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- Name = NEW LOW PRICE CD!
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:NEW LOW PRICE CD!
- Size: 4K Date:11/16/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Soon to be over - special introductory offer on PANORAMIX CD Vol 1 - a
- beautiful collection of commercial quaility photographs - for private OR
- commercial use! Check out his offer - nearly over very very special price
- on this great CD-Rom - Check this small file out !
-
- Name = National UG Conference
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:National UG Conference
- Size: 10K Date:11/16/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- REGISTRATION FORM, National Apple User Group Symposium and Workshop
- April 3,4,5, 1992, Desmond Americana, Albany, NY
- Sponsored by Macintosh Enthusiasts Club of the Capital Area, Inc.(MECCA ),
- MUG News Service (MNS), and Computer Users For Social Resonsibility, Inc.
- (CUSR). Join us and participate in intensive workshops on making your user
- group the best it can be be! Topics such as: How to incorporate, legal
- issues, writing by-laws, non-profit accounting, creating a club bulletin
- board, creating a public domain library; getting members; being an
- effective leader, using online services; and more!
-
- Name = FirstClass Release 1.6
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:FirstClass Release 1.6
- Size: 5K Date:11/16/91 Version: 1.6
- AMUG file information and description:
- Toronto, Ontario--08 NOV 91: SoftArc Inc. today announced availability of
- Release 1.6 of FirstClass, their popular Electronic Mail, Conferencing, and
- Bulletin Board System. The FirstClass system offers a completely graphical
- user interface which conforms fully to Macintosh guidelines and will run on
- any Macintosh with one Megabyte of memory or more. The user interface is
- public domain, and may be freely distributed. The FirstClass server will
- run on any Macintosh and will support up to 48 concurrent users when run on
- larger machines.
-
- Name = Diskless booting for Mac over
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Diskless booting for Mac over
- Size: 6K Date:11/16/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 11, 1991--Sonic Systems, Inc. announced
- today The Diskless Mac product for the Apple Macintosh. The Diskless Mac
- (or 'TDM' for short) will allow the Macs on an Ethernet network to act as
- diskless workstations. In other words, no hard disk or floppy disk drives
- are required to operate the Macintosh.
-
- Name = Dayna Announces SCSI Ethernet
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Dayna Announces SCSI Ethernet
- Size: 6K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Salt Lake City, Utah -- 21 OCT 91 -- Dayna Communications, Inc. today
- announced DaynaPORT SCSI/Link™, a small external SCSI Ethernet adapter
- targeted primarily at owners of the new Macintosh® PowerBook™ series.
- DaynaPORT SCSI/Link is also an ideal solution for the Classic® series and
- other Macintosh models that do not have an internal slot for an Ethernet
- card. Due to ship in January 1992, DaynaPORT SCSI/Link will retail at $399.
-
- Name = MacIntro10-91.cpt
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MacIntro10-91.cpt
- Size: 30K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This is 13 text files which contain info on the new Macintosh PowerBooks,
- Quadra's, VRAM and more. Included are AppleLink Press release descriptions
- and technical specifications.
-
- Name = Using the Macintosh Quadra as a
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Using the Macintosh Quadra as a
- Size: 3K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- When setting up your Macintosh Quadra computer as a file server, be sure to
- connect a monitor. Because of a problem with system software 7.0.1., the
- Macintosh Quadra computer will not operate properly unless a monitor is
- connected. This problem does not occur on any other Macintosh computer.
- Download for more info.
-
- Name = ShirtPocket ships CD-ROM
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:ShirtPocket ships CD-ROM
- Size: 5K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Mesa, AZ (October 15, 1991) - ShirtPocket Software is announcing the first
- CD-ROM disk utility, SpeedyCD, for Macintosh computers. SpeedyCD is a
- Macintosh control panel that speeds up access to CD-ROMs, making directory
- access to CD-ROMs respond as quickly as a hard disk.
-
- Name = On Location™ 2.0 Ships
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:On Location™ 2.0 Ships
- Size: 5K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 11, 1991—ON Technology, Inc. today began shipping
- version 2.0 of its award-winning On Location software, a Macintosh desk
- accessory that dramatically reduces the time it takes to find and view
- files. On Location 2.0 offers significant enhancements and new features,
- including System 7.0 compatibility.
-
- Name = MacLuggage Cases for Macintosh
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MacLuggage Cases for Macintosh
- Size: 4K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Exton, PA.-- 14 OCT 91 I/O Design, Inc. expands their product line to
- address the demand for carrying cases for transportable computers. These
- new products expand on the already popular MacLuggage Ultimate line of
- carrying cases, available through quality conscious dealers and
- distributors.
-
- Name = Macintosh Classic II CPUt
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Macintosh Classic II CPUt
- Size: 6K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Macintosh Classic II Technical Specifications
- Microprocessor - MC68030, 32-bit architecture, 16 MHz clock speed
- Memory - The Classic II 2/40 comes with 2MB of RAM on the logic board and 2
- memory expansion slots for SIMMs (Single In-line Memory Modules).
-
- Name = Macintosh Classic II CPU
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Macintosh Classic II CPU
- Size: 4K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Macintosh Classic II Product Description
- Based on our fastest-selling Macintosh® model ever, the Apple® Macintosh
- Classic® II personal computer extends the capabilities of the Macintosh
- Classic--so you get all of the advantages associated with Macintosh
- computers in a higher performance, affordable package.
-
- Name = AppleTalk Remote Access Product
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AppleTalk Remote Access Product
- Size: 8K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- AppleTalk Remote Access provides an asynchronous AppleTalk connection
- through a modem to another Macintosh and its AppleTalk network. The remote
- user can access all the AppleTalk services such as mail, calendars, file
- servers, and printers. This software can act as client or server. The
- software is meant for personal use, and it is easy to set up and configure.
- It supports one connection at a time. Download for more info.
-
- Name = $ CPU ’92 Free Passes
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:$ CPU ’92 Free Passes
- Size: 6K Date:10/30/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Hewlett-Packard wishes to show its support of Macintosh user groups. For
- this reason, it has allocated 100 free passes for user group officials for
- my conference. These passes will be given to the first 100 user groups that
- respond to this AppleLink. We are providing one pass per group in order to
- accomodate as many groups as possible.
-
- Name = The Utility Bundle from ON
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:The Utility Bundle from ON
- Size: 5K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 9, 1991—ON Technology, Inc. and Advanced
- Software, Inc. today began shipping its Utility Bundle featuring the
- award-winning On Location™ software, a Macintosh desk accessory that
- dramatically reduces the time it takes to find and view files and
- QuickTools™, an exciting collection of eight Macintosh utilities helping
- users work more safely, productively and efficiently.
-
- Name = Paracomp ships SwivelMan™!
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Paracomp ships SwivelMan™!
- Size: 5K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Francisco, CA (September 30, 1991 - The standard in 3D modeling and the
- standard in photorealistic rendering are now together in the same box.
- Paracomp today shipped SwivelMan, an exciting bundle of the industry
- standards in modeling and rendering on the Macintosh®, Swivel 3D
- Professional and MacRenderMan. SwivelMan consists of a new upgrade, Swivel
- 3D Pro version 2.0, a utility for file format translation and conversion of
- Type 1 fonts called Swivelizer.
-
- Name = Order form-AOL ColorStudio Offe
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Order form-AOL ColorStudio Offe
- Size: 3K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- AMUG members can buy ColorStudio for a special price of $299 from October
- 11 through December 31, 1991. Simply fill out the attached form and FAX or
- mail it directly to Letraset Customer Service. Payment by VISA, Mastercard
- or check only. Your ColorStudio will be shipped via UPS. Please allow 3
- weeks for delivery. Mail to Letraset Graphic Design Software ColorStudio
- Offer Attention - Customer Service, 40 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, New
- Jersey 07653, Phone: 800-343-TYPE. Download this order form for more info.
-
- Name = nVIEW Ships Multiple Source LCD
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:nVIEW Ships Multiple Source LCD
- Size: 5K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Newport News, VA.––(Oct. 7, 1991) nVIEW Corp. (NASDAQ: NVUE) has begun
- shipping MediaPro, the company's newest LCD projection display panel.
- MediaPro can project images from both computer and conventional video
- sources when placed on an overhead projector. MediaPro is completely
- portable and displays images from up to four sources concurrently. Source
- switching is as easy as touching a button on the product's remote control.
- In addition to Mac II series computers, VCRs, TV receivers, laser disk
- players, camcorders and PCs can be connected to the MediaPro to project
- data, images, video and multimedia fogroup viewing during presentations.
-
- Name = Macintosh 21" Colort Display
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Macintosh 21" Colort Display
- Size: 5K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Macintosh 21" Color Display Technical SpecificationsSystem Requirements
- •Macintosh personal computer equipped withan appropriate video card.
- Video cable (supplied with the display)Picture Tube, 21" diagonal, with
- in-line gun, 90° deflection angle, Black matrix-type dot screen, Phosphor
- type P22 (aluminized), Flat, square faceplate with gray filter glass,
- 50% nominal light transmission, Shadow mask.Download to read more...
-
- Name = Macintosh 21" Color Display
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Macintosh 21" Color Display
- Size: 4K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The Apple® Macintosh® 21" Color Display lets Macintosh personal computer
- users work with two full pages of text and graphics in color. The unit has
- been designed for users needing large-screen color display capabilities for
- presentations, page layouts, engineering design, and video applications.
- The 21-inch screen provides more than three times the screen area of
- standard displays and features high levels of brightness and contrast. The
- antiglare screen minimizes reflective glare and the tilt and swivel base
- allows for comfortable working angle display adjustments.
