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Where to start? We have news about a new Newton due out soon, an
   extremely cheap 300 dpi PostScript Level 2 printer, and even
   more information about the PowerPC-based Macs due in just two
   weeks. Mark Anbinder reports on an inexpensive network fax
   package and CE's acquisition of Powercore; Microsoft loses a
   lawsuit and $120 million to Stac; and finally ON Technology
   CEO Chris Risley replies to Dave Thompson's article on Meeting
   Maker last week.

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Topics:
    MailBITS/28-Feb-94
    Newton, Take Two
    The Hidden Printer
    4-Sight Small Site
    Stac Wins Suit Against Microsoft
    CE Acquires Powercore
    Meeting Maker Followup
    More PowerPC Reports
    Reviews/28-Feb-94

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MailBITS/28-Feb-94
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**More ARA** -- Peter Kaufman <[e-mail]>
  passes along word from Cayman Systems that they have no plans to
  add ARA 2.0 support to the GatorLink. Mark's "ARA Options" article
  in TidBITS #213_ conveyed our assumption that they'd upgrade in
  the near future. Shiva does plan an upgrade, probably late second
  quarter or early third quarter of 1994 (i.e. summer '94 for those
  in the northern hemisphere). They're not certain whether the
  update will be software (which can be downloaded to the device) or
  a firmware (ROM) swap, or a combination.

  Meanwhile, Thomas Collins <[e-mail]> chides us for
  forgetting APT Communications and their hardware ARA server.
  Thomas says that APT's "excellent line of routers" (his company
  has about eighty APT units on its wide area network) includes at
  least one ARA unit, with three modem ports, that currently
  supports ARA 1.0. A software upgrade for ARA 2.0 compatibility is
  due in a few months. APT Communications -- 800/842-0626 --
  301/874-5255 (fax) -- [e-mail]


**Shawn Ramer** <[e-mail]> writes:
  In TidBITS #213_ you mentioned how PowerTalk could delete email
  when a gateway service is removed. This just happened to me but I
  was able to recover by restoring from a backup three files in the
  PowerTalk Data folder:

    System Folder:PowerTalk Data:WSBTree
    System Folder:PowerTalk Data:IPM Bin:QMgrCatalog
    System Folder:PowerTalk Data:IPM Bin:QMgrPrefs

  And since we all back up obsessively, this is a great solution,
  right?


Newton, Take Two
----------------
  Since even before Apple introduced the MessagePad in August, we've
  been tantalized with pictures and descriptions of the Newtons of
  the future. They've come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from
  MessagePad-type pocket PDAs, to notebook-sized slates, all the way
  up to wall-sized units that might be the chalkboard of the 21st
  century.

  Word on the street has Apple preparing to release the second
  member of the Newton family, an enhanced and streamlined version
  of the MessagePad, code-named "Lindy." The new model will feature
  1 MB of RAM compared to the MessagePad's 640K, which just about
  triples the amount of space available for user information.
  (Several hundred kilobytes are set aside for the system.) Among
  the improvements in the firmware are improved handwriting
  recognition and deferred recognition of text written in "digital
  ink."

  Outside, the next Newton is narrower and a little taller, and
  sports a flip-up screen cover that folds behind the unit when you
  use it. The pen will be round, not flat.

  The best word of all? Newton "pioneers" will be able to upgrade
  their existing MessagePads with the new ROM for a sum reported to
  be on the order of $100. Upgraded MessagePads will benefit from
  the handwriting recognition and other operational improvements,
  but will still have 640K of RAM.

  The latest rumors say that Apple moved the new Newton's
  introduction from late March to early March, in order to ensure
  Newton hoopla doesn't get lost in PowerPC frenzy. If you're
  waiting for the slate-sized Newton, though, keep waiting. That's
  not expected to arrive until late this year at the earliest.

  Information from:
    Pythaeus


The Hidden Printer
------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor -- [e-mail]
     Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA Computers

  What's the bargain of the decade? Rumors of the upcoming Apple
  PowerPC accelerator cards aside, a remarkable deal I'm surprised
  isn't talked about more is the DEClaser 1152 laser printer, at
  $699.

