January 1990 — Vol 12 No 1
Source
Open original PDF • January 1990 • Vol 12 No 1 • 81 pages • $2.95
Overview
Volume 12 opens with Frank Potter editorial "Out with the old…". The Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse (Walter Knorr, page 20) — "Build a clearinghouse to help kids with computers" — Pi community outreach proposal. JMP review (Al Best + David Morganstein) — SAS's Mac statistics package, "for those that can handle them". Encyclopedia Macintosh (Robb Wolov) — "Ultimate information and RAM cramp" — review of Goldstein/Brown reference book. Dr. No's Rambling Prose (Phil Noguchi) — Adobe's new scheme for WYSIWYG (likely Adobe Type Manager preview). I like your face — Part Two (Jim Donnelly) — typeface column continues. In a Dither (Lisa MacNerd) — printing pictures and dithering. MacNovice: Multifinder — thanks for the memory (Ralph Begleiter). View from the Cat House (Kim Brennan) — Apple II clones and upgrades.
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 7); President's Corner (David Morganstein, 9)
SIGs: Columbia Slice (11); HyperCard SIG (12); IIGS SIG (12); WorksSIG (13); GameSIG (70)
General Information: Artists on Exhibit (Nancy Seferian, 16); I like your face — Part Two (Jim Donnelly, 18); Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse (Walter Knorr, 20)
Macintosh Articles: Dr. No's Rambling Prose (Phil Noguchi, 20); In a Dither (Lisa MacNerd, 24); JMP (Al Best & David Morganstein, 26); Encyclopedia Macintosh (Robb Wolov, 29); MacNovice: Multifinder (Ralph Begleiter, 31); But I don't understand: Mac Q&A (Morganstein & Milrod, 34); Bits & Bytes (Lynn Trusal, 36); Using Arrays in Excel (Tim Moore, 43)
Apple II: All the Right Type (Bob Oringel, 45); View from the Cat House (Kim Brennan, 46); Change-a-file (Gary Hayman, 47); Cheap computing (continued from Dec)
Highlights
Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse — Walter Knorr
Community outreach proposal — match adult Pi members with kids who need computer help. Pi reaching beyond hobbyist base.
JMP review — Al Best & David Morganstein
SAS Institute's JMP for Mac (released 1989) — interactive graphical statistics. Morganstein (stats-oriented Pi president) co-reviews.
Encyclopedia Macintosh — Robb Wolov
Goldstein & Brown reference work — "ultimate information and RAM cramp" line typifies Wolov's wit.
View from the Cat House — Kim Brennan
New Apple II column — clones (Laser 128 etc.) and upgrade paths. "Cat House" framing playful.
Entities
People: David Morganstein, Frank Potter, Walter Knorr, Phil Noguchi, Lisa MacNerd, Al Best, Robb Wolov, Ralph Begleiter, Martin Milrod, Lynn Trusal, Tim Moore, Jim Donnelly, Nancy Seferian, Bob Oringel, Kim Brennan, Gary Hayman Topics: Volume 12 Opening, Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse, I like your face Series, View from the Cat House References: JMP, Encyclopedia Macintosh, Multifinder
Connections to other issues
- Continues I like your face typeface series from late 1989
- View from the Cat House is new Apple II clones/upgrades column
- Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse echoes Patricia Kirby's long-running EDSIG outreach