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Peck consists of simply flying missions comes with Mac OS 8.6 and above), (should you decide to become a fight you will also need an OpenGL-com- To see this review with graphics go to: er pilot for either Earth or Mars patible video card (e.g. ATI Rage 128 http://www.macledge.com/ReviewsOO Armed Forces) or managing cargo or 3dfx Voodoo III. The ATI Rage Pro /terminus/terminus.html manifests, posting and accepting con is not recommended). tracts (including bounties), and trad For Network / Internet play, you The Terminus Demo is located on the ing enough goods to pay for your also need a TCP/IP network. Because Nov2000 MacAddict CD or go online ship's upkeep. You do all this while of the high bandwidth demands, a at: http://www.wisions.com/termi- trying to stay on friendly terms with cable modem is recommended for nus/downloads_frame.htm at least one of the various warring fac complex multiplayer battles. Because tions in Terminus. of my setup at home, I havn't tried Overview: playing Terminus over the Internet - Every once in a while you come Hardware Demands: only over my LAN. For finding oppo across an annoying review where the Terminus comes on three CDs: nents on the Internet, Terminus sup reviewer obviously has gone stark rav one contains the program, the second ports GameRanger. ing mad over the game he or she the movie cut-scenes, and the third The game can be played without reviewed. I am afraid this is one of the soundtrack. The program disk a joystick - however, you won't last a those reviews. contains all three versions of the second against someone with a joy Terminus is a space combat / real game: Mac OS, Windows, and Linux - stick. Therefore I highly recommend a time role-playing game in which you a feat that should be exemplary for joystick, preferably one with lots of take command of a single-seated future game developers. buttons... Terminus supports all kinds space ship and strike out to make a Installing Terminus will take of joysticks out of the box - and with living. The game is set against a lavish about 630 MB out of your hard disk - an incredibly powerful interface (you background of political intrigue, eco without installing any movies or can assign multiple keys and buttons nomic power struggle, and technolog music files (these stay on their respec to one function). ical advances. tive CDs). And this is the minimal installation. Because my disk only had Background: r Whilepolitical playing, sides, become you can a pirate choose or sim one gigabyte free, I wasn't able to OK, before we talk about ply roll with the tide and try to make install the full version. Terminus, let me take you back to my the best out of space trade. Depending Since Terminus relies on OpenGL early computing days... Way back

mini'app'les Newsletter January, 2001 when computers came with 16KB for these missions - but for every mis time, you should be quick to grab the (that's kilobytes, folks, not Mega) and sion you receive a top-rate and fully mission you like most quickly - since I was the proud owner of an Apple II, equipped space ship. As pirate or mer other players (Al-controlled as well) I encountered a game that set the cenary you must earn your income - standard: ELITE. It was a 3D space might take the contract while you are and repair, upgrade, and re-fit your just standing there. exploration / trading game that revo ship yourself. Once you have your contract (or lutionized computer games in many While you fly your missions or sit contracts, since pirates and mercenar respects. To date, this magnificent at the various space stations, the story ies can accept multiple simultaneous game has yet to be beaten in scope, unfolds in real-time in the back contracts), you jump in your space elegance, and fun factor. Ambrosia's ground. Your actions affect the story ship and fulfill the contract. "Escape Velocity" is basically a well- as well as the availability and prices of As soon as you leave the base, executed 2D version of ELITE (which the various goods and equipments. So however, you'll notice that Terminus proves that the concept of the game is choose your career and then fight it is far more than just another space sound and doesn't require drop-dead out with the others. If there is one shooter. For one thing, it is based on graphics), and Origin's immensely thing in abundance in Terminus, it's Newtonian physics. This means that if successful "Wing Commander" series the adversaries... is ELITE'S 3D space combat minus the you accelerate your ship and then point the nose to the right, the ship trade aspect. The Game: will continue going straight. In order Terminus re-captures most of Terminus offers five modes of to alter your flight vector, you need to ELITE'S core elements, adds some play: * Training (five missions to famil apply additional thrust. Since few other aspects and comes very, very people can do the required vector close to beating my all-time favorite iarize yourself with space flight) * math in their heads, Terminus sup game. Story (the heart of role-playing) plies your ship with inertia