EvangeList Digest Thursday, November 19 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1322
In this issue:
?? - MacWorld San Francisco - Volunteers Needed PR - Get a New Mac Product Built Fast PR - Power MachTen 4.1.1 Reduced Price ?? - Equipment Loan Tracking Software $$ - Free Toy Collection Desktop Pictures PR - YAV Upgrades CyberMozart to 3.1, PushBtnBach to 2.1 PR - Official Kaleidoscope Scheme CD Debuts PR - MDG Announces Updates to WS4D Family PR - MultiTimer Pro 3.1 PR - PhotoTiler 1.2 PR - Buena Software Announces Effects Pack PR - New Mac CD-ROM Magazine: iDisc
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:06:20 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - MacWorld San Francisco - Volunteers Needed
This request is from:
<mailto: "Markin Abras" Markin@macdirectory.com>
This is your opportunity to attend MacWorld San Francisco for free and work in a fun environment. MacDirectory is looking for volunteers to distribute copies of MacDirectory during MacWorld San Francisco. All volunteers will receive a free pass, t-shirt and a copy of MacDirectory. Interested candidates should have good communication skills. Volunteers are needed for the following dates:
January 5th (Tuesday): 10:00-6:00 p.m January 6th (Wednesday): 10:00-6:00 p.m January 7th (Thursday): 10:00-6:00 p.m January 8th (Friday): 10:00-4:00 p.m
Please send email to <mailto:jay@macdirectory.com>. Please indicate the dates you are able to attend.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:06:24 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Get a New Mac Product Built Fast
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Abbott Systems Inc." info@abbottsys.com>
Long-time Mac developer Abbott Systems today announced it is offering consulting services that include contract product development. Abbott is the developer of CanOpener, AbbottChat and many other Mac utilities, and has been developing Mac products since 1984!!
Companies that need new products developed, or current products modified and upgraded, can find the details at <http://www.abbottsys.com/consulting.html>
Abbott said it has extensive in-house code libraries that can often speed new product development.
Abbott Systems Inc. Web <http://www.abbottsys.com> Phone 1-800-552-9157, or 914-747-4201 Fax 914-747-9115
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:06:25 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Power MachTen 4.1.1 Reduced Price
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Anita Holmgren" anita@tenon.com>
Power MachTen 4.1.1: Now faster, easier, & more compatible.
And, for a limited time, ONLY $199 (regular price $495)
An enhanced version of Tenon's award-winning UNIX for Power Macs is now available. The new Power MachTen 4.1.1 release has improved performance & robustness, improved software development tools, and hundreds of updated applications.
Give your Mac a taste of Mach/BSD UNIX in advance of MacOS X Server. Create applications with the MachTen toolsuite that will run on MacOS X Server with a simple recompile. Prepare your older Macs for a smooth integration with Apple's next-generation OS. In contrast to MacOS X Server, Power MachTen runs on all Power Macs, from the newest sexiest iMac or G3 PowerBook to the earliest 6100s and 7100s, and Mac clones.
Power MachTen is a complete Mach/BSD UNIX that runs with MacOS, including MacOS 8.5. MachTen includes an advanced UNIX and X software development environment. It support C, C++, Objective-C, Ada95, Java, Fortran77. The software development tools in MachTen are based on the latest GNU 2.8.2 compiler. The next-generation GNU compiler, EGCS, has been included as an alternative development environment. And CVS (the upcoming MacOS X Server source control system) is also included, so you can turn you Mac into a CVS server if you like.
In addition to the hundreds of standard UNIX applications, such as emacs, Perl, tcl/tck, Power MachTen also includes a high-performance X desktop that supports lestif and the powerful 3-D OpenGL libraries. OpenGL is a separately priced option that lets you develop OpenGL applications as well as supporting the display of remote OpenGL X apps. (See the Tenon web site for OpenGL pricing.)
This is a limited time offer, expiring on November 30th.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:06:24 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Equipment Loan Tracking Software
This request is from:
<mailto: "A. Lee Bennett Jr." bennett@ao.net>
I am responsible for checking in and out audio/visual equipment at my office. I've tried various methods of keeping track of where stuff is, when it is supposed to be back, and when it's been reserved. Everything I've tried just seems clunky and inefficient.
I'd like some ideas for shareware/freeware for tracking said equipment. I'm not overly concerned with features related to billing and rental fees because we only loan the equipment to people associated with our office and do not charge them for the use.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:06:21 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Free Toy Collection Desktop Pictures
This special offer is from:
<mailto: "Jim Bunte" jimbunte@earthlink.net>
Just in time for the holidays -- American Eagle Entertainment is pleased to extend a special offer to all Evangelists on our growing line of Toy Collection(TM) products!
