April 1987 — Vol 9 No 4
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Overview
Tom Warrick continues as President (his last year — Bob Platt takes over Aug 1988). ★★ Backdrop: Mac II + Mac SE launched March 2, 1987 at Apple's "AppleWorld '87" event — both expandable Macs (Mac II is the first slot-based Mac; Mac SE has internal expansion). Pi's coverage opens here. ★★ "AppleWorld '87 Special Report: Part 1" (Tom Warrick, p54) — Warrick's own coverage of the event. ★ "The New Macs in England" (Peter Trinder, p59) — Trinder reports on Mac II + SE reception in the UK. ★ "Microsoft Word 3.0 Review" (Bonnie L. Walker, p48) — Word 3.0 for Mac (the buggy release that became Microsoft's poster child for QA failure). ★ "MindWrite: A Review" (Fred Seelig, p46) — Symantec's MindWrite. ★ "GraphicWorks" (J. Tom DeMay Jr., p44). "Desktop Publishing To Go" (Loren Yager & Jane Yager, p40) — portable DTP. "WAP Elections" (p37) — election cycle begins. "Apple II News and Notes" (Walt Mossberg, p14) — Mossberg's second column installment. "Annapolis Apple Slice News" (Steven Toth, p18) — Toth takes over from Claire Johnson. "Macintosh and Buick" (Chris Sandberg, p66) — Mac in marketing. "Pawn for the Apple II Series" (Reid Hutchinson, p20) + "Pawn on the Mac" (David L. Porter, p21) — paired Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls) reviews. "Mac Assembly: Two Book Reviews" (Bruce F. Field, p80). "MacNovice: Family Tree" (Ralph J. Begleiter, p50) — Begleiter on genealogical use of the Mac. "Excelling on Your Mac: Part 11" (David Morganstein, p68). "Library Lookup in Excel" (Richard J. Byrd, p72). "Another Look at 'Mac'azines" (Mike Ward, p82). "Take 1 (Apple II): A Review" (Bob Oringel, p35). "Webster's New World Spelling Checker" (Ken Bishop, p30). "Turtle Graphics for the Apple II" (Guy McCarthy, p28). GameSIG cluster: Bronze Dragon (Wartow), King of Chicago (Shipley), War in the South Pacific (Mangus), Wrath of Denethenor (Hall), Realm of Possibility (Lucas), Run5 Magazine (Hancock). "On the Trail of the Apple ///" (David Ottalini, p9) + "The Apple /// New Members Disk" (p10).
Table of contents (selected)
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| EDSIG News | Peter Combes | 5 |
| On the Trail of the Apple /// | David Ottalini | 9 |
| AppleWorks SIG News | Ken DeVito & Peg Matzen | 11 |
| Apple II News and Notes | Walt Mossberg | 14 |
| PI SIG News | Robert Golden | 16 |
| Stock SIG News | Andrew D. Thompson | 17 |
| Annapolis Apple Slice News | Steven Toth | 18 |
| Pawn for the Apple II Series | Reid Hutchinson | 20 |
| Pawn on the Mac: A Review | David L. Porter | 21 |
| Bronze Dragon | Ron Wartow | 22 |
| The King of Chicago: A Review | Lester Shipley | 23 |
| War in the South Pacific: A Review | Ben Mangus | 23 |
| Wrath of Denethenor: A Review | Charles Don Hall | 24 |
| Realm of Possibility: A Review | Tom Lucas | 26 |
| Run5 Magazine: A Review | Chris Hancock | 26 |
| Outlining A Runway in Flt Simulator | Thomas Johnston | 27 |
| Turtle Graphics for the Apple II | Guy McCarthy | 28 |
| Webster's New World Spelling Checker | Ken Bishop | 30 |
| Best of the Apple Items from TCS | Lou Pastura | 32 |
| Take 1 (Apple II): A Review | Bob Oringel | 35 |
| WAP Elections | — | 37 |
| dPub SIG News | Steven Payne | 38 |
| Desktop Publishing To Go | Loren & Jane Yager | 40 |
| GraphicWorks | J. Tom DeMay Jr. | 44 |
| MindWrite: A Review | Fred Seelig | 46 |
| ★ Microsoft Word 3.0 Review | Bonnie L. Walker | 48 |
| MacNovice: Family Tree | Ralph J. Begleiter | 50 |
| ★★ AppleWorld '87 Special Report: Part 1 | Tom Warrick | 54 |
| View from the Hill | Rich Norling | 56 |
| Developer's View | Jim Lanford | 58 |
| ★ The New Macs in England | Peter Trinder | 59 |
| Mac Q & A | Jonathan E. Hardis | 60 |
| Frederick Apple Core, Macintosh Bits and Bytes | Lynn R. Trusal | 62 |
| Macintosh and Buick | Chris Sandberg | 66 |
| Excelling on Your Mac: Part 11 | David Morganstein | 68 |
| Library Lookup in Excel | Richard J. Byrd | 72 |
| Musements | Fred Seelig | 74 |
| Mac Assembly: Two Book Reviews | Bruce F. Field | 80 |
| Another Look at "Mac"azines | Mike Ward | 82 |
| Best of Mac Items from TCS | Bill Baldridge | 83 |
| CP/M and ProDOS Disketeria Notes | John Bell | 89 |
| Mac Disketeria Notes | Dave Weikert | 90 |
Highlights
Mac II + Mac SE launch
Apple's biggest Mac event since Mac Plus: Mac II (open, slot-based, 32-bit color capable, 68020) and Mac SE (closed but with one internal expansion slot, faster than the Plus). Together they bring the Mac into both creative/CAD and corporate seats.
Microsoft Word 3.0 review — Bonnie L. Walker
Word 3.0 for Mac shipped buggy in March 1987 — became the canonical example of Microsoft's then-poor QA on Mac. Walker's review captures the moment.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Walt Mossberg, Bonnie L. Walker, Fred Seelig, J. Tom DeMay Jr., Peter Trinder, Loren Yager, Jane Yager, Steven Toth, Chris Sandberg, Reid Hutchinson, David L. Porter, Ron Wartow, Lester Shipley, Ben Mangus, Charles Don Hall, Tom Lucas, Chris Hancock, Thomas Johnston, Guy McCarthy, Ken Bishop, Bob Oringel, Lou Pastura, Mike Ward, Richard J. Byrd, Ralph J. Begleiter, Robert C. Platt, Bruce F. Field, David Morganstein, Peter Combes, David Ottalini, Ken DeVito, Peg Matzen, Robert Golden, Andrew D. Thompson, Steven Payne, Jonathan E. Hardis, Lynn R. Trusal, Jim Lanford, Rich Norling, Bill Baldridge, John Bell, Dave Weikert, George V. Kinal Topics: Mac II Launch, Mac SE Launch, AppleWorld 87, Microsoft Word 3 Bugs, Mac International, Pi 1987 Election References: Macintosh II, Macintosh SE, Microsoft Word 3.0, MindWrite, Pawn, GraphicWorks
Connections to other issues
- Mac II + Mac SE launch is the year's biggest Apple hardware event
- AppleWorld '87 Special Report Pt 1 — Pt 2 expected in subsequent issues
- Mossberg "Apple II News and Notes" continues from 1987-03 — V09 N03 launch
- Steven Toth takes Annapolis Slice from Claire Johnson
- 1987 Pi Elections cycle begins — election results 1987-08 — V09 N08 WAP 1987 Operating Statement