compen * Free (you simply do whatever sators. These computer-controlled Vicarious Visions, the developer, you like) thrusters (which can be disabled) has no previous exposure to the * Gauntlet (single-player death- make sure your flight vector remains Macintosh market - although they match) * Melee (multi-player death- aligned with your ship's nose. seem to have quite some experience However, this alignment takes more in the console game business. match/hockey) time the heavier your ship is. When Jumping into the scene with a high- turning tight corners, your ship will quality, three-platform cross-compati The Story-, Free-, and Melee- therefore perform a maneuver that is ble product is therefore even more Modes are all available as single- and very similar to a power slide in a car - impressive. multiplayer games. In my opinion, which is very realistic (and allows for the story arc is very well thought out great combat maneuvers). Synopsis: and nicely complemented by the 190 Space combat is furious and fun. The year is 2197 and you have page manual. You can play the story When you destroy an opponent (and just arrived at the space station, eager arc at least four times: once for each have the right equipment aboard), to prove yourself. Mars is on the brink side in the conflict (Earth, Mars, you can pick up some of the debris to of declaring independence, the pirates Pirates and Mercenaries). The mis either sell or use in your own ship. seem to have founded a society of sions vary greatly in difficulty. Still, Should your ship take a hit, the vari their own, and there is rumor about playing the Earth and Mars side is ous systems can fail, or failure in one possible contact with aliens. much simpler than being a Pirate or system can lead to overload in other Space travel is limited to the solar Mercenary. This is because as member systems. The damage model is very system. For short distances you use of a military organization you are sup complex and should you be unfortu your thrusters which can accelerate plied with a fully serviced ship for nate enough to sustain a critical hit, your ship to up to 20km per second. every mission. As a Pirate or you'll have to be a very experienced However, even at that speed, small Mercenary you have to figure out how player to juggle the engineering tasks astronomical distances (e.g. Earth to to best equip your ship - and still be and limp home before the enemy fin Mars) would take days. For long dis able to pay for it. ishes you off. This is especially true tances, therefore, you use so-called should you choose to pursue a career "Vortex Gates" that instantaneously Free Mode, however, is the mode as pirate, since most bases will be connect fixed locations in the solar I like most. Here you simply choose to patrolled by law-enforcement ships. system. Your fully configurable ships do whatever you like. Free Mode can't And these ships like nothing more are equipped with various arrays of be 'won' in the traditional way in that than finishing of a wounded pirate scanners, thrusters, computers, cargo it has no ending per se (unless, of (especially if a bounty is involved). systems, and of course weapons. course, you are killed). Rather, you fly Besides the normal first-person You can choose to start out as around and try to accumulate wealth - view of space with the (very nice) either Earth or Mars fighter pilot and better equipment. transparent HUD and engineering, (easy), or pirate or mercenary pilot When you begin the game, you you have two further computer sys (difficult). As military pilot you are start out at a space station. There you tems at your disposal: in communica sent on various patrol, escort, trans go through the various posted con tions you set your comm frequencies port, reconnaissance, and strike mis tracts Amissions) and select the one (this is only important in multi-play sions. You don't receive any payment you like. Since all of Terminus is real er. Here, however, this is an awesome mini'app'les Newsletter January, 2001 feature that works pretty much like a ELITE. In Terminus, you can't dock screens (engineering, navigation, CB radio today); in Navigations you with the base manually. Rather, all communication and base interaction) can program your ship's navigation approach and docking is handled by fall flat on their faces. They are clum computer to take you to any place in the computer. This even though you sy, ugly (garish colors), and difficult the solar system. ship is equipped with inertia compen to use. Ship configuration and engi When playing and completing sators and lateral thrusters that would neering are especially difficult to use, contracts (or hijacking other ships or make manual docking fun (if not very which is very unfortunate in light of simply bounty-hunting) the computer challenging). Even though I think it's the importance these screens have. constantly evaluates your perfor logical to assume that in the future Luckily, you are very seldom pressed mance and your standing with the docking procedures are automatic, I'd for time while configuring your ship various power