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And that backing not only means we can continue offering you clear, varied and detailed guides to getting more from your Mac but we'll also be able to bring you even more pages. So this issue we've taken up where the last one left off and brought you tips, hints and advice on the world of affordable Mac hardware as well as our definitive guides to low-cost personal software. Whatever you want to see us cover be sure to write and let tus know — our aim is to bring you the best of every aspect of what makes the Mac excel. So welcome to MacFormat 2 — Browse, Choose and Enjoy at your leisure! “Sin Andy Storer - Editor Editorial enquiries 42244 S 446019 AppleLink:MacFormat E-mail Advertising enquiries: | Louise Woods 0225 442244 Subscription enquiries | Tel 0488 74011 Fax 0458 74378 ulure PUBLISHING Home of Britain's Max Mac Power Catch our ten page buyers’ guide to upgrading and expanding your present Mac set-up. We give you the low-down on how to choose memory, accelerators, printers, scanners and hard drives to suit your needs and pocket ++-page 23 A word on prices.... We make strenuous efforts to ensure all prices quoted in MacFormat are Amusement arcade Loosen up with our look at the coolest games in town. This issue we conquer the world with Civilization, trash some super-cars in Ferrari and Vette! and go totally terminal with Tinies «page 35 nd 1 bit of small print about trademarks and printers MacF ormat \s an independeot journal sot affihated with Apple Comput Inc. The Apple logo isa registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Apple", "Macietosh, “Macintosh Performa”, “Mac” accurate at the time of going to press. They are all inclusive of UK Value Added Tax of 17.5%. This may not necessarily be the case with prices appearing in advertisements so readers should double-check to see if VAT is included or not. nd the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Coemputr, In. [All her trademarks are acknowledged Primed inthe UK by TPL (UK) Lid Shareware Zo no-cost releases and the best in try-before-you-buy shareware Instatt ne ‘Turn here for the latest low-cost and page 95 Why the Mac's most popular business package just got a whole lot better eae Painter 2.0 Making an impression is now can work for you... mac Page 87 - When there's queries and quandaries! Whatever the hassle we'll sort it... 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DOS connectivity We have well over £4,000°s File transfers to and from a PC? — we show you how Education this issue —and all of them KidiPix gets a good going over by a three-year-old! seu. could be yours ify Few easy questio Mac Answers 7 When there’s nowhere else to turn... Sint These are the pages to head for: PD/Shareware Where can you get great software for next to nowt? 59 Subscriptions 1 01 The best things in life are free... pounds fifty acai Chooser 106 Part one of our listings guide to Mac hardware there now someone Win! Win! Win! you to it Your chance to win an Epson GT-6500 colour scanner... pe et senna Te new generation Macintos If you've been hesitating over buying a computer for home, we can sympathise. Should you buy a regular business PC that’s adequate for work but wasted on your children? A specialist educational computer that's perfect for the kids to learn on but not so good for grown-ups? Or a games machine that gives hours of family fun but does nothing to expand the mind? To help resolve this dilemma once and for all, Apple Macintosh have developed a brand new range of computers called Performa” Performa is the first ever Macintosh designed specifically for the home — as well as for people who work from home. And the first to let the whole family work, learn and play, without having to compromise, P Grown-ups get a powerful, fully j | = <> functional desktop PC that can even “au Te waco Petra ate wh Ope / sg that all generations can use. files* Plus a built-in program called At Ease™ that safeguards your documents from other members of the family. The kids get to use the same technology that’s made other Apple Macintosh computers the biggest classroom sellers in the world. And for children of all ages there's the capability to run a stunning variety of graphics and games. Performa is so user-friendly that beginners can learn the basics in next to no time at all. And to help you get the best out of your Performa we're offering a year’s free telephone assistance to answer any questions you may have** To find out more about Performa just dial 100 and ask for sie Freefone Apple. Or, better still, pop into your nearest Apple Authorised Retailer. And try out the one computer for home that tn Caras ‘natn rg a te read office MS-DOS® and Windows™ "“anteuginsssec""" can be used by everyone at home. we. Introducing Performa. The Macintosh that’s at home in your home. Apple “evcenunny 193, APPLE COMPUTER UK. LMITED. THE APPLE LOGO IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK, AND APPLE AT EASE, MACINTOSH, MACIVTOSH FC EXCHANGE AN PORFORMA ARE TRADEMARKS OF APPLE COMPUTER, INC. CLARISWOAKS IS A TRADEMARE Of GLAnIS CORPORATION. MS-DOS Is A REGISTERED TRADEMARK, AND WINDOWS A TRADEMARK OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION TALL MAGINTOSH PERFORMA COMPUTERS INCLUDE MACINTOSH FC EXCHANGE™ WECH ALLOWS THE MACINTOSH TO READ MS-0OS & ene PPLE AUTHORED RETAILER FOR DETARS. 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You have four different vehicles to choose from with a snippet of information on each one, including how fast they are, how many shields they have and how much ammo. Try each one out for size to find out which one you feel comfortable with. Speedy is great " once you've got the hang of the keyboard controls. Your eyes will be glued to f ~, — your monitor and your head swaying in whatever direction you move it in, But lookout for brown tangular‘chargers'- And to complete a level jus pick up every these’ let you just mow through opponents... rotating lag you find ~ deadly simple realy Supert System will be folder aute Ss 6.0.7 it we folder with Sy On Mac to Super are three option a furth specif he System si ick! will not work control panel to conti requirements. There uch bring The Clock Options he font, size and cole Would you like your Mac to chime away the hours? Or how about 3D colour icons for your floppies? Then you need SuperClock! and Colour Floppy — two small utilities you'll wonder how you ever managed without the clock as it 10 sho’ ippears. You ean also the date and indicate um/pm. SuperClock! can also chim can set ne. If ‘on the quarter-hour, and you different chimes for each t uy chime the same number of times as the hour — superbly ay vating at 12 noon if you have a of Big Ben installed, t-in stopwatch. You tart and stop it by clicking in Alarm Options just replaces Apple’s built-in Alarm Cl ovides audible warnings Colour Floppy | Colour Floppy is even simpler than SuperClock!. To install it (under System 7 only drop it in your Instead of System 7’s boring black and white You wonder why Apple didn’t build this in to System 7, since t h time oF |MacFormat disk ! 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It's well known that Apple strongly supports any ‘company which evangelises CD-ROM as a distribution ‘medium, and the fact that virtually all Apple's software = At Ease, AppleTalk Remote ‘Access and the rest ~ is available on the instant Access disc shows that Apple is doing its bit. There have been two ‘major stumbling blocks to CD-ROM gaining the sort of ‘acceptance that Apple wants to see: speed and cost. The ‘speed issue is being tackled by the multi-speed drives like Apple's own CD300, which oes a fair way to answering the ‘CD-ROM is far too slow to be usable’ critics. In fact, depending on the applica- tion, speed really doesn't ‘matter that much at all ~ Instant Access’ own disc, for instance, is not speed-crit- ‘cal. Do you mind if it takes ‘two minutes or three to download your freshly- unlocked software to the hard disk? Not really, consid- ‘ering the fact that you have the software there and then, rather than in a day or two, when the postman can be bothered to call. The other crucial issue, then, is cost. Again, instant Access is leading the way by offering - albeit fairly old- Spec ~ drives at a good (some would say incredible) price. But surely Apple could have done this itself, without leaving it to a third party? Apple's reason for not selling them off? They are no longer the minimum specification ~ that's a position filled by the more recent CD150. It’s true that the CD300 is cheaper than just about all of its rivals, But just think how popular CD-ROM would become if that model were to be sold for £150, instead of the £320 or so that it currently costs. Then the software industry really ‘would be revolutionised. Cheap CD-ROM drives — and low-cost software A CD-ROM drive and a year’s subscription