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The issue starts off with news of a new version of QuickMail from
   CE Software, followed by an announcement of some new Macintosh
   Internet sites that should be of interest to all. Jamie
   McCarthy solemnly informs us of the true conspiracy behind
   Apple's decision to use IDE drives in favor of SCSI drives in
   the most recent Macs, we look at some PowerPC/Pentium marketing
   feuds, and we end with a few first impressions of Apple's
   eWorld online service.

This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by:
* APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- <[e-mail]>
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Topics:
    MailBITS/01-Aug-94
    CE Announces New QuickMail & Add-Ons
    Mac FAQ Sites
    IDE Conspiracy
    PowerPC/Pentium Feuding
    First Impressions of a Brave New eWorld

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MailBITS/01-Aug-94
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  We're in Boston for Macworld Expo this week, which means several
  things. First, although we are receiving email, replies may be
  delayed. Secondly, since this is the first time we've created and
  released an issue completely on the PowerBook 100, there may be
  some glitches, and in particular, we can't double-check URLs
  contained in this issue. If they don't work, try stripping off the
  last item in the URL and navigating in manually the last step of
  the way. Third, for those who would like to stop by, I'll be
  participating in a conference discussion on the Internet at 4:00
  PM on Tuesday (you need a conference pass to attend), and Tonya
  and I will both be around the Hayden booth at various times. I'm
  sure some sort of signing will be scheduled, but don't know any
  details. [ACE]


**Going to Macworld Expo?** Don't forget to bring along the latest
  Newtonware offering by Bill Kearney <[e-mail]>, a
  $5 shareware guide to all the exhibitors on the two show floors.
  You can view by exhibitor name or booth number, there are
  checkboxes to record which you've visited, and each entry has a
  notes field where you can jot your own comments. If you pay for
  the guide, you will receive an export utility to convert your
  exhibitor list into Names entries. Look via FTP on
  <newton.uiowa.edu>. [MHA]


**Aladdin Systems** reports that they have released a bug fix
  update to StuffIt Expander and DropStuff with Expander Enhancer
  (see TidBITS-235_ and TidBITS-236_). [ACE]

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/leonardr/Aladdin/DropStuff_with_EE_3.5.1_Installer.hqx
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/leonardr/Aladdin/StuffIt_Expander_3.5.1_Installer.hqx


**The Quadra 660AV** has a new lease on life. Apple's announcement
  to dealers that the Quadra 660AV 8/500/CD model (M2691LL/A) is
  being replaced with a similar model (M2691LL/B) containing a
  tray-loading CD-ROM drive, effective today, suggests that the
  machine will be around for a while longer. (Its cousin, the Quadra
  660AV model with 8 MB of memory and a 230 MB hard drive, was
  converted to the Apple CD300i Plus tray-loading drive a while
  back.) The Quadra 660AV models cost several hundred dollars less
  than similarly configured Power Macintosh 6100 models. [MHA]


**No Trackpad on the PowerBook 150** according to Apple.
  Apparently a popular weekly paper publication slipped up and
  incorrectly stated that the new entry-level notebook computer
  sports one of the touch-sensitive devices found on the 500-series
  PowerBook models. In fact, the 150 has the same rolling trackball
  found on most previous 100-series models. [MHA]


CE Announces New QuickMail & Add-Ons
------------------------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>
     Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.

  Last month, CE Software, Inc. announced its plans to ship
  QuickMail 3.0 in August. The major revision to the company's
  popular LAN-based electronic mail software includes long-demanded
  features such as text searching and spell checking, as well as new
  capabilities including automated mail processing. Recently, the
  company added news of two QM-related products, QM-Postman and
  ARA-Link QM.

  In QuickMail 2.6, CE primarily enhanced server functionality, but
  version 3.0 enhances the client software and functionality. Some
  of the improvements bring QuickMail more in line with competing
  products, or answer users' long-standing demands, but other
  enhancements are unusual in LAN-based mail systems.