Our popular Toy Collection -- Vintage Automobiles interactive CDrom is the perfect gift item for the young at heart on your holiday shopping list. Packed with 20 of the world's coolest and rarest vintage tin automotive toys, Toy Collection -- Vintage Automobiles features the finest in Apple technologies, including QuickTime movies, QuickTime VR objects, great music, killer photography, and fun, irreverent, and authoritative information about each toy. You'll be amazed at the incredible detail, design excellence, and aesthetic majesty of vintage postwar Japanese tin toy manufacturing -- probably the greatest period in toymaking, ever.
Get Toy Collection -- Vintage Automobiles for only $15 postpaid -- that's nearly half price! (California residents, please add $1.24 sales tax.) And there's no limit -- stock up now for your holiday gift-giving! Toy Collection -- Vintage Automobiles is perfect for vintage toy fans, automotive enthusiasts, and just about anyone interested in 20th century pop culture.
Plus, we're also pleased to announce our new line of Toy Collection collectible art cels! Created in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered examples (plus 20 artists' proofs), Toy Collection art cels feature only the finest materials, and come matted and framed, ready for hanging. Toy Collection art cels make wonderful gifts, and look terrific anywhere: the home, office, or on display in any high-end setting. Our first release is Nomura's Moon Space Ship, an exceedingly rare late-1950s Japanese space toy based on Robby the Robot's sled from MGM's 1958 classic, "Forbidden Planet."
Get our Moon Space Ship art cel for only $199.95 -- that's more than $60 off the regular price! (California residents, please add $16.50 sales tax.)
To order using Visa, MasterCard, or Discover, just call us at 310-452-2355, 8AM-6PM Pacific. Or you can mail your payment (check, money order, US funds) to American Eagle Entertainment Inc., 1223 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 866, Santa Monica, CA 90403. Your satisfaction on every item we sell is unconditionally guaranteed.
For all our Evangelist offers, be sure to stop by our special Evangelist web page at:
<http://www.ameri-eagle.com/evantc.html>
Finally, make sure you collect all our Toy Collection FREE desktop pictures! They look great, and you simply cannot beat the price! Plus, we'll be adding holiday-themed images in the coming weeks, so swing by <http://www.ameri-eagle.com> for all the goodies you can handle!
Remember to bookmark our site, as we are developing new products now featuring vintage toy art, including robot and space toy refrigerator magnets (you can NEVER have too many!) and robot and car toy rubber stamps! Super cool! (And probably out before the holidays!)
Every thing we do -- we do because thanks to Apple Macintosh computers. Simply put, Macs are the greatest innovation of the last half-century, and a tool of empowerment and creativity like no other .
Each and every one of you have played a part of our growing success, and we are eternally grateful for your continued support. Rock on, Apple!
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:43:26 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - YAV Upgrades CyberMozart to 3.1, PushBtnBach to 2.1
YAV Interactive Media (http://www.yav.com) today announced the upgrades to two of its algorithmic MIDI composition programs: CyberMozart 3.1, and PushBtnBach 2.1. The upgrades add OS 8.5 and Appearance Manager compatibility to both programs. CyberMozart and PushBtnBach ($30 each) generate and play MIDI files in the style of Mozart and Bach. YAV also announced a new offer that bundles the two products for $50.
CyberMozart is YAV's popular implementation of Mozart's "Musical Dice Game." The program can save, recall, and print notation files and standard MIDI files. PushBtnBach adds a "continuous" mode that composes and plays back new "Bach" works without intervention for as long as you like.
The following URLs provide additional information:
CyberMozart (download new version and information): <http://www.yav.com/docs/CyberMoz.html> PushBtnBach (download new version and information): <http://www.yav.com/docs/PBBach.html>
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:43:27 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Official Kaleidoscope Scheme CD Debuts
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "John Brochu" sitelink@sitelink.net>
Official Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive CD Now Shipping
- - 1000's Of Alternate OS Schemes On One CD! - - Now Includes Special Web Browser Plug-In
SiteLink announces the immediate availability of the 2nd Edition of the official Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive CDROM. Compiled from the archives of the online KSA, this edition includes over 2000 schemes, browsable using a specially developed plug-in for Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, as well as the latest version of Kaleidoscope.
The plug-in is designed to communicate directly with Kaleidoscope and the Finder to allow preview and installation of schemes on the CD directly from the browser interface. The plug-in adds two special panels and hot-links to the web browser that allow easy navigation and control of the Kaleidoscope schemes on the CD. The new panels are fully Appearance and Kaleidoscope savvy.
The price for the CD itself is only $12.95. Also available is an official bundled registration of Kaleidoscope at a $5 discount. A $3 shipping and handling charge is added to each order. Order online using our secure server by 3PM weekdays and your order will be sent out the same day.
