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From: [e-mail] (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: Mac*Chat#082/19-Jul-95

Mac*Chat#082/19-Jul-95
======================

Welcome to Mac*Chat, the free, weekly electronic newsletter biased
   toward Mac users who are production-oriented professionals.  Other
   Mac users may find many, many items of interest as well.  I'd enjoy
   hearing your feedback and suggestions.  Unfortunately, due to the
   massive numbers of messages I get every day, I can't guarantee
  a personal reply.

  Tony Lindsey, <[e-mail]>.
  http://www.cts.com/browse/xxltony

  Mac*Chat back-issues may be found within any Info-Mac ftp archive at
      info-mac/per/chat

See the end of this file for legalisms and info on how to subscribe.

Any [comments in brackets] are by Tony Lindsey.

Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Editor's Notes
Correction From Last Issue
What's A Good Quad-Speed CD-ROM Drive?
Checkfree Feedback
Terryfic Tips - Resolution Solutions
Ultimate Mac Sites
Timetracker Info Requested
Let's Talk About Advertising
Letters Concerning Advertising On The Internet
Memory Merchants Reviewed
Technical Section Starts... Here
Sharing Modems Over A Network
Legalisms
Free Subscriptions To This Newsletter

Highlights Of This Issue
------------------------
  I mention my newest Web page and current work on Mac*Chat's
  infrastructure, I ask for some good recommendations for a
  Quad-Speed CD-ROM drive and speakers, we hear some good news
  about online banking, Terry Wilson teaches us about scanning for
  best resolution, more hot new Web sites are mentioned, I ask for
  someone to send me a personal review of TimeTracker, we continue
  the (very popular) discussion of online advertising, we get more
  good news about inexpensive disks, and we learn why the IIfx is
  such a great modem-sharing Mac.

Editor's Notes
--------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  I've been spending some time on Mac*Chat's infrastructure:

  - I'm currently "cleaning up" the formatting on back-issues,
  making them easier to read.

  - I'm developing an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file,
  accessible with a single e-mail message at any time.

  - We're in the final stages of testing the HTML (Web-readable)
  version of Mac*Chat.  I will be announcing more about this
  shortly.

  - I've updated my Web pages slightly, making them adhere a little
  better to international date standards, and

  - I have been making tiny tweaks in my pages as people suggest
  them. I will gladly accept suggestions from anyone who wants to
  help me make my pages easier to read, or more up-to-date.

  - I'm thinking of starting up a "Mac*Chat Review Crew" of folks
  who would be willing to test software and write brief reviews for
  the newsletter.  This idea is still very experimental, so I'd
  appreciate some suggestions.

  And, in other news... I mentioned my weight-loss in the last
  issue, and have heard from dozens of folks who wanted to know
  more about how I did it.  In honor of their requests, I created
  another Web Page:

http://www.cts.com/browse/xxltony/weight-loss.html

  This page tells how I did it, plus the book I recommend and how
  to buy it.  It also has links to my before-and-after photos,
  including one scan of a Polaroid shot of me from this last
  weekend. Damn!  I look scrawny (only 226 pounds) compared to the
  Before picture!

Correction From Last Issue
--------------------------
  By [e-mail] (Javed Ikbal)

  In the last issue of Mac*Chat, my article of Eudora message
  filtering was credited to [e-mail] (Scott Peterson).

  [I admit it - I got a little too fancy with the delete key, and I
  goofed!]

What's A Good Quad-Speed CD-ROM Drive?
--------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  I've been noticing that quad-speed CD-ROM drives are beginning to
  become cheaper and more-common.  I'm wondering if I can afford
  one, but I don't know which one to buy.

  Ideally, I'd like a drive that

  - Supports Apple's software in every way (even to the point of
  running AppleCD Audio Player),
  - Is inexpensive, and
  - Good quality.
  - A nice selection of free CD's would be nice, too.

  As long as I'm wishing and hoping, I'd also like to track down
  some top-notch, low-cost computer stereo speakers.  Most of the
  free speakers I've seen come with CD drives are just plain
  crappy.  Let's hear some good reviews!

