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Tune into TidBITS this week to find numerous MailBITS - including
   news of MacTCP 2.0.6, a QuickMail update deal that includes
   QuicKeys, how to get Apple press releases via email, and more
   on Intel's Pentium problems. We have articles out about
   Internet Config, a new program that simplifies setting up
   MacTCP programs, and Kids World, a screen saver construction
   kit for kids. The issue finishes with holiday gift suggestions
   from readers.

This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by:
* APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- <[e-mail]>
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Copyright 1990-1994 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue.
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Topics:
    MailBITS/05-Dec-94
    Internet Config Ships
    Kids World
    Holiday Gift Suggestions
    Reviews/05-Dec-94

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MailBITS/05-Dec-94
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  Last week I switched the way our email comes in from UUCP to SMTP,
  which provides for a little more speed in receiving incoming
  messages (and runs over the 56K Frame Relay connection rather than
  the modem). The transition may have produced a few bounces, but by
  the time you read this most everything should have been ironed
  out. However, please note that auto-replies (such as the <aps-
  [e-mail]> address) won't be handled any more quickly,
  since nothing currently does auto-replies via SMTP.

  The technique I'm using may be of interest. Originally,
  <tidbits.com> pointed at my UUCP account. Now, <tidbits.com>
  points at <king.tidbits.com>, my SE/30 running MailShare. I set
  MailShare up to forward all the auto-reply addresses to
  <penguin.tidbits.com>, which is my 660AV running UUCP/Connect. So,
  when you send email to <[e-mail]>, it goes to my SE/30,
  then MailShare forwards it back to my provider's host to wait for
  the next UUCP connection, at which point your message comes into
  the 660AV, is processed, and awaits the next connection to go back
  out. In contrast, my personal mail waits on the SE/30 until I have
  Eudora check my POP account there.

  Also, since UUCP accepts email for all userids at the domain, mail
  to "aec" or other incorrect addresses used to get through to my
  machine and I'd find it weeks later. Now, incorrectly addressed
  email will bounce back to its sender. [ACE]


**MacTCP 2.0.6** is out in the form of an updater application that
  takes a clean copy of MacTCP 2.0.4 and converts it into MacTCP
  2.0.6. I cannot emphasize "clean" sufficiently - you _cannot_
  update a copy of MacTCP 2.0.4 that has ever been opened or loaded
  into memory; instead, you _must_ use a new copy from a master
  disk. That said, the update fixes some relatively technical bugs
  and offers performance enhancements primarily for SLIP and PPP
  dialup users. The update is definitely worthwhile, especially if
  you've experienced problems with 2.0.4. There's also an updater
  from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 available, if all you have is a copy of 2.0.2.
  There are no updaters from MacTCP 1.x, though, so if that's all
  you have, you'll have to get a copy of MacTCP 2.0.x from the usual
  sources (System 7.5, many commercial Internet programs, my book,
  and so on). Check my Web site for instructions on updating if you
  have MacTCP 2.0.4 from the second edition of Internet Starter Kit
  for Macintosh.

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/mactcp-204-to-206-updt.hqx
ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/mactcp-20x-to-204-updt.hqx
http://www.tidbits.com/tidbits/


**QuickMail early birds** miss out on CE's latest offer. Hoping to
  entice more of their installed user base to upgrade to QuickMail
  3.0 (see TidBITS-240_), CE Software is now offering a free copy of
  QuicKeys (the company's personal automation software) for each
  multi-user QuickMail package upgraded. (Upgrading costs $12 per
  user.) The offer is valid until the end of December, 1994. Mixed
  reviews and the absence of academic or quantity discounts for the
  upgrades have kept many sites from moving to QuickMail 3.0.
  SoftArc is even advertising "sidegrades" to FirstClass from
  earlier versions of QuickMail at a lower per-user price. CE
  Software -- 800/523-7638 -- 515/221-1801 -- 515/221-2258 (fax) --
  <[e-mail]> [MHA]


