EvangeList Digest Friday, June 12 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1209
In this issue:
;-) - Lighten Up Your Life Tidbit - Applelinks Review MacMAME 0.31.1 Followup - iMac at ACD 20th Anniversary ?? - Help Needed to Patch MS Office 98 Security Hole Tidbit - MacOS Daily WriteLite Review PR - UK Macintosh Site ?? - CD-Rom Server Tidbit - The Prodigal Mother Tidbit - Another Young Mac EvangeLista PR - Video Finesse 1.0 Released PR - ClockWork Day Planner 1.0.3 Released Tidbit - Macintosh Support and Announcement List
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:06:55 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ;-) - Lighten Up Your Life
This tidbit is from:
Edward Goss, <egossaim@neca.com>
Announcing the availability of "The On-Line Joke Book - Volume 3", a compilation of clean jokes and stories received on-line by Edward Goss - <egossaim@neca.com>. Created in the DOCMaker format, OLJB Volume 3 can be read by any Mac System 6.08 or later. Published twice yearly, The On-Line Joke Book is free, and you can join a mailing list for future editions. Start your day with a good joke! Download Volume 3 at:
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:06:57 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Applelinks Review MacMAME 0.31.1
This tidbit is from:
Applelinks.com, <webmaster@applelinks.com>
MacMAME is a port of the PC multi-emulator MAME. It allows you to play many of the classic arcade games from the early eighties on your Macintosh. It accomplishes this through emulation of the original hardware and the use of the original ROM code from those games.
The URL is <http://applelinks.pair.com/reviews/macmame.shtml>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:06:57 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - iMac at ACD 20th Anniversary
This announcement is from:
Joy Tinch <joy_tinch@acd.org>
>We got it! An iMac with Product Manager Mike Shebanek in tow for >the Apple Corps of Dallas event on June 20th. Many thanks to Martha >[Whitehouse] who sent along some very persuasive points today on >why the iMac should be there. I think that helped clinch it. > >Now let's spread the word far and wide so that any and all can come join >the fun. > >Very best, >Brighid [Brady-de Lambert] >[Apple Computer]
To recap the event:
Apple Corps. of Dallas DFWmetro 817-355-0797
<http://www.acd.org>
20th Anniversary Celebration and *Apple Road Show* stop Saturday 6/20/98 Festivities start as early as 9am
We'll be cutting a cake at noon! Auditorium of InfoMart - Dallas Hope to see you there!
[Please note that the Apple Corps. of Dallas is not directly affiliated with Apple Computer Inc.]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:06:56 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Help Needed to Patch MS Office 98 Security Hole
This request is from:
Ramon Yvarra HC, <hackman@tssinc.net>
I'm an administrator of a small Macintosh lab at Butte Community College is California. For this semester I've decided to install Microsoft Office 98, along with some other programs. Things were going so well until I decided to test out the programs and make sure my lab machines would be bullet proof. (For those of you at home you can try this too) Open up any Office app (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), now go to File and Open....notice the button that says "Find File" click that button, and what you get is a nifty find dialog, asking for search criteria, etc. Try typing in "System" as the file name, and change the file type to "All Files", and try your search. (Now the point of that was for it to find your System file on your Startup Disk) Ok, now you've got your matching criteria right? Ok, so here's the problem, you'll notice that Microsoft (in their benign wisdom) has decided that from this dialog you should be able to execute some commands (Notice the "Command" pull down menu). This in itself is dandy, but notice in that "Commands" pull down you have the option to "Put in trash", "Hey Cool" right, wrong. Try it, see what you get. Now for us seasoned Mac pros we know better then to trash the system file right? But in a class or lab setting this is a serious security hole, seeing as you could type in basically anything and trash it (like the security software). Id like to be able to remove that "Find File" command or remove the "Put in Trash" command. Please e-mail me with suggestions.
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:06:56 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - MacOS Daily WriteLite Review
This tidbit is from:
Matthew Linton, <matt@macosdaily.com>
"WriteLite Review" By Jonah Jones
Old guys, ancient computers, bloatware, thinware, light programs, light word processors, lots and lots of light, baby.
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:26:31 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - UK Macintosh Site
This announcement is from:
Paul Hughes, <paul@1984-online.com>
Hi all reader's of this great mac mailing list. I would like to inform you of a new mac site which has opened up and tell you a bit of background on it.
Well this "Great Site", as I call it can be found at <http://www.1984-online.com> and is run by very experienced mac user's in the UK.
This site called "1984 Apple OnLine" was started up around 2 months ago to be the home for the UK's first online magazine "1984 Apple OnLine". From there it has developed, to be move than just a magazine downloading area. It have it's own tech support section, a weekly news email and PR mailing list and many other thinks. In it's two month life span it's had a had around 10,000 hits from all corner's of the world and has never had any bad comments made about it from the viewer's (Well except those PC people who found it).
Hope to see you soon.!
