Macworld back issues from April 1996:
Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 1996 ... A Note on CoplandI recently purchased a DayStar PowerPro 601 upgrade for my Mac Centris 650. I am very pleased with its performance, but I was surprised and shocked to read in "Why Apple Can't Meet Demand" (January 1996) that Copland will not support PowerPC accelerator cards. ...
Corrections. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996 ... * The Performa 6300 does not come with a second serial port or an MPEG video-playback card as stated in January's New Products--Apple's plans changed after our issue went to press.* The correct ...
Apple leadership: chain of fools. (an action plan for a successful Apple)(State of the Mac) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Put away the black veils. Forget the operatic media pundits predicting Apple's imminent implosion. Apple is a strong business with tremendous assets, and the Mac isn't going to die anytime soon, if ever. Beyond the hype, though, the company must make fundamental changes in the way it does ...
You, too, can become a millionaire overnight: eight best-selling Mac products that don't exist - yet.(The Desktop Critic) (Technology Information)(Column)
Apr 01, 1996; ... In 1985, Raymond Lau, a New York teenager, wrote an obscure shareware file-compression program. Its name was StuffIt; now he's rich. In 1990, Lloyd Chambers wrote a little program known as DiskDoubler; today, he's driving a BMW. A programmer I know wrote a couple of shareware programs; now ...
Apple fires Spindler, brings in Amelio. (CEO Michael Spindler, new CEO Gilbert Amelio) (Company Operations)(Column)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Finally, Apple may be able to put its house in order. After weeks of turmoil surrounding a $69 million loss because of lower-than-expected margins during the Christmas buying season; after months of rumors about possible mergers with and buyouts by companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, ...
Macworld Expo delivers hot products; wealth of products draws record crowd. (1996, San Francisco) (five new products are briefly discussed) (Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Outside it was cold, but it was piping hot inside. Despite Apple's recent financial woes, the 1996 Macworld Expo in San Francisco boasted nearly 70,000 attendees (a record that marked a 10 percent increase over last year) and more new Mac products introduced than ever before. Here are just a ...
One for business, one for pleasure. (ScanJet 4s 200-dpi gray-scale scanner from HP and EasyPhoto 24-bit color scanner from Storm Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Personal document scanners have taken desktops by storm, and the $429 ScanJet 4s is Hewlett-Packard's (415-857-1501) entry. The 200 dpi grayscale scanner comes with Visioneer's PaperPort 3.0 document-management software.For less text-intensive jobs, ...
Copland's new abilities: new OS lets you organize files by content. (next major version of Apple's Macintosh operating system)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Apple has long promised that the Mac will be an active assistant, helping you wade through your data and make sense of it, not just serving as a repository for it. The next major release of the Macintosh Operating System, code-named Copland and due out in late 1996 or early 1997, will move ...
The right connection. (WebStar SSL Security Toolkit from Quarterdeck division StarNine handles clients using Netscape's SSL protocol) (Internet Watch)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... When it comes to serving up content on the Internet, Macs are second only to Unix boxes in popularity, and the latest release from StarNine, now a division of Quarterdeck (510/649-4949, info@starnine.com), should add to the Mac's momentum. The $1295 WebStar SSL Security Toolkit coexists with ...
New browsing news. (Virtus debuts Voyager VRML 3-D helper application for browsers) (Microsoft releases beta Internet Explorer for the Macintosh)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Macintosh Net surfers should soon have more browser options.In the 3-D space, Virtus (919/467-9700, info@virtus.com) is shipping the $29 Voyager VRML 3-D helper application. You can download a trial version from http://www.virtus.com.And ...
More fetching Fetch. (Fetch 3.0 FTP client shareware from Jim Matthews for the Macintosh)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... For those of you not using your Web browser to download files from FTP servers, version 3.0 of Fetch, by Jim Matthews, is available. New features for the latest version of the Macintosh FTP client include bookmark lists, ...
Color Central image server: speeds output and simplifies job tracking. (Color Central 3.0 image-server software from Luminous)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Faster output speeds and improved job tracking are among the new features of Color Central 3.0, the OPI 2.0-based image-server software from Luminous (206/628-4534). Luminous is the newly formed spin-off company of Adobe Systems' prepress division.Color Central 3.0 lets prepress ...
Corel buys WordPerfect; Mac version still alive; other ports possible. (Novell sells its WordPerfect division) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Just a few years after buying WordPerfect Corporation in hopes of assembling a company that could compete with Microsoft in the operating systems and applications businesses, Novell has sold the WordPerfect division to Corel, a developer best known for its Windows illustration software. ...
