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MathType 5.1 for Macintosh
1394b FireWire 800 Cardbus PCMCIA Host Adapter
1394B FireWire800 Active Repeater/Hub
XPRESS KEYBOARDS Now Available In Stores Worldwide
<oXygen/> XML Editor & XSLT Debugger
Roxio's Software Chosen by Pacific Digital for Multi-Format Double Layer DVD
Runtime Revolution 2.2 for Linux and Unix Now Available[/url]
MathType 5.1 for Macintosh
MathType 5.1 for Macintosh supports Microsoft Office 2004 and also contains several improvements and bug fixes. We recommend upgrading to 5.1 even if you do not use Office 2004. MathType 5.1 is free to all licensed users of MathType 5.0. Your 5.0 registration number will work in 5.1. Major New Features and Improvements
• Fully compatible with Office 2004, including the Office 2004 30-day Test Drive.
• MathType 5.1 can now open EPS files containing TIFF and WMF previews created by MathType for Windows.
• MathType's Symbol and MT Extra fonts now support bold/italic printing on OS 9 and in EPS files.
• The Insert Inline Equation and Convert Equations commands in Word now work properly in Word's Outline view.
• The Export to MathPage command in Word now handles colored symbols, equation borders and equation background colors properly.
• The Page Up and Page Down keys now work properly in MathType.
How to Upgrade from MathType 5.0
• Registered users of MathType 5.0 do not need to purchase MathType 5.1, it's available for download free of charge. If you prefer to have MathType 5.1 on CD, it's available for a nominal charge by contacting our Sales dept at the phone number below.
• Click the Download link below to start downloading MathType 5.1. If your browser asks you to Open or Save, choose Save and choose a location on your computer. When the download has completed, run the file you downloaded. You do not need to remove MathType 5.0 before installing 5.1.
Note: Your 5.0 registration number will work in 5.1, but if you have previously entered your 5.0 number you will not need to enter it again when upgrading to 5.1.
How to Upgrade from MathType 3.7 and earlier
• Registered users of MathType 3.7 and earlier can purchase the MathType 5.1 for Mac upgrade for $49.95. Order online or call 800-827-0685, Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Pacific Time (GMT –8).
For more information, visit:
http://www.mathtype.com/en/products/mathtype/mtm_newversion.htm
1394b FireWire 800 Cardbus PCMCIA Host Adapter
Compliant with Win98SE, ME, 2K, XP, Linux (check your distribution for drivers), and Mac OS 9x (1394a only) or higher, our 1394a, 1394b, FireWire, FireWire 800 CardBus adapter provides end users and System Integrators a unparallel feature and performance.
The 1394b Cardbus host adapter fully compliants OHCI and designed with 1394b chip set from TI (TI TSB81BA3 (PHY) and TSB82AA2 (LYNX)), the 1394 controller chipset leader. With our 1394bCB host adapter notebook computers can be network together, transfer data at 800mbps transfer rate
The 1394b cardbus adapter has with two 9 pin 1394b ports, one 6 pin 1394a port and a DC input power connector, therefore no need for purchasing the expensive cable, adapter (9 to 6) in order to connect your existing or new peripheral devices and includes a switching power adapter (DC 12V/1.5A output) which provides sufficient bus power for 1394b 1394a device operations
Requirements:
• Available 32 bit CardBus slot - this will NOT work in a 16 bit pcmcia slot
• FireWire 800 1394b users: OS 10.2.4 and greater; Win98SE, ME, 2K, XP
• FireWire 400 1394a users: Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS 10.x; Win98SE, ME, 2K, XP
Key Features
• Two FireWire800 1394b ports and One FireWire 1394a port
• Two chips TI solution TI TSB81BA3 (PHY) and TSB82AA2 (LYNX)
• Supports IEEE 1394a-1995, 1394a-2000 and 1394b
• Daisy Chain up to 63 devices
• Transfer rate upto 400 Mbps 1394a and 800Mbps 1394b
