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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4050" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4050">Shawn Ramer writes:In TidBITS #213 you mentioned how PowerTalk could delete email when a gateway service is removed. This just happened to me but I was able to recover by restoring from a backup three files in the PowerTalk Data folder: System Folder:PowerTalk Data:WSBTree System Folder:PowerTalk Data:IPM Bin:QMgrCatalog System Folder:PowerTalk Data:IPM Bin:QMgrPrefsAnd since we all back up obsessively, this is a great solution, right?</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> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/4051"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4051', 'show')">Newton, Take Two</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4051" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4051">Since even before Apple introduced the MessagePad in August, we've been tantalized with pictures and descriptions of the Newtons of the future. They've come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from MessagePad-type pocket PDAs, to notebook-sized slates, all the way up to wall-sized units that might be the chalkboard of the 21st century.Word on the street has Apple preparing to release the second member of the Newton family, an enhanced and streamlined version of the MessagePad, code-named "Lindy." The new model will feature 1 MB of RAM compared to the MessagePad's 640K, which just about triples the amount of space available for user information</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> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/4054"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4054', 'show')">Stac Wins Suit Against Microsoft</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4054" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4054">For those of you who remember back almost exactly a year, last winter Stac Electronics filed a suit against Microsoft, alleging that Microsoft infringed on Stac's compression patents (TidBITS #164)</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> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4056" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4056">When I announced the Caveat Emptor column, I stated specifically that I was only interested in articles that could result in a positive effect for the Macintosh community</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> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4059" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4059">As the ides of March approach, so does the deadline for my next book. It's unlike any other Internet book that I've seen in that it's non-technical and provides a look at Internet life in order to show and not tell what the Internet is all about</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/4060"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4060', 'show')">A new radio talk show</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4060" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4060">A new radio talk show about computers called "OnLine Tonight with David Lawrence" debuts this Sunday, 27-Feb-94 "via the ABC Satellite System." I know zilch about radio, so I'm not sure how that will help you find it in your area, but the time will be 8:00 PM Eastern time and 5:00 PM Pacific time, so I'll just go low-tech and dial through all the local stations</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4061" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4061">CD Updates -- Two popular CDs packed with thousands of files have recently been updated. AMUG (the Arizona Macintosh Users' Group) shipped BBS in a Box X for $119 ($45 upgrade), and Pacific Hi Tech just released the third edition of the Info-Mac CD-ROM for $49.95 (previous owners get a $20 discount), which holds many of the files stored on </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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4062" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4062">Duo Battery Patch -- Apple has released a patch for the Duo 210, 230, and 250 (the 270c is not affected) that reportedly solves problems with the Duo not charging its internal battery</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4063" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4063">Mark Anbinder reported on the Quadra price drops two issues ago, but we've had requests for the actual pricing, and some additional information appeared too late for Mark's article</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4065" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4065">You may have heard mutterings in the media about the Clipper chip, a computer chip that provides encryption services for both data and voice transmissions (that's right, telephones)</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4066" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4066">March may bode well for Macintosh users if the PowerPC versions of the Macintosh appear on schedule and live up to reports I've heard. You can find some of this sort of information (but not the juicy stuff) via Gopher at the URL below</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/4067"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4067', 'show')">Power Mac Specs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4067" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4067">The following specs were posted to the nets, and certainly aren't officially from Apple. Still, they jibe pretty much with what I've heard. Model 6100/60 7100/66 8100/80 Processor PPC601 PPC601 PPC601 Speed 60 MHz 66 MHz 80 MHz Cache Optional Optional 256K standard Performance 25% faster 200% faster Native 2-4x 68040/33 than 6100/60 than 6100/60 Emulated fast 030-040 RAM 8 MB standard 8 MB standard 8 MB standard DRAM exp</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> | 21 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4069" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4069">For those who celebrate it (and we have no clue how widespread it is in the world), Happy Valentine's Day!</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> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4070" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4070">Sculley Quits -- We're not talking Apple news here any more, but to continue the John Sculley soap opera, Sculley announced last week that he is resigning from Spectrum Information Technologies</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> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4071" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4071">PowerTalk deletes email in your In Tray if you delete from your Key Chain the personal gateway software that received said email. Thanks to David Thompson of StarNine Technologies for posting this information on the nets</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> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4074" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4074">Liam Breck passed on this list of Info-Mac mirror sites, FTP sites that carry more or less the same files as the main Info-Mac site. We recommend that Internet users use these mirror sites instead of the main site because is having trouble handling the massive demand, so much so that it has become difficult for the Info-Mac moderators to manage the archive</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> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2246"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2246', 'show')">Advanced Mobile Sponsoring TidBITS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2246" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2246">As the calendar pages slowly flip toward April 15th, the dreaded U.S. income tax return date, we'd like to welcome our latest sponsor, Advanced Mobile, a tiny company that makes TaxPro tax planning software for the Newton, not to be confused with tax preparation software that prints forms</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> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2248" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2248">MacFair -- Those in New York City who haven't been frozen to the quick should mark their calendars for the New York MacFair, which runs from 9 AM to 4 PM on 26-Feb-94 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel</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> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2251"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2251', 'show')">More Products from Macworld</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2251" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2251">I have a short attention span, and I almost forgot to finish my look at some of the more interesting programs that I saw at Macworld San Francisco. Again in no particular order...Arrange your life with Common Knowledge's new personal information manager</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> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2252" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2252">Apple's eWorld was one of the most loudly trumpeted announcements at Macworld, but it will take a few months before we'll know how the electronic gold will pan out for 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> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
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