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New Macs! We bring you news of Apple's first Macs based on the
   PowerPC 603 chip, plus information on Radius's first high-end
   Mac clone. The issue continues with a potential problem with
   RAM Doubler, CD-ROMs, and System 7.5.1 on Power Macs, Claris's
   announcement that it will market Guy Kawasaki's Emailer, and
   commentary on Apple's QuickTime lawsuit. Adam finishes up with
   a handy plug-in that lets Eudora users receive TidBITS as a
   single mail message.

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Copyright 1990-1995 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue.
   Information: <[e-mail]> Comments: <[e-mail]>
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Topics:
    MailBITS/03-Apr-95
    Triple Conflict: RAM Doubler, CD-ROMs, or 7.5.1?
    Duo Dock Addiction
    Global Village Goes Platinum
    TidBITS & Eudora
    Them's Fightin' Words - Desktop Video's Legal Flamewar
    Reviews/03-Apr-95

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MailBITS/03-Apr-95
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**New Mac LC Based on PowerPC 603** -- Today Apple made a series
  of announcements re-affirming its commitment to the education
  market, centering around the introduction of the Power Macintosh
  5200/75 LC, the first Macintosh based on the PowerPC 603
  processor. The Power Mac 5200/75 LC is a new all-in-one design,
  featuring a tilt-and-swivel base, a 15-inch multisync monitor, and
  a standard configuration of 8 MB of RAM, a 500 MB hard disk, and a
  double-speed CD-ROM drive. An AV model is available as well,
  featuring standard video in/out AV capabilities and a TV tuner.
  The 5200/75 LC is priced at $1,699, making it the most affordable
  Power Mac in the education market, with the AV version priced at
  $2,099. Apple said in its announcements that it expects the unit
  to become the leading Mac sold to the education market. No mention
  was made when (or if) these models would be introduced to the
  consumer channel, although I expect that Performa versions of
  these machines can't be far off.

  Apple also introduced the Macintosh LC 630 DOS Compatible - a
  standard LC 630 with an integrated 66 MHz 486 DX2 processor to run
  DOS and Windows software - and the Macintosh LC 580, an all-in-one
  unit built around a 33 MHz 68LC040 processor. [GD]


**Adapter Woes** -- Having trouble getting your model M5140
  PowerBook AC adapter replaced? We've received several reports
  since last week's article (see TidBITS-269_) that some
  representatives at Apple's technical assistance center at 800/SOS-
  APPL have not been sufficiently informed about the program. A
  couple of readers also reported confusion at their local dealers'
  service shops. As I said in last week's article, I always
  recommend working with your local service provider unless for some
  reason you can't. To avoid confusion, be prepared to tell the
  technician or other representative that they can find details
  about the PowerBook 100 Series AC Adapter Customer Satisfaction
  Program on the March edition of the Service Source CD, in the
  17-Mar dealer bulletin, or using customer satisfaction code
  PA995X. A helpful support manager at Apple's technical assistance
  center assures us that he's making sure his people are properly
  informed of the program. Remember that only M5140 AC adapters are
  involved. [MHA]


**Emailer Licensed by Claris** -- Guy Kawasaki's Fog City Software
  has announced that Emailer, its email client program, will be
  marketed by Claris when it comes out sometime in the northern
  hemisphere's summer. Emailer has already generated considerable
  attention for its promise of sending and receiving email from the
  Internet, America Online, CompuServe, eWorld, and RadioMail,
  mixing and matching addresses as desired. Fog City Software will
  continue to develop Emailer, and Guy will become the official
  Emailer spokesperson. The licensing agreement makes sense, since
  Claris hasn't had a splashy new program for some time, and Fog
  City Software would have had difficulty getting Emailer into all
  the channels that Claris can reach, Guy's marketing skills
  notwithstanding. In addition, speaking as someone who's seen the
  program, it feels like a Claris program, although as Geoff pointed
  out, it doesn't have those small, indecipherable "mountain" icons
  for zooming in and out. Good thing, too. [ACE]


