September 1986 — Vol 8 No 9
Source
Open original PDF • September 1986 • Vol 8 No 9 • 76 pages • $2.50
Overview
First issue after the 1984-85 gap in our coverage. The journal has matured into a serious magazine: 76 pages, $2.50 cover, multiple SIGs (Music, Game, AppleWorks, Mac, Apple ///), and a wide stable of recurring columns. Tom Warrick is now President (succeeded Morganstein during the gap). Cover-highlight content: "Button-Down Guide to Apple: Part II — Operating Systems" by Raymond Hobbs; "Pinpoint, Expanded AW & Auto-Start Ram Disk" by E. Eugene Carter; "Family Home Money Manager: Part 5" by Brian G. Mason; Kyan Pascal 2.0 review by Rob Calhoun; "MicroPhone, Red Ryder and Smartcom II: A Review" by Jonathan E. Hardis; SoftViews — 3 stat packages by David Morganstein.
Table of contents (selected)
| Section | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| EDSIG News | Patricia Kirby | 5 |
| On the Apple /// Trail | David Ottalini | 10 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field | 12 |
| The Musical Apple / Music SIG News | Raymond Hobbs | 14-15 |
| The Graphics Magician / GameSIG News | Chris Klugewicz | 16 |
| Button-Down Guide to Apple: Part II | Raymond Hobbs | 24 |
| AppleWorks SIG News | Peg Matzen | 26 |
| Pinpoint, Expanded AW, Ram Disk | E. Eugene Carter | 27 |
| Family Home Money Manager: Part 5 | Brian G. Mason | 34 |
| Kyan Pascal 2.0: A Review | Rob Calhoun | 38 |
| The View from Durham | Chris Klugewicz | 40 |
| Mac Q & A | Jonathan E. Hardis | 42 |
| View from the Hill | Ralph J. Begleiter | 44 |
| MacNovice Column | Rich Norling | 46 |
| MicroPhone, Red Ryder, Smartcom II | Jonathan E. Hardis | 48 |
| AppleTalk, LaserWriter, Hard Disk | Lynn R. Trusal | 52 |
| SoftViews (3 stat packages) | David Morganstein | 56 |
| Mac Vaporware Alert | Ralph J. Begleiter | 61 |
| More: A Review | David C. Jamison | 62 |
| Musements | Fred Seelig | 64 |
Plus reviews: Telestar II (Matt Nichols), Phantasie II (David Granite), Silent Service (Paul Moore), Fight Night (Paul Gans), Sword of Kadash (Barry Bedrick), Great International Airplane (Henry Herzfeld), Lap Computers Part 10 (George Kinal).
Highlights
Tom Warrick now President
Warrick (who was ABBS sysop since 1982) has ascended to President of Pi at some point during the 1984-85 gap.
Major SIG roster
The SIGs have proliferated: - AppleWorks SIG (Peg Matzen) — AppleWorks (1984) dominates Apple II productivity - Mac SIG — many Mac columns; Jonathan E. Hardis writes Mac Q&A - GameSIG (Chris Klugewicz) - Music SIG (Raymond Hobbs) - Apple /// (David Ottalini) - EDSIG (Patricia Kirby)
MicroPhone / Red Ryder / Smartcom II review — Jonathan E. Hardis
Three major Mac telecom packages compared. MicroPhone (1986, Software Ventures), Red Ryder (Scott Watson shareware, classic), Smartcom II (Hayes). Set the standard for Mac modem software.
Pinpoint / Expanded AppleWorks / Auto-Start RAM Disk — E. Eugene Carter
Pinpoint — major AppleWorks productivity extension by Pinpoint Publishing.
Kyan Pascal 2.0 review — Rob Calhoun
Apple Pascal alternative reviewed.
Club news / events / announcements
- President: Tom Warrick
- Multiple SIG schedules active
- Apple Teas continuing
Entities (highlights)
People: Tom Warrick, Raymond Hobbs, E. Eugene Carter, Brian G. Mason, Rob Calhoun, Jonathan E. Hardis, David Ottalini, Bruce F. Field, Chris Klugewicz, Peg Matzen, Patricia Kirby, Ralph J. Begleiter, Rich Norling, Lynn R. Trusal, David Morganstein, Fred Seelig, David C. Jamison, Matt Nichols, David Granite, Paul Moore, Paul Gans, Barry Bedrick, Henry Herzfeld, George Kinal, Steven Payne Topics: Tom Warrick Presidency, AppleWorks SIG, Mac SIG, Mac Telecom Software 1986, Button-Down Guide, Family Home Money Manager References: Pinpoint AppleWorks, MicroPhone, Red Ryder, Smartcom II, Kyan Pascal, Expanded AppleWorks, Telestar II, Phantasie II, Silent Service, Fight Night, Sword of Kadash
Connections to other issues
- First post-gap issue — many references to events in 1984-85 are unresolved wikilinks (Warrick's election, AppleWorks adoption, the Mac becoming central, etc.)
- See _meta/backlog for the 1984-87 missing-coverage TODO list