**Tom Collins** <[e-mail]> and others pointed out that
  there's a little checkbox in the MountCache Cache dialog that
  comes set to Disable Custom Icons (see my complaint in
  TidBITS-254_). I presume Casa Blanca included that option
  because it can slow down the disk to use it, but Tom said he
  hadn't noticed any speed differences. So now I can have my
  custom icons and my 100- plus percent speedup. My mistake is
  doubly embarrassing since, while visiting Casa Blanca's offices
  this spring, I suggested the name MountCache for Drive7's
  utility for mounting removables and providing driver level
  caching. [ACE]


**Johnathon Suker** <[e-mail]> commented that my technique
  of copying new System Folder files over the old ones and then
  moving them all back again could lead to trouble if some old and
  unnecessary System Update file or something similar was included
  by this process. I should have mentioned that I always go through
  the resulting folders and manually scan for files I know won't
  work with the new System. A slower method might involve opening
  both the old and the new folders and manually moving (from the old
  to the new) just non-Apple files that you know will work. [ACE]


**Jason Polzin** <[e-mail]> writes:
  The AppleFax service mentioned in TidBITS-254_ is also available
  via anonymous FTP! All of the files are in Common Ground
  MiniViewer format. They include lots of great information such as
  50 new features in System 7.5, and why you should use Virtual
  Memory if you have a Power Mac. Make sure to use the
  Color/Grayscale setting if you print to a PostScript laser printer
  or some of the text will not show up.

ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Fax.Documents/

  In addition SK Suh <[e-mail]> comments that the AppleFax
  800 numbers do work in Canada.


**Pentium Bugs, Part II** -- Following up on the Pentium division
  bug reported in TidBITS-253_, Intel has confirmed that the math
  error can occur in single, double, and extended precision divides
  and potentially impact the precision of results from the 4th to
  the 19th significant digit. Intel maintains that the bug will not
  affect most Pentium users, and that, statistically, the bug is not
  likely to occur in hundreds (or even thousands) of years of normal
  use. However, engineers, scientists, researchers, and other power
  users remain concerned about the bug, and reports have circulated
  in the mainstream media. Intel pledges to work with users of
  applications involving intensive floating point calculations and,
  if necessary, replace their chips. In the meantime, intensive
  discussion of the bug continues to take place in the newsgroup
  <comp.sys.intel> and a FAQ is available (in DOS ASCII format) at:

ftp://www.isi.edu/pub/carlton/pentium/FAQ

  On a related note, a new bug has surfaced in write-back and write-
  through caches of the 100 MHz version of Intel's Pentium chip
  (P100). The bug prevents multithreading from functioning at all on
  operating systems capable of supporting it (Windows NT, OS/2, and
  Unix, among others). Although it's possible to disable those
  caches, this results in a 30 percent performance reduction. The
  bug does not occur on lower-clock speed versions of the Pentium.
  Intel claims it has fixed the problem and is shipping correct
  versions of the P100. [GD]

    Intel Technical support -- 800/628-8686 (US)
      916/365-3551 (International) -- 44 (0) 793 696776 (Europe)

  Information from:
    InfoWorld -- 28-Nov-94, Vol. 16, #48


Internet Config Ships
---------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  A new program from Peter Lewis and Quinn "The Eskimo!" will
  continue to cement the Macintosh's position as the preeminent
  Internet client platform. Internet Config centralizes Internet
  preferences, simplifying the process of configuring MacTCP-based
  programs with information such as your preferred email address,
  FTP helper application, and program for opening JPEG images.
  Before Internet Config, configuring all the programs with the same
  information was almost as bad as going to multiple doctors to have
  health care committed on you, given that each doctor asks for
  approximately the same information, but on a different form.

  Internet Config provides an interface for setting these
  preferences once and makes a database of those preferences
  available to other applications. In other words, after you enter
  your email address into Internet Config, both Anarchie and
  NewsWatcher can read it from the Internet Config database, and do
  not force you to enter it again and again.

