Volume 20, Issue 8; miniapples newsletter the minnesota apple computer users' group, inc.

Macintosh Main Novice SIG |{ Board of Directors 1 mini'app'les members welcome. Washburn Library Merriam Park Library I Seward School, 5244 Lyndale Avenue S. 1831 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul I 2318 29th Ave. S., Minneapolis "Sandy Foderick UGC" Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 &8as8iias«Kss££ Eric Jacobson, 603-9111 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 ClarisWorks SIG Fourth Dimension SIG Mac Programmers SIG Southdale Library 18 Ceridian/Health Partners Van Cleve Park Building 7001 York Avenue South, Edina 8100 34th Ave. S., Bloomington 901 15th Ave SE, Minneapolis Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 1 Bob Demeules, 559-1124 Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 Telecommunications SIG Apple II Novice SIG Filemaker Pro SIG Partners Epiphany Lutheran Church IS Ramsey County Library 1414 E 48th Street South 2180 Hamline Ave No., Roseville 1410 Energy Park Dr #5, St Paul "Modem Installation" Tom Gates, 789-6981 Steve Wilmes, 458-1513 Bert Persson, 861 -9578 DRAGnet Digital Imaging SIG Picnic 840 12th Avenue NE St. Paul Stamp Works Minnehaha Park "Help test/sort equipment 87 Empire Drive, St. Paul By the Picnic Pavilion (Mac/Apple II)" Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 Bring your own Food/Potluck Tom Gates, 789-6981 Dessert Macintosh Consultants SIG Quicken SIG Microsoft Word SIG Box Suite 2850 Metro Drive, Rm 124 No Meetings during summer Louisiana Ave & Cedar Lake Rd Bloomington Tom Ostertag St. Louis Park Ross Held, 835-3704 D 951-5520 E 488-9979 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 ■,.& Apple ll/GS Main DRAGnet Photoshop SIG 1 i '■'■■ '*-£*.■ H Augsburg Park Library, 840 12th Avenue NE No meeting this month 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield "Help test/sort equipment Will alternate with « Tom Gates, 789-6981 (Mac/Apple II)" Digital Imaging SIG Tom Gates, 789-6981 mini'apples The Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343

Board of Directors: Introduction - This is the Newsletter of mini'apples, the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President Eric Jacobson Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is (612)603-9111 copyrighted © by mini'apples. Articles may be repro [email protected] duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Vice President Owen Strand except where specifically copyrighted by the author. (612)427-2868 (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by [email protected] the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Secretary Georgi Bantz (612)-835-3696 Questions - Please direct questions to an appropriate [email protected] board member. Users with technical questions should refer to the Members Helping Members section. Treasurer Ardie Predweshny (612)823-5111 Dealers - mini'apples does not endorse specific (612) 822-1241 fax dealers. The club promotes distribution of information APredwe721 @ aol.com which may help members identify best buys and ser Membership Director Vacant vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur chases of media, software, hardware and publications. Operations & Denis Diekhoff Resource Director Members may organize such activities on behalf of (612) 920-2437 other members. Publications Director John Hunkins, Sr 612-457-8949 Advertisers - For information, see Newsletter Ad [email protected] Rates box within this issue. Software Director Bruce Thompson Newsletter Contributions - Please send contributions (612)546-1088 directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN [email protected] 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 824-4394. SIGs: Mac Bert Persson Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the 1st (612) 861-9578 [email protected] of the month. An article will be printed when space permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor SIGs: Apple II Keary Olson or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for (612)724-0031 publication. Past President Bob Demeules (6120 559-1124 Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 488-9979 bob.demeules @medlake.com Newsletter Layout: John Hunkins mini'apples BBS -824-4394,24 hrs. Settings: 8-1-Q Call in with FirstClass® Client software or any text- based terminal program. mini'apples Voice Mail - 229-6952 mini'apples WWW site: http://www.miniapples.org Printed by Kinkos

The mini'app'les Newsletter is an independent publication not affiliated, sponsored, or sanctioned by Apple Computer, Inc. or any other computer manufacturer. The opinions, statements, positions, and views herein are those of the author(s) or editor and are not intended to represent the opinions, statements, positions, or views of Apple Computer Inc., or any other computer manufacturer. Instead of placing a trademark symbol at every occurrence of a trade-marked name, we state that we are using the names only in an editorial manner, to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1997 Table of Contents FOR RENT; BRILLIANT M a c e D O M # 9 7 3 - C o n s u l t a n t 5 PRESENTATIONS Main Mac Sig Meeting 5 P i c n i c i n A u g u s t 6 Proxtma On Call** August Telecommunications Meeting 6 R«rta{ Program. For P a m W o r k s w i t h C l a r i s W o r k s 6 the Multimedia Projector You N«*d, ADD A LITTLE ZIP TO YOUR APPLE ][ 7 Wh*« You {feed tt, August Digital Imaging SIG 7 ♦ Loess! service and What was happening in the mini'app'les newsletter 8 support ♦ Pass tfusvwy Communications Decency Act Ruled Unconstitutional 8 ♦ 5*0 a«rf Mawfios!* H y p e r Q u a r t e r l y 1 0 compst&fity ♦ a variety oi praetors Jigsaw Puzzle Collections 11 andpanefeso Beware Macro Viruses 11 dij$L cfcoose from More on Macro Viruses 12 D a y m a r e s 1 4 Earth to Netscape: Communicator 4.01 Released 15 PERMISSION GRANTED 15 For mora information roqarding: O n g o i n g D e a l s f o r m i n i ' a p p ' l e s M e m b e r s 1 6 Computer Projoctton Systems— G O O D D E A L S # 4 6 1 7 lCO, Dssa or Videc Projectors Apple Helps Batman and Robin Take Flight 18 Complete Conference and Training Rooms Printers ♦ Labeling * Signage Systems Announcing the arrival of Crock O' Gold! 20 All A/V Equipment—SaJes * Servfce ♦ RMttfel New Inkjet Printers From Apple 21 ft.FASS'OUX Apple Continues Support for Small Businesses with Donations of Computer ♦♦"aTOTMEBS*1VC S y s t e m s t o S B A 2 2 3300 UnhwaQy Ave, S.£. MailBITS/16-Jun-97 23 Minnsapa&s, MN S54f4-s&=2 Psst! Didja Hear The One About...Chasing Urban Legends Online 23 ^>Tv* 612-331-5500 «1-300-333-7337 St^ /As* ft* BcMiakx; 254) Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc 24

CHANGE OF ADDRESS Volunteer Opportunities Moving? Going to be away from home and leaving a for warding address with the Post Computer Testing Office? Please send us a Come join mini'app'les mem Help Test Apple II equipment Change of Address when you bers for some excellent volunteer DragNet are informing others. By using opportunities. This is your chance 840 12th Ave NE, Minneapolis a moment of your time and a to show us your computer knowl Sat. Aug 9 & 23, 9:30 AM few cents to drop us a card, edge and to help others along the Contact: Tom Gates, 789-6981 you save the club some money way. and you get your newsletter delivered promptly to your new address. If you don't inform us, the Post Office puts your newsletter in the trash Cactus Software & (they don't forward third class Communications, Inc. mail) and charges the club for informing us of your new "Sharp and to the point" address. Change of Address should be sent to the club's Documentation Services for: mailing address: mini'app'les, Computer Software Technical Manuals Attn: Membership Director, Mechanical Systems Training Courses Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343. 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515

mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1997 Need Help? Have a question the manual Members doesn't answer? Members Helping Members is a group of volunteers who have generously agreed to help. They are just a phone call (or e-mail) away. Helping Please call only during appropriate times, if you are a Member, and own the Members software in question.

Macintosh Key If you would like to be a "Members Helping Members" volunteer, please e-mail John Hunkins Sr. with your name & phone number on our BBS, or leave a voice- C l a r i s D r a w 3 mail message at 229-6952, or use the MultiForm mailer near the back of this C l a r i s R e s o l v e 2 issue. C l a r i s W o r k s 2 , 8 , 9 , 1 0 Cross-Platform File Trnsfr 6 F i l e M a k e r P r o 2 F i r s t C l a s s 2 Appieli Key ApplelIGS Key MacWrite Pro 2 Microsoft Excel 3,6,7 Appleworks 1,6,9 HyperCard GS 1 Microsoft Word 6 Applewriter 6 Smartmoney GS 1 M Y O B 7 Publish It! 1 Photoshop 4 To. Superfonts 1 Quicken 3 To. Superform 1 S y s t e m 7 9 Word Perfect 5 N e w U s e r s 1 1

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mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1997 Picnic in August by Bert Persson In keeping with our tradition, the dessert should The annual mini'app'les picnic will be held, as contain chocolate. Qualifying products are chocolate usual, on the fourth Thursday (8/28) of August. We cake, French silk pie, fudge, etc.; use your imagination. strongly encourage all members, new and old, to Of course, a Key lime pie on a warm summer night is attend this event where we get together and enjoy not bad either. good food and great company. Bring your own food Mark your calendar, August 28, 6:30 p.m., and bring a dessert to share. Minnehaha Park, by the picnic pavilion.