-
- Name = LaserWriter IIg Technical
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:LaserWriter IIg Technical
- Size: 4K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- LaserWriter IIg Technical Specifications
- Marking Engine - Canon LBP-SX laser
- Controller - 25MHz 68030 CPU, ASICs and I/O processors
- Optional upgrade for LaserWriter IISC, IIf IINT, and IINTX
- Memory - 5 megabytes of RAM, up to 32 megabytes 2 megabytes of ROM
-
- Name = LaserWriter IIf Technical
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:LaserWriter IIf Technical
- Size: 5K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- LaserWriter IIf Technical Specifications
- Marking Engine - Canon LBP-SX
- laserController - 20MHz 68030 CPU, ASICs and I/O processors
- Optional upgrade for LaserWriter IISC, IINT, and IINTX
- Memory - 2 megabytes of RAM, up to 32 megabytes 2 megabytes of ROM
- Print Quality - 300 dpi enhanced with FinePrint®
- Optional PhotoGrade® for high-quality scanned images by upgrading to 5
- megabytes of RAM. See more by downloading this file.
-
- Name = LaserWriter IIf Product
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:LaserWriter IIf Product
- Size: 4K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The 300 dot-per-inch Apple® LaserWriter® IIf makes use of Apple’s
- proprietary FinePrint™ technology to provide for smoothing jagged edges
- that are frequently found in documents created by laser printers.
- The unit is expandable and can be upgraded with Apple’s PhotoGrade™
- capabilities by increasing RAM to 5 megabytes to enable printing documents
- that include high-quality scanned images and graphics. PhotoGrade allows
- printing of images with more than 65 levels of gray.
-
- Name = Apple to Ship ISDN Interface
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple to Ship ISDN Interface
- Size: 8K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CUPERTINO, California--October 8, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc., today
- announced its Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) interface card for
- Macintosh personal computers in the United States and Canada. The company
- also outlined its architecture for integrating telephone functionality and
- services for the Macintosh. ISDN is an evolving set of international
- standards for unifying a broad range of voice, data, imaging and video
- communication services in one digital wide area network.
-
- Name = Apple OneScanner Technical
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple OneScanner Technical
- Size: 4K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Apple OneScanner Technical Specifications
- Hardware: Scanner Type: Flatbed
- Resolution: 72 - 300 dpi in 1 dp
- Max document size: 8.5 by 14 inches
- Gray-scale levels: 256 levels (8 bits per pixel)
- Scaling: unlimited
- Interface: Small Computer Systems
- Download for more technical info on the Apple Scanner.
-
- Name = Apple OneScanner Product
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple OneScanner Product
- Size: 4K Date:10/14/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The Apple OneScanner is a flatbed scanner that makes use of Ofoto™ scanning
- software from Light Source, Inc. Ofoto allows users to choose between
- automatically scanning by single clicking the mouse and manual user control
- of each aspect of the scanning process. The OneScanner provides for
- gray-scale scanning with 256 levels for photographic-quality
- black-and-white images. Quality is enhanced through high-quality rotation
- and scaling algorithms. This file describes features of this scanner.
-
- Name = NEW CD-ROM TITLE
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:NEW CD-ROM TITLE
- Size: 4K Date: 9/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This press release describes a new CD-ROM title for the home and
- education markets. "Annabel's Dream of Ancient Egypt" is a narrated
- children's story with extensive reltated material and activities.
- CD-ROM, education, children, multimedia, egypt,opera.
-
- Name = FWB Ships Hard Disk ToolKit™
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:FWB Ships Hard Disk ToolKit™
- Size: 12K Date: 9/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Francisco, CA--22-Sep-91, FWB, Inc. of San Francisco, California today
- began shipping its long-awaited, Hard Disk ToolKit™ SCSI utility software
- for Macintosh. Hard Disk ToolKit is a set of professional tools for
- managing SCSI storage devices on the Macintosh. It works with all brands
- and models of SCSI hard drives, optical drives and removable drives. Hard
- Disk ToolKit consists of seven modules that are easy to use, yet offer the
- power and flexibility demanded by serious users.
-
- Name = Low-Cost Animation
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Low-Cost Animation
- Size: 4K Date: 9/15/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- HATBORO PA (September 15, 1991) Meyer Software of Hatboro, Pennsylvania
- today announced the release of On The Air™ Version 1.0, new ‘screen show’
- software for the Macintosh. On The Air, which retails for $175, lets users
- quickly and easily create and play back disk-based presentations
- incorporating animation, still images, and sounds—created within the
- program, or imported from other Macintosh environments.
-
- Name = Asanté Announces Price
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Asanté Announces Price
- Size: 7K Date: 9/15/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 30, 1991—Asanté Technologies, Inc., the leader in
- Ethernet networking products for Macintosh computers, today announced
- aggressive price reductions—in some cases over 20 percent—that make the
- company's premium quality MacCon+ and MacCon3 Series of Ethernet interface
- cards the low-cost, price/performance leaders in their class. Asanté is
- now the only major vendor to offer full-featured Ethernet cards for
- Macintosh II, IIsi, SE/30, LC, and SE computers at list prices as low as
- $299, a significant reduction from their previous price of $379.
-
- Name = Mac Software Monitor Offer
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Mac Software Monitor Offer
- Size: 7K Date: 9/13/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The Mac Software Monitor is an important newsletter devoted to
- understanding System 7.0. There are many new features in System 7.0 that
- are not fully understood by the average Macintosh user. Anyone who needs to
- know more about System 7.0 will find The Mac Software Monitor to be a
- practical, easy-to-read source that gives sound advice and timely
- information about the new system software.
-
- Name = 7th Macintosh Consultants
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:7th Macintosh Consultants
- Size: 4K Date: 9/13/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The Macintosh Consultants Network today announced the Keynote Speakers for
- the MCN’s Seventh International Consultants Conference, which will be held
- November 7-10, 1991, at the Seattle Airport Marriott Hotel. The title of
- the conference is “New Systems / New Solutions -- System 7: Making It All
- Work Together,” and the conference will focus on communications between
- programs, platforms, and people.
-
- Name = SHIVA'S ETHERPORT CARDS TO LIST
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:SHIVA'S ETHERPORT CARDS TO LIST
- Size: 7K Date: 9/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CAMBRIDGE, MA (1 September 1991)--In a move to solidify its leadership
- position in the rapidly growing Macintosh Ethernet market, Shiva
- Corporation today announced a new pricing strategy for its line of
- Macintosh Ethernet add-in cards. Effective immediately, pricing on Shiva's
- EtherPort cards is reduced by over 40% to $299. Shiva Corporation is the
- only vendor to apply a major price cut to its entire line of Ethernet
- add-in cards. The new EtherPort pricing will apply to models II, IIT, SE,
- SE/T, SE,30 and SE/30T.
-
- Name = Portfolio Systems & Dynodex
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Portfolio Systems & Dynodex
- Size: 4K Date: 9/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Boston, MA — Portfolio Systems of Rhinebeck, New York, has announced that
- Dynodex, the fastest and most full-featured address book manager for the
- Mac, will be available to users of any other address management software
- for only $49. The sidegrade, to be offered from August 15 to October 31,
- 1991, requires that users send in the title page from the software they’re
- currently using to manage names and addresses, whether a dedicated address
- manager, general database manager, or even Hypercard.
-
- Name = nVIEW Ships 32K Color LCD
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:nVIEW Ships 32K Color LCD
- Size: 3K Date: 9/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Newport News, VA--(Sept 6, 1991): nVIEW Corp. has begun shipping
- ViewFrame® SpectraPlus, the active-matrix liquid crystal display (LCD)
- projection panel that, when used with an overhead projector, projects
- images from the Mac in 32,000 colors. SpectraPlus projects full motion
- animation and rapid mouse movements without blurring. It is used to project
- sophisticated graphics, scanned photos, multimedia presentations and "slide
- shows" directly from the computer.
-
- Name = MEMORYBANK SHIPPING 2.7GB DISK
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MEMORYBANK SHIPPING 2.7GB DISK
- Size: 5K Date: 9/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Ann Arbor, Mich., 4 Sept 91:. . . Memorybank Incorporated is now shipping
- the next generation in its Memorybank series, the Memorybank II™, a desktop
- subsystem that offers the highest capacity hard disk and tape backup
- available for Macintosh™ networks. The new Memorybank II triples the
- capacity of its predecessor, offering up to 2.7 Gigabytes (GB) of disk
- storage and up to 5.0 GB of tape backup capacity. With a new configuration,
- the more compact design easily fits on a desk.
-
- Name = Dayn Ethernet Cards $299 With
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Dayn Ethernet Cards $299 With
- Size: 5K Date: 9/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- [Salt Lake City, Utah--August 29, 1991: Dayna Communications, Inc. today
- announced an immediate price reduction of its DaynaPORT™ line of Macintosh
- Ethernet adapters and instituted a program that guarantees users complete
- compatibility of any DaynaPORT model with thick, thin or twisted-pair
- Ethernet media. The new low prices affect the company's full line of
- adapters for the Macintosh II family, SE, SE/30, LC and IIsi. $299.00.
-
- Name = VERBUM INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:VERBUM INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA
- Size: 5K Date: 9/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Diego, CA--September 1, 1991: Verbum Interactive 1.0 for Macintosh,
- a pioneering multimedia magazine published on CD-ROM shipped August 1.
- Verbum, Inc. is making the landmark 2-disc publication available to Apple
- Developers for $44.95 (a $5.00 discount off the retail price of $49.95).
- Denise Caruso, in the Seybold Digital Media Newsletter, said "The best
- overall feature of Verbum Interactive is its striking presentation of
- media-based information in a way that actually makes sense and utilizes the
- strong points of various media instead of being gratuitously whizzy.
-
- Name = The Debug Library- a hot new
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:The Debug Library- a hot new
- Size: 4K Date: 9/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- If you are considering yourself as a serious Mac developper, this is a tool
- you can't live without anymore: The Debug Library™ is a complete interface
- to the Macintosh Operating System adding debugging, tracing, disciplining
- and error checking code to every call you made to the operating system.
