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C Creative/Design C] Entertainment [_]Business ["]Education [_] Multimedia / Video Please return to the address shown on the left page ge yor SC Ny, ywoddns pure adiAJas ‘aseMyos JoWednS QUI tp, CONTENTS Render 3D images 54 If you’ve been following our 3D series, | you know all about 3D modelling, textures, scene-building and lighting. The final touch is rendering, or actually ‘drawing’ the image. It’s not much harder than taking a photo — here’s how to do it, in a range of 3D programs! Use type in DTP 60 If youre designing a full-colour poster or a humble newsletter on your Mac, you have a vast choice of fonts and typographic effects. So what matters: whether you can read it, or whether it looks good? Write a personal organiser in HyperCard 67 Actually, we've done it for you, and it’s yours on the cover disk. But here are all the secrets of how it works, plus details of a CD-ROM that offers over 300Mb of stacks! A bargain or what? Mac Answers 71 Our team of experts solves your Mac problems. This month, upgrading a Performa 450’s memory, bugs in the 660AV, BBSs and much more... Basics: Screenshots 76 Every Mac enables you to capture screens to incorporate into documents or even save graphics that can’t usually be saved. Here’s how — there’s a utility on the cover disk too! Ten copies of Microsoft Office 4.2 to be won — over £4,000 worth of prizes 138 The world’s most popular word processor, Microsoft Word 6.0. The only dedicated Mac spreadsheet program, Excel 5.0. The top presentation graphics program, PowerPoint 4.0. All this and more is included in the Microsoft Office for the Macintosh 4.2 bundle. It sells for £423, and we have no less than ten copies to be won, thanks to Microsoft! i ores = <i eo REGULARS Welcome to Macrormat Everything you ever wanted to know about us... News 19 New, affordable ‘Power Performas’. The first non-Apple Mac clone. Plus a special report on the hot new leisure software previewed at Europe’s leading computer trade show... What’s New Macrormar’s product preview section takes a first look ata CD-ROM drive you can use like a personal stereo, a catalogue system complete with a scanner, a virtual noticeboard, and other new goodies! MacroScope: Behind the News How the Mac is shaping up to be the perfect machine for preparing pages for the Internet, plus how veteran illustrator Richard Stine couldn’t work without his Macintosh... Apple Talk: Letters 34 Your views on everything in the Mac universe, including the price of shareware, salacious CD-ROMs, the service in Dixons, why the Pippin is doomed, and what the adverts really mean. Back Issues 108 How to catch up on all the reviews and features you've missed! Mail Order Offers 113 We scoured the world for top Mac products at the best prices — we’ve even got a very special deal on Apple’s double-speed CD-ROM drive. Gamebusters 123 Tips and cheats for your favourite games. This month, the beginning of a complete guide through Monkey Island, plus SimCity 2000, v1.1. Free Reader Ads 128 Buy, sell or swap, and find a user group near you. Soapbox: ‘a final word on Wolfenstein’ 130 Grotesquely violent? Tasteless? Four readers give their views. Buying Advice 132 How to protect your rights, whether buying by mail or in person. Dilbert 132 How to find the true facts about the latest upgrade... Next Month 137 Details of what’s coming up in MACFORMAT next month. If we get our act together... MACFORMAT *¢ ISSUE 25 ¢ JUNE 1995 REVIEWS KPT Convolver —————.||_ It’s a Plug-In made by the people who brought you Kai's Power Tools. It doesn’t exactly add any functions, but it adds a new front- end to your Plug-In-compliant graphics program, making it nice to look at and fun to use. Trivial? So why did our Photoshop expert refuse to give it back? Multimedia goes cosmic! Multimedia doesn’t just mean CD-ROMs that stretch the boundaries of what your Mac can do. It also means titles that stretch your mind, including... f Cartoon History of the Universe 93 A Brief History of Time 94 Time-Life Astrology 95 Universe 4.0 96 Multimedia for kids How would you like to turn your kids loose in a virtual world they can get lost in? That’s what these new CD-ROM titles all offer... 3D Dinosaur Adventure 101 Zoo-Opolis! 102 The Ultimate Haunted House 103 Dazzleoids 104 Education software reviews 106 Discover a ground-breaking new CD-ROM title from ActionAid, the first charity to publish a CD specifically for educational purposes. Plus the new version of a shape- and sound-pattern matching program. Shareware Heaven 109 The latest low-cost and no-cost software from the Internet, including an improved jigsaw game, utilities for mounting CDs, backing up your data and cleaning up your windows... even a Speccie emulator! Games Reviews Battle the evil feline forces of the Kilrathi empire, drive a train through a nuclear winter, and get killed a lot... Super Wing Commander 116 » Robinson’s Requiem 118 ; A Transarctica 120 == Mad Dog McCree 122 WwW Utilities: Zonkers 124 | 5,000 ways to brighten up your Desktop, alter buttons, customise menus, and much more. Utilities: Toner Tuner 126 You know how quickly your laser printer gets through a new toner cartridge. Here’s how to save toner with a clever draft printing utility. Utilities: Working Watermarker 126 Customise your correspondence with a watermark — ‘confidential’ or ‘draft’ or whatever — even if you have a basic word processor. CONTENTS © FEATURES PowerMacs are the fastest, most powerful desk- top computers ever made. And with the release of the newest ‘Power Performas’ this month, real PowerMac power is not just the future — it’s becoming more affordable all the time. In this huge 12-page special feature, we tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about PowerMacs! The secrets of Power Macintosh Just how good are they anyway, and why? The PowerMac range — in full! 43 Full details of every PowerMac, including the new ‘Power Performas’ How to upgrade your old Mac to PowerMac 48 You could transform your Mac into a PowerMac for as little as £550! The future of Power 51 Beyond today’s PowerMacs: even more powerful, revolutionary Macs! 40 Fax-modems and fax software 78 With a fax-modem, you can not only connect to on-line services or the Internet, you can also send faxes more quickly and easily — no need to print our first! — as well as receive faxes directly on your Mac. We test ten of the best Mac fax-modems, plus the top fax software! MIDI music on your Mac 63 This month’s cover disk contains the programs you need to play MIDI music files on your Mac, with no extra music kit needed! Here’s how it all works. Macrormat is available every month with either a CD-ROM or a high density disk. Your CD-ROM 8 Fantastic demos including Alone in the Dark, Super Wing Commander, A-10 Attack and others reviewed this issue, amazing 3D images from Ray Dream, 200Mb of share- ware, and more, plus everything below... Your Cover Disks 12 Programs to play MIDI music through your Mac, a breathtaking ‘knot’ creator, absorbing games plus great utilities including a top screen- grabber, macro writer and poetry-generator! Free CompuServe access (UK only): see page 10 MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 25° JUNE 1995 WELCOME Welcome to MACFORMAT All you ever wanted to know about MAcrormat - and a glimpse behind the scenes. Information is the name of the game! ABOUT OUR WRITERS ALEX SUMMERSBY Alex's first Mac was an SE/30, and he swears it could run QuarkXPress faster than his present Mac. Mind you, now that he’s editor of Macrormat he’s really reached the dizzy heights and now uses a Ilsi. Thank God for RAM Doubler. DEREK SMITH Macrormat's Technical Writer used to run a room full of Macs, back when he was the computer boffin for a school in Norfolk. Now he’s got just one Centris 610, plus a few extra hard drives and things. Plus a Classic, just in case. RICHARD HILL Rich is MacrorMaT'’s multimedia man, so he had to have