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- I know everyone is just waiting for this article to appear. Wondering where I
- have been with all this information about CEBit. I have been rather busy with
- all the new info and distributing it to various clients and fellow Mac and other
- computer enthusiasts. Nows your turn.
-
- The most impressive thing I saw at the expo was the Mac PowerBook with
- wireless fax & modem capabilities. Yes, turn on your PowerBook and communicate
- with just about anybody with no power outlet or telephone or telephone cable
- necessary. Seen it already ? Well for us living in Germany it is spectacular
- because the stand-alone computer and communications done all over a radio sig-
- nal is two tricks in one. If you know anything about our wonderful Bundespost
- Telephone system (a monopoly I might add), you will also know that most people
- would rather have six molars pulled on six separate occassions at their local
- dentist before they would attempt to get anything approved at the BP (German)
- Telephone system. Here it has to be tested and retested and it costs a lot of
- nerves, money and we shouldn't mention red tape. Since they are the only con-
- troler of all forms and types of communications, you either do it their way or
- forget the whole. So bravo Apple for showing that you know the right sorcerer,
- provided the 18 year old virgin, and have a close family member working for the
- German Telephone System. Up to today that is the only way to get anything done
- there. These requirements are not to be substituted by a endless amount of
- patience and dedication to your cause. To sum up this paragraph, the battle is
- not only fought in the factory in Germany when it comes to introducing new ideas.
-
- Other places I managed to cram into three days were Mac Vonk, also very
- aggressive software producers on the Mac marketplace. They produce RagTime, a
- very productive tool for the Macintosh. It lets you work with just one program
- to produce Text (word processing) with pipelining (when necessary) and spelling
- checkers in 14 different languages (and yes you can use all 14 in the same doc-
- ument (even the same page); Speadsheets, that can also contain text (great for
- aligning columns instaed of using tabs) and it works like Lotus, Excel and can
- share information with them too; Pictures from most any other Mac graphics pro-
- gram; Business Graphics that can be linked to speadsheet info for instant updat-
- ing. RagTime can do layout work, letters, invoices, inventory and anything else
- you need for that small to middle sized business or office. A new addition to
- the line is Address Manager. This allows you to look for information , such as
- telephone numbers from a desk accessory and can be programmed to search for info
- you select and insert it directly into Mail merge letters or invoices or any
- other RagTime document. It can also contain special information or notes to be
- inserted into the body of the document. NetOctopus is also available from Mac
- Vonk (there is a Mac Vonk USA too) which allows you to contol, track, and do
- upgrading in your entire network from one node. No more installing a new sys-
- tem version or program upgrade 8 or 10 or 16 times. Do it all from one Mac
- anywhere in the LocalTalk network (the program can also be used on EhterNet).
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- More to follow in a day or two,
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- Thanks for joining me, Wade ARNOLD Spielberg, Germany.