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May 1997
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-- Saturday, May 31 --
CompuServe is giving away 2 US Robotics 56K modems per day for the next 56 days. Here is the registration page.
The June antivirus definitions file (180K) for Symantic's AntiVirus for the Mac (SAM) v4.5 is available for download. Th
PowerBase/Mac OS 7.6 Startup Freeze (Update)
Paperport 5.0
Dana also reports that his copy of Norton Utilities v3.5 installed fine in a new folder and works well so far. He report
Yahoo says Steve Jobs will sell all but one share of his Apple stock, some 1.5 million shares. Here's NEWS.COM's article
MacWEEK's latest articles include:- UMAX to produce 80 MHz processor bus entry systems - Certification still a problem f
PowerLogix announced 604e CPU daughter cards for Apple 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500 and 9600 computers and their clones.
-- Friday, May 30 --
Adobe has posted new free plug-ins, Floppy Shots Photos (296K) and Slide Show (176K) for their PhotoDeluxe and PhotoShop
Castle Computers
Norton Utilities 3.5
MacWEEK has a review of Astound 3.0. If you give slide-type presentations, this is an excellent application that with a
Webintosh has a sneakpeek review of Connectix's Virtual PC software. Its looking good for those who want to run PC OS's
REVISION: A revised and correct text file was posted as of noon EDT]
-- Thursday, May 29 --
Norton Utilities v3.5
Startup Freeze
PowerWatch posted a letter claiming that PowerComputing's PowerCenter Pro 210 is normally faster than a PowerTower Pro 2
War on the Darkside
MacInTouch (5/28) has some correspondence on the "missing" serial port in Apple 6500's. The same is true for PowerBook 3
-- Wednesday, May 28 --
Accelerate Your Mac !
Incredible deals
Kaleidoscope v1.6 is available. This shareware utility lets you customize your Finder with a multitude of color/style sc
MacWEEK says PowerComputing has "released" its PowerTower Pro 250. It has a 250 MHz 604e CPU with a 50 MHz system bus bu
MacWEEK also has an article on the Mac beta release of PGP 5.0, a personal privacy encryption program.
-- Tuesday, May 27 --
you saw the announcement here first!
John Norstad published an interesting and detailed report on Rhapsody from his experience at Apple's Worldwide Developer
-- Monday, May 26 --
Have a good Memorial Day and remember those who died for our freedom!
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
As of 12:18am EDT Monday, the Mac version of Netscape Communicator 4.0b5 is on Netscape's servers. The download files ra
As of 10:00pm EDT Sunday, the rumored Mac version of Netscape Communicator 4.0b5 was not on Netscape's servers.
Macworld's article describes the "Kansas" and "Gossamer" Macs (266-350 MHz CPU, fast cache, 66 MHz system bus, near-CHRP
Apple announced QuickTime 3.0 (current version is 2.5) last month. Here's a MacWEEK article on it.
-- Saturday, May 24 --
The Apple Club's latest discount to members is $20 off Claris Home Page 2.0's retail price of $99.
Apple's Developer World Page reported on 5/23 that Mac OS 8 is up to beta 5 in the testing program.
Apple's Newest Files server has the British version of Mac OS 7.6.1 and Button Disabler 1.2 which disables the volume/br
VersionTracker reports that Memory Mapper v1.3.5 is out. This utility by Bob Fronabarger shows how your memory (RAM) is
MacNN has the scoop on some coming Apple price cuts for the 7300 (~$200), 6400 (~$300) and 6500 (~$300).
NEWS.COM says "Windows Patches Stop Mac Attacks". Well, there goes some web fun ...oops, er....
MacWEEK reports that Microsoft Office 97 translators for the Mac will be delayed until August. If anybody's office has g
MacWEEK's article reports that a bunch of applications are in the works for Rhapsody, Apple's NeXT OS.
