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From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
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TidBITS#196/04-Oct-93
=====================
The Newton remains in the news, with Apple putting the automatic
update process in place so you can call an 800 number to
upgrade the OS to 1.04. I take a brief spin through many of
the Internet Newton resources and review PBTools, a truly
elegant PowerBook utility. Finally, readers chime in with
their concerns about Apple's seemingly self-destructive
marketing techniques - is there a conspiracy involved? Where's
Oliver Stone when you need him?
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Topics:
MailBITS/04-Oct-93
Natives Restless Over Proliferation
Newton Electronic Updates
Newton Internet Resources
The PowerBook Purist
Reviews/04-Oct-93
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-196.etx; 30K]
MailBITS/04-Oct-93
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For those who have been confused when calling the direct order
line for Hayden to order The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
and having Prentice-Hall Computer Publishing answer, my apologies,
but don't worry. Prentice-Hall Computer Publishing is the parent
company of a number of publishers, including Hayden, Brady, Que,
and others. If you do wish to order directly, Hayden asked me to
mention that they don't take Discover credit cards. They apologize
for not making that clear before.
Natives Restless Over Proliferation
-----------------------------------
Truth is stranger than fiction. I didn't do a careful count, but
last week's article on the October crop of Macs elicited as many
irate comments as did my editorial on the subject several weeks
before. Maybe people didn't believe me the first time around - we
have a problem on our hands.
Software companies have a major stake in the outcome. Technical
support is no joke these days. It's not something you can have the
programmer do when she's taking a break from hammering out code.
Support in today's real world requires staff trained to not only
know the products in question cold, but also trained to handle the
occasional irate customer. Support seldom earns money directly,
despite Microsoft's recent addition of paid support for people who
want to call at odd times or want priority into the calling queue.
So Macintosh developers must consider the increased costs in
testing and supporting their products on what seems like an
exponentially increasing number of Macs, and once they have
considered those costs, decide whether or not they should add
their voices to ours in calling for a more sensible product line.
Perhaps Apple will listen to the developers who keep the platform
moving forward if they won't listen to the customers whose dollars
contribute to Apple's bottom line.
A number of people commented that the reason Apple is creating
differently numbered Macs for specific retailers is probably
because that way each retailer can safely offer a guarantee that
they will beat any price on the same system from another store.
Since many of the stores won't carry the same models, there's no
worry about the competition.
In any event, here are a few of the letters we received after
TidBITS #195_ that make the point especially well.
**Saurabh Misra** <smisra@eos.ncsu.edu> writes:
Lunacy. That is how you can describe Apple's naming scheme for new
computers. Complete lunacy. I thought I kept up with new models
better than anyone I knew, but I give up. LC 475, Performa 476,
LC040... oh, forgive me isn't that a processor?
Buyers don't like being confused by smart naming schemes. If Apple
doesn't stop, maybe one day there will be more Macintosh models
than there are buyers.
**Clint Laskowski** <Clint.Laskowski@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
I have been very involved in the Mac revolution. For 6 years I
sold Apple II and Macintosh personal computers (and Intel-based
PCs too). I also worked for two Macintosh software developers.
Most recently, I have spent the last 4 years providing Macintosh
consulting services in the Midwest. I think I have a credible
background regarding the Mac.
I agree that the number of Macintosh models is insane. There is no
way anyone can follow these things. My customers are confused. I
am sure retail sales people are confused. I am sure third-party
vendors are confused. The Macintosh market is confused. I'll bet
if we put Apple's top executives on a stage and asked them simple
questions about product features vs. product models, they too
would be confused. And this state of confusion is leading
customers to consider other computers. Any military expert will
tell you that confusion is a major reason for poor performance by
a well-trained fighting team on a modern battlefield. Can the
marketplace be all that different?