- The Debug Library is written in C and assembler using the pascal calling
- conventions of the OS and consists of about 60000 lines of code.
-
- Name = SuperMac Sells ReelTime Video
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:SuperMac Sells ReelTime Video
- Size: 7K Date: 9/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- August 28, 1991 -- SuperMac Technology™ today
- announced the sale of its ReelTime™ digital video editing software to Adobe
- Systems, Inc. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Under
- the terms of the agreement, SuperMac and Adobe will continue to co-develop
- the product. SuperMac will bundle ReelTime free with its VideoSpigot™ and
- VideoSpigot Pro digital video capture and playback systems for the first 90
- days of shipping.
-
- Name = USSR is on-line
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:USSR is on-line
- Size: 2K Date: 8/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- USSR is on-line - Does anybody interested in establishing contacts with Mac
- developers in USSR? And with Moscow University? Contact to: Arkady Moreynis
- AppleLink MOSCOW.UNIV, USSR 119899 Moscow, Leninskie Gory, Moscow
- University, NIVC, Phone (095) 939-23-27, Fax (095) 938-21-36.
-
- Name = Special deal for AMUG members
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Special deal for AMUG members
- Size: 3K Date: 8/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Just wanted to let you know that we have reduced our special price on Mr.
- File for user group members to $20.00. We did a demo of Mr. File at BMUG
- and the $20 price went over so well that we decided to reduce it for all
- user groups. We would like you to mention this special price to AMUG
- members so they can take advantage of this deal by contacting us at the
- numbers below. Thanks! Deborah Howitt Softways Phone: (408) 978-9167
- FAX: (408) 448-0620.
-
- Name = HyperActive Sftwre Font Offer
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:HyperActive Sftwre Font Offer
- Size: 5K Date: 8/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- HyperActive Software has recently completed Volume 2 of The Font Catalog, a
- printed reference of 100 Macintosh shareware and freeware fonts available
- from on-line services and local bulletin boards. We have a very special
- offer for Macintosh User Groups which we think your members will be
- interested in knowing about. Please publish the enclosed press release in
- your group's newsletter and include the following information for your
- members.
-
- Name = Hayes and Everex Reach
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Hayes and Everex Reach
- Size: 6K Date: 8/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Atlanta, GA, 21 Aug 1991 -- Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. and Everex
- Systems, Inc. jointly announced today that they have reached an amicable
- settlement of the patent litigation between the two companies involving the
- Heatherington '302 Patent owned by Hayes. As part of the settlement,
- Everex joined the increasing number of modem manufacturers who have taken a
- royalty-bearing license under the Patent. Everex also agreed to pay Hayes
- $2.5 million in satisfaction of the judgement awarded to Hayes for past
- infringement.
-
- Name = Beagle Bros announces
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Beagle Bros announces
- Size: 10K Date: 8/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- BEAGLE BROS ANNOUNCES BEAGLEWORKS: The True Meaning of Integration
- The seven powerful modules of BeagleWorks allow you to integrate
- information with unprecedented flexibility and convenience. The key to
- BeagleWorks' integration is the linking of information between documents,
- using a revolutionary technology called In-Context Editing in combination
- with Publish and Subscribe.
-
- Name = Voyager supports new Sony LVD
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Voyager supports new Sony LVD
- Size: 6K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- VOYAGER DEMONSTRATES INTERACTIVE VIDEODISCS AND SOFTWARE AT WORLD PREMIERE
- OF NEW SONY PLAYER - The Voyager Company (Santa Monica, CA) joins Sony in
- introducing an important new Sony laserdisc player at the Voyager booth
- during MacWorld in Boston. The Sony MDP-1100 presents consumers with an
- attractive and unique combination of features, making it an ideal player
- for use in conjunction with interactive videodisc software.
-
- Name = SuperMac Announces Thunder
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:SuperMac Announces Thunder
- Size: 9K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Sunnyvale, CA - (July 30, 1991) - SuperMac Technology™ today introduced a
- new family of 8- and 24-bit workstation-class color graphics cards for the
- Macintosh® that are 4.5 times faster than the current performance leader —
- SuperMac's Spectrum/24™ PDQ. Thunder/8™ and Thunder/24™ are single-slot
- graphics cards designed specifically for demanding graphics professionals
- using high-end Macintosh IIci and IIfx systems with 19" and 21"
- large-screen displays for color-publishing and prepress applications.
-
- Name = Special Macworld Price on
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Special Macworld Price on
- Size: 5K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SPECIAL MACWORLD PRICE BREAK ON CHINON CD-ROM DRIVE WITH PURCHASE OF
- VOYAGER SOFTWARE - The Voyager Company (Santa Monica, CA) and Chinon
- America Inc. are offering a special price break available only at the
- Voyager booth during MacWorld Boston. Purchasers of Voyager's interactive
- software will be able to buy Chinon's CDA-431 CD-ROM drive at the
- substantially reduced price of $495.
-
- Name = ON Technology, Inc. Announces
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:ON Technology, Inc. Announces
- Size: 5K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 29, 1991—ON Technology, Inc. today announced version
- 2.0 of its award-winning On Location software, a Macintosh desk accessory
- that dramatically reduces the time it takes to find and view files. On
- Location 2.0, which is scheduled to ship in the third quarter of 1991,
- offers significant enhancements and new features, including System 7.0
- compatibility.
-
- Name = MICROLYTICS SPELL CHECKER FOR
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MICROLYTICS SPELL CHECKER FOR
- Size: 7K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- BOSTON, MA, August 6, 1991 -- Microlytics Inc. introduced today Spell
- Finder™ for use with AppleLink®, the first on-line spelling checker and
- verifier developed exclusively for AppleLink. The program provides spelling
- for 100,000 words and is available in 12 different languages. Spell Finder
- for use with AppleLink will be available this September for site licensing
- and retail distribution.
-
- Name = Interactive CD-ROM- Exotic
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Interactive CD-ROM- Exotic
- Size: 5K Date: 8/04/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- EXOTIC JAPAN SHIPS: INTERACTIVE CD-ROM OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION
- TO MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE - The release of Exotic Japan was
- announced today by The Voyager Company (Santa Monica, CA). The CD-ROM
- product, designed to familiarize business executives, travelers, and
- students with the basics of modern Japanese culture and language, uses a
- unique interactive combination of text, sound, and animation.
-
- Name = PostScript to 2000 dpi TIFF
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:PostScript to 2000 dpi TIFF
- Size: 5K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Boston, MA (USA) -- July 15, 1991: TeleTypesetting Company, developers of
- the T-Script PostScript® software interpreter for the Macintosh, has
- announced a new product called T-Script Deluxe v3.0. The new product
- expands T-Script's existing capacity to convert PostScript® files into TIFF
- files. The original program, released in October 1989, allows Macintosh
- users to output PostScript files to a variety of non-PostScript® printers
- manufactured by Hewlett Packard, Apple, Canon, GCC, Epson, Mitsubishi and
- others. This special T-Script driver converts PostScript® text and images
- into a high resolution TIFF file up to 2000 dpi.
-
- Name = MARIAH USERS - An INTRODUCTORY
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MARIAH USERS - An INTRODUCTORY
- Size: 5K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Los Gatos, CA, July 16, 1991 - OMI's CD Express is happy to offer a
- special, one-time Reference CD pricing to MARIAH users. Send us your hard
- disk, in it's original packaging, and for only $299 we'll make a CD-ROM
- from it. This process normally costs upwards of $600! Remember, this is a
- one time offer available to MARIAH owners. This is a great opportunity to
- open up space on your hard disk, and yet still have instant access to your
- files. It's like adding another 600 Mb drive to your system!
-
- Name = Gizmo Technologies Ships
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Gizmo Technologies Ships
- Size: 6K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Fremont, CA-July 16, 1991: Gizmo Technologies shipped ShadowWriter™
- today—their latest software product that allows low-cost personal printers
- to be shared by all the Macs on a network. ShadowWriter installs in
- minutes to transform an inexpensive solo printer (e.g. the Personal
- LaserWriter LS) into a shared printer that any Mac on an
- AppleTalk-compatible network can use. ShadowWriter is Gizmo's second
- product offering in a planned series of low-cost network "gizmos" for
- Macintosh computers.
-
- Name = Friday's Closing Apple Price 46
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Friday's Closing Apple Price 46
- Size: 2K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- On Friday July 19, 1991, Apple Computer Stock Closed At 46 Up 1 1/8.
- Apple's Volume was 1,146,100 shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
- closed unchanged at a level of 3016. The Volume on the New York Stock
- Exchange was 190,215,500.
-
- Name = Compatible Systems Ships
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Compatible Systems Ships
- Size: 4K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Boulder, CO -- July 15, 1991 -- Compatible Systems today announced the
- availability of software drivers for its Ethernet adapter products which
- provide full compatibility with System 7.0 for Apple's line of Macintosh
- computers. "Our beta tests on the new drivers went very smoothly," said
- Larry Tepper, Director of Software Engineering at Compatible. "In fact, we
- had less trouble with System 7 than we did with several of the later
- versions of System 6."
-
- Name = Apple Q3 '91 Earnings Press
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple Q3 '91 Earnings Press
- Size: 9K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CUPERTINO, California July 17, 1991 Apple Computer, Inc. reported
- today that in its third fiscal quarter unit shipments of its popular
- Macintosh personal computers grew by more than 60 percent, and that
- net revenues increased by 12 percent, compared to the third quarter a
- year ago. Apple also announced that it has taken a one time charge
- of $224.0 million, or $138.9 million after tax, for restructuring,
- cost reduction, and other activities that are now underway at the
- company. As a result of these charges, the company reported a net
- loss for the quarter of $53.1 million.