A step closer to CHRP. (Apple runs Macintosh's System 7.5 and Macintosh applications on a PowerPC-based IBM system) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... For the first time, Apple has publicly shown the Mac OS running on an IBM system. The IBM system--based on the PowerPC platform once known as CHRP and codeveloped by Apple, IBM, and Motorola--ran System 7.5 and several programs, including Adobe Photoshop 3.05 and ...
First Japanese Mac clone. (Power Computing will debut a Japanese Macintosh clone in 1996) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Now that it has shipped its PowerWave and PowerCurve Mac clones, Power Computing is readying to enter the Japanese Mac market, which is ...
StarGate's takeoff delayed. (Power Computing finds some incompatibilities in its NuBus riser card the firm's PCI-based PowerWave and PowerCurve computers) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Power Computing (512/258-1350) has delayed the release of its $249 StarGate riser card, which adds two NuBus slots to the company's PCI-based PowerWave and PowerCurve Mac clones. The company found some incompatibilities with some NuBus cards that slowed ...
The elephant-size fix. (Apple debuts 14-disk replacement of System 7.5.2 to resolve problems on PowerBook models 5300, 2300 and 190) (Product Support)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... To help PowerBook 5300, 2300, and 190 owners deal with a variety of problems, Apple (408/996-1010) has released a software patch--a 14-disk replacement of System 7.5.2 available for downloading from Apple's Internet site (http://www.support.apple.com). Fortunately, ...
Desktop LCD monitors get cheaper; but can they compete with CRTs? (NEC debuts $4,000 12-inch MultiSync LCD200 and $6,000 13-inch MultiSync LCD300 active-matrix displays)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Visionaries have long predicted that LCD panels would replace CRT monitors as the standard display device, but the high cost of active matrix screens in monitor sizes--thousands of dollars each--has kept that no more than a vision. Now, NEC Technologies (708/860-9500) has brought it a little ...
The next-generation CD-ROM: will today's drives survive DVD? (Digital Versatile Disk) (Technology Information)
Apr 01, 1996; ... For several years, deciding what CD-ROM drive to buy was about as simple as it gets: Double-speed or quad-speed? Internal or external?But this year, consumers are suddenly facing more hardware choices than ever before. By this spring, the first 8X CD-ROM drives for the Mac will ...
New Mac buses on the horizon.(includes related articles on the Firewire fast serial-port protocol and the comparative performance of Macintosh serial port types) (Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 1996; ... With the next major revision to the Macintosh platform due in early 1997, based on the joint IBM/Apple design recently rechristened the PowerPC Platform, Apple is poised to change some of the Mac's basic peripheral-connection technologies.One technology area is Firewire, a ...
Will Quark sink or swim? Delays plague Xposure, but Immedia should ship midyear. (QuarkXPosure XTension image processing software and QuarkImmedia multimedia authoring software) (Product Development)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Not content with QuarkXPress's secure position at the top of the page-layout heap, Quark decided to broaden its scope by branching into multimedia with the QuarkImmedia XTension (previously known by the code name Orion) and into image editing with QuarkXPosure (see Graphics news, May 1995) ....
28.8 modems for all. (US Robotics debuts three V.34-supporting modems for the Macintosh)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Everyone wants a 28.8-Kbps modem for online and Internet access. U.S. Robotics (708/676-7010) now offers these fast modems for desktop and notebook Mac owners along with fax software and an Internet connection kit. For the desktop, U.S. Robotics has the $279 Sportster 28.8 Faxmodem and the ...
Fax that server. (Global Village Communication upgrades its OneWorld Combo and OneWorld Fax network servers with fax-receiving capabilities)(Brief Article) (Product Development)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Global Village Communication (408/523-1000) has added fax-receiving capability to its $2099 ...
Colorful monitors. (new models from Corion Industrial, Orchestra MultiSystems, Sampo Technology, Techmedia Computer Systems and Smile International) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Monitor makers constantly refine their displays and thus always seem to have a new model available. Here are some of the latest crop. (Note that you'll have to buy a Mac adapter separately; it costs about $30.)* Corion Industrial (408/980-8988) has introduced its ArtMedia ...
