[MD1] MacPerl 5.1.5
MacPerl 5.1.5 has been released. This version fixes some bugs and improves
the reliability over 5.1.4. MacPerl users still running 5.1.3 should
consider upgrading to take advantage of a significant speed improvement.
MacPerl 5.1.5 is now available in
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/software/platform/macos/perl/
DISTRIBUTIONS
-------------
MacPerl is arranged into a number of distributions, named according to
the following scheme:
Mac_Perl_515r4_appl.bin
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
MacPerl | | | MacBinary Suffix
| | Distribution Component
| Perl Patchlevel
MacPerl Release
Currently the following components are available:
appl The MacPerl application (Dynamic PowerPC/Small 68K), all
libraries and documentation.
tool The Perl MPW Tool (Dynamic PowerPC/Small 68K) and scripts.
bigappl The MacPerl application (Dynamic PowerPC/Big 68K).
bigtool The Perl MPW Tool (Dynamic PowerPC/Big 68K).
appl_cfm68K...
[MD1] Apple Store: $500k in 1st 12 Hours
Apple's On-Line Store Sells Half a Million Dollars in First 12 Hours
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 11, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today reported
that its new on-line Apple Store received over 4.4 million "hits" and
booked over $500,000 of orders during its first 12 hours of operation. The
e-doors to the Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/store/) were first opened
at noon PST yesterday.
"We're thrilled by this immediate customer response to our Apple Store and
new G3 computers," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "Apple is really
'thinking different' about the way we do business."
Apple's new G3 computers have significantly better price-performance than
the newest Pentium II based computers, and are built-to-order to exact
customer specifications for those customers ordering through Apple's new
on-line store.
The Apple Store is part of the company's new distribution strategy of
combining direct sales over the Internet alongside its expert resellers to
give Apple customers greater...
[MD1] Metrowerks Does Internet Appliances
METROWERKS AND ACCESS FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
FOR NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION APPLIANCES
TOKYO, Japan - November 12, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (HQ: Austin, Texas,
Metrowerks Co., Ltd., Tokyo) and Access Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced
this week at the Microcomputer Systems and Tool Fair in Tokyo, Japan that a
strategic alliance has been formed between the two companies to provide
enhanced development tools for the growing information appliance device
market.
Metrowerks will be working with Access to integrate the Access NetFront
suite of Internet access software modules into the CodeWarrior integrated
development environment (IDE) and provide customers with a more
comprehensive solution to address their new development needs.
Both companies agreed that a new generation of powerful, easy -to-use and
economically priced development tools and software resources is required to
help usher in a new generation of information appliances. The strategic
alliance...
[MD1] MacTech T-shirt Design Contest
MacTech Magazine Announces T-shirt Design Contest
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California -- Nov. 10, 1997 -- MacTech Magazine today
announced its T-shirt Design Contest. The idea of the competition is to
create a concept or design for a T-shirt that will be given away during the
Macworld Expo/San Francisco January 6-9, 1998. This T-shirt will literally
reach thousands of Mac enthusiasts during and long after the show.
MacTech Magazine has had some great shirts in the past that we still see
walking around trade shows. For example, the famous Alert message saying
"Programmers don't do mornings." has shown it's face years after the shirts
were released.
"We're looking for the next fun t-shirt that embodies the core of the Mac
developer community -- their humor, their goals ... what they are about."
says Neil Ticktin, Publishser of MacTech Magazine. "This is a chance for
all of the wonderfully creative people in our industry to not only show
that creativity to the whole community, but to get...
[MD1] BeOS for Free
Sender: "Michael A. Alderete" (alderete@be.com)
** Download the BeOS for Free **
We heard you. You said you wanted to be able to try out the BeOS without
having to search high and low for a copy. Now you can download the latest
version of the BeOS, Preview Release 2, from the Be, Inc. web site, for
free. You can find the downloadable release of the BeOS at
(http://www.be.com/products/beos_download/).
The BeOS Preview Release 2 download version includes all the components you
need to try out the BeOS on your Power PC machine. Then you can decide to
purchase either the BeOS Full Pack (a "1 + 2" product -- you receive the
BeOS release on a CD, full documentation, plus the next two upgrades), or
the BeOS Trial Pack (a "1 + 0" product -- you receive only the BeOS release
that comes on the CD, with no upgrades). Maintenance updates will be also
be posted to the web site.
We have tried to make the download experience more enjoyable by keeping the
components of the overall BeOS package small...
[MD1] PowerBook G3
Apple Designs Different: Extends Leadership in Notebooks with PowerBook G3
Apple Introduces World's Fastest Notebook for People Who Think Creatively
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 10, 1997--Targeting the needs of creative "road
warriors" who require the most in performance and advanced multimedia
capabilities from a notebook computer, Apple Computer, Inc. today
introduced the Macintosh PowerBookG3. PowerBook G3 is based on the third
generation PowerPC G3 processor, a high-performance microprocessor
optimized for the Mac OS.
"The PowerBook G3 combines next generation processor technology with the
latest in Mac OS system software to provide creative professionals with a
new standard in mobile computing," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice
president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "There is more of everything for
Macintosh customers with the PowerBook G3--more speed, more memory, more
storage. This is high- end desktop performance in a mobile Macintosh."
The PowerBook G3 builds upon the...
[MD1] Natural Intelligence Spins Off DragStrip
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Natural Intelligence Spins Off DragStrip, Macintosh Desktop Utility
November 10, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Natural Intelligence, Inc.
today announced the sale of DragStrip(r), its award winning desktop utility
for the Macintosh. This action reflects Natural Intelligence's focus on the
expansion of its core custom software consulting business, and its newly
formed Corporate Java Division. DragStrip will be acquired by Christopher
Evans, the original creator of the product, who will upgrade, support and
distribute the product as a shareware product.
"We have a very mixed feeling about this spin-off," said Joshua Wachs,
President and CEO of Natural Intelligence. "DragStrip was one of the first
products we developed, and its international success in the Macintosh
community was a wonderful affirmation of Natural Intelligence's innovative
technology. But since we don't have time for development or support, we owe
it to our loyal and enthusiastic...
[MD1] Apple Builds, Sells Different
Apple Builds, Sells Different
Company Announces Build-to-Order and Electronic Commerce
The Apple Store: Powered by WebObjects
Apple Only Company to Offer All Core Products
Via Retail Stores, Resellers, the Internet
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 10, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
today announced that it will build and sell its computers in a new and
different way. The Company launched The Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/)
as part of its new distribution strategy that utilizes the Internet, along
with the Company's existing retailers and resellers to sell products. Also
introduced, new flexible manufacturing that will make the new Power
Macintosh G3 minitower and desktop computers (see separate release)
available on a build-to-order basis for Apple Store customers. Customers in
the United States now have three ways to buy Macintosh computers: through
the retail and reseller channel, through direct field sales in education,
and through Apple.
"We're changing everything we do:...
[MD1] Apple Designs Different
Apple Designs Different: Unveils Next Generation Power Macintosh G3 Computers
New Systems Deliver Greatest Performance Leap in Power Macintosh History
CUPERTINO,California--Nov. 10, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
today unveiled its next-generation "prosumer" systems--the Power Macintosh
G3 computers. Based on the third-generation PowerPC G3 processor from IBM
and Motorola, the new Apple designs include many technical advancements,
which simultaneously increase performance, lower costs, add features and
simplify the Macintosh product line. The new systems provide millions of
publishing, multimedia authoring, and general productivity customers with
best-in-class product features, quality and reliability while being faster
than even the newest Pentium II/300 products.
According to Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO the new systems are part of a
strategy to change how the Company does business. "It's time to think
differently about performance," said Jobs. "The new G3 chip,...
[MD1] Apple's New Direction
Apple's New Direction
Design Different, Build Different, Sell Different
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 10, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
today showed it takes seriously the "Think Different" message in its ads.
The Company announced dramatic changes in the way it designs, builds and
sells its computers.
Today Apple launched its new G3 series computers, with significantly better
price-performance than the newest "Wintel" Pentium products. This
simplified design enabled the Company to streamline manufacturing so its
computers can be built just-in-time to exact customer specifications. These
changes, combined with today's opening of the online Apple Store
(http://www.apple.com/) mean that a consumer can buy a built-to-order
Macintosh over the Internet. Customers in the United States now have three
ways to buy Macintosh computers: through the retail and reseller channel,
through direct field sales in education, and through Apple.
"We're opening things up and giving our customers...
[MD1] QUALCOMM Acquires Now Software
QUALCOMM Incorporated Announces Acquisition of Now Software
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a
world leader in wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging
solutions for the Internet, today announced its acquisition of Now
Software, a pioneer in cross-platform, personal productivity software.
With the acquisition, QUALCOMM gains Now's range of advanced scheduling and
calendaring software products that meet a growing demand for individual and
enterprise collaboration for both office and mobile users. The acquired Now
product line, coupled with its Internet savvy engineering staff, will be
incorporated into QUALCOMM's Eudora(R) Division thereby strengthening
Eudora's technological leadership in the Internet market.
"The acquisition of Now gives QUALCOMM access to exciting new technologies
and talented individuals," said Jeff Jacobs, vice president and general
manager of QUALCOMM's Eudora Division. It also will provide Eudora's 18...
[MD1] Free QD3D Sample Code
From: Brian Greenstone (brian_greenstone@risc.sps.mot.com)
Subject: Free QD3D Sample Code
In the spirit of helping to promote QuickDraw 3D, Pangea Software has just
made freely available the entire project source code for OreoAnimator. The
tool itself probably isn't all that useful to anyone, but it contains a
wealth of excellent sample code showing how to do lots of cool stuff with
QuickDraw 3D.
You can download the source code et.al. from the QuickDraw 3D web site, or
the Pangea Software web site: http://www.realtime.net/~pangea
[MD1] Rhapsody's Joy Can Deply to Windows
JOY FOR WINDOWS RELEASED
NEW RAPID SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR WINDOWS 95 AND NT
VIENNA, Austria, November 7, 1997 -- AAA+ Software today announced the
release of "Joy for Windows". Joy is a tool for very quick, interactive
software development. Programs developed with Joy run on Windows 95/NT,
Apple Rhapsody, and OPENSTEP/Unix, with no porting required.
Joy is based on OPENSTEP, a software widely acknowledged as one of the most
advanced object-oriented development environments, and used by Apple as the
foundation of its new Rhapsody operating system. With Joy, developers can
take advantage of the rich object-oriented frameworks of OPENSTEP without
the need to get familiar with a complex development environment.
Joy boosts developer creativity and productivity by enabling programmers to
quickly and interactively try out new ideas. Professional applications can
thus be developed step by step, through rapid creation of prototypes.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
- integration with OPENSTEP's...
[MD1] StuffIt InstallerMaker 4.5
INTERNET SAVVY, STUFFIT INSTALLERMAKER 4.5 SHIPS FROM ALADDIN SYSTEMS, INC.