-
- Name = "macTOPiX™" - The Art of
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:"macTOPiX™" - The Art of
- Size: 4K Date: 7/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Los Gatos, CA, July 17, 1991, Optical Media International (OMI™) offers
- macTOPiX™ and macTOPiX-CDR Pro™ - the latest multimedia CD-ROM/ Audio
- premastering and CD recording systems for the Apple Macintosh™. OMI, the
- pioneer of PC based CD premastering and desktop CD recording solutions,
- brings you this revolutionary new way to publish media, any media,
- on a compact disc. Now, with the unique macTOPiX technology, a user can
- create a multimedia CD with unparalleled 'point and click' simplicity.
- With features such as Auto Cue™, macTOPiX is the shortest path between an
- idea and the creation of a finished CD.
-
- Name = Connectix Releases MAXIMA 2.0
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Connectix Releases MAXIMA 2.0
- Size: 4K Date: 7/13/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Menlo Park, California, July 10, 1991 --Connectix Corporation today
- released major upgrade to MAXIMA, the popular Macintosh utility for systems
- with more than 8 megabytes of RAM. Version 2.0 offers full System 7
- compatibility, protected RAM disk for both 24- and 32-bit addressing modes,
- and enhancement of the 24-bit memory addressing capability. This
- enhancement enables access to amuch as 14 megabytes of physical RAM for
- application memory in System 6 or System 7 without requiring use of 32-bit
- addressing mode. MAXIMA 2.0 supports Balloon Help and is broadly
- compatible with Macintosh hardware and software under Systems 6.0.1 through
- 7.0.
-
- Name = CMS Utilities Special Offer
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:CMS Utilities Special Offer
- Size: 4K Date: 7/13/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CMS Utilities Special Offer - In June, we began shipping the new 7.0
- version of our driver and utilities for mass storage devices. This upgrade
- includes: 1) A new cache function that improves the read performance of
- all SCSI storagdevices, including CD-ROMs and MOs. 2) Full support of
- virtual memory and other system 7 features. 3) Balloon help throughout the
- utility. 4) Improved driver performance.
-
- Name = Minifest System for Great
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Minifest System for Great
- Size: 3K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Brookln Park, Minnesota--5 July, 1991: Clemenson Enterprises, Incorporated
- (CEI), a software developer for Macintosh computers, has developed the very
- first shipping manifest that downloads into Great Plains Accounting
- Software -THE SHIPPING HANDLER!
-
- Name = DiskMaker Disk Formatter
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:DiskMaker Disk Formatter
- Size: 6K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Diego, Calif. — July 8, 1991 — Golden Triangle announced today that it
- haintroduced a new disk formatting and utilities package for Macintosh®
- hard disks. DiskMaker™ is a flexible program that lets users install a new
- disk without partitions by clicking a single button. For more advanced
- users, it delivers the most complete security and disk management options
- available. DiskMaker sells for $89. It works with all brands and models of
- SCSI disks and is now available.
-
- Name = AppleCD SC Plus- Technical
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AppleCD SC Plus- Technical
- Size: 3K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The playback medium for the AppleCD SC CD-ROM unit is a 12-centimeter
- optical disc installed in a CD caddy. Any CD-ROM or audio compact disc is
- compatible. The data capacity in mode #1 is 656 megabytes; 748 megabytes in
- mode #2. The unit access from 1 recording surface. The unit has a
- capacity of more than 270,000 blocks per disc. Data per block is 2,048
- bytes in mode #1; 2,336 bytes in mode #2. Audio playback time is more than
- 1 hour with a frequency response of 20 to 20,000 hertz.
-
- Name = AppleCD SC Plus- Product
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AppleCD SC Plus- Product
- Size: 4K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The AppleCD SC Plus CD read-only memory disc can hold approximately 650
- mega-bytes of information. The AppleCD SC Plus provides access to text,
- graphics and sound that has been stored on digitally recorded CD-ROM discs.
- Speed has been improved by approximately 20% over previous models. Data
- from these compact discs can be copied and pasted for use in other
- applications. This drive supports the Apple II, Macintosh, and industry
- standard High Sierra and ISO 9660 file systems.
-
- Name = Apple & IBM Outline Technology
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple & IBM Outline Technology
- Size: 6K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SAN JOSE, California--July 3, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. and IBM will
- work to create powerful new open system software platforms for the
- 1990s, according to a letter of intent signed today by both
- companies. The companies will develop and market new technologies
- which both Apple and IBM will integrate into existing and future
- products, as well as offer for use on other vendors' computers.
-
- Name = Abbott Systems announces CALC+
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Abbott Systems announces CALC+
- Size: 3K Date: 7/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Pleasantville, NY--5 July 91: Abbott Systems, the developers of CanOpener
- and Cheshire, today announced Calc+, a professional Mac calculator with
- both decimal and DTP features. ntended as a major upgrade to the standard
- Mac Calculator, Calc+ features a multi-line display which can be resized,
- scrolled and edited, paper tape printout, % key and full keyboard support.
- Calc+ can also be 'parked' on the desktop as an icon for fast access.
-
- Name = Alysis Ships SuperDisk! 1.07
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Alysis Ships SuperDisk! 1.07
- Size: 5K Date: 7/05/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Francisco, CA--01-Jul-91: Alysis Software Corporation began shipping
- version 1.07 of its product SuperDisk!, the fastest and most transparent
- compression enhancement available for the Macintosh. SuperDisk! allows
- Macintosh™ users to get more usable space on their hard disks by
- compressing files so that they take up less room when they are not in use.
-
- Name = Low cost floating point for Mac
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Low cost floating point for Mac
- Size: 3K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE 26, 1991: Low cost floating point for the LC and IIsi.
- The LCFP from Quantum Leap Systems is a floating point co-processor board
- for the Macintosh LC. The LCFP measures approximately 2.25 x 4.5 inches and
- contains either a Motorola 68881 or 68882 math co-processor. The '881 runs
- at either 16 or 20 MHz, the '882 runs at 16, 20 or 25 MHz. The LCFP
- attaches to the Mac's Processor Direct Slot (PDS) and uses the Mac's main
- memory. The LCFP has no RAM of its own.
-
- Name = Developer's Special! System 7.
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Developer's Special! System 7.
- Size: 4K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Los Gatos, CA, June 25, 1991 -- Now available! OMCD is a CD-ROM device
- driver which allows the Macintosh to read data from CD-ROM drives in the
- same manner it reads floppy and hard disks.
-
- Name = Classic Memory Card Uses 256K
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Classic Memory Card Uses 256K
- Size: 4K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Xyber Pty Ltd is proud to introduce the CL6 Memory Card for the Macintosh.
- The CL6 has the same form factor and connectors as the standard Classic
- memory expansion card but provides 6 SIMM sockets. You can install:
- • 4 x 256Kb SIMMs for a total memory of 2Mb;
- • 6 x 256Kb SIMMs for a total of 2.5Mb;
- • 4 x 256Kb and 2 x 1Mb SIMMs for a total of 4Mb.
- Installation is as simple as plugging the CL6 into the Classic's memory
- expansion socket.
-
- Name = CD Express - Clears Up
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:CD Express - Clears Up
- Size: 4K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Los Gatos, CA, June 25, 1991 - CD Express at Optical Media International is
- offering, for a limited time, an incredible price for turning the data on
- you Mac hard disk into a CD-ROM. All you need to do is send us your hard
- disk, in it's original packaging, and we'll make a CD-ROM from it for only
- $299. This is a one-time only, limited offer available only to Apple
- developers. Turnaround time is 3 days not including shipping.
-
- Name = AirMouse Remote Control Ships!
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AirMouse Remote Control Ships!
- Size: 5K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- COLCHESTER, VERMONT 6/20/91: Selectech, Ltd. announced today that it
- started shipping its new AirMouse™ Remote Control for professionals. The
- AirMouse Remote Control is a very simple-to-use remote control for all
- interactive computer and video systems. It works seemlessly with the Apple
- Macintosh, IBM PCs running DOS and Windows, and the Commodore Amiga.
-
- Name = 1st Live User Group TV
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:1st Live User Group TV
- Size: 7K Date: 7/03/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Presenting The first LIVE UG-TV simulcast scheduled for Wednesday evening,
- September 25, 1991, 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The
- 90-minute telecast will feature a mix of topics, including news of interest
- to all User Groups and Associations, as well as segments specifically
- devoted to the Apple II and Macintosh product families. Apple Product
- Managers and Product Engineers will give on-air presentations as well as
- participate in a live, interactive Q&A session with remote User Group and
- Association sites.
-
- Name = UGTV
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG info:AppleLink:UGTV
- Size: 7K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Presenting The first LIVE UG-TV simulcast scheduled for Wednesday evening,
- September 25, 1991, 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
- What is UG-TV? It is the first nationwide User Group TV broadcast, “live”
- via satellite with hundreds of User Groups and Professional Associations
- from around the U.S. and Canada actively participating.
-
- Name = Tuesday's Closing Price 42 3/8
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Tuesday's Closing Price 42 3/8
- Size: 2K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- On Tuesday, June 25, 1991:
- Apple Computer Stock Closed At: 42 3/8 Up 5/8
- Apple's Volume was 2,030,400 shares
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 2 points at a level of 2,910
- The Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 156,010,900
-
- Name = Symmetry Wants You!
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Symmetry Wants You!
- Size: 4K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- TO: All Macintosh User Groups
- FR: Samantha Kirk, User Group Coordinator
- Symmetry Software
- IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE!!!!????? I want to hear from you!
- I am the new User Group Coordinator here at Symmetry Software, the
- developers and publishers of Acta, HyperDA, EasyShare, Mariah and
- PictureBase. We are trying to get out and attend your meetings - please
- let me know your monthly schedule.
