Product Release Information ZCurve Software 8206 Rockville Road #280 Indianapolis, IN http://www.zcurve.com zcurve@zcurve.com ZCurve Software releases MacStandardBasic 2.3 and prepares Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 INDIANAPOLIS, IN, July 24th, 1997 : ZCurve Software announces the release of MacStandardBasic Version 2.3 , the powerful BASIC development system for Macintosh computers. Users can purchase and download the complete MacStandardBasic package from the ZCurve Software website (www.zcurve.com). This as a free upgrade to owners of previous versions MacStandardBasic. MacStandardBasic is optimized for both Apple's newer Power Macintosh computers and older Macintosh models. ZCurve Software is finishing work on Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 which is planned for release in September, 1997. This new product will provide advanced visual programming along with new Internet access functionality. All registered owners of MacStandardBasic will receive Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 as a free...

*** Apple Announces QuickTime Plug-in 2.0 for the Internet *** New Version Brings Advanced Digital Media to the Internet; QuickTime Enables Access to the Vast Majority of Digital Media Content on Internet; New Plug-in to be Available Simultaneously on Windows and Mac OS INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the QuickTime Plug-in version 2.0 for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator and Communicator. Slated for release in the fall of 1997, the plug-in will bring the advanced digital media capabilities of QuickTime 3.0 to the Internet including QuickTime VR 2.0 support, the ability to play alternate movie tracks, hotspots, and URL linking. The QuickTime Plug-in is planned to support most popular file formats, so that users can have a wide and rich experience with digital media content on Internet websites. The QuickTime Plug-in 2.0 is planned to be available simultaneously on Windows 95, Windows NT, and Mac OS, and will be...

*** JITc Provides for 10X Performance Improvement Over Previous Versions *** INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. announced today the availability of Mac OS Runtime for Java 1.5 (MRJ 1.5), an implementation of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java virtual machine (VM) and run-time environment for Macintosh and Mac OS-compatible systems. MRJ 1.5, which features a set of shared libraries and other system software files, follows on the success of Apple's MRJ 1.0 and offers improved functionality. With the addition of a PowerPC "just-in-time compiler" (JITc) and numerous graphics subsystem performance enhancements, MRJ 1.5 has the capability to offer a 10x improvement in performance over previous versions of MRJ as measured by industry standard CaffeineMarks. Additional functionality in MRJ 1.5 includes the new MRJ Toolkit, which allows developers to add Mac OS-specific functionality to Java applications. MRJ Toolkit stubs are written in 100 percent Pure Java to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judith Steinbaum (617) 876-4031 x1818; judith@roaster.com ROASTER TECHNOLOGIES TO SHOWCASE JDK 1.1 SUPPORT AT MACWORLD BOSTON Roaster Release 3.1 to support Apple's Mac OS Runtime for Java Cambridge, Massachusetts. July 23, 1997. Roaster Technologies, creators of the pioneering Development Environment for Java on the Macintosh, announced today that Roaster Release 3.1 will be demonstrated at Macworld Boston, August 6 through 8th, and will showcase its debut of support for Sun's(tm) Java(tm) Development Kit (JDK) 1.1 and Apple Computer's Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ). This will be the latest in a string of solid deliveries by the recently formed spin-off, adding yet another advantage for the growing number of Roaster users. Roaster Release 3, which shipped on March 31st, continues to receive glowing reviews from industry experts and from developers who are choosing Roaster for their professional Java development needs. According to John Dhabolt, President...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Iconovex Corp. Introduces EchoSearch Web Software for the Macintosh The First Truly Intelligent Desktop Research Tool Bloomington, MN - Iconovex Corporation, makers of the award-winning intelligent desktop-based professional research tool EchoSearch, announces a Macintosh version, EchoSearch 1.08. A simple, yet powerful tool, EchoSearch significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of Internet or corporate Intranet searches. "With the wealth of information available today online, millions of Macintosh users of the Internet and corporate Intranets need a tool to help sort through and find relevant information," states Zeyad Abbas, general manager of Iconovex. "EchoSearch addresses the needs of those users, with a tool that will not only find information, but synthesize and distill it." Making use of Java's multi-threading capabilities, EchoSearch enables users to simultaneously query multiple search engines. Unlike other Web search tools, EchoSearch...