PCI video cards. (Integrated Micro Solutions and Micro Conversions introduce respective cards for the Power Macintosh)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Itching to use one of the PCI slots in your new Power Mac? Consider Integrated Micro Solutions' (408/369-8282) TwinTurbo-128M2 video- display card. The card accepts standard Mac VRAM SIMMs to increase the card's standard 2MB of video RAM to 4MB. The $399 ...
Multimedia design courses. (Peachpit Press introduces four CD-ROMs for learning graphics and multimedia production skills)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Peachpit Press (510/548-4393) has released four CD-ROMs that teach professional graphics and multimedia production skills. The ...
Reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. (HyperTech Media offers the CD-ROM-based nine-course Elementary Science and Math software plus Old Turtle and Alexandra, Keeper of Dreams CD-ROMs for teaching reading and writing)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Written by teachers, the $149 nine-course Elementary Science and Math Software CD from HyperTech Media (301/447-1689) covers weather, buoyancy, insects, seeds, plant growth, acid rain, food chains, ecological balance, and ...
Make your own music. (Making Music educational CD-ROM from Voyager)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Voyager (212/431-5199) has released Making Music, a $40 CD ...
Automated image conversion. (binuscan's ColorPro software now automatically converts RGB images to black and white)(Brief Article) (Product Development)
Apr 01, 1996 ... binuscan (212/681-0600) has enhanced its $1950 ColorPro software with the ability to convert RGB images automatically to black and white. The program ...
Stretch that image. (Flo' 2.5 image-distortion software from the Valis Group)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... The Valis Group's (415/435-5404, valisgroup@aol.com) $199 Flo' 2.5 lets you work with an image as if it were on ...
CAD improvements. (Bentley Systems' MicroStation 95 CAD software replaces MicroStation V5) (Ashlar's DrawingBoard CAD software targets nonprofessionals)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Bentley Systems (610/458-5000) has revised its MicroStation V5 CAD software. The new MicroStation 95 costs $3950, with upgrades from V5 priced at $475. The product runs on Power Mac systems; several Unix workstations; ...
Packaged artwork galore. (new clip art, stock photo and model libraries software from Replica Technology, Image Club, The Stock Market, T/Maker and FoodPix)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Dozens of companies offer clip art, stock photos, and model libraries. Here are some of the latest offerings.* Replica Technology (716/337-0621) offers five interior-design-oriented collections of 3-D objects for use in Infini-D, as well as five for Strata StudioPro. Prices range ...
Bar-code reader. (Bar Code EasyWand from Percom)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Percom (503/344-1189) has introduced the $249 Bar Code ...
Learn 3-D animation. (Electricimage Scholastic Edition is a subset of Electric Image's Electricimage 3D animation software) (version 2.5.2 of the full package debuts)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Electric Image (818/577-1627, electric.img@applelink.apple.com) is shipping the ElectricImage Scholastic Edition, a $795 subset of the company's ...
Speedy CDs. (XM-3701 6.7-speed CD-ROM from Toshica America)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Toshiba America (714/457-0777) has introduced the XM-3701 series of 6.7-speed CD-ROM ...
More ways to communicate. (Stalk Software adds Internet mail, wireless paging and printer modules to its CommuniGate integrated messaging software) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Stalk Software (415/383-7164, sales@stalker.com) has added three messaging modules for its CommuniGate integrated-messaging platform: SMTPGate for ...
Network backup. (ClientPak for Macintosh network-backup program from Legato Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Legato Systems (415/812-6000) has announced ClientPak for Macintosh, a $1500 ...
Color laser choices. (QMS adds the magicolor models CX/8, CX/20 and CX/32 models)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... As color laser technology gets more affordable, more companies will offer it. QMS (334/633-4300) is the latest entrant, with three choices: the $5799 magicolor CX/8 (with 8MB of RAM and 300-dpi color ...
Richer color inks. (new pigment-based ink-refile cartridges from Graphic Utilities for HP's inkjet printers) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Graphic Utilities (408/577-0334) is offering pigment-based ink-refill cartridges for ...
Consistent color gets closer. (Praxisoft, Lasergrpahics and NewGen Systems introduces products for achieving consistent color from computer output)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... To help designers and publishers get consistent color, several companies are offering help.* Praxisoft (703/729-3391, praxiscorp@aol.com) has released the $129 Color Compass 1.1, which lets you create colors that you can use across programs. It also supports ColorSync for ...
Working with fonts. (Monotype debuts version 5.0 of its 4,100-font CD-ROMs) (Magick & Mystick symbol and talisman fonts from Deniart Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Fonts are like potato chips: you always want more. Monotype Typography (312/855-1440) has released version 5.0 of its $50, 4100-font CD collection. You pay for individual fonts as ...
