February 1991 — Vol 13 No 2
Source
Open original PDF • February 1991 • Vol 13 No 2 • 92 pages
Overview
Imagewriter Pricing: A Lament (Phil Shapiro, 5) — guest editorial. Computer-Fever Easy? (Andy Baird, 14) — Princeton MUG reprint on surge suppressors. My aching back (John Blumenstein, 17) — workplace ergonomics. Avoiding body bags (Leon H. Raesly, 18) — low-cost DTP tips. DocuComp 1.5 (Frank Potter, 20) — document comparison utility. Disk Ranger (Kevin Nealon, 23). MacFlow 3.1.5 (Michael Samuels, 24) — inexpensive flowcharting. Inexpensive laser printers (Lou Pastura, 26) — "Schwartzenegger lookalike ventures into new territory". SPSS 4.0 (Brad Tesh, 32) — statistical software high-end review. Bits & Bytes: "Sayonara, WAP" (Lynn Trusal, 34) — Trusal's farewell after years as Pi's Mac correspondent. Index to 1989 Journal Articles (72). WAP Authors' Guide republished (40).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Imagewriter Pricing: A lament (Phil Shapiro guest editorial, 5); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); WAP Authors' Guide (40); Index to 1989 Journal Articles (72)
SIGs: Columbia Apple Slice (10); GameSIG (10); IIGS SIG (57)
General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Don Mace (Nancy Seferian, 12); Computer-Fever Easy? (Andy Baird, 14); My aching back (John Blumenstein, 17); Avoiding body bags (Leon H. Raesly, 18)
Macintosh Articles: DocuComp 1.5 (Frank Potter, 20); Disk Ranger (Kevin Nealon, 23); MacFlow 3.1.5 (Michael Samuels, 24); Inexpensive laser printers (Lou Pastura, 26); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 30); SPSS 4.0 (Brad Tesh, 32); Bits & Bytes: Sayonara, WAP (Lynn Trusal, 34)
Highlights
Imagewriter Pricing: A Lament — Phil Shapiro
Guest editorial decrying Apple's ImageWriter price points — Pi advocating consumer/community interests.
Sayonara, WAP — Lynn Trusal
Trusal's farewell column after years writing Macintosh Bits & Bytes from at least 1986-09 — V08 N09 through 1990. (He had announced his upcoming departure back in May 1989 1989-05 — V11 N05, hung on, and now actually leaves.)
Inexpensive laser printers — Lou Pastura
Sub-$2000 laser printer survey — market democratizing rapidly post-DeskWriter.
SPSS 4.0 — Brad Tesh
High-end Mac statistics — competition for JMP.
Avoiding body bags — Leon H. Raesly
Low-cost DTP tips — survival-mode publishing.
Entities
People: Eric Rall, Phil Shapiro, Nancy Pochepko, Nancy Seferian, Don Mace, Andy Baird, John Blumenstein, Leon H. Raesly, Frank Potter, Kevin Nealon, Michael Samuels, Lou Pastura, Paul Schlosser, Brad Tesh, Lynn Trusal Topics: Imagewriter Pricing Lament, Lynn Trusal Departure, Mac Ergonomics, Inexpensive Laser Printers References: DocuComp, Disk Ranger, MacFlow 3.1.5, SPSS 4.0
Connections to other issues
- Lynn Trusal Departure caps long Bits & Bytes run from 1986-09 — V08 N09 onward
- Imagewriter Pricing Lament continues Shapiro's consumer-advocacy thread
- Inexpensive Laser Printers follows up HP DeskWriter coverage from 1989-11 — V11 N11