May – June 1996 — Vol 18 No 3
Source
Open original PDF • May–Jun 1996 • Vol 18 No 3 • 92 pages • $2.95
Overview
The End of eWorld (Blake Lange, 48) — Apple eWorld online service shut down March 31, 1996 — just 21 months after launch. Including Nursing Homes Within the National Information Infrastructure (Phil Shapiro, 26) — Shapiro outreach piece. Artists on Exhibit (Blake Lange, 18). The Illustrator Wow! Book (Nancy Seferian, 22). Hallmark Connections Card Studio Software (Sharon Rump, 23). A Review of The Power Mac Book (Paul Chernoff, 24). A Review of Poser 1.0 (Stuart Bonwit, 27) — Curious Labs Poser, 3D figure software. QuickTime 2.1 & 2.2 (Dennis Dimick, 30). Review—The Mac is Not a Typewriter (Ed Buffing, 33) — Robin Williams' classic book finally formally reviewed. File Sharing (David Lerner, 34). An Overview of the PowerPC Platform (36). Apple Vision Software and System 7.5 Update 2.0 Issues (37). Color LaserWriter 12/600PS (39). Conflict Catcher 3 (Allan Warner, 40). The Schoolhouse News (52). ClickBook: A Software Review (Paul Rego, 56). Mac 5200/5300/6200/6300 Freeze Troubleshooting (58). Review: Adobe PageMaker 6.0 (Dorina Holberg Kuttner, 60). Personal Web Pages (Blake Evans, 63). The Way Things Work (Susan Bean, 64) — David Macaulay's classic. Review of Arcus II Flatbed Scanner from AGFA (65). Do It Yourself Address Verification (Ron Leonard, 66).
Apple II: The Blue Disk (Andy Middleton, 68); A First Look at Second Sight (Andy Middleton, 71) — Second Sight video card for IIGS; Emergency Startup Disk for the Apple IIgs (Lorin Evans, 72); GraphicWriter 2.0 version III (Gareth Jones, 74).
Highlights
The End of eWorld — Blake Lange
Apple's online service shut down March 31, 1996 — barely 21 months after launch in June 1994 (covered in 1994-12 — V16 N11 press release). Apple retreats from online service business.
Nursing Homes on the NII — Phil Shapiro
National Information Infrastructure outreach — Shapiro continuing community-tech advocacy.
The Mac is Not a Typewriter — review
Robin Williams' classic design book — formally reviewed years after publication.
Conflict Catcher 3
Casady & Greene's Conflict Catcher 3 — third major version of the extension manager.
Personal Web Pages — Blake Evans
Pi members building personal web pages — web democratization at scale.
Lorin Evans on IIGS Startup Disk
President writes Apple II technical content — Evans hands-on as always.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Blake Lange, Phil Shapiro, Nancy Seferian, Sharon Rump, Paul Chernoff, Stuart Bonwit, Dennis Dimick, Ed Buffing, David Lerner, Allan Warner, Paul Rego, Dorina Holberg Kuttner, Blake Evans, Susan Bean, Ron Leonard, Andy Middleton, Gareth Jones Topics: eWorld Shutdown, NII Outreach, Mac Clone Era, Personal Web Pages, Mac Pro Apps 1996 References: Apple eWorld, Illustrator Wow Book, Poser 1.0, Conflict Catcher 3, PageMaker 6, QuickTime 2.2, Second Sight
Connections to other issues
- eWorld Shutdown = death of Apple's online service launched 1994-12 — V16 N11
- NII Outreach = Shapiro continuing community-Internet thread
- Personal Web Pages = next phase after Setting Up Home Pages 1996-03 — V18 N02