[MD1] Aladdin acquires ShrinkWrap
Aladdin Systems, Inc. Announces the
Acquisition of Award-Winning Utility, ShrinkWrap(tm)
Aladdin Systems Acquires Shareware Utility
for Creating and Using Disk Image Files
Watsonville, CA-- November 13, 1996-- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer of the
worldwide Macintosh compression and installation standards, StuffIt and
StuffIt InstallerMaker, has acquired ShrinkWrap from developer, Chad
Magendanz. Aladdin will continue to work closely with Magendanz and will
release new versions of ShrinkWrap in early 1997.
ShrinkWrap was developed to create disk image files quickly and efficiently.
ShrinkWrap provides a convenient and reliable means of mounting disk image
files on the desktop, seamlessly handles disk image files in their archived
form, and provides a freely distributable alternative to other disk copying
methods.
"The success of ShrinkWrap has been phenomenal," said Chad Magendanz,
developer of ShrinkWrap. "Aladdin and I understand the symbiotic relationship
our products share....
[MD1] AutoShare 1.1
AutoShare 1.1, a freeware listserver and auto-responder for AIMS, has been
released and may be downloaded from
(ftp://ftp.dnai.com/users/m/meh/AutoShare/AutoShare-1.1.sit)
and also from the temporary mirror sites at
(ftp://ftp.math.niu.edu/pub/papers/Hansen/AutoShare-1.1.sit)
(http://www.dcl.co.uk/MacOS/email/autoshare/)
until it's up on Info-Mac in the comm/tcp/mail directory.
Version 1.1 offers
-bug fixes, list-specific features and is fully scriptable
-comes complete with documentation and script samples
-the AutoShare Admin, a new administration tool, which may be
used locally or remotely on AppleTalk network
-subscription, open, moderated, announcement and private lists
-AIMS and AutoShare may reside on separate AppleTalk Macs
-CodeWarrior versions native to both 68K and PowerPC
-lists in the 100's and subscribers in the 1000's per list
-very stable beta track record
-new poll auto-response feature
--
Mikael Hansen (mailto:meh@dnai.com)
[MD1] Tools Plus Plugs Into Plug-Ins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tools Plus Plugs Into Plug-Ins
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OAKVILLE, Ontario--November 18, 1996--Water's Edge Software, best known
for their Tools Plus application development libraries, announced today
that they will soon release version 3.2 which can be used to write
plug-ins for most applications that support a plug-in architecture, such
as Adobe's Photoshop and Acrobat, Microsoft's Excel, and others.
Tools Plus libraries first broke new ground by letting application
developers easily create working user interface elements with a single
line of code, including all standard Macintosh elements plus popular
additions like tool bars, floating palettes, sophisticated picture
buttons, tabs, sliders, and a suite of 3D gray scale components. Once
created, all elements are operational and interact correctly with one
another, thus eliminating the need for many thousands of lines of code
that are attributed to creating the interface, making it work, and
accounting for...
[MD1] "Anthem" Visual Programming Tool Rescheduled
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Anthem" Visual Programming Tool Rescheduled
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OAKVILLE, Ontario--November 18, 1996--Water's Edge Software announced
that delivery of its visual programming tool for Macintosh computers,
code named "Anthem," is expected to debut in mid 1997. A company
spokesperson stated that the project's rescheduling from the end of 1996
is due entirely to the development and deployment of a recent upgrade
that served as an interim step towards visual programming.
When it is released, Anthem will let developers easily design an
application's user interface using familiar drawing tools, then in
seconds, generate the necessary components for that application to be
realized. Anthem will leverage the power of Tools Plus libraries to
create applications with a world-class look and feel. Water's Edge
stresses that unlike traditional source code and framework generators,
Anthem will generate a minimum of code, and that it will be simple to...
[MD1] NI Expands Java Training
Natural Intelligence Expands Java Training Division Curriculum and Services
Cambridge, MA. November 8, 1996. In line with its strategy for providing a
full array of Java(tm) products and services, Natural Intelligence (NI) has
announced a dramatic expansion of its Java Training Division, offering a
wide variety of on-site and off-site courses of instruction for management
and technology workers. Widely acknowledged as a leader in the field of
Java development, (including Roaster(tm), the Development Environment for
Java), Natural Intelligence is uniquely positioned to offer this
exceptional addition to its consulting services.
Up to now, Natural Intelligence's Java Consulting Division has offered
limited training as an adjunct to its consulting services, but the volume
of ongoing requests from corporations and institutions for a traditional
teaching structure became the catalyst for the current expansion. The Java
Training Division now offers classes for students at all levels,...
[MD1] CodeWarrior for W95/NT
METROWERKS ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW CODEWARRIOR PRODUCTS HOSTED ON WINDOWS 95/NT
AUSTIN, Texas-November 11, 1996-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF,
TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development
tools, today announced four new Windows-hosted versions of its
award-winning CodeWarrior suite of programming tools. Metrowerks will be
showing the products at COMDEX Fall in Las Vegas Nov. 18-22, and the tools
will begin shipping at the end of the month.
CodeWarrior Gold for Windows 95/NT DR/1
CodeWarrior Academic Pro for Windows 95/NT DR/1
Running on both Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, these new versions of
CodeWarrior include support for C, C++, Pascal and Java and allow
programmers to build applications for Windows 95, Windows NT and the Mac
OS. CodeWarrior Gold DR/1 (Developer Release 1) will retail for $399 and a
competitive upgrade will be offered for $199. CodeWarrior Academic Pro
will retail for $119.
CodeWarrior Gold and CodeWarrior Academic Pro for Windows 95/NT...
[MD1] Bare Bones upgrades BBEdit
BARE BONES SOFTWARE UPGRADES BBEDIT WITH RELEASE OF 4.0.2.
