EvangeList Digest Friday, April 3 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1143
In this issue:
?? - Help Resetting LaserWwriter Passowrd $$ - Get StuffIt Deluxe Free w/ KeyQuencer or Square One PR - Software Database for ClarisWorks Released Tidbit - PC Joystick Adaptor for Mac Tidbit - Cisco Co-Founder Using Mac Job - Programmer and Web Designer Needed (Milwaukee, WI) Tidbit - Positive French Press Job - Instructor (Norwalk, CA) Followup - New URL For ZDNet Poll PR - New Pogue -- "Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt" Tidbit - Iowa Newton Archives Reborn PR - FilmMagic Pro 2.0 RIP for Film Recorders Tidbit - "Fanatics" Help Webmonkey Discover "Butt-Kicking" Mac-Only Software!
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Help, please... I recently came into possession (in the office) of a Laserwriter 16/600 PS and need to know how to reset the administrative password on the beast. I must reset that password so as to be able to set-up tcp/ip parameters, specifically the "default gateway". If this is not possible, then the printer, sadly, will become a $2000 (original cost) doorstop. Thanks in advance for assistance. Oh, I have already phoned 'tech-support'... and the outcome is obvious or I would not be writing here.
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:41 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: $$ - Get StuffIt Deluxe Free w/ KeyQuencer or Square One
This special offer is from:
Gary Gonzalez, <ggonzalez@binarysoft.com>
Thank you so much for your overwhelming response to our offer last month of Spell Catcher for $14.95! While that offer has expired, we have a new offer that you may be interested in.
Through April 30th Only:
* Order a new copy of our launcher utility Square One for $39.95 and choose either StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, Spring Cleaning 2.0, or FlashBack FREE!
* Order a new copy of or our macro utility KeyQuencer for $49.95 and choose either StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, Spring Cleaning 2.0, or FlashBack FREE!
* Order any of our software, upgrades, or shareware and get StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 for $39.95, FlashBack for $19.95, or Spring Cleaning 2.0 for $29.95!
If you don't own StuffIt Deluxe, you should! Just ask any Evangelista!
Usually, StuffIt Deluxe is $80 all by itself (check your MacWarehouse catalog). But you can get it from us for half that price, thanks to a special arrangement we've made with Aladdin Systems.
This is a risk-free offer! You're guaranteed to love it or your money back. But I want to be clear: if you order Square One or KeyQuencer, and decide to return it for a refund, you have to return the freebie too. OK?
Links:
Binary Software <http://www.binarysoft.com>
Binary's Mac Specials Page <http://www.binarysoft.com/specials/specials_mac.html>
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you for considering our software!
Very truly yours
Gary Gonzalez, Binary Software
<http://www.binarysoft.com>
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:54 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Software Database for ClarisWorks Released
This announcement is from:
Tom Schmidt, <tschmidt@firsttech.com>
Announcing Software Database 5.0
Software & Hardware Tracker is a cool database for keeping track of phone numbers, serial numbers, addresses, etc. But what if you are a ClarisWorks user, and you don't have FileMaker Pro? You can't use SHT, but you can use Software Database.
You can keep track of all your software in an easy to use ClarisWorks database. How much unpaid shareware do you have? Let the Software Database help you sort it out! Need that tech support or upgrade number? Version number, serial number? Email, mail, or web address? Here they are, all in one central location!
Software Database comes in 3 versions. Software Database 2.3 for ClarisWorks 2 & 3 users, Software Database 4.1 for ClarisWorks 4 users, and the all new, feature enhanced Software Database 5.0 for ClarisWorks 5 users. Best of all, Software Database is FREE Postcardware!
Software Database 5.0 taps many new features of ClarisWorks 5 that simply aren't available in earlier versions: - New Icon field to paste in the program's icon. - Go to company web sites and update ftp sites and send email directly from the database. - Powerful macros and a special Software Database Button Bar.
Software Database is available for download now at: <http://www.concentric.net/~tomdar2/>
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:46 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - PC Joystick Adaptor for Mac
Keyword: Market by market, Games
This tidbit is from:
Darren Doyle, <BigD@mail.utexas.edu>
This is for all of you who are tired of seeing two pathetic joysticks in the Mac section of a store right next to the jillion or so PC joysticks..... I found this awesome little box that hooks into your ADB chain. It allows you to use any PC, Nintendo 64, Playstation, Sega Genesis, or Atari 2600 joystick on your Mac!