to a new software distribution service for just £186 — that’s the offer from Instant Access Instant Access has struck deals with many of the Mac world’s top appli- cations developers to distribute their products on an encoded CD-ROM. To help seed the market, the company has decided to make CD- ROM drives available at a very low cost to users. ‘The CD SC Plus drives, old Appie stock which are no longer manufac- tured, are compatible with everything except PhotoCD, according to Technical Manager Richard Dyce. Tempting users By effectively selling the drives for £128 including postage and offering a year's subscription to the CD-ROM discs for £59, Instant Access hopes to tempt Mac users into the CD world. The company’s first disc contains more than 180 Mac applications, from Keeping data safe Central Point Software has released @ new disk diagnostic package, aimed at Mac users who “are neither experienced nor interested in understanding what can go wrong with computers.” Safe & Sound is designed to be completely user friendly - in the event of @ problem, users insert the ‘emergency disk, which automatically scans ail mounted volumes, attempts to isolate the fault and automatically repairs it Central Point claims that the program can detect and repair a wide range of problems including missing files or folders, virus infec: tion, crashed hard and floppy disks and startup problems. Safe & Sound has a suggested retail price of £58. Central Point Software can be contacted on 081 848 1414. | GaSe industry-leading packages like’ Norton Utilities to products never before distributed in the UK. Users select the program they want and phone a credit-card hotline; they are then given an access code which ‘unlocks’ the software and places it on their hard drive. Manuals are posted the same day. Also on the disc are demo versions of more than a hundred of the packages; the company’s motto is “Find, Try, Buy.’ This type of ‘locking’ technology has been used before, on font discs from people like Adobe, but this is the first time that it has been used for wholesale software distribution. Competitive prices Dyce says that software prices will be very competitive — especially for site Sixties art, technology The Sixties Art Scene in London, an exhibition which is running at the Barbican Art Gallery until June 13, infuses 1960s art and memorabilia with state of the art technology in the shape of six Macintosh Performa CD-600s Tunning an exclusive collection of Mac CD-ROMs. The exhibition is the first of what will be a 12-month collaboration between the famous photojournalism library, The Hulton Deutsch Collection, and the Barbican Gallery. Visitors to the exhibition can preview more than 2,500 images of the 1960s on the Performas provided. The selection of paintings, sculpture, photographs, design and illustration features works by Caro, Hockney, and Riley. On the pop side, there are posters from The Beatles to Hendrix. Discs are available from Hulton Deutsch on 071 266 2660 for £177. Find Try. Buy oe Instant Access: Find, Try and Buy your software ina matter of minutes licenses. Although some licence prices are quoted on the disc, Dyce says that large sites should “ring us up with your requirements and we'll quote you a price.” Even single-user prices rival those available from conventional mail order dealers, although the company is quick to point out that the CD-ROM is designed as an extension to, rather than a replacement for, conventional distri- bution channels. The first disc can be purchased for £12, or a full year’s subscription can be had for £59. nineties “the emery in london _B Introducing ClarisWorks 2.0. For All The Helping Hands You Need. 1 Presenting an entirely new version of the best-selling integrated software for Macintosh. ClarisWorks™ 2.0 gives you new tools for outlining, colour painting and presentations. Plus over 300 new word processing, spreadsheet, charting, database, graphics and communications features. All in a single program _ that’s still under 600K and performs like one seamless ; Nia} \) application. ssl ; Wi See your local Claris authorised dealer today. Or you W3)) can upgrade now from ClarisWorks 1.0 for just £55 and <) tade-in from other integrated packages for just £95 (plus VAT and postage) simply by calling Freephone (0800.929005 in the UK or Freephone 1800.732732 inthe Republic of Ireland. ‘Alternatively, clip the coupon for more information. You'll see just how much more work ClarisWorks 2.0 can do for you. Cl Simply powerful software” bout ClarisWorks 2.0 (Please print) Fint Name [Last Name. ee | Institution = | Address a County = i aL Tel No — fy consti: ra ia on + UERPAX 6800939015 News in brief BThe London Macintosh User Group (LMUG) has Joined together with Apple to introduce a National ‘User Group Coun The Council's main function will be to provide ‘contact numbers for Mac users as well as compiling ‘auser group guide. It also ‘hopes to act as a voice for users who have any ‘concerns about Apple. According to John McKnight, LMUG’s chait man, they already know of ‘over 50 user groups, but there are still quite a ‘umber of unknowns in and around the UK. The London Macintosh ‘User Group can be : contacted on 081 690 2904. B The 1993 Weird Software Competition, in ‘conjunction with the San Diego Computer Fair, is now accepting entries. Winners of last year’s ‘competition included a program to help people find ‘out if their neighbours were aliens from space, and a screen-saver featuring bungee-jumping cows. First prize is $250, and all ‘entrants receive a “Certificate of Weirdness’, If you've written a program that you think might qualify, send it on a Mac disk, along with your name, address, phone number and asking price for the software, to: 1993 Weird Software Contest, c/o ComputorEdge Magazine, 3655 Ruffin Road, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92123, USA by July 30. MH WordStar International, a company best known for its PC word processor, has entered the Mac market with the acquisition of WriteNow, from US company T/Maker. Version 3.0, which costs £175, will continue to be available through its current distribu- tion channels. WordStar 081 643 8866. Hewlett-Packard has announced a new printer which replaces its popular DeskWriter. Styled the DeskWriter 510, the new model is claimed to be up to 40 per cent faster than its predeces- sor. It automatically handles five different paper sizes — A4, executive, letter, legal and envelope — and is New H-P inkjet printer (dots per inch) inkjet technology, and has a maximum printing speed of, three pages per minute. It has network capabilities, or can connect directly to a Mac with a serial cable. The DeskWriter 510 has a recommended retail price of £387; and is available from all Hewlett-Packard dealers. Hewlett-Packard: 0344 369: supplied with 11 Agfa Compugraphic font families. The new printer is based on 300dpi Casady & Greene has released Snap MAIL, a new low cost electronic mail package for networked Macs Snap MAIL Is designed any Mac A dedicated server isn't needed ~ messages are sent directly to the Instead, the software uses a distributed server system, which means Unlike other e-mail package to work on even the most basic Mac setups — with 1Mb of RAM can use the software. recipient, rather than via a mailserver. that any Mac can act as a forwarding station for mail that can't be deli Encrypted messages are supported for extra security red immediately and the SnapTalk feature allows users to hold onine conferences. Snap MAIL is available in a number of configurations: a Suser pack costs £187, a 10-user pack is £293 and a 50-user pack is £1,169. Snap MAIL is distributed by 081 642 2255. Softline Distribution: Virus watch The DeskWriter 510: Hewlett Packard's new baby The new version of T4, c: American movie magic The Voyager Company has released two new CD-ROMs containing film clips from the USA that span 1931 to 1960. But these aren't runofthemill motion pictures from Hollywood; instead, they present a distinctly odd slice of ‘Americana from days gone by. The clips have been collected by ‘media archaeologist’ Richard Prelinger and range from films made by companies to promote their products (Breakfast Pals features Snap, Crackle and Pop slogging it out with Soggy, Mushy and Toughy) to government advice films such as Dating Dos and Don'ts. The movies are presented in QuickTime format, while a HyperCardbased application provides details about the clip being shown. The discs require a QuickTime-compatible Mac with 4Mb of RAM, a CD-ROM drive and a monitor capable of displaying Sit colour or better. The discs, from Softline on 081 642 2255, cost £29 each; To New Horizons: Ephemeral Films has clips from '31 to ‘45, while You Can't Get There From Here covers ‘46 to ’60. Teese eget, et toe gat ets much ony dexring te nut wn Veta tier edhering epg demenetn to ano srpeenel More tan any foot a wee eer ued To