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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:53:30 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - Fiery RIP Correction
This follow-up message is from:
Carl Maniscalco, <caman@earthlink.net>
In a tidbit which appeared in the EvangeList Digest V1 #1253, I stated that the Fiery RIP runs under Windows NT on an Intel-powered computer. This is incorrect--it actually runs on a DEC Alpha under a flavor of Unix.
Thanks to Phil Marinucci of Xerox for setting me straight on this.
- --Carl Maniscalco
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:53:32 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Disney'S Blast Online
This tidbit is from:
Joe Ryan, <webmaster@applelinks.com>
Site Review - Disney's Blast Online By Cynthia Braga
In keeping with my tradition of patronizing the companies that support my beloved Mac, I went to Disney's Blast to walk through the Beta. If you sign up today, you're entered to win an iMac. What better reason to try it out?
Disney's Blast Online is the online service for kids offering you entertaining features including interactive stories, challenging games, and exciting activities.
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/disney.shtml>
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:41 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - HeapManager Now Free and With Source
This announcement is from:
Andrew Wulf, <awulf@biit.com>
Biit Inc has now released HeapManager 1.0.4 as freeware with complete source code.
HeapManager is Biit's hyper fast memory allocator for MacOS applications written in Metrowerks C/C++. It has an extensive memory debugging library and a runtime memory tool. This version is distributed for free with minimal support, and includes source code with few restrictions on its use except for a copyright notice. Enjoy!
Check it out at <http://www.biit.com>.
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:50 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Trilite 2.0
Keyword: Market by market, Games
This announcement is from:
John Mauro, <maurojc@bushbaby.alfred.edu>
John Mauro Software is proud to announce the release of Trilite 2.0, a fun and educational tile strategy game. Version 2.0 is a major update that includes several new features and enhancements, including the following:
- - a larger, more colorful game board - - a new streamlined, intuitive interface - - color animation when a tile is clicked - - CD quality sound by Fadout Studios
Please download Trilite from my web site at:
<http://cs.alfred.edu/~maurojc/software>
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:49 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Killing Time Game Review
Hands up, who out there beside myself has had enough of the "Doom"-like first person shoot-'em-ups? Who else is tired of running down countless corridors, shooting multitudes of monsters and collecting tons of treasure? Truth be known, I first explored this genre in 1983 when I bought "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin" for my Intellivision. And now, fifteen years later, I'm exploring it again with Logicware's "Killing Time."
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:52 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Job - Macintosh Technician (Colorado Springs, CO)
This job announcement is from:
Ryan Bruels, <rbruels@pcisys.net>
Job - Macintosh Technician Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs' oldest independent Macintosh Reseller/Service Center is looking for an experienced Macintosh technician to work in the service & repair department. Applicant must have good team skills, a friendly personality, and hardware/software experience.
E-mail: <rvoelker@voelker.com> Fax resumes to: (719) 528-5598
Voelker Research is located at 5026 N. Academy Blvd. on the corner of Union and Academy Blvd.
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:38 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - OneClick
This special offer is from:
John Oberrick, <johno@westcodesoft.com>
Over 100+ time-saving enhancements and shortcuts for only $29.98! Discover OneClick, one of the most remarkable Mac utilities you'll ever use.
Guy says, "OneClick has turned into one of the most valuable pieces of software I use."
Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-founder says, "I am amazed and fascinated with OneClick... I recommend it to any Mac user."
MacUser magazine says: "OneClick is one of the most powerful and remarkable utilities we've seen in the last couple of years." **Rated 5-mice!!**
For 72 hours only get OneClick for only $29.98 (Regularly $69) with a NO RISK, 60-day money back guarantee. Visit our web site at <http://www.westcodesoft.com/offers/evangelist/> or call 800-448-4250.
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:46 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - Zips Are A Daymare On Wintel
This follow-up message is from:
Stephen Yanusz, <syanusz@erols.com>
I have been providing a product that uses a multiple-boot configuration under Windoze (doesn't that make things sooo much easier to use?) for about 3 years. Don't even try using a Zip drive here!
In *some* cases, when you install the Zip drive under Win95, you can't boot under DOS because the zip driver will lock up the system. I say in *some* cases because I've loaded the Zip software from the same disk onto a number of these units, and each unit behaves differently. I won't go into why, but let it suffice to be said that it has something to do with the beloved config.sys, autoexec.bat and friends.
Remember those stats that compare the life spans of men vs women, married vs unmarried men, etc? Has anyone analyzed Mac vs Wintel users?
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:47 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - SiteLink Shareware Collection CD-ROM
This special offer is from:
John Brochu, <sitelink@sitelink.net>
In celebration of the release of Apple's most widely anticipated computer ever, and to help introduce new iMac users to the wealth of excellent shareware and freeware available for the Mac, SiteLink is offering a special discount on our popular Shareware Collection CDROM.
Now in its fourth release, the "SiteLink Shareware Collection" is jam-packed with close to 600MB of shareware, freeware, and demos from over 130 of the best Mac shareware developers. Now for a limited time, the CD is only $6.95 (+S&H), a 30% discount!
Included on this release are: 22 Desktop Picture Collections, 63 Games & Entertainment Apps, 55 General Apps & Misc, 45 Graphics & Sound Apps, 46 Interface Enhancement Apps, 41 Internet & Networking Apps, 7 Plug-ins, 10 Programming Apps, 39 Disk & File Utilities, and 103 System Utilities.
As always, after your first CD purchase, future Shareware Collection CDs (released quarterly) are only $4.95!
For more information visit <http://sitelink.net/iMacSpecial.shtml>. This offer is extended to *all* Evangelist readers, not just iMac owners.
