Odds & Ends: Retrospect 4.2 documentation online; MacCPU column; more

Retrospect 4.2 documentation online Regarding our previous report that the Help file for Retrospect 4.2 is not included with the update, Mark Phillips informs us that the Retrospect 4.2 documentation is now available from the Dantz web site. "This includes the updated Read Me files, User's Guide, Release Notes, and the spiffy new HTML based Help system." The web page also notes: "If you downloaded the Retrospect 4.2 Updater after November 2, 1999, the Retrospect documentation is included with the updater."

I am Customer! Hear me roar! Bob Moriarty's latest column on MacCPU voices his strong opinions about Adobe and a G4 bug in the Altivec code for Photoshop (noted here previously). It also comments on the demise of Packard Bell and its implications for Apple.

stamps.com on a Mac David Renteria notes that while stamps.com does not have Mac software, their Windows software works fine with Virtual PC.

DVD-RAM discs cannot be startup discs A reader reminds us that a DVD-RAM disc cannot yet be used as a startup disk (see Apple TIL article #60235).