factions. If, for exam have preferred a manual override. (but this still can happen since time ple, the Martian people hate you After you have docked, you continues to pass when you are in the enough, they will attack you on sight. review you mission, re-fit and/or base configuring your ship); however, And, of course, their space stations upgrade your ship, review new con you almost always are under immense would rather blow you up than let tracts - and the cycle begins anew. pressure when trying to restart your you dock with them. Also, transport fuel systems through the engineering ing certain goods (e.g. narcotics, or The Interface: interface. A better, more intuitive pirated software) will get you into The interface in Terminus has interface would have helped a lot. trouble. Another way to get in trouble two distinct modes: Cockpit view and A very nice surprise was the is, of course, to transport some very Base/Systems view. The cockpit view input/control configuration screen. valuable cargo through pirate-infested handles just as in any flight simula Instead of the normal InputSprocked (but highly profitable) backwaters of tor. The keyboard and joystick are interface (that everyone has come to the solar system. used to input your commands. Most loathe), Terminus has one of the Also, certain contracts require a commands produce a visual or aural nicest and most flexible configuration minimum reputation to be eligible as feedback. Much thought has gone screens I've seen. It not only auto- employee. Some Search and Destroy into this interface design, which I find detects your input device but will contracts, for example, require that very impressive. Just to name two graphically show conflicting input you have a minimal reputation score well-executed examples: * Should you be on a collision designations. Plus, you can have mul of 100. Your reputation grows with tiple keys and buttons (and even com every contract fulfilled - and is low course with another object, a claxon binations like Joystick Axis A and ered by every contract in which you sounds (aural warning) that is difficult Keypad '0') assigned to the same func fail to deliver. to misinterpret (it really sounds tion. I was very impressed by the In addition to normal contracts, urgent). Also, the whole (transparent) amount of thought that had gone in Story Mode (which, as a reminder, HUD begins to flash red. Also, the into designing this interface (even if can be played single and multi-player) name of the object that is on collision reversing a joystick's axis is a bit more there are special missions that are course is superimposed on the HUD. 1 convoluted than it needs to be). tightly interwoven with the back found out that the first time I Another nice feature is the flight ground story. Again, the outcome of encountered this warning, I instinc recorder. With this toy you can exam the mission alters the story. Most of tively did the correct thing: diverted ine your flights and then compose these missions are very cleverly chore to one side and accelerated slightly. * Should you engage the comput your own movies, setting camera ographed and exhibit some diversity. angles and objects. The Windows ver In one Blockade mission I needed to er's "flight lock" mode (in this mode sion can even export the movie in defend a capital ship from the you stay in a constant velocity rela AVI format, a feature that is (sadly) Martian fighters. These were rein tive to the locked object), your direc lacking from the Macintosh and forced after some minutes by tion indicator turns blue. Also, every Linux versions. Mercenaries. When 1 replayed the four seconds a little unobtrusive "blip" All in all, I find that Terminus' mission (I had to do it a few times will remind you that flight lock is user interface is head and shoulders because I constantly got blasted or engaged. Very, very nice interface above those of most games, even if it attacked the wrong ships) I noticed design. has some room for improvement. The that the sequence of events was All commands you give also color schemes are well thought out, slightly different each time. appear on the right hand side of your the assignment of functions is intu Sometimes the Mercs would show up HUD, with a history of about the last itive and can easily be customized, and sometimes not. In one replay the five commands listed. After a few sec and the feedbacks are immediate and Earth forces eliminated all Martian onds, these lines of text fade out. appropriate. fighters within seconds - and we were Also, all ship affiliations are color- all sent home with commendations. coded, so it is impossible to mistake a Bug Report: Some missions, of course have a deter Marauder for a Martian craft. This Bugs... Well, yes, there are bugs. mined outcome, no matter what you color scheme is also reflected in the I've encountered three full-system do. This is required to drive the story ship's HUD: Earth forces have blue as crashes for no apparent reason. Also, arc. the HUD's base color, Pirates green, my version of Terminus was unable to After you complete your mission Martians red, and Mercenaries yellow. work with my 3dfx Voodoo II card. or flight, you arrive at a base. Here Again, very nice interface design. The game kept telling me that it was Terminus significantly differs from However, the other interface unable to set the size. It did mini'app'les Newsletter January, 2001 work very well with my ATI Rage 128, years* hence?Also, target management is very have frame rates in the 25-30 range. though (Note: set your preferences to The possibilities for a multiplayer 32bit color. 