Natick, MA -- Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced the release of
version 4.0.2 of BBEdit, their popular and critically acclaimed text
editor for Mac(TM) OS-compatible systems. This new version includes a
variety of enhancements to its feature set and capabilities:
*Startup Items*
When it starts up, BBEdit 4.0.2 will look for a folder named
"BBEdit Startup Items" and open any documents it finds in that folder.
While BBEdit will open a document window for any text file, picture
file, or BBEdit file group in this folder, it will also direct the
finder to open any other document file it finds in the folder, as well.
Additionally, if you place a compiled OSA (AppleScript, or any other
OSA-compliant scripting language) script in this folder, BBEdit will
execute the script.
*Improved Hotkey Generation*
The "Set Keys..." command has been improved so that it is easier to
assign key equivalents to extensions that are stored in...
[MD1] Apple Supports IMAP and LDAP
Apple Supports IMAP Mail Protocol to Provide Customers With Internet
Industry Protocols, Ease-of-Use
Apple Also Announced Support for LDAP Internet Directory Services
Protocol
IMAP FORUM, SEATTLE--Nov. 7, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc. announced yesterday
that it will support the Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) in future Mac
OS Internet mail products, offering customers industry-standard protocols
and greater ease-of-use. IMAP will allow users to access both newly arrived
and already read email easily from home, the office, or on the road.
IMAP is a fast-growing industry mail standard for next generation mail
services, and an evolution of POP (Post Office Protocol)/SMTP (Simple Mail
Transport Protocol) mail protocols in wide use today. For Mac OS customers,
IMAP will provide increased control over the exchange of electronic
messages and flexibility in message access. IMAP permits a user to
selectively download messages at any particular time. Messages left on the
server can be...
[MD1] VivoActive Producer
Vivo Software Announces New Version of VivoActive Producer
Streaming Web Video Post-Production Tool Now Brings Enhanced Productivity to
Webmasters
WALTHAM, Mass., November 12, 1996 -- Vivo Software today announced the
newest version of its VivoActive Producer, a Web video post-production
tool that enables Webmasters to easily produce and integrate streams-based
video into their Web sites. VivoActive Producer 1.5 includes productivity
enhancing features that help Webmasters manipulate and process vide o clips
into their Web sites more quickly and easily. Available for both PC and
Apple Power Macintosh platforms, it will be delivered initially on the
Power Mac, the most popular development platform with most Web site
designers today. A beta version of the VivoActive Producer 1.5 is
available at Vivo,s Web site: http://www.vivo.com
The initial version of the VivoActive product family, launched in September,
already has generated considerable market momentum. More than 190...
[MD1] Pictorius Ships CGI Toolkit
Pictorius Ships CGI Toolkit for Macintosh
New Kit Contains Everything Needed to Create CGIs and ACGIs
November 14, 1996 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Pictorius Inc. today
announced that they are shipping the Pictorius CGI Toolkit, a complete
package containing everything needed to write, compile, test and deploy
CGIs (Common Gateway Interface) and ACGIs (Asynchronous CGI).
The Pictorius CGI Toolkit includes: Pictorius Net Servers; an HTML Editor;
and the CGI Toolkit development environment, an easier and faster way to
create CGIs.
Web developers can now interactively write, test and debug CGIs using a
high speed interpreter while the application, the Web server and a browser
are all running on one system. Any portion of the source code can be
changed while the CGI is running. Once it is functioning properly, Web
developers simply compile it with either the 68K or PowerMac compiler and
deploy their CGI.
The Pictorius CGI Toolkit includes 5 pre-written, ready-to-use CGIs. They are...
[MD1] Apple Releases Beta Java Runtime
Apple Releases Beta Version 1.0 of Mac OS Runtime
for Java (MRJ)
Apple Challenges Developers to Show the "Geek Factor" at Macworld
CUPERTINO, Calif.--Nov. 6, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc., today announced
the availability of the beta version 1.0 release of Mac OS Runtime for
Java. This product highlights Apple's strategy to make the Mac OS a
best-of-breed development platform for the Internet. Mac OS Runtime for
Java is an implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java virtual machine (VM)
and run-time environment, enabling developers of Mac OS-based
applications to create Java applets and standalone Java applications,
and to embed Java functionality into applications written in native
PowerPC or 68K code.
As part of this beta software release, Apple also announced the MRJ
Coding Contest, an opportunity for a developer using Mac OS Runtime for
Java to create interesting and innovative Mac OS-based applications--and
win new Apple products! For official rules and submission information,
check...
[MD1] FileVille
Dear FileMaker Pro friends,
The Internet is like an encyclopedia without a proper index. FileVille is
part of the index to FileMaker Pro products on the InterNet.
Have a look at http://www.ecxs.com/filemaker/index.html
You can also register your FileMaker Pro product (template/solution) free
of charge. The minute you submit your registration form, your product is
on-line and can be viewed via your web-browser. All products are stored
in a FileMaker Pro Database that is accessible via your web browser.
I look forward to receive your comments, ideas and/or suggestions.
best regards
Dick Honing (Custodian of FileVille)
[MD1] MindVision's Installer VISE 4.1
MindVision Announces Installer VISE 4.1
The worldwide standard in state-of-the-art installation technology.
Lincoln, Nebraska - November 1, 1996- MindVision Software today announced
a new release of Installer VISE version 4.1, the standard installation
product used by today's leading Macintosh developers and network
administrators.
The 4.1 version of Installer VISE totally automates software distribution
and makes quick work of adding new files and or updating existing files to
the latest version. Installer VISE is a professional installation program
designed for anyone who distributes applications or data files using
CD-ROMs or diskettes, or via the Internet or over a network server. It
provides a full feature set, yet requires less than 30 minutes to create a
personalized installation!
