WWDC Preview - Online Chats Developers, Still thinking about WWDC and asking yourself the question, "what's in it for me?" Tune into one of our five online chat sessions starting next week. Our track managers will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about WWDC. This is your chance to ask tough questions and walk away with personal, knowledgeable answers. Then we'll leave it up to you to decide if this is an event you can really afford to miss. All chat sessions begin at 4:00 p.m. U.S. Pacific Daylight Time (24:00 hours GMT). To join a chat session, use your Java enabled browser (preferrably Netscape 3.0+ or Microsoft 3.01 Internet Explorer beta) to log on to the Apple Developer World web site at: (http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/WWDC/chat.html) (Note: URL won't be active until Tuesday, 4/22) Date Technology Track Track Manager -------- -------------------- ----------------- Wed 4/23 Mac OS Technologies Gordan Garb Thu 4/24 Interactive...

BareBones has released version 4.0.1 of the freeware code editing tool BBEdit Lite on April 13th: (http://www.BAREBONES.com/freeware.html) Note, they released a maintenance update to their commercial editor, BBEdit v4.0.4, a few weeks ago: (http://www.BAREBONES.com/updates.html)

From: klarue@pop.allegiant.com (Kevin La Rue) Subject: * [Ann] $49.95 "SUPERCARD" MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOL SALE! NEWS BULLETIN ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** MORE INFO: http://www.allegiant.com $49.95 "SUPERCARD" MULTIMEDIA/WEB AUTHORING TOOL SALE! Allegiant offers previous version of SuperCard at incredible price! SAN DIEGO, CA -- April 11, 1997: Today Allegiant Technologies announced a special $49.95 inventory closeout price for their award-winning Macintosh multimedia authoring tool SuperCard 2.5. SuperCard 2.5 sports full PowerPC acceleration, built-in QuickTime support, a powerful Standalone Maker utility for building royalty-free "double-clickable" applications, hypertext, advanced sound features, multi-frame "Filmstrip" animations, and more. These new features build upon an already strong set of powerful authoring capabilities that included comprehensive media support (QuickTime, sounds, animations, text & graphics), support for a full suite of...

To all, Many of you have requested that we have a digest version of MacDev-1. We've been partially supporting this for a while, but now it should be ready to role. Below are the latest instructions for MacDev-1. Let us know if you run into any problems and we'll be happy to work them through. Thanks, Neil ***************** MacDev-1 MAILING LIST HELP FILE Please read the list guidelines (see below) before engaging in discussion. In addition, familiarize yourself with how the list operates, especially if you've never participated in an Internet email discussion group before. It's a good idea to save this message somewhere so you know how to unsubscribe. When dealing with a listserver, there are two types of messages, namely, COMMANDS and POSTS. Unlike traditional listservers which require the use of numerous email addresses, we have simplified the process by allowing for both both COMMANDS and POSTS to be sent to the same address. COMMANDS These e-mail messages are intended to cause...

FOR RELEASE APRIL 14, 1997 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS EXPANDS ITS LOGDOOR PRODUCT LINE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED REAL-TIME WEB SITE MONITOR NOW SUPPORTS MORE MAC OS SERVERS, WINDOWS 95 AND NT ASHLAND, OR. -- April 14, 1997 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced that it has significantly broadened its LogDoor product line by adding support for additional Mac OS servers, plus key Windows 95 and NT servers as well. Open Door announced that its Personal LogDoor Web Sharing Monitor now supports Microsoft's as well as Apple's personal Web server under the Mac OS, and that a new LogDoor for Windows product provides support for Microsoft Web servers under Windows 95 and NT. LogDoor Web Site Monitor products provide Webmasters with the essential ability to monitor accesses to their server in real time, unlike most current log analysis programs which work as after-the-fact log post-processors. The top-of-the-line LogDoor Multi-domain Web...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information Contact: Kevin Parriott (kparriott@pacmedia.com) 619-462-6042 619-465-0323 fax For Information Contact: Kevin Parriott (kparriott@pacmedia.com) or pmwnews@pacmedia.com 619-462-6042 Open Media Toolkit Pro Unveiled April 9, 1997 - San Diego based Pacific Media WorX has announced that "Phase One" development and successful beta testing of its Open Media Toolkit Professional, has been completed. Open Media Toolkit Professional, is a high performance commercial level C++, 32 bit, three dimensional (3D) capable framework, designed for cross platform game and multimedia product development. OMT Pro is revolutionary in that products created within OMT Pro's single source code framework, when compiled, will produce software capable of running on four different operating platforms. They include Windows'95, and NT, the Macintosh, and Power PC. Smart object-oriented structures allow OMT Pro applications to be platform independent with no speed lost compared...

