The LIMac OCTOBER 1996

NEWSLETTER OF THE LONG ISLAND USERS GROUP

LIMac has been serving Macintosh September’s Meeting: Olympic Olympus users on Long Island since 1984,when the The prices of CD Recorders discussed the features of this LIMac Inc. Mac was introduced. P.O.Box 518 and other magneto-optical product. There was an Seaford,NY 11783 Annual dues for drives have become very interesting exchange of views President membership is $24. attractive. How good are with members on how this First meeting is free. Balan Nagraj they and what are the benefits device compares with the For information,you [email protected] can contact any of of these devices? To cover Syquest and Zip drives. this subject, LIMac’s featured Olympus has priced the Vice President the following: Bill Medlow speaker was Michael Rubin, “How good are they and what are media on this device at about Membership [email protected] CD-Recorders Product the benefits of these devices?“ $10, which is very attractive. Alan Gordon Treasurer (516) 538-7013 Manager of Olympus Image Michael’s presentation Donald Hennessy @ AGMac aol.com Systems. was informative and well received. He also had [email protected] LIM Public Domain Starting with a brief background about his some special prices for ac members: A Secretary Software company, whose U.S. headquarters are in refurbished CD-R2/MAC for $500 and a new Wallace Lepkin Helen and Melville, Michael discussed their line of storage CD-R2x4 recorder for $775. These prices are [email protected] Sheldon Gross products and the recently introduced digital valid for a short time. Please call him at (800) The LIMac Forum (212) 799-5655 cameras. He demonstrated their CD-R2x4 with 347-4027, 5312, if you are interested. [email protected]. the Corel CD Creator application package. He | On this night, we also had our first Editors/Graphics cybernex.net Mo Lebowitz mentioned that Olympus has opted to go with meeting of the Internet SIG. Al Choy, our Technical Advice Loretta Lebowitz the Corel product over the more popular Toast coordinator for this SIG, did a commendable Bradley Dichter [email protected] Pro, because of better technical support. He job of explaining the basics of surfing the web. (516) 874-4363 Distribution covered the requirements for creating a CD like [email protected] LIMac is actively looking at a couple of meeting Wallace Lepkin Program a good software package, a non-fragmented places, where we can go online for this SIG Donald Hennessy Coordinator large hard drive, etc. The data has to flow meeting. Printing Rick Matteson | continuously without interruption. He Raffle winners: Bill Sympson (Adobe’s Willow Graphics (516) 379-0174 mentioned that the SCSI chain on some of the Sitemill and IDG Books’ Macworld Home (516) 785.5378 [email protected] older Macs are not fast enough to handle the Office Companion); Frank Silverman (ASDG’s Imagesetting Beginners SIG speed required for recording a CD. Elastic Reality); Jim Tornatore (CB Software’s Sy Bram A&B Graphics Olympus made quite a hit at the Boston Web Arranger). (516) 433.8228 (516) 378-9076 MacWorld with their SYS.230, a portable –Balan Nagraj l [email protected] 230MB magneto-optical drive. Michael The FORUM is DTP SIG published monthly by Balan Nagraj LlMac.All contents, (516) 427-0952 October’s Meetings: except where noted, [email protected] are copyright ©1996 ED SIG General Meeting: Friday, Oct. 11, 7:00 P.M. months worth of beginners questions. by LIMac.Opinions Rick Matteson Fractal Design’s Detailer, a 3D painting LIMac Meetings, unless otherwise noted, are expressed are the (516) 379-0174 program, and Poser, a human figure design held at the NY Institute of Technology views of the authors and do not neces- [email protected] program. (Building. 500), at Northern Blvd., Old sarily reflect those of Internet SIG DTP SIG: Westbury. To see if school is open in bad LIMac.Contents may Al Choy Fractal Design’s Painter 4, and Expressions, a weather, call (516) 686-7789. be reprinted for non- [email protected] natural media vector drawing program. The next LIMac board meeting will be held commercial use,with Internet Address Ed SIG: Friday, October. 11, 9:00 P.M. due acknowledgment http://www.limac.org at the Plainedge Library on Monday, Educational CD-ROM demonstrations: October 21, 1996. to LIMac. Come gather ‘round Geoff’s Performa 5300 Dues collection for 1997 begin this month. and Rick’s borrowed LC 580 (on loan from the Our dues remain at the reasonable $24 level Copiague Middle School) and get real world because of the support that you have shown demo of some of the best educational software to LIMac.Bring your checks to the next available on CD-ROM. meeting or mail them to: Alan Gordon, LIMac Beginners SIG: Friday, Oct. 18, 7:00 P.M. Membership, 472 Linda Drive, East Meadow Review Macintosh basics, discuss hard disk NY 11554 organization, and, most importantly, take 3 Game Corner: 101,has led to more pilots’deaths than any Taking control of your TV-202 is fairly