a Performa 630 with CD-ROM drive. And he's our news editor, so he had to have a TV tuner card in it to help him keep in touch with the news. And NYPD Blue, apparently. ANDY STORER Andy has been a computer journalist so long that his first Mac was in fact a Lisa. He now has a year-old Performa 475, and he never tires of telling everyone how fast it’s depreciated with all these great new models coming out. MARCUS DYSON Back when Marcus was one of Future Publishing's senior art editors, the Quadra 700 was the most powerful Mac there was. Marcus now works as a graphic designer for a top software house, and just smiles when we remind him. RoD LAWTON As computer books editor in Future's books division, Rod has to produce multiple-hundred-page books, complete with embedded graphics, using QuarkXPress. He's got a llsi. No wonder he prefers tinkering around in HyperCard. BRIAN LARKMAN Macrormat’s graphics tutorial expert, Brian teaches com- puter graphics at a college using high-end Macs. His own Centris was stolen recently, so he had to buy a brand new PowerMac 7100 with the insurance money. Poor guy. ABOUT MACFORMAT elcome again to MACFORMAT, Britain’s best-selling Mac magazine! Whether you're a veteran or a novice, we'll help you get more out of your Macintosh, whatever you use it for! Every month, Macrormat brings you tips, techniques and tutorials covering the range of Mac applications, from graphics, DTP, education, spreadsheets and data- bases to music, comms and games. We'll bring you features about exciting Mac developments and novel uses, accompanied by cover disk programs whenever possible, so you can discover what your machine can do and try things you haven’t tried before. We'll keep you up-to-date with all the Mac-related news, and also keep you informed about the wider issues, the people behind the headlines and the stories behind the stories. We'll bring you authoritative reviews of interesting and affordable products, with clear buying recommendations. Mac- FORMAT does not review demos or unfinished programs. We review only the finished products you could buy yourself, to help you decide whether to buy or not. Macrormat’s covermounted disks and CD-ROMs offer you demos so you can try software before you buy, useful utilities (specially chosen to complement features in the magazine), selected shareware pro- grams, games, readers’ contributions and more, every month. Editorial enquiries: Macrormat, Future Publishing Ltd, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BAl 2BW Tel 01225 442244, Fax 01225 446019 E-mail: macformat@futurenet.co.uk or macformat@cix.compulink.co.uk AppleLink: MacFormat FutureNet: Macrormat is on-line as part of FutureNet. Accessing it is free — just point your World Wide Web browser at: http://www.futurenet.co.uk/ Advertising enquiries: Jackie Garford, tel: 01225 442244 Subscription enquiries: Subscriptions, Future Publishing, Freepost (BS4900), Somerton, Somerset TA11 6BR (No stamp needed if you're posting in the UK) Tel 01225 822510 (8.45am—4.30pm) Fax 01458 274378 (24 hours) E-mail: subs@futurenet.co.uk A word about prices... We try to ensure that all prices quoted in editorial pages in MACFORMAT are accurate at the time of going to press, and they are all inclusive of UK Value Added Tax at 17.5%. However, this may not necessarily be the case with prices appearing in ad- vertisements, so we recommend that you always contact advertisers before ordering to confirm prices and availability. See page 132 for some helpful buying advice. Entire contents Copyright © 1995 Future Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. ABOUT OUR REVIEWS very MACFORMAT review is designed to inform you in detail what you'd be getting if you bought the product and help you decide whether it’s worth your money. It tells you the essentials, without jargon. Macrormat reviews only finished products, and we rate them on this scale: @ 80+% means excellent. @ 70+% means well worth- while, though not outstanding. @ 60+% means good, but with a few shortcomings or some limitations. ™ 50+% means acceptable but flawed. A rating below 50% means think care- fully before parting with your money. The Macrormat Classic Award If a product earns a rating of 90% or more, we'll give it a Macrormat Classic Award. This means what it says: we judge the product to be a classic, a standard-setter of its type, something really special. m@ We make every effort to verify all the information we publish, but products and prices do change. We quote list prices, but street prices do vary. Shop around, and check with the supplier before buying to make sure that the product you're considering will meet your needs. MacrorMaT cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions or for any losses that may arise as a result, but it is our policy to correct any errors of fact when- ever we possibly can. lm Macrormar welcomes contributions for publication but we regret that we cannot return any submissions. Contributions are normally accepted only on the basis of full assignment of copyright to Future Publishing Ltd. Any correspondence sent to our editorial address will be considered for publication unless you specifically state otherwise, and we reserve the right to edit published letters for reasons of space, clarity or legality. im We're invariably run off our feet, so we can't reply to letters personally, even if you include an SAE, or to faxes or e-mail. Nor can we answer technical queries over the phone — sorry! MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 Image editing without the problems? Load PhotoFix. 0 you sometimes get the [) ineresion that digital image manipulation is out of your reach. “You must start by upgrading or changing your Mac” some will say “ You must add a few tens of Mb of RAM “ others will chip in. “ How does it work?, no problem just read this 420 page manual”... But you simply want to connect your scanner, digital camera or CD player and go for itt... Make some funny montages with your family picture, retouch the images of your next product catalogue, create your association membership cards and logos.... Surely it’s not that complicated ? Remember when pages could only be typeset by professionals using expensive software... ~ PhotoFix but no more..... Well the time has arrived for you to perform your own image editing... Enter PhotoFix™: Simple, yet capable of professional image design and retouching and usable by all Macintosh™ users. PhotoFix: £149 + vat PhotoFix Jr: £ 49 + vat lepixal CALL Linographic NOW 01252 376103 MACFORMAT CD-ROM The disk pages may have a new look, but the CD-ROM is its usual excellent self, and here with details of all the treats is Derek Smith. here is a distinctly arty feeling to the CD-ROM this month. We have some quite stunning im- ages created with Ray Dream Designer, showing just what is achievable on the Mac. This coincides with the readers’ art gallery taking off, and there are many great images, including a whole collection from Mark Woods. Let’s take a closer look at what all those folders are for. ® Floppy: contains everything that is on the floppy disk, as well as a few extras. @ MIDI: everything you need to play high quality music on your Mac, without any extra equipment needed. For more details see page 63. ® Demos: a whole collection of interac- tive demos of software reviewed this month, plus much more. ® CompuServe Install: all the software you need to log on to one of the best comms services around. See page 10 for more details. ®@ Shareware City: all the best share- ware that has been released over the past month onto the Internet. ® Shareware in MAcForMAT: contains all the shareware that’s been reviewed this month in ‘Shareware and PD’, which starts on page 110. ™ Readers’ Corner: software and art sent in by you, the reader. @ MF CD-ROM Library: demo database of our cover CD-ROMs sent in by an exceptionally diligent reader. ® CDiconKiller 1.3.1: utility to make ac- cess to the