March 1982 — Vol 4 No 3
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Open original PDF • March 1982 • Vol 4 No 3 • 48 pages
Overview
First "Co-editorial" (Urban joined by Wasserstrom). Cover-highlighted technical content: Richard Untied's "Applesoft INPUT (Quotes, Commas, Colons and Spaces)"; Walt Mills's "What Is a 16K RAM Card and Why It Is in My Slot 0?"; Dennis J. Reeder's "Letter Quality Printing at Reasonable Prices"; and "Computer Music Systems" by Paula Benson and Bernie Benson (another family contribution). Tom Riley reports on home-built paddles progress. Jay Thal writes "Apple Sider" (cooling). 1981 Table of Contents printed as an index for the year. Nick Santelli reviews The Apple Speller.
Table of contents
| Section | Page |
|---|---|
| Cover with highlights | 1 |
| Computerland + Paragon seminars ad | 2–3 |
| Membership; Classifieds; Co-editorial; Event Queue | 3 |
| President's Corner — David Morganstein | 4 |
| Progress Report: Home-Built Paddles — Tom Riley | 4 |
| Minutes; SIG News | 5 |
| Questions, Questions, Questions — Mark L. Crosby | 6 |
| Notices | 6 |
| Group Purchase Power — Rich Wasserstrom | 7 |
| Tidbits from NEWSIG Workbook — Bernie Benson | 7 |
| WAP Hotline | 8 |
| A Page from the Stack — Vance and Jill Giboney | 10 |
| SIGAMES News — John Alden | 12 |
| Applesoft INPUT (Quotes, Commas, Colons and Spaces) — Richard Untied | 14 |
| What Is a 16K RAM Card and Why It Is in My Slot 0? — Walt Mills | 16 |
| Letter Quality Printing at Reasonable Prices — Dennis J. Reeder | 20 |
| Computer Music Systems — Paula and Bernie Benson | 22 |
| Appleseeds Corner | 26 |
| The Apple Speller: A Review — Nick Santelli | 27 |
| A Spelling Exercise Program — Walt Mills | 28 |
| Change SRTDIR to PAKDIR — Paul Ternlund | 33 |
| Apple Sider — Jay Thal | 34 |
| Letter to the Editor — Howie Mitchell | 34 |
| Table of Contents — 1981 WAP Newsletters | 38 |
| Library and Magazine Order Forms; Tutorial Registrations | 41–43 |
Articles
"Applesoft INPUT (Quotes, Commas, Colons and Spaces)" — Richard Untied
Cover-highlight. Applesoft INPUT has notorious issues with embedded punctuation — Untied's workarounds.
"What Is a 16K RAM Card and Why It Is in My Slot 0?" — Walt Mills
Cover-highlight. Slot 0 RAM card explainer — bridges newcomer audience to language-card concepts.
"Letter Quality Printing at Reasonable Prices" — Dennis J. Reeder
Cover-highlight. Daisywheel/letter-quality printer roundup at the lower end of the price spectrum.
"Computer Music Systems" — Paula Benson and Bernie Benson
Cover-highlight. Music systems for Apple — covers ALF, Mountain Hardware Music Card, Soundchaser.
"The Apple Speller: A Review" — Nick Santelli
Review of The Apple Speller — early Apple spell-checker.
Other content
- Progress Report: Home-Built Paddles — Tom Riley: continues paddle-construction theme from Dec 1981 / Jan 1982
- Tidbits from NEWSIG Workbook — Bernie Benson: NEWSIG knowledge-base contributions
- Apple Sider — Jay Thal: another cooling DIY (joking "Apple Cider"?)
- Change SRTDIR to PAKDIR — Paul Ternlund: directory-utility tweak
- A Spelling Exercise Program — Walt Mills
"Table of Contents — 1981 WAP Newsletters" (page 38)
Year-in-review index for 1981's 11 issues. Useful navigation aid for the growing membership.
Club news / events / announcements
- Pi co-editorial begins
- March Pi meeting: Mar 27
Notable advertisements
- Computerland Tysons Corner
- Paragon Associates seminars at Westpark Hotel (Tysons): Effective Time Management, Memory, Writing Well, Communication ($120–$210)
- Clinton Computer / Frederick Computer continuing
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Mark L. Crosby, Dana Schwartz, Jesse Wagstaff, John Moon, Nancy Philipp, Rich Wasserstrom, Bernard Urban, Genevie Urban, Bob Peck, Howard Lefkowitz, Boris Levine, Jill Giboney, Vance Giboney, Tom Riley, Richard Untied, Walt Mills, Dennis J. Reeder, Paula Benson, Bernie Benson, Nick Santelli, Paul Ternlund, Jay Thal, Howie Mitchell, John Alden Topics: Applesoft INPUT Quirks, 16K RAM Card Slot 0, Letter Quality Printers, Apple Music Systems, Apple Spelling Software References: The Apple Speller, Paragon Associates, Westpark Hotel, ALF Music Cards
Connections to other issues
- Computer Music Systems extends 1979-04 — V01 N03 Music for Greenapples (Rick Hodder) and 1980 Mountain Hardware music demo
- Tom Riley paddles continues from his January 1982 piece
- 1981 TOC index aids the growing membership find back issues
Open questions
- Did Co-editorial format continue?
- "The Apple Speller" — was it the Sensible Software product or another?