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<a href="/article/2269"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2269', 'show')">Newton FTP Site Moves</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2269" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2269">Newton FTP Site Moves -- Ric Mommer of the University of Iowa announced that the Newton archive site at Johns Hopkins University will be replaced by:ftp://newton.uiowa.edu/pub/newton/This site is located at the University of Iowa</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> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2272" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2272">One of the most frequently asked of frequently asked questions on the Macintosh Internet discussion groups has been, "Is there a freeware or shareware ZMODEM tool for Communications Toolbox (CTB) programs?" Until very recently, the answer was always "No, and there aren't really any common commercial ones either." Aladdin solved the commercial conundrum by including one with their popular new program, SITcomm, and DCA's CrossTalk for Macintosh also includes one</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> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2274"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2274', 'show')">Current System Enablers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2274" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2274">The information below comes directly from Apple Computer, and although not exactly new (the list was updated as of 03-Nov-93), it is still current. I won't pretend that it's terribly interesting to read, but I consider it important and useful information, and worth putting into the record in this fashion</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> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2279" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2279">A number of people wrote to whack on me for claiming the Tab key was related to the metal tabs on a mechanical typewriter, saying instead that it is short for "tabulator," a device for making tables</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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2280"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2280', 'show')">Almost-free Internet access</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2280" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2280">Almost-free Internet access is available from the Washington DC-based non-profit International Internet Association. The group, funded primarily by private donations with some commercial input, hopes to give away up to 25,000 free Internet accounts and has given away over 9,000 as of several weeks ago at the rate of about 150 per 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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2281"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2281', 'show')">Do I Get This If I Resign?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2281" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2281">Just in case you were concerned about how John Sculley was forced out of Apple in a takeover by Michael Spindler, I thought I'd pass on the description of Sculley's severance package</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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2282" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2282">I may be jaded, but Macworld doesn't sport the same attraction as it used to. Some of the lost luster is due no doubt to my increased knowledge of the industry, but that's not the entire story</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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2283" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2283">Even though I may not have been thoroughly impressed by the products at the show, there were plenty of products worth mentioning. These in no way relate to each other - I just found them interesting at the show or in press materials</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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2285" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2285">The software hit of Macworld SF was definitely Connectix's RAM Doubler. Roy McDonald, Connectix's president, said that they sold about 3,000 copies at the show, and about another 3,000 through normal channels</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> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2287" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2287">We're off to Macworld on Wednesday (so use my ZiffNet/Mac account for urgent email), and it promises to be an exciting show.Steve Maller of General Magic wrote to tell us that Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson, two of the major deities in the Mac developer pantheon will give the first public demonstrations of Magic Cap and Telescript technologies at the tenth anniversary keynote address, which looks like it will be on Thursday morning at 10:00.I've finalized the details of the book signing, so if you're around on Friday afternoon at 1:30, come to the Hayden booth (#718) and I'll be more than happy to sign copies of the Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh</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> | 03 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2288" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2288">The annual Netter's Dinner, as ably organized by Jon Pugh , is scheduled for 6:00 PM Friday the 7th this year. You must RSVP to Jon by Wednesday night to attend the buffet-style dinner at the Hunan on Sansome at Broadway, but only RSVP if you're sure you can make it since the overall bill is based on the reservation count.</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> | 03 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2289"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2289', 'show')">First Annual ZMac 5K Fun Run at Macworld Expo.</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2289" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2289">First Annual ZMac 5K Fun Run at Macworld Expo. For those whose idea of exercise is more strenuous than channel surfing, ZiffNet/Mac is holding a 5K (right, 5,120 bytes) fun run at Macworld</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> | 03 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2290" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2290">Beth Gaynor writes:Your recent Mac-awareness comments reminded me of something that happened when I was buying a skirt for my trip to Macworld (yay!)</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> | 03 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2292"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2292', 'show')">Keyboard Common Sense</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2292" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2292">We all know that the traditional QWERTY layout of the keyboards most of us use constantly is foisted upon us by the mechanical typewriters of yore. It seems that unlike bell bottoms and disco music, the QWERTY layout is here to stay</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> | 03 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2295" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2295">This is it - the last issue of 1993. I'm taking a few weeks off from TidBITS and email, so please don't expect quick responses. The next issue will appear on 03-Jan-94 and may break my self-imposed 30K barrier as I clean out articles for which I haven't found room recently</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2296" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2296">Macworld Signing -- I don't know the details, but I will be happy to sign copies of my book at Hayden's Macworld booth. Stop by the booth to check the times and dates.</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2297" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2297">The Quicken 4 Updater to Release 6 is now at as: ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/misc/update/ quicken4r6updater.sit.hqx</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2298" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2298">Connectix has announced RAM Doubler, an extension that provides twice as much RAM for opening applications on any Mac II or greater Mac with at least 4 MB of RAM</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2301" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2301">Mac-related gifts are appropriate any time, but we figure that this is the best time for those benumbed by the consumer feeding frenzy. I won't include contact information for each item, but computer stores, mail order vendors, and bookstores should carry the items listed below.Games -- Randy J</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2302" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2302">One of the greatest lies foisted on the unsuspecting computer shopper of ten years ago was "You can use it to keep your recipes." Yeah, sure</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> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
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