Microspeed KidTRAC. d It's the same size as an adult's MacTRAC trackball but with a fun color scheme, stick-on letters, and even an optional glow-in-the-dark ball. Designed to appeal to children -- or the child within. $99.95. 510-490-1403; http://www.microspeed.com/.
Epson Stylus 1500. Designed for CAD printing, this 720-x-720-dpi color inkjet printer can print on sheetfed and tractor-fed paper up to 13.6 x 21.8 inches in size. $995. 800-289-3776 or 310-782-0770; http://www.epson.com/.
RADLinX PASSaFAX PF-1. Your fax machine can send faxes over an Internet connection if you have this videocassette-sized device, which connects a local fax machine to an IP network. It encapsulates fax information in an IP protocol and sends it to a remote PASSaFAX, which in turn unencapsulates the fax and forwards it to a connected fax machine. $950. 201-529-1100.
Visioneer PaperPort VX SCSI Adapter. If you still haven't been able to get your PaperPort VX to work properly when connected to your serial port, you can try hooking it to a SCSI port with this new adapter. $70. 800-358-3298 or 415-812-6400; http://www.visioneer.com/.
Alps Adjustable Mouse. First there were adjustable keyboards -- now there's an adjustable mouse. This three-button mouse has a movable shell with three lockable positions -- for small-, medium-, and large-sized hands -- and comes with software for customizing tracking speed, pointer size, and more. $40. Alps Electric: 800-825-2577 or 408-432-6000.
Seiko ColorPoint 835 PS. Using thermal-wax or dye-sublimation technology, you can print in color on any size paper up to 11 x 17 inches. This dual-technology PostScript printer boasts a 33-MHz RISC processor, a built-in SCSI 256-MB hard drive, and MatchPoint color-calibration software. $16,400. Seiko Instruments USA: 408-922-5900.
ColorgrafX VivagrafX XL. Print color images as large as 36 inches wide and 100 feet long with this 300-dpi color inkjet printer. $15,995. 800-247-4412 or 408-225-2800.
Panasonic KV-SS25. This production scanner can scan everything from business cards to 11-x-14-inch documents and can do so at a rate of up to 20 pages per minute and at resolutions between 150 and 300 dpi. Under $5,000. 800-742-8086 or 201-348-7000.
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Thumbs Up. Use up to 100 key fields to track multimedia files in this relational image database that can capture, catalog, organize, retrieve, and archive images, sounds, and videos. Single-user, $1,950; client/server ten-license pack, $19,950. Knowles Marketing: 919-419-1990.
LaserMerge Electronic Paper. This printing extension can superimpose watermarks, add signatures, create business cards, adjust text for printing on letterhead, make pamphlets, and much more with the click of a button and without QuickDraw GX. $95. MindGate: 800-648-6840 or 615-937-6800; http://www.mindgate.com/.
Digital Chisel://HTML. The new version of this award-winning educational-authoring program lets you convert Digital Chisel multimedia projects into Web pages that can be viewed without a browser plug-in. $119. Pierian Spring: 503-222-2044.
SoundSmart for Multimedia. Using this audio editor, drag and drop musical phrases onto a timeline to create soundtracks for multimedia presentations. $180. Sonic Desktop Software: 800-454-1900 or 818-718-9999; http://www.sonicdesktop.com/.
4-Sight ISDN Manager v. 4.0. Regardless of the ISDN device your clients are using, you can send huge files quickly with this ISDN point-to-point file-transfer application, which now lets you retrieve files from remote designated folders and track communications. Price varies by configuration. 4-Sight: 515-221-3000; http://www.4sight.com/.
InfoDepot 2.5. This flexible outliner now lets you drag a URL from your favorite Web browser and drop it into your table or timeline. And thanks to robust AppleScript support, you can define what happens when you drag and drop any item into an outline cell. $189. Chena Software: 610-770-1210; http://www.chena.com/.
How to Draw Cartoons. With this CD-ROM, learn classic drawing skills from a professional cartoonist -- you'll soon be sketching your own cartoon characters and action. $49. Diamar Interactive: 800-234-2627 or 206-340-5975; http://www.diamar.com/.
Marathon Infinity. The newest version of Marathon is more challenging than its precursors, due to a less linear story line and physics models that vary depending on the level. There's also a Map Editor, with which you can develop your own levels. $69.99. Bungie Software: 800-295-0060 or 312-563-6200; http://www.bungie.com/.
Meeting Maker XP 3.5. Newton MessagePad users can change or create meetings with this enterprise-wide group-scheduling program. Server option for the Mac OS, Windows, and DOS, $249; group licenses begin at $99 per user. On Technology: 800-767-6683 or 617-374-1400; http://www.on.com/. /