Aladdin's Installer Easily and Quickly Creates Custom Installers That Can
Download Files From Multiple FTP Sites
Watsonville, CA - November 7, 1997 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer and
publisher of the worldwide compression standard StuffIt(r), today announced
StuffIt InstallerMaker(tm) 4.5 began shipping. InstallerMaker 4.5 allows
developers to create Internet savvy installers, that download files from
the Internet. InstallerMaker also allows developers to easily create custom
software installers that turn standard software into trialware (a
time-locked demo) without any coding. InstallerMaker is the only Macintosh
installer with automatic trialware creation capability that is also
Internet savvy. Trialware created with InstallerMaker can be purchased by
end users with the click of a button.
"InstallerMaker has grown from just being an Installer for developers to a
solution for data distribution for...
[MD1] Metrowerks Acquires ElectricSourceServer
Metrowerks has acquired the ElectricSourceServer (which will now be known
as MW SourceServer) MPW Projector SourceServer IDE VCS plug-in. In the
future it will be distributed with CW Professional.
Metrowerks is opening MW SourceServer up for beta testing if you are
interested please send requests to (mptp-admin@factory.metrowerks.com)
Please note that this is a separate Metrowerks Permanent Testing Partners
(beta testers) list from any others. If however you currently are a beta
tester please note this in your request.
http://www.metrowerks.com
MWRon@metrowerks.com
[MD1] Release of QuickTime VR Authoring Studio
Apple Announces Availability of QuickTime VR Authoring Studio
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 6, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
the availability of QuickTime VR Authoring Studio, a new professional
software application that allows web designers and multimedia authors to
quickly and easily create professional quality QuickTime VR (Virtual
Reality) panoramas and objects. Apple believes that with QuickTime VR
Authoring Studio, QuickTime VR adoption will increase on both the Internet
and CD-ROM.
"QuickTime VR Authoring Studio radically simplifies the creation of
QuickTime VR scenes--both panoramas and objects--for products developed for
the Internet and CD-ROM," said David Palermo, QuickTime VR product manager,
Apple Computer, Inc. "QuickTime VR Authoring Studio brings ease-of-use and
power to all multimedia content developers, web authors and photographers
no matter what their skill level is."
"Kaidan is proud and excited to have been working with the QuickTime VR
team from the...
[MD1] FREE - Stalker Internet Mail Server 1.5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stalker Software Announces Stalker Internet Mail Server 1.5
Key features: faster than Unix mail servers, administration via the Web,
extensive multi-domain support. FREE.
MILL VALLEY, CA -- Nov 10th, 1997 -- After 3 months of extensive testing by
early adopters and after passing several key revisions, the Stalker
Internet Mail Server is released to the public today.
Stalker Software, Inc. decided to release the MacOS version of the
industry-strong SMTP, POP3, "poppwd", NotifyMail server free of charge.
The server does not have any demo or trial limitations, and it can be used
to support several hundred accounts and multiple domains, as well as being
able to distribute mailing lists with several thousand subscribers. This
new Stalker product fills the gap between the commercial servers, such as
the CommuniGate(tm) Integrated Messaging System, that go beyond the
Internet Mail, and entry-level freeware and commercial mail servers
available for MacOS.
The high...
[MD1] Rhapsody and Yellow Box Apps via CD Sub
QSoft CD Combines Rhapsody and Yellow Box Applications
State College, PA USA -- Showing its continued commitment to Apple's next
generation operating system, code named Rhapsody, QSoft(TM), a division of
VVI-DCS(TM), today announced plans to combine commercial Rhapsody and
Yellow Box applications on one CD and provide subscription services for
that CD.
"Rhapsody and yellow box are multi-platform and rapidly growing and
evolving systems. Because of that reliable subscription services and
distribution will be major issues for application users for the foreseeable
future. As a result, we have produced the QSoft CD. That CD is currently
comprised of the applications Create(TM), GraphBuilder(TM), Mesa (TM),
OpenBase(TM) and TIFFany(TM). Those applications were distributed with the
initial release of Rhapsody (RDR) from Apple and are all high quality
solutions.", said Ed VanVliet, acting Project Manager of the QSoft CD
productions. He adds, "We are actively engaging cutting-edge Mac OS-...
[MD1] webAlias 1.0
New Macintosh IMAGE MAP EDITOR & ANTI-ALIASING TEXT TOOL Released
TORONTO - November 5, 1997 - Lakewood Software today released webAlias 1.0,
an integrated image map editor and anti-aliasing text tool for web and
graphic designers.
Positioned as the first dedicated Mac-based client-side image map editor to
feature powerful anti-aliasing text tools, webAlias can be effectively used
to design complete web sites, single web pages, and graphic content for
multimedia and web design projects.
"What we have endeavored to do here is to build a complete web design tool
kit that delivers the pixel-level control and attractively rendered text
sought by graphic designers," explained David Hutchison, the lead developer
at Lakewood Software. "We've integrated support for line, shape, freeform,
field, and button objects and wrapped all of this functionality within a
WYSIWYG, object-oriented graphic design tool that itself has the 'look and
feel' of a web browser."
A webAlias project consists of...
[MD1] Mac Software Eng Tools Updated for System 8
For Immediate Release:
Macintosh Software Engineering Tools Updated For System 8
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, November 10, 1997 --- Excel Software, makers of the
popular MacA and WinA software engineering tools, today announced an update
to its full line of Macintosh products to support Apple's new Macintosh
System 8. The updated products include MacAnalyst, MacA, MacTranslator and
QuickCRC for Macintosh.
MacAnalyst automates system analysis and top level software design using
industry standard diagramming methods, integrated text specifications and
requirements traceability. MacA has the capabilities of MacAnalyst plus
additional detailed design, code generation and code browsing features.
MacTranslator generates design diagrams from existing source code including
C/C++, Pascal/Object Pascal, Basic and Fortran. QuickCRC is a software
design tool for discovering objects and related information for an
object-oriented development project using CRC cards that identify classes,
responsibilities...
[MD1] MRJ 1.5.1 Release Version
Apple has recently discovered a security hole in MRJ 1.5 and earlier which
makes it possible for applets to directly call routines in the Mac OS,
contrary to operational guidelines for such software. (MRJ is Apple's
implementation of the Java virtual machine.) All customers using MRJ are
advised to upgrade immediately to MRJ 1.5.1, to avoid this problem.
MRJ 1.5.1 is available now on Apple's web site at
http://applejava.apple.com/text/download.html. If you already have MRJ 1.5
installed, you can download a patching utility to quickly update it to
1.5.1. If you have an earlier version installed, you can download a
complete MRJ 1.5.1 installer.
[MD1]
Tango Enterprise 3.0 Sets Standard for Deploying High-Powered Web Applications
EveryWare Delivers Upgrade to "Best of Breed" Product
Mississauga, Ontario--November 3, 1997--EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE:
EVE) announced today it will release a major upgrade to Tango Enterprise,
EveryWare's visual Web application development tool. Tango Enterprise 3.0
will be released later this month with over 50 new features providing the
Web development community with a cross-platform tool that will increase
productivity, reduce time to deployment, and enable project or team-based
development.
Tango is a powerful Web application development tool that enables
professional Web developers and corporate IS departments to quickly create
complex business applications for the Web. Tango supports direct native
connections, ODBC, and Data Access Language to integrate corporate
databases with Web servers. The open standards approach utilized within
Tango enables Web developers to also integrate existing...
[MD1] MRJ 1.5.1 Fixes Security Hole
Apple has posted a MRJ 1.5 to 1.5.1 Updater on it's bleeding edge page at
http://applejava.apple.com/text/prerelease.html. The MRJ 1.5 -) 1.5.1
Updater fixes a security hole in MRJ 1.5. They are posting it here to get
feedback from the developer community that (a) this updater fixes the
security hole and (b) we didn't break something else in the process. We
expect to release this to the general public shortly. Please send feedback
to mrj_bugs@apple.com, put "UPDATER" in the subject line of your email
message.
MRJ 68K JITC 1.5 Beta is a Just-in-time compiler for 68030 and 68040
Macintoshes that have MRJ 1.5 installed. The JITC greatly enhances the
peformance of many operations in Java.
You will need Apple's Disk Copy 6.1.3 utility to mount the MRJ 68K JITC 1.5
Beta install image. If you don't already have Disk Copy, you can find it
on: ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Utilities/
Send Feature Requests and Feedback about MRJ to: mailto:mrj_feedback@apple.com
Send Bug reports about MRJ to:...
[MD1] JRun 2.0
LIVE SOFTWARE TO RELEASE FREE VERSION OF JRUN 2.0
"SERVLETS EVERYWHERE," JRUN SET TO BECOME THE INDUSTRY STANDARD JAVA
SERVLET RUNNER
SAN DIEGO, California (November 3, 1997) - Live Software, Inc. announces
version 2.0 of their JRun(tm) product line. JRun adds support for the
Java(tm) Servlet API to web servers and applications. This exciting new
release leverages the technology from JRun version 1.0 and expands the
breadth of supported platforms. JRun version 2.0 now fully supports
Netscape's FastTrack and Enterprise Server 3.0, Microsoft's Internet
Information Server 3.0 and 4.0, Microsoft's Personal Web Server, O'Reilly &
Associates' WebSite Pro 2.1, and StarNine's WebSTAR 2.1 and 3.0 for Mac OS.
Servlets are Java-based applications written to the Java Servlet API.
Servlets are akin to applets running in a browser, but instead run on the
server. Through the use of servlets, traditional CGI applications and
extensions written in Perl, C/C++, or other languages can be replaced...
[MD1] BBEdit 4.5.1 Update Available
Contact:
Sandra Schneible
Director of Marketing
617.778.3100
sandra@barebones.com
BBEDIT 4.5.1 UPDATE AVAILABLE
Bedford, MA. November 04, 1997 - Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced
the availability of version 4.5.1 of BBEdit, the company's award-winning
text and HTML editor.
The update, which is free to all registered owners of BBEdit 4.5, can be
obtained direct from Bare Bones Software (http://www.barebones.com) or from
mirror sites as given by (http://www.barebones.com/links/links.html).
This release brings new functionality to the core text-manipulation
abilities of BBEdit as well as substantial enhancements to the HTML Tools,
and the TableBuilder companion application.
BBEdit's best-of-class text search capabilities have been further improved
to allow the use of search and replace strings of up to 4096 characters.
The Find Differences command has also been enhanced to provide greater
control over content matches criteria, as well as to allow more specific
selection of files...
[MD1] CompUSA Makes Recommitment to Apple
CompUSA Makes Recommitment to Apple
CompUSA Computer Superstores to Feature Apple "Store Within a Store"
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 4, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. and CompUSA Inc.
today announced that they are partnering to the launch a new "store within
a store" retail format for selling Apple products and technology within
CompUSA Computer Superstores (SM) nationwide. CompUSA Computer Superstores
will be dedicating significant retail space to Apple computers, software,
peripherals and supplies as well as staffing the areas with Apple-trained
employees.
"We believe in the future of Apple, and we are making a large investment to
show our recommitment to Apple," said Jim Halpin, president and CEO of
CompUSA. "These specialized departments within our Superstores will offer a
superior buying experience for the Apple customer."
CompUSA will be outfitting all of its Computer Superstores with dedicated
"store within store" environments. The specialized departments will feature
displays and...
