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Adobe HomePublisher 2.x

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Category:	Word Processing & Publishing
Year released:	1994
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Publisher:	Adobe

#1

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
adb-homepublisher-202.sit (41.64 MB)
MD5: 1247e406a2a8e74d0bc670e30876e85a
For System 6.x - Mac OS 9

#2

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
Adobe-HomePublisher-21.sit (3.90 MB)
MD5: 43c1eb870a72673269bd01aac96f499d
For System 6.x - Mac OS 9

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us [mirror]_.de
homepublisher-21.pdf

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This app works with: SheepShaver, Basilisk II, Mini vMac Mini vMac II

Adobe's DTP software, HomePublisher was yet another acquisition gained from the Aldus line-up to be absorbed into Adobe's growing stock inventory (Aldus in turn, had acquired this from Silicon Beach Software).

Previously marketed by Aldus, HomePublisher was initially known as "Personal Press", then "HomePublisher", reaching version 2.0.2 before being acquired by Adobe:

• Top DL: CD ROM .ISO image of "Adobe HomePublisher 2.0.2 Deluxe" compressed as StuffIt 3.6 ".sit" it is a 68k native software from late 1994.
  The above scan of the CD label, clearly states the content as being "Adobe HomePublisher 2.0" but it installs as "Aldus HomePublisher 2.0.2 Deluxe". Nothing has changed here from Adobe's acquisition of the Aldus HomePublisher software other than the Adobe name and branding stamped onto this CD's label.
  MD5 checksum & filename: 1247e406a2a8e74d0bc670e30876e85a *adb-homepublisher-202.sit
   
• 2nd DL: Adobe HomePublisher version 2.1 from 1996. Now both 68k & PPC native, the re-badging was updated fully and it now looked like an Adobe product throughout. This is an unregistered copy (SN is included), not in original installer form. It appears to be complete and fully functional. It was also checked clean for viruses with Disinfectant & Virex before uploading.
  MD5 checksum & filename: 43c1eb870a72673269bd01aac96f499d *Adobe-HomePublisher-21.sit

Meant for the home and small business sector, HomePublisher was still a very complex software that required learning tasks that you'd find in the major commercial DTP packages of the period such as PageMaker and QuarkXPress.

Abobe HomePublisher then languished and was shelved as a product at version 2.1

• See also:
  • Aldus Personal Press 2.0.2: The earlier 68k only version, owned and distributed by Aldus.
     
  • Aldus HomePublisher 2.0.2: The later 68k Aldus re-badging of Personal Press prior to the acquisition & takeover of Aldus by Adobe in 1994.
     
  • Apple Color Printing CD-ROM: Contains a full install version of Adobe HomePublisher Deluxe v2.1, including some 115 MB of additional clip-art, fonts, etc.

68k & PPC (FAT)

PDF manual uploaded separately.

Version 2.0.2 is 68k native, only. It will run under SSW 6.0.3 to Mac OS 9.2.2

Version 2.1 is both 68k & PPC native. Untested on earlier OS's by myself, runs fine in Mac OS 9.x

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