MAcForMAT CD-ROM faster than ever before! (| CDiconKiller 1.3.1 (2) | MacFormat 25 sy | FroppyorRCD? fo 5 a a MacFoRMaAr is available in two Requires: any Mac | Over 5,000 files of Demos, Shareware, Graphics, Utilities and much, much more. | eations every mond: one One criticism of our CD has been the use of & oy with a CD-ROM and one with a high-density floppy disk. If you bought the CD-ROM edition, your CD includes a custom folder icons. We like to think that it gives the CD more character, but it does mean that windows take longer to open. Reluctant to return to plain blue folders, we found this wonderful pene etre dlc utility. install it in your System Folder and it which are on page 12. Suppresses custom icons on any CD-ROM, making windows open faster. (Just drag it over your closed System Folder and your Mac does the rest — all you have to do is click OK when prompted, then restart your — irs —~— Mac.) So now it’s up to you } whether to install this utility eations «= Clipart Comms — Control Stris and do without the custom icons, or enjoy the Macrormat CD as nature (el ME Read Me MIDI Floppy CDiconkiller 1.3.1 CompuServe Install Shareware in MacFormat Developers Education intended. Shareware City Se w@& = Graphics HyperCara tf your favourite colour is a a | . bland blue/grey, this + P — J peer “itor Be MF CD-ROM Library rere yore Politicians, listen up. Demos Readers’ Corner Ww w ws <STetS De] & Bia Ray Dream Images 3D Graphic: “Requires: colour monitor, graphics application Continuing our season of 3D software, this month we bring you ten images created with one of the best rendering programs around, Ray Dream Designer. Most of the images are rendered at very high resolution in millions of colours, so you may need to allocate more memory to your graphics program to open them. (To do this, simply highlight the program's icon and select Get Info from the File menu or hit [command] I, then type a new number in the ‘Preferred Size’ box.) Sample the world of high quality rendered images courtesy of Ray Dream Designer. i rT] Discover India mB Multimedia video ActionAid is a worldwide charity cay with a policy of employing people local to the countries they're helping. It is now getting into multimedia with its first title Discover India. This interactive demo gives you limited access to the whole program, and full access to two areas. Click on the Cities section, then Rural urban contrasts and you get to play a ‘match the shapes’ game. is MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 MACFORMAT CD-ROM Super Wing Commander (Jj - 2 Game demo Requires:LCIlI, double speed CD-ROM, 4Mb free RAM It's taken a while to appear on the Mac, but this fabulous science fiction game is designed to thrill. It’s reviewed this issue on page 116. Gameplay involves commanding a space fighter and doing battle against vicious enemies. You can fly at any angle and direction in this three dimensional world, so get ready for some sharp manoeuvres. To begin the game, double click on the Super Wing Commander icon. You'll then need to choose the size of picture you want. Unless you have a very fast Mac, stick to a small screen. Once in the lounge, click on the two patrons for information. Then click on the door in the background to go to the barracks. Click on the far right door to enter the briefing. Once you are finished there, it’s into the space ship and on with the game. Controls: Numeric keypad — steer ship W — select missile [return] — fire missile [space] — fire laser Take on the role of an ace spaceship Ws ~ — hae some excellent —" iB brand , pilot and pit your will against which you can skip by pressing [space]. — accelerate time a overgrown pussy cats. | kid you not. = >a Alone in the Dark J fa] Vistapro 1.2 Jj acu ee Requires: Colour monitor, 3Mb free RAM Landscape Generator demo Requires: LCII, System 7, 4Mb free RAM. Lal iy Another long awaited arrival on the Mac, While KPT Bryce (reviewed in = = Alone in the Dark is an adventure game, played as if it were a film. You see your character from a variety of camera positions as he explores the spooky house. There are several introduction sequences to set the mood — you can skip these by pressing [return]. Once into the game, guide your character with the numeric keypad, and press [return] to bring up a table of actions. The full game is near completion, so watch for a review in MAcrormatT soon. You're not alone in this house, because horror has also been invited along for the evening. (This sentence © Clichés Inc.) Macrormat 20) may be the king of weird landscapes, Vistapro is tops at producing real world images. To use this demo, copy the folder to your hard disk, then double click its icon. Select Fractal from the Window menu and enter a value of either 1 or -1 (these are the two landscapes you get to play with). Then click on the settings icon (the picture frame just above the eye) and select your settings. Finally, choose Render from the Landscape menu to create your landscape. a Readers’ Corner oy Your contributions Produce stunning landscapes with the latest version of the excellent Vistapro, which is PowerMac native! | A-10 Attack! my Flight Simulator demo “Requires: see individual Read Me files Requires: LCIIl, “System 1; “3Mb free RAM, 256 colours The response to our call for artwork has been es most impressive — the quality has been very high indeed. If you've got some artwork you'd like the world to see, then send it to the address below. Away from the art, Damon Creed has sent in some more great icons, including an excellent Macrormar icon that we're using for the CD-ROM this month. If you would like to create an icon for the CD, send it in and we'll consider it for use. Garry George and John Wilks have sent in some utilities, and Martin Bergman has sent in a mysterious Sherlock Holmes font! If you'd like to send in any contributions for Readers’ Corner, address them to Disc Editor, Macrormat, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, Avon, BA1 2BW. Here's a sample of the wide variety of readers’ artwork. This one comes from Mat Griffin. This game has been talked about, and beta versions demonstrated, for what seems like years. Here at last is the playable demo, so expect a Great detail! Look closely and you'll see a little man painting the bridge. review of the full game in MacrormaT soon. The demo is fully playable but limited to five minute sessions, if you can stay in the air for that long! Full instructions are in the Read Me file, but to get flying quickly, hold down [=] to increase the throttle, pull back on the mouse to take off, then press G to lift the gear. There, isn't flying easy? | [te] If the cover-mounted high density disk or CD-ROM you have is defective, return it to us and we will replace it. Please make sure you have followed the instal- lation procedures described in these Pages correctly, to ensure that there is a physical problem with the disk itself. Otherwise, the replacement will be just the same! Return HD disks to: Discopy Labs PO Box 21 Daventry NN11 5BU Return CD-ROMs to: Macformat CD returns Future Publishing FREEPOST (BS4900) Somerton Somerset TAI11 6BR Enclose a self-addressed padded envelope (but we'll pay return postage) with the disk or CD, and a description of the fault. Please do not return disks or CDs to the editorial office; we don’t hold stocks of them and can only refer you to the addresses above. VIRUS, WHAT VIRUS? Some virus checkers regularly say that there may be a problem with a couple of the resources on our CD- ROMs. If you get an alert about an ‘unknown strain of WDEF and CDEF’, don't worry - it’s just that we use an unusual Desktop file so the disc will work with both Systems 6 and 7. Continued on next page MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 9 MACFORMAT COVER DISKS - ee Many thanks to Ray Dream Europe for permission to use the racing car image, created by Mitch Anthony, on our CD cover. Other Ray Dream Designer images used