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  • MacAddict (August 1997)

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    Source: MacAddict – Issue Number 12 – August 1997

    have always thought of MacAddict as a Mac version of boot/Maximum PC. It was a great magazines for Mac fans though in my opinion that changed when they became MacLife. The mid 90s was not a great time for Apple in general. This magazine hit the stands only a couple of months before Steve Jobs returned to Apple and a little over a year before the original iMac was released and really started turning Apple around. The August 1997 issue of MacAddict includes:

    Highlights

    • A Visual Tour of Mac OS 8 – Mac OS 8 wasn’t as big of a change as OS X would be a few years later but it was still a pretty big upgrade from OS 7 which was starting to feel a little dated at the time. The transition from 7 to 8 to X was lightning quick compared to how long OS 7 was around.
    • The Frugal Designer – A look at five inexpensive design programs including The Print Shop CD Ensemble, PrintMaster Gold, Corel Print House, Adobe HomePublisher Deluxe, and MacPublisher. Also included are tips for using each of these programs.
    • This Old Mac – Tips for upgrading the Mac LC 475, 520, 550, 575, 580, and 630. These Macs include 608030 and 68LC040 CPUs. Suggestions for upgrades include using a SCSI based ethernet adapter, going from 4 MB of RAM to up to 36 MB, expanding VRAM from 512K to 768K or 1MB (depending on model), add an accelerator (though specific hardware isn’t mention other than to suggest buying one with RAM expansion), and more.

    How To

    • Make a Warcraft II Scenario – At the time (and still today I suppose) the Mac had few games relative to the PC. However, Warcraft II was one that was available for the Mac. This is a guide for creating your own scenario.
    • Use Web Style Sheets – A guide to using HTML style sheets which were a new HTML feature at the time first available in Internet Explorer 3.0.x and Netscape Communicator.

    Every Month

    • Editor’s Note – The editor opines on Internet Explorer, Mac OS 8, and software piracy.
    • Letters – Letters from readers about Marathon, storing magazines, the Mac 9500, and more.
    • Get Info – Updates on Rhapsody for the PowerPC and Macs, Pentium vs. the PowerPC, Apple spins off the Newton, and more.
    • Cravings – A look at some new gadgets including the Comfort Point mouse pad, Norton Utilities, PowerBook PCI Expansion Sytem, and more.
    • Reviews – Reviews of Adobe Illustrator 7.0, the PowerBook 2400c (180MHz 603e CPU, 16MB RAM, 1.3GB hard drive, 10.4-inch 800×600 display and more for $3499), the PowerCenter Pro 210 (210MHz 604e CPU, 32MB RAM, 2GB hard drive, and more for $2525), the PowerMacintosh 9600/333 (233MHz 604e, 32MB RAM, 4GB hard drive, and more for $4299), the NUpowr 1400/183 (replaces teh PowerBook 1400’s 117MHz 603e CPU with a 183MHz version plus 128K L2 cache for $600), Sony DSC-F1 digital camera, Claris Emailer 2.0, SmartSound for Multimedia 1.5, 4th Dimension v6, VectorTools 2.0, F/A-18 Hornet 3.0, and Obsidian. Plus reviews od CD-ROMs including The Harvard Guide to Women’s Health, Wings: London Blitz to Pearl Harbor, Witness to the Future, The Jenny Craig Cookbook: Cutting Through the Fat, Life in the Universe with Stephen Hawking and reviews of kids oriented software including Major League Math 2nd Edition, Mario Teaches Typing 2, Alphabet Adventure with Digby & Lydia, Multiplication Tour With Mike & Spike, Exploration Station, Disney’s Ready to Read with Pooh, and Amazing Animals Activity Pack.
    • Ask Us – Questions answered about reusing AOL disks, upgrading a modem in a Performa, using virtual memory, overlapping icons, accessing internet services, upgrading to a PowerPC, and much more.
    • PowerPlay – A brief look at new games on the Mac including Civilization II, Diablo, Master of Orion II, Racing Days, Starcraft, and Gundam 0079. Plus an interview with Andrew Sispoidis, president of Heliotrope Studios, primarily about Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain.

    …and more!


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  • MacAddict (April 1998)

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    Source: MacAddict – Issue Number 20 – April 1998

    I was never really a Mac person but if I had been, this is the magazine I would have read. It reminds me of boot/Maximum PC on the PC side. Also, Macs make great retro machines offering the most accessible architecture alternative to x86 with their 68000 and later PowerPC processors. The April 1998 issue of MacAddict includes:

    Highlights

    • The Microsoft Office Makeover – A look at Microsoft 98 which was a major update to the suite for the Macintosh platform.
    • When Worlds Kaleidoscope – a guide to Kaleidoscope, a utility that let you customize the Mac OS desktop in a variety of ways.
    • Seven Killer Customizations – A look at a variety of other utilities that lets you customize your Mac experience, including ScrollMagick, CoolViews, DoubleScroll, DragThing, CopyPaste, ScrapIt Pro, and Aaron Light.

    How To

    • Publicize Your Web Site – Using bots to help publicize your web site. These days you just have to obey the Google gods of SEO.
    • Know It All About Type and Creator Codes – Type and creator codes are specific file properties used on the Mac that responsible for determining things like default applications, icons, etc.