August Telecommunications Meeting by Bed: Persson connected their modem to our BBS Let's get together at the Modem At the August 7 or to other on-line systems. This will Installers Workshop, Thursday, Telecommunications be an open forum and everyone is August 7, 7 p.m., at the Epiphany Special Interest Group encouraged to come and get con Lutheran Church, 1414 East 48th (SIG) meeting we will nected. After this meeting we hope Street South, Minneapolis. hone our skills as modem installers to have a number of people available so we can assist those who have not to go out and help our members in yet unpacked their modem and/or their homes. Pam Works with ClarisWorks submitted by Pam Lienke or press Command-Shift-Z. You are lose track of the original word if you When I'm writing, presented with the dialog box shown keep going to different screens. To regardless of the occa in the screen shot. If you do not get back to your original word, click sion, I can't always have a word selected, you are pre on Last Word to see a list of the last think of the precise sented with a blank Thesaurus dialog ten words you have looked up while word to fit the situation. Enter the box. Simply type in the word you working on this word. Sometimes thesaurus, a dictionary of synonyms. wish to look up. If your selected your first choice turns out to be the Once I have decided on my basic word cannot be found, perhaps best after all. message, and I'm ready for a rewrite, because it is not in present tense, I like to refer to the built-in the ClarisWorks presents a list of other saurus in ClarisWorks. It's easy to use words to choose from. If you don't and usually contains some excellent find exactly the word you need, it is choices. One caveat—don't use a possible to word you don't know; you may end look up Word Finder€> Thesaurus The vord vas not found. Choose another vord to look up. up with a meaning you don't intend. another word shortness should show <"; ■ A thesaurus is useful but can be mis in the list by shortly shoulder show gratitude used. shore shout show off selecting that shot shove show up To activate the thesaurus, select word and shotgun shove off showstopper the word you want to change. Next, pressing shot glass shovel shower ■■-: either select Writing Tools from the Lookup. It's Find: shown nt Uiotii ] ( Cancel ) (Replace Edit menu and choose Thesaurus..., possible to

UJord Finder® Thesaurus LAST WORDS ... vord: oath, vow, assurance, declaration, pledge, promise; present expression, phrase, idiom, locution, name, saying, term, wording; now statement, utterance, discourse, expression, speaking, speech, talk, verbalization; currently rumor, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, murmur, report, rumble, scuttlebutt, story, talk; Find: word Cancel ) mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1997 ADD A LITTLE ZIP TO YOUR APPLE ][ by Hany Lienke probably be found at a lower price; August Digital \ At the June Apple II Main the RAMFast transfers data much Meeting we explored adding a Zip more quickly and has a number of Imaging SIG Drive to Apple n computers. The Zip features not found on the Apple by Denis Diekhoff Drive is a small, high capacity, cards. removable media magnetic storage A cable is used to connect the The Digital Imaging Spedal device (try to say that three times controller to the SCSI chain. If the Interest Group (SIG) will be without stumbling!). It has become a Zip Drive is the first device on the held at 6:30 p.m.on very popular device with Mac and chain, the cable that comes with the Wednesday, August 20. This PC owners because it is relatively drive may be used to attach the drive month we will be visiting Ed inexpensive, yet stores up to 100 to the controller; the remainder of Mellgren at Saint Paul Stamp megabytes of data onto removable the chain is then attached to the Zip Works, 87 Empire Drive disks. Drive. If the Zip Drive is attached (Rice/Pennsylvania, 7 blocks The Zip disk housing is similar in later in the SCSI chain, a cable with a north of the Capitol). size to a 3.5 inch floppy disk but is DB-25 connector on one end and a about three times as thick. Because Centronics 50 pin connector on the the Zip's disk spins much more other must be purchased. and take with you to mini'app'les rapidly than that of a 3.5 inch flop The software needed to drive a meetings), use the switch to enable py, the Zip disk housing is consider Zip Drive is available as part of the the internal terminators so you don't ably more sturdy than that of the 3.5 standard Apple II operating system. need an external terminator. inch floppy. The Zip Drive also pro For an enhanced Apple //e, ProDOS The Zip Disks come formatted for tects the magnetic medium by stop 8 is used to access the ZIP Drive. For IBM compatible or Mac computers. ping the disk's rotation during long a GS, GS/OS has the drivers and utili If you use ProDOS to store data on periods of inactivity. ties to transfer data to and from the them, they must be reformatted. If The Zip Drive comes with an Zip disks and to format disks when you are running on an Apple //e external power supply (a brick), a needed. The RAMFast card comes using an Apple controller card, you with its own driver and utilities to must get a friend to format the disks r cableboth with ends, DB-25 a Tools connectors Disk with pro on handle SCSI devices. if you want to store more than 32 grams for both Mac and IBM com When a Zip Drive is attached to a megabytes of data (and you do, since patible computers, installation disks SCSI chain, its SCSI address must be the disks hold three times that much for both Mac and IBM compatible set to a unique value so that the con data). With a GS, you use the computers, Installation Guides for troller card can distinguish between Advanced Disk Utility to do the for both Mac and IBM compatible com the various devices. Most SCSI equip matting. If you have a RAMFast, you puters, and a User's Guide. Each of ment has the capability to be set to can use its built-in formatting utility. the documents consists of one big any value from 0 to 6; the Zip Drive The Mac formatted (HFS) disks piece of paper (approximately 11" x can only be set to 5 or 6 so it is par can be used on a GS if the HFS file 17") with the basic information ticularly important to make sure system translator (FST) is present in needed to hook up and begin to use there are no address conflicts. the computer's System folder. You the Zip Drive. If a SCSI cable is needed, make need to tell the operating system to Other hardware and software is sure it is a good one. In general, ignore the driver (non-data) parti needed to use a Zip Drive with an good SCSI cables are thick and short tions on the disk, but, otherwise, can Apple II. Because an Apple //e or GS and are not the least expensive store data on the Mac disks. computer does not have a SCSI con cables available at places like Best If you have IBM formatted disks troller built in, a SCSI controller card Buy. You can avoid some of the that you wish to reformat as Mac must be added. Apple produced Rev "black magic" of SCSI equipment by disks, you should format them using C and High Speed SCSI controller making sure you have good cables. the MacOS so you make sure that a cards; these cards may be available at Every SCSI chain should be termi MacOS machine can read them. At swap meets and garage sales and nated at the end of the chain and this point in time, there is no way to from used equipment dealers like only at the end of the chain. If the use an Apple n to recover data from Shreve Systems or Sun Remarketing. Zip Drive is not at the end of the an HFS disk; if the disk can be read The RAMFast SCSI controller card is chain, its internal termination is on a MacOS machine, you may be being manufactured by Sequential turned off with the switch on the able to use MacOS-based utilities to ^ Systems and is available from the back of the drive. If the Zip Drive is repair a bad disk. manufacturer and from Alltech the last device on the chain (this I have formatted Zip Disks on a Electronics. The Apple cards can makes it much easier to disconnect Mac using the third party FWB Hard

mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1997 Disk Toolkit. Disks formatted with using currently but are afraid to this software have no partition on throw away can be stored on Zip ]V4H(§mPutinS them that is unrecognizable to the disks. Macintosh™ Consulting /^if\ Apple II. One Zip disk holds as much data Individual & Group Training Why would you want a Zip Drive as 66 3.5 inch floppies! Think of all Computer Problem Assistance on an Apple II? The Zip can be used the disk shuffling that you avoid by Mike Carlson as your primary data storage device if using a Zip Drive. you don't already have a hard drive. (612) 377-6553 My experience with a Zip Drive Pager 580-9281 -FAX: ESP-0TAK You boot from a Zip Drive as easily has been very positive. I have had no Internet [email protected] as from a hard drive; attached to an problems with the Zip hardware or Claris* Apple II, the Zip Drive transfers data the Zip disks. The RAMFast con Solutions Alliance nearly as rapidly as a hard drive. If troller seems to be completely com Member you do have a hard drive, the Zip patible with the Zip. I have had two serves as a secondary drive. The Zip minor problems with the Zip when times won't wait for the Zip to come also provides an excellent back-up using an Apple High Speed SCSI back up to speed. capability. Back up your every day card. I either have to unplug the Zip Drives are available from files on Zip disks so that if some Zip's power supply when it doesn't many local stores and from mail thing happens to your primary data, have a disk in it or leave a disk in it order companies. The drive costs you can recover it from the Zip. constantly; the operating system about $150. The disks cost from $12 Those large font and graphic files polls the empty drive incessantly to $18 depending on the quantity that you only need once in a while when there is no disk in it. A few you purchase. The RAMFast SCSI can be kept on Zip disks so they programs sometimes hang up when card is available for $110 (256kb don't require hard drive space that the Zip has gone into its power cache) or $130 (1Mb cache). you need for other, more valuable down mode; the programs seem to Try it; you'll like it! files. Older data files that you aren't require data immediately and some- What was happening in the mini'app'les newsletter compiled by Ken Slingsby short article tells how to get more month's issue. A report by the orga This series is presented to provide than 35 tracks on a PRODOS floppy. nization's president stated that a link to our past. The snapshots of There were 16 pages in the issue. membership had increased by more articles and advertisements appear than 300 in the last five months. 10 Years ago... ing in the mini'app'les newsletters of There were, at the time, over 1,000 yesterday are meant to entertain and August 1987. Included in this members. The organization was enlighten rather than to poke fun at issue is a review of Fleet System 3, an preparing for Applefest 82 to be held our past. Enjoy. integrated word processor, spell in September in Minneapolis. Over checker, and thesaurus program for 15,000 Apple users were expected. 5 Years ago... the Apple II. Dick Marchiafava pre DOM 14 was released this month. August 1992. As promised in the sented another installment of the There was another status report of July issue, there is a review of local AppleWorks Advisor. Six MacDOMs the DTACK Grounded, a 68000 computer training facilities. The were issued. There was a very com processor board for the Apple II. An Group was preparing for the plete report of the July Mac SIG article by Roger Flint described how Software Expo at the Science meeting. There were 16 pages. to build a Power Control Center Museum of MN. There was informa complete with lighted switches. tion about the new FileMaker Pro 15 Years ago... There were 24 pages in the issue. 2.0. Another article explains how to August 1982. Several SIG adjust your ImageWriter II printer. A announcements started off this Communications Decency Act Ruled Unconstitutional by Adam C. Engst part), ruled that the offensive display* provisions abridge And there was joy in Mudville, for the Communications Decency Act, bet 'the freedom of speech' protected by ter known as the CDA, violated the the First Amendment." With that, mighty CDA had struck out. First Amendment of the United parents, teachers, and librarians On 26-Jun-97, the United States States Constitution. In the words of must decide for themselves, without Supreme Court, in a unanimous the official decision, "The CDA's the heavy hand of government but decision (two justices dissented in 'indecent transmission' and 'patently with the aid of filtering and blocking mini'app'les Newsletter 8 August, 1997 software, what is not acceptable for introduce a new, more-focused bill. rating systems, we can help ensure their wards to view online. That possibility was given some that our children don't end up in the encouragement by the concurring red light district of cyberspace." What They Said opinion written by Justice Sandra Sorry, but you don't "end up" look I'm no legal scholar, but from Day O'Connor (and joined by Chief ing at dirty pictures on the Internet - reading the full text of the decision Justice William Rehnquist). In that if you are looking at them, you (posted eight minutes after release by opinion, Justice O'Connor postulates intentionally followed a link to view online advocates using a PowerBook that the creation of "adult zones" on them. The same goes for Usenet and a Ricochet wireless modem), it the Internet would be constitutional. newsgroups, IRC channels, and most seems that the Supreme Court had a However, she also noted that "user anything else. More to the point, the number of problems with the CDA. based zoning is in its infancy," and reference to the red light district is ality of the CDA as it applies to the cal danger. That might be true in a • The court found the CDA overly Internet as it exists today." real red light district, but anyone vague, and felt that vagueness ually explicit Web site, newsgroup, effect on free speech." In essence, if Other possible legislation would or chat room can leave instantly, the government makes something require Internet service providers to without possibility of harm. illegal, citizens should be able to offer filtering or blocking software. discern what actions have become President Bill Clinton said the Additional Legal Resources illegal. administration would study the My opinions above are just that, • The court felt that the CDA failed Supreme Court decision, and noted, personal opinions, and hold no to define the terms "indecency" "If we are to make the Internet a more weight in court than would a and "patently offensive" adequate powerful resource for learning, we box of ping pong balls. For real legal ly. Without a strong legal defini must give parents and teachers the opinions, I refer you to the archives tion, ifs difficult not just for nor tools they need to make the Internet of the Cyberspace Law mailing list, mal people, but also for lawyers to safe for children." Proponents of the where the topics of free speech and determine whether some speech CDA urged the administration to CDA have been discussed at length. qualifies as indecent, patently appeal the ruling. offensive, or neither. Personally, I It is worth noting that existing For those seriously interested in have trouble with situations like laws about the distribution of child legal discussion, complete with copi this, because it seems to me that pornography and "obscene" (a more ous footnotes (which, I understand, "decency" is a concept that differs rigidly defined term than "inde are a necessary part of the legal liter radically between people, cultures, and eras. cent") materials have applied in the ary genre), I recommend a book called Law and the Information • The court criticized the CDA for past, and continue to apply to the Internet. Superhighway. Written by Professor failing to account for the possibili Some Thoughts Henry H. Perritt, Jr. of the Villanova ty that "offensive" material could University School of Law, and pub have any socially redeeming value. I've been confused by the admin lished by Wiley Law Publications, The world is not all sweetness and istration's defense of the CDA, not the book is an exhaustive reference light, and sometimes exposure to offensive material is worthwhile. because I find any of the administra and textbook. Ifs not cheap at $150, tion's arguments in the least bit nor is it a light read, but when a legal • Finally, the court felt that the over compelling, but because it seemed so issue surrounding the Internet comes all vagueness of the CDA was exac ludicrous that such a law could erbated by the attachment of crim up, I turn to it for some basics. passed to begin with (okay, so it was Check the page below for a review of inal penalties to a content-based the book. ban on speech. part of the overall Telecommunications Reform Act of administration pursued it after the Proponents of the CDA have initial defeat in a lower court (see vowed to continue fighting for a pro TidBITS-315_ and TidBITS-333J. vision for controlling, well, the kind Perhaps I'm biased toward the con of speech they don't like (it seems cept of individual responsibility, but the most accurate description). Some the rhetoric surrounding this debate groups plan to lobby the U.S. astonishes me. 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Beware Macro Viruses by Adam C. Engst Macintosh viruses are in fact named examples. Last week in TidBITS-382_, I for their code resource signatures, The first macro viruses I know of wrote a short piece warning people such as nVIR and MBDF. were written in HyperTalk. They not to become complacent about still exist today, although few are a number of notes, including one Macro viruses aren't larger ver destructive. HyperCard is alive and thanking me for the article (the read sions of viruses. They share the basic well, but it doesn't have the wide er ran Disinfectant, which promptly virus definition - small bits of code distribution and use it did when found virus infestations on his hard with replication capabilities that are Apple bundled it for free with every disk). Most, however, talked about embedded in other files - but instead Mac. As a result, HyperCard viruses what has become a more serious of being Macintosh code resources, aren't as much of a problem as they issue since I was last seriously they're written in application macro might be. For more information involved in the anti-virus world - languages, such as HyperTalk, Word about HyperCard viruses and tools macro viruses, and especially those Basic, or - conceivably - even for eliminating them, check out lurking in Microsoft Word 6.0 docu AppleScript or Frontief s UserTalk. HyperActive Software's HyperCard ments. Although we covered this Unfortunately, since high-level Viruses page. topic in TidBITS-312_ and TidBITS- application macro languages are gen tion. other low-level programming lan Word Macro Viruses guages, neophyte scum find it easier Viruses and Macro viruses to write (or shamelessly copy and Of far more concern today are On the Macintosh, viruses are modify) macro viruses than more Word (and to a lesser extent, Excel) usually small bits of code embedded traditional viruses. Since Disinfectant macro viruses. These viruses, written in other files that can replicate them only scans code resources, it doesn't in Microsoff s Word Basic macro lan selves between files and between identify macro viruses, and cannot guage (available only in Microsoft machines. Viruses may or may not protect you from them. Word 6.0 and later), are embedded cause damage; some are deliberately Disinfectant also doesn't attempt in Word documents. When an destructive, but some are just annoy to detect another class of malicious infected document is open, the ing. When I wrote about viruses last programs, called Trojan Horses. macro viruses can copy themselves week, I was thinking about the tradi These programs often pose as a utili into your global template file, and tional sort, which infect Macintosh ty, game, or other useful program, from there into other Word docu files, mostly applications and the but perform anything from a prank ments. System file. The free program to severe disk damage when they To judge from the listings main Disinfectant finds these viruses by run. Trojan Horses are rare on the tained by the Virus Test Center at scanning files for the specific code Macintosh, and commercial anti the University of Hamburg, many resources used by the viruses. Most virus utilities should detect known Word macro viruses (over 1,100) mini'app'les Newsletter li August, 1997 exist, and new ones appear constant you must rely on other tools. The Since I mainly use Word 5.1 ly. The problem is simple - since the two commercial anti-virus applica when I use Word at all, I've never Microsoft Office applications, includ tions I mentioned last week, Virex run into a Word macro virus and /SiS\ ing Word and Excel, are cross-plat and SAM, can both identify and can't offer advice from personal form, macro viruses written by PC eliminate many of these macro experience. However, my feeling is users in Word Basic are often viru viruses, although reports from read that if you use and rely heavily on lent even on the Macintosh as long ers indicate that the viruses change Word 6.0 or later, particularly if you as you run Word 6.0 or later. Of frequently enough that even keeping frequently trade files with other course, those macro viruses that try up with Datawatch's and Symantec's users, ifs worth getting and to do things like issue FORMAT C: updated virus listings isn't always installing not only Microsoft's commands can't hurt a Mac, but enough. With over 200 new macro MVTOOL, but another commercial they can replicate themselves. Mike viruses appearing each month, thafs anti-virus tool such as Virex or SAM. Groh, Software Development not surprising, although Datawatch Of course, if you don't need Word Manager at Virex manufacturer reportedly tries to do next-business- 6.0's features, Word 5.1 doesn't suf Datawatch, noted, "Macro viruses day turnaround when a customer fer from macro viruses at all, and can are quickly becoming a larger prob sends in a new virus. safely open infected Word 6 files. lem than Mac system viruses ever Office would have a feature that has brought with it one of the In the end, be careful out there. A headaches of the PC world." Microsoft also provides informa major reason that the Macintosh to help identify them. Notes from traditional viruses is that the anti positive about the performance and and utilized by such a large number A number of readers commented usefulness of the main utility, called of Macintosh users (and many of the that these macro viruses are com MVTOOL, and the Microsoft Web programmers worked together on monplace in corporations because site comments: "MVTOOL is able to identifying and eliminating each people trade Word documents scan for and disinfect files that con new virus) that the viruses never had <*$% around all the time, and corpora tain the Concept virus. However, it is a chance to spread far. Vigilance is tions are more likely than individu not able to detect or remove any of the only defense. If you own a com als to have upgraded to, and stan the other known macro viruses and mercial anti-virus program that fails dardized on, Word 6.0. Even worse, is prone to crashing when processing to catch a macro virus that infects ifs easy for these infected files to a large number of files." MVTOOL your documents, be sure to send the find their way into backup tapes and works by notifying you when docu infected document (clearly labeled, onto CD-ROMs, which makes it easi ments that you open contain of course) to the program's manufac er for them to spread and re-infect macros, and lets you open the docu turer immediately, so they can add it cleaned systems. ments without the macros, which is to their list of viruses to eradicate. useful, but not nearly as hands-off as Only then can we hope to get the Eliminating Macro Viruses anti-virus tools should be. Users sim upper hand in the fight against the Since you can't use Disinfectant ply can't be expected to know what macro viruses. to find or remove Word macro virus is and what is not a macro virus. es or any other sort of macro virus, More on Macro Viruses by Adam C. Engst to pass along the information to virus/macvir. faq> The point of many viruses, macro help everyone understand more If it hurts... or otherwise, is to annoy people, about the macro virus problem. This waste time, and generally eat band will be it for virus coverage in Of all the responses I received, width of various sorts. Thafs ironic, TidBITS for a while, but you can find the simplest (and often presented given the amount of space the topic a great deal more information about with tongue firmly planted in cheek) consumes whenever it appears in the viruses on the Macintosh (including solution offered to the Word macro press (see TidBITS-383 J. But, since macro viruses) on David Harley's virus problem was simply to avoid numerous readers made useful com Viruses and the Macintosh FAQ at: using Microsoft Word 6 or other pro ments and suggestions, we wanted ly, because people don't always have conversion process, either via Word they use. MacLinkPlus. In both our and Auto-running Macros stripped the macros. Eternal Vigilance Others suggested turning off This entire topic came up because of my warning in 1idBITS-381_ that which prevents some macro viruses Eliminating Macros Entirely from replicating or performing other the Macintosh community was anti-social acts. Unfortunately, many Some folks suggested techniques becoming complacent about viruses. macro viruses use alternate methods that might work for eliminating all Several readers alerted me to infected of activation, including deceptive macros in Word documents. But, CD-ROMs that have recently been names, co-opted common command macros are not inherently evil, and distributed to numerous people, key shortcuts, and captured menu anything that blindly removes all including Apple's Official May 1997 items. So, although turning off auto- macros could easily destroy useful or Marketing ToolKit, which goes to running macros in Word 6 might even necessary macros. Tools like dealers and the media. There are two help slightly, ifs not a reliable solu Microsoft's MVTOOL aren't so lessons to be learned. First, don't tion. destructive, since they offer the trust even seemingly innocuous choice of opening documents with sources, because even CD-ROMs and Locked Normal Template out macros on a per-file basis. disks from reputable companies can One intriguing solution for pre However, don't trust MVTOOL's pro become infected. Second, if you're in venting the spread of Word macro tection (accomplished via a macro charge of mastering CDs or creating viruses, from Tyler Stewart , was to lock the some readers), because it works only anti-virus software! Ifs simply unac Normal template file, which lives in if you use the Open command in ceptable for any widely distributed the Templates folder in the Word Word's File menu to open the files. If CD-ROM or floppy to carry infected folder. Select it in the Finder and you double-click a Word file in the files. J0$\ choose Get Info from the File menu, Finder or use other methods of open Design a Sandbox then click the Locked checkbox. ing files from outside Word (like the Locking the Normal template pre Recent Files hierarchical menu, or I believe that the eventual solu vents any macro virus from infecting Now Super Boomerang), MVTOOL tion to these macro viruses is for the it, but macro viruses could also won't work. Read the documenta companies producing software with transfer themselves to other open tion with MVTOOL carefully before macro capabilities to take the documents or run without replicat relying on it. responsibility of designing their pro ing. More problematic is the fact that macro viruses. Although Sun's Java template in RAM, so the RAM copy Other Anti-virus Utilities language undoubtedly isn't perfect, can be infected (and thus pass on the it was designed to prevent malicious infection during that session) even Just to be complete, Datawatch's uses. Even if someone finds a way with the Normal template locked. In Virex and Symantec's SAM aren't the around that design, it won't be as other words, this solution won't only commercial anti-virus programs easy as it is with macro languages. I always work and might prove irritat available for the Mac that can detect won't pretend to know if ifs even ing if you need to change the and eliminate macro viruses. Also possible to create a macro language Normal template. available are McAfee's VirusScan and that doesn't suffer from macro virus Dr. Solomon's FindVirus, and others File Conversions es, but with the number of macro may exist as well. I have no recom viruses that appear every day, ifs A number of readers suggested mendations here other than to note dear that the problem is very real. variants on file conversion tech that Datawatch's Mike Groh was vol niques. Microsoft Word 5 can't run untarily helpful in checking and macros of any sort, so ifs safe from commenting on these articles. Word 6 macro viruses. Some people Viruses affect everyone, so I'd lean thought that macros could be carried toward companies who participate in a file that Word 5 had converted, in the communities their software opened, saved, and which was then protects. re-opened in Word 6. Datawatch's

