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Curious about QuickDraw GX? Tune in for the first part of Tonya's
   look at what it is and why you might want it. We also look at
   a great new Apple Web server, report on a significant problem
   with Speed Disk 3.0, pass on the announcement of the annual
   Loebner Prize competition to determine how smart computers
   have become, and attempt to set down all the different ways in
   which you can buy System 7.5. Finally, Connectix provides some
   welcome news - MODE32 7.5.

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Topics:
    MailBITS/12-Sep-94
    Don't Use Speed Disk 3.0
    MODE32 for 7.5 Announced
    Think You're Smart?
    Where to Buy System 7.5
    Preliminary Practical Primer to QuickDraw GX, Part I
    Reviews/12-Sep-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-243.etx; 30K]


MailBITS/12-Sep-94
------------------
  Well, it's finally happened. Our 56K Frame Relay connection to the
  Internet went in last Friday along with our hand-strung Ethernet,
  and we've been enjoying not having to dial out all weekend. We
  don't have much running, and our domain names haven't propagated
  yet, but we hope to do some cool stuff with this connection, and
  I'll write more about it as it happens. For the moment, though,
  the speed is oh-so-nice for using the Web and Cornell's CU-SeeMe,
  and I even found out that Eudora, which continues to surprise me
  with its flexibility, can receive email via UUCP (I haven't
  configured UUCP/Connect (uAccess) to work over the 56K line yet,
  so I'm still dialing in for email) and send it out via SMTP. [ACE]


**Yet another Apple Web server** has appeared, and this one feels
  like the best yet. <www.info.apple.com> contains information about
  Apple, including new product releases (a good way to find answers
  to questions such as how to upgrade to System 7.5, also see
  Tonya's article below), and links to FTP sites for software
  updates.

http://www.info.apple.com/

  My favorites are the Apple Tech Info Library, complete with a
  decent searching mechanism, and, under Apple Related Web Pages,
  sections from each of the Tech Support teams at Apple. These
  sections all contain answers to the top ten questions received by
  the Apple support folks, the latest software updates appropriate
  to each area, and various tips and useful bits of information.
  This is good stuff, and Apple should be commended for finally
  putting up a server that might reduce the support load. Finally,
  in a nice change for Apple, there's a way to submit bugs - I don't
  have one handy to test with, but even if it's a one-way process, I
  see a bug reporting mechanism as a positive and welcome move.
  [ACE]

http://www.info.apple.com/feedback/bugreport.html


**BBEdit T-Shirts** -- Like many vendors, Bare Bones Software had
  a T-shirt done for the Macworld Expo, and their BBEdit "It Doesn't
  Suck" T-shirts experienced such popularity that Bare Bones
  Software has announced that the T-shirts are officially for sale.
  The white, pre-shrunk, 100 percent cotton shirt has the BBEdit
  logo on the front and the "It Doesn't Suck" slogan on the back,
  along with a 1993 Eddy Finalist logo and a 1994 Accelerated for
  Power Mac seal. A shirt costs $15 plus charges for tax, shipping,
  and handling (charges depend on where in the world you live). To
  find out more, send email to <[e-mail]> or call
  508/651-3561. [TJE]


Don't Use Speed Disk 3.0
------------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>
     Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.

  Symantec announced last week that it has discovered a problem with
  the Speed Disk module of its recent Norton Utilities 3.0 release
  for Macintosh, and said that customers should not use that version
  of Speed Disk. The company says that this problem, which has been
  reported in less than a fraction of a percent of all units
  shipped, can cause data loss.

  Symantec, which acquired Norton Utilities when it purchased the
  Peter Norton Computing company a few years ago, introduced Norton
  Utilities for Macintosh 3.0 in August. The company temporarily
  suspended shipments of version 3.0 and plans to replace all copies
  already in stores with version 3.1, which is shipping now.
  Symantec will automatically ship updates to registered users and
  upgrade subscribers within the next three weeks, and will post
  updates on various online services.

  The problem with Speed Disk does not affect users of Norton
  Utilities for DOS computers, earlier versions of Norton Utilities
  for Macintosh, or any other Norton product.

