Welcome to 2004

As we bring in the new year, a few important points need be highlighted covered in this issue of PowerTalk.

The Twentieth Anniversary

January 24 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of the Apple Macintosh Computer, and the running of the now infamous “1984” advertisement during the Super Bowl.

It is interesting to note how that “little friendly box” captured the imagination of most of us with its thin manuals, its 12” black and white screen, its “sizeable” 128 KiloBytes of memory, its two floppy drives (but no hard drive), and the fastest processor available at the time - a 8Mhz 68000 Motorola.

Touted as the “Computer for the Rest of Us” and as the “Bicycle of the Mind”, the Macintosh did move many “into computers” for the first time.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, those days of simplicity quickly vanished, leading us to the current day GigaHz processors, GigaByte hard drives, and large format “cinema displays”.

Having a LISA with 5 and 10 Mega Byte hard drives, a whole 1 Mega Byte of Ram, and multi-tasking, we road out the “storm” until February 1987 when the Mac II was introduced.

It is somewhat amazing to examine how far and how fast Apple’s technology has taken us. What an interesting journey.

Often we wonder what happened to those “thin manuals”. :-)


New Web Page for evoy.com

We have “renovated” our website in an effort to make the experience for our Canadian user easier and more simple to navigate.

We hope you will find our new format more accessible, and our splash screen “more Canadian”. We do look forward to your feedback.

PowerCADD v6.08 for OS X and OS 9.2.2

The French Version
Finally, the French version began shipping on 29 Dec 03.

The English Version
A new update was posted on 22 Dec 03.

We strongly recommend that you download and install PowerCADD 6.08, PowerDWG 6.08, and WildTools 7.07. (updates can be downloaded from this link on our web site )

The improvements to PowerCADD in 6.08 have been of the “polishing the stone” variety but are nevertheless worth the time to install it as significant, ongoing improvements have been made to PowerDWG.

The improvements made to PowerDWG are indeed significant, particularly in the abilty to overcome the mistakes made by ACAD users that result in “postage stamp” translations.

Some the new PowerDWG features for such “problem solving” are not obvious and are best demonstrated by a call to our support line.

When you encounter a “problem dwg” file, send us a stuffed copy of the dwg file, then call us for a “walk thorough” of how to use the new PowerDWG features to solve the “problem”.

Demo Version
New demo versions have also been posted and are good source for trying out and test drivng the new updates.

These demo versions include PowerDWG and WildTools provide a facility for those who do not have PowerDWG and/or WildTools to try out their capabilities.


PowerCADD v7

Work will begin on PowerCADD v7 very soon. All user suggestions for improvements can be sent to us using the feedback link at the bottom of this article.

To inspire your imagination of what improvements can be made, review the PowerCADD Wish List