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Chuck Bartosch returns with more about the Power Mac versus the
   Pentium; we announce the second edition of Internet Starter Kit
   for Macintosh; and we take a quick look at a project to provide
   free Internet access to citizens in Italy. Mark Anbinder reports
   on numerous small software updates, and additional rumors and
   news talk about the latest version of AOL's software as well as
   a hybrid computer with a PowerPC 601 and a 486 on the
   motherboard.

This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by:
* APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- <[e-mail]>
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Topics:
    MailBITS/24-Oct-94
    AOL 2.5.1 Ready
    PowerBook Modem Updates
    More Apple Updates
    Free Internet Access in Italy
    Pentium Redux
    Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, Second Edition
    Reviews/24-Oct-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-249.etx; 30K]


MailBITS/24-Oct-94
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  It was a dark and stormy night that Thursday the 13th of October,
  and the pavement had broken out into an oily sheen of sweat. And
  then, to use the Reagan/Bush passive voice cop-out, mistakes were
  made, resulting in an automobile accident involving Tonya and our
  Honda Civic. The car can be repaired in a week or two, but the
  more subtle injuries to Tonya's neck took several days to manifest
  themselves and may take much longer to heal. With any luck, she'll
  be fine in a few weeks or months, but in the meantime, Tonya
  cannot handle much email. This, combined with some pre-arranged
  commitments I have for the next two weeks, means the less
  unnecessary email we receive, the better. Thanks for
  understanding. [ACE]


**Internet Video** -- One of the things I'm doing in the next few
  weeks is working on a video about the Internet, and the producer
  is looking for images to use in it. If you have computer art or
  digitized photographs that you would like to submit for
  consideration and to which you have rights, please send them to
  Harry Wiland at <[e-mail]>. The act of submission
  constitutes permission to use, so please don't submit anything
  that's not your work since we're trying to stay well within the
  bounds of acceptable use. [ACE]


**HDT and Stacker** could be a dangerous combination if you use a
  "Stacked" disk (a disk compressed with Stacker from Stac
  Electronics) that's been formatted with FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit on
  a computer running Apple's SCSI Manager 4.3. (SCSI Manager 4.3
  only works on Centris, Quadra, and Power Mac models, and if you
  use one of those Macs, note that System 7.5 includes the SCSI
  Manager 4.3 extension in its default installation.) FWB Technical
  Support confirmed a report from Stac Electronics that SCSI Manager
  4.3-compatible versions of HDT can cause data loss when used with
  Stacker. (The HDT 1.6 Read Me file alerts users to an
  incompatibility.) One solution is to not install the SCSI Manager
  4.3 extension when installing System 7.5. (After installing the
  System, restart with extensions disabled and remove the
  extension.) On Macintosh models with SCSI Manager 4.3 in ROM, such
  as the Quadra AV systems and Power Macs, don't use "Stacked" disks
  if you formatted them with HDT 1.5 or later. FWB says a fix is in
  the works but will probably not be available until the next major
  release. [MHA]


**LaserWriter 8.2** was recently released by Apple, and they
  recommend using it instead of any previous 8.x driver. Fixes and
  changes mentioned include: improved printing of PICTs containing
  rotated objects, improved Chooser setup routine, and a change in
  the default output device - the 8.2 driver always defaults back to
  the printer as the print job destination. Evidently, previous
  versions defaulted to the most recently used destination and - as
  a result - too many print jobs were accidently faxed via printers
  that include fax cards.

  The version of 8.2 available on the nets does not come with an
  installer; instead you get the driver and a folder of Apple PPDs.
  The ReadMe suggests that you use an installer to install a
  previous version of the 8.x driver _before_ copying the 8.2 driver
  into your Extensions folder. The ReadMe also recommends trashing
  your LaserWriter Prefs folder and using the new PPDs. [TJE]

ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/sys.soft/imaging/laserwriter-8-2.hqx
ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/sys.soft/imaging/laserwriter-8-2-fax.hqx


**QuickDraw GX** -- In preparing the three part series about
  QuickDraw GX (starting in TidBITS-243_), I found the Peirce Guide
  to QuickDraw GX Printing quite helpful. Michael Peirce has
  converted the document into a DocMaker document, and you can now
  retrieve it via FTP. [TJE}

ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/info/sft/pierce-gx-guide.hqx


**Pythaeus** writes, "One of our System Engineers just got back
  from Apple training and said Apple was showing a Mac that I've
  come to call the MacGinsu. It's a Mac with a 66 MHz PowerPC 601
  and a 66 MHz 486 on the motherboard with video in and out for
  under $2,000."

