November 1985 — Vol 7 No 11

Overview

Tom Warrick continues as President. ★★ "Pie Ala Mode (A Slice of WAP)" (Tom Kroll, p5) — WAP Slices framework formalizes. Pi had been a single hub since 1978; Slices were regional sub-organizations. Bernie Urban first proposed them in 1981-05 — V03 N05. The Annapolis Slice launches in 1986-10 — V08 N10. Kroll's column appears to be the launchpad. ★ "The Business Accountant" (Andy Hertzfeld & Bob Pindus, p44) — Hertzfeld (original Mac team member, author of much of the Mac System 1 ROM) appears in Pi as co-byline! He left Apple in March 1984; this is post-Apple work. ★ "Balance of Power" (Richard Bollar, p32) — Chris Crawford's Cold War strategy game on Mac, one of the seminal serious games of the era. ★ "Optimum Memory Sizes" (Martin O. Milrod & Tom Warrick, p67) — co-byline by Milrod and the President. "The Mac Board is Dead" (Leon H. Raesly, p22) — Raesly on the third-party 512K Mac upgrade market. "The SUNOL Hard Disk Story" (Nancy Harvey, p16) — SUNOL Mac hard disk. "Networks at College" (Ken Knight, p25). "Modern Lightning Protection" (George V. Kinal, p26). "Lap Computers" (Kinal, p24) — Kinal/laptop survey. "Apple Reacts" (p28) — post-September-1985-announcement Apple corporate reaction piece. "Press a Key Contest" (Gary Hayman, p27). "In My Opinion" (Brother Tom Sawyer, p29). "The Holy Grail" (Charles Don Hall, p34) — review. "Inca - Apple //e & c" (K. C. Mulcahy, p35). "Picture Mover" (Andy Scheck, p36). "I Speak Spanish to my IW" (Richard Rowell, p40) — ImageWriter foreign-language printing. "Brother CE-50 Printer" (Glenn Harris, p42). "Panasonic KX-P1091" (Michael O'Brien, p43). "MacPlots II" (Lynn R. Trusal, p64) — Trusal's plotting follow-up. "Macintosh Font Numbers" (William Jones, p66). "Valuesoft Story" (George Hohmann, p74). "Word with the Laserwriter" (Leon Moore, p75) — LaserWriter + Word.

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Highlights

★★ Andy Hertzfeld co-bylines at Pi

Andy Hertzfeld, original member of the Mac team and author of much of Mac System 1's ROM and software, co-bylines "The Business Accountant" with Bob Pindus. Hertzfeld left Apple in March 1984 and went on to found Servant, Radius, General Magic, and (much later) Google+. His name on a 1985 Pi byline is a marker of how plugged-in Pi was to the actual Mac creators.

★★ Pie Ala Mode — Slices framework

Tom Kroll's column "Pie Ala Mode (A Slice of WAP)" appears to launch Pi's Slices framework formally. Bernie Urban first proposed WAP Slices in May 1981. By 1985, Pi's growth to multiple thousands of members required regional sub-groups; the Annapolis Slice launches Oct 1986 (1986-10 — V08 N10).

Apple Reacts

A piece on Apple's corporate reaction to (presumably) the September 1985 product event reception. Apple in late 1985 was facing the post-1984-Mac-launch slump; Sculley had ousted Jobs in May 1985.

Balance of Power — Richard Bollar

Chris Crawford's Cold War simulation, one of the most acclaimed Mac games of 1985, reviewed for Pi GAMESIG.

Entities

People: Tom Warrick, Tom Kroll, Andy Hertzfeld, Bob Pindus, Martin O. Milrod, Richard Bollar, Leon H. Raesly, Nancy Harvey, Ken Knight, George V. Kinal, Brother Tom Sawyer, Lynn R. Trusal, Adrien Youell, Ronald Wartow, Charles Don Hall, K. C. Mulcahy, Andy Scheck, Richard Rowell, Glenn Harris, Michael O'Brien, Joseph Kelley, Jonathan Hardis, William Jones, Ralph Begleiter, Chuck McMath, George Hohmann, Leon Moore, Joseph Kelley, David Morganstein, Raymond Hobbs, Joe Chelena, Peter Combes, Steven Pearce, Chris Klugewicz, Bruce F. Field, Gary Hayman Topics: WAP Slices Framework, Hertzfeld at Pi, Balance of Power, Mac Memory Upgrade Market, Pi Networks Coverage References: The Business Accountant, Balance of Power, SUNOL Hard Disk, LaserWriter, MacBCPL, Picture Mover

Connections to other issues

• Pie Ala Mode column launches the WAP Slices framework; Annapolis Slice debuts 1986-10 — V08 N10
• Hertzfeld byline rare and historically significant for Pi
• Optimum Memory Sizes (Milrod + Warrick) — president + new contributor co-byline
• Apple Reacts editorial — post-Sep-1985 announcement context