easy different weapons,each one bigger and Terminal Velocity. other plane,you feel very lucky to be alive.That’s and can be mastered using the keyboard,the stronger than the last.Also you can find power- A review by Dan Gross Age 14. probably about to change since,it’s you against mouse,or a joystick.The ship handles easily and ups to boost your shields and increase your A high flying,fast, the defense system of the entire universe that is makes quick,sharp,and deadly turns.The radar speed and weaponry. action-packed game. out to destroy humanity.You have been training is a very simple device,but necessary to find and The music is of very high quality and fits You’re flying a TV-202,a all of your life to fly this ship,but are you ready destroy enemy bases.The cockpit controls make right in with the action.Sound effects are great, fighter that only a few for a challenge as big as this? “You’re out- traveling in your ship much simpler because you from the explosion of the enemy aircraft against elite pilots can handle. gunned,out-manned,and strapped into a flying always know where to go and what condition the surface to the rapid fire of your laser Considering that the coffin.But just think how good “Saved the your ship is.You start out with only a plasma cannon.The graphics are very detailed with fast previous model,the TV- Known Galaxy”will look on a resume…” gun but quickly build up an arsenal of seven scrolling action.Its very great response rate 2 President’s Remarks Conflict Catcher 3 A few days after the presidential elections, we I almost made this a non-review by simply hold LIMac’s elections for our officers and writing: Conflict Catcher 3? Get it! End of directors, as outlined elsewhere. Since most review. But that would not be very fair either to TIP! schools are closed on election day, a free session Casady & Greene who would like to see a in the Big Apple provides an excellent opportu- review nor to you, the reader, who would want Solving Problems Balan Nagraj nity for teachers to learn about the latest devel- to know why. With Your HP President opments in publishing and media technologies. There are very few pieces of software that DeskJet or Desk [email protected] There will be free conference at the Fashion Writer 500: I would say need to be an integral part of your Remove the print Institute of Technology in New York City on system. If you have a Performa and do not cartridge.Use a soft this day (November 11, 1996). Following is an intend to upgrade or add any software to your cloth,slightly damp- excerpt from an article, written by Jack Powers, system, (in other words, you intend to keep it ened with water,to a recognized authority on publishing, that just like when you purchased it) then you do clean accumulated appears in the MICRO PUBLISHING NEWS of not need Conflict Catcher. However, for the paper dust and ink September 1996. rest of us, especially those of us who run from the metal “Executives working in the printing and extension-heavy machines, Conflict Catcher 3 platen,cartridge publishing industry spend a substantial part of is the number one piece of software I would guide and paper feed their time keeping up to date, but the teachers personally recommend that you get and add to rollers.(Check your only get one day a year to find out what their user manual if you’re your system. uncertain which is kids will need to know about desktop pub- Why? After all, .5 comes with which.) lishing, computer graphics, digital imaging, Extensions Manager. True, but if you run into Look at the print graphics, multimedia, CD-ROMs, and the an extension conflict, it can take hours (or days) cartridge to make Game Corner.1 Internet. In six hours each November, we try to to find. With Conflict Catcher 3(CC3) the time sure the protective Diamonds 2.02: pack in every relevant innovation, product, spent solving the problem is much less. I ran a tape shipped on it has A Review by Todd process, and perspective so that the educators test with the System 7.5.1 upgrade using both been removed from Medlow can give their students the skills they’ll need Conflict Catcher 3 and Extensions Manager. the nozzle and vent. Diamonds 2.02 is a when they graduate in the next century. With Conflict Catcher 3 it took 25 minutes to Use a damp cloth to wonderful game for “It’s a completely free conference open to find the conflict; with Extensions Manger I clean the print cartridge cradle and the creative mind.It any junior high school and high school teacher stopped after one hour (and I still had not turned many heads the contacts on the in the New York metropolitan area. Volunteers found it!). print cartridge.Place as it made its way to from the industry put together the program, the top to become I had Conflict Catcher 2 and it was a the cartridge back Macworld’s 1993 organize the event and present the seminars. wonderful program. It did everything you into the printer, Arcade Game of the The folks at Pantone always help out, and New