Macworld back issues from November 1996:
Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 1996 ... The Honeymoon Is OverCongratulations to Galen Gruman for an accurate assessment of the Microsoft-Apple hoax ("The Honeymoon Is Over," Macworld Online, http://www.macworld.com/daily/daily.384.html). The legendary arrogance of both companies will surely come home to roost someday. We ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Nov 01, 1996 ... * The phone number for Power Computing ("High-Performance Systems," Reviews, October 1996) is 512/388-6868.* The phone number for STF Technologies ("Faxstf 3.2," Reviews, October 1996) is 816/463-1412.* DayStar Digital's phone number is 770/967-2077 ("The New Speed ...
New road ahead for the Macintosh. (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The Mac market has been pretty sleepy since the Worldwide Developers Conference in early May. No major announcements from Apple other than continued changes in the executive team and the absence of PowerBooks; no major product announcements outside of Apple, either. The entire Mac world has ...
CHRP moves closer to reality. (Common Hardware Reference Platform) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Long promised but now closer to reality: at the recent Macworld Expo, IBM and Motorola demonstrated their respective systems to run both the Mac OS and Windows NT. And Apple demonstrated a working prototype of a Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) system that ran the Macintosh OS and ...
Brave new driver. (LaserWriter 8.4) (Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Users of LaserWriter 8.4 will immediately notice a dramatic new look in Apple's (408/ 996-1010, http://www.info.apple.com) latest printer driver. But its enhancements are more than simply cosmetic.When LaserWriter 8.0 debuted, it didn't take long for Apple customers to cry foul ...
Workstation graphics on the desktop. (NewTek LightWave 3D 5.0, Vertigo Technology Vertigo 3D, LightWork Design LightWorks shown at Siggraph conference)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... This year's Siggraph conference in New Orleans was dominated by the usual developers of Silicon Graphics products, along with Microsoft pushing Windows NT as the high-end graphics platform. Still, a number of Macintosh products were shown, ranging from 3-D modeling, rendering, and animation ...
Alps joins scanner, printer. (Alps Electric MD-4000 Color Printer/Scanner)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Alps Electric (408/ 432-6000, http://www.alpsusa.com) is planning to release the $699 MD-4000 Color Printer/Scanner. The "MD" in MD-4000 stands for Micro Dry inks, which promise printing that is sun- and waterproof on any kind of paper. The inks come in metallic gold and silver, as well as ...
Is there life after JPEG? (Wavelet compression scheme uses discrete cosine transform technology) (Technology Information)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... JPEG has always been an imperfect solution for compressing still color images. Established as an accredited industry standard by the International Standards Organization (ISO), JPEG uses a lossy compression algorithm in which small amounts of data are thrown away as part of the compression ...
Umax pulls ahead of Power Computing. (sales of Mac clones) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Longer bars are better. Results are times as fast as a Centris 650 (Centris 650 = 1.0). Products are listed in decreasing order of overall performance.Armed with the latest and fastest PowerPC 604e 250MHz CPU, the prototype Umax SuperMac S900 604/250 was able to outrun a 225MHz ...
ISDN for PowerBooks. (SCII Telecom ExpresSO PCMCIA ISDN card)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... If you're on the road and a 28.8-Kbps modem doesn't cut it for your file-transmission needs, consider ExpresSO PCMCIA, a $495 ISDN card from SCii Telecom (813/562-5971, http://www.sciitelecom.com) that works with Apple Computer's ...
FreeHand 7 leapfrogs Illustrator. (Macromedia graphics software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Just one year after FreeHand 5.5 debuted, Macromedia (415/252-2000, http://www.macromedia.com) is about to release a major upgrade. But in keeping with its aggressive strategy, the company has decided to skip over 6 and go directly to version 7. It's hard to say who will be more impressed, ...
PageMaker 6.5 goes for the jugular. (Adobe Systems DTP software)(Special Report: Adobe Rebuilds Graphics Powerhouses) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Just a year ago, Adobe Systems (206/622-5500, http://www.adobe.com) brought us PageMaker 6.0, boasting of color-management and master-page features meant to attack QuarkXPress on its own turf. Now Adobe has turned up the heat, adopting a key QuarkXPress layout approach--the use of boxes to ...
Photoshop 4.0 delivers new interface. (Adobe Systems image editor)(Special Report: Adobe Rebuilds Graphics Powerhouses) (Software Review)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Photoshop 4.0 is bound to stir controversy among veteran Photoshop users, since its redesigned interface will necessitate significant relearning. However, once you get used to the many reshuffled keyboard commands, such as those for Clone and Deselect, you can turn your attention to some ...