I love Apple and the Macintosh. I have based my career on them. I
can understand some of Apple's problems. But I cannot stand to see
them fragment and confuse their market. Why are they doing this? A
competitor couldn't do a better job of destroying Apple's
potential! [Hmm, perhaps it's time for a conspiracy theory. -Adam]
**Mark Maris** <mmaris@mv.mv.com> writes:
My first letter to you folks, but I couldn't help it. The latest
issue of TidBITS is so ridiculous that I must vent my outrage! I
mean really, how could you foist off the Performa article (in "The
Proliferation Continues") as serious, when we are not even close
to April 1st? Everyone knows that Apple has some of the most
astute marketing people in the industry, and would never, ever
follow a path that might confuse (or Heaven forbid) anger its
customers!
Given that Apple marketing is much too intelligent to follow such
a monumentally stupid course of action, and also given that I
believe you are both honest, may I offer the following alternative
reality?
I think that the announcement of the new Performa models must be
the product of a cabal of PC clone makers, probably headquartered
somewhere in south central Texas. Sitting around a conference
table, sipping something way too strong for a normal business
lunch, these ingenious fiends mused on various ways to derail the
competition.
"What could we do to induce users to leave Apple products in
droves?" they asked. "What would virtually guarantee that people
would be so confused and frustrated that they would leave an
obviously superior user interface, and migrate to the junk
operating environment that we bundle on our machines?"
"I HAVE IT!" one particularly inebriated shareholder yapped. "It's
the distribution channel, stupid! We could fake an Apple product
announcement: Dozens of Macs with nearly, but not quite, identical
features... nothing but meaningless model numbers to differentiate
them... no obvious reasons or market strategy for the flurry of
models. And... get this... we'll say that Apple will only market
certain models through certain dealers!"
"Brilliant," said the Chairman (also well lubricated). "If people
believe it, they'll conclude that Apple has abandoned any pretext
at customer service. Obviously, no one would ever be able to keep
track of operating system versions in that crowded a product line.
Users would become hopelessly lost, just trying to upgrade!" By
this time, the group was laughing so hard, they were reduced to
tears.
"Also," the Vice-Chair said, gasping for breath, "for a company to
single-source a model through one dealer is to explicitly
encourage that dealer to gouge the public on that model, and
someone is bound to make that connection. Go with it!"
And so, before the group could sober up, the plan was launched.
The announcement was smuggled into the normal distribution
channels, and you subsequently received it. I am certain that,
within a very short time, angry Apple executives will issue a
vehement denial of this sick joke, and we will all sleep easier.
Well, that's about it. I enjoy TidBITS a lot, but I think you
might want to check your information sources more carefully in the
future. Otherwise, these obviously ridiculous items might damage
your credibility.
**Charles Gervais** <cgervais@uoguelph.ca> forwarded this excerpt
from an article Jack Nissel wrote in an Apple II magazine called
II Alive:
Want to be the first on your block to get the new Macintosh models
when they come out? Then join Apple's Mac of The Month Club!
Imagine... the latest and greatest Apple Macintosh computer
delivered to your door, each and every month. (If more than one
Macintosh is introduced in any given month, you'll have your
choice of receiving any or all of them!) Here's how it works. Each
month, the Mac of the Month Club will select a Macintosh for you.
You'll receive a card in the mail telling you what your monthly
selection is. If you want to receive that Macintosh model, do
nothing! Your Macintosh will be sent to you automatically. If you
don't want the Macintosh model the Club has selected, just return
the card and indicate your alternate selection. Yes, it's that
easy!
Join the Mac of the Month Club today! Choose any six current
Macintosh models for only one penny (plus shipping and handling).
Then simply agree to buy an additional 14 Macintosh models (at
regular Club prices) in the next two years.
