October 1990 — Vol 12 No 10
Source
Open original PDF • October 1990 • Vol 12 No 10 • 91 pages • $2.95
Overview
Bernie Urban returns (page 19) with "Keeping Cool/Warm with Canvas" — energy-efficient design tips, aided by the Mac. Urban (Pi founding editor 1979-88) re-appears as contributor. "The soapbox" (Frank Potter editorials, 5). ISO: Printers & proposals (Frank Potter, 8) — WAP shopping for a new printer vendor for the journal. August BOD Minutes (10). Adding Your Own Memory (Ralph Begleiter, 23) — DIY memory upgrade. On trackballs (Frank Potter, 26) — hardware review of two contenders. Soft- and Hardware Review status (Lou Pastura, 27). After Dark 2.0 (Chuck Sicard, 28) — "perhaps the ultimate screen saver" — sequel to Berkeley Systems' classic. Endnote, Version 1.2.3 (Andrew Saindon, 30) — heavy-duty bibliography software. Accounting Solutions continues (Robert Camerlengo, 32). Building fonts — 3 (Jim Donnelly, 16). WAP Artists in Review features Monica Williams art.
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: The soapbox (Frank Potter, 5); ISO: Printers & proposals (Frank Potter, 8); President's Corner (Eric Rall, 9); August BOD Minutes (10)
SIGs: IIGS SIG (11); EdSIG (12); Columbia Slice (12)
General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Monica Williams (Nancy Seferian, 14); Building fonts — 3 (Jim Donnelly, 16)
Macintosh Articles: Keeping Cool/Warm with Canvas — Bernie Urban (19); Adding Your Own Memory (Ralph Begleiter, 23); On trackballs (Frank Potter, 26); Soft- and Hardware Review status (Lou Pastura, 27); After Dark 2.0 (Chuck Sicard, 28); Endnote 1.2.3 (Andrew Saindon, 30); Accounting Solutions (Robert Camerlengo, 32); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 34); Bits & Bytes (Lynn Trusal)
Highlights
Bernie Urban returns — Bernie Urban
Pi's founding editor (1979-1988) reappears with a Canvas-based energy-efficient design article. Notable: Urban left when the journal redesign and crisis hit in 1989; his return here signals reconciliation.
ISO Printers & proposals
Pi shopping for journal printer — the Mac IIfx/PageMaker production is in-house but printing/binding goes outside.
After Dark 2.0 — Chuck Sicard
Sequel to the classic — Flying Toasters era continues.
On trackballs — Frank Potter
Trackball hardware review — Kensington TurboMouse vs. competitors.
Adding Your Own Memory — Ralph Begleiter
Mac memory DIY — "not as daunting as you might have thought".
Entities
People: Eric Rall, Frank Potter, Bernie Urban, Nancy Seferian, Monica Williams, Jim Donnelly, Ralph Begleiter, Lou Pastura, Chuck Sicard, Andrew Saindon, Robert Camerlengo, Paul Schlosser, Lynn Trusal Topics: Bernie Urban Return, ISO Printers Proposal, Mac Memory DIY, Trackballs References: After Dark 2.0, Endnote 1.2.3, Canvas
Connections to other issues
- Bernie Urban Return — symbolic reconciliation after Pi Governance Crisis 1989
- After Dark 2.0 follows After Dark 1.0 in 1989-10 — V11 N10
- Building fonts series continues from Aug (3rd installment here)