October 1983 — Vol 5 No 10
Source
Open original PDF • October 1983 • Vol 5 No 10 • 64 pages • $2
Overview
David Morganstein President. Four cover hooks: Speeding Up Your Apple (Ed Knepley, 17), Beating "Round-Off" (Costa S. Vatikiotis, 23), The New DOS Has Arrived (William C. Jacobson, 43) — first Pi coverage of ProDOS, Apple's successor to DOS 3.3, and Some Apple //e Compatible Word Processors (William C. Jacobson, 49). The Friday Report (Leon H. Raesly, 34) — long Raesly contribution. ESCaping with GPLE (James T. (Tom) DeMay Jr., 40) — Global Program Line Editor work. Two Pascal Book Reviews (Robert C. Platt, 33). Gutenberg Word Processor: A Review (C. K. Mesztenyi, 46) — first look at Micromosaics' Gutenberg, the precursor that will get richer coverage next month. More on WordStar/Epson (Ted Rockwell, 48) — followup to the Sep piece. Apple //e–Okidata Print Commands (Lewis Aronow, 56). Superscripts/ScreenWriter/Epson (David C. Eldridge, 58). Double-Take Mysteries Solved (Bob Anderson, 41). Q & A (Bruce F. Field, 14). Program Previews (Cara Cira, 5). DISABLEDSIG News (Jay Thal, 11). EDSIG News (Peter Combes, 8). Feeding at the Trough: PIGNews (Michael Hartman, 20). I Am What I Am (John A. Love III, 55). Mid-Atlantic Computer Show ad: Oct 27-30 1983 at the Washington DC Convention Center (4th annual).
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | David Morganstein | 4 |
| Program Previews | Cara Cira | 5 |
| WAP Hotline, Dealer's Corner | — | 6 |
| EDSIG News | Peter Combes | 8 |
| Special Events | — | 10 |
| DISABLEDSIG News | Jay Thal | 11 |
| Commercial Software Library | Bob Hicks | 12 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 14 |
| A Page from the Stack | Robert C. Platt | 16 |
| Speeding Up Your Apple | Ed Knepley | 17 |
| Feeding at the Trough: PIGNews | Michael Hartman | 20 |
| Games People Play: Two Reviews | Leslie Shriner | 22 |
| Beating "Round-Off" | Costa S. Vatikiotis | 23 |
| Two Pascal Book Reviews | Robert C. Platt | 33 |
| The Friday Report | Leon H. Raesly | 34 |
| ESCaping with GPLE | James T. (Tom) DeMay Jr. | 40 |
| Printer GOSUB Routines | C. Swift | 41 |
| Double-Take Mysteries Solved | Bob Anderson | 41 |
| ScreenWriter Hotline | Peter Combes | 42 |
| The New Apple DOS Has Arrived (ProDOS) | William C. Jacobson | 43 |
| Gutenberg Word Processor: A Review | C. K. Mesztenyi | 46 |
| More on WordStar/Epson | Ted Rockwell | 48 |
| Some //e Compatible Word Processors | William C. Jacobson | 49 |
| I Am What I Am... | John A. Love III | 55 |
| Apple //e–Okidata Print Commands | Lewis Aronow | 56 |
| Superscripts/ScreenWriter/Epson | David C. Eldridge | 58 |
Highlights
The New Apple DOS Has Arrived (ProDOS) — William C. Jacobson
First Pi coverage of ProDOS — Apple's hierarchical-file-system successor to DOS 3.3, shipped fall 1983 with the //e and Apple ///. Jacobson's piece is one of the earliest user-group ProDOS reviews in print.
Some //e Compatible Word Processors — William C. Jacobson
Companion roundup the same month covering WP compatibility on the new //e — a vendor-survey form that becomes a Pi staple over the next two volumes.
Gutenberg Word Processor: First Review — C. K. Mesztenyi
A first look at Gutenberg (Micromosaics' WP with embedded font/page rendering). 1983-11 — V05 N11 covers Gutenberg + Gutenberg Jr. in depth.
Mid-Atlantic Computer Show
Major DC-area show Oct 27-30 at the Washington Convention Center — a recurring venue/event Pi attends and reports back on through the mid-80s.
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Bruce F. Field, William C. Jacobson, Leon H. Raesly, Ed Knepley, Costa S. Vatikiotis, C. K. Mesztenyi, James T. (Tom) DeMay Jr., Ted Rockwell, Robert C. Platt, John A. Love III, Peter Combes, Jay Thal, Cara Cira, Michael Hartman, Bob Anderson, Lewis Aronow, David C. Eldridge, Leslie Shriner, Bob Hicks Topics: ProDOS, Word Processors on the Apple //e, Mid-Atlantic Computer Show References: Gutenberg Word Processor, GPLE, ScreenWriter II, ProDOS
Connections to other issues
- ProDOS coverage continues in 1983-11 — V05 N11 and 1983-12 — V05 N12
- Gutenberg full coverage arrives in 1983-11 — V05 N11
- WordStar/Epson coverage thread runs 1983-09 — V05 N09 → here → and into 1984