• Full compliance with PCI 2.2 specification
• Window98SE, ME, 2K, XP 1394b drivers included
• Support Win98SE, ME, 2K, XP, Linux (check your distribution for drivers), Mac OS X
• Includes external power source (12V/1.5A output)
• Includes one 1394a 6 pin cable
• Includes one 1394b 9 pin cable
1394b FireWire 800 Cardbus DTK $89.99USD
For more information, visit:
http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php/products_id/698
1394B FireWire800 Active Repeater/Hub
Features
• Provides 3-Port splitter for 1394b connection
• Supports 1394b as well as backward compatible with 1394a (using the appropriate cable or adapter)
• Bus-powered by FireWire connection, external power supply included
• Interchangeable faceplate to match other desktop equipment
• Transfer Rate: Up to 800Mb/sec FireWire800
• Hot-swapping capability
• Easy installation, no jumper or ID setting or software
• Compatible with Windows98SE/Me/2000/XP and MacOS 8.6/9.x/X
Introduction
Leading the latest DV and storage technology is the DFB-804 3-Port repeater/hub for FireWire800/1394b device. The DFB-804 hub/repeater is designed to extend and expand the FireWire800 interface with additional ports and longer cable distance.
Backward compatible with FireWire400 (1394A) devices, the DFB-804 1394b hub/repeater is the best investment for DV and storage connectivity.
Unit comes with international external power supply
Specifications
• Interface Connectors: FireWire: 3 x (IEEE1394b 9-Pin)
• External Power Supply: 5V, 1A (optional)
• OS Compatibility: OS Independent, IEEE1394B Compliant
• Software/Media None
• Dimensions: 3.5” x 2.5” x 1.25”
• Enclosure Material/Color: Plastic
• Warranty: 1 Year
• Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE P1394b revision 1.33 at 1Gigabit Signaling Rates
• Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394a-2000 and 1394-1995 Standard for High Performance Serial Bus.
• Fully Interoperable With Firewire™, i.LINK ™, and SB1394™, Implementation of IEEE Std 1394
• Full 1394a-2000 Support Includes: Connection Debounce, Arbitrated Short Reset, Multispeed Concatenation, Arbitration Acceleration, Fly-By Concatenation, Port Disable/Suspend/Resume, and extended Resume Signaling for Compatibility With Legacy DV Devices 98.304 MHz
• Provides Two Fully backward compatible, (1394a-2000 Fully-Compliant) Bilingual 1394b Cable Ports(port0,port1) at up to 800 Megabits per Second (Mbits/s)
• Provides Three 1394a-2000 Fully-Compliant Cable Ports at 100/200/400 Megabits per Second (Mbits/s)
DTK 1394b 3-Port Repeater/Hub - $79.99USD
For more information, visit:
http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php/products_id/526
XPRESS KEYBOARDS Now Available In Stores Worldwide
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS has announced that XPRESS KEYBOARDS for Windows and Mac OS X are now available in stores worldwide.
XPRESS KEYBOARDS is a new series of software instruments combining the sound of three famous vintage keyboards with maximum ease of use and affordability. It includes the B4 XPRESS vintage organ, the PRO-53 XPRESS virtual analog synthesizer and the FM7 XPRESS digital FM synthesizer, all derived from NI´s professional software instruments and providing the same uncompromising sound quality at a fraction of the price.
XPRESS KEYBOARDS are available individually for $ 49 / 39 Euro or as a bundle for $ 99 / 79 Euro per Direct Download in the NI Online Shop. Furthermore, the bundle is available on a CD for $ 119 / 99 Euro which can also be purchased from authorized retailers worldwide.
For more information, see
http://www.ni-xpress.com
<oXygen/> XML Editor & XSLT Debugger
The simple and elegant look of the <oXygen/> XML Editor combined with the complete coverage of the XML editing features have made it popular in both the corporate and academic worlds. It provides the necessary tools for the document creation and presentation.
