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TidBITS#256/12-Dec-94
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In this, our last issue of 1994, we announce the arrival of Geoff
Duncan, our new managing editor; report on problems with Quantum
Daytona drives and certain SCSI-Manager 4.3 compliant drivers;
debunk the "Good Times" hoax; report on Global Village's new
OneWorlds; and share fact, speculation, and rumor about future
Macintosh operating systems. Finally, this issue really tells
how to get Apple press releases via email. Best wishes for 1995.
This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by:
* APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- <sales@apstech.com>
Makers of hard drives, tape drives, and neat SCSI accessories.
For APS price lists, email: <aps-prices@tidbits.com> <---- new
* Northwest Nexus -- 206/455-3505 -- http://www.halcyon.com
Providing access to the global Internet. <info@halcyon.com>
Copyright 1990-1994 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue.
Automated info: <info@tidbits.com> Comments: <ace@tidbits.com>
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Topics:
MailBITS/12-Dec-94
New TidBITS Managing Editor
Relax, it's a Hoax
Two More OneWorlds
PowerBooks, Quantum Daytonas, & SCSI Manager 4.3
OS Directions: Marconi, Copland, and Gershwin
Reviews/12-Dec-94
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-256.etx; 30K]
MailBITS/12-Dec-94
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This is the final issue of 1994, since we plan to take the next
two weeks off in order to enjoy the holiday season with friends
and relatives. As the year ends, we'd like to thank you for
participating in the spread of knowledge and ideas throughout the
global Internet community. May all your wishes come true.
-Adam and Tonya
**IBM Halts Pentium Shipments** -- IBM said Monday that they are
halting shipments of Pentium-based PCs because the risk of
floating point division errors in Intel's chips was "worse than
previously described." Intel has asserted in press releases and
public announcements that the bug's probability of occurring is
only once in every 27,000 years of typical use and that the
majority of off-the-shelf software would not be affected. IBM,
however, said their tests indicate that common spreadsheet
programs could generate the error as frequently as once every 24
days when recalculating for only 15 minutes a day. Further, IBM
joined Hewlett-Packard in offering to replace flawed Pentium chips
at no cost to customers. However, Intel is not expected to supply
corrected chips to manufacturers until the first quarter of 1995.
[GD]
**Our FTP site** at <ftp.tidbits.com> (also called
<ftp.halcyon.com> because it's one of Northwest Nexus's public
machines) reeled under the load placed on it as users requested
the updater for MacTCP last week. Unfortunately it seems that the
machine claimed "user anonymous unknown" when it meant there were
too many simultaneous users logged in. Other users experienced
"file table overflow" errors that we haven't figured out yet.
Don't worry if you receive one of these errors; simply trying
again a few times usually works, and you can retrieve the file
from the /comm directory of any Info-Mac mirror site.
ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/info/info-mac-mirrors.hqx
In addition, Apple's Communications Products & Technologies group
recently upgraded the home site for the MacTCP upgrade,
<seeding.apple.com> (a Quadra 700 running FTPd 2.3 and AppleShare
3.0), to handle 25 simultaneous users. [ACE]
ftp://seeding.apple.com/mactcp/MacTCP_2.0.6/
**Got those MacTCP 2.0.6 Updater Blues?** Many MacTCP 2.0.4
users have had bad experiences trying to use the MacTCP 2.0.6
updater (see TidBITS-255_). Specifically, the updater application
often refuses to update the existing version of MacTCP because the
driver resource ".ipp" doesn't match what the updater expects.
The updater works properly on a "clean" copy of MacTCP 2.0.x
that's never been installed; however, if you're absolutely stuck
without a "clean" copy, this particular problem may be fixed with
ResEdit (but _no_ guarantees):
ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/tools/resedit/resedit-2-1-3.hqx
1) Make a **copy** of the MacTCP 2.0.x control panel.
2) Using ResEdit 2.1.1 or higher, open your copy of the MacTCP
control panel.
3) Locate the DRVR resource and open it. You should see only one
resource, ID 22, called Driver: ".ipp".