  Okay, so that's a bit of a convoluted sentence. My apologies. To
  rephrase: Digital Equipment Corporation offers a 300 dpi,
  PostScript Level 2 laser printer at a retail price of $699. It
  uses a four-page-per-minute Canon laser marking engine, supports
  Hewlett-Packard's PCL4, and has serial, parallel, and AppleTalk
  ports to support Macs, DOS, Windows, and other platforms. It's
  been available since 1992, but we must have been napping.

  The AppleTalk port doubles as a second serial port, and in that
  configuration all three ports are active at once. With the port in
  AppleTalk mode, that and the parallel port can be simultaneously
  active. The printer automatically selects PostScript or PCL4 for
  each job it receives.

  Apple's closest-competitor offerings are the Personal LaserWriter
  320, which has PostScript but lacks PCL4 and costs an extra few
  hundred dollars, and the LaserWriter Select 360, which has all of
  the 1152's features, offers 600 dpi instead of 300, and sells for
  more than twice as much. Hewlett-Packard, also a big player in the
  Mac printer market, has its LaserJet 4ML in the same range as the
  Personal LaserWriter 320, and the LaserJet 4M costs even more than
  the LaserWriter Select 360.

  Is the DEClaser 1152 the printer for everyone? Hardly. It's not
  particularly fast, its font selection is reminiscent of a 1985
  LaserWriter (though it fully supports PostScript or TrueType fonts
  you might install on your Mac or PC), and 300 dpi isn't exciting
  these days. But as an entry-level printer - with inkjet or non-
  PostScript laser printers as the only competitively-priced options
  - it's worth a peek, especially if you need cross-platform
  capabilities.

    Digital Equipment Corporation -- 800/332-4636 -- 508/493-5111
      508/493-8780 (fax)


4-Sight Small Site
------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor -- [e-mail]

  For a long time, there were no Mac-oriented network fax products.
  You could send faxes from your very own fax modem, hooked directly
  to your Mac, or stand in line to use your office fax machine.
  Then, there were several network fax solutions, but the good ones
  were expensive. Recently, CommFORCE, L.C., who publishes one of
  the best, introduced a "low-end" version better suited to small-
  business budgets.

  4-Sight Small Site, the latest offering from CommFORCE, is based
  on the company's 4-Sight Fax product (created by 4-Sight
  International, Ltd., a small company in Great Britain), but
  stripped down for smaller networks. The new product is designed
  for networks of ten or fewer users, and includes a Zoom V.32bis
  fax modem. The retail price for software and modem together is
  $995.

  As with the "industrial-strength" version, Small Site allows
  faxing from within a document, custom cover pages, user
  notification of successful or failed transmissions, delayed
  transmission, and accounting. It also incorporates LineShare
  software from Stalker Software, which allows both fax and data
  software to share the modem, using "virtual ports" created by
  LineShare. LineShare analyzes incoming calls and hands them to the
  correct "virtual port," thereby handing control over to the fax or
  data application.

  The complete 4-Sight Fax product is capable of handling thousands
  of users from a single server, and supports up to eight fax
  modems, all of which can be in use simultaneously. (Multi-port
  serial cards such as the Hurdler from Creative Solutions or the
  QuadraLink DMA from Applied Engineering would of course be
  necessary if you want to use more than two modems.) The complete
  package also supports optional QuickMail and Microsoft Mail
  gateways, so you can fax email messages.

  Both 4-Sight Fax and its Small Site cousin use a client/server
  approach, as do most other network fax solutions. The user simply
  "prints" through a Chooser-level driver, or if an email gateway is
  installed, just mails the message, with files to be faxed added as
  attachments. The fax server software, installed on a centrally-
  accessible Mac, takes over the faxing process, and optionally
  reports back to the user when the fax has been sent successfully,
  or when it gives up trying.

  4-Sight's user interface rivals the GlobalFax software (included
  with Global Village's TelePort and PowerPort modems) for
  intuitiveness and functionality, and if it doesn't quite win the
  match-up, that's nothing to be ashamed of. Of course, sending
  through an email gateway couldn't be easier: you simply address
  your mail to the gateway, providing the fax number as though it
  were an email address.

  At $995 just to get in the door, 4-Sight won't quite eclipse the
  popularity of standalone fax modems, but it's certainly economical
  when compared with outfitting several users at your organization
  with fax modems and extra phone lines.

