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                      IRIFU - 25/10/1992 - numero 1
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  SOFTWARE
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  #MAC
  - Winkits from Winsoft are packages that change the nationality of
  your MAC! for example in arab, chinese, turkish, hebrew, greek or
  japanese. Sayo-nara!!
  
  - Shadow Writer from Softcode allows to share any serial device via
  AppleTalk without any limititations on the number workstations on the
  net.
  
  - Cameo from Telecom Video System allow your MAC with a video camera
  to be some sort of visiophone and exchange image&sound through
  Numeris (the french ISDN).
  
  - ABC MacDesign Plus: a new 3D Architecture s/w, cost: $4,170
  
  - CameraMan from BR-Publishing, not only captures your screen but
  also record in real-time Mac's screen using Quick Time format.
  
  - In early January Pagemaker 5 and XPress 3.2, better than ever!,
  will be released.
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  #PC
  - Microsoft Money 2 for Windows an easy to use accountant program for
  $150
  
  - GWSWIN1E.ZIP, shareware, it's a Wndows-app that converts graphic
  files in other graphic formats (Mac, Img, Tga, Pcx, Gif, Tif...).
  
  - WPST32.ZIP, shareware by Nobuya Hizashiyama, it's a kind of Post-it
  but this time you can place it in your screen not on! Works on
  Windows.
  
  - WINZIP3.ZIP, shareware by Nico Mak, it's a shell for unpacking
  utilities such as lzh, arc and zip. 
  
  - MEDIT200.ZIP, shareware by Rob Conklin, its a bloc-note for Windows
  which replaces Notepad.exe and has very nice enhancements: multi-
  documents, save under Unix, Mac, Dos format...
  
  - BIGDESK20.ZIP, shareware by Ian Earth, it defines a virtual screen
  of 5120x3840 pixels made of 8 screens under Windows.
  
  - Compress utilities: LHA213.EXE (freeware by Haryasu Yoshizaki),
  PKZ110.EXE (shareware by Pkware Inc.), ARC.EXE (shareware by System
  Enhancement Associates).
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  HARDWARE
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  #MAC
  - Mac IIvi (68030, 16Mhz, from $2,400) and Mac IIvx (68030, 32Mhz,
  68882 co-processor, from $3,483). Minimum is with 4Mb ram, 80Mb hard
  disk, video card for 12" and 13" screens up-to 256 colours (upgrade
  of v-ram allowing 32000 colours!). You can have an internal and fast
  CD-ROM: CD300 with transfer speed of 300K /s, CD-Kodak compatible.
  
  - Powerbook 160 (030/25, backlight LCD, 16 grey levels, $2,666-3,250)
  & 180 (030/33, very clear active LCD 16 grey levels, $4,150-4,466)
  both connectable to an external colour screen Weight: 3.1kg.
  
  - Duo 210 (030/25Mhz, 80Mb HD, $2,666) &230 (030/33Mhz, 120Mb HD,
  $3,000). Very light: 1.9kg. You can insert them into deskstatoins
  (duodock) or just use it as is. They need optional "docks" (mini-
  dock, duodock) if you want to connect them to the outside world
  (floppy, hd, screen, SCSI...).
  
  - MiniDock for Duo210&230 has all classic Mac outputs: SCSI, serial
  port, ADB..., cost: $583.
  
  - DuoDock: desk-station for Duo210&230 with 2 NuBus extensions,
  floppy disk, video card..., cost: $1,333, available in January.
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  #PC
  - OCE (specialist in printers) released new graphic cards and screens
  with a one year site guarantee. 4 screens applying to EEC radiations
  regulations and G4500 cards with TMS34020 graphic processor, 2 Mb of
  video Ram and 8 Mb of display list.
  
  - VideoBlaster and Macromind now only cost $580!
  
  - IBM announced more than 60 new models ranging from $666 to $666,666!
  Models are PS/1 (Windows; Dos; Winworks 2; utilities&assistants; for
  education and small businesses), PS/Value Point (good for DTP=desk top
  publishing; small power: 143W, AT-bus), PS/2 (MCA; VPD system: vital
  product data which keep the machine # in memory which allows when put
  into a net to give a password for a particular mother board!; XGA: IBM
  graphic standard, 1Mb ram, 1024x768-256 colours or 640x480-65536
  colours; Servers; Notebooks).
  
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  MISCELLANEOUS
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  - Eco News is a complete new approach of how to get informed. It's
  mainly aimed to executives. It's a tape that presents every month
  around 50 articles of the economic press: finance, management,
  strategy. It's easy and simple, and if you're interested in a special
  article you can ring them and they'll send to you!
  
  - Lotus and the French Telecom are working together to a better
  integration of Notes under Numeris (ISDN).
  
  - Periodisk is now in France. It's about 800K of news and s/w
  released every month like a magazine.
  
  - Several computer companies (Compaq, Apple, Microsoft..) had given
  equipment & s/w to the french town hardestly hit by the rains early
  october: Vaison-la-Romaine. 8)!
  
  - Apple has been annoyed for several years about the number of "inches" 
  of his colour monitors. Indeed Apple's 13" monitor tube is exactly the
  same as other 14" vendors one! Why? Because, Apple measure de
  diagonal's length of the screen inside the case and the others
  measure the diagonal's length of the tube!
  So Apple decided to release a 14" screen which is the same as the 13"
  but with a different design and more expensive ($583)!!!
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  Comments:
              internet: jb@paris7.jussieu.fr
              bitnet   : jb@frp7un51
              X400    : soon, very soon!!!
  
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