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The Power Macintosh arrives! What did you think we would talk
   about this issue? Mark Anbinder covers the details of the line
   and briefly reports on some of the applications shipping in
   native mode. We attended the Power Macintosh introduction in
   Seattle and brought back full pricing information along with
   some musings on where the Power Macs are now and where they're
   going. Also, the first Power Macintosh Easter Egg!

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Topics:
    MailBITS/14-Mar-94
    Power Macintosh Nativeware
    The Power Macintosh Picture
    Power Macintosh Prices
    Power Macintosh Musings
    Reviews/14-Mar-94

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MailBITS/14-Mar-94
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  A quick update - the Info-Mac archive site at
  <sumex-aim.stanford.edu> is back up and running, although you
  should still try to use mirror sites whenever possible.


**John Norstad** <[e-mail]> announced last Friday that a
  new version of Disinfectant, version 3.4.1, is available.
  Disinfectant 3.4.1 fixes the minor problems reported in
  TidBITS #216_, and is available at:

ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/disinfectant/disinfectant341.sea.hqx

  In addition to the problem when scanning System Enablers on some
  Macs, John says that 3.4.1 fixes a tendency of the protection INIT
  to incorrectly identify INIT 9403 virus infections, using the
  wrong name.


**Power Macintosh Easter Egg** -- Mike Basham <[e-mail]>
  has reported the first Easter Egg for the Power Macintoshes.
  First, make sure no debugger is loaded. Hold down the interrupt
  switch while turning on the Power Mac, and then let up. The Power
  Mac will crash, accompanied by some, shall we say, realistic sound
  effects, complete with breaking glass.


**John Sculley and Spectrum,** his former employer, have dropped
  their mutual lawsuits against each other, and to spoil the fun
  even further, have agreed not to talk about the situation at all.
  And just as we were getting ready for a truly nasty legal fight
  costing millions of dollars. Somehow I doubt they'll donate the
  money they save to a better cause.


**BMUG MacFest '94** goes on this coming Saturday, 19-Mar-94, at
  UC Berkeley's ASUC Pauley Ballroom from 10 AM to 6 PM. It's sounds
  like a good time and should be a less-overwhelming trade show
  atmosphere than Macworld. Numerous vendors will exhibit, including
  Apple, Nisus, Adobe, Wacom, M.A.C., APS, Radius, Niles &
  Associates, Symantec, User Group Connection, Claris, Dantz,
  Maccess, Aladdin Systems and others. Admission is free, and a
  Performa will be raffled off. If you're in the San Francisco area,
  check it out.


**John Baxter** <[e-mail]> writes:
  I've run into something that grammar mavens may find interesting.
  Consider this correct [English version] AppleScript code:

  tell word 4 of paragraph 2 of document 1 of application
   "Scriptable Text Editor"
    get it's text
  end tell

  Here, Apple has managed to make AppleScript syntax so English-like
  that it commits the all-too-common mistake of using "it's" instead
  of "its" as the possessive.

  You can of course also write that statement as:

    get the text of it

  That sounds terribly stilted, but at least avoids the incorrect
  use of the contraction in place of the possessive. One of the
  amusing things is that Apple has the potential of running into
  such problems in each language for which they provide an
  AppleScript dialect


Power Macintosh Nativeware
--------------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor -- [e-mail]
     Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.

  In 1984, Apple shipped Macintosh with virtually no third-party
  software available. Almost at the last minute, the company made up
  for the shortage of ready-to-ship software by including its own
  MacWrite and MacPaint products at no charge. Critics have said
  Apple's success or failure in 1994 will depend upon ready
  availability of software for the Power Macintosh line.

  The good news is that, unlike the original Macintosh, the Power
  Macintosh machines have the advantage of a huge supply of existing
  Mac software, the vast majority of which work without
  modification. Apple's tests and independent testing show that
  virtually all common productivity software works fine. Only
  software that's excessively dependent on specific hardware is
  likely to have trouble.

  Even better, Apple's evangelists have been hard at work lining up
  developers to create new PowerPC-ready programs, or convert
  existing software to use "native" PowerPC code. In addition, you
  can run Windows on a Power Mac using SoftWindows, a native
  application from Insignia Solutions.

