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Welcome to 1994! Craig O'Donnell demystifies (or at least provides
   more details on) the Macintosh microphone situation, Matt
   Neuburg peers over your shoulder to talk about the new
   technologies treadmill used in the Macintosh developer rat race,
   and we review an unusual keyboard that could help folks in pain
   from repetitive stress injuries. Finally, we note a couple of
   Macworld events that you might want to attend with us.

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Topics:
    MailBITS/03-Jan-94
    Microphone Details
    Keyboard Common Sense
    The User Over Your Shoulder: The New Technologies Treadmill
    Reviews/03-Jan-94

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MailBITS/03-Jan-94
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  We're off to Macworld on Wednesday (so use my ZiffNet/Mac account
  <[e-mail]> for urgent email), and it promises to
  be an exciting show.

  Steve Maller of General Magic wrote to tell us that Andy Hertzfeld
  and Bill Atkinson, two of the major deities in the Mac developer
  pantheon will give the first public demonstrations of Magic Cap
  and Telescript technologies at the tenth anniversary keynote
  address, which looks like it will be on Thursday morning at 10:00.

  I've finalized the details of the book signing, so if you're
  around on Friday afternoon at 1:30, come to the Hayden booth
  (#718) and I'll be more than happy to sign copies of the Internet
  Starter Kit for Macintosh. I assume someone sells them on the
  floor if you don't already have one. In addition, Hayden somehow
  managed to rook me into demoing on Thursday morning at 10:30 the
  MacTCP software that I wrote about in the book. Why do I have a
  bad feeling about trying to make a solid connection on an unknown
  Mac, with a new modem, and via a long distance phone call over a
  phone line that might have people standing on it? If you come to
  watch, please be gentle.


**The annual Netter's Dinner**, as ably organized by Jon Pugh
  <[e-mail]>, is scheduled for 6:00 PM Friday the 7th this
  year. You must RSVP to Jon by Wednesday night to attend the
  buffet-style dinner at the Hunan on Sansome at Broadway, but only
  RSVP if you're sure you can make it since the overall bill is
  based on the reservation count.


**First Annual ZMac 5K Fun Run at Macworld Expo.** For those whose
  idea of exercise is more strenuous than channel surfing,
  ZiffNet/Mac is holding a 5K (right, 5,120 bytes) fun run at
  Macworld. I'll definitely be there, along with a number of the
  sysops, staff, and members of ZiffNet/Mac (and maybe even a
  MacWEEK reporter or MacUser editor). The run starts at 8:30 AM on
  Saturday morning, 08-Jan-94. Meet in the parking lot of the Ferry
  Building at the end of Market Street where it meets the
  Embarcadero next to the Bay. As you look out over the Bay at the
  end of Market Street, the Ferry Building is just to the left.
  Bagels and coffee will be provided after the run. To sign up and
  insure your share of the bagels, send email to Ben Templin at
  <[e-mail]>.


**Beth Gaynor** <[e-mail]> writes:
  Your recent Mac-awareness comments reminded me of something that
  happened when I was buying a skirt for my trip to Macworld (yay!).
  When the cashier asked what kind of trade show I was going to, I
  told her it was a computer trade show - for Macintoshes. Her reply
  was, "Oh, Macintoshes. Those are a good buy." Not exactly
  profound, but I thought it spoke volumes for Apple's reputation
  these days that the woman both recognized the name Macintosh and
  thought it was a good buy instead of an over-priced toy. What a
  pleasant switch! Keep up the advertising, Apple!


Microphone Details
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  by Craig O'Donnell -- [e-mail]

  [Craig O'Donnell is the author of Cool Mac Sounds (ISBN 1-56830-
  067-0), the second edition of which was recently published by
  Hayden Books. We reviewed the first edition in TidBITS #155_, and
  if the second edition improves on the first as I suspect it does
  from the information Craig provides below, it's worth checking out
  for those who work with sound on the Macintosh. -Adam]


Mark Anbinder wrote in TidBITS #204_:

     Purchasers of Apple's new low-end Macintosh systems will
    be surprised if they try to use a borrowed Apple microphone in
    the computers' microphone jacks. The Performa 475 and 476, LC
    475, and Quadra 605 computers require the new PlainTalk microphone
    in order to record sounds using the microphone port, but don't
    include it. Microphones bundled with previous Macintosh models
    won't work, because the PlainTalk microphone has a longer plug
    (.75" rather than .5") and the old plug doesn't properly seat
    inside the new jack.

