EvangeList Digest Thursday, December 3 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1330
In this issue:
Tidbit - the Mac Users Militia Journal PR - Autumn Software Holiday Sale Tidbit - Resources For the Older Macintosh PR - Blood Pong! (Game) Tidbit - Macs On WB Show "Felicity" Play Key Role PR - "Mac Evangelist" Holiday websites. ?? - Need Info On SMS Vs. NetOctopus PR - American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionary on CD-ROM Tidbit - Macforum.Net Macintosh Message Board System $$ - FileMaker Pro 4 Bible ?? - MacGamer Mailing List In Need of Volunteers For Web Design ?? - TIFF Group 4 Software $$ - CanOpener TWOFER++ Holiday Offer
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:06:57 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - the Mac Users Militia Journal
This tidbit is from:
<mailto: "Andy Cooper" andy15@indy.net>
The Mac Users Militia Journal is about to publish their first anniversary issue! It is a small Mac publication by four teen boys in Indiana. The quality of content is very good; this mag is well worth paying the $5. Go to <http://macmilitia.cjb.net> for more info.
Andy Cooper Brick Building Internet Services
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:07:00 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Autumn Software Holiday Sale
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Daniel C. Hall" dan@autumnsoft.com>
Autumn Software, a Mac only developer, has announced sale prices on all their software for the holiday season. Prices of popular applications such as Adventure Creator, Production Paperwork, Diary and Indie Budget are over half off their regular price.
Autumn Software is also offering a gift to all Macintosh users - a free copy of View Finder. Users just need to go to the Autumn Software site, fill out a registration, download the software, and we'll send them a registration number and password to unlock the download.
Autumn Software is located on the web at <http://www.autumnsoft.com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:06:55 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Resources For the Older Macintosh
This tidbit is from:
<mailto: "David Wood" dwood@trib.com>
Now there's a one-stop website for owners of "older" Macs.
A great statement of the superiority of our beloved Macs is the fact that so many people still love and productively use machines which are more than a decade old. Even the yet older Apple IIe or IIgs machines are still being upgraded and used in surprisingly large numbers.
My love affair with Macintosh started on an old Mac LC (I'm up to a Quadra 605 now). It was sometimes necessary to seek advice about the best ways to get the most from my "obsolete" computer. While there is much on-line information available about older Macs, it often required some searching to locate.
That's why I built the "Resources For The Older Macintosh" page.
"Resources For The Older Macintosh" at <http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/oldmac.html> is a sort of one-stop website for information about these wonderful "older" machines. So far I've collected together in one place over 50 links to other sites providing such sources of information.
If you give this page a visit please use the form provided to suggest any additional "older" Mac info sites I may have missed.
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:06:53 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Blood Pong! (Game)
<mailto: "info" info@mbyte.com>
Blood Pong Attacks the Mac!
<http://www.mbyte.com/Temp_bp1.html>
This is the future of Pong sport. Now on the Macintosh! Blood Pong is the ultimate concept of ball chasing fun. Not only can you smack the ball around, you can destroy the other player using special moves. There are other pong games, but only one adds Kombat action that allows you to rip your opponent in half! Blood Pong takes the classic game of yester-year and adds a whole new dimension of Kung-Fu Fighting action. Packed with power moves and fierce blows, Blood Pong is guranteed to bring out the Bruce Lee in you.
Blood Pong is brought to you by Monkey Byte Development, llc.:
<http://www.mbyte.com/>
__________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Oh NO. What's next...Pac Man with a bazooka? Ok, maybe I'm just suffering from a touch of future shock...I dropped quarters into an original Pong game in the '70's.
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:06:58 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Macs On WB Show "Felicity" Play Key Role
This tidbit is from:
<mailto: "Domenico Bettinelli" dom@bettnet.com>
Okay, I don't normally watch the WB show "Felicity" (about a college freshman in New York with all the love and romance angst you could want - -- or stomach), but it was on in the background last night as I was online. What perked up my ears was a brief bit of dialogue that included Macs.
Let me set the scene: A dorm resident assistant is having some problems with his long-distance girlfriend who is moving to New York to be with him. It seems all is not well in paradise, and that they are drifting apart. But the moment that he knows it's over is when he finds out that she is no longer a Mac user.
The girlfriend: "I bought a new computer."
The RA: "Oh, tell me you got one of those new iMacs. Those things are cool."
Girlfriend: "No, I bought a PC. It's 300 mhz."
RA (stunned look on face): "You ... you're not a Mac user anymore?"
After that it's all over but the weeping. (There was some more relationship stuff, but we knew it was done after this.) Priceless! There's a real Evangelist on the writing staff of Felicity!
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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 23:28:57 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - "Mac Evangelist" Holiday websites.
This announcement is from:
Patrick McGovern, mcgovern@my-website.com
"Mac Evangelist" Holiday websites.
To help celebrate the iMac, Apple Computer and the Holidays, My-Website has created free "Mac Evangelist" websites so that users can build free online websites to show family and friends around the world.
Here's a sample of a Mac Evangelist Website.
http://www.my-kids.com/macdemo/
Every site has the following features:
A) 6 photographs B) Password protection (optional for privacy) C) Online Guestbook D) Sideshow E) Fun and Games area F) Great looking user selectable graphics. F) The Price. It's FREE!
My-Website's site building engine incorporates a sophisticated upload technology that makes building a website fun and easy. No HTML is required. The uploaded images are automatically resized and reformatted to fit the page.