16 bit colors is only mar difficult. Some games allow you to game in a persistent universe (even ginally faster on the Rage 128 and "store" target designations that can be with underlying story) and an econo produces the ugly "swimming pixel" recalled via hot-keys. This helps a lot my that reacts to your actions are effect). when handling multiple targets, since immense. Terminus has found a nice Then there are some minor bugs, you store them upon ingress and then approach to implementing such a that make gameplay less enjoyable check them during combat. This is game, even if some of the possibilities but can be worked around. For exam also very handy for escort missions in are left unexplored (exporting a ship ple, when you sign up for a strike mis which you check up on your escorted from one server to another would sion and the target gets destroyed by vessel. open the game further). Vicarious someone else, you receive a "Mission * It is very difficult to find out Visions even provides a dedicated Successful" speech over the radio. which ships are attacking your own server version of their game, so you However, your reputation is lowered; ship. Since these ships usually have can have a less powerful computer in fact the mission is counted as a fail locked on to you, any decent comput serve the solar system in a network. ure. It took me some strike missions er should be able to deduct the attack to figure this out - and I was nearly er. A select-nearest-attacker option In my opinion, the single-player booted out of Earth service for poor would greatly help the game. aspect of Terminus clearly outshines performance because of this bug. * Although you can post bounty the multiplayer - which is a nice Then you can jump though a vor or almost any other mission for other thing, since multiplayer Terminus is tex gate that was not activated by players (Al and real) to pick up, you excellent. you. With bad luck, you might end can't post escort missions (which is I really love this game and think up somewhere else than you intend probably the single most important that if you have anything going for ed. However, with the version I tested mission I can think of in free mode) * Even though you can disable a space simulations, you should defi (1.5) I had to reset the flight path to nitely get it. Now. And if your Mac is the target to activate the vortex gate. ship and even hijack its cargo, you not powerful enough to run the Another bug is that every now can't take over other ships. Pity. and then you are launched from the * The solar system in free multi game, you clearly need a better Mac. base directly into some docking space player mode is too limiting as scope. I On the PLUS side: ship. Since the computer handles all really would have liked to jump from Great graphics docking and embarking procedures, one system (server) to another system Incredible replay value you can only watch your expensive (another server). This is impossible - Nice in-flight interface hull getting pounded by the other as much as it is to import a ship from Good multiplayer gaming, even better ship and the base's docking computer. one game (server) to another. single-player gaming And then there are some amusing misspellings that are aren't bugs but The people at Vicarious Visions On the MINUS side: nit-picks (my favorite being some cap were very quick to respond when Missing features tain telling me to "diffuse the situa asked about technical problems. Also, Some initial bugs tion" when we are clearly ordered to they have been putting out updates in Relatively high system requirements "defuse" it). a rapid fire fashion that shows they You'll sound like a raving lunatic However, what "bugs" me more are clearly supporting this game. when you tell your friends about it than program errors are features that you might expect but that are missing Conclusion: Overall Score: 4.5 out of 5 - for no reason whatsoever: * No manual docking. No reason As I warned you at the beginning, I clearly love this game. It is close Copyright (c) 2000 The MacGamer's why* this No isauto-pilot. not available. This is rather enough to ELITE (just look at the Ledge. All rights reserved. Reprinted pseudo-3D radar and the "Narcotics" with permission of MacGamer.com silly. Since the docking computer is a cargo designation) to be a worthy complex auto-pilot, I would have update for the new millennium, and The Terminus Demo is located on the expected the craft to have a simple it has enough new components (back Nov2000 MacAddict CD or go online auto-pilot that flies the ship to the ground, limit to solar system) to make