were created by Jonathan Bant, Mark Siegal and Tony Jones. If you have any problems connecting to CompuServe, phone the free helpline on 0800 289458. CompuServe does not currently support data compression — 14,400 baud (bits per second) is as fast as you can get. CompuServe Welcome to the world of CompuServe! Your CD or your bonus disk (on UK copies of MACFoRMAT) contains all the software you need to log on to Compu- Serve and enjoy one month’s free connec- tion, except for the cost of the phone time. Before you go any further, you do need a modem attached to your Mac to make use of CompuServe. To get started, double click the Installer icon to install the software onto your hard disk. Once this has finished, open the new CompuServe folder. The first thing to do is to set up your account. Double click the Signup icon and click Sign Me Up. Enter the agreement number and serial number printed on the front of the floppy disk, or included with the CD-ROM as an insert. You'll also need to click on UK as your country. Click Proceed and fill out the next form with your personal details, including a valid credit card number. This is important. At the end of one month’s free connection your credit card will start to be charged a monthly fee. If at any time during the first month you wish to cancel your membership, you can phone the freephone number. Alternatively, you can click on the Go to Online Service icon and select Cancel Membership. You will then not be charged. Continue with the forms and select your nearest city from the list, or select London, Once you have entered all your details, the software will attempt to log on to CompuServe. If it fails, go through the above procedure again, and if still no luck, phone the free helpline. CompuServe in2es8 = ly sul if wemome to Nene Forum (Sew member! ‘% sal &, sér=8 Once connected, you will be given an ID number and password, which you need to write down. You can now quit the Signup program and double click the CompuServe Information Manager. It would take too long to explain all the services that are available to you, but a good start can be to turn Balloon Help on, as this will tell you what all the icons do. What- ever you do, have fun. / NorF gi 4d ou Pate Vi ae v eee. 4 SHINGS ‘Zz (eae car sane cee eee en 2 a) a ee 4 gy Picture H = ‘fee i p: ot 24 i ae | = So ™ a young brain washed romble from watching toe much Ty. 10 MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 ¢ JUNE 1995 Gomark Design introduces a selection of multimedia production tools. Step |: Create stunning 3D logos and animation using LogoMotion. or transform movies using MediaPaint. Step 2: Edit your media and create special visual effects using VideoShop. Capture screen activity and sounds into QuickTime movies with Instant Replay or Multimedia Utilities. Step 3: Finally compile your multimedia clips into interactive or self running presentations using SuperCard. SUITE ONE _SuperCard 2.0, VideoShop 3.0 MediaPaint 1.0, Instant Replay 1.0 SUITE TWO -SuperCard 2.0, VideoShop 3.0 _ LogoMotion 1.5, Multimedia Utilities &s; Sot Soh et From Gomark’s wide range of leading design products, we offer to the multimedia professional, a powerful selection of tools to create stunning multimedia projects. a\' Y A CHOICE OF TWO COMPLETE MULTIMEDIA SUITES limited period only our MUltine ss. FOUR products ta sa “9 £496 ° uv > * x . -.. % % é” VideoShop 3.0 e S Create high quality QuickTime movies with this powerful video ° Ud editing tool. Beginners can cut and paste a video in their first hour. “ SuperCard 2.0 The ultimate authoring tool for delivering multimedia Provides uniquely powerful tools for sophisticated interactivity and graphic control. LogoMotion 1|.5 Easily allows you to crate stunning 3D animation’s of text and logos. Numerous built in backdrops, props and special effects including morphing and fog. Instant Replay !.0 The multimedia screen recorder. Instant Replay gives you the ability to capture any screen activity plus sound and video from internal and external sources, saving them as QuickTime movies. MediaPaint 1.0 The easy way to paint on movies with many features including creating extravagant special effects. Multimedia Utilities For both beginners and the professional to create new media. A comprehensive set of six fast, easy-to-use programes including interactive digital video, QuickTime movie editing and morphing. cw > i) 4 Q Q % w ° Gomark Limited 10 Hurlingham Business Park Sulivan Road, London SW6 3DU Tel: 0171 731 7930 Fax: 0171 736 i215 Applelink: GOMARK Internet: gomark @gomark, demon.co.uk MACFORMAT COVER DISKS ur main disk is jam-packed this month with over 3Mb of great software, including no less than four games. The bonus disk is on UK editions of the magazine only, and to find out more about it, turn straight to page 10. To read more about the MIDI files on the floppy, turn straight to page 63. For the rest of the disk, here’s a guide to the other highlights... Two disks bring you double pleasure this month, with a huge assortment of goodies. Here to tell yo about it is Derek Smith... u all Play MIDI music without extra hardware! _ SEE PAGE LJ Knot 2.1 mer Graphics program Requires: colour monitor, graphics application, 1.5Mb free RAM This is one of the stranger programs | have found on the Internet recently, but it easily enables you to produce some really stunning graphics. The best Starting point is to open one of the example knots by double clicking one. Press [command] D, then click on Draw. You will be prompted to save the result onto your hard disk. Knot doesn’t actually display the finished result itself, so you'll need to open the file with another program. GraphicConverter, on last month's Macrormat cover disk, is perfect for the task. No, it isn’t an interactive walkthrough of your intestines, it's a rather unusual graphics program. Bert Gi a _j MacFo rmat 25 If Bert isn't paranoid then he certainly should be — everybody is out to get him! wings of your steed and the arrow keys to fly left and right. Joust your opponents with your lance higher than theirs to kill them, and then collect the eggs. If you don't, they transform into lethal adversaries. Flying around poking ostriches and avoiding lava is just fine by me. can type an abbreviation, and the full thing will just appear, as if by magic. To install Typelt4Me, drag the Control Panel onto your System Folder and restart. A new menu will appear to the left of the Apple menu. Select New file and save it on your hard disk. Then select Edit entries, and click on New. Now type in an abbreviation for the phrase you wish to use, for instance ‘pfe’. Click on the large box to the right, and type in the full text, which in this case is ‘please find enclosed’. Now, whenever you type ‘pfe’, the full text will appear! Arcade game Over 3Mb in disk Requires: colour monitor Utilities, music, games, fonts and HyperCard stacks | If you have ever played the original QBert game, a @ you'll already know what an addictive game this tcl } | is. The idea is to leap around the isometric tiles Hel Ww & ~ avoiding the many and Typelt4Me 4.3 Pi's Cursor Knot 2.1 Glypha 111 1.0.1 varied baddies that are after you. Each time you tread ona tile, it changes ad | 4 1?) Py | colour. Change all the tiles in order to advance MIDI Easy Convert 3.1 Get More Info 1.5 Bert a level. Unfortunately some of the baddies fe) a | revert tiles back to their (ea | SI 3 original colour, so you'll Flash-It3.0.2 WrapScreen 1.4 Dialist MacSnails need to revisit some areas. Control Bert with the numeric keypad, or A Fa lee iat) | i keys. - ae J Fonts KitCat Electric Poet 1.5 LandMines be < Ip “) ical Oo Glypha III Be} fo Typelt4Me ay | Arcade game Typing utility a Requires: System 6.0.5, 14-inch 256 colour Requires: any Mac + This game is remarkably —_|S* If you do any amount of typing on your Mac, install ‘etevt the entry ou widh to edit from te et eto. hy simple but utterly addictive. this utility — it's