August 1990 — Vol 12 No 8

Overview

Eric Rall becomes President — President's Corner titled "Picking up the reins/reigns/rains" (a triple pun on Pi's recent turbulence). Rall was VP-Mac under Morganstein; now elevated. WAP Reviewers Wanted (Lou Pastura) appeals for member reviewers. June BOD Report + Bylaw proposal (the bylaws likely passing). The Windows Hype (Robb Wolov) — Wolov pans Windows 3.0 (released May 1990): "Windows 3.0 — less than meets the eye?". MacGreenpeace pierces the Iron Curtain (page 18, name redacted in extraction) — Eastern Europe Mac story (Berlin Wall fell Nov 1989; Pi members involved in Macs-to-Eastern-Europe initiatives). Canvas 2.1 review (Bill Baldridge) — Deneba's graphics program. A Great Sequencer, But What About My Dishes? (Ellen Baniszewski) — Deluxe Recorder MIDI software. View from the Cat House (Kim Brennan) — printers/drivers/scanners survey. Diary of a Hard Drive Hell (Rick Zeman) — cautionary tale. Building fonts (Jim Donnelly) — extends I Like Your Face series.

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: WAP Reviewers Wanted (Lou Pastura, 5); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); President's Corner — Eric Rall (9); June BOD Report (10); Bylaw proposal (10)

SIGs: IIGS SIG (11); WorksSIG (12); GameSIG (12); Building fonts (Jim Donnelly, 13)

General: WAP Artists in Review (Nancy Seferian, 16); MacGreenpeace pierces the Iron Curtain (18); Canvas 2.1 (Bill Baldridge, 23); The Windows Hype (Robb Wolov, 30); A Great Sequencer, But What About My Dishes? (Ellen Baniszewski, 32)

Apple III: On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 36)

Apple II: View from the Cat House (Kim Brennan, 43); Diary of a Hard Drive Hell (Rick Zeman, 46)

Highlights

Eric Rall becomes President — Eric Rall

Pi's new President: Rall was VP-Mac under Morganstein, now elected President. The "reins/reigns/rains" triple pun acknowledges the post-1989-crisis transition is complete with the bylaws ratification.

The Windows Hype — Robb Wolov

Windows 3.0 critique — Wolov, Mac partisan, pans Microsoft's first widely-adopted Windows release (May 1990). The Mac-vs-Windows era is now joined.

MacGreenpeace pierces the Iron Curtain

Macs to Eastern Europe post-Berlin-Wall — Pi members involved in moving Macs into Soviet-bloc countries.

Canvas 2.1 — Bill Baldridge

Deneba Canvas — versatile Mac graphics application (vector + raster).

Diary of a Hard Drive Hell — Rick Zeman

Cautionary recovery story — counterpoint to Robb Wolov's Hard Disk Hygiene.

Building Fonts — Jim Donnelly

"Tweak that font!" — practical extension of the I Like Your Face series (now at Part 7+).

Entities

People: Eric Rall, Lou Pastura, Nancy Pochepko, Robb Wolov, Bill Baldridge, Ellen Baniszewski, Kim Brennan, Rick Zeman, Jim Donnelly, David Ottalini, Nancy Seferian, Frank Potter Topics: Eric Rall Presidency, Pi Bylaws Ratified 1990, Windows 3.0 vs Mac, MacGreenpeace Iron Curtain, Mac in Eastern Europe References: Canvas 2.1, Deluxe Recorder, Windows 3.0

Connections to other issues

• Eric Rall Presidency is Pi's 5th President (Moon→Urban→Morganstein→Warrick→Morganstein→Platt→Morganstein→Rall — counting Morganstein's two terms)
• Pi Bylaws Ratified 1990 closes the Pi Governance Crisis 1989 arc
• Windows 3.0 vs Mac = beginning of long Mac-vs-Windows era
• MacGreenpeace Iron Curtain — extension of Phil Shapiro outreach themes