Abstract of INFO-MAC archived Text file 'per/tb/tidbits-299.etx' Uploaded 10/17/1995 29942 bytes TidBITS#299/16-Oct-95 ===================== Are you looking forward to upgrading to Copland next year? Apple suggests you might be waiting a bit longer. Also this week: news on Apple's printing fix for PCI Power Macs, the new location of the gaea scripting archive, info on AOL's new FTP and Web services for members, a followup to Adam's articles on digital cameras, and a detailed article on the upcoming version of Quicken, the popular personal finance package. This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: * APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- Makers of hard drives, tape drives, and neat SCSI accessories. For APS price lists, email: * Northwest Nexus -- 206/455-3505 -- http://www.halcyon.com/ Providing access to the global Internet. * Hayden Books, an imprint of Macmillan Computer Publishing Free shipping on orders via the Web -- http://www.mcp.com/ Mac Tip of the Day & free books! -- http://www.mcp.com/hayden/ * Power Computing -- 800/375-7693 -- Now shipping... The Award-Winning First MacOS Compatible! See what the press says! http://www.powercc.com/News/quotes.html * DealBITS: FDR had the New Deal; we have a New DealBITS. <--- New http://king.tidbits.com/dealbits/ -- Copyright 1990-1995 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue. Information: Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------- Topics: MailBITS/16-Oct-95 AOL Betas Member Web & FTP Services Digital Camera Redux Intuit Announces Quicken 6 Reviews/16-Oct-95 ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1995/TidBITS#299_16-Oct-95.etx MailBITS/16-Oct-95 ------------------ **Copland in 1997?** In an interview in the 16-Oct-95 issue of MacWEEK, Vito Salvaggio, the product manager for Copland, indicated Apple can no longer commit to a 1996 release for the next major version of the Mac OS. Despite public statements from Apple officials that Copland was as little as two days behind schedule, rumors of schedule problems have circulated for the last few months and many saw Apple's move to port System 7.5 to the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) by mid-1996 as a sign