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TidBITS#308/18-Dec-95
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In our last issue of 1995, we bring you lots of news and updates,
   as well as an overview of what's up with retro computer games,
   European online services, and shopping on the Web (with an eye
   towards finding holiday presents). Additional articles include
   a follow-up to our Quicken 6 review and information about the
   traditional Netter's Dinner at the upcoming Macworld Expo in
   San Francisco. See you in 1996!

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Copyright 1990-1995 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue.
   Information: <[e-mail]> Comments: <[e-mail]>
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Topics:
    MailBITS/18-Dec-95
    Shopping Online
    Retro Software: Everything Old Is New Again
    The Short Unhappy Life of Online in Europe
    Quicken 6 Follow-up
    10th Annual SF Macworld Netter's Dinner
    Reviews/18-Dec-95

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1995/TidBITS#308_18-Dec-95.etx


MailBITS/18-Dec-95
------------------
  We're taking the next two weeks off, so don't look for TidBITS
  until the 08-Jan-96 issue. Happy holidays to you all, and may all
  your wishes come true. [ACE]


**PageMill Demo** -- Intrigued by my PageMill review in
  TidBITS-305_? Try the demo! The demo appears to be fully
  functional, except it cannot save or print. Because it cannot
  save, you cannot examine the HTML PageMill has used; however,
  the features working within PageMill's environment. Thanks to
  Guy Kawasaki, enthusiastic administrator of the MacWay mailing
  list, for making the demo available online. Note that the 2 MB
  StuffIt version is considerably smaller than the 2.7 MB BinHex
  version. [TJE]

ftp://ftp.fogcity.com/pub/Other/PageMillEvaluationPackage.sit
ftp://ftp.fogcity.com/pub/Other/PageMillEvaluationPackage.hqx
http://wais.sensei.com.au/archives/macway/0159.html


**Gartner Tech Support Study Online** -- Back in TidBITS-299_, we
  reported on a study by the Gartner Group that found technical
  support costs for Macs lower than those for Windows machines.
  Although Apple quickly set up an 800 number for requesting copies
  of the study, international readers will be happy to know Apple
  has put a summary of the study on the Web. Apple has selectively
  emphasized some of the information, but the Web page does provide
  handy material for the eternal Mac versus Windows debate. Official
  reprints of the study are still available at 800/232-9335. [GD]

http://www2.apple.com/whymac/ggstudy.html


**Symantec Announces Java Tools** -- Not to be left out of the
  Java frenzy sweeping the Internet, Symantec announced last week it
  has licensed the Java language technology from Sun Microsystems
  and released a Java development environment for Windows called
  Espresso. A Power Mac version of Espresso for Symantec C++ 8.0 is
  expected to be out in early 1996. [GD]

http://www.symantec.com/lit/dev/javaindex.html


**Not All that Flickers is Gold** -- There have recently been
  numerous reports of video flickering and color distortion in
  5200-series Performas and LCs - particularly distressing to owners
  because the built-in monitors can't be detached for service.
  Symptoms include shifts between color tints that last anywhere
  from a fraction of a second to several minutes. The problem
  appears to be related to the 5200 analog board and may be more
  prevalent in earlier units, although Apple hasn't confirmed this
  information. Users experiencing problems should contact their
  Apple dealers or call 800/SOS-APPL. [GD]


**More Secure Mac Web Servers** -- StarNine recently released the
  $1,295 WebSTAR SSL Security Toolkit. The Security Toolkit includes
  WebSTAR/SSL, a version of WebSTAR that uses the open-standard SSL
  (Secure Socket Layer) protocol developed by Netscape
  Communications and RSA Technologies. It also comes with additional
  utilities for setting up and running a secure Web site. The SSL
  protocol provides a secure channel of communications to prevent
  eavesdropping on Web connections, server authentication to verify
  the identity of the originating Web site, and data integrity to
  ensure that the transmitted data arrives intact. To take advantage
  of the security features of WebSTAR/SSL, users must use an SSL-
  capable Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator. [ACE]