Checkfree Feedback
------------------
  By [e-mail] (Bill Barhydt - Sun Germany
  SunService IR CEUR - Munich)

  Here are my views on using Checkfree via Quicken.  (Sorry for the
  long length but I had a lot to say on this topic.)

  I have been an avid Mac/Quicken/Checkfree user since the
  beginning of last year while I was living in NYC.

  Using these tools I feel I have, for the first time, gained a
  real handle on my finances (what I spend, what I have, what I'm
  going to have, etc...).  I also love the convenience of not
  actually having to write or mail checks.  As an aside this
  experience has also made me realize how much paper gets wasted in
  just sending bills to people every month.  I would also add that
  my Checkfree monthly fees of US$ 9.95 were pretty much offset by
  the stamps that I would have to buy if I were to continue using
  the USPS directly.

  However my advantages in using Quicken/Checkfree became enormous
  when I decided to take a job here in Munich, Germany.  Since I am
  American educated and spent 25 years as an American consumer I
  have both a considerable amount of school loan related bills as
  well as credit card bills.  After doing some initial
  investigating I found out that the Checkfree service really uses
  a Compuserve dial-in meaning that it isn't a problem for me to
  continue paying my bills in the US electronically from Germany.
  All I needed to do was get  a local Compuserve access number for
  Munich (no problem since Compuserve is HUGE in Germany) and I was
  all set.  I should also say that I had to keep my US checking
  account open.  The amount of money that I have saved in the first
  3 months alone is considerable.  On average it would cost me at
  least US$ 1.50 to mail each bill from the US. Instead I simply
  have the US$ 9.95 monthly fee taken out of my US Checking account.

  Here are my recommendations for improving the use of
  Quicken/Checkfree:

  1) Better support for international transactions/currencies.  I
  would like to be able to enter a transaction in any currency and
  then give the exchange rate to convert to dollars so that I can
  see transactions in their original currency in my Quicken
  worksheet.

  It might even be convenient to be able to make Checkfree payments
  in different currencies.

  2) Make more electronic services available through quicken rather
  than

  just bill paying.  Here is a short list of examples:

         a) ability to obtain account balances
         b) ability to make account transfers by simply providing
                ABA and account Numbers
         c) ability to obtain an account history from the bank to
                reconcile against your quicken worksheet.
         d) ability to purchase securities through a broker of my
               choice.

  I'm not really interested in joining a service provided by just
  one bank (like Schwab's offering or Chemical Bank's offering).
  I'm really interested in one service (like Quicken) that could
  provide me one stop shopping access to any bank/broker/financial
  service.

  In my opinion this (electronic financial services via the home)
  is the greatest frontier in home computing (not video on demand!)

Terryfic Tips - Resolution Solutions
------------------------------------
  By Terry Wilson <[e-mail]>

  Now that the 600 dpi laser printer is becoming standard, many
  people are pondering their options at the scanner.  "If my
  printer can print at 600, then I should scan at 600, right?"

  **Yes, maybe...**  If you're scanning a black and white piece of
  art (line art), like a logo. Each dot is either black or white,
  and if you can scan as high as your printer, then theoretically,
  your printer will map out the image exactly as the scanner saw
  it. Make sure you scan on the 'line art' setting, not grayscale.

  **...and No.**  But the answer is a big fat no for photographs
  and art with shades of gray. Besides creating huge files and
  taking an eternity to print (if the printer doesn't choke first)
  such fine resolution is just unnecessary. Laser printers print
  with solid toner, not shades of gray. (But you knew that.) In
  order to mimic shades of gray, it has to print variable-sized
  dots which look like shades of gray at arm's length.  Halftone
  dots lay on a fixed staggered grid. The shade of an area depends
  as much on the size of the dot as the amount of white space
  surrounding the dot. We talk about this dot pattern as a
  'halftone screen' with so many 'lines per inch (lpi).'