The Installer VISE 4.1 version has all the basic features such as the best
compression in the industry; find, delete and move any file; conditional
installation; complete fat binary support; and much...
[MD1] MindVision's Updater VISE 1.2
MindVision Announces Updater VISE 1.2
New release offers unparalleled capabilities
Lincoln, Nebraska - November 1, 1996 - MindVision Software today announced
a new release of Updater VISE version 1.2, the most powerful and safest
updater for the Macintosh today.
Updater VISE users will experience the only updater that's powerful enough,
easy enough, flexible enough, and safe enough to meet all the requirements
for updating software. You will appreciate the simplicity and speed of
Updater VISE, and it is the ideal tool for creating updates for any
Macintosh software.
The 1.2 version of Updater VISE offers powerful features such as support
for up to 24 previous versions of your software; complete support for
updating 68K, PowerPC and fat binary applications from one updater; ability
to display splash screens and readme documents with graphics; flexible
options allowing you to tailor your update to your specific needs; total
integration with Installer VISE 4.1 to build multi-file...
[MD1] CodeWarrior IDE 1.7.2
Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE 1.7.2 is now publicly available from
the Metrowerks Web site. This update includes numerous bug
fixes for problems reported in the 1.7 IDE. It also
incorporates the Metrowerks Version Control API. This version
of the IDE is required to use the CodeManager IDE plugin found
with CodeManager Release 3.
The archive containing this update can be found at:
(ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CW10/IDE_1.7.2.sit.hqx)
Archive Size: 1142K
There is no archive password.
[MD1] WebSiphon update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Purity Software, Inc.
1016 Mopac Circle, Suite 101
Austin, TX 78746
+1.512.328.2288
FAX +1.512.328.2688
http://www.purity.com/
info@purity.com
(Austin, TX - October 29th, 1996) Purity Software, Inc. announced today an
update to WebSiphon bringing it's current version up to 1.0.2. WebSiphon is
an authoring tool for site designers that allows a full-fledged scripting
language to be used directly within HTML pages. Included with the WebSiphon
package is Verona, a low-overhead flat-file database server. Detailed
information about these products is available on Purity's web site,
(http://www.purity.com/).
The full update is downloadable from (http://www.purity.com/downloads/index.t).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Changes in WebSiphon v1.0.2:
- Fixed a bug with calling WebSiphon directly, but using different case
in its name. (i.e., "websiphon.acgi" instead of "WebSiphon.acgi")
- Fixed a bug in vCountMatching()...
[MD1] Lasso
Press Contact:
Bill Doerrfeld
President, Blue World Communications, Inc.
(206) 313-1051
bill@blueworld.com
Blue World Communications announces the availability of Lasso.
New Tool to Effortlessly Tie One's FileMaker Pro Database to the Web
Redefines Performance and Ease-of-Use
ISSAQUAH, WA--October 26, 1996--Blue World Communications, Inc. announces
the recent release of Lasso, the new tool for quickly integrating Claris(r)
Corporation FileMaker Pro(r) 3.0 for the Macintosh databases with the Web.
Lasso is designed for top performance. Searching FileMaker Pro Macintosh
relational databases with tens of thousands of records in under a second is
now possible with Lasso. Lasso's flexible object design allows modules to
be easily constructed permitting additional capabilities to be tightly
interwoven with Lasso's core technology.
Unlike other solutions, Lasso allows complete flexibility of how FileMaker
Pro data is formatted without requiring any changes to the actual database.
Lasso...
[MD1] Bugs that Bite
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Michael Putzel
Trysail, Inc.
(202) 429-6550
e-mail: mputzel@trysail.com
Trysail, Inc., a Washington-based technology consulting firm,
today launched "Bugs that Bite," a feature on the World Wide Web
designed to draw public and industry attention to the frustrating
glitches that drive average computer users to distraction.
"We keep hearing about the wonders of technology, but the fact
is these all-powerful machines can be intimidating, capricious and
downright nasty to the innocent user," said Trysail CEO Michael Putzel.
Elsewhere on the site is a section applauding the work of developers who
are making it easy for nontechnical people to use computers.
The company, founded earlier this year by Putzel, an
award-winning journalist and technology specialist, inaugurated the
"Bugs that Bite" section of its corporate Web site to focus on the
shortcomings of modern consumer technology and encourage developers to
pay closer attention to...
[MD1] CodeWarrior for PlayStation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contacts:
Cynthia Fray
Metrowerks, Inc.
512.873.4758
cynthia@metrowerks.com
METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR PLAYSTATION DR/1 HOSTED ON MAC OS &
WIN95/NT AND MW CODEMANAGER 3
AUSTIN, Texas-October 28, 1996-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK),
today announced the availability of CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1, a
development environment for creating software titles for the PlayStation
game console, and MW CodeManager 3, Metrowerks' cross-platform revision
control system which is fully compatible with Microsoft SourceSafe 4.0a.
CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1 is hosted on Mac OS and Windows 95/NT and
is authorized by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. It features the full
CodeWarrior IDE, a plug-in CodeWarrior C/C++ compiler for MIPS and a
selection of integrated graphical format converters for managing game
development with the CodeWarrior IDE. CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1 is
Metrowerks' first CodeWarrior product hosted on Windows 95/NT.
MW...
[MD1] Spooky Low Prices -- Halloween Sale
This Halloween, come and get your treat from DevDepot(tm)!
To qualify for the 10% discount, you only need to order:
* on the Web at http://www.devdepot.com
* via e-mail at orders@devdepot.com
* via fax at 805-494-9798
That's it -- all orders placed in one of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies
(discount is done when the order is processed by DevDepot staff).
And the best part is that this ain't a one-night-stand type thing... the
sale will last for two weeks, beginning October 24th through November 7th.
Wow, that's enough to scare the life out of the competition!
