EvangeList Digest Wednesday, February 3 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1367
In this issue:
Tidbit - Bondi Blue Stars In Sydney Tidbit - [Review] Food Chain ?? - Wireless LAN Help Needed PR - Mac-Centric Internet Portal Launched Tidbit - Auburn Magazine and iMac
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:05:41 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Bondi Blue Stars In Sydney
This tidbit is from:
christine cormack <mailto:chrisc@thehub.com.au>
Beat this! Last night on a current affairs program filmed in Sydney (the home of Bondi as in Blue) I spotted about 20 iMacs in one shot! The story was about our best and brightest Indigenous university students, and a fitting backdrop for an interview with a soon-to-graduate medical student was: a double bank of iMacs!
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:05:49 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - [Review] Food Chain
This tidbit is from:
<mailto:webmaster@applelinks.com>
Review: Food Chain
By Kirk Hiner <http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/foodchain.shtml >
"Food Chain" is the first title released by Cajun Games, and it's an impressive start. A somewhat bizarre cross between chess and othello, "Food Chain" nails the two main requirements of games of this size, it's easy to learn and addictive to play.
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:05:24 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Wireless LAN Help Needed
Alan Shields <mailto:ssh981@airmail.net>
I am a Mac convert (from the MS hegemony), and I REALLY want to continue using Macs when I go to Oklahoma University next year....unfortunately, they ONLY support Windows on campus. They've been fighting me every step of the way, even when there is no reason why I should not use a Mac! I can't say I'm really surprised. Here comes the kicker: All Engineering students MUST have a laptop, and this laptop MUST be connected to the wireless LAN that OU uses. After much kicking and screaming I've got these specs on the LAN:
It uses a Proxim (www.proxim.com) PCMCIA card, using OpenAir communications in the 2.6Ghz frequency range. Proxim does not make MAC drivers for its cards.
Does anyone know a solution? If I can't find one, I'll be forced to buy a PC laptop. This is especially a tradgedy considering just how sexy those new G3 laptops are.
Thanks for any help.
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:05:33 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Mac-Centric Internet Portal Launched
This announcement is from:
Drew Linsalata <mailto:dlinsalata@macconnect.com>
MacConnect - the first and largest nationwide Internet services provider exclusively for users of the Macintosh Operating System announced that is has successfully launched My MacConnect, a comprehensive Internet portal site for Macintosh users. My MacConnect (http://my.macconnect.com) provides Macintosh users with a mix of Mac-centric news and information, while also providing a broad range of general information services and Internet search tools found among the largest Internet launch/portal sites.
The My MacConnect service, developed jointly by MacConnect and AppleLinks.com (http://www.applelinks.com), provides daily Macintosh news headlines, Macintosh software update links, Mac-centric and broad Internet search tools, access to stock quotes and local weather, up-to-the-minute general news and information from some of the world's leading news providers, Macintosh hot links, an easy to use email viewer for MacConnect Internet access customers, and up-to-the-minute news and information about the MacConnect Internet access service.
Designed initially as the Web start page for MacConnect customers, over the past 2 weeks My MacConnect has attracted visitors from all corners of the globe, and has been formally opened to all Macintosh users worldwide free of charge.
MacConnect and AppleLinks together announced plans to add additional features to the My MacConnect service, including real time stock portfolio tracking, broader Internet search tools, and dynamically generated lists of the most popular Macintosh links on the Net as measured by actual visitor response.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:05:47 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Auburn Magazine and iMac
This tidbit is from:
trombone <mailto:trombone@macol.net>
I was pleasently surprised to see the latest issue of Auburn Magazine (from my Alma Mater Auburn University in Alabama) with a cover devoted to one of my fellow alums, Tim Cook, who is intimately involved with the iMac!
"...As Apple Computer's senior vice president of worldwide operations, he's the guy who makes sure the computers get made, get to market, and get into the hands of buyers as fast as possible..."
The article goes on to describe Apple's comeback, the brilliance of the iMac, and an all-around very positive and optimistic view of Apple.
AS far as I've been able to find out, there is no web-available reprint of the article, but you might be able to get a reprint by emailing the Alumni Association at <mailto:AUBMAG@Alumni.Auburn.edu>
How's that for bragging rights? My College made iMacs available to the world! (In a round-about way)
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