  **To print a 75 lpi halftone**  Because of the limitations of
  toner particles, laser printers do best printing 60 to 75 lpi
  halftone screens. (In Quark, set this in the Page Setup dialog.)
  Printing presses use ink and can go higher; 85 lpi is typical for
  newspapers, 133 lpi for magazines. In this example, we're using
  75 lpi on a 600 dpi printer.  So, to output your halftone at 75
  lpi, each halftone cell is allotted an 8x8 diamond-shaped cluster
  (using an area of 64 printer dots) from your 600 dpi printer (600
  dpi / 75 lpi = 8 printer dots).  Now, each 8x8 halftone cell
  contains one halftone dot and defines only one shade of gray. So
  if you had scanned your photo at 600 dpi, you took one sample for
  each printer dot, or 64 samples for each halftone dot! Averaging
  64 to get one value is overkill big time.

  **Scan at 150 dpi**  This doesn't mean you only have to scan at
  75 dpi though. If you do that, you might get those tell-tale
  square artifacts known as pixelization. (If you're short on disk
  space and have a large image, do a test scan at 75 and print it
  out. It might be okay.) Better to scan at 1.5-2 times the final
  lpi. For 75 lpi, that means 112-150 dpi (let's go all the way to
  150). This takes 4 samples for each halftone cell, which is
  plenty. Also, at the higher setting, you can safely enlarge a bit
  in your page layout software without risking pixelization.

  **FYI**  For color pictures, even if you have a color scanner,
  scan as grayscale; a color scan may look nice on the screen, but
  the file is three times as big as a grayscale.  If you plan to
  resize your pictures, you'll have to do a little math so your
  final resolution is appropriate. Something scaled 50% in Quark
  can be scanned at 75 dpi. Likewise, something scaled 200% will
  need to be scanned at 300 to end up at 150.

  c1994 Terry Wilson
  ---------------------
  This article may be reprinted in newsletters published by
  non-profit user groups, provided an issue of the newsletter in
  which the article appears is sent to:

  Terry Wilson, PMUG Dialog editor, 1601 Church Rd., Southampton,
  NJ 08088

Ultimate Mac Sites
------------------
  By [e-mail] (Peter Morgan, Morgan:Newsletters)

  Within these wonderful pages you will find the best Macintosh
  software

  archives, information, games, and online publications available on
  the World Wide Web.  Regularly updated with the latest links:

http://www.freepress.com/myee/ultimate_mac.html

  Also, the UMich and Info Mac sites are now on the World Wide Web:

http://www.msc.wku.edu/Dept/MSC/Macintosh/search_infomac.html
  [Info-Mac]

http://www.msc.wku.edu/Dept/MSC/Macintosh/search_umich.html
  [UMich]

  This is the home of "DaveNet" (Dave Winer of Frontier fame).  He
  is a great writer (of both software and prose).  It is worth a
  visit...

  <http://www.hotwired.com/userland">

Timetracker Info Requested
--------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  In a previous issue, James Martland asked about good "time and
  billing" programs.  Since then, I've heard from TimeTracker's
  author, who has sent me quite a bit of information.  Before I
  post it, I would like to hear from folks who have actually used
  this program.  The newest version may be found at

ftp://ftp.maui.com/pub/mauisw
http://www.maui.com/~billm

Let's Talk About Advertising
----------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  Well, it looks like I pushed a very, very hot button again.  In
  the last issue, I asked for folk's viewpoints on advertising
  within Mac*Chat.  As of this moment, I've received 334 messages
  on the topic, and I'm sure more are waiting for me as I type this.

  Most of the messages are sweet, kind messages from folks who want
  to reassure me that they trust me to do what's right, and I'm
  thrilled to hear it.  It's the biggest group hug I've gotten in
  my life!

  I've also received a whole bunch of thoughtful, well-reasoned
  perspectives concerning advertising on the Internet itself, and
  how much is tolerable.  I'd like to re-post many of these
  letters, because I consider them to be of utmost importance to
  many, many of Mac*Chat's readers.

  Our global society is at the beginning of a major change.  If you
  think we're still going to be excited about diddling with the
  current style of stuff on the Internet in a year, you are very
  wrong.  There is incredible pressure everywhere on the Internet
  to make our individual lives simpler, richer and more meaningful.
  We haven't gotten anywhere near there, yet, but at least we can
  find things that we can agree upon in the meantime.

  If you read between the lines in the letters that will follow,
  you'll gain some incredible insights about the PROPER ways to
  conduct business on the Internet.  Believe me, I know you're
  thinking about it!

