100,000 Primes/prime10.txt
A Christmas Carol/carol10.txt
About This Particular Mac 1.01
Bobker Hour 95.05.23-Clones
CyberLex 94.07
Darwin On Religion
Digital Media Perspective 94.12.02 (#1)
eZiNe! 94.10.17 (I.XVII)
Freedom Text Package
In Re Macintosh 1.5 (94.05)
Int'l Teletimes, 94.05
Internet-On-Disk 95.02
InterText Vol. 5 No. 3 (Setext)
Investment Software Review
LOL Newsletter #9
Low-End User 94.11
Mac Disability Resources
Mac Tips & Tricks 93.12
MacUser/ZDI Shareware Awards Nominees, 1994
Mac Virus Stack
MacWEEK News 95.04.03 (Acrobat PDF)
Newton News #0109/94.09.12
Photoshop Techniques #004
Ransom for All
Refractions 94.06.15
Shareware Review Vol. 1 #1 (large)
Tech Support Tales #5
The Mac Report 93.11
Zeffer 94.09
100,000 Primes/prime10.txt
Category: Electronic Publications/Gutenberg Etexts
Author: Project Gutenberg
1,2,3,5,7,11,13,17.. can you spot the pattern? Then you know what
a prime number is: a number which can only be divided by itself
and one. If you study a list of them, you'll notice that they
seem to get further and further away from each other.. and then
will be bunched up in one place on the number line. In a word,
they're wacky!
Want to know just how wacky? Then download this text, a listing
of the first 100,000 prime numbers. Also included is the primitive
program used to calculate them, should you want to enter it on
your computer and let it run for a while.
This text has been distributed by the Project Gutenberg Association,
a non-profit organization based at the Illinois Benedictine College.
It has been entering, administering, and distributing electronic
text versions (etexts) of classic literature, mathematical constants,
graphics and other works via computer networks for over twenty
years. The work of the organization is largely supported by tax-deductible
contributions, which should be made payable to "Project Gutenberg/IBC"
and sent to:
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NOTE: This text is freely distributable, but only on the conditions
listed in the preface to the text. Above all else, DO NOT change
its name (as listed in the file itself) or contents!
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: project gutenberg prime10.txt text etext math constants division
divisibility numbers
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A Christmas Carol/carol10.txt
Category: Electronic Publications/Gutenberg Etexts
Author: Project Gutenberg
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." So goes an early line
in this Charles Dickens story, setting the tone for what has become
a classic tale of avarice and redemption. Well known from repeated
tellings every year at Christmastime, it's been adapted into several
dramatic forms including a mid-70's television version starring
(would you believe?) Henry Winkler as Scrooge. Heeeey!
This text has been distributed by the Project Gutenberg Association,
a non-profit organization based at the Illinois Benedictine College.
It has been entering, administering, and distributing electronic
text versions (etexts) of classic literature, mathematical constants,
graphics and other works via computer networks for over twenty
years. The work of the organization is largely supported by tax-deductible
contributions, which should be made payable to "Project Gutenberg/IBC"
and sent to:
Project Gutenberg
Illinois Benedictine College
5700 College Road
Lisle, IL 60532-0900
NOTE: This text is freely distributable, but only on the conditions
listed in the preface to the text. Above all else, DO NOT change
its name (as listed in the file itself) or contents!
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: project gutenberg carol10.txt text etext story fiction charles
dickens
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for 44 more publications distributed
by Project Gutenberg appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in
this collection.
About This Particular Mac 1.01
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: RD Novo, Only Boy Productions
It's hip. It's pretty. It's an e-zine with a personal touch. It's
"About This Particular Mac", the well written musings of the RD
Novo on.. well, on whatever strikes his fancy at the moment. It's
easy for a one-person show like this to get self-serving and indulgent,
but RD Novo's gentle sense of humor enlivens this publication
well.
In this issue, he describes all the Macs he's ever owned, which
makes me wonder: what the hell is he going to write about in issue
2? There are also a few shareware reviews (along with whether
he's paid the fees or not) and an in-depth look at the game Warlords
II. And, finally, a l-o-n-g and fun quiz to determine: how cool
is YOUR Mac?