**Radius System 100 "Debuts"** -- Last week, Radius announced
  limited strategic channel shipments of its System 100, a high-end
  Macintosh clone intended primarily for media-intensive electronic
  publishing. Although initial units are built on an 80 MHz PowerPC
  601 processor, final units will include a 110 MHz 601, 72 MB of
  RAM, CD-ROM, a 2 GB hard disk, accelerated 24-bit video out to
  1600 x 1200 pixels, four on-board DSPs for Photoshop acceleration
  and (of course) Photoshop pre-installed. Suggested retail price:
  $12,495. Hmm... I'll take two. [GD]


**Daylight Savings** -- I've never internalized the concept behind
  Daylight Savings Time since there's the same amount of daylight no
  matter how you set the clock, but Macintosh users in most parts of
  the U.S. (but not all, as if Daylight Savings Time wasn't
  irritating enough on its own) should have set their Macintosh
  clocks ahead one hour last Saturday night. Thankfully, Apple
  simplified the entire process in recent System upgrades by
  including a checkbox for Daylight Savings Time in the Date & Time
  control panel. I also strongly recommend that users with MacTCP-
  based Internet connections check out Pete Resnick's excellent
  shareware Network Time control panel, which works with Unix time
  servers to keep even the most wayward of Macintosh clocks from
  straying by setting the time every time MacTCP is opened. [ACE]

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/network-time-201.hqx


**Global Price Drop** -- Global Village Communication recently
  reduced the access charges for its $2,000 OneWorld Internet 28800
  product see TidBITS-258_). The original hourly charge of $8.95 has
  dropped to $3.95, thanks to the addition in July of a nationwide
  access network like SprintNet or the CompuServe Packet Network
  (until July, the lower rates apply to the current 800 number
  access method). The per-user charge remains in place, starting at
  $49 for 10 users and increasing with additional users. In
  addition, the company now offers a $249 per month flat rate option
  to benefit high-volume users of the plug-and-play network Internet
  connection device. Customers may opt to switch plans any time
  during a month, although the switch then applies for six months
  before the customer can switch back. Although the price drop is
  welcome for new users and may make an Internet connection via the
  OneWorld Internet more reasonable for some small offices, we
  suspect the $249 per month flat rate option will be popular, given
  that "high-volume" equals out to only slightly less than four
  hours per day, which is nothing when you consider the amount of
  time necessary to download something like the 5.2 MB System 7.5
  Update over a relatively slow 28,000 bps connection, even if you
  ignore the time spent trying to connect to overloaded servers.
  Global Village -- <[e-mail]> -- 800/736-4821 [ACE]

http://www.globalvillag.com/


Triple Conflict: RAM Doubler, CD-ROMs, or 7.5.1?
------------------------------------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  Several TidBITS readers recently wrote in to let us know that
  after installing the 7.5.1 update on their Power Macs, they could
  no longer use or play CDs properly with RAM Doubler enabled
  (typical problems included not being able to play music and not
  being able to see files and folders on the CDs). I couldn't
  duplicate the problems on my Power Mac, but enough people reported
  them that clearly something was up. Brian Grove
  <[e-mail]>, RAM Doubler Product Manager,
  helpfully sent along this explanation:

  "There is a known RAM Doubler 1.5.1 conflict on some Power Mac
  configurations between file sharing and CD-ROMs. Here are the
  details: You may not see all the directory contents of a CD-ROM if
  you have file sharing turned on or are file sharing the CD-ROM.
  This problem occurs only on some Power Macs. To work around the
  problem, disable file sharing when using a CD-ROM or disable RAM
  Doubler if you need to use file sharing and a CD-ROM.

  "We are currently investigating the correlation between 7.5 Update
  1.0 and reports of the CD-ROM problem. The CD-ROM problem will
  happen on certain Power Macs with any version of System software
  (including 7.5 and 7.5.1); on others, the problem is only
  triggered by the updated File Sharing software in System 7.5
  Update 1.0. We have a fix for this CD-ROM problem that will be
  included in the next update version of RAM Doubler; when the
  version is completed later next month, we will make an updater
  available for online distribution."

