1992
While PageMaker was marketed like WindowsOS, RSG was, like Apple, the original and best of its ilk. None of the current layout programs use anything but the modular system that RSG originated. This version was the cream of the Letraset/Manhattan Graphics crop. Has the complete Pantone Matching System 747XR Series colors built in. You won't need color collaboration. Print plate-ready film as easily as quick proofs. Gets the most out of PostScript and QuickDraw printers.
The manuals here hardly have been touched. The one I had for RSG 4.5 was a lesson in layout, and the rest was cruising. One manual and one floppy are not from the original package. I left the manual at a newspaper, and the second floppy died. Fortunately, I found the exact same version by chance, so the package is complete again. Your good fortune.You don't see this often, believe me, I looked for two years.
This works so great and fast under System Update 7.6, but as originally released, it works on any 1992-era Macintosh with 2MB of RAM and a hard disk. Backwards, it is compatible with System Update 6.0.3, Finder 6.1, LaserWriter and Laser Prep 6.0, PrintMonitor 1.3 and Font/DA Mover (!) 3.8. And yes, it even works under MacOS 8.1. There's only one copy of everything here. Grab this one while you can.
1989
Blast from the past. You like to draw on the B&W Macs? Studio/1 excels. You need to retouch or create HyperCard art? Studio/1 is just what you need, even has the XCMDs. Animation? That's what this is best at. Go completely retro with your art. Three 800KB diskettes: the program, the animation disk and the HyperCard disk. Fully half the 350-page manual is reference. The metaphor here is a professional animation studio. The techniques in most of today's painting programs come from Studio/1's ability to do Shadow Effects, Three Dimensional Shapes, Patterns and Gradients in B&W. All you need is a vintage Mac with System Update 6.02 or higher. It will only occupy about 3MB of hard disk space. It loads on a Quadra '040 with System Update 7.6.1 installed, and doesn't seem to crash. This is a collectible nonetheless. As with all items on this page, look below the description box for the link Photo. Yeah, that's it, just below here!
Yeah, this is an original version of the mother of all databases for the Macintosh. You will need any vintage 1988-89 Mac Plus - II, 1MB RAM, a hard disk, System Update 6.0.3 and Finder 6.1 or later. This is a magnum opus that can design a simple geneology database for a family or an entire automation system for a small business. All depends on your time, willingness and ability. If it involves manipulating data, 4D can do.
Takes full advantage of the Mac interface to make relational database programming easier than on any platform. Design applications by using flowchart or listing editors. Add custom menus or standard Apple Design Standards menus. All with point and click ease. Create input screens and output forms with ease. Enter data of any type, pictures, you name it. Import/Export Mac or PC or mainframe data. It's the tops.
1996
A newer piece on CD-ROM, but still vintage usable, OmniPage makes your scanner and Macintosh happy together, much like a good bartender or priest function in an Irish marriage. When the scanner doesn't want to talk to the Mac, OmniPage is there to keep the communication flowing. An upgrade, but full install, to OmniPage LE or OmniPage Lite OCR, this fast, accurate and user-friendly optical character recognition package is fully automated. One click performance. Apple Guide is excruciatingly step-by-step. Want your Mac to load documents automatically after your pre-scheduled start-up at 4 a.m.? Yes, it's that automated. Manual and Setup Notes help you identify your ROM version, locate your Pixel Driver, track down the Low-Level Driver and make sure the couple talks to each other, even if your scanner is vintage. 20-pages of specific scanner information in the Notes, including Apple OneScanner, which can be had cheap. Works with Agfa, Arcus, StudioScan, LaCie, Canon, Epson, HP, Microtek, UMAX, Sharp, Visioneer, Ricoh, Nikon.....
Features include inverted text recognition, so white on black-bar text is readable; HTML conversion, Zone feature, 3D OCR, Thumbnail viewer, True Page, enhanced Painting, Direct Input and Apple Guide. Fully AppleScriptable. Create Zone Templates for scanning common items like newspapers, Canadian columns, newsletters, legal forms, you name it. Handles exports to Word, FrameMaker, HTML, Excel, you name it.
You'll need a Mac or PowerBook with a 68020 or higher. Highly recommend PowerMac. 5-8MB RAM. System Update 7.0 or better. 10MB Hard Disk space. Screen: 640x480 on up. PowerTalk is supported.
1996
If you have a 6- or 106-year-old who wants to have fun learning or playing chess, here's your answer. Not as violent as BattleChess, and better animation, this CD-ROM package works on a 68030 or PowerPC with 8MB RAM, 9MB Disk Space, 2x CD-ROM and System Update 7.0 or later. Fine on 8.1. Also Win95 on 486.
Endorsed by the US Chess Federation, Stepping Stone school program and every kid who uses it, Chess Mates' Wigby the Wizard teaches you Learning Aptitutde, Critical Thinking, Logical Strength, Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. In other words, it puts your child in an environment where those feelings are more apt to come up within them. The American Scholastic Chess Study states kids using this improve math scores, reading scores, self-esteem and grades go up by 70 percent. And it even does Windows.
Bottom line, it's fun to play and has a great chess engine, though beatable (yeah!). Schools cutting budgets? Keep the kids home and wire them up to Chess Mates. They'll never miss the classroom!