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                      IRIFU - 1/11/1992 - numero 2
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  SOFTWARE
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  #MAC
  Nice share/free-wares to take away!:
  
  - Eliza 2.03 by Tom Bender is a freeware which gives your Mac the
  opportunity to answer to all your deepest thoughts! Okay, it's a very
  humoristic AI simulation and transform your favorite machine into a
  funny shrink! And if you have MacinTalk you can even hear it.
  
  - Victoire 1.01 by Samuel K. Caughron is a shareware that give you
  special hints so you can outperform in your favorite games. Indeed it
  tells "cheats" for games like: P.O.P., HellCats, Spectre, Beyond Dark
  Castle, Armor Alley, Solarian, Prince of Persia...
  
  - Zipple by Christopher Suley is a betweenware (half-shareware, half
  freeware!) can modify the aspect of that nice little logo in the left-
  hand corner of your Mac. Yes, the Apple!! Now you can replace it by a
  little animation given in the package or you can create one with the
  included editor.
  
  - Tearoffs by Rod Magnuson&Steve Kiene is a shareware that enables to
  "tear-off" from the menu-bar the scroll-menus and stick it somewhere on
  your screen. Nice when you have a big screen.
  
  - Wallpaper demo by Thought I Could is a freeware that changes the
  background of the Mac. Included is 25 pre-defined models and a small
  editor to create your own. Remember it stills a demo...
  
  - Trashpicker 1.0 by Bill Johnson&Ron Duritsch is a shareware to manage
  your garbage in the Mac! You can configure it to empty your trash
  whenever volume is a floppy, hard disk, removable, or your file is an
  App, Doc, System and for regular intervalls...
  
  -Subliminal by Evan Gross is the kind of naugthy freeware you'd like to
  see more often! In fact, install it in your boss machine and write a
  little text you want your boss to remember, for ever! Then configure it
  to display the message at certain moments (every 5, 10...minutes) and
  for how long. Then when your boss switch it on, and you asked a
  raise...prepare for the...worse!!
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  #PC
  - Windows for Workgroups: more on the ITIFU (I've Test It...) to come.
  
  - Quattro Pro for Dos & Windows is out for $833. In a word, it's a
  strong competitor to Excel 4 and adds database management with its
  Query By Example (QBE) that gives it access to Paradox and Dbase files.
  Also a little pop-up menu appears every time you click your mouse's
  right button. Conclusion: good, very good but not as revolutionary as
  Improv from Lotus might be when it comes out!
  
  - Picture Eze 2.0 captures your screen to a graphic file and even
  convert it to (GIF, TIFF...25 formats). This is a commercial product!
  May I also suggest Paint Shop Pro (shareware) which does the same thing
  but with less graphical formats: GIF, PCX, PIC, RLE, TIFF, WPG, BMP,
  DIB. I use it and I'm happy with it 8)
  
  - Catchword Pro by Logitech. It's an OCR package working under Windows
  or Mac and best suited for hand-scanner.
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  HARDWARE
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  #MAC
  - FX is not dead! Indeed, Fusion Data System's TokaMac fx card
  (68040/33 Mhz/cache 128Kb) gives the oldy FX the power of a Quadra 950!
  It plugs on both Nubus and Direct Slots and takes complete control of
  your machine. Price: $3,333 (VAT not included: 18.6%)!
  
  - New Mac IIvi is outperforming IIsi with its (3) true Nubus
  connectors, stereo sound I/O, optional internal CD, nearly the same
  price. As well as the IIvx is going to send the IIci to the museum! So
  stay tuned for special discount prices on IIsi and IIci!!
  
  - 4Mb (standard memory on Mac configurations) is nothing on a Mac: you
  need at least 2.5Mb for system 7.1. But then you can use the swap disk
  which Apple don't recommend it on PowerBooks as it eats all the battery
  up. So at least get yourself 8Mb, then you'll be safe..for a while!
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  #PC
  - EIZO releases a new monitor: Flexscan F340i-W, 15", square
  corners,MPR II (Maximum Radiation Level standard), you can configure it
  for a certain level of RGB as for the screen size and it stores in
  memory managed by a processor, Large Vision makes all the screen
  available and costs less than $1,166.
  
  - HP LaserJet IV is in fact an HP III with added resolution (600 dpi),
  all others are options! More on coming ITIFU. 
  
  - New HP Deskjet 550c. Now you have 2 ink cartridges (one black, one
  colour) for the price of one! However watch for the speed: 15 minutes
  for a Designer 3.1 55Kb graphic! It's good quality, it's better to use
  HP's own paper, 300 dpi and costs $933.
  
  - New (again!) HP PaintJet XL300. It uses both ink jet and laser
  technology (inkjet to write on the paper and heat it when it goes out
  so the ink is dry). It's much better than 550c as it now has 4 heads
  and 4 ink cartridges. It prints at 300 dpi and 16,7 million colours,
  has RISC 80960, 2Mb Ram (1.2 Mb needed for internal use, thus only
  800Kb free for files!!), HP-PCL5c (PCL4, PCL5, HP-GL/2, HP-GL),
  parallel, serial and Appletalk connectors. It takes 7mn20s to print the
  same Designer 55Kb graphic and costs $4,500. Options are: 1Mb Ram
  ($183), 2Mb ($300), 8Mb ($833), Postcript II, Lan interface.
  
  - AudioMan from Logitech ($198) for Windows. It's a microphone that
  connects through the parallel port and a speaker. You can then record
  things and save it on a sound file. But remember: 1 minute is 600Kb!
  
  - Expected soundcard from Microsoft ($300) under code name Foghorn: 16
  bits, no DSP (Digital Signal Processor) but an ASIC Business Audio chip
  used also in Compaq's Deskpro/i. It's not compatible with
  SoundBlaster's Dos applications but is MPC compatible, ie okay for all
  Apps that use MPC standard.
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  MISCELLANEOUS
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  - Apple's Newton might have a serious contender, before even being
  released, in AT&T/NCR's Personal Communicator: Hobbit. It has a Bell
  Chip, 30 times faster a 386SLC, multi-tasking PenPoint OS (with hand-
  written recognition), communication facilities (connection to a fax,
  modem, cellular phone and soon visio-conference and image transmission)
  and availability expected by the end of this year.
  
  - Victor's out. Former swedish company, overtaken by Tandy, it's now
  called Tandy Grid Europe! Other rumours say that Tandon is in trouble
  too. So beware where you buy your Pc from now!
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  Comments:
  
  For list of interesting or new share/free-wares look at comp.(mac or
  ibm.pc).digest or Prof. Timo Salimi's digest (salimi@finfun.bitnet).
  For an internet introduction (ftp, telnet, gopher, wais...) look for
  Merit's Cruise program for Windows and Mac: cruise2feedback@merit.edu 

              internet: jb@paris7.jussieu.fr
              bitnet  : jb@frp7un51
              X400    : soon, very soon!!!
  
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