  CE has always pointed to text searching as one of QuickMail's
  most-requested features. The inability to look for a message based
  on sender or message content, other than by laboriously scanning
  mail folders by hand, has long been a major drawback of
  QuickMail's folder-oriented storage system. Searches in QuickMail
  3.0 can be based on sender, recipient, subject, priority, and
  date, or users can search within the message text itself. This
  last function applies to searches throughout the user's mail
  folders, or allows the user to find specific words within a single
  message.

  Another long-awaited capability incorporated into QuickMail 3.0 is
  a spell checker. CE worked with InfoSoft (formerly part of
  Houghton Mifflin) to add spell-checking functionality. QuickMail
  3.0 will include a U.S. English dictionary and the ability to
  create a custom dictionary, and foreign language dictionaries will
  be available. (We suspect localized copies of QuickMail
  distributed outside of the U.S. will include a standard dictionary
  in the appropriate language.)

  Handy as we think those features will be, the MailManager seems to
  be the best reason to upgrade to QuickMail 3.0 once it's
  available. This feature enables users to specify how they would
  like their mail handled, and QuickMail will automatically reply,
  forward, file, print, or delete mail according to the user's
  wishes, based on sender, recipient, subject, priority, date, or
  information within the body of the message.

  The MailManager is not unique in the world of electronic mail, but
  its functionality isn't commonly available in workgroup-oriented,
  LAN-based mail products. The feature is rules-based, but unlike
  some such systems, doesn't require users to have programming
  talent, according to CE. Ford Goodman, CE Software president and
  CEO, noted that the company had "put its user interface expertise
  to work and created a powerful mail management tool that anyone
  can use."

  As an example, if you use QuickMail and plan to be away from your
  mailbox for a day, you could set QuickMail to reply automatically,
  but only to certain senders, explaining how to get in touch. Mail
  from other senders could be ignored until the you return, or
  urgent messages could be forwarded to another recipient.

  QuickMail 3.0 also increases the maximum number of messages that
  may be filed within a personal mail folder (stored on the user's
  local hard drive, instead of on the server) from 100 to 250. The
  software supports up to 250 personal folders.

  The company also added its popular auto-launch feature to the
  Windows version of the QuickMail client software. This feature
  allows users to launch the appropriate application to view a given
  enclosed file, direct from within QuickMail.

  CE Software says QuickMail owners in the U.S. and Canada will be
  able to upgrade for $12 per user, which includes shipping, a
  complete set of disks, a user manual, and reference cards.
  Customers who purchased QuickMail 2.6 after 13-Jun-94 will be
  entitled to a free upgrade. International users should contact
  their local distributors for pricing and availability.

  QM-Postman, a QuickMail add-on product priced at $99 per server,
  will provide automated mail distribution list capability. Mass
  mailing lists can be created manually, or can be automatically
  generated based on information in QuickMail's NameServer database.

  ARA-Link QM, at $29 for one user, $99 for five users, and $199 for
  ten users, eliminates the need for users to connect to their
  network using ARA (Apple Remote Access) before opening QuickMail.
  This software automatically makes and breaks ARA connections when
  a user enters or leaves the QuickMail software. Site licenses are
  available.

    CE Software, Inc. -- 800/523-7638 -- 515/224-1995

  Information from:
    CE Software propaganda


Mac FAQ Sites
-------------
  by Elliotte Rusty Harold <[e-mail]>

  Internet-savvy Mac users might be interested in taking note of two
  new services. First is a new software archive at:

ftp://rever.nmsu.edu/pub/macfaq/

  This archive contains almost all freely distributable software
  mentioned in the FAQ lists for comp.sys.mac.misc,
  comp.sys.mac.system and comp.sys.mac.apps. This includes not only
  important software no Mac user should be without (StuffIt
  Expander, Disinfectant, and so on), but also programs that can be
  difficult to find elsewhere (Cheap Color, Typing Tutor,
  MacPassword, MultiSpool, and so on).