Users can build a free site by going to the following URL and choosing one of the products.
http://www.my-website.com/products.html?p=mac
My-Website, Inc. is a San Francisco based company founded in 1996. My-Website, Inc. designs and produces photo-centric websites that focus on enriching community interaction and communication. Products include: My-Kids.com, My-Party.com, My-Pets.com, My-Wedding.com, My-Trip.com and My-Mug.com
Contact: Patrick McGovern. 415-538-3373 Email: mcgovern@my-website.com
I work at a large corporation which is roughly half MAC and half PC (about 1500 each). The "powers-that-be" are trying to claim that Microsoft SMS is the best software distribution/asset management choice for the company. However, the MAC guys already have NetOctopus installed and working very well.
The first question is, have any of you had experience with both SMS and NetOctopus? We have heard here that SMS causes Macs to be very unstable and that the information it can gather is nowhere near as thorough as that available with NetOctopus. Any input would be appreciated
We have also heard that SMS is not as easy to use, since there is no Mac version of the Admin tool. The second question is, do any of you have any first-hand experience with SMS on a Mac platform, and what is your opinion of same?
I will be happy to share any feedback with those who are interested. Thanks for your assistance!
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:07 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionary on CD-ROM
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "PYRAM" <mailto:asl@pyram.com>>
G¼News! You can buy American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionary on CD-ROM , The Multimedia Dictionary of American Sign Language for only $15 from Deaf-owned PYRAM. Yes, it is fifteen dollars!
This software program is a limited series of 500 signed word entries, manual alphabet and number 0-9. This American Sign Language (ASL) dictionary on CD-ROM is ideal for beginning ASL learners.
The ASL dictionary on CD-ROM was developed for Macintosh only by students and staffs at The Oregon School for the Deaf. They produced 500 CD-ROMs. The supply is dwindling faster. order now!
Where else can you have this much fun and save this much money, all at once? Exactly. To order, visit our website's pre-launch sales page at:
<http://www.pyram.com> or simply send a check or money order (US funds) for $15 to PYRAM 1313 N. Grand Ave. Walnut, CA 91789
Thank you for your support, and thanks, Apple, for the best computers and system software in the world!
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:09 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Macforum.Net Macintosh Message Board System
This tidbit is from:
<mailto: dtiberio@macinsearch.com>
Macforum.net has launched its new Macintosh message board system, allowing Mac users to read and post classifieds, questions about hardware and software, news items, and more.
Postings are sorted by displaying the most recent items first, and the most recent 10 postings are displayed on the home page for each category to give visitors a glimpse of what people are talking about.
Replies to messages are threaded. No registration is required.
<http://macforum.net/>
David Tiberio <mailto:dtiberio@macinsearch.com>
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:06 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - FileMaker Pro 4 Bible
Just in time for the holidays! Autographed copies of the FILEMAKER PRO 4 BIBLE for $30 (25% off list price)!
This 700-page monster is the latest update to the best-selling, everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-FileMaker Pro book. This edition has been extensively rewritten as a cross-platform title, covering all Mac and Windows features of FileMaker Pro 4.0. As a bonus, a CD with templates, demos, and examples from the book is included.
Here's the Evangelistas' deal: Your discounted price of $30 + $6 Shipping & handling (Priority Mail) = $36
ORDERING INFO If you want to reserve a copy (U.S. orders only), let me know via an email message. You'll receive a reply, telling you if a copy is still available and where to send your check or money order. (If you're interested in an autographed copy of one of my other many books, check out the Web site below.)
<http://www.mediacity.com/~sschwartz/>
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:08 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - MacGamer Mailing List In Need of Volunteers For Web Design
This request is from:
<mailto: "Greg Andrews" andrewsgreg@hotmail.com>
As our list grows (were almost at 500 members in just 5 weeks), we are continually in need of a decent web site. The site we have now is so remarkably cheap I would be embarrassed to give out the URL.
We at MacGamer would really like to make a nice site, but have little time to make a good site. We need volunteers! You don't have to do everything, I have some intermediate HTML skills. I don't want nothing too flashy, just a simple, appealing, site for people to subscribe to the list, check up on previous issues, etc. I would be willing to give advertising to any volunteers sites.
If you wish to volunteer, send a message to <mailto:andrewsgreg@hotmail.com> saying why you want to and what your web design skills are. I look forward to reading your messages
Greg Andrews MacGamer Top Dude
PS if want to subscribe, the mailbox is always open. Just send a message to <mailto:andrewsgreg@hotmail.com> with the subject line "show me MacGamer!"
Issue #4 goes out Nov. 27.
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:13 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - TIFF Group 4 Software
This request is from:
<mailto: "Anette" anette@ping-net.de>
My boyfriend is the network admin at a big german Free Ad Paper (www.dhd.de) and works in an Mac-only prepress environment. Now the bosses want him to change the production method: Instead of printing out offset films on laser printers, the complete data for all issues is going to be sent to the printery to achieve a computer-to-plate solution.
The new printery works with NT only, and their plan is to install something like a "black box" with an NT system that will do ALL the work - - show up as an AppleTalk printer for the users, work as a RIP for all the data (about 130 GB/week), output TIFF Group 4 (printery needs this format) and manage the file transfer. Of course he does not like this idea very much.
He is now looking for a piece of Mac software that is at least able to read and handle TIFF Group 4 files. He found out that this has to do with a standard Fax compression method (CCITT). He could not find any solution for the Mac.
Does anyone know about such a software or can give some useful tips ? We would really like to show those NT guys that the Mac can handle this too
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:06:12 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - CanOpener TWOFER++ Holiday Offer
This special offer is from:
<mailto: "Abbott Systems Inc." info@abbottsys.com>
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