http://www.starnine.com/webstarssl/webstarssl.html


**It Takes Two to Tango** -- Web site developers may be interested
  in Tango, a new product from EveryWare Development. Tango enables
  Mac-based Web servers like WebSTAR to communicate with Butler SQL,
  EveryWare's relational database. Although useful, the interesting
  part of Tango is that it combines a CGI for communicating with the
  Web server with a graphical editor that enables Web administrators
  to create Web pages quickly and without using SQL or HTML code.
  Tango 1.0 is bundled with Butler SQL and only works with it. The
  Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) version of Tango, due out in
  Jan-96, will support connections to databases including Oracle,
  Sybase, Informix, and FoxPro, running on Mac, Windows or Unix
  machines. The CGI is threaded and PowerPC-native for maximum
  performance. Butler SQL with Tango starts at $495 for a two-user
  license, although readers of DealBITS <[e-mail]> pay
  only $247 through 30-Dec-95 (and multi-user licenses are also 50
  percent off). EveryWare Development --
  <[e-mail]> [ACE]

http://www.everyware.com/Special/DealBits.html


**PPP Comments & Updates** -- Travis Butler <[e-mail]>
  passed on a summary of the messages he received about his two-part
  PPP overview starting in TidBITS-306_:
  Many comments concerned the now-defunct MacPPP 2.2.0a. Some people
  found it worked with Open Transport 1.0.8 and on later PowerBooks
  than my 170. A few people also mentioned a MacPPP 2.2.1 release
  supposedly floating around on sites in Europe; Lieven Embrechts
  (the contact for 2.2.0a who now recommends the new version of
  FreePPP) said it is a pirated version, not released by MacBel, and
  that it should be removed from the net.

  FreePPP comments included a reminder that FreePPP requires Color
  QuickDraw and won't run on the Plus, SE, Classic, or PowerBook
  100. FreePPP 1.0.4 should be available this week, fixing the bug
  that plagued 1.0.3. The next major version of FreePPP is slated to
  be called FreePPP 2.5 at Apple's request. The 2.5 version number
  should eliminate confusion created by FreePPP having a lower
  version number than all other MacPPP variants. FreePPP 2.5 is
  supposed to include some bug fixes from Apple (the Apple Internet
  Connection Kit dialer is based on FreePPP). Finally, early
  versions of FreePPP conflicted with Aladdin's CyberFinder 2.0
  demo, although it's fixed in FreePPP 1.0.2, despite CyberFinder's
  Read Me. [ACE]


**Holiday Lights** -- David K. Dean <[e-mail]> writes:
  I'd like to recommend Holiday Lights 3.0 from Robert Matthews of
  Tiger Technologies. It started out as Xmas Lights 1.0, then
  changed to Christmas Lights 1.0 (from the now-defunct Atticus
  Software), and has now become Holiday Lights 3.0. As the ReadMe
  file says, "Is it useful? Well... okay, no. Is it really cool?
  Absolutely!" And that's why we all use Macs, isn't it?

  The $15 piece of shareware puts a border of Christmas lights,
  holly, stockings, etc. around your screen. The customizable border
  supports drag & drop and includes a screensaver that displays the
  border with snow falling in the background. Several Christmas
  songs played via QuickTime Musical Instruments are also included.
  The program can be registered via email (the Order Form scrambles
  your credit card number when saved, or you can email Tiger
  Technologies for their PGP signature); registering gets you a
  bonus file with more Christmas songs and graphics, and a floppy
  disk with everything. I bought a copy for my wife - I figured
  everything else in our house is decorated, why not the Mac!

http://www.tigertech.com/
ftp://ftp.tigertech.com/HolidayLights3.0.sit.hqx


Shopping Online
---------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  Shopping has changed a bit over the last year thanks to all the
  retailers appearing on the Web. In 1993, sales via the Internet
  were estimated to total about $100,000; in 1995, that figure
  should be over $70 million, and current estimates for 1996 are
  over $500 million. I think we've hit three different types of
  shopping (not including brain-dead impulse buying via TV).
  Physical stores are excellent when you don't know what you want,
  but you think the store has something interesting. You can't beat
  the bandwidth of browsing in person. Mail order catalogs that clog
  your mailbox this time of year are good for browsing and easier
  than vying with hordes of shoppers for the last parking spot at
  the MegaMall.