So why wait for the ghouls to come out! Grab your goodie-bag, point your
cursor
to http://www.devdepot.com and enjoy two whole weeks of spooky low prices.
Sale expires at midnight, November 7. Remember, you can see the hottest
items through our monthly catalog in the back of MacTech(tm) Magazine. Your
full satisfaction, and the lowest prices are always guaranteed!
Happy Halloween!
(Due to the overwhelming response...
[MD1] SpotLight Web Search CGI
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact:
Brent Simmons
World Wide Power & Light
(206)269-6505
bsimmons@wrldpwr.com
http://www.wrldpwr.com/
Add a Fast and Flexible Search Engine to Your Web Server with SpotLight 1.0
Seattle, WA--October 28, 1996--World Wide Power & Light's new SpotLight CGI
and file indexer now makes it easy for Macintosh webmasters to add a high
performance local file search engine to their Macintosh web server.
SpotLight's ease-of-use is its central design goal. Its capabilities
include meta tag indexing; multiple search pages with unique search
directories; and extendability through custom scripts.
SpotLight is a suite of Userland Frontier scripts and code resources
(written in C) that work with Claris Filemaker Pro 3.0 to index a site and
search it via the SpotLight CGI. Frontier and Filemaker Pro are both
PowerPC native.
SpotLight's user interface takes advantage of new features in Frontier 4.1,
especially the new MacBird user interface component. For...
[MD1] MultiHome 2.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lieve Bijttebier
Phone: + 32 2/537-6810
Fax: + 32 2/537-5155
email: lieve@highware.com
HIGHWARE SHIPS MULTIHOME 2.0,
ITS MULTI-HOMING & ROUND ROBIN SOFTWARE FOR THE MACINTOSH
Brussels, October 25, 1996. - Highware announces the latest version of
MultiHome, its multi-homing software for WebSTAR servers.
This internet utility allows a webmaster to control multiple domain
names on a single computer. MultiHome saves you the hassle and cost of
using multiple computers. With only one IP address, you can serve as
many home pages as you want from a single Macintosh. Thanks to its easy
configuration, only basic HTML notions are required to set it up.
New features
------------
* Easier configuration: MultiHome must no longer be activated from
within particular HTML files.
* Use of the 'Host' field provided by recent browsers such as Netscape
2, Explorer for Windows 3, Explorer for Macintosh 2.1. When browsers who
support the Host field are used, which is the...
[MD1] MailDoor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Charles McHenry
541-772-2382
cmchenry@opendoor.com
OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES THE MAILDOOR MULTI-DOMAIN MAIL CLERK
EXPANDS ITS MULTI-DOMAIN PRODUCT LINE
ASHLAND, OR. -- October 22, 1996 -- Open Door Networks, Inc. today
announced MailDoor(TM), another in its suite of multi-domain products for
Macintosh Internet servers. MailDoor, a powerful multi-domain mail clerk,
works with the Apple Internet Mail Server (AIMS) to offer server
administrators the ability to create and manage independent sets of e-mail
addresses within each AIMS mail domain. Together with Open Door's HomeDoor
and LogDoor products, MailDoor enables Webmasters to offer users a complete
set of multi-domain services -- all through a single Macintosh computer.
As shipped from Apple Computer, AIMS does not provide the ability to set up
independent e-mail accounts with the same account name. This limitation is
most serious when it comes to setting up...
[MD1] Indexed File Library
This post is to announce the availability of IFile, an indexed file
library, as a public beta. Some of the main features of IFile are
- Multiple segment non-contiguous keys
- B-Tree indexing mechanism to fast retrieval
- Static or Variable length records
- Random or Sequential access
- Get records =,),(,)=,or (= a specified key
To get a copy of IFile, which is currently available in the current
forms:
- PPC shared library
- Symantec PPC static library
- Symantec 68K static library
You can download it at http://pwp.starnetinc.com/vagrant/kickstand.html
Guy Umbright
Kickstand Software
vagrant@starnetinc.com
(P.S. To those of you who have dealt with IFile before (and trying to
get it via my previous ISP) thanks for your help and sorry for your
hassles. The guts of IFile has been mostly rewritten.)
--
:: Guy Umbright - Kickstand Software
:: Software Developer
:: Macintosh & Apple ][ Infinitum
:: vagrant@starnetinc.com
:: http://pwp.starnetinc.com/vagrant/
[MD1] OpenTransport 1.1.1
Apple Open Transport 1.1.1 Enhances Mac OS Networking Performance and
Reliability
CUPERTINO, Calif.--Oct. 25, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc., today announced the
availability of Apple Open Transport 1.1.1, an enhanced version of Apple's
standards-based networking and communications system for Macintosh and Mac
OS-compatible computers.
Significance
Open Transport 1.1.1 is an update for Mac OS-based systems currently
running Open Transport 1.1, and is a recommended upgrade for all Open Transport
users. In addition to bug fixes that increase overall compatibility,
performance and stability, the update provides significant performance
enhancements for Mac OS-based Internet and intranet servers and includes
support for the new Open Transport/PPP implementation.
Additional Mac OS Systems Supported
Open Transport 1.0 began shipping in 1995 as a standard feature of Apple's
new PCI-based Power Macintosh systems. Open Transport 1.1 added support for
most 68030, 68040, and additional PowerPC-based...
[MD1] Pictorius' New CGI Toolkit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pictorius Introduces New CGI Toolkit
Mac Web Developers Can Now Create CGIs & ACGIs Interactively
Write CGIs, Run & Edit Them Simultaneously While Watching the Results in
the Browser
October, 1996 - 1996 Pictorius Developer's Conference - Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada - Pictorius Incorporated announced at their Developer's
Conference the Pictorius CGI Toolkit, a new product designed especially
for Web developers looking for an easier and faster way to create CGIs
(Common Gateway Interface) and ACGIs (Asynchronous CGI) for their Mac-based
Web sites.