Internet Config manages the following groups of preferences:

* Personal       -- such as your real name and your signature
* Email          -- email address and other mail related details
* News           -- news server and related details
* File Transfer  -- download folder and preferred archive sites
* Other Services -- default hosts for other services, like Web & Gopher
* Fonts          -- preferred font settings for screen and printer
* File Types     -- for mapping extensions to Macintosh file types
* Helpers        -- for mapping URLs to their help applications

  Programs must support Internet Config - there's no way for them to
  know about the preferences database otherwise. Luckily, the
  Internet Config development mailing list included most of the
  Macintosh Internet developers, and many of them have committed to
  supporting Internet Config in future versions of their programs.
  In addition, Peter Lewis's Register 1.1 and John Norstad's
  NewsWatcher 2.0b21 (to be released very soon) support it now.
  Applications slated to support Internet Config in the future
  include InterCon's TCP/Connect II, Aladdin's StuffIt family,
  Peter's Anarchie, and Jim Browne's NCSA Telnet.

  Although Internet Config has broad-based support already, support
  in additional programs is critical to its success. I _strongly_
  encourage all Internet programmers to support Internet Config.
  It's a relatively minor programming task from initial reports.
  John Norstad said, "I figured this [Internet Config] would be
  reasonably easy to support, and it turned out to be even easier.
  There were no major problems or stumbling blocks - just a bunch of
  really easy code, and it worked with no major hassles."

  Peter and Quinn have placed Internet Config and its source code in
  the public domain, and encourage others to build on it to provide
  additional functionality. Internet Config can play a huge role in
  making the Mac an even better Internet client, since it can make
  coherent the often confusing process of configuring many different
  programs.

  The official support address for Internet Config is <internet-
  [e-mail]>. If you find a bug in Internet Config, forward
  details to that address. To discuss Internet Config in general,
  the <comp.sys.mac.comm> newsgroup is the best place to do so,
  since it allows programmers to stay in touch with the discussions
  without being overwhelmed with email.

  Once again, kudos to Peter and Quinn for a job well done. You can
  retrieve Internet Config from all the main Internet FTP sites.

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/internet-config-10.hqx


Kids World
----------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  About twenty years ago, I enjoyed playing with colorforms.
  Colorforms came with shapes made of rubbery material, which could
  be placed on a smooth surface to create scenes. The smooth surface
  provided a theme (Spiderman, a tree ready to eat Charlie Brown's
  kite, and so on) and the shapes provided thematic characters and
  props. Bit Jugglers has taken the idea of colorforms, blended in
  sound and animation, and come out with a program called Kids
  World. Using Kids World, you set up a scene which can transmogrify
  into an animated screen saver module.

  You start off in Kids World by choosing between one of six
  background scenes (my favorites are haunted world, space world,
  and dinosaur world). You can also choose a plain white or black
  world, or import a PICT.

  After choosing a world, you then go to town with a wide selection
  of stamps - haunted world offers stamps for ghosts, witches, and
  the like; space world has space ships, rockets, and celestial
  objects. Although each world's stamps share an overall design, any
  stamp can go in any world. You want a buffalo in your backyard? No
  problem. Haunted windows in a farm house? The ghost happily
  obliges. If you tire of stamps, you can switch into painting mode
  and use a basic collection of painting tools to change the look of
  the world.

  Each stamp and painting tool has an associated sound - I
  especially like the Erase tool, which makes a vacuuming noise. All
  this play proved so absorbing that I spent a full hour on it,
  about 45 minutes longer than I had intended.

  When you tire of stamping and painting, you click the Go button to
  animate your creation. The scene and its stamps take over the
  entire screen and many of the stamps move about and make noises.
  Occasionally, the stamps interact with each other or the
  background - the ghostly door creaks open, rockets launch, witches
  cast spells, and the cowboy (if you wait a bit) lassos and is
  dragged off by the buffalo. Using an elegant interface, you have
  created an animated screen saver module. To edit your module, you
  click the Stop button, unobtrusively positioned in the upper
  left-hand corner. (The Stop button only shows in this Print
  Preview-like mode - it does not show when you use the module as a
  screen saver.)

  Bit Jugglers also sells UnderWare (see TidBITS-192_), a control
  panel that offers desktop patterns, background desktop animation,
  and screen saver functions. If you've seen UnderWare, you will
  recognize some of the stamps and animations.

