TidBITS#162/08-Feb-93
=====================
 
 We have the last of the news from Macworld Expo this week, with
   information on PageMaker 5.0. We also have an article about new
   products for Wallpaper from Thought I Could, useful System 7.1
   enabler information, upgrade information for Canadians who want
   System 7.1, news of new low-end LaserWriters, yet another ATM
   hack, and finally, a long-awaited table of benchmarks from BYTE
   Labs and Tom Thompson.
 
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Topics:
    MailBITS/08-Feb-93
    New Enablers
    Connectix Does It Again
    Canadian System 7.1 Upgrade
    ATM Hack, Part 2
    New LaserWriters
    Benchmarks, Finally
    PageMaker 5.0
    New Wallpaper
    Reviews/08-Feb-93
 
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MailBITS/08-Feb-93
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  A friend writes, "As of 10-Feb-93, Apple will remove the Mac IIci
  line from all price lists. The IIci is still considered to be a
  mainstream business solution although Apple will no longer be able
  to support the growing demands that have accumulated over the past
  few weeks."
 
 
Correction/LC III
  Oops, we said last week that the LC III could take a single NuBus
  card. Wrong - we mixed that information up with the Centris 610,
  which can take a single NuBus card as long as it's short enough.
  The LC III is limited to an LC-style PDS slot.
 
 
Disclaimer
  As some of you may have noticed, I now write the Beating the
  System column for MacUser. I don't know what to disclaim, but
  since I'm identified as the editor of TidBITS at the end of those
  columns, it seems only right to mention it here. Writing for
  MacUser is different in that I have an approximately four month
  deadline for MacUser and a one hour deadline for TidBITS. That
  said, check it out and see what you think of my writing when I
  have a word limit and a professional editor.
 
 
StyleWriter II driver
  Dieder Bylsma wrote to tell us that he tried the head cleaning
  option from the StyleWriter II driver on his StyleWriter I, and
  although the printer itself seems OK, the process ruined the ink
  cartridge. This is probably why Apple isn't making the new
  StyleWriter II driver readily available and doesn't recommend that
  you use it with the StyleWriter I.
 
  Information from:
    Dieder A. Bylsma -- bylsma@unixg.ubc.ca
 
 
New Enablers
------------
  Apple has released new versions of the System 7.1 Enablers for the
  IIvx and the PowerBook 160 and 180. They're available on
  AppleLink, so your dealer should be able to snag them for you. You
  can also call Apple directly, or possibly get them from your user
  group. The bug fixes seem to be primarily in the area of high
  speed communications and support for the Apple Express Modem.
 
  Here is a current list of the various Enablers, and please, read
  the next article for important enabling information.
 
    Macintosh            System Enabler Used   Current Version
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    IIvx                 System Enabler 001          1.0.1
    PowerBook Duo 210    System Enabler 201          1.0
    PowerBook Duo 230    System Enabler 201          1.0
    PowerBook 160        System Enabler 111          1.0.1
    PowerBook 180        System Enabler 111          1.0.1
 
  Finally, rumors say that Apple will soon release a Tune-Up-like
  extension to fix problems with System 7.1, and also sometime soon,
  a 32-bit System Enabler that will clean up those dirty ROMs under
  System 7.1 for those of us (Mac II, IIcx, IIx, and SE/30) who
  depend on MODE32 under System 7.
 
    Apple -- 800/767-2775
 
  Information from:
    Pythaeus
 
 
Connectix Does It Again
-----------------------
  by Mark H. Anbinder, Contributing Editor -- mha@baka.ithaca.ny.us
 
  Connectix seems to continually fix something in the Macintosh
  system software that Apple should have done right in the first
  place. Virtual was the first (see TidBITS#160 for details of the
  latest version), and Connectix has filled Apple's potholes with
  MODE32 and CPU as well. Late last month, Connectix did it again,
  releasing a patch for a bug in Apple's System Enabler files that
  come with System 7.1.
 