According to a Macworld article, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have proposed a standard internet printing protocol to th
MacInTouch (5/22-23) has been following the story on Apple Australia's revised marketing strategy. According to AA's pre
MacSense Online's site has an Apple Electrifier 4.0 experience worth trying.
MacFixIt (5/23) covered a PowerBook 3400 issue that, while unlikely, has severe consequences. There is a conflict betwee
From VersionTracker, for those who use NewerTECH's NUpowr 1400 PowerPC Upgrade card or MAXPowr CPU upgrade card, there a
-- Friday, May 23 --
Mactivity, the Macintosh Professionals Conference, is coming to the Santa Clara, CA, Convention Center next month, 6/15-
There's also Mac OS Expo at PC Expo in New York City, June 17-19.
For the speed freaks amongst us, according to a Macworld article Tatung showed off a CHRP-compliant Mac clone with a 300
WOW!
QuickTime VR 2.01 system extension (329K) has been posted on Apple's QuickTime site.
The Practical Mac "predicts" that InformInit 1.4 will be out soon. Of course, that is what Ambrosia's site says. This is
U.S. Robotics has a site for testing to see if your telephone line setup will support their new 56K x2 modem technology.
subsidiary company for the Newton
FMUO!
A NEWS.COM article asks
MacWEEK has some info on Rhapsody, the NeXT OS, from Apple's recent Worldwide Developer's Conference.
-- Thursday, May 22 --
FMUO!
Hayes has been offering its $99 56K modem trade-in for PC modems for several weeks now. Hayes still promises to have Mac
Want to speed up your Mac? Try a visit to Mike Breeden's site.
From the Darkside
Terrance Parker sent me an e-mail that "... announced version 1.21 of HTML Rename!(TM), a utility which fixes filenames
Apple's 5/21 Information Alley (you can tell it's a slow news day) covers why some 8500's fail to install Mac OS 7.6. Th
All web sites are ballyhooing MacCPU's new prices for its NewerTECH MAXPowr CPU cards, i.e. $499 for a 180 MHz 604e and
-- Wednesday, May 21 --
FMUO!
NEWS.COM reports that Apple COO George Scalise quit and the position of COO will be abolished.
NEWS.COM reports that Gateway will produce the first NetPC, the E1000, for under $1000. It had better be way under $1000
Yesterday, PowerComputing put up its new web format, including an interactive tool called "Digital Consultant" to help o
MacInTouch (5/20) reports that Apple will no longer include a packing list with its new products. If true, this is outra
VersionTracker notes that GoMac v1.2 is out. GoMac is shareware that places a Windows 95-like program bar at the bottom
-- Tuesday, May 20 --
The Apple Club has a $10 discount on an external 12X CD ROM drive ($169) and a Dayna Communicard Plus 10BT Ethernet/28.8
If you have a MessagePad 2000 or eMate 300, Apple's NewFiles has posted version 1.0b6 of Newton Connection Utilities.
"... brings cursor focusing to the MacOS. Cursor focusing, a powerful strategy for window and application management, allows users to sail through windows and applications without ever clicking the mouse. Instead, when one moves the cursor over a window or application, that window or application automatically comes to the front." Apple has acknowledged the slow startup problem with Mac OS 7.6.1 and computers using the "Alchemy" motherboards like the 5400, 6400 and PowerBase that was FIRST
Some "peace" for PowerBook 3400 owners like me, Apple has acknowledged the loose battery and loose RAM problems and fixe
MacUser has an article on the just completed Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.
MacWEEK has an article on Apple's future hardware direction.
Macworld reports that Apple claims that bugs affect only a few computers in its latest hardware releases.
Late Sunday, I couldn't access PowerComputing's online store. Monday Jeff Keller claimed that PowerComputing has reduced
-- Monday, May 19 --
FMUO!
Maurice Volaski wrote that Mac Identifier v2.1 is out. This little shareware utility precisely identifies your Mac in th
Virtual PC
-- Sunday, May 18 --
FMUO!