  A posting on Ric Ford's MacInTouch Tips Web page suggested that
  the conflict is actually a three-way problem involving Apple's
  CD-ROM 5.x software. Ric suggests that you can leave RAM Doubler
  and file sharing on if you switch to a non-Apple CD driver.

http://www.macintouch.com/~ricford/MITtips.html

    Connectix -- 800/950-5880 -- 415/571-5100 -- 415/571-5195 (fax)
      <[e-mail]>


Duo Dock Addiction
------------------
  by Geoff Duncan <[e-mail]>

  A few owners of the Duo 270c, 280, and 280c have encountered a
  perplexing problem: every so often a Duo becomes "addicted" to its
  dock, refusing to boot unless the dock is attached. The problem is
  infrequent (estimated to impact less than one percent of all Duo
  owners using docks), but when it happens, it can hit hard: the
  Duos often must be returned to Apple for repair. The Duo 210, 230,
  and 250 do not appear to be susceptible.

  The problem is caused by transient charges moving from the dock to
  the Duo. These charges can damage an FET transistor in the Duo's
  PDS connector circuitry: if the FET is damaged, the Duo fails to
  correctly detect the presence of a docking device, and when the
  Duo is booted without a dock, it thinks a defective dock is
  connected. The Duo then does exactly what it was designed to do in
  that situation: it refuses boot at all - no sad Mac codes, no
  sounds, no display - in an effort to prevent damage to the
  machine. However, when the Duo is booted with a dock attached, the
  Duo correctly detects its presence and boots normally.

  Docking devices used for Ethernet connectivity appear to be the
  most susceptible to this problem due to wide variations in network
  architecture and hardware. Though most networks don't cause
  problems, some may transfer a transient charge to a Duo when an
  Ethernet cable (10BASE-T) is plugged in.

  Newer Technology - the largest third-party supplier of docking
  bars - noticed the "addiction" problems associated with the Duo
  270c, 280, and 280c, and, working with Apple, determined that a
  protection circuit present in the earliest three Duo models was
  left out of the most recent three Duo models. Newer Technology now
  builds the missing motherboard charge protection circuitry into
  their docking devices to prevent transient-related problems from
  occurring.

  Users whose Duos have been damaged should contact their Apple
  dealer about the problem (or contact Apple directly via 800/SOS-
  APPL) and let them know you are simultaneously contacting your
  dock vendor for an updated dock. Newer Technology offers a free
  exchange for affected customers. Remember that simply getting your
  Duo repaired by Apple doesn't give you the missing charge
  protection circuitry; you'll need to obtain a dock with the
  protection circuitry built-in to make sure the problem won't
  recur.

  It's important to note that this problem impacts only a very small
  portion of Duo owners: paranoia is not justified. If you haven't
  yet experienced the problem, the odds are very good you never
  will.

    Newer Technology --800/678-3726 -- 316/685-4904
      316/685-9368 (fax) -- <[e-mail]>

  Information from:
    Newer Technology
    John Vaudin <[e-mail]>


Global Village Goes Platinum
----------------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <[e-mail]>
     Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.

  After months of speculation, Global Village Communication has
  shipped its 28,800 bps modem series, the TelePort Platinum and
  PowerPort Platinum modems. The new v.34 modems, selling for $279
  and $399 respectively, should be available now.

  The TelePort Platinum comes with software for both 680x0 and
  PowerPC based desktop Macintosh computers, and offers a special
  feature that takes advantage of the higher-speed serial port
  capabilities of Power Macintosh and AV Macintosh computers. The
  PowerPort Platinum supports only 100-series PowerBooks, but also
  works in Global Village's OneWorld communication servers. Global
  Village does plan Platinum modem models for other PowerBook series
  computers, but has not yet announced a specific availability date.

  Both modems include the popular GlobalFax 2.5 send/receive fax
  software and GlobalFax OCR for optical character recognition. In
  addition, the new TelePort and PowerPort models offer a new
  fax/ARA discrimination feature that has been on Global Village
  user wish lists for ages. The TelePort model has a fax/voice
  discrimination feature; TelePort users can use this feature or the
  fax/ARA discrimination, but not both. The fax/voice discrimination
  capability was available on the TelePort Bronze, one of the
  company's Apple Desktop Bus modems, but has not been available
  from Global Village since the TelePort Bronze was replaced with
  the TelePort Bronze II, which lacks the feature. Some other modem
  manufacturers, including Supra, have offered such capabilities,
  which depend on the manufacturers' choice of modem chipset.