New Horizons: Ephemeral Films features detailed insights into subjects of ‘eal import — like the significance of outdoor advert campaigns in 1940s USA unexpectedly quitting, and System Since the last issue of MacFormat went to press, three new viruses have been discovered: new strains of T4 and CDEF, and INIT 17. Least harmful of these is the new CDEF strain, CDEF is an old virus which infects the Desktop file under System 6 and earlier — Macs running System 7 are completely immune to infection, It does not attempt to do any harm, although unexpected crashes may occur. C, infects applications, the the System file. An infected applica- tion becomes damaged and must be replaced by a ‘clean’ copy — it can’t be repaired by anti-viral programs. The new virus, called INIT 17, infects applications and the System file. It displays the message ‘From the depths of Cyberspace’ when the Mac is first restarted on October 31 1993, and causes a number of problems, mainly on 68000-based Macs such as the Classic. These include applications Errors. Both System 6 and System 7 Macs can be infected. ‘The major anti-virus programs will have been upgraded to deal with all of these viruses by the time you read this magazine. Contact details are: Disinfectant Freeware available from PD houses and user groups. SAM £176 from Symantec, 0628 777677. Virex £69 from Softline, 081 642 2255. aah) Apple Adjustable Keyboard Repetitive Strain Injury - RSI ~ is becoming more and more prevalent among people who use computers. There are various kinds of Repetitive Strain Injury , but the most ‘common for computer users is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which affects the hands, wrists and upper arms. The ‘symptoms are aching in the joints and occasionally swelling - and if you start experiencing this, you'd better take notice because left unattended, the problem can escalate to the point where you physically can’t use a keyboard any more. Apple has taken notice of this problem, and has now released the Apple Adjustable Keyboard, a Star Treklike device which aims to provide touch-typists with a more comfortable typing position. The keyboard actually splits apart down the centre by up to 30 degrees, so that your hands are positioned more comfortably - and plastic wristrests give your hands some ‘support as you're typing. A separate numeric keypad is included, which also contains the 15 function keys normally found at the top of an extended keyboard. ‘As with any different keyboard layout, some things take @ little getting used to: in this case, | found that for the first few hours | was hitting the cursor up key by mistake when going for the right-hand [shift] key - they are right next to each other, and the [shift] key is smalier than on my normal keyboard. Also, there’s no ‘lock’ on the keyboard's split ~ it's very frustrating to find just the right angle only to knock the keyboard by mistake and change it. For some reason, Apple clearly doesn't think that the function keys are particularly important; they're small plastic buttons on the numeric keypad, rather than proper keys. If you're used to a standard keyboard, this will be no problem — you don't have function keys in the first place. However, anyone who normally uses an extended keyboard may find this frustrating ~ and there really doesn't seem to be any reason why the function keys couldn't be in their usual place. (The [escape] key has similarty been replaced with a small button on the main keyboard, but isn’t such a problem since few ~ if any ~ programs make use of it.) Small problems aside, the Apple Adjustable Keyboard really is an excellent piece of hardware. It's remarkably comfortable to use - going back to a normal keyboard at the end of the review period was horrible. If you're not a touch typist, you probably won't have any use for the new keyboard; but if you are, it can be thoroughly recommended for work. Price: £229 From: Any Apple dealer Ian Wrigley too.” Just browsing | Imspace Systems’ Kudo Image Browser, a cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tool, is now available in the UK. Kudo creates. a catalogue of any images on a volume — hard disk, optical disk, CD-ROM or whatever — and displays these images as ‘thumb- nails’ for the user. The program supports a wide range of file formats, including TIFF, PICT, EPS, Photoshop, QuickTime, GIF and many others. Keywords can be assigned to images, and the Find system works by file type, file name, keyword or location. The program also has a ‘Riffle’ search, which displays thumbnails at a rate of around ten frames per second; Imspace claims that it is easy to recognise an image at that speed. An innovative feature is ‘Drag and Place’. If you use QuarkXPress or PageMaker you can select a thumbnail and drag it straight to a picture box in the Kudo's Find system can search by name, file format or keyword, When an image 5 has been selected, it can be dragged straight into QuarkXPress or PageMaker document — the original is automatically placed in the file for you. The manufacturer says that it is working on adding this feature to other applications. Kudo requires a Mac Il or above running | System 7; the current version is 1.02, but an} upgrade which supports CMYK and LZW-| compressed TIFFs, and which will run under System 6 is imminent. This will be shipped free to all registered users. Kudo costs £229 from Principal Distribution on 081 813 5656. Mind your own business M.Y.0.B., the popular small business accounting package, has had its price slashed to £293 with the release of version 3.0. The program, according to manufacturer Soft Numbers Limited, contains ‘all the accounting tools a business needs,” including sales orders, invoicing, stock control, price lists, cash book, VAT reports and bank reconciliation. Version 3.0 adds data import and export, producing packing slips and delivery labels and customisable forms. Soft Numbers Limited: 0992 451551. A bum deal for Pink You'd be surprised at how many people use Macs at work, home, play whatever. Next time you look at an album cover, you may find that it has been produced with the help of a Mac. Text for the 112-page book that accompanied the nine CD special edition of Pink Floyd's complete recorded repertoire were supplied on Macintosh disks at Sonic Plates, the London-based repro house that specialises in music industry work. The absolute cheek: at many repro houses the bottom line is to tum to ‘2 Mac for work on album covers The bear necessities Fatty Bear's Birthday 1 The ‘edutainment’ title distractions that are there to make things interac: tively interesting and fun he title follows the successful Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, and is designed to introduce kids to computers, as well as other kinds of skills. The program will be avail able on both floppy disk and CDROM, and is aimed at kids aged at 2 to eight. Price is to) be confirmed, Electroni¢ Arts 0753 549442 Mac network bundle Apple has announced a new bundle for purchasers from educational establishments which effectively provides them with free Printers and software. Anyone qualifying for the education discount who buys 15 or more Mac LC IIs will pay £1,169 per workstation, and will receive a free Personal LaserWriter NTR, an ImageWriter Il, MacPrefect (a security package reviewed on page 78 of Epson has announced a range of dot-matrix printers which are compatible with the Mac. The models come with a built-in LocalTalk The 0570+ from Epson: a highquality 24pin dot matrix printer, now with a built-in LocalTalk interface Low-cost Internet access ExNet Systems has announced that it can now provide low-cost access to the Internet computer network through its new HelpEx service. Internet is a huge collection of computers and their users, spanning the globe and providing every- thing from free software to a forum for discussing the latest developments in your favourite soap opera. The entry-level point, called Basic Service, costs £5.88 per month, and gives users logging in at 2400baud or less a terminal-based interface. UUCP Service, for £9.79, provides a more sophisticated interface using public domain or shareware programs on your Mac for reading mail and getting news. Rather than a joining fee, ExNet asks that users pay their monthly subscrip- tion three months or more in advance - there are reductions if you pay six or 12 months in advance. The first month on the system is free. ExNet Systems: 081 755 0077 MacFormat issue 1) and ClarisWorks (the integrated package) for each Mac, and all cabling for the network. Based on the minimum network of 15 Macs, this repre- sents a saving of more than £3,500 on the individual list prices of the items. The promotion is available from all Apple Authorised Education Dealers. To find your local dealer, dial 100 and ask for Freefone Apple. interface, and software which makes the printer appear in the Chooser as a normal