Ever cheaper capacity. (2.3GB and 1.6GB Sirocco drives from Quantum are $395 and $265 to dealers)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Quantum (408/894-4000) plans to begin shipping in March 1996 two 3.5-inch high-capacity internal hard drives: the $395, 2.3GB Sirocco and the $265, ...
Titles. (brief descriptions of three new computer books and a CD-ROM of earth images)(Brief Article) (News Briefs)
Apr 01, 1996 ... Insider's GuideWant to know as much as a Macworld editor about the computer industry? Check out PC Roadkill, a $20 book by Michael Hyman from Macworld's sibling company IDG Books Worldwide (800/434-3422).The World on Your DesktopThe powerful imagery of Earth as ...
Virus protection. (Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit software from S&S Software International)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... S&S Software International (617/273-7400, info@drsolomon.com) has released Dr ....
CD-ROM drive's best friend. (CD-ROM ToolKit 2.0 from FWB)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1996 ... FWB (415/325-4392; info@fwb.com) has revised its CD-ROM ToolKit, ...
Adobe Illustrator 6.0: new tweaks not enough to surpass FreeHand 5.5. (graphics software from Adobe Systems) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Rating: Four Stars/7.1PROS: Improved file-import capabilities; drag and drop between Illustrator and Photoshop; supports Photoshop-compatible filters; revised shape-creation tools; curve fitting for better distortions.CONS: Inefficient image handling; clumsy blending and ...
FileMaker Pro 3.0: database favorite goes relational, works the Web. (from Claris) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/8.2PROS: Large collection of powerful templates; World Wide Web capabilities; easy to learn and use.CONS: Minimal SQL connections; slow flat-file searches; limited programming and scripting.COMPANY: Claris (408/727-8227, info@claris.com). ...
PowerCurve 601/120: Apple's Power Mac 7500 has a new rival. (from Power Computing) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/7.5PROS: Fast; moderately priced; accessible case for upgrades; good software bundle.CONS: No built-in AV capability; no memory interleaving; cannot use StarGate NuBus bridge.COMPANY: Power Computing (512/258-1350, info@powercc.com). DIRECT ...
PowerBook Duo 2300c. (Apple's newest Macintosh subnotebook computer) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Three Stars/5.9PROS: Entry-level business-Mac performance in a small, lightweight package; good-size, crisp display.CONS: Pricey; requires a variety of add-ons to exchange files and work with peripherals.COMPANY: Apple Computer (408/996-1010). ...
PhotoDeluxe 1.0: "PhotoShop Lite" makes questionable compromises. (image-processing software from Adobe Systems) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Rating: Three Stars/6.3PROS: Low price; easy to use; lots of templates; imports and exports most popular file formats.CONS: Cryptic Photoshop-style dialog boxes for some tools; weak help system; only one document can be active at a time; minimum system requirements too ...
QuickDraw 3D accelerators. (QuickDraw 3D add-in accelerator cards do not provide cost-effective performance boosts) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... QuickDraw 3D Accelerator CardRating: Three Stars/5.0PROS: Supports texture maps; outputs alpha channel.CONS: Minor speed gains with major 3-D applications.COMPANY: Apple Computer (408/996-1010).COMPANY'S ESTIMATED PRICE: $400.Yarc ...
Retrospect 3.0, Retrospect Remote 3.0: leading Mac backup programs now even more powerful, easier to use. (from Dantz Development) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/8.9PROS: Improved interface; better scripting; innovative Backup Server.CONS: No Windows client.COMPANY: Dantz Development (510/253-3000, sales@dantz.com).LIST PRICE: Retrospect $249; Retrospect Remote (ten users) $449. ...
Remote-access servers: two low-end options offer different strengths. (QuickStream/3 from Sonic Systems and TribeLink2 from Tribe Computer Works) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... QuickStream/3RATING: Three Stars/6.3PROS: Low price per port.CONS: No diagnostic logs or messages; performance lags with three heavy users.COMPANY: Sonic Systems (408/736-1900, sales@sonicsys.com).LIST PRICE: $995; dial-out option $249. ...
CommuniGate: integrated messaging for Macs. (from Stalker Software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/8.0PROS: Well-integrated modules; multimedia message contents; Internet, fax, print, and pager gateways; intergateway routing; excellent message logging.CONS: Incomplete documentation; no message filtering; no MIME or UUCode support; unsophisticated ...
