Mac OS

• MOVING WINDOWS

This subtle improvement may have escaped the notice of veteran Mac users: Unlike in previous version of the Mac OS, under Mac OS 8.0 and later, you can move windows about by not only clicking and dragging on a window's title bar, but also by clicking and dragging on any of the window's borders.

• MAC STATION

You can have a nearly authentic PlayStation experience on your desktop G3 Mac, PowerBook G3, or iMac with these few items: a copy of Connectix' PlayStation emulator, Virtual Game Station, a PlayStation
controller, Kernel Productions' JoyPort adapter and -- if you want to use the iMac -- Griffin Technologies' iMate USB-to-ADB adapter.

The key to this puzzle is Kernel's JoyPort. This $50 doodad allows you to connect a PlayStation controller (it also accommodates Genesis and Nintendo 64 controllers) to your Mac. Just install the JoyPort software, plug the JoyPort into a spare ADB port, connect your PlayStation controller, fire up Virtual Game Station, and prepare for that authentic PlayStation experience.

If you have an iMac, you must use Griffin's iMate USB-to-ADB adapter as well as the iMate driver (available from Griffin's website). A USB version of the JoyPort is reportedly in the works, but for now you'll need the adapter.

You can find information on the JoyPort at http://www.kernel.com

and iMate info at http://www.griffintechnology.com

• WHY OH Y2K

Now that the media has finally turned away from the impeachment feeding frenzy and moved on to the Next Big Thing -- Y2K -- you may be wondering how you too can participate in this overblown exercise. Simple enough. Just download a copy of Pedagoguery Software's $38 shareware application, Y2K Software Audit.

Y2K Software Audit will scan your files and tell you which are ready for the millennial odometer shift, which aren't ready, and which the program isn't quite sure about. Until you pay for it, the program scans only 1,000 files. You can find your copy at http://www.macdownload.com.