[MD1] Eudora Internet Mail Server v2.0
QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF COMMERCIAL VERSION OF EUDORA(R) INTERNET
MAIL SERVER (EIMS) V2.0.
Commercial Version Includes Multiple Domains, Anti-spam Features, Remote
Administration, and Industry-Leading Pricing
SAN DIEGO - November 3, 1997 - QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), a
leader in wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging
solutions for the Internet, today announced availability of Eudora Internet
Mail Server v2.0 (EIMS) for the Mac OS. The EIMS server will join the
Eudora family of software products, the world's most popular Internet email
solution used by over 18 million users. EIMS 2.0, the second server product
)from the Eudora division of QUALCOMM Incorporated, joins Eudora
WorldMail(tm) Server for Windows NT. The latest commercial version of the
EIMS server includes comprehensive documentation, technical support and new
features that directly address the messaging needs of small to medium-sized
businesses.
QUALCOMM Incorporated licensed the EIMS...
[MD1] Apple Announces US Distribution Strategy
Apple Announces New U.S. Product Distribution Strategy
Balanced Distribution Plan Increases Product Availability and Enhances
Relationships with Ingram Micro and MicroAge
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 3, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc.today announced a
new U.S. product distribution strategy that will reduce channel inventory,
increase Apple advocacy, and streamline channel operations. The Company
will leverage long-standing relationships with Ingram Micro Inc. and
MicroAge, Inc. to more effectively manage inventory and secure products to
resellers and therefore customers faster than ever before.
"We're working with distributors who have made a sizable investment and
commitment to Apple and are focused on helping us get our products into the
channel faster," said Mitch Mandich, senior vice president of the Americas.
"Ingram Micro and MicroAge are both increasing the number of resources they
dedicate to Apple and improving their advocacy of our products."
"Ingram Micro and MicroAge offer the...
[MD1] Apple Showcases Technologies to European Developers
Apple Showcases Platform Technologies to European Developers
Annual European Developer Forum 1997 to Focus on Mac OS and Rhapsody
Platform Technologies
LES ULIS -- Apple Computer, Inc. announced plans to host its fourth annual
European Developer Forum 1997 (EDF97) next month for Apple's most strategic
European developers, solution providers, content producers, and systems
integrators. The three day technology-focused conference will provide
in-depth insight into existing and emerging Apple platform technologies for
both Mac OS and Windows developers.
EDF97, scheduled November 19-21, 1997 at the Pyramides International
Convention and Exhibition Center in Brussels, is a key component of Apple's
strategy to further enhance its worldwide developer services. Apple
Developer Relations' vice president David Krathwohl is expected to deliver
the conference's opening keynote address on November 19. This year's
conference will also feature keynote speeches by Bertrand Serlet, senior
director of...
[MD1] ServletExec Now Cross Platform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 1997
Media contact:
Vince Bonfanti, President
New Atlanta Communications, LLC
(770) 664-4559
vince@newatlanta.com
SERVLETEXEC PRODUCT LINE EXPANDED
More Features, More Platforms
Alpharetta, Georgia - November 3, 1997 - New Atlanta Communications, LLC
announces the expansion of their ServletExec(tm) product line to Microsoft
and Netscape web servers running on Windows NT and UNIX operating systems.
Previously announced for Mac OS, ServletExec adds support for the Java(tm)
Servlet API for web servers on these platforms. ServletExec will implement
version 1.1 of the Java Servlet API for all supported platforms and web
servers.
Servlets are Java(tm)-based alternatives to traditional CGI scripts and
proprietary C/C++ web server extensions. Servlets provide better
performance and scalability than CGI scripts; they are easier to implement
and more reliable than C/C++ extensions. There is growing industry
awareness of the compelling advantages of server-side...
[MD1] Typhoon CGI
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 1997
San Diego, CA - Pacific Coast Software, creators of the popular eCommerce
products WebCatalog and WebMerchant, have released a new product based upon
the WebDNA language introduced in WebCatalog 2.0. Typhoon, so named because
of its ability to handle many important Web site requirements with
tremendous speed and energy, provides an entry-level introduction to
WebDNA. The Web server CGI is available for both Macintosh and Windows
platforms and may be downloaded free of charge from Pacific Coast
Software's Web site at http://www.pacific-coast.com/.
Typhoon's subset of the WebDNA language includes the ability to create
dynamic Web pages that place the current date, time, or other defined
variables on a page, hide or show portions of a page, and perform complex
calculations. In addition, Typhoon can easily handle form submissions,
banner ads with click-through statistics, writing data to, or reading data
from, an external file. Page-level password...
[MD1] Open Web Page Pro Library
Goo Software Expands Development Tools Product Line
Open Web Page Pro Library Provides Simple Link To Browsers
SAN JOSE, CA - Goo Software announced today that it has released Open Web
Page Pro, a CodeWarrior Pro 1 C/C++ library for Macintosh developers.
The library provides Macintosh developers with the ability to launch and
look up a URL in popular web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
With just a few lines of code, developers can launch and optionally set a
URL for a browser to look up.
The libraries are free and can be downloaded in the development software
section at the company's web site at:
http://www.gooware.com
Source code licensing is also available.
Goo Software is located in San Jose, CA and may be reached at 408 245-5601,
by email at info@gooware.com, or via the World Wide Web at
http://www.gooware.com.
Media Contact:
Mike Amorose
Goo Software
408 245-5601
http://www.gooware.com
mike@gooware.com
[MD1] AppleShare IP 5.0.2 To Support Mac OS 8 and WebSTAR API
AppleShare IP 5.0.2 To Support Mac OS 8 and WebSTAR API
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 29, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
availability of the latest version of its server software, AppleShare IP
5.0.2, which supports the newly introduced Mac OS 8, the new version of
AppleShare Client 3.7.2, as well as Starnine's WebSTAR API. By supporting
the WebSTAR API, Apple is strengthening its support of the Internet and
promoting broad adoption of the API to its developer community.
According to Apple Product Marketing manager John Hanay, AppleShare IP
5.0.2 incorporates enhancements that were suggested by AppleShare customers
and developers. "The support for the new Mac OS 8 and the new version of
AppleShare Client 3.7.2 are designed to offer greater stability and
performance." stated Hanay. "The AppleShare IP adoption of the WebSTAR API
will allow developers to enhance the capabilities of the AppleShare IP Web
Server and create new web solutions for Macintosh customers."
AppleShare IP...
[MD1] OpenGL 1.1
Conix Announces OpenGL 1.1 on the Macintosh
Applications made Faster and Smaller with the only OpenGL Modular Libraries
Multiple Graphics Devices Supported
October 28, 1997 (Arlington, TX) Conix Graphics announced today the release
of OpenGL 1.1 for the Macintosh platform. This version boasts a rendering
speed improvement of 25%, with a texture mapping speed increase of 400%
over v1.0!
Conix offers Macintosh developers a proven, reliable 3D graphics API that
is available now.
The Conix libraries come with a complete SDK including GLUT 3.5, TK, AUX,
and hundreds of example source files. Conix also supports multiple graphics
devices. This allows application windows to transition from one monitor to
another smoothly and transparently to the OpenGL API. The OGL libraries
include a plug-in interface for hardware and software vendors. Commercial
vendors will benefit from the series of modular libraries that can slice
memory requirements of applications by up to 50%!
John Stauffer, president...
[MD1] QuickTime VR Authoring Studio Contest
Apple's Announces QuickTime VR Authoring Studio Contest
"Experience the Revolution" Contest Designed to Inspire Unique and Creative
QuickTime VR Content
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 27, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
the QuickTime VR Authoring Studio "Experience the Revolution" contest. The
contest is designed to inspire QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality) enthusiasts
to design unique and creative movies with QuickTime VR Authoring Studio and
other QuickTime VR tools. QuickTime VR Authoring Studio is a new
professional software application that allows web designers and multimedia
authors to quickly and easily create QuickTime VR panoramas and object
movies.
"The 'Experience the Revolution' contest is designed not only to help
promote Apple's new QuickTime VR Authoring Studio, but also to expand
awareness of QuickTime VR's benefits to the web and multimedia
communities," said David Palermo, QuickTime VR product manager, Apple
Computer, Inc. "We are eager to see what types of...
[MD1] StuffIt Deluxe 4.5
ALADDIN ANNOUNCES STUFFIT DELUXE 4.5 - OS 8 COMPATIBLE, NEW EMAIL SUPPORT,
AND ADDED EXPANSION FORMATS
Aladdin Announces Special Offer To StuffIt Users- Free and Discounted Upgrade
Watsonville, CA- October 27, 1997 - Aladdin Systems today announced that
StuffIt(R) Deluxe 4.5 is expected to begin shipping October 31st. New
upgrade includes Mac OS 8 compatibility, support for more expansion formats
like MIME/Base64, encrypted ZIP, and LHA expansion, additional email
program support and Private File encrypted file support.
New Features in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, include:
o OS 8 compatibility
o Added format support for Base64/MIME decoding
o OS 8 Contextual Menu Manager support
o Browser greyscale appearance
o Added Mailer support for AOL 3.0, Claris EMailer, and Lotus cc:Mail
o LHA expansion
o StuffIt Expander has added support for ShrinkWrap disk image files
and Private File-encrypted files
o Encrypted ZIP expansion
"The new features in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 make Internet downloads a breeze...
[MD1] CodeWarrior Latitude DR2
METROWERKS SHIPPING CODEWARRIOR LATITUDE DR2
New Edition Makes It Easy to Build Native Applications for the Rhapsody
Operating System from Existing Mac OS Applications
AUSTIN, Texas - October 27, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF,
TSE/ME:MWK) announces the release of CodeWarrior Latitude DR2 ("Developer
Release" 2). With CodeWarrior Latitude DR2, programmers can easily port
their Mac OS applications to the Rhapsody operating system, creating new
native Rhapsody applications. Mac programmers who have received the early
version of Rhapsody, shipped by Apple to software developers earlier this
month, can start creating native Rhapsody applications right away by using
CodeWarrior Latitude DR2.
"Historically, we have made it our business to get the software tools for
developing a new technology into the hands of product developers as quickly
as possible," said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology officer,
Metrowerks. "When Apple introduced the PowerMac, we were there with...
[MD1] CodeWarrior Pro 2
METROWERKS SHIPPING CODEWARRIOR PROFESSIONAL 2, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
FOR WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT, AND MAC OS
Includes New Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 2.1, C/C++ Tools, and
Java 1.1 Tools and APIs
AUSTIN, Texas - October 27, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF,
TSE/ME:MWK) announces the release of CodeWarrior Professional 2, the second
release of CodeWarrior that combines Windows-hosted and Mac-hosted
desktop tools into a single unified software development package.
CodeWarrior Professional 2 is shipping with IDE 2.1, the newest version of
Metrowerks award-winning integrated development environment that includes
Java tools that are fully compliant with Java 1.1.
"Our commitment to providing our customers with the most useful set of
software tools on the market means we work constantly to improve what we
feel is already the most flexible and cost effective all-in-one software
development environment on the market," said Jean Belanger, chairman and
chief executive...