  This year, finally, we have Web retailers that offer the best in
  what I call "database shopping." If you know precisely what you
  want - particularly a commodity item like a CD or a book - it's
  often easiest to do a search, find the item, and order it right
  away on the Web. For the most part, I haven't found Web stores
  useful for browsing, because I have to make an effort to get there
  and I easily become distracted once I arrive. I also like the fact
  that Web shopping is usually fast, and retailers often deliver
  purchases quickly via one of the main delivery services.

  That said, here are URLs to the Web-based stores I've used. I
  recommend them only in that I've used them, they had good prices,
  and everything worked. I'm sure there are tons of other excellent
  outfits on the Web, and I encourage you to patronize the ones you
  like best.

  I order books from WordsWorth in Harvard Square, Cambridge, partly
  because I like the physical store so much. It's always one of my
  stops during Boston Macworld Expo.

http://www.wordsworth.com/

  I mostly buy Mac hardware and software from Cyberian Outpost,
  which was started by Daryl Peck, who had been in charge of Mac
  developer Inline Design. Their prices seem good and I like the way
  their Web site is set up, unlike some other computer retailers
  that I've seen online.

http://www.cybout.com/

  I didn't order any music CDs this year, but if I had, I would
  undoubtedly have searched on "shopping" in Yahoo to find a CD
  vendor. Check it out - I'll bet you can find a number of specific
  musical items on your lists.

http://www.yahoo.com/

  Oh, a note to forestall the inevitable comments. I'm no more
  concerned about credit card fraud on the Internet than in real
  life. You may be, but I've never heard of a recorded instance of a
  credit card number being stolen during an online transaction. My
  credit card number is more vulnerable every time a waiter takes
  the card out of my sight for five minutes at a restaurant. Judge
  your own level of comfort with entering your credit card in a
  Web-based order form and act accordingly.


Retro Software: Everything Old Is New Again
-------------------------------------------
  by Jason Snell, Associate Editor, MacUser <[e-mail]>

  Although I own several compact discs by Journey and have been
  known to watch re-runs of Family Ties, I never thought I'd be
  nostalgic for the bad graphics and jerky animation of those Atari
  2600 video games which appeared under the Christmas tree when I
  was a pre-teen. Nor could you have convinced me that in an era of
  24-bit stereo sound, 3-D rendered graphics, and full-motion video,
  I'd want to play a coin-operated video game manufactured during
  the early years of the Reagan administration.

  But as 1995 draws to a close, that's exactly the position I'm in.
  These are the days of nostalgia software, when longings for
  programs written during the heyday of The Cosby Show can be
  fulfilled.

  Nostalgia software developers use three basic methods to create
  products: rewrite software for a new platform, but recreate the
  original in every detail; design a software emulator that runs an
  original program on a new platform; or write an homage to the
  classic game that adds new features, graphics, or technologies.


**Direct Rewrites** -- The worst nostalgia software are programs
  rewritten from scratch to look exactly like the original - namely
  Microsoft Arcade, a package containing classic Atari console games
  like Asteroids, Centipede, and Space Invaders. Sure, the games in
  Microsoft Arcade look like the genuine '80s articles;
  unfortunately, the games also have the bulk and slothfulness found
  in '90s-era Microsoft applications. Why play a poky version of
  Battlezone when you could play Velocity Development's Spectre
  (which is essentially a more advanced version of the same game,
  only faster and with better graphics)?