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: magazine etext publication docmaker newsletter cool coolness
shareware reviews warlords
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Bobker Hour 95.05.23-Clones
Category: Electronic Publications/Conference Archives
Author: Various
If you missed the Bobker Hour, you missed an hour of wit and insight.
But fear not! Although you can't talk back, you *can* read all
about it by grabbing this file.
This week, the talk turns to the subject of Mac clones. In case
you didn't hear, Apple announced that they would license the Mac
O/S to third-party hardware makers, opening the market to non-Apple
Macs. Steve and attendees discuss the implications of this move,
as well as the performance of the first outside vendor to take
advantage of the licensing scheme: Power Computing.
Steve Bobker wrote the popular MacUser column "Bobker's Dozen"
for many years. He is also the sysop of sysops for ZiffNet/Mac.
Steve dosn't mince words, and always knows what he's talking about.
Now you can chat with him, live, in the ZMac Cafe: check the ZMac
Calendar for details.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: steve bobker macuser conference chat clone clones power computing
PPC
Requires: Any text reader
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CyberLex 94.07
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Jonathan Rosenoer
CyberLex in a monthly electronic newsletter which encapsulates
legal goings-on in the telecommunications industry in a concise
and compact fashion. It's one of two such publications from lawyer
John Rosenoer, the other of which is CyberLaw, which aims to educate
its readers through discussions of timeless issues in the field.
Began in 1990 as a column for Stanford University's Macintosh
User Group, it has quickly increased its distribution to include
user groups and online services throughout the U.S. ZiffNet/Mac
is pleased to carry this trenchant information.
This issue reports on developments during July, 1994, including:
- Prosecution of a California couple for their "obscene" BBS
- News that the IRS is investigating its employees for using office
computers for snooping on their acquaintances (!)
- (If this doesn't make you paranoid, nothing will): confirmation
from both the Department of Defense and a nuclear weapons lab
that hackers broke into their computers.
..and, of course, notes on further presidential finagling with
the Clipper Chip, among many other stories.
And since we're dealing with lawyers, I suppose we should include
Mr. Rosenoer's canned disclaimer: "CyberLaw and CyberLex are not
intended as legal advice, and do not include all information necessary
to evaluate any actual business transaction or legal dispute."
(Don't worry -- the newsletter's not nearly as dry as the disclaimer!)
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: Law legal litigation online communications telecom internet
lawyer cyberlaw
Requires: Text reader
Price: Freeware
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Darwin On Religion (HyperCard)
Category: General Reference
Author: Atheists United
This 8-page stack documents the views of eminent scientist and
freethinker Charles Darwin (1809-1882), particularly in regards
to religion -- or lack thereof. For Darwin was an atheist, fond
of pointing out nonsense and contradictions in popular religions,
especially Christianity.
The Darwin on Religion stack draws heavily on Darwin's autobiography
as its source to make arguments against the common concept of
an intelligent, involved God. It dresses up those arguments with
well incorporated graphics illustrating Darwin's life, such as
portraits, a drawing of the ship on which he first clarified his
beliefs, and so forth.
As with the various other "belief" stacks you'll find in this
library, this is bald propaganda in that it exploits the one-way
medium of a stack to persuade without interruption or distraction.
Unlike many of the others, however, it allows the source material
-- Darwin's writing -- to speak for itself, without heavy-handed
outside commentary. In that regard, it makes a good primary source
for those interested in the history of the freethinker movement.
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Keywords: stack HyperCard atheism atheists united god belief humanism
deity evolution Charles freethought science freethinking
Requires: HyperCard 2.1 or later
Price: Freeware
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Digital Media Perspective 94.12.02 (#1)
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Digital Media -- A Seybold Report
Digital Media Perspective is a free electronic publication from
the people who bring you the print publication Digital Media:
A Seybold Report. It covers issues relevant to digital media professionals
involved in new media, including print, electronic publishing,
(interactive) television, and consumer electronics.
This premiere issue lays out the publication's intention: to be
an adjunct to (but not a replacement for!) Seybold's print publications.
It also includes in-depth stories on Internet access (how will
MCI's proposed offerings affect the market?), CD-ROM publishing
(especially the difficulties of publishing "intelligent" titles,
and a report on how strikers at San Francisco's daily newspapers
recently got the word out -- electronically.