  Mark's on the right track but unfortunately microphones are now a
  little more complicated than that. Maybe this time next year
  things will be simpler; or perhaps, with the PowerPCs coming out,
  things won't be simpler. You never know.

  First of all, the new PlainTalk mic ($29 - part #M9060Z/A or
  service #922-0867) has a longer connector unique to Apple. Why?
  Because the input is stereo, but at the same time the mono
  PlainTalk mic requires power, and the Mac requires something to
  let it know a PlainTalk mic is plugged in.

  The new dual-purpose input jack accommodates:

* mono 1/8-inch plugs
* stereo, or "TRS" 1/8-inch plugs
* the PlainTalk mic plug. When this longer plug is in, it feeds
  power to the mic and signals the Mac that a PlainTalk mic is
  plugged in, rather than an External Line input.

  As far as the Macintosh hardware itself? There are several sets of
  variables which I'll discuss briefly below:

* mic-level input vs. line-level input
* one-channel input vs. two-channel input
* stereo output vs. mono output

* internal mics vs. external mics
* old Performas vs. new Performas

* internal CD-ROM

  Apple has three kinds of audio inputs on recent Macs. Let's say
  you need to use a mic sometimes, or a stereo Hi Fi VCR.

1. Line-level and stereo/16-bit INPUT (AV Macs only). You can plug
  a Hi Fi VCR directly into this input. You need the PlainTalk Mic,
  or a line-level input from a mic preamp or mixer.

2. Line-level and mono/8-bit INPUT (the sound architecture in the
  Performa 475/LC 475, Performa 550/LC 520, or Quadra 605). Although
  these Macs can play back stereo sound files, they cannot _record_
  stereo sound files. Any two-channel input is mixed into mono upon
  recording. L and R = (L+R). You can plug a Hi Fi VCR directly into
  this input, but the resulting soundtrack will be _mono_.

3. Mic-level and mono/8-bit INPUT (all Macs with the sound input
  port beginning with the IIsi, including the Quadras, LC, LC II,
  and LC III, Performa 400-450 series, Duos, and "Fat PowerBooks").
  This is the one we're all most familiar with. You can plug a Hi Fi
  VCR into this input if you have a Radio Shack attenuating adaptor.

4. Stereo OUTPUT? Stereo, of course, is two-channel sound on both
  input and output; L=L and R=R; Apple spec sheets constantly fudge
  this. Most Macs have been able to play back stereo since the Mac
  II debuted. (The exceptions are any SE-based or LC-based machine).

  Only the AVs actually record stereo. The new Performa 550/LC
  520/MacTV records in _mono_ by mixing the input channels; they are
  the only Macs so far to have stereo speakers built in.

5. Internal CD-ROM. The internal CD ROM drives have nothing to do
  with the Apple Sound Input or Output hardware. They play stereo
  out the rear panel jack just like an audio CD player would: this
  mixing process of CD-ROM sound and beeps is analog.

  On all Macs with an internal CD-ROM, except the 550/520 machines,
  the two channels of CD ROM audio are mixed into mono when played
  through the internal speaker. The hydrocephalic Macs have two
  small stereo speakers built in.

  When the "Internal CD-ROM" has been selected as the audio source
  in the Sound CDEV, you can record the output of any audio CD. The
  levels are corrected internally. For example, the Performa 550
  will record a 22k, L+R-to-mono sound file. The 660AV will record a
  44.1k, stereo sound file. (Actually, the AVs' input sample rate
  settings are a shade more complicated than that but it's not worth
  going into here).

6. Sound Manager 3.0. One nice thing about Sound Manager 3.0 is
  the fact that it causes any stereo sound files played on the
  "mono" LC-based machines to come out the speaker mixed to mono.
  Without Sound Manager 3.0, you get only the left channel at the
  output.

  This is nice for the day (whenever it comes) when LC owners are
  faced with QuickTime movies with two, three, or four tracks of
  audio.


Model by Model
  Here's how it breaks down. It's probably easiest to group the
  information by product line. PTM is my code for "PlainTalk Mic
  required" and "SDM" is my code for "the older Silver Dollar Mic
  only."

Old Performas: Performas prior to October 1993: SDM. The line of
  recently discontinued Performas based on the LC II and LC III
  included the old "silver dollar" Apple mic, and were the last Macs
  to include an external mic (sigh... except the two AV Macs).