4) Select the driver resource and choose Get Resource Info from
the Resource menu.
5) At the bottom of the resource info window are six checkboxes:
uncheck the System Heap checkbox.
6) Save your changes and quit ResEdit.
7) Run the appropriate MacTCP updater on your modified copy of the
MacTCP control panel.
8) Swap the updated MacTCP and the old MacTCP in your Control
Panels folder and restart.
Note that updates to MacTCP 2.0.4 or 2.0.6 cannot be performed on
versions 1.x of MacTCP. [GD]
ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/comm/tcp/mactcp-204-to-206-updt.hqx
ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/comm/tcp/mactcp-20x-to-204-updt.hqx
**Apple propaganda** is now available on the Internet via a
mailing list. Thanks to Robert Winston <rwinston@iglou.com> for
alerting us to this list. Send email to <listproc@mail.info.apple.com>
with "sub pressrel Your Name" in the body of the message. You can
also put the command "help" or "lists" on a line by itself to get
more information or a list of lists on Apple's ListProcessor
machine. [ACE]
**Pythaeus** writes:
A computer movie is being shot right now under the name of "The
Net" and stars Sandra Bullock (of "Speed" fame). Interestingly,
the final scene is a chase scene, and it will be based upon and
take place at this year's Macworld San Francisco. The production
company is setting up a "real" booth across from the eWorld booth
that will be part of the movie. From what I have heard, they are
actually supposed to be filming at Macworld.
**Santa Claus** is online again this year, and will answer email
sent to <santa@northpole.net>, thanks to North Pole Productions, a
division of the Canadian firm Internet Access, Inc. North Pole
Productions has also created a Web site for kids to browse. [ACE]
http://northpole.net/santa.html
**Multiple Santas** -- The Internet Multicasting Service has also
set up a Christmas-oriented Web site, complete with a
<santa@north.pole.org> address and a number of interesting Web
pages. This Web site has a Cyberspace Christmas Campaign, in which
several corporations, including Sun Microsystems, have agreed to
donate thousands of dollars to charities of their choice. The
catch is that the donations come in dime-sized increments, one for
each time someone on the Internet browses the Web pages associated
with those charities. So, for instance, to receive the full
$25,000 promised by Sun, the Second Harvest Food Bank pages must
be viewed 250,000 times; otherwise Sun gets the unused portion of
their money back in early January. Browse early and often. [ACE]
http://north.pole.org/
New TidBITS Managing Editor
---------------------------
by Adam C. Engst <ace@tidbits.com>
With this, our 256th issue, we are pleased to welcome Geoff Duncan
<geoff@tidbits.com> as our Managing Editor. You may have noticed
his [GD] tag affixed to a few MailBITS in the past few issues, and
starting with this issue, he'll be writing and editing more
articles. Frankly, this is a huge move for TidBITS; in the past
Tonya and I have handled all of the administrative tasks
associated with TidBITS, as well as much of the writing (with the
able assistance of Mark H. Anbinder, our indefatigable News
Editor) and all of the editing. Geoff's main goals are to help
keep the quality of TidBITS high and to work on new and innovative
ways of creating and maintaining a fully electronic publication.
When we decided this summer that we had to bring someone in to
help with TidBITS, Geoff was one of only a few conceivable
candidates. We needed someone who was totally comfortable with
email as the primary method of communication, whose knowledge and
experience complemented ours, who could write his or her way out
of a paper bag, whose computer skills were at least on a par with
ours, and - most importantly - who knew and understood true
electronic publishing.
Needless to say, Geoff met all of these requirements perfectly.
He's worked on many different computer systems connected to the
nets from the time he was a student at Oberlin College (where he
received a degree in Sociology and Art History/Studio Art and
wrote a senior honors thesis on implications of the net). Geoff
has worked as a studio musician and recording engineer, had jobs
in a biochemistry lab, as a technical writer, and as an intern in
charge of user services in academic labs, not to mention his work
in advertising and marketing production and as an independent
computer consultant. Most recently, he worked as a software tester
and test lead on several Microsoft CD-ROM products, and he's
better at breaking programs than most anyone I know.