  [What's great about this report is how it compares to one of my
  1991 April Fools articles (see TidBITS-52_). Compare this
  sentence: "Hybrid/3 includes a 16 MHz 68030 CPU (and its
  associated math coprocessor) from Motorola and a 33 MHz 80386 from
  Intel, along with a custom controller that allows either one to be
  used independently (one at a time)." Ah, the vagaries of fiction.
  -Adam]


**The Macintosh Client/Server Database Development Summary**,
  Revision 1.1, by Liam Breck, has just been released. It summarizes
  client-builder tools, data access layers, and database servers
  applicable to Macintosh (and cross-platform) client/server
  database development. The summary includes explanations of the
  three categories and describes over 25 products. It is purely
  informational and contains no propaganda, as the author is a
  neutral party. To receive the document by email, request a copy
  from the author at <[e-mail]>. [LB]


**Workgroup Server 95** owners have a little longer to obtain a
  performance-enhancing software upgrade. Last January, Apple
  introduced AppleShare Pro server software version 1.1 and A/UX
  3.1. The new software can provide up to 40 percent better
  performance when used with high  performance hard disks. Those who
  purchased an AWS 95 before 01-Dec-93 may order an upgrade for both
  programs for $199; owners of AWS 95 systems who purchased them on
  or after 01-Dec-93 but who have earlier versions of the software
  are entitled to a free upgrade. The upgrade offer has been
  extended until 02-Jan-95. Apple -- 800/769-2775 ext. 7822 --
  408/862-3385. [MHA]


AOL 2.5.1 Ready
---------------
  by Radical Liberation <[e-mail]>

  The official release of version 2.5.1 of the AOL software is now
  available on the Internet right (as well as on AOL itself,
  undoubtedly) at:

ftp://ftp.aol.com/mac/Install_America_Online_v2.5.1.bin

  Despite what the accompanying ReadMe says, the AOL 2.5.1 client
  software does not, in fact, require an Internet connection, but
  supports both regular modem connections and MacTCP-based Internet
  connections.

  New features include the capability to connect over the Internet,
  and the client software looks and works just the same. AOL seems
  to have fixed earlier problems with downloading files while
  connected over the Internet. There are some security concerns
  regarding this type of connection because the software sends your
  username and password in clear text over the Internet, making it
  possible for someone to steal them and run up large bills. If this
  concerns you, don't use the Internet connection method.

  The client software sports a new 3-D marbled look and many of the
  top-level screens have been rearranged, making them easier and
  more enjoyable to navigate. Unfortunately, once you navigate into
  your favorite small forum, the look returns to the old style.

  Image hounds will appreciate the new capability to view images
  while downloading, depending on the file format. The partial view
  allows you to cancel downloads of images that aren't looking
  promising. Also, if the image has a thumbnail preview (many
  Photoshop and JPEGView images do), AOL now makes it available as
  part of the file's description. For formats that don't lend
  themselves to partial views, (like JPEG-compressed images), AOL
  displays the image when you are done downloading, if you use the
  Download Now button.

  [AOL just started testing anonymous FTP access (keyword: FTP), and
  although it seemed to work, a 1.3 MB StuffIt file I downloaded was
  somehow corrupted. -Adam]


PowerBook Modem Updates
-----------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>
     Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.

  Apple has announced the release of two software updates to address
  problems PowerBook owners have experienced with their modems. The
  new Express Modem 1.5.4 software is for users of the Apple Express
  Modem with System 7.5; the other is for PowerBook 150 owners.

  Version 1.5.4 of the Express Modem software eliminates the problem
  that caused a PowerBook running System 7.5 to crash on restart if
  there were faxes waiting to go out.