New Performas: PTM. The newer Performas (460s, 470s, 550) do not
  include a mic, except that the 550 has a built-in front panel mic.

LCs: All SDM, with a few exceptions. The LC 475 is PTM. The LC 520
  and the Color Classic (which is LC-based) have a built-in, front
  panel mic.

Quadra/Centris line: All SDM, except for the AV Macs, and the
  Centris 605 (which does not record stereo).

PowerBooks: All SDM, including the Duo Docks. Duos have a built-in
  mic.


Substitutes?
  There is no substitute for the PlainTalk mic, although you can use
  any mic through a mic preamplifier or mixer as a "line-level"
  input to the PTM Macs.

  Of course, this costs you at least $200, right on up to $5,000,
  for a mic preamp and microphone of any quality at all. A typical
  low-cost AV-compatible setup would include the Mackie 1202 mixer
  ($325; a great bargain) and an Audio-Technica, Shure or EV mic
  ($75 to $200). You can try to use a Radio Shack mixer and cheap
  mic but I don't recommend it.


No Silver Dollar Mic?
  Not to worry. Radio Shack carries three or four "electret
  condenser" mics in the $18-$28 range and any of these work in lieu
  of the old Silver Dollar on the SDM Macs. I personally like the
  $28 Tie Tack Condenser because it's small, it has a long cable,
  and it has a nice, balanced sound. But the sound on all three of
  these mics is close.

  Part Numbers (from pages 145-147 of Cool Mac Sounds):

    Omni Electret #33-1060       $18
    Tie Clip Omni #33-1052       $22
    Tie Tack Omni #33-1063       $29
    "Radio Shack PZM", just over $50.

    Apple's Silver Dollar Mic lists for $19.

  However, on these older Macs, to record a "line input" from a
  tape, VCR, CD, and so on, you need an attenuator. Radio Shack
  makes two (an attenuating "dubbing cable" and a simple attenuating
  adaptor). Either works fine. Part #274-300 or 42-2461.


Scurrilous Rumors
  There is a rumor going around (unfortunately reinforced in print)
  that you need an extra-special adaptor for a Silver Dollar Mic
  Mac's sound input port, and it isn't true. The standard _mono_
  1/8-inch plug on Radio Shack's adaptors and electret mics
  functions perfectly; there is no danger to your Mac's input
  hardware.

  The only time you might endanger anything is if you plug a stereo
  cable from your CD player or VCR into the rear-panel input without
  an attenuator. There's a very small DC voltage for Silver Dollar
  mic power on what is normally the Right Channel of a stereo input.
  This could damage your hi fi (but it's unlikely).


Keyboard Common Sense
---------------------
  We all know that the traditional QWERTY layout of the keyboards
  most of us use constantly is foisted upon us by the mechanical
  typewriters of yore. It seems that unlike bell bottoms and disco
  music, the QWERTY layout is here to stay. OK, so we'll suffer -
  even theoretically better layouts like the Dvorak layout are too
  radical for the massive installed base of keyboards. But have you
  ever thought about _where_ the keys are in the layout? If you do,
  notice that none of the alphanumeric keys line up - that is, a
  line drawn vertically through the center of a key never touches
  the line from another key. The key arrangement doesn't even make
  sense, except for one thing - mechanical typewriters used levers
  for the striking mechanism. Press a key, and a lever jumped up and
  whacked the paper. The keys had to be laid out so the levers
  didn't run into one another. Made sense then, and  we're stuck
  with it now.

  Lest I be accused of not properly researching my articles, while
  back east in December, I checked out the manual typewriter my
  grandmother used in high school in 1937, and it was indeed
  designed as I said above. Perhaps the most interesting thing,
  though, was that manual typewriters had physical "tab stops,"
  actual metal tabs that you could slide around. Pressing the Tab
  key then moved the carriage to that tab stop. The Tab key came
  over to the computer, but without those metal tabs, the name of
  the key makes no sense. Yet again, I guess we're stuck with it
  now.

  However, on the numeric keypad, a relatively late addition, the
  keys are laid out in straight rows, and "10-key" speed can be
  extremely high. Thus, it would seem to make sense to lay out the
  alphanumeric keys in the same way. That's precisely what Richard
  Somers, of Somers Engineering, did with his EK1 Ergonomic
  Keyboard, which sports the alphanumeric keys in straight rows.
  Rather than completely reinvent a new keyboard, Richard reworked
  the alphanumeric module of a Datadesk Switchboard keyboard, which
  enables the user to move the keypad and cursor key modules around
  and has high-quality Alps switches with a nice IBM PC keyboard
  feel (lousy machine, great keyboard). The Datadesk Switchboard is
  compatible with the Mac and the PC, merely requiring a cable swap.