  Every effort has been made to make this archive as accessible as
  possible. You can access it 24 hours a day via FTP, Gopher and FSP
  (a less common file transfer protocol). Load on the server should
  be light compared to Info-Mac's main site at <sumex-
  aim.stanford.edu> or <mac.archive.umich.edu> since this site does
  not attempt to be a general repository for all software in the Mac
  universe but only selected files. Finally almost all software
  stored here is compressed with the latest version of StuffIt and
  stored in MacBinary format to minimize time spent downloading.
  Make sure to use binary mode while downloading.

  The second new service is even more interesting. At the same site,
  <rever.nmsu.edu>, is an HTML page intended to serve as a single
  entry point to all Macintosh resources on the World-Wide Web.
  Needless to say, this project may take some time. Nonetheless, it
  already offers a rich selection of software, information, online
  journals such as TidBITS, product reviews, full hypertext versions
  of several Macintosh FAQ lists and much more. Point your favorite
  WEB browser at:

http://rever.nmsu.edu/~elharo/faq/Macintosh.html

  Among other items, this site contains the most complete list of
  Macintosh mailing lists and newsgroups that exists anywhere. Users
  whose browsers support forms can even auto-subscribe to the
  different mailing lists just by typing in their name and address
  without having to worry about the proper syntax or formatting for
  LISTSERV or Majordomo commands (a long-standing problem with
  Internet mailing lists). See:

http://rever.nmsu.edu/~elharo/faq/mailinglists.html

  These two sites have only been known to the public for the last
  week but the FTP site has already logged over 300 megabytes of
  traffic, and the Web site is seeing about two hundred unique
  connections a day (and several times that counting people who
  connect more than once).

  Both of these services are brought to you by the friendly folks at
  the Alternative Collegiate Computer Association of New Mexico
  State University and your local FAQ maintainer.


IDE Conspiracy
--------------
  by Jamie R. McCarthy <[e-mail]>

  "Development of cost-saving IDE controllers for the Mac has also
  been nuked, although the project was far enough along that an IDE
  Mac can't be ruled out."         - MacWEEK, July 19, 1993, p. 118

"The 150 is also the first Apple product available with an IDE
  internal drive."                  - MacWEEK, July 18, 1994, p. 81


  There is obviously a conspiracy of some sort going on here, and I
  thought TidBITS readers should be the first to know about it.
  There is a power struggle going on between IDE and SCSI that goes
  much deeper than the mainstream press have let on.

                              Month     Date      Year      Page
First "nuked" report              7       19      1993       118
Second "available" report         7       18      1994        81

  There is obviously a collusion of date and year: 19 + 1993 is
  2012, and 18 + 1994 is also 2012.

  The product of the month and year of the first report is 13951.
  1+3+9+5+1 is 19, the date of the first report.

  The product of the page and year of the second report is 161514.
  1+6+1+5+1+4 is 18, the date of the second report.

  The page of the first report, plus the date of the second report,
  equals the exact number of years that the Macintosh timestamp will
  be valid before rolling over (136).

  Consider all the dates and pages together: 19 + 18 + 81 is 118.
  Note that the date and page of the second report are not only
  reverses of each other, but mirror images as well: 18 and 81.

  This number 18 plays a pivotal role. If we take A=1, B=2, etc.,
  the letters "IDE" sum 18. Their product is 180. Clearly 18 is the
  number that represents IDE.

  The product of the letters "POWERPC" is 23846400. The product of
  "POWERPC" divided by the product of "IDE" is 132480. 1+3+2+4+8+0
  is 18. The product of the letters "POWERMAC" is 19375200. The
  product of "POWERMAC" divided by the product of "IDE" is 107640.
  1+0+7+6+4+0 is 18. What does this say about the prospect of IDE
  drives in RISC Macintoshes? It's evident that the possibility
  cannot be ignored.

  The number 19 figures in as well, as the figure that represents
  SCSI, but it's more hidden. Computers use binary arithmetic, which
  is based on powers of two. Consider the number 2^1 + 2^9, which is
  513. The product of the letters "SCSI" is 9747. 9747 divided by
  513 is 19. By now we should not be surprised to realize that the
  first report, which denied IDE in favor of SCSI, was released on
  the 19th, on page number "one eighteen" (1+18=19).

