werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (02/13/86)
[ from InfoWorld, Vol. 8 #6, Feb 10, 86 ]
(page 1) "EXCEL leaves Jazz, Crunch behind in battle of the Mac Spreadsheets"
[ according to some market research survey, Microsoft sells 50% of all
programs purchase by Macintosh owners: Excel=31%, Word=14%, Multiplan=5%,
Jazz=9%, MacDraw=9%, Others=32% ]
(page 3) NEWS: "Kinko's Academic Courseware Exchange" slated to start this
spring marketing university-developed educational software
to be priced between $8 and $30
"WINDOWS-based version of EXCEL reported in development"
(page 5) NEWS: "Firm Stops Making Apple Software"
'State of the Art' is halting Apple II products and imposing a development
freeze on Macintosh software development, claiming that Apple has been
incapable of cracking the business market and that Apple's communications
regarding new product development has neither been clear nor consistent
[enough to continue development work].
"Remember the controversial Apple TV ad about the blind leading the blind
over the cliff?" said Davis Samuels, president. "Those weren't consumers,
they were Apple developers." [hehe, I think that has a grain of truth]
(page 13) NEWS "Developers Add Color Output to Mac"
A number of independent developers are bringing color output to the Mac
using a variety of software, digitizers, scanners, and video display
adapters. None of the techniques display color directly on the Mac screen,
but they do allow Macintosh screen images to be enhanced in color with the
Imagewriter II.
[ some details about Bech-Tech's Chromatron (converts screen images into
video format), Dunn Instruments' "color graphics tool" (RGB analog monitor,
film recorder for color-slides and minitransparencies), and some software
to print in color on the Imagewriter II's color support.]
(page 14) NEWS "Banks Give Commodore One-Month Extension"
[ what more is there to say ...]
(page 28) SPECIAL REPORT: "Desk Accessories"
[ reviews and compares current market for most popular personal computers;
interesting to read what exists on other machines and what may be showing
up on the market in the near future ]
(page 41) REVIEW "Eqtron Enters Database Fray with Macbase for Macintosh"
[ mixed performance - offers the advantage of relating information from
several files without the associated complexity. ]
(page 44) REVIEW "Interlace Offers Fresh Approach Toward Mac Data Managers"
"Although this is a powerful relational DB, it uses a visual approach to
information management taht makes this power easy to manage. And even
though it is a true relational database, it is priced like a simple
filer. this one deserves a close look"
[ promising. introductory mail-order price $95 ]
(page 56) PRODUCTS: "FullPaint: Ann Arbor Gives Mac Extra Painting Power"
[ fullscreen, 4 dos/windows open, smooth scrollbar, rotate, skew, distort ]
(page 57) PRODUCTS: "Provue Makes 2 Overvue Templates"
[ Overvue upgrade to (unprotected) version 2.0 for $10 ]
(page 62) INSIDE TRACK "US Firms Splintered, Entrenched in Entropy"
American Home Network's "People Link" cheap alternate for Email and
Online-Conferencing. $4 during off-hours includes Telenet. Free sign-up
and 1-hour free time when you mention INSIDE TRACK. 1-800-524-0100