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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1906" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1906">Pythaeus writes to tell us that although Apple has developed a new 68040 emulator for the Power Macintosh that reportedly runs twice as fast as the emulator, the new emulator cannot run on existing Power Macs due to ROM incompatibilities</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1908"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1908', 'show')">Yet another spec sheet error</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1908" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1908">Yet another spec sheet error came to our attention last week. For reasons nobody can figure out, compatibility charts show that A/UX 3.1 is compatible with the Workgroup Server 9150 (which is a Power Mac system, none of which run A/UX)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1911" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1911">Jon Pugh commented in email that Star Trek: The Next Generation had little Newton-like devices all over on the bridge. Jon mused half-jokingly that if Apple could keep the Newton alive for a few hundred years, we'd be all set</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1912" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1912">FullWrite List -- A mailing list devoted to discussing the FullWrite word processor has appeared on the Internet. To subscribe, send email to with this line in the body of the message:SUBSCRIBE FW-NEWS your full nameThanks to Eric Enwall for setting up this list for FullWrite users</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1919" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1919">Due to various and sundry travel plans, we may not release the next few issues on our usually strict Monday night schedule. If you don't see one on time, just check in another day or two</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1920"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1920', 'show')">Free passes to Mactivity</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1920" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1920">Free passes to Mactivity are available if you email your name, address, phone, and fax number to Gary Stein at . Mactivity is a large Macintosh networking conference held in the San Jose Convention Center from 19-Jul-94 to 21-Jul-94</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1921" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1921">AOL Updated -- Version 2.5f1 of the America Online software claims that it's no longer supported, but 2.5f3 has appeared. It's at: [ACE]ftp://ftp.aol.com/mac/Install_America_Online_ v2.5f3.bin</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1922"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1922', 'show')">Internet & NPR</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1922" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1922">Internet & NPR -- Anyone who's interested in hearing me make a fool of myself on National Public Radio (NPR) should listen to NPR's Weekend All Things Considered program next weekend (23-Jul-94 or 24-Jul-94)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1926"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1926', 'show')">SEx and the Single Archive</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1926" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1926">StuffIt Expander from Leonard Rosenthol of Aladdin Systems has become one of those programs without which you simply cannot exist on the Internet. If for some reason you've never heard of StuffIt Expander (which Aladdin refers to internally as SEx), it's a small free application that expands a number of common file formats, including all the StuffIt formats, Compact Pro archives, AppleLink packages, and BinHex files</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1928" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1928">I'm not a video freak, even though I bought a 660AV last fall to replace my trusty SE/30. I've only once hooked my VCR to the 660AV to record QuickTime movies, and I just don't think in terms of video</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1930" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1930">A number of people wrote to tell me that John Norstad has released NewsWatcher 2.0b3 shortly after TidBITS-233 came out, mentioning 2.0b2. The Internet moves quickly, and something in one issue may be out-of-date by the next (although I'm usually correct as of the day the issue is dated, since I check URLs during editing)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 11 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1931" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1931">Chuq Von Rospach of Apple wrote to correct and comment on the article about Apple's Internet resources in TidBITS-233. We got the URL for the Apple Business Systems FTP server slightly wrong - the best one is:ftp://abs.apple.com/abs/The idea is that when the great coherency campaign begins (and Chuq has plans for it already), that directory will be easy for the other Apple FTP sites to mirror, making it easier to bounce from one to another.Chuq noted also that the easiest way to get information about and subscribe to the MAE mailing lists is to send email to with "info mae-users" in the body of the message</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 11 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1938" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1938">Sorry this issue is a day late. Between Independence Day (a solemn American holiday during which we attempt to affirm our proud heritage by blowing things up) and finishing the second edition of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, there wasn't time</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1939"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1939', 'show')">Software and Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1939" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1939">Software and Support -- We've been thinking about the relationship between good software design and technical support, and rather than blather about it and then run follow-up articles, we are requesting opinions from those who have shipped software products</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1941" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1941">AOL TCP/IP Updated -- America Online has a new version of its client software, complete with a non-expiring TCP tool. It is, however, still in beta, and thus may have problems and is not supported by the telephone tech support folks</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1945"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1945', 'show')">Apple Internet Plans?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1945" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1945">Happily, it turns out that the rumor from Pythaeus in TidBITS-231 about Open Transport not being backwardly compatible with MacTCP is false. Instead, Apple will support the MacTCP API for some time to ensure that current applications don't break</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1950" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1950">If you regularly visit our FTP site at for Macintosh Internet software, be aware that we're moving files and directories around. Things may be rather difficult to find for the next week or so</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1951" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1951">eWorld Rate Correction -- OK, so I blew the eWorld rates last issue. Here's the scoop, straight from the horse's press release. "The basic monthly subscription to the service is $8.95, which includes two free hours of evening or weekend usage</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1956"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1956', 'show')">Death of a Newton?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1956" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1956">Perhaps I overstate the Newton's status in the title of this article, but it appears that the Newton is being, shall we say, "de-emphasized" at Apple</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1958"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1958', 'show')">Internet Information Piracy</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1958" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1958">If you've grown accustomed to reading Dave Barry's humor columns in ClariNet, the fee-based news service that appears in the clari.* Usenet hierarchy, you may have noticed that Dave Barry's columns are no longer posted (apparently the same is true of Mike Royko's columns).Brad Templeton, who started both rec.humor.funny and ClariNet, posted a message 17-Jun-94 saying, "We regret to announce that on the orders of Knight-Ridder Tribune and its Tribune Media Services Division, we will cease publishing the Dave Barry column and the Mike Royko column effective June 23, 1994."It appears that Knight-Ridder became concerned about the level of information piracy on the Internet</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
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