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Adam Engst

TidBITS#203/22-Nov-93

More details on Macintosh TV, Sculley’s rough ride ahead, and the Expanded Book version of The Digital Nomad’s Guide grace this week’s MailBITS. Jeff Needleman reports on the rates for the Prodigy Internet gateway (no…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#202/15-Nov-93

Apple experiments with new varieties of the Macintosh this month, so we have a report on the Macintosh TV and the Quadra 610, DOS Compatible, which wins the worst name of the year award. Andrew…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#201/08-Nov-93

Ever wondered what those dire-sounding software license agreements mean? Check out Brady Johnson’s article on just what you aren’t agreeing to. In the more agreeable department, we look at two PowerBook books, including the essential…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#200/01-Nov-93

Welcome to our two hundredth issue! News this week includes a POP mail client for the Newton, the release of Aladdin’s SITcomm communications program, a better PageMaker tip, and details on the new SuperDrive. We…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#199/25-Oct-93

So what does John Sculley’s new company do? How do you stop those nasty NDN bounces from FirstClass bulletin boards? Where can you snag the new Apple Modem Tool 1.5? Find the answers to these…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#198/18-Oct-93

Apple promises future PowerPC upgrades for specific Macintoshes, announces that they turned a small profit last quarter, and officially terminates its relationship with John Sculley. Filling out the issue, we have the latest on Adam’s…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93

Apple throws more software into the pot with LaserWriter 8.1.1 and the System Update 2.0.1, the latter of which replaces the Hardware System Update 1.0 and 2.0, and of course with the release of System…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#196/04-Oct-93

The Newton remains in the news, with Apple putting the automatic update process in place so you can call an 800 number to upgrade the OS to 1.04. I take a brief spin through many…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#195/27-Sep-93

New Macs once again grace the electrons of this issue, with details on the Quadra 605, the LC 475, and the Duo 250 and 270c, not to mention an infinite number of strangely numbered Performas.

Adam Engst

TidBITS#194/20-Sep-93

Numerous comments, tips, and announcements (After Dark, anyone?) fill the first part of this issue. Akif Eyler’s Easy View wins the 1993 MacUser Shareware Award for Text Tools. Apple announces the Apple Workgroup Server 95…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#193/13-Sep-93

This issue comes chock full of news about Adam’s new book, InterNews 1.0 (a slick MacTCP newsreader from Dartmouth), new system software for the Newton, information on developing for the Newton, and Rupert Murdoch buying…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#192/06-Sep-93

News from Apple this week includes a request for feedback from ex-32-bit Enabler users, updated free utilities that all Macintosh users should have, and a fix for some LaserWriter NTR bugs. Digging through the Macworld…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#191/30-Aug-93

This issue offers news about DarkStar, an energy saving utility, an update to Gatekeeper (but no new virus, thankfully), a new QuickMail gateway, Newton MessagePad sales, a few AV Mac corrections, and, finally, an in-depth…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#190/23-Aug-93

This week we bring you a thoughtful article about copy-protected MIDI software, an overview of the new Centris 660 AV and Quadra 840 AV, some humorous notes for people who do telephone technical support, and…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#189/16-Aug-93

This week we have information about free software that makes LaserWriter Pros snooze, more on mysterious Duo shutdowns, unfortunate news about attaching an AudioVision monitor to a Quadra 840AV, additional details on the Prodigy gateway,…