Original text by David Pogue, Macworld May 1994.

Products mentioned in this article:

Interplay’s “Star Trek: 25th Anniversary” adventure game download, CD-ROM download with voice acting, complete playthrough on YouTube.

David Landis’ Stak Trek episode guide HyperCard stacks.

David Pogue interviewed Mark Okrand, creator of Klingon and other conlangs, for the Unsung Science podcast.

Sound Source Interactive’s audio clip collection.

Bitstream Star Trek Font Packs and AkBKukU on the legality of Bitstream’s copying of typefaces.

Star Trek Omnipedia CD-ROM and updated edition.

A little about Phil Farrand, author of the Nitpicker’s Guides and the Finale scorewriting software for the Macintosh. David Pogue/Phil Farrand interface design story from the 2005 Mac OS X Conference.