  Information from:
    Symantec Corporation


MODE32 for 7.5 Announced
------------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  One of the great diversions every time Apple releases a new
  version of the system software is figuring out what old programs
  will and will not work. Even more serious are the concerns about
  which machines may no longer be able to keep up. Sometimes there's
  simply no way to bring the older machines up to snuff - a 1 MB Mac
  Plus can't run System 7. However, machines that still have a fair
  amount of power and can hold plenty of RAM are harder to leave
  behind.

  Luckily, Apple is doing the right thing for one group of Mac
  owners that may want to upgrade to System 7.5. Those of us who own
  a Mac II, IIx, IIcx, or SE/30 were pretty much out in the cold
  until Connectix and Apple announced last week that Connectix plans
  to update MODE32, the system extension that enables the above-
  mentioned Macs to use 32-bit mode and address more than 8 MB of
  RAM. In September of 1991, Apple licensed MODE32 for unlimited,
  free distribution, and that license agreement remains in force.
  Apple also announced that it would cease development of its the
  ill-fated 32-bit Enabler - apparently neither the 32-bit Enabler
  nor the current MODE32 work at all under System 7.5.

  Connectix plans to ship MODE32 7.5 on 16-Sep-94, and it will be
  available on Connectix's AppleLink, America Online, and CompuServe
  forums, as well as through dealers, user groups, and directly for
  a handling fee of $9.95 or $14.95 for international users. MODE32
  7.5 may be freely copied and distributed, so I expect it to appear
  on the Internet quickly.

  As an interesting side note for those of you who like to gaze
  deeply into crystal balls, Connectix said in the press release
  that although they will work to maintain compatibility in future
  versions of System 7 and will revise MODE32's version number to
  correspond with the highest version of System 7 supported, there's
  a brief nod to System 8, whatever that may turn out to be. The
  press release says, "If a version can be developed for Macintosh
  Systems subsequent to System 7.x, users may be asked to pay an
  upgrade fee or purchase a new product." I read this to mean that
  Apple's MODE32 license only applies to System 7, and if it's even
  possible (or necessary) for Connectix to develop a version for
  System 8, it may be a different product or return to being
  commercial.

  We're pleased to see Apple once again enabling these four older
  Macs to use System 7.5, and for making support issues less
  confusing by dropping the 32-bit Enabler. Perhaps the most
  important reason for this continued support is that Macs aren't
  consigned to the scrap heap after they've aged for a few years.
  Millions of older Macs may have moved on from their original
  owners, but people still use these machines for productive work.
  It may not always be possible to upgrade them to the latest and
  greatest version of the system software, but when then hardware
  can handle the load, as in the case of the II, IIx, IIcx, and
  SE/30, it's nice to have the option.

  Information from:
    Connectix and Apple propaganda


Think You're Smart?
-------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>

  If you're a smart computer, this is your chance to prove it.
  Continuing the quest for artificial intelligence, a California
  organization has announced its fourth annual competition for the
  Dr. Hugh G. Loebner prize. Competitors at the event, to be held on
  16-Dec-94 at the new San Marcos campus of California State
  University, will need to pass a limited version of the classic
  Turing Test.

  The competition was inspired by computer pioneer Alan Turing, who
  in 1950 proposed a test to determine whether computers can think.
  If a human interacting with a computer can't tell whether it's a
  computer or another human, the computer has passed the test. Dr.
  Loebner has put up monetary prizes to spur the development of
  computers that can successfully simulate independent thought.

  This year's limited test allows software developers to specify a
  single area of conversation in which their entries may be tested.
  The author of this year's winning software will receive a $2,000
  prize and a bronze medal. In 1995, the first open-ended contest,
  with no topic restrictions, will be conducted. When a computer can
  pass an unrestricted test, the grand prize of $100,000 will be
  awarded, and the contest will be discontinued.

  According to Dr. Robert Epstein, a research professor at National
  University, director emeritus of the Cambridge Center for
  Behavioral Studies, and the organizer of the Loebner Prize
  competition, some of the entries in earlier competitions "fooled
  some of the judges into thinking they were people."

  You can obtain the official rules and an application by contacting
  the contest director.