  Finally, the creepiest coincidence (?) of them all: the sum of the
  months, 14, is approximately the number of dollars per unit that
  Apple will save by using IDE instead of SCSI hard drives.


PowerPC/Pentium Feuding
-----------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  In the bloody PowerPC/Pentium marketing war, Intel has fired
  another shot (well, what did you expect them to do?). Several
  people have reported that the magazine Computer Shopper is running
  a poll to see if people are interested in the PowerPC chip. To
  this end, Computer Shopper has set up an 800 number with a simple
  voicemail voting system. If you call 800/505-5087 (sorry, no
  overseas number), you hear a message that says, "Based on the
  information you have currently, would you purchase a system with a
  PowerPC in it?" Pressing 1 registers a YES vote and pressing 2
  registers a NO vote.

  Sounds fairly reasonable, so far, right? Well, it's not a terribly
  scientific poll, since (as far as I can tell, anyway) the system
  lets you vote more than once from the same number. In other words,
  "vote early and vote often" applies in spades. From the messages
  I've seen, Intel has apparently sent the number around internally
  and encouraged all of its employees to vote, one presumes for the
  Pentium. Now Apple and Motorola (although IBM wasn't mentioned in
  the messages I saw) are getting into the game and asking all of
  their employees to vote as well.

  This might seem like some of a joke, after all, the poll lends
  itself to abuse by redial, or even automated abuse via modem.
  (Ideally the system would eliminate duplicate votes from the same
  phone number - a good use for caller ID.) However, I think the
  concern on both sides of the PowerPC/Pentium fence goes a little
  deeper than that. Think about it for a minute. There are two basic
  possibilities, with a third unlikely one. If Intel overwhelms the
  poll with a massive quantity of NO votes, that becomes a potent
  marketing comment - even though the poll wasn't scientific, the
  damage is done. If Apple and Motorola overwhelm the poll with YES
  votes, that's a big marketing plus for the PowerPC-based systems,
  even if sales don't reflect the interest shown in the poll. The
  third possibility is that the votes would come out more or less
  even, at which point the two ballot-stuffing efforts would cancel
  each other out, and it would be difficult for either side to score
  a marketing goal.

  Of course, none of this has any effect on reality, but that's not
  point behind certain types of marketing, which rely solely on
  customer and media perception.

  Coincidentally, I also just received a semi-anonymous posting
  about "Operation Market Intelligence," a write-in campaign to
  attempt to show the major PC clone manufacturers that there is
  interest in them making PowerPC-based computers that could run
  Apple's System 7.

  Operation Market Intelligence has several problems. First, the
  contact information given for companies such as Compaq, Dell, the
  IBM PC Co., and Gateway is spotty and relatively random (unlike
  the very specific Computer Shopper poll above), which makes me
  suspicious as to how effective any contact with those people would
  be. Second, if the people contacted are not at all interested in
  working with the PowerPC and System 7 right now, being hassled by
  large numbers of letters and phone messages won't make a positive
  difference, if it makes one at all. Third and finally, I'm not at
  all convinced that individuals writing in to express personal
  opinions would have any effect on large computer manufacturers.
  Let's face it, all posturing aside, these companies care primarily
  about their large customers. It's in some ways a conflicting
  attitude because most are also chasing the holy grail of the
  individual consumer (after all, there are only so many large
  companies, whereas there are millions of individual consumers).

  So in the end, I don't have high hopes for a write-in campaign
  from individuals who aren't even existing customers (for the
  target companies) having much effect. I'd like to be wrong, but it
  seems that the best way to focus a specific public opinion on a
  large organization is for a single entity, much as the EFF and
  CPSR have done with certain political issues, to collect email
  messages from all over, and then funnel them to the appropriate
  person in the target organization. That should get the point
  across without negatively impacting on the target organization in
  any form, which is a bad way to attempt to convince an
  organization of a point of view. After all, if hundreds of people
  called you and flooded your mailbox with requests for you to
  fundamentally change the way your business operates, you might
  listen, but you'd also be upset about the constant interruptions.


