September 1982 — Vol 4 No 9
Source
Open original PDF • September 1982 • Vol 4 No 9 • 44 pages
Overview
Cover-highlight technical content: James T. DeMay Jr.'s FILEHANDLER; Bruce Baird and Jim Baird's "An Apple A Day…" (medical Apple use); Paula Benson and Bernie Benson on "CP/M and Other Things Called Operating Systems"; "Corona Starfire 5 Hard Disk" by Gordon Stubbs and David Morganstein; "A Review of GraForth — A Graphics Language" by Bruce F. Field. "WAP Helps Teach 4H Youth" notes a community outreach program. The Computer Workshop (Rockville) Grand Opening ad debuts. The IAC Responds by David M. Alpert and Ken Silverman.
Table of contents
| Section | Page |
|---|---|
| Cover | 1 |
| Computerland Tysons + Computer Workshop Rockville grand-opening ads | 2–3 |
| Membership; Event Queue | 3 |
| Meetings: Exec Board July Minutes + Aug Summary + July General | 4 |
| Classifieds; Job Mart | 5 |
| President's Corner; WAP Hotline | 6 |
| Letter to Washington Area School Districts; WAP Helps Teach 4H Youth | 7 |
| Group Purchase Power — Rich Wasserstrom | 8 |
| The Input Express — Eli Argon | 9 |
| Q & A — Bruce F. Field | 10 |
| Corona Starfire 5 Hard Disk — Gordon Stubbs & David Morganstein | 12 |
| EDSIG News — Peter Combes & Diane Lorenz | 14 |
| FILEHANDLER — James T. DeMay, Jr. | 16 |
| CP/M and Other Things Called Operating Systems — Paula & Bernie Benson | 18 |
| SIGAMES — Donn Hoffman | 23 |
| Mixed Graphics and Word Processing — Ed Knepley | 24 |
| A Review of GraForth — Graphics Language — Bruce F. Field | 26 |
| "An Apple A Day…" — Bruce & Jim Baird | 30 |
| The IAC Responds — David M. Alpert, Ken Silverman | 32 |
| The Sensible Speller; Letter to the Editor — Pascal Tip | 34 |
| New Local Bulletin Board Offers | 36 |
| Apples Go Topless — Jack Warner | 37 |
| IAC Corner — Bernie Urban | 38 |
Articles
"FILEHANDLER" (page 16) — James T. DeMay Jr.
Cover-highlight. General-purpose file management utility.
"An Apple A Day…" (page 30) — Bruce Baird and Jim Baird
Cover-highlight. Medical/health applications of the Apple.
"Corona Starfire 5 Hard Disk" (page 12) — Gordon Stubbs & David Morganstein
Cover-highlight. Review of the Corona Starfire 5 — 5 MB hard disk for the Apple. Hard disks finally accessible.
"CP/M and Other Things Called Operating Systems" (page 18) — Paula Benson and Bernie Benson
Cover-highlight. OS primer for Apple users — DOS 3.3 vs Pascal vs CP/M.
"A Review of GraForth — Graphics Language" (page 26) — Bruce F. Field
Cover-highlight. Review of GraForth, a graphics-oriented Forth dialect.
"The IAC Responds" (page 32) — David M. Alpert, Ken Silverman
IAC's official response to a critique.
"WAP Helps Teach 4H Youth" (page 7)
Community outreach — Pi assists 4-H youth programs.
"Apples Go Topless" (page 37) — Jack Warner
Cooling/access mod.
Other content
- The Input Express — Eli Argon
- Mixed Graphics and Word Processing — Ed Knepley
- SIGAMES — Donn Hoffman (new SIGAMES editor)
- The Sensible Speller review
Club news / events / announcements
- Computer Workshop Rockville grand opening
- 4H youth outreach
- September Pi meeting: Sep 25
Notable advertisements
- Computerland Tysons Corner
- The Computer Workshop — Grand opening Sep 11–18, 1776 Plaza Rockville MD
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Mark L. Crosby, Dana Schwartz, Jesse Wagstaff, John Moon, Nancy Philipp, Rich Wasserstrom, Bernard Urban, Bob Peck, Bruce F. Field, James T. DeMay Jr., Gordon Stubbs, Paula Benson, Bernie Benson, Bruce Baird, Jim Baird, Donn Hoffman, Ed Knepley, David M. Alpert, Ken Silverman, Peter Combes, Diane Lorenz, Eli Argon, Jack Warner Topics: Apple Hard Disks, CP/M on Apple, Medical Apple Use, Operating System Comparison, 4H Apple Outreach References: Corona Starfire 5, GraForth, The Sensible Speller, Computer Workshop Rockville
Connections to other issues
- Apple cooling/heat theme continues: Jay Thal Jan '82, Van Flandern Aug '82, Warner Sep '82