  Richard sent me an EK1 to try, warning me that it is only for
  people already experiencing hand and wrist pain (those not in pain
  see no reason to do anything different). I still have some pain
  from carpal tunnel, and I had to go back to the mouse on my 660AV
  since the Curtis MVP Mouse trackball and footswitch doesn't work
  well on it (some timing issues with clicking - it's a damn shame
  that Curtis hasn't addressed this since it's a fine trackball) and
  using the mouse aggravated my right hand. [Update: the pain from
  using the mouse increased to the point where I dug out an old
  CoStar Stingray trackball to use instead. I don't like it nearly
  as much as the Curtis MVP Mouse, but it beats the mouse for my
  hands.]

  It took me several hours before I was completely comfortable with
  the new key layout, and I think someone who touch types correctly
  would learn even faster. I tend to hit the b key with the wrong
  hand, it seems, and such mistakes are exacerbated by different
  layouts. However, a few hours of clumsy typing isn't bad, after
  which I was fully up to speed. The feel of the keys is indeed
  great, better for me than the feel of the keys on the Apple
  Extended keyboard that I use now.

  After a week of using the keyboard in the standard configuration
  and liking it just fine, I tried moving the numeric keypad module
  to the left side of the alphanumeric module. I thought it would be
  great, since the mouse would be closer to my right hand. In fact,
  moving the module became a real problem, since I'm used to hitting
  the modifier keys based on relative location from the edge of the
  keyboard, and that didn't work any more. My hands were also
  confused when I entered numbers into Managing Your Money - which
  hand hits Tab and which hits Enter? I recommend trying such
  modifications carefully, especially since they limit your ability
  to move to another keyboard. Perhaps the worst problem was that
  after I moved the numeric keypad module, I kept hitting the Caps
  Lock key when I meant to hit Shift or Tab, and since the
  Switchboard lets you assign Caps Lock to be the Control key if you
  want, it's not a lock-down key and is too easy to hit. That drove
  me nuts.

  The only other minor negative is that because of rearranging the
  keys into a straight layout, there are a few blank spaces at the
  edges that collect dust. Richard said that if he can go into mass
  production on the keyboard he'll use larger keycaps to eliminate
  some of those spaces.

  Moving back and forth to a normal keyboard is a problem since your
  fingers learn the different layouts. Basically, if you buy one of
  these keyboards, you'll want to use it and it alone. The main
  people who will suffer in this respect are PowerBook users, who
  have little choice of keyboard layouts. To complete the test, I
  went back to the Apple Extended keyboard after about ten days, and
  after about an hour was fully comfortable on that keyboard again.

  So what were the results? It's hard to say. I don't think my hands
  felt better while using the EK1, but they did feel slightly worse
  when I went back to using my Apple Extended Keyboard. That could
  have been due to the mouse, though, and I couldn't eliminate that
  factor. It's possible that I simply wasn't in sufficient pain to
  notice the difference. Richard said that responses from most users
  who were already in pain was highly positive, in contrast to
  healthy users, who were merely irritated to have to learn a new
  layout. It's amazing how open-minded pain can make you.

  The straight layout makes sense, and it feels more efficient. I
  type rather quickly anyway, but don't particularly time myself. I
  know of no research that proves that the straight layout is
  better, although in this case I think Occam's Razor might be an
  appropriate rule to apply (when in doubt, choose the simplest
  case). The original key layout was not simple for a specific
  design reason. That reason no longer exists, and thus the layout
  no longer makes sense for any reason other than installed base.
  But since the EK1 is only a minor change, still using the QWERTY
  concept, it's far easier to use than a Dvorak keyboard or one of
  the more radical keyboards, such as a chording keyboard (although
  chording keyboards have the advantage of being a totally different
  skill set, so you don't lose the ability to type on a QWERTY
  layout if you use a chording keyboard). I won't say that the EK1
  keyboard is for everyone, because it's not, but if you are in
  noticeable pain and only use one keyboard, it very well might be
  worth $348 (plus $10 shipping) to attempt to alleviate that pain.
  Somers Engineering offers a 30-day money back guarantee and a
  three year warranty.

