May 1989 — Vol 11 No 5

Overview

Jean-Louis Gassée to address Pi (cover banner) — Apple's then-VP of Product Development confirmed for a Pi visit (continuing the Phil Shapiro open-letter thread from 1988-03 — V10 N03). Open Hearing on the Second Decade (Robert C. Platt) — town-hall-style discussion of Pi's future direction. National User Group Conference (Robert C. Platt) — Platt represents Pi at the inter-club conference. Open Letter to the Members (Lynn Trusal) — a substantive open address (subject not yet examined, but page 29). My Mac Has the nVir Virus (Jack Crawford) — personal virus encounter narrative. Wingz initial impressions (Scott Anderson) + Softviews on Wingz (David Morganstein) — Informix's Mac 3D-spreadsheet competitor to Excel. Connectix Virtual (Lewis Bean) — Connectix's memory-virtualization for Mac. Dungeon Master (GS) (David Wood). 40 MB External Drives comparative (Scott Anderson).

Table of contents (selected, by category)

Club News: The President's Corner (Bob Platt, 5); Journal Business (Tom Piwowar, 7); Meeting Reports (13); Board of Directors Minutes (19); Open Hearing on the Second Decade (Bob Platt, 27); Vendor Watch (28); Moving Scene Photos (Bob Platt, 32)

Special: National User Group Conference (Bob Platt, 24); Community Service (Rick Gilmore, 24); Just a Note or Two (Ray Hobbs, 88)

Comment: Open Letter to the Members (Lynn Trusal, 29); Letters to the Editor (25); Bits and Bytes (Lynn Trusal, 54)

Games: Dungeon Master (GS) (David Wood, 47); The Play Room (Steven Payne, 46); Street Sports Football (Stephen Granite, 50); Trip to Las Vegas (David L. Porter, 51)

Tutorials: IIGS Stuff — DOS 3.3 (Ted Meyer, 34); Apple Q & A (Bob Platt, 36); Connecting Parallel Printers (Phil Shapiro, 37); The Joys of a Fast Clock and a 3.5" Drive (Phil Shapiro, 38); Publish It! 2 Tricks and Hints (Gary Hayman, 39); TimeOut Versions (David Page, 41); Best of the TCS (Paul Schlosser, 42); Ribbon Reinking Tips (Gary Hayman, 44); On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 45); Mac Q & A (Jeff Alpher, 52); Desktop Puzzling (Ron Moore, 58); My Mac Has the nVir Virus (Jack Crawford, 66); Macinations (Robb Wolov, 71)

Reviews: Plotters for the Mac (Ludwig Benner, 57); Connectix Virtual (Lewis Bean, 59); 40 MB External Drives (Scott Anderson, 61); Wingz: Initial Impressions (Scott Anderson, 61); Softviews: Wingz (David Morganstein, 62); Views and Reviews: Springboard Publisher (R Hobbs & B Oringel, 68); Wanna Make A Certificate (Martin Milrod, 70); What's the Best Answer (David Morganstein, 72)

Highlights

Jean-Louis Gassée to address Pi

Cover banner: Apple VP coming to Pi. Shapiro's 1988-03 — V10 N03 open letter helped open the door.

Open Hearing on the Second Decade — Robert C. Platt

Town-hall meeting following Whither Goest Thou and Change the WAP threads. Pi members publicly debate post-10-year direction.

My Mac Has the nVir Virus — Jack Crawford

Personal virus narrative — nVIR remains the most active Mac virus in 1989.

Wingz — Scott Anderson / David Morganstein

Informix's Wingz (released 1988) — 3D-spreadsheet challenger to Excel. Notable for HyperScript scripting.

Connectix Virtual — Lewis Bean

Memory virtualization on Mac — Connectix's pioneering virtual memory product (predates Apple's own system VM).

Plotters for the Mac — Ludwig Benner

Pen-plotter coverage for Mac CAD users.

Entities

People: Robert C. Platt, Tom Piwowar, Lynn Trusal, Jean-Louis Gassée, Rick Gilmore, Ray Hobbs, David Wood, Steven Payne, Stephen Granite, David L. Porter, Ted Meyer, Phil Shapiro, Gary Hayman, David Page, Paul Schlosser, David Ottalini, Jeff Alpher, Ron Moore, Jack Crawford, Robb Wolov, Ludwig Benner, Lewis Bean, Scott Anderson, David Morganstein, Bob Oringel, Martin Milrod, David Weikert Topics: Jean-Louis Gassée Visit, Open Hearing on the Second Decade, National User Group Conference, Mac Virus 1989, Pi Membership Drive References: Wingz, Connectix Virtual, Dungeon Master (GS), Street Sports Football, Plotters for the Mac, Springboard Publisher, Tax Pro Excel Templates

Connections to other issues

• Jean-Louis Gassée Visit follows Phil Shapiro's 1988 open letter (1988-03 — V10 N03)
• Open Hearing on the Second Decade continues Whither Goest Thou (1989-02 — V11 N02) and Change the WAP (1989-03 — V11 N03)
• Connectix Virtual — Connectix's first product, future major Mac utility brand