EvangeList Digest Tuesday, February 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1101
In this issue:
?? - Annoying Version of Tetris Needed ?? - Tolkien-esque Fonts PR - Sole Possession 1.0 Released Job - Associate Producer - E!Online (www.eonline.com) !! - Peterson Multimedia Guides: North American Birds TIdbit - New at Thinking Different Tidbit - G3s in Rangefinder PR - eVO's Making More with Mac's Multimedia Followup - W95/NT no cost penalty? Not so... Followup - Converting Old Multiplan Files Followup - Free Font with New Euro Symbol Followup & ?? - GIS and the Mac Followup - Old Macs Never Die ?? - Planetarium Control $$ - Versions! Premium Services Account
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:11:00 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Annoying Version of Tetris Needed
This request is from:
Jamie McKee, <mckee@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU>
Fellow 'Listas, I need your help! I recently trashed my wife's hard drive while performing one of my numerous "tweaks for performance." In the process I lost her absolute favorite Mac game, a old (4-5 yrs. ?) version of Tetris. However, this was no ordinary version of Tetris; this one swore at you when you screwed up, belched, crowed like a rooster, mooed like a cow, shouted various wise-cracks, and a few more things I won't even mentione. I have been unable to find this version of Tetris anywhere. If anyone out there has it, has seen it on the web and could tell me a URL, or could email me a copy, I would be truely in your debt. I believe the author's last name was Cook, but I'm not 100% sure. Please, help me make this up to my wife whose Mac I have a bad habit of "tweaking just a bit too much!" __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Swore at you? This is a version I haven't seen in my travels either. I might have to grab a copy to amuse the Wife and roomie (both members of Tetris Anonymous...as am I, actually. :-)
I am looking for some Macintosh Tolkien-esque fonts, such as the Runic font (most wanted) along with possibly the Elvish one. I have seen these for Windows, but none for the Mac. Any references would be much appreciated.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:10:43 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Sole Possession 1.0 Released
This announcement is from:
Jamie Tibbetts, <tibbetts@epigroove.com>
Epigroove today announced the immediate availability of Sole Possession, a home inventory cataloger and tracker.
Sole Possession helps you keep accurate and detailed records of your possessions for insurance reasons in case of fire, theft, etc. Pertinent information on any item such as warranty period, serial number, or purchase date is only a click away with Sole Possession's "Quickload" feature.
You can also view a list of all your possessions and sort the list using various methods, giving you an instant overview of all your possessions. The list view also provides another method to quickly view information by allowing you to click on any possession to view detailed information on it.
Sole Possession also contains a "Records" feature that allows you to view all items residing in a certain location, all items by a certain manufacturer, all items estimated by an individual/establishment, or all items in a certain category.
Sole Possession also has powerful searching and printing features. Search all your possessions with Sole Possession's easy-to-use advanced search operators to bring up a list of all matching possessions.
Through April 1st, 1998, Sole Possession 1.0 is only $29.95 and is available for purchase directly from the Epigroove website at:
<http://www.epigroove.com/solepossession/>.
You can also download a fully-functional trial version of Sole Possession at:
E!Online seeks an associate producer with strong background in HTML, some JavaScript knowledge helpful, extensive knowledge and experience with the Internet and the WWW required. Candidates should have stong Macintosh skills with experience in BBEdit. Interested persons should send Resume to Jon Mantell <jonm@eonline.com>
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:10:47 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: !! - Peterson Multimedia Guides: North American Birds
This action item is from:
Boots Garrett, <boots@acadia.net>
As a long-time Mac fan I have a problem. My hobby is birdwatching. I have been unable to find quality birding software available for the Mac. The most impressive software _Peterson Multimedia Guides: North American Birds_ published by Houghton Mifflin, Inc. is available at $49.95 for PC only.
Replies from the Technical Support Services and product support indicate that they may consider a Macintosh version if sufficient interest is expressed. In his reply, a wonderfully helpful and courteous Technical Service Representative also indicated that "Most of the office is Mac-platform, and our Director of Technical Services is a huge Mac supporter." If there are any list members with similar interests and would like to see this product on the Mac, please e-mail them and let them know.
