February 1990 — Vol 12 No 2

Overview

The Outlook for Macs in Washington (Thomas S. Warrick, page 22) — Warrick "looks into his crystal ball" — DC Mac market forecast. December BOD Minutes (Chris Bastian). DOS Mounter review (anonymous upload) — moving between Mac and DOS platforms. The SUM of Its Parts (Jim Board) — Symantec Utilities for Macintosh disaster-recovery. Ehman 44MB Drive (Paul Heller) — "surprisingly cheap and very effective". HP IIP Printer (anonymous) — alternate printing option. Photographing Your Computer Displays (Pete Crosta) — "by a pro" — capturing CRT screens on film. MacEnvelope 4.1 (Frank Potter). Account with CheckMark (Cindy Carter) — small-biz accounting. Programs from Quality Computers (Bob Oringel) — Apple II utilities. Facemaker (Phil Shapiro) — kids' software. WAP Artists in Review (Nancy Seferian) — column renamed from Artists on Exhibit.

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 7); President's Corner (David Morganstein, 9); December BOD Minutes (Chris Bastian, 10)

SIGs: Columbia Slice (11); AV SIG (13); WorksSIG (13); IIGS SIG (13)

General Information: WAP Artists in Review (Nancy Seferian, 16); I like your face — Part Three (Jim Donnelly, 18); Photographing Your Computer Displays (Pete Crosta, 20)

Macintosh Articles: The Outlook for Macs in Washington (Thomas S. Warrick, 22); MacEnvelope 4.1 (Frank Potter, 26); DOS Mounter (anonymous, 27); Getting From There to Here (Ralph J. Begleiter, 28); The SUM of Its Parts (Jim Board, 32); Bits and Bytes (Lynn R. Trusal, 36); Account with CheckMark (Cindy Carter, 41); HP IIP Printer (anonymous, 43); Ehman 44MB Drive (Paul Heller, 45)

Apple II: Programs from Quality Computers (Bob Oringel, 51); Cheap Computing (Ron Evry, 54); Facemaker (Phil Shapiro, 55)

Highlights

The Outlook for Macs in Washington — Thomas S. Warrick

Warrick (former Pres) on DC's Mac future — government Mac adoption, expected new product lines, market forecasts.

The SUM of Its Parts — Jim Board

Symantec Utilities for Macintosh — disaster recovery / file rescue. Symantec acquired/relaunched after S.U.M. (reviewed in Mar 1989).

Ehman 44MB Drive — Paul Heller

Cheap removable storage — SyQuest 44MB cartridges from Ehman. Heller (TCS SYSOP — confessions in Oct 89) reviews.

Photographing Your Computer Displays — Pete Crosta

Pro tips on screen photography — important for documentation/publication before screen-capture-to-print became routine.

Cheap Computing — Ron Evry

New Apple II value column — write your own programs as alternative to commercial software.

Entities

People: David Morganstein, Frank Potter, Chris Bastian, Nancy Seferian, Jim Donnelly, Pete Crosta, Thomas S. Warrick, Ralph J. Begleiter, Jim Board, Lynn R. Trusal, Cindy Carter, Paul Heller, Bob Oringel, Ron Evry, Phil Shapiro Topics: Outlook for Macs in Washington, Cheap Computing, Mac Backup/Recovery, SyQuest Removable Storage References: JMP, MacEnvelope 4.1, DOS Mounter, S.U.M. (Symantec), Ehman 44MB Drive, HP IIP, CheckMark, Facemaker

Connections to other issues

• Thomas S. Warrick (Pres 1985-88, briefly returned July 1989) writes substantive market analysis
• Cheap Computing new Apple II column reflects platform's late-stage budget identity
• I like your face series continues from 1989-12 — V11 N12 / Jan 1990