November 1987 — Vol 9 No 11

Overview

Tom Warrick continues as President (last full calendar year — Bob Platt takes over Aug 1988). ★★ "HyperCard News" (Robert C. Platt, p67) — HyperCard column launches one month after the SIG (1987-10 — V09 N10). ★ dPub SIG Meeting Report — Oct 7 (Cynthia Yockey, p50) + Mac Meeting Report — Sept 26 (Cynthia Yockey, p56) — Yockey rises as Pi voice (later a speaker at the June 14, 1989 BOD meeting that removed Platt). ★ "Stripping Your GS System Disk" (David Todd, p10) — Pi IIGS power-user guide. ★ "Beginner's Guide at the IIGS Finder" (Ted Meyer, p12). ★ "Laser Printing and Mac Typesetting" (Lynn R. Trusal, p52) — Trusal advances. ★ "A View of Big Blue" (Robert Wolov, p67) — Wolov first byline (Wolov later writes Macinations and key 1988 NeXT pieces). ★ "Canvas: A Review" (Martin Milrod, p68) — Deneba's Canvas vector graphics app. ★ "Phil Shapiro 'Reading Fun: A New Shareware Disk'" (Phil Shapiro, p22) — Shapiro continues from his July debut, this time on a shareware educational disk. ★ "Documax: A Review" (Dave Doherty, p23). ★ "On the Trail of the Apple ///" (David Ottalini, p26). "Disk /// Backup for the Apple ///" (Allan M. Bloom, p28). ★ "Apple II News and Notes" (Walt Mossberg, p14). ★ "Radius Accelerator Card (and more)" (Barry D. Watts, p71). "Software Industry: Econ. Struct. Part 2" (Joseph A. Hasson, p39) — Hasson's economic-structure analysis Pt 2. "GameSIG cluster": Ogre for the Mac (Stetekluh), Balance of Power Apple II (Greco), Spy's Adventures in Europe (Hancock), Battles in Normandy (Hancock), The Fool's Errand (Payne). "Boy, Are You Going to Love These!" (Martin Milrod, p69). "MacNovice: Annual Gift-Giver's Guide" (Ralph J. Begleiter, p58). "View from the Hill" (Rich Norling, p66). "Macintosh Bits and Bytes" (Lynn R. Trusal, p63). "Hardviews" (David Morganstein, p64).

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Highlights

Cynthia Yockey rises

Yockey writes both dPub SIG and Mac meeting reports in this issue. She becomes increasingly visible as a Pi voice through 1988-1989 and is named as a speaker at the June 14, 1989 BOD meeting that removed Bob Platt as President (per backlog notes from 1989-07 — V11 N07).

Robert Wolov debuts

Wolov's "A View of Big Blue" is his first Pi byline. He becomes key Mac/NeXT voice — later writes Macinations and the Nov 1988 "What's NeXT Apple?" piece previously cited from 1988-12 — V10 N12.

Phil Shapiro continues

Shapiro's second Pi byline — his Reading Fun shareware advocacy. Sets up his later schools/community-software emphasis.

Entities

People: Tom Warrick, Robert C. Platt, Cynthia Yockey, Robert Wolov, Phil Shapiro, Lynn R. Trusal, Martin Milrod, David Todd, Ted Meyer, Joseph A. Hasson, Walt Mossberg, David Morganstein, Rich Norling, Bruce F. Field, Gary Hayman, Lou Pastura, David Ottalini, Allan M. Bloom, Robert Golden, Dana J. Schwartz, Patricia Kirby, Steven Payne, Jeff Stetekluh, Philip Greco, Chris Hancock, Andrew D. Thompson, Ralph J. Begleiter, Jim Lanford, Barry D. Watts, Bill Baldridge, Marty Milrod, Dave Weikert, Dave Doherty, Joel Broida Topics: HyperCard Era at Pi, Cynthia Yockey at Pi, Yockey 1989 Crisis Speaker, Mac Typesetting, Pi-IBM Tension References: HyperCard, Canvas, Radius Accelerator, Documax, Apple IIGS Finder

Connections to other issues

• HyperCard News column launches; continues monthly through Vol 10
• Yockey rises here; later named in the 1989 BOD vote-to-remove-Platt incident
• Wolov debut; "Macinations" / "What's NeXT Apple?" thread starts
• Mossberg "Apple II News and Notes" continues