mini'app'les Newsletter 13 August, 1997 Daymares From: Guy Kawasaki very human human beings, none of less than $75,000.00. whom are computer gurus. They We once taught Microsoft Word Submitted by David M. Peck require minimum training and maxi in both Windows and Macintosh This tidbit is from: mum output with no downtime. environments. When the Mac stu Keith Burgoyne, Hence - An all Macintosh solution. dents were finished the Windows users were about 40% complete. I Our experience I have been in the computer mar suppose this could mean that the ketplace developing software since We have a software user list that Mac students were smarter. Or just 1974. In 1981 we became Apple contains the worlds largest drug maybe it was that the Mac students Canada's first authorized dealer. In company and the worlds largest oil didn't need to learn the "Wonders of 1982 we became a PC dealer. In 1989 company as well as many "not Windows", just Word. we sold the "hardware side" of the Fortune 500 companies". As an aside, we just installed a business and returned to our core Platform ratio: For every fifty Mac program (circa 1985) in a Mac business, the development of niche Wintel users we have one Mac user. using System 7.6.1. If this program market software. Last year we logged 200 support would have been on the PC side of We have no axe to grind with the calls. things we would now be at upgrade WINTEL side of things. After all, our Call log: Wintel users - 200 sup number four to get it to run. Hmm! support revenue would drop by over port calls. Mac users - 0 support calls. Food for thought. 85% if Microsoft's O/S offerings Reason customer called: Software Altasoft is a privately held corpo worked as advertised. does not work = 200 calls ration with no affiliation with Apple Result of call: In all 200 cases our Computer Inc. We are in the soft Case one software worked "as advertised". The ware business and have no axe to We support an Apple network problem was ALWAYS something to grind with Microsoft. running 80 Macs for a private col do with their Wintel O/S or network All our software is cross-plat- lege. We bill them a monthly fee of software. formed and works with any Mac O/S $250.00. Whenever there is a prob The Wintel rule is, "When you newer than System 7.1, Windows lem we arrive at their site and have it get it working right, for Gods sake, 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, "fixed" within an hour. Last year we don't touch it". Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5.1 netted $3,000.00 as there were no or newer. calls required. Almost anything that The bottom line We choose to do all our software does go wrong is taken care of by In the last twenty-three years we development in the Mac O/S for the their "on-site" receptionist. Thafs have supported thousands of cus following reason: Using a Mac when right! Since we spent three hours giv tomers using a myriad of different our software "crashes", ifs us. Using ing her a network primer our calls systems. Windows when our software "crash have dropped to zero. I suspect that From a financial point of view we es" ifs either us or ifs because ifs they will not be contracting our ser make far more money supporting two in the morning or possibly vices next year. Wintel in one year that we have because ifs the last Tuesday in the They also have a PC network run made in total supporting Macintosh. month. We really have, in most ning 75 PC's. To keep it "alive" they Gates and company have been cases, no idea why Windows won't utilize two full time staff members. "doing Windows" since 1985. do tomorrow what it did today. Whenever they add another Wintel Thirteen years have passed since its Feel free to give this missive to box or want to change their network development and - it still does not your friend. configuration the system is down for work as advertised. a day or two. We have a client who installed Finally So you see, WINTEL is better. If 110 six years ago. Two There are only three types of they were in an all Macintosh envi years ago they went to Windows for computer users. ronment the two full time staffers Work groups and Novell. Their total • Those that use Macs. would be out of work:-) costs excluding hardware but includ • Those that wished they used Macs. ing training, software, additional Case two • Those that don't know any better. support staff and upgrade costs are The World Fire/Police Games now in excess of $300,000.00. Guess Having said that, most of the (held in Calgary, Canada, June what? They have not got to world runs on Windows. This has 1997). All Macintosh environment. Windows NT yet. Ifs interesting to nothing to do with the O/S. It has Why? The event lasts for 10 days note that their total costs for everything to Microsoft marketing and the system will be operated by Macintosh, excluding hardware,was and Apple's "approach to things". mini'app'les Newsletter 14 August, 1997 Earth to Netscape: Communicator 4.01 Released by Tonya Engst bug enabled nefarious webmasters to in my old bookmarks.html file such Netscape Communicator 4.01 is retrieve known files from users' that it replaced the bookmarks.html now available for the Macintosh. disks. file in my user folder (located in the The software contains a suite of Perhaps the most noticeable new Netscape Users folder within the Internet tools for Web browsing, feature in the Navigator module (and Preferences folder of my System email, HTML publishing, receiving one more aimed at consumers) is the Folder). I did some testing and found pushed data, and more. The Web Bookmarks menu, which comes pre- that editing the new browser, called "Navigator" within configured for your convenience bookmarks.html file also works, but I the suite, represents an upgrade from with categories such as Sports and don't yet know whether either solu Netscape Navigator 3. A Professional Shopping. Each category has sub- tion is permanent. Edition comes with additional mod items; for instance, Shopping According to Netscape, ules for group scheduling and net includes The Sharper Image and Communicator requires at least a work automation. Judging from the Amazon Books. User bookmarks dis 68030- based Macintosh with 16 MB buzzword-compliant data sheet play at the bottom of the menu. RAM and System 7.5 or later. The (which may have been authored by Although new users may find the Standard Edition download, with all Dilberf s boss), both versions are menu a convenience, for me it felt as Communicator components, is aimed squarely at corporate users. though a shopping mall had about 10 MB. [TJE] Communicator 4.01 also fixes the attached itself to my browser. widespread media attention. This new bookmarks menu by swapping PERMISSION GRANTED GenieLampApple 11 "A T/TalkNET permission, you don't include the _Momingside_ a letter, and they Publication ~ Vol.6, Issue 64 logo (you will have run into self-cen read the letter over the air). yS^!\ by Douglas Cuff tred folk who still have not realized Although I bought a legitimate copy Home pages are everywhere. Ifs that the Stewart's Law of Retraction of that part of the programme, that not just TV commercials and news — "It is easier to get forgiveness than was just so I could listen to it when paper advertisements — either you permission" — is meant to be a ever I liked—I had not purchased the have a web page yourself or you joke). You can't always get what you right to distribute it. So I wrote know someone who does. The world want. Morningside again and asked per wide web has brought publishing People sometimes avoid asking mission to distribute sound samples within the reach of anyone with for permission because ifs a hassle. of Peter and Shelagh saying my enough money to afford a computer. Well, in the first place, because a rule name. One of the production staff, Unfortunately, the web page has or a law sometimes inconveniences Shelley Ambrose, phoned to tell me shown us the horror of technology you doesn't mean it doesn't apply to it was fine, corrected my spelling, — or, rather, the honor of humans you. And in the second place, ifs not and wished me luck. No demands let loose upon it — even more clear a hassle; in fact, most of the time, ifs for credit, no stickiness nor stuffi ly than desktop publishing did. Now a snap. Let me tell you about three ness. Plain sailing. hundreds of thousands of people times I've asked for permission to My next request was equally have been granted the power of pub reproduce material belonging to uncomplicated. I wrote Purity lishing without being taught about someone else. Factories, a small biscuit and confec the responsibilities. A frequently In my still-incomplete tionery manufacturer, to ask for per ignored responsibility is taking good HyperStudio stack about Canada, I mission to reproduce their logo on a care not to steal. wanted to include sound samples of sub-section of my home page. Their If you want to include a logo on two voices familiar to many sales manager thought it was a great your web page to show how much Canadians — Peter Gzowski, host of idea and promised to hand my letter you enjoy a singer or television CBC Radio's nationally-broadcast to their general manager. I waited show, you must ask the permission programme _Morningside_ (6 several weeks before telephoning the of the person who owns that logo September 1982-30 May 1997) and general manager to prompt him for a (you will, of course, have heard and Shelagh Rogers, deputy host. decision. He said no. He went on to dismissed the lame cry that the Through CBC Enterprises, I legiti explain: They guard their trademarks owner should be grateful for the mately acquired a tape of Peter and pretty closely. They liked my Purity "free advertising"). If you are denied Shelagh saying my name (I wrote page and were grateful for it, but it