Web features add life to Persuasion. (Adobe presentation software)(Special Report: Adobe Rebuilds Graphics Powerhouses) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Adobe Persuasion has long been among the leading programs for design and production of 35mm slide presentations. But as fewer people use 35mm slides, developers have transformed their packages into tools for on-screen presentations, adding what are essentially interactive multimedia ...
IBM's Mac quest. (IBM Microelectronics Div considering development of IBM-branded Mac system, but IBM PC Co has not agred to make Macs) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The IBM Microelectronics Division, which invented and coproduces the PowerPC CPU, would like to see Big Blue develop and sell IBM-branded Mac systems, says Jesse Parker, director of segment marketing at IBM Microelectronics. But the reason IBM can't commit to doing so is that the IBM PC ...
Blindingly fast chips. (new 300MHz PowerPC 604e systems emerging; IBM/Motorola/Apple working on next-generation G3 and G4 CPUs) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Think today's Mac compatibles are fast? Be prepared to adjust your standards next year. In fact, you may not need to wait until next year--some Mac systems makers, such as DayStar Digital, expect to have 300MHz PowerPC 604e-based systems by the end of this year.Just as Mac systems ...
BeOS on the Power Mac. (Be Inc BeOS operating system) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The operating system offers preemptive multitasking, protected memory, and true virtual memory. Best of all, it runs on a Power Mac. Has Apple suddenly performed a miracle with an early release of Mac OS 8? No, it's the BeOS from Be Inc. (415/462-4100, http://www.be.com), the company ...
Browser wars. (Netscape Navigator 3.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... With the near-simultaneous release of Netscape Navigator 3.0 (415/528-2555, http://www.netscape.com) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (206/882-8080, http://www.microsoft.com), both companies are tripping over each other to entice Web users to their products. Netscape had a Web traffic jam ...
More than a face-lift. (America Online introduces version 3.0 of client software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Users of America Online's (703/448-8700, http://www.aol.com) new client software, version 3.0, will notice much more than a new look--the new Mac client contains every feature found in its Windows sibling.The AOL 3.0 Web browser--based on ...
Server on the cheap. (ClearWay Technologies FireSite plug-in for WebStar)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Would you like to maintain a Web server but can't afford to lease a T1 line? FireSite ($499 list price), the new WebStar plug-in from ClearWay Technologies (617/973-5001, http://www.clearway.com), may be the answer. Users can rent server space from an Internet service provide (ISP), pay for ...
Timbuktu Pro gets personal. (Farallon Computing Timbuktu Pro 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996; ... You may have passed by the last Timbuktu Pro revision, unless you happened to be using a Novell network. Aimed largely at corporate network administrators, version 2.0 simply wasn't compelling for many users. So Farallon Computing (510/814- 5000, http://www.farallon .com) has tried again ...
Clone vendors delay systems. (Power Computing PowerTower line) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Power Computing (512/388-6886, http://www.powercc.com) and Umax (510/226-6886, http://www.supermac.com), which have been heavily promoting their latest Mac clones, have fallen behind in their efforts to ship the machines. Power Computing in particular has adopted a strategy of gaining ...
Messaging and fast fax. (Diamond Multimedia Systems SupraSonic 336 V+ fax modem)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... The $290 SupraSonic 336 V+ fax modem from Diamond Multmedia Systems (408/325-7000, http://www.diamondmm. com) includes voice messaging automatic fax-voice ...
LAN-modem PC Card. (Farallon Computing EtherMac PCMCIA combines fax modem, Ethernet adapter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... The EtherMac, from Farallon Computing (510/814-5100, http://www .farallon.com), provides 28.8-Kbps data-transmission and 14.4-Kbps fax-transmission speeds and works with both PowerBooks and PC ...
Micro Conversions adapter. (Micro Conversions VP2MPCI graphics card)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Micro Conversions (817/468-9922) has announced a new graphics card that supports resolutions of up to 832 by 624 pixels in 32-bit mode and up to 1280 by 1024 pixels in 8-bit mode (it works in 8-, 16-, and 32-bit modes; on a Mac, 32-bit mode is the same as 24-bit mode). The VP2MPCI card comes ...