at:http://www. wisions.com/termi- it stand on its own. The graphics are waypoints/targets* No waypoint handling. When nus/downloads frame.htm great, the lighting effects even spec assigned a patrol mission with multi tacular. The story is gripping - and ple targets, you cannot cycle through even without the story line in free the waypoints. * Target designation. In some mode the game is still immensely gratifying (I even prefer free mode to missions you are told to "destroy the story). Traeger Shuttles". You are left to won Performance is good with all der which of the many shuttles flit graphical features turned on - except ting around you are supposed to in complex battles involving many destroy. Even today's forces receive ships. In this case it was enough to vectoring. Why is this impossible 200 turn down some graphical effects to

mini'app'les Newsletter 8 January, 2001 Apple eNews December 14, 2000 Volume 3, Issue 26 In This Issue MacSoft offers games you can play 3. AirPort Means Never Having to Say against a computer opponent or 1. Happy Holidays You're Wired against the rest of the family, and 2. It's Stocking Stuffing Time some of the MacSoft titles are 3. AirPort Means Never Having to Say You have just one phone line in your Internet-ready, so you can play online You're Wired house but several people with against Uncle Fred a thousand miles 4. Mac Games Macintosh computers who are vying away. Got a stocking in need of stuff 5. Built for Mac OS X for time on the web. ing? 6. In 2001,1 Resolve To... 7. Technically Speaking What's the solution? More phone http://www.apple.com/games/arti- 8. Quick Takes lines? A tangle of extension or net des/2000/ 12/macsoft/index.html work cables snaking through the If you'd like to read this issue on the house? 5. Built for Mac OS X web, go to: Nope-it's AirPort. 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QuickTime-based training materials Some with slow 28K connections. on a wide variety of subjects: http://www.apple.com/enews/sub- Others with fast broadband connec scribe/ tions. http://www.atomiclearning.com/freei movie.shtml Copyright 2000 Apple Computer, Inc. So what do you do if you'd like to All rights reserved. Apple permits post a QuickTime movie that can be You only have a few weeks--unt.il reproduction of the contents of Apple enjoyed not only by your visitors December 31, 2000-to purchase a eNews for publicity and promotional with high-speed access but also by PowerBook computer and get $200 purposes. Apple, Final Cut Pro, those who can't download files quite back. 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Quick Takes http://www.apple.com/enews/quick- [email protected] iBook leads the L.A. Times' list of takes/filemaker.html m> "Slam-Dunk Gifts" for the 2000 holi day season: Want to keep up with the latest news about FileMaker products, technolo http://www.latimes.com/business/rep gies, events, and special offers? A2 News and Notes November 2000 Submitted by Harry Lienke Syndicomm includes the latest version of every ** A2Central.com online service to Apple II program sold under the INDEX ByteWorks label. You can also get the go public beta in December source code to all of these products. * Opus ][ hits the streets! Over $1600 in software, over a mil ** Lost Classics Comes Home to lion lines of source code. * Silvern Castle 6. .. and 6.1 A2Central.com It's an Apple II programmer's dream! You can get just the software (Opus ][ * Arthur Jerijian's Resolution ][ ** KEGS for WIndows32 Released The Software), just the source (Opus ][ The Source), or both (Opus ][ The Library Released as Open Source * Sign Off * Ewen Wannop Changes Back Into Works). Opus ][ The Software goes for $95; Opus ][ The Source goes for $150; a Chameleon * Opus ][ hits the streets and Opus ][ The Works goes for $195. For more information, check out * A2Central.com News ** Eric Shepherd Acquires ByteWorks releases its eagerly antici http://www.byteworks.org/. Thanks, pated CD package, Opus ][. Opus ][ Mike! mini'app'les Newsletter 10 January, 2001 * Silvern Castle 6... and 6.1 company that managed the Apple II Kent's Emulated GS, a well-known RoundTables on GEnie and the A2 Apple Ilgs emulator for several UNIX /#^"\ Jeff Fink has done it again. Silvern and A2Pro Forums on Delphi from and UNIX-like operating systems Castle 6.0 fixed a bunch of bugs, previous owners Dean Esmay and (such as Solaris x86 and Linux x86) as added new feature, and was rewritten Gary Utter. Syndicomm now takes well as OS/2 by Kent Dickey, has been under Kitchen Sink Software's over operations of the popular ported to Windows32. For more MicroDot command shell interface A2Central.com World Wide Website. information on this port (and it is replacement for BASIC.SYSTEM. He For more details, see very UNIX-like, very little graphical also announced a coming 6.1 with an http://www.a2central .com/f ea user interface for preferences and set "automap" feature. And we thought tures/2000-11/14- tings), see that the limits of the 8-bit II had been syndicomm/index.html. http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/ke reached. ** A2CentraI.com