mini'app'les Newsletter 15 August, 1997 wasn't worth the legal hassle to give Tom Cruise on their web site. What's the person who owns it, you'll most me permission to use their logo. I more, their legal text said that it was often get a prompt and cheerful yes, thanked him for his time, and that okay for me to have one copy of any or a reasonably prompt and polite was it. Simple (accepting a refusal material downloaded from the site. no. isn't always easy, but you get plenty So, no problem, right? My favourite permissions story of chances to get good at it). Well, there wouldn't have been, predates the world wide web by sev My third request was the only if I had been willing to attach the eral years. A mastef s student wanted one that lived up to the scenario that entire 2- or 3-minute song to the permission to reproduce a comic alarmists dream up. I wrote to Task Impossible event. I just wanted strip in her thesis, so she asked the Paramount Pictures. Paramount is eight or possibly four notes — thafs cartoonist who created and owned one of the companies that employs enough for most people to get the the strip. The cartoonist wrote back zealots to protect their meal-ticket. reference and the joke. Paramount's that no one had ever asked him for Those of us who respect intellectual standard legal text informed me: that before. He had had little educa property wince whenever "You also agree that you will not tion and was honoured to think of Paramount's name is brought up. alter, disassemble, decompile, reverse something he had created being a Either their executives or their engineer or otherwise modify the small part of a thesis. lawyers — or both — have no idea Downloaded Material." Well, to clip Only occasionally will your when to stop. When you try to send out a short section counts as altering request to reproduce be swallowed Paramount a comment from their and modifying, so I wrote to them to by a faceless bureaucracy. Most of web site, they ask that your letter not ask permission for that. Several the time, you'll get to talk to another contain any *ideas*. Not story ideas weeks ago I wrote them. Have I person, someone who will listen to — they've already covered that legiti heard back them? Of course not. what it is that you want and let you mate worry separately. They don't They're probably still wondering if it know quickly whether thafs possi want your letter to express any ideas. will weaken their position if they ble. Even if your request is denied, It must be a "suit" thing. acknowledge having received it. you'll end up feeling good that you What I wanted to do was attach Meanwhile, of course, I do nothing made a real contact with another part of the Mission: Impossible about the sound evjent. I can't. Ifs human being. You'll end up feeling theme to the Task Impossible event their material. 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mini'app'les Newsletter 17 August, 1997 appearance today at PC Expo, less 34th Street, New York, from June 16 eral products for these target mar than a month after spinning out -19,1997) kets. from Apple to become a wholly The Company will provide For more information, visit the owned subsidiary. Newton, Inc. will Newton technologies, including the Newton website currently located at be exhibiting in its own booth at the Newton operating system, hardware, http://www.newton.apple.com. show, supported by a number of software development tools, APIs, leading software developers. (Booth# and documentation to enable the 502, Jacob K. Javitz Center, 655 West development of software and periph Apple Helps Batman and Robin Take Flight Apple Workflow Solutions Facilitate potential and to save money and exactly what color the gas tank on Creativity and Save Money In Summer time in production. Both Apple and Batgirl's motorcycle is, the style Blockbuster BATMAN & ROBIN stand for cut guide is the first place they should submitted by Greg Buchner ting-edge technology, innovation, look. Cupertino, Calif.—June 23, fun, and the triumph of good over DC Comics creative director 1997—Apple Computer, Inc's lead evil." David Erwin created the world's first ing edge technologies and products Liz Radley, computer graphics style guide on CD-ROM in an all- are currently showcased in BATMAN supervisor on the production, per Apple environment using the Mac & ROBIN — Warner Bros.' fourth haps summed it up best: "We had an running Adobe Illustrator and installment of its immensely success insatiable appetite for the Mac. No Photoshop, ColorSync and other ful Batman films — at nearly every one wanted another platform unless Mac OS software. He says, "produc level of the production. they were already committed to that ing our style guides on CD-ROM The ubiquity of Apple's presence platform. There were dozens of new saved a lot of time. Since we com in BATMAN & ROBIN aptly illus converts to Macintosh during the posed the designs on the Mac in the trates the Company's unique "script production." Producer Peter first place, re-expressing them [for to screen to web to prinf ' family of Macgregor-Scott agreed. "The big dif the CD-ROM guide] was quick and hardware and software technologies ference with this film was Macintosh easy, with near-perfect image quality for the film community. The "script computers. I was amazed at how eas and consistency. We also saved to screen" concept enables filmmak ily our staff adopted them — even about 75 percent over the cost of ers to use Mac to produce films using people who had never touched a previous hard copy style guides." Macintosh computers, Mac OS soft computer before. They changed the Bruce Brownwood, art director at ware and third-party solutions — way we worked in a thousand differ Giant Merchandising, which holds along with related aftermarket items ent ways." Director Joel Schumacher one of the BATMAN & ROBIN T- like merchandise, CD-ROMs, and adds, "With the Mac, I could send an shirt licenses, concurs. "Getting the web pages. Whaf s more, the people image to someone across town and style guide on CD-ROM is incredible. behind the scenes on BATMAN & be able to discuss it within minutes It saves us a lot of time — we can ROBIN have taken Apple's industry- — instead of the hours it used to just pop it into the Mac and do film leading technologies to such new take. This streamlined the communi separations. Whether ifs a photo or levels of depth and breadth, they cation process and made it much a piece of 3-D art, as long as you can may as well have called it the "comic easier to keep things flowing." get it into a Mac, you can make it book to logo to style guide to script To understand the full measure of beautiful on a shirt." Brownwood to special effects to merchandise to the Apple contribution to the uses a screening process called sto sound to advertising and promotion Batman movie and brand, it helps to chastic screening — itself developed al CD-ROM tie-in" concept. look beyond the films to the DC and executed entirely on the Mac — "We believe more Mac systems Comics characters that inspired to create dimensional, rich colors were used in BATMAN & ROBIN, in them. Here's where Apple's contribu and chrome effects on its shirts. more unique ways, than in any pro tions to the film really begin — with Another license-holder, Global One, duction ever before," said Guerrino the "style guides" that serve both as uses the Mac to create a line of mer DeLuca, executive vice president of the filmmakef s templates to insure chandise including posters, buttons, Worldwide Marketing for Apple. consistency of the brand when ren and key chains. Its in-house graphics "We're delighted that BATMAN & dered on film, as well as the blue department creates original BAT ROBIN has made such extensive use print third parties use to create mer MAN & ROBIN art for its products, of Apple products and solutions in chandise or advertising tie-ins based derived from the CD-ROM style the film industry workflow — both on the film's characters. For exam guide exclusively on Macintosh com to add value to the film's creative ple, if someone wanted to know puters. mini'app'les Newsletter 18 August, 1997 As the production began to take Taylof s Illusion Arts and his compa of quality, consistency, and control. shape, production designer Barbara ny have used Apple computers from Using the Mac and 3D software, ling — who had never used a com the beginnings of their digital work. Rafani finished the film's motion puter before — used Macintosh to Star Trek fans will recognize Apple logo digitally for the first time. design sets and create fantastic envi computers at work for Illusion Arts "Doing it on the Mac gave us a mil ronments, including a 14,000 square in the mind-blowing opening shot lion times more control," he foot surface area of Turkish tiles for pulling back from Captain Luc explains. "We could fine tune subtle Poison Ivy's lair. The Academy Picard's eyeball to reveal the Borg elements like light shafts until they Award-winning production designer Collective in FIRST CONTACT. Why were perfect." says, "The Mac enabled us to create Apple? "Apple offers the most power "We designed the entire BAT designs and execute complex shots for the dollar, both in hardware and MAN & ROBIN website on the Mac," we couldn't have attempted other software," Taylor offers. confirms Don Buckley, senior vice wise. It also saved us an enormous Illusion Arts created six shots for president Theatrical Marketing & amount of money because we were the film: a miniature and matte com New Media, Warner Bros. "When able to do so much in house." posite shot — dollying through the changes needed to be made they Director of photography Stephen jungle to Poison Ivy's tent and a could be made instantly. It was a Goldblatt, a longtime Mac aficiona ruined castle — and five digital com very efficient operation." Users can do, used the Macintosh as a combi posite shots of the Arkham Asylum find the site at http://www.batman- nation digital diary, shot logger, and (a structure in the film) using Electric robin.com/. To create a unique sound documentary production tool. The Image Camera Projection (an evolu for the Batmobile, Soundstorm's Mac enabled him to record all his tion of the Texture mapping tech Bruce Stambler and his team used notes, as well as — using Cinebase — nique) to portray Ivy looking over the Mac to transform the sound of create a multimedia record of his the edge of a precipice, and Ivy, Mr. an 800-horsepower stock car into a filmmaking experiences. He recalls, Freeze, and Bain falling. Illusion Arts' sound with 60 elements per frame — "The Mac helped in the communica Richard Patterson supervised the exe that conveys power, speed, and luxu tion between director, producer, and cution of digital shots on Apple ry. Once again, the cross-platform cinematographer. Also, the Mac 8500 computers. interoperability of the Mac enables allowed me to drastically reduce the Syd Dutton's matte paintings were third parties to re-create that exact time to record all of my notes by created in Photoshop. 3-D models sound for a game or toy. hand. A process that took two were built in Form-Z and rendered "Script-to-Screen" takes on new months to complete three years ago and animated in Electric Image. meaning in BATMAN & ROBIN, with now takes only two days." Composites were created in After the placement of actual Apple com One of the most visible manifes Effects and Ultimatte software. Final puter products on-screen in the film. tations of the performance of Mac film-outs were done in-house on The futuristic Twentieth Anniversary systems in the film comes in the spe Solitaire Cine HI film recorders. Macintosh and the Apple eMate 300 cial effects, and Academy Award- When the production wrapped, personal digital assistant enjoy pride winning Visual Effects Supervisor Macintosh stayed on the job. of place for the good guys of John Dykstra and his team (as well as Another first-time computer user, Gotham, including Robin, Batgirl, third-party effects houses) used the Academy Award-winning makeup and Alfred the Butler. The film does Mac to create 350 visual effects artist Ve Neill, used the Macintosh to n't reveal what kinds of computers shots, many with up to 20 elements. create a database of digital pho the villains use. He says, "With BATMAN & ROBIN, tographs showing how each of the On the computer screen, "BAT we started out with the very founda 220 characters in BATMAN & ROBIN MAN & ROBIN: The tions of the images being built in the looked in each scene. Thanks to CyberExperience" CD-ROM immers Macintosh — the first line laid down Macintosh, she says, "If Taco Bell es the user in the virtual world of on paper in the design environment wants to do a BATMAN & ROBIN tie- BATMAN & ROBIN through the use was also laid down digitally." in commercial in six months, the of Apple's QuickTime VR technolo Dykstra and his team used the Mac won't have to hunt me down at gy. The user must find the Batcave to actually invent a process called another studio to find out what and save stately Wayne Manor from stereopsis that employed multiple Robin's hair or Poison Ivy's makeup attack by the forces of evil. Security cameras in different positions to looked like." drones dispatched by Alfred — recreate a city of miniatures in 3D Massey Rafani, Warner Bros.' vice Batman's loyal servant — help the model form. president of Creative Advertising, user explore sixteen vivid environ The visual and computer effects built an in-house, Macintosh-based ments photographed on the actual on BATMAN & ROBIN required the facility to create the images used in sets of BATMAN & ROBIN. Digital services of nearly a dozen third-party the marketing of the film and give media producer December special effects companies. Bill those images an unprecedented level Interactive developed a parallel story mini'app'les Newsletter 19 August, 1997 to the movie, creatively utilizing the and enter at one of more than 5,000 MASTERS OF MEDIA is a fully QuickTime VR images and incorpo Taco Bell locations nationwide. integrated marketing campaign that " While BATMAN & ROBIN pro rating more than 60 MB of graphical demonstrates new ways to make and animation, sound effects, and envi vides one of the strongest examples save money with intellectual proper ronmental sounds created specifical yet of the use of Apple solutions in ty (content, brand, or other media) ly for this innovative title. feature film. We're proud of our pres through the use of Macintosh tech Batman and Robin: The ence across the film industry," nology. For information about the CyberExperience was produced by DeLuca concludes. "And while we've program, please visit our site at December Interactive in conjunction worked to showcase Apple solutions http://www.niasters.media.apple.com. with Warner Bros. Pictures, Apple in the film production, distribution, Copies of BATMAN & ROBIN The Computer, and Internet access and marketing workflow, most of Power Behind The Mask are available provider Earthlink Network Lucky our success stories come right over to the public on a limited basis. To users can find the disc at trade the transom." order, call Apple StartingLine at 1- shows, conferences, Mac shows, and Filmgoers and computer buffs 800-825-2145 (US) and 1-303-297- other events where Apple, EarthLink, can see Apple computer products at 2258 (Outside the US). For Fax on and Warner Bros, participate. work in numerous films including demand from the US, call 1-800-462- In a separate alliance reached DRAGONHEART, the STARTREK 4396; In Canada: 1-800-263-3394. with Taco Bell, players of "Batman: series, BREAKDOWN, BUDDY, and Use the following part numbers The Unmasked Game" contest can the upcoming JACKAL, THE HON when ordering from StartingLine: win one of several eMate 300's just EST COURTESAN, FACE/OFF, and BATMAN & ROBIN The Power like the ones used by Batgirl in the THE TRUMAN SHOW. Behind The Mask Part #L02406A. film. Players can learn more about So, if the Dark Knight or his the promotion in Taco Bell's current friends rely on Apple, what are you BATMAN & ROBIN television spot waiting for? Announcing the arrival of Crock 0' Gold! Spectrum v2.1 Offline Reader for Auto-logon through Sprintnet. • Easy preparation of download file Delphi. User files for Genie and list. '/m$\ submitted by Harry Lienke CompuServe Telnet access. • Archive a single message or the full We are proud to announce the User configurable for Telnet access session. release of Crock O' Gold, a suite of through any route. • Print single messages. scripts for Spectrum v2.1 to auto • Find a 'string' in viewed message mate your Delphi sessions. Crock O' Offline and Online Menus. Gold will retrieve any waiting mes Terminal mode with quick start file. • Read backwards and forwards in sages from marked Forums and, by back to the menus. using a sophisticated message reader, Built in File Manager. message file. let you browse them comfortably • Full !Help! NDA help guide. while offline. You can then compose Configurable 'online action' set tings. Status: your replies and post any new mes Easy selection of Forums from a list The Crock O' Gold scripts are sages with ease. These messages will of over 500. be posted automagically the next loosely based on the 'Delphi time you go online. Any marked files Selectable Download protocol. Messenger' scripts by Kit Graham will also be downloaded automagi Uses either the Spectrum SHR or and Gary Utter. They are FreeWare, cally. Text display. provided the complete package is distributed intact. This is vl.O of the Requires: Optionally auto-formats the viewed messages. script suite, and I plan to work fur Spectrum v2.1 and free space on 1 Signatures added automatically to ther on the scripts and to introduce your hard disk. many new features lacking from this messages. first version. For further information, Features: 1 Auto-Quoting available in message suggestions, or bug reports, contact Automatic 'point and dick' installer. replies. /[email protected]/. • Installer.Log reports what was »Choose to keep the Forum ban Where to get it: installed where. ners. Delphi A2 library.or http://ounvorid.com- /%%. • Point and click 'Crock.O.Gold' S16 »Choose to keep your scrollback puserve.com/homepages/ewannop/ > starter application. buffer. or mini'app'les BBS

