July 1984 — Vol 6 No 7
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Overview
David Morganstein continues as President (post-election; officer restructuring forthcoming). ★ SigMac News now bylined Steve Hunt (p12), joining Bouwkamp. Mac Q & A (Steve Hunt & Don Landing, p14) launches — Pi formalizes a Mac Q&A column parallel to Bruce Field's Apple II Q&A. "Apple '84" (Peter Trinder, p16) — Trinder's report on Apple's spring developer / dealer events. "Apple Maintenance" (Peter E. Rosden, p17) — Rosden's hardware reliability piece. "What Do You Want From a Data Base?" (Harold Balaban, p28). "Recovering Crashed WordStar Files" (Peter Jones, p32). "A Look at Turbo Pascal" (Peter Jones, p40) — second look at Turbo Pascal a month after Bill Seeley's launch review. "RAMDRIVE //c: Low-Cost Storage" (David Gribble, p45) — //c-era community hardware review. "WAP Poll Results" (Robert C. Platt, p43). "Adventures w/ 'Home Accountant'" (Solomon Schneyer, p30). "Auto Dial, Redial & Log-on" (Dan Rubera, p44). "PIXIT Graphics Processor" (Harry Brindley, p38). "Go Forth, But Where?" (Kevin Nealon, p42). "MacPaint Typographic 'Dingbats': A Reprint" (p48) — Mac-typography curiosity.
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | David Morganstein | 4 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 10 |
| SigMac News | Steve Hunt | 12 |
| Mac Q & A (debut) | Steve Hunt & Don Landing | 14 |
| Apple '84 | Peter Trinder | 16 |
| Apple Maintenance | Peter E. Rosden | 17 |
| A Page From the Stack | Robert C. Platt | 18 |
| Softviews | David Morganstein | 22 |
| EDSIG News | Peter Combes | 23 |
| Elementary Program Design | C. Swift, Prop. | 24 |
| What Do You Want From a Data Base? | Harold Balaban | 28 |
| Adventures w/"Home Accountant" | Solomon Schneyer | 30 |
| Notes on New Commands | C. Swift, Prop. | 31 |
| Recovering Crashed WordStar Files | Peter Jones | 32 |
| Age-Old Pie | Gary Mugford | 34 |
| Oh • By the Way | John A. Love III | 36 |
| Applesoft Tutorial | Dan Robrish | 37 |
| PIXIT Graphics Processor | Harry Brindley | 38 |
| Relocatable Find Command | Paul Taney | 39 |
| A Look at Turbo Pascal | Peter Jones | 40 |
| Go Forth, But Where? | Kevin Nealon | 42 |
| WAP Poll Results | Robert C. Platt | 43 |
| Auto Dial, Redial & Log-on | Dan Rubera | 44 |
| RAMDRIVE //c: Low-Cost Storage | David Gribble | 45 |
| Cryptogram Word List Generator | Paul A. Ternlund | 46 |
| DisabledSIG News | Jay M. Thal | 47 |
| MacPaint Typographic "Dingbats": A Reprint | — | 48 |
| I Couldn't Afford a Typewriter | C. Swift, Prop. | 50 |
Highlights
Mac Q&A column launches — Steve Hunt & Don Landing
Pi institutionalizes Mac Q&A coverage in parallel with Bruce Field's long-running Apple II Q&A column. Hunt and Landing's column runs for years.
Apple '84 — Peter Trinder
Trinder reports on the Apple events of 1984, summarizing what Apple announced and where things stand mid-year.
RAMDRIVE //c — David Gribble
A member-built RAM-disk for the new Apple //c — the kind of hardware tinkering that defined early Pi.
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Steve Hunt, Don Landing, Peter Trinder, Peter E. Rosden, Robert C. Platt, Bruce F. Field, Peter Combes, Jay Thal, David Gribble, Peter Jones, Harold Balaban, Solomon Schneyer, Harry Brindley, Kevin Nealon, Dan Robrish, Dan Rubera, Paul A. Ternlund, Paul Taney, Gary Mugford, Ellen L. Bouwkamp, John A. Love III, C. Swift, Prop. Topics: Mac Q&A Column, Turbo Pascal, Apple IIc RAM, WordStar, Apple Maintenance References: Macintosh, Turbo Pascal, WordStar, PIXIT, Home Accountant, MacPaint
Connections to other issues
- The same month's special-edition 1984-07 — Disk Library Catalog is a separate publication, not a duplicate
- Mac Q&A column continues monthly through 1984 (Bouwkamp + Hunt by 1984-11 — V06 N11)
- Turbo Pascal coverage continues from 1984-05 — V06 N05 (Seeley) → this issue (Jones)
- Note: No regular Vol 6 No 8 (August 1984) PDF in Sources; that stub remains open