First Impressions of a Brave New eWorld
---------------------------------------
  by Neil E. Mickelson <[e-mail]> and <[e-mail]>

  After years of AppleLink's exorbitantly high access charges, Apple
  has finally decided to provide a real online service. Yes, there's
  a whole new world out there to explore - Apple's eWorld.

  I know what you're thinking - with CompuServe, America Online,
  GEnie, Prodigy, Delphi, BIX, the Internet, and all sorts of
  miscellaneous bulletin boards out there, what can be all that new
  in this brave new world? Well, some of the information providers
  inhabiting the eWorld only exist on one of the other services, and
  Apple's graphical interface is one of the most visually pleasing
  ones I've seen. Although eWorld isn't without its problems,
  they'll probably be easier to fix than some of our real world
  problems.

  I ordered my free eWorld software through one of the reply cards
  in one of the many Mac magazines, and it arrived within two weeks.
  Installing the software on the two disks was simple, and required
  virtually no instruction if you're familiar with the standard Mac
  installation process. For computer neophytes, however, the
  enclosed paper documentation walks you through everything step-by-
  step. My only complaint was what seemed to be a long installation
  time; this gets even longer when you first connect, and must
  download new and updated graphics for parts of the interface.

  Since Apple based the system on AOL's basic software, the
  interface may be familiar to some of you, but with a different
  twist. Once connected, you look down on the eWorld, and you see
  different buildings to click on and explore. There's an Arts &
  Leisure Pavilion, with entertainment news on everything from
  movies to books to music; a "Living Well" center; online games and
  computer game reviews; and travel tips and info from Fodor's and
  Tribune Media Services. The Learning Center offers Grolier's
  Encyclopedia, which is pretty well done, but its other areas
  (including the Educator Connection and the TimeMachine timeline)
  were under construction during most of my exploring. The Computer
  Center is where I spent most of my time - more on it later.
  There's also a Business & Finance Plaza; a Community Center with
  "auditoriums" for large presentations and forums and conferences
  for other online discussions; an eWorld Info Booth for helpful
  news, tips, and customer support; the eMail Center, an electronic
  post office; the Newsstand, with quick news bites from USA Today,
  online news from Reuters, and numerous columns from different
  commentators; and the Marketplace, which offers online shopping
  from MacZone and airplane tickets, car rentals, and hotel
  reservations through Eaasy Sabre.

  I became interested in eWorld mainly as a way to stay abreast of
  Apple news, to quickly find system software updates and utility
  releases, and to access to ZiffNet/Mac's proprietary software and
  MacWEEK's online articles. Thus, I did my most in-depth exploring
  in Macintosh-related areas in the Computer Center. Since this
  happens to be the most complete section, from what I can tell, it
  seems to be a good benchmark for what eWorld will become. I also
  played around with the email functions to get a feel for the
  features offered.

  As far as the Computer Center goes, you'll never become bored! The
  Apple Customer Center is located here, offering information on
  different products and technologies under development, quick
  answers to common tech support questions, and Apple news and press
  releases. An Apple Developer section was under construction. The
  ZiffNet/Mac Software Center is stocked with freeware, shareware,
  and ZiffNet's excellent copyrighted software (which can't be
  uploaded elsewhere). Although the freeware and shareware can
  easily be found on other services and the Internet, the
  ZiffNet/Mac stuff is only available though eWorld and CompuServe -
  and frankly, I'd rather deal with eWorld. There's also Straight to
  the Source, with product information, newsletters, and updates
  from companies such as Aladdin, Berkeley Systems, Cassady &
  Greene, CE Software, Claris, Deneba, Farallon, Global Village,
  Micromat, Mirror, Nisus, Now Software, and SuperMac (among
  others). More information providers are signing up all the time,
  so keep an eye out for more and more companies communicating
  online! Finally, there's a gold mine of information in the last
  two sections, Getting the Most from Your Computer and News &
  Industry Info. In Getting the Most, you'll find the BMUG Helpline
  (along with a huge BMUG online presence - go crazy exploring this
  stuff!), Hands On with ZiffNet/Mac, and multimedia stuff in
  Morph's Outpost on the Digital Frontier. In the News section,
  you'll find InfoWorld, MacUser, Industry News, MacWEEK, Macworld,
  and a reference section. I spend a bunch of time here, catching up
  on the latest Mac happenings through MacWEEK.