mini'app'les Newsletter 20 August, 1997 New Inkjet Printers From Apple Apple Unveils New Color Ink-Jet ing with Apple in providing the best imately 4 minutes per page for Color Printer Line; Includes High- ink-jet printer solutions available to PhotoGrade, 1.7 pages per minute performance Model for Both Mac OS customers of the Mac OS," said for color, and 5 pages per minute for and Windows Users Robert E. Granger, Apple Business black. In addition to the versatile submitted by Greg Buchner Program Manager for HP's Consumer paper handling features listed for the CUPERTINO, Calif.—June 16, Products Group. "We believe this Color StyleWriter 4100, the Color 1997—Furthering its commitment to new product line represents the start StyleWriter 4500 also offers the expand the availability of high-quali of a long-term business relationship unique ability to output 20-page ty, complete color printing solutions, that will benefit Apple and HP, as continuous-feed banners. Apple Computer, Inc., today well as Apple customers looking for Representing a new product cate announced three new color ink-jet high-quality ink-jet printer prod gory for Apple, the Color StyleWriter printers for home, education, and ucts." 6500 provides complete, high-perfor small/medium business settings. The The Color StyleWriter 4100 pro mance, versatile color print capabili entry-level Color StyleWriter 4100 vides customers in the home, educa ties for both Mac OS and Windows offers Mac OS customers a high-qual tion, and home office settings with users in education and small/medi ity, affordable, four-color printing easy-to-use, affordable four-color um business environments. The solution. The mid-range Color printing. Apple expects this printer Color StyleWriter 6500 offers print StyleWriter 4500 provides Mac OS to be the lowest-cost Mac OS-com speeds of up to 8 pages per minute users with high-quality, photo-realis patible printer available at time of for black and up to 4 pages per tic color and multimedia printing introduction. It comes complete out minute for color. It provides a resolu capabilities. The Color StyleWriter of the box with printer driver soft tion of up to 600 x 600 dpi for black, 6500 offers professional quality ink ware, high-capadty black and color up to 600 x 300 dpi for color, and jet printing capabilities to both Mac ink cartridges, and serial cable. The uses Apple's ColorSync technology OS and Windows users — a first for Color StyleWriter 4100 provides to provide consistent high quality — Apple. The Company also intro laser-quality black text at up to 600 x even when using plain paper. It duced the StyleWriter EtherTalk 600 dpi and print speeds of up to 4 offers laser-quality black printing Adapter II, an easy-to-use printer net pages per minute for black and up to that is also water-resistant and light- working device that lets Mac OS 1.5 pages per minute in color. Paper resistant for more reliable archival users share Apple's color ink-jet handling features are versatile storage of documents. Paper han printers on an EtherTalk network. enough to handle a wide range of dling indudes up to 150 sheets, 50 The new ink-jet line results from paper types (up to 100 sheets, 50 transparendes, 30 cards, 25 labels, a recent OEM licensing agreement transparendes, 20 envelopes, or 30 and 15 envelopes. with Hewlett-Packard Company, the cards), and also indudes a single "Apple's new line of ink-jet print industry's largest ink-jet printer envelope slot. ers focuses well on its targeted cus manufacturer. The agreement pro The Color StyleWriter 4500 pro tomer segments," said Alyson Frasco, vides Apple access to state-of-the-art vides customers in home, education, senior analyst at IDC Research. printer engine technologies. and small business settings with "Industry trends are moving toward "It is the continuing goal of high-quality, photo-realistic color affordable, color ink-jet solutions Apple's Imaging group to provide and multimedia printing capabilities with laser-quality output and Apple customers with best-of-dass products right out of the box. It indudes seems to keeping up with that that use state-of-the-art imaging Apple's Color PhotoGrade Ink trend." technologies, and with this new line Cartridge which provides six color The Color StyleWriter 4100 and of ink-jet printers I think we did just inks to enable customers to print Color StyleWriter 4500 indude that," said Ron Vitale, Director of output in millions of colors. The printer software that offers cus Imaging at Apple. "The agreement Color StyleWriter 4500 comes with tomers custom paper size editor, with HP gives Apple access to printer the Color PhotoGrade ink cartridge, print preview, manual two-sided engine technology that, when com along with the color ink cartridge printing, and back-to-front printing. bined with Apple's commitment to and black ink cartridge. It offers a Printer software for the Color ease-of-use, quality, compatibility, resolution of up to 600 x 300 dpi for StyleWriter 4500 also indudes Color and technologies such as ColorSync Color PhotoGrade on plain paper, PhotoGrade for printing photo-real and Color PhotoGrade, enables us to up to 600 x 300 dpi for color on istic output and banner printing provide our customers with high- coated, glossy paper or transparen capabilities. The Color StyleWriter performance, feature-rich products at des, and laser-quality black text at 6500 indudes new Mac OS driver competitive prices." up to 600 x 600 dpi on plain paper. software based on the LaserWriter "We are very pleased to be work It offers print speeds of up to approx 8.4 graphical user interface. It pro- mini 'app'les Newsletter 21 August, 1997 vides customers with visual selection and running right out of the box, ers and the StyleWriter Ethertalk feedback, desktop printing, 2- or 4- each printer also comes with a host Adapter n are expected to be avail up pages, and watermarks. The Color of bundled software. The Color able through Apple authorized StyleWriter 6500 also indudes soft StyleWriter 4100 indudes resellers worldwide; priring and ware drivers that support computers Mindscape's PrintMaster Gold, availability may vary per region. The running Windows95 or Windows Nova's Art Explosion Sampler, and Color StyleWriter 6500 is available 3.1. All printers are optimized for Bitstream TrueType Fonts; the Color now, in the U.S., with an estimated Apple's ColorSync technology, a StyleWriter 4500 adds to the list retail price ranging from $450 to state-of-the-art color matching sys PictureWorks' PhotoEnhancer Plus $480. Both the Color StyleWriter tem that provides the dosest possi photo-editing software and Kaetron's 4100 and Color StyleWriter 4500 are ble match between the color on the Stendl It! and Web It! packages. The expected to be available in the U.S. monitor and the color that comes Color StyleWriter 6500 indudes all on July 1 with estimated retail prices out of the printer. *The products also the above packages with the excep ranging from $230 to $250, and incorporate printer driver technolo tion of PictureWorks' from $330 to $350, respectively. The gy licensed from Palomar Software, PhotoEnhancer Plus, but adds busi StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter II is Inc. of Oceanside, Calif, which HP ness software, Now Software's Now expected to be available in the U.S. had previously used in its own print Up-to-Date and Now Contact, and in August for an estimated retail er drivers. Nolo Press's Personal Record Keeper. price ranging from $180 to $200. To enable customers to get up All three Color StyleWriter print