-
- Name = Spaceship Warlock™ CD-ROM now
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Spaceship Warlock™ CD-ROM now
- Size: 4K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Spaceship Warlock is an adventure game on CD-ROM that was designed as an
- "interactive movie". The game has cinematic qualities and features over 125
- megabytes of 3D graphics, animation, sound effects, and an original music
- score. The game uses a first person perspective interface to navigate
- through the 3D space of rooms and settings. Players encounter and interact
- with simulated entities along the way. Spaceship Warlock is the largest
- adventure game ever created for the Macintosh, it is in 8 bit color and is
- System 7 compatible.
-
- Name = PLI Ships QuickSCSI — SCSI
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:PLI Ships QuickSCSI — SCSI
- Size: 6K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Fremont, CA, June 26, 1991 — PLI, the premier manufacturer of storage
- products for the Apple Macintosh since 1985, began shipping QuickSCSI™, a
- SCSI-2 NuBus host adapter for the Macintosh II family of personal
- computers. QuickSCSI™ supports data transfer rate over three times faster
- than the Macintosh SCSI port (a major I/O bottleneck for disk intensive
- operations) and provides disk mirroring, for continual backup.
-
- Name = Language Systems Speaker Avail.
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Language Systems Speaker Avail.
- Size: 3K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Language Systems develops high-quality, high-performance computer software
- and provides the service and support to help its customers use the software
- easily and effectively. We would like to speak to your user group or
- programming SIG. Language Systems products include Language Systems
- FORTRAN, a high-end compiler which the company began publishing in June
- 1988 and Wild Things, a complete package for developing HyperCard XCMDs
- which was released in April 1989.
-
- Name = LabVIEW Tests Nemesis Air Racer
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:LabVIEW Tests Nemesis Air Racer
- Size: 6K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Austin, TX--26-Jun-91:The Nemesis Formula 1 Air Racing Team announced it
- will begin the first flight test program on its new, all-composite racer.
- The test program will commence later this month in Mojave, CA. The Nemesis
- team is using a test program based on a Macintosh II computer, LabVIEW 2
- graphical software and plug-in data acquisition boards from National
- Instruments Corporation, and a 68040 accelerator board from Fusion Data
- Systems. The Nemesis racer was first unveiled to the public April 13, 1991.
-
- Name = Hayes Announces ULTRA 144
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Hayes Announces ULTRA 144
- Size: 5K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Atlanta, GA 24 Jun 91: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., today
- announced V-series ULTRA Smartmodem 14400, a high speed, high
- capability modem that implements the most advanced international and
- industry standards with CCITT V.32bis for 14.4 Kbps line speed and
- CCITT V.42bis for up to 38.4 Kbps throughput.
-
- Name = Friday's Closing Price 42
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Friday's Closing Price 42
- Size: 2K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- On Friday, June 21, 1991: Apple Computer Stock Closed At: 42 Unchanged
- Apple's Volume was 1,834,300 share. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed
- up 12 points at a level of 2,965. The Volume on the New York Stock Exchange
- was 195,050,800.
-
- Name = Art Director Wanted
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Art Director Wanted
- Size: 2K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Marketing Communications, with a base of diversified clients, has a key
- position opportunity. Applicants should have a college degree in
- advertising, or equivalent work experience, three to five years advertising
- background, including production knowledge, and leadership and team skills.
- Macintosh experience a plus. We are an equal opportunity employer. Send
- resume and salary requirements to: Marketing Communications, Personnel
- JCPenney Financial Services 2700 W. Plano Parkway, Plano, Texas 75075.
-
- Name = Apple USA Announces TCA Release
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple USA Announces TCA Release
- Size: 9K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CUPERTINO, California--June 24, 1991--The Apple USA division of
- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced nationwide availability of its
- direct assistance, fee-based support programs and tools for support
- staff and in-house developers of large corporations and institutions.
- Beginning immediately, the Technical Coordinator Answerline and In-
- House Developer Support program are available to Apple' s corporate
- and institutional users across the U.S. Both programs were first
- introduced on a limited basis in selected regions of the U.S. in April.
-
- Name = Apple Ships Comm. Products
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple Ships Comm. Products
- Size: 8K Date: 6/27/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- NEW YORK--June 24, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
- immediate availability of its new SNA.ps family of products that
- extend the ability of Macintosh personal computers to communicate
- with IBM systems in large computer networks. The SNA.ps family delivers a
- comprehensive, integrated set of protocols and services for Macintosh users
- who want to communicate in an IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
- environment. Systems Network Architecture is IBM's framework for
- transferring data among IBM and other computers in an enterprise system.
-
- Name = System 7.0 Available through
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:System 7.0 Available through
- Size: 3K Date: 6/20/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Starting June 17, 1991, an 800 number will be available for System 7 orders
- and dealer referrals: The 800 number is 800-654-1068 ext. 500. Customers
- can call the 800 number to place an order directly with Apple for a
- Personal Upgrade Kit or they can call the number to get the name and
- location of an Authorized Apple dealer. (Note that the System 7 Group
- Upgrade Kit is not sold direct--it can only be purchased through an
- Authorized Apple dealer.)
-
- Name = •••• Taste/UltraPaint Bundle -
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:•••• Taste/UltraPaint Bundle -
- Size: 4K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- DeltaPoint Inc. is pleased to announce a HOT Summer Value featuring Taste
- and UltraPaint. Taste is DeltaPoint's new full featured word processor
- program with Document Layout and Graphic design built right in. Deneba
- Software's UltraPaint combines power and ease of use in the most flexible
- and infinitely expandable paint program available today. Now you can get
- both products (plus FREE clip art and fonts) for only $79.95!
-
- Name = ••• Special offer for user
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:••• Special offer for user
- Size: 2K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Inductel is offering a 10% discount to user groups on its selection of
- dictionaries for the Macintosh. In addition, if you would like to do a
- review of our dictionaries for your user group magazine, you can get a free
- copy of MicroLibrary dictionaries. We only request that you send us the
- article that the magazine is printed in.
-
- Name = Visual Delights CD-ROM Released
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Visual Delights CD-ROM Released
- Size: 5K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Austin, Texas -- June 14, 1991 -- SunShine announces the release of Visual
- Delights, a CD-ROM containing over 5800 black and white, 300-dot-per-inch
- TIFF graphics. Hundreds of topics are covered, including people, realistic
- and stylized animals, designs, humor, holidays, religion, and borders, plus
- subjects hard to find elsewhere such as ancient civilizations, ethnic
- groups and cultures, life and death, art objects, and panoramic landscapes.
- Most images are line art, but there are over 1000 halftones as well.
-
- Name = UG Speakers Bureau PR
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:UG Speakers Bureau PR
- Size: 11K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SCHENECTADY, NY, June, 1991-- The MUG News Service (MNS), working in
- cooperation with Apple's User Group Connection, announced today a
- nationwide Speakers Bureau for user groups and third-party developers.
- The service is designed to arrange product demonstrations and exchange
- information between developers and Apple User Groups - the computing
- community's most influential users.
-
- Name = MacroMind Founder Summer Tour
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MacroMind Founder Summer Tour
- Size: 6K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Francisco, CA, June 12, 1991––The hottest trend in personal computing
- today -- interactive multimedia applications and desktop video publishing
- tools -- will be showcased this month and next in a four-city "Multimedia
- Roadshow."Designed for corporate customers, end users, dealers and
- developers, the roadshow will feature Marc Canter, one of the industry's
- leading authorities on multimedia and founder of MacroMind, Inc. Canter
- will update guests on the latest capabilities and uses of multimedia
- products.
-
- Name = Control Classic™ Ships
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG info:AppleLink:Control Classic™ Ships
- Size: 8K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Dallas, Texas--June 6, 1991--Diamante Software today announced availability
- of Control Classic™, a high-end entry in the growing “contact management”
- market. Now shipping as a stand-alone package, Control Classic is one
- module of Control II, a complete lead tracking, order entry, and invoicing
- system for the Macintosh® that has been shipping for three years.
-
- Name = Career in Vancouver BC
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Career in Vancouver BC
- Size: 2K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Join an elite team of programmers responsible for developing Large
- Corporate Information Systems on revolutionary, color Macintosh/Sparc based
- platforms. Prodigy Technologies Corp.'s progressive approach keeps it on
- the leading edge of business technology.
-
- Name = Announcing MODE32 and MC73
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Announcing MODE32 and MC73
- Size: 6K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Menlo Park, California, April 30, 1991 -- Connectix Corporation today
- announced two new products that offer Mac-II class systems complete
- compatibility with the powerful memory features of System 7.0. MODE32 is a
- software utility that enables Mac II, IIx, IIcx, and SE/30 systems to run
- in standard System 7 32-bit mode in the same manner as the more recent Mac
- II-family systems.
-
- Name = Announcing Carbon Copy for the
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Announcing Carbon Copy for the
- Size: 7K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Norwood, MA -- May 6, 1991 -- Microcom, Inc., today announced Version 2.0
- of its popular Carbon Copy™ remote control and file transfer software
- package foMacintosh computers. With file transfer speeds up to 250%
- faster, At an unprecedented $99 per AppleTalk/serial user or $299 for
- unlimited network users per single AppleTalk zone, Carbon Copy for the
- Mac breaks traditional price barriers.
-
- Name = Announced Upgrades to Smartcom
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Announced Upgrades to Smartcom
- Size: 4K Date: 6/17/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- ATLANTA, GA, 13 May 1991 - - Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. today
- announced upgrades to Smartcom II for the Macintosh and the
- introduction of the Hayes Modem Tool. When used with the Macintosh
- Communications Toolbox, the Hayes Modem Tool provides users with
- access to the advanced features of Hayes modems.