  The new PowerBook 150 Update 1.0 software corrects a problem with
  the original modem-handling abilities of the PowerBook 150 that
  caused any internal modem to continue to use battery power even
  when it was not in use. Global Village released a new version of
  their PowerPort software several weeks ago that prevented the
  problem from occurring, but it only supports the company's own
  PowerPort modems.

  Both updates are available on AppleLink, or on the Internet via
  FTP in:

ftp://ftp.austin.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/
Net.and.Comm.SW/

  Information from:
    Apple Copmuter


More Apple Updates
------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>

  Apple has introduced a number of software updates to fix problems
  or improve performance on a variety of Macintosh hardware.

* The 040 VM Update 1.0 eliminates the tendency of certain 68040
  Macs (Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series and LC/Performa 570 series
  machines) to hang when the 68040 processor caches and virtual
  memory are both active.

* The 630 SCSI Update 1.0 patches the SCSI Manager to improve
  large file transfers on the Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series
  machines' SCSI bus.

* Express modem users on the Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series should
  install the EM Sound Update 1.0 to add sound support to the modem;
  sounds generated on the phone line such as dial tone and modem
  carrier tones can be heard through the Mac's speaker.

* Mount IDE Drive 1.0 can be used to access the internal IDE hard
  drive on a PowerBook 150 or 630-series computer when the Mac has
  been booted from a device other than the internal drive.

* Color Classic owners can finally use their Apple IIe cards with
  System 7.5 installed, thanks to Color Classic Update 1.0.

* The Macintosh TV now supports TV mode under System 7.5 with TV
  Setup Control Panel 1.0.2 installed.

  All of these updates are available on AppleLink under "Apple
  Products -> Apple SW Updates -> Macintosh -> System Software ->
  Other System Software," and on the Internet via FTP at
  <ftp.austin.apple.com> and via Gopher at <info.hed.apple.com>.

  Information from:
    Apple Computer


Free Internet Access in Italy
-----------------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  Mario Marinelli <[e-mail]> tells us that, in what
  may be a first, the Italian city of Bologna now provides free
  Internet access to all its citizens.

http://www.infn.it/pub/CNAF/Bologna.html

  CINECA, a semi-public organization owned in part by the City of
  Bologna, has leased a 128K high speed link to the Internet and
  provides Internet access in several ways, including basic Unix
  shell accounts, a BBS (probably SoftArc's FirstClass) that will
  provide news and email, and also, for a fee of $20 per month, SLIP
  or PPP accounts for more advanced users who want their own
  Internet nodes. The project, called NetTuno ("Nettuno" is the
  Italian name for the Roman god of the sea and the symbol of
  Bologna), has been joined by the cities of Rome and Turin as well.
  If other Italian cities follow suit, it could lead to a
  significant upswell in Internet use from Italy.

  The initiative apparently started as a result of the responses to
  a series of newspaper articles about global networking and its
  impact for growth in business opportunities, but perhaps more
  interesting, in response to articles discussing the development
  and implementation of a new model of participatory democracy. You
  can get more information about the project via email from
  <[e-mail]> or via the Web (assuming you read Italian)
  at:

http://www.cineca.it/nettuno/nettuno.htm

  [Incidentally, I found the above information on Bologna via The
  Virtual Tourist, an especially interesting Web service located at
  the URL below. -Adam]

http://wings.buffalo.edu/world/


Pentium Redux
-------------
  by Chuck Bartosch <[e-mail]>

  Last week's business article (TidBITS-248_) drew several questions
  and lots of great mail. This article responds to some of the issue
  raised.

**Quantities** -- Last week I stated with undue confidence that
  there were about four times as many Power Macs in existence as
  Pentium-based systems. I based this statement in part on
  information that says Power Mac sales are still outrunning Pentium
  sales (at least through the dealer channel - direct sales are
  harder to verify), but that Pentium sales are ramping up quickly.
  Pentium sales are definitely slower than Intel expected, and
  weren't helped by the PCI glitch Intel suffered earlier this
  summer.