Geoff knows far more about Unix and VMS than I'll ever hope to;
he's a competent programmer and scripter; and he participated in
an early electronic fiction magazine called Athene, which later
became the highly regarded electronic fiction magazine InterText
<intertext@etext.org>. Geoff is the long-standing assistant editor
of InterText, and works with the editor, Jason Snell (also an
assistant editor at MacUser), and another assistant editor, Susan
Grossman.
http://www.etext.org/Zines/InterText/
[Thanks for leaving out the awkward bits about my electric bow tie
collection and the incident with the Hawaiian shirts and chocolate
cake mix. I owe you one. -Geoff]
The addition of Geoff to our staff makes possible positive changes
to TidBITS in the future. We'll start using <editors@tidbits.com>
as our public address soon, so as to spread the massive email load
around among us. You will also start seeing more corporate
sponsors, since the income generated from the sponsorships will
support Geoff, in addition to being funneled back into the
business to cover our connection, travel, hardware, and office
expenses. We hope to improve and increase the information we make
available by more fully utilizing alternative methods of
publishing on the Internet.
The main reason we decided we needed help with TidBITS is that as
TidBITS has become more popular, we've had more trouble keeping
up. It hasn't helped that both the Macintosh industry and the
Internet continue to grow and evolve; nor has it helped that both
Tonya and I have various book publishing projects that constantly
clamor for time and attention. TidBITS is now read by well over
110,000 people every week, and our direct mailing list (graciously
hosted by Rice University, one of the early members of the
Macintosh university consortium) has become one of the largest
LISTSERVs on the Internet, with more than 14,700 subscribers and
increases well in excess of 1,000 readers per month. So, if an
article generates even a 0.05 percent response, that's still a
fair amount of email to respond to. In the early years of TidBITS,
the volumes were much lower, of course, and we had more to prove
back then. Now we're concentrating on figuring out ways of
reclaiming our lives from the gravitational pull of Eudora's In
Box while still contributing to the net community. After all, no
one benefits if we burn out before we hit age thirty.
Relax, it's a Hoax
------------------
by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <mha@baka.ithaca.ny.us>
Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.
Early in December, many well-intentioned people forwarded email
messages warning of a virus called "Good Times" that was being
distributed as an email message that would erase your hard drive
if you read it. These messages sparked much confusion and even
some reports of virus sightings, but investigators have determined
that the warning messages were merely a hoax.
The Computer Incident Advisory Capability office (CIAC) of the
U.S. Department of Energy released a bulletin on 06-Dec-94
explaining that the message originated from an America Online user
and a student at a university at approximately the same time, and
that it was meant as a hoax.
Karyn Pichnarczyk of the CIAC team said the warnings gained a
false aura of credibility when many users received messages with
"Good Times" in the subject line and deleted them without reading
them, "thus believing that they have saved themselves from being
attacked."
Some computer professionals have commented that the message itself
is the virus; one offered the term "memetic virus" to describe the
way this warning has prompted well-meaning readers to propagate
it.
CIAC says that at this time there are no known viruses which can
infect merely through the reading of an email message. A program
must be executed for a virus to be spread. Trojan horses, programs
that do something other than expected but that don't replicate by
themselves, have appeared as executable attachments to mail
messages.
Pichnarczyk suggests that anyone receiving a warning about a "Good
Times virus" should "simply ignore it or send a reply stating that
this is a false rumor."
As always, we strongly urge that, if you find evidence of a virus,
or receive a warning of one, you forward it directly to an anti-
virus expert. Spreading unverified reports just creates panic, and
allows this sort of thing to happen. Gene Spafford at Purdue
University <spaf@cs.purdue.edu> has said he's willing to receive
such material.
Information from:
CIAC <ciac@llnl.gov>
Two More OneWorlds
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by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <mha@baka.ithaca.ny.us>
Global Village today announced they are preparing to ship two new
models of their OneWorld communications server family. The
OneWorld Network Modem replaces the OneWorld Remote Access server,
offering both incoming ARA and outgoing shared modem services. The
OneWorld Combo offers both of those features, plus the outgoing
fax service of the OneWorld Fax server.