The electronic newsletter is distributed every two weeks (or thereabouts),
in an unformatted plain text file. While the presentation is unusually
dull for such a visually oriented group as media professionals,
the content exemplifies the high level of knowledge and analysis
found in other Seybold venues. (Seybold also holds the Digital
World, Networld + Interop and Seybold publishing conferences,
so you know that their information is as good as it gets.) Note
that the newsletter's appearance improves when you view it in
a monospaced font, such as Monaco.
Information on the contents of the upcoming *print* Digital Media
is included, in hopes that you'll consider subscribing to it.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: digital media perspective newsletter Seybold prepress internet
electronic publishing cd rom cdrom mci chronicle examiner san
francisco
Requires: Text reader, such as SimpleText
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eZiNe! 94.10.17 (I.XVII)
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Crystal Waters
Here you'll find information about ZiffNet/Mac on eWorld for the
week of 17-23 October 1994, straight from the horse's mouth. Edited
by our own defender of justice and expert Wolfenstein player Crystal
Waters, eZiNe! outlines what's happening in our corner of the
eWorld: upcoming events, featured files and trivia to delight
your heart and soul. Sent weekly to a list of members who have
expressed an interest in ZMac's forum through private mail or
attendance at conferences, eZiNe! has been widely lauded as the
most attractive and informative forum newsletter on eWorld.
In this issue: comments on the congressional proposals that software
-- including shareware -- be "rated" like films for sexual content,
graphic violence, etc. At the center of this controversy is the
popular shareware game Wolfenstein 3-D, banned in Germany for
its depiction of anti-Nazi violence. In lighter news, there are
also notes on MacWEEK's top stories, hot files, directions to
ZiffNet/Mac's areas, and more.
Transcripts of the discussions mentioned within are available
in the "Conference Archives" library. To get on the mailing list
of eZiNe!, send e-mail to CrystalW. eNjoy!
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: ziff-davis communications eworld newsletter magazine users members
wolfenstein censorship game ratings
Requires: eWorld client software
Price: ZiffNet/Mac Exclusive. CANNOT BE UPLOADED ELSEWHERE
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for 14 more issues of "eZiNe!"
appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Freedom Text Package
Category: General Reference
Author: National Public Telecomputing Network
Follow the early history of freedom declarations with the Freedom
Text Package, a collection of 27 texts important to the development
of civil liberties in the Western world. The range is diverse,
from an English translation of the Magna Carta to the Paris Treaty
of 1783; from the Mayflower Compact to the Emancipation Proclamation;
and from the Iroquois Constitution to Washington's farewell address.
These texts are kindly supplied free, for worldwide distribution,
by the Cybercasting Services Division of the National Public Telecomputing
Network (NPTN), and by preparers Gerald Murphy and Nancy Troutman.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: freedom text package american european patriotic united states
documents history freenet NPTN
Requires: Text reader
Price: Freeware
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In Re Macintosh 1.5 (94.05)
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Jonathan P. Sullivan
If law is your business, you'll enjoy In Re Macintosh, an electronically-distributed
newsletter for legal professionals who use or are considering
using the Macintosh computer to automate their law practice. It
is distributed in Common Ground format, which requires no external
application -- just double-click it, and away you go!
In this issue:o A review of PC compatability program DOSMounter
Pluso Profiles of law-oriented BBS's from around the nationo Notes
on the PowerMac 6100 and the then-new low-cost Mac peripherals
(such as the Apple CD 300+)
..and other articles to help you in automating your law office.
Nicely done, with a good "newslettery" feel. NOTE: Much easier
to read if you print it out first, as the Common Ground MiniViewer
doesn't have a "zoom" command.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: legal law newsletter technologies powermac power
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for four more issues of "In Re
Macintosh" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Int'l Teletimes, 94.05
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: International Teletimes
International Teletimes is a general-interest electronic magazine
which is published monthly in Canada, with the help of writers
and editors from throughout the world. This issue focuses on books,
with reviews of "Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1," "A Whole Brass
Band" and "Hard Core Logo." There's also a discussion of Canadian
authors and a rather fawning discussion of Camille Paglia's latest
doorstop, "Sex, Art, and American Culture."
