January 1991 — Vol 13 No 1

Overview

Volume 13 opens under Eric Rall's presidency. "User Groups as conduits" (Phil Shapiro, 15) — getting Giant and Safeway receipts translated into computers. Mentor Program Update (Manny DeVera, 18) — early days for the program launched 1990-11 — V12 N11; complemented by "Mentors — Another View" (Carol Hyatt, 19). PageMaker 4.0 review (Frank Potter, 24) — "Aldus does it again — getting it almost right". Music Mouse (Reinhard Wenger, 23) — music controller program. CheckWriter II (Frank Kistner, 26). Fractal Programming in C (Thomas Hoyt, 28) — book review. Correct Grammar (Dan Wahl, 34). HyperCard 2.0 + Apple Customer Assistance + HP DeskWriter coverage in Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 30). Meeting Location Survey (95) — Pi polling members about USUHS vs alternative venues.

Table of contents (selected, by category)

Club News: Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); President's Column (Eric Rall, 9); Mentor program signup sheet (93); Meeting location survey (95)

SIGs: IIGS SIG (11); Columbia Apple Slice (12); dPub SIG (13); EdSIG (13); GameSIG (14)

General Information: WAP Artists in Review — J. Perry Fitzhugh (Nancy Seferian, 14); User Groups as conduits (Phil Shapiro, 15); Mentor Program Update (Manny DeVera, 18); Mentors — Another View (Carol Hyatt, 19)

Reviews: Music Mouse (Reinhard Wenger, 23); PageMaker 4.0 (Frank Potter, 24); CheckWriter II (Frank Kistner, 26); Fractal Programming in C (Thomas Hoyt, 28); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 30); Correct Grammar (Dan Wahl, 34)

Highlights

Phil Shapiro: User Groups as conduits

Pi as a translator between commercial software and community use — using HyperCard or other tools to make grocery receipts usable, etc. Continuing Shapiro's community-outreach thread.

Mentor Program Update — Manny DeVera + Carol Hyatt

Two perspectives on the WAP Mentor Program (launched Nov 1990). Pi's structured mentor-mentee matching system.

PageMaker 4.0 — Frank Potter

Aldus PageMaker 4.0 — the dominant Mac DTP application's major revision. "Almost right" suggests rough-edges critique.

HyperCard 2.0

Mentioned in Schlosser's "Notes on the Mac" — HyperCard 2.0 just launched (Jan 1991), introducing color support and an expanded HyperTalk.

Meeting Location Survey

Pi polls members on meeting venue preferences — possibly considering moving from USUHS.

Entities

People: Eric Rall, Nancy Pochepko, Phil Shapiro, Manny DeVera, Carol Hyatt, Nancy Seferian, J. Perry Fitzhugh, Reinhard Wenger, Frank Potter, Frank Kistner, Thomas Hoyt, Paul Schlosser, Dan Wahl Topics: Meeting Location Survey 1991, Mentor Program Updates, User Groups as Conduits References: PageMaker 4.0, HyperCard 2.0, Music Mouse, CheckWriter II, Correct Grammar, Fractal Programming in C

Connections to other issues

• WAP Mentor Program launched 1990-11 — V12 N11 — update here
• HyperCard 2.0 follows HyperCard 1.2 coverage (1988-08 — V10 N08)
• PageMaker 4.0 succeeds 3.x — Pi journal itself uses PageMaker for production