For full information, visit <http://sitelink.net/cdInfo.shtml>.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:43:28 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - MDG Announces Updates to WS4D Family
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Michael Ginsberg" mike@mdg.com>
MDG Computer Services, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of updates for the complete WS4D Product Family for MacOS and Windows NT.
All Database published by WS4D are Sherlock accessible. This includes Site-Search, Email-Search and all custom databases.
WS4D 2.0.2 has some specific Sherlock tracking features. The recent users window will indicate if a database search is normal or Sherlock. All Sherlock requests are logged into a text file. The WS4D Statistics Windows will count the number of Sherlock requests handled.
Also, for those interested, MDG is hosting a popular Mailing List that discusses the writing of Sherlock Plug-ins, <http://sherlock.mdg.com>. Also, MDG also has released Sherlock Plug-ins to access the Web Server 4D Mailing Lists and MDG's Site-Search. These plug-ins can easily be modified to work at any WS4D site.
Starting with Web Server 4D 2.0.2, we directly support NetTools by Core Technologies (http://www.coretechnologies.net). Using this product, WS4D is able to become complete Open Transport native. If your server is running MacOS 8.1 or MacOS 8.5, your virtual domains can be mapped to different IP Address. WS4D will also update the Secondary IP Address file for you automatically!
The built-in database publishing features of Web Server 4D have been expanded. WS4D Databases now support field verification (enter field twice to confirm entry). WS4D Databases now support field length verification. WS4D Databases can now add a single record over multiple pages.
WS4D has always provided database tracking of all your visitors and now provides even more tracking. WS4D can tell you how many of your files are served from Disk, WS4D Cache or Cached at the Browser. WS4D can also tell you how many databases searches have been performed and even how many were performed by Sherlock. WS4D will count the number of bad URLS, to inform you when you may have an error in your HTML, pointing to a URL that doesn't exist.
For anyone running Web Server 4D 1.7.4 - 2.0.1, WS4D 2.0.2 is a free upgrade, $49 if running a versions before 1.7.4. WS4D/CGI 1.0.2 is a free upgrade for anyone running WS4D 1.0. WS4D/Email-Search 1.0.2 is a free upgrade for anyone running WS4D/Email-Search 1.0.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:49:20 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - MultiTimer Pro 3.1
This announcement is from:
<mailto: KarlBunker@aol.com>
Macintosh software developer Karl Bunker announces the release of MultiTimer Pro 3.1. MultiTimer Pro is a utility for tracking the time spent on projects and jobs performed on a Mac. MultiTimer Pro is an invaluable asset to graphic designers, Web designers, content creators of all types, consultants, lawyers, accountants, and anyone who uses a Mac and either bills for their time or needs to keep track of time for any other purpose.
The full power of MultiTimer Pro can only be hinted at here, but the simplicity of the program is easier to describe: To start tracking time on a new project you make a single menu selection and type in a name for the project. Tracking the accumulated time spent on a project is accomplished by clicking a start/stop timer button. Switch between projects with a popup menu. View the log of a project by clicking a button. And so on; all functions, from the simplest to the most sophisticated, are designed to be intuitive and easy.
MultiTimer Pro costs only $35.00. A demo version is available immediately for free downloading. This version is complete and not disabled in any way; registered customers receive a code to turn off "please register" reminders. MultiTimer Pro is available from the Web site at the URL given below. It will be appearing in major Macintosh download sources and ftp sites shortly.
This update to MultiTimer Pro introduces Navigation Services support, user- configured color options, new "Export File" options for viewing MultiTimer Pro data in other applications, improved printing capabilities, and many other enhancements.
Requires: A Macintosh running System 7.1 or later, a monitor displaying 16 grays or better.
<http://users.aol.com/karlbunker/>
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:49:24 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - PhotoTiler 1.2
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Steve Myers" SDMyers@compuserve.com>
Andromeda Software Inc. announces the release of a new PageMaker Plug-in: PhotoTiler 1.2. PhotoTiler automatically arranges digital images on pages for photo albums, reunion annuals, catalogs, car ads, real estate brochures, proof sheets for electronic cameras, and many other uses.
Benefits of PhotoTiler include easy batch loading of photos/graphics, ability to adjust margins, rows, columns, distance between images and cropping control over how images fill the space. PhotoTiler options include creating text under each photo and placing a border around each photo.
A free demo of PhotoTiler is available at <http://www.andromeda.com>. PhotoTiler is available online from the Andromeda web site for only $44.
Andromeda Software Inc. is the developer of Adobe Streamline and many
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:49:28 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Buena Software Announces Effects Pack
This announcement is from:
<mailto: "Darrin Cardani" dcardani@dls.net>
Buena Software today announced the release of Effects Pack #1 which consists of 10 new plug-in effects for use with Quicktime 3 and MacOS. A free demo of the new package (priced at $30 (US) for the full package), is available for immediate download at:
<http://www.buena.com/effectspack.html>.