  I plan to use the next few issues to continue this discussion.

Letters Concerning Advertising On The Internet
----------------------------------------------
  By [e-mail] (Andrew Michael Cohill)

  We are all struggling with how to make money on the net without
  "breaking the rules" and without selling our souls.  Indeed, a
  lot of us gravitated toward the net years ago because it *WAS*
  different than the old business world.

  I don't think it will be too hard to find companies that
  understand that advertising on the net is different.  You
  certainly will lose some editorial control, but if you choose
  carefully and are completely up front with your advertisers, you
  won't lose much.

  The other thing you can do is only work with advertisers who are
  not likely to have conflicts with your editorial content.
  Hardware is always a good bet, for example.

  You and guys like Adam Engst are re-shaping the whole notion of
  news; it's okay to take money for it, because you are providing a
  real service.

  I'd also keep an eye on selling it direct to subscribers, because
  that's where the real money and the real future is....I'd pay you
  a dollar a year for MacChat....sounds pretty stingy of me, but
  TidBITs has a circulation in excess of 100,000 people, as I
  recall.  Getting a dollar from 100,000 people sounds pretty good
  to me.  And keep in mind that I will probably be paying a dollar
  to a lot of different people for news.  Eventually, I think
  things like TidBITs and MacChat will be selling for a penny or
  less.  And you will still be making a very good living.

  --------

  By [e-mail]

  Go for the advertising! The only concern I would have is that you
  would sell so much advertising that was the same from issue to
  issue that I would have to scroll and delete before printing your
  newsletter out (which I usually do, and share it with people at
  the office).

  I suppose you would add a disclaimer: PAID ADVERTISING STARTS
  HERE. THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ADVERTISED HERE ARE NOT
  NECESSARILY ENDORSED-NOR HAVE THEY BEEN TESTED-BY TONY LINDSEY OR
  STAFF OF MAC*CHAT. BUYER BEWARE.

  I think it would be a great service to all of us readers if
  companies which offered particular price advantages or unique
  products and services were able to advertise here.

  --------

  By [e-mail] (David Bensinger)

  I think TidBITs has gone downhill. This may or may not happen
  with Chat, just realize that if you accept ads Chat will be a
  very, very different place.

  I think it is fine to accept ads. But please, PLEASE don't have
  the arrogance to assert that it won't affect your "editorial
  vision." It SHOULD, it most likely will. And EVEN IF it doesn't,
  readers are always wise to assume that increasing the value of
  your space will be a priority. And that it might restrain you
  from publishing a slightly controversial piece.

  Change is good. This is a simple evolutionary step. There will
  always be someone else to step in and take your place. Either
  way, thanks for a great column.

  --------

  By [e-mail] (Peter Morgan, Morgan:Newsletters)

  Let's ask the tough question of you, Tony: Who do you want
  calling the tune, subscribers or advertisers?

  ADVERTISERS:

  With advertisers, things are just business.
  They want to know three things, in the following order:

  1. Is your audience their market? (Reach)
  2. When do you deliver their message to your audience? (Frequency)
  3. How much does it cost, on a cost-per-thousand viewers/readers
  basis. ($)

  Most of them know that there is about five times more impact for
  their message if it's in editorial copy than if it's in an
  advertising area.

  Some will be bold about it: "Write about me and I'll give you
  $X,XXX. Okay then, how about $XXX more?"

  Some will be subtle about it: "Hi Tony. Here's my monthly
  advertising order and my check for $X,XXX. Say, did you hear
  about our WhizBang?"

  Are you really going to:

  a) ask them tough questions about the WhizBang after he just
  gave you $X,XXX and advertising copy you'll be running that talks
  about how WhizBang 2.04 solves the problems of the world?

  b) Publish tough-love responses from your readers/viewers
  knowing it could jeopardize a 12-month $XX,XXX contract that
  still has eight months to run?

  SUBSCRIBERS:

  With subscribers, it's just love.

  Subscribers want to know one thing: Is the information in this
  newsletter worth $XX per year? (Put another way: Do they love
  your newsletter enough to shell out cash for it?)