output device, Dot matrix printers are useful when multi-part stationery or continuous-feed paper needs to be used — although a few of the inkjet printers on the market can handle continuous paper, an impact printer must be used if carbonated forms are required, since it’s the impact which makes the image appear on the lower sheets. All of the Epson printers are 24-pin dot matrix, which means that they produce a high quality image - equivalent to a maximum of 360 dots per inch. Pricing for the printer range starts at £551; they will be distributed by Aptec — 071 627 1000. i¢ LOOK FIRS) Ask the Experts Dinosaurs Dinosaurs, from Media Design interactive (MDI), is one of the best uses yet for multimedia. It’s about as complete @ dictionary/reference/tutorial about dinosaurs as you will find, and takes up over 600Mb on a CD-ROM. The package is broken down into five sections. They are: Age of the Dinosaurs, (general information); Dinosaur History (what happened when); Story of the Fossils (how fossils occurred and where they can be found); Ask The Experts (dinosaur experts answer many commonly asked questions); and Dinosaur Gallery (a complete listing of all known dinosaurs, together with any information known about them such as what they ate, where they lived, how large they were and so on). The information, apart from the Gallery section, is presented as QuickTime movies, featuring location film from around the world which was specially shot for the CD. Much footage comes from the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, USA ~ an incredible area where huge numbers of fossils have been found. The result of all this is that Dinosaurs at times seems more like a TV programme than a computer program. The video clips look professional, the interface is easy to use, the subject matter is fascinating and is entertainingly presented... all in all, this is a Mac program which will interest not only the dinosaur fans out there, but also anyone who wants tips on how a really great multimedia product should look. This program will appeal to all ages: the experts manage to convey the information in terms that should be understandable to any child over the age of eight or so, while still being interesting to adults. Version 1.0 of the package was written in a combination of HyperCard and MacroMind Director and, according to Philip Nash, Managing Director of MDI, “pushes the programs to their absolute limits.” Version 1.1, out by the time you read this, has been re-written in C and will be far faster - not that the original was much of a slouch. If it sounds as though | have shares in the company, | wish | did ~ it's great to see a program that really makes use of the technology available, and Dinosaurs will undoubtedly be a well-deserved, huge success for Media Design Interactive. | look forward to the company’s next product. Price: £79 From: MDI, 0252 737630 Tan Wrigley News in brief Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will be bundling the Limited Edition (LE) version of Photoshop with its ScanJet ile scanner. Photoshop LE is @ cut- down version of the program; it retains many of the features but doesn’t support alpha channels or CMYK separation. The Scanjet is a 400dpi, colour desktop scanner, price £1,851. Hewlet-Packard: 0344 369222 1 Frontline Distribution is offering a bundle deal on QuarkXPress and Claris MacDraw Pro through its network of dealers until the end of May. The bundie costs £934, a saving of £382 on the recommended retaill price. Frontline Distribution: 0256 847110 M Aptec has been announced as the official UK distributor of the IBM Color Jetprinter PS4079 - a PostScript device which uses inkjet technology to produce output at a resolu- tion of 360 x 360dpi. The printer costs £4,699, and will be avail- able through Aptec’s network of dealers. Aptec: 071 627 1000 i FontWorks will give a free Agfa FOCUS Color Pius scanner to the first 100 customers who purchase the full Adobe Type Library ‘on CD-ROM. The normal price for the type library ~ which contains 4,171 Type 1 fonts - is £11,691 and the scanner's street price is over £4,000, but the first 100 customers will only pay £8,811 for the bundle, The CO-ROM will be shipped with all the Adobe faces unlocked and ready for use; there are another 700 or $0 faces on the disc, and these can be unlocked at any time. FontWorks can be contacted on 071 490 5390. Three new Macs from Apple, but hey — they're just old re-badged Mac | New Macs from ol Apple has announced a family of three new machines, designated Apple Workgroup Servers — but in reality they are members of the current Mac family, re-badged and with extra software included. The new machines are part of an Apple marketing plan to target the rapidly growing demand for fast file servers. At present, many networking cognoscenti aren’t convinced that the Mac is a fast enough machine to act as a server for a large network. The Workgroup Server 60 is essen- tially a Centris 610 running AppleShare 4.0, a new version of the file sharing software. Apple claims that data throughput of 300K per second should be sustainable for up to 15 active users. Next up is the Workgroup Server 80, a Quadra 800 with a built-in DAT drive for backup. Again, it will run AppleShare 4.0, and Apple reckons that between 400K/sec and SOOK/sec data throughput rates should be sustainable for up to 30 active users. Finally, the high-end machine is based on a Quadra 950 running A/UX, Apple’s version of Unix, and AppleShare Pro, a Unix-based version of AppleShare. The machine, called the Workgroup Server 95, has a built- in DAT drive for backup, and has a PDS (Processor Direct Slot) card. Thi contains 128K of _ second-level memory cache for extra performance; expandable to 512K, and two SCSI Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels for high-speed access 1 peripherals such as hard disks. Apple claims that up to 800K/sec throughput is possible with up to 100 active users. No pricing has yet been set for the Workgroup Servers 60 and 80, which will ship ‘this summer’. The Workgroup Server 95 should be avail- able from the end of April, and will sell in two different configurations for different target users, priced af between £9,000 and £12,000. Oct's G5241.PS printer: a thermal transfer colour device which has Adobe PostScript builtin Océ yah - colour printers! Océ has launched a range of new colour PostScript printers. They use the thermal transfer printing method to produce 4 and A3 models. led the G5241-PS, has a print speed of nd about 50 seconds if the three-colour roll (which contains cyan, magenta and yellow but no black) is used instead. The printers can output to paper or clear film. A SCSI port allows the connection of a hard disk for extra font storage. Pricing for the A4 model starts at £5,047; the A3 printer starts at £8219. Océ is on 0454 617777. Tablets of stone 300dpi output, and are available i The A4 model, around 80 seconds if a four-colour ink roll is used, Recordable CD-ROM KimTec UK is now supplying the Pinnacle RCD-202 recordable CD-ROM drive. This is one of the first reason- ably low-cost recordable devices on the market; it sells for £4,694, and is able to create CD discs in Macintosh HFS, 1SO 9660 (a multi-platform standard), incremental multises- sion, audio and mixed mode formats. All software is included in the price. Blank discs cost £22 for a SSOMb CD-ROM, £25 for a 630Mb disc, Minimum order quantity is 10 discs. KimTec will also provide training courses for users, tailored to suit individual needs. If you don’t want to buy a recordable drive yourself, but you occasionally need CD-ROMs pressing, KimTec will press discs for you at a price of £206 per disc for up to 300Mb, £235 per disc for up to 6S0Mb. Additional copies of the disc cost £59. KimTec can be contacted on 0202 888873. The Pinnacle RCD-202 recordable CD-ROM drive: gives you the ability to ‘ress your own CDs for only £22 each Computers Unlimited is now shipping a new Wacom cordless, pressure sensitive graphics tablet The Wacom ADB Tabliet measures 6 inches by 8 inches, and connects to the Mac via its ADB port The stylus, which connected to the doesn’t need to be tablet by a wire weighs just 8 grammes, and contains no batteries. The driver for the tablet features double click assist something which is bound to be popular among users. Previously, users of graphics tablets have found it difficult to use them as a replacement for the mouse cause double-clicking on an object meant hitting the same pixel twice Version 2.0 of the driver increases this to a 15 pixel radius — so a s movement of the pen doesn’t matter. The Wacom ADB Tablet costs £469, and is available from Computers Unlimited: 081 200 8282. ~ Ave Newton licensed to third eertes Rumours... At the Cebit computer show in Germany recently, Apple announced a change in its previous policies regarding its Newton technologies, the basis for its forthcoming PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). Previously, Apple has fiercely guarded these technolo- gies, which include things like handwriting recognition, communications and data retrieval. However, the company now seems to recognise the fact that, in order to make Newton-based PDAs an industry standard, the industry must have access to these technologies. “As different industries converge and as these technologies come together, no single company will be able to control all that is needed to meet customer demand,” Apple Chairman John Sculley told a shareholders’ meeting in January. Apple will now license elements of Newton to third parties, the first of which have now been announced. The companies include Sharp, which is already involved in the manufacture of the first Newton with Apple, and Siemens, which will collaborate with Apple on the development of the NotePhone, described as a device “which will provide access to telephone and fax features.” Also licensing core technolo- gies is Japanese electronics giant Kyushu Matsushita. l —_ = The Newton Draw and Spel stone idea that pp engners have had for possible future PDAS According to Frank O’Mahoney, Apple’s PIE (Personal Interactive Electronics) PR manager, Apple expects these companies to produce their own PDAs in the near future. He says that Apple products will compete in the marketplace with those of its licensees — Apple doesn’t expect to be told what any other company intends to produce. Portable CD-ROM drive announced Apple has announced that its Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division will produce a new CD-ROM drive, scheduled to be released in the summer this year. The drive, known as the PowerCD player, is a three-in-one device which will play CD- ROMs, Photo CD and audio discs. The device will be more portable than current drives, and may be powered by rechargeable batteries. Mac OS to run on PCs? According to US trade magazine MacWeek, we may soon be seeing the According to Gaston Bastiaens, vice presi- dent and general manager of the PIE divsion, the drive will provide “a lightweight, easy to use, portable CD-ROM solution.” The drive will connect to Macs and PowerBooks via SCSI. Users will also be able to connect the drive to a television to view Photo CD discs. Pricing has yet to be decided. Apple ships three new Performas in the USA Macintosh operating system up and running on 80486-based IBM-compati- ble computers. ‘An experiment currently under way at Apple, and codenamed Star Trek, is a rewrite of System 7.1 so that it will run with DR DOS, a PC-compatible ‘operating system which is similar to MS DOS. Sources say that most of the conversion work has been completed, although the porting of the AppleTalk networking system, a major task, has yet to be done. Although © Mac applications wouldn’t immediately run under Star Trek - developers would have to re- ‘compile the code — a Mac interface on a PC would be an extremely attractive proposition to many people. We'll give you more information as soon as we get it... Three new Macintosh Performas were launched in the States last month, all based on the LC II and LC Ill. 1 The Performa 405 is based on the LC II and comes with 4Mb of RAM, expandable to 10Mb, and an 80Mb hard disk. It can display 16 colours, expandable to 256, on a standard 14- inch Performa monitor. i The Performa 430 is also based on the LC Il, but comes with a 120Mb hard drive, and displays 256 colours as standard. It, too, has 4Mb RAM expandable to 10Mb. 1 The Performa 450 is an LC Ill- based machine, running at 25MHz rather than the other two machines’ 16MHz. It can display 256 colours, expandable to 32,000 and ships in a 4/120 configuration. The RAM can be expanded to 36Mb. All three new Performas have a Global Village Telepor/Bronze fax modem built in. This provides send- only fax capabilities at 9600baud, and 2400baud data transmission. The Performas come with software to access two on-line services: CheckFree, an automated bill payment system, and an Apple special edition of the popular US bulletin board America Online. Software bundled includes ClarisWorks and Macintosh PC Exchange; individual dealers will be able to decide what else to bundle with their machines. As we went to press, Apple UK had no comment on whether the new Performas would be available in this country; the Performa 200, 400 and 600 were available in the US for some months before being launched here. 1 Rumours are circulating that Apple will release two digital colour cameras before the end of the year. They are based on technology licensed from Fuji, and will produce 24- bit colour images. The higher end camera, codenamed Mars, should cost less than $2,000 and will store images on ‘a POMCIA card, like that which will be present in the Newton; a serial inter- face will allow users to download the images to a desktop Mac. The cheaper model, codenamed Venus, will sell for around $500, and will have a lower resolu- tion. It will store images in RAM and, again, will connect to the Mac via a serial cable. I The first prototype PowerPCs have been shipped to developers in the States, according to sources. Although they are still nowhere near finished units, first impressions have been good ~ although some developers have said that applications running under the 68020 emula- tion system are still rather slow. 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Full col- our 3D graphics and realistic digitised sound make for an exciting simulation, You can even play against areal live opponent i you link up to another Mac over a network or even a modem. Colour Macs only. Falcon MC £39.00 Peat Code. Phone. = E = iim +) = ir > a) ial CD =i >) = ) ex iim WD — _> = ) = © (TP) =] il =F Bo © il = a = =Z =] Ks) | oS e =z = ”n ep = bo) 2. — ss (—] Wn — = 2. [—] = a f°) =! oo [—] = a — } x i} = _] al iy Sweyg OUT POA] Lessons learned from history Well Done! The first Mac magazine that I have wanted to sit down and read through. It even encouraged me to download the BeHierachic tility, which I had not heard of before. On the subject of the availability of software, the continuing lack of educational software in some subject areas applicable to BRITISH topics. As a history teacher I have spent qui one major issue that might be brought ou time looking for software suitable for National Curriculum history. The amount available can be counted on one finger Publications (written by The Railway Age’ stack by Bridge Davies 1990). The catalogue for History issued by a leading AVP —con- tains among its many hundreds of programs for Nimbus, Archimedes, etc. only two Mac pro: grams and these are only low level database revision progi There are one or two good stacks on American-related topics and Assassination of Kennedy called ‘11/2 educational software distributor ms Although this situation is not quite so difficult in other subjects where the US origination doesn’t affect content, the lack of British writers produc- ing software for the Mac is a major obstacle in a the Vietnam War stack Mac equipped school to applying technology to teaching in a subject such as mine Peter Morgan, Epsom, Surrey Well hopefully that situat change if Apple’s edu and Nimbus and Archimedes developers les. But I it and see. way begin to tion drive is successful began to port over some of their guess we'll just have to w When oh when oh when Please don’t fall into the usual mag trap of publicising kit that your readers can’t get for love nor money. Or at least be honest about the supply situation. I've been after an Apple CD300 (which you plugged in Issue 1) for a couple of months. No dealer I have spoken to has seen one yet. Computer Warehouse says none has been shipped. Actually a story on Apple's supply operation and a chart showing true waiting lists as against what dealers say would be very interesting. I was told ‘mid-February, definitely ‘end of February, mate’ and finally “April Ist. I'm afraid’. The latter | almost believed, for the obvious reason, too. Still no CD300 though Paul Fry, London It’s one of our jobs to publicise kit as soon as we hear about it - and if there are likely to be delays we'll let you know. But I know the feeling — we've only just taken delivery of a CD300 after waiting three months ourselves. Curlies in short 1 was interested to read your new magazine, which I found both useful and entertaining. Imagine my horror, however to see page 21 full of what I believe are known as ‘dumb apostro- phes’ (ie what you get when you hit the quote/double quote key on an Apple keyboard). Surely, you of all people should know that you can get proper curly apostrophes/quote marks by You won’t believe this! - just fire all your missives my way... ef ouldn’t believe my luck. I think I just might ble to read this one esting articles... and a bit of a sexy cover Despite what other Mac mags think, most people who use these computers aren't middle