    CommFORCE, L.C. -- 515/224-0211 -- 800/448-3299 (fax)
      [e-mail]


Stac Wins Suit Against Microsoft
--------------------------------
  For those of you who remember back almost exactly a year, last
  winter Stac Electronics filed a suit against Microsoft, alleging
  that Microsoft infringed on Stac's compression patents (TidBITS
  #164_). Read back for the entire sordid tale, but the upshot is
  that a jury agreed with Stac that Microsoft had infringed, and
  awarded Stac $120 million in damages for the past infringement.
  That may sound like a lot, but Microsoft sold a lot of copies of
  MS-DOS 6.0 and 6.2 in the last year and it's small change to a
  company with $2.3 billion in petty cash. Stac isn't entirely in
  the clear though, since the jury also ruled in Microsoft's favor
  in a counter-suit that Stac misappropriated Microsoft trade
  secrets, which was only one of seven of Microsoft's counterclaims.
  The jury awarded Microsoft $13.6 million in damages as a result of
  Stac using undocumented calls in an attempt to make Stacker 3.1
  compatible with Microsoft's undocumented data compression
  interface in MS-DOS 6.0.

  Needless to say, both Microsoft and Stac say that they were
  innocent of any wrongdoing in the areas in which the jury found
  each guilty. Just once, I'd like to see a corporate lawyer to
  crack in court and start screaming "Yes, we did it! We stole their
  code. And we loved every minute of it! Ha ha ha ha!" Microsoft of
  course plans an appeal, no doubt hoping, if nothing else, to drag
  the suit out long enough to prevent Stac from being able to keep
  fighting.

  Stac is seeking to have unsold copies of MS-DOS, including those
  pre-installed on computers, recalled, and Microsoft has already
  released a MS-DOS 6.2.1, which removes the DoubleSpace utility.

  There are two interesting issues raised by this case. Stac was
  found guilty of appropriating (that's stealing in legal-speak, I
  suspect) Microsoft's secret "pre-loading" feature used in data
  compression. Now, this might in part be related to the fact that
  Stac had access to a beta of MS-DOS 6.0 (at which point there are
  different contractual agreements at stake), but the larger
  question is if using an undocumented call in an operating system
  is a violation of a trade secret? It would seem not, since the
  features in an operating system exist in part to provide services
  to other programs and utilities. If a call is undocumented and you
  use it, you certainly can't expect help from the OS folks, nor can
  you complain when your program breaks. But are you stealing a
  trade secret?

  Related to this is the question of Microsoft's monopolistic
  leanings - not only did they include an undocumented feature in
  MS-DOS 6.0 for private use (a standard practice), but when someone
  uses that undocumented call to compete, they sue. We're not
  talking about a direct competitor here, since MS-DOS's DoubleSpace
  isn't sold separately, and it's not as though Stac itself sells
  versions of DOS (although to be fair, I believe Stacker is bundled
  with some other versions of DOS). So I could see an argument made
  that claims Microsoft plays dirty with third-party developers like
  Stac. I don't know if that's necessarily illegal, but I'm sure the
  FTC will evince some interest.

  The second issue raised is even quirkier. You may have heard some
  of the hubbub surrounding the issue of software patents, which can
  cover such seemingly basic ideas as "cut and paste between files"
  (IBM patent #4,674,040). Many of these patented ideas have been
  arrived at independently, but often still run afoul of often-
  ludicrous royalties demanded by the owners. Another issue is the
  way in which the U.S. Patent Office conducts its reviews - some
  claim that the Patent Office's review board is not sufficiently
  qualified for the task and that the review process is cloaked in
  secrecy, meaning that a company can be liable for royalties well
  after they have independently developed a technology someone else
  just patented.

  I'm distinctly not as up on these issues as I might be, but I
  wanted to mention them before 15-Mar-94, when the U.S. Patent
  Office stops taking comments from individuals for use in
  determining how the patent process should be changed for software.
  You can email comments to <[e-mail]> and if you
  want more information about why software patents are detrimental,
  email the League for Programming Freedom at
  <[e-mail]>. I don't know of a source for arguments
  in favor of software patents.