[MD1] CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 2
METROWERKS SHIPPING CODEWARRIOR DISCOVER PROGRAMMING EDITION 2
Software Development Learning Environment Updated with New Integrated
Development Environment (IDE)
AUSTIN, Texas - October 27, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF,
TSE/ME:MWK) announces the release of CodeWarrior Discover Programming
Edition 2, an intuitive software development learning environment designed
for novice programmers and experienced developers interested in learning a
new language. Metrowerks has two versions of the Discover Programming
Edition 2, one for Windows 95/NT and one for Macintosh.
CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 2 contains the tools found in
Metrowerks' CodeWarrior Professional 2, including the updated IDE 2.1 with
project manager, code editor, code browser, compilers and linkers,
debugger, and other tools. Discover Programming Edition 2 adds electronic
books and tutorials that provide all the information needed to learn
programming, from basic introductory-level exercises to advanced...
[MD1] Apple Wins in WWW Lowest Cost of Ownership
Apple Workgroup Servers Clear Winners in World Wide Web Server Cost of
Ownership Study
Study Reveals Apple Web Servers Exhibit Lowest Cost of Ownership, and are
Easiest to Use for Small to Medium-sized Organizations and Workgroups
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 22, 1997--Apple Computer Inc., revealed today
that its workgroup servers offer a considerable advantage in overall
cost-of-ownership, ease-of-use and maintenance for customers in small
business or workgroups according to a study released by the Business
Research Group (BRG, Newton, Mass). Unlike previous studies of web server
ease-of-implementation and cost-of-ownership, this study examined the
medium-size business market (100-499 employees), and in workgroups (150 or
fewer employees) within larger enterprises (500 or more employees).
According to Cheryl Ball, director of Research for BRG, the target study
was chosen because up until now, this important part of the Internet market
has been ignored. "This study found that medium-...
[MD1] WebSiphon v1.5
Purity Software Announces WebSiphon v1.5
(Austin, TX - October 22nd, 1997) Today, Purity Software, Inc. announced a
major revision of WebSiphon, the powerful web-application scripting tool
for Mac OS web servers. With this new version, Webmasters can create
high-end web solutions without the need to purchase additional server
add-on products.
Users can implement a myriad of services on their web server with
WebSiphon. Its not possible to provide a complete list of example usage,
but some common ones include:
- Simple Dynamic Page Serving based on Browser, IP Address, etc.
- Online Shopping Carts
- Database Publishing
- User Tracking and Session Management
- Bulletin Board Systems and Online Conferencing - Online Polls and Testing
WebSiphon works by embedding the SiphonScript language directly into HTML
files that reside on the server. These server-side scripts can allow
anything from simple dynamic page delivery to complex database-driven web
solutions. The SiphonScript language is...
[MD1] MkLinux DR2.1 v5
Announcing the fifth update to MkLinux DR2.1.
The "DR2.1update5" update fixes several bugs in MkLinux's Microkernel and
Server. Some performance enhancements and new features are included as
well.
The update is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.mklinux.apple.com:
ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com/pub/Updates/DR2.1update5/
or our various mirror sites, in the directory:
.../Updates/DR2.1update5/
(Please be patient with the mirror sites, it may take them some time to
mirror the update)
*** IMPORTANT NOTES ****
General
This update consists of a new Microkernel, Linux Server, Default Pager, and
MkLinux Booter. Unlike updates 3 and 4, there are no new RPM (Redhat
Package Manager) packages to download and install. There have been newer
versions of some of the shared library based RPMs made available since
update 4, as well as many shared library based RPMs that weren't part of
updates 3 and 4. However, they are not part of this update. You may obtain
them separately from ftp.linuxppc.org and...
[MD1] MacPerl Pages/Book
Subject: The MacPerl Pages are online, and a MacPerl book is coming!
The MacPerl Pages (http://www.ptf.com/macperl/) are a compendium of
advocacy, information, and resource pointers for MacPerl users. If you have
been thinking about investigating MacPerl, drop by the Pages for a visit.
Prime Time Freeware (http://www.ptf.com/), the sponsor of the MacPerl
Pages, is performing an experiment in online publishing and collective
review. Draft chapters of PTF's upcoming book on MacPerl are available on
the MacPerl Pages for analysis and comment. If you've been hoping for a
book on MacPerl, here's a way to make sure you get what you want!
Background:
Most technical computer professionals (e.g., engineers, programmers, and
scientists) are familiar with Perl's existence and with its increasing
popularity in UNIX and other circles. Many, indeed, have used it for CGI
scripting, network administration and programming, data filtering, etc.
Perl's powerful data structures, module libraries, and...
[MD1] Try QuickCRC Free For OO Design
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Excel Software is offering software developers a free
trial version of its QuickCRC tool for object-oriented design. QuickCRC is
available for Macintosh and Windows 95/NT.
QuickCRC is a software design tool for discovering objects and related
information for an object-oriented software development project. The tool
automates the CRC card concept of identifying classes, responsibilities and
collaborations between objects. Developers can start designing software
within minutes with the intuitive capabilities of QuickCRC.
QuickCRC uses a diagram workspace for creating card and scenario objects. A
card represents the properties of a class including its name, description,
superclasses, subclasses, attributes, responsibilities and collaborating
objects. A scenario represents a design mechanism defined as a series of
steps involving communicating objects. Scenarios can reference cards or
other scenarios.
QuickCRC provides active simulation of an evolving design. It...
[MD1] Visual MacStandardBasic
For Immediate Release
ZCurve Software
8206 Rockville Road #280
Indianapolis, IN 46214
www.zcurve.com
www.MacStandardBasic.com
email: zcurve@zcurve.com
Visual MacStandardBasic to be released on Thursday, October 23rd.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN: ZCurve Software has announced Visual MacStandardBasic is
scheduled for release on Thursday, October 23rd, 1997.
ZCurve Software also announced that Visual MacStandardBasic will be
available from DevDepot (800-622-3381 & www.devdepot.com). Developer
Depot is a leader in providing software products to Macintosh users around
the world.
Visual MacStandardBasic has a suggested retail price of $ 99. Visual
MacStandardBasic will be sold at software retail stores and catalog
resellers.
Users will also be able to purchase and download the complete Visual
MacStandardBasic package from the ZCurve Software website (www.zcurve.com).
Currently, Macintosh users anywhere in the world can get MacStandardBasic
within minutes over the Internet.
Educational institutions...
[MD1] Spring Cleaning 2.0
Contact:
Jennifer Lyng
pr@aladdinsys.com
(408)761-6200
ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS SPRING CLEANING 2.0 UPGRADE, THE SAFE AND EASY
UNINSTALLATION UTILITY DESIGNED TO CLEAN UP MACINTOSH HARD DRIVES
Six New Features Added To Free Upgrade Of Spring Cleaning
Watsonville, CA-- October 20, 1997-- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer of
the worldwide Macintosh compression standard StuffIt(R), announced today
that it is shipping Spring Cleaning(tm) 2.0. Spring Cleaning is the best
selling uninstaller for Macintosh users and helps users to clean up their
hard drive by searching for and removing redundant and unnecessary files,
applications, folders, and fonts.
Spring Cleaning's new features and enhancements include: 1) a new user
interface, 2) a Duplicates Remover(tm), 3) new storage folders, 4) a
document finder, 5) Aladdin's StuffIt compression technology and 6) file
archiving.
"We included our customers in the development process for version 2.0, so
we know the new features will be welcome additions....
[MD1] MessagePad 2100
Apple's New MessagePad 2100 Offers Enhanced Performance For Today's Mobile,
Information-Centric Users
Newest Member of MessagePad Family Features Increased System Memory, Higher
Performance, Upgraded Communications Software
CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 20 -- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the
MessagePad 2100, available in November. The newest member of the Apple
MessagePad family, the MessagePad 2100 offers hardware and software
features that enhance performance and communications, including additional
system memory and upgrades to several of its bundled software programs. To
support current MessagePad 2000 owners, Apple will offer an upgrade program
that brings the same DRAM memory of the new MessagePad 2100 to its
predecessor.
"The MessagePad 2100 is the sequel to one of the most successful new
products in mobile computing history -- one that has spawned a legion of
true believers," said Sina Tamaddon, vice president and general manager of
Apple's Newton Group. "We know that our...
[MD1] Canvas now has Web Design Capabilities
NEWS from Deneba Software
Scott Brand
Public Relations Manager
(305) 596-5644, ext. 134
scott_brand@deneba.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Deneba Adds Web Design Capabilities To Canvas With Colada
Web-Publishing Tool To Debut In Canvas 5.0.3 Update
Miami, FL, October 16, 1997. Deneba Software announced that it is shipping
Colada(tm), its new web page authoring plug-in tool for Canvas 5(tm).
Colada, which is Java based, allows Canvas 5 users to create pixel-perfect
Internet pages quickly and easily. Colada emphasizes ease-of-use, instant
access to Canvas 5's robust features, effortless previewing capabilities,
and functionality as its underlying strengths.
Canvas 5 users are invited to download Colada from the company's web-site
at www.deneba.com. Deneba is featuring Colada in its Canvas 5.0.3 update
which it is shipping free of charge to all registered Canvas users. Deneba
is also distributing 5,000 free Canvas 5.0.3 evaluation CD's at Seybold
West, October 1-3, 1997, booth #2201, South...
[MD1] Mac Channel and MacTech Partnership
For Immediate Release
Contacts:
James Shieh
The Mac Channel
ninja@macchannel.com
(512)451-5932
Susan Whitney
MacTech Magazine
marketing@mactech.com
805-494-9797
The Mac Channel and MacTech Announce a Partnership
to Deliver Macintosh Development News in Real-Time
AUSTIN, TX and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-- October 16, 1997 -- Xplain
Corporation, publisher of MacTech(r) Magazine, and The Mac Channel, the
internet broadcast network, announced today it has entered into an
agreement to provide development news and information to net-connected
Macintosh users around the world.
The Mac Channel was created so Macintosh users worldwide can receive
Macintosh news and information in real time. MacTech Magazine, the premier
news and information vehicle for Mac programmers and developers, will bring
over a wealth of experience in the Macintosh development industry to The
Mac Channel.
The combining of these two forces within the Macintosh community will give
Macintosh users the opportunity to have access...
[MD1] Mercutio MDEF to support MacOS 8
For Immediate Release
*-) Digital Alchemy upgrades Mercutio MDEF to support MacOS 8 (-*
Contact:
Digital Alchemy
P.O.Box 9632
Stanford, CA 94309
(650) 851-0723
http://www.digitalalchemy.com
Palo Alto, CA -- 15 OCT 1997: Digital Alchemy is pleased to announce the
release of the Mercutio MDEF version 1.3.4. The Mercutio MDEF is a Menu
DEFinition resource that allow developers to easily and elegantly extend
the power of their application menus. Mercutio allow menu items to have
multiple-modifier key-equivalents (e.g. shift-command-C), custom icons,
item callbacks, and other goodies. Mercutio menus may also contain "dynamic
menu items" that allow a single menu item to change depending on what
modifiers are held down. Dynamic menu items keep menus short while allowing
the flexibility of keyboard shortcuts.
Version 1.3.4 adds compatibility with MacOS 8, the Appearance Manager
(including Platinum Theme), improves compatibility with Kaleidoscope, and
fixes a number of bugs. Mercutio works...