  In fact, SoftWindows is shipping on every Power Macintosh going
  out the door - as a limited-use demo version. Insignia evidently
  hopes that everyone buying a Power Mac will be so enthralled with
  the concept of running DOS and Windows software that they'll take
  one look at SoftWindows and run right back to the dealer to buy a
  copy. We're a little skeptical, since most people who'll need or
  want SoftWindows already know they do, but we have to admit it's a
  great way to build additional awareness of what the combination of
  a Power Mac and SoftWindows can do.

  A number of native programs currently shipping include processor-
  intensive products that take advantage of the Power Mac speed
  boost. For example, users of Specular International's Infini-D
  software demand the fastest possible hardware so as to cut down on
  the long stretches of waiting time while the program renders its
  images. Specular's gamble - that these users are carrying home a
  Power Mac 8100 as I write this - is likely to pay off. Similarly,
  Fractal Design Painter takes advantage of a PowerPC's horsepower
  to chug through those complex filters.

  Applause to WordPerfect Corporation, whose PowerPC-native word
  processor for Power Macintosh shows the just how serious
  WordPerfect is about the Macintosh. WordPerfect Mac 3.0 took most
  of our doubts away, but it's nice to see this level of commitment
  to keeping ahead, rather than keeping up. Microsoft (typically in
  front at least where market share is concerned) claims it will
  ship native versions of Excel, Word, Works, PowerPoint, and Office
  by mid-year. Microsoft also announced a "Power Guarantee" offer.
  If you purchase Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Office, on or after
  01-Apr-94 (so hold off buying any Microsoft applications for two
  weeks!), Microsoft will give you a free upgrade to the next
  version - either a 680x0 version or a Power Mac version, your
  choice. Adobe announced a similar policy starting today, and we
  expect other companies to follow suit to avoid alienating
  customers who must buy now but need a PowerPC-native version of
  the program as soon as it's available.

  Central Point's MacTools may seem an odd product to go native
  early, but when you think about it, software that must work so
  intensively and so directly with the SCSI and file management
  routines in the Mac Toolbox might as well speak the same language.
  Context switching between native and emulated code, whether within
  the application or in the toolbox, is likely to be a big factor in
  the slowness of non-native applications. We've also heard that
  Dayna's ProFiles software shipped today in a native version.

  Upcoming releases planned for the next few weeks include
  ClarisWorks and ClarisImpact, Apple's own PhotoFlash software,
  DeltaPoint's DeltaGraph Pro, Frame Technology's FrameMaker,
  ArchiCAD and MiniCAD from Graphisoft, form*Z from auto*des*sys,
  Wolfram Research's Mathematica, Ray Dream Designer, Strata's
  StudioPro, VideoFusion and QuickFLIX! from VideoFusion, Visual
  Information's Presenter Professional, and the Virtus and
  WalkThrough lines from Virtus.

  Other developers planning PowerPC-native applications for release
  during the first half of 1994 include RasterOps, Quark, Nisus,
  Macromedia, Gryphon, Deneba, Dantz, Aldus, Aladdin, Adobe, and ACI
  US.

    Central Point Software -- 503/690-8090
    Dayna Communications -- 800/531-0600 -- 801/531-0600
    Fractal Design Corporation -- 408/688-8800
    Insignia Solutions -- 800/848-7677 -- 415/694-7600
    Microsoft Corporation -- 800/227-4679 -- 206/882-8080
    WordPerfect Corporation -- 800/321-4566 -- 801/225-5000


The Power Macintosh Picture
---------------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor -- [e-mail]

  TidBITS has shared most of the relevant information about the
  Power Macs over the past few weeks, but this article takes a quick
  look at the official details from Apple.


Power Macintosh
  All three new computers introduced today bear the name "Power
  Macintosh," and are built around a PowerPC 601 microprocessor, the
  first-generation chip resulting from joint efforts among Apple,
  IBM, and Motorola. We'll talk about later members of that family
  later on.

  Each Power Macintosh has a variety of input and output options,
  including on-board Ethernet (with an Apple FriendlyNet port);
  16-bit CD-quality stereo input and output; and a GeoPort
  connector, which requires Apple's GeoPort Telecom Adapter to
  connect to the world.

  Each of the machines is available in a configuration with an
  internal CD-ROM drive (the new tray-loading drive); each can be
  ordered in a bundle with Insignia's SoftWindows; and each can be
  purchased in an AV configuration to take advantage of video and
  speech capabilities.


