May 1984 — Vol 6 No 5
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Overview
David Morganstein continues as President (election forthcoming). ★ SigMac News (Ellen L. Bouwkamp, p22) launches as a regular column — Pi's institutional Mac-coverage commitment formalizes a few months after the launch. "Macintosh (—) Apple ][ Transfer" (Donald C. Schmitt, p24) — early answer to "how do I move my Apple II files to the Mac?" "Macintosh Speed Comparisons" (Richard D. Norling, p26) and "Speed of Macintosh Basic" (David Morganstein & Dave Weikert, p28) — Pi runs the first benchmarks. "Turbo Pascal: JRT's Promise Fulfilled" (Bill Seeley, p51) — Borland's Turbo Pascal arrives (then distributed by JRT). "Using WPL to Customize AW IIe" (Dianne Lorenz, p55) — AppleWriter Programming Language customization for AppleWriter //e (an Apple-Pascal–based word processor that ran scripts). "Magic Window II & AW II" (Anne F. Moeller, p56). "The Hotline Calls Back - Apple Writer II" (p54). "A Meeting With Laura Meyers" (Jay Thal, p14). "A Letter to the PreslEd" (Fulton Armstrong, p58). "Modula 2: Input/Output" (Robert C. Platt, p30) — sequel to the 4-part introduction. "Converting CP/M Files to DOS" (George V. Kinal, p61). "Educational Software" (Raymond H. Hartjen, p12) — major article. "Anchor Mark 12 Review Update" (Kinal, p47) and "Auto-Repeat Dialing" (Kinal, p48) close the Mark 12 thread.
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | David Morganstein | 4 |
| Educational Software | Raymond H. Hartjen | 12 |
| EDSIG News | Peter Combes | 12 |
| DisabledSIG News | Jay Thal | 13 |
| A Meeting With Laura Meyers | Jay Thal | 14 |
| LOGOSIG News | Nancy C. Strange | 16 |
| A Page from the Stack | Robert C. Platt | 20 |
| SIG Mac News (debut) | Ellen L. Bouwkamp | 22 |
| Macintosh (—) Apple ][ Transfer | Donald C. Schmitt | 24 |
| Macintosh Speed Comparisons | Richard D. Norling | 26 |
| Speed of Macintosh Basic | David Morganstein & Dave Weikert | 28 |
| Modula 2: Input/Output | Robert C. Platt | 30 |
| I Am What I Am | John A. Love III | 34 |
| Softviews | David Morganstein | 46 |
| Anchor Mark 12 Review Update | George V. Kinal | 47 |
| Auto-Repeat Dialing | George V. Kinal | 48 |
| Print Master Deluxe: A Review | Bob Oringel | 48 |
| Turbo Pascal: JRT's Promise Fulfilled | Bill Seeley | 51 |
| The Forth Column | Kevin Nealon | 52 |
| Stuffing Com-Ware ][ | J.T. DeMay Jr. | 53 |
| The Hotline Calls Back - Apple Writer II | — | 54 |
| Using WPL to Customize AW //e | Dianne Lorenz | 55 |
| Magic Window II & AW II | Anne F. Moeller | 56 |
| What is a Program Review? | Bob Oringel | 57 |
| A Letter to the PreslEd | Fulton Armstrong | 58 |
| Transferring Binary Files | C. Swift, Prop. | 60 |
| Converting CP/M Files to DOS | George V. Kinal | 61 |
Highlights
SigMac News launches — Ellen L. Bouwkamp
Bouwkamp's column is Pi's institutional commitment to ongoing Mac coverage as a permanent track, parallel to (rather than competing with) Apple II coverage. She co-edits Mac coverage with Steve Hunt from later 1984 on.
First Mac/Apple II file transfer — Donald C. Schmitt
The practical problem facing Pi members who owned both: how to move data between them. Schmitt's piece is Pi's first published procedure.
Mac speed benchmarks
Morganstein & Weikert run early Mac BASIC speed tests; Norling does the broader Mac speed comparison. Pi's first benchmark coverage of the new platform.
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Ellen L. Bouwkamp, Robert C. Platt, Donald C. Schmitt, Richard D. Norling, Dave Weikert, Bruce F. Field, Peter Combes, Jay Thal, Nancy C. Strange, Raymond H. Hartjen, Kevin Nealon, Dianne Lorenz, Anne F. Moeller, Bill Seeley, Bob Oringel, Fulton Armstrong, George V. Kinal, J. Tom DeMay Jr., John A. Love III, C. Swift, Prop., Laura Meyers Topics: Mac ↔ Apple II Interop, Mac BASIC, Turbo Pascal, AppleWriter WPL, Educational Software References: Macintosh, Turbo Pascal, Apple Writer II, Magic Window II, Print Master Deluxe, Anchor Mark 12
Connections to other issues
- SigMac News continues monthly through 1984 (and later co-led with Steve Hunt)
- Closes the Anchor Mark 12 thread that ran Jan-May 1984
- Sets up the May 1984 Pi election (results published 1984-06 — V06 N06)
- First Pi Turbo Pascal coverage — Pascal scene was huge at Pi