    Somers Engineering
    3424 Vicker Way
    Palmdale, CA  93551
    805/273-1609
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]


The User Over Your Shoulder: The New Technologies Treadmill
-----------------------------------------------------------
  by Matt Neuburg -- [e-mail]

  For a mere $250 plus shipping, you can order from APDA (Apple's
  developer-support wing) a year's subscription to the Developer
  Mailing. Each month you receive a newsletter and a CD.

  The CDs are filled with stuff that Apple wants to put into the
  hands of software authors. Some of it is established system
  software or beta-releases of future system software (recent CDs
  have included international systems, LaserWriter 8.1.1, System 7.1
  and its Update 2.0.1, AppleScript, and Speech Manager). Some of it
  is reference documentation (all the old and new Inside Macintosh,
  and complete tech notes). Some of it is sample code and
  programming aids.

  You don't have to be a real developer; anyone can subscribe
  (contact APDA at <[e-mail]> if you're interested).
  A lot of non-developers who do subscribe doubtless just crave the
  CDs. But just as fascinating is how the Mailing, including the
  newsletter, lets you look over Apple's shoulder as it pep-talks
  developers towards the new system technologies looming on the
  horizon. It occurs to me that if I were a developer I would
  doubtless need such pep-talks.

  Even in the good old days (whenever they were), writing even a
  simple Macintosh application was no mean feat. There are many
  "managers" built into the system to help you, but they don't do
  the work for you, even when you're trying to do something that any
  Mac application needs to do. It's hard to describe, and I'm no
  expert, but I think it's fair to say that the interplay between
  what the system software does and what you do in order to achieve
  even the simplest task is weird. Something as rudimentary as
  putting up a dialog box, requires a certain level of sheer
  trickery. A task as common as maintaining a floating palette is so
  difficult via the standard high-level Window Manager calls that an
  article in a recent issue of Apple's develop magazine teaches you
  to hack your way completely around such calls.

  These days, new "managers" and capabilities are cropping up at a
  perilous rate. Each requires the programmer to learn new skills.
  None can be trivially incorporated into applications; the
  complexity of the interaction between them all, and between them
  and your program, means the learning curve angles steeper as the
  programmer climbs. The problem is that if one wants to stay in
  business one must keep climbing, because a competitor is certainly
  going to incorporate the new features, and you'll be left behind
  if you don't as well - as Apple gleefully points out in the
  newsletter.

  This makes me wonder whether Apple is doing the right thing.
  Perhaps I'm just an Old Curmudgeon, and I certainly wouldn't want
  to press my views: I'm not a developer, nor even much of a
  programmer. But in a quiet way, and perhaps for sake of argument,
  I'm curious as to whether all this pulling of rugs from under
  existing Mac applications can be good for the industry, and
  particularly for the users, of whom I am one.

  Just consider a tiny bit of what is around the corner. With
  PowerPC, the basic bottom-level fact about Macintoshes, the use of
  the Motorola 680x0 processor, is about to go out the window.
  Everything has to be rewritten and recompiled if it isn't to be
  content with running in a mere emulator mode on the new, faster
  machines. With QuickDraw GX, the most basic act of showing text
  and graphics on the screen must be implemented in an entirely new
  way, and the printing and font models are going to change
  radically. In short, it isn't just a matter of new capabilities
  piled upon the old; the impending upheaval involves the
  underpinnings, everything that is most fundamental and long-
  standing in the Macintosh world.

  Then there is the problem of many machines and many systems. Time
  was when Apple prided itself upon the mutual compatibility of its
  then-small line of Macintoshes. The system software cleverly
  sheltered your program from worrying about differences between the
  ROM of a Mac Plus and that of Mac II. But now there are
  rudimentary splits between the hardware and software platforms.
  System 7 lets you make all sorts of Toolbox calls that System 6
  can't handle. These are much more convenient, and if I were
  writing a program for my personal use I would write it for System
  7. But if you're a developer, unless you want your program not to
  run on many of the lower-end the machines, it must be two distinct
  programs in one, one making System 6 calls and the other making
  System 7 calls. The same is true of the hardware. Remember all the
  programs that broke when the Quadras appeared? My copy of ON
  Location still doesn't work if a StyleWriter II driver is the
  current Chooser printer. And how about the expansion-slot
  nightmare?