From: ssl@prefab.com (Scott S. Lawton) Subject: Text Machine beta1, pattern search & replace Text Machine offers the power of pattern-matching search & replace, made simple using plain English keywords such as "letter", "digit" and "punctuation". It works with Frontier, AppleScript, Tango and any other software that can send Apple events. Text Machine includes a full set of pattern verbs (replace, extract, locate & match) and supports the standard document verbs (make, open, save, close). Applications include: - web publishing (e.g. convert to and from HTML, extract URLs) - print publishing (clean up text before importing) - database import (extract fields from text, e.g. city, state, zip from a single line) - web database (reformat data before posting) - electronic-mail (convert addresses to a consistent format, create context-sensitive replies) - document management (search multiple files) The beta1 version of Text Machine is now available for $75, including free...

Contacts: Marisa Shumway Intervista Software, Inc. Ph: 415-543-8765, ext. 244 Email: mshumway@intervista.com INTERVISTA SOFTWARE LAUNCHES MACINTOSH VERSION OF ITS INDUSTRY-ACCLAIMED WORLDVIEW 2.0 Intervista Delivers On High Demand for Macintosh VRML Support SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 1997-- Intervista Software, a leading provider of three-dimensional interactive software for the Internet, today announced the Macintosh operating system (OS) version of its successful WorldView 2.0 software, the companys Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)-based Internet browser. "The immediate availability of the much-anticipated Macintosh version will empower users with the ability to create and experience interactive 3D content and applications for the Internet and private Intranets," said Tony Parisi, president and chief technology officer at Intervista Software. "The number of VRML worlds on the Internet is exploding and until now, Macintosh users have been unable to view them. We...

We delayed sending this message due to the InterNIC problems yesterday. InterNIC's error caused an estimated 30% of all mail to all .com and .net domains to bounce for users worldwide. We figured we wouldn't add to the problem. :)

Apple Reports Third Fiscal Quarter Results CUPERTINO, Calif.--July 16, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced financial results for the Company's fiscal 1997 third quarter ended June 27, 1997. Revenues for the quarter were $1.7 billion, compared to $1.6 billion in the quarter ended March 28, 1997 and $2.2 billion in the quarter ended June 28, 1996. International sales accounted for 53 percent of total revenues in the current quarter. Gross margins for the quarter were 20.0 percent, compared to 18.9 percent in the March quarter and 18.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. The Company recorded a net loss for the quarter of $56 million, or $(.44) per share, compared to a net loss of $708 million, or $(5.64) per share in the March quarter and a net loss of $32 million, or $(.26) per share, in the year-ago quarter. The Company's loss from operations was $60 million, representing a significant sequential improvement from the loss from operations of $186 million, exclusive of charges for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 15, 1997 Press Contact: Jim Danbury, President Digital Prairie, Inc. (800) 603-6265 (toll-free) OR (708) 354-0515 info@digitalprairie.com http://www.digitalprairie.com/ DIGITAL PRAIRIE ANNOUNCES SMARTMAP VERSION 1.1 NEW VERSION ADDS MORE FEATURES, IMPROVES COMPATIBILITY La Grange, IL -- July 15, 1997 -- Digital Prairie, Inc. announces the immediate availability of version 1.1 of its first WebSTAR plug-in, SmartMap. SmartMap is the best W*API imagemap plug-in available. It supports both CERN and NCSA-format imagemaps, and can convert existing server-side imagemaps to client-side imagemaps automatically! New features of SmartMap 1.1 include: - Reads extra (AREA) attributes from map file comments This really cool feature allows you to include extra attributes for client-side imagemap (AREA) tags in the comments of your server-side ".map" files, and SmartMap will insert them automatically. Now your SmartMap-converted client-side imagemaps can...

Press Contact: naomi@well.com StarNine Technologies is proud to announce the release of WebSTAR 2.1. This upgrade, free to all WebSTAR 2.0 users, offers a number of new features, and fixes server bugs revealed by the latest versions of Netscape Navigator and Communicator. For the greatest reliability and browser compatibility, this upgrade is recommended for all WebSTAR sites. WebSTAR 2.0 users can download the WebSTAR 2.1 Updater archive at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/webstarupdates.html). Current users of WebSTAR 1.X are invited to take advantage of our 'Macworld Expo' upgrade price of $149 by contacting our sales department or ordering online (available now through 8/15/97). Evaluation copies are also available at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/). Some of the exciting, new features and enhancements in WebSTAR 2.1 include: - Support for new HTTP date formats (RFC 822/1123) - Support for cache flushing at user-specified intervals - Ability to perform automated server restarts...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 1997 Editorial Contact: Sara Payne/Deb Fry (515) 223-8000 Microware Systems Corporation sarap@microware.com/debf@microware.com Ellen MacDermid (415) 482-3412 Diba, Inc. ellen@diba.com Microware and Diba Announce Immediate Availability of Integrated Internet Solution for Information Appliances DES MOINES, Iowa -- Microware Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: MWAR), a leader in system software technology for embedded and consumer appliance markets, today announced that they have selected Diba, Inc.'s Information Appliance technology as the preferred solution for customers interested in creating Internet-enabled devices. Beginning immediately, manufacturers of Internet-enabled televisions, set-top boxes, network computers, and smart telephones can purchase this integrated Internet software solution consisting of Microware's OS-9 real-time operating system and the Diba Information Appliance Suite, Version 2.0. "Diba and Microware are coordinating efforts to bring...