  According to Connectix, the System Enabler files released along
  with the new Macintosh models last October, which allow these Macs
  to work with System 7.1, contain a bug that can potentially cause
  a system error. Affected machines include the PowerBook 160 and
  180, PowerBook Duo 210 and 230, Macintosh IIvx and IIvi, and, we
  assume, the Performa 600.
 
  Connectix says the bug has caused problems for users of AppleTalk
  version 58 and Suitcase 2.1 under System 7.1. Specifically, any
  software making a "GetIndResource" system call with an index out
  of bounds will cause two low memory globals to be set incorrectly.
  This could cause a crash at a later time.
 
  Apple engineers have verified the bug and have said that
  Connectix's patch appears to produce the desired results with no
  side effects. Apple has fixed the problem within their System
  Enablers, but corrected versions will not be available
  immediately. Most likely they will be distributed with the next
  release of the System software, so users should be able to discard
  the Connectix patch when they update to any version later than 7.1
  of the System software.
 
  Connectix suggests that all users of 7.1 whose Macs require these
  System Enablers should use the Enabler Patch. It will do nothing
  if the buggy software is not present, or if a bug fix is already
  provided via a newer System version.
 
  The patch should be available from most popular online services
  and Internet FTP archives by the time you read this, and may be
  distributed free of charge as long as the Read Me document is kept
  with the software. Publishers interested in including the patch
  with commercial products should contact Connectix first.
 
    Connectix -- 800/950-5880 -- 415/571-5100
 
  Information from:
    Connectix propaganda -- connectix.ts@applelink.apple.com
    Matthew Strange -- Matthew_Strange@baka.ithaca.ny.us
 
 
Canadian System 7.1 Upgrade
---------------------------
  Macintosh users were outraged when not only did Apple charge for
  System 7.1 upgrades, but also they offered upgrades in the United
  States only. Users in other countries had to buy the System 7.1
  Personal Upgrade Kit, which retailed for $99 in the US. I've heard
  stories of inflated prices in other countries, with the kit
  costing about US$200 in France, for instance.
 
  No good news for most non-US users, but Canadian users will be
  pleased to hear that they can buy the System 7.1 Update Kit for
  $49 direct from Apple Canada. Call Apple Canada at 800/665-2775
  ext. 700 to order. Members of registered user groups in Canada can
  save an additional $10 until 26-Mar-92, but they must go through
  more ringamarole. Either procure a form from your local group, or
  request a from at this address:
 
    Patricia Johnson
    Apple Canada Inc.
    7495 Birchmount Road,
    Markham, Ontario
    L3R 5G2
 
  Apparently this deal only apples to the English version of System
  7.1, but a similar offer for the French version should come this
  month.
 
    Apple Canada -- 800/665-2775 ext. 700
 
  Information from:
    Robert A. Szarek -- aa443@freenet.carleton.ca
    Les Ferch -- ferch@ucs.ubc.ca
 
 
ATM Hack, Part 2
----------------
  Jonathan Jacobs writes:
 
  In TidBITS#157 Jim Burmeister reposted the hack that you can
  perform on ATM 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 to make it work correctly
  with System 7.1. At the end of the article he says that the hacked
  version of ATM won't work under System 7.0 anymore. I managed to
  make that hack work with 7.0. It is a simple bit of ResEdit work,
  and remember the usual Surgeon General's warnings about working
  only on a copy of the file.
 
  Open a copy of the System file, and then open the fld# resource.
  Add another entry to the end of the list of these "special"
  folders (extensions, Print Monitor Documents, Control Panels,
  etc.). Call the folder "Fonts" (or whatever you want) and give it
  the four-letter abbreviation "font" (just as you did in the ATM
  driver). Save, quit, restart with the copy and you're done. The
  System will create that special Fonts folder automatically on
  restarting. From now on you MUST put all your PostScript fonts in
  this folder. Keep in mind that you MUST use the hacked version of
  ATM for this to work, and the Fonts folder we've created will NOT
  work like System 7.1's Fonts folder.
 