Here's what's on the web page:
"Settings for games are incredibly easy to create and edit, using the powerful and easy-to-use software that comes with the ChoiceStick Mark V. All you have to do is hold down the user-definable hot-key while you're in the game for which you want to change the settings. The ChoiceStick Edit Window pops up, and you're ready to create new game settings or edit existing ones!
"Any button on any attached joystick can be easily configured to perform any mouse or keyboard activity imaginable.
"Each button can also be programmed to move the mouse in any direction (this is not limited to just the directional pad, either!), or generate any number of mouse clicks.
"Analog axes (like the X, Y on a PC gameport-compatible stick, or the analog joystick on a N64 controller) can be configured for mouse and keyboard emulation, to give you total control over your favorite flight sim and driving games. "
The best part is that it's only US$49.95! Definitely worth a look....
<http://www.kernel.com/kernel/cs1MarkV.html>
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:48 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Cisco Co-Founder Using Mac
This tidbit is from:
John Palme <JLPalme@aol.com>
There is an interesting article in the Washington Post about Sandy Lerner, one of the cofounders of Cisco data systems. She was ousted from Cisco after it went public, and walked away with a nice golden parachute. She now spends her time pursuing many of her interests, including the following quote:
"On this afternoon, as on many, Lerner is holed up in her studio, mixing music. She has recorded an 18-member choir singing antiphonal music and she is surrounded by thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of sound machines - preamps, an analog-to-digital converter, an eight-track digital recorder. The whole shebang flows through a massive Macintosh computer."
It also noted that her email address is almost 23 years old. The entire article can be read at:
23 years. Whoa. And I thought i was doing good with an 8 year old address. :)
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:56 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Job - Programmer and Web Designer Needed (Milwaukee, WI)
This job announcement is from:
Jeremy, <jeremy@3md.com>
Third Millenium Design has openings immediately available:
Entry level Web developer. Requires 1-3 years experience producing graphics/layouts with Photoshop/DeBabelizer (etc.), familiarity with HTML; animation, digital video/audio, Director a plus.
Entry level computer programmer. Requires 1-3 years experience with HTML, CGI scripts, JAVASCRIPT and PERL; familiarity with Filemaker, DeBabelizer and Photoshop a plus.
The right person(s) will have technical savvy, a sense of humor, and a can-do attitude. Challenging position with great growth potential, flexible hours, competitive pay and benefits. Email resume and salary range to <jobs@3md.com> >
Third Millennium Design, Inc., 840 N. Third St., Suite 401, Milwaukee, WI 53203
I came across a good article supporting the Macintosh in the news paper "La Presse", one of the 2 major news paper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since it is written in french, I though about all french speaking Evangelistas like me out there that may be interested to read a good article supporting the Macintosh in their native language.
In a completely unrelated aside, Warner Bros. is having special showings of a number of their classic films in celebration of their 75th anniversary, including "Casablanca". My wife, who has somehow managed to completely avoid seeing it until now, is going to be dragged to San Francisco this coming Tuesday (April 7) for the 7:00 PM showing. The only possible connection I can think of is the dueling anthems scene and "We'll always have Paris".
The application deadline for this previously posted job (see EvangeList #1136 for full description) has been extended 30 days. There have been very few applicants so chances are good.
TITLE: Full-Time Instructor (tenure-track) of Multimedia Design/Visual Communications Design/Computer Graphics
LOCATION: Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (Los Angeles suburb)
SALARY: $33,585-$57,132 w/full benefits
DESCRIPTION: Teaching fellow faculty to develop and use computer multimedia for instructional purposes. Master's Degree in Art required, in Multimedia Design preferred. Must have skills in multimedia software, including presentation and authoring software. Assigned to Fine Arts Division (mostly Mac), but should also be able to teach those faculty who use Windows.
APPLICATION: This is not the official/legal job announcement. Please call for the fully detailed flyer at (562) 860-2451 x2451 or visit the website at www.cerritos.edu
DEADLINE: April 30, 1998
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 02:11:41 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup - New URL For ZDNet Poll
This follow-up message is from:
SHERRMEYER, <SHERRMEYER@aol.com>
You inadvertently gave the wrong URL on todays Evangelista Post #1141 (at least as of 12:38PM EST April 2nd). There is NO LINK to the Poll at the original URL that you supplied
The corect URL to Vote is now:
<http://www.zdnet.com/macweek/offlinks/offlink2.html> __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
I want to know who does their animated Gifs. :-)
The latest standings (as of 4:30 PM PST 4/2/98) -
Believe in Steve: 1605 votes (79%) Drag him to the Trash! 429 votes (21%)
Write a book, your name goes on the cover. Write a screenplay, your name goes on the poster. But when you write software, nobody knows your name. Imagine how you'd feel if you had written, say, ClarisWorks, or Photoshop, or RAM Doubler -- and yet you got even less billing than the screenwriter of Ernest Goes Shopping. You'd be hurt. You'd be outraged. You'd seek revenge.
