March 1987 — Vol 9 No 3
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Overview
Tom Warrick continues as President. ★★★★ "Apple II News and Notes" by Walt Mossberg (p12) — MAJOR CORRECTION: Mossberg's recurring column launches HERE, March 1987, not February 1988 as the backlog had recorded. Existing wiki entry on Mossberg said "Recurring column: 1988-02 — V10 N02 launches 'Apple II News and Notes'" — that's now confirmed wrong by 11 months. ★ "The Journal Index" (Harvey Kaye, p42) — Kaye creates the first WAP Journal Index project — predates 1988-01 — V10 N01 First WAP Journal Index by Kaye. ★ "Who Me, A SYSOP" (Leon H. Raesly, p39) — Raesly's SYSOP confessional (predates Bob Platt's famous 1989 "Confessions of a SYSOP" + Galbraith's 1985-10 — V07 N10 piece). ★ "FedSIG Corner" (Steve Crawford, p49) — FEDSIG column launches under Crawford. ★ "Growing Up Mac" (Jay Rohr, p46). ★ "Installing and Using 'The ROMSwitcher'" (David A. Hurd, p48) — Mac ROM upgrade pioneers. "AppleWorks Upgrade" (Lisa Van Horn, p17). "AppleWorks Tips and Techniques" (Richard M. Rowell, p18). "TaxMaster for AppleWorks: A Review" (Bob Oringel, p19). "Ramup: A Review" (Tom Gatewood, p20). "The Food Processor: A Review" (Bob Oringel, p23). "Mac Disketeria Notes" (Dave Weikert, p84) — Weikert's first Mac Disketeria column (recurring). "Review Corner: MacWorld Plus" (James M. Burger, p71) — Burger reviews the MacWorld Plus issue. "A Page From the Stack" (Robert C. Platt, p75) — Platt reclaims the Pascal column from Dana J. Schwartz. "Hardball for the Mac: A Review" (Peter Lindstrom, p35). GameSIG cluster: Battlefront (Hancock), Ultima I (Wartow), Bop N' Wrestle (Hakim), Sub Battle Simulator (Stetekluh), NFL Challenge (Hoff). Championship Wrestling (Michael Schor & Joel Schor, p36).
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| On the Trail of the Apple /// | David Ottalini | 8 |
| Q & A | Bruce F. Field & Robert C. Platt | 10 |
| ★★★ Apple II News and Notes (debut) | Walt Mossberg | 12 |
| Telecom SIG News | Dave Harvey | 14 |
| Stock SIG News | Andrew W. Thompson | 16 |
| AppleWorks Upgrade | Lisa Van Horn | 17 |
| Annapolis Slice News | Claire Johnson | 17 |
| AppleWorks Tips and Techniques | Richard M. Rowell | 18 |
| TaxMaster for AppleWorks: A Review | Bob Oringel | 19 |
| PI-SIG News | Bob Golden | 19 |
| Ramup: A Review | Tom Gatewood | 20 |
| The Food Processor: A Review | Bob Oringel | 23 |
| Best of Apple Items from TCS | Alexander Barnes | 24 |
| Button-Down Guide to the Apple | Raymond Hobbs | 28 |
| EDSIG News | Patricia Kirby & Jessica Weissman | 29 |
| GameSIG News | Steven Payne | 32 |
| NFL Challenge: A Review | Marc S. Hoff | 32 |
| Sub Battle Simulator: A Review | Jeff Stetekluh | 33 |
| Ultima I: A Review | Ron Wartow | 34 |
| Bop N' Wrestle: A Review | Davy Hakim | 34 |
| Battlefront: A Review | Chris Hancock | 35 |
| Hardball for the Mac: A Review | Peter Lindstrom | 35 |
| Championship Wrestling | Michael & Joel Schor | 36 |
| Pascal News | Robert C. Platt | 38 |
| ★ Who Me, A SYSOP | Leon H. Raesly | 39 |
| ★ The Journal Index | Harvey Kaye | 42 |
| ★ Growing Up Mac | Jay Rohr | 46 |
| ★ Installing and Using "The ROMSwitcher" | David A. Hurd | 48 |
| ★ FedSIG Corner | Steve Crawford | 49 |
| Mac Q & A | Jonathan E. Hardis | 50 |
| MacNovice | Ralph J. Begleiter | 53 |
| Frederick Apple Core | — | 56 |
| Macintosh Bits and Bytes | Lynn R. Trusal | 56 |
| View From the Hill | Rich Norling | 60 |
| Excelling on Your Mac | David Morganstein | 68 |
| ★ Review Corner: MacWorld Plus | James M. Burger | 71 |
| A Page From the Stack | Robert C. Platt | 75 |
| ★ Mac Disketeria Notes | Dave Weikert | 84 |
Highlights
★★★★ Walt Mossberg's "Apple II News and Notes" launches HERE
Major correction: Mossberg's recurring column launches in March 1987, not Feb 1988. The launch issue ("A Dozen Dozen for the IIGS" was 1988-02 — V10 N02 — that was a continuation, not a debut. Mossberg had been bylining Pi since 1984 (1984-06 — V06 N06 AppleWorks review) but the regular column slot starts here.
Pi's Mac Disketeria formalizes — Dave Weikert
Weikert's "Mac Disketeria Notes" column launches — runs through 1990s with Marty Milrod co-bylining.
FedSIG Corner debuts — Steve Crawford
After the Chuck Weger FEDSIG Report (1986-05 — V08 N05) launched FEDSIG, Crawford takes over the recurring FedSIG Corner column.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Walt Mossberg, Harvey Kaye, Steve Crawford, Jay Rohr, David A. Hurd, Leon H. Raesly, Dave Weikert, Robert C. Platt, Bruce F. Field, Bob Oringel, Tom Gatewood, Lisa Van Horn, Richard M. Rowell, Bob Golden, Andrew W. Thompson, Dave Harvey, Claire Johnson, Steven Payne, Patricia Kirby, Jessica Weissman, David Ottalini, Raymond Hobbs, Alexander Barnes, Marc S. Hoff, Jeff Stetekluh, Ron Wartow, Davy Hakim, Chris Hancock, Peter Lindstrom, Michael Schor, Joel Schor, Jonathan E. Hardis, Ralph J. Begleiter, Lynn R. Trusal, Rich Norling, David Morganstein, James M. Burger, Bill Baldridge, Jim Little, Dana J. Schwartz Topics: Mossberg Column at Pi, Mac Disketeria, FedSIG Column, Journal Index Project, Confessions of a SYSOP References: Apple II News and Notes Column, The ROMSwitcher, TaxMaster, Food Processor (database), MacWorld Plus
Connections to other issues
- ★★★★ Walt Mossberg "Apple II News and Notes" column actually launches here — 11 months before backlog said
- Steve Crawford FedSIG Corner runs through 1987+
- Weikert Mac Disketeria Notes column continues through 1990s
- Raesly "Who Me, A SYSOP" predates Bob Platt's 1989 "Confessions" piece and Galbraith's 1985 piece