  Information from:
    Jonathan Jacobs -- jxj24@po.CWRU.Edu
 
 
New LaserWriters
----------------
  You've heard about the new LaserWriter Pro 610 and 630, and the
  latest news is that Apple will ship the 610 with 8 MB of RAM all
  the time, which allows the 610 to print at 600 dpi. Check this
  before you buy one, though, just in case. The 610 and 630 expand
  Apple's printer offerings on the high end; Apple's new LaserWriter
  Select 300 and the LaserWriter Select 310 fit into the low-end of
  Apple's printer offerings.
 
 
LaserWriter Select 300
  This serially-connected 300 dpi LaserWriter replaces the
  LaserWriter LS. Unlike previous LaserWriters, it uses a Fuji Xerox
  engine that prints at five pages per minute, and it holds three
  optional paper trays for a grand total of 800 sheets. The
  LaserWriter Select 300 includes FinePrint and GrayShare and can be
  upgraded to PostScript and PhotoGrade, but its main feature is its
  dirt-cheap price - $819. This might be a good printer in a limited
  number of specific cases, but we still feel that it makes more
  sense to either buy a cheaper inkjet printer or to ante up the
  dollars for a more versatile, normally networkable, PostScript
  printer.
 
 
LaserWriter Select 310
  The main difference between the 300 and 310 is that the 310
  includes PostScript and a parallel interface. It uses an AMD RISC
  processor and comes with 1.5 MB RAM (expandable to 5.5 MB). The
  310 comes with the basic 13 fonts - Courier, Symbol, Times, and
  Helvetica - and it should be quite affordable at $1,079. This
  printer looks like a new funky entry, and since it will be utterly
  different in terms of driver and engine and connection, we won't
  be in the slightest bit surprised if some printing problems crop
  up early on.
 
  Information from:
    Pythaeus
 
 
Benchmarks, Finally
-------------------
  by Tom Thompson, BYTE Senior Tech Editor at Large
 
  [My apologies for sitting on this for so long, but I wanted to get
  these numbers out before the new machines come out. As you can
  see, creating an ASCII table of so many numbers is a major chore,
  and for that I thank Ian Feldman. As with all benchmarks, take
  these with a grain of salt because as much as low-level benchmarks
  can point out things you wouldn't otherwise notice and show how
  different systems compare, the speed that matters is the real-
  world speed that you experience running your programs under your
  precise environment. -Adam]
 
  A couple of comments before I analyze the numbers. First, these
  timings were obtained on beta systems shown to me in late July,
  and are therefore preliminary. However, by the time the iron gets
  presented to the press, the hardware is pretty stable, so the
  figures should be within the ballpark. Second, tests were run with
  the screen in the black-and-white mode (1-bit) so the results
  could be normalized to the Classic II's screen. Apple says that
  for the new systems, screen operations in color should be a tad
  faster than the same operations run in black-and-white, because
  QuickDraw has been optimized for a color screen. Fine, we'll check
  that out when we have the shipping systems. Again, we have to
  calibrate the results to a reference Mac that has a black-and-
  white screen. Finally, check out the notes at the bottom of the
  spreadsheet; they're important.
 
  As the results indicate, the Mac IIvx just barely out-guns the Mac
  IIci. Note that the Mac IIci used in these tests doesn't have a
  cache board. That's because the IIci at BYTE was purchased long
  before Apple began shipping them with 5 MB of RAM and a cache
  board as standard equipment. It's a safe bet that a IIci with a
  cache board will probably out-perform a IIvx.
 
  The Performa 600 falls in the vicinity of the 20 MHz Mac IIsi in
  performance, while the Mac IIvi hangs out with the 16 MHz Mac
  SE/30 performance-wise. As I've mentioned elsewhere, the reason
  for the IIvx/Performa 600's less-than-expected results is because
  although the CPU and FPU are clocked at 32 MHz, the bus operates
  only at 16 MHz. A glance at the 8-, 16-, and 32-bit memory moves
  of these computers compared to memory operations on the IIci
  confirm this finding.
 