expected of it and then some. Casady & Greene making sure you Year.Several years York area experts like GATF consultant Howie could have left it alone; continued to market it install it correctly. later,Mac Soft Fenton and AGC president Bill Dirzulaitis and sold the improvements as a secondary Now,press the Clean created Diamonds 3D, donate their time and talent. program for Conflict Catcher 2. Instead they button. a sequel to the “What should the teachers be teaching? did a very honorable thing. They decided to sell If the above steps original.Its 3rd Keeping in mind that this month’s new ninth- it as an upgrade and, unlike most upgrades haven’t taken care of your printing prob- dimension depth graders will graduate high school in June of these days, it is truly worthy of the term! brings a new feel to lems,it may be time 2000 and finish college in 2004. what skills will Conflict Catcher 3 makes its predecessor look to replace the print the Diamonds family. they need, what technologies should they learn, Depth allows you like a porker! It is faster, and runs in a more cartridge. more freedom,and to find careers in the publishing and printing logical manner making it much more efficient. – from (The Circle) surprises around fields? Look back at the changes that have As more and more hardware and software Laser Update many corners.To happened since 1989, and you can see how comes out, more extensions, files, etc. are complete each level, hard it is to visualize the future. … added to your . You add the you must hit bricks in “For more information about the Graphic product of the week: a new printer, a new the distance down a Arts Teachers Technology Conference, contact modem, the newest upgrade of your system square tunnel with Jack Powers at (718) 499-1884, e-mail software or finally that one piece of software/ your ball.Unfortu- [email protected] or visit the Web page at hardware you’ve been lusting for since the day nately,this master- www.electric-pages.com/GATCC.” l you got your machine and BANG! the system piece does not come with a level editor. freezes, crashes, doesn’t work. What happened? – Todd Medlow Briefly what happens is this: Your system

THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996 keeps the game moving,no matter what. I have included a few codes for your RTL ammo TRIFIR8 - 200 After burner ammo To make a great game even better,Terminal convenience while playing the game.Just type TRIGODS - Invincibility TRIFIR9 - temporary invisibility Velocity can be played over the World Wide Web in the following codes while in the game: TRIFIR4 - MAM ammo TRWARP*- Warp to level against other pilots to see who really is the best TRIFIR0 - Temporary invincibility 3DREALM - Power up all weapons * (Only from v1.1 and upwards) pilot.Also you can use Remote Ridicule to send TRFRAME - FPS ticker TRIFIR5 - SAD ammo Please e-mail any comments to- taunts and comments to your opponents and TRIBURN - Speeds after burner up TRINEXT - Skip to next level [email protected] teammates.With no limits to the number of TRIFIR1 - PAC ammo TRIFIR6 - SWT ammo fighters there are,the game can go crazy in a MANIACS - 1000 After burner ammo TRISHLD - Shield restore matter of minutes.I had a great time with this RIFIR2 - ION ammo TRIFIR7 - DAM ammo game. TRIHOVR - Hover while firing TRIFIR3 - TRSCOPE - Oscilloscope More Conflict Catcher 3 3 runs on software. Unfortunately, so does all color codes so that you can see exactly what ? other hardware. All the hardware and software you are looking at with a glance, using one What’s in your that you use relies on extensions and/or other color for fonts, another for extensions, etc. System Folder? start-up files. That is where an extension The Link feature is very helpful, letting you TIP! Software FPU. management program comes in. While System create linked groups of extensions in various PageMaker 6.0 This Control Panel 7.5 comes with Extension Manager, it is only configurations including incompatible groups Save As: attempts to replace good as long as everything behaves. Hey – let’s that will only let you load one or the other and |To enter the Story the missing math get real. This is a computer we’re talking about. a forced order group which helps in ensuring Editor,you can always coprocessor with a Because of that unfortunate little fact, that certain files load before or after other files. press Command-E,but try triple-clicking the software emulation extension conflicts are inevitable. Some can be You can have CC3 guarantee your start-up actual story.This will of one.The low cost resolved easily – just switch the reload order; system heap and it will also manage your shared Quadra and LC take you to the Story models and others, others may be harder to determine due to libraries. Editor much faster. did not have one and damage, multiple extensions trying to load Another option that is really great is the | If you have several some software simultaneously, bad programming code, or one that lets