wonderful. The idea is simple. - Yoon suceroly Use [space] to flap the Instead of typing words or phrases out in full, you & me met | | | trsort date or time:| 2/4/95, (Done ) (Rename) [ Sovue ) (New ) (Remove) Mamber of entries: 6 My life has been revolutionised! | no longer have to type ‘Yours sincerely’ at the end of every letter — Ka} a simple ‘ys’ will suffice. kgs Y Dial 12 MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 MACFORMAT COVER DISKS Oo MacSnails my | []_ Halifax & Mac KeyCaps (jj | Game Fonts Requires: any Mac Requires: any Mac MacSnails is remarkable for two reasons. First, it = FEE Mactan Sere a mI We are pleased to only takes up a minute 50K of precious hard disk bring you two more space, and second, it’s a totally addictive two 5 O oO Oo , O° a) fabulous fonts. mia player game. ol 2 © = They're easy to a SEs Aes If you have ever seen Disney's Tron, then you'll O o lo g ej O 5 2g install: just drag the understand the gameplay, as it's taken from the o O oo « suitcase onto your (. J (J (. Ji J (. J (s Je J (Ji) (J light cycle race. Each player controls a simple black Oo O 0 System Folder and line which relentlessly draws across the screen. o oOg.a Oo O os G your Mac will then Your job is to steer the line around obstacles using oO Oo oc [oo oO automatically put the keyboard, and force your opponent into the 5 ° ogo o them in the correct walls. There are a variety of obstacles and speeds = place. Both fonts are Shi : Bu to keep you playing for ages. Because all the 4 TrueType, which “& graphics are in black and white and the gameplay Not only is MacSnails a wonderful two player game, means that they will area is small, this game will work on a Classic! it will work quite happily on a Classic. |_| print out fine on 2 YP 3b; Se o absolutely any Tf, Lp Fe VY Io Dla printer, whether PostScript or not. e Be ee | Also featuring (Jj | swirly copperplate style font! Various Requires: see individual Read Me files [J Get More Info 1.5 [lj | Se \ Utility Pi's Cursor is a simple Extension to change the = Toad bales Ga ; —— | ccmimamet eas roeoniien is seats es RREAaAASaYs cursor into something more attractive. It does have equires: any Mac the added bonus for PowerBook users of making | Z ; EXTRA SOFTWARE the cursor larger so that it is easier to see. Once = -- Install this Extension in your System Folder for a If you have the CD-ROM you have your new cursor, WrapScreen is a Control Ane i useful extra feature. Hold down [option] and version of Macrormar, the Panel that makes your cursor wrap from one side a. B Pere z select Get Info from the File menu, and you see MIDI folder appears in the of the screen to the other. (So if you move your nn’ OD ait ABBAS much more info than usual! You can see and first window. Also, in the CD- cursor to the right of the screen until it is out of 4 ‘ 2 change the creator and the type of any file ~ so if ROM's floppy folder, there's a sight, it will reappear on the left-hand side of the 2)2 you have a document created by an application stand-alone version of the screen.) aa. uJ cI " you don't have, you can open it using an HyperCard stack - so you Easy Convert, as the name suggests, converts 7 Anns 2 application you do have, simply by changing the don't need to have HyperCard text (easily). Two of the most useful features on the ADE pieecsesrh iponbpwctest as a installed to use DiaList. ‘Hi : er alteratio en vas ant ae nea siglo The floppy disk is bursting with utilities too, such as making it invisible — but be careful KitCat is an alternative, wacky Desktop clock in and games to keep you glued to your not to conceal anything that you might want to the shape of a cat, while Electric Poet will Mac all month! see again! compose poetry automatically for you. There are ‘Sea some examples of the program's dubious artistic <=3FE= > Bialist File: A ie ability starting on page 109. (3 4 Wednesday, Merch 29, 1995 a LandMines is an adaptation of a classic ° x : Type: | Umft Creator: |Umfil ’ 5 . Deliver lecture to ‘society up puzzle game. You're presented with a grid and Find oct vhere the 9's teth went you have to deduce where the deadly mines are é a Nevers Size: Resource fork 0 bytes mel ie mnetine hidden. We decided to put the game on the cover Seek compet haw fr brim Data fork 16122 bytes version 1.5 disk because it has more features than any other Darn sunrcof Finder Flags: © 7.4 © 6.0.4 version we have seen to date — and because, wats simple though it is, we like it. (CO Has BNDL ONo INITs (J Name Locked Flash-/tis a powerful screen capture program, O Shared & Inited 0 Invisible : and there are full details about how to use it on 0 Stationery OC Alias (J Use Custom Icon page 76. Last but not least is DiaList, a HyperCard es stack that provides you with a useful diary application. Turn to page 67 for more information erat +a» perchance comy Mdpecepar ll on DiaList and how it's all done. and easier to use. , iw oO 7 2 a High density floppy disks normally contain a max- @ Drag the disk’s icon over your hard disk’s icon. @ A box then asks you where you want to save the imum of 1.4 megabytes of software, but to bring ® The contents are copied onto your hard disk, but software. Choose the place on your hard disk you as much as possible, we use a compression are still compressed and cannot be used yet. where you want everything stored and click Save. program to fit more on. This means you must de- @ Drag the cover disk icon to the Wastebasket to Before installing the cover disk we recommend compress the software before using it —- you'll need eject the disk. that you back up any important work on your hard 2-3Mb of hard disk space. We also recommend @ Insert a blank high density disk. disk. This sensible precaution will avoid problems that you should make a backup of the MAcFoRMAT @ Drag the Macrormat 25 folder from your hard should any software not be compatible with your cover disk, just in case anything goes wrong. disk onto the blank disk’s icon to make your back- setup. We make every effort to check our disks for Here’s what to do... up. compatibility and viruses, but the information here ® Make sure the original cover disk is write-pro- ®@ To decompress the cover disk, open the Mac- is intended as a guide only, and MACFoRMAT can- tected (move the tab so that you can see through FORMAT 25 folder on your hard disk. not be held responsible for any damage to data, the hole). ® Double-click on the Macrormart 25 icon. any inability to use this software or any resulting 1B Insert the Macrormat cover disk. @ Click Continue. losses. So please, back up first. 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The Per- forma 5200 will attract more attention because of its bold ‘all-in-one’ case de- sign. While other current Macs are a slim box with a monitor on top, the 5200 brings the two into one case — a bit like the earliest Macs, but all on a stand so you can position it however you want. Designed by Apple’s Jay Meschter, the new look is intended to reflect the grow- ing multimedia direction of the Mac. With a high-quality 15-inch monitor built-in, the new PowerMac looks more like a TV than a computer. The Performa 6200 offers the same processing power as its cousin, but the case design is the same as the existing Performa 630, and the machine will cost £100 less than the 5200. The new PowerMacs, which some people have been nicknaming ‘Power bead bebe beed bad bn) (tbabad Ltt od te tt. aoe Performas’, offer the most tempting prospect since the Performa 630, chang- ing our perception of the PowerMac as a machine only for businesses. The remark- ably low prices give you more oomph for your cash than ever before, and with built-in quad-speed CD-ROM drives the focus is firmly on multimedia. Both Performas will be able to use the TV Tuner card that enables you to watch TV and grab video pictures on your Mac. It’s proved popular with 630 buyers. Both machines use the 603 chip, the first of the new PowerPC chips, which is