  My point is simple. If the industry of developers is to keep up
  with all the changes Apple is throwing at them, which it must do
  to stay healthy, a lot of folks are going to have to do a lot of
  work. That work is going to take time, in the form of person-
  hours, mythical or not. Who pays for those person-hours? Why do I
  think it's going to be the user?

  Apple's attitude in this regard does not encourage me. In the
  newsletter that came with the latest Developer Mailing, an Apple
  guru jokes that "God was able to create the world in seven days
  because he didn't have an installed base." As far as I'm concerned
  this joke, apparently a current hit around the Apple campus, is on
  a par with Hermann Goering's notorious quote, "When I hear the
  word Culture, I reach for my revolver." The very fact that anyone
  finds it amusing, or even clever, sends a shiver of fear up my
  spine. In the same newsletter, the concept of "current" Macintosh
  models is used to mean (as far as I can gather): Performa 410,
  460, 470, 550; LC II, III, 475, 520; Quadra 605, 610, 650, 950,
  and the two AVs; plus some PowerBooks and Duos, and the Color
  Classic II. I get the idea that as far as Apple is concerned, all
  the machines in my department (Pluses and Classics running System
  6, a Classic II, and a Quadra 800) are bad dreams they wish would
  go away.

  Indeed, my own machine at home is starting to feel the bad vibes.
  It's a poor old LC. It was one of the first lower-priced Macs, and
  when I bought it, a couple of years ago, I was part of the new
  revolution, helping Apple down the path of higher volume and
  smaller profit margins that helped save the company into the 90s.
  Since then I've accelerated my LC and filled it with RAM to its
  maximum capacity, and I'm still marginalized by the current system
  software. Judging from the upcoming system software, we're all
  supposed to have 20 MB of RAM. Too bad if some of us can't. What
  are we supposed to do, throw out our machines and start over? Does
  Apple think we're made of money?

  I'm not trying to be a Luddite or a nay-sayer. I drool as much the
  next person over the prospect of new gee-whiz technologies. And I
  also think - and this is important, so don't get me wrong - that
  Apple probably _needs_ to do what it's doing in order to keep
  going. But I have this sneaking feeling that with a lot of old and
  slightly middle-aged machines getting the cold shoulder, and a lot
  of costly software upgrades in the works, the user's pocketbook is
  going to feel the shaft. Certainly it's going to make the $250 it
  costs me to be the User Over Your Shoulder look paltry.

  In the mean time, if the creek don't rise, and if the Thought
  Police don't get me, and if I don't get too much hate mail, I
  might be back from time to time with some more musings on where
  Apple thinks it's going, and whether it's good for us if it gets
  there.


Reviews/03-Jan-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 13-Dec-93, Vol. 7, #48
    DeltaGraph Pro 3.0 -- pg. 59
    HP DeskWriter 310 -- pg. 59
    Strata StudioPro 1.0 -- pg. 62
    Pinnacle Tahoe-130 -- pg. 62
    PlateMaker -- pg. 65
    MacLinkPlus 7.5 -- pg. 64

* InfoWorld -- 13-Dec-93, Vol. 15, #50
    MetaDesign for the Macintosh 3.0 -- pg. 56
    IntelliDraw 2.0 -- pg. 62
    Macintosh PIMs -- pg. 110
      DayMaker Organizer 3.0
      DateBook and TouchBASE
      PowerTeam
      Rae Assist
      ClienTrac

* InfoWorld -- 20-Dec-93, Vol. 15, #51
    The Journeyman Project -- pg. 84
    SimCity 2000 -- pg. 85

* BYTE -- Oct-93
    FrameMaker 4 -- pg. 46
    PDAs -- pg. 66
    Newton -- pg. 89
    Adobe Acrobat vs. Common Ground -- pg. 133
    Apple Workgroup Server 95 -- pg. 137
    PowerBooks -- pg. 174

* BYTE -- Nov-93
    Printers -- pg. 276
      (too many to list)

* BYTE -- Dec-93
    Adobe Premiere 3.0 -- pg. 179
    Macintosh Quadra 840AV -- pg. 197
    Color Monitors -- pg. 202
      (too many to list)

* BYTE -- Jan-94
    New Macs -- pg. 23
    AOCE -- pg. 44
    Basic Color Printers -- pg. 153
      ColorEase PS Printer
      HP DeskJet 1200C and 1200C/PS
      Fargo Primera
      Star Micronics SJ-144


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