In fact, you'd probably bury your name in the software itself: a movie, a photograph, a sound effect, or some other form of credits screen, accessible only by a secret combination of clicks and keystrokes. In other words, you'd create an Easter egg.
The latest Pogue book, "The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt," reveals how to summon the 100 best Macintosh Easter eggs, including:
* The animated, text-box-blasting Quark alien * Photoshop's disgustingly gurgly belching cat * Conflict Catcher's Extension Invaders * Mac OS 8's melting crayons * Microsoft Word's "corrected" spelling for "sex" * The Macintosh Hall of Classic Greats (Easter eggs caught by the bosses and never released)
They're all here in a funny little book about the size of a CD. Available now for $10 from your local bookstore, or for $8 directly from:
Contrary to previous reports, the Iowa Newton Archives have not closed; rather, they've been moved to a new server. This FTP site has been re-established at the University of Rochester, where I have taken over the job of archive librarian.
The archives, renamed the Roundtable Newton Archives after their new host server, contain all of the files previously available from the University of Iowa's FTP site (newton.uiowa.edu), and are currently being expanded. They can be accessed via anonymous FTP from ftp.cif.rochester.edu, where they are stored in the /pub/newton/ subdirectory. Alternately, the archives have a new Web page, which can be reached at
Any questions regarding the archives should be directed to me, Michael Tashbook, at <samurai@cif.rochester.edu> or <newton@cif.rochester.edu>. Any submissions should be placed in the /incoming/ subdirectory of the archives, and I'd appreciate a note to let me know that there's something new there.
Thank you,
Michael Tashbook Librarian, Roundtable Newton Archives <samurai@cif.rochester.edu>
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 02:11:31 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - FilmMagic Pro 2.0 RIP for Film Recorders
Keyword: Market by market, Publishing
This announcement is from:
Bruce Cox, <Bruce.Cox@InkSoft.com>
InkWell Software Inc. has released FilmMagic Pro 2.0, a major upgrade to its Macintosh imaging solution for AGFA, Lasergraphics, MGI and Polaroid Film Recorders. FilmMagic Pro is a Queue-based PostScript RIP and bitmap file interpreter for Service Bureaus, Graphics Departments, and Medical Imaging Centers.
FilmMagic Pro is designed for the Power Macintosh and takes full advantage of the latest G3 PowerPC processor technology to deliver blistering performance. FilmMagic Pro is the fastest performing slide imaging solution on the Macintosh.
Version 2.0 adds a fast bitmap file interpreter for processing TIFF, Targa, JPEG, SGI and Sun file formats. In addition the WYSIWYG preview capability has been enhanced to provide image cropping at output resolution. Numerous improvements have also been made including the ability to be "paged" when FilmMagic Pro is used in conjuction with PageNow Software from Mark/Space.
Upgrades to FilmMagic Pro 2.0 are available for existing users. A free demo is available on the InkWell Software web page, <http://www.inksoft.com/>. FilmMagic Pro comes with a 30-day money back guarantee.
InkWell Software can be contacted through Digital Orchard, Inc., the Sales & Support Center for FilmMagic Pro, at (404) 325-5445, <info@digital-orchard.com>.
Well, that's what the little voice tells _me_, at least! Seems that there are plenty of fans of GoLive CyberStudio out there, "even though" it's a piece of Mac-only software. HotFlash had this little Chunk 'O Love in today's issue-- it leads to a Webmonkey product review, which will be posted Tuesday, March 31... I can't wait to read it!
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When we posted our WYSIWYG editor shoot-out a few weeks ago that compared lots of leading drag-and-drop HTML editors, we neglected to write up GoLive CyberStudio because it's Macintosh-only. After receiving volumes of email from CyberStudio fanatics, we decided to check it out and found that the thing pretty much kicks butt. Coming Tuesday.
"Kicks butt"? A coincidental choice of words? Hah! I think NOT! I know there are a lot of EvangeListas who use this product, and who stumped for this review, so congrats!
(BTW-- I don't even use CyberStudio, but I might after the review... And as always, I'm not affiliated with _anyone_ ... except EvangeList!)
__________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Remeber, folks, this update doesn't occur until NEXT Tuesday, April, uh, the 7th. I knew that. Really. :)
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