-- Saturday, May 17 --
Reader Tom Mackie reported that Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 Final caused a freeze. He had been using version 3.0a a
APS Technologies' email announced that it "...has restructured it "Build-Your-Own-Box" (BYOB) configuration system in or
VersionTracker notes that a Adobe Photoshop v4.01 updater (3.6 MB) is available.
Reader Chuck Heath put me onto two interesting sites covering why the internet is slowing down and it is not always your
NetStat Internet Weather Report Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference ended yesterday but you can still "attend" via t
Apple's press release on its new support policy clears up much of the web chatter of the past couple of months on this i
According to MacWEEK, Exponential, Inc. deep sixes its development of the 533 Mhz PowerPC chip after Apple cancels out a
Chris McVeigh, Editor in Chief of MacSense ("Hotbits") and a pioneer of online Mac news, signs off. I am very sorry to s
In addition, MacInTouch has established a page on gray market Macs.
MacInTouch also published a URL for Marathon Computer, a build-it-yourself Mac clone computer.
Macworld's July issue reviews 31 17" monitors. The winner is the Sampo AlphaScan 760.
GraphicConverter v2.8
-- Thursday, May 15 --
According to NEWS.COM, "the squeeze" on the clones is starting to increase. Isn't capitalism and its free market fun to
On Norton Utilities new v3.5, from reader Chuck Heath
Battle of the CPU Cards--Part II
Remember Jason O'Grady's PowerPage's run-in with Apple's Legal Deaprtment a short while ago? He was told that he couldn'
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 (3.3-12.3 MB) is out in final. After reading the Apple press releases, I thought so Tue
Apple's WebCast of WWDC likewise was inaccessible Tuesday night but the archives were accessible yesterday morning. You'
-- Tuesday, May 13 --
Nope. At "print" time last night, Symantec had still not posted its release of Norton Utilities v3.5.
Apple's WebCast of its Worldwide Developers Conference is free. The Keynote speeches are today beginning at 8:30am PDT.
Appleboy
I just received Apple's press release on its new lightweight Powerbook 2400c.
O'Grady's PowerPage has started a special page devoted to the next powerbook "Wall Street" -- a 4400? Well, there's alre
MacWEEK has an article on the benefits of Open Transport, I happen to agree.
MacUser has an article on MagicCookie Files. To each his own, but I still consider these files to be an invasion of my p
cursor freeze
Additionally, Ted's MacFixIt readers are reporting startup freezes with the new PPPMenu v2.0.3. I have yet to have any p
Ted finally posted on MacFixIt the availability of MacPPP 2.5.3, posted here two weeks ago!
-- Monday, May 12 --
Apple Computer's Worldwide Developer's Conference starts today with the Marketing Forum.
Be's site has announcements from the Be Developer's Conference that concluded Sunday. There is a full tour of the BeOS P
Here's the web site for Macworld Expo/Boston '97 -- bookmark it if you are interested. The dates are August 5-8.
Also if you are interested, here's some detail from Intel on it's Pentium II error, the Dan-0411 bug, and statements fro
-- Saturday, May 10 --
Gideon Greenspan emailed me to announce that "...version 1.6.5 of NameCleaner has been released, incorporating some chan
Reader Dana Baggett provided me with additional evidence, which I confirmed, that Symantec may be shipping Norton Utilit
MacWEEKs most recent articles include
A description of Apple's Summer 9600/8600's running the new Mach 5 CPUs (604e class) at 250-350 MHz. I have been using t
Macaroni, a professionally done news and resources page. ShareTheMac City, the latest news about Mac shareware. NeTProfessional - Mac Solutions for the Internet
According to MacInTouch (5/9), UMAX has introduced a new entry level computer at $999 and cut prices on the rest of its
Apple's Information Alley (5/9) has a chart on which operating systems (7.5.3, 7.5.5, 7.6, 7.6.1) work with which Macs.
