March 1986 — Vol 8 No 3
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Overview
Tom Warrick continues as President. ★★ DESKTOP PUBLISHING ARRIVES AT PI in force — driven by the Mac Plus Launch + LaserWriter Plus just announced: "Apple II Desktop Publishing" (Richard Rowell, p20) + "Here Comes Desktop Publishing" (Martin Kuhn, p22) + dPub SIG (J Condren, p24) — dPub SIG (Desktop Publishing) launches its column here. ★ Microsoft Excel: A Review (Lynn R. Trusal, p54) + Using Excel to do Taxes (Trusal, p57) — Trusal extends his Excel coverage. ★ "][ in a Mac" (Lawrence Husick, p38) — Husick on running Apple II software via emulation on the Mac (probably StartGate or similar). "HFS Follies Update" (Tom Warrick, p50) — Warrick continues HFS troubleshooting from 1986-02 — V08 N02. "Macintosh Plus Connectors" (Jonathan E. Hardis, p64) — technical reference. "Legal Time Reporting on Mac" (Rosemary Connelly, p51). "Computer Shopper: Magazine Review" (Merle Block, p11) — the new mag. "The Best of Apple III: Part 2" (David Ottalini, p14) — continues Ottalini's series. "DPub SIG" (J Condren, p24) — column launches. "Lap Computers as Apple Accessories" (George V. Kinal, p25). "Electronic Stock Trading" (Kinal, p26). "The REM-arkable REM" (Gary Hayman, p28). "OMP Utilities: A Review" (Mark Blass, p32). "Square-Root Routine for Forth" (Chester H. Page, p33). "Basic → Pascal Translation" (Robert V. Rusk, p34). The IIGS announcement is approaching but unmentioned yet.
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| Apple Teas | Amy T. Billingsley | 8 |
| Computer Shopper: Magazine Review | Merle Block | 11 |
| DisabledSIG News | Jay Thal | 13 |
| The Best of Apple III: Part 2 | David Ottalini | 14 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 16 |
| GAMESIG News | Ronald Wartow | 18 |
| The Halley Project: A Review | Thomas Johnston | 18 |
| AutoDuel: A Review | David Granite | 19 |
| ★ Apple II Desktop Publishing | Richard Rowell | 20 |
| ★ Here Comes Desktop Publishing | Martin Kuhn | 22 |
| ★ DPub SIG (debut) | J Condren | 24 |
| Lap Computers as Apple Accessories | George Kinal | 25 |
| Electronic Stock Trading | George Kinal | 26 |
| The REM-arkable REM | Gary Hayman | 28 |
| Square-Root Routine for Forth | Chester H. Page | 33 |
| Basic → Pascal Translation | Robert V. Rusk | 34 |
| ★ ][ in a Mac | Lawrence Husick | 38 |
| SigMac News | Brooks Leffler | 40 |
| Mac Q & A | Jonathan E. Hardis | 41 |
| MacNovice | Ralph J. Begleiter | 46 |
| Softviews | David Morganstein | 48 |
| HFS Follies Update | Tom Warrick | 50 |
| Legal Time Reporting on Mac | Rosemary Connelly | 51 |
| 'EXCEL'ing With Your Mac | David Morganstein | 52 |
| ★ Microsoft Excel: A Review | Lynn R. Trusal | 54 |
| Using Excel to do Taxes | Lynn R. Trusal | 57 |
| Review Corner | James M. Burger | 60 |
| Macintosh Plus Connectors | Jonathan E. Hardis | 64 |
| Best of the Mac Items - UBBS | Regina Litman | 65 |
Highlights
★★ Desktop Publishing arrives in force
The Mac Plus + LaserWriter Plus combination kicked off Apple's "Apple Desktop Publishing" branding — the term Apple coined for the integrated Mac + LaserWriter + PageMaker workflow. Pi's response is immediate: two desktop-publishing feature articles + the dPub SIG column launches.
Microsoft Excel on Mac — Lynn R. Trusal
Trusal's review (after his Frederick Apple Core launch in 1985-03 — V07 N03 established him) — third Excel piece in three months at Pi, reflecting how serious Pi was about the Mac-as-business-computer story.
][ in a Mac — Lawrence Husick
Husick covers Apple II emulation on the Mac — a workaround for Pi members who needed to keep running Apple II software during the Mac transition.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Richard Rowell, Martin Kuhn, J Condren, Lawrence Husick, Lynn R. Trusal, Jonathan E. Hardis, David Morganstein, Rosemary Connelly, Bruce F. Field, Robert C. Platt, Ronald Wartow, David Ottalini, Merle Block, George V. Kinal, Gary Hayman, Chester H. Page, Robert V. Rusk, Mark Blass, Brooks Leffler, Ralph J. Begleiter, James M. Burger, Amy T. Billingsley, Jay Thal, Thomas Johnston, David Granite, Regina Litman, Jim Little, Euclid Coukouma Topics: Desktop Publishing Era 1986, dPub SIG, Apple Desktop Publishing, Microsoft Excel on Mac, Apple II Emulation on Mac References: Microsoft Excel, LaserWriter Plus, OMP Utilities, Computer Shopper
Connections to other issues
- dPub SIG column launches; continues through Vol 8 and Vol 9
- HFS Follies thread continues from 1986-02 — V08 N02
- Trusal's Excel coverage is the second of three (Excel Review + Excel Taxes here; Excel Power earlier 1986-02 — V08 N02)
- Apple Desktop Publishing era opens; PageMaker references appear from this issue