ged, boring, Volvo driving geeks! Some of us still have all our own hair and find 20 pages sbounpriniers pretty goddam sad! Anyway Ljustiboughi lt dicll yousbabit’s a good one (I know how inse: YOu people are about your first issue) and if you havc a letters page then you should put this orc at the top SN URDUON RE ERINEIe ter — wins £500 REMAP bloke 10 write some park halfwa Vince — Ed) italic through one SEV REMIEREENA you want. Just keep up the good work. Vince Sneed Hackney, London ore secure now we've questionnaires back, alanched ers hitting [option] [square bracket}. Word 5 allows you to specify this sort automatically (and the software knows which way round to put them), but Quark, for instance, doesn’t. Please fix this common problem. David Nutt, London Can we just plead ‘deadline blindness’ on t one? I'm sure other readers will thank you for the tip though... More modern memory Congratulations on your first issue. Here's a cou ple of points for debate When will we get proper multi-tasking on the Mac? Unless an application has been written ina particularly friendly way, a busy foreground application will stop you switching to anything else. Similarly it is possible for a background application to hog the processor and not let any- thing else in. The Amiga, a ‘games machine’, has proper pre-emptive multi-tasking like a mainframe oper- ating system — once a task has had its quantum of CPU time, it is swapped out and something else is given a chance, Why isn’t this the case with System 7? Alan Smith, Norwich Well you won’t be surprised to learn that since I’m not a hardcore C++ programmer based in Cupertino, California I’ve no easy ‘answer... but I think you'll find Apple’s line is that true multitasking would lead to incom- patibility problems with the Mac’s entire software range to date. Rumours are that System 8 may take the plunge though - if it ever comes to light. Mac networkers wanted 4 After having spent a few years in the printing trade, I was able to see first hand what the Apple Mac has achieved, even though I lost my job because of its introduction. I was keen to keep in the printing trade, so I got myself a Mac and have been learning it ever since, and even making a bit of money from it. ‘The difficulty I'm finding is that because I have had to learn it myself I cannot find a job in DTP because of my lack of industry experience. They seem to regard ‘home taught’ as not good ‘enough. But I'm not one to be outdone and I have an idea I'm hoping you might help me get off the ground. I would like to set up an agency which will offer both home tuition and in-house tuition, The idea would be to set up a nationwide database of experienced Mac users who would be willing to teach others in the required software. To keep costs to a minimum it would be practicable to have tutors in as many areas as possible. Thus when someone asks for help in Brighton I can send someone who lives in that area. It would be nice to have some sort of recog- nised certificate at the end which could go someway to helping prove that someone has had decent tuition. It wouldn't be a full time job for the tutor, just simply to offer their time when they can. This way I hope to be able to offer a useful service at a reasonable cost. I would be extremely grateful if you could print this letter so your readers can ring me if they are interested. If the response is good I can then go back to my bank manager with some facts and figures and prove it’s a viable idea. Graham Smith, Seaford, Sussex (0323 896767) Good luck Graham — I hope it works for you. Gimmie footie Why are there no soccer games for the Mac? I have absolutely no interest in American football and I would prefer soccer to saving green-haired things with a death wish or flying an aircraft. Alan Bradshaw, Raheny, Dublin Well I'm sure Kick Off 2 or Sensible Soccer wouldn’t be very difficult to port to the Mac ~ but there lies the rub — are there enough Mac footie freaks in the UK for it to be worthwhile for their publishers? Got to be worth a gamble at the end of the day setting out the stall hasn’t it Brian? The Lemmings hard line You looked quite shagged out on your *Welcome’ column picture. Hardly surprising, as launching something like MacFormat must be quite gruelling. It is a superb product but in the depths of a recession should you be encouraging clandestine office Lemmings addictions? Peter McGrath, Saltburn, Cleveland Oh dear. A busy workforce is a happy work- force? Actually, our cover disk games are specially optimised for lunchtime sessions... AW SHUCKS GUYS ‘We're sil blushing after the fonds of letters we received after our {taunch issue. Many thanks to everyone who wrote in ~ here's 2 few we picked out at random... The more news you put in about games, share/feeware the beter! John Walker Wantage, Oxfordshire ‘Congratulations on MacFormat and the best of luck foe the future! Ia [parucular I welcome the readers’ ads and contacts sections that you plan to tnclade in funre sues Richard Forway ‘St Ives, Hunts -At last a new magazine that concentrates on that often ignored sec- tion ofthe Macintosh world - the home user. Not a £3,000 laser printer or ‘other high-priced peripheral i sight, thank goodness. And best ofall a subwtantial section for games and sharcware Gordon Barr Renfrewshire, Scotland Congratulatices co the best Mac mag on the market. earned more bout Macs from your one ise than Ihave from all the others put together. have lft my well thumbed copy in the crew room for others 40 ‘browse; think you may get some more subs. All the best fr the future Peter Godfrey RAF, Bahrain A eta yo to of ou ring ta upp puting te publicly realise I write 1 express my delight in discovering MacFormat. I felt fills a fiche i the market providing good reading. well balanced and informa- tive articles. I is long overdue and puts other magazines in the shade. ‘WD Tucker ‘Congratulations on MacFormat. i's 2 winner: I thoroughty enjoyed i! Light-years ahead in all departments, Every success for the future. Cyril Berryman Poulter ‘Holt ‘Congratulations on MacFormat please keep writing those articles relating tothe Classic. Clive Baby Basildon, Essex 1am delighied to see that there is pow a magazine forthe home wer: please keep us informed of educational software a it comes ot Jonathan Evans Barty, N Yorks ‘A wonderful magazine! Recognition for the home user at ast. Thank you and well dove. LM Burn ‘Redmile, Nottingham Congratulstions ona first-class start to MacFormat 1 think you're covering ws ‘end users’ very well. There is, however, one particular aspect of Mac we that I would dearly love to see covered mor, aed that 6 programming. Mr Rershaw Great Sankey, Warrington ‘Congratultions on publishing a new Mac magazine. The fis issue is splendid. but please let's have lesson games and more on graphics. Valerie Campbell-Harding Andover. Hampshire <he yur gai yee st ony i tL oer combination of business and lessre software revsems, a great hasan apap wrens alent pe rare capitis, Mark Edward James Bushey, Herts Keep rac of the games, no one ese does Jan Fullemann Berlin, Domnerstag Three cheers... at asta Mac mag that doesn’t assume we're all experts _t rodent running. More for beginners please and software reviews of ‘older prods. Keep up the good work, , Calder Glen, Mossend ‘So, when isthe CD-ROM version hitting the sands? All trade marks acknowledged. Prices exclude VAT and delivery. E & OE. 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On the following nine pages, we'll give you all the information need to make an informed purchasing decision looking to buy an extra hard drive, more dirty and review five ‘low- h considering when fast enough for the jobs you wan internal expansion There are plenty of ways that you can expand your Mac without hanging loads of periph- erals off it; more RAM, a maths co-processor, even an expansion board will all increase the functionality of your computer without taking up space on your desk. And often it’s an easier procedure than you'd think. ‘The first, and most obvious expan- sion is to increase the amount of memory that your Mac has installed. If you've a Mac with a ‘screen, such as the Classic, Classic Il or Performa 200, this is an operation that really should be performed by a dealer — the voltage present in the screen's tube is very dangerous, and you shouldn't consider taking the back off your Mac unless you're very confident indeed, Anyone with a ‘modular’ Mac (that is, any Mac without a built-in screen), though, will find that fitting extra memory is a fairly simple procedure. On the other hand, do remember that this can invalidate your warranty — so make sure that you know what you're doing before you start Memory is supplied on small circuit boards called SIMMs — Single In-Line Memory Modules. They contain the memory chips themselves, plus some ancillary circuitry that makes everything work together, and are