July 1988 — Vol 10 No 7
Source
Open original PDF • July 1988 • Vol 10 No 7 • 91 pages • $2.50
Overview
AppleFest coverage dominates: "Adventures at AppleFest" group piece (Harvey Kaye, Levy, Chester H. Page, Leon H. Raesly) + IIGS Stuff: AppleFest (Ted Meyer) — Pi members went en masse to the Boston AppleFest. Win One for the Zipper (Leon H. Raesly) — review of the ZipChip Apple II accelerator. WordPerfect for the Apple IIGS (Chuck Ward) — major productivity arrival on the IIGS. Two More Desktop Publishers for Apple II (Ray Settle) — continuing the Apple II DTP coverage. Springboard Publisher (Apple II) (Bob Oringel). Federal JobLink — government job search HyperCard stack (per cover banner). Reports: The Complete Report Generator for HyperCard — HyperCard accessory. Return to USUHS — Pi's monthly meeting venue returns to the Uniformed Services University.
Table of contents (selected)
| Section | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Corner | Tom Warrick | 4 |
| Return to USUHS | — | 5 |
| Annapolis Apple Slice News | Katherine M. Cave | 6 |
| Q & A | Robert C. Platt & Bruce F. Field | 10 |
| RAM-STAR: A RAM Disk for CP/M | Art Wilson | 12 |
| Managing Your Money (Apple II) | Bob Oringel | 12 |
| Two More Desktop Publishers for Apple II | Ray Settle | 14 |
| Springboard Publisher (Apple II) | Bob Oringel | 15 |
| Bit Image Graphics: Update | Ray Settle | 14 |
| Win One for the Zipper | Leon H. Raesly | 16 |
| IIGS Stuff: AppleFest | Ted Meyer | 20 |
| Adventures at AppleFest | Kaye, Levy, Page & Raesly | 22 |
| WordPerfect for the Apple IIGS | Chuck Ward | 26 |
| On the Trail of the Apple /// | Dave Ottalini | 29 |
| AVSIG (Art & Video SIG) | Nancy Seferian | 31 |
| WAP /// SIG Disk 1028: ASCIDIF | Allan M. Bloom | 32 |
| An Open Letter to Software Publishers | David L. Porter | 33 |
| GameSIG News | Steven Payne | 34 |
| Wasteland | David Granite | 34 |
| King's Quest Three | Michael Sofaer | 35 |
| PT 109 | Dave Romerstein | 36 |
Highlights
Win One for the Zipper — Leon H. Raesly
ZipChip — drop-in Apple II accelerator (Zip Technology) that took the Apple IIe/IIc from 1 MHz to 4 MHz. Big news for Apple II owners who didn't want to migrate to the IIGS.
Adventures at AppleFest — Harvey Kaye / Chester H. Page / Leon H. Raesly / Levy
Group dispatch from AppleFest (Boston, May 1988) — Pi members covered booth highlights and announcements collectively.
WordPerfect for the Apple IIGS — Chuck Ward
WordPerfect Corp's IIGS release — a major productivity vote of confidence in Apple II from the dominant office-PC word processor.
Two More Desktop Publishers for Apple II — Ray Settle
Continuing Settle's Apple II DTP coverage; the platform's last burst before Mac DTP dominates.
Return to USUHS
Pi's monthly meeting venue returns to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences auditorium.
Entities
People: Tom Warrick, Katherine M. Cave, Robert C. Platt, Bruce F. Field, Art Wilson, Bob Oringel, Ray Settle, Leon H. Raesly, Ted Meyer, Harvey Kaye, Chester H. Page, Chuck Ward, Dave Ottalini, Nancy Seferian, Allan M. Bloom, David L. Porter, Steven Payne, David Granite, Michael Sofaer, Dave Romerstein, Robert Golden Topics: AppleFest 1988, ZipChip, USUHS Auditorium, Apple II DTP References: ZipChip, WordPerfect (IIGS), Springboard Publisher, Managing Your Money (Apple II), Federal JobLink, Reports (HyperCard), Wasteland (game), Ringwarp, PT 109
Connections to other issues
- USUHS Auditorium was Pi's earlier venue — returns here from a temporary venue (the gap years had moves)
- ZipChip / TransWarp / Apple II accelerators become a recurring theme as IIe owners delay buying IIGS
- AppleFest is the major Apple II/IIGS trade show — Pi sent contingent every year