Clip art for every occasion. (Aridi Computer Graphics Ornamental Backgrounds; Letraset Phototone Photo CD Series; MapArt Cities/Metro; Digital Textures Metals Collection; PhotoDisc Volume 35)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... If one picture's worth a thousand words, the clip art world just got a lot more verbose * The 5149 Ornamental Backgrounds CD from Aridi Computer Graphics (214/404-9171, http://www.aridi.com) provides 202 editable vector images designed for creating seamlessly tiled backgrounds and ...
Live Picture in overdrive. (Live Picture Overdrive image-editing package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Live Picture Overdrive, from Live Picture (408/464-4200, http://www. .livepicture.com), is not a souped-up version of the company's image-editing software. Instead, the $195 package includes the core features of Live Picture without many of its bells and whistles. Like its ...
Plug-and-play video. (Minerva Systems Minerva VideoShare; Truevision Bravado; Artel Software Boris Effects 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Digital-video systems offer video professionals more power and flexibility than ever before. Several new hardware and software products are filling out a growing held. * Minerva Systems (408/9701780, http://www.minervasys.com) has combined its desktop MPEG video-publishing system, ...
Get the best sound. (MIDI Land MLi-SA25, Yamaha YST-M7 computer speakers)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Tired of tinny sound from your Mac's puny speakers? Try one of these high-powered sound systems. * Two subwoofer systems from MIDI Land (909/592-1168), the $100 MLi-SA15 and the $130 MLi-SA25, provide sound with minimum distortion. The MLi-SA15 outputs 15w (rms), while the ...
HyperCard stacks on the Web. (Royal Software LiveCard tool for converting HyperCard stacks to HTML)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Thanks to LiveCard, from Royal Software (813/581-6422, http://www .heizer. com), you can now add life to your HyperCard stacks by placing them on the World Wide Web. Stacks can be ...
Comet sitings. (Digital Comet CometPage, CometSite Web-server tools)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Digital Comet (415/331-5551, http://www.ditigitalcomet.com) is staking its Internet claim with two new products. CometPage is an $80 package that lets you drag and drop templates, ...
Video on the Web. (Vivo Software VivoActive Producer, Terran Interactive Web-Motion)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Video remains one of the Internet's final frontiers. Two recent trailblazers are Vivo Software (617/899-1400, http://www.vivo.com) and Terran interactive (408/278-9026, http:// www.terran-int.com), whose products allow you to put video on the World Wide Web. VivoActive Producer converts ...
Site management. (EveryWare Development Bolero Web-publishing tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... EveryWare Development (905/819-1173, http://www.everyware.com) is offering tools that allow you to manage complex Web sites. Bolero is a Web logging, analysis, and real-time reporting system that tells you the number of hits your site is getting, where the visitors are coming from, and what ...
Monkey on your Mac. (Internet Setup Monkey)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Internet Setup Monkey, from Rockstar Studios (415/242-1984, http:// www.rockstar.com), lets Internet and intranet administrators create custom installers that automatically configure users' Macs for TCP/IP ...
CalComp adds to plotter line. (TechJet Designer line of ink-jet plotters)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... CalComp (714/821-2000, http:// www.calcomp.com) has added two models to its TechJet Designer line of ink-jet plotters. Model 5624, priced at $2495, produces D-size ...
Fonts for every occasion. (Zetafonts, International Typeface Corp, others introduce font packages)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... DiamondSoft (415/381-3303, http:// www.fontreserve.com) has introduced Font Reserve, a $120 font-management program that uses a database to store font names, font IDs, foundry information, version information, and ...
Fonts in reserve. (DiamondSoft Font Reserve font-management package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Just when you think you've got every font you could possibly want, along comes a whole new group of selections--from elegant, old-world faces to whimsical animal fonts. * Zetafonts (519/369-3898) has a collection of 12 unusual display fonts called Mainly Art Nouveau Fonts; these ...
16 CDs at a time. (Optical Access International CD/Maxtet 1600 CD-ROM changer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Nov 01, 1996 ... Need to access several CDs on your network? Optical Access International (617/937-3910) has a solution: its new $8495 CD/Maxtet 1600, a CD-ROM server that contains 16 hot-swappable ...
Mac OS 8: back to square one. (Apple replaces Copland project with series of incremental upgrades) (includes related article on outlook for new operating systems)(Special Report: OS Essentials) (Company Business and Marketing)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Copland, we hardly knew ye. For two years, Apple has painted a brave new world for the Mac OS, one that would bring a state-of-the-art infrastructure to today's OS, delivering agents to help automate your work, preemptive multitasking and threading to let programs do several things ...
