Extra, extra! Macs and PCs enter the traditional world of newspaper publishing

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Newspaper automation began significantly in the 1970s when Atex Publishing Systems, now a subsidiary of Kodak, began with clients such as U.S. News & World Report, and the Boston Globe. Atex designed systems based on the DEC PDP-11-series minicomputers for professional publishing. Atex now has the largest number of installed newspaper and magazine systems in the world. Two other companies, System Integrators Inc and DuPont/Camex, joined Atex in building their own terminals, writing software for word processing, classified ad compilation, and wire collection, and created front-end systems that handled editorial and classified sections. The back-end systems handled typesetting and pasteup. In the early 1980s these publishing systems were priced at approximately $2 million for a front-end system with enough compute power for a medium-sized newspaper. Many of these systems could only output galley type. In 1991 microcomputers are encroaching into the world of daily newspapering, after the lead taken by Jonathan Seybold in 1988.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Publishing industry, Innovations, Newspapers, Automation, Applications, Seybold, Jonathan

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Apple plays the slots on fast, new Macs

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Apple Computer's new Macintosh SE and Macintosh II computers offer features needed for desktop publishing, color, larger screens, and IBM compatibility. The Mac II ($3,900), with the choice of a 12-inch monochrome ($399) or 13-inch color monitor ($999), will be most used for layout, book publishing and technical documentation. The Mac SE ($2,900) is 15 to 20 percent faster than the Mac Plus and offers more speed for writers and editors. The Mac II has six expansion slots. The SE features a slot that allows attachment of large screens. Supermac Technologies has large monochrome screens for both machines and a color monitor for the Mac II. New boards are available to make the Macs perform as PC AT's or PC XT's. Apple plans an MS-DOS interface card for transferring MS-DOS into the new Macs. Avatar Technologies announced an SE version of Macmainframe to link with IBM mainframes.

Product introduction, Monitors, Add-In/On Devices, Boards/Cards, SuperMac Technology Inc., AST Research Inc., Avatar Technologies, Apple Macintosh SE (680X0-based system)

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Time for a change

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Dennis Chesnel, project manager for Time Inc's Editorial and Manufacturing Technology Group, is working towards the incorporation of desktop publishing on a Macintosh II for production of Time's new magazine, Sports Illustrated for Kids. Chesnel believes desktop publishing capabilities will best fill the new magazine's need for vivid graphics and layouts. Chesnel has helped other Time magazines launch their use of desktop publishing systems, and works closely with vendors in evaluating their products. He says the marketplace for desktop publishing needs to be directed by desktop publishers, and feels that he can bring Time Inc up-to-date with technology.

Periodicals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Technology application, Chesnel, Dennis, Time Incorporated Magazine Co., TL

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