  Global Village has also announced, but is not yet ready to ship, a
  software enhancement for TelePort Platinum owners with 68040-based
  Quadra and Centris computers that the company says will
  dramatically improve serial port performance on these machines.
  The software, which Global Village plans to distribute
  electronically at no cost in May, will use software-based data
  compression techniques within the Macintosh to allow transmission
  speeds higher than 57,600 bps.

http://www.globalvillag.com/press_release_text/mac/platinumpr.html

    Global Village Communication -- 800/736-4821 -- 408/523-1000
      408/523-2423 (fax) -- <[e-mail]>

    Information from:
      Global Village Communication propaganda


TidBITS & Eudora
----------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  My main complaint about Steve Dorner's excellent email program
  Eudora is that it suffers from the 32K text limit so common to
  Macintosh programs. This isn't inherently Eudora's fault - after
  all, Steve currently uses TextEdit (a component of the Mac
  operating system essentially designed to handle minimal text
  editing in dialog boxes, scrolling lists, and so on) to provide
  text services, and TextEdit causes the 32K text limit. (Rumor has
  it that the next version of Eudora, at least the commercial
  version, will eliminate the 32K limit entirely). Eudora handles
  this limitation as gracefully as possible, by splitting large
  messages into multiple chunks, and joining them together
  seamlessly if you select all of the chunked messages and use Save
  As from the File menu. Unchecking the Include Headers and Guess
  Paragraphs checkboxes in the Save dialog ensures that nothing but
  the original text ends up in the resulting file.

  However, it's still a pain to read long messages by opening two
  windows, and TidBITS has always fallen into the category of
  messages that Eudora splits. I asked Steve why TidBITS ends up
  split, since almost all of our issues are under 32K of text. It
  turns out that for safety, Steve has Eudora set to chunk files at
  24K rather than 32K, but as an example of Eudora's flexibility, he
  also provided a simple method of upping that number to the limit.
  So, if you read TidBITS in Eudora, and would like to receive it in
  a single message each week, fire up ResEdit and follow along with
  me.

  Eudora uses two settings to determine where to split files,
  SPLIT_THRESH and FRAGMENT_SIZE. The rule that governs them is that
  FRAGMENT_SIZE must be smaller than SPLIT_THRESH, which in turn
  must be smaller than 32000. In my instructions below, I set the
  variables 100 bytes apart. This will work fine in most cases, but
  a problem may crop up if you forward or redirect a long message.
  Since there will be additional header information in the forwarded
  message, the recipient's copy of Eudora may split the message,
  even though it was small enough for a single piece when sent. With
  really long messages, such as Info-Mac Digests, forwarding may
  result in odd splitting on the receiving end, since each sent
  chunk may be split into two pieces when received, doubling the
  number of chunks received. Thus, it's probably safer, if you plan
  to forward large messages such as TidBITS issues, to set the
  difference between SPLIT_THRESH and FRAGMENT_SIZE to 1,000 bytes,
  or even 2,000. Of course, if you get too close on the low end to
  the 30,000 character size that most issues come in at, you're
  likely to have them break into one 30,000 character chunk and one
  12 character chunk, or some such nonsense. So, I recommend that
  you try it my way, and if it doesn't work for some reason, fiddle
  with the two settings until it works acceptably.

  Once you're in ResEdit, choose New from the File menu to create a
  new resource file. Name it "TidBITS plug-in" and save it somewhere
  - it will eventually go in your Eudora Folder.

  Then, from the Resource menu, choose Create New Resource, choose
  "STR " (**not** STR# - Eudora uses "STR " resources to override
  the STR# resources in it or its settings file) from the scrolling
  list, and click the OK button. ResEdit promptly creates a new STR
  resource, ID 128, and opens the window for editing. The window
  contains an entry with two text fields, titled "The String" and
  "Data." In the "The String" field, enter 31800 for the
  FRAGMENT_SIZE setting, and leave the Data field blank. Once you've
  entered the FRAGMENT_SIZE setting, close the STR ID 128 window.
  Make sure that resource is selected, and from the Resource menu,
  choose Get Resource Info. In the Info window, change the ID field
  from 128 to 6408, and if you wish, enter "FRAGMENT_SIZE" for the
  name so you'll know what it is if you ever have to go back.