When Global Village introduced their OneWorld Fax and OneWorld
Remote Access servers (see TidBITS-232_), the potential for
enhancement was obvious. The OneWorld Combo unit offers nearly all
of the capabilities we outlined nearly six months ago. (It still
can't receive faxes, and currently supports Apple Remote Access
1.0 or 2.0, but not SLIP or PPP.)
The basic OneWorld device is still a book-sized box with one or
two PowerPort modems (100-series) installed, and either just
LocalTalk, or both LocalTalk and EtherTalk ports. Global Village's
downloadable firmware approach means any OneWorld can take on any
of the above identities. In fact, first-generation OneWorld owners
can upgrade to Network Modem or Combo capabilities quickly and
easily. (Serialized keys mean users won't be able to pirate
upgrades.) Global Village will begin shipping the new OneWorlds
around the time of next month's Macworld Expo in San Francisco,
and both retail and upgrade pricing will be available at that
time.
GlobalFax gets a face-lift with this release as well; the popular
fax software that comes with the OneWorld Combo now offers better
greyscale and more dialing options. The current software also
supports all of Global Village's personal modem products; previous
OneWorld users had trouble with Duo and 500-series PowerPort
modems.
Each of the modems built into the OneWorld can handle any or all
of the unit's tasks: incoming ARA, outgoing faxes, or outgoing
network modem service. That network modem service gives users the
option of "shadowing" either a modem or printer port, or of using
a CTB-aware application to access the OneWorld server more
directly.
A single OneWorld Combo could replace two LanRovers, two TelePort
Mercury modems, and a 4-Sight Fax server, all with a single box
that doesn't require a Macintosh. Sounds like a good arrangement
to me.
Global Village Communication -- 800/736-4821 -- 408/523-1000
408/523-2423 (fax) -- <sales@globalvillag.com>
PowerBooks, Quantum Daytonas, & SCSI Manager 4.3
------------------------------------------------
by Geoff Duncan, Managing Editor <geoff@tidbits.com>
During the last few weeks, reports have circulated on the nets
about failures to properly spin up PowerBook hard disks after
putting a PowerBook to sleep. These reports have most often been
associated with the use of SCSI Manager 4.3-savvy drivers.
La Cie has confirmed that some series of Quantum Daytona hard
disks with capacities of 250 MB, 340 MB, and 540 MB don't like
SCSI Manager 4.3-savvy drivers and have exhibited problems with
Silverlining 5.6 (the first version of Silverlining to take
advantage of SCSI Manager 4.3). The workaround is to obtain from
La Cie a revised version of Silverlining (5.54/23) that
specifically addresses this problem.
La Cie will send version 5.54/23 at no charge to any owner of
Silverlining 5.6 who is having problems with a Daytona drive. Note
that the disk image for version 5.54/23 is included with the La
Cie software included on all La Cie's new drives (even ones that
shipped with Silverlining 5.6), so check for it before you make a
telephone call. La Cie's standard upgrade policy from any previous
version of Silverlining is $10, plus $5 shipping (or $7 and your
phone number for Airborne Express). To upgrade from a previous
version, you'll need to send your original program disk to the
address below.
FWB, makers of Hard Disk Toolkit (HDT), also confirm that their
engineers discovered a problem with sleep mode on Quantum Daytona
disks and will correct the problem in HDT 1.6.3, which they hope
to ship by the middle of this week. An upgrade policy has not been
set at this time, but a FWB representative indicated that they
anticipate offering a free upgrade to users of HDT 1.6 and Quantum
Daytona disks, and they also plan to release an updater
application to the nets.
In the meantime, PowerBook users with Quantum Daytona disks may
wish to avoid SCSI Manager 4.3-savvy drivers (we haven't received
information from other driver makers) until these problems are
resolved. Note that although SCSI Manager 4.3-savvy drivers
improve hard disk performance on most 68040 Quadras and all Power
Macs, they don't improve performance on 68040-based PowerBooks or
the Quadra 630 (see TidBITS-251_ for details). For the time being,
PowerBook users have no reason to upgrade to SCSI Manager 4.3-
savvy drivers.