  Since last week, I've done considerable research to uncover
  trustworthy numbers on this topic. An Apple technical briefing in
  August first raised the idea with numbers similar to what I
  quoted. Unfortunately, my best information comes from Pythaeus,
  who saw specific research from market research firms like IDC and
  InfoCorp, who don't give data to non-paying customers. Hence, I
  can't provide many references that people can cite to show their
  PC friends.

  However, in the Oct-94 Macworld (pg. 41), Patrick McKenna writes,
  "analysts report Pentium sales lagging behind those of the Power
  Mac," and mentions the speculation of one analyst that many PC
  users recently switched to 66 MHz 486 systems, resulting in less
  need for another performance boost.

  The current problem is that no one believes Pentium sales will
  continue to lag behind Power Mac sales for long, and the companies
  who use the PowerPC chip don't want to have their promotion of the
  current situation thrown back at them later.


**Native vs. Optimized** -- Another common comment concerned the
  issue of "native Pentium applications." First, at least three
  applications have been optimized for the Pentium to date. None of
  the current three are mainstream applications, but rumor has it
  that Adobe is rewriting Photoshop for Pentium-optimized
  compilation.

  Second, as Eric Schlegel of Microsoft mentioned in email, the term
  "native" isn't applicable, since the Pentium does include x86 code
  and is thus not "emulating" when running older applications. I
  think that this point clouds the real situation. I see little
  point in using a Pentium if you only end up running it as a faster
  clock speed 386. Still, it is more correct to ask "how many
  Pentium-optimized Win32 applications have you seen?"

  Few applications use the 486 as anything but a fast 386 either,
  though that's partly because the main advantage of the 486 is not
  new instructions (there aren't many), but instead reduced clock
  cycles for many instructions and the addition of an on-chip cache
  (this enabled the core CPU speed to increase with less concern
  about the external bus clocking).

  This is similar to the situation with the 286, since most DOS
  applications were written to work with the 8088 for years after
  the release of the 286. In other words, few programs took
  advantage of the extra capabilities of the 286, much less the
  incipient 386. Crudely speaking, each successive chip has had more
  instructions without those capabilities being used by application
  software (though other features, like caches, are used, of
  course). This predicament was one of the major motivations behind
  OS/2 - to force software into the new age of the 386.

Fundamentally, these are the issues:

* You can discount Intel's Pentium SPECmark ratings by 10 to 20
  percent to account for the fact that real software isn't optimized
  for the Pentium. I think this is significant.

* Intel has lost control of the x86 standard. Now that AMD and
  Cyrix have come out with their own versions of "Pentium-like"
  chips (which aren't clones), the problem compounds. Do you
  recompile for each chip? Or none of them? So far the answer has
  generally been none. This has long term ramifications for the
  Intel world.

* Intel can't move forward without recompiling. By that I mean
  that they can't take full advantage of new capabilities and full
  performance without recompilation for each generation of chip.
  That's not to say that recompilation won't be required for the
  PowerPC 604 or 620 to make best use of those chips, but Apple
  seems to have enough control over developers to ensure that
  recompilation takes place if necessary.


**The Industry Says...** -- I'm not alone in thinking the
  optimized applications issue is a significant one for Intel.
  Consider the following quotes regarding the performance of the
  486DX4 versus the Pentium. In 07-Sep-94 NewsBytes, Steve Gold
  wrote that the Apricot 486DX4 PC "is faster than more than half
  the Pentium-based PCs available from the likes of Compaq, Dell,
  Gateway, IBM, NEC, and AT&T." This information came from a "real
  world" test by BAPC (Business Applications Performance
  Corporation).

  Several Computer Shopper articles make much the same point, and
  the Sep-94 issue of PC World says, "NEC's DX4-100 outperforms six
  Pentium-60s and -66s. Ambra's 486DX2-66 outperforms two Pentium-
  60s. At one time a PC's processor gave buyers a rough but accurate
  guide to a system's price/performance, but that simple indicator
  no longer works. Performance levels and prices, too, are all over
  the map."

