Author: mactech

VRML Becomes ISO/IEC International Standard

VRML97 specification ratifies VRML 2.0 functionality as an official ISO
standard; ISO standardization guarantees stability for VRML specification
and encourages the adoption of VRML in other ISO/IEC standards

San Ramon, CA – January 26, 1998 – The VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling
Language) Consortium today announced that VRML has been approved as an
International Standard by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
The VRML97 specification, also known as ISO/IEC 14772, w

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Sam Caughron
Director of Marketing
816.765.4983 x 726
sam@proteron.com

FMPRO TUNER DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES PERFORMANCE OF FILEMAKER PRO

Kansas City, MO. January 26, 1998 – Proteron, L.L.C. today announced the
release of FMPro Tuner, a Mac OS system extension for improving the
performance of Claris Corporation’s FileMaker Pro.

The extension, which is free for download, can be obtained directly from
Proteron (http://www.proteron.com).

FMPro Tuner dramatically improves the performance of FileMaker Pro when
used as a networked host.

ANNOUNCING THE ASSOCIATION OF MACINTOSH TRAINERS

(Newport News, VA) – We are pleased to announce the re-establishment of The
Association of Macintosh Trainers (AMT). The association is an
international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers, instructors and
educators that provide Macintosh computer support. The purpose of the
organization is to make Macintosh computer support easily accessible and
available to anyone anywhere in the world, while working to improve upon
the quality of Macintosh training.

For Immediate Release

Tangent Systems Announces BuildSim 2.0 is Now Shipping and Ready for Download

OCEAN BEACH, Calif.– January 23, 1998 — Tangent Systems announced today
that it is now shipping BuildSim 2.0 for the PowerMacintosh and Macintosh
Computers. It can be downloaded for free directly from the company ftp
site.

BuildSim 2.0 delivers:

— DirectConnect, a node to node connection interface for fast model
contstruction.

— BuildBlocks, more than 50 to choose from to make model development easy
and fast.

A free information resource is now available to system analysts and
software designers at http://www.excelsoftware.com. The newly designed web
site contains over a hundred pages of information on software models,
design methods and software engineering tools for Macintosh and Windows
95/NT computers.

The Software Models area includes descriptions and examples of class, data,
object, process, state, structure, screen and task models.