6100/60
  The Power Macintosh 6100/60 incorporates a 60 MHz PowerPC 601 chip
  into Apple's popular low-profile pizza-box case, in which we've
  seen the Centris and Quadra 610 and 660AV. Its low price makes up
  for the lesser expandability, for those who are satisfied with the
  computer as-is. The 6100 includes a PDS (processor-direct slot)
  that can accommodate a 7-inch NuBus card with the use of an
  additional NuBus Adapter.

  Because the 6100 has only one expansion slot, it doesn't offer the
  out-of-the-box dual-monitor support of its larger siblings, and
  the AV configuration has no further expansion capability.

  Upgrades to a Power Mac 6100/60 should soon be available for the
  Centris and Quadra 610 and 660AV, and the Workgroup Server 60.


7100/66
  A bit faster than the low-end 6100, this Power Mac comes in the
  squat case that's housed the Macintosh IIvx, IIvi, Performa 600,
  and the Centris and Quadra 650. All of these machines may be
  upgraded to a 7100. Its 66 MHz processor isn't sufficiently faster
  than that of the 6100 to entice buyers for that reason alone, but
  many will go for the extra expandability: this machine has three
  NuBus slots.

  The PDS is filled with Apple's video card, providing dual monitor
  support right out of the box, although AV configurations replace
  this card with an AV card. What might confuse some users is that
  the two monitor ports are different. The computer includes one
  DB-15 video port, much like the ones we've seen since 1987, and
  one new HDI-45 AudioVision connector, which requires an included
  adapter in order to connect to standard monitors.


8100/80
  The 8100/80 leads the Power Mac pack, with an 80 MHz PowerPC 601
  processor in a Quadra 800-style mini-tower case. Further
  accelerating this fast machine is a Level 2 memory cache and a
  dual-channel SCSI capability. This is the Power Mac for people who
  need the ultimate in performance in order to get the fastest
  possible speeds for animation, rendering, working in Photoshop,
  and so on.

  As with the 7100, the video PDS card is included, but is replaced
  if you order the AV configuration.

  Quadra 800 and 840AV, and Workgroup Server 80 owners can upgrade
  to an 8100/80


All in the Family
  Today's computers all contain the PowerPC 601 chip, the first of a
  family of processors bearing the PowerPC name. The processor has
  an integrated floating point unit and a RAM cache that helps
  PowerPC blaze through data efficiently. So far, PowerPC 601 chips
  are available in "build quantities," or quantities sufficient to
  make real-life products, at speeds up to 80 MHz, though there are
  faster chips available in small quantities.

  The next PowerPC chip we're likely to see is the PowerPC 603, a
  smaller, low-power version of the 601. Without advancing the
  architecture, the 603 chip will make possible PowerPC-based
  notebook computers and handheld devices. PowerPowerBooks and
  PowerNewtons might be right around the corner! Apple plans to take
  advantage of the lower power needs and lower heat output from
  these chips on its PowerPC accelerator cards aimed at the smaller
  Macs, such as the Quadra 605, LC 475, and Performa 475, 476 & 550.
  These chips are just becoming available in sufficient quantities
  to consider making products out of them, so it shouldn't be long
  before new designs are readied.

  Further in the future are the PowerPC 604 and 620, which will each
  be a significant step up in performance potential from its
  predecessor. Raw processing power is likely to be multiplied by
  three to five in each of these steps, so a Power Macintosh of 1995
  or 1996, based on a PowerPC 620, will be quite the screamer.


On Your Desk
  If you want a Power Macintosh of your very own, the word is good;
  dealers report stock on their shelves as of the introduction date,
  though of course some stock is being snapped up quite quickly! The
  dealers will be able to order more for now; we'll have to see how
  well availability holds up.

  The bad news is that the apparently-popular SoftWindows bundles
  are already in short supply, and separate copies of SoftWindows
  may be hard to come by. Each Power Macintosh ships with a demo
  version pre-installed on its hard disk, but that's held to
  relatively short work sessions and a limited number of total
  launches.