you display the names of your objects layered,hold required the Floating other incompatibilities. It really does not matter extensions along with the icons during the down the Command Point Unit.The Power since you still have to find out what is giving famous Dance of the Mac Start-Up Screen, the key and click to select Mac ’s current soft- you the problem. long, tedious, boring piece of performance art the object below the ware emulation does That’s the beauty of Conflict Catcher 3. by Mr. Apple. Seriously, it is a wonderful way to top object.Each time not include an emu- For instance: when you start the Conflict identify those files whose icons you just don’t you click you will lated FPU,so this Catcher process, it gives you a chance to help it know. select the next object down. Control Panel can by targeting files you think may be the culprits And oh yes, C&G has not forgotten the kid help there too. |You probably already Sound Master. with its Intuition feature This can save lots of in us. There is an Easter Egg in every copy of know that you can A frivolous Control time in your conflict search. Then the program Conflict Catcher 3. After all, if you are going to select an object and Panel that can play a turns off the last control panels and extensions spend all that time finding and fixing conflicts, move it one pixel at a selected sound file at that you installed and scans for damaged you do deserve a reward! Open up your Apple time by using the the desired event, resources in your start-up files. Menu and go to Control Panels. Choose Arrow key.Did you such as a disk You can also display your start-up files in Conflict Catcher and when it opens up, reopen know that if you hold insertion or the trash several different list views including Date the and choose About Conflict down Command and can being emptied. Installed, whether or not the file is Enabled, Catcher. When you have the picture of the use the Arrow key you Magic Menu. Folder, Kind, Load Order (my personal Butterfly Hunter, type play. Use your left and will move the selected object five pixels at a This Control Panel is favorite), amount of Memory Used or Name, right arrows to move the bottom icon and the an extension to time? Aladdin ’s Stuffit and you can display just about everything in the space bar to shoot the other icons! Enjoy. Deluxe which adds a CC3 window in addition to your extensions and Tech Support? The manual covers new menu to the control panels including your fonts, start-up everything. But there is a number – the C&G .It makes it items and shut-down items as well as your main number, and although it’s a toll call, if easier to compress Apple Menu. tech support is busy, they will call you back! and decompress files CC3 also keeps a log of your tests so that (And they do! Wow!) right in the Finder, you can review them. The System Report feature It is rare enough when a program comes without having to gives you System Information, Hardware out with little room for improvement that most TIPS! use the application Information, Driver Information, Start-Up File of us can think of. Conflict Catcher 2 was one Send your favorite directly. Information, Conflict Catcher Preferences and of those programs and yet Conflict Catcher 3 tips for working in StuffIt SpaceSaver. Patched System Traps so those of us who are managed to blow it away! I can’t wait to see any Macintosh This Control Panel program to: uses the Stuffit Deluxe curious can actually get under the skin of the what C&G does with Conflict Catcher 4. h Mo Lebowitz, system to automati- Mac O ⁄ S! By clicking on the individual file’s name, ©1996 Peter A. Weissenstein. All Rights Reserved. This 2599 Phyllis Drive, cally compress all the article originally appeared in APPLESEEDS, The Newsletter North Bellmore, CC3 old files on your hard you can get a version of the Get Info of AppleCore Berkshire County. Weissenstein, editor of NY 11710 drive,to better con- window. You can also give your files individual APPLESEEDS, can be contacted at [email protected]. l f Fax: serve space.You can (516) 221-8376 change a file’s name k via e-mail: and have it automati- [email protected] cally compress or bor bring them to decompress.–Bradley the next meeting. THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996 Elections: Elections for LIMac Directors will be held at our November another member (or yourself) for any position, please contact meeting. The Nominating Committee will present a slate and any member of the Election Committee. conduct the election at the meeting. Nominations will also be Alan Gordon 516-538-7013 or [email protected] taken from the floor. We will elect a president, vice president, Shelley Gross 212-799-5655 or [email protected] secretary, treasurer, and five Directors. If you wish to nominate Bob McAteer 516-587-8750 or [email protected] Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 Suitcase vs. ATM Deluxe 4 Raymond Lau wrote Stuffit over 10 years ago. Suitcase 3.0 vs.Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0. It has appeared as a freeware, shareware and So what about it? TIP! commercial product every since. Who hasn’t For anyone with more than a handful of had the need to take a large file and split it into typefaces, font utilities are a way of life. Suitcase TIP! Don’t Jeopardize separate parts or just to make it smaller? Stuffit and Adobe Type Manager have been staples of Photoshop 4.0: Your Image with Deluxe 4.0, the latest in the series, is a fantastic Mac users for many years. Both programs aid in New features in Illustrator’s PC Photoshop 4.0 ($895) Rasterize: tool. It unzips files, unbinhexs files, it opens the management and printing of fonts, and – are aimed at control The Rasterize com- Compactor Pro files, Now Utilities compressed until now – the two programs have been com- and productivity.An mand in Adobe files and even files that have been compressed plementary. Not any more. Suitcase is used to Actions palette lets Illustrator 6.0 should by Disk Doubler. Using AppleScript or User- manage font suitcases, allowing different sets of users record a be used with caution. land’s Frontier, you can even automate the fonts to be used for different purposes, and sequence of editing This command, processes. Netscape and Microsoft’s Internet allowing font suitcases to be kept anywhere on steps and then apply accessed from the Browser recognize Stuffit as a helper application your hard drive – not just within the Fonts them interactively or Object menu,converts that allows you to uncompress files as soon as folder in your System folder. Suitcase has not in batch mode to any a vector image into a the Browser is done downloading them. been upgraded for a very long time – several number of other rasterized image America On-line uses Stuffit to automate the years – so the new version should be greeted images,while Guides while also converting and Grids offer page- into RGB,CMYK, file decompression system when you download with both high expectations and a critical atti- layout-type precision. Grayscale or Bitmap. a Macintosh file from AOL. Stuffit is the tude. On the whole, Suitcase 3’s new features A Navigator palette The CMYK con- standard upon which desk-top compression has and interface are satisfying, if not exciting. The and speedier scrolling version algorithm is been built. So what can v4.0 offer? The first utility now uses PowerMac code, meaning that and zooming mean not adjustable in thing is a tighter integration with the Macin- it runs agreeably fast. Drag-and-drop is sup- quicker movement to Illustrator and does tosh Finder and more PowerMacintosh code. ported; drag a suitcase file to either the Suitcase various portions of an not allow any So they did, with this new version. After a icon or the main Suitcase window in order to image.And new specification of how simple installation, type in your serial number make fonts available. Fonts are viewed in a Adjustment Layers the CMYK separation and you are off and running. You will have to hierarchical folder view. Sets can be a combina- allow any number of will be created.For restart your Macintosh as Stuffit’s installer adds tion of different suitcases that can be organized color corrections to example,a 50 % be applied as a group, black object in the two new control panels and some extensions to according to the user’s needs: a set of fonts for minimizing image RGB mode will your system. The extension is actually the a particular job, or perhaps a set devoted to degradation.Custom convert to a four- Stuffit engine, which allows you to access decorative headline fonts. These sets can be multicolor gradients, color black in CMYK. components of Stuffit Deluxe without turned on or off at will, and Temporary sets can new Web image file To control and launching the application. The two control be created which go away when you restart support,and digital specify the CMYK panels are the compression utility, which func- your Mac. A new feature allows a specified set watermarking round conversion process, tions very much like Symantec’s Disk Doubler of fonts to be opened automatically when a out Photoshop 4.0, use Adobe Photoshop in that it compresses applications and decom- certain application is run. For instance, you which is slated to for the CMYK presses them on the fly. might have a minimal set of basic fonts active at ship this fall. conversion.Once this This allows you to increase the size of your startup, but have a more interesting set become –COLOR PUBLISHING, is done,you can place October 1996 the EPS or TIFF image hard drive by 40 to 50%. The second control active when you run QuarkXPress. This auto- into Illustrator. panel loaded is the Finder Integration control matic activation is a good idea, but it doesn’t – PRE magazine panel. The newest version of Stuffit relies and go nearly far enough – as we’ll see shortly. September,1996 works with the Mac’s Finder at a system level. A better choice This results in considerable savings in both Adobe Type Manager has become Deluxe RAM and processor overhead, which in turn with version 4, adding a number of brand new speeds up whatever you are doing. Using and welcome features. This is not just an Stuffit Deluxe 3.5.1, it took 4 minutes to com- upgrade; it is a whole new program. First, the press a 119 megabyte Director movie. 