<P.Hughes> (Joint editor-in-chef) 1984 Apple OnLine <Paul@1984-online.com>
P.S. All comments are welcome and I will reply to all.
**************
Hope this is ok to post, if not please tell me.
Thanks very much.
P.S. Would it be posible for use to send a message over the system when a new issue of the ezine comes out like atpm (This months sponsor) does.
See ya.
<P.Hughes> 1984 Apple On-line (Online Publisher) __________________________________
Paul (Online Editor) = <paul@1984-online.com> Darren (Editor) = <darren@1984-online.com> Help Desk = <help-desk@1984-online.com>
Web page = <http://www.1984-online.com/> _________________________________
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:01 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - CD-Rom Server
This request is from:
Michael J. Cykana, <mcykana@star-telegram.com>
I have almost 300 (growing to probably over 500) CD-ROMs I've created that I need to give access to people running the MacOS, Windows NT, and SUN Solaris. I'd like to run the CD Server on the Mac but thus far have yet to be able to find one that will serve all three platforms. What I'd like is for each CD to appear as a folder to each system and the files within the CD as standard files. My CD's are in standard ISO 9660 format but ideally I'd like to serve CDFS formats also.
If you know of a system that will do this using a Mac server I'd sure appreciate you telling me about it. I am attempting to build up Mac support at the company and this would be a big one. I need to have a system installed by August and would hate to have to use a WNT solution.
If you have experience with CD Servers or know of a solution please e-mail me at: <mjc@ecaard.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:01 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - The Prodigal Mother
Keyword: Advocacy, Windows Daymares
This tidbit is from:
J. Michael Tisdel, <jtisdel@spd.dsccc.com>
About two years ago, my mother retired from a 30-year teaching career. In her retirement she has taken up competitive Bridge with a vengeance. As a result, she has been looking for certain Bridge programs to sharpen her skills as she gains gold points.
When she set out looking for the Bridge programs she found that the ones she wanted were only available for the PC. She has had an Apple IIgs since they were released and had not had a desire to upgrade until now. However, she preferred the Mac to a PC.
The last time she came to visit, she was full of questions about the Mac and the PC. I worked with her on my Performa 5200CD and re-installed SoftWindows 3 to show her that there were ways to run PC software on a Mac. I told her that better emulators were now available and that with the new G3's the performance was much better than my Performa.
In the end, she decided not to go with the Mac but with a PC clone. Her stated reasons were that (1) the Bridge programs were for the PC and (2) there was no local support for the Mac. Living in a small town in the Texas panhandle, there were only two computer retailers and they sold only PC's.
Knowing that once my mother set her mind to something, I couldn't change it, I resolved to be a shoulder to cry on when she encountered Windows problems. Well, to her credit, she was able to get the machine up and running in no time with very little trouble. She even got an internet connection and entered the wild and woolly world of the Net and E-mail. Needless to say she was very excited.
Well, the inevitable happened. The PC didn't come up one day. She called her local support and they forwarded her to the manufacturer's support line. After working with tech support (out of Costa Rica) for an hour and forty minutes, she discovered that some chips had fried on the motherboard.
To their credit, the PC manufacturer offered to replace the motherboard at no cost. My mother declined. She boxed up the PC and returned it to the dealer.
She is now waiting for the iMac and the next version of Virtual PC.
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:02 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Another Young Mac EvangeLista
Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better
This tidbit is from:
Finlay Dobbie, <finlay@dobbie.prestel.co.uk>
[Regarding the 7 year old who has her own Mac based business]
I have also been on Macs since that age. I am now 11 and I set up web sites for businesses etc. I have someone who uses me occasionally for solving his (occasional, after all, he is using a MAC) computer problems. Mucking about with scanners that don't work properly (not literally, but mucking about in the hope of fixing them), fixing his FM Pro 3 database, doing his web site, installing new software, figuring out how to connect peripherals, solving his system crashes, etc, etc...
I have also done a web site for my school, and I am working in partnership with my also 11-year-old mac friend to do a total Mac-evangelistic web site called MacChat. You can see the company I have set up with him at <http://finlays.home.ml.org/macoroni/> (yep, that's a deliberate spelling mistake).
Finlay Dobbie An 11-year-old Mac Evangelist __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Egads...when I was eleven I was dealing with the rigors of selling lemonade. Why do I suddenly feel old? :-)
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:02 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Video Finesse 1.0 Released
This announcement is from:
Bob Currier, <rcurrier@synthetic-ap.com>
Synthetic Aperture today announced the release of Video Finesse 1.0. Video Finesse is a collection of plug-in filters which work in conjunction with Adobe Premiere for Macintosh, giving video professionals finely nuanced control over their video image.
Video Finesse provides a solution to the problem of precise control over digital video signals. Digital video cameras and editing systems have the advantage of maintaining video in pure digital form throughout the acquisition and editing process, but present a challenge when it is necessary to adjust the video signal. The standard filters within Adobe Premiere often do not give fine enough control over the image parameters, and using traditional video processing equipment--such as a "proc amp"--requires that the video be converted to analog and back again, reducing image quality.