  [Note: I've seen additional confirmation of the lack of
  SoftWindows copies in part because it only recently went golden,
  so Apple is scrambling to get it installed on hard disks. Another
  factor that may either improve or worsen availability, depending
  on your dealer, is that some dealers that normally place small
  orders are apparently placing much larger orders, straining the
  existing supplies in unanticipated ways. -Adam]

  My advice? Don't wait long. Keep your eye on the networks and
  online services for discussions about potential compatibility
  problems with your favorite software, but unless you hear
  something scary within the next few days, chances are that the
  time to leap is now.

  Information from:
    Apple propaganda


Power Macintosh Prices
----------------------
  Here are the official prices, straight from the Apple propaganda
  distributed at today's presentation. All of these prices are
  "Apple prices," which means that they are probably relatively
  close to what you'll pay at a normal dealer. Obviously, academic
  discounts will make a difference. Prices for the Power Macs
  include only the CPU, no keyboard or monitor. The first number is
  the amount of RAM, the second is the hard drive size, CD indicates
  an internal AppleCD 300+, AV indicates additional AV technologies
  included, and SoftWindows indicates that the program is included
  in the bundle.

Power Macintosh 6100/60
    8/160                               $1,819
    8/250/CD                            $2,289
    8/250/CD/AV/2 MB VRAM               $2,599
    16/250/SoftWindows                  $2,519

Power Macintosh 7100/66
    8/250/1 MB VRAM                     $2,899
    8/250/CD/1 MB VRAM                  $3,179
    8/500/CD/AV/2 MB VRAM               $3,989
    16/250/SoftWindows/1 MB VRAM        $3,379

Power Macintosh 8100/80
    8/250/2 MB VRAM                     $4,249
    8/250/CD/2 MB VRAM                  $4,519
    16/500/CD/AV/2 MB VRAM              $5,659
    16/1000/CD/2 MB VRAM                $6,159
    16/500/SoftWindows/2 MB VRAM        $5,309

Upgrades
    Power Macintosh Upgrade Card          $699
    6100/60 Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM                         $999
    6100/60AV Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM/2 MB VRAM             $1,399
    7100/66 Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM/1 MB VRAM             $1,499
    7100/66AV Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM/2 MB VRAM             $1,699
    8100/80 Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM/2 MB VRAM/256K cache  $1,899
    8100/80AV Logic Board Upgrade
      w/8 MB DRAM/2 MB VRAM/256K cache  $1,999

Accessories
    Power Macintosh 6100/60 NuBus Adapter Card     $99
    Power Macintosh 256K Cache Card (6100/7100)   $299
    Power Macintosh Display Adapter                $29

  Information from:
    Apple propaganda


Power Macintosh Musings
-----------------------
  The Power Macintosh arrived today amid a 90 minute Apple
  presentation beamed via satellite to over 300 locations around the
  world. We attended the gala event in Seattle, although except for
  some niceties such as PowerBars (usually for athletes), apples,
  and gobs of candy outside the hall and a short introduction by a
  local Apple person, everyone else in the world saw the same show.

  Apple provided little information of substance, but that's not
  surprising since the presentation aimed for glitz and market
  placement. To provide the proper mood, Apple ran a videotape of
  many, if not all, of their television ads over the past 10 or 12
  years (there were even several Apple //c ads at the beginning).
  The early ads were followed by four or five new ones that we hope
  appear on television soon, since they're among the best that Apple
  has done. A slightly sarcastic voice intones, "The future," and
  fabulous old footage from early robot movies appears on screen,
  ending with an aggressive visual transition to the words Power
  Macintosh and the voice-over saying, "Power Macintosh is here. The
  future is better than you expected." There were a few variations,
  but the thrust remained the same throughout.

  The presentation flipped back and forth between Apple executives
  and product managers talking about the machines and showing
  demonstrations of Power Mac performance. The strangest part was
  when a product manager from Microsoft - the only company that gave
  a demo - showed Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0. Instead of demoing special
  features that the Power Mac (or at least the Mac OS) makes
  possible, she primarily showed features already available in
  Windows versions of the software. This was doubly odd considering
  that there are major applications reportedly shipping in native
  code today, such as WordPerfect 3.0, whereas neither Word 6.0 nor
  Excel 5.0 are currently available even in 680x0 code, lending
  doubt to Microsoft's claim to ship native versions by mid-year.