online service to go gs32/. For more information on * Arthur Jerijian's Resolution ][ library KEGS, see public beta in December http://neptune.psn.net/hometown/7u released as Open Source ser=kentd/kegs/. In a related development, the long- With even more evidence that the 8- awaited, Apple II accessible enhanced * Sign Off bit Apple II is alive and well, Arthur A2Central.com online service goes Jerijian has released version 1.0 of an into a free public beta December 8, A2 News and Notes is produced with Open Source double high resolution 2000. Users will need to sign up for real or emulated Apple II computers graphics library for use with your dou an account before accessing using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes ble high resolution graphics pro A2Central.com via telnet. Paid ser with the occasional assist from grams. For more information, check vice begins in 2001. For more details, ProTERM Mac on the Macintosh. out see Apple II Forever! http://resolutionii.sourceforge.net/. http://www.a2central.com/fea- * Ewen Wannop Changes Back Into a tures/2000-11/30- A2 News and Notes is (c) copyright a2central/index.html. 2000 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All Chameleon ** Lost Classics comes home to rights reserved. Opinions expressed herein are those A nearly lost title from years past has A2Central.com of the individual authors and do not been brought back to life. Well- necessarily represent the opinions of /0^^ known Apple II programmer Ewen Lost Classics Project Director Howard the copyright holder and publisher. Wannop (of Spectrum fame) has res Katz has announced that the Lost The publisher does not guarantee the urrected his shareware program Classics Project will have a permanent accuracy or suitability of any informa Chameleon, which allows transferring home on A2Central.com. The new tion included herein. We reserve the files between DOS 3.3, ProDOS, World Wide Website will be located at right to edit all letters and copy. Pascal, and CP/M. It's on his Internet http://lostclassics.a2central.com/. Material published in this edition Home Page at Details on the project, the process of may be reprinted free of charge any http://www.btinternet.com/~ewanno software reclassification, Katz's pre where provided this copyright notice PA sentation at KFest 2000 (in QuickTime is included. format), and the reclassified programs * A2Central.com News themselves will be available at this site shortly. In a related develop As usual, lots of A2Central.com news: ment, Katz has joined the staff of ** Eric Shepherd Acquires Syndicomm A2Central.com as a Library Assistant Eric Shepherd, otherwise known as and Director of Special Projects. Sheppy, has acquired Syndicomm, the ** KEGS for WIndows32 Released From: UGNN User-Groups.net Submitted by John Pruski fiscal quarter is likely to fall short of * Contour Not Outdone by Apple's * Are Cube and PowerBook Rebates expectations, some rumors suggest waiting to purchase anything until Optical Mouse - Contour Design will Predicting 2001? - Why else would mid to late summer/2001 for further be keeping up with Apple - they've Apple announce rebates for two of its reductions. Others speculate that the announced a new mouse that uses computers? Probably because they're difference between G5 and G4 tech optical tracking technology to elimi dead in the water when Steve's nology will be slight making end-of- nate the need for a mouse ball and January 9th keynote unfolds at product-cycles the best bang for the mouse pad. The MiniPRO Mouse Macworld San Fran. But that makes it buck. Macworld NY will undoubtedly boasts a compact enclosure with max a good time to buy the PowerBook G3 tell the full story imum fingertip control « along with and Power Mac G4 Cube computers - More on this topic can be found at: dual buttons and multiple colored although the $300 rebate (400 MHz http://www.apple.com/promo/power- clip-on buttons. Contour wraps it all PowerBook G3 gets only $200) seems book/. From: UGNN User-Groups.net up with their Pack n' Go "stylish, yet a bit stingy to us! Since Apple's fourth 0012 compact" carrying case. The USB

mini'app'les Newsletter 11 January, 2001 MiniPRO Mouse is $34.95 $699. Both CPUs come with a 1 MB the streaming media workflow. More on this topic can be found at: cache. Cleaner 5 enables web designers with http://www.contourdesign.com/. More on this topic can be found at: minimal streaming experience to From: UGNN User-Groups.net 0012 http://www.powerlogix.com. From: achieve powerful, high-impact results. UGNN User-Groups.net 0012 * Easy Hard Drive Expansion for Cleaner 5 is available now from Media 100 for $599 (US) Laptops... Up to 32 gigs! - Trans Intl. * Handspring Harkens Holidays with More on this topic can be found at: has premiered several new high capac New Visors - Handspring has alerted http://www.terran.com/products/clea ity 2.5-inch, 32 GB hard disk drives to us to expect two new handheld com ner/index.html. From: UGNN User- replace hard drives in Apple's puters this holiday season featuring Groups.net 0012 Powerbooks. Powerbook G3 users can more speed and color! The