Open Transport clears the first hurdle. (Apple network software) (includes related article on Apple Remote Access)(Special Report: OS Essentials) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Remember the shifts from the 680X0 architecture to the PowerPC and from System 6 to System 7? Both needed to happen, but it wasn't until after the fact that users and developers saw the benefits. Similar transitions are taking place for Macintosh networking as networks move from LocalTalk to ...
OpenDoc finally gets tangible. (developers supporting component-software architecture)(Special Report: OS Essentials) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... After two years of promise, Apple's OpenDoc technology is starting to deliver. Apple introduced version 1.1 of OpenDoc at Macworld Expo in August, and developers announced 16 new OpenDoc products.CI Labs, the organization dedicated to compliance with specifications created by the ...
Media components come together. (QuickTime Media Layer)(Special Report: OS Essentials) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... QuickTime must be near the top of the list as Apple's new leadership surveys the company's strategic assets. From its humble beginnings as a low-resolution movie player, QuickTime has evolved into a comprehensive architecture for the authoring and playback of synchronized video, audio, ...
Apple revives QuickDraw GX.(Special Report: OS Essentials) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Apple, attempting to boost its moribund QuickDraw GX technology, will unbundle the graphics and typography portions of GX and provide them to software developers as a dynamically loading shared library. As a result, users who have not installed QuickDraw GX will now be able to run ...
Color ink-jet printers. (Canon BJC-4550; Epson Stylus Color 500; HP DeskWriter 680c) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The hottest competition of the summer took place not on the playing fields of Atlanta, but on the floor of Boston's Macworld Expo, where both Canon and Epson won Macworld's Best of Show for their new color ink-jet printers. Canon's BJC-4550 supports 720-by-360-dpi output on 11-by-17-inch ...
Netscape Navigator 3.0. (Web browser) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... This month's entry in the web-browser wars comes from the 800-pound Mozilla, as the long-anticipated Netscape Navigator 3.0 dives into the fray. Since Netscape's 2.0 version, Microsoft's surprisingly competitive Internet Explorer 2.0 has been fighting back hard; now, in response, Navigator ...
Performa 6400/200. (Apple Macintosh system) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Down at my local electronics store, I'm always greeted by a familiar scenario: five to ten Intel-based PCs running super exciting video and blasting out jazzy tunes. And then there's the lone Performa. Like a wallflower at the prom, it sits quietly, waiting for someone to come by and ...
YoYo 1.2. (Big Island telephone management device) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Big Island's YoYo 1.2 is something new--a hardware-and-software combination that connects to your phone and your Mac. With the YoYo, you can screen and log your calls, dial the phone, and even have your Mac page you when you're away from the phone (see "Your Mac Is Ringing," elsewhere in ...
Phaser 350. (Tektronix Phaser 350 printer) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The hottest feature of the Tektronix Phaser 350 solid-ink printer isn't its zippy print engine, vibrant color output, or bundled printer-management software; it's the unlimited supply of black ink that Tektronix is providing free.The free black ink is more than a promotional ...
AppleTalk for Windows 95. (CoOperative Publishing COPStalk for Windows 95 2.0; Miramar Systems PC MacLAN 6.0 for Windows 95) (tools that let Macs and PCs share resources) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Eight months ago, the first AppleTalk networking software for Windows 95 was a disappointment (see Reviews, March 1996). The two products--Miramar Systems' Personal MacLAN Connect 5.5 and CoOperative Printing Solutions' COPSTalk 1.2--didn't integrate fully into the Windows 95 networking ...
Map Factory. (ThinkSpace Map Factory raster-based mapping program) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The dominant Geographic information System (GIS) programs for the Macintosh, ESRI's ArcView and Map Info's MapInfo, use a vector-data model, which represents geographic features as points, lines, or polygons. Both are limited to the static viewing of raster data, where a fine grid is laid ...
Three-piece speaker systems. (Midi Land S35/818, Yamaha System 45) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... As I wrote in my recent survey of computer speaker systems, a three-piece computer speaker system with a dedicated woofer (some call it a subwoofer) should offer better-quality bass, but some models just don't deliver (see "Multimedia Speakers," Buyers' Tools, March 1996). In this ...
