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<a href="/article/1927"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1927', 'show')">Connectix is Watching</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1927" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1927">Last week Connectix Corporation announced its first foray into the Macintosh hardware arena. Connectix QuickCam, scheduled for introduction at the Macworld Expo in Boston next month, is a low-cost video camera intended to bring desktop video to every Macintosh</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> | 18 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1933"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1933', 'show')">White Pine Upgrades Terminal Line</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1933" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1933"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.White Pine Software, one of the leaders in terminal emulation for Digital VT-series terminals, Tektronix terminals, and X services, has announced new versions of its Mac products, and new Microsoft Windows and X-Window products</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> | 11 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1935"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1935', 'show')">Newton Users Go FirstClass</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1935" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1935">One of the frequently asked questions in electronic forums devoted either to FirstClass or Newton devices - "Is there a FirstClass client for Newton users?" - finally has an affirmative answer</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> | 11 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1940"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1940', 'show')">Owners of GlobalFax software</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1940" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1940">Owners of GlobalFax software for the Duo Express Modem may purchase the Global Village PowerPort/Mercury for the PowerBook Duo (see TidBITS-232) as a $270 "upgrade" if they order directly from the manufacturer</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> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1942"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1942', 'show')">The Power Macintosh 7100</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1942" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1942">The Power Macintosh 7100 can display up to 32,768 different colors at a 640 x 480 display resolution with 1 MB of VRAM, not 16.7 million colors, as incorrectly stated on electronic data sheets</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> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1944"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1944', 'show')">LaserWriter Taken Off Suspension</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1944" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1944"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.The LaserWriter Pro 810 printer was on quality hold for several weeks while Apple investigated an unusual number of problem reports, but the company has announced that the printer is again available</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> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1946"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1946', 'show')">Prairie Group Grows</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1946" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1946">The Prairie Group, the same Midwest-based investors who brought us PrairieSoft last year (see TidBITS-188), now introduces Advanced Software, L.C., the Group's second operating company</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> | 04 Jul 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1957"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1957', 'show')">Duo Owners Get Modem Choice</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1957" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1957"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.After waiting more than a year and a half, PowerBook Duo owners now have a third-party modem option, the PowerPort/Mercury for the PowerBook Duo from Global Village Communication</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> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1959"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1959', 'show')">One World, Two OneWorlds</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1959" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1959">The global village grows closer every day, and one of the companies making it happen is Global Village Communications. The company's new OneWorld server products, introduced earlier this year, are perfectly suited to providing communications services on small, medium, and large networks</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> | 27 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1967"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1967', 'show')">Boston in August, Detroit in July</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1967" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1967"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Macworld Expo, put on by Mitch Hall Associates on one U.S. coast on January and the other in August, often seems to be the event in the Macintosh industry</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> | 20 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1977"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1977', 'show')">Adobe Fonts Get New License</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1977" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1977"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Citing a change in the way computer users work with fonts, Adobe Systems Inc. last month announced a change in its licensing policy from a per-printer approach to a per-computer system approach</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> | 13 Jun 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/1986"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1986', 'show')">Twice The Maxima</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1986" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1986"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Last month, Connectix introduced a new version of Maxima, its popular RAM disk management 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> | 06 Jun 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2000" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2000"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.Apple designed the original Macintosh as a closed box that the user would never need to open</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> | 30 May 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3924" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3924">The PowerBook 500 series and two new PowerBook Duo models, all sporting 68LC040 processors, reached dealer shelves last week as predicted in TidBITS #222</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> | 23 May 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/3925"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3925', 'show')">AC Adapters for PowerBook Duos</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3925" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3925">AC Adapters for PowerBook Duos may all look alike, but they're not all the same. Apple just introduced a new unit, with item number M4174LL/B, which works with the new Duo 280 and 280c models, as well as all previous models; it replaces M2781LL/A, introduced earlier this month, which also works with the new and old models</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> | 23 May 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3927" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3927">Performa users can go ahead and install System Update 3.0 on their System 7.1 equipped Macintosh Performas. A helpful project manager within Apple's Performa division confirmed for us that the update has been approved for Performa models running System 7.1P, 7.1P1, 7.1P2, 7.1P3, 7.1P4, 7.1P5 and 7.1P6</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> | 23 May 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3931" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3931"> Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.TelePort modems are now cheaper, according to Global Village. The company, which is celebrating its position as the sole vendor with internal modems for the new 500-series PowerBooks, announced significant drops in retail price for its desktop modem line, effective 16-May-94.The top-of-the-line TelePort/Mercury, with v.32terbo 19,200 bps data capability, dropped from $399 to $349 retail, which includes Global Village's proprietary GlobalFax software and OCR 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> | 23 May 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3935" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3935">New QuickTake 100 cameras will include a QuickTake for Power Macintosh Install Disk beginning today, Apple says. You can tell the unit you're buying includes the new native PowerPC software if its item number is M1644LL/B rather than the original M1644LL/A</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> | 16 May 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/3936"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3936', 'show')">AutoCAD for Macintosh</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3936" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3936">AutoCAD for Macintosh doesn't work on the Power Mac series, so CAD users who want a little more speed may need to wait a while. AutoCAD uses the Mac's floating point unit (FPU), and since the 680x0 emulation on the Power Macs lacks one, the software can't run</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> | 16 May 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/3937"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3937', 'show')">The Power Macintosh Upgrade Card</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3937" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3937">The Power Macintosh Upgrade Card can't be used in Macintosh IIvx, IIvi, and Performa 600 computers, contrary to an article in the June 1994 edition of Macworld magazine</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> | 16 May 1994</div></div>
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