cheaper to make than the existing 601 chip used in other PowerMacs. With the main chip running at 75MHz, the new machines are roughly as fast as a 6100/60, the first PowerMac, but cost less and have more features than their pre- decessor did originally. More details of these exciting new machines are in this issue’s PowerMac feature, which starts on page 40. Meanwhile, the Performa 630 DOS Compatible also goes on sale for £1,699. As well as the 68040 chip and double- speed CD-ROM drive the standard 630 has, there’s a DX2/66 PC chip, which enables you to run programs for the operating systems DOS and Windows. = a> It comes with 12Mb of memory - the Mac chip gets 8Mb while the PC has 4Mb. But you can choose to give your Mac access to all 12Mb for added power, while the PC borrows memory from the Mac but runs more slowly. If you already own a 630, this doesn’t mean you can now get a PC chip to fit into your machine — the PC chip is an in- tegrated part of the DOS Compatible, rather than being a slot-in card. ch) Six deals with companies to make Mac-compatible computers are signed but still not announced, according to Apple. With the timing of any announcements being left to the individual firms, there's a hint that at least one company is already well- known for making PCs... Apple’s MPEG video card, which enables you to play video CDs and create high- quality video clips, should be out in the summer. Expect a price of less than £200 — but you'll only be able to use it if you have a 630, 5200 or 6200 and a TV Tuner card. NEW PoWwERMACc SET-UPS The new Mac generation will come in a range of memory con- figurations, with plenty of extras available depending on which one you go for. These prices are Apple’s own estimates of what you can expect to pay: Memory/Hard disk/Features 5200 8/500/CD 8/500/CD/Plus 12/500/CD/TV/Plus £1,474 £1,549 £1,799 6200 £1,374 £1,449 £1,699 All versions include ClarisWorks 3.0, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Spectre Supreme and clip art disks. The Plus machines include Grolier Encyclopedia, Guinness Disc Of Records, Microsoft Dinosaurs, Leonardo The Inventor, San Diego Zoo Presents The Animals, Rosetta Stone and Oceans Below - all on CD-ROM. MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 25 ¢ JUNE 1995 19 _ SOFTWARE BOOM Sales of Mac software in Britain and Western Europe are higher than ever, according to figures released by the Software Publishers Association. Programs worth a total of $46.5 million were sold between October and December in 1994 — that's a 36% increase on the same period in 1993. he Mac leisure scene is set to reach new heights after more than 100 Mac games and multi- media titles were announced at the recent European Computer Trade Show (ECTS). The Mac is attracting serious interest as an entertainment machine because of the spectacular increase in the use of CD- ROMs on the platform and the games- playing potential of the speedy Power- Mac. One in four of the multimedia computers sold in 1994 was a Mac, according to research firm Dataquest. CD-ROM drives are becoming an accept- ed part of the typical Mac set-up, and the Bandai Power Player — which is due in the next 12 months — will also be able to play a type of Mac CD-ROM (see Mac- FORMAT News in issue 24). The Mac is be- coming as good at entertainment as it is at business and creativity. The variety of titles will also increase as more come out, showing the Mac is capa- ble of running more than Myst and Sim- City 2000. Developers and _ publishers announcing programs for the Mac in- clude LucasArts, Virgin, Time Warner Interactive, Mindscape, Dorling Kinders- ley, Simon and Shuster, Interplay, Acti- vision, Sales Curve Interactive, Cyber- dreams, Blue Byte Software, Infogrames and Maxis. The twice-annual ECTS, held this time in a packed hall at London’s Olympia, is a show where new games for all computers and consoles are shown to dealers and industry professionals for the first time, before they go on sale later in the year. 20 MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25° JUNE 1995 See | i bi >> is SYSTEM UPDATED If your Mac uses System 7.5, you can upgrade it to version 7.5.1 by ordering the System 7.5 Update 1.0 CD-ROM or disks from Apple. A telephone number you can call to ask for Update has been announced — it’s 0181 730 2828. The only charge is for postage. Update 1.0 is also available for free on the Internet at: ftp://ftp.support.apple.com/ pub/apple_sw_updates COMING TO THE MAC Look out for even more games and multimedia on your Mac soon: Star Trek Omnipedia Following the superb Next Generation Technical Interactive Manual, Simon and Shuster’s next Star Trek title is a com- plete episode guide to the original Kirk and Spock TV series. Alone in the Dark The trilogy of adventures be- gins this month with parts one and two; part three will be following later this year. Zork: Nemesis The long running Zork ad- venture series shows no signs of running out of steam, with the next instal- ment due this Autumn from Activision. Al Unser Jr’s Arcade Racing From French company Atreid MACFORMAT ¢ ISSUE 25° JUNE 1995 Concept, the makers of Fury Of The Furries, comes this racing simulator. With TV’s Grand Prix coverage looking just like a game, complete with the driver’s eye view of the track and on-screen graphics showing your speed, you'll get your chance to be Damon Hill come July. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream This adventure based on Har- lan Ellison’s science fiction novel is coming this summer from Cyberdreams, the makers of Dark Seed — which receives the sequel treatment itself in the autumn. Dungeon Master 2 The sequel to a game that never actually came out on the Mac, Dungeon Master 2 belatedly succeeds the first 3D role-playing game ever, which has seen many imita- tors. It’s due out this month. 21 a First Mac clone goes on sale from Power MS HOTLINE The Microsoft Connection is a new service from the software firm, which brings its customer and technical support together onto a single phone number. You can contact the service for the price of a local phone call — the number is 0345 002000. he first Mac-compatible com- puters from US firm Power Computing are now available in the United States. The com- pany has put together an attractive package that shows how competition between it, Apple and other firms will benefit you. There are three machines in the range — the Power 80, 100 and 110. All three have been confirmed by Apple as 100% compatible with Mac hardware and software. Distribution arrangements in Britain and the rest of Europe are still being discussed, but an announcement can be expected soon. The prices of the Power systems start from $1,995 (around £1,245) for the Power 80 compared to about $2,400 for a broadly equivalent Apple PowerMac — monitors cost extra. All machines have at least 8Mb of RAM, at least 356Mb of hard drive capacity (and up to 4Gb - 4,000Mb), a quad-speed CD-ROM drive and built-in Ethernet networking sup- port. Power is offering a broad range of options to help you customise your choice as much as possible. As well as Apple’s System 7.5 Mac OS, the computers come with an enticing selection of extras — ClarisWorks 3.0, the Quicken finance program, 300 TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts from Bit- stream, and Utilities, Contact and Up-To- Date from Now Software. Power is also putting together optional discounted bundles of software. These are aimed at business, multimedia, publishing or home and education users. Each machine in the Power range comes with a 30-day money-back guar- antee and free telephone technical sup- port for life. The company has already said it intends to follow up the launch with more machines later this year as Apple brings out Macs based on the PowerPC 604 chip (see our PowerMac cover feature starting on page 40 for more on the 604 chips). For more details contact Power Computing in the United States on 00 1 512 258 