April 1984 — Vol 6 No 4
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Overview
David Morganstein continues as President. ★ Tom Warrick expands his Mac coverage with two pieces: Macintosh Alarm Clock (p24) — a how-to mod, and Mac Notes (p25) — recurring column launches. "Wozniak Brings Mac to DC: A Reprint" (Bart Cable, p26) — the long-awaited recap of the January 28, 1984 Departmental Auditorium meeting where Woz unveiled the Mac to Pi and the public; reprinted from outside coverage. ★ The Forth Column by Kevin Nealon (p4) launches — Nealon's recurring Forth franchise begins. "Future Directions of the Pi" (p5) — Pi formally articulates strategic direction. "Intro. to Modula 2 - Pt. 4" (Robert C. Platt, p34) closes Platt's serialized Modula 2 introduction. "Intro. to Applesoft - Pt. 4" (David Morganstein, p30) — Morganstein's parallel teaching franchise. "Notes on Softcon" (Richard D. Norling, p27) — Norling's report on Softcon, the spring software trade show. "Integrating Frames with Expert Program" (Frederick E. Naef, p28) — continuation of Naef's expert-system series from Feb. "VisiColumn: Spreadsheet Templates" (Walton Francis, p50) — Francis substitutes again for Leon H. Raesly's VisiColumn slot. "68000 AL Prog. A Book Review" (Robert C. Platt, p49). "Macintosh Alarm Clock" is the first piece of "how to actually program the Mac" content in Pi.
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | David Morganstein | 4 |
| The Forth Column (debut) | Kevin Nealon | 4 |
| Future Directions of the Pi | — | 5 |
| EDSIG News | Peter Combes | 9 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 10 |
| LOGOSIG News | Nancy C. Strange | 15 |
| A Page from the Stack | Robert C. Platt | 20 |
| Hi-Res Sketch Program on WAP 25 | George V. Kinal | 22 |
| Macintosh Alarm Clock | Tom Warrick | 24 |
| Mac Notes | Tom Warrick | 25 |
| Wozniak Brings Mac to DC: A Reprint | Bart Cable | 26 |
| More Mischief | Dan Robrish | 26 |
| Notes on Softcon | Richard D. Norling | 27 |
| Integrating Frames with Expert Program | Fred Naef | 28 |
| Intro. to Applesoft - Pt. 4 | David Morganstein | 30 |
| Intro. to Modula 2 - Pt. 4 | Robert C. Platt | 34 |
| Pascal Print Program | Jerry Crawford | 37 |
| 1001 Binary Tales: 6 Assemblers | Raymond Hobbs | 43 |
| Oh • By the Way | John A. Love III | 48 |
| 68000 AL Prog. A Book Review | Robert C. Platt | 49 |
| VisiColumn: Spreadsheet Templates | Walton Francis | 50 |
| The Bottom Line | Leon H. Raesly | 52 |
| CP/M Text Processing | George V. Kinal | 56 |
| Telecomm SIG News | Dave Harvey | 58 |
| Geopolitique 1990 & Data Capture | Bob Oringel | 59 |
| Ultima III Tips | David Wehr | 61 |
Highlights
Wozniak Brings Mac to DC — Bart Cable
Cable's reprinted recap of the Jan 28 1984 special meeting at the Departmental Auditorium with Steve Wozniak and the Macintosh. Closes the loop on the announce-and-RSVP page in 1984-01 — V06 N01 and the dedicated Mac launch issue 1984-02 — V06 N02.
Tom Warrick's Mac coverage solidifies
After contributing the canonical "Macintosh: A First Look" in 1984-02 — V06 N02, Warrick now launches a recurring Mac columns franchise. Both Mac Notes and Macintosh Alarm Clock appear in this issue.
The Forth Column launches — Kevin Nealon
Nealon assumes a Forth column slot, joining Bill Wurzel's earlier Forth coverage. Forth had a small but loyal Pi following through the mid-1980s.
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Robert C. Platt, Tom Warrick, Bart Cable, Kevin Nealon, Bruce F. Field, Peter Combes, Nancy C. Strange, Jay Thal, George V. Kinal, Richard D. Norling, Frederick E. Naef, Jerry Crawford, Raymond Hobbs, John A. Love III, Walton Francis, Leon H. Raesly, Dave Harvey, Bob Oringel, David Wehr, Dan Robrish, C. Swift, Prop. Topics: Wozniak at Pi 1984, Macintosh Launch 1984, Modula 2, Forth on Apple, Pi Strategic Direction 1984 References: Macintosh, Softcon 1984, Ultima III, Geopolitique 1990
Connections to other issues
- Closes the Jan 28 Wozniak/Mac event loop opened in 1984-01 — V06 N01 and 1984-02 — V06 N02
- Modula 2 series concludes (Pt IV) — first Platt teaching series complete
- The Forth Column (Kevin Nealon) continues through 1984+
- "Future Directions of the Pi" sets up the May 1984 election context (officer restructuring)