  Why was the slower bus used? First, to take advantage of readily
  available 80 ns DRAM. Second, Apple squeezed three computers out
  of a single design. A prototype system I examined could be a Mac
  IIvx, Performa 600, or Mac IIvi, depending upon the CPU board that
  plugged into the main logic board. I'm speculating here, but
  probably the only way to accomplish this easily was to lock in the
  bus clock at one speed. This would simplify the overall design,
  which in turn eliminates additional parts, and in turn lowers
  costs.
 
  I had hoped the IIvx would fill the void in mid-range performance
  between the 25 MHz Mac IIci and 40 MHz IIfx. Instead, it looks
  like it's up to the PowerBook 180 and PowerBook Duo 230 to plug
  that particular hole.
 
   (The following Macintosh benchmarks table is 71 lines long and
  with little luck may therefore be printed on one sheet of paper,
  but do use a monospaced font!).
 
 
 _________________ LOW-LEVEL BENCHMARKS in seconds unless noted _____
        __________ CPU:____________  FPU: +-------------------- Sieve
        32bit move ---------------+       |     +-------------- Sort
        16bit move ---------+     |       |     |      +------- Math
         8bit move ---+     |     |       |     |      |     +- Sin(x)
            Matrix    |     |     |       |     |      |     |     e^x
 ==========     v     v     v     v       v     v      v     v      v
 Classic II   24.2  98.7  54    41.2    36.4  45.4  189.5  97    106.1
      LC II   24    92.1  52.7  39.6    37    43.3  186.4  95.3  103.4
       IIvi   18.4  86.6  46.2  26.4    33.1  34.2  156    80.5   87.5
      SE/30   16.4  82.2  42.1  22.8    31.3  29.8  143.6  70.6   94.5
 Perf:a 600   14.1  65.5  39.3  26.2    19.6  25.1  136.6  66.5   71.7
       IIsi   13.4  64.1  33.5  18.2    25.1  24.4   37.5  12.8   12.9
       IIvx    8.3  52.5  26.3  13.1    15.9  14.5   30.1   9.4    9.7
       IIci   10.7  51.1  26.7  14.5    19.9  19.9   29.8   9.9   10.2
     PB 140   16.7  83.3  42.9  21.2    32    30.2  189.7 102.2  110.3
     PB 145   11.1  52.8  27.8  15.5    20.4  20.3  135.6  70.2   76
     PB 160   11.2  53.4  27.9  15.6    20.4  20.4  119.5  61.4   61.1
     PB 170   11.1  52.8  27.8  15.5    20.4  20.5   35.4  11.6   11.9
     PB 180    8.3  39.6  20.8  11.6    15.1  15.4   25.2   8.1    8.5
    Duo 210   10.6  51.1  26.7  14.5    19.9  19.3  105.1  54.2   59
    Duo 230    7.9  38.7  20.2  11      15.5  15     85.5  44.4   48
 ========== ----------------------------------------------------------
            _____ DISK:_______________  FILE I/O:_  VIDEO:____________
            Write -------------------+  1 MB write  +-------- TextEdit
             Read --------------+    |    |         |    +- DrawString
             Seek --------+     |    |    |  1 MB   |    |    Graphics
 LLseek/32 blocks ---+    |     |    |    |  read   |    |    Slow  QD
 LLseek/ 1 blocks    |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |     |    |
 ==========    v     v    v     v    v    v    v    v    v     v    v
 Classic II  1103  2165  0.2  18.2  9.8  4.1  4.8  5    2    47.8  0.4
      LC II   974  2008  0.2  13.2  8.7  3.6  4.8  4.9  1.9  44.9  0.4