  One down, one to go. With the STR resource window still open,
  choose Create New Resource from the Resource menu again. ResEdit
  creates another STR resource ID 128 (since we just renumbered the
  last one). In the "The String" field, enter the SPLIT_THRESH
  setting of 31900, and again, leave the Data field blank. Close
  that window, select STR ID 128, choose Get Resource Info, and
  change the ID to 7619 and the name, if you wish, to
  "SPLIT_THRESH". Close that window, close the STR window, and save
  the file.

  Note that if you enter something other than a valid number in the
  "The String" field, you'll seriously confuse Eudora and may cause
  crashes. I know, since that's what I did the first time I tried
  this.

  One final step. Eudora will only recognize the plug-in if it has
  the proper creator code, so from the File menu, choose Get Info
  for TidBITS plug-in (your menu may be slightly different depending
  on the file name you gave the file). In the window that appears,
  change the Creator to "CSOm" (without the quotes of course, and
  that's a capital O, not a zero). Leave the Type field alone. Close
  the Info window, saving the changes when prompted, and quit out of
  ResEdit.

  Quit Eudora if it was running, and make sure the TidBITS plug-in
  is located in the Eudora folder. Launch Eudora again, and from now
  on, files will be chunked at the new sizes. The next time you
  receive an issue of TidBITS, it should arrive in one piece, and
  larger files, like the Info-Mac Digest, will arrive in fewer,
  larger chunks.

  If you're a ResEdit weenie, or are feeling lazy, you can simply
  email away for a copy of this plug-in. Just send email to
  <[e-mail]> and my machine will send you a copy.
  When you get it, debinhex it (if Eudora hasn't already done that
  for you for some reason), and pop it in the Eudora folder. Quit
  and relaunch Eudora and you're on your way to getting issues of
  TidBITS intact. Do keep in mind that if for some reason mail to
  your site has a lot of header information attached to it, issues
  may grow too large and will still be split.

  Like most things relating to Eudora, the plug-in should work
  equally well on both Eudora 1.5.1, the free version, and Eudora
  2.1.1, the latest commercial version.

  Information from:
    Steve Dorner
    Eudora Q&A stack

ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/mac/eudora/documentation/Eudora_QA.hqx


Them's Fightin' Words - Desktop Video's Legal Flamewar
------------------------------------------------------
  by Geoff Duncan <[e-mail]>

  When the Supreme Court of the United States recently rejected
  without comment Apple's long-running copyright infringement suit
  against Microsoft Corporation and others over the "look and feel"
  of the Macintosh interface, some people in the Mac community got
  worried. What would Apple's lawyers do without that suit? Like
  loggers - er, "timber harvesting professionals" - in the Pacific
  Northwest, there no longer seemed to be enough natural resources
  to sustain them. These lawyers have families and children to feed!
  You can't take away their livelihood!

  Well, we should have had more faith.


**First Frames** -- As noted in TidBITS-263_, in early February
  Apple filed suit against Microsoft and Intel, alleging both
  companies knowingly used and distributed low-level driver code
  originally developed by the San Francisco Canyon Company for
  Apple's QuickTime for Windows. The code involves DCI, a method
  which allows improved video performance on a video chipset not
  directly supported by earlier versions of Video For Windows (VFW).
  Microsoft disputed the claim, saying it had repeatedly asked Apple
  to detail its allegations but that Apple had refused. Apple, in
  turn, said Microsoft had been belittling, refused to talk with
  Apple about the situation, and had threatened to discontinue
  Macintosh development if Apple didn't drop OpenDoc. Most industry
  observers seemed to feel the issue was exaggerated and, frankly,
  most expected the whole thing to blow over.