Apple Ships Mac OS 7.6.1 Update; Delivers Reliability Improvements to the Mac OS CUPERTINO, California-April 7, 1997-Apple Computer, Inc., today released a set of system software enhancements that improves the overall reliability of the Mac OS, and brings the benefits of Mac OS 7.6 to the most recently introduced Mac OS compatible systems. Released in January, Mac OS 7.6 continues to receive an enthusiastic reception. Significance Mac OS 7.6.1 Update delivers on its two main goals: to improve stability through reliability improvements, and to bring Mac OS 7.6 support to recently introduced computers not currently supported by Mac OS 7.6. This release is not intended to deliver any new features, nor does it deliver updates to technologies already available through download sites on the Internet and online services. Numerous Improvements Mac OS 7.6.1 Update is Apple's rapid response to feedback from customers and developers on Mac OS 7.6. It delivers updates for all Macintosh and Mac OS...

MacDev-1 Subscribers, Well, we could say... "We were celebrating April Fools' Day late." or "We installed a Windows server." or "The messages were really important so we sent them more than once." But, in reality and in "technical terms", the servers got confused in part due to the shutting down of AppleLink and the Apple layoffs (bounces went through the ceiling). We believe that the problem of multiple sends of MacDev-1's are solved ... this message will test that. :) We're almost finished with the Digest implementation, so stay tuned for more information on subscribing to the digest version soon. Thanks, Neil Ticktin MacTech Magazine publisher@mactech.com http://www.mactech.com

CONTACT: ROYCE WHITE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE dataDisc, Inc. 10334 Battleview Parkway Manassas, VA 20109 703-331-2200 (Tel) 703-331-2260 (Fax) http://www.datadisc.com sales@datadisc.com DATADISC ANNOUNCES WEBIMAGE97 - THE VERY BEST WAY TO CATALOG (AND THEN FIND) ALL THOSE IMAGES YOU GRAB FROM THE 'NET March 31, 1997, Washington D.C. Manassas, Virginia-based dataDisc, a leader in the multimedia arena, has brought its expertise to the Web. The introduction of webimage97 means never again losing another image you've downloaded from the Web. You've been browsing the net. You find a good image and you download it. After a very short while you've got hundreds of images on your harddrive but no way to find the exact one you're looking for. That's because they usually have names like AD6535.GIF or image07.jpg which tells you absolutely nothing about what the image looks like. Enter webimage97 -- A great web tool...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: MARSHA VDOVIN PUBLIC RELATIONS MARY COLLER-HEADSPACE 415.826.1121 415.696.9400 vdovin@sirius.com mary@headspace.com SUN MICROSYSTEMS LICENSES THE HEADSPACE AUDIO ENGINE UNPRECEDENTED SONIC POWER SLATED FOR JAVA JavaOne Conference * San Francisco, CA * April 2, 1997 - Headspace Inc., a leading creator of software technologies for music and sound on the Internet, has licensed its audio engine to JavaSoft, a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc., bringing high-quality sound and interactive music to Java. Headspace founder, musician Thomas Dolby Robertson, will demonstrate this technology at Sun CEO Scott McNealy's keynote address at the JavaOne conference. The keynote address is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on April 3, 1997, at San Francisco's Moscone Center. "We were eager to bring a monumental leap in audio quality to Java applications," commented Jon Kannegaard, vice president of software products at JavaSoft. "With Headspace, we've found an ideal...

Contact: Colleen Miller, Development Director (510) 549-2684 x210 MORE VENDORS AND SPEAKERS THAN EVER TO ATTEND BMUG'S MACFEST '97 For Immediate Release - BERKELEY, CA, April 2, 1997 - April 26 marks the date of the 7th annual BMUG MacFest. This year MacFest will be held at its usual site in the Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley Campus. The show will take place from 10am to 6pm. This year will prove to be the best yet with such big name vendors as Adobe,Connectix, Aladdin, Dantz, Iomega, Corel, Wacom, Techworks, Motorola and MANY more. Fir the first time ever, vendors will be selling product and giving some great deals to MacFest attendees. Also, come hear first hand about Apple's tremendous changes this year as Ellen Hancock, Apple Vice President, has agreed to be our keynote speaker. And if that's not exciting enough, we'll also have Jean Louis Gassee, founder of Be, Inc. Other conference speakers include industry analyst Dave Winer, TidBits Editor Adam Engst, MacWeek Columnist...