The package includes 6 new filters and 4 new transitions for spicing up and fixing up Quicktime movie clips. Included in the package are such effects as Color Pass, which lets you convert a movie to black and white, while leaving one specific color unchanged; Color Replace, which lets you replace one color with another; Camcorder, which makes your movie clips look like they were filmed through a camcorder view finder; Contrast & Brightness, which allows you to dynamically change the contrast and brightness of a clip; Negative, which produces a photo-negative of your clips; Video Noise, which allows you to add a dynamically varying amount of noise to your clips; and Cool Transitions, a set of 4 psychedelic transitions for moving from one clip to another.
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 06:58:21 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - New Mac CD-ROM Magazine: iDisc
This announcement is from:
Lucas Roebuck, lucas@macreport.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 1998
Contact: Lucas S. Roebuck Digital Cactus 760-723-5207 lucas@digitalcactus.com
DIGITAL CACTUS TEAMS UP WITH TWIN MEDIA GROUP TO LAUNCH IDISC CD-ROM MAGAZINE
Fallbrook, Calif. ć For the hundreds of thousands of new iMac users and tens of millions of other Mac users who are looking for good "stuff" to feed their Macs, a digital media studio and new media publisher are launching a monthly Mac CD-ROM magazine to satisfy their appetites.
TwIN Media Group, LLC and Digital Cactus are proud to announce their latest joint project, iDisc. The companies will be giving away 10,000 copies of the inaugural CD-ROM during Macworld Expo 1999 in San Francisco from the Digital Cactus booth.
"Just think of the coolest 650 megabytes of software you can stuff on a CD-ROM," said Rob Bethke, entertainment producer for iDisc. "That¼s what iDisc is. Once you see a copy of this baby, you going to want to feed your Mac with it. iDisc is more than a mega-shareware CD. It is an interactive experience."
The CD-ROM will feature seven sections of content that will have broad appeal to all Mac users.
1. iThink: The iThink section will feature The Mac Report CD Edition, The Learning Center and The Book Nook. The Mac Report CD Edition is the special monthly compilation of the premiere electronic magazine for Mac users.
"We are very excited about providing the best news, reviews, features and opinions for iDisc," said Spencer Lewis, associate editor of news for The Mac Report. "But I am even more excited about the rest of the compelling original content on the iDisc."
The Learning Center features hands on interactive tutorials, and the Book Nook lets you read manuscripts and other excerpts from Mac-related books.
2. iPlay: After a hard day of work, iDisc users can enjoy the iPlay section, featuring an original serial interactive adventure, iMan; the hilarious EDtelligence quiz show; Level Heaven, with levels for games like Myth, Marathon and WarCraft II; The Penny Arcade (only the best Mac game shareware), The Demonstration Station (game demos); and the brain-twisting Cerebral Overload.
"We are going to give you dozens of new reasons to pull the games you finished a dozen times off the shelf with our Level Heaven," Bethke said.
3. iDo: A Mac isn¼t just a toy, so iDisc has the iDo section. iDo features the Mac Mechanic (it¼ll make your Mac purr), Clips, Stocks and Bites (stock art, sounds, models and more), The Plug-in Outlet, and the Office Center (hints and templates for the office).
4. iSee: This is what QuickTime was invented for! iDisc comes with reels of cool stuff to watch. iDisc users can grab the popcorn and enjoy this show of great short films, music videos, epic commercials, animations and more.
5. iWant: Destined to be the virtual Mac outlet mall, iWant is a section filled with electronic booths from Mac vendors who have great deals for iDisc readers.
6. iSurf: iSurf is a browser emporium, with the latest browser updates and plug-ins as well the top Web sites reviewed.
7. iGo: iDisc users will become virtual travelers with these spectacular QuickTime VR shots from around the world.
iDisc will start shipping in January 1999. A one-year subscription (12 issues) will cost $49.95, but those who subscribe before January 31, 1998 will pay only $29.95 as a special introductory offer. iDisc can be ordered at Macworld Expo, from the iDisc Website <www.idisc.com> or by calling 1-877-COOL-MAC.
Vendors, software creators, media companies and others who want to get their products on iDisc can do so by sending an email to info@idisc.com.
The Siloam Springs, Ark.-based TwIN Media Group, LLC, digital media studio is dedicated to having fun creating Websites, CD-ROMs and DVDs with powerful Mac hardware and caffeine induced creativity. They can be found on the Web at <www.blowyouaway.com>.
Fallbrook, Calif.-based Digital Cactus is new media company focusing on finding better ways to publish using non-traditional media. Digital Cactus is best known for its flagship publication, The Mac Report. It can be found online at <www.macreport.com>. For more information, send email to info@digitalcactus.com.
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