  Big mistake. Let's just highlight a few details: as soon as Apple
  filed the suit, Apple and Microsoft immediately engaged in a
  public relations shoving match, releasing video tapes, open
  letters, and online propaganda to "clarify" their stances. Apple
  offered an amnesty program to let Video For Windows developers
  "continue using the pirated VFW code" for 90 days. Microsoft
  countered with releases of its own, saying "if Apple sues any
  developer over use and distribution of Microsoft Video For Windows
  1.1d Microsoft will defend any such lawsuit." Apple released
  videotapes and QuickTime movies allegedly showing that "Apple
  technology" improved overall performance of Video For Windows.
  Microsoft countered that Apple's demonstrations were misleading
  and immediately released a videotape of its own tests, showing no
  significant performance difference between VFW 1.1d and earlier
  versions of Video For Windows. In a letter to Apple CEO Michael
  Spindler, Bill Gates denied threatening to cease Macintosh
  development and claimed Spindler had repeatedly refused to talk
  about Canyon matter until additional beta copies of Windows 95
  were sent to Apple. Apple countered with more releases and open
  letters, making some of the materials available via its Web site.

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


**Marching Along** -- It gets better. In early March, a federal
  judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting
  distribution of VFW 1.1d. Microsoft immediately announced Video
  For Windows 1.1e - a version that doesn't contain the disputed
  code - in order to get around the restraining order and keep its
  developers happy. (VFW 1.1e has now been released to developers.)
  Apple - for once - shows some restraint and things were almost
  quiet for a few weeks.

  Then, on 24-Mar-95, Microsoft filed a counter-suit, alleging Apple
  is conducting an "orchestrated campaign of false and deceptive
  information" and seeking unspecified damages. Microsoft said the
  code was commonly used and even owned by someone else before Apple
  used it in the Windows version of QuickTime. Then, according to
  Inter@ctive Week, the same day Microsoft filed the counter-suit,
  Apple discovered that both Intel and Microsoft were continuing to
  distribute VFW 1.1d via America Online in violation of the
  temporary restraining order. Microsoft and Intel both removed the
  software from their forums, but Apple wanted the restraining order
  made permanent. To add fuel to the fire, Microsoft alleged an
  Apple employee had been using a pseudonym online to discuss issues
  surrounding the suit..

http://www.interactive-week.com/~intweek/web/issues/breaking/break3.html


**So Where Are We?** -- On 31-Mar-95, U.S. District Judge Robert
  Aguilar convinced Intel, Microsoft, and Apple to briefly set their
  flamethrowers aside regarding the permanent restraining order,
  hopefully sparing a lengthy formal hearing on the motion. However,
  the motion for a permanent restraining order is only one small
  facet of this disagreement which has snowballed in the tradition
  of the finest flamewars ever witnessed online. Judge Aguilar
  perhaps summed it up best: "There's no reason," he said, looking
  out over a courtroom of nearly 20 lawyers, "that counsel of your
  experience can't work something out."

  Just wait. I'll bet there is.

  Information from:
    Apple propaganda
    Microsoft propaganda
    Pythaeus


Reviews/03-Apr-95
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 27-Mar-95, Vol. 9, #13
    VivaPress Professional 1.5 -- pg. 29
    OneWorld Internet -- pg. 29

* Macworld -- May-95
    Macromedia Freehand 5.0 -- pg. 56
    Epson Stylus Color (ink-jet printer) -- pg. 58
    Presenter Professional 3.0 -- pg. 59
    PaperPort -- pg. 60
    Day-to-Day Organizer 1.0 -- pg. 61
    M.Y.O.B. 5.0 -- pg. 63
    Route 66 1.5 -- pg. 65
    Virex 5.5.1 -- pg. 65
    CanOpener 3.0 -- pg. 67
    Netscape Navigator -- pg. 69
    Sharp QA-1500 (LCD panel) -- pg. 69
    Electronic Marker 1.0.2 -- pg. 71
    3D Atlas 1.1; Small Blue Planet 2.0 -- pg. 73
    MacTools Pro 4.0 -- pg. 73
    Clientrac 2.0 -- pg. 75
    Graffiti 1.01 -- pg. 77
    TypeTamer 1.0.4 -- pg. 77
    DragStrip 1.0 -- pg. 79
    QuePoint -- pg. 79
    NEC Audio Tower -- pg. 81
    Living Album 2.5 -- pg. 81
    Storybook Weaver Deluxe 1.0 -- pg. 83
    Thinking Mouse Macintosh ADB -- pg. 83
    28.8 Kbps Modems -- pg. 102
      (too many to list)
    Recent digital typefaces -- pg. 108
      (too many to list)


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