4.0 program continues to do what it has always handled the same task in a little over 3 minutes. done, what has made it one of the most Uncompressing the same file took Stuffit standard additions on Macs: it cleanly renders Expander 3.5 a little over 5 minutes. Stuffit PostScript and Type 1 fonts both on screen and Expander 4.0.1 uncompressed the same file in on printers – even non-PostScript printers. just over 2 minutes. Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 is a ATM-assisted type looks great on-screen at any must have for any Macintosh user. l type size, making it much easier to fine tune Continued on Page 5

THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996 More Suitcase vs. ATM Deluxe 5 spacing and kerning. ATM4 takes this a step clever new features. It will display the font list forward by providing optional anti-aliased type, using the actual fonts; it groups font faily mem- a feature that will help multimedia designers get bers into pop-out menus; it will group the fonts TIP! superior results when fonts need to be rendered which are used in the current document at the PageMaker 6.5: on screen. top of the Font menu; and it will let you view TIP! PageMaker 6.5 ($895) The biggest news, though, is that ATM4 subsets of fonts in order to further simplify your incorporates several now takes over the chores for which we used to Font menu. Despite being a long-time Suitcase Your Views Control Panel: features that are depend on Suitcase – and it does a better job, user, I’m now using ATM4 and ATR2 to Turn off Calculate unprecedented in too. ATM4 now allows you to organize and handle and organize my fonts, and I’m recom- page-layout pro- Folder Sizes in the access fonts and font sets wherever they may be mending this solution to others. Views control panel. grams.Document- located. Where Suitcase 3 forces the user to Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 lets you wide layers, This can annoyingly analogous to those in locate available fonts, ATM4 can search an automatically add an entire hard drive’s worth slow down your Mac. Photoshop 3.0,make entire hard drive (or CD!) and automatically of fonts in just a few minutes. Sets can be Also,try selecting the it possible for a single create a list of Known Fonts. created, and fonts can be dragged from the font middle-sized icon to document file to Furthermore, it checks the fonts to make list on the right into the Sets on the left. A see a miniature of the include multiple sure they are not corrupted, and that all of the single click on a font suitcase or a set activates actual icon when versions,such as necessary parts are together. If the fonts get the fonts contained in it. viewing folders by name.This gets rid of different languages moved at a later time, ATM4 will notify you. A black dot indicates a suitcase or set that is or regional varia- the generic icons you Verify and Report commands give specific currently active; a circle show that some fonts see when the tions.Layers can also information on possible font problems. (In fact, within a set are active; and a gray dot shows be used for produc- smallest icon is ATM4 discovered a number of corrupted fonts fonts that are in your System folder. tions notes.In addi- selected. tion,an automatic on my hard drives, a problem which might have Double-clicking a font in an ATM4 window reformatting feature been contributing to random crashes.) results in a big sample sheet which shows the helps users who are Perhaps the most exciting new feature is face at different sizes. These can be printed to repurposing existing that ATM4 will automatically locate and create a useful type catalog of your fonts. New Members: documents by activate a font when a document that uses it is (Goodbye to theTypeBook.) We welcome the adjusting graphics opened. This is the Mac way: do what is neces- Suitcase 3.0 street price: $79.95 following members and reflowing text to sary and desirable without conscious action by Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 introduc- who have joined new specifications. the user. Surely, this will be the most applauded tory price: $49.95 (with 30 Adobe typefaces) LIMac in the past PageMaker 6.5 also feature in the program. Furthermore, ATM4 Adobe Type Reunion Deluxe 2.0 introduc- month: includes native can use technology previously provided by tory price: $29.95. Introductory bundle (both Ellen Pollak import of Adobe Super ATM4 to simulate fonts which are ATM4 and ATR2): $69.95 Judy Zeitlin Illustrator files,a l Pat Barker new user interface unavailable. (Note to designers: this feature can –Jim Alley that resembles be turned