**Emulating an Era** -- One clever way of reducing development
  time while providing the ultimate nostalgic experience is
  developing software that emulates the game's original hardware
  platform. That's the tack taken by my favorite set of nostalgia
  games, Digital Eclipse's versions of the Williams arcade classics
  Defender, Joust, and Robotron. These games use the same code
  written for the Williams arcade console, plus an emulator that
  runs them on a Mac. Not only do these games run fast, but all the
  strategies (and Easter eggs) that worked in your quarter-spending
  days still do the trick. A CD-ROM version of these games,
  including three other Williams titles, should be available early
  next year.

  Though Digital Eclipse's emulator might be the most impressive,
  it's not the only one out there. Activision has released two
  compendiums of their old games for the Atari 2600, with two more
  on the way. Although it's great to play Activision chestnuts like
  Kaboom! and Pitfall, the Activision emulator is neither as fast
  nor as stable as it should be. Activision's also mining the
  classic text adventures of the past, offering themed bundles of
  such great games as Starcross, Deadline, and The Hitchhikers'
  Guide to the Galaxy.

  All sorts of emulators for older personal computers are available,
  but my personal favorite is Stop The Madness, an Apple II+
  emulator by Kevin Lund and Jim Nitchals. The good news is that
  Stop The Madness is a fully-functional Apple II+ emulator; the bad
  news is that almost no software exists for the emulator due to
  copyright concerns. If you have an Apple II, you can transfer
  Apple II disks to a Mac via a serial cable and some ingenious
  software, but if you're like me and sold that Apple IIe years ago
  to make way for that shiny new Mac SE, software will be hard to
  come by. You can find Stop the Madness and related software at the
  following FTP site:

ftp://cassandra.ucr.edu/pub/apple2/

  Given the speed and high level of compatibility of the Stop the
  Madness emulator, it'd be a shame for the program to go to waste.
  Wouldn't it be nice if a nostalgia-minded company licensed Stop
  The Madness and made some of those long-lost Apple II programs
  available to Mac users? Maybe there's hope in the example of
  Origin Systems' classic Ultima III, now given new life in a Mac
  shareware rewrite by Leon McNeill. McNeill got the approval of
  Richard Garriott, the game's original author, and licensed the
  game from Origin Systems in order to release it legally.

ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/adv/ultima3-12.hqx


**The Sincerest Form of Flattery** -- Of course, if developers
  don't want to worry about licensing decades-old software titles
  from companies that may no longer exist, they can always create a
  game from scratch that's an homage to the original. There are
  excellent shareware remakes of old games - featuring fast game
  play and snazzy graphics - including Maelstrom (Asteroids),
  Apeiron (Centipede), Glypha (Joust), and countless others.

ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/arc/maelstrom-142.hqx
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/arc/apeiron-102.hqx
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/arc/glypha-III-101.hqx

  In the past year, there have been plenty of complaints that
  business software has grown slow and monolithic - that we're
  forced to buy word processors that ship on a dozen floppies when a
  program that can fit on just one would serve most of us just as
  well. Maybe the same can be said for games. Sure, it's fun to play
  Marathon 2 on a Power Mac with stereo speakers, but is it that
  much more entertaining than a rousing game of Joust, Defender or
  Space Invaders?

Didn't think so.

    Activision -- 310/479-5644 -- <[e-mail]>
    Digital Eclipse -- 510/450-1740 -- <[e-mail]>
    Microsoft Corporation -- 800/426-9400 -- 206/882-8080
    Velocity Development -- 415/776-8000


The Short Unhappy Life of Online in Europe
------------------------------------------
  by Richard Erickson <[e-mail]>

  At the beginning of 1995, there was one pan-European online
  service: CompuServe. Since then, Europe has seen announcements of
  three new online services, but as the year draws to a close only
  two exist: CompuServe and America Online. We also have the
  possibility of Europe Online emerging from the vapors soon.


**Language Anguish** -- During Europe's spring, start-up
  announcements from Europe Online, eWorld, and the jumbo combo
  Bertelsmann/AOL tumbled from press release machines. Major
  European publishers - with their fingers already in the pies of
  television, cable, satellite, and digital publishing - were ready
  to sign any alliance with anyone just so long as they got online
  before the end of the year. Heady stuff.