Apple Continues Support for Small Businesses with Donations of Computer Systems to SBA Apple Marks First Anniversary of research. Business "Getting Started" templates Establishing Apple Business The installations started in mid provided by Claris Corporation, Productivity Centers at SBA Offices 1996 in the Seattle, Washington, Apple's wholly-owned software sub Across the U.S. SBA BIC. Since then, Apple has sidiary, as well as Microsoft Office for submitted by Greg Buchner established Business Productivity the Madntosh, the popular office SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, WASH Centers, complete with fully- suite from Microsoft Corporation. INGTON, D.C.—June 3,1997— installed Macintosh systems, at SBA "Apple's donation to the SBA Apple Computer, Inc., strongly com offices in Atlanta, Georgia; underscores our commitment to one mitted to the small business commu Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, of the fastest growing segments for nity, is marking its first anniversary Massachusetts; Charlotte, North computers in the country-small busi of donating fully-equipped Carolina; Denver, Colorado; El Paso, ness," said Mike Muench, vice presi Macintosh systems to Small Business Texas; Helena, Montana; Houston, dent, Consumer and Small Business Administration's Business Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Division of Apple Computer, Inc. Information Centers (BIC) around Lewiston, Maine; Los Angeles, "The Macintosh platform makes a the country. California; Miami, Florida; perfect companion to hdping a The donation and installation of Nashville/Tennessee; Omaha, small business owner grow their equipment is part of a comprehen Nebraska; Providence, Rhode Island; business because of Madntosh's leg sive plan to provide assistance to all and San Frandsco, California. endary ease-of-use, high reliability, the SBA Business Information Installations will continue through and versatile business solutions. Centers by equipping and installing out the year at each of the 40 BICs We're proud to support small busi Apple Business Productivity Centers which are currently in operation or nesses by providing them with the at each location. The Apple Business planned to be opened. computing tools that will hdp them Productivity Centers offer individu Apple's donations to the BICS is start, set-up, run, and grow their als starting small businesses an antidpated to exceed $1 million in businesses." opportunity to use the latest in estimated value, and consist of Apple "We appredate Apple's support Macintosh technology — Macintosh Power Macintosh computers, Apple of the SBA and small businesses computers, leading software, print Workgroup Servers, PowerBook note across the country," said Monika ers, scanners, digital cameras, and book computers, Color LaserWriter Edwards Harrison, assodate adminis much more - to develop business printers, LaserWriter printers, trator for Business Initiatives of the plans, create marketing materials, StyleWriter printers, Apple Scanners, U.S. Small Business Administration. put together loan packages, and con and QuickTake digital cameras. Also "Apple's donation of computer duct market and competitive induded in the donation are Small equipment and software to the SBA's mini'app'les Newsletter 22 August, 1997 Business Information Centers is Apple was the highest rated brand businesses a place to do research, allowing thousands of entrepreneurs among businesses with 19 employees prepare business plans, and recdve and small business professionals to and under. Businesses of this size free consulting from SCORE (Service use Macintosh equipment while represent almost 90 percent of all Core of Retired Executives doing research and planning their U.S. small businesses, according to Assodation) which has a dose affilia businesses." an IDC/link study. tion with SBA and provides most of The SBA estimates that well over the centers' counseling and training. Apple Highest Rated Brand Among 200,000 start-ups and small business For more information about Small Businesses es this year will take advantage of Apple's Small Business Market initia Apple's donation of Macintosh the computer services offered at the tives, visit the World Wide Web at: systems—the computer platform of BICs to prepare business plans, loan http://www.smallbusiness.apple.com/. choice for small businesses—is applications, do research, and access Information about small business expected to greatly enhance the the Internet. Started in March 1991, resources also can be found at: effectiveness of the BICS. In an the BICs were opened by the SBA to http://www.sba.gov IntelliTrack Brand Tracking survey, provide start-up businesses and small MailBITS/16-Jun-97 Virtual PC News According to Connectix, the space. Both versions require Mac OS This week, Connectix plans to lower-end version, called Virtual PC 7.5.5 or later. Connectix also notes ship Virtual PC, its Pentium emula Windows 3.11/MS-DOS Version, that a big Level 2 cache helps perfor tion software (see TidBITS-374J. works on any PowerPC-based Mac mance. Retail pricing is expected to Early reports have been positive, and running at 100 MHz or faster, with a come in around $159, and there is a it seems that - at least for those who recommended 24 MB RAM and 200 $25 rebate for SoftWindows users. have the necessary hardware - MB disk space. Those interested in Connectix — 800/950-5880 — Virtual PC has become a real alterna Virtual PC Windows 95 Version need 415/571-5100 — 415/571-5195 (fax) tive, not only for running the a Power PC-based Mac with at least a — |TJE] induded Windows 95, but also any 180 MHz Power PC 603e chip, or system. ed 32 MB RAM and 300 MB disk

