Odds & Ends

UMAX SCSI scanners don't work on new G3s? Phillip Comparet was unable to use his UMAX scanner connected to his new blue and white G3 via an ATTO Express SCSI PCI card. He was told by UMAX tech support that the only UMAX scanners currently working with the new G3s are the USB models. New drivers will likely be needed for SCSI card support.

Update: Mark Grebe replies: "I talked to someone else at UMAX scanner tech support, and they checked around there, and could not confirm any problems with UMAX scanners and SCSI cards in the New G3's. They knew of no reason that their drivers would work differently with SCSI in the G3 versus any other machine. They did suggest that perhaps Phillip was using an old version of the drivers."

PowerPoint conversion bug Laurie Banne found that, when using PowerPoint 98 to save files in PowerPoint 4 format, tab settings in text boxes in the presentation are lost. Microsoft "agreed it is a bug."

CharisMac's Discribe Adds Support for ATAPI CD-R/RW Devices Discribe, CharisMac 's Macintosh-based CD mastering software, now supports ATAPI (Attachment Packet Interface) CD-recordable (CD-R) and CD re-writable (CD-RW) devices.

No more Bookshelf updates from MS Last time, we noted that Microsoft no longer intends to update Encarta for the Mac. We now have word that Bookshelf is similarly being "dropped."

Virus hoax info A reminder: Are you worried that some hoax warning you received is actually a hoax? To find out, check out DataFellows Anti-Virus Hoax Warning Page or Stiller Research Virus Hoax News (Thanks, Steve West.)

Sherlock plug-ins give no results? Gregory Martinez found that the HotBot (as found on Apple's Sherlock Plug-ins Directory) and InfoSeek (included with Sherlock) Sherlock plug-ins would never report any items in the Search Results. He contacted Apple, who confirmed the problem (at least with InfoSeek) and said they would investigate further. When I checked the Directory this morning, the HotBot plug-in was not listed. When I tried using InfoSeek, I too consistently got a "No Items Found" message.

Apple licenses latest audio technology from Spatializer From a press release: "Apple has licensed Spatializer Audio Laboratories' (OTC:SPAZ) 3-D Stereo, N-2-2, enCompass and Vi.B.E. audio software technologies. Apple plans to integrate Spatializer's next-generation audio software into its PowerBook, iMac and Power Macintosh product lines later this year."

Apple Demo Day canceled For unspecified reasons, Apple has canceled the January 23 Demo Day. The January 30 and February 6 Demo Days have not been canceled.