       IIvi   735  1559  0.2   9.4  6.2  3.1  1.6  4.3  1.5  38.8  0.3
      SE/30   921   874  0.1  22.4  9    4.6  5    4.6  2.3  26.6  0.3
 Perf:a 600   720  1296  0.1  10.6  6.1  3    1.4  3.5  1.3  32.3  0.2
       IIsi   883  1799  0.1  14.7  8.3  3.4  2.4  3.2  1.1  27.9  0.2
       IIvx   720  1257  0.1  10.7  6.2  3    1.4  2.4  0.8  19.7  0.2
       IIci   847  1551  0.1  16.5  8.9  4    3.1  3    1.3  19.6  0.2
     PB 140  1086  2384  0.2  15.9  8.8  3.8  2.7  5.5  2.6  37.5  0.3
     PB 145   754  1475  0.2  12.7  7.9  3.8  2.1  4.3  2.2  16.1  0.2
     PB 160  1029  2157  0    19.2  6.1  3.3  2.6  3.7  1.4  24.7  0.2
     PB 170  1219  2116  0.1  16.8  9.4  4    2.4  4.4  2.2  26.2  0.2
     PB 180   771  1458  0.1  10.5  3.3  2.8  1.9  2.6  1.2  17.9  0.2
    Duo 210   798  1591  0.1  12.6  7.5  3.5  4.4  3.2  1.3  22.8  0.2
    Duo 230   676  1206  0    12.5  7.5  3.1  2.2  2.6  1.2  17.9  0.2
 ========== ----------------------------------------------------------
            ____ _________ INDEXES: +----------------------- CPU index
 68020 Dhrystone --------------+    |     +----------------- FPU index
 68000 Dhrystone --------+     |    |     |     +---------- Disk index
   68020 Linpack --+     |     |    |     |     |     +--- Video index
   68000 Linpack   |     |     |    |     |     |     |      Dhrystone
 ==========   v    v     v     v    v     v     v     v      v
 Classic II  933  n/a  2000  2238  1     1     1     1     2000
      LC II  883  n/a  2000  2309  1.03  1.02  1.12  1.07  2000
       IIvi  678  n/a  2631   n/a  1.14  1.21  1.57  1.25  2631
      SE/30  581  233  3125  3699  1.39  1.27  1.24  1.23  3125
 Perf:a 600  568  n/a  3125   n/a  1.54  1.44  1.74  1.55  3125
       IIsi  508  936  3571  2309  1.74  6.79  1.45  1.7   3571
       IIvx  319  n/a  5000   n/a  2.26  8.91  1.81  2.31  5000
       IIci  399  154  4545  5802  2.17  8.66  1.29  1.94  4545
     PB 140  592  n/a  2941  3605  1.39  0.97  1.15  1.02  2941
     PB 145  417  n/a  4166  5253  2.09  1.39  1.44  1.52  (missing)
     PB 160  414  n/a  4545   n/a  2.08  1.63  1.56  1.67  4545
     PB 170  415  155  4166  5244  2.09  7.37  1.27  1.37  4166
     PB 180  309  n/a  7142   n/a  2.79 10.41  1.93  2.18  7142
    Duo 210  399  n/a  5000   n/a  2.18  1.8   1.41  1.78  5000
    Duo 230  304  n/a  6250   n/a  2.56  2.2   1.94  2.21  6250
 ========== ----------------------------------------------------------
 Measurements by Tom Thompson, BYTE; ASCII table design by Ian Feldman
 =====================================================================
 
 Note 1: IIci had no cache board
 Note 2: IIsi equipped with FPU
 Note 3: PowerBook Duo 210 & 230 docked; had access to FPU
 
 
PageMaker 5.0
-------------
  Perhaps the most impressive upgrade I saw at Macworld was Aldus
  PageMaker 5.0. On the whole, PageMaker's enhancements fall in the
  category of "It's about time," but it's not worth complaining now
  that they're here. I'm sure some people will write to tell me that
  Quark XPress has had such-and-such feature for nigh on 39 years
  and why is it a big deal that PageMaker has finally caught up. The
  simple answer is that as far as I know, PageMaker is still the
  most popular desktop publishing program around.
 