Newton Electronic Updates
-------------------------
Andy Stadler of Apple passed on a note that the Newton software
update service is now online and accepting calls. There are two
numbers, an 800 number for U.S. customers, and a normal number for
overseas callers, although given that the Newton doesn't currently
understand languages other than English (or things like
specialized mathematics terms), I can't imagine that there are
many overseas users yet. I hope to see dictionaries and support
for other languages and specialized terms appearing soon, although
I haven't heard of much activity on that front. The numbers to
call for the update are:
800/NEWTON9 -- 707/226-8839
And, although these instructions will only help Newton users, I'm
including them here so everyone can see how utterly easy it is
(assuming the modem works properly) to get the update. I'd like to
see similar services from Macintosh software companies as well -
it could be cheaper and faster for many users.
Update Instructions
These instructions describe how to update your Newton software
using a fax modem.
1. Connect the fax modem to your Newton. (Plug the fax modem cable
into Newton's communication port. If you need more instructions,
refer to the manual that came with your fax modem.)
2. Turn on your Newton and the fax modem.
3. Open the Extras Drawer.
4. Tap In Box.
5. Tap Receive, and then tap Enhancement.
6. In the space for a phone number, write 1-800-639-8669 (1-800-
NEWTON9), or double-tap the space and tap out the phone number in
the phone keypad that appears. For calls outside of the United
States, please use 707-226-8839.
7. Tap Call. The connection is made and installation of the update
begins. Installation takes about a minute.
8. Tap Restart when installation is complete. (Restarting does not
erase any of your personal information.)
9. After Newton restarts, open the battery compartment and press
the Reset button. (Pressing Reset does not erase any of your
personal information.)
If a problem occurs, press Reset again and try receiving the
enhancement again. As always, if you need technical support, call
800/SOS-APPL.
Newton Internet Resources
-------------------------
For all of the quibbling and carping in the mass media about the
Newton, interest has been enormous (Apple reported 50,000 units
sold so far), certainly larger than for any Mac since the first
PowerBooks, and in many ways even larger. It took a lot longer to
create a comp.sys.mac.portables newsgroup than it did to create
three Newton newsgroups on Usenet. But I'm getting ahead of
myself.
I want to look here at a number of the Newton resources appearing
daily on the Internet. I'm sure some of this information also
appears on ZiffNet, CompuServe, America Online, AppleLink, Delphi,
BIX, and the others, but frankly, it's probably a lot easier to
find there. You need more help to find Newton information on the
Internet, and that's what I hope to provide.
Newton on Usenet
Three Newton newsgroups passed the Usenet voting process by
significant margins (average margin of 455 yes votes to 33 no
votes) not quite three weeks ago. The first,
comp.sys.newton.announce, provides a moderated forum for
announcements, FAQ postings, and other important announcements
(Michael Nowak <mnowak@umich.edu> is the current moderator).
Discussions of postings in comp.sys.newton.announce take place in
either of the other two newsgroups, comp.sys.newton.misc and
comp.sys.newton.programmer, both of which ought to be relatively
obvious in terms of traffic. Neither are moderated.
From what I saw in a brief visit, the latter two groups have a
healthy amount of traffic, and the announce group has just a few
well-chosen postings. If you're interested in dipping into the
river of Newton information, these groups are a good place to
start.
Newton Mailing Lists
For people who can't or don't wish to read Usenet, there are
several mailing lists of interest. First is a LISTSERV list at
Dartmouth that appears to have plenty of knowledgeable Newton
aficionados. To subscribe, send email to:
LISTSERV@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU
with this line in the body of the message:
SUBSCRIBE NEWTON-L your full name
Once you're on, you can send questions and comments to this
address (but please make sure to only send subscription and
signoff commands to the LISTSERV address):
NEWTON-L@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU
Michael Nowak, the moderator of comp.sys.newton.announce, also
runs a mailing list associated with the group for those not on
Usenet. You can subscribe to the Newton-Announce mailing list by
sending a request to:
newton-announce-request@umich.edu
and you can send submissions for both the mailing list and the
newsgroup to:
newton-announce@umich.edu
Newton File Site
Of course, FTP sites holding cool software are one of the best
parts of the Internet, and thanks to Rob Bruce <robbruce@bnnrc-
srv.med.jhu.edu>, Newton users have one. The archive supports
Gopher access, and has gobs of files last I looked, including
archives of at least some of the discussion groups covering the
Newton. Definitely worth a look at:
bnnrc-srv.med.jhu.edu
You can send submissions of articles or binary files to Rob via
email, or if you prefer, you can put them in the directory
/pub/incoming.