[MD1] Apple Reports Fourth Fiscal Quarter Results
Apple Reports Fourth Fiscal Quarter Results
Quarterly sales to U.S. education customers top $500 million Company
progresses with cost-cutting initiatives Quarterly loss before special
charges half that of prior quarter
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 15, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
results of its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 26, 1997. For the quarter,
Apple's revenues were $1.6 billion, a decrease of 30 percent from the
fourth quarter a year ago, and a sequential decrease of 7 percent from the
quarter ended June 27, 1997. International revenues represented 42 percent
of the quarterly total. Gross margins were 20 percent, compared to 22
percent in the year ago quarter and 20 percent in the June 1997 quarter.
The Company continued to lower its breakeven level by reducing recurring
operating expenses to $353 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $505
million in the year-ago-quarter and $408 million in the June quarter.
Also included in the current quarter's results...
[MD1] Sun/Microsoft Contract Released
Sun and Microsoft have agreed to make their agreement and other text
public. Below is the release from Sun and the release from Microsoft.
Obviously, they are both written from each company's point of view, and
we're presenting both sets of overlapping content to be fair.
MacDev-1 Team
******************************************************************
SUN-MICROSOFT CONTRACT RELEASED
Amended Complaint: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/complaint.html
Technology License and Distribution Agreement:
http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/document.html
Trademark License Agreement: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/tm.html
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s lawsuit against Microsoft's use of the Java(TM)
technology has received widespread attention. This action has aroused
considerable interest from the media, the industry and the public in the
contracts Microsoft signed with Sun to develop and distribute products
incorporating Sun's Java technology and to use the Java Compatible
Logo(TM).
When the...
[MD1] Stagecast to Bring Cocoa to Market
STAGECAST TO BRING APPLE'S COCOA
TECHNOLOGY TO MARKET
Startup Licenses Proven Authoring Technology for Kids
Palo Alto, Calif., October 13, 1997 -- Stagecast Software, Inc., a K-12
software company, announced today that it will develop commercial products
based on Apple Computer Inc.'s Cocoa technology. Due to recent changes at
Apple, the computer company discontinued commercial development of Cocoa.
Members of the original Apple development team formed Stagecast to further
their dream of creating a product line that takes advantage of the simple
graphical programming technology first demonstrated in Cocoa.
David Smith and Allen Cypher, two of Stagecast's founders, were key Cocoa
researchers and inventors while at Apple. "We designed Cocoa to be as much
fun as a video game, but with challenges that develop thinking and
communication skills," said Smith. "Our products will exercise kids' minds,
not their thumbs." Cypher alluded to studies indicating that children are
spending less time...
[MD1] Rhapsody Developers Can Backup
APPLE INCLUDES RETROSPECT CLIENT ON RHAPSODY CD
Pre-Release Program Allows Rhapsody Developers to Protect Work
ORINDA, CA - October 14, 1997 - Developers for Apple Computer's next
generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody, will have an easy way to
back up their development files with the new Retrospect Client for
Rhapsody.
Dantz Development today announced that Apple is including a beta version of
Retrospect Client for Rhapsody on the Rhapsody Developer Release CD-ROM.
Developers may sign up for a pre-release program with Dantz that supports
up to four Rhapsody development computers. Developers who join the program
by paying the $99.00 license fee will also receive bug fixes or
enhancements that become available during the course of Apple's development
of Rhapsody. More information is available by sending an e-mail to
rhapsody@dantz.com.
The Retrospect Client for Rhapsody is a newly written client, native for
Rhapsody, not an emulated Mac OS client. Retrospect Client for...
[MD1] MacDirectory Available to Over 1 Million Mac OS 8 Users
NEW YORK, NY - October 13, 1997 - In a move to provide the best Web
experience for internet users, MacDirectory announced that its Web site
(http://www.macdirectory.com), the first Macintosh search engine, has been
incorporated into the newly-introduced Mac OS 8.
MacDirectory provides users the latest Mac OS hardware and software
information (searchable databases), job opportunities, up-to-date news,
reviews, services (worldwide searchable database), free software downloads,
links to Apple-related Web sites and more.
According to Adam Fingerman, Mac OS Internet Product Manager at Apple
Computer, Inc., "One of our goals for Mac OS 8 was to include the best
Internet software and leading information services available so that
getting on-line is quick, easy and an enjoyable experience. We provide a
default set of bookmarks to some of the best web sites on the Internet,
such as the MacDirectory web site, because of the high quality content it
provides to Mac OS users."
With more than 1...
[MD1] Joy for Rhapsody DR1 Released
JOY FOR RHAPSODY DR1 RELEASED
- Joy Explorer for Interactive Exploration of Rhapsody
- Joy Developer for Rapid Cross-Platform Application Development
VIENNA, Austria, October 13, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the
release of Joy for Rhapsody. Joy is an extension to the Rhapsody suite of
development tools. With Joy full-featured applications can be created
without compiling any code.
"Sitting and waiting for the compiler and linker to finish is a waste of
time," said Werner Staringer, founder of AAA+ Software, "interactively
experimenting with the API is much more efficient - and a lot more fun. --
The product name Joy was a logical consequence."
Joy Explorer is aimed at Mac developers who want to explore Rhapsody:
experiment with the API, get familiar with the new Yellow Box, and develop
small scale applications. Upgrading later to Joy Developer is possible.
Joy Developer is aimed at developers who want to interactively develop
sophisticated applications. With Joy they can script...
[MD1] OpenBase Lite FREE
Francestown, New Hampshire -- October 13, 1997 -- OpenBase International,
Ltd. today announced that it is providing a single user version of its
popular OpenBase SQL database FREE on Windows NT and Apple's next
generation OS, code named Rhapsody. The FREE deployment license, called
OpenBase Lite, allows single user applications to access local databases.
Multi-user OpenBase Network licenses which are 100% compatible with the
free license are available for purchase.
OpenBase is a high performance SQL engine that handles all of the
complexities of data storage and multi-user communication for end-user
applications. Aggressive multi-threading, row level locking, text
searching, change notification and variable record length technology makes
OpenBase a robust database solution.
"Since the data is available via standard SQL it is possible for customers
to integrate shrink-wrapped and vertical market applications," says Scott
Keith, the Director of OpenBase, "Providing a free deployment...
[MD1] Apple Mirrors Microsoft's Support Policies
Apple Mirrors Microsoft's Support
Policies
New Program Features Combination of Phone, Web and Automated Voice Response
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
that it is changing its support policies to more closely mirror
Microsoft's. The new policies are effective immediately and include:
free support on the web (http://www.info.apple.com/) free support from
Apple's automated phone response system free phone support for the first 90
days of ownership fee-based phone support at U.S. $35 per call after the
first 90 days of ownership
"While Apple's support was rated number one in the PC industry this
September by Consumer Reports, we can't rest there," said Steve Jobs, Apple
interim CEO. "Adopting Microsoft's $35 per call support policy will enable
us to do an even better job of supporting our customers."
Most of Apple's technical support calls are software related and requests
for assistance about known issues. The combination of the web and...
[MD1] Rhapsody Gets Positive Response
Rhapsody Gets Positive Response From
Seeded Developers
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997-- Apple Computer Inc's Rhapsody
Developer Release has received rave reviews from the software developers
who were seeded with an early version. These developers were given an early
version of the software to test the application development environment and
create the demonstration software applications shipping with the operating
system.
Feedback from these developers included:
AAA+ Software
"Using Rhapsody and the tools we built on top of it, we are now able to
develop apps on Rhapsody and deploy them on Windows NT without any
compiling or linking under Windows. For us, Rhapsody on the Mac is a dream
come true." Werner Staringer Founder AAA+ Software
Anderson Financial Systems, Inc.
"For software developers, Rhapsody offers the enormous benefit of deploying
dynamic, full-featured applications across multiple platforms with a single
set of source code. For end users involved with content...
[MD1] Apple Ships Rhapsody Developer Release
Apple Delivers Developer Release of Rhapsody
More than 10,000 Developers Seeded with Early Release of Apple's
Next-generation Operating System for Server and High-end Desktop
Applications
Software Developers Contribute Sample Programs Seeded Worldwide to Developers
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today shipped an
early version of its next-generation operating system--code named
Rhapsody--to more than 10,000 software developers worldwide. The Rhapsody
Developer Release is intended to allow software developers to begin
creating the applications that will run on the new operating system.
Apple expects Rhapsody to complement Mac OS in the Company's overall
operating system strategy. While Mac OS will move forward as Apple's volume
operating system, delivering market leading ease-of- use, multimedia and
Internet integration, Rhapsody will be initially targeted at server and
high-end desktop applications. Rhapsody aims to integrate Mac OS
ease-of-use and...
[MD1]
X-Sender: support@macchannel.com (Unverified)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:14:36 -0600
To: tmcnews@macchannel.com
From: The Mac Channel (support@macchannel.com)
Subject: The Mac Channel 1.0b5 is Out!
October 13, 1997 - Annoucement TMC1.0b5 is Out!
===============================================
Copyright 1996-97, The Mac Channel.
The new Mac Channel 1.0b5 with RealAudio is available
for download! Download the new version from our site:
http://www.macchannel.com
--------------------------
* New Features
--------------------------
This new version has the following new features:
a. A RealAudio player built in.
b. 30% faster receiver.
c. New search window.
d. Window shade.
e. New article window.
f. New information Zones:
- BookStore.
- Bit Shift.
- AudioBeat.
- Daily Mac News.
- Software-to-Go.
- WebFlash
g. New information types:
- Articles.
- Links.
- RealAudio Clips.
- Zones.
- DataBases.
h. Improved help system...
[MD1] NetMinder Ether 4.1
Neon Software Announces NetMinder Ethernet 4.1
LAFAYETTE, CA - Neon Software today announced an upgrade to NetMinder
Ethernet version 4.0, their software-only network protocol analyzer.
Version 4.1 addresses key needs created by the latest MacOS system and
Ethernet hardware.
NetMinder Ethernet 4.1 Features and Enhancements:
* Support for PowerBook 3400 series Built-in Ethernet.
* Support for PCI-based Ethernet 10/100 cards --
the new Farallon PN996-TX and the Asante 10/100.
* Automatic mapping of names to Ethernet addresses
within AppleTalk networks.
* Decode native and tunnelled NetBIOS and associated SMB packets.
* Extended IP/DHCP protocol decodes.
* Numerous other user interface and feature enhancements.
Running native on any Macintosh or Power Macintosh equipped with a
supported 10 or 100 Megabit Ethernet interface, NetMinder Ethernet captures
and decodes a full range of Ethernet protocols. In addition to NetMinder
Ethernet's original features, such as Packet Inference, which...
[MD1] JavaExpress: Help your career
From: Dave Wilson (dwilson@best.com)
"Java(tm) Express" is a one-day seminar designed to teach people about Java
while raising money for worthwhile SF Peninsula charities. It will take
place on Saturday, November 8 at Apple's R&D campus in Cupertino, from 9:00
am until 5:00 pm.