  I'm not going to go through these new features in any order, and
  similarly, I'm not going to talk about the standard things that
  haven't changed. PageMaker has too many features to do that, and
  some would say that PageMaker has too many features period.
 
  The main new features I noticed in PageMaker 5.0 are its
  capabilities in moving objects between documents and rotating and
  skewing text and graphics. PageMaker 5.0 can finally open multiple
  documents at the same time (welcome to the 1980s, Aldus!), but not
  content to catch up to programs from the last decade, Aldus added
  a feature I've only seen in a few other programs, the capability
  to drag an object from one document to another without copying and
  pasting. The copy-paste metaphor works best in the UniFinder
  metaphor of the Mac Plus era; in today's world of multiple
  megabyte machines, large and multiple screens, and constant
  MultiFinder, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to drag
  data between documents, if not applications. I'd like to see this
  in more applications.
 
  PageMaker 4.2 added the ability to rotate text in 90 degree
  increments, but this feature was generally greeted with derision -
  90 degree rotation is unimpressive. PageMaker 5.0 should silence
  those criticisms with its free rotation of text and graphics in
  .01 degree increments. You can skew text and graphics with similar
  precision. Oh, and by the way, you can edit text or graphics after
  transforming it, something that wasn't easy even with 4.2's
  limited rotation. This news will be welcome to anyone who does
  single-page layout of posters and the like.
 
  I appreciate PageMaker's new capability of printing non-contiguous
  pages. If you wish to print pages 1, 5, 8, and 23 of a
  publication, you just type the page numbers into the page range
  box, separated by commas. Any application that prints should have
  that feature. Aldus finally implemented grouping, an extremely
  common command in graphics programs, though only as an Addition.
  Those were by far the most impressive features I noted, but Aldus
  has a list of more - I'll reproduce some of it here.
 
* Horizontal and vertical reflection of objects
* Enhanced Control palette
* Numerically exact positioning and rotation of any object, from
  its center or any handle
* Specific "nudge" amounts for exact positioning
* Incrementally rotated inline graphics
* Cropping of rotated graphics
* Text mode of the palette visible in layout or story editor views
* Numeric kerning
* Baseline shift
* Process-color separations of PageMaker text and graphics, as
  well as imported CMYK TIFF, DCS, and EPS images - all without
  leaving PageMaker.
* Printing scalable up to 1600%
* Automatic centering of the page on whatever paper you use
* Overprinting for any spot or process color or tint
* Spot-to-process conversion at printing
* Choice of printing individual inks of process-color separations
* Automatic scaling of the page to the paper size
* Separate line and fill attributes
* Choice of transparent or opaque dash lines
* Support for up to 18 language dictionaries, plus any number of
  installable hyphenation dictionaries
* New search-and-replace capabilities for a character's position
  and case
* Sophisticated kerning and track editing
 
  I don't wish to imply that Aldus fixed everything that might be
  construed as a problem in PageMaker. For instance, although Aldus
  completely redesigned the awkward modal print dialogs for the
  better, I found PageMaker still extremely modal, especially in
  defining a text rule in a paragraph style. This process can
  require a ludicrous traverse of as many as four modal dialog
  boxes. We have the screen space these days - there's no reason
  these dialogs must be modal except for design laziness.
 
  My other problem with PageMaker is that even after high-end word
  processors like Nisus, low-end word processors like WriteNow, and
  integrated programs like WordPerfect Works (the ex-BeagleWorks)
  have implemented character styles, PageMaker lags behind. I'm sure
  it's partly related to PageMaker's close relationship with
  Microsoft Word, another notable laggard, but surely the
  functionality of character styles is clear - whenever you want to
  assign a specific style to one or more words, but not an entire
  paragraph, you can do so on a consistent simple level. Consider
  the words you might want to do this with, program names, book
  titles, commands in a manual, and the list goes on. I'll hop off
  my interface horse now, but we should praise and condemn Aldus on
  interface. Overall, I think the praise wins out; PageMaker 5.0
  seems like a solid upgrade to a popular program
 
    Aldus -- 206/628-2320
 
  Information from:
    Aldus propaganda
 
 
New Wallpaper
-------------
  Like the little train that chugs along as their motto, Thought I
  Could doesn't give up. To judge from president Linda Kaplan's
  postings on CompuServe, a small company like Thought I Could faces
  innumerable obstacles in creating a successful mass market
  utility. But Linda and company have held on to release the first
  follow-up products for Wallpaper: More Wallpaper, Wallpaper/Zebra
  edition, and Wallpaper Wraptures Two.
 