    Dr. Robert Epstein
    933 Woodlake Drive
    Cardiff by the Sea CA 92007-1009 USA
    619/436-4400
    619/436-4490 (fax)
    <[e-mail]>


Where to Buy System 7.5
-----------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  Someday Apple will set up an affordable software subscription
  service. In exchange for a nominal fee, Apple will automatically
  send users new software on a biannual basis. The upgrades will
  arrive with detailed explanations as to what they do, what files
  land where on the hard disk, and what bugs were fixed. Until Apple
  figures that out, we'll all have to go to the extra effort not
  only to purchase our system software, but also to find the best
  deal.

  Apple's suggested retail price of $134.99 is pretty much from the
  moon, especially since their upgrade policy is not generous in
  terms of taking care of customers who recently purchased System
  7.1 or System 7 Pro. Fortunately, even a small amount of
  resourcefulness on your part can drop that price substantially,
  though people outside the U.S. may find that mail order is the
  only way to go. (I could not find non-800 numbers to match the 800
  numbers listed, and I suspect that the Apple upgrade deals are
  good in the U.S. only.) In all cases, the prices are for either
  the disk or the CD-ROM version, and I recommend the CD-ROM version
  because it comes with more software, including two Peirce Print
  Tools extensions for use with QuickDraw GX and various
  telecommunications utilities.


**Buy a Mac** -- If you purchase any Macintosh (Performa,
  PowerBook, Power Mac, Quadra, whatever) between 02-Aug-94 and
  31-Dec-94, you get 7.5 free, but you must pay sales tax and a $10
  shipping and handling fee. To sign up for System 7.5, you use an
  upgrade coupon, which you can acquire in many ways, including
  through a dealer or by calling Apple at 800/871-6634.

  Apple has started shipping System 7.5 with most new machines (all
  but the Workgroup Servers), but resellers must clear out
  inventories of machines bundled with System 7.1. According to the
  information on the Apple World-Wide Web site, after 12-Sep-94, all
  Macs purchased through a Higher Education Campus Reseller should
  come with a copy of System 7.5.

http://www.info.apple.com/aboutapple/aplprod.html


**Upgrade through Apple from System 7 Pro** -- If you bought
  System 7 Pro on or after 02-Jun-94, you can upgrade for $19.99
  plus sales tax and $10 for shipping and handling, although, if you
  bought System 7 Pro in a ten-pack, you can upgrade for free, plus
  sales tax and a shipping and handling fee. To upgrade through
  Apple you must use an upgrade coupon. Ask your dealer or call
  800/769-2775, extension 5919.


**Upgrade through Apple from System 7.1** -- If you purchased
  System 7.1 between 02-Jun-94 and 02-Oct-94 you can upgrade for
  $39.99 plus sales tax and $10 shipping and handling. To upgrade,
  you must use an upgrade coupon, which you can get from a dealer or
  by calling 800/769-2775, extension 5919.


**Join a Macintosh User Group** -- If you don't belong to a user
  group, you probably should, and if you do belong, you can purchase
  System 7.5 for $49.95 plus sales tax and $10 shipping and
  handling. This offer is good regardless of what version of the
  system you currently own, but it is only valid in the U.S.

  I can't speak for how every user group will handle the upgrade,
  but in the case of dBUG (Seattle's Downtown Business User Group),
  Apple mailed upgrade order forms to the group, and the president
  of the group gave me one last weekend. The forms cannot be
  photocopied, so you must get your own personal form; look for them
  at user group meetings, or ask someone official in the group.


**Try Mail Order** -- I polled four popular mail order vendors
  today, and found that any one of them would be happy to sell me
  System 7.5 for within pennies of $99, regardless of when I
  purchased my previous System version. Upgrades from System 7 Pro
  cost around $20 and upgrades from System 7.1 come in around $40.
  Each vendor had slightly different rules for how you qualify for
  an upgrade, but by and large you must fax a receipt dated on or
  after 02-Jun-94. I've heard stories about people who obtained the
  upgrade via mail order without sending in a receipt, but the
  representatives I spoke with were quite clear about the dating
  policy and requiring a receipt.