Other sites worth looking at include Apple's Higher Education
Gopher server at:
info.hed.apple.com
Look in the directory called Apple Corporate News for Apple
propaganda about the Newton and the Mac, and the Product
Information directory contains information and tips for Newton
users.
Also check out sumex and mac.archive, the two major FTP and Gopher
file sites for the Macintosh, both of which carry Newton files. On
<sumex-aim.stanford.edu> look in the /info-mac/newton directory,
and on <mac.archive.umich.edu> look in the /newton directory.
Finally, there is an FTP site at <ftp.uth.tmc.edu> that stores
some GIF images of the Newton and the Newton logo in the
/public/newton/newton_gifs directory.
Newton FAQs
What would a newsgroup on the Internet be without a FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) list? Overwhelmed with the same old
questions, that's what. The Newton community responded to the
need, and Paul R. Potts <potts@oit.itd.umich.edu> has created
several FAQ lists that are posted on comp.sys.newton.announce and
made available on the FTP site mentioned above. From glancing
through the /pub/newton/FAQ directory on the FTP site, plenty of
other FAQ-like lists of information on Easter Eggs, bugs, wish
lists, developer information, and the like exist as well. If
you're merely thinking about getting a Newton, I definitely
recommend that you read through all of these postings for the
latest details on what's wrong and what's right.
Newton Web Server
This all may seem fragmented, just as many Internet resources do,
and to condense all of these resources, Chuck Shotton created a
World-Wide Web server that pulls many (if not all) of these
resources together into one place. You do need a World-Wide Web
browser to see this, but luckily there's a great one in
development right now for those who have MacTCP connections
(although it's a bit slow over a 14.4 SLIP connection). To get
this browser, NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh B2, FTP to
<ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu> and look in the directory /Mac/Mosaic. It's
big, and again, you need a MacTCP connection to use it, but the
Web is seriously cool and worth checking out.
Anyway, the Web server that Chuck Shotton set up has links to many
of these resources, and it's a good way to browse, especially with
a fast connection. To connect to the Newton Web server in NCSA
Mosaic for the Mac, from the File menu choose Open URL (which
stands for Universal Resource Locator). In the resulting Load
Network dialog box, enter the following:
http://www.uth.tmc.edu/newton_info/
If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or contributions,
you can contact Chuck at <cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>. He
mentioned in the announcement that he's especially interested in
hearing from administrators of existing Newton archives in order
to figure out a way of making the existing information more easily
browsed via Gopher and the World-Wide Web.
The PowerBook Purist
--------------------
Billy Steinberg dislikes frills. This becomes most evident in
PBTools, his package of PowerBook utilities marketed by Inline
Design and supported by Microseeds. PBTools offers elegant, basic,
PowerBook functions without loading the program down in order to
compete in the current industry featuritis epidemic.
PBTools has four sections, PowerWatch, SafeSleep, PowerControl,
and PBKeys. The PBTools window provides four buttons corresponding
to the four sections, and the section title itself is a pop-up
menu for alternative access to the different sections. PBTools
places a single battery icon, monogrammed with the initials PB
when you're running on battery power, in the menu bar to the left
of the Balloon Help icon. Rather than provide several icons and
changing cursors and all that, PBTools packs a ton of information
into that single icon. The icon has three visually distinct states
- battery power, AC Fast Charge, and AC Slow Charge. Two dots
appear over the battery when AppleTalk is on, and a broken bar
appears over it all while the drive spins up. While the drive
spins normally, the bar shows solid. An up arrow icon does replace
the battery icon when the Caps Lock is on, but does anyone use
Caps Lock seriously? In each state, a fully charged battery is
entirely black, and as you use power the black drains out. This
works well, although I find it hard to see the PB in the battery
picture when it's on battery power and about half full. The thick
and thin lightning bolts for fast and slow charging work better
visually.