  The eMail Center is fairly easy to use, and has a number of solid
  features. Internet mail is free, most importantly, and you can
  send outgoing messages (but not attachments) of up to 24K using
  just the plain Internet address without any of the fuss required
  on CompuServe or AppleLink. Incoming messages (sent to Joe User at
  the address <[e-mail]>) break into 7K chunks, however
  (because the same computers handle NewtonMail, which can't be
  larger than 7K, reportedly). You can move incoming mail between
  Opened and Unopened folders, save to your hard disk, and delete
  messages. Outgoing mail can be held until you mail it through the
  Automatic Courier (which also downloads files you've queued up),
  and you can keep copies of mail you've sent. There's a basic
  address book function to keep track of your friends, and the
  Automatic Courier can be scheduled to send and get mail, and to
  download files, at certain times (the end of a session, at a
  certain time on certain days, and so on). Overall, I think the
  eMail Center is a fairly solid piece of work.

  The eWorld is not without its problems, though. The local access
  numbers I could automatically find during the set-up procedure
  (done by the software calling an 800 number) were only 2400 bps
  lines - a shame when 9600 bps access carries no surcharge. This
  isn't really Apple's fault, though - blame SprintNet. Also, the
  second time I dialed in (around 9 PM Central time), I experienced
  huge system slowdowns, and was subjected to four time-outs due to
  "host not responding," and was logged off. After a call to eWorld
  Customer Service at 800/775-4556, though, everything was made well
  again. The support person on the other end was great. He answered
  my questions honestly, and even tracked down a local number that
  offered 9600 bps access and told me how to obtain an updated file
  for my Supra modem. Finally, while the amount of information
  available to the public introduction is impressive, there's a lot
  of "construction" going on in this new world. Plan to keep
  exploring if you want to find everything that's useful to you.

  So how useful is eWorld? For home users without Internet access, I
  think eWorld is a good choice. There's a lot of stuff here for the
  whole family, and the interface is fun and easy to navigate,
  although I recommend making note of the various shortcuts.
  However, I wouldn't recommend eWorld for much Internet usage.
  Right now, the only Internet connectivity is through the email
  gateway, although Apple promises more services (presumably like
  FTP, WAIS, and Gopher) and TCP/IP connections, such as those AOL
  has been testing, in 1995. But then again, some of the information
  providers, like MacWEEK, ZiffNet/Mac, and Fodor's aren't on the
  Internet. The access charges for eWorld are fairly reasonable,
  although higher than the competition by a good bit. The monthly
  fee is $8.95, and includes two hours of evening and weekend time
  (evenings are 6 PM to 6 AM, your local time). Additional evening
  and weekend hours are $4.95 each. There's a $2.95 per hour
  surcharge for weekday (Monday through Friday, 6 AM to 6 PM local)
  access. To use the service, you need the software (free with the
  reply cards in many computer magazines, or pre-installed on many
  new Macs), System 6.0.7 or later, 4 MB of RAM, a modem, and a
  credit card (no paying by check or direct withdrawal currently).

  All in all, I think Apple has built a solid foundation in this
  brave new eWorld. I left AOL fairly quickly, since I have free
  Internet access through my school, but I'm going to stick with
  eWorld even through I can get Apple software through FTP. The
  availability of ZiffNet/Mac software and MacWEEK online make it a
  winner for me. I'm pretty sure that after some quick exploration,
  you'll find something that's useful to you, too.


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