There are also large music and movie sections, along with the
three regular columns: Keepers of the Light (photography), The
Latin Quarter (Latin American news and views) and The Wine Enthusiast.
This stand-alone DOCMaker document is full of color and original
graphics, combined in a stylish way which makes it readable and
interesting. NOTE: Although the opening screen warns you that
the Futura 10 font is not installed in your system (if it's not),
no display problems will result.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: International Teletimes magazine publication articles BOOKS
WORDS
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Shareware $10-20
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Internet-On-Disk 95.02
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Richard Seltzer, The B? Samizdat Express
There's no better guide to what's new in Internet-accessible etexts
than Richard Selzler's "approximately monthly" Internet-on-a-disk,
which lists new releases from The Gutenberg Project, Wiretap,
and other major sources.
As usual, Gutenberg's list of recently-released files tops the
news, with literally *dozens* of entries. In addition, there are
pointers to NASA's "Live From Antarctica" program, elementary
schools on the WWW, and other neat tidbits. In his space, Mr.
Selzer talks about how human nature is shaping -- and will shape
-- interaction over the Internet, as well as detailing Microsoft's
plans to improve Windows access for blind PC users.
Please note that his company ("The B? Samizdat Express") also
makes these texts available on disk an minimal cost, with the
stated purpose of bringing important documents to those who cannot
acquire the still-hard-to-get Internet connection they need, such
as K-12 schools. Write to his address (in the publication) for
more information.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: electronic texts etexts news catalog gutenberg sources world
wide web www blind windows microsoft
Requires: Any text reader capable of reading texts larger than 32K
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for eight more issues of "Internet-On-Disk"
appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
InterText Vol. 5 No. 3 (Setext)
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: InterText (Jason Snell, Editor)
If you've spent much time reading electronically distributed magazines
(e-zines), you may get the impression that the only thing computer
people talk about is.. computers. InterText, edited by MacUser's
own Jason Snell, proves that geeks have right brains, too. And
they can write as well as they hack, as is well proven by the
richness of the stories contained herein.
This issue features the following stories:
Shipping and Handling Extra, by Laurence SimonGame Over, by Christopher
HuntThe Rock, by Edward AshtonGenetic Moonshine, by Jim Cowan
..as well as a cover graphic by Jeff Quan, editor's notes from
Jason Snell and an editorial by Adam C. Engst.
InterText may have the best presentation of any e-zine currently
available. Distributed six times a year as PostScript, setext,
and Acrobat PDF files (all of which can be found in this library),
it displays stylish text design and a gorgeous cover graphic in
all but the setext version.
This is the setext version. It can be read with any text editor
which can open files larger than 32K (such as BBEdit), but will
appear conveniently indexed when read via Easy View (available
in the "Text & Publishing Tools" library).
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: intertext fiction graphics inter text jason snell stories story
setext text index easy view Simon Hunt Ashton Cowan Engst
Requires: Easy View or text reader which can open files larger than 32K
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for eight more issues of "InterText"
(in three formats each: setext, PostScript and Adobe PDF) appeared
on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Investment Software Review
Category: General Reference
Author: Montgomery A. Lee
Investors, as a group, probably have the least time to spend evaluating
software -- and they are perhaps the group who should be the most
critical in their decisions. In light of this fact, Montgomery
A. Lee's Investment Software Review is especially welcome, offering
as it does a clear and subjective picture of commercial investment
software, prepared by an industry professional who has been trading
since 1972.
His opinions are sharp and performance-driven: for many of the
programs he criticizes, he includes an A-F "rating" similar to
ZiffNet/Mac's own five-point system. His experience with and knowledge
of the programs is apparent: besides indicating their high and
low points, he's prepared to offer comparative histories of the
software packages and give an idea of their future directions.
He focuses primarily on seven programs and services: Dow Jones,
Computrac, Managing Your Money, Quicken, Street Smart, TickerWatcher,
and Wealthbuilder.
Perhaps the greatest strength of this review is that it includes
screen shots of the programs themselves, and as Apple realized
in updating its Balloon Help to the AppleGuide system, a picture
goes a long way in clarifying software functioning. Incidentally,
don't panic when the DOCMaker application informs you that you're
missing the font "LeePf 18": that's just the personalized font
for Mr. Lee's signature, and its lack shouldn't affect the legibility
of this timely guide.
