EvangeList Digest Tuesday, August 11 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1251
In this issue:
Tidbit - New On the iMac Channel PR - Inside Mac Games $$ - Multimedia & CD-ROM Directory 1998 Tidbit - QTVR Using Scanning Electron Microscope Tidbit - Positive Mac Article In Miami Herald Tidbit - iMac Refrence PR - MediaWrapper Light 2.0 Tidbit - New On the iMac Channel ?? - Apple Studio Display Tech Info Needed Tidbit - Complete PowerBook 1400 Benchmarks (Vpower & NUpowr) PR - iMac Manufacturing Photos Available PR - Math Stars 4 Tidbit - WebPainter 3.0.5
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:06:58 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - New On the iMac Channel
This tidbit is from:
Dan Knight, <dknight@mail.iserv.net>
Once again, Apple shows the way, this time by leading the migration to USB -- a standard first promoted by the Wintel world, but still not widely used.
Read "Where no Mac has gone before" <http://www.mactimes.com/imac/usb.html>
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:09 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Inside Mac Games
This announcement is from:
IMG, <img@imgmagazine.com>
Apple is gaining momentum and so are Macintosh games! For the first time in years, people are excited about the Macintosh. Developers are fervently toiling on new products in anticipation of the iMac's success. The good fortune is spilling onto Inside Mac Games, too. We made the decision late in 1997 to scale the magazine down to just eight issues a year. This was a cautionary move on our part, motivated by the dwindling number of new Mac games being introduced.
Things have changed drastically, however; Lara Croft is making her way to the Mac and it may not be long before we see the bright clashing of light-sabres. This is good news for Mac users, good news for game developers and good news for IMG.
Given this good fortune, Inside Mac Games is proud to announce a return to ten issues a year. To celebrate we're offering a FREE copy of the Best of Inside Mac Games 93-98 (a $9.95 value) with every new subscription (subscriptions start as low as $39 a year!).
To subscribe to Inside Mac Games, please point your browser to:
<http://www.imgmagazine.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:01 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Multimedia & CD-ROM Directory 1998
This special offer is from:
Mike Grainger, <mikeg@konnectsoft.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:02 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - QTVR Using Scanning Electron Microscope
Keyword: Advocacy, Wicked Cool Stuff
This tidbit is from:
Laurence Head, <2blackdogs@sympatico.ca>
I co-authored an article in the current issue of Palaeontologia Electronica. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time QTVR has used images taken with a scanning electron microscope.
Note that the object has a hot spot on the prominent feature which allows magnification from 75 to 1200 times when dragged from top to bottom.
QUICKTIME VR: A POWERFUL NEW ILLUSTRATIVE TOOL FOR MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:04 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Positive Mac Article In Miami Herald
This tidbit is from:
Charles Hurd, <gibson60@icanect.net>
The Miami Herald features a weekly column by Dan Keating on computers. The article is consistently informative and interesting, although it is all Wintel oriented and Macs haven't even been mentioned in quite a while. However in his latest article on 7/30/98, he not only mentions but speaks very highly of Macintosh, it's great new products and impressive comeback.
The entire article can be found online at: <http://www.herald.com/> (Look in the Living/Arts section)
A few words from the article:
"Here's an old idea that has become exciting again: You could buy a Mac. Apple's MacOS computers are more attractive than they've been in years. By simplifying it's product line and setting a clearer direction for the platform's operating system, Apple has dramatically increased it's appeal."
Sounds pretty good to me.
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:05 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - iMac Refrence
This tidbit is from:
Bibo, <bibojim@earthlink.net>
Check out this page and what the "good" and "bad" smiliy faces are saying!
<http://www.mcphee.com/> __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Ah yes, yet another excuse to slip in an Archie McPhee reference...one of the biggest wastes of time a person can enjoy. ;-)
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:08 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - MediaWrapper Light 2.0
This announcement is from:
John Clark, <nftguru@mindspring.com>
MediaWrapper Light 2.0 is now available for download. In response to overwhelming positive feedback for ZipWrapper, JazWrapper and CDWrapper, I have taken time out to completely rewrite my wrapper program for creating disk case liners, improving the speed and adding requested features.
MediaWrapper Light 2.0 lets you scan a removable disk, and print out the contents on a wrapper that you can insert into the disk case. Currently MediaWrapper Light supports Zip, Jaz, CD-ROM, EZ Flyer, SyJet, SyQuest, and MagnetoOptical Disks.
MediaWrapper Light offers the following features:
* Scan inside subfolders * Scan PC disks (for all your Wintel friends) * Prints Date Scanned and Space Available on disk * Editable fields * Logos or pictures can be added for all wrappers. * MediaWrapper Light stores all settings including a default picture for all wrappers * MediaWrapper Light is also much faster then previous versions.
MediaWrapper Light is $10 shareware for new users. Registered users of previous versions of ZipWrapper, JazzWrapper, EZWrapper, CDWrapper and SyJetWrapper can upgrade to this new version for $5. Registered users of two or more of the previous wrapper programs can upgrade for free. Contact me at: <12ftguru@mindspring.com> and I will send you the registration code for MediaWrapper Light.
