EvangeList Digest Tuesday, May 5 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1174
In this issue:
?? - DAT Recording Software PR - PubPro Beta is Release and Smotel Runtime Available PR - German Online Store for ADB Devices Followup - Happy Endings - Looking For A Great Mac Thesaurus For Posting: PR - Mac Gamer's Ledge Giveaway: MacPicasso540 and 3DO PR - Mac Gamer's Ledge Giveaway: MacPicasso540 and 3DO PR - ASTARTE DVDirector Beta Testing Program PR - MaBaSoft releases World Clock CSM v2.0 PR--ProView 2.1 Web Builder
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:06:37 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - DAT Recording Software
This request is from:
Jay Goldman, <jay@circledream.com>
Hi there! I'm looking for a Mac-based solution for a friend of mine. He has a band that recorded a few songs onto DAT tape and he would like to transfer this on to CD. I offered the use of my Mac with a brand new Yamaha CDR-400 but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to get at the audio info recorded on the DAT. I have an older DYNATEK DAT SCSI drive hooked up to the machine.
If anyone could recommend a software solution to me directly <jay@circledream.com>, I would greatly appreciate it. I will happily post a summary of replies to the list.
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:06:37 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - PubPro Beta is Release and Smotel Runtime Available
This announcement is from:
Nicholas Rhodes, <consult@iarchglobal.com>
iArch Global Software, a company specialised in creating vertical solutions for the business world has recently released the beta version of PubPro, a comprehensive management solution for all types of magazines and publications. Among its numerous functions, it handles orders, billing, sales commissions, publish list, editorial, sales coontacts, commissions and accounting.
Currently the beta needs FM PRO 3.0 or 4.0 but within a few days, the run-time will be up on the site.
Also available are the final demo versions (in runtime - no FM PRO needed) of Smotel, the Small Hotel Reservation and Management System
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:06:34 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - German Online Store for ADB Devices
This announcement is from:
Oliver Breidenbach, <oliver@boinx.com>
Our German online superstore for keyboards and other input devices now carries those ADB-Devices the Macintosh users in Germany have been looking for so desparately.
We are just starting with Macintosh devices, so if you don't find what you want please tell us what you need using the feedback form in the store. Resellers welcome.
If you are a keyboard, mouse, joystick or other ADB device manufacturer and would like to see your products included in our catalog, please write <mailto:marketing@www.tastaturen.com>
All of the store and our complete business process runs on Macintosh, of course.
The store is at:
<http://www.tastaturen.com/>
Check out these cool products:
- - Anir Mouse, a special ergonomic mouse - - NoHands Mouse for Macintosh, a mouse for your feet - - e.key, the adaptor to connect any PC keyboard to your Mac
Best regards,
Oliver Breidenbach CEO of GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:06:36 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - Happy Endings - Looking For A Great Mac Thesaurus
This follow-up message is from:
Radcliffe A. Joe, <wordstar@erols.com>
I am dumbfounded at the far-flung popularity of your newsletter. I am sure you already know this, but your devout band of Evangelistas is literally spread around the globe.
Within 48 hours of revealing my quest for a Mac-based thesaurus via the Evangelist Digest, I was deluged with responses, some from as far away as London, Europe and Australia. Many were pursuing the same quest as I and urged me to alert them if I did find what I was looking for.
Others broached numerous welcome suggestions. Among the most frequently recommended was SpellCatcher - formerly Thunder 7 - from Casady & Greene. Curiously I have SpellCatcher loaded on my Mac, but never really thought of it as a thesaurus per se, only as a secondary spell checker, supplementing my mostly inadequate word processor-based dictionaries.
After hearing from SpellCatcher devotees, I went back and took a second look at this database. It is indeed pretty good, however, two outstanding suggestions came from Evangelistas Craig Issacs of Dantz Development - those great folks who make Retrospect and other invaluable backup programs - and Deborah Kac, whom I believe is with the University of Southern California.
Ms. Kac steered me to the Dept. of Humanities of Chicago University which offers what is undoubtedly the best electronic thesaurus I've ever seen. Theirs is part of what is called the ARTFL Project, a joint venture with the Ottowa-based National Institute of the French Language.
Their thesaurus, which is part of a much larger scholarly reference collection, blew me away. It is Roget-based and is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive I have found in an electronic based thesaurus. The only real disadvantage to using this outstanding reference tool - is that to get to it one must contend with the vagaries of the Web - like being able to log on to the database when you really need it.
On the other hand Merriam Webster's thesaurus, to which I was directed by Craig Issacs, is available both as a web-based reference tool, and on CD Rom, available from Amazon.Com for a mere $24.95. This too is an outstanding reference tool, and I will be forever grateful to the many caring and supportive Evangelistas who wasted no time in helping to make my search so very easy.
The University of Chicago's reference library is at <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html>, and readers can log on to the Merriam Webster homepage at <http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm>
Much Thanks.
Radcliffe A. Joe,
Write On, Inc.
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 19:06:05 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: For Posting: PR - Mac Gamer's Ledge Giveaway: MacPicasso540 and 3DO
This tidbit is from:
Michael Dixon, <mudixon@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu>
Macintosh Gamer's Ledge gives away MacPicasso 540 with its 3D Overdrive module
Starting May 4 and running through May 13th, the Macintosh Gamer's Ledge <http://www.macledge.com>, a leader in Macintosh-only game info, reviews, deals, and more, is giving away one of the most powerful video cards with its 3D module:
Village Tronic's "MacPicasso 540 with 3D Overdrive module".
This 2 PCI card-combo is great for gaming and 3D manipulation, with its 3D module containing 4MB of RAM for 3Dfx, RAVE, and Quickdraw 3D...attached to the main video card which contains 8 MB of VRAM...That's a total of 12 MB VRAM! Normally, this 2 card combo would cost about $599, but the MGL is giving one combo away for FREE!
