April 1988 — Vol 10 No 4
Source
Open original PDF • April 1988 • Vol 10 No 4 • 91 pages • $2.50
Overview
TimeOut SuperFonts (Paul Koskos) — Beagle Bros' TimeOut series of AppleWorks add-ons reaches an enhanced-fonts module. CongressStack: A Review (Herb Jasper) — HyperCard stack about the US Congress, a notable DC-relevant HyperCard application. Macintosh and DEC Network (J. Cooper & W. Slaughter) — bridging the Mac and Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX/VMS world via DECnet. AVSIG (Arts & Video SIG) now under Nancy Seferian (Pi's continuing media/art arc). U.S. Adherence to Berne Copyright Convention (Joseph A. Hasson) — analysis of the US joining the Berne Convention (it acceded 1989). Why Curse the Cursor? (Chester H. Page) — cursor-handling tutorial. MacNovice: Outgrowing the Finder (Ralph J. Begleiter) — MultiFinder follow-up.
Table of contents (selected)
| Section | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| Feb. 27 Meeting: Connectivity | Cynthia Yockey | 4 |
| TimeOut SuperFonts | Paul Koskos | 8 |
| Why Curse the Cursor? | Chester H. Page | 10 |
| Q & A | Robert C. Platt & Bruce F. Field | 12 |
| IIGS Stuff: AppleFest and RAM Disks | Ted Meyer | 14 |
| FutureSound Review | David Wood | 18 |
| Program Interface SIG (PI-SIG) | Robert Golden | 20 |
| Best of the Apple Items from TCS | Euclid Coukouma | 22 |
| On the Trail of the Apple /// | Dave Ottalini | 28 |
| The Return of Wartow | Barry Hedrick | 30 |
| Dondra: A New Beginning | David Wood | 30 |
| Jewels of Darkness | Dave Romerstein | 32 |
| U.S. Adherence to Berne Cpyrt. Conv. | Joseph A. Hasson | 36 |
| AVSIG (Arts and Video) | Nancy Seferian | 41 |
| dPub SIG Meeting—March 2 | Cynthia Yockey | 41 |
| MacNovice: Outgrowing the Finder | Ralph J. Begleiter | 42 |
| Developer's View: Apple Wish List | Bill Hole | 46 |
| CongressStack: A Review | Herb Jasper | 48 |
| HyperCard News | Robert C. Platt | 49 |
| Macintosh Bits and Bytes | Lynn R. Trusal | 54 |
| Macintosh and DEC Network | J. Cooper & W. Slaughter | 60 |
| A Long Word Wiser: MacWrite 5.0 | John A. Love III | 63 |
| Excelling on Your Mac: Part 18 | David Morganstein | 64 |
| Excel SIG/Discussion Group | Larry Feldman | 66 |
Highlights
CongressStack — Herb Jasper
HyperCard stack about the US Congress — quintessentially DC, and an early example of HyperCard as civic-information delivery.
Macintosh and DEC Network — J. Cooper & W. Slaughter
Bridging Mac to DEC's VAX/VMS via DECnet — government Mac users needed to talk to the federal DEC infrastructure of the era.
Berne Copyright Convention — Joseph A. Hasson
Analysis of US accession (1989 — Pi covering it ahead of formal ratification). Affected software copyright.
TimeOut SuperFonts — Paul Koskos
Beagle Bros' TimeOut modular extension series for AppleWorks reaches a fonts module — significant for IIGS/AppleWorks users.
ByLaws Change announced
Notice of upcoming bylaws change to be voted on at general meeting.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Cynthia Yockey, Paul Koskos, Chester H. Page, Robert C. Platt, Bruce F. Field, Ted Meyer, Peg Matzen, David Wood, Robert Golden, Euclid Coukouma, Dave Ottalini, Barry Hedrick, Dave Romerstein, Charles Don Hall, David L. Porter, Miriam Porter, Stephen Granite, Joseph A. Hasson, Katherine M. Cave, Dana J. Schwartz, Nancy Seferian, Ralph J. Begleiter, Bill Hole, Herb Jasper, Jay Rohr, Robb Wolov, Lynn R. Trusal, J. Cooper, W. Slaughter, John A. Love III, David Morganstein, Larry Feldman, Bill Baldridge, Peter Trinder, Dan Hughes Topics: CongressStack, AppleTalk-DECnet, AVSIG (Arts and Video), Berne Copyright Convention, TimeOut Series References: TimeOut SuperFonts, CongressStack, FutureSound, The Return of Wartow, Dondra: A New Beginning, Jewels of Darkness, King's Quest III, Space Quest, Solitaire Royal, Spy's Adventure in South America, Pixel's Revenge VII, MacWrite 5.0
Connections to other issues
- AVSIG continues from 1988-01 — V10 N01 (then under Jay Williams; now Nancy Seferian)
- HyperCard coverage is now monthly under Robert C. Platt's HyperCard SIG News
- Connectivity meeting feb 27 reported here — preview of broader Apple/Mac/government interop coverage to come