1350. APPLE POTS CUSTOMERS FIRST A reshuffle of personnel at the top of Apple has con- firmed the company’s new emphasis on areas like multimedia and the home and education markets. The company intends to focus on offering tailor- made solutions for these markets as well as publish- ing and small businesses, rather than simply relying on its innovatory products. As well as a change at the top, which sees the de- parture of Apple vice-president lan Diery, the struc- ture of the company has been changed in an attempt to make Apple more responsive to its customers. The changes should see Apple continuing in the direction that has seen it offer cheaper, more power- ful Macs, throw its weight behind multimedia and license out its operating system (Mac OS) and hard- ware to other companies for the first time. Now that PowerMac technology is established, Apple should be concentrating on software and its OS. Apple is also looking beyond the computer and is putting together a plan to make Mac OS available to companies making other types of electronic devices, such as video recorders. It’s talking to companies about establishing a standard design for hardware, in the same way that Apple, IBM and Motorola have agreed on a new computer specification, Common Hardware Reference Platform. The first fruit of a new era in Mac computing, the Power range, is confirmed by Apple as 100% compatible with Macs. Great SFX guaranteed SFX is the latest magazine from Future Publishing, makers of Mac- FORMAT and other fine titles including net: the Internet Magazine and Future Music. SFX deals with science fiction from every angle — cinema, TV, video, books, comics and toys. The first issue, which goes on sale on Tuesday 23 May for £3, looks at the Judge Dredd movie and the new Star Trek: Voyager TV series, asks if Dr Who is returning to the BBC and talks to top author Iain Banks. And Sigour- ney Weaver! And Tank Girl! It’s sure to sell fast, so ask your local news- agent to reserve you a copy now before it’s too late! 22 MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 ¢ JUNE 1995 MACDIARY Macrormat’s guide to what's hap- pening with the Mac around the country. B® Video Positive 95 Where: Held in various galleries in the Liverpool area. When: Now until Sunday 4 June. What: Exhibitions and installations of video and computer art by artists from around the world. Contact: The Festival Hotline on 0151 709 2663. ® The Creative Show Where: Royal Horticultural Halls, London SW1. When: Tuesday 16 May to Thursday 18 May. What: A graphic design exhibition with tutorials, workshops and dis- plays, including winners of the annual Association Of Illustrators’ Images competition. Price: £10. Contact: Centaur Exhibitions on 0171 287 5678. & Internet World Where: Wembley Conference & Ex- hibition Centre, London HA9. When: Tuesday 16 May to Thursday 18 May. What: A conference on the Internet and what it means to business. Sub- jects covered include publishing, on- line commerce and advertising and techniques for providing informa- tion. Price: £763.75 for three days; £323.13 per day. Contact: Learned Information on 01865 730275. ® Multimedia and Computer Workshops Where: Central Saint Martin's Col- lege Of Art and Design, 27-9 Long Acre, London WC2. When: Courses held between Mon- day 10 July and Friday 8 September. What: A series of five-day courses giving professional instruction on creating multimedia and video or introducing design and illustration on the Mac. Course titles include Software, Interactive Attitude, Multi- media Games in Director 4.0, The Moving Image On The Mac, Ilustrat- ing With The Mac, Apple Mac for Beginners, Introduction To QuarkX- Press and Photoshop, Magazine Pro- duction And Design and Upgrade To Photoshop 3. Price: £490 per course. Contact: The Development Unit on 0171 753 0388. w Mac attracts music artists to CD-ROM pple is encouraging musicians and record companies to create CD-ROMs for the Mac with a new set of initiatives. Multi- media CD-ROMs are being used to add to the experience of standard music CDs to make a hybrid format called CD Plus. Bands and artists getting involved with the Mac music scene include REM, Tom Petty, Squeeze, Ace Of Base, Moby and Sarah McLachlan. The cornerstone of the development is the Interactive Music Track, a support group that offers music professionals the software and advice they need to make CD Plus discs. Apple is also supporting Open Music Apple is to launch a quad-speed CD- ROM drive, the CD600. With a drive of this speed fitted to your Mac, multi- media programs — especially ones that show video clips in large windows - will run more smoothly. Apple sells more CD-ROM drives for the Mac than any other firm, so its em- bracing of quad-speed is a signal that this is the new standard for Mac CD-ROM. (The new Performas, the 5200 and the 6200, are already using quad-speed.) So you can expect software publishers to create more ambitious programs to get the best out of your Mac. The price of the drive in Britain is yet System (OMS), developed by the Ameri- can firm Opcode. It’s a software system that enables musicians to use the Mac with any instrument - keyboards, drum machines or synthesizers, for example - as long as it has MIDI connections. MIDI is the industry standard way of connect- ing computers to musical instruments. OMS will be incorporated into a ver- sion of QuickTime to come later in the year. You'll be able to compose on your MIDI instruments and save the music as a QuickTime file, enabling you to incorpo- rate original music into your video clips with little hassle. For more details contact Apple on 0800 127753. With the help of a future release of QuickTime, your Mac will work seamlessly within a music studio set-up FONT CORRECTION Two of the fonts described as shareware in Red Kite’s cyber>tv presentation on Macrormat 23's CD-ROM — FF Marten and FF Dynamoe — are in fact commercial type- faces and are the copyright of Fontshop International. Red Kite apologises to all parties for any confusion caused by its inaccurate description. The fonts are available from FontWorks, who you can contact on 0171 490 5390. Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachian's latest album The Freedom Sessions has been made into a joint music CD and CD-ROM as well to be confirmed, but the version with an external case, the CD600e, is selling for $349 (around £218) in the United States. An internal drive, which you can add in to replace your current double- speed model, will follow later in the year. 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There is a £5 handling charge on all orders under £100. Pre-configuration, training, installation, consultancy & networking are all available - Call 0171 410 9191 for more information. —————— WHAT’S NEW PRODUCT PREVIEWS MAcrorMat takes a first look at a CD-ROM drive you can use like a personal stereo, a scanner package to help you keep track of things and a virtual noticeboard. Compiled by Richard Hill. CD-RON Project 4.0 any businesses need to make plans, whether it’s for M writing and launching an ambitious new program or throwing the party afterwards. Microsoft Project 4.0, avail- able later this month, aims to provide a complete solution for as- sembling the timescale and logistics of a plan and creating charts to make a presentation. Project 4.0 now looks much like Microsoft's Office suite of soft- ware. You can exchange information between these programs easily with the OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) system. @ Price: £411.25. Out: this month. @ Requires: LCII or better with System 7, 8Mb of RAM and 12Mb free hard disk space. @ For more details contact Microsoft on 0345 002000. redia Vision’s Reno CD-ROM drive is intended to be a com- .