The Pictorius CGI Toolkit includes the CGI development environment,
Pictorius Net Servers and an award-winning, shareware HTML Editor so users
have everything they need to write, compile, test and deploy CGIs in one
package. Sample CGIs are included to help users get started. The Pictorius
CGI Toolkit is also compatible with other Mac-based Web servers that
support CGIs and ACGIs, including WebStar.
Prior to...
[MD1] Free Macintosh Net Servers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 28, 1996
Pictorius Releases Free Macintosh Net Servers
New Net Servers Offer a Free, High Performance Web Server Option
October 28, 1996 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Pictorius Inc. today
announced the first release of their free Pictorius Net Servers (formerly
Entrada! Net Servers) for Macintosh. Available for both 68K and PowerMacs,
the first release includes: a fully-threaded, full service Web (http)
server; native Open Transport support for maximum performance and
unrestricted simultaneous users; full support for CGIs and ACGIs; 14 Agents
which provide the functions of CGIs but are fully integrated into the
servers for better performance; multi-homing support for multiple domain
names on one machine; and security features, including: prohibiting access
by domain name or IP address; configuring user groups; and changing user
access control without restarting.
Pictorius will be adding new servers including Mail (SMTP and POP3), FTP,
Finger, DNS, News...
[MD1] Apple's OS Strategy Letter
A LETTER FROM CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER ELLEN HANCOCK ON APPLE'S OS
STRATEGY AND THE "HARMONY" RELEASE
October 21, 1996
Apple Developers:
As you know, my team and I have been working on redefining Apple's OS
roadmap to better meet our customers' and developers' needs. While we
have not yet finalized these plans, I wanted to give you an update as to
where we stand.
As previously announced, we have moved from a monolithic OS release
strategy to one that delivers releases on a regular schedule. We believe
that this more frequent release strategy provides Mac OS customers and
developers with the power and flexibility they're demanding. We feel it
is important to deliver improved products and emerging technologies to
developers and customers on a timely basis.
The first of these scheduled releases, code-named "Harmony," is expected
to be made available in January. The Harmony release will include
features such as OpenDoc and Cyberdog in the OS, along with a new
Extension Manager, an updated...
[MD1] Gestalt Selectors List v3.6
Dear Mac-programmers,
I have released version 3.6 of the
Gestalt Selectors List (GSL)
This list was released for the first time on this day in the year 1992.
Hence, this release marks the FOURTH ANNIVERSARY of this list!
To celebrate this a survey it held for every GSL user to fill in and
return. The survey form is included with the GSL 3.6 release but it can
also be entered using a form on a WWW page:
http://www.bio.vu.nl/home/rgaros/gestalt/survey.html
The GSL lists all sorts of information about the Gestalt Manager, but
mainly about selectors and the meaning of the returned values.
The Gestalt Manager is part of the Apple Macintosh System Software to
enable programmers to determine the availability of certain software and
hardware.
You can obtain the latest version in several ways:
- by sending email to the mail archive server at:
gestalt-selectors-list-request@bio.vu.nl
with the subject:
archive get recent/gestalt-selectors.etx
or to get...
[MD1] VRML, Internet3D, and more...
ParaGraph International Unveils Low-Cost Software For Easily Creating 3D
Internet Worlds and Interactive 3D Text for Web Sites
VRML 2.0 Authoring Software Includes New Beta Versions of Internet3D Space
Builder and Internet3D Font Magic; Virtual Home Space Builder 2.2 Now
Available
New York, NY - October 18, 1996 -- ParaGraph International, Inc.(R)
(Campbell, CA) today announced availability of additional software in the
world's first family of VRML 2.0 software for creating a full range of
Cyberspace worlds on the Internet. Beta2 of Internet3D Space Builder, the
software for creating sophisticated VR worlds and the Final Beta of
Internet3D Font Magic are available now for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) 95.
VHSB 2.2, an upgrade to Virtual Home Space Builder(TM) (VHSB), the easiest
software for creating 3D multimedia worlds, is also available now.
Together, the software packages fully support the new Virtual Reality
Modeling Language (VRML 2.0) Internet standard -- enabling the advent of 3D...
[MD1] BeOS Bundled in MacTech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Neil Ticktin
Publisher
MacTech Magazine
805-494-9797
publisher@mactech.com
http://www.mactech.com
Mark Gonzales
Director of Marketing
Be, Inc.
415-462-4100
markg@be.com
http://www.be.com
BeOS TO BE BUNDLED IN MACTECH MAGAZINE
MENLO PARK, Calif. and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- October 21, 1996 --
Be, Inc. and Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech(tm) Magazine,
announced today that the BeOS(tm) DR8 for Power Macintosh will be
bundled, free of charge, on CD in the January, 1997 issue of MacTech
Magazine.
"We want to get the developer release of BeOS for PowerMac into the
hands of active PowerMac developers so that they can get up to speed on
the technology as rapidly as possible, " said Mark Gonzales, Director of
Marketing at Be, Inc. "MacTech is recognized as a key development
resource within the PowerMac community, and so it made complete sense
that we should work with them to reach a wide base of developers."
"With all of the buzz in the Mac...
[MD1] Visual Cafe Preview Release
CONTACT: Symantec Customer Service (800) 441-7234
cafe@symantec.com
VISUAL CAFE PREVIEW RELEASE 1 FOR MACINTOSH NOW AVAILABLE!