  The reason this comes up in relation to the Stac/Microsoft suit is
  that Stac president Gary Clow said that Stac had shown that patent
  protection is one way small companies can fight back against
  behemoths like Microsoft. That's an interesting argument, and it's
  certainly valid, although Stac has used its patents to beat up on
  still smaller companies in the past as well (Salient and Sigma
  Designs, over the DoubleUp compression board - see TidBITS #164_),
  so patents are not inherently a Robin Hood weapon. In addition,
  there are companies that do nothing more than purchase patents for
  the sole purpose of licensing them and collecting royalties. I
  don't believe that's the intention behind patent law, which, after
  all, was designed to handle physical machinery with its attendant
  huge research and development costs.


CE Acquires Powercore
---------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor -- [e-mail]

  CE Software, Inc., maker of QuickMail and QuicKeys, announced
  today that it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire all
  assets of Powercore, Inc., a developer of Macintosh and DOS
  network scheduling software. CE plans to integrate Powercore's
  Network Scheduler 3 and Schedule/DOS products (for which Powercore
  claims the majority of the LAN calendar and scheduling market)
  with their QuickMail LAN messaging software.

  Once the acquisition is finalized, CE Software says it will be
  able to boast the third largest installed base of LAN-based
  workgroup productivity applications, behind Microsoft and Lotus,
  with an estimate of "well over 2.8 million" workgroup software
  users. (This may be even more impressive than it sounds; many
  users that Microsoft and Lotus count in their installed bases
  don't actually use the workgroup features of the software.)

  Powercore's market-share claim is based on a study by IDC released
  in 1993 that shows the company's products with 62% of the
  installed "seats," or defined users. The company has been selling
  its workgroup scheduling products since 1986, well before it was a
  "hot" field. Powercore's competitors' market share does not, of
  course, include owners of multi-purpose software that includes
  scheduling features that aren't being used. It also doesn't
  include the recent spurt of market share Microsoft has claimed by
  distributing a large number of free copies of Schedule+ along with
  Windows.

  A key feature of CE's plans for current products and future
  development is the software's independence from specific network
  operating systems. Powercore's Network Scheduler 3 is designed to
  operate using a variety of transport mechanisms; the company has
  been selling configurations for use with specific LAN-based mail
  backbones such as cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, and Novell's Netware
  MHS, as well as configurations that operate without an existing
  mail server.

  CE Software has been taking an active role in the XAPIA committee
  and Novell's MHS Alliance, groups that are working towards
  industry-wide interoperability of mail systems and other workgroup
  applications regardless of platform or network operating system.
  The XAPIA committee is a group of messaging vendors developing an
  extension to the Common Messaging Call (CMC) standard. CE's
  suggested CMC+ implementation offers an internal API which "can
  gain access to virtually all commercially-viable messaging systems
  without loss of key application services," the company said.

  Powercore's CEO, Ruchard Juricic, sees his company's acquisition
  by CE as creating "a union of markets and technologies that open
  up dynamic new opportunities today, and positions CE Software as a
  leader in cross-platform workgroup applications for the future."
  Ford Goodman, CE's president and CEO, agreed, saying "We intend to
  offer the best calendaring and scheduling solutions in the
  industry, regardless of network operating system or protocol,
  application, or platform."

  For the time being, Powercore will continue to operate with its
  own identity. A company representative has told us that no final
  decision has yet been reached as to whether Powercore will remain
  a separate entity following completion of the acquisition.

  Previously, CE Software experimented with satisfying customer
  demands for workgroup scheduling by offering ON Technology's
  Meeting Maker software in bundles with QuickMail products. CE's
  own Alarming Events software, while it was easy to use and rich in
  features, was limited to single-user calendars.

    CE Software, Inc. -- 800/523-7635 -- 515/221-1801
      515/221-1806 (fax)

    Powercore, Inc. -- 800/237-4754 -- 815/468-3737
      815/468-3867 (fax)

  Information from:
    CE Software propaganda
    Powercore propaganda


Meeting Maker Followup
----------------------
  When I announced the Caveat Emptor column, I stated specifically
  that I was only interested in articles that could result in a
  positive effect for the Macintosh community. I'm pleased to say
  that Dave Thompson's article in TidBITS #214_ has had that effect.

  Dave asked me to clarify that his actual title is "Manager of
  Networking Services for Computing Analysis Corporation," which
  counts ARPA among its clients. His official email address is
  <[e-mail]>.