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Keywords: money critical catalog dow jones computrac managing your money
quicken street smart TickerWatcher Wealthbuilder
Requires: Palatino font
Price: Freeware
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LOL Newsletter #9
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Mark Brooks, Lubbock OnLine
Now, live from.. Lubbock? Yep, that's right: Lubbock is the home
of the dues-free Mac User's Group which publishes the Lubbock
OnLine Newsletter, a graphics-rich DOCMaker document full of news,
reviews and rumors.
Issue #9 is the January/February 1995 edition, and includes a
collection of press releases from Apple (with trenchant commentary),
industry news and rumors from other sources, and reviews of several
games. The Marathon review is especially tasty, with several pages
pounding home the opinion that (and I quote): "This game totally
kicks butt!" There are also a few hardware reviews (Performa 638CDV,
Connectix QuickCam) and miscellaneous silliness. Be sure to check
out the Mona Lisa coloring contest!
LOL is full of information, news and reviews that should prove
helpful to almost any Mac user. And the fact that it's free and
relatively small make it well worth a look.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: Lubbock OnLine On Line PowerPC PPC game games Apple SLIP PPP
rumors free freeware help news reports articles reviews connectix
quickcam performa
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for two more issues of "LOL Newsletter"
appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Low-End User 94.11
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Low-End User Magazine
This month's issue features advice on upgrading and enhancing
a SE (which many of us still have!), and some tough criticism
of this very online service. Also: as many low-end users are constantly
fighting the low-disk-space blues, there's an article on data
compression, and reviews of SoundsHelper, MugMaker, ShrinkWrap,
DeBabelizer Lite, and SaintEdit.
General info: The Low-End User (LEU) is an electronic magazine
dedicated to users of low-end Macintoshes such as the Mac Plus.
The commercial magazines generally favor articles and information
for the cutting edge of Macintosh technology and leave low-end
users behind. LEU provides a great alternative. Each issue is
filled with reviews, tips & techniques, letters, and more aimed
at people with low-end Macs, limited RAM and hard disk resources,
and.. well, you get the picture. There's also an emphasis on highlighting
less expensive shareware alternatives to commercial products.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: low-end user magazine november 1994 publication Macintosh reviews
articles cheap eworld
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for two more issues of "Low-End
User" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Mac Disability Resources 4.0
Category: General Reference
Author: Apple Computer
If you're straining your eyes to read this; if you cannot hear
the system beep; if hitting the "Get File Now" button causes your
hands pain; if you are a wheelchair user; if your computing enjoyment
has ever been hampered by a physical impediment, this FileMaker
Pro database is for you. It lists vendors and organizations which
have created products to aid users of all physical ability levels
in their Mac-based tasks.
One of the advantages the Mac has over any other general-purpose
computer in the world lies in Apple's dedication to accessibility,
and this database makes it obvious that third parties have followed
suit. There are over 90 products listed here, with complete descriptions
and contact addresses. There's even a layout which facilitates
writing a letter to the vendor!
The creators of this database have gone out of their way to make
it easy to use -- an important consideration for its target audience.
However, more could be done: the text is small (making it difficult
for the vision-impaired to read) and quite a bit of subtle mousing
is required. Still, the MDR is a terrific gateway product to easier
computing, and its content is invaluable to those who need it.
NOTE: This version comes bundled with the FileMaker Pro runtime
application. If you already have FileMaker Pro, download the database
version which is also in this library.
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Keywords: Mac disability resources blind rsi keyboards input output blind
deaf paralyzed sight hearing touch assistive technology
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Mac Tips & Tricks 93.12
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Giles Road Press
Want to pick up methods to make your Mac experience more enjoyable,
exciting and productive? Then pick up Mac Tips & Tricks, the electronic
periodical from Giles Road Press, publishers of popular Mac books
such as The Mac Power Toolkit and The Mac Shareware Emporium.