CUPERTINO, CA -- October 16, 1996 -- Keeping pace with developments in the
Macintosh, and current internet technologies, Symantec Corporation
(NASDAQ:SYMC) is pleased to make Visual Cafe Preview Release 1 for
Macintosh available for download. We value your input to help us provide
you with the best visual rapid application development tools for Java. We
are very interested in your feedback in terms of the user interface of
Visual Cafe, as well as the base feature set. Please send any bug reports
to (bugs@devtools.symantec.com). Send feature suggestions, comments etc. to
(support@devtools.symantec.com) and use the subject line "visual cafe for
mac".
Visual Cafe Preview Release 1 includes:
o RAD Visual Tools designed exclusively for the Java programming language,
allowing the easy creation of Java applets and applications using drag and
drop of...
[MD1] PERFORCE now supports Macintosh
We're happy to announce that PERFORCE -- the FAST Software
Configuration Management System -- now supports Macintosh clients.
Coupled with existing support for Windows/NT, Windows/95, OS/2,
and nearly a score of UNIX platforms, PERFORCE now provides just
about universal platform coverage. (Sorry, Win3.1 is still out of luck.)
The PERFORCE Macintosh client currently works with the MPW shell. The
Mac client handles both data and resource forks of MacOS files, and
allows both forks to be shared and edited by non-Mac clients. MacOS
data forks are treated as ordinary text or binary files on a non-Mac
client. With this, Mac and non-Mac users can share their source code,
while Mac users additionally can share Mac resource and file type
attribute information.
The new PERFORCE Mac client is available directly from Perforce
Software. For further information on availability, platforms,
pricing, documentation, and free evaluation software, check our
Web site (below) or send email inquiries to...
[MD1] CometPage/CometSite 1.0b4
CometPage 1.0b4 and CometSite 1.0b4 are available now for downloading at
http://www.digitalcomet.com/.
==) Special note to NetCloak users: These products are NetCloak 2.1
compatible. See below for details.
CometPage Features:
-------------------
-- Built-in "Personal Web Server" lets you build and test your web
pages on your local machine before you deploy them on your server.
-- Drag and drop "templates", "macros" and over 65 "dynamic commands"
into any web page editor that handles drag and drop properly.
-- "Publish Site" feature allows you to deploy pages built in CometPage
on any web server -- no CGIs needed (though not all dynamic features
are available unless you deploy using the CometSite CGIs, which
are available for a variety of Macintosh, UNIX and WindowsNT
servers).
-- Over 30 dynamic commands take the form of custom HTML extensions.
Simple syntax allows any web page designer to make their pages
dynamic. For example,...
[MD1] Frontier 4.1 Ships
Frontier 4.1 is shipping at (http://www.scripting.com/frontier/). Here's an
overview of the new features in 4.1, full detail is available on the site.
***Ease of Learning and Use
The main priority of Frontier 4.1 was to re-design the user interface to
incorporate what we've learned about Frontier over the last four years.
The User's Guide has been completely updated and made current with the
feature set of Frontier 4.1.
Frontier's menus have been reorganized to be easier for the first-time
user, and more complete for experienced users.
Navigators make finding your way around the object database easier, and
supply vital information for the beginning script writer.
Where do I put my script? This was the number one question for new Frontier
users. New places include the Workspace table, which is the best place to
store personal scripts; the Overnight and Hourly scripts tables store
scripts that run every night at 2AM and every hour on the hour; the
webServerScripts table stores CGI...
[MD1] Symantec Visual Page Preview
CONTACT: Symantec Customer Service (800) 441-7234
cafe@symantec.com
VISUAL PAGE PREVIEW RELEASE 1 FOR MACINTOSH NOW AVAILABLE!
CUPERTINO, CA -- October 16, 1996 -- Keeping pace with developments in the
Macintosh, and current internet technologies, Symantec Corporation
(NASDAQ:SYMC) is pleased to make Visual Page Preview Release 1 for
Macintosh available for download. We value your input to help us provide
you with the best web page editing tool on the market. We are very
interested in your feedback in terms of the user interface of Visual Page,
as well as the base feature set. Please send any bug reports to
(bugs@devtools.symantec.com). Send feature, suggestions, comments etc. to
(support@devtools.symantec.com) and use the subject line "Visual Page for
Mac".
Visual Page Preview Release 1 includes:
o Support for Tables, Frames, Images, Links
o Source Code Editor
o Floating Images and Tables allow wrap around text
o Supports embedded Quicktime playback
As with all pre-release...
[MD1] NI Releases Roaster DR2.3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Natural Intelligence Releases Roaster(tm) 2.3
Includes Support for Sun's JDK 1.0.2
Cambridge, MA, October 17, 1996. Natural Intelligence, Inc. (NI), the
company which led the Java(tm) revolution for the Macintosh(tm) in January
of this year, has released the newest update of Roaster, the Development
Environment for Java. Roaster was the first development environment for
creating applets and applications in Sun(tm) Microsystems, Inc.'s Java(tm)
programming language on the Macintosh platform.
This latest release, Roaster Developer's Release 2.3, furthers the
functionality of the development environment by including support for Sun's
JDK 1.0.2. This release also dramatically increases the stability of the
development environment for Java.
Russell Neufeld, one of the Senior Developers of Roaster noted:
"We are very pleased with this updated version which reflects the great
strides taken toward the stabilization of our Virtual Machine. We have done
this without...
[MD1] Microsoft Delivers ActiveX on Macintosh
Microsoft Delivers ActiveX on the Macintosh
Beta Release of ActiveX SDK for Macintosh Enhances Cross-Platform
Support for ActiveX
REDMOND, Wash. - Oct. 17, 1996 - Microsoft Corp. today announced
worldwide availability of the beta release of the Microsoft ActiveX
Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Macintosh. The move is an
important step toward making ActiveX interoperability technology
available across all popular computing platforms. With the new SDK,
Macintosh developers can create native ActiveX Controls and interactive
content that will be immediately viewable by users of Microsoft Internet
Explorer version 2.1 for the Macintosh. The SDK beta release is
available now for free download from http://www.microsoft.com
/intdev/sdk/mac/ (connect-time charges may apply), and the final release
will be available by the end of the year.
