Free Mac OS 8.1 on a CD?

-- from Dana Baggett, Macs Only!'s ever-vigilant ace reporter, "Those who don't want to download the Mac OS 8.1 updater and don't want to spring for the $19.95 CD from Apple either may be interested in a note (pg. 19 of the March 1998 MacAddict magazine): 'Look for the Mac OS 8.1 updater on The Disc soon.' Of course one would have to buy the magazine @ $7.99 newsstand price - unless they were to sign up for a free magazine & CD on the magazine's web site once it is clear which issue has the updater. Who says there is no free lunch!"

More good stuff from Dana: "Your readers who are educators in Massachusetts may find of interest a new program that provides them with free internet access until Sep. 30, then service thereafter for $25./yr. The site is http://www.massed.net/. Interesting that the ISP is none other than my own, Javanet.com. (I found the info and link at 56k.com.)" [Ed. Note--Dana resides in Maine.]

Apple posted Network Assistant 3.0.1. NA 3.01 updates NA 3.0 for networks using Network Assistant.

Apple posted Wednesday's new TV "snail ad," here. To see it, one must have QuickTime 3.0bxx [Update--QT 2.5 works too] installed. The page has a link to the "twice as fast" data here.

From Connectix, Speed Doubler 8.1 that is compatible with Mac OS 8.1 is coming in March.

From Jeremy Kezer, his Control Strip Modules v1.8.1 is out. At $10, this is an excellent shareware product, especially for PowerBooks, that I have used for several years.

MacWEEK reported on the new NewerTECH MAXpowr G3 cards for PCI PowerMacs.

In a NEWS.COM story, the Iomega Zip Drive Click of Death is described as a normal failure rate for the type of electronics.

From Marty Pfeiffer, "... Scooter Graphics has just updated the Nu Sans font to version 8.1. Nu Sans is a scalable version of Apple Computer's Espy Sans bitmap font. Basically this means that you can use Nu Sans at any size without getting the jaggies. This update fixes many characters and slightly modifies the spacing to more closely match the 12pt bitmaps." Nu Sans joins Marty's Nu Serif font that came out a short while ago.