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:42 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - DoScript Plugin 2.0 Public Beta 1
This announcement is from:
Jeff Benjamin, <jeff@stepupsoftware.com>
StepUp Software is pleased to announce the first public beta release of doScript Plug-in version 2.0 for FileMaker Pro 4 for Macintosh.
Version 2.0 adds the ability to activate a script when a key combination is pressed. F1 thru F4 as well as option-key combinations are supported. Developers are able to define which script executes for which key, dynamically. The script "attached" to a key can therefore change during a user's session based on security, work progress, foreground database, etc.
Pricing for version 2.0 will remain the same as current pricing: $30 for a single-user license; $200 for a site license; $500 for a worldwide license; and $150 for a distribution license.
Upgrades for current owners of the product will be FREE.
For more information and to download the beta version, see:
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:39 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Window Monkey Special Offer
This special offer is from:
Tiger Technologies, <support@tigertech.com>
Tiger Technologies is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.5 of our Window Monkey shareware program -- and to celebrate, we're giving EvangeListas 25% off the regular price until September 15!
Window Monkey is a Mac-only program that adds customizable background patterns to Finder windows -- with Window Monkey, patterns aren't just for desktops any more! You can use patterns to color-code your windows for identification or just for fun. For example, make your folder of work documents look like a legal pad, or give that folder of love letters a background of red hearts! Every folder window can have its own pattern.
The program is useful, too -- it includes a handy window navigation menu that lets you jump to any window or recently used folder. You'll quickly wonder how you ever got along without it.
Window Monkey has received tons of awards and great reviews, including being rated number 20 on MacAddict magazine's list of all-time greatest Mac shareware and freeware programs. CNET calls it "too cool to ignore".
Window Monkey normally costs $20, but loyal readers can grab it now for $15. To learn more, download a trial copy, and get your 25% discount, visit our special Evangelist page:
<http://www.tigertech.com/evangelist.html>
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:56:40 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - MetaCard Delivers on the Promise of Hypercard
After 8 years of continuous development, MetaCard Corporation is now delivering on the promise of HyperCard. Whether you need it for graphical application development or multimedia authoring, MetaCard 2.2 has the features to make the job go quickly and smoothly:
* Support for Windows 3.1/95/98/NT, all popular UNIX platforms, and new support for MacOS 68K and PowerPC. No preprocessing, recompiling, redesign, or platform-specific debugging is required to deploy a product on all platforms simultaneously. MetaCard has a fully functional development environment on all platforms and doesn't rely on limited-function "players".
* Native look and feel on all platforms, with cross-platform support for advanced controls including combo-boxes, hierarchical menus, and a tab control. Built-in support for popular audio, video, and image formats means there is no need to hunt down or pay for external components.
* Build complete single-file double-clickable royalty-free applications on all platforms: no shared libraries, virtual machines, browsers, installers, or other add-ons are required. This means no DLL or JVM version conflicts, and high reliability and lower support costs for applications you distribute.
MetaCard's easy to learn high-level language (MetaTalk) enables even non-programmers to build the productivity-enhancing applications they need. Experienced developers will appreciate the flexibility they gain from advanced language features like associative arrays, regular expressions, support for manipulating binary data, and built-in HTTP GET and POST. MetaTalk offers the power and productivity of Perl without the syntactic gymnastics.
High-performance "virtual compiler" technology provides script execution speeds over 5 times faster than HyperCard or SuperCard on average, and potential performance increases of hundreds or thousands of times through the use of language features not available in those tools (benchmarks available on the MetaCard WWW site <http://www.metacard.com>.
MetaCard's entire development environment including graphical editor, script editor, and debugger was built in MetaCard. This not only demonstrates the power of the tool, but also provides something not available in any competing tool: you can change any aspect of the development environment to make it suit your needs.
MetaCard 2.2 is currently in beta test and will be released Q3 1998. The free MetaCard Starter Kit is available now from the MetaCard WWW and FTP sites <http://www.metacard.com/> and <ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard> and from distributors world wide. The Starter Kit is a fully functional GUI development and multimedia authoring tool, but there is a limit on the length of scripts you can create with it. Purchasing a license key enables the full functionality of MetaCard. Free converters are available to convert projects from HyperCard, SuperCard, and OMO (Oracle Media Objects) to MetaCard.
Pricing is $995 for a single-user, all platform license (that's right: a single license key can be used on any supported platform, no need to buy a separate license for each). Educational institutions receive a 50% discount. K12 schools can purchase MetaCard through a special program for $250 for a 10-user license which comes bundled with "MetaTalk Programmer", a CBT package that has kids programming in a matter of hours. __________ This msg originated from the MacDev-1 listserv and was selectively redistributed on your favorite list -- EvangeList. To subscribe to MacDev-1, check out <http://www.mactech.com> or send an email to<MacDev-1@listmail.xplain.com> __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
I downloaded this to check it out (I was a BIG fan of HyperCard). This is pretty cool stuff. I'm going to experiment with it some more this weekend, to be sure. :-)
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:57:43 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: !! - Accordion Players
This is serious--well, kind of. A famous Silicon Valley restaurant called Buck's (it's one of the most popular places for schmoozing in the Valley) sponsors the Sand Hill Challenge <http://www.sandhill.org/>. This is a soap box derby that raises funds for the Peninsula Community Foundation (a charity).
This year there's an added attraction: the Accordian Invasion. The owner of Buck's, Jamis MacNiven (I kid you not!) is trying to set the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest accordion band. He asked me to help get the word out that accordion players are needed. Of the tens of thousands of EvangeListas who get this message, some of you must be accordian players!
Here are the details:
Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:15 am 280 and Sand Hill Road
There will be lots of tv coverage, and a PBS special is being shot. I'll be there pushing the garage.com car.
