June 1990 — Vol 12 No 6

Overview

Election Time editorial (Frank Potter). Welcome CAD-SIG (Jeff Sutton, 20) — Pi's newest SIG hits the street, focused on Mac CAD (AutoCAD, MiniCAD, Claris CAD). Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 21) — new ongoing column from the Office Manager. April & May BOD minutes published. Proposed bylaw changes (11) — last call before vote. Standing By for System 7 (Ralph J. Begleiter, 47) — Apple's upcoming OS revolution preview ("Something's coming, but what is it?"). Just The Fax, Ma'am (Jim Board) — Abaton InterFax 12/48 fax modem review. LetterWriter with a lot of pluses (Douglas M. Bloomfield) — word-processing desk accessory. Capturing the Creativity of Young Minds (Phil Shapiro) and The Promise of HyperMedia (Phil Shapiro) — two Shapiro pieces. Macinations: The Mac in Medicine (Robb Wolov) — Wolov (a physician) on medical Mac use. WAP Artists in Review features Eduardo Bodmer. Apple II SIG appears as separate SIG report (page 24).

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 5); Letters to the editor (5, 19); President's Corner (7); Proposed bylaw changes (11); April & May BOD Minutes (18); Welcome CAD-SIG (Jeff Sutton, 20); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 21)

SIGs: IIGS SIG (22); EdSIG (22); Columbia Slice (23); Apple II SIG (24); WorksSIG (24); Annapolis Slice (25); GameSIG (25)

General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Eduardo Bodmer (Nancy Seferian, 16); Capturing the Creativity of Young Minds (Phil Shapiro, 27); I Like Your Face — Part Seven (Jim Donnelly, 28); The Promise of HyperMedia (Phil Shapiro, 31)

Macintosh Articles: Macinations: The Mac in Medicine (Robb Wolov, 33); Bits & Bytes (Lynn Trusal, 35); LetterWriter with a lot of pluses (Douglas M. Bloomfield, 37); Just The Fax, Ma'am: Abaton InterFax 12/48 (Jim Board, 43); Standing By for System 7 (Ralph J. Begleiter, 47)

Apple III: Power Computing (David Ottalini, 48)

Highlights

CAD-SIG launches — Jeff Sutton

Mac CAD users' SIG — covers AutoCAD, MiniCAD, Claris CAD, Generic CADD. Pi's first dedicated CAD SIG.

Office News — Nancy Pochepko

New column from the Pi Office Manager — operational transparency.

Standing By for System 7 — Ralph J. Begleiter

Pre-launch System 7 coverage — Apple's upcoming major OS revision (eventually shipped May 1991). MacNovice perspective.

Just the Fax — Jim Board

Fax modem on Mac (Abaton InterFax 12/48) — fax becoming standard office tool.

The Promise of HyperMedia — Phil Shapiro

"Buzzword or breakthrough?" — Shapiro continuing the HyperCard/multimedia conversation as platform matures.

Macinations: The Mac in Medicine — Robb Wolov

Wolov (an MD) writes on medical Mac use — radiology, EMR pioneering, etc.

Entities

People: David Morganstein, Frank Potter, Nancy Seferian, Eduardo Bodmer, Jim Donnelly, Phil Shapiro, Jeff Sutton, Nancy Pochepko, Robb Wolov, Lynn Trusal, Douglas M. Bloomfield, Jim Board, Ralph J. Begleiter, David Ottalini Topics: CAD-SIG, Office News Column, System 7 Standby, Mac Fax Era, Mac in Medicine, HyperMedia Promise References: Abaton InterFax, LetterWriter, Power Computing (Apple III)

Connections to other issues

• CAD-SIG new SIG; complements existing SIG roster
• System 7 Standby previews what eventually ships May 1991
• Office News Column = first internal-operations transparency feature
• Pi Elections 1990 vote happens this month; outcome in 1990-07 — V12 N07 / 1990-08 — V12 N08