It is sponsored by the Software Forum, Apple Computer, and Personal
Concepts, and I will be presenting most of the material. For the last ten
years, I have taught advanced object-oriented programming seminars
worldwide for companies such as IBM, Apple, Tandem, ParcPlace, Taligent,
MITRE, and Boeing, among others.
"Java(tm) Express" will cover two major topics:
(1) an overview of Java technical and business issues, and
(2) writing Java applications and applets.
Attendees will need to be familiar with the concepts of object-oriented
programming but do not need to be experts. What if you are already a Java
programming guru? Then perhaps this seminar is not for you. The seminar is
targeted at the thousands...
[MD1] Sybase Conference
From: Deborah Ries (partner_response@sybase.com)
Subject: Sybase, Inc. Invites you to Power Up for Profits!
Join us for a FREE technology and business seminar and gear up your
business for increased profits! Whether you are a professional site
developer, application solution provider, system integrator, reseller,
consultant or educator, give your customers what they need and discover the
tools for the future of enterprise computing.
Celebrate your freedom of choice by leveraging development and deployment
environments that are open, that take advantage of standards, and increase
your skills and viability in the fast changing world of the Internet!
Have some of our Java during the morning technology seminar and learn about
PowerStudio Enterprise, an integrated set of best in class tools for
powerful business applications on the Web.
Stay for a Power Lunch and understand more about the Internet market
opportunities and how to show clients what kind of payoff they can expect
from their...
[MD1] VText Developers Mailing List
From: MACman@islandnet.com (MACman)
Announcing the official VText Developers Mailing List!
What is VText?
==============
VText is not a reincarnation of the TextEdit API. VText is not a C++
PowerPlant wrapper to some other text engine.
VText is a C++ add-on library for Metrowerks' PowerPlant application
framework. VText is a text engine built to the object oriented API defined
in PowerPlant's "AppleEvent Classes" -- but built entirely from scratch.
VText provides complete Macintosh text support including:
* Greater than 32kb text
* Tabs
* Stylesets
* Rulersets
* Undo
* Drag and Drop editing
* AppleEvent scripting and recordability
* Full support for multibyte characters and inline input methods
including Japanese and Chinese text, and full support for
bidirectional script systems including Arabic and Hebrew.
Information about VText-Dev
===========================
The VText-Dev list is the "official" Vivistar Consulting mailing list. The
list provides a community forum where users...
[MD1] BeOS Preview Release 2
BE SHIPS BeOS PREVIEW RELEASE 2
FOUR MONTHS AFTER PREVIEW RELEASE 1
MENLO PARK, Calif. (October 7, 1997) -- Today Be., Inc. announced shipment
of the second public release of the Be Operating System (BeOS Preview
Release 2). Preview Release 2 continues improvements resulting from
Developer and End-user feedback with features added as part of the long
term development plan for the BeOS.
"This release adds momentum to the BeOS," said Jean-Louis Gasse, President
and CEO of Be, Inc. "This is business as usual, responding to Developers
and Customers and building up the BeOS technology platform."
In just the last two months:
* Over one hundred new BeOS applications have been released
* The number of registered Be developers has climbed 10%
to more than 4,400
* More than 500,000 copies of the BeOS have been distributed to
potential users.
Be plans to deliver three releases of the BeOS next year, and the BeOS
Preview Release 2 is actually being delivered slightly ahead of that
schedule:...
[MD1] MacPerl 5.1.4r4
From: Tim Rand (tim@stlouis.datapage.com)
Subject: MacPerl 5.1.4r4 released
Forwarded from the MacPerl mailing list:
After some dramatical last minute developments, the application and MPW
tool packages of MacPerl 5.1.4r4, the first MacPerl release based on 5.004,
are now available on
ftp://err.ethz.ch/pub/neeri/MacPerl/
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch//software/platform/macos/perl/
The rest of the distribution should become available later this week.
5.1.4 05Oct97
- Made Command-. more reliable and also added a menu command for it.
- Expanded toolbox documentation considerably.
- The MPW Tool distribution now simply installs on top of the application
distribution, which makes it a lot smaller [Martin Heller].
- Add %#s format to printf for Pascal strings.
- Rewrote all toolbox interfaces to use strict; introduced a lot more
structs; rewrote hash based structs to object based structs.
- FindFolder.pl had lost its XFCN resource and thus would no longer work
[Paul Schinder...
[MD1] Sun Sues Microsoft over Java
Try the Java applet version
SUN SUES MICROSOFT FOR BREACH OF JAVA(TM) CONTRACT
Microsoft fails Java compatibility tests for Internet Explorer 4.0
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- October 7, 1997 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today
announced that it has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against
Microsoft Corporation for breaching its contractual obligation to deliver a
compatible implementation of JavaTM technology on its products. Sun is
seeking an injunction to prevent Microsoft from improperly using the Java
Compatible logo. Sun is also seeking to prevent Microsoft from misleading
Java developers and to prevent them from delivering anything but fully
compatible Java technology implementations.
Specifically, the complaint charges Microsoft with trademark infringement,
false advertising, breach of contract, unfair competition, interference
with prospective economic advantage and inducing breach of contract.
One of Microsoft's or any Java licensee's most significant contractual
obligations is to...
[MD1] Jovis Database Engine
October 5, 1997 -- New York, NY. -- DAS Works, maker of ListTable(TM),
announces the release and shipment of Jovis(R) Version 1.0.4, an XCmd
database engine, and the only fully scriptable database engine available
for the Macintosh. It allows users to create single-user, and/or
client/server applications with any scriptable application such as
HyperCard, SuperCard, Oracle Media Objects, Frontier, and others. With
Jovis, data is kept in database files external to the application. The
application's scripts include Jovis "calls" that manage and update these
files.
"Jovis is the best HyperCard/SuperCard-oriented database
engine available today. It provides a fast and powerful
solution where one is sorely needed."
-Jeff Benjamin, StepUp Software, Inc.
Because Jovis was designed and created as an extension to scripting
environmen ts (not "spun-off" from a database management system or any
product that requires expert knowledge of SQL), it is easy to learn and
simple to...
[MD1] Fantasm 5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lightsoft is pleased to announce the release of the demo of Fantasm 5, a
Macintosh assembly language development environment.
Fantasm 5 is a major upgrade produced over the last two years.
This release addresses four major areas:
1. Flexibility.
2. Ease of use.
3. Speed.
4. Modularity.
Fantasm 5 is designed to allow the creation of most any kind of high speed
Mac application, code resource, fragment, control panel, extension, shared
library etc. Also useful for accelerating higher level C and Pascal
projects.
It sports a new graphical project manager which allows the use of multiple
open projects, embedded projects and merged targets. It provides a new plug
in architecture with publically available API. It's up to 260% faster than
the version it replaces and uses processor emulation to spot pipeline
stalls and dependencies in your source code making it easy to produce very
high speed code. No more "black magic" needed.
A useable demonstration version and selected...
[MD1] Metrowerks Embedded Strategy
From: Gordy Davies (gdavies@austin.metrowerks.com)
Subject: Metrowerks Embedded Strategy
In our mad scramble at Embedded Systems Conference West (which was a great
success for us), you may not have had access to the press releases we had
at the show and that were released to the Business Wire (23 of them!!)...
Below is the summary release...
------------------------------
METROWERKS ROLLS OUT EMBEDDED STRATEGY
AT ESC WEST/97 IN SAN JOSE
CodeWarrior Support for Embedded Systems Development Greatly Expanded
SAN JOSE, California - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK)
announced this week at the Embedded Systems Conference West/1997 in San
Jose, greatly expanded CodeWarrior support for embedded software
development, with over 20 press announcements covering all aspects of the
embedded software development tools market.
Metrowerks divides the embedded systems market into three core markets: the
proprietary operating system market; the RTOS/Windows CE market; and the
embedded Java...
[MD1] Microsoft's Java Compliance
We are forwarding this for you to see. This is not specifically an
endorsement of the letter below nor of Microsoft's practices/policies -- it
is for your information and for you to make up your own mind. If we are
sent an equivalent letter to support Microsoft, we will distribute that as
well.
MacDev-1 Team
-------------------
From: David Schargel, davids@aportis.com
Dear friends,
I am writing you this message to ask for action.
A few short days ago, Microsoft released the final Win95/NT version of the
Internet Explorer 4.0 web browser. This browser, as expected, does not
contain an implementation of Java that is fully-compliant with the Java
core platform. It may have a compatible JVM, but it does not contain the
full class libraries of the JDK 1.1 implementations of Java. The omissions
seem to be intentional.
Let's be clear, IMHO Microsoft is deliberately trying to destroy the chance
for Java to fulfill its "write once, run anywhere" promise. Java
portability is the single...
[MD1] BBEdit Integrates with Macromedia
BARE BONES SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES BBEDIT INTEGRATION WITH NEW MACROMEDIA TOOL
Bedford, MA--October 6,1997--Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced
their participation in a collaboration with Macromedia, Inc. to provide
high-technology Web authoring tools. As the result of this effort,
BBEdit(tm), the premier text and HTML editor for the Mac OS(tm), will
integrate seamlessly with the Mac OS version of Dreamweaver(tm), the new
visual Web authoring tool announced today by Macromedia.
This unprecedented level of integration is made possible through a close
technology partnership between the two companies. Macromedia and Bare Bones
Software engineers jointly developed the integration technology behind
"Roundtrip HTML(tm)" by taking advantage of capabilities unique to the Mac
OS and BBEdit's high-tech architecture, enabling the two tools to cleanly
exchange HTML code and preserve the integrity of the author's composition.
"Until now, graphical Web authoring tools have provided their...
[MD1] METAL v1.0B2, a BASIC metacompiler
From: Marin Saric (msaric@public.srce.hr)
Subject: Announce: METAL v1.0B2, a BASIC metacompiler
Galactic Dreams Software is annoucing a new version (v1.0B2) of its product
METAL. This version is released only a week after a previous one due to
high interest and a lot of positive feedback.
METAL is a BASIC metacompiler for a PowerMac with features such as:
- producing executables
- full on-line help
- a lot of examples
- very big palette of fast graphic functions
- sound playing (AIFF & AIFC files)
- speech
- file I/O
The following things are new in METAL v1.0B2:
Improved:
- Added AppleEvent support
(Drag&Drop file(s), Open, Quit, Shutdown, etc.)
- Added "Get Pict Size" instruction for determining
the PICT file width and height.
- Added "Resize console" instruction for resizing
the...
[MD1] Claris Ships FileMaker Pro 4.0
Claris Ships FileMaker Pro 4.0 for Windows and Mac OS
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Oct. 6, 1997 -- Claris Corp. announced the immediate
availability of FileMaker Pro 4.0 for Windows NT, Windows 3.1 and Mac OS,
the newest version of its award-winning cross platform relational database
software.
Now with built-in HTTP server and CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
capabilities at an estimated retail price of just $199 (U.S.), FileMaker
Pro 4.0 will collect and serve dynamic data over the Web from computers
with access to the Internet or an intranet via TCP/IP. FileMaker Pro 4.0 is
a breakthrough intranet solution for corporate workgroups and small
businesses in need of convenient, cost-efficient access to databases.