  Value is a hard definition and there are a lot of variables that
  comprise it, and Mac*Chat has it in spades. As long as they feel
  the information is worth it, they don't (largely) care:

  1. When it comes
    (Sometimes Mac*Chat is weekly, sometimes it isn't)

  [Hey!  I need a vacation once in a while! :-> ]

  2. Who writes it
    (Sometimes it's you, sometimes it's your edit of readers
  comments)

  3. How long it is
    (Sometimes it's longish, and sometimes it's longer)

[I keep it under 30k every week now, and plan to keep it that way]

  If you want money for what you do (and I have _no_ problem with
  that) get it from your subscribers. We may not have as much, on
  an individual basis, and you'll have to deal with fulfillment
  headaches; and you'll have to deal with pricing issues to
  companies who want multiple subs (these questions have been
  solved by hundreds of publishers for years).

  We're harder to find (and not as hard to keep) than advertisers.
  But there are _far_ more of us than there are advertisers.

  You have things under your control: you only mail it to people
  who pay for it.

   You: "A sample issue from two months ago is at our Web site."

   Potential Subscriber: "I saw it; I loved it. A friend passed it
  along to me."

   You: "Will that be Visa, MasterCard or e-cash?"

  --------

  By Henry Dunsmore <[e-mail]>

  As a skeptic - I see that this is the end of the informal,
  casual, sometimes  biased (but always informative) MacChat. I
  think I understand your frustration and desire to see the
  "newsletter- now magazine" become more meaningful to you and yet
  maintain the feeling of pleasure (you probably felt) from its
  inception and early growing pains. MacChat is like a child
  growing up. Unfortunately, too often growing up and having fun
  part ways  somewheres around puberty. I don't think MacChat
  (ie.you) should stop  having fun

  Whatever direction you decide to take MacChat it should be only
  under the condition that you enjoy it. If adding advertising to
  MacChat makes your life easier, either financially or by giving
  you more time to do the things you enjoy, then that's what you
  must do. Those that write to you (I'm sure there will be many) to
  say nix to advertising will either live with it or get out. There
  may be some that will start MacTalk or MacConversation, but they
  will reach the same conclusion as you and at some point ask the
  same questions.

  My feeling about advertising is probably like yours and I'm sure
  we are by any means alone. I get sick and tired of the magazine
  where the articles become the support for the advertising.
  However, these magazines must be lucrative for the owners and no
  doubt without the advertisers, we wouldn't get as great a choice
  of magazines that appeal to us.

  If you must advertise:

  * could the advertising be restricted to only those companies
  that you feel are good 'corporate' citizens (your choice).

  * could a single 'sponsor' be approached that would give you the
  funds needed to hire, buy, or pay for the continuation of MacChat
  (on your terms)

  * could you separate the advertising off so that one could skip
  over it (its infuriating to have to go through pages of
  advertising between articles)

  * perhaps soliciting individual "this edition of MacChat brought
  to you by" would be a more effective advertising approach for
  yourself or the 'advertiser'

  * advertising should be linked to review wherever possible

  * finally, keep MacChat small, keep it informal, keep it fun - so
  advertisers should be dealt with in the same way ie. ask them to
  give you editorial for their advertising (even though it would be
  biased) with your right to refuse (at the cost of losing the
  client) or edit it

  I think you will find support for your decision no matter what it
  is.

  --------

  By "Jim Woodgett" <[e-mail]>

  Adding advertisements would be fine with the following
  qualifications:

  * The advertiser has no influence over content and does not
  "preview" content.  The agreement should be up-front so they know
  what they are getting into.  They want a wide audience.  If they
  want a dumb audience let them use other channels.

  * The adverts should be text-only (as in NN and TBits) and at
  either the beginning or end of the newsletter (not interspersed).

  * Advertisers should be encouraged to inject information into
  their ads.  Thus, a tip or feature could be highlighted, or a
  pointer to a web page for more info, etc.  Too many e-zine ads
  are boring and I skip over them with a single click.

  * You currently make money out of consulting and do Mac*Chat
  part-time.  That may change.  Work out your career goals now.  If
  you want Mac*Chat to support you and your Collie, I'd put out
  firm feelers to assess the audience reaction.  The popularity of
  the newsletter is just as likely to evaporate as to solidify.  In
  addition, accepting adverts *may* compromise your objectivity in
  the minds of some clients.  They will need reassuring.