easily slotted in to sockets on the Mac’s main circuit board. All Macs except the new LC Ml, Centris 610, Centris 650 and Quadra 800 use basically the same kind of SIMM — but there are some small differences between models, so you should make sure that you specify what Mac you'll be using them in when you buy them from a dealer. Most noticeably, the [fx needs a differently shaped SIMM; and some Macs require faster (and 0 more expensive) memory chips than others. Memory speed is measured in nanoseconds (ns), and a typical SIMM will be rated at 70ns, 80ns, 100ns or 120ns. Earlier Macs will be happy with 100ns or even 120ns RAM, but the newer, more powerful machines need the 80ns or 7Ons chips. (Actually, most memory sold these days is 80ns or faster, but you still need to be sure and check.) If you install memory that’s too slow for your Mac, you will find that you start having unexpected crashes and System errors ~ so make sure that you get the right speed. ‘There are some limitations to what memory you can fit inside each different model of Mac; SIMMS are fitted in “banks’ of sockets — there are either one, two or four sockets per bank, and most Macs have two banks. Each bank must be filled with ‘SIMMS of the same size — so, for example, if you've a Mac Ici, which has two banks, each of four sockets, you can only add 4Mb SIMMS if you have four of them, so that they fill an entire bank. (Or, of course, eight of them, which will fill both banks.) To confuse things slightly, Apple changed the rules when the LC I, Centris 610, Centris 650 and Quadra 800 were being designed. These machines (and, presumably, all that come after them) use 72-pin SIMMs, which are the standard in the IBM PC- compatible world, and so should be slightly cheaper than dedicated Mac-only memory. These SIMMs. can be used in any configuration — you don’t have to fill an entire bank with the same size, although you do get a slight performance increase if you do. The table on the right summarises the amount of memory supplied as standard with Macs, and the maximum amount that you can add, Remember when buying to specify the model of Mac that you have, and to ask if the dealer that you're talking to has an instal- lation guide to help you through the process. If not, keep an eye out for the next issue of MacFormat — which will contain a step-by-step walkthrough to SIMM installation. SIMM city. Adding extra memory is easy — just stick the SIMMS in the slots... Compatibility issues When accelerator cards first appeared for the Mac, there were a large number of compatibility problems ~ some applications and Extensions just ‘wouldn't work with them. Things have changed since then, and these days accelerators are much more likely to work harmoniously with all your ‘software. But you should make sure that you tell your dealer exactly what software you're using, and get a guarantee that it's all compatible before you part with your money. RAM sizes for Macs This table contains the maximum RAM sizes for all currently available Macs, as well as a couple of the now obsolete models. Remember to check with your dealer before you buy memory, to make sure that it's compatible with your particular machine. Mac... RAM soldered on board (Mb) Maximum RAM (Mb) Classic 1 Classic II... 2 Performa 200. 2 Colour Classic... 4 LG saacausnane 2 fel peer = 4. Performa 400. 4 ioe 4 Performa 600. 4 livx.. 4 Lc il. 4. Centris 610 4 Centris 650 ... Quadra 800 ... Quadra 950 7 PowerBook 145... PowerBook 160... PowerBook 165¢ PowerBook 180... Duo 210.. Duo 230... Note that although some of the maximum RAM specifications look pretty impressive ~ 136Mb on the Centris 650 and Quadra 800, for instance - this requires the use of 32Mb SIMMs, which are extremely expensive ot present Shopping checklist v Tell your dealer which Mac you're buying your SIMMs for If the dealer doesn't seem to know much about the subject, shop elsewhere — or you may end up with unsuitable chips Ask if the dealer supplies a guide to fitting the memory or not If you're not totally confident about performing the upgrade yourself, ask your dealer to do it for you. (You will probably be charged extra for this) Make sure that you buy enough SIMMs to totally fill at least one bank of slots - again, ask your dealer for advice. Remember, though, that you don't need to do this if your Mac uses the new 72-pin SIMMs Accelerators Co-pro conundrum A number of Macs ~ such as the LC, LC I, Isi and Classic I - aren't fitted with a maths co- Processor as standard. The co-processor is a chip optimised to do mathematical calculations extremely quickly ~ which means ‘that it takes some of the workload off the main processor chip. If your work involves a lot of ‘maths-intensive calculations, such ‘as working with 3D modelling programs, then you may well find that performance increases if you add a maths co-processor. However, things will not become drastically better - expect a speed- up of between 5 per cent and 15 per cent. Also, remember that unless you're doing maths-intensive work, you may find virtually no speed increase at all. In that case, if your Mac is just too slow for comfort, you'll have to examine a ful fledged accelerator. Accelerating things Accelerators range in price from a couple of hundred pounds to a couple of thousand, and can do anything from doubling the speed of your humble Classic to making your LC run as fast as a Quadra. How they are fitted depends largely ‘on the kind of Mac that you're using. If you have a machine with a built-in screen, then fitting the upgrade is likely to involve plugging a new processor ‘piggy back’ on top of the old one — and is definitely a job best left to your dealer. The exception to this rule is the Colour Classic, which has the ‘same expansion bus as the LC Ill - and so acts like that machine when it comes to upgrades. Most accelerators for Macs without built-in screens come as NuBus or Processor Direct cards, although some newer Macs now have a specific, separate slot for accelerator cards. Whichever route the product that you choose takes, installation is a simple matter of slotting the board into a slot, possi- bly installing some driver software r ucts for the Mac is incredibly large and diverse and then restarting your Mac. ‘The range of accelerator products available for the Mac is incredibly large and diverse. Don't be afraid of shopping around differ- ent dealers and manufacturers; and remember that just because a product claims to ‘double the speed" of your Mac, that doesn’t necessarily mean that all your applications will run twice as fast Some, such as games, have timing loops in them to attempt to regulate the game’s speed across all models of Macintosh, while some are restricted by things like the speed of disk access and screen redraw — which your accelerator is unlikely to double. Speedy graphics These are cards designed purely to speed up the Mac’s drawing to the (usually external) monitor. This may not seem necessary if you're Shopping checklist wo Consider whether you really need to upgrade the speed of your Mac at all - would your money be better spent on, say, extra RAM? Make sure your dealer guarantees that the accelerator is compatible with your software Do you need to add extra RAM to the accelerator card itself? (The Radius Rocket and one or two others require this.) If so, is any RAM included in the basic price? How is the accelerator card installed? If it's not a straight NuBus or Processor Direct card, you should ask your dealer to install it for you wo 1s there an upgrade path available for the accelerator card that you buy? (That is, can you exchange it for a faster one later on, so accelerating ‘your accelerator?) only using a 14-inch monitor, but you'll know if you use anything larger that scrolling around a document can be a real pain. Chip replacement Accelerators replace the processor chip in your Mac with a new one — either an upgrade, say from a 68000 to a 68030, or the same model chip but running faster; for example replacing a 25MHz 68030 with a 33MHz version. First, if you've got a Mac that’s using a 68000 or 68020 chip, think seriously about upgrading to an "030. This provides you with a number of extra features, such as the ability to use virtual memory, and is now the standard base model for all Macs that Apple produces. Also, you need at least a 68020 to use QuickTime, Apple's multime- dia System Extension. If you've already got a 68030, you have two choices: a faster version of that chip, or upgrade to an "040. To be honest, in this situa- tion you should let yourself be guided by how much money you have to spend, and how much faster the boards that you're looking at will make your Mac run. There is no real advantage in upgrading from an "030 to an "040 —no Mac software requires an "040 chip to run — but, of course, the 68040 is inherently faster. On the other hand, some older software — especially PD and shareware ~ is incompatible with the 68040 chip. This is a TokaMac accelerator. The large yey object is the 68040 processor Although just about every current Mac developers’ products have been upgraded to make sure that they work, if you're using an old program you ought to check first before you buy a 68040 upgrade Apple upgrades Apple does offer official upgrades for many of its older Macs. These normally consist of a total swap of the motherboard — and sometimes the case, too — so that you've got a brand new, higher specced machine. However, these upgrades can be rather pricey - and if you have an old Mac like the Il or IIx, the upgrade is no longer available (the large-boxed Macs could only be upgraded to a IIfx, which is now itself no longer made). The advan- tage of going for an official Apple upgrade is that you essentially have a new, current-model Macintosh. But for many, it's cheaper just as effective — to go for a third. party solution instead. and i 5 2D eet Merisel Distributes the popular DayStar series of ® accelerators, many of which are themselves upgradable, + AM Micro Distribution h Distributes a wide range of accelerators, for " all Macs from the Plus upwards. ) Computers Unlimited Distributes the Radius Rocket accelerator card. ( Performance Direct Ltd Sells a range of upgrades, including maths co-processors, cache », cards and accelerators, including TokaMac cards, Forester Systems / Distributes a range of accelerators, including the TokaMac boards. nw ys See i There are so many different manufacturers that we can’t hope to give a comprehensive listing — but this list should give you a reasonable start. ™ Tel: 081 568 8866 Tel: 0392 426473 Tel: 081 200 8282 Tel: 081 993 3105 Tel: 081 993 1516 Pristine printers fter you've bought your Mac probably the first peripheral you'll want is a printer. For most people it’s the ‘most important, too ~ often it’s the only hardware that is ever added to a system. However, choosing exactly which machine to buy isn't made any easier by the plethora of different models available, each offering different advantages, and all of them insisting that they're the only possible option for the discerning Macintosh purchaser. With this in mind, we have taken a look at five reasonably priced models ~ the results are on the next four pages. Note that the printers detailed aren’t all that is available in the market by any means. However, they are fairly representative of the type of equipment that’s available, and by reading what we thought of the StyleWriter II models on test, you should at least have a good idea of what you should be looking for. ‘A couple of points should be made before we start. First, remember that not all the printers ‘are designed for the same job. You'd never use a StyleWriter II in an office which had high volume output requirements, for example, and likewise it’s unrealistic to expect the Epson LQ-570+ to produce top-quality graphical ‘output — that’s not what they are designed for. Also, don’t be deceived by a “page per minute’ (ppm) quote from a manufacturer. This is the printer's ‘engine speed’ — that is, how fast it can actually take a sheet of paper and pass it through the machine. But you'd never get a five-page word processor document out of a Sppm printer in The Style Writer Il is an inkjet device, space on your desk than a laser printer capable of providing up to 360dpi (dots per inch) resolution, The original StyleWriter has become extremely popular among Mac users who can’t justify the expense of a laser printer; and this new version adds loads of extra features — and Apple has managed to reduce the price by around £30 as well! Setting the printer up is easy ~ connect it to your Mac with the cable provided, install the driver software, restart your Mac and you're ready to go. Initial impressions of a very compact device are given the lie somewhat by the time you've extended the paper feed and receive trays to their proper positions, but the StyleWriter II still takes up rather less GCC has been in the Apple printer market for several years, and has gained a reputation for high quality, low-cost equipment. Well, the PLP (Personal Laser Printer) II certainly lives up to that reputation. It’s a QuickDraw-based machine which connects to the Mac, rather surprisingly, via the SCSI port — although it is still selected via the Chooser. It’s internally terminated, and removing the terminator requires messing around with a screwdriver — so it’s best to make sure that it’s the last thing on the SCSI chain, SCSI ID is set via the printer’s LCD contro! panel, as are options such as how long the printer should remain idle before the internal fan switches off (to save power and reduce would. And, of cours up’ when it’s not being used. ‘The printer connects via a serial cable, but can be shared by other Macs on the network using a new piece of Apple software which ‘publishes’ the printer so that it can be seen by everyone else. You can assign the printer a password, so that only authorised users can access it, and the sharing can be disabled if you wish. ‘The disadvantage of sharing a printer in this way is that your Mac will slow down to some extent when other users access it — but this is a small price to pay. ‘The printer can output in three modes: draft, normal and best. Output from draft is at 180dpi, the other two are at the full noise). That's fine, except that you must remember to tur it on and check a itial ID before you connect already have other SCSI devices pa — otherwise you may get a conflict which will prevent your Mac starting up. The design is fairly attractive, although the paper tray does stick out a fair way, so you need plenty of room on your desk (a rather short SCSI cable precludes putting the printer too far away from your Mac, and since SCSI cables have a limited maximum length, you can’t replace it with a longer one). In use, the printer performed fault- lessly. It prints by first creating an image of the page in the Mac's memory and then sending that image down the SCSI five of the best a minute ~ since the figure takes no notice of the fact that the printer has to ‘image’ (calculate) each page before it can be output. Having said that, we were impressed by all the printers on test. Each one represents good value in its specific arena ~ it's up to you to decide what you want a printer for, and to make your selec- tion based on those requirements. Most of the printers tested here were QuickDraw, since PostScript printers tend to cost a fair bit more. However, the price is dropping rapidly, and for that reason we also looked at one PostScript device, the DEClaser 1152. Why this, rather than Apple's Laser Writer Select 310 or GCC’s BLP Elite? Because the DEClaser is the cheap- available. Level 2 is the new version of Adobe's PostScript language, and printer drivers which take advantage of its new features should be available by the time you read these lines. The kind of tests that we put the printers through represent ‘real world’ jobs — outputting three pages of a word processing document (created in Nisus), and printing a QuarkXPress file which contained three graphics files: an EPS, a TIFF and a PICT. We checked out both the printer’s speed and the quality of the output. Our results are below... STOP PRESS: We intended to review a Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter 500 for this feature, but just before we went to press the company announced a replace- ment, the DeskWriter 510 (see News, page 13). It didn’t arrive in time for this issue, but look out for full evaluation next time. 360dpi. Apple claims printing speeds of up to 3ppm (pages per minute) in draft mode, 2ppm in normal and 1.Sppm in best. This is definitely a “best case’ figure, though three-page Nisus document took two minutes to output, while the QuarkXPress file had us waiting for almost eight minutes. This lack of speed may be a problem for some people, although it’s far faster than its predecessor; complex pages regularly, you should probably ges reg y ly on our tests, the u're likely to be creating look at a faster device — or plan your work so that you can print overnight The quality of output is excellent; Apple's GreyShare software means that graduated tints appear smooth, with little or no noticeable stepping, and greyscale images are probably high enough quality — even in normal mode ~ to be photocopied. Indeed, there seemed to be very cable — so you need a reasonable amount of RAM to print immediately If there isn’t enough memory available in your Mac, or if you've selected background printing, the page image is stored on your hard disk, and can be printed later using a special utility supplied. (The software supplied also includes Adobe Type Manager, so PostScript Type | fonts can be printed properly.) The utility allows printing to be set for a specific time, and you can also set various printer characteristics from the Ma