VersionTracker notes that an Apple Display Enabler which fixes an issue between Nubus Macs and Apple Vision Monitors is
-- Friday, May 9 --
Reader Dana Baggett ordered Norton Utilities v3.5 from MacZone which stated that Symantec plans to ship the new version
An email from Rick Holzgrafe of "...Semicolon Software today announced the release of version 3.1 of Solitaire Till Dawn
An email from Digital Dreams announced the availability of SurfTalk 1.0, a $15 utility for using voice commands to contr
Apple's press release introduces the new 2400c lightweight Powerbook--a 180 MHZ CPU in a 4.4. pound computer. Here is a
VersionTracker notes that OT/PPP Strip 1.0 (56K download) is available. This is a freeware control strip module that all
I know most of you don't run your own servers but Roberto Panetta emailed me to announce "...Log Watcher v1.1.2 which sh
Macworld has a show down between the Mac's PowerPC and Intel's Pentium II and MMX--guess which CPU wins the speed test?
-- Thursday, May 8 --
In addition to the L2 Cache problem mentioned here yesterday, MacInTouch (5/7) reports reliability problems for Apple's
The Apple Club has Claris Em@iler 2.0 available to Club Members for only $39.
MacWEEK has a good article on the slow acceptance of 56K modems.
MRP (5/7) has an interesting multilogue with Richard Ford, Open Transport Development Manager at Apple, on the future of
MacFixIt (5/7) notes that there may be a significant bug in ObjectSupportLib 1.2 when used on 680x0 Macs. Ted's source i
Here's an Apple server location to download the 5500/6500 L2 Cache Disable extension (10K) that I first posted yesterday
-- Wednesday, May 7 --
Apple's Newfiles has a separate release of CFM-68K Runtime Enabler 4.0 that comes with MacOS 7.6.1. This file is essenti
5500/6500 L2 Cache Disable (10K)
PowerWatch has a user review of the new PowerCenter Pro with a 60 MHz bus. If you use extensive graphics, check out the
MRP (5/6) has more on the 1 MB L2 cache issue. This is important if you have or are getting one of the 200+MHz 604e mach
-- Tuesday, May 6 --
Macworld has an article on Open Transport v1.2 coming with MacOS 8 and the subsequent OT v1.5.
A MacUser article likens the success of wintel computers to pre-1970's cars, i.e. the we love to tinker with something t
-- Monday, May 5 --
Here's some detail from Robert Collins' site on the Dan-0411 bug in Intel's new Pentium II processor that I mentioned fr
"Have you ever wished that the Finder had a simple "Window" menu like many other applications? Finder Windows 1.2.2 is a control panel that adds a "Window" menu to the Finder. You can now see a list of all the Finder's open windows, choose among them, stack them, and arrange them." MacOS 7.6.1 Shutdown Freeze Update
Ted Landau has reorganized his MacFixIt MacOS 7.6.1 Troubleshooting Page today. Despite this, his excellent page is not
startup cursor freeze issue
Eric Belsley's Macintosh Resource Page (5/5) discusses potential problems with 1 MB L2 cache cards, especially with 604/
Version Tracker notes that SmoothType 1.2 is out. It is a $5 sharware program from Greg Landweber that makes small type
-- Saturday, May 3 --
NEWS.COM has a snicker-bit from the darkside. Claims of errors in Intel's Pentium II CPU have cropped up. Remember the f
Late (EDT anyway) last night Version Tracker got the scoop on the new TechTool v1.1.4, the free utility from Micromat wh
For months, PowerComputing said that Apple said that MacOS 7.6.1 would fix two principal issues-- modem access after sta
-- Friday, May 2 --
Don't give up your Mac to ignorant or tyrannical MIS administrators! Macworld says that Macs thrive on Windows NT-based
Pop goes the Wintel!
Here is an upbeat review of the Performa 6400/200 by Tina Velgos. Quite frankly, I think it pales significantly when com
I usually start my search for interesting items by looking at Apple's Newest Files page, the Apple Club and then other s
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June 1997