**Shipping Policy** -- Mail order vendors have their own shipping
  costs, usually no more than three dollars. In comparison, Apple's
  $10 seems excessive, especially in light of the small print on the
  back of the User Group upgrade form. The small print states that
  for $10 you can expect System 7.5 in four to six weeks. If you pay
  $15, Apple will use Federal Express to send you System 7.5 and you
  can expect it in three weeks. Perhaps Apple plans to beat these
  estimates; I certainly hope so, or we may have to start talking
  about overfortnighting something rather than overnighting it.


**Rising Costs** -- Given that system software came free to
  Macintosh users not all that long ago, the pricing and upgrade
  strategy took some by surprise. TidBITS reader Larry Staples said,
  "I have issued my first protest to Apple over their System 7.5
  Upgrade policy. I, like many others, bought a new PowerBook 520c
  in June, shortly after the 500 series was announced. I'm a happy
  customer. Love the machine. My Mac is not included in [any special
  upgrade offer]! I don't think this is fair, I paid good money for
  my Mac and System 7.1.1."

  I'm not surprised at the cost of the upgrade (I've become
  increasingly cynical over the past few years), but I hope Apple
  puts the money to good use in developing stable, amazing products
  over the next few years and not in feeding the coffers of the bean
  counters and stockholders. While we wait to find out whether Apple
  puts the money to good use, this strikes me as an excellent time
  to support your local Macintosh user group.


Preliminary Practical Primer to QuickDraw GX, Part I
----------------------------------------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  QuickDraw GX had a great deal of advance press, which isn't
  surprising given that it was originally supposed to ship with the
  first release of System 7 three years ago. Apple promised it would
  improve the Chooser and Print Monitor, word processing companies
  swore it would easily enable landscape and portrait page
  orientations in the same document, font makers noted that GX-style
  fonts can offer much more than ever before, Adobe, Farallon, and
  other digital document software creators surely noticed the
  Portable Digital Document Maker feature, and we users tried to
  sort out the features from the babble and the hype. This multi-
  part article explains what to expect from QuickDraw GX and the
  basics of how to use it.

  QuickDraw GX comes with Apple's recently released System 7.5, but
  third-party developers can license it for a small fee and include
  it with their products (it comes on four high-density floppy
  disks). I acquired my copy through Peirce Software's Peirce Print
  Tools, a set of QuickDraw GX extensions that add assorted printing
  capabilities to the basic GX lineup. (You can find out more about
  GX extensions in Part II of this article, and I plan to review
  Peirce Print Tools in an upcoming TidBITS issue.)


**Hardware Headaches and Software Minimums** -- QuickDraw GX isn't
  for everyone and requires more RAM than many Macs have to spare.
  Here's the low down - to run QuickDraw GX, you need:

* System 7.1 or later

* 68020-based Macintosh or newer (including the Power Macs)

* Approximately 1.7 MB of RAM that you can dedicate to QuickDraw
  GX

* 400K RAM that you can dedicate to Adobe Type Manager GX (only if
  you use ATM GX)

* A GX printer driver for your printer. QuickDraw GX comes with
  drivers for: StyleWriters (no Color StyleWriter), ImageWriters,
  various LaserWriters (a few of the QuickDraw LaserWriters appear
  to be missing, but you may be able to substitute an existing
  driver for a missing one). Note that many (if not all) PostScript
  printers do work with the LaserWriter driver, but if you need to
  (or wish to) use a third-party driver, you must ask the third-
  party about the driver (in general, third-parties are releasing GX
  drivers).

  If your hardware can handle GX and you like to play around with
  funky printing projects, GX offers you hours of amusement. If you
  work in an environment where a bank of printers hang out near
  every water fountain and you can never remember whose office has
  the color DeskWriter this month, then you need GX to help you
  avoid extra trips to the Chooser. If you work in a corporate
  environment where the Help Desk staff is more NT-oriented than
  Mac-savvy and (as a result) you know the location of every Mac
  printer within a twenty minute walk, GX will save you more trips
  to the Chooser than you can make in a month of Sundays.


**What Supports QuickDraw GX?** -- Remember System 7-savvy?
  Depending on who you asked, System 7-savvy meant different things,
  although after a while people came to agree that you might expect
  a System 7-savvy application to support virtual memory, Publish &
  Subscribe, offer at least a few Apple events, and so on.
  Similarly, GX-savvy means different things to different people,
  but on a basic level, a GX-savvy application must support the "GX
  printing architecture" by recognizing GX printer drivers and
  offering GX-style Print and Page Setup dialog boxes. On a more
  sophisticated level, a program might support GX fonts by
  recognizing their extended character set (up to 65,000 characters
  per font) and by handling their "line layout capabilities" (Part
  II of this article will have more on GX fonts.)