CLARIS SETS ANNUAL SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE FOR MAY 12-15 IN SAN JOSE Three day conference to focus on integrating Claris software for the Internet for "simply better solutions" Santa Clara, Calif., March 31, 1997 - Claris Corporation has announced that online registration is now open for its second annual Claris Solutions Conference May 12-15, 1997, at the San Jose Fairmont, in San Jose, Calif at http://www.claris.com/solutions conference . With "Simply Better Solutions" as this year's theme, the conference will provide training and education for software developers, consultants, trainers and users. Benefiting independent and in-house developers and consultants as well as users of all levels, the conference will cover all key Claris software applications, including FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1 and Mac OS, Claris Home Page, Claris Emailer 2.0 for Mac OS and ClarisWorks 4.0 for Windows 95 and Mac OS and Windows. Many of the sessions will focus on how...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT AFC JAVA CLASSES AUSTIN, Texas-April 2, 1997-At the Software Development West Conference and JavaOne, Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced that Metrowerks' CodeWarrior will offer full support for Microsoft's recently announced Application Foundation Classes (AFC), a comprehensive set of cross-platform, value-added class libraries written entirely in Java. These classes provide small, fast and flexible graphics, user interface and multimedia capabilities in a suite of highly functional Java class libraries. This enhances development of rich, sophisticated cross-platform Java applications while saving on valuable development time. Metrowerks will provide support for AFC in upcoming versions of its CodeWarrior Gold Integrated Development Environment...

27 March, 1997 -- Symmetry Software today announced a new website designed to help Macintosh users keep track of the latest versions of software. The Version Master website currently lists more than 25,500 product titles from over 40 countries, making it the most comprehensive list of Macintosh software anywhere on the internet. Visitors to this site are invited to search the huge database to find the latest version of software on their Macs. Once a software version is located, users may simply click on the download site to be transferred to the software's website. The Version Master database keeps track of 680xx, PowerPC and FAT versions of software. It also tracks beta versions of software independently from release versions of the same software. Software is also categorized by "country code" so localized versions may be identified. The Version Master website is located at: (http://www.versionmaster.com) The Version Master website now joins the Version Master application as...

Essential Software for the BeOS. BEATWARE INC. 1150 Chestnut Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 http://www.beatware.com AppSketcher Upgraded for Seamless Integration with Code Warrior for BeOS IDE For Release Monday, March 31, 1997 Monday, March 31, 1997 Contact: Karen Cassel BeatWare Inc. karen@beatware.com 415-322-7253 Menlo Park, California -- March 31, 1997 -- BeatWare Inc. announced today the release of AppSketcher v0.9, a new version of its powerful software development tool for the BeOS. AppSketcher v0.9 is available for free downloading on the company's website, http://www.beatware.com. With this new version, AppSketcher minimizes project maintenance and streamlines the application building process by automatically adding all necessary resources to Metrowerks' IDE for the BeOS. In addition, AppSketcher's user interface has been improved and more detailed documentation provided to make the tool even easier to master. AppSketcher is the leading programming tool for the BeOS. Its...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carmen Delessio, President Black Dirt Software 914-651-1599 914-651-0015 http://www.blackdirt.com Black Dirt Software releases Visual Basic to Java Conversion Tool GOSHEN, NY -- March 27, 1997 (INB) -- Black Dirt Software announced today the release of Convert 1.0 - a Visual Basic to Java Converter. Convert 1.0 is available immediately for purchase and electronic delivery from ObjectTiger. The price is set at $59.99. The initial version provides a true graphical rendering of the original Visual Basic screen - including sophisticated user interface elements such as Frames and Tabbed dialogs. Black Dirt also provided details about their next generation conversion software. The new version is written entirely in Java. The object oriented features of Java allows this new converter to be extended by third party vendors. Carmen Delessio, President of Black Dirt, noted that there are "over 400 VB Controls in existence today. There is no way that we can convert...

WEB BROADCASTING CORP. SHIPS WEB FM 3.0 SDK FOR FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 SDK UNLEASHES UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 DEVELOPERS TO COMPETE IN THE INTERNET PRODUCT SPACE Palo Alto, CA. -- March 21, 1997 -- Web Broadcasting Corp. announces the release of the WEB FM 3.0 Solutions Distribution Kit (SDK). The new SDK version of the leading web server plug-in for FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac allows unlimited, royalty-free distribution of WEB FM 3.0 to customers that have already licensed the Macintosh runtime database engine version of FileMaker Pro 3.0 SDK from Claris Corporation. WEB FM 3.0 SDK provides FileMaker Pro 3.0 developers with a fast, cost-effective way to distribute customized World Wide Web solutions to clients and consumers. This means enterprising FileMaker Pro 3.0 developers can now distribute their desktop applications and solutions as powerful Internet or Intranet applications and solutions. "WEB FM 3.0 SDK represents a truly remarkable opportunity...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] Metrowerks Standard Lib 2.1.1 Update CodeWarriors, There is a release of the Metrowerks Standard Lib 2.1.1 Update available now or soon for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) Metrowerks Standard Lib 2.1.1 Update Released on 03/27/1997 MSL 2.1.1 addresses problems with the MSL 2.1 shipped with CodeWarrior 11. It is only recommended for use with the version 1.7.1 C/C++ compiler update. Download Update (4070k)