Over 2,000 ActiveX Controls are already available to content developers
and users of the Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT operating
systems....
[MD1] High-Quality Virtual Domains
Dear Customer,
Many of you have been requesting various additional services and
products from us. Because of your recommendations, we have some exciting
announcements to make later this year. In the meantime, we've recently
unveiled our new Seagull Networks web hosting service. If your company
or organization is looking for a quality web presence provider, we have
the resources to make it happen.
And as a special promotion, we are offering a free on-going subscription
to the Apprentice CD-ROM to anyone who orders the top-of-the-line package
from Seagull Networks! You get the latest edition of Apprentice as it is
released, as long as you use our web hosting services. Just let us know
that you heard it from this emailing.
The top-of-the-line package includes the following features:
- 125 megabytes of space!
- Your own domain (www.yourcompany.com)
- Your own IP number
- Your own virtual web server
- Your own root ftp server
- Your own smtp and pop3 mail servers
- Your own...
[MD1] TestTrack 1.0 Demo Released
Seapine Software has released a demo version of TestTrack 1.0. This version
limits you to entering no more than 10 defects per bug database, but is
otherwise fully functional (including multi-user access). The demo version
has been uploaded to the following locations:
URL: ftp://members.aol.com//seapine/TestTrack_Demo10.bin
ftp: machine "members.aol.com"
path "seapine"
file "TestTrack10_Demo.bin"
CompuServe: MACDEV forum, Tools library
AOL: Macintosh Developers forum, new uploads library
What is TestTrack?
==================
TestTrack is a bug tracking tool for Macintosh-based software and hardware
development. TestTrack automates the tedious and error-prone process of
tracking bugs and feature requests by hand. It also eliminates the need to
create a custom solution using general purpose database tools such as 4D
and FileMaker Pro.
TestTrack links engineers, testers, managers, even tech writers together so
no one falls out of the loop....
[MD1] Several Acme web tool releases...
Hello!
I wanted to let you know about some of the new products that we've just
released. The four products are WebDetour (a Mac Web CGI), FingerToys (a Finger
Server), PowerGate (another Mac Web CGI), and Mondo Mail (a scriptable SMTP
client). I've included our press releases about the first three. The fourth, a
freebie, is Mondo Mail.
Mondo Mail is an easy-to-use, reliable mail gateway for use on a web site. It's
not a fancy program, but it has a few advantages over other alternatives. It's
written in C, built from a well-tested and reliable code base, is friendly to
other applications on the system, and is free. It also has a failsafe "kill
file" where undeliverable mail and associated errors are written. This product
is currently unsupported, meaning we can't dedicate resources to supporting it,
not that bugs and/or problems shouldn't be reported to us.
The Acme Technologies Web site is located at http://www.acmetech.com/ and our
downloads page is located at http://www.acmetech.com...
[MD1] SpriteWorld 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Karl Bunker
KarlBunker@aol.com
Vern Jensen
Vern_Jensen@lamg.com
SPRITEWORLD 2 RELEASED
A FREE, FAST, POWERFUL, AND EASY TO USE PROGRAMMER'S LIBRARY FOR CREATING
SPRITE ANIMATION IN MACINTOSH PROGRAMS
Karl Bunker and Vern Jensen today officially released SpriteWorld 2 as
freeware to the Macintosh programming community. SpriteWorld 2 is an update
to the widely respected SpriteWorld animation library originally written by
Tony Myles in 1993-94. SpriteWorld 2 offers a huge number of improvements
over the original SpriteWorld, as well as correcting all of the bugs that
plagued that earlier version. SpriteWorld 2 is released with the permission
of Tony Myles, and is available free of charge to all Mac programmers.
SpriteWorld 2 will be of particular interest to Macintosh game programmers.
Using the SpriteWorld 2 library, programmers can easily produce highly
complex sprite-based animation effects, with high frame rates, smooth
overlapping, pixel-precise...
[MD1] Web Pages for Sprocket
Announcing Licorice, Web Pages for Sprocket(tm) Development
Viperware(tm) is proud to announce Licorice, a new series of web pages
designed specifically for developers using Apple's Game Sprockets. The URL
for Licorice is:
(http://www.viperware.com/licorice)
Licorice features FAQ's for each of the Game Sprockets. Questions and
answers have been taken from the past 6 months of the Mac-Games-Developer
mailing list.
If you have a question concerning Game Sprockets, you should check Licorice
first to see if your question is answered in a FAQ. Hopefully this will
reduce noise on the newsgroups and mailing lists, and will make using these
services more enjoyable.
** Also take a look at Butterscotch, the #1 source of information for game
developers:
(http://www.viperware.com/butterscotch)
*Sprocket is a trademark of Xplain Corporation.
[MD1] Rating Software Via The Internet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Dina Tanzi
Phone: 800-819-1335
Fax: 301-513-9466
E-mail: webmaster@nmaa.org
URL: http://www.nmaa.org; http://www.ratings.org
WWW.RATINGS.ORG, The New Standard For Rating Software Via The Internet
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- October 16, 1996 (MMG) -- The National
Multimedia Association of America, the largest non-profit multimedia
professional association in the United States, will begin operations of a
new service to the Internet community: WWW.RATINGS.ORG.
The purpose of RATINGS.ORG is to help users select the best
software for their needs and to improve communications between end
user's and developers.
Any individual who has experience with a specific software application
(shareware, freeware, or commercial) can rate the application via the
Internet. Each overall rating is based on a possible score of 100
points. The individual rates the software on ten questions ranging from
ease of installation, to quality of features. After rating a specific
software...
