Has Matt Neuburg found a successor to HyperCard? Find out in his review of REALbasic. And what is the world coming to when TidBITS review Windows programs? Aladdin Expander and Aladdin DropStuff make it possible to tell Windows users to get Stuffed. In the news, the iMac arrives to much hoopla, LetterRip 3.0.2 ships, SyQuest releases version 4.0.1 of the SyQuest Utilities, and Farallon spins out of Netopia to concentrate on Macintosh networking products.
LetterRip Pro 3.0.2 Released -- Fog City Software has released a free update to LetterRip Pro, their simple yet high-performance mailing list management software
Farallon is Back! Once one of the major networking companies in the Macintosh world, Farallon last year changed its name to Netopia, Inc. and began to focus more on the Internet
Another Registry for Stolen Computers -- Rob Jorgensen wrote to inform us of another database where you can register stolen machines or check serial numbers on used machines you're considering buying
New SyQuest Utilities and Layoffs -- SyQuest Technology has released, without fanfare, version 4.0.1 of SyQuest Utilities. (Is there a good reason why SyQuest can't be bothered to notify registered customers of these things?) Those who were previously mired in La Cie's Silverlining Lite can now take advantage of SyQuest's own driver and control panel interface, which is cleaner, easier, and better documented, plus has additional options and features.
Here's an upgrade procedure that worked reliably for my SyJet
No one will accuse Apple of missing the hoopla boat with the iMac. The curvaceous new consumer-level Macintosh splashed down on Saturday, 15-Aug-98 amid a flurry of special events, clever PR stunts, and news coverage
One of the problems with sharing files between Macs and PCs is they use different compression and encoding formats. Macs generally use the StuffIt format for compression, whereas PCs use Zip
A computer is to program. Otherwise, it just sits there, like a big empty box. Of course, we mostly use programs written by others. But sometimes you want to have that box do precisely what you tell it - because there's no program that does just what you want, to save money, or because it's just plain fun