  * Don't pay contributors cash.  Buy them software or services.
  We are supposed to be in this for education and making our lives
  easier.  That shouldn't include paying the bills or there will be
  questions of objectivity and conflicts of interest.  Once the big
  boys smell the blood in the water, you could be engulfed.

  *  A related point.  The popularity of the newsletter is it's
  approachability and casual nature.  Getting too slick might
  endanger that image.  Not that I'm condoning crass amateurism.
  The newsletter is certainly not in that class.  It's just that if
  people want *slick* they download MacAlley.  If they want
  "homely" advice that makes no assumptions, they subscribe to
  Mac*Chat.

  *  Delegate, delegate, delegate.

Memory Merchants Reviewed
-------------------------
  By [e-mail] (Mark Brautigam)

  Here's a further update: I bought 5 disks from these folks last
  week at 15.99 each. That's their price for Qty _1_. There is no
  longer a quantity discount, but as you can see, it's no longer
  necessary. They arrived promptly, as well.

  I subsequently received a flyer in which they outline their
  terms: No surcharge for Visa/MC, card not charged until shipped,
  30 day money back guarantee & price protection.

  I was afraid to try these folks for fear of aiding a fly-by-
  night operation to go out of business. (What kind of margins can
  they stand on these disks?) But I've been very pleased.

  [Memory Merchants, 1-800-799-3475/415-594-9173.]

Technical Section Starts... Here
--------------------------------

Sharing Modems Over A Network
-----------------------------
  By [e-mail] (Sak Wathanasin)

  As the UK distributor for Stalker, Inc. products, we were pleased
  to read the recommendations of PortShare by your readers.
  However, I'd like to clear up one small point.

  Bo Holst-Christensen wrote:

  >   Using PhoneNet (or any other net using AppleTalk through a
  serial port) with Macintosh machines without a GeoPort or a dedicated
  processor, results in interrupts being turned off by the AppleTalk
  software....

  >   If a newer Macintosh machine is used for a server, or the
  >   PhoneNet is replaced with an EtherNet, PortShare from Stalker
  >   Software should solve the problem.

  PortShare will happily work over LocalTalk. Bo is correct in that
  the LocalTalk driver turns off interrupts, but there are ways
  around this (e.g., the PollProc hook ;-). The limiting factor is
  the speed of the server Mac - in general, the faster it is the
  better.

  If you run a LocalTalk-based network, consider getting a used
  IIfx as the server. The IIfx uses a separate processor to handle
  serial I/O, and in timing tests that I have carried out, it beats
  every Mac that we have here including an 840AV and an accelerated
  6100/80 as far as LocalTalk is concerned. I suspect it'll beat
  anything except a PPC running a native AppleTalk protocol stack
  (using Open Transport). For reasons that I have never understood,
  Apple did not see fit to use the separate IOP approach in any
  other Mac. Another possibility is to use a NuBus card such as the
  CSI Hurdler/Hustler card so that the serial I/O processing is
  off-loaded.

  Using a IIfx as the server and PortShar(e)ing a v34 modem, I can
  get FTP rates of over 2500 bytes/sec with compressed binary files
  from a PB 170 over a LocalTalk network. Doing it the other way
  round (with the PB acting as server),we only get about 1100
  bytes/sec - the PB simply doesn't have the horsepower to keep
  both the serial and LocalTalk ports going at the same time.

  If you can afford it, upgrading to ethernet is the best option,
  but it isn't necessary.

  --------

  By [e-mail] (Owen Watson)

  Another solution, especially if you're trying to connect a
  LocalTalk network with Ethernet, is to get a router that supports
  modem sharing. Webster's MultiPort, which I've got, supports
  modem sharing with PortShare, and as well acts as an ARA server.
  It also deals with IP and various other protocols (PPP Real Soon
  Now). Webster gives great support (by email as well) and they
  have a mailing list.

  Talk to [e-mail] (Tom Evans) - one of their programmers/tech
  support staff.

Legalisms
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   User Groups) or other non-commercial publications) are welcome
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