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- From: kbs@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (K.B. Su)
- Subject: IRIFU numero 3
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.225945.26694@jussieu.fr>
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- Organization: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie - Paris 7, FRANCE.
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:59:45 GMT
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- IRIFU - 15/11/1992 - numero 3
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- SOFTWARE
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- #MAC
-
- - Resorcerer is resources editor (like ResEdit) but more programing
- oriented with evolved options. It's edited in the US by
- Mathemaesthetics.
-
- - Word 5.1 has "almost" the same functionalities than WinWord 2.
- However, this version will be the last to be specifically developed for
- the Mac. Indeed, both Word 6 & WinWord 3 will have the same engine and
- should be available by...Christmas!
-
- - Visual Basic 2 is out, in both the standard & SDK versions. 35%
- faster, Tools bar menu, OLE, MDI (Multiple Document Interface)...
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- #PC
-
- - After the release of Win for Workgroups by Microsoft, Big Blue &
- Lotus will release network utilities for Pcs, OS/2 compatible of
- course!
-
- - The company Ventura Software is out! At least in France. Ventura will
- now be distributed by Frame. Tough times :(
-
- - DaVinci e-mail (for LANs) is now distributed in France. Ouf!
-
- - Works 3 for Dos should be out by now (Tools bar menu, new guides for
- doing mailings..., agenda with an alarm).
-
- - Pentium is the name of Intel futur processor aka P5 and should be
- released next year with 100 Mips of power!
-
- - LENS.ZIP is a share/w by Ned Konz that zooms in a window the
- environing area of the cursor from scale 1 to 20.
-
- - UC3F-1.ZIP is a share/w by David Gan that largely replaces Terminal
- for Windows.
-
- - MJWIN.ZIP is a share/w by Ron Balewsky and is a sort of Mah-Jong but
- replaces all the chinese characters by chivalrous ideograms!
-
- - IMSTRB11.ZIP is a share/w by Philippe Kaufman that enables you to
- edit/create icons and even capture one via its built-in camera!
-
- - TRASHM.ZIP is a share/w by Trigon Software that creates the famous
- Mac's Trash can!
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- HARDWARE
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-
-
- #MAC (who needs h/w when you got a Mac!)
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- #PC
-
- - IBM & Microsoft will release easy-to-install, easy-to-use network
- interface card in the near future.
-
- - In France, Toshiba will not be able to sell its "first" cheap colour
- computers (T1850C) before Nov 29th! Reason: no machines & no one
- expected before the date!
-
- - A little bug on the IIsi will shut the speaker off sometimes! To cure
- it just tune the sound in the control panel. For the ones that really
- bother there's a sherware called IISi Sound.Fkey.
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- MISCELLANEOUS
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-
- - The US software companies MacWarehouse and MacZone are coming in
- France and all the Mail-order companies here are far from being happy
- of this new competition. It will imply lower prices, higher
- professionalism, better service. However, the mail-order market only
- represents 7% here, so...
-
- - The new catalog of National Instruments (measure instruments, s/w...)
- is now available free.
-
-
- - Tandon is now promoting its Positive series and sells the 386SX-33 (4
- Mb Ram-100 Mb Disk) with Quattro Pro Win for $1,416.
-
- - You knew h/w, s/w, then freeware, groupware now you must know
- HelpWare! It's a new free 24h/day service for IBM customers. When you
- need assistance or else, just call it! At Tandon you have something
- similar called Private Access Club :)
-
- - About 100% European computer manufacturers..well, can I really talk
- about them. Bull, the state-own French company (that is loosing
- millions of $ each year), is selling 100% US stuffs: IBM's RS6000, old
- Honeywell computers, Zenith...well actually you can call it Big Blue's
- biggest public branch of the world! Nothing better in the UK: ICL is
- 80% Fujitsu, Apricot is now Mitsubishi's, Inmos..well is french (!) and
- Amstrad is just assembling asian components. Philips decided to stop
- building pcs (a few years ago), Olivetti is in great pain, Victor
- (former Swedish company) is now called Tandy-Grid company! What about
- taxing US computers...anybody working in the GATT??!
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- Comments:
- internet: jb@paris7.jussieu.fr
- bitnet : jb@frp7un51
- X400 : soon, very soon!!!
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