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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1766" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1766">This July, Mark/Space Softworks announced that its new wireless messaging software, PageNOW, would soon be available. Mark/Space showed a pre-release version at August's Macworld Expo in Boston, and soon thereafter shipped an "Early Adopter" version while continuing development on a final version</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 31 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1772"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1772', 'show')">HDT and Stacker</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1772" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1772">HDT and Stacker could be a dangerous combination if you use a "Stacked" disk (a disk compressed with Stacker from Stac Electronics) that's been formatted with FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit on a computer running Apple's SCSI Manager 4.3</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 24 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1777"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1777', 'show')">Workgroup Server 95</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1777" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1777">Workgroup Server 95 owners have a little longer to obtain a performance-enhancing software upgrade. Last January, Apple introduced AppleShare Pro server software version 1.1 and A/UX 3.1</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 24 Oct 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1779" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1779"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Apple has announced the release of two software updates to address problems PowerBook owners have experienced with their modems</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 24 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1780"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1780', 'show')">More Apple Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1780" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1780">Apple has introduced a number of software updates to fix problems or improve performance on a variety of Macintosh hardware.The 040 VM Update 1.0 eliminates the tendency of certain 68040 Macs (Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series and LC/Performa 570 series machines) to hang when the 68040 processor caches and virtual memory are both active.The 630 SCSI Update 1.0 patches the SCSI Manager to improve large file transfers on the Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series machines' SCSI bus.Express modem users on the Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series should install the EM Sound Update 1.0 to add sound support to the modem; sounds generated on the phone line such as dial tone and modem carrier tones can be heard through the Mac's speaker.Mount IDE Drive 1.0 can be used to access the internal IDE hard drive on a PowerBook 150 or 630-series computer when the Mac has been booted from a device other than the internal drive.Color Classic owners ca</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 24 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1797"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1797', 'show')">Need more toner?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1797" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1797">Need more toner? Apple has introduced the LaserWriter Pro 810 Extended Capacity Toner Cartridge (item M3602G/A) to replace that printer's original cartridge, offering smaller toner particles, improvements in the charging area, and longer page life</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 10 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1801"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1801', 'show')">Older Hard Disk ToolKit Driver Buggy</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1801" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1801">Users of hard disks and removable cartridge drives with FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit (HDT) driver software version 1.3.1 or earlier should be aware of a potential data loss problem while using disk optimization software or other programs that move or access data in chunks larger than 32 MB</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 10 Oct 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1806" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1806">A PowerPC-based Performa model joins Apple's lineup of consumer-oriented Macintosh models this week. The Macintosh Performa 6100 series machines sport a 60 MHz PowerPC 601 processor (as does the Power Macintosh 6100/60), and all configurations will include an Apple Multiple Scan 15 display, tray-loading CD-ROM drive, and Global Village's new TelePort Gold II modem</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 03 Oct 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1807" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1807">PowerBook 500-series owners should now be able to obtain Apple's PCMCIA Expansion Module (item M2995LL/A) from dealers. The unit, which fits into one of the battery compartments on a PowerBook 520, 520c, 540, or 540c, provides a pair of slots for type II PCMCIA cards</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 03 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1811"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1811', 'show')">Japanese or Chinese Language Kit users</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1811" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1811">Japanese or Chinese Language Kit users must wait to upgrade to System 7.5 until updates for each language kit are released around the end of this year</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 03 Oct 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1814"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1814', 'show')">Solitaire Till Dawn Again</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1814" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1814"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Last month, Rick Holzgrafe (of Scarab of Ra and Applicon fame) released a new version of his popular shareware card game, Solitaire Till Dawn</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 03 Oct 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1822" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1822">MODE32 users should be absolutely certain to install the new MODE32 version 7.5 from Connectix (see TidBITS-243) before upgrading to System 7.5. We have it on good authority that installing System 7.5 on a non-32-bit-clean Macintosh with an earlier copy of MODE32 (or perhaps Apple's 32-bit Enabler) may cause severe damage to the system software, necessitating a complete reinstallation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 26 Sep 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1823" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1823">Quadra 630s cannot be upgraded using the current Power Macintosh Upgrade Card, despite incorrect statements on Apple's 12-Sep-94 price lists. Apple plans a PowerPC-based upgrade for the 630 series, the Performa, LC 575 and 474, and the Quadra 605</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 26 Sep 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1824"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1824', 'show')">PowerBooks with 4 MB RAM</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1824" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1824">PowerBooks with 4 MB RAM as shipped from the factory will still have System 7.1 loaded on the hard drive, since Apple recommends not installing 7.5 on PowerBooks with only 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/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 26 Sep 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1833" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1833"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Apple announced to dealers last week that both configurations of the PowerBook 540, introduced just this May, have been discontinued because "demand has exceeded availability." The popular notebook differed from the PowerBook 540c only in that its active matrix display was grayscale, rather than color.Right from their introduction, the 500 series PowerBooks were enormously popular, and sales of all models quickly outpaced Apple's ability to supply the units to dealers</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 19 Sep 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1841"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1841', 'show')">Don't Use Speed Disk 3.0</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1841" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1841"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Symantec announced last week that it has discovered a problem with the Speed Disk module of its recent Norton Utilities 3.0 release for Macintosh, and said that customers should not use that version of Speed Disk</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 12 Sep 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1843" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1843">If you're a smart computer, this is your chance to prove it. Continuing the quest for artificial intelligence, a California organization has announced its fourth annual competition for the Dr</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 12 Sep 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1855"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1855', 'show')">CE Adds to Newton Mailbox</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1855" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1855"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.CE Software added more communications capability to Newton MessagePads with its recent introduction of EnRoute, a $129 QuickMail client developed by Netstrategy Software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 05 Sep 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1863" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1863">Display Card 24AC software is now available for Power Mac users; version 1.2 of the video card driver supports Power Macintosh. Version 1.1 was compatible with Power Macintosh hardware, but ran slowly because it was 680x0 code running in emulation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 29 Aug 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1867"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1867', 'show')">Video Without Holes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1867" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1867"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.By early 1992, there were multiple video output options for the suddenly popular PowerBooks</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 29 Aug 1994</div></div>
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