[MD1] MW Bundles ObjectSpace's Java Lib
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contacts:
Joel Zeff
ObjectSpace, Inc.
214.823.8242
joelzeff@objectspace.com
Cynthia Fray
Metrowerks, Inc.
512.873.4758
cynthia@metrowerks.com
METROWERKS BUNDLES OBJECTSPACE'S JAVA(tm) GENERIC LIBRARY
DALLAS, Texas & AUSTIN, Texas-October 14, 1996-ObjectSpace Inc., a leading
provider of object-oriented technology, and Metrowerks(R) Inc., (NASDAQ:
MTWKF, TSE/ME: MWK), the leading provider of software development tools for
Macintosh(R), today announced an agreement to include the ObjectSpace
Java(tm) Generic Library (JGL) with Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(R) Java
Development Environment. The Java Generic Library is the most comprehensive
set of reusable containers and algorithms currently available for Java.
"ObjectSpace has created a high quality container and algorithm library for
Java that will facilitate the development process for Java developers, much
like the standard template library has done for C++ programmers," said Greg
Galanos, President and Chief...
[MD1] Some good Apple news - Profits
Apple Computer Announces Quarterly Results
Company Posts $25 Million Profit; Revenues, Margins, and Cash Flow Reflect
Continued Improvement
CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 16, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 27, 1996. For the
quarter, Apple's revenues were $2.321 billion, a decrease of $682 million
fromthe fourth quarter a year ago, but a sequential increase of $142
million from the quarter ended June 30, 1996. Unit shipments for the
quarter were approximately 932,000, a decline of 26 percent from the year
ago quarter but a sequential increase of 11 percent from the June 1996
quarter. International revenues represented 47 percent of the quarterly
total.
Net income for the quarter was $25 million, or $.20 per share, compared
with $60 million, or $.48 a share, in the same quarter a year ago. The
Company's operating income for the quarter was $34 million, a sequential
improvement of $150 million from its $116 million operating...
[MD1] Do-It-Yourself for Web Databases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WebVentures Pty Ltd
23 Clarkson Place, KENMORE HILLS, Qld, Australia 4069
Company URL: http://www.webventures.com.au
Media Contact: Colin Lythall , Managing Director
Tel: (07) 3374 0281, Intl +61 7 3374 0281
clythall@webventures.com.au
Company Fax: +61 7 32012044
(Brisbane, Austrailia--October 9, 1996)--(PRESSXPRESS)--Managing Director of
WebVentures Pty Ltd, Mr Colin Lythall, announced the release today of
the Do-It-Yourself Database(TM). With DIY-DB, anyone can build working
databases on the Web in ten minutes without a knowledge of database
systems or CGI-scripting.
On-line configuration is easy with DIY-DB. Just 'load and go' onto
any server running Java, then link to common database engines such as
mSQL or ODBC-complient databases. DIY-DB makes it simple and quick
to build a database on the Internet or an Intranet from scratch.
Everything is done right down to the consistent look and feel of
presented pages. It's easy to add your own logos and text to...
[MD1] Symantec and Netscape DevCon
You may already have heard, Netscape is hosting its second Internet
Developers' Conference (NIDC) in New York this month. Symantec is proud
to offer you an exceptional discount on tickets to the full conference.
The conference is being held on Oct. 16-18, 1996, in New York City. It
is the place where leading Internet and intranet developers will go for
the latest technical information from Netscape engineers. You can also
see the latest Java tools from Symantec in exhibitor pavilion pods
337-339. We hope that you are planning to attend.
We have arranged for special conference discount for you. You can
attend the NIDC for only $995 (no further discounts apply). To take
advantage special pricing, you must call 800-488-2883 (415-578-6900
International) and refer to priority code CAFE.
Visit http://developer.netscape.com/devcon today to learn more about the
30+ sessions in Netscape's technical program.
Best regards,
Symantec Internet Tools Team
[MD1] Monitoring Net Servers
MAXUM DEVELOPMENT SHIPS PAGESENTRY AND PAGESENTRY PRO -
NOW MONITORING ALL YOUR INTERNET SERVERS
Streamwood, Illinois, September 30, 1996 - Maxum Development Corporation,
a leading developer of Macintosh Web server add-on tools, this week
shipped its upgrade to PageSentry Pro and a new product PageSentry.
Maxum's line of Internet server monitors allow customers to maintain
reliable Internet services seven days a week, 24 hours a day. In addition
to Web site monitoring, PageSentry 2.0 and PageSentry Pro 2.0, now provide
monitoring for FTP, SMTP (e-mail), DNS, and Telnet services as well.
PageSentry and PageSentry Pro use these high-level client services to test
the whole server operation, not just the low-level networking functions.
PageSentry Pro now allows the addition of 100 Sentries to monitor large
enterprise sites and Internet Services Providers. PageSentry is designed
to meet the needs of departmental or small enterprise server monitoring.
"This version has been almost a...
[MD1] Capite Libro -- MM Tool for Elec Books
Capite Libro 1.0
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Capite Libro - everybody's multimedia tool for electronic books, with compiler.
Capite Libro is a very useful hyperbook tool, for making manuals,
ReadMe-files, catalogs, product tours, or just any information you want to
spread to the MacOS-world.
Capite Libro is e.g. very well suited for ReadMe-documents, since the
compiled documents (i.e. applications) can run on anything from a MacPlus
with System 6.0.5; and the program files are small (and fast). Furthermore,
it's very easy to update your ReadMe-documents with new compilations.
For people who only need to fill their multimedia products with text,
pictures, sound and links, Capite Libro is a very capable, fast, and easily
worked little tool, at a very attractive price (perhaps the most attractive
in the market). But those who want to add movies and scripts, have to wait
for future versions.
When you edit a document, you're working with cards, which you fill with
different fields for text, pictures...