PBTools provides a menu from its menu bar icon. The menu offers
commands for Sleep (an immediate sleep that doesn't ask about
AppleTalk), Wake/Sleep Hard Drive, and AppleTalk On/Off/On at
Restart, along with a shortcut for opening the PBTools Control
panel and a menu that lets you select which battery is in use.
More on multiple batteries in a bit.
PowerWatch
Unlike other PowerBook utilities which tell you battery percentage
or estimated time remaining, PBTools simply displays battery
voltages, the only real numbers available. This might sound overly
technical, but the PowerWatch part of PBTools displays a graph
over time (you can change the time length from three to 96 hours
by clicking on it) of battery usage so you can easily see which
voltages correspond to which icon states. PBTools lets you track
up to four batteries and calibrate the icon displays (how many
volts equate to which display for a given battery). I only have
one battery, so I couldn't play with this much, but for people
with several batteries, this will be useful since all batteries
are different and change over time. You can even export your
battery tracking log to a tab-delimited text file, but I think
Billy momentarily lost track of his goal of simple elegance there.
I can't imagine wanting to analyze such a log further. PBTools is
smart about different types of PowerBooks, and automatically
chooses the proper battery type depending on the PowerBook.
[PowerWatch helped last weekend with my new Duo 230. I plugged the
Duo in all Friday night, but Saturday morning the battery was
almost completely run down. As Saturday went on, the battery still
didn't charge. PBTools indicated that the battery was stuck in
slow (trickle) charge mode and that the voltage was decreasing
slightly over time. Subsequent troubleshooting and a call to Apple
revealed something wrong enough to warrant repair, but it was
great to have the PBTools information while speaking to Apple's
tech support person. -Tonya]
You can turn off the PBTools menu from within the PowerWatch
section, and there's also a ChargeAlert function that alerts you
if the charger is plugged into the PowerBook (not necessary on
Duos) but doesn't appear to be charging the battery, probably
because it's not plugged into the wall. Handy, since Apple's
Battery DA just notices the fact of the charger being plugged into
the Mac.
SafeSleep
The SafeSleep part of PBTools is the least interesting to me,
because it lets you password-protect your PowerBook. When you
install PBTools, you can enter your name, address, phone, and
reward information should you lose the PowerBook. You can enter
anything you want in those six lines and they display whenever
PBTools asks for your password at startup or wakeup. You can also
set PBTools to just request a password, and you can have it accept
any key as a password (which is good if you want to display the
owner information, but aren't concerned with protection). PBTools
will clear the screen either before sleeping or on wakeup so no
one can see your work, and you can always change your password and
change the timeout length, after which PBTools puts the PowerBook
back to sleep if the correct password hasn't been entered. This
password protection is not serious - booting with the shift key
down circumvents it, but it's fine for basic privacy. I don't like
having passwords, and much of the PowerBook's attraction is
instant access to my work, so I turned SafeSleep off entirely.
PowerControl
Here's the part of PBTools that Billy Steinberg feels most
appropriately handles settings for system sleep, drive sleep, and
backlight dimming. Unlike other utilities which provide lots of
options and let you create sets of different settings, PBTools
only has time limits for system sleep, drive sleep, and backlight
dimming based on whether or not the PowerBook is plugged in or
running from battery. When plugged in, two additional checkboxes
determine if PBTools will protect the LCD (a matter of inverting
the screen once per minute after an hour of inactivity) and if it
will allow the CPU to rest, which isn't necessary with AC power.