You can register MediaWrapper Light online at:
<http://order.kagi.com/?3TY> or via secure server at: https://order.kagi.com/?3TY
MediaWrapper Light 2.0 has been reworked from the ground up using REALBasic, which provides a huge speed boost. For information on REALBasic go to: <http://www.realbasic.com/>
MediaWrapper Light 2.0 is published by Twelve Foot Guru Software which is owned and operated by John Clark. The previously release versions of ZipWrapper, JazWrapper and CDWrapper have been well received around the world and featured on CD in magazines such as MacAddict, MacWorld UK, and the Japanese magazine, Mac Fan Internet. ZipWrapper was also listed by the web site Webintosh, as the Cool Tool of the Week. (www.webintosh.com)
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:14 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - New On the iMac Channel
This tidbit is from:
Dan Knight, <dknight@mail.iserv.net>
We've just posted two new editorials on the iMac channel.
iMac v. the "Top Ten"
compares the ten best-selling budget Windows systems, as determined by PC World, with the iMac -- and asks why pay more?
<http://www.mactimes.com/imac/top10.html>
iMac's keyboard: the missing keys notes that Apple did more than move the cursor keys in redesigning it's keyboard for the iMac. Find out which keys are missing.
<http://www.mactimes.com/imac/keyboard.html>
Dan Knight, <dknight@mactimes.com> editor in chief, MacTimes <http://www.mactimes.com/> webmaster, Low End Mac <http://www.mactimes.com/lowend/>
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:11 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Apple Studio Display Tech Info Needed
This request is from:
Steve Sell, <sell@payload.com>
Our company is currently looking into using three or four Apple Studio LCD displays for an experiment on a Space Shuttle mission. In order to do this, however, we need to know some technical info which is not readily available to the public and I thought some of your readers may be able to help or get me in touch with the right people at Apple.
Info needed:
1) The EMI profile between 0.01 and 10,000 MHz (as well as the testing protocol used to obtain the profile)
2) Operational voltage requirements - more to the point, it would be great if we could power the displays off of a 28 VDC power source, so I am looking for what modifications are necessary to accomplish this.
3) Materials list - needed to access flammability, off-gassing, and toxicity.
All of these items are required to get Payload Safety Review Panel approval to fly the displays. EMI is our biggest concern. However, since the display has several EMI certifications, the testing must have already been done, so I am hoping the data is easily accessible.
If anyone either has access to the above information or knows whom I can contact to obtain it, I would greatly appreciate the input. If necessary, we are prepared to sign an NDA to obtain access.
A complete set of PowerBook 1400 processor (117 and 133) and processor upgrade (NUpowr 216, NUpowr 250 and VpowerPB 233) benchmarks have been posted to:
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:22:27 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - iMac Manufacturing Photos Available
This tidbit is from:
Apple PR
Some new iMac photos have been added to the website. We now have photos of the iMac manufacturing plant in Sacramento.
Photos are available in CMYK Tiff high resolution (8.0 MB), Medium Resolution JPEG and Low Resolution JPEG for the web and online pubs. The URLs for the photos are as follows:
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:20:02 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Math Stars 4
Keyword: Market by market, Education
This announcement is from:
<MacMuse@aol.com>
Math Stars 4.0 is the latest version of this popular shareware program from MacMUSE Software which has received hundreds of registrations and appeared on numerous CD-ROM's and shareware compilations. Math Stars is designed so that students of various ability levels can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts in a fun and challenging way. Students who answer 10 of 10 questions in a round within the alloted time earn a gold star in the Player Screen. After earning 10 gold stars, a student's name is placed in the Hall of Fame.
Version 4.0 adds colorful 3-D buttons, graphics, sounds, and a new user interface for a look and feel that students will love. More option choices make the program flexible and useful for a variety of age ranges. The addition of head-to-head competition and the Math Detective module, which challenges students to find factors and multiples within adjustable ranges of difficulty, make Math Stars 4 even more challenging and educational. Registered users include parents, teachers, and schools from elementary to high school.
Time limits from 3 sec. to unlimited are available. The computer will select 2 random numbers for each problem or the lower number can be set for practicing specific facts. Users can select +, -, *, or / functions or random functions for a challenging round.
Program includes sounds and colorful graphics. Online help is available by choosing 'Help' from the Apple Menu after launching the program. Shareware, $10. Site License, $70. Upgrade from version 3.x, $3. Registration documents included with the program.
Math Stars 4 is available from the MacMUSE web site, on AOL, or in the usual Macintosh shareware locations. System Requirements: 1 Meg free RAM 650K hard disk space Runs fine under Sys 7.x and OS8 Will run on any Mac (Detective module requires 13" monitor or larger)
Roger M. Clary MacMUSE Software <MacMuse@aol.com> <http://members.aol.com/macmuse>
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 08:06:36 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - WebPainter 3.0.5
This tidbit is from:
Joe Ryan, <webmaster@applelinks.com>
Review: WebPainter 3.0.5 from Totally Hip Software is primarily an animation program, it's true, but look more closely: each editable frame consists of 32 separate layers -- something special must be going on here!