FOR RELEASE JULY 14, 1997 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS SIMPLIFIES ACCESS TO MACINTOSH FILES THROUGH THE INTERNET "AFP ENGAGE!" ENHANCES APPLESHARE FILE SERVERS ASHLAND, OR. -- July 14, 1997 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced shipment of its new AFP Engage! product. AFP Engage! is a Macintosh application which gives users point-and-click access to AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) servers in Internet, intranet and AppleTalk environments. Working with popular Web browsers, email readers and other Internet applications, AFP Engage's point-and-click access lets users mount remote AppleShare volumes directly on their desktop, simply by clicking on AFP URLs (universal resource locators). Information within those volumes is then available through the Macintosh's traditional drag-and-drop user interface. AFP URLs can also be saved as bookmarks and managed through any standard bookmark manager. "Open Door's AFP Engage! product helps...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] Targeting Mac OS manual Errata CodeWarriors, There is a release of the Targeting Mac OS manual pp. 88-89 errata available now or soon for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) Targeting Mac OS manual pp. 88-89 Released on 07/09/1997 This file updates Table 5.1 and Table 5.2 with the correct information. If you tried to produce a monolithic shared library following the tables as they appeared in the Targeting Mac OS manual, you would get link errors and other problems.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGIES SHIPS FIRESITE VIRTUAL DOMAIN MANAGER 2.1 WITH INTEGRATED BILLING STATISTICS -- FireSite Virtual Domain Manager Works With All Browsers & Search Engines, Requires Only A Single IP Address; Now Includes Billing Statistics. -- Boston, MA., July, 11, 1997 -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced an updated version of its FireSite(tm) Virtual Domain Manager, the Web's most advanced system for hosting multiple 'virtual Web sites' on a single server, using a single IP address. Version 2.1 now provides cumulative and resettable statistics for customer billing. Free demos are available: (http://www.clearway.com/VDM/info.html) "There are two halves to hosting 'Virtual Web Sites'-- serving the right page for each request is one part, and making Web hosting work as a business is the other part," said Mark Kriegsman, president of ClearWay Technologies...

ANNOUNCING THE WORLD'S FIRST NETWORK WALLET FOR E-COMMERCE The First Software-Free Wallet for Internet Shopping PALO ALTO, Calif. July 10, 1997 -- BlueMoney Software Corporation, an electronic commerce venture, today announced the world's first Network Wallet (tm) technology to facilitate Internet shopping, allowing consumers to store their payment preferences for frequent shopping online. BlueMoney's new technology has been launched under the "BlueMoney Wallet" brand, and it operates as a free payment service to all people who use the Internet for shopping. "Prior technologies have posed real problems for the average consumer," said John Sweet, Chairman and CEO of the BlueMoney Software Corporation. "But now it's time for the Internet to start working for people, and the BlueMoney Wallet is a step in that direction." The BlueMoney Wallet provides consumers with the most convenient online payment process available today. After saving their payment preferences, such as credit...

For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke info@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com Stone Design Announces Free 5 Week Trial Period for Create(TM) 4.2 Rhapsody Philadelphia, PA -- Stone Design, a longtime leader in the NeXT/OpenStep marketplace, announced availability of Create 4.2 PR3 for Rhapsody today. Create is the full-featured design, layout and drawing application, and has been shipping for over 8 years. This version of Create will run on Apple's new Macintosh operating system code named "Rhapsody", as well as on OpenStep. It is the first application to ship for Rhapsody. "Create was designed for the free-thinking Macintosh community" said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "Since we believe in try before you buy, we are offering 5 free weeks of Create so you can have the Power yourself!" Current OpenStep users, such as everyone who attended WWDC and received "Prelude to Rhapsody" can use Create now. Otherwise, contact 1-800-TRY-NEXT to...

MacTech Reports Growing Readership Westlake Village, Calif.,-- July 9, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation today announced that it's publication, MacTech magazine, focusing on Macintosh programmers and developers, has shown sizable growth over the past year. Evaluating both the past 6 and 12 month periods, MacTech's distribution has been increasing in a wide variety of ways. In addition to the number of subscribers growing, more copies have been shipped and bought on the newsstand. Also, there's been an increase in the number of back issues purchased, as well as the number of future issues owed to subscribers. Not only have the numbers increased domestically, but they've jumped internationally as well. MacTech is now read in 64 countries, up from 52. And, MacTech Japan has been so wildly successful since it was launched as a bi-monthly magazine in April 1997, the publication is moving to a monthly schedule starting in October. "People have been concerned about Apple, but what we see is a lot...