In this issue, prolific editor Maria Langer is back, contributing
two feature articles: "Little Known (But Useful) Word Commands"
and "5 Tips for Polishing Your Printed Documents". Contributor
Terry Wilson offers a tip for America Online users having file
compression troubles. (The tip he gives also works with eWorld
software, which is based on AOL's.) In addition, there's the "Quick
Tips" section, product news, and information on Giles Road Press'
other products.
Mac Tips & Tricks is a monthly publication distributed in two
forms: as a "Postcardware" document delivered through electronic
services (such as ZiffNet/Mac on eWorld) and as a printed version
available through paid subscription. The printed version includes
graphics and some articles not available in the electronic version:
see the document's "Masthead" page for more information.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: tip trick hint poweruser user help advice news Microsoft word
AOL eWorld compression
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Postcardware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for three more issues of "Mac
Tips & Tricks" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
1994 MacUser/ZDI SW Awards Nominees
Category: MacUser/MacUser Special Files
Author: ZMac Editorial
It's almost summer, and that means it's time for the MacUser/Ziff-Davis
Interactive Shareware Awards! This text file lists the files nominated
to receive these prestigious awards, the winners of which will
be announced at Macworld Boston in early August, 1994.
Culled from the hundreds of shareware files released between 1
January 1993 and 1 June 1994, these outstanding contributions
represent the most useful, interesting, and informative works
the Mac shareware world has seen, as judged by ZiffNet/Mac and
MacUser staffers, industry professionals, and ZMac users. The
awards are broken down into seven categories: Trivial Pursuits,
General Utilities and Applications, Personal Productivity, System
Enhancements, Publishing Tools, Educational/Reference, and Telecom.
Check out these files yourself, and then check the October MacUser
for a complete list of the winners.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: 1994 ZIFFNET MACUSER SHAREWARE AWARDS NOMINEES FILES PROGRAMS
ZDI
Requires: Mac Plus or better
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Mac Virus Stack 1.0
Category: General Reference
Author: Nate Couch
This HyperCard stack is a comprehensive listing of the viruses
that can infect Macs. A valuable reference tool -- especially
for users faced with a historical virus -- this stack contains
descriptions of the 59 most common viruses. (It's telling that
the author's companion volume for PCs contains over 2350 viruses!)
This stack is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate and the author
makes no such claims. Not all viruses are included, and new viruses
appear every year. Note that this stack does nothing to combat
infection, other than inform: for that, you need an application
such as Disinfectant (found in the Anti-Virus library).
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Keywords: apple macintosh mac virus list reference database infect detect
information
Requires: HyperCard Player or HyperCard 2.x or later
Price: Freeware
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MacWEEK News 95.04.03 (Acrobat PDF)
Category: MacWEEK/MacWEEK News Collections
Author: ZMac Editorial
This special graphic edition of MacWEEK News in Acrobat format
is the News section from the 04.03.95 printed issue. This ten-page
document includes all graphics and pictures, with article threading
for easy reading and navigation.
We'd appreciate any comments you have about the file's presentation.
Please send feedback to "MacWEEK".
Copyright 1995 Ziff-Davis Publications. All Rights Reserved. No
part of this publication may be distributed or reproduced without
prior permission from Ziff-Davis Publishing.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: MacWEEK News Mac Week Ziff-Davis
Requires: Adobe Acrobat 2.0 Reader (available at Software Central->Text
& Publishing Tools)
Price: ZiffNet/Mac Exclusive. CANNOT BE UPLOADED ELSEWHERE
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for six more issues of MacWEEK
appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Newton News #0109/94.09.12
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Steve Holden
Newton News is the weekly round-up of all things Newton, culled
mostly from Usenet (Internet) newsgroups (such as comp.sys.newton.misc),
private mail, press releases, and media sources.
In this issue, the author passes on news received via e-mail (such
as information on procuring an AC plug for your MessagePad from
-- of all places -- Radio Shack) notes the prolific Jeffrey Iverson's
contributions to the Newton repertoire, and describes the latest
update to Newt, the native development environment for the Newton.
Many of the shareware files he mentions are available in our Newton
library.
The file is distributed in setext format, for easy perusal via
Easy View (available in ZiffNet/Mac's Text and Publishing library).
It can also be read without trouble by any text reader. This issue
marks the first time that it's also available as a Newton document.