  For more long-lasting entertainment, you can use the module with
  UnderWare or After Dark. A copy of UnderWare comes with Kids World
  (but only with a few modules). Bit Jugglers encourages users to
  share the Kids World modules they create with friends who have
  Kids World - unfortunately, it seems that Kids World modules saved
  in After Dark format require the 3.3 MB of Kids World shared code,
  making it impossible to share Kids World modules with those who
  have only After Dark.

  According to the manual, Kids World requires 4 MB RAM, System 7,
  and at least a 68020-based Macintosh. Kids World comes on two
  high-density disks, but Mac II owners can request 800K disks. The
  manual is short, clear, and accessible. Anyone trying to learn all
  there is to know about Kids World should read the ReadMe, which
  explains the Preferences dialog box.

  I played with Kids World on a Power Mac 7100, Apple 13-inch color
  monitor, 8 MB RAM (doubled to 16) and System 7.1.2. As one would
  hope, I found the speed to be excellent, with the only slow-downs
  (five to ten seconds) occurring after I pressed the Go button to
  see the module as an animated screen saver (the slow-down did get
  slower on Adam's 660AV, taking about twenty seconds for the same
  module). My main disappointment was that the interactions between
  the stamps and the worlds were not more numerous and varied.
  Perhaps, even now, imaginative people at Bit Jugglers are planning
  more interactions for version 2.0. In the meantime, Kids World
  lists for $59.95, but its street price should be around $30. The
  colorful and attractive interface works nicely; you won't find any
  Barbies, Power Rangers, or Barneys lurking within; the program has
  more bells and whistles than I mentioned in this review; and kids
  should have a blast with it.

    Bit Jugglers -- 415/968-3908 -- 415/968-5358 (fax)
      <[e-mail]>


Holiday Gift Suggestions
------------------------
  If you've been wondering what might make a good Macintosh-oriented
  present, here are some suggestions, primarily from other TidBITS
  readers. These products should all be readily available from your
  local dealer or one of the mail order vendors. Enjoy!


**Jack Rosenzweig** <[e-mail]> writes:
  The coolest game out there by far is Marathon by Bungie, the
  Pathways Into Darkness guys. Marathon is way better, has amazing
  graphics, and is very fast on a Power Mac and pretty fast on
  slower machines. Net play is amazing. Marathon has the best Mac
  net play game we've seen yet. And we've done Spectre, Hornet, etc.
  I'm sure others will second this idea, what with 1,500 downloads
  of the much-anticipated demo from America Online in only six days.
  And that takes 43 minutes at 14,000 bps.

ftp://archive.orst.edu/pub/mirrors/archive.umich.edu/mac/game/demo
/marathon0.0demo.cpt.hqx

(note the broken URL)


**Doc Kinne** <[e-mail]> enthuses:
  All right, I'll admit it; I'm a simulations geek. This Maxis title
  sets the standard for the rest of their work. Fondly known as
  SimCity 2K, SimCity 2000 allows the simulator in you to go nuts!
  You can zone areas to nearly any size and shape you want. You can
  now build your city on hilly, three dimensional terrain with
  highways, tunnels, schools, libraries, desalination plants and
  water pumps. Are you part mole? Now you can build  your city's
  subway and waterworks system underground as well! The user
  interface has been improved with tear-off menus and multi-function
  buttons. Best of all, SimCity 2K has just been released in a
  PowerPC-native mode. If you liked the original SimCity game, or
  any of Maxis's other products, get this game! Excuse me, I have to
  go deal with an alien spacecraft turning my downtown into a
  forest.


**Brad Andrews** <[e-mail]> comments:
  I recently was involved with previewing SimTown (a town simulator)
  and SimTower (which simulates a skyscraper) for a game magazine
  and I would strongly recommend either of these if they make it out
  for Christmas. (I would guess that SimTown might, while SimTower
  is less likely.) Both games live up to the free-form "play" of
  SimCity and seem a lot better than the other sequels I have
  played. Even with an early version with quirks I found myself
  coming back to try something new and see what it did. That speaks
  well of the game system and I am certain the final versions will
  be well worth the cost.