  In North America, after decades of network TV above the Rio
  Grande, the language of the population is somewhat homogenized.
  English is usually accepted as the standard language, despite the
  presence of incredible ethnic diversity. This part of North
  America resembles the reality - up until now - of the Internet,
  where more than lip-service is given to the English language.

  Europe, on the other hand - regardless of a long drive for
  unification - remains a bunch of mailbox- to baguette-box-sized
  countries; with a dozen languages that have little in common. It
  is a misconception to believe that everybody learns English as a
  standard second language - during the 47-year Cold War nearly half
  the continent learned Russian. European languages have scant
  respect for lines on maps, and this is a nightmare for online
  services.

  During the year, while the Hachettes, Burdas, Pearsons, Springers,
  Bertelsmanns; their banks and insurance companies; their partners
  (such as AT&T, Sprint, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and
  RTL-TV); and their aunts, uncles, and cousins formed and dissolved
  alliances, bought and sold investments, and cranked press release
  mimeographs, ordinary users - these future, potential subscribers
  - used nearly free software and whatever Internet provider they
  could find to dial the Internet. Newspapers published small
  announcements from major online services and began publishing
  columns about the Internet.

  How can this be? All these hodgepodge polyglot Europeans, shown by
  marketing studies to desire language-oriented online services, are
  paying money - and usually quite a lot - for a service whose
  dominant language is English?


**Internet Overload?** If these online services ever connect lots
  of Europeans to the Internet, the Internet will have to cope with
  even more users, and it already seems a little overloaded. I asked
  Dr. Christian Huitema, until recently president of the IAB
  (Internet Architecture Board), some questions.

http://www.iab.org/iab/

  Ric: "What position is the IAB taking in face of this
  development?"

  Dr. Huitema: "The most salient action is the development of the
  new version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6, which enables
  addressing and routing in a very large Internet, connecting up a
  million of billions of computers. IPv6 is already published,
  prototypes are available, and we should be transitioning the
  Internet in the next two years.

  "Other interesting actions are the development of suitable
  standards for improved security and multimedia, with IP security,
  multimedia mail, secure mail, and real time transport protocols."

  Then I wanted to know if the IAB expected online operators to give
  something back in return for using our very public Internet. It
  was a dumb question, but a good answer came back:

  Dr. Huitema: "The IAB is concerned with technology and standards,
  not operation. The online operators will certainly feel some
  pressure from the general public, however. Today, online services
  provide "Internet access" to their subscribers but seldom attempt
  to make their own resources, e.g. publications and forums,
  available to the Internet. This results in one way connections,
  and is often ill-perceived by the public. We already see some
  retaliation going on. I know that some providers of publicly
  available information, some universities, discriminate against the
  online customers for this reason, e.g. by refusing to serve their
  request or by serving them with a lower priority."

  As 1995 continued, two of the startups announced the upcoming
  availability of two-way Internet access. But, according to their
  later pronouncements, the Internet had advanced technically, and
  what with the Web and other changes, their original plans had
  evaporated into nothing. A French version of Apple's eWorld, so
  bravely proclaimed in September at Apple Expo '95 in Paris,
  dissolved. Luxembourg-based Europe Online - with a strong set of
  content-oriented European publishers - looked like it would be a
  match for the formidable Bertelsmann/AOL jumbo combo, but we are
  still waiting to see Europe Online in action.


**The Majors Changed Horses** -- In the end, the majors changed
  horses and dropped out to think or joined Bertelsmann/AOL - now
  known as AOL Europa (as seen on one news report) or plain AOL (as
  confirmed by an AOL spokesman). AOL began in Germany on 28-Nov-95,
  and the official start for Europe Online was 15-Dec-95, according
  to a November news release. Europe Online's Web site is up, but
  many links don't work, and the site doesn't explain how to join.

http://www.europeonline.com/

  Perhaps in 1996 we'll see more online services covering more of
  Europe. With their all-in-one access packages, user hotlines, and
  thirst for European content being driven by European commerce,
  these online services have the potential to make going online much
  easier for many people.