The documents can be created and validated against any user defined schema. The smart context sensitive editing saves time and guarantees a minimum number of validation errors. The documents can be published in a wide range of formats including HTML, PDF, PostScript using the built-in or external processors. Developers can use <oXygen/> for authoring document schemas and for editing and debugging the XSL stylesheets needed for the presentation layer. The integration with the document repositories is made through the WebDAV and FTP protocols.
Key features
• Different perspectives: source editor, XSLT debugger, tree viewer/editor.
• Can be used as standalone desktop application, run through Java Web Start or as an Eclipse plugin.
• Support for XML, XSLT, XML Schema, Relax NG , DTD and NRL schemas.
• Validate XML Schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs and NRL schemas themselves.
• Outliner.
• Support for editing remote files over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV.
• Multilanguage support: English, German, French, Italian and Japanese.
• Generate HTML documentation from XML Schemas.
• Conversions from DTD, Relax NG schema or a set of documents to XML Schema, DTD or Relax NG schema.
• XML Catalog support.
• New XML document wizards to easily create documents specifying a schema or a DTD.
• Pretty-printing of XML files.
• Apply XSLT and FOP transformations.
• Preview transformation results as XHTML or XML or in your browser.
• Drag&drop support.
• Batch validate selected files in project.
• Configurable external tools.
• Easy error tracking - locate the error source by clicking on it.
• Mac OS X ready.
• Plugin support.
• XSLT debugging support using Xalan and Saxon as XSLT processors.
• Non blocking operations, you can perform validation and transformation operations in background.
• Ready to use FOP support to generate PDF or PS documents.
• Validate XML documents with XML Schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs or NRL schemas.
• Bookmark support.
• Experimental XInclude support.
• Spell checking supporting English, German and French including locals.
• Support for document frameworks: Docbook and TEI.
• Context sensitive content assistant driven by XML Schema, DTD or by the edited document structure.
• Unicode support.
• Syntax coloring for XML, DTD, Relax NG compact syntax, Java, C++, C, PHP, Perl, etc.
• Easy configuration for external FOPs.
• XPath search and evaluation support.
• Support for document templates to easily create and share documents.
• XML project manager.
• Import HTML documents.
• Configurable actions key bindings.
• Find and replace support allows regular expressions, is XML aware, handle multiple files.
• Print documents.
New in <oXygen/> XML Editor 4.1
• XSLT Debugger in the Eclipse IDE<oXygen/> adds a new perspective to the Eclipse IDE providing a special layout that shows the source and the stylesheet documents side by side and also the results and special debugging views: "Context", "Call stack ", "Trace history", "XPath watch", "Templates ", "Variables", etc. All debugger capabilities are provided: step into, step over, step out, run, run to cursor, run to end, pause, stop.
• Matching tag highlight and navigationWhen having the cursor inside a tag name both the start-tag and the end-tag are underlined. The user can move the cursor to the matching tag using an action from the contextual menu or a shortcut.
• Support file system folders in the projectThe user may create linked folders in the project tree. A linked folder has a correspondent in the file system. When browsing the project tree the user will see the file system folders that exist in that folder. An option for refreshing the content is provided in the contextual menu.
• Import remote folders into the projectThe user may choose to import a folder that exists on a WebDAV or FTP server. The project will have a logical structure similar to the content of the remote folder. The files from all the remote sub-folders are added into the correspondent logical folders.
• Improved search supportThe find operation wraps when searching in the editor. A new option to search in the project files has been added to the contextual menu of the project tree.
• Learn attribute valuesWith this option enabled the learn document structure can learn also the values of the attributes and will present them in the content completion popup after a learn structure operation.
• Handle BOM on saveFor documents with UTF-8 encoding the user can specify if the Byte Order Mark should be written or not or preserved if a BOM was present when the document was loaded.
