April 1985 — Vol 7 No 4

Overview

David Morganstein continues as President (penultimate year — handoff to Warrick Aug 1985). ★ "The MacWorld Exposition" (Bernard Urban, p48) — Urban reports on the first MacWorld Expo (which had launched 1985, the iconic Mac trade show that would run through 2014). ★ "What's Wrong with MS Word" (Martin O. Milrod, p51) — Milrod's first Pi byline, signed Martin O. Milrod (later just Marty). He becomes a recurring Pi voice through the late 1980s and dies 1993 (tribute in 1993-09 — V15 N09). "AppleWorks Tax Template, 1984" (Paul Koskos, p12) — tax-season template. "Mac Q & A" now bylined a trio: Landing, Anderson & Shuck (p45) — column expands. "Mac Hints" (Brooks Leffler, p44). "Fast Graphics for the Mac" (Lynn R. Trusal, p44) — Trusal extends from Frederick into technical Mac content. "Apple ][ Pascal to MacPascal" (Robert C. Platt, p56) — Pascal-to-Pascal porting between platforms. "Lap Computer as an Apple Peripheral" (Kurt Holter, p23) — Holter uses an early laptop as an Apple I/O front-end. "The Sider Hard Disk" (Jim Kellock, p36) — First Class Peripherals' Sider, the dominant Apple II hard disk of 1985. "Micro Security Issues" (Joseph T. Kelley, p38) — early information-security piece. "Us Against Them" (Ronald Wartow, p40) — Wartow's gaming commentary. "Interfacing the //c to HP Laserjet" (E. L. Chang, p7) — first Apple-to-Laserjet piece. "Speeding in Applesoft" (Rick Chapman, p34). "Comm. 64 Basic to Applesoft" (Kinal & Gross, p22) — Commodore-to-Apple BASIC porting. "Letter Qual. Printing with AW & Epson" (Paul Ross, p30). "Timemaster II and Neptune" (Paul L. Lewis, p41) — clock cards. MacNovice: Writing a Letter (Ralph J. Begleiter, p50) — Begleiter's column established.

Table of contents (selected)

Highlights

MacWorld Exposition reported — Bernard Urban

First MacWorld Expo just happened; Urban reports for Pi. MacWorld would become Apple's flagship trade event for two decades; Pi sent contingents almost yearly.

Martin O. Milrod debuts

Milrod becomes a familiar Pi voice through the late 1980s. His "What's Wrong with MS Word" debut (Microsoft Word 1.05 for the Mac, recently shipped) is contrarian — a sign Milrod will not be Pi's Microsoft cheerleader.

Sider Hard Disk reviewed

First Class Peripherals' Sider, the most popular Apple II hard disk of 1985 — a Pi member-tinkerer favorite for its open architecture.

Entities

People: David Morganstein, Bernard Urban, Martin O. Milrod, Paul Koskos, Adrien Youell, Ralph J. Begleiter, Robert C. Platt, Lynn R. Trusal, Bruce F. Field, Ronald Wartow, Dave Harvey, George V. Kinal, Kurt Holter, Lowell H. Bahner, Chester H. Page, Rick Chapman, Jim Kellock, Joseph T. Kelley, Paul L. Lewis, Ellen L. Bouwkamp, Steve Hunt, Brooks Leffler, Don Landing, William Donelson, Michael Miller, Dana J. Schwartz, John L. Day, Paul Ross, Gary Hayman, Charlene Ryan, Peter Combes, Jay Thal, James Gwertzman, Raymond Hobbs, E. L. Chang Topics: MacWorld Expo, Microsoft Word on Mac, AppleWorks Templates, Sider Hard Disk, Mac BASIC Mac Pascal Cross-Port References: Sider Hard Disk, Microsoft Word, MacWorld Expo, HP LaserJet, Macintosh

Connections to other issues

• Martin O. Milrod debut — Milrod becomes a recurring voice through 1985-1993; tribute on his death 1993-09 — V15 N09
• Mac Q&A team expands to trio Landing/Anderson/Shuck (from Hunt+Landing in 1984-07 — V06 N07)
• Trusal's Fast Graphics for Mac extends his Frederick Apple Core debut 1985-03 — V07 N03
• MacWorld Expo coverage opens a long Pi tradition (Pi sends contingent almost yearly through 2008)