Levels Adjustment Filter - This filter provides full control over the video signal, using methods and terms familiar to video professionals. In addition to traditional "proc amp" controls--pedestal, gain, gamma, chroma level, and hue--it also provides functions normally found only in high-end professional cameras: knee control (with adjustable level and slope) and black stretch. It also provides full color correction capability through individual control of the red, green, blue, luma, and chroma channels. Control settings can be saved and reloaded later.
Skin Detail Filter - This filter reduces the amount of detail in skin-tone areas of the video image while leaving other areas sharp, producing a more flattering appearance. Long a standard feature on high-end professional video cameras, Video Finesse brings this feature to all cameras by providing skin detail reduction during post-production. The range of "skin" color is fully user adjustable, accommodating a wide range of colors and ensuring that other image areas remain unaffected.
Gamut Limit Filter - Computers can generate a wide range of colors--and component video formats such as BetaCam SP, DV, and DVCPro can record them--but some colors are beyond what is "legal" to broadcast. The Color Gamut filter gently adjusts "illegal" colors to fit within broadcast specifications, while preserving the overall appearance of the video image. The maximum modulation range is user settable, and both NTSC and PAL color encoding schemes are supported.
Bandwidth Limit Filter - A high-quality "brickwall" low-pass filter used to eliminate high horizontal frequencies from the video image. These high frequencies--often present in computer generated imagery--cause visual problems when encoded into video, such as the "crawling" often seen at the edges of titles, and the colors that appear in finely detailed black-and-white images. Particularly useful when recording back to lower-quality tape formats like VHS, the Bandwidth Limit filter ensures that what you see on the computer screen is what plays back from tape.
Dropout Filter - The Dropout filter eliminates video artifacts caused by tape dropouts and other impulse noise, with minimal visual impact on the rest of the image. Unlike blurring filters that degrade the entire image while trying to hide dropouts, Video Finesse's Dropout filter is sensitive only to horizontal artifacts within a user specified range of sensitivity.
Sharpen and Soften Filters - These filters provide essential sharpening and softening functions with a wide range of adjustability, allowing the selection of just the right change.
Video Professional's Interface
Video Finesse filters use an interface and terminology familiar to video professionals. Video levels can be observed via waveform monitor and vectorscope displays. Video levels and out-of-gamut color areas can be overlaid with a "zebra" pattern. Pixel-level samples allow easy observation of filter effects. Filter effects can be seen in a "before and after" split preview window. And all Video Finesse filters process preview images at full resolution, and can display the results within Premiere's preview window.
Compatibility
Video Finesse is compatible with both PowerPC and 68K-based Macintoshes and with Adobe Premiere 4.2.1 and 5.0.
Availability
Video Finesse is available for immediate purchase. List price for Video Finesse is US $195. Orders placed for electronic delivery directly from the company's web site <http://www.synthetic-ap.com> are eligible for a discounted price of US $165.
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:03 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - ClockWork Day Planner 1.0.3 Released
This announcement is from:
Carsten Brinkschulte, <carsten@centsoft.com>
Century Software (www.centsoft.com) announces version 1.0.3 of ClockWork, its networkable day planner for MacOS.
Version 1.0.3 is a free upgrade which improves stability of the product in the area of networking and repeating events and is strongly recommended for users of ClockWork 1.0.
General information:
ClockWork is a MacOS centric application. It was designed exclusively for the MacOS and supports a wide range of Apple technologies. The program has an elegant user interface and offers unique features such as voice annotations, Text-to-Speech support, Auto-Power-On for PowerMacs, automatic calculation of international holidays and synchronization with Newton devices.
ClockWork offers simple, yet flexible networking capabilities allowing a team of MacOS users to share a category of events on the network. Changing a shared event automatically updates all calendars of the workgroup.
Users can download the fully functional version from and evaluate the software for 30 days after installation. Serial numbers can be purchased online or by fax starting at US $49 (single user).
ClockWork is Macintosh first and Macintosh only. Century Software still has no plans to ship a version for operating systems of the evil empire (tm).
System requirements: System 7.0, PPC or 68K with 7MB free RAM and 10MB of hard disk space.
For more information, please visit our Web page: <http://www.centsoft.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:07:03 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Macintosh Support and Announcement List
This tidbit is from:
B. J Stretch, <oak@geko.net.au>
The Oceania Macintosh Archive <http://oma.mac.net.au/> runs a Macintosh support and announcement list for novice and experienced users to discuss any problem related to the effective and successful use of Macintosh computers.
Subscribers may discuss any problems they are having, offer advice to others, or post any Macintosh-related product press releases.
To subscribe to the list, send an email to: <majordomo@ausmac.net> with the body:
subscribe oma-talk
or if you wish to subscribe to the digest edition, with the body:
subscribe oma-talk-digest
If you have any queries or comments, please don't hesistate to contact me.
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