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Weekly Issues

Adam Engst

TidBITS#170/29-Mar-93

New Macs? Yup, but the Apple Workgroup Servers may not knock your socks off. David Blatner’s essential "Desktop Publisher’s Survival Kit" from Peachpit Press stands a better chance. We also have two reports from user…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#169/22-Mar-93

A look at the murky world of Apple repair anchors this issue, and supporting topics include a report about mouse button problems, a review of Peachpit Press’s "Silicon Mirage," various and sundry SyQuest drive news,…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#168/15-Mar-93

TidBITS goes international this week, with news of a free Italian extension that activates the delete forward key on extended keyboards, the announcement of "Caring For Your Wrists," a file we distributed to the world…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#167/08-Mar-93

The 32-bit Enabler seems to have trouble enabling various systems – read on for details. Also, MBS Technologies offers free file synchronization programs to World Trade Center companies, Apple changes a PowerBook 165c configuration, Pythaeus…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#166/01-Mar-93

New Enablers, new SIMM standards, new viruses, new antiviral utilities – where will it all end? Not with Apple certainly, and we have two articles looking at the new Adjustable Keyboard and the furor surrounding…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#165/22-Feb-93

This week we look more closely at component level repair and whether or not it is reasonable to expect Apple to do it, report on a deal from Connectix that, in an unusual move, is…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#164/15-Feb-93

This issue ranges widely, from a warning about our recently published ATM hack to a look at a pending lawsuit against Microsoft for thoroughly unpleasant behavior. Also check out reviews of four Internet books, the…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#163/Modems

In this special issue, we present our general modem discussion (at least enough so you can judge among modems that have impressive sounding, but misleading, specs) and review two popular v.everything modems, the Practical Peripherals…

Adam Engst

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…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#161/01-Feb-93

It’s been an eventful week. The TidBITS Forum on CompuServe opened and Apple took HyperCard back from Claris and added it to the Developer Tools group. We have the scoop on why the Apple Color…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#160/25-Jan-93

This week brings news of a new, object-oriented database from Mainstay, Connectix’s better implementation of virtual memory, and responses to our booth bimbo and pornography articles. In honor of the issue number we have a…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#159/18-Jan-93

We continue with coverage of Macworld Expo, focussing this time on the seamy underside of the show. That’s right, booth bimbos! Madonna’s "Sex" it’s not, but we also look at the rapidly growing crop of…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#158/11-Jan-93

Macworld Expo news here! We have our informal awards, focussing on products like Retrospect 2.0, StuffIt Deluxe, The Journeyman Project, and Envisio’s SmartStack. We look more closely at Apple’s Adjustable Keyboard and MAXA’s Alert, which…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#157/04-Jan-93

Our New Year’s resolution is to clean out our article database, so this week brings you lots of little bits, including news of LaserWriter upgrades, a Lotus upgrade deal, an ATM patch, IIvx and A/UX…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#156/14-Dec-92

We have two types of articles this week. First comes urgent items like Frederic Rinaldi’s Trojan report, a short-lived offer for a free AppleLink CD, and an equally short-lived deal on Aldus Personal Press. Then…