**Chris Risley** <[e-mail]>, CEO of ON Technology writes:
  Your article in TidBITS came as complete surprise to me. I had
  been told that ARPA was sending someone up with the data to have
  it repaired.

  You are correct that Meeting Maker 1.5 (released two years ago,
  Mac only) was not adequately designed to support several Meeting
  Maker Servers as you have at ARPA. It sometimes does result in bad
  data being exchanged between servers. This problem has not
  occurred at sites running that version with a single server.

  You are not correct that this problem can occur at sites running
  Meeting Maker XP, our Mac/Windows cross-platform product (released
  in July 1993). The architecture of the Meeting Maker XP product is
  completely different from the ground up. That is one of the
  reasons that we encourage people to migrate to Meeting Maker XP as
  we feel it is a more stable platform.

  Where a data problem with the old Meeting Maker 1.5 product has
  occurred we have endeavored to correct it for our customers. We
  have often been sent disks of Meeting Maker Server data, had Kelly
  repair the data, and then Federal Expressed the disks back at no
  charge to the customer.

  ARPA presented unique problems in regard to data repair because
  you were not prepared to provide the data to us.  Kelly is a
  unique resource as she has the most skill and experience with the
  old Meeting Maker 1.5 product. We are understandably reluctant to
  have her go on site with one customer and therefore make her
  unavailable for our thousands of other customers.

  At ON we try to empower managers to make the best judgments they
  can about how to help customers in each situation considering the
  needs of other customers and our support resources. This sometimes
  results in problems, as it may have in this case, but it usually
  results in better decisions because the people making the calls
  are closer to the action. In the case of Meeting Maker 1.5 it is
  particularly difficult to allocate support resources since most of
  the new support people are better able to help Meeting Maker XP
  customers.

  I am very sorry that your server went down and that the Director's
  account was one of the casualties. I am particularly sorry that
  you had to confront the front office over this problem. I'm sure
  that you recognize that your ARPA security needs made it
  particularly difficult for Kelly to resolve this problem for you
  and that she could have helped most customers in similar
  circumstances. I hope that you will reconsider your desire to move
  away from ON's products and that in order to minimize risk that
  you will consider migrating to Meeting Maker XP where this problem
  does not occur.


**Dave Thompson** <[e-mail]> responds:
  We are sorry for the miscommunication which has lead to this
  situation. I am scheduled to speak with Mr. Risley on 28-Feb-94,
  and I look forward to trying to resolve the situation to our
  mutual satisfaction.

  The people at ARPA have a had a long term relationship with ON
  Technology, and it would be in everyone's best interest to
  maintain that relationship. The folks at ON have invested a great
  deal of time and money in developing their reputation as a company
  which cares about their customers. I feel confident that they will
  demonstrate this commitment by working with us and taking steps to
  insure that this situation is never repeated. I am certain that
  they realize that this would be best for their company, their
  customers, and the Macintosh community as a whole.


More PowerPC Reports
--------------------
  by Pythaeus

  Reports flowed in over the past week from kind readers with extra
  bits of information to share about the upcoming PowerPC
  introductions, as well as a few corrections. With just two weeks
  left before the Power Macs arrive (whatever they might be called),
  we're pleased to have the latest facts (and speculations) to
  share.


SoftWindows Performance
  The biggest single point of contention in comments we received
  disagrees with our statement that the low-end 6100 model will be
  too slow to run SoftWindows. Word is that - even at the low end -
  the PowerPC Macs provide sufficient Windows responsiveness to
  impress even staunch DOS-heads. Some said it "felt" like a 33 MHz
  486 computer, but were disappointed to hear that SoftWindows
  emulates the 286 chip, and so might not support some software that
  requires a 486. Insignia has apparently promised an update to
  SoftWindows, with proper 486 emulation, around the middle of this
  year. One reader characterized SoftWindows performance on the
  high-end Power Mac 8100 as "way screamin."


Upgrades
  Another issue of great interest to many is the PowerPC upgrade
  picture. We're sorry to say that logic board upgrades will only be
  available for three "boxes" or "form factors" - the Centris &
  Quadra 610/660AV box to the Power Mac 6100; the Performa 600,
  IIvx, and Centris/Quadra 650 box to the Power Mac 7100; and the
  Quadra 800/840AV box to the Power Mac 8100. (The Workgroup Server
  60 and 80 models are included.)