-
- Name = User Group System 7 Materials &
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:User Group System 7 Materials &
- Size: 5K Date: 5/25/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The following is a comprehensive description of the System 7 information
- and tools that will be provided to User Groups in the June mailing.
- USER GROUP SYSTEM 7 MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES
- The June User Group monthly mailing will be dedicated to System 7.0
- information. The mailing schedule is being pushed up to May 20 to get the
- infomation as close to the introduction date as possible. Over 1200 User
- Groups and Professional Associations will be receiving resources
- such as training materials on CD-ROM and reference manuals.
-
-
- Name = QuickConnect-May/June 91 Entire
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:QuickConnect-May/June 91 Entire
- Size: 2K Date: 5/25/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This is the text version of QuickConnect-May/June 91. This is the entire
- text and may be printed by other User Groups provided Apple Computer is
- given a copy and credit.
-
- Name = QC May/June 91 Entire issue
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:QC May/June 91 Entire issue
- Size: 48K Date: 5/25/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This is the text version and graphics of QuickConnect-May/June 91. This is
- the entire text and may be printed by other User Groups provided Apple
- Computer is given a copy and credit.
-
- Name = ON Technology Announces…
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:ON Technology Announces…
- Size: 6K Date: 5/25/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- ON Technology Announces Instant Update for the Apple Macintosh Computer
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6, 1991-- ON Technology, Inc. today introduced
- Instant Update, a breakthrough collaborative application for Macintosh
- networks that helps people communicate with unprecedented ease and
- effectiveness through live documents.
-
- Name = Upgrades for Apple Products for
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:Upgrades for Apple Products for
- Size: 6K Date: 5/18/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This document lists products on the April, 1991 Suggested Retail Price List
- that require updating and/or are incompatible with Macintosh System
- Software version 7.0.
-
- Name = System 7 Upgrade kits for
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:System 7 Upgrade kits for
- Size: 7K Date: 5/18/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- System 7 Upgrade Kits for Installed Base. Copyright 1991, Apple Computer,
- Inc. These are the System 7 products to be introduced May 13:
- PRODUCTS PART NO. SRP
- -------- -------- ---
- Macintosh System 7 Personal Upgrade Kit M8220LL/A $ 99
- Macintosh System 7 Group Upgrade Kit M8221LL/A $349
- Macintosh System 7 User Documentation (5-pack) M8223LL/A $249
- Download this file for more info.
-
- Name = ShadowWriter™—Network Printer
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:ShadowWriter™—Network Printer
- Size: 6K Date: 5/18/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Fremont, CA—May 3, 1991—Gizmo Technologies announced their latest new
- product today: ShadowWriter, a low-cost software solution for sharing
- stand alone printers on the network. ShadowWriter installs in minutes to
- transform an inexpensive personal printer (e.g. the Personal LaserWriter
- LS) into a shared printer that can be used by any Macintosh on an
- AppleTalk-compatible network ShadowWriter is Gizmo's second software
- product offering in a planned series olow-cost network "gizmos" for
- Macintosh Computers. The product will ship in June, 1991.
-
- Name = Video IN for less
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Video IN for less
- Size: 4K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- The venerable ComputerEyes/Pro video digitizer from Digital Vision is now
- available to you for a special discount price. ComputerEyes/Pro is a NuBus
- board that allows you to capture images from any video device including
- camcorders, still-video cameras, and laser disk players. Images are
- captured at 1-bit, 8-bits, or 24-bits per pixel at 640 by 480 pixels. Then
- save your image to a PICT, TIFF, or MacPaint file for use in your favorite
- graphics application.
-
- Name = Slashes Price of IIcx Socket
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Slashes Price of IIcx Socket
- Size: 6K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Flowery Branch, Georgia - April, 29, 1991 DayStar Digital, currently the
- only third-party developer to offer a CPU accelerator for the Macintosh
- IIcx, has reduced the overall cost of its PowerCard 030 accelerator board
- by slashing the IIcx socket installation price from $249 to $49.
-
- Name = Network SuperVisor™ versi
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Network SuperVisor™ versi
- Size: 6K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Pittsburgh, PA., April 10, 1991 - The CSG Technologies division
- of Management Science Associates, Inc., today announced an upgrade to their
- Network SuperVisor™ network information tool.
-
- Name = macclub benelux awards 1991
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:macclub benelux awards 1991
- Size: 9K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Once again, the profile of the Macintosh user in the benelux countries was
- the topic of macclub benelux' yearly opinion poll. For the first time
- macclub benelux used the electronic way to collect these information: about
- 8,000 diskcontaining a HyperCard stack with pop up menus were sent to
- Macintosh users in the benelux countries. This action met with a good
- response since about 2,500 users filled in the electronic questionary.
- Owing to this unique method of polling the received data could
- automatically be imported into spreadsheets and evaluated.
-
- Name = JapaneseForEveryone© CD-ROM
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:JapaneseForEveryone© CD-ROM
- Size: 6K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Tokyo, Japan -- May 9, 1991 -- JapaneseForEveryone, the first serious
- language learning program to take advantage of the full range of Macintosh®
- interactive technology began shipping on May 1, 1991.
-
- Name = International Macintosh Users
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:International Macintosh Users
- Size: 6K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Phoenix, Arizona -- May 10, 1991 -- The International Macintosh Users Group
- has been formed to facilitate the distribution of Macintosh User Group
- tools and information between Macintosh User Groups internationally and
- create a method for interaction between all Macintosh User Groups.
-
- Name = Free System 7 Upgrade to
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Free System 7 Upgrade to
- Size: 6K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- BERKELEY, California -- April, 30, 1991 -- Dantz Development Corporation
- announced today System 7 versions of Retrospect and Retrospect Remote™,
- their Eddy Award winning backup and archiving programs. Version 1.3
- provides full compatibility with Apple’s System 7, backing up and restoring
- aliases, implementing balloon help and supporting File Sharing and Virtual
- Memory. The maximum archive size has been increased 500 times to 1
- Terabyte (1000 Gigabytes), and new integrity testing increases backup
- reliability.
-
- Name = First On-line Addressing System
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:First On-line Addressing System
- Size: 4K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Palm Springs, CA--May 6, 1991--Tidemark Corp. today introduced Address
- Express™, a simple and convenient workgroup solution for addressing
- business correspondence without interupting normal workflow. Debuted at
- Demo '91, this is the first on-line addressing system for personal computer
- users that automatically prints professional-looking envelopes, mailing
- labels and postcards from the user's software application, as quickly and
- easily as printing a letter.
-
- Name = Build Your Own Word Processor…
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Build Your Own Word Processor…
- Size: 4K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Vancouver, Washington, May, 1991 -- Developers and Programmers now have
- available four new add-ons for Word Solution Engine (WSE), Pagination,
- Picture Graphics, Search & Replace and Extended Styles.
-
- Name = AMUGshot '91
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AMUGshot '91
- Size: 5K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This is to announce the 3rd (annual) Apple II/Macintosh User Group
- conference known as AMUGshot. In past years it has been held in the
- Corvallis/Eugene areas of Oregon. This year it will be held in Wilsonville,
- OR, slightly further north and closer to Portland. In the next few days,
- many of you on the west coast will be receiving an invitation along with
- more information. Please respond as quickly as possible. You may link me
- here, or respond as per instructions that come with your invitation.
-
- Name = AMUG Training Expo...
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:AMUG Training Expo...
- Size: 4K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- AMUG's Training Expo... Huge Success!
- On May 4, 1991 many great trainers gathered and taught twelve classes for
- AMUG members at the Howard Johnsons Plaza hotel. Each class was 2 hours and
- over 480 seats were registered for instruction. Subjects that were the most
- popular included HyperCard, PageMaker, Illustrator 3.0 and Word. Each of
- these classes had 70 - 50 attendees. Other subjects taught include Excel,
- Beginners, Intermediate, Works, Networks, FileMaker Pro and Hard Disk
- Recovery.
-
- Name = $ NAUGC91 Bulletin #1
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:$ NAUGC91 Bulletin #1
- Size: 18K Date: 5/11/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Announcing: Powwow - the 1991 National Apple Users Group Conference (NAUGC)
- Friday through Sunday, June 7 through 9, 1991 at the University of
- California at Berkeley. Hundreds of Apple II and Macintosh user group
- leaders will gather this June to their national conference. At this sixth
- annual "gathering of the tribes," leaders will: Discuss how to make their
- groups more healthy, profitable, and fun. Learn of industry developments
- their members should know about. Share their groups' unique experiences so
- others may benefit from them. Explore the possibilities for collaborative
- work to help each other.
-
- Name = StrataVision 3d 2.0 Release
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:StrataVision 3d 2.0 Release
- Size: 5K Date: 4/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- St. George, Utah--April, 17, 1991--Spline path animation of 3-D objects
- tops a long list of new features and added functionality included in the
- Version 2.0 release of StrataVision™ 3d, the award winning
- three-dimensional modeling and rendering software from Strata Inc.
- This new upgrade to StrataVision 3d is scheduled to ship in May and lists
- for $695. Registered owners can upgrqade for $99.
-
- Name = Slice of Life
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Slice of Life
- Size: 4K Date: 4/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- We invite you to join us for the "Slice of Life" Workshop on Interactive
- and Related Multimedia in Health Education for contributors, users, and
- potential collaborators on the "Slice of Life" videodisc. The disc is now
- in its fifth edition and is a compilation of 40,000 contributed images from
- over 190 people at 46 institutions, and is in use at Medical School
- Libraries and Learning Resource Centers in over 150 institutions.
-
- Name = QC Mar/Apr 91/Entire issue
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:QC Mar/Apr 91/Entire issue
- Size: 48K Date: 4/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This March/April 1991 issue of Quick Connect from Apple includes fund
- raiser ideas, membership drives and Producing Your User Group Newsletter.
