February 1989 — Vol 11 No 2

Overview

Tom Piwowar launches "Journal Business" column — new editorial role (Piwowar took over publishing operations). "Whither Goest Thou, PI" (Leon H. Raesly) — editorial provocation about Pi's direction at the 10-year mark. Raesly also starts a new "Wired" column (the TCS/telecom column, distinct from "THE WIRE" of Jan). MacWorld Expo, DC coverage (Martin Milrod) — Macworld came to DC. 10th Anniversary Letters continue from Jan's anniversary special. "Killing Those Viruses!" (Martin Milrod) — virus disinfection guide. AppleWorks GS (A.E. Hoffman) — Apple's IIGS AppleWorks rewrite (Claris's first IIGS product) reviewed. Hertzfeld on the Apple /// (David Ottalini) — Andy Hertzfeld (Mac team) on the Apple ///. LANs and Copyright Infringement (Joseph A. Hasson) — local-area network licensing.

Table of contents (selected, by category)

Club News: President's Corner (Bob Platt, 5); Journal Business (Tom Piwowar, 6); Meeting Reports (13); MacWorld Expo DC (Martin Milrod, 27); 10th Anniversary Letters (12, 20)

Comment: Letters to the Editor (19); Whither Goest Thou, PI (Leon Raesly, 21)

Games: The King of Chicago (David Wood, 50); Neuromancer (Charles Don Hall, 51); The Colony (Richard Clark, 53); Uninvited (Charles Don Hall, 53); Monte Carlo (David Wood, 54); Quarterstaff (Chris Bastian, 56)

Regulars: Wired (Leon Raesly, 23); Softviews: Exstatix (David Morganstein, 36); Best of the Apple II TCS (Lou Pastura, 68); Bits & Bytes (Lynn Trusal, 75); Macinations (Robb Wolov, 84)

Reviews: Style is Everything (Frank Potter Jr., 31); Killing Those Viruses! (Martin Milrod, 41); AppleWorks Tax Template: 1988 (Paul Koskos, 42); AppleWorks GS (A.E. Hoffman, 44); Apple Crate Hard Disks (Chris Bastian, 46); EPYX 500XJ Joystick (Phil Barnes, 47); IIGS Stuff: Medley (Ted Meyer, 66)

Tutorials: Mixing Apples and IBMs (Elaine Zeitoun, 28); Introduction to HyperCard (Bob Platt, 31); AppleWorks Spreadsheet Value Transfer (Gary Hayman, 43); LANs and Copyright Infringement (Joseph A. Hasson, 58); On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 60); Apple II Q&A (Bob Platt, 63); Drawing BIG in MacDraw II (Jess Porter, 77); Mac Q&A (Milrod & Morganstein, 78); MacNovice (Ralph Begleiter, 79)

Special: Hertzfeld on the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 47); ASCII (Ray Hobbs, 96)

Highlights

Whither Goest Thou, PI — Leon H. Raesly

Editorial at the 10-year mark asking where Pi should head — a deliberate provocation following the Jan anniversary celebrations.

Wired (new column) — Leon H. Raesly

Raesly's TCS/telecommunications column (distinct from THE WIRE that debuted in Jan). Raesly is Pi's TCS architect.

Tom Piwowar takes Journal Business

New editorial leadership — Piwowar takes over Journal publishing operations (Bernie Urban's longtime role). Piwowar later founded Pi's professional Desktop Publishing services.

AppleWorks GS — A.E. Hoffman

Claris's first IIGS product — a ground-up rewrite of AppleWorks for the IIGS (vs. simply running the 8-bit AppleWorks on IIGS).

Killing Those Viruses! — Martin Milrod

Practical Mac virus removal — nVIR/Scores still spreading.

Hertzfeld on the Apple /// — David Ottalini

Andy Hertzfeld (original Mac team) on his Apple /// roots. Page 96 of issue.

Entities

People: Robert C. Platt, Tom Piwowar, Martin Milrod, Leon H. Raesly, David Wood, Charles Don Hall, Richard Clark, Chris Bastian, David Morganstein, Lou Pastura, Lynn Trusal, Robb Wolov, Frank Potter Jr., Paul Koskos, A.E. Hoffman, Phil Barnes, Ted Meyer, Elaine Zeitoun, Gary Hayman, Joseph A. Hasson, David Ottalini, Andy Hertzfeld, Jess Porter, Ralph Begleiter, Ray Hobbs, David Weikert Topics: Journal Business Column, Wired Column, MacWorld DC, Mac Virus 1989, 10th Anniversary Letters References: Neuromancer (game), The Colony, Uninvited, Quarterstaff, Exstatix, AppleWorks GS, Apple Crate, EPYX 500XJ, Medley (IIGS), Style is Everything, Tax Template 1988

Connections to other issues

• Tom Piwowar role replaces Bernie Urban's long-running publishing leadership (Urban led 1979-88)
• Wired Column = Leon H. Raesly's TCS column (distinct from "THE WIRE" of 1989-01 — V11 N01)
• AppleWorks GS = Claris's IIGS port; complements 8-bit AppleWorks coverage
• Andy Hertzfeld's Apple /// roots — interesting Mac-team-meets-Apple-/// crossover