  Wallpaper, Thought I Could's flagship product, offers hundreds of
  desktop patterns, which can be configured in various ways to dress
  up your screen. You can also make your own patterns. To judge from
  some of Thought I Could's promotional material, Steve Wozniak is
  perhaps Wallpaper's most ardent fan, and says he finds it
  indispensable to his enjoyment of his Mac. Hard to beat Steve for
  a celebrity endorsement. Now only if he read TidBITS too. :-)
 
  More Wallpaper, shipping now for $39.99, consists of over 590
  patterns from the Subscription One and Bonus disks previously
  available to existing Wallpaper owners. In other words, if you
  subscribed to the pattern disk service Thought I Could offers,
  don't bother buying More Wallpaper unless you feel like donating
  money to Thought I Could. Having seen most of those patterns at
  one time or another, I must say that if you're a pattern freak,
  you won't be able to live without More Wallpaper. I keep Wallpaper
  in Randomize mode, and even after months of use I see new
  patterns. I appreciate the way Wallpaper keeps my Mac fresh and
  occasionally surprising.
 
  Wallpaper/Zebra Edition should ship in March, and it should be
  welcome when it appears. As you might expect, it contains only
  black-and-white patterns for people using monochrome monitors on
  color-capable Macs. Wallpaper/Zebra Edition includes the Wallpaper
  Control Panel and will retail for $59.99. If you own Wallpaper,
  you can buy the new black-and-white patterns for $15.
 
  Wallpaper Wraptures Two contains Wallpaper versions of the
  patterns contained on the Wraptures Two CD-ROM disk. These
  patterns are originally high-resolution photographic scanned
  images intended for desktop publishing backgrounds and they are
  impressive. Wallpaper Wraptures Two concentrates on natural
  patterns like stone, wood, granite, marble, paper, brick, crystal,
  glass, ice, and food. Food? As Linda said when I asked, "uh...
  chocolate icing and jelly beans." I could deal with food on my
  screen. Wallpaper Wraptures Two sells for $19.95 and is currently
  shipping, although you must order it direct from Thought I Could
  at this time.
 
  My only complaint with Wallpaper is that Thought I Could doesn't
  provide a way to easily manage the thousands of patterns that you
  can easily accumulate. Thought I Could makes available online a
  HyperCard stack called Wallpaper Cataloger that catalogs patterns,
  but it can't move files in and out of folders or delete them. With
  over 1,100 patterns in a single folder for randomizing, the Finder
  slows to a crawl and may not display all the files. I'd like to
  see a program that catalogued all patterns in a folder, displayed
  each one in a relatively large window along with the name, and
  then let me move or delete that pattern. That would simplify
  managing patterns and add value to the otherwise excellent
  randomizing feature. Thought I Could plans to create such a
  program for the next release, and I'm eagerly awaiting it.
 
  Now if only I could run Wallpaper on these boring white walls in
  our apartment!
 
    Thought I Could -- 212/673-9724
 
  Information from:
    Thought I Could propaganda
    Linda Kaplan, Thought I Could -- 75056.1733@compuserve.com
 
 
Reviews/08-Feb-93
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* MacWEEK -- 01-Feb-93, Vol. 7, #5
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    SuperATM 1.0 -- pg. 43
    OrgChart Express 1.01-- pg. 45
    Audioshop 1.03 -- pg. 48
    SoundEdit Pro 1.0 -- pg. 48
 
 
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