- Next to meetings, newsletters are the primary way that User Groups stay in
- touch with their members. Predictably, newsletters are among the most
- costly and labor-intensive services a User Group can provide. To assist
- you in maximizing the effectiveness of your group’s communications we’ve
- gathered insights and suggestions on how your UG can streamline the
- publishing process.
-
- Name = QC Jan/Feb 91/Entire issue
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:QC Jan/Feb 91/Entire issue
- Size: 50K Date: 4/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- This article appeared in the January/February 1991 issue of Quick Connect,
- the Newsletter for Apple User Groups. It may be reproduced in other User
- Group publications not sold for profit. We require only that credit be
- given to The Apple Computer User Group Connection and that we receive a
- copy of any publication in which reprinted articles appear. The Apple User
- Group Connection, Apple Computer, Inc., 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS: 36/AA,
- Cupertino, CA 95014. Issues in this issue concern avoiding burnout, meeting
- planning and more.
-
- Name = MUGADMIN AppleLink
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:MUGADMIN AppleLink
- Size: 6K Date: 4/28/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Phoenix, Arizona-- April 26, 1991 -- Michael Bean President of the
- Arizona Macintosh Users Group has been elected to moderate the MUGADMIN
- fidonet echo. The MUGADMIN echo is devoted to supporting User Groups
- through the distribution of User Group information including newletter
- reviews, software libraries, group promotions, BBS's, group buys, fund
- raising ideas, training programs and discussion by User Group leaders of
- the issues facing them today. There are over 6,000 fidonet systems world
- wide that can connect User Group leaders to MUGADMIN.
-
- Name = New LC 512K VRAM
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:New LC 512K VRAM
- Size: 4K Date: 4/25/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- March 28, 1991, Austin, Texas - Technology Works announces the 512K VRAM
- Module for the LC. The 512K VRAM Module vastly increases the number of
- colors that a Macintosh LC can display at any one time on a
- monitor.Technology Works 512K VRAM provides up to 32,000 vivid colors on a
- Macintosh LC equipped with a Macintosh 12" RGB Display. With a Macintosh
- 12" Monochrome Display, the 512K VRAM creates up to 256 shades of gray.
- Without it you are limited to 16. An LC with an AppleColor High-Resolution
- RGB Monitor and Technology Works' 512K VRAM also provides up to 256 colors.
-
- Name = High Speed NeuNet now available
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:High Speed NeuNet now available
- Size: 10K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- High Speed NeuNet is an innovative High Speed AppleTalk™ networking
- solution that integrates standard AppleTalk with a fast, efficient data
- transfer system without the need for expensive bridges. It provides greater
- productivity for anyone who uses AppleTalk for any purpose, be it Full
- colour Presentations, D.T.P., C.A.D., Photo-Retouching, Multi-User
- Databases, Multimedia or any application that uses large data files. High
- Speed NeuNet can be used with any of the popular (or not so popular)
- AppleTalk networking software.
-
- Name = Gold Brick 2
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Gold Brick 2
- Size: 8K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Transfinite Systems Company announces the second model of its unique Gold
- Brick™ interface featuring full support of the Mattel® Power Glove™ as a
- virtual reality input device for the Apple® Macintosh®. For only $169 you
- get all the hardware and software needed to utilize a whole new universe of
- controllers ranging from simple joysticks through such powerful
- multi-channel devices as the Power Glove and the Brøderbund® UFORCE™.
-
- Name = Announcing Stand-Alone Video
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Announcing Stand-Alone Video
- Size: 5K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Las Vegas, Nevada -- April 15th, 1991 -- Today at the National Association
- of Broadcasters show, NewTek launched a stand-alone Mac-compatible Video
- Toaster system. The new $3995 Video Toaster is a complete solution for
- broadcast quality video production at a revolutionary price. "This new
- Video Toaster system is the flagship product we've been working towards
- comments Paul Montgomery, NewTek's Vice President, "It makes the complete
- Toaster system price less expensive and opens up many new channels of
- distribution." The new Video Toaster is file format compatible with many
- popular Mac programs.
-
- Name = APDA Self-help Development
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:APDA Self-help Development
- Size: 7K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CUPERTINO, California—April 15, 1991—Apple Computer, Inc.’s Developer Group
- today announced the availability of the “Developer Resource Kit” and
- “Getting Started” bundles, cost-effective packages of self-help development
- support tools for people new to Macintosh® computer programming. Also
- announced today was the availability of AppleLink®, Apple’s online
- information and communication network, to any Apple development customer.
- These new self-support products are made available from Apple through APDA™
- (Apple Programmers and Developers Association).
-
- Name = “Desert Storm” on CD-ROM via
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:“Desert Storm” on CD-ROM via
- Size: 6K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- NEW YORK, N.Y.--TIME magazine will pioneer a new form of publishing with
- “Desert Storm: The First Draft of History,” a multimedia magazine on
- CD-ROM. The disc, designed to be used with a personal computer, will be
- available April 22, 1991. A joint venture between TIME Magazine and Warner
- New Media, “Desert Storm” will give readers a week-by-week look at the Gulf
- Crisis as covered by TIME, and will include an extraordinary volume of
- war-related stories, reports, photographs and maps.
-
- Name = FontMonger™ Released
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:FontMonger™ Released
- Size: 4K Date: 4/21/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Foster City--April 8, 1991—-Ares Software Corporation™ has shipped
- FontMonger™, a type conversion and modification product for the Apple
- Macintosh. FontMonger’s retail price is $99.95. FontMonger is a
- simple-to-use application that provides type format conversion in any
- direction among PostScript® Type 1 fonts, PostScript Type 3 fonts and
- TrueType™ fonts. FontMonger contains proprietary hinting algorithms
- which are applied during the conversion process.
-
- Name = WriteNow Special Offer Word
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:WriteNow Special Offer Word
- Size: 5K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Mountain View, CA, April 2, 1991—T/Maker Company today announced that it is
- bundling WriteNow® 2.2, its award-winning word processor, with Grammatik™
- Mac 2.0 and Mac®Tools Deluxe™ 1.1 in a special promotion targeted at owners
- of other Macintosh® word processors. The bundle, a $427 value, is
- available for just $89.95. Users only need to own another word processing
- package to take advantage of the offer. “We’re looking for MS® Word, MS
- Works, and MacWrite® users who are tired of word processors that are too
- slow, too large, or just plain too hard to use,” stated Royal P. Farros,
- chairman and executive vice president of T/Maker Company.
-
- Name = Save 50% on ThunderWorks for
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:Save 50% on ThunderWorks for
- Size: 4K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Use ThunderWorks to edit images in 256 levels of gray on all Macintosh
- models. Change brightness and contrast without having to rescan!
- Commands for optimizing, equalizing, posterizing and a gray map editor
- offer a high degree of image control. ThunderWorks supports MacPaint,
- PICT, TIFF (compressed and uncompressed) and ThunderScan file formats.
-
- Name = FontCard NTX for LaserWriterII
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:FontCard NTX for LaserWriterII
- Size: 8K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- With FontCard NTX, users of Apple’s most powerful laser printer will have
- immediate access to an additional 25 PostScript® language fonts from Adobe
- Systems. The card plugs directly into a font expansion connector on the
- LaserWriter IINTX controller board to make available a special collection
- of headline and best-selling typefaces. These are stored in
- read-only-memory (ROM).
-
- Name = Farallon Ships PhoneNET Talk
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:Applelink:Farallon Ships PhoneNET Talk
- Size: 9K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- EMERYVILLE, Calif.—March 25,1990—In a continuing effort to promote
- AppleTalk as a cross-platform local area networking (LAN) standard,
- Farallon Computing today shipped its PhoneNET Talk™ software and PhoneNET®
- Card PC for LocalTalk. The products are the first Farallon products
- designed specifically for IBM personal computers (PCs) and compatibles.
- The software and the networking card bundle are part of the Farallon
- PhoneNET System, a complete line of unshielded twisted-pair (UTP)
- networking products for AppleTalk networking.
-
-
- Name = Apple Support...
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Apple Support...
- Size: 3K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- To users of Apple computers:
- Recently, Apple Computer asked the Federal Communications
- Commission (FCC) to reserve a part of the radio spectrum so that
- one day computer users could communicate with each other without
- being connected to a wired network. Apple's petition would permit
- all computer manufacturers to take advantage of wireless networks.
- Please help in this effort!
-
- Name = Announced Shipment of DaynaFILE
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Announced Shipment of DaynaFILE
- Size: 5K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Salt Lake City, Utah--April 2, 1991-- Dayna Communications, Inc. today
- announced shipment of DaynaFILE II™, the latest version of its popular
- DaynaFILE disk drive that includes new features and a lower retail price.
- DaynaFILE II is an external floppy disk drive that connects to the SCSI
- port oa Macintosh® computer and reads and writes high- and low-density
- 3.5-inch an5.25-inch MS-DOS floppy disks.
-
- Name = 6 Disc CD-ROM Jukebox $999!!!
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:6 Disc CD-ROM Jukebox $999!!!
- Size: 4K Date: 4/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- 6 Disc CD-ROM Jukebox $999!!! Now you can have all of you CD’s on-line
- simultaneously! Optical Access International has just released of six disk
- CD-ROM subsystem for Macintosh. Access™ CD 6/Pak features a removable 6
- disk magazine similar to that of a multiple disc audio CD-player.With a
- capacity of more than three gigabytes, Access™ CD 6/Pak is the ultimate
- CD-ROM resource when used on a single Macintosh, or across an Appleshare or
- TOPS network. All six discs mount on the Macintosh desktop, each with a
- unique icon indicating the type of disc being data, audio, or multi-mode.
- SuperCache® efficiently manages all six CD-ROM discs allowing you to access
- multiple discs as easily as you would a single disc CD-ROM drive.