  The Apple execs made three points about the Power Macs abundantly
  clear. They are cheap yet fast, backward-compatible, and cross-
  platform compatible. That pretty much sums up the thinking behind
  the marketing, so let's look at each in turn.


Cheap Yet Fast
  There's no question that the Power Macs are fast when running
  native code, and even though Apple claims 150 vendors are working
  on native versions of major applications, I doubt you can buy all
  that many at the same time you pick up a Power Mac. Even if speed
  is equivalent to a fast 68030 or slow 68040 in emulation mode,
  that's fine, since no one should buy a Power Mac if they only want
  to run old software that won't be upgraded. As it stands, the
  Power Macs will only get faster in users' eyes as more native
  applications appear in the next six to nine months. InfoWorld
  found the Power Mac 8100 running native applications to be twice
  as fast as a 60 MHz Pentium, and five times faster than a Centris
  650. The same 8100 running emulated applications checked in
  slightly below the Quadra 605.

  Prices too seem utterly reasonable, with the three models, the
  6100, the 7100, and the 8100 vaguely falling into the $2,000,
  $3,500, and $5,000 price points. There are of course different
  models and configurations - see above for details. Perhaps the
  most interesting of the prices is the price on the Power Macintosh
  Upgrade Card, a mere $699. Add that to the $1,800 a Quadra 650
  costs according the used Macintosh price chart in MacWEEK, and
  you've got a decent PowerPC-capable machine for $2,500, some $300
  less than the equivalent Power Mac 7100. Considering the possible
  advantage of being able to boot in 68040-mode for absolute
  compatibility, the speed hit from the card may be worth the
  savings. MacWEEK ran MacBench tests on various Macs with and
  without the upgrade card and a 7100, and found that although video
  and floating point results were noticeably lower for the upgrade
  cards, processor speed was comparable and disk speeds appeared
  better, although that may have been due to the SCSI buses in the
  Quadra 700 and 950 used with the upgrade card in comparison to the
  7100's SCSI bus.


Backward-compatible
  There's not much more to say. Most everything runs under the new
  System 7.1.2 on the Power Macs, and some users claim the move to
  Power Macintosh was smoother even than the move to System 7 or to
  an AV Mac. Since existing applications run only in emulation;
  however, there are a few problems that won't go away without an
  upgrade. Power Macintosh emulation is based on the 68LC040 chip
  from Motorola, which lacks a floating point unit. Hence,
  applications that requires an FPU simply won't run in emulation.
  These applications stand to benefit the most from the increased
  speed of the Power Macs, so they are likely to be upgraded soon.
  If you rely on such an application, don't buy a Power Mac until
  the application goes native, or consider the Power Macintosh
  Upgrade Card, which enables you to reboot in 68040-mode.
  Applications that look for specific pieces of hardware within the
  Macintosh won't work, such as low-level utilities like Connectix's
  Virtual and RAM Doubler or applications that break Apple's
  guidelines by touching the serial ports directly, for example.
  Don't trust old communication software in particular. Some NuBus
  cards may require ROM or software upgrades - check with the
  manufacturer to be sure.


Cross-platform Compatible
  No surprises here, although reports continue to differ on how fast
  the PC-emulation really is. There are few complaints about
  compatibility though, and any program that can run on the 80286
  chip should run fine under SoftWindows. The program also supports
  networks, although I don't know enough about PC networking to
  judge how completely it does so. I suspect that the arguments
  about how fast SoftWindows performs exist because emulation is an
  art, and as such, certain tasks may run as fast as a 66 MHz 486,
  whereas others may poke along at 286 speeds. No matter what
  though, SoftWindows is a resource hog - as you can see from the
  configurations above, it only comes bundled on Power Macs with 16
  MB of RAM. That's because SoftWindows itself requires a minimum of
  9 MB of RAM, and prefers a good deal more.