FileMaker Pro 4.0 may also be used to serve data to sophisticated Web
sites, created by popular web authoring tools.
Getting a FileMaker Pro 4.0 database onto the Web is incredibly easy using
the product's new Web Companion plug-in. With just the click of a check
box, users can perform...
[MD1] Pascal Source Code and Articles
From: bill.m.catambay@lmco.com (Bill M. Catambay)
Subject: [Ann] Pascal Source Code and Articles
To all Macintosh Pascal programmers:
The following is a summary of the current contents available at Pascal
Central. For any of you who may not know about Pascal Central, Pascal
Central provides the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical
information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. The
home page is at http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central.
Pascal Central is now broken up into the following sections:
FEATURED ARTICLES: These are the latest articles contributed to Pascal
Central. See the end of this note for a summary of these articles.
FORUMS & LINKS: This pages provides information on Pascal forums (such as
the MacPascal mailing list, and the Pascal newsgroups), and several links
to Pascal related web sites (for PC and Mac). To join the MacPascal mailing
list, go to http://www.stairways.com/mailinglists/macpascal.html.
NOTHING BUT MACINTOSH SOURCE...
[MD1] Softdisk Publishing
From: Matthew Hudson (mhudson@softdisk.com)
Subject: Mac programs wanted for publication!
CALLING ALL DEVELOPERS!
YOUR PROGRAMS ARE WANTED FOR PUBLICATION!
Softdisk Publishing has been publishing monthly software since 1981 for a
wide variety of computer systems. We give our subscribers high quality
software at a fraction of the typical commercial price. Our software is in
use by thousands of people on thousands of computers worldwide. In age, our
subscribers range from six-year-old elementary school students to 70-plus
retirees, and their wide variety of interests are well matched by our
diverse offerings each month. Many of the programs that Softdisk publishes
on its monthly software subscriptions are created by talented free-lance
programmers from around the world who submit their programs for review and
potential publication.
Where do you fit in?
We pay a flat licensing fee for the rights to run each program on an issue
and we also offer quarterly ROYALTIES (typically 20%) for...
[MD1] public beta of PowerPlant 1.8b1
From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron)
Subject: [ANN] public beta of PowerPlant 1.8b1
CodeWarriors,
This is a public beta of PowerPlant 1.8b1 (the archive also includes
Constructor 2.4.3a1). This archive contains the new Appearance Classes
which provide native support for MacOS 8's new Appearance Manager. It also
contains many other changes and improvements since CW Pro 1. It is an
(almost) complete PowerPlant folder.
Althought this has been tested this is a public beta and all precautions
normally associated with beta sofware should be noted. Furthermore, the
contents of this archive (PowerPlant) is subject to change for CW Pro 2.
You must have CW Pro 1 to install and use this public beta.
http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ or
ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/
ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/
If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at:
(ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/)
PowerPlant Public Beta 1.8b1
Released on 09/30/...
[MD1] Open CW C++ v2 Beta Test Version
From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron)
Subject: [ANN] Open CW C++ v2 Beta Test Version
Warriors,
Metrowerks had to make some hard decisions on the C++ compilers whether to
add some C++ improvements this summer or to put all of our efforts into a
new version of our C++ compilers. Our decision was to move ahead to the
next generation of C++ compilers as fast as possible, however, by doing so,
we have failed to uphold some promises, for that Metrowerks deeply
apologizes.
In order to give CodeWarrior users an opportunity to use these new tools as
soon as possible, Metrowerks is having an open Beta test of the v2
compilers and linkers. These v2 tools include namespaces and fuller STL
support. If you are interested in testing these tools, please send an
e-mail to
(mptp-admin@factory.metrowerks.com address)
Title your message "Open C/C++ compiler test" (without the quotes) and
include your full name, company name, preferred e-mail address, and host
platform (Mac or Windows). Testers must have...
[MD1] Apple to Distribute Tools Free
Apple to Distribute Mac OS Tools to Apple Developer Program Members and Mac
OS Tools Vendors
Metrowerks First Vendor to License Tools; Select Tools Will Also be Made
Available to Public for Free Download
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 30 -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today
announced it will begin distributing many of its Mac OS development tools
to the members of Apple's Developer Programs worldwide in November of this
year. Apple will distribute the tools on CD as an added benefit of program
membership. Select tools will also be made available on the Internet for
free to students, hobbyists and non-program members. By making its
development tools broadly available, Apple is ensuring that developers get
more of the resources they need to take full advantage of new development
opportunities for the Mac OS.
Some of the tools scheduled to be distributed on CD include the Macintosh
Programmer's Workshop, MacApp, SourceBug, MacsBug, Power Macintosh
Debugger, Virtual User an performance...
[MD1] BASIC Metacompiler
We are announcing our new product: METAL - Meta Language.
METAL is a BASIC metacompiler for a PowerMac with features such as:
- producing executables
- full on-line help
- a lot of examples
- very big palette of fast graphic functions
- sound playing (AIFF & AIFC files)
- speech
- file I/O
METAL v1.0B is a non-crippled freeware product made by Galactic Dreams
Software. METAL can be obtained from
(http://public.srce.hr/~msaric/GDS/software.html) or from Info-Mac
archives. METAL can be freely distributed on any CD-ROM, as long as
distributed entirely and without any modifications. To find out more
about METAL and our other products, visit our homepage at:
(http://public.srce.hr/~msaric/GDS)
For any questions, contact:
Marin.Saric@public.srce.hr
Marin Saric
A.T.Mimare 63
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
[MD1] Apple Launches Brand Advertising Campaign
Apple Launches Brand Advertising
Campaign Premiering this Sunday on
Toy Story
CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 26, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it
is launching its new brand advertising campaign with two 60 second
television commercials scheduled to air during the network premier of
Pixar's academy award winning film "Toy Story" on ABC's "Wonderful World of
Disney" this Sunday evening, September 28. The campaign is themed "Think
Different" and is the first work by Apple and TBWA Chiat/Day in over a
decade. Their previous collaboration produced many award winning ads,
including the CLIO winner "1984" ad which has been voted the best ad of all
time by advertising professionals.
"Apple has one of the best brands in the world. This campaign celebrates
the soul of our brand--which is the desire to change the world for the
better," said Steve Jobs. "This ad is just the beginning of a major
marketing campaign to let our customers know that Apple is coming back, and
returning to those...
[MD1] Apple Streamlines Channel Policies
Apple Streamlines Channel Policies to
Strengthen Customer Experience and
Improve Channel Advocacy
CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 26 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
channel policy and program changes designed to increase Apple advocacy
among channel resellers, improve the customer experience, reduce channel
inventory, and bring more profitable revenues to both the resellers and the
Company. Consistent with these changes, Apple will allow more authorized
resellers to buy direct by lowering its volume bar and will provide greater
flexibility by offering its complete product assortment (except products
specific to Education market) to all resellers. Additionally, Apple will
strengthen the channel force with over 100 additional sales and support
representatives focused on communication, forecasting, training, and
channel advocacy.
"Today's policy and program changes are further proof of Apple's commitment
to providing its core customers and channel partners with industry-leading...
[MD1] CDFinder 1.5.1
CDFINDER 1.5.1 RELEASED
September 27, 1997, Johannesberg, Germany
The new version of CDFinder is the very first application that uses the new
contextual menus of MacOS 8!
CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your
hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great
user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports
drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is
required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 8. A special feature
is the trilingual user interface (German/French menus/English).
This mix of features makes CDFinder very useful especially for developers
with their usually large mount of important developer CDROM's.
New features in CDFinder 1.5.1:
- CDFinder now uses the Contextual Menus in MacOS 8 to add some interesting
new ways to do your work!
- All of the menus and some dialogs are translated into the French
language, too.
- Self extracting archives are now recognized...
[MD1] X-Factor Series (G3) MacOS Compatibles
PowerTools is now shipping the fastest MacOS compatible computer in the world
PowerTools announced today they have in stock and are ready to ship the new
X-Factor series MacOS compatible computers. Based on the greatly
anticipated G3 (Arthur) processor with a "back-side cache," these new
systems will out perform any currently shipping models by over 40% in
speed. The available configurations are as follows:
X-Factor 1: 250Mhz (G3 Arthur processor) mini-tower 32MB / 2.1GB scsi-3
hard drive / 24x CD / 512k "back side" L2 cache / 4MB IMS video card / KB /
10-Base-T ethernet / MacOS 8 / FWB hard disk tool kit....... $3,999
X-Factor 2: 250Mhz (G3 Arthur processor) mini-tower 80MB / 9.1GB fast-wide
hard drive / fast-wide SCSI-3 card / 24x CD / 512k "back-side" L2 cache /
4MB IMS video card / KB / 10-Base-T ethernet / MacOS 8 / FWB hard disk tool
kit.......$4,999
The G3 series of PowerPC processors from Motorola and IBM have been tested
to be the fastest currently available. The speed and...
[MD1] Joy Explorer and Developer for OPENSTEP/MachOS
AAA+ Software invites Developers to Explore OPENSTEP with Joy.
Rapid Application Development Tools Joy Explorer and Joy Developer released
for OPENSTEP/MachOS.
VIENNA, Austria, September 25, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the
availability of Joy Explorer and Joy Developer for OPENSTEP/MachOS. A free,
fully-enabled evaluation version of Joy Explorer is available from the AAA+
web site.
For developers new to Rhapsody and OPENSTEP, Joy Explorer is the ideal tool
to get familiar with the Yellow Box API. Experienced Rhapsody and OPENSTEP
developers can use it to quickly try out new ideas, prototype solutions,
tweak the functionality of existing Yellow Box classes, explore
undocumented features, and for scripting and debugging.
"Sitting and waiting for the compiler and linker to finish is a waste of
time," said Werner Staringer, founder of AAA+ Software, "interactively
experimenting with the API is much more efficient - and a lot more fun."
The product name Joy is a logical consequence...
[MD1] Assoc. of Mac Trainers
THE ASSOCIATION OF MACINTOSH TRAINERS
(Newport News, VA) - We are pleased to announce the establishment of the
Association of Macintosh Trainers. The purpose of the association is to
establish an international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers,
instructors and educators that is easily accessible to end users and to
help facilitate and improve upon the quality of Macintosh computer support.
The association was founded in 1991, and has a membership that includes
individual trainers and instructors, computer retailers, consultants,
government agencies and educators from public school systems, colleges and
universities from around the world.
The Association of Macintosh Trainers can be contacted through Jimmy J.
Davies, President, P.O. Box 2743, Newport News, Virginia 23609,
757-877-9463, Fax 757-877-9463, eMail: namt@aol.com, or visit our web site
at: http://www.cyphernet.com/amt
[MD1] BlueNotes ECash Toolkit for Developers
ANNOUNCING THE BLUENOTES ECASH TOOLKIT FOR DEVELOPERS
The First Commercial Toolkit for Anonymous Ecash Transactions
PALO ALTO, Calif. September 24, 1997 -- BlueMoney Software Corporation
today announced BlueNotes(tm), the world's first commercial software
toolkit for building financial applications with private electronic cash
payments.
The BlueNotes Ecash Toolkit contains an Applications Programming Interface
("API") to help software developers enable ecash payments within their
software products. It is compatible with the ecash issued by Mark Twain
Bancshares of St. Louis, Missouri, and other banks around the world that
use ecash "mints" built by Digicash bv of Amsterdam.
Previously, no commercially supported ecash API has been available to
developers of web sites and software products. The BlueNotes Toolkit
fulfills this demand, allowing the quick and easy integration of ecash
payments into web sites, browsers, electronic wallets, cash registers, and
other applications.
"We are...
[MD1] Insider Updates 2
INSIDER UPDATES 2 NOW AVAILABLE
SIGNIFICANT FUNCTIONALITY AND IMPROVED INTERFACE ADDED TO MACINTOSH
SOFTWARE UPDATER
Insider Software today announced the availability of Insider Updates 2, a
release that adds significant functionality and usability features to the
leading Macintosh software-updating product. The new version uses smarter
approaches for both determining which updaters users need to bring their
Macintosh software up-to-date with the most current developer releases, as
well as improved methods for determining when new updaters become available
on the Internet. Insider Updates 2 is fully compatible with MacOS 8 and
Internet fire-walls.
DEVELOPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT NEW UPDATERS
Developers can go to https://insidertwo.theinside.com/newupdater.html and
specify information for their new updaters. This gets the updater out to
the developer's customers as fast as possible. The secure site is available
24 hours a day. All submtted information is verified before release....
[MD1] Internet Config 1.4
From: quinn@quinn.echidna.id.au (Quinn)
Subject: Announce: Internet Config 1.4
The Internet Configuration System
-- Making Macintosh Internet Activity Easier
Internet Config is an application that allows you to set Internet
preferences in one place and have them read my any other "IC aware"
application. Internet Config is supported by many Mac OS Internet
applications, including NewsWatcher, Anarchie, Fetch, and Internet Explorer.
It is my pleasure to announce the release of Internet Config 1.4. This
version has a few new features but, more importantly, it offers significant
reliability improvements over previous versions. Specific enhancements
include:
o The IC application now supports "Get URL" AppleEvents, routing them to
the appropriate helper application.
o The extension now holds the default preferences, so you get default
preferences regardless of which application first uses IC.
o The extension now sanity checks preference files before opening them. It
also keeps a copy of...
[MD1] Be names Roizen to Board
Be, Inc. names Heidi Roizen to Board of Directors
Menlo Park, CA (September 23, 1997) - Be, Inc. has named Heidi Roizen to
its Board of Directors.
Heidi Roizen is an accomplished executive with fifteen years of senior
management experience in the computer industry. She serves on the Board of
Directors of Great Plains Software (Nasdaq:GPSI), and is a Public Governor
of the Pacific Exchange. Her most recent executive position was as the vice
president of Worldwide Developer Relations for Apple Computer, which she
left in February of this year. She also served for 13 years as CEO of
T/Maker Company, a successful software developer and publisher, and is a
past president and longtime board member of the Software Publishers'
Association.
"I, and the rest of the Be team, are delighted to welcome Heidi to our
Board" said Jean-Louis Gassee, president and CEO of Be, Inc. "Her broad
software industry background will help us chart our future course and her
excellent standing with the ISV...
[MD1] AIMED Conducts a series of polls
AIMED Conducts a series of polls for the Mac developer community!
Los Angeles, CA -- September 23, 1997 -- AIMED, the Association of
Independent Macintosh Engineers and Developers, is conducting a series of
polls to collect data that it's developer membership can use to chart their
Macintosh development efforts. The information the three polls gathers has
been requested by AIMED members and is intended to gather information from
the developer community on the following topics, State of Macintosh
Development, Rhapsody, and Clone/CHRP issues. The poll pages are available
on the AIMED web site and open today. Polling will continue until midnight
October 5, 1997. The results of the polls will be made available to the
developer community on the AIMED site, Apple Computer and various press
organizations.
AIMED is an independent, nonprofit organization of Macintosh developers.
Founded in January 1996, it is dedicated to evangelizing third party
hardware and software development for the Apple...
[MD1] Extending Mac OS 8 Contextual Menus
New utility extends Mac OS 8 Contextual Menus
September 17, 1997 - Limassol, Cyprus - Annoyed that you have to press the
Control key to open Contextual Menus? "Look Mom, No Hands!", Tools & Toys'
newest shareware utility, lets you open Contextual Menus by just holding
down the mouse button, and leaves your other hand free for the coffee cup.
This handy US$ 9 software requires less than 10K of RAM, installs in less
than a minute, and is definitely a must for every Mac OS 8 lover! "Look
Mom, No Hands!" runs on any PowerPC computer with Mac OS 8 installed and
can be downloaded from Tools & Toys' Web site at
(http://www.ToolsAndToys.com).
About Tools & Toys
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Tools & Toys Software Ltd. is based Limassol, Cyprus, and develops
software for the Mac OS platform. Products by Tools & Toys include:
+ Look Mom, No Hands!, a shareware utility for Mac OS 8that opens
contextual menus with a single mouse click
+ Visual Balloons, an easy to use set of libraries...
[MD1] EuroPress for small US based developers
Groupe Mirande launches 'EuroPress', a new low-cost press service aimed at
small US based hardware and software developers who want to raise the
profile of their products in Europe.
"Even small developers cannot afford to forget about Europe as a
market...ignore it at your peril" Says Paul Lambert of Groupe Mirande.
France - September 22nd 1997- Groupe Mirande, the French based company that
works with US based Hardware and Software companies to develop a commercial
presence for their products in Europe, today announce plans to expand its
services to include 'EuroPress', a new low-cost press service for small US
based IT companies who want to raise awareness of their products within the
European marketplace.
"'EuroPress' is a result of a number of requests from smaller clients who
wanted just to use our press services to attract European customers to
their web site, where they could buy the product from", says Paul Lambert,
founder of Groupe Mirande. He continues "Normally we are...
[MD1] Universal PPP programmers' API
From: Richard Buckle (richardb@cocytus.demon.co.uk)
In the past few years there's been an explosion of mutually incompatible
PPP drivers for the Mac. Writing one product to support them all cleanly
was a programmer's nightmare -- not to mention the testing.
The Universal PPP API is the solution: a general wrapper that dynamically
detects which PPP driver is in use and maps to its sub-API. Programmers can
simply code to the Universal API. For users, it "just works", even if they
switch between PPP flavours without restarting. Performance has been
carefully optimised.
The underlying code is modular, and other protocols (such as SLIP) which
have a well-definined API can easily be added. Mail me if you would like me
to add support for your protocol.
The Universal PPP API currently supports:
* Metrowerks C, C++ and Pascal.
* Open Transport 1.1.1 or better, or MacTCP 2.0.6.
* All versions of MacPPP, FreePPP, OT/PPP and ARA/PPP
available at the time of writing.
Example projects are...
[MD1] Apple Names New PR Agency
Apple Computer Names Niehaus Ryan
Group Public Relations Agency
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 22, 1997 Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL),
today named the Silicon Valley public relations firm Niehaus Ryan Group,
Inc. (NRG) its public relations agency of record for corporate and product
public relations beginning immediately.
This announcement completes Apple's marketing communications makeover which
has brought on TBWA Chiat/Day as its new advertising agency, CKS as its new
creative services firm, and finally NRG as its new public relations firm.
"We are very pleased to complete our new team with the addition of NRG,"
said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "They are exactly the kind of
strategic, entrepreneurial agency we need right now."
"We believe that Apple's new direction will once again surprise the
industry," said NRG president Ed Niehaus. "Apple is one of the top brands
in the world, and the company is now poised to once again make its mark."
About NRG
Founded in 1991, Niehaus Ryan...
[MD1] Financial Cryptography 1998 -- Call for Participants
Call for Participants
Financial Cryptography 1998 (FC98):
The world's only financial cryptography conference, exhibition, and
workshop.
FC98 Conference
February 23-26, 1998
FC98 Exhibition
February 23-27, 1998
FC98 Financial Cryptography Workshop
March 2-6, 1998
The Inter-Island Hotel
Anguilla, BWI
Conference Reservations: (http://www.fc98.ai/)
What is FC98?
FC98, the world's only peer-reviewed conference on financial cryptography,
will be held Monday through Thursday, February 23-26, 1997, at the
Inter-Island Hotel on the Caribbean island of Anguilla.
In conjunction with the conference, the Inter-Island Hotel will also be the
site of an intensive 40-hour workshop for senior managers and IS
professionals the week after the conference (March 2-6), and a concurrent
exhibition of financial cryptography products and services during the
entire week of the conference itself, February 23-27.
The goals of the combined conference, workshop, and exhibition are:
- -- to provide a peer-reviewed...
[MD1] Version Master 1.5
Scottsdale, AZ; September 19, 1997 - Symmetry Software Corporation today
announced the release of version 1.5 of Version Master, the leading
software version reporting and updating tool for the Macintosh. Version
Master is the only major Macintosh software updating application that
remains free of charge.
This release brings a significant increase in performance to the
downloading function and integrates the application with the Version Master
website. Additionally, numerous interface enhancements have been added to
make the application easier to use including support for MacOS 8.
Free copies of Version Master may be downloaded from:
(http://www.versionmaster.com/)
New features in version 1.5 include:
Downloading current version Information is 300% to 500% faster
Improved version identification
Internet Config is no longer required
Search online database for software titles not on the user's computer
Revised Scan command and new Refresh command updates...
[MD1] INTERSOLV PVCS Version Manager
INTERSOLV PVCS Version Manager(tm) for Macintosh
Synergex and INTERSOLV (Nasdaq: ISLI) announce the availability of PVCS
Version Manager(tm) for the Macintosh, enabling Mac developers for the
first time to manage software development projects across today's major
platforms with INTERSOLV's top-selling SCM tool from the PVCS Series.
Ported to the Mac by Synergex, which has brought PVCS tools to more than 20
other leading platforms, PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh supports
any type of file-source code, graphics, documentation, binary, and text.
And it's ideal for tracking changes to HTML.
Equally usable as a standalone application or for team development
projects, this product enables developers to track revisions and customized
versions of software in Mac OS and non-Mac environments-even across system
boundaries. Developers can make and track changes to Mac OS and non-Mac
files alike, across Macintosh, Windows, OpenVMS, and leading versions of
UNIX.
PVCS Version Manager for...
[MD1] Macworld Expo Moving to NY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MACWORLD Expo To Be Held At Jacob Javits Convention Center of New York
New venue in new city to provide broader reach to core Mac market
BOSTON, September 18, 1997 - IDG Expo Management Company today announced
that the 1998 East Coast production of MACWORLD Expo will be held at the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York.
The East Coast's premier showcase for software and hardware vendors
supporting the Mac OS platform, MACWORLD Expo/New York will be held July
8-10. The exhibit floor and the MACWORLD Expo Conference Program take place
July 8-10. In addition, the MACWORLD Expo Professional Conference Program
will run from July 6-8.
"We are excited about launching MACWORLD Expo/New York," said David B.
Egan, president of IDG Expo Management Company. "New York is considered an
international center for creative professionals, and for companies
specializing in advertising, printing and publishing, the commercial arts,
graphic design, video production and...
