June 1991 — Vol 13 No 6
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Open original PDF • June 1991 • Vol 13 No 6 • 92 pages
Overview
System 7.0 — Hitchhiker's Guide (Eric Rall, 40) — "Our President takes us on a tour of the future". System 7.0 shipped May 13, 1991 — major Mac OS rewrite (TrueType, virtual memory, balloon help, file sharing, AppleEvents). Editorials: Apple's reluctance to upgrade old Macs (Frank Potter, 5). WAP Open House announced (9). WAP Garage Sale June 29 (15). BoD Minutes April (Dave Ottalini, 12). DTP Legal Issues Pt I (Harvey Kaye, 32) — copyrights on type? Mail Order — or not? (John O'Reilly, 34). Videotex — For You? (Regina O'Hare, 76) — Videotex Association primer. Exploring Typefaces — 4 (Frank Potter, 18) — Goudy, Futura, Trajan, Charlemagne. Software for MacNovices (Ralph J. Begleiter, 25). Mac's Sign of the Times (Bill Jensen, 36) — BannerMania review. Random House Encyclopedia (EE) (Dan Wahl, 38) — electronic publication. Books About Desktop Publishing (Frank Potter, 47).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 5); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); President's Lair (Eric Rall, 9); WAP Open House (9); BoD Minutes April (Dave Ottalini, 12); WAP Garage Sale June 29 (15)
SIGs: IIGS SIG (10); Columbia Slice (11)
General Information: Kickers and Calendars (Lee Raesly, 13); WAP Artists in Review — Larry Ravitz (Nancy Seferian, 16); Exploring Typefaces — 4 (Frank Potter, 18); Videotex — For You? (Regina O'Hare, 76)
Macintosh Articles: Software for MacNovices (Ralph J. Begleiter, 25); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 29); DTP Legal Issues (Pt I) (Harvey Kaye, 32); Mail Order — or not? (John O'Reilly, 34); Mac's Sign of the Times (BannerMania) (Bill Jensen, 