**Jim Niemann** <[e-mail]> seconds the motion (in
  one of only two duplicate suggestions we received):
  SimTower is the latest electronic toy from Maxis (SimCity, SimCity
  2000, SimEarth, SimAnt, SimLife, SimFarm, A-Train). This time, you
  are building a skyscraper starting from a bare piece of land. You
  need to balance your construction costs against the tenant's
  needs. As you move up levels, disasters such as terrorists and
  fires start appearing. Overall, this is an addictive simulator
  both for adults and kids (8 and up).


**Hewett Bill** <[e-mail]> suggests:
  The only games I play on the Mac are flight simulators. Hands down
  the best of these is Graphic Simulation's F/A-18 Hornet (see the
  review in the Jan-95 Macworld, in which it was awarded Best of
  '94). The 20 frame-per-second, highly detailed graphics and
  realistic mission scenarios bring the computer pilot into the
  action. The networking feature (which supports ARA) adds an
  additional dimension. I broke a sweat the first time a human
  opponent launched a Sidewinder missile close in! The current GSC
  supported version is 1.1.2 but there are very stable betas
  available on America Online and the net, 1.1.3b1 and b2, which add
  a more realistic (but more difficult to control) roll rate.
  Version 2.0 (Power Mac-native) and the add-on Korean Crisis
  missions should be available by Christmas. Version 2.0 is a free
  upgrade; now _that's_ customer support! If you add a Thrustmaster
  Joystick/Throttle to your Mac there's less concern over the
  repetitive stress of typing, since you literally never touch the
  keyboard!


**SK Suh** <[e-mail]> suggests a shareware game:
  My current Macintosh game affliction (or addiction) is Tetris Max
  2.3.1, which is shareware (and has been, of course, duly
  registered).

ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/game/arc/tetris-max-231.hqx


**Harvey Barnett** <[e-mail]> also recommends
  shareware:
  My favorite gift this season is a piece of shareware called
  Solitaire Till Dawn, published by Semicolon Software (see
  TidBITS-246_). I can spend hours playing it.

ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/game/crd/solitaire-till-dawn-201.hqx


**Dan Bensky** <[e-mail]> suggests, for kids:
  I have purchased a Sierra Online game called The Castle of Dr.
  Brain for more than one active and intelligent eleven-year old.
  The game is a series of puzzles. Some require pattern
  identification, some math, some word searches, some codes, some
  simple programming - you get the idea. It is fascinating and fun
  for the kids and gives their brains a workout. Since it has three
  levels of difficulty (same type of problems, just harder) it can
  be played for quite a while. On top of all that, it is under $20
  (probably because the graphics, though serviceable, are nothing to
  rave about and the game is a couple of years old).


**Sam and David Gasster** <[e-mail]> offer:
  David, my three and a half year-old son, loves playing and
  learning on my Quadra 650. I have been running two of the Random
  House/Broderbund CD-ROM-based Living Books. They are Mercer
  Mayer's Just Grandma and Me, featuring the Little Critter, and
  Marc Brown's Arthur's Teacher Trouble. David enjoys these stories
  and learned to use the mouse to point and click in a short time.
  Each story opens with a menu that enables the reader to choose
  between "read-only" mode, "play-in-the-story" mode, and to choose
  the language (some come in English, Spanish, and Japanese). My son
  loves the "play-in-the-story" mode, where each page is displayed
  with live action and a narrator reads the highlighted text. The
  game then pauses to allow the child to "play" using the mouse.
  This is the best part because the programmers who developed these
  games have a great sense of humor. For example, click on Grandma
  Critter's mailbox and one of three things might happen: the door
  opens and a frog and water pour out, a monster hand reaches out
  and closes the box, or a cat shows up and meows. Part of the fun
  is searching each frame for these goodies. I sit and play it with
  him, but he can also occupy himself quite well without trashing my
  Mac. One of the things we do together is try to find specific
  words or items. If I ask him to find the word "Grandma" he looks
  at the text, finds the word and clicks it with the mouse and the
  computer responds by saying the word. Arthur's Teacher Trouble is
  about a spelling bee, so at the end there is a spelling section
  that we also have fun with. All-in-all the sound, graphics, skill
  level, and humor make this one of our favorite father-son learning
  hacks, and I plan to ask Santa for more in the Living Books series
  (around $40).