Requests may be sent via E-mail: Director of Technical Services, Winston Chou He can best be reached via e-mail at <Winston_Chou@hmco.com>.
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Please note: This is not a call for spamming or letter bombing. Please write to this company only if you are interested in this product.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:21 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: TIdbit - New at Thinking Different
This tidbit is from:
Dan Knight, <dknight@mail.iserv.net>
Two thoughtful new editorials have been posted to Thinking Different:
<http://www.mactimes.com/different/>.
The first, by J. M. Pierce, looks at Apple's recent changes and their impact on consumer confidence.
The second, by Bruce Bogossian, examines the impact of a changed retail focus and asks if Apple should do the same with mail order dealers.
Dan Knight, <lowend@mactimes.com> editor-in-chief, MacTimes Network <http://www.mactimes.com/> webmeister, Low End Mac <http://come.to/lowendmac>
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:26 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - G3s in Rangefinder
This tidbit is from:
Sky, <Sky.Hoenig@fnc.fujitsu.com>
Got the February issue of Rangefinder, a professional photo magazine, the other day and came to a screeching halt on page 30 when I caught sight of a couple of G3s. Go to <http://www.rangefinder-network.com/magazine/digitalphoto_0298.html> to read John Rettie's column. Don't stop at the "Nikon and Polaroid Scanners" part...the best is yet to come.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:29 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - eVO's Making More with Mac's Multimedia
This announcement is from:
Dave Prochnow, <MrDave@p-pub.com>
Looking at today's Web-based publications, you are immediately taken back by the absence of multimedia and the preponderance of text. In an attempt at reducing online reading eyestrain, eVO has begun publishing the bulk of its content in audio/video formats. Both LiveAudio and QuickTime are used exclusively for delivering our award-winning magazine. Don't worry, however, we won't shanghai your browser and soak up your online time. Instead, our multimedia is sequestered on separate Web pages that are isolated from eVO's front page.
For example, in our Feb issue we give you a real "look" at Mac OS 8.1, Enhance 4.0, CorelDRAW 6.1, and Shaman Update Server. Oh, and there are the usual book reviews and Mac views that continue to make eVO a Mac designer's favorite monthly stop.
As always, you can find eVO <@:>
<http://www.p-pub.com/issues/evo.htm>
Dave Prochnow Editor in Chief eVO
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:36 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup - W95/NT no cost penalty? Not so...
Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better
This follow-up message is from:
Neil Ticktin, <publisher@mactech.com>
I was recently sitting on a plane next to an Intel manager. He was responsible for Intel's conversion of their workforce from Win95 to NT. He was boasting that their cost per employee per year for having a computer on their desk was down to $2500! Furthermore, he was thrilled because the industry average is currently about $4500 for WinTel machines.
In adding up a laundry list of similar items with him, I was hard pressed to get to $1000 for our fully Mac based offices per employee.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:39 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup - Converting Old Multiplan Files
This follow-up message is from:
Tim Rosencrans, <TRRosen@centuryinter.net>
Wow what an incredible response to my post on Multiplan and old Macs.
Of course the answer was simple save the files as SYLK files in Multiplan and open in just about anything. That's the easy way if you still have a copy of Multiplan and an old Mac (system 6.0.3) to run it on (I do) However I got alot of responses from people who had years worth of Multiplan files but had long since sold both there old Macs and/or Multiplan. So here are some other solutions. To run Multiplan on a Power Mac try vMacs a Mac Plus emulator for Mac OS (seemed like a silly idea till now) <http://leb.net/vmac/> To open Multiplan files find a copy of Excel 2.2 apparently the last version to support Multiplan Documents. or convert using maclinks plus. If you have neither find a friend who does. From the responses I received there a quite a few people who still have them. Some even still using them. Two other notes.