Note that the Newton version is seriously flawed, however: realized
in Paperback 1.02, the text wraps strangely, and it takes as much
as three seconds to move from page to page.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: messagepad pim personal information manager pen based
Requires: Text reader
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for three more issues of "Newton
News" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Photoshop Techniques #004
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Craig Swanson
In this issue, Craig Swanson picks up where he left off in the
previous issue, dispensing tips on combining the strengths of
.eps-based illustration programs (such as Illustrator and FreeHand)
with the pixel-based Photoshop for natural-looking illustrations.
Here, he talks about importing files from these programs into
Photoshop to use as a stencil, or mask. He also touches upon Photoshop's
"Quick Mask" feature.
Photoshop Techniques manages to avoid a common problem plaguing
the publishing world: badly designed publications about design.
Too many computer jocks get a copy of Photoshop, learn how to
use all the neat filters, throw them all together into a soup,
and parade their god-awful creations about like a cat that's dragged
in something stinky from the garden. But instead of mixing techniques
and presenting the subjective results as the end-all of Beauty,
publisher Craig Swanson touches upon one effect per issue and
shows how to achieve it, step by step.
The presentation is excellent, brief and to the point. The whole
issue can be read and understood with a few glances, although
the delivery medium -- Adobe Acrobat -- can be horribly slow:
printing a four-page issue took about five minutes. This is due
in part to the large graphic content of the publication itself,
as the content makes necessary. But printed and bound, this publication
makes a useful reference to any electronic designer's shelf.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: adobe art graphics desktop publishing dtp image manipulation
acrobat pdf photo stencil eps postscript illustrator freehand
mask
Requires: Adobe Acrobat Reader or better
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for three more issues of "Photoshop
Techniques" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Ransom for All 1.1 (HyperCard)
Category: General Reference
Author: Tim Cimbura
Ransom for all is a personal study of the Christian concept of
"Ransom:" that is, the price Jesus Christ paid in his effort to
redeem humankind for its sins. The author cites extensively from
both the Old and New Testaments to support his arguments: that
Jesus' ransom is for all, that his ransom was effective, and that
the ransomed "shall return." He's a capable HyperCard programmer,
and although the stack itself contains only seven cards, the message
is fully delivered through graphics and scrolling text fields.
Incidentally, he's even cited the New Testament in explaining
the stack's freeware status: "Freely you have received, freely
give" - Matt. 10:8. Irresistable.
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Keywords: jesus christ christianity proselytizing new testament nt hypercard
stack adam
Requires: HyperCard 2.0 or later
Price: Freeware
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Refractions 94.06.15
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Refractions Staff
Refractions is a weekly periodical with contents ranging from
poetry to technical help, with a special emphasis on Internet
BBS communications. In this issue, Chris Zelek inaugurates his
new column with a rant on gender differences on the net, humorous
anecdotes (watch for the quote, "Heads go up, up, up, and ten
thousand penguins fall gently onto their backs"), and the weekly
drink recipe: "Crack on the Rocks". In addition, there's the usual
complement of BBS community gossip, news of new telnet-able Internet
BBS locations, classifieds, technical help, letters, and sports
and entertainment news.
Refractions has a specific focus on Internet-accessible BBS systems.
These systems are used mostly by college students who use "telnet"
to surf the wilds of the network. There, the most common activities
include hanging around in "MUDs," or Multi-User Dungeons. The
convivial, chatty tenor of this community is apparent in this
newsletter, which serves as its most lucid ePeriodical expression.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: BBS Internet edu poetry writing fiction help network
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for three more issues of "Refractions"
appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
Shareware Review Vol. 1 #1 (large)
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Jacob Cusak, Interactive, Inc.
If you like Inside Mac Games, you'll love Shareware Review, a
new electronic monthly by Interactive, Inc. While claiming to
cover the whole Mac shareware world, the focus is clearly on games,
as this issue shows.
The journal, laid out in a standalone DOCMaker format, is full
of compelling graphics and hot links. When games such as Andrew
Welch's (highlighted in this issue) are reviewed, you can bet
that there are plenty of screen shots of bug-mushing action. Ouch!