¥ Ei plete package for newcomers to multimedia. Looking more like a personal stereo than a typical drive, it actually fulfils both roles. There’s a carrying case, so you can use it to listen to music CDs on the move. A separate piece that clips on the back pro- vides the drive with SCSI connections so you can hook it up to your Mac and use it as a double-speed CD-ROM drive. Some basic toolkit software is also included, which you can use to play audio CDs while it’s connected to your Mac. Reno’s customer-friendly, hi-fi feel works — the whole package is inviting and easy to set up, with a well-written manu- al. The drive itself doesn’t feel too sturdy, though, so it may not stand up to being taken outside a great deal. B® Price: £299.99, Out: now. @ Requires: Mac SE or better, System 7 and 4Mb of RAM. @ For more details contact Media Vision on 01494 465050. @ File Edit View Insert Format Tools Window 2 & - alr eal Anyone — from an architect to a software developer — can use Project 4.0 to plan out the stages of a complex plan and make presentations using the information. 26 MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 WHAT’S NEW __— Box OF DELIGHTS Virtual model If your figure drawing leaves a lot to be desired, Poser may have the solution. Inspired by the wooden mannikins used by artists, it's a pro- gram that enables you to pose a model on your Mac's screen. Once you have your figure in the position you want, you can add lighting and other effects before placing it into a graphics or 3D program. This inventive software costs £104.58 until Thursday 31 August 1995, and £175.08 after that date. For more details contact Computers Unlimited on 0181 200 8282. Graphics pack The potential of the RasterOps Prism GT graphics card is being unlocked in a package that bundles it with Fractal Design's Painter. With the card, Painter can create complex pictures far more quickly, which is particularily useful if you're creating a lot of images for animation. The pack costs £1,291.33 — for more details contact Principal on 0181 813 5445. Famous Five Five popular illustration and design programs are being sold as the Graphic Design Studio bundle from Macromedia. The firm's own FreeHand, Fontographer and MacroModel pro- grams are accompanied by Fractal Design’s Painter and PIXAR's RenderMan. With these programs, you can create and manipulate draw- ings, 3D models and text — a special manual promises to show you how to integrate the programs effectively. The price of the entire package is £881.25 — for more details contact Computers Unlimited on 0181 200 8282. The drawing program FreeHand received a 92% Classic rating in Macrormat 23 — and now it's available as part of a value graphics bundle. Scanner prices cut Epson is announcing dramatic price cuts for its colour scanners. The cost of the GT-6500 falls from £957.63 to £574.58, which includes Photoshop LE and Omnipage Direct OCR software. Meanwhile the GT-9000, which was rated at 72% at its old price of £1,815.38 in Macrormat 24’s scanner round-up, now costs only £1,162.08. A full version of Photoshop is included. For more details contact Epson on 01442 61144. SoftWindows doubled SoftWindows, the program that enables your Mac to run software for the PC operating systems DOS and Windows, is currently being offered along with RAM Doubler for £351.33. Memory and hard drive management carried out by RAM Doubler effectively means you can have twice as much RAM available to run the emulator and Windows programs. For more details contact Principal on 0181 813 5445. ScanPartner PRODUCT PREVIEWS Jr with Archi power supply, but the ScanPartner Jr is a full-blown black-and-white A4 scanner. SoftCore has bundled it with its own ArchIS program to offer a complete archiving package. With ArchIS, you can catalogue any document — whether it’s already on your Mac’s hard drive or on a piece of paper (which is where the scanner comes in). Entering a few basic details as the docu- ment is made part of your records enables you to search for it later. Installing the software is a pain — it’s been made more complicated than it need | t may only be twice as long as its own Using ArchiS means you can Catalogue electronic and paper docu- ments as though they were the same thing. ArchiS File E16 SUNS; 7 LOOD ape he name of Three by Five refers to T the typical size of index cards, but this is no indexing database system. The program is a renamed version of Corkboard, which enables you to note down and organise your ideas. It uses the metaphor of pinning cards to a board, but on your Mac. Freed from the restrictions of drawing pins and bits of paper, you can arrange the cards in ways you couldn’t do have been through poor documentation. But using the program once it’s up and running is straightforward. If you're tired of shuffling piles of paper around trying to find that essential article or report, this could be the answer. ® Price: £816.63. Out: now. @ Requires: any Mac with Sys- tem 7, 4Mb of RAM (5Mb rec- ommended). @ For more details contact SoftCore on 01895 846434. by Five / normally, giving free rein to your ideas. @ Price: £117.49. Out: now. @ Requires: Mac Plus or better with System 6.0.5 or later and 4Mb of RAM. ®@ For more details contact Softline on 0181 401 1234. G_ File Edit Utilities Cord Windows Corkboord SuperWidget™ Marketing Ideas APARTMENT - \ )| oarnnoor - micur | Yaig ‘| from the shower fills Use Three by Five as a planning board, a flowchart creator, or any [f=] method you like to get your ideas organised. MACFORMAT * ISSUE 25 * JUNE 1995 27 MACROSCOPE BEHIND THE NEWS © The stories behind the news, the people behind the headlines — every month, MacroScope brings you the information you need to make sense of the news in the Mac world. Compiled by Richard Hill. Serving the Internet As standards of publishing on the Internet rise, the Mac is coming into its own as the perfect machine for the Net, helping the medium grow faster and look more professional. Top DTP PROGRAMS The current versions of QuarkXPress, FrameMaker and PageMaker — without HTML facilities — were reviewed in last issue’s DTP special. Look out for more details on DTP for HTML in future issues of MacFoRMAT. MACFORMAT ON-LINE You can find the World Wide Web version of MacrorMAT simply by pointing your browsing program at http://www. futurenet.co.uk/ t’s become the most talked-about computing phenomenon in years, and there’s no sign of interest in the Internet flagging. Millions of people have joined the computerised web of worldwide communication in just a few months, while the number of pages on the popular World Wide Web service is estimated to have doubled in three months. But heavy demands are being placed on the infrastructure of the Internet — the computers that make it work. The Net de- pends on computers called servers, which store the data you can access using your Internet programs on huge hard drives. Big as they are, though, even servers run out of room — but with the increasing hunger for information, the companies and universities that run servers have little option but to buy more computers to keep up with the demand. Traditionally, servers have run an op- erating system called UNIX, which is powerful and fast but difficult to set up and use. As the Mac, and especially the PowerMac, becomes more capable, more khtml> <head> <body> <hr size=5> height=44><P> <TITLE>FutureNet: MacFormat 24 - News - Pippin unveiled</T <IMG vspace=2 SRC="http://www.futurenet.co.uk/computing/ MF24/header.GIF" width=452 height=126><IMG SRC="http:// www. futurenet.co.uk/computing/macformat/MF24/pippinhea <B>Pippin</B>, Apple's new multimedia console design and th to the Mac family, was shown in Britain for the first time in demonstrated at this year’s Electronic Books conference.<P> server organisations are turning to Apple for a solution to their problems. A range of PowerMacs called Workgroup Servers are matching the power of UNIX systems, while offering the famed ease-of-use of the Mac OS. Organisations are finding the Apple Servers easier to set up and more adaptable to ever-changing situations as the Internet grows. 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