• Close editor tabs on middle button clickThis is a really handy way of closing the editors.
• Improved German translationAlmost all German messages were changed thanks to Thomas Becker.
For more information, visit:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/
Roxio's Software Chosen by Pacific Digital for Multi-Format Double Layer DVD
Roxio, Inc., provider of the best selling digital media software in the world and Pacific Digital Corporation, a leading supplier of storage devices and multimedia solutions, announced today that they have partnered to provide a versatile Double Layer DVD recording solution for the North American PC market. Effective immediately, Easy Media Creator 7 will begin shipping with the Pacific Digital Mach-16 Double Layer DVD Recorder.
"Pacific Digital hardware products exhibit quality and innovation, so we are pleased Easy Media Creator 7 is their software choice to include with their new feature-rich DVD Recorder," said Dave Cornella, Director of OEM Business at Roxio. "This selection of Roxio's digital media suite is an endorsement of Easy Media Creator 7's depth of capabilities, and evidence of Pacific Digital's commitment to provide customers with the most powerful, easy to use hardware and software solution available."
Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 Basic is a complete digital media suite that extends beyond burning, enabling users to organize, edit, preserve and share their digital photos, music, video and data -- all within one integrated product. The new double layer capabilities of Easy Media Creator 7 Basic, combined with Pacific Digital's new multi-format Double Layer DVD recorder, will permit users to burn up to 8.5GB of data, nearly twice the 4.7GB capacity of a single layer disc, or record up to four hours of DVD quality video on a single DL DVD+R disc. In addition to the double layer DVD+R recording, the multi-format 16X Recorder and Roxio software combination will record data, photos, audio or video to DVD+/-, DVD+/-RW, CD-R and CD-RW media, making it a flexible choice for consumers.
"The Mach-16 Double Layer DVD Recorder was designed to be both powerful in its features and compatible with multiple formats to offer the widest possible range of capabilities," said Tony Tate, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Pacific Digital. "With its wide array of tightly integrated components that include everything from video and photo editing to comprehensive CD and DVD authoring and burning capabilities, Easy Media Creator 7 was a one-stop shop that enabled us to deliver a comprehensive solution."
The Pacific Digital Mach-16 Double Layer DVD Recorder including Roxio's Easy Media Creator 7 Basic will be available in June 2004 through authorized resellers, specialty stores and mail order partners in North America for an SRP of $149.99 USD.
For more information, visit:
http://www.roxio.com
Runtime Revolution 2.2 for Linux and Unix Now Available
Runtime Revolution has announced the availability of Revolution 2.2 for Linux and most major Unix platforms. This latest release of the award winning software development environment provides a whole host of new features. Revolution is the user-centric development tool for users of all abilities. With Revolution developers can write software for Linux, Unix, Macintosh and Windows. In addition to Linux and Unix Revolution 2.2 is currently available for Macintosh and Windows.
Revolution 2.2 offers enhancements for users on every major platform including:
-New standalone application builder
-Improvements to the database linked controls
-Additions to the Transcript programming language
-Enhanced performance and stability for the engine and development environment
-Plus a range of new features for applications running on Mac OS X and Windows
"Revolution 2.2 is the user-centric development tool of choice for Windows and Macintosh developers, we're delighted to be making it available on Linux and Unix." said Kevin Miller, CEO of Runtime Revolution, adding "With several awards and nominations under our belt Revolution Studio and Enterprise are the premier choice for the time conscious software developer with Express ideal for home and educational use."
Revolution Express is available priced $149, with Revolution Studio and Enterprise priced from $299 and $899 respectively.
Revolution 2.2 for Unix is currently available for FreeBSD, BSDI, HP-UX and SGI Irix.
Information on pricing, versions, and local distributors, as well as a free 30-day trial edition of Revolution for all supported platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, classic Mac OS, Linux and Unix, is available at:
http://www.runrev.com
Charles W. Moore
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