Dear Webmaster, StarNine Technologies and Men & Mice are proud to announce the Public Beta release of an Intelligent Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing solution designed to maximize the reliability and performance of WebSTAR web sites. How It Works: The idea behind Intelligent Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing is simple. A Plug-In installed into each of your WebSTAR servers periodically sends a communications message to a QuickDNS Pro 2.0 server. From this message the QuickDNS Pro server can determine if the WebSTAR server is still active, the current load level and the requested load level for the WebSTAR server. If the server happens to go offline, QuickDNS Pro 2.0 will temporarily remove that server from it's active DNS records, meaning that no requests will be directed to that web server. When the web server comes back online, QuickDNS Pro automatically adds the server back to it's DNS records. Becoming A Beta Tester: WebSTAR and QuickDNS Pro users interested in beta...

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From: Apple Developer News Subject: WWDC Sessions at MACWORLD Dear Developer: If you missed Apple's 1997 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)-or if you need a refresher course on what you learned there-Apple Developer Relations, in conjunction with Mitch Hall Associates (the sponsors of MACWORLD Expo), will be offering nine hours of Mac OS and Rhapsody development sessions during MACWORLD Expo/Boston, August 5 to 8. This new conference track recaps the technical highlights of the May 1997 WWDC. To participate, you can register online for "Package One" at the MACWORLD Expo web site http://www.mha.com/macworld/mwbos97/reg/frame.html. Registering for the conference package includes admission to the trade show (which includes access to Developer Central, the developer tools area), conference tracks,half- day tutorials on August 5, and keynote sessions. Apple will also be hosting special Rhapsody development labs during MACWORLD Expo. The current line-up of sessions includes: Apple's...

Morph Technologies is Proud to announce its first in a series of E-Commerce solutions for DynaMorph ... the most versatile cross-platform scripting solution on the market! With the release of version 1.3 of DynaMorph we now offer optional modules that allow you to extend DynaMorph for your particular needs. The first of these modules that we are making available is: MacAuthorize module for DynaMorph With this add-in module you can now process forms and authorize credit cards all in the span of a single connection to your server. This particular module extends DynaMorph's server-side command set, allowing it to communicate directly with MacAuthorize and Authorize credit cards! Additional information on the use of the module can be obtained at: http://www.morphtech.com/dynamorphmanual/home.morph?pagenum=51 A fully functional demo version of the MacAuthorize module comes installed in version 1.3 of DynaMorph. You can test out the new module prior to purchasing. Download a fully...

Press Contact: Gwen Murphy Farallon Communications, Inc. Electronic Press Releases: (510) 814-5307, gwen_murphy@farallon.com www.farallon.com/corp/press Farallon to Develop Ethernet PC Card Drivers for eMate and MessagePad 2000 Newton, Inc. Selects Farallon as Strategic Networking Partner ALAMEDA, Calif., June 30, 1997 - Farallon Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRLN) today announced that it has been chosen by Newton, Inc., Apple Computer's wholly owned subsidiary, to develop Ethernet PC Card drivers for Newton-based devices such as the eMate 300 and MessagePad 2000. The Ethernet PC Card drivers will be available in conjunction with the September release of the Newton Internet Enabler 2.0 (NIE 2.0) and will enable users to directly connect their eMates and MessagePads to existing Ethernet networks. Farallon is the only vendor to provide PC Cards that can be used in a Newton-based device, a PowerBook and a PC Notebook. "Because Farallon is the premier provider of plug-and-play...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [UPDATE] Vibrations in CW Tools CD CodeWarriors, I know that many of you have had problems of vibrations in our Tools CD. Here is another report on the current knowledge. This Vibration problem is only on the Macintosh Tools CD as far as we can tell. It also only affect 4x or higher speed CD Roms, the faster the CD ROM the more noticible the vibration. The manufacturer stil has not received a report back on what the problem is, but still believe it to be one stamper. All of the bad MacOS Tools CDs Metrowerks sent to them were pressed by the same stamper as well as all of the CDs that have been returned from customers. On the shiny side of the CD is the stamper number MACCD R1J 11. There have been reports of other stamper numbers R1J 13 as having the problem but none of the stock tested with that number were flawed. If you feel you have an abnormal CD vibration even if it is not the MACCD R1J 11 stamper number please contact sales...