Psst! Didja Hear The One About... Chasing Urban Legends Online By Jacqui Kramer record)? story almost always happens to a If you are reading this, you prob If you answered "yes" to any of "Friend-of-a-Friend," and usually has ably own a computer. You might these, you might want to reconsider some moral come-uppance. ULs do even surf the Net regularly, or at your hipness quotient You see, these not have to be plausible, but it hdps. least belong to an online service. All- stories share two distinct factors: (1) (All those stories you heard at sum in-all, you probably consider yourself they have been spread across the mer camp count, even the ones you a hip, modern kinda guy or gal, Internet, primarily via e-mail and KNOW didn't happen.) right? Well, before you answer, take Usenet; and (2) none of them are Traditionally, ULs have been this quick quiz (Yes or No answers true. (Okay, Craig DID at one time spread the old-fashioned way: word- only): try to set the record — and he suc of-mouth. From school yards to Have you even ceeded. He also beat the cancer. You water coolers, bizarre tales that hap 1) Sent a $250 cookie redpe via e- can stop sending cards now.) pened to the friend-of-a-friend or a mail? These four stories are among the well-known celebrity have spread 2) Warned a friend about the most popular urban legends now like wildfire. The introduction of the Good Times Virus? making the rounds on the Internet. Internet as a mainstream phenome 3) Told a PC friend about a new There are thousands of urban leg non has only hdped fan the flames. 3.0 version of PKZIP? ends (or "ULs") floating around the An excdlent example is the afore 4) Asked folks to send postcards Internet, some less believable than mentioned $250 cookie redpe. For to Craig Shergold (the boy dying of others. ULs are relativdy easy to the three of you who have not yet cancer who wants to set a world spot, if you know the signs. The received the message, the story goes

mini'app'les Newsletter 23 August, 1997 like this: Man has lunch at Neiman PR department — they have an lar message posters have their own Marcus, which he tops off with a entire press release ready for non- spedalty UL sites, with the Web URL deughtful cookie. He jokingly asks believers. (By the way, I've heard conveniently listed at the end of the waitress for the redpe, who says that its the Toll House Cookie redpe, each post in their signature file. My "sure, thaf 11 be two-fifty." He figures but that also could be... a UL.) personal favorite is Snopes' site dedi $2.50 is a little steep, but what the I won't even honor the Good cated to Disney ULs, induding the hey — add it to my bill. Man pays Times Virus or PKZIP 3.0 story (the (debunked) theory that Unde Walt with Visa, gets BIG surprise when the latter really is a virus!) with an expla is a popside. (The site is at bill arrives: $250 for the cookie nation, lest these two beasties rise up http://www.best.com/~snopes/disney/ redpe! For revenge, he types the again. Just please, take my word for disney.shtml.) redpe into an e-mail message and it — ndther exists, at least not legiti So there you have it. You know sends it out into the world for free. mately. Better yet, do some explor better than to spread those nasty sto Hence, the $250 cookie redpe. ing on the Internet and find out for ries about the Good Times Virus, and Sound familiar? Well, it is a great yourself. You'll want to start on you even know where to go to arm story, but ifs also untrue. I know, I Usenet at alt.folklore.urban, where yourself against other such stories. know, it happened to your best these and other stories are constantly Your hipness has been restored, and friend's cousin, right? Wrong. There floating around. Word to the wise, my job is done. are several details here that give it though: Don't post anything until Think I'll go bake some $250 away. For example, the man pays you have read the very thorough Neiman Marcus Cookies and start on with a VISA card, which Neimans AFU FAQ — odds are you will find some postcards for Craig Shergold. does not take. Also, Neimans doesn't the answer to what you want in this Jacqui Kramer is the sole (and charge for cookie redpes, and did document. soul) proprietress of the Lone Star not even sell cookies at the time this There are numerous ULs on the Urban Legends site. Come see just allegedly occurred. (By the way, this World Wide Web as well — start at how gullible Texans can be at: UL dates back to the turn of the cen http://www.ufbanlegends.com/'and go http://www.wolfemt.corn/~reeltime/ tury, but with a different company.) from there. I would also recommend urbanlegends/. Comments can be sent Those who don't want to take my checking out any of the sites listed to Jacqui at reeltime@wolfenetcom. word for it can contact the Neimans on Usenef s AFU. Many of the regu- ©1996 Jacqui Kramer.

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