EvangeList Digest Saturday, July 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1235
In this issue:
PR - Disk Copy Scripts 2.0 Tidbit - PC Journalist Thinks iMac Tidbit - Rethinking Apple Tidbit - iMac in the Antipodes PR - Macinews.com iMac Contest Tidbit - Good Macworld Article Tidbit - "iMacs and Apple Pie" $$ - Special Offer WebPrint Plus Followup - News of Gazette Online Domain Name Premature
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:32:00 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Disk Copy Scripts 2.0
This announcement is from:
Andrew McNaughton, <andrew@patsy.demon.co.uk>
Announcing the public release of my Disk Copy Scripts 2.0
These scripts provide access the hidden features of Apple's Disk Copy 6.3 which was just released on-line.
SegmentSMIer can instruct Disk Copy to :
segment images into your chosen number of parts, so that you can choose the size; segment images into 1.4 MB floppy disk sized parts, for floppy archiving an image; make a NDIF disk image or first segment into a self-mounting image or 'SMI'.
New features since the previous release :
New easy-to-use button-oriented interface; Data entry verification (you can only choose to make between 2 and 128 segments); Ability to make images Self-Mounting, i.e. images independent of Disk Copy; SegmentSMIer combines the functionality of Segmenter 1.5.x and Image Floppier 1.5.x; Ability to choose where you want the output files to go; Correct handling of all cancellations; With Disk Copy 6.3, dialogs use Navigation Services where available; Further technical tweaking and compatible with Mac OS 8.5; Read Me now in PDF format.
System requirements :
My script will only work with Disk Copy version 6.2 or 6.3. Mac OS 8.1 (or later) and Disk Copy 6.3 are required for creating Self-Mounting images.
For more information, please read the PDF Read Me file within the package.
Available from <http://www.patsy.demon.co.uk/Downloads/>.
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:31:59 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - PC Journalist Thinks iMac
This tidbit is from:
The Digital Guy <mailto:evangelist@apple.com>
One journalist at a time. Maybe Steve needs to send an iMac to every Mac hating journalist in the world. ;-)
<http://www.mcme.com/980715.htm>
"I know it's not logical. Logic says to stick with my Windows machine, put up with the crashes, and upgrade every 18 months, just like everyone else.
"But I'm tired of logic. Everywhere I looked at Macworld, I saw people who love their computers. I found myself longing to have the same relationship with the little box under my desk at home. But that won't happen with this machine."
Also notable is the great quote from one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams (on the Y2K problem):
"I've written a commercial for Apple Computer. It goes like this:
'Macintosh - we might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.'"
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:31:58 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Rethinking Apple
"Recently, Ižve been thinking about getting my mother a PC, mainly so she can have Internet access and e-mail. Shežs never had a computer of any kind before. At first, I figured Ižd go with a very basic Windows machine, anything under $1,000. But now Ižm thinking for a few hundred dollars more, she can have the neat-o design of the iMac -- and I wonžt get all those calls for help that are bound to come if I go the Windows route.
"Seems worth it all of a sudden. Funny how things turn around."
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:31:59 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - iMac in the Antipodes
This tidbit is from:
Jo Meder, <jomeder@xtra.co.nz>
I've just seen an ad on the TV here in New Zealand advertising an upcoming showing of Apollo 13, Tom Hanks' moony/space type movie. And it's being sponsored by none other than the iMac !! This means that at the start of the movie, and the beginning and end of every ad break, we are treated to little spinning picture of the iMac. Seeing as we only have 4 TV channels, that has pretty much gotta guarantee that a fair slice of the population is going to see it.
It's great to see Apple gearing up for the iMac here in NZ. In the past Apple have had a very low profile here, and it is only very rarely that you would see an Apple ad in print, let alone on the TV. No Think Different for us. Actually at the beginning of the year there was a competition in association with a bread company ( ?!? ) giving away 2 eMates a day, for 45 days or something. Hopefully they'll be able to keep the price down, at todays exchange rate an iMac would cost about NZ$2500. Although an iMac would no doubt run them into the ground, there are many, many PC's for less than that and probably the majority are at that price point.