What's Important
  The primary fact to remember about the Power Macs is that they are
  fast Macs. Nothing less, perhaps something more, although that
  remains to be seen. Apple appears to be targeting three audiences,
  DOS/Windows users, fence-sitters, and existing Macintosh owners.
  Of the three, Macintosh users will definitely buy Power Macs in
  droves. Fence-sitters, or people who have yet to buy a computer at
  all, very well may buy Power Macs, and in our opinion, they should
  seriously consider them. Without an existing investment in
  DOS/Windows software and knowledge, there's no reason not to get a
  Power Macintosh that can run almost all Macintosh software and a
  great deal of the PC software out there as well. Price used to be
  an issue, but the kind of power embodied inside the Power Macs
  makes this less of an argument. Finally, although Apple would
  dearly love to convert existing DOS and Windows users to Power
  Macintosh, it's just not going to happen. Users don't care one
  whit about what chip is inside their computer; they care about
  what applications they run. We Macintosh users can carp all day
  about what a lousy interface Windows has and how clumsy simple
  tasks like moving directories are, but in the end, these folks
  will not run their applications in emulation. Why would they?
  They're not interested in Macintosh applications - if they were,
  they probably would have purchased Macs long ago. The only caveat
  to this is that if the speed of the Power Macs continues to
  increase significantly while the prices drop, some large
  organizations might consider moving to Power Macs instead of
  upgrading existing PC-clones, and since organizations can and do
  decree what their employees will use, that might result in some
  added market share for Apple.


The Future
  The future may be here, and it may be better than some people
  expected, but I think the best part of the Power Macs is the
  avenues they open up. I'm not talking about whole new classes of
  programs as Apple is, although I never quibble about interesting
  applications. I think the power under the Power Mac hoods must be
  used elsewhere first. We need computers that use processor power
  not to make new tasks possible, but to significantly ease existing
  tasks. This is an important distinction, because even though the
  Power Macs may make simplify three-dimensional rendering, they
  cannot bring it to the masses, since the masses don't want to do
  3-D rendering. Instead of creating new tasks that we can attempt
  to perform, but which really require even more processor power,
  how about adding things like (to name a few random ideas off the
  top of my head) AppleSearch technology built into the Finder,
  three-dimensional interface elements to improve recognizability,
  optionally animated icons to improve the awful icons bars we
  currently have, better speech recognition, and Newton-like
  intelligent assistance? Perhaps in System 7.5. For the time being,
  Apple has done an excellent job with the Power Macs, and we wish
  them the best of luck.


Reviews/14-Mar-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 07-Mar-94, Vol. 8, #10
    Claris Impact 1.0 -- pg. 39
    4D First 1.0 -- pg. 39
    Global Village PowerPort/Mercury -- pg. 40
    RAM Doubler 1.0 -- pg. 44
    ALLright Enhancements -- pg. 44

* InfoWorld -- 07-Mar-94, Vol. 16, #10
    Newton MessagePad 110 -- pg. 109
    ProFiles 1.0.2 -- pg. 110

* MacUser -- Mar-94
    MacTools 3.0 -- pg. 47
    TaxCut & MacInTax -- pg. 50
    Fargo Primera -- pg. 56
    Now Contact -- pg. 57
    Symantec C++ -- pg. 58
    Caere OmniScan -- pg. 60
    DeltaGraph Pro 3.0 -- pg. 65
    Wacom UD-1212 & CalComp DrawingSlate -- pg. 68
    FrameMaker 4 -- pg. 70
    PrintJuggler -- pg. 75
    OrangePC 2.01 & SoftPC 3.1 -- pg. 75
    CryptoMatic -- pg. 76
    LineShare -- pg. 77
    Mid-size Hard Drives -- pg. 97
    Personal Finance Programs -- pg. 109
      Managing Your Money 5.0
      CheckWriter Pro 5.0
      Dollars and Sense 5.0
      Hi! Finance 5.0
      MacMoney 3.53
      Quicken 4

* MacUser -- Apr-94
    Aldus FreeHand 4.0 -- pg. 39
    Meeting Maker XP -- pg. 42
    Alias upFRONT & DesignWorkshop -- pg. 52
    NEC MultiSpin 3Xe -- pg. 54
    EtherWave -- pg. 57
    Apple LaserWriter Select 360 -- pg. 58
    VideoShop 2.0 -- pg. 66
    GraceLAN Network Manager 3.0 -- pg. 68
    DiskLock PB -- pg. 73
    Conflict Catcher II -- pg. 73
    Open Sesame! -- pg. 73
    OptiMem -- pg. 74
    Greg LeMond's Bicycle Adventure -- pg. 75
    Visual Tarot -- pg. 75
    Color Printers -- pg. 76
    3-D Programs -- pg. 97


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