-
- Name = LC Excelerator
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:LC Excelerator
- Size: 4K Date: 3/22/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Dynamac is looking for Apple Certified Dealers, VARs, Education, and
- Developers to sell our new line of enhancement products for the LC
- computer. The LCPower is performance enhancement board for the Processor
- Direct Slot in the LC computer. It provides a 16MHz 68030 and optional
- 68882 math coprocessor for IIcx performance. It will bring virtual memory
- to the LC with System 7.0.
-
- Name = NAUGC91 info
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:NAUGC91 info
- Size: 7K Date: 3/22/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- NAUGC is the National Apple Users Group Conference, a 3-day gathering of
- Macintosh and Apple II UG leaders held annually. Groups gather to talk
- about user group management and operation issues, industry topics, building
- vendor relationships, and user-advocacy issues.
-
- Name = Dove ships DoveFax+ in March
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Dove ships DoveFax+ in March
- Size: 5K Date: 3/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Dove Computer Corporation, a leading manufacturer of productivity
- enhancement products for the Macintosh® and NeXT™ computers, began shipping
- the DoveFax Desktop, the first ANSI/EIA-578 Class 1 Standard data/facsimile
- modem, in June1990. The DoveFax combined 9600 baud send and receive fax
- capability with a 2400 baud Hayes®-compatible data modem. Features of the
- original DoveFax Desktop include automatic answer, redialing, scheduled
- transmissions and a menu-driven interface that simplifies sending and
- receiving a fax.
-
- Name = The MIDI Translator, low-cost
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:The MIDI Translator, low-cost
- Size: 4K Date: 3/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- MENLO PARK, CA February 22, 1991 — Opcode Systems, Inc. has released The
- MIDI Translator, a high-quality, low-cost MIDI interface with one MIDI in
- and three MIDI outs.
-
- Name = The Book of MIDI, an
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:The Book of MIDI, an
- Size: 6K Date: 3/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- MENLO PARK, CA February 22, 1991 — Opcode Systems, Inc. has released The
- Book of MIDI, an interactive HyperCard stack that teaches the user about
- MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), music, computers, and
- synthesizers. MIDI is the standard communication protocol between
- synthesizers, computers, and a variety of other electronic instruments and
- processors.
-
- Name = New Music Products - San
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:New Music Products - San
- Size: 6K Date: 3/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SAN FRANCISCO MACWORLD, January 10, 1991 — Opcode Systems, Inc. showed a
- variety of new products for the Macintosh multimedia market: MAX, a
- real-time interactive programming environment; The MIDI Translator, a
- high-quality low-cost MIDI interface; and The Book of MIDI, an interactive
- HyperCard stack that teaches the user about MIDI, music, computers, and
- synthesizers. MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is the standard
- communications protoco lbetween synthesizers, computers, and a variety of
- other electronic instruments and processors.
-
- Name = DataClub Plans TOPS Upgrade
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:DataClub Plans TOPS Upgrade
- Size: 5K Date: 3/06/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SUNNYVALE, CA--- February 12, 1991 -- International Business Software
- announced today that it will offer a $124.76 upgrade from TOPS to DataClub,
- now through March 31. Call in with your TOPS serial number, or fax/mail in
- the first page of your TOPS manual with credit card information, and
- International BusinesSoftware will send you a three-user pack of DataClub
- for $124.76 (about $42 penode). DataClub normally retails for $295 for
- three users. Orders are limited to two per customer. International
- Business Software claims that DataClub out performs TOPS when it comes to
- power, reliability, ease of use, and flexibility.
-
- Name = Introduces 88MB Removable
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Introduces 88MB Removable
- Size: 5K Date: 2/23/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Sunnyvale, Calif. -- MASS Microsystems™ Inc. (NASDAQ: MMIC) today
- announced a new line of removable cartridge drives for Macintosh computers,
- the DataPak 88. The DataPak 88 models, which are higher capacity versions
- of their award-winning line of DataPak 45MB drives, will provide 88
- megabytes of storage on removable cartridge disks from Syquest.
-
- Name = Adapters For Macintosh LC and
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Adapters For Macintosh LC and
- Size: 5K Date: 2/23/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Salt Lake City, Utah -- February 20, 1991 -- Dayna Communications, Inc.
- today announced shipment of its DaynaPORT ™ Ethernet adapters for the
- Macintosh® LC and Macintosh IIsi. At the same time, the company has
- instituted a lifetime warranty on its entire line of Ethernet products.
-
- Name = $News for Reflex Mac Users
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:$News for Reflex Mac Users
- Size: 8K Date: 2/09/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- We want Reflex Plus users know that an Organized Help Forum is NOW
- available. A group of experienced Reflex users and consultants, who think
- it's just too good a DBM to abandon, have formed the Reflex Plus Orphans
- Association (RPOA). We refuse to go down without a fight! Our
- approach--provide support so that users can live with the (temporary, we
- hope) orphan situation, and look for publisher to take over Reflex Plus. We
- believe that if developers- publishers know there's still great interest in
- the product with many users still loyal they will acquire the rights and
- give Reflex Plus the marketing and attention it deserves.
-
- Name = SoundEdit™ 2.0.3.Ships
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:SoundEdit™ 2.0.3.Ships
- Size: 6K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- EMERYVILLE, CA—November 27, 1990—Farallon Computing, Inc. today shipped a
- special new package of SoundEdit™ that includes an updated configuration of
- the award-winning SoundEdit software and the new MacRecorder® Driver.
-
- Name = SIMMpack™ Memory Card for…
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:SIMMpack™ Memory Card for…
- Size: 5K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- AUSTIN, TX, January 10, 1991--Logica Research today announced SIMMpack™, a
- memory expansion board for the Macintosh Classic. SIMMpack provides Apple
- dealers an opportunity to increase the profit margin on an upgraded Mac
- Classic, since it uses surplus 256K SIMMs that dealers either already have
- or can be purchased very inexpensively.
-
- Name = Online CDROM for the User Group
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Online CDROM for the User Group
- Size: 4K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- Mug News Service (MNS), in conjunction with CD Technology is creating the
- first MNS ONLINE CDROM disk that will be mailed to all Mac User Groups,
- reaching 300,000+ Mac users in early Spring, 1991. Do you have a demo of
- your product? You can place your demo on the MNS ONLINE CDROM for only
- $800.
-
- Name = ON introduces Meeting Maker
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:ON introduces Meeting Maker
- Size: 5K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—- January 7, 1991--ON Technology, Inc. today introduced
- Meeting Maker™, a Macintosh network application that helps you plan,
- schedule and confirm meetings without leaving your computer.
-
- Name = Nutmeg Offers IIsi PDS Adapter
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Nutmeg Offers IIsi PDS Adapter
- Size: 5K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- New Canaan, Connecticut--October 15, 1990--Nutmeg Systems has announced
- immediate availability of a PDS (Processor Direct Slot) adapter card for
- the Macintosh IIsi. It allows most cards designed for the Macintosh SE/30
- to work in the PDS slot of the IIsi. The adapter card carries a suggested
- retail price of $149 and corrects the most common compatibility problem
- between SE/30 cards and the PDS on the IIsi.
-
- Name = Noise Reduction for Mac II
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Noise Reduction for Mac II
- Size: 3K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- ATEC makes an X-Mas US-introductory offer for it´s MacSilencer. Until
- December 31st you can get the MacSilencer for $74.00 each plus $5 S&H.
- MacSilencer is a fan controller for the Mac II/IIx/IIcx/IIci that reduces
- the noise of a Mac by controlling the fan speed in dependency of the
- temperature. Under normal operating conditions the fan will become quiter
- than the harddisk.
-
-
- Name = Introduces Hard Disk ToolKit™
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Introduces Hard Disk ToolKit™
- Size: 9K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- January 10, 1990, FWB, Inc. of San Francisco, California introduced Hard
- Disk ToolKit, a software utility package for the Apple Macintosh at the
- MacWorld Expo. Hard Disk ToolKit enhances the performance and utility of
- all Macintosh hard disk drives with embedded SCSI controllers by replacing
- the drive’s original installer software with a sophisticated formatter
- utility package.
-
- Name = Brainstorm Accelerates for $249
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Brainstorm Accelerates for $249
- Size: 4K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- San Francisco, Calif.--January 10, 1991--Today at MacWorld Exposition
- Brainstorm Products demonstrated an innovative bus accelerator upgrade for
- compact Macintoshes which delivers Mac-II performance for only $249.
-
- Name = Accelerator w/Compression for
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:Accelerator w/Compression for
- Size: 6K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 7, 1991 — Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ-SIGM) today
- announced the first 68030 40 MHz microprocessor-based accelerator add-in
- board with lossless data and image compression for the Macintosh IIci and
- IIsi. The Sigma Bullet 3040™ has a suggested retail price of $1,999 and
- will be available through most computer retail and distribution channels in
- March 1991. The board features a high speed 32K static RAM cache, a 40 MHz
- compression coprocessor from Stac Electronics, and comes bundled with the
- lossless compression software interface, DiskDoubler™ 3.0 from Salient
- Software, Inc.
-
- Name = 10BASE-T Products for Apple
- Path = AMUG CD:AMUG Info:AppleLink:10BASE-T Products for Apple
- Size: 6K Date: 2/01/91 Version:
- AMUG file information and description:
- SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 1991 -- SynOptics Communications, Inc.
- (NASDAQ:SNPX), of Santa Clara, Calif., today reinforced its commitment to
- personal computer workgroup networks with the introduction of a 10BASE-T
- Ethernet transceiver for Apple Macintosh computers. SynOptics' Model 518
- 10BASE-T Transceiver was developed for the newly announced Apple Attachment
- Unit Interface (AAUI) to provide a direct connection to industry-standard
- 10 megabit-per-second 10BASE-T Ethernet.
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