March 1991 — Vol 13 No 3

Overview

BoD Minutes (Dave Ottalini, 10) — November, December and January minutes published together. Taxes and the Home Business (Janet Attard, 12). Exploring Typefaces — 1 (Frank Potter, 16) — Potter launches new typography series (succeeding Donnelly's "I Like Your Face" run); Pt 1 covers Adobe Garamond, Utopia, and Janson. It's Virus Time!! (Ralph Begleiter, 21) — MacNovice returns with reassuring virus news. Disk Doubler (Brad Andrews, 25) — slimming utility (compression). MacSchedule Plus (Deirdra McAfee, 29). MacInTax (Frank R. Kistner, 33) — tax software made easier. Cheshire 1.0 (Dan A. Oren, M.D., 35) — charting from home. Great GANTT and FastTrack Schedule (Jeff Porterfield, 36) — project management. Easy Kana (Robert Farquhar, 40) — learn Hiragana and Katakana. Index to 1990 Journal Articles (Harvey Kaye, 72).

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); BoD Minutes Nov-Dec-Jan (Dave Ottalini, 10); Index to 1990 Journal Articles (Harvey Kaye, 72)

SIGs: IIGS SIG (11)

General Information: Taxes and the Home Business (Janet Attard, 12); WAP Artists in Review — Todd Wallace (Nancy Seferian, 14); Exploring Typefaces — 1 (Frank Potter, 16)

Macintosh Articles: It's Virus Time!! (Ralph Begleiter, 21); Disk Doubler (Brad Andrews, 25); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 26); MacSchedule Plus (Deirdra McAfee, 29); MacInTax (Frank R. Kistner, 33); Cheshire 1.0 (Dan A. Oren, M.D., 35); Great GANTT and FastTrack Schedule (Jeff Porterfield, 36); Easy Kana (Robert Farquhar, 40)

Apple III: On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 47)

Highlights

Exploring Typefaces — 1 — Frank Potter

Potter launches typography series (succeeding Jim Donnelly's "I Like Your Face" series of 1989-90). Pt 1 covers Adobe Garamond, Utopia, Janson.

It's Virus Time!! — Ralph Begleiter

MacNovice on Mac viruses — reassuring tone post-Disinfectant era.

Disk Doubler — Brad Andrews

File compression utility — major Mac tool as files grew (precursor to StuffIt's dominance).

MacInTax — Frank R. Kistner

ChipSoft's tax prep on Mac — eventually became Intuit's TurboTax.

BoD Minutes — Dave Ottalini

Three months of Board minutes consolidated by new Secretary Ottalini (elected 1990-11 — V12 N11).

Easy Kana — Robert Farquhar

Japanese learning — Hiragana/Katakana. Multi-cultural Pi reach.

Entities

People: Eric Rall, Nancy Pochepko, Dave Ottalini, Janet Attard, Nancy Seferian, Todd Wallace, Frank Potter, Ralph Begleiter, Brad Andrews, Paul Schlosser, Deirdra McAfee, Frank R. Kistner, Dan A. Oren, Jeff Porterfield, Robert Farquhar, Harvey Kaye Topics: Exploring Typefaces Series, Mac Compression, Project Management on Mac References: Disk Doubler, MacInTax, MacSchedule Plus, Cheshire, GANTT, FastTrack Schedule, Easy Kana

Connections to other issues

• Exploring Typefaces Series succeeds Jim Donnelly's "I Like Your Face" series (1989-12 — V11 N12 – 1990-12 — V12 N12)
• Harvey Kaye Journal indexing continues from 1988-01 — V10 N01 (first index) → now 1990 index
• Mac Compression = Disk Doubler precursor to StuffIt