About half of those who responded said they still had there old 128k or plus and they or there kids still used it (just try and find someone still using an original IBM PC). How exactly did Multiplan grow from a 90k program to the present 9meg+ Excel? (100 times bigger)
Tim Rosencrans Vice President / Webmaster / Newsletter Editor The Flint Apple Club <http://www.centuryinter.net/fac>
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:25 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup - Free Font with New Euro Symbol
This follow-up message is from:
Sebastian Kempgen @ MacCampus, <maccampus@t-online.de>
As a service to the Macintosh community, MacCampus, developer of foreign language fonts for the Macintosh, has released a free font that contains the official "Euro" logo for the common European currency. The font can be downloaded from the company's web-site at <http://www.maccampus.com>. The font, which is available in Type 1 and TrueType format, contains the logo in several different sizes that match standard Mac fonts.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:32 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup & ?? - GIS and the Mac
This follow-up message and request is from:
Bart Van Acker, <bart.vanacker@vlm.be>
Because I didn't see any further reaction concerning my problem of introducing a Mac into the Supporting Centre for GIS (geographic information systems) here in Belgium (Europe, capital is Brussels), I would like to introduce you a little bit into the world of GIS.
* What is a GIS (= geographic information system)? : In the stricted sense, a GIS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations (on z world).
* How does a GIS work? : If you could relate information about, let say, the rainfall in California, you might be able to tell which wetlands dry up at certain times of the year. A GIS, which can use information from many different sources, in many different forms, can help with such analyses (e.g. by simulation of environmental effects). GIS is involved with matters as data capture (putting the information into z system, including identification of objects and their spatial realtionships), data integration (especially information that is difficult to associate through any other means), projection and registration (mapping z earth's 3-dimensional, curved surface to a 2-dimensional medium, like paper or the computer screen), data structures (raster data, vector data, data conversion and restructuring in different formats), data modelling (representation, interpretation, ...), and --of course-- map making.
* Why GIS? : Geographic information systems technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. For example, a GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times in the event of natural disaster. Or a GIS might be used to find wetlands that need protection from pollution. Or a GIS might visualize the relationship between overpopulation and unemployment. Or the relationship between the concentration of Macs and creativity and open-mindedness (a innocent form of madness).
* The future of GIS: global change research, an adding the element of time.
* GIS-Vlaanderen (= GIS in Flandres) : To coordinate and support the (governmental) use of GIS in Flandres (Belgium) our government has established the centre where I work now.
* Where can you HELP me? : Here, at work --in fact almost all over Belgium-- the GIS-world is predominated by the PC and some awfull, clumsy products like ArcView (form ESRI). People here are not Mac-minded, to say it with an euphemism. I, myself, am new in GIS. I would like to know where the Mac excels in GIS, so I can argument my proposition to use and support also the Mac-platform.
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:23 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Followup - Old Macs Never Die
This follow-up message is from:
Sharon Hutchinson <SHutchin2@christian.k12.ky.us>
I think I can even top that!
My husband owns and runs a grocery store, not a convience market, but a full size supermarket. It has the latest technology as far as checkout scanners and bar coding equipment. However, to run his office he is still using and Apple IIC!!!! For his memo writing, budgeting, scheduling and sign making, he uses AppleWriter, FlashCalc, PSF File and PrintShop on 5 1/4 disks!!
Last year I got a new PowerMac and tried to give him my old Mac LC thinking it would be a slight up grade for him. He refused saying "why do I need to change, the machine I have does all I need it to do!"
I must also confess that sitting right next to my PowerMac is an Apple IIE!!!! Yes, I still run Zork or print out one of the recipe files I typed in to AppleWorks years and years ago!
Moral of this store: Apple Products keep running and running and running, now where is that pink bunny?
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:51:19 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Planetarium Control
This request is from:
Tipton-King, <tiptonk@pacbell.net>
Hello, everybody! I run the Hopkins Junior High planetarium, the only Jr. High planetarium this side of the Mississippi. We're looking for a very cheap way to control a Spitz (SLI) planetarium from a macalthough one of those outlet-switching devices would be OK, I'd like to be able to vary the voltage output. We're on a limited budget, so once again, the cheaper the better.
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