La Cie Technical Support -- 800/288-9919
8700 SW Creekside Place, Beaverton, OR, 97008 (Attn: Updates)
FWB Software Upgrades -- 415/474-8055 -- <fwb.inc@eworld.com>
OS Directions: Marconi, Copland, and Gershwin
---------------------------------------------
by Geoff Duncan, Managing Editor <geoff@tidbits.com>
With rumors that the next major revision of Apple's system
software (Copland or System 8) is set for the tail end of 1995,
Apple is gearing up for an interim system software release in
early 1995 to pave the way for new Macintosh models and critical
new Apple technologies. In the meantime, Apple is slowly
dispersing information on future system technology in an effort to
clarify their stance on future directions and Windows 95.
**Marconi** -- Code-named Marconi, this system software will
incorporate support for new Power Macs based on the PowerPC 603
and 604 chips, including new PowerBooks, desktop Macs, and
upgrades for existing CPUs set to ship in the first half of 1995.
In addition, Marconi will ship with OpenDoc, Open Transport, and
possibly the Appearance Manager and the long-rumored enhanced
version of the Power Mac's 68040 emulator. We should also see some
interface changes, better support for 3-D graphics technology,
support for PCI and other (possibly FireWire) peripherals, and a
good deal more PowerPC-native code in the system.
The much-touted OpenDoc is a central technology in Apple's
movement toward a more document-centered operating system (see
TidBITS-187_, TidBITS-210_, and TidBITS-219_). To over-generalize,
OpenDoc lets users apply collections of small, compatible tools to
their documents rather than throwing their documents at sets of
large, unwieldy applications. Under OpenDoc, users will be able to
mix-and-match spell checkers, drawing tools, text tools, and
utilities to meet their particular needs. OpenDoc is a superset of
Microsoft's OLE 2.0 technology (shipping in current versions of
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Works) and will thus be compliant
with existing applications using OLE.
Open Transport is a new, modular layer of the operating system
designed to allow Macs to communicate "natively" using any network
protocol, such as TCP/IP, SNA, Novell NetWare, DECnet and others.
Traditionally, Macs only "speak" AppleTalk; Open Transport will
enable Macs to behave as if they were native denizens of any
network, and furthermore be able to run more than one network
protocol simultaneously. Presumably Apple will provide a set of
protocols with Open Transport (such as AppleTalk and TCP/IP);
other protocols will likely be available from third parties.
Incidentally, Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1947) was an Italian
engineer who transmitted long-wave radio signals across the
Atlantic in 1901. In 1909, he shared the Nobel Prize in physics.
**Copland** -- Although rumor and innuendo continue to surround
Copland, a few common themes have begun to emerge. One is that it
probably won't be called System 8. Apple representatives declined
to comment on what Copland's final name might be, although they
have suggested it won't be System 95. Copland may ship under the
name MacOS, possibly with Marconi leading the way as MacOS 1.0.
Copland is also allegedly a complete rewrite of system code based
almost entirely on OpenDoc components.
Another consistent thread is that Copland will be the last release
of Macintosh system software that will run on 68000-based Macs
and, furthermore, that the release of the 68000-based version of
Copland might occur as late as the second quarter of 1996. Apple
insists that Copland will ship by the end of 1995 (a key point in
their strategy to compete with Windows 95), but they may be
backing away from commitment to a 68000 version by that date.
Although this is good news for Power Mac owners, it does leave
many owners of earlier Macintoshes wondering what will happen
next.
Copland is presently set to include a significant set of features
and enhancements:
* Preemptive multitasking and protected memory. The new
microkernel-based system will enable your Mac to do more things
simultaneously and let you continue working without interruption
through what now are modal operations (i.e., formatting disks,
launching applications, polling network services, etc.). Protected
memory management means that crashes in applications (or even the
system) should have minimal impact on other programs or your
machine. (This should also include support for applications
developed under the current Macintosh memory model and run them in
their own protected memory area.) Copland will include a threaded
version of the Finder that can run many Finder tasks concurrently.