For complete coverage of this hardware, read the Mac Gamer's Ledge review:
To enter the giveaway, just visit the Macintosh Gamer's Ledge main page:
<http://www.macledge.com>
Mike Dixon, CEO Macintosh Gamer's Ledge www.macledge.com
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:09:37 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Mac Gamer's Ledge Giveaway: MacPicasso540 and 3DO
Keyword: Market by market, Games
This tidbit is from:
Michael Dixon, <mudixon@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu>
Macintosh Gamer's Ledge gives away MacPicasso 540 with its 3D Overdrive module
Starting May 4 and running through May 13th, the Macintosh Gamer's Ledge <http://www.macledge.com>, a leader in Macintosh-only game info, reviews, deals, and more, is giving away one of the most powerful video cards with its 3D module:
Village Tronic's "MacPicasso 540 with 3D Overdrive module".
This 2 PCI card-combo is great for gaming and 3D manipulation, with its 3D module containing 4MB of RAM for 3Dfx, RAVE, and Quickdraw 3D...attached to the main video card which contains 8 MB of VRAM...That's a total of 12 MB VRAM! Normally, this 2 card combo would cost about $599, but the MGL is giving one combo away for FREE!
For complete coverage of this hardware, read the Mac Gamer's Ledge review:
To enter the giveaway, just visit the Macintosh Gamer's Ledge main page:
<http://www.macledge.com>
Mike Dixon, CEO Macintosh Gamer's Ledge <www.macledge.com>
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:22:19 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - ASTARTE DVDirector Beta Testing Program
This announcement is from:
ASTARTE GmbH, <chris@astarte.de>
DVDirector from ASTARTE brings DVD-Video creation to your desktop. We made CD recording easy and accessible with the product Toast CD-ROM Pro, now we're doing it again for DVD authors everywhere.
DVDirector combines unprecedented ease-of-use with sophisticated capabilities that let you create professional quality Video DVDs in record time. And it's priced many thousands less than any other professional system.
We are very much interested in fullfilling all of the needs of our users and in delivering a bug free application.
Because of that reason we have brought a beta testing program into life, which should ensure that we reach both goals. To participate in that program please see:
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 22:22:20 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - MaBaSoft releases World Clock CSM v2.0
This announcement is from:
Marco Damaschi, <marco.damaschi@galactica.it>
What is MaBaSoft World Clock CSM?
You are a real globetrotter and spend one day in New York, one in Tokyo and one in Sydney? You live in a huge country? You have frequent contacts with people from other continents or foreign companies? MaBaSoft World Clock CSM will then make your life easier.
World Clock CSM is a control strip module implementing a multi-time clock. It gives you the possibility of simultaneously displaying up to 5 different times and of saving up to 23 frequently used cities in World Clock menu. World Clock CSM provides different time formats and display options.
World Clock CSM is 5 US$ shareware. It available from the MaBaSoft ftp site at:
MaBaSoft World Clock CSM runs on all types of Mac and needs System 7.1.1 or higher. Date & Time control panel and Control Strip, Extensions Strip or Desktop Strip need to be installed. Minimum Extensions Strip version supporting World Clock CSM is v1.5.2.
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What's new in MaBaSoft World Clock CSM v2.0?
World Clock CSM is now a *true* multi-time clock: it simultaneously displays up to 5 different times. Clocks can be added through the "Add Clock" command and removed through the "Remove Clock" command.
World Clock CSM is Extensions Strip savvy. Minimum Extensions Strip version supporting World Clock CSM is v1.5.2. The module is Xed off in the strip if loaded with Extensions Strip v1.5.1 or lower.
System requirements are now less stringent: World Clock CSM can be used without Finder Scripting Extension. If the installed System is not scriptable, the "Open Date & Time" command of World Clock menu is disabled.
World Clock dialog boxes have been re-designed to match the Appearance Manager guidelines.
In case of lacking local city's name (the location was defined in the Map control panel and it is not included in the Date & Time cities list), the local city's name becomes "n/a" and the "Show City" option is not disabled.
The routine which checks the OSL compliance of the Finder has been rewritten. The OSL compliance was not correctly recognized on PowerMacs running MacOS 8.1.
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Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 21:11:40 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR--ProView 2.1 Web Builder
Keyword: Market by market, Internet
This announcement is from:
<rr@e-magine.com>
AWARD WINNING DIGITAL PORTFOLIO CREATOR NOW BUILDS WEBSITES
Create Professional Digital Portfolios And Websites with ProView 2.1
NO PROGRAMMING, SCRIPTING OR HTML CODING NEEDED!
Quickly and easily combine pictures, text, sound and movies to create stand-alone digital portfolios, catalogs, brochures and more for Macintosh or Windows.
* Supports for QuickTime 3 and QTVR 2 on Macintosh. * Import PICT, JPEG, GIF and Photoshop images. * Fits dozens of images onto a single diskette. * Windows ProViewers are created right on your Mac.
Turn your project into a complete WEBSITE with one command!
ProView builds all your HTML pages and compiles images and movies into a single folder that is ready to post on the worldwide web.
We'll even post your website for FREE at PVShowcase.com.
ProView has many industrial, commercial and personal uses. * Portfolio * Catalogues * Presentations * Photo Albums * Newsletters * Product Promotions * Brochures
Exclusive MacWAY Special $159.95.
For a FREE demo visit our us at <http://www.e-magine.com/macway> or call E-MAGINE SOFTWARE INC. (800) 603-1474
**See our 4-Star Review in Dec'97 and MacWorld Buying advice in Feb'98 (pg. 64)**
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