  To find out to what extent a program supports QuickDraw GX, you'd
  have to ask the company that makes the program, though it's a
  reasonable assumption that software released before this summer
  does not support GX. In much the same way that native Power Mac
  programs have dribbled out over the past seven months, I expect
  that GX-savvy software will slowly arrive, though I expect more
  programs will support the printing architecture than the fonts.

  Of the new crop of word processors coming out this fall, only
  WordPerfect 3.1 and Word 6 can claim GX support (WordPerfect 3.0
  also has GX support.) These three programs support the GX printing
  architecture, but none support the fonts. The soon-to-be released
  FullWrite 2.0 and NisusWriter 4.0 will not support GX, though both
  companies plan to add GX support in future releases. Adobe (the
  name "Aldus" has disappeared into the dust stirred up by the
  Adobe-Aldus merger) is still hedging over GX support for
  PageMaker, and Quark has said QuarkXPress won't support GX, though
  they also said they wouldn't ship a PowerPC native versions and
  later changed their minds.

  Of the three programs currently planned to ship with full GX
  support, the one I'll be keeping an eye out for is Manhattan
  Graphics's Ready,Set,Go! GX version 7, but it will also be
  interesting to check out the full GX support in the more
  specialized Typestry 2 (from Pixar) and FontChameleon (from Ares
  Software Corporation). The folks working on Ready,Set,Go! GX hope
  to ship version 7 by the end of 1994 - I know I'll be checking out
  their booth at January Macworld Expo.


**Desktop Printer Icon** -- Installing GX works much like
  installing any other program, but once you install it, you cannot
  print until you set up a desktop printer (tech support people, pay
  attention here!). If you don't set up a desktop printer, attempts
  to print result in error messages, such as "Select Chooser from
  the Apple menu to create a desktop printer."

  To create a desktop printer, open the Chooser, select a driver
  icon, select a specific port or printer, and then click the Create
  button. The desktop printer icon sits on the desktop, and you
  cannot place it elsewhere, though you can place an alias
  elsewhere. If you select a desktop printer icon, a Printing menu
  appears right of the Special menu. Once you create a desktop
  printer icon, you can print using traditional techniques or by
  dragging a document icon to a desktop printer icon.

  Desktop printers add new printing features and replace Print
  Monitor, affectionately known to those of us who hate it as Print
  Monster. To see documents queued to a printer, double-click the
  corresponding desktop printer. The new printing features enable
  you to put a print job on hold, see a "print preview" of any
  queued job (just double-click the job), remove a print job, start
  printing again on any page, drag a print job to the Finder for
  storage, drag a job to a different desktop printer so it can print
  to the corresponding real life printer, and more.

  Using a desktop printer, you can "share" a real printer, much as
  you would share a hard disk (select the icon and choose Sharing
  from the File menu). You can also password protect printers,
  though this works best on networks where everyone runs GX.

  If you set up more than one desktop printer, one printer becomes
  the default in the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes. The default
  printer has a heavy outline, and you can make any printer the
  default by selecting its icon and choosing Set Default Printer
  from the Printing menu.

  If you only have one or two printers, the desktop printer
  interface works well, but if you have access to many printers, you
  won't want a million printer icons cluttering your desktop. Since
  you can't store the icons anywhere else, I expect a number of
  utilities will show up to assist people in managing desktop
  printers. One possible (but inelegant) strategy for coping with
  too many desktop printers is to pile the icons one on top of the
  other in a corner somewhere and then organize the aliases neatly
  in the Apple menu.


**New Page Setup and Print Dialog Boxes** -- The basic Page Setup
  dialog box offers a More Choices button and four basic options -
  orientation, scale (formerly called reduction), desktop printer
  (or any installed driver, and paper size (including any custom
  size that you set up in the PaperType Editor - more on that in
  Part II).