Visor expand the internal storage capacity Prism gets color enabled with 16-bit * Put The G4 Cube Into Overdrive - of their systems up to 32 GB, and get color - the Visor Platinum (while Griffin has rolled out CubePort which faster transfer rates up to 228.8 monochrome) runs 50% faster than adds a standard to Apple's Mb/sec. They also make available the Visor Deluxe. The Visor hand- new G4 Cube. The CubePort supports complete instructions for installing helds operate on the Palm OS, and all Mac compatible serial and and upgrading the RAM and the Hard feature the popular springboard Localtalk printers, Midi devices, Disk Drive in Powerbook G3 and iMac expansion bay, giving you the power modems, lab equipment, serial Models. The 32 GB 2.5-inch drive hits to add new functionality through tablets, and serial cameras. Griffin dis you for $525.00. module upgrades. Look for them from closes some problems with technolo More on this topic can be found at: $299 to $449 gy such as Apple's QuickTake 150 and http://www.transintl.com/store/index More on this topic can be found at: 200 software and is not compatible .cfm. From: UGNN User-Groups.net http://www.handspring.com/. From: with some other Macs like the non- 0012 UGNN User-Groups.net 0012 beige G3. The CubePort sells for $49 More on this topic can be found at: * FileMaker Pro Users Get Real Help - * Microsoft Enters Online Media http://www.griffintechnology.com/ser Learn FileMaker Pro 5.0 (FMPR) for Player Race - Microsoft doesn't want ial/cport.html. From: UGNN User- Mac and PC brings clear, concise help to lose market share to QuickTime Groups.net 0012 to FileMaker users through the exper any longer... they've rolled out a new tise of Jonathan Stars. In this block beta version of Windows Media Player * QuickTime 5 Already? - News of the buster book you'll learn the funda 7 for the Mac. The new version offers release of QuickTime 5 Public Preview mentals of FMPR from the ground up. audio and video playback, MP3 play rippled through the Mac community Beginners and veterans alike will get back, greater ease of use, and access to with anticipation of numerous new new insights to design a complete audio and video content encoded features such as skip protection. FMPR project from start to finish. with the latest versions of the indus Puzzling QT fans however is why the Topics covered include: Serving try-leading Windows Media Format new user interface? While QT5 offers FileMaker Web databases; building codecs. Under the hood, the Player an updated media player, a new and testing complex calculations - was rebuilt to provide near-DVD-qual QuickTime TV network display and and of course there are lots of tips for ity video at 700Kbps, near-VHS-quali- new audio controls, it will most likely troubleshooting scripts and much ty video at 300Kbps and CD-quality cause problems for all those using more. The book is 400 pages and sound at half the file size of MP3. QT4 who do not wish to upgrade. includes a CD-ROM with materials Media Player 7 Beta for the Mac is QT5 also hooks into the mother shop and examples. Learn FileMaker Pro available for download directly from to download plugins on the fly 5.0 retails for $34.95 and is currently Microsoft, or from your favorite through a new downloading utility - available at Amazon.com for $27.96 download site. a feature that has some security mind More on this topic can be found at: More on this topic can be found at: ed users a bit concerned. Public pre http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos http://www.Microsoft.com/. From: views are available from Apple, with a /ASIN/1556228007/thedesignandpub- UGNN User-Groups.net 0012 Windows version on the way lish. From: UGNN User-Groups.net More on this topic can be found at: * Multimedia Getting Cleaner Thanks 0012 http://www.apple.com/quicktime/. to Media 100 - Media 100 has rolled From: UGNN User-Groups.net 0012 * Get Your PowerBook G3 Upgraded - out Cleaner 5 - an interactive stream What you'll need is the BlueChip G3 ing media design solution that * Sony Sez No Playstation For Mac - PowerBook upgrade from PowerLogix. enables web designers, media profes Supreme Court sez YES. Sony has lost The CPU upgrade is designed to boost sionals and Internet broadcasters to their U.S. Supreme Court bid to hear the Wallstreet and Mainstreet quickly and easily produce highly- its case against Connectix. The elec PowerBook G3 laptops as far as interactive, dynamic streaming media tronics company alleged that 466MHz.... with 500MHz models on content. Users will get camera-to-web Connectix's Virtual Game Station, a the way. The (customer installable) streaming media design solution to Playstation emulator, violated the upgrade replaces the PowerBook's create highly-interactive streaming company's Playstation copyrights. CPU module with the Powerlogix media content for the web in four Sony contends that Connectix copied product. Get the 466 MHz G3 model simple steps: Capture, Author, Encode parts of Sony's Playstation technology for $599 and a 500 MHz G3 model for and Publish. 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