There are four other functions in PowerControl. A checkbox
controls if AppleTalk loads at startup; if it doesn't load, you
save 250K of RAM but have to restart to use it. If you have an
Express Modem, you can turn on a setting that ensures that the
PowerBook won't fall asleep while the Express Modem is working,
something that might happen otherwise and cause great
consternation. Another checkbox lets you thicken thin cursors to
make them more visible - why this is in the PowerControl section I
couldn't tell you. Finally, a Deep Discharge button claims to do
the best deep discharge of any software product for those of you
with nickel-cadmium batteries.
PBKeys
The final section, PBKeys, lets you define shortcuts for the
standard PowerBook functions, system sleep, drive sleep, find
cursor (a circle flashes around the cursor), and oddly enough,
drive wake. Why would you want to wake your drive manually?
PBTools can disable caps lock, although a sub-checkbox provides
access with shift-caps lock. Another option makes PBTools beep if
you press the caps lock key, my favorite for the "key most in need
of being moved off of the keyboard" award. A final checkbox remaps
the arrow keys when the control key is down, so control-up arrow
is PageUp, control-down arrow is PageDown, control-left arrow is
Home, and control-right arrow is End. Handy, I suppose, but Nisus
has similar commands internally, as do most word processors. [The
controls work great in Eudora! -Tonya]
What's not there
PBTools doesn't have a lot of features in this day and age;
however, many of the "missing" features are easily found elsewhere
or frivolous. The free SuperClock does clock-functions admirably,
and I see no need for the airport wakeup feature common in other
packages since it's easier and possibly safer to put your
PowerBook through the X-ray machine (set it well into the machine,
away from the roller motor).
I admit that I'm fond of CPU's sticky menus. You could argue that
such a feature is out of PBTools's design range, but every
PowerBook has a trackball, and every third-party trackball I know
of comes with a click-lock function. Sticky menus seems like a
function every PowerBook should have, and thus appropriate for
PBTools. In addition, I would like to see a keyboard shortcut for
cycling among applications. Many utilities offer these options,
but I like to run as small a system as possible on the PowerBook.
Finally the one keyboard shortcut I'd like to see added is one
that toggles AppleTalk on and off (or of course, PBTools could do
it automatically).
Overall
For the minimalist who wants the most from the PowerBook with the
least distraction, nothing comes close to PBTools. If you like
playing with lots of settings, you'll like the PowerWatch battery
tracking graphs, but another of the packages may provide more
buttons to push, menus to choose, settings to set, and displays to
watch.
PBTools has some of the best balloon help I've seen, and perhaps
the biggest balloon I've seen (it describes all the possible icon
states). If you get PBTools, turn on balloon help and explore; you
won't regret it. The manual is equally as refreshing in that it
provides background as to why and when you might want to use the
various features in different situations. With PowerBooks as
different as they are from desktop Macs, the information about
power usage in the manual is extremely welcome.
If you use CompuServe or ZiffNet/Mac, Billy provides tremendous
tech support in various forums when PBTools questions arise; I
hope Microseeds is as good on the phone. Fortunately, there's not
much that can go wrong in a package as elegant as PBTools. Highly
recommended - it's what we use.
PBTools lists for $99 and is probably available for a good bit
less (and you can sometimes find it bundled with Inline Sync). If
you already own an older version of PBTools, there is an updater
to 1.1 online on the commercial services and on <sumex-
aim.stanford.edu> as:
/info-mac/gui/pb-tools-11-updt.hqx
Inline Design -- 203/435-4995
Microseeds -- 802/879-3365 -- 802/879-4602 (fax)
76004.2100@compuserve.com
Reviews/04-Oct-93
-----------------
* MacWEEK -- 27-Sep-93, Vol. 7, #38
Lotus Notes 3.0 -- pg. 1
PainterX2 1.0 -- pg. 39
* InfoWorld -- 27-Sep-93, Vol. 15, #39
AV Macs -- pg. 116
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