March 1988 — Vol 10 No 3
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Overview
Four Assemblers for the IIGS (Richard Sanders & Ted Meyer) — comparative review of 65816 assemblers, a serious developer resource. MacNovice covers MultiFinder (Ralph J. Begleiter) — Apple's cooperative multitasking layer (rolled out 1987) finally gets newcomer-level explanation. The Legacy of Daryl Anderson (David Ottalini) — a tribute piece, suggesting an Apple /// community member's passing. An Open Letter to Jean-Louis Gassée by Phil Shapiro — addressed to Apple's then-VP of Product Development. Federal SIG launches under Dan Adkins. Developer's View: San Francisco MacWorld (Bill Hole) — coverage of Macworld Expo SF 1988. Object Logo: A Review (Jessica Weissman) — early object-oriented Logo for Mac. Excel SIG / Discussion Group (Larry Feldman) now active.
Table of contents (selected)
| Section | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| Annapolis Apple Slice News | Katherine M. Cave | 9 |
| WordPerfect 1.1 (Apple II) | Bob Oringel | 10 |
| Q & A | Robert C. Platt & Bruce F. Field | 12 |
| IIGS Stuff: BASIC & Some Books | Ted Meyer | 16 |
| Two Pascals for the IIGS | Ted Meyer | 18 |
| Four Assemblers for IIGS | Richard Sanders & Ted Meyer | 20 |
| Smoothtalker: OK, But What Good Is It? | Brian G. Mason | 26 |
| Program Interface SIG (PI-SIG) | Robert Golden | 28 |
| An Open Letter to Jean-Louis Gassée | Phil Shapiro | 29 |
| Best of the Apple Items from TCS | Alexander Barnes | 30 |
| The Legacy of Daryl Anderson | David Ottalini | 34 |
| On the Trail of the Apple /// | David Ottalini | 35 |
| GameSIG News | Steven Payne | 38 |
| Calculus for a New Century: Final Rpt | Joseph A. Hasson | 40 |
| Stock SIG News | Andrew D. Thompson | 48 |
| Federal SIG News | Dan Adkins | 49 |
| MacNovice: MultiFinder | Ralph J. Begleiter | 50 |
| Developer's View: SF MacWorld | Bill Hole | 54 |
| Macinations | Robb Wolov | 56 |
| Softviews | David Morganstein | 58 |
| Excelling on Your Mac: Part 18 | David Morganstein | 64 |
| Excel SIG / Discussion Group | Larry Feldman | 63 |
| Object Logo: A Review | Jessica Weissman | 66 |
| Word Footnotes Made Easy | Charles R. Geer Jr & Milrod | 67 |
| HyperCard News | Robert C. Platt | 73 |
Highlights
Four Assemblers for IIGS — Richard Sanders & Ted Meyer
Comparative review of four 65816 assemblers for the IIGS — Pi's developer community treating the IIGS as a serious platform.
MacNovice: MultiFinder — Ralph J. Begleiter
MultiFinder (cooperative multitasking, launched with System 5 in late 1987) explained for novices. A pivotal Mac OS evolution.
Legacy of Daryl Anderson — David Ottalini
Tribute piece — likely an Apple /// community member's passing. Ottalini is the dean of Pi's Apple /// coverage.
Open Letter to Jean-Louis Gassée — Phil Shapiro
Direct addressed criticism to Apple's then-VP of Product Development. Shapiro is one of Pi's most prolific editorial voices.
Federal SIG launches — Dan Adkins
SIG for federal government Apple/Mac users — fitting for DC.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Robert C. Platt, Katherine M. Cave, Bob Oringel, Bruce F. Field, Ted Meyer, Richard Sanders, Brian G. Mason, Robert Golden, Phil Shapiro, Alexander Barnes, David Ottalini, Daryl Anderson, Dana J. Schwartz, Steven Payne, Dave Brouwer, Reid Hutchinson, Joseph A. Hasson, Paul Koskos, David Morganstein, Cynthia Yockey, Andrew D. Thompson, Dan Adkins, Ralph J. Begleiter, Bill Hole, Robb Wolov, Lynn R. Trusal, Larry Feldman, Jessica Weissman, Charles R. Geer Jr., Martin Milrod, Adrien Youell, Siew Youell, Dan Hughes, David Todd, David Weikert Topics: MultiFinder, Federal SIG, Excel SIG, IIGS Assemblers, MacWorld Expo SF 1988 References: Object Logo, Smoothtalker, Gutenberg 3.0, WordPerfect (Apple II), Patchmania, Defender of the Crown, NBA (game), Grappler, Delta 3.2 Medical Record System
Connections to other issues
- MultiFinder is a milestone in the long Mac OS evolution — successor to System 4
- Federal SIG joins Stock SIG, dPub SIG (Desktop Publishing), AV-SIG, HyperCard SIG as 1986-88 era new SIGs
- Excel SIG reflects Microsoft Excel's dominance on Mac
- Walt Mossberg's "Apple II News and Notes" continues from 1988-02 — V10 N02 (no separate Mossberg piece this month)