**Sumo**, from MacSoft, attempts to take the sport of sumo
  wrestling and turn it into an abstract computer game. You control
  a ball and attempt to knock a similarly sized ball off a circular
  platform. As you progress through the rounds, you cycle through
  different opponents, each of which with different tactics and
  increasing skills. Two-player play is available, but one person
  must use the keyboard, which proved rather difficult in
  maneuvering a round ball around a circular platform.


**Thermopad** -- For the latest in cool mousepads, check out the
  Thermopad. Between rubber padding and a textured lexan surface
  (like any other good mousepad) is a hidden pattern in heat-
  sensitive liquid crystal. On the right side, the heat of your hand
  reveals a Celtic pattern (it's invisible when cold). The left side
  of the mousepad sports an embedded liquid crystal thermometer that
  tells the room temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius. It costs $16
  and is only available from Creative Edges Toy Company, which is
  offering to pay USPS shipping costs for TidBITS readers (so
  mention where you heard about it to save a couple of bucks).
  Creative Edges Toy Company -- 408/622-9854 --
  <[e-mail]>


**Roger Weeks** <[e-mail]> recommends a more esoteric
  program:
  For MIDI sequencing freaks and other musical types, I highly
  recommend Emagic's Notator Logic Audio as _the_ high end
  sequencing and notation program of choice. There's so much this
  program can do I'm still scratching the surface a month later.
  Bear in mind this was purchased with a $3,000 Digidesign Session
  8, which enables me to record eight tracks of digital audio to my
  hard disk. However, this is the end-all and be-all of MIDI
  sequencers without all the nifty digital features. An environment
  window allows you to design your own MIDI delays, arpeggiators,
  and other effects. You can synchronize digital audio with MIDI
  data. A must have for any serious MIDI musician.


**Neil E. Mickelson** <[e-mail]> comments:
  Let's face it - Myst is the best game available for Mac
  adventurers right now, hands down. No violence (i.e. it meets
  parental approval), puzzles that make you use your head, and
  graphics and sound that draw you into the world like no other game
  I've ever played. This thing is a reason to buy a CD-ROM drive. I
  won't describe it more than that, since it would defeat the
  purpose of the game. This one's a keeper. Get it and lose yourself
  in the worlds of Myst today!!


**Suman Chakrabarti** <[e-mail]> writes:
  I have a few gift recommendations.

* LabelOnce labels from APS. These puppies are fantastic, and I
  love the ability to use only one label per disk, and just erase it
  whenever I need to. I use them on my floppies, 270 MB SyQuest
  cartridges, and VHS videotapes.

* Dragon's Lair CD-ROM. This classic faithfully reproduces the old
  arcade game that was one of the first to cost 50 cents (instead of
  25). It "only" goes to 8-bit color, but has good hints, and you
  can get the actual answers by calling ReadySoft at a 905-number
  and going through their menu. $39.95, I think, from Educorp.

* Educorp is selling a CD-ROM bundle including Lunicus, Jump
  Raven, and Who Killed Sam Rupert for $79.95. I've only played
  Lunicus so far, and that's highly cool. The other two have had
  good reviews in various spots. I think Jump Raven might even have
  made Macworld's top games list this year.

* No, I haven't gotten Myst, yet. I'm saving the best for last.


**David Johnson** <[e-mail]> offers a custom
  suggestion:
  I recently found a great gift idea, made by Ultimate Software
  <[e-mail]>. They make custom screensavers, and will scan
  your favorite photos into an After Dark module. I sent in pictures
  of my roommate's cats, and they sent back a module that displayed
  her kitties with cool zoom and melt effects, and had a little
  mouse running around with them. They have special modules for
  cats, dogs, and people.

http://fly2.biology.uiowa.edu/ultimate.html


Reviews/05-Dec-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 28-Nov-94, Vol. 8, #46
    Adobe Acrobat 2.0 -- pg. 1
    QuickMail 3.0 -- pg. 33
    ClarisWorks 3.0 -- pg. 35
    NisusWriter 4.0 -- pg. 38

* InfoWorld -- 28-Nov-94, Vol. 16, #48
    Fractal Design Painter 3.0 -- pg. 126


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