Apple Computer's European Developer Relations invites you to a full-day briefing on Thursday, April 17, from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM, at the Abela Regency Hotel in Nice, France. This briefing will cover Mac OS 8, Rhapsody and OpenStep, and WebObjects. In addition, Apple will offer a limited number of developers a hands-on introduction to the current Intel-version of OpenStep and the OpenStep development environment--the tools you can use today to start getting ready for the Rhapsody Developer Release due out later this year. This event is limited in space and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For registration and event information, visit our event web page: (http://www.euro.apple.com/edr/events/nice-briefing.html). For questions not covered by the web page, send a message to: Stephen Humphrey (shumphrey@apple.com) See you in Nice!

GRAYSCALE KITCHEN 2.0 FOR MACINTOSH DEVELOPERS March 25,1997 NEW VISUAL INTERFACE EDITOR ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO EXPERIENCE USER INTERFACES AS THEY ARE CREATED Contact Info:jeremyv@viperware.com Web Site: http://www.viperware.com/grayscale_kitchen BUILDING INTERFACES Grayscale Kitchen 2.0 (GK) was designed to provide the most convenient, efficient method of prototyping a user interface. Currently, there are no good UI prototyping utilities available, forcing most developers to use a paint program or Hypercard to design their interfaces- a practice that is barbaric considering the progress of technology today. With Grayscale Kitchen, developers no longer have to spend countless hours lining up pixels in a paint program to see what their new UI will look like. With GK, all they have to do is click and drag, and they can experience their UI inside GK without ever compiling or writing code. GK 2.0 now features a never-before seen "hands-on" approach to interface development. Instead of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marcella Wucher Zing PR (415) 592-5834 zingpr@earthlink.net Sheri Schurter Symantec Corporation (408) 864-2865 sschurter@symantec.com SYMANTEC ANNOUNCES CAFE 1.5 FOR MACINTOSH JAVA(tm) DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT -- Market-leading toolset upgrade offers comprehensive Java environment to Macintosh developers -- SYMANTEC CAFE 1.5 NEW FEATURES * Enhanced debugger * Recursive compiler for much faster builds * New JIT * JDK 1.02 integration * MacOS Runtime for Java included * Read/write zip files for classes CUPERTINO, Calif. - March 24, 1997 - Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq:SYMC), the leading supplier of Java development tools and environments, today announced Symantec Caf&eacute 1.5 for Macintosh. An upgrade to Symantec's best-selling Java toolset, Caf&eacute 1.5 now offers the richest feature-set available for Macintosh Java development, including an enhanced debugger, new just-in-time compiler for faster applet and application performance, new recursive...

** F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E ** DATE: March 20, 1997 CONTACT: Corine Hopkins, Product Manager 604-685-9975 chopkins@mwg.com http://www.mwg.com CameraMan has gone Native! Motion Works Releases CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh Vancouver,B.C. -- Motion Works Group Limited, the Canadian-based digital technology and interactive multimedia company, announced today the release of CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh. Since its debut in 1992, CameraMan has long been recognized as the tool of choice for software developers, educators and trainers who need a quick, flexible and inexpensive method of producing tutorials, customized training demos, presentations, internet movies and on-line support files. CameraMan makes simultaneous recordings of screen activity, system sounds and voice-overs. It captures all action that takes place on the users screen including; pull-down menus, dialogue boxes,...

From: Michel.Pollet@dcm.sat.fr (Michel Pollet) Subject: [ANN] Zilot, new pilot emulator for Macintosh A new port of Copilot for Powermacs is online.. You can get it from: http://www.teaser.fr/~mpollet/Zilot It features a lot more than the original port, including: + Sound + Saved machine state + Allow dowload of pilot applications + *VERY* fast + Double sized display.. + Backlight mode ;-) ... and more a great tool for testing applications from the net, or even easily test the applications you're writing !

UMAX Computer Corporation Announces Powerful New SuperMac System Targeting High End Professional Users Fremont, Calif., March 17, 1997 -- UMAX Computer Corporation today expanded its high end family of SuperMac S900 Mac OS-compatible workstations with the S900/233 system based on a 233 MHz PowerPC 604e processor with an estimated street price of $4,199. Like the rest of the S900 family, the new system has been engineered with UMAX' Advanced Scaleable Processor Design (A.S.P.D.) architecture, enabling a user to upgrade the primary processor card to faster speeds, and providing a slot for a secondary processor card, allowing users to upgrade to a dual-processor system without removing the original processor. UMAX supports the leading standards of Mac OS multiprocessing through DayStar nPOWER multiprocessing technology. The unique degree of upgradeability guards SuperMac S900 systems against premature obsolescence. "The new system provides the UNIX workstation-...