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A DEVELOPER'S<br />
VIEW...<br />
by Jim Lanford<br />
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This month we will take a look at updates of three<br />
products described in previous columns-the Cauzin SoftstripTM<br />
Reader, MacLightning, and Mach l-and at samples of<br />
some Adobe uploadable fonts.<br />
Cauzin Softstrip System Reader. If you read other<br />
computer magazines, you have probably noticed advertisements<br />
for the Cauzin Softstrip Reader. As I mentioned a few<br />
columns ago, we bought one in January at MacFesl. The<br />
reader works quite well. It reads strips in ads and articles without<br />
problems. It was even able to read a strip (listing Cauzin<br />
employees) on a Cauzin business card.<br />
I just received a copy of the StripperTM program. Cauzin<br />
distributes Stripper in the form of StripWare (as opposed to<br />
software). Stripper allows any Mac and ImageWriter to print<br />
low density SofLStripS. Low density strips contain about<br />
1200 bytes per strip. Cauzin is going to release a LaserWriter<br />
program which will print medium density data strips.<br />
Medium density strips contain about 2200 bytes per strip, and<br />
high density is about 3800 bytes per strip.<br />
I have included a sample Softstrip to see how this new<br />
technology will work in the WAP <strong>Journal</strong>. The test file is<br />
the Excel macro sheet described in the article in this issue<br />
entitled Excel Macro Slwrtcuts to Align Text and Format<br />
Numbers. Those of you with readers please let me know<br />
how this works.<br />
One suggestion for the WAP <strong>Journal</strong> is to publish an<br />
annual index as a text file with the fields separated with tabs.<br />
This would allow most data bases to import the file directly.<br />
(StripWare, SofLStrip and Stripper are trademarks of Cauzin<br />
Systems, Inc.)<br />
MacLightning update. The MacLightning DA spelling<br />
checker does not run with every program. For example, a<br />
WAP member called to inform me that it does not run with<br />
PageMalcer. It also does not run with MacDraw or ReadySet<br />
Go. I have successfully used it with MacWrite, Edit, Just<br />
Text and MockWrite.<br />
Mach 1 update. When I first complained to the Palo<br />
Alto Shipping company that the version of Mach 1 they sold<br />
me at MacFest did not work on the MacPlus, I was told to<br />
send my disk back with $5.00 for the update. This annoyed<br />
me since the salesman at Mac Fest assured me that it would<br />
work on the MacPlus. When someone else complained on<br />
CompuServe, they were told that free upgrades were available.<br />
When I called again, Palo Alto Shipping explained that<br />
they had forgotten to take addresses at MacFesl, and that they<br />
would be happy to send me my upgrade at no charge.<br />
When it arrived, I successfully ran the examples on the<br />
MacPlus. But when I tried some other things, it locked up<br />
the Mac, and the programmer reset switch did not recover.<br />
Adobe Fonts. Because the LascrWriter only allows a<br />
few uploadable fonts at a time, I am including the sample<br />
Adobe fonts on separate pages for manual paste up. I hope<br />
Bernie docs not get too upset with me for this.<br />
Let me know how the SofLStrips work: Jim Lanford,<br />
Micro Dynamics, Ltd., PO Box 55982, <strong>Washington</strong>, DC l-.,<br />
20011, (202) 723-0050. 1 I ,3<br />
58 <strong>July</strong> <strong>1986</strong> <strong>Washington</strong> <strong>Apple</strong> <strong>Pi</strong><br />
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