Telephone directories on CD-ROM. (Digital Directory Assistance PhoneDisc PowerFinder 2.2; DeLorme Mapping Phone Search USA 2.0; Pro CD Select Phone 4.0) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... At first glance, three new telephone directories on CD-ROM--PhoneDisc PowerFinder, Phone Search USA, and Select Phone--are similar, but putting them through their paces made it clear they're not created equal.Variations on a ThemeThe CDs contain the numbers and addresses ...
Eudora Pro 3.0. (Qualcomm Internet E-mail software) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Eudora has been the benchmark in Internet E-mail since its release as freeware several years ago, but it was starting to show its age when Claris Emailer arrived last year and offered some much-needed competition. The commercial release of Eudora Pro 3.0 smooths out the rough edges of the ...
AirCommunicator Lite. (Air Communications cellular fax modem) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Most cellular modems require you to have your PowerBook turned on to receive a fax--not very convenient when you're running through an airport. The AirCommunicator Lite solves that problem by receiving and storing faxes while it's in your pocket. You can download the faxes into your ...
Internet access suites. (NetManage ChameleonNFS 3.6; InterCon tcpConnect4 4.0 Enterprise) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Many Macintosh users are only dimly aware of servers based on the Network File System standard perhaps because the first NFS client-server setups were available only for Unix and Windows NT servers. But you may soon encounter URLs that begin with nfs:// rather than http://, on a corporate ...
CyberGauge. (Neon Software network monitoring tool) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... A one-trick pony isn't a bad deal if its trick is a useful one, for a reasonable price. Neon Software's CyberGauge does one fine trick--monitoring network-bandwidth use--with flair and aplomb, and at a price that makes it an easy buy. Ordinary folks buying Internet access or sharing router ...
Viewpoint Model 100. (Lightware projector) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Once upon a time, showing a group of people what was on your Mac meant renting an LCD projection pad--an expensive, inch-thick plate-glass sandwich--and perching it atop an overhead projector. Never mind that such an overhead, a relic from the days of eighth-grade biology class, could ...
Amapi 2.1. (Yonowat precision modeling software) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Launching Amapi 2.11 is a bit like waking up in a foreign country--it's an experience at once beautiful and alien. Developed in France, Amapi is built around an interface that's chic and conceptually innovative; unfortunately, Macintosh users may find it needlessly complex, often demanding, ...
ElectricImage Broadcast. (ElectricImage Corp 3D animation system) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... For most Macintosh users, electricImage Animation System is the holy grail of 3-D. The newest member of the EI family, ElectricImage Broadcast, offers all the features of the film version (see Reviews, December 1994), without the daunting price tag. Although it renders at lower resolution ...
Font Box 1.8. (Insider Software font-management tool) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Having trouble finding rarely used fonts? Constantly rounding up fonts installed willy-nilly? Suspect that corrupted screen fonts are causing problems? These and other frustrations are addressed by a new breed of font-maintenance utilities--first Rascal Software's theFONDler (see Reviews, ...
Fastedit/Deluxe. (Total Integration Photoshop plug-in suite) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Large and complex images can be ponderously slow to open and manipulate in Adobe Photoshop. If you find yourself waiting whenever you need to do a minor touch-up, Fastedit/Deluxe, a pair of Photoshop plug-ins, might be the answer.Fastedit's Acquire plug-in lets you open a portion ...
NovaModem 288. (NovaLink Technologies 28.8Kbps modem) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... The inexpensive NovaModem 288 for Macintosh offers several features--including voice messaging and direct cellular capability--that you won't find in some competing PC Card modems. Alas, this is clearly a Windows-based product that was pressed into Mac service as an afterthought. ...
Pro View 1.3. (E-magine presentation tool) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Pro View 1.3 is an inexpensive, unpretentious authoring tool that makes creating multimedia presentations a snap. The program allows you to blend text, graphics, sounds, and QuickTime movies into interactive presentations or self-running slide shows--without touching the manual.In ...
Maple V Release 4. (Waterloo Maple math software) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Nov 01, 1996; ... As a serious challenger to Wolfram Research's Mathematica, Maple V had three deficiencies: it wasn't Power Mac native, its graphics lacked many 3-D display features, and it offered no simple way to get textbook-format equations on screen. The latest release of Waterloo Maple's mathematics ...
Slicer. (Fortner Research graphics tool) (Software Review)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 1996; ... Any time you see a color picture on your Mac, behind the scenes the computer is reading numbers from a table and converting them to their corresponding color values. That's a good thing, the human brain being better equipped to process color pictures than tables of numbers. Even scientists ...