    Every Month

    • Editor’s Note – An introduction to a new editor and changes to the magazine.
    • Letters – Letters from readers about the “It’s a Wonderful Mac” movie included with a previous issue (on disc), Apple decor, and more.
    • Get Info – A look at Apple’s finances, Rhapsody applications, recent 3D graphics and animations packages (some of which are ports from the Amiga) such as Lightwave 3D, Cinema XL, and others.
    • Cravings – A look at new gadgets (software and hardware) including the bluVenom anti-theft device, Orb 2.1 GB disk system, TK11 145 piece Deluxe Tool Kit from Curtis, Surf Express web caching software, Ray Gun audio editor, and more.
    • Reviews – Reviews of Bryce 3D, Live Picture 2.6, MacInTax Deluxe, Hard Disk Toolkit, Carmageddon, Lords Royal Collection, PhotoTools 2.0, GearBox 1.5, MagicMask, Mask Pro 1.0, Final Draft 4.1, StuffIt Deluxe, SpaceSaver 4.5, Digital Radar, Olympus D-500L and D600L Digital Cameras, Apple Remote Access Personal Server, Surf Express 1.1, The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future, The Official Guide to Babylon 5, and Movioke.
    • PowerPlay – A look at the 3D Overdrive module for the Mac Picasso card plus a round-up of new and upcoming games including Play to Win Casino, Mars Rising, Jump Zampoll, and Myth.
    • Ask Us – Questions answered about adding a Windows 95 like task bar to Mac OS, the maximum number of files that you can put in a folder, the differences between the different versions of the PowerPC 603 processor, a disappearing modem in Mac OS 8, changing the default font in ClarisWorks 4.0, the Keyboard menu, moving vs. copying files, and more.

    …and more!


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  • MacAddict (May 1998)

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    Source: MacAddict – Issue Number 21 – May 1998

    The best way to describe MacAddict would be to compare it to boot/Maximum PC for the PC. It was a magazine for enthusiasts. If I had been aware of it at the time, this magazine probably would have made me want to buy a Mac. Sadly, it transformed into MacLife at some point which was perhaps more polished but also boring and almost…antiseptic for lack of a better word. MacAddict was so much better. the May 1998 issue includes:

    Highlights

    • Become a Mac Handyman – A guide to troubleshooting, repairing and upgrading your Mac. Includes tips on solving software issues, installing PCI, PDS and NUBUS cards, installing RAM, and much more.
    • AppleScript Boot Camp – A tutorial for AppleScript, the scripting language of MacOS. Includes steps for controlling Navigator, automatically creating aliases, file renaming, and more.
    • This Old Mac – I especially loved this series on upgrading and using older Macs. This month the PowerBook 100 is covered which was six years old at the time. The PowerBook 100 is a 16-MHz 68000 based machine. At the time, it could still be made useful for e-mail, word processing and other basic tasks. The RAM could be upgraded to 8MB but RAM upgrades were expensive and 4MB could be enough for those basic tasks. Alternatively, upgrading from 4MB to 6MB was a cheaper alternative then going to 8MB. The hard drive could also be upgraded from the standard 20MB or 40MB drive up to at least 1GB. External drives were also an option. If only modern MacBooks were as upgradeable. Other potential upgrade options include a modem (up to 9600bps external or 2400bps internal), upgraded System Software (up to 7.5.5), and there was plenty of Internet software available including MacPPP, MacTCP, NCSA Mosaic 1.0.3, MacWeb, Eudora, LeeMail, Pegasus, NewWatcher, Fetch, Anarchie, AOL 2.1, and more.

    How To

    • Switch to HFS+ – HFS+ was a new file system that came with MacOS 8.1. This tutorial guides you through upgrading from MacOS 8 and HFS to MacOS 8.1 and HFS+.
    • Know It All about Finder Views – A guide to configuring how Finder displays files and file info.
    • Avoid Stupid Webmaster Mistakes – Web 1.0 webmaster tips including tips about GIF interlacing, avoiding useless pages, correcting grammar and spelling, including alt image tags, linking back to the home page, and more.

    Every Month

    • Editor’s Note – Lamenting the end of the Newton MessagePad.
    • Letters – Letters from readers about the PowerMac 6100, Steve Jobs, and more.
    • Get Info – The latest Mac related news including new G3 vs. Pentium II benchmarks, better support from Iomega (including for Zip, Jaz and Ditto drives), IBM experiments with 1 GHz PowerPC chip, and more.
    • Cravings – A look at some of the latest tech gear, including the Kodak DCS 520 Digital Camera ($14,995 for 1728×1168 resolution), DirectCD (using CDs like floppies), DaynaStar FastHub 8 (an 8-port 100 Megabit hub for $269), Action Files (file manager/finder), and Lapdog (a lapdesk for your PowerBook).
    • Reviews
      • Dreamweaver 1.0 – a WYSIWYG HTML editor
      • Microsoft Internet Explorer
      • Elastic Reality 3.1 – morphing/warping graphics software)
      • Multi-Ad Creator 2 – a tool for creating small documents such as ads and brochures
      • Claris Home Page – an HTML editor

      • Mac Picasso with 3D Overdrive – a 2D video card with an optional 3D module based on the 3Dfx chipset…for $550
      • VideoShop 4.0/3D – A non-linear video editing app
      • PlusMaker 1.0.1 and PlusMaximizer 1.0 – Tools for converting to HFS+ without erasing data and for using smaller 0.5K block sizes
      • Racing Days R – Racing game from Feral Entertainment
      • Shattered Steel – A mech game from Logicware
      • …and more!
    • PowerPlay – Games coverange including a preview of Intellivision Lives!, a look at Quake conversions X-Men: the Ravages of Apocalypse and Malice, Diablo and Starcraft updates, and more.
    • Ask Us – Questions answered about RAIDs, reordering columns in Finder, Photoshop troubleshooting, ink for the Color StyleWriter 1500, invisible files, copying large files to multiple floppies, and more.

    …and more!


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