* Active Assistants: With the introduction of Apple Guide in
System 7.5, we've seen the beginning of active assistance
integrated into the Macintosh system. Copland will expand on this
model and include precursors to intelligent agents. Expect early
examples to be tightly integrated with the System - printing,
network use, and PowerTalk come to mind - but application support
and inter-application features should be provided by third
parties.
* Workplace features, with better support for workgroup and
collaborative applications. Likely candidates include MovieTalk
(QuickTime-based video-conferencing) and collaborative document
spaces that can be modified and viewed simultaneously by multiple
users.
* 64-bit memory addressing, which would allow Macs to see disks up
to 256 terabytes in size and access over 16 million volumes
simultaneously. This should keep even the most intensive power
users happy for at least a couple of years.
**Gershwin** -- Fewer details are available regarding Gershwin,
Apple's system software set to follow Copland in 1997. It seems
that Gershwin will not run on 68000-based Macs; however, it will
incorporate a portable microkernel that would allow Apple (or its
licensees) to compile Gershwin for a variety of processors,
including (but not limited to) PowerPCs, DEC Alphas, MIPS, and
Intel processors. If this effort bears fruit, users would be able
to select from a number of hardware architectures and still run
Macintosh applications. Not surprisingly, Gershwin is set to
include application and operating system frameworks from Taligent,
allowing Mac users to run applications from other platforms under
the Mac OS.
Gershwin is also slated to support multi-processor machines. As
CPU chips get less expensive, significant performance improvements
could be seen on desktop computers by incorporating a number of
inexpensive processors rather than a single high-end, high-speed
CPU. This would also allow Apple to have a mainstream OS that runs
on high-end, multi-processor workstations and servers.
Gershwin should include system-level support for advanced 3-D
graphics, possibly with the aid of technology licensed from SGI or
other graphics-platform vendors. This would let application
developers and information providers more easily incorporate
high-speed 3-D models and renderings into their products.
Additionally, Gershwin should include intelligent agents that
handle and assist with a wide variety of tasks. Don't look for
them to simply help you learn your new word processor or find a
missing file: intelligent agents might handle telephone messages,
email, reservations, personal finances, program the VCR, and even
make sure your house has that lived-in look while you're on
vacation. Intelligent agents will likely be one of the gee-whiz
features Apple focuses on as Gershwin gets closer to market, both
in its advertising and demonstrations, as well as in efforts to
attract developers to its new technologies.
**Summary** -- With these rumors of spectacular progress in
Apple's operating systems, it's important to note that Rome wasn't
networked in a day. With Marconi, the introduction of OpenDoc and
Open Transport will likely be akin to the introduction of
QuickDraw GX with System 7.5: cool technology that few programs
support. By introducing these technologies and shipping them with
new Macintosh models, Apple hopes to push these components into
the world and encourage developers to use them. By the time
Copland ships, these technologies will hopefully be mature enough
to provide real advantages for everyday Macintosh users.
By announcing these plans as much as a year in advance and making
some details available to developers and the press, Apple is also
attempting to clarify its stance relative to Microsoft's much-
hyped (and much-delayed) Windows 95. Microsoft would have you
believe that with the introduction of Windows 95, there will no
longer be any reason to buy a Mac. By discussing and demonstrating
its current and upcoming technology, Apple hopes to show that its
offerings already eclipse Windows 95, and that the Mac's future
will both ship earlier and be significantly more elegant than
Microsoft's options. This certainly won't be the last chapter of
the Mac-versus-Windows debate, but I believe it shows Apple
intends to be in the thick of the fight.
Information from:
Apple propaganda
Pythaeus
Reviews/12-Dec-94
-----------------
* MacWEEK -- 05-Dec-94, Vol. 8, #47
Collage 2.0.1 -- pg. 31
FullWrite Professional 2.0 -- pg. 32
Game reviews -- pg. 34
(too many to list)
* InfoWorld -- 05-Dec-94, Vol. 16, #49
ClarisDraw 1.0 -- pg. 104
$$
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