July 1982 — Vol 4 No 7
Source
Open original PDF • July 1982 • Vol 4 No 7 • 53 pages
Overview
David Morganstein announces "The New ABBS" — upgrade/replacement of Moon's original. VisiColumn debuts as a Walton Francis-authored regular column on VisiCalc tips and tricks. Tom Warrick writes "The IAC and Thee" — IAC member-facing perspective. Cover technical content: J.T. DeMay Jr.'s "Editing Applesoft BASIC"; Paul A. Sand's "Finding Undefined Line Numbers in Applesoft"; Roger Knights on "Signed Comparisons"; Charles K. Mesztenyi's "Space/Time Analyses of Hi-Res Algorithms." Paula Benson and Bernie Benson on database systems. Val Golding writes a Letter to the Editor.
Table of contents
| Section | Page |
|---|---|
| Cover | 1 |
| Computerland + J&A/Smith-Corona ads | 2–3 |
| Membership; Editorial; Event Queue | 3 |
| Minutes; Notices; WAP Hotline | 4 |
| SIG News; IAC Corner; Classifieds; Job Mart | 5 |
| President's Corner — David Morganstein | 6 |
| Treasurer's Report | 6 |
| EDSIG News — Peter Combes | 8 |
| SoftViews — David Morganstein | 9 |
| Q & A — Bruce F. Field | 10 |
| VisiColumn — Walt Francis | 12 |
| Tid-Bits from NEWSIG — Bernie Benson | 15 |
| Editing Applesoft BASIC — J.T. DeMay Jr. | 16 |
| The IAC and Thee — Tom Warrick | 18 |
| The New ABBS — David Morganstein | 20 |
| The Author Replies — Tom Van Flandern | 23 |
| Finding Undefined Line Numbers in Applesoft — Paul A. Sand | 26 |
| Letter to the Editor — Val Golding | 28 |
| A Page from the Stack — Jill & Vance Giboney | 30 |
| Signed Comparisons — Roger Knights | 32 |
| A Proposal for a Reading Library — Jesse Wagstaff | 36 |
| Database Systems — Paula & Bernie Benson | 38 |
| Space/Time Analyses of Hi-Res Algorithms — C.K. Mesztenyi | 40 |
Articles
"VisiColumn" (page 12) — Walton Francis
New regular column. Francis institutionalizes his VisiCalc expertise.
"The IAC and Thee" (page 18) — Thomas S. Warrick
Cover-highlight area. Warrick explains the IAC to Pi members — Urban's IAC Corner gets a member-facing companion.
"The New ABBS" (page 20) — David Morganstein
Cover-highlight. Upgrade/replacement of Moon's original BBS.
"Editing Applesoft BASIC" (page 16) — J.T. DeMay Jr.
Cover-highlight. Editing tips for Applesoft programs.
"Finding Undefined Line Numbers in Applesoft" (page 26) — Paul A. Sand
Cover-highlight. Utility for detecting GOTO/GOSUB targets that don't exist.
"Signed Comparisons" (page 32) — Roger Knights
Cover-highlight. Signed integer comparison in 6502 ASM.
"Space/Time Analyses of Hi-Res Algorithms" (page 40) — Charles K. Mesztenyi
Cover-highlight. Mesztenyi continues his Applesoft series — analyzing HI-RES algorithm trade-offs.
Other content
- Database Systems — Paula Benson and Bernie Benson
- The Author Replies — Tom Van Flandern responds to feedback on his June diskette piece
- A Proposal for a Reading Library — Jesse Wagstaff proposes books/magazines library
- Letter to the Editor — Val Golding (Call-A.P.P.L.E.)
Club news / events / announcements
- New ABBS in deployment
- VisiColumn launches
- July Pi meeting: Jul 24
Notable advertisements
- Computerland Tysons Corner
- J&A Apple/Smith-Corona TP-1 ($895) continuing
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Mark L. Crosby, Dana Schwartz, Jesse Wagstaff, John Moon, Nancy Philipp, Rich Wasserstrom, Bernard Urban, Bob Peck, Bruce F. Field, Jill Giboney, Vance Giboney, Walton Francis, Tom Warrick, J.T. DeMay Jr., Paul A. Sand, Roger Knights, Charles K. Mesztenyi, Paula Benson, Bernie Benson, Tom Van Flandern, Val Golding, Peter Combes, Ronald L. Askew Topics: New ABBS, VisiColumn, Applesoft Editing, Signed Comparisons, Hi-Res Algorithms Analysis, Database Systems on Apple, Reading Library Proposal References: The IAC and Thee
Connections to other issues
- VisiColumn institutionalizes Walt Francis's VisiCalc expertise (since 1980-12 — V02 N12)
- New ABBS replaces Moon's original (1980-09 — V02 N09)
- Mesztenyi continues his Applesoft series
Open questions
- What hardware did the New ABBS run on?
- Did Wagstaff's reading library proposal proceed?