Nevertheless, it is great to see Apple advertising here. Go iMac !
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:32:00 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Good Macworld Article
This tidbit is from:
Jim Gates, <jgates@ezonline.com>
This is a portion of an article by David Dekok (staff writer) that appeared in the Harrisburg Sunday Patriot News on 7/12/98 entitled, "No More Standing Outside Looking Through Windows", subtitle "macWorld Expo has owners feeling just like kids in a candy shop."
The beginning of the article mentioned that Mac owners are often disappointed when they see a new piece of software and find out that it's only available for Windows. This paragraph caught my eye, though:
"I should emphasize again that all of it was available for the Mac, which will seem redundant only to those who treasure the plethora of Windows software, but also endure cranky, crashing computers that must be prayed to daily."
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:32:00 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - "iMacs and Apple Pie"
This tidbit is from:
Joe Ryan, <webmaster@applelinks.com>
This week's Farr Site is entitled "iMacs and Apple Pie" and features Gold-Plated Idiot, Why Being "Good" Is Bad, Mothers Want iMacs, and Hey, Where's My Slice? A valuable lesson in how not to become roadkill on the highway of life, plus a free real-life pun!
The URLs is <http://applelinks.pair.com/farrsite/july13.shtml>
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:32:00 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Special Offer WebPrint Plus
Keyword: Market by market, Publishing
This special offer is from:
Steve <Becker,<steve@macease.com>
Thank you to the many hundreds of Evangelist readers who have already downloaded WebPrint Plus! For those of you who missed the original announcement of the release of WebPrint Plus and the special offer for EvangeList readers, please note that the offer will last for one more week.
WebPrint Plus is a new Mac-only Utility program that is the faster, customizable, and easy way to print, save, and edit information in almost any program.
WebPrint Plus provides a highly customizable and easy-to-use interface, snappy performance, multiple online Help options, and many additional features. It works especially well with Web browsers because it eliminates the need to print unnecessary text and slow-printing graphics (this also saves lots of ink/toner and paper).
Just some of the additional features incorporated into WebPrint Plus include the ability to group non-contiguous text selections, the option to time and date stamp selections, and the capability of adding comments to selected text. All this is accomplished without having to launch a separate application!
An innovative interface provides the user with access to all the main features of the program without the need to remember any key combinations. It also offers the user a choice of two different interfaces to work with.
Requirements
A Macintosh computer with System 7.0 or later and a 68020 or later processor.
Special Price
While the regular registration fee is only $15.,for 7 more days I'm pleased to offer Evangelist readers an even lower, special price of $12. WebPrint Plus includes a 30-day money back satisfaction guarantee and is available at <http://order.kagi.com/?L8T2>. Some additional info about WebPrint Plus may be found at <http://www.kagi.com/MacEase>.
WebPrint Plus includes both brief, printable documentation and an online Help system (you probably won't need it after the first day,though :-) ). Technical support may be obtained by emailing me at the following address: <steve_webprint@macease.com>.
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:32:01 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - News of Gazette Online Domain Name Premature
This tidbit is from:
George Hulseman, <gazette@opendoor.com>
Our recent announcement of a new domain name was premature. Although the domain name works fine on our end, there was a snag at the source which we still haven't remedied. In the interim, we'd like to point out that our regular old URL works just fine. It's <http://www.opendoor.com/geez/>
To recap, The Gazette Online is the electronic edition of a monthly magazine produced in beautiful Ashland, Oregon. We have put much energy into our web site in an effort to complement our printed magazine. Check out reviews of all the local theater online, including the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Also, don't miss our QuickTime panoramas of Ashland created with an Epson digital camera and Apple's QTVR Authoring Studio.
See you there!
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