off.) And, if all of this weren’t Photoshop’s and enough, ATM4 even displays and prints sample Illustrator’s,a Save for sheets of fonts. Bottom line: it used to be that Service Provider you needed both ATM4 and Suitcase. Now, the plug-in,optional text new version of Adobe Type Manager does it all – and graphics frames and more. ATM4 makes it simple to locate and (a la QuarkXPress), keep track of your fonts and easy (or even and more.Mac and automatic) to activate them when they are Power Mac programs ship in November. needed. To keep the record straight, it should –COLOR PUBLISHING, be noted that I am reviewing a beta copy of October 1996 ATM4 . Despite this, I found no problems with the program of any sort, and Adobe tells me that, as of this writing, the program is less than a month from shipping. Finally, when used with the new Adobe Type Reunion Deluxe 2.0 , users will be able to activate ATM4 font sets from within this applications’ Font menus. ATR also has some A quick visual of ATM Deluxe 4.0 features

THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996 Long Island Macintosh Users Group Post Office Box 518 Seaford, New York 11783 THE MANY PARTS OF FRACTAL DESIGN DON’T MISS IT! FRIDAY,OCTOBER 11AT 7PM

Off The Shelf User Group Connection 6 Happy Halloween and all that jazz. Speaking of At our September general meeting, Macworld jazz, we are really enjoying our new Zip drive, Club applications were distributed to interested with all the simplicity and conveniences it members. If you were not able to attend the brings. But that's another story. This month’s meeting, or did not get an application but new disks are brought to you mainly by the would like one, please contact me via e-mail or Max Rechtman courtesy of Steve Hechler. He has been net- at (516) 864-4130 (between 6 and 9PM). More [email protected] surfing and these disks are the result of his information regarding Macworld Club is avail- explorations. able on their Website: http:www.club.macworld. Goodies available this month include: com, or in the September issue of the FORUM. LIMac#1001 ⁄MoreUtilities including Our User Group will receive 1000 points for Newswatcher-212 (for net surfers), msw to html each member who joins. 1.5, updates to 4.08 for Sam users, & At Macworld Boston, Apple demonstrated Sign Up Today! PPPop1.32 to make your online openings easier; Cyberdog 1.1. Use this utility to browse the Any member who is LIMac#1002⁄ALMSharewareSH with Alex’s World Wide Web, read and write e-mail; follow interested in joining Encrypt 1.0.1FAT, CoffeeTimer 1.0.1FAT, Usenet Newsgroup discussions; utilize file a future LIMac DragAnyWindow 3.2.1FAT, IconArchiver transfer services to share files; explore gopher- Briarcliff instruction 1.0.2FAT, KeyQuencer 1.2.2a, List Files space; and remotely log into computers via course in any Mac program should 2.5.4FAT, Name Finder 1.1FAT, No Desktop Telnet. Cyberdog also incorporates the ability to contact Bill Medlow, Helen and Cleanup 1.2.1, PowerPCheck 3.0.2FAT, view text, movies, sounds, pictures, and quick- (516 ) 681-7143 or Sheldon Gross PowerXplorer 1.0.5FAR, Shutdown Delay 2.3.1 time VR files on the Internet. Cyberdog is e-mail him at [email protected]. & SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4. LIMac#1003⁄ available in our PD Library. To download the [email protected]. cybernex.net ToolsSH has Laserwriter 8.3.4, TechTool 1.1.1, software, check out Apple’s Web page at RAMCheck 2.1 & SimpleDate 1.3.1 and http://cyberdog.apple.com. LIMac#1004⁄PowerScan2.1 & MacError For an interesting Website address, visit Codes (our favorite). http://myhome.apple.com and sign up for your LIMac#1005⁄ Mouseworks5.0SH is an own Personalized Internet Launcher, an easy updated version and LIMac#106⁄TattleTech way to cruise the Web. 2.50 & Columns][1.1 has my favorite game In November, UGTV will have a special Write a Review: along with a real utility. satellite broadcast. The show line-up, will The FORUM is always Take another look at last months specials: include Apple, Adobe, Claris and several other looking for reviews of LIMac#1000⁄ Marathon speaks for itself!!!! vendors. Apple will also attempt to Webcast this new programs, LIMac#999⁄SnailRace & Games: Small Game show over the net. The tentative dates for the shareware,hardware, Folder, Sim, MonteCarlo, SnailRace. broadcast are Thursday, November 7 or CD-ROMs or other products. Make it Don’t forget our LIMac Internet Starter Thursday, November 12. short (250 words or Kit and Acrobat Reader (essential for reading When at the general meeting, don’t forget less),and use ASCII the kit’s documentation). Check the August to check out the UGC binder at our back table format. Submit your Off The Shelf column in the FORUM for for interesting offers from Voyager, Prio, Toray, reviews via e-mail additional details. See you all on line. l StartingLine, Adobe, and many others. l (c/o [email protected]), or bring them to the next meeting on disk. THE LIMAC FORUM/OCTOBER 1996