  If you click the More Choices button, the button turns into a
  Fewer Choices button and the dialog box offers an interface
  reminiscent of the System 6 Control Panel. You might see
  additional page setup choices, either from the active program or
  from a GX extension.

  A number of familiar Page Setup options have retired, and I say
  good riddance to Larger Print Area, Font Substitution, and
  Unlimited Downloadable Fonts (GX fonts download much more
  efficiently to the printer, so there should never be a problem
  with the printer not having enough RAM to accommodate them).

  The new Print dialog box also has a System 6 Control Panel
  interface. "Fewer Choices" mode is straightforward, and should
  take care of the options that most people want most of the time.
  But after you click the More Choices button, you can set a wide
  array of options, which can come from the current application or
  from a GX extension. Perhaps the most intriguing option controls
  how a large image prints if it doesn't fit on one page - you can
  crop the bottom and right so the image fits on one page, tile the
  image so it prints on more than one page, or scale it to fit.
  Other interesting features include setting the print time for a
  document and indicating that a document is urgent and should print
  before other queued documents.

  Before I began playing with QuickDraw GX, I figured it would take
  me a half hour or so to write up an article for TidBITS; instead,
  after many hours, I'm still learning more and I've written enough
  information to fill an entire issue. So, instead of running one
  monster-sized article, I'm breaking this article into one (or
  more) additional articles. Tune in next week for a look at
  QuickDraw GX fonts - the coolest part of QuickDraw GX - and for a
  peek at the various utilities that come with QuickDraw GX (a
  digital document maker, a utility for turning GX off, a new
  LaserWriter Utility, and so on).

  If you have experience with QuickDraw GX and have run into a
  quirk, snafu, or problem, I'd like to hear from you. Or, if you
  bravely installed the beta on seventy Macs printing to ten
  different printers and miraculously had no problems (or none you
  couldn't solve easily), I'd like to know about that as well. Be
  warned, I probably won't offer any solutions, but I'd like to get
  a better feel for GX's overall stability.

    Ares Software Corporation -- 415/578-9090
    Manhattan Graphics -- 914/725-2048
    Pixar -- 510/236-4000
    Peirce Software -- 800/828-6554 -- 408/244-6554
      408/244- 6882 (fax) -- <[e-mail]>

  Information from:
    Pierce Guide to GX Printing, a free paper from Peirce Software.
      Contact Peirce Software (see above) to request a copy.
    Getting Started with QuickDraw GX (an installation guide in the
      Peirce Print Tools software package)
    "Inside QuickDraw GX Fonts," by Erfert Fenton, Macworld (Oct-94,
      pg. 122). (An excellent article!)
    Apple propaganda


Reviews/12-Sep-94
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 05-Sep-94, Vol. 8, #35
    Cumulus PowerPro 2.0 -- pg. 37
    FileWave 2.0 -- pg. 37
    Intellihance 1.2.9 -- pg. 39
    In Focus LitePro 550 -- pg. 41
    Xante Accel-a-Writer 8200 -- pg. 41

* InfoWorld -- 05-Sep-94, Vol. 16, #36
    QuickDraw GX -- pg. 94

* MacUser -- Oct-94
    SuperMac ProofPositive; Tektronix Phaser 480 -- pg. 39
    Microsoft Works 4.0 -- pg. 44
    PLI Infinity 270 Turbo -- pg. 46
    In Control 3.0 -- pg. 48
    Apple Personal Diagnostics -- pg. 49
    Full Contact -- pg. 50
    Global Village OneWorld Fax -- pg. 52
    JMP 3.0 -- pg. 54
    FontChameleon -- pg. 55
    Apple Multiple Scan 17 Display; Nokia Multigraph 447X -- pg. 56
    Radar 4.0 -- pg. 58
    Vistapro -- pg. 63
    Tree Professional -- pg. 63
    Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego -- pg. 63
    Crystal Ball 3.0 -- pg. 64
    PowerPrint -- pg. 66
    Dynodex 3.5 -- pg. 66
    cypherPAD -- pg. 67
    ClickBook -- pg. 67
    PowerMerge 2.0 -- pg. 69
    Spaceway 2000 -- pg. 69
    50 Best CD-ROMs -- pg. 73
    Gigabyte Hard Drives -- pg. 92
      (too many to list)


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