  The rest of the computers we listed last week (TidBITS #214_) will
  be eligible for PDS card upgrades. The 1 MB RAM cache on these
  cards probably won't make upgraded Macs faster than the low-end
  "original" Power Macs, we're told, but should help make up for the
  performance bottleneck the machine would otherwise suffer from the
  PowerPC chip not having direct access to the RAM. These cards will
  run at twice the clock speed of the "host" computer, presumably to
  take advantage of the machine's own clock crystal.

  Povl H. Pedersen <[e-mail]> tells us that Apple is
  advertising free PowerPC PDS upgrade cards in Denmark to entice
  hesitant buyers into buying a Quadra now. In the U.S., recent
  Quadra price drops and rebates - see TidBITS #212_ and #214_ - are
  having a similar effect. Another reader, who asked to remain
  nameless, said that our prediction that upgrade pricing "should
  start at less than $1,000" was conservative, and while he didn't
  specify a price, added that "Waaaaaay less" would be more
  accurate.


Configurations
  It's interesting to hear that the Power Mac 7100 and 8100 models
  have processor-direct slots that are already filled, right from
  the factory. In the "regular" configurations, the included PDS
  card has 1 MB of video memory (or VRAM) on the 7100 and 2 MB on
  the 8100 (which upgrade to 2 MB and 4 MB, respectively), to
  support a second external monitor right out of the box. The AV
  models have a special AV PDS card installed instead, with all of
  the AV features built in.

  The Power Mac configurations that will ship with a bundled copy of
  SoftWindows will reportedly include 16 MB of memory.

  One reader pointed out that, as in the Centris and Quadra 610
  models, the slot provided is actually a PDS that can be used as a
  NuBus slot (for cards up to seven inches in length) with the
  addition of an adapter. It's not technically a NuBus slot.


Closing Ceremonies
  MacWEEK reported this week that a Power Mac 6100/60 they managed
  to test without Apple's knowledge performed impressively, running
  almost all of 100 applications and 33 extensions from a loaded
  Quadra 840AV. Of these, only two minor applications failed under
  emulation mode. They pegged emulation speed at just a bit faster
  than a Duo 270c with a 33 MHz 68030. Not too shabby.

  Thanks, gentle readers, for sharing what you've overheard around
  the office water cooler these last couple of weeks. We're
  certainly looking forward to Apple's PowerPC unveiling two weeks
  from today. Warm up your satellite dish - we'll pass along
  downlink details next week so you can watch the introduction live.

  Information from:
    Pythaeus


Reviews/28-Feb-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 21-Feb-94, Vol. 8, #8
    FaxSTF 3.0 -- pg. 41
    Fax Pro for Macintosh 1.5 -- pg. 41
    LogoMotion 1.0 -- pg. 41

* MacUser -- Dec-93
    PageMaker 5.0 -- pg. 50
    Illustrator 5.0 -- pg. 52
    Adobe Acrobat and Common Ground -- pg. 56
    EMBARC for the PowerBook -- pg. 67
    Quicken 4 -- pg. 68
    AppleShare Pro and AWS 95 -- pg. 73
    Working Model -- pg. 78
    Safe Deposit and Safe Deposit Server -- pg. 87
    Snow Report Writer -- pg. 87
    Musicshop -- pg. 88
    Ambassador -- pg. 89
    Duo 250 and 270c -- pg. 100
    Color NuBus Video Cards -- pg. 113

* MacUser -- Jan-94
    Premiere 3.0 -- pg. 44
    WordPerfect Office 4.0 -- pg. 46
    Apple Personal LaserWriter 300 -- pg. 50
    Rae Assist -- pg. 51
    MacDraft 3.0 -- pg. 52
    SuperPaint 3.5 -- pg. 53
    HP DesignJet 650C & CalComp DesignMate 3036M -- pg. 54
    AutoCAD Release 12 for Macintosh -- pg. 58
    Canvas 3.5 -- pg. 63
    CopyDoubler -- pg. 71
    PowerCD -- pg. 71
    Glider -- pg. 71
    DriveShare -- pg. 72
    CoActive Connectors -- pg. 73
    Color Printers -- pg. 100
    PowerBook Hard Drives -- pg. 114
    Automatic Compression Programs -- pg. 129


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