, nor did the refund. Several attempts to contact Jasmine yielded absolutely nothing, Finally, I was told that Jasmine is in Chapter 11! All this time Jasmine was duping cus- MACWORLD + JULY 1990 Corrections The telephone number for Electric: Image, manu- Jacturer of Electriclmage Animation System (Where to Buy, April 1990), is 818/444-1819. The QMS-PS 810 Turbo laser printer (Reviews, April 1990) uses the single- tray Canon SX engine. For information on The Macroscope (Where to Buy, April 1990), contact Mike Hamilton, James Mountain Reserve, P.O. Box 1775, Idyllwild, CA 92349, 714/659-3811. The caption for the photograph of Will Wright on page 51 (The Iconoclast, April 1990) should have credited U.C. Berkeley's Environmental Simula- tion Laboratory for the miniature city in the background. Virex, a virus-detec- tion utility (Best-Sellers, May 1990), is made by HJC Software. 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When readers began reporting sub- stantial problems with Jasmine's customer service, we started in- vestigating, and as soon as we could confirm Jasmine’s financial crisis, we published our findings (see Conspicuous Consumer, May 1990). Sources at Jasmine said that its own employees were shocked when the company filed for Chapter 11. We can't accurately predict when a company is about to go bankrupt (in fact, Macworld is among Jasmine's creditors). But we do respond to reader com- plaints, and we publish any infor- mation we're able to confirm. That's why Jasmine's poor service was noted in Reviews (April 1990) and in “Midrange Hard Disks” (June 1990).—Ed. One Measly Megabyte M ichael Darling com- plained that he can’t run color properly on his Mac IIci with only one megabyte of memory [Let- ters, April 1990). Why spend thousands of dollars on such a capable machine, only to limit its power se- verely by trying to get by on a single megabyte? Hasn't he heard about MultiFinder? Or System 7? Doesn’t he know that he can upgrade to SMB for about $400? Hi id that he waited six weeks for SIMM chips from Apple. Since he apparently reads Mac- world, hasn't he ever no- ticed the scores of adver- tisements for SIMMs, most of which offer overnight shippin He also said he asked his dealer to order him thr additional 1MB SIMMs, apparently laboring under the misconception that he can add them to his present IMB machine and end up with a total of four. Imagine his disappointment when they finally do arrive and he finds that there is absolutely nothing he can do with three SIMMs until he buys one more! Chris Johnson Warwick, Rhode Island Don't leave it to your imagination, See the next letter—Ed. SIMM Serendipity [Mf he fact that Apple did not have enough SIMMs to go around proved to be to my benefit. After having waited six weeks, I under- took the task of finding them myself. I ended up buying four 1MB Toshiba 80ns SIMMs fora little over $400, as opposed to the three 1MB chips that Apple (and my dealer) tried to sell me for almost $2000. Obviously, the price dif ference is unconscionable, which is why when anybody s me about the Mac, | always tell them it’s a terri- fic product from a company that couldn't care less about Michael Darling White Plains, New York AkKnack for Nits | write to pick nits, I was tickled to see your use of Japanese on the cover of your April issue, but some- (continues) STRI HAMMER ING TECHNOLOGY hammerDisk600 Hammer storage systems have always utilized only the most striking technology available, Technology that is not only new, but that has impact. 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F You can stay online all day long (and you may be tempted to) and pay just a flat rate of $9.95 a month for the PRODIGY service. *Not ella Soca service mal a ies thea aoc phone PRODIGY ba repent 1990 ray Services Compan Al Hgts Reserved Circle 486 on reader service card thing immediately struck me as not being quite right ‘Then I noticed that the fifth character—the one that makes the vowel of the previous character long— was on its side. A tiny nit to pick, I know, but the cover was beautiful and the error, though small, is immediately obvious to anyone who reads Japanese. Another nit, In Deborah Branscum’s description of the process of creating the cover, she mistakenly re- ferred to the Japanese char- acters as kanji. Kanji are the Chinese ideograms used in Japanese. The character used to spell Macworld are phonetic and have no inher- ent meaning, These phonetic characters, used only by the Japanese, are called kana, Matthew Thorn Urbana, Illinois ) LETTERS Misguided and Shortsighted oe Dale is asmisguided as they come [Zetters, April 1990]. Anyone who thinks Apple has “lower prices” needs his head examined. Perhaps lower than Cray. As for Apple’s “good quality control,” where was he dur- ing the 128K/Plus power-sup- ply and LQ printer fiascoes? I must disagree strongly with his last line. Apple has indeed “gotten where it has by adhering to shortsighted marketing practices.” Even John Sculley has admitted that the downturn in Apple's fortunes is partially due to the short warranty and lack of a low-priced entry _ma- chine, That is why the Apple management that was re- sponsible for both is no longer around. Bruce Pogovin Cincinnati, Ohio VDT Hazards Disputed s a degreed ergonomist, Iam dismayed by your response to the letter en- titled “Harmful (Letters, April 1990). To the best of my knowl- edge, there are no conclu- sive studies conforming to the rigors of the scientific method that indicate YVDTs produce harmful emissions Several studies, which are anecdotal or have failed to be replicated, have given ri to inflammatory rhetoric and heightened concern among users (for example, Del- gado’s study of the impact of VLEMR on chick embryos subsequently refuted by Guy’s studies), True, there are emis- sions from VDIT's, Among them are light, sound, and low-level magnetic fields. There also emiss 5 issions” are ions from ceramic tile, a brick wall on a sunny day, and high- tension power lines. In fact, the color television sitting in most homes produces 30 to 50 times higher levels of emissions than most VDTs. Scientists continue to study VDTs—particularly emis- sions, since not enough is known about the long-term exposure to very low level magnetic and electromag, netic fields—but to date very little conclusive evidence of azardous emi: J. Springer Saint Charles, Illinois For another point of view, see "The Magnetic-Field Menace,” in this issue—Ed. This Is Success? A hile Ltake pride in having chosen to be a Mac: (continues) an fax cleaning modular furniture 36 Circle 315 on MACWORLI Line" from ACCO, It operates y machine, fax and modem on the routing calls to each, automatically, 1- you mone’ ame line, ine automatically too, elimi nating the need for dedicated phone lines. And it saves you time, You install it yourself in minutes. . |-Line Part of a full line of money saving telecommunications and fax support products from ACCO, MF acco MAKING YOUR WORK PLACE A BETTER PLACE TO WORK, reader service card. 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Circle 91 on reader service card intosh user, ['m ti being in the minority and having to defend my posi- tion of having deviated from “The Standard.” I sub- mit that I would not be in this position if Apple had not committed one of the greatest marketing blun- ders of the late twentieth century. Apple has suc- ceeded in taking a clearly superior computing stan- dard, and—after more than five y of competition— has managed to achieve less than 20 percent mar- ket share. Apple rewards tives with bonuses ported company the Macintosh been profitable, but imagine where Apple might be to- day if it had responded to. the needs of users five years has cs) LETTERS ago, instead of waiting un- til now to think about devel- oping a low-cost industry where standards are everything, Apple should have realized that market share is more important than gross margin. As PCs get bet- ter at emulating the look- and-feel of the Macintosh, Apple is rapidly losing the only thing that differentiates its product from the rest of the world. David Demuro Cary, Mlinois lac. In an Power to the Portable eading Steven Levy's col- umn about the Macin- tosh Portable [The Icono- clast, March 1990], 1 was struck by how complete- ly one person’s disadvan- tages are another