  Finally, in the Sep-94 issue of Computer Shopper, microprocessor
  guru Michael Slater writes, "semiconductor economics and typical
  PC user needs favor the DX4. The DX4 is significantly cheaper to
  make than the Pentium, and on integer programs that have not been
  optimized for the Pentium - which includes the vast majority of
  software in use today - it provides comparable performance. The
  cost of building a system around the processor is also lower."


Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, Second Edition
--------------------------------------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  The second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh ($29.95,
  ISBN 1-56830-111-1) should be readily available now. You can still
  order direct from Hayden with a 20 percent discount, just send
  email to <[e-mail]> for the information. Many people have
  asked me about the most significant changes.

  First of all, the book is a lot longer than the first edition,
  some 990 pages versus 640 pages. Despite this, it's not much
  thicker, since Hayden used relatively thin paper for the second
  edition, whereas they used bulky paper for the first edition.
  Never judge a book by its spine. To underscore the impact of all
  that writing, also consider the fact that the first edition has
  about 280 pages of appendices, but the second has less than 250.

  So what is all that new text? A number of the chapters increased
  in length, as I figured out better ways of explaining how the
  Internet works and how it fits together. I also mentioned a few
  notable events that had happened in the previous year, such as
  Canter and Siegel spamming Usenet. The chapter about MacTCP and
  MacTCP software grew so large that I ended up splitting it into
  two. Chapter 12 focuses on MacTCP, PPP, and SLIP, and contains
  lots of technical and troubleshooting information that I learned
  since the first edition, and Chapter 13 covers just the MacTCP-
  based applications. Even with that split, Chapter 13 is huge,
  because so many new and updated applications appeared last year,
  and I wanted to discuss each one, at least briefly. Although some
  have no doubt changed already, I also included URLs for pretty
  much every program in the book.

  The expanded chapters were aided in the size increase by the book
  business's version of steroids - new chapters. I added Chapter 5,
  which excerpts some of Internet Explorer Kit for Macintosh, which
  I co-authored with Bill Dickson last spring. I decided to add the
  excerpt because one of the criticisms of the first edition was
  that it told you how to do lots of stuff, but it didn't tell you
  why you might want to do those things or what the Internet would
  be like, which the Explorer Kit did well. The other criticism of
  the first edition was that it didn't provide simple step-by-step
  instructions on how to use the main programs. I had avoided those
  instructions because they're difficult to write well for something
  that changes as quickly as the Internet. But, my editor prevailed,
  and thus was born Chapter 14, which covers MacTCP, MacPPP,
  InterSLIP, Eudora, Anarchie, Fetch, NewsWatcher, MacWAIS,
  TurboGopher, Mosaic, and MacWeb. You won't learn how to do much
  from those instructions, but they will get you started.

  Ken Stuart <[e-mail]> came through with an admirable job
  of updating the list of Internet resources in Appendix A,
  including numerous Web sites along with mailing lists, WAIS
  sources, FTP sites, and Gopher servers. We had to shrink the list
  of newsgroups in Appendix B to keep the book at a reasonable size
  (with over 9,000 newsgroups, you have to draw the line somewhere),
  and Appendix C and D still list Internet providers along with
  contact information.

  Perhaps the part of the book that I'm the most proud of is the
  disk. It's a high density disk this time, and includes the
  following software: MacTCP 2.0.4, MacPPP 2.0.1, InterSLIP 1.0.1,
  Eudora 1.4.3, Anarchie 1.2.0, MacWAIS 1.29, MacWeb 0.98a,
  TurboGopher 1.0.8b4, and a folder of Essential Internet Bookmarks
  that point at self-extracting versions (use Binary mode to
  retrieve them if you don't use the bookmarks) of the latest
  essential Internet applications in:

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/select/

  It's easy to throw programs on a disk, though, so this time we
  created an installer using Aladdin's excellent StuffIt
  InstallerMaker.

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/leonardr/Aladdin/InstallerMaker_2.0.hqx

  The installer puts everything in the proper places, and if you use
  Northwest Nexus, it even configures MacTCP for you. I've created a
  custom installer for another provider, LA-based EarthLink Network
  <[e-mail]> in exchange for them buying a quantity of
  books for their startup kits, and I can do the same for other
  interested providers - just send me email.