Business card scanners: scanners don't deliver on promise. (Electronic Document Technology's Biz Card manager, Umax Technologies' Biz Card Reader and La Cie's VIP Scan) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Biz Card ManagerRATING: Two Stars/3.7PROS: Slightly faster than the other card scanners.CONS: More expensive; no automatic scanning or data transfer to contact managers; makes more errors.COMPANY: Electronic Document Technology (408/733-7309, ...
Tax-prep programs: three programs untangle knotty tax laws. (Intuit's MacInTax Deluxe, Block Financial Software's Kiplinger TaxCut and Parsons Technology's Personal Tax Edge) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Kiplinger TaxCutRATING: Four Stars/7.1PROS: Easy-to-use interview feature; well-organized built-in help.CONS: Minor memory problems with Power Macs; state versions only for California and New York.COMPANY: Block Financial Software (816/751-6000). ...
Mediagnugen 1.0.1, ProView 1.1: bare-bone tools for simple multimedia presentations. (limited presentation development software from, respectively, Gnugen Software and E-magine)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... ProView 1.1RATING: Two Stars/4.0PROS: Simple to use; includes viewer application.CONS: Can't import text; no drawing tools; supports few file formats and colors; occasionally unstable.COMPANY: E-magine (818/881-4757, e-magine@panix.com). ...
KPT Final Effects: superb effects library for Adobe After Effects. (28 plug-in film-quality effects from MetaTools)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/8.9PROS: Excellent rendering quality; tightly integrated into After Effects 3.0; useful selection of effects.CONS: Expensive.COMPANY: MetaTools (805/566-6200, metasales@aol.com).LIST PRICE: $695.MetaTools' KPT Final ...
Movie Cleaner Pro 1.1.1: QuickTime-compression utility for crisp CD-ROM movies. (from Terran Interactive)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Three Stars/6.5PROS: Excellent interface; supports batch compression; unique filter options; reasonably priced.CONS: Few blurring options; limited control over keyframes; no data-rate analysis window; can't generate custom palettes.COMPANY: Terran ...
Hitachi StudioPad: graphics tablet for tight quarters. (Hitachi Digital Graphics digitizer tablet has a 4-by-5-inch work area)(Brief Article) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Rating: Four Stars/7.5PROS: Small size; excellent pressure sensitivity.CONS: Tablet buttons do not accept macros from third-party utilities.COMPANY: Hitachi Digital Graphics (408/747-0777).LIST PRICE: $199.99.Pressure-sensitive graphics ...
MailKeeper 1.0.2: quick online information database. (specialized E-mail management database from Nisus Software)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Three Stars/5.0PROS: Inexpensive; fast category searching.CONS: Needs better integration with mail programs; minor interface problems.COMPANY: Nisus Software (619/481-1477, info@nisus-soft.com).LIST PRICE: $35.Some days, it's a ...
Descent 1.0. (science-fiction action game from MacPlay for the Macintosh)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... Rating: Four Stars/8.5PROS: Real-time 360-degree motion; realistic graphics and audio.CONS: Fewer levels than PC version; CD-ROM must be in drive to launch; no support for 680X0 Macs.COMPANY: MacPlay (714/553-3530, macplay@interplay.com).COMPANY'S ...
Spreadware Statistics Menu 4. (Spreadware's software adds a statistics menu to Microsoft's Excel 5 spreadsheet software)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Four Stars/7.4PROS: Fast; convenient; tests for "test analysis."CONS: Limits on data-file size; manual has some glitches.COMPANY: Spreadware (619/772-1758, spreadware@aol.com).LIST PRICE: $229.There's a badly kept secret in the math ...
MacIRISPen: portable, accurate pen OCR scanner. (from Image Recognition Integrated Systems)(Brief Article) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Three Stars/6.9PROS: Portable; accurate; lets you scan just what you need; accommodates uneven scanning strokes and variable text.CONS: Tedious for capturing large quantities of text; networked users must turn off AppleTalk to free up printer port. ...
STiP Professional 2.1: promising, but flawed, multimedia authoring system. (from MacVonk)(Brief Article) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 1996; ... RATING: Two Stars/4.9PROS: Good (if erratic) performance; royalty-free distribution of final projects; robust scripting language.CONS: Awkward omissions; nonstandard scroll bars; poor documentation.COMPANY: MacVonk (403/232-6545, mvc@eworld.com).LIST ...