November 1988 — Vol 10 No 11

Overview

Robert C. Platt President. ★ Tenth Anniversary Banquet announced (4) — Pi turns 10 in February 1989; banquet plans begin here, and the Dec issue runs the "Tenth Anniversary congratulations" cover. Six cover hooks: Computer Programs & Cognitive Learning Styles, Using the Computer as an Instructional Tool, Automatic RAM Disk Rebuild for IIGS, MacNovice 1988 Gift Givers Guide, Illustrator 88 version 1.6, True Form: Answer to Form Inundation. Cognitive Learning Styles (Linda Van Zee, 12) — first of two-part education-tech series; pt 2 in 1988-12 — V10 N12. The Computer as an Instructional Tool (Ray Settle, 14). Automatic Ram Disk Rebuild for IIGS (Linda Van Zee, 26). Command.Com: A Review (Jim Pendarvis, 15) — IBM-PC-style command line for Apples. Program Interface SIG (PI-SIG) News (Robert Golden, 16). IIGS Stuff: Finder and Desktop Hints (Ted Meyer, 18). September IIGS SIG Meeting Report (Paul Tarantino, 18). New //e-Plus and DTP Programs (Joe Wagovich, 20). Telecom SIG News (Dave Harvey, 22). Importing Print Shop Graphics into Publish.It! (Gary Hayman, 23) — Hayman's first Pi byline here, becomes a long-running Apple II author. The Data Processor (George Koelsch, 24). Group Character Recording & MFM (Roettcher & Robert Golden, 25). Reflections on My First AppleFest (Owen Crabb, 27). Best of the Apple Items from the TCS (Paul Schlosser, 28) — Schlosser returns. WAP Acrostic (Dana J. Schwartz, 34). Apple's Taylor Pohlman on GS Basic (Lomartie & David Ottalini, 35) — interview with Apple's Taylor Pohlman on GS BASIC; Part 2 in Dec. On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 36). GameSIG News (Steven Payne, 38). Mac side: Moebius (Mac): A Review (David Granite, 38). The Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, etc. (Stephen Granite, 39). Space Quest 2: Roger Wilco, Over and Out (David Wood, 40). King's Quest III (Ian Soboroff, 40). Reach for the Stars GS (David Wood, 41). Tomahawk GS (David Wood, 41). Annapolis Apple Slice News (Katherine M. Cave, 42). Computers in the Work Place (Joseph A. Hasson, 43). "Genesis": A Reprint (Bruce Wolfe, 47). TRASH Revisited (Fred Seelig, 47). ★ The Alan Kay Video: A Review (Phil Shapiro, 50) — review of an Alan Kay educational video; striking inclusion as Pi's first significant Kay-mention. September Mac Meeting Report (Karen Rall, 51). ★ MacNovice: 1988 Gift Givers Guide (Ralph J. Begleiter, 52) — Begleiter's annual holiday-gift-guide tradition begins. Mac Q & A (Marty Milrod & David Morganstein, 54). Adventures in 4th Dimension (David Morganstein, 58) — Morganstein's coverage of 4th Dimension (4D) database. ★ Illustrator 88 v1.6 (Tetzlaff & Cabitto, 62) — Adobe Illustrator 88 review at v1.6. Mac Bits and Bytes (Lynn R. Trusal, 68). ★ True Form: Answer to Form Inundation (Phil Noguchi, 72) — pre-PDF form-fillable-document tooling. A Long Word Wiser (John A. Love III, 74). ★ FullWrite Professional: A Review (Karen Rall, 77) — Ann Arbor Softworks' FullWrite Pro. On HyperCard: Part 3 (Kenneth Knight, 79) — Knight's HyperCard series continues. HyperCard SIG News (Robert C. Platt, 80). Best of the Mac TCS (Bill Baldridge, 82). Mac Disketeria News (David Weikert, 88). HyperCard Dev. Guide: Book Review (Robert C. Platt, 94).

Highlights

★ Tenth Anniversary Banquet announced

Pi's 10th anniversary (Feb 1979 founding) approaches. Banquet planning begins this issue; the Dec issue cover congratulates the club; 1989-01 — V11 N01 is the formal 10th Anniversary Issue with Platt's history article + officer roster.

Linda Van Zee on Cognitive Learning Styles (Pt 1)

Pi expands its education-tech coverage beyond LogoSIG/EDSIG into formal cognitive-psychology terrain. Pt 2 in Dec covers application implications.

Apple's Taylor Pohlman on GS Basic

Interview with Apple Computer's Taylor Pohlman about the upcoming GS BASIC — gives Pi members a direct line to Apple Cupertino programming leadership.

Alan Kay video review — Phil Shapiro

Shapiro reviews a video by Alan Kay — the first sustained Pi engagement with Kay's PARC-era / Dynabook / educational-computing vision.

Pi-only-mention items

True Form (Phil Noguchi) is one of the more unusual reviews — a pre-PDF form-fillable document tool. TRASH Revisited (Fred Seelig) is a self-deprecating retro-look. "Genesis" reprint (Bruce Wolfe) is sci-fi-flavored.

Entities

People: Robert C. Platt, Linda Van Zee, Ray Settle, Jim Pendarvis, Robert Golden, Ted Meyer, Paul Tarantino, Joe Wagovich, Dave Harvey, Gary Hayman, George Koelsch, Owen Crabb, Paul Schlosser, Dana J. Schwartz, Taylor Pohlman, David Ottalini, Steven Payne, Katherine M. Cave, Joseph A. Hasson, Phil Shapiro, Karen Rall, Ralph J. Begleiter, Marty Milrod, David Morganstein, Lynn R. Trusal, Phil Noguchi, John A. Love III, Kenneth Knight, David Weikert, Bill Baldridge, Alan Kay, David Granite, Stephen Granite, David Wood, Ian Soboroff, Bruce Wolfe, Fred Seelig, Tetzlaff, Cabitto, Lomartie Topics: Pi Tenth Anniversary, Educational Computing, FullWrite Professional, GS BASIC References: Illustrator 88, FullWrite Professional, 4th Dimension, Moebius (Mac), Command.Com, True Form

Connections to other issues

• Tenth Anniversary arc: announced here → Dec 1988 congratulations → 1989-01 — V11 N01 10th Anniversary Issue
• Cognitive Learning Styles: Pt 1 here → Pt 2 in 1988-12 — V10 N12
• Taylor Pohlman / GS BASIC: Pt 1 here → Pt 2 in 1988-12 — V10 N12
• HyperCard arc continues from 1988-09 — V10 N10 / 1988-10 — V10 N10