Quicken 6 Follow-up
-------------------
  by Stephen Becker <[e-mail]>

  [This a follow-up to Steve's Quicken 6 review from TidBITS-299_.
  -Geoff]

  Quicken 6 users should be aware of several bugs. Quicken's
  Portfolio window includes several performance calculations that
  may produce inaccurate or misleading results. Since a complex
  range of factors are involved, I recommend using Quicken's
  Investment Reports to acquire reliable data on investment
  performance until a fix is available. Intuit is expected to issue
  an update around the end of December, perhaps at the same time
  they release their online banking software. The update will
  include a number of fixes; be sure to register your copy of
  Quicken 6 so you will receive these disks.

  The update should improve the method used to calculate some
  performance information in the Portfolio window. For example, the
  ROI (Return On Investment) calculation for a security with
  multiple lots is currently based on the average of the ROI for
  each of the lots. The update is expected to use the more desirable
  method of weighting the lots according to their size.

  Users should also note that although the Portfolio View in Quicken
  only displays open positions for the selected date range, some of
  the displayed performance calculations include data from closed
  investment positions. This is an non-intuitive way of presenting
  the data, is not clearly documented, and can lead to poor
  investment decisions based on misinterpretations of the data. I
  hope this will be changed in a subsequent update to Quicken.
  Intuit pays close attention to user feedback, so if you agree this
  should be changed, contacting Intuit should help expedite the
  fix.

http://www.intuit.com/int-suggest/

  Finally, watch out for a conflict between the 7.0/7.1 Enabler
  extensions and Conflict Catcher. (These extensions let Apple Guide
  function under System 7.0 and 7.1; System 7.5 is thus not
  affected). The Conflict Catcher control panel will crash when
  opened, even when Quicken is not running. The just-released
  version 3.0.4 Conflict Catcher Update should fix the problem.

  [Users can also remove the extensions to work around the problem,
  although Apple Guide will cease to function. The Conflict Catcher
  3.0.4 update is available on AOL, and should appear on Casady &
  Greene's update page soon. -Geoff]

http://www.casadyg.com/update.html


10th Annual SF Macworld Netter's Dinner
---------------------------------------
  by Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>

  For ten years we've been gathering a herd of nerds and feeding
  ourselves at the Hunan in San Francisco (on Sansome at Broadway).
  This year we have something new: online registration and payment.

http://iw.cts.com/~jonpugh/nettersdinner.html
ftp://iw.cts.com/public/JonPugh/RegisterNettersDinner.hqx

  Due to the phenomenal 50 percent no-show last year, we had to do
  something about the low turnout. This year we contracted with Kee
  Nethery's shareware service to provide a solution. All you have to
  do is download the Register program (61K) and run it. It enables
  you to enter the number of seats you wish to purchase and email
  your payment (via credit card) to Kagi and your RSVP to me. The
  cost is $16 per person (an earlier version of this notice said
  $14; it has gone up).

  You can register via credit card up to the day before the event,
  which is 10-Jan-96. You can register by fax up to a week before
  the event, which is 04-Jan-96. You can register via snail mail up
  to two weeks before the event, which is 28-Dec-95. All of
  registrations must be done via the Register application.

  The dinner will be on Thursday, 11-Jan-96. We'll meet at the top
  of the escalators on the entrance side (I think it's the north
  side) of Moscone Center 6:00 PM. We'll do our traditional
  pilgrimage to the Hunan at 6:30. It takes 20-30 minutes to walk.
  Of course, wimps can take a cab or drive.


Reviews/18-Dec-95
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 11-Dec-95, Vol. 9, #48
    PowerBook 5300c -- pg. 37
    Retrospect 3.0 -- pg. 44
    ThunderColor 30/1600 -- pg. 47
    SCSI PowerPlug II & SCSI PowerPlug NT -- pg. 48
    KS Labs KSV604 CPU Booster -- pg. 50
    ACT! 2.5 -- pg. 56
    Special Delivery 2.1 & Digital Chisel 2.0 -- pg. 58


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