Please note that this file is only a sample of the full version,
which is sent by mail and costs $15/year. If you'd like to have
a smaller download (and, admittedly, a less compelling package),
grab "Shareware Review (small)" from this library.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: sw freeware software games docmaker text publication reviews
welch
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Shareware $15/year
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Tech Support Tales #5
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Eric Hausmann
Hang on to your SCSI cables and be prepared for the latest issue
of Tech Support Tales! These stories, the darkest from the individual
hells of phone support personnel, display the inestimable depths
of naivitee of The Common Man.
To whet your appetite for more, here's a poignant story from this
issue:
"We've got a bulletin board as part of our tech support that customers
can log on to, give themselves a password, and download useful
items. Customers forget their passwords all the time, and such
was the case when this customer forgot his password. He called
us up right away, though--he said he had no idea what his password
might be. We looked it up; it was a woman's name.
When I told him what it was, there was a silence on the other
end of the line.
"Sir," I asked, "Are you OK?"
"Yeah," came the reply, "It's just.. that was my wife's name..
my ex-wife.. we just separated."
In tech support, we generally like to think of ourselves as being
able to come up with a response for anything. Not so in this case."
The author says he'll try to continue publishing these newsletters
as long as readers send in their stories. Given the rich font
of Stupid User Tricks out there in the world, I suspect he'll
be publishing for a long, long time.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: technical phone stories user users funny amusing fun newsletter
beginner text etext
Requires: eWorld or text reader to view
Price: Freeware
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Note: Tom Geller's descriptions for four more issues of "Tech
Support Tales" appeared on eWorld, but do not appear in this collection.
The Mac Report 93.11
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: WayCool Productions
The Mac Report bills itself as "The Independent Voice of the Macintosh
Enthusiast", and it works hard to fulfill that role. This "occasional"
monthly features superior layout and graphics, in-depth reports,
and -- often -- cantankerous opinions.
In this issue, the editor starts off with a rant about so-called
Mac "gurus", including one unnamed MacWEEK writer who dared to
use that title. (The editor's comment: "Please, give me a break.
Just because I've been a human for thirty+ years doesn't make
me an expert on humanity."). Other, less abrasive articles feature
tips and tricks, news on the (then-new) Centris 660AV, Newton
notes, an unfavorable review of the popular CD-ROM game "Hell
Cab", and top shareware picks (many of which can be found in ZiffNet/Mac's
Software Central, of course.)
Unfortunately, The Mac Report is presented in one of the least-convenient
e-text format available: Common Ground. The unstuffed archive
is huge (better than 3 MB for a 16-page document!), printing and
displaying is dog-tired slow, and there are no controls for zooming
in on the impossible-to-read text. Furthermore, the document is
so large that attempts to print it may be frustrated by a lack
of sufficient printer memory. Still, it *is* an awfully attractive
document, the writing's good, and a printed version is available
by mail for a reasonable price.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: common ground magazine news reviews
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Freeware
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Zeffer 94.09
Category: Electronic Publications/Additional Publications
Author: Endless Horizons
Welcome to the peculiar world of Zeffer, one of the first electronically
distributed humor magazines. Humor is a difficult subject: flop
and you flop terribly. Zeffer manages to avoid flopping -- no
small feat, that -- and has gathered together a talented crew
of Internet-accessible writers and cartoonists to create its content.
In this, the 15-page premier issue of Zeffer, there are cartoons
by Wes Rand, Dave Roberts, and Dina Brooks, a tragic story of
pizza and poverty by Paul Giles, notes on computer obsolescence
by Howard Tayler and a remarkably unfunny essay about gym etiquette
by Michael Betsy.
The layout is a bit weak: not enough white space around the text,
strangely boxed columns, poor use of type. It's a pity that the
graphic talent that went into producing the original cartoons
couldn't have been applied to the presentation, but no matter:
the quality is generally high, the mood is light, and the package
generally succeeds.
Created in Common Ground, with the MiniViewer imbedded. It does
not need an application to veiw its contents: double-click the
icon to view. NOTE: Common Ground will override any custom keyboards
you've installed (such as Dvorak) and force you to use the standard
QWERTY.
Rating: Not Rated
Keywords: humor funny joke laugh magazine etext publication cartoon essay
Requires: Mac Plus or better
Price: Shareware $2
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