  Regardless of the provider you use, everyone gets a PPP
  Preferences file that contains a slew of modem strings - I've
  discovered that most of the problems people have in connecting to
  the Internet are related to their modem init strings. The entire
  list is also on the disk as a text file. The version of MacWeb on
  the disk connects to the Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh home
  page by default, and that page lists, chronologically, the latest
  versions of the programs that you can retrieve via the Essential
  Internet Bookmarks.

http://www.tidbits.com/tidbits/index.html

  So, along with updating all the information that needed updating,
  those are the main changes in the book. I'm happy with the second
  edition because I've learned so much over the last year and I
  think the added knowledge helps the book, and thus the reader, a
  great deal. Reports from providers so far indicate that I
  succeeded.

  Should you buy the second edition if you already have the first?
  That's of course up to you, and I'd say that it depends on how
  you've used the Internet. If you dove right in and always have the
  latest of everything, no, the second edition won't tell you all
  that much that's new. One local Internet user recommended on a
  local newsgroup getting the second edition and giving the first
  edition to a friend. I don't know if that's true for everyone, but
  little of the information in the first edition is wrong; it's just
  out of date. If, on the other hand, you haven't explored the
  Internet all that much, but you want to get more into it now, the
  second edition may be extremely worthwhile.

  Oh, and to answer the question about upgrades, no, there is no
  upgrade path. Despite the addition of the disk, this is a book,
  and books don't have upgrades. Materials cost is about a third of
  what the book sells to stores for, so the margins are extremely
  low. In comparison, a software product is often cheaper to produce
  in terms of materials, and usually sells for quite a bit more
  money. And yes, I know O'Reilly offers 25 percent discounts on
  second editions if you send them the cover from your first
  edition. All I can say to that is that you can get 20 percent off
  both the first edition and the second edition by ordering direct
  from Hayden, and you don't have to rip the cover from the first
  edition.

  Actually, why the heck are you asking me if you should buy the
  second edition? I obviously think you should buy three, or maybe
  ten, and give them to your friends and relatives as gifts. They
  stack well, and make great furniture, and if it's another cold
  winter in the eastern U.S., I bet there are quite a number of BTUs
  stored in those pages.

  For a second opinion (and, I think, a well done review), check out
  Elliotte Rusty Harold's <[e-mail]> review at:

http://rever.nmsu.edu/~elharo/faq/reviews/tisk.html

  For those of you who like buying things in computer stores rather
  than bookstores, Hayden is releasing another version of the book
  into the software channel. The "software version" as I've been
  calling it for lack of a better title, is _exactly_ the same as
  the book version, with four differences. First, it comes in a box.
  Second, it costs a little more. Third, it has another disk, for a
  total of two. (The second disk includes DropStuff with Expander
  Enhancer 3.5.1, Finger 1.3.7, MacTCP Watcher 1.1.1, MacWeather
  2.0.3, NCSA Telnet 2.6, NewsWatcher 2.0b9, StuffIt Expander 3.5.1,
  and Talk 1.1.1.) Fourth, and most importantly in my opinion, I
  managed to get Hayden to license all of the shareware on the two
  disks other than MacWAIS and DropStuff. That means if you buy the
  software version, you get not only a licensed version of MacTCP,
  but you are already registered for Anarchie, Finger, Talk, MacTCP
  Watcher, MacWeather, and TurboGopher (and yes, I know some of
  those are free - we licensed them anyway to support the
  programmers). I was especially pleased to be able to negotiate
  these licenses, since financially recognizing the programmers
  helps to legitimize the excellent shareware available.


Reviews/24-Oct-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 17-Oct-94, Vol. 8, #41
    Norton Utilities 3.1 -- pg. 33
    Now Utilities 5.0 -- pg. 33
    SAM 4.0 -- pg. 34

* InfoWorld -- 17-Oct-94, Vol. 16, #42
    Illustration Programs -- pg. 96
      Adobe Illustrator 5.5 Deluxe Edition
      Aldus FreeHand 4.0
      Canvas 3.5


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