From Scott Lawton, "PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of PreFab Text Machine(tm) 1.0 for Macintos

From Scott Lawton, "PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of PreFab Text Machine(tm) 1.0 for Macintosh, a breakthrough in bringing the power of pattern search & replace to a wider audience."

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Virtual PC -- Hands-On Experience & Comments

For the past couple of weeks I have used Virtual PC (Windows 95 version) on several computers: a 8500/225 (PowerBoost Pro 225 card), a PowerBase 180 and a PowerBook 3400/180. I have principally used IBM's Lotus cc:Mail 6.1 (network and mobile versions) for Windows 95 and WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. However, I have also briefly used CompuServe 3.01, Internet Explorer 3.01, Netscape Navigator 4.03 and PowerPoint--all for Windows 95.

Installation of VPC on all three computers was a snap. VPC was installed on an external hard drive by itself for the 8500, a partition of an external hard drive (shared with the BeOS in another partition) for the PowerBase 180 and on the main internal hard drive for the PB 3400. The hard drive footprint is about 250-260 MB without other applications. Setup involves entries to a simple preferences menu where one assigns the Mac devices to Windows 95 device names (e.g. modem to COM1). The 8500/225 is connected to a LAN and VPC was able to navigate the network after installation with no problem. The only issue was that the installation of software (e.g. cc:Mail and WordPerfect) had to be done using a CD and diskettes from the Mac's drives instead of from the network.