September 1985 — Vol 7 No 9
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Overview
Tom Warrick continues as President. ★ Treasurer's Report (p6) — Warrick's financial transparency continues with a Treasurer's Report (the WAP Cash Operating Budget in 1985-08 — V07 N08 was the start). "Search for the Lost Apples" (Leon H. Raesly, p40) — Raesly's quest to inventory all Apple II content in the wild. "MacNosy: A Review" (Jonathan E. Hardis, p56) — review of Steve Jasik's MacNosy, the Mac disassembler that became the canonical Mac reverse-engineering tool. "Macintosh Revealed: Volume One" (Bonnie L. Walker, p58) — review of Stephen Chernicoff's Macintosh Revealed programming book series. "Levco 512K Mac Upgrade Kit" (Jeffrey R. Walsh, p59) — third-party Fat-Mac upgrade kit. "VersaTerm: A Review" (John Voglewede, p62) — VersaTerm Mac terminal emulator (Pacer Software, became dominant terminal app for Macs accessing VAX/UNIX). "A Macintosh Repair Story" (T. F. Lee, p63). "Correction to 'Smalltalk'" (Kurt J. Schmucker, p63). "You, Your Mac and Your Tecmar" (Robert M. Masso, p64) — Tecmar (early Mac hard disk vendor). "Tips on Using AppleWorks" (Milton R. Goldsamt, p18) + "AppleWorks and All That" (Paul Koskos, p18) + "More on AppleWorks and Printers" (Larry T. Tynes, p19) — three-piece AppleWorks cluster. "Write Away: A Review" (Bob Oringel, p20). "Speed Up Your Home Accountant" (John C. McDowell, p21). "My 640K //c with CP/M" (Leon H. Raesly, p22) + "HotLink with a //c" (Raesly, p23) — //c hardware tinkering. "An Apple /// Bibliography - Pt 2" (David Ottalini, p26). "Hacker's Forth" (Chester H. Page, p30). "Circle the Macintoshes" (Lynn R. Trusal, p52) — Trusal's "Circle" gathering-of-Macs theme.
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| Treasurer's Report | — | 6 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 12 |
| Using Apple to Help the Disabled | Boris Levine | 14 |
| Telecom SIG News | Dave Harvey | 16 |
| Tips on Using AppleWorks | Milton R. Goldsamt | 18 |
| AppleWorks and All That | Paul Koskos | 18 |
| More on AppleWorks and Printers | Larry T. Tynes | 19 |
| Write Away: A Review | Bob Oringel | 20 |
| Speed Up Your Home Accountant | John C. McDowell | 21 |
| My 640K //c with CP/M | Leon H. Raesly | 22 |
| HotLink with a //c | Leon H. Raesly | 23 |
| New CP/M Disks | Joe England | 24 |
| An Apple /// Bibliography - Pt 2 | David Ottalini | 26 |
| The View from Durham | Chris Klugewicz | 28 |
| Hacker's Forth | Chester H. Page | 30 |
| Using the WAP Reading Library | Walton Francis | 34 |
| GAMESIG | Ronald Wartow | 36 |
| Reach for the Stars, 2nd Edition | Chris Hancock | 36 |
| Gato for the Apple II | Barry & Ben Bedrick | 37 |
| Best of the WAP ABBS | =Alexander= | 38 |
| Search for the Lost Apples | Leon H. Raesly | 40 |
| The WAP "Print Shop" Library | Gary E. Hayman | 41 |
| Mac Q & A | Jonathan E. Hardis | 42 |
| MacNovice: Fantastic Fonts #2 | Ralph J. Begleiter | 46 |
| Formats with Scrapbooks | Duncan Langford | 49 |
| Softviews | David Morganstein | 50 |
| Frederick Apple Core | — | 52 |
| Circle the Macintoshes | Lynn R. Trusal | 52 |
| From Type Slugs to Lasers - Pt 2 | John S. Lee | 54 |
| MacNosy: A Review | Jonathan E. Hardis | 56 |
| Macintosh Revealed: Volume One | Bonnie L. Walker | 58 |
| Levco 512K Mac Upgrade Kit | Jeffrey R. Walsh | 59 |
| Review Corner | James M. Burger | 60 |
| VersaTerm: A Review | John Voglewede | 62 |
| A Macintosh Repair Story | T. F. Lee | 63 |
| You, Your Mac and Your Tecmar | Robert M. Masso | 64 |
| Best of the Mac ABBS | Regina Litman | 65 |
| LISA/Mac XL SIG News | John F. Day | 69 |
Highlights
MacNosy reviewed by Jonathan E. Hardis
Steve Jasik's MacNosy was the canonical Mac disassembler — the tool that opened the Mac's black box to power users and developers. Hardis's review legitimizes it for the Pi Mac community.
Macintosh Revealed reviewed
Stephen Chernicoff's Macintosh Revealed was the foundational developer book series before Inside Macintosh was widely available. Walker's review puts Pi onto the Mac-developer reading list.
Apple //c serious power-user coverage
Raesly's 640K //c with CP/M and HotLink //c pieces show the //c had grown beyond its initial portable-toy positioning into a genuine power user platform.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Leon H. Raesly, Jonathan E. Hardis, Bonnie L. Walker, Jeffrey R. Walsh, John Voglewede, T. F. Lee, Robert M. Masso, Lynn R. Trusal, Bruce F. Field, Boris Levine, Dave Harvey, Milton R. Goldsamt, Paul Koskos, Larry T. Tynes, Bob Oringel, John C. McDowell, Joe England, David Ottalini, Chris Klugewicz, Chester H. Page, Walton Francis, Ronald Wartow, Chris Hancock, Barry Bedrick, Ben Bedrick, Gary E. Hayman, Ralph J. Begleiter, Duncan Langford, David Morganstein, John S. Lee, Kurt J. Schmucker, James M. Burger, Regina Litman, John F. Day Topics: Mac Disassembly, Mac Developer Books, Apple //c Power User, Pi Treasury Transparency, Apple /// Preservation References: MacNosy, Macintosh Revealed, VersaTerm, Tecmar, Levco Upgrade, Write Away
Connections to other issues
- Treasurer's Report continues Warrick's financial-transparency posture from 1985-08 — V07 N08
- From Type Slugs to Lasers Pt 2 continues from 1985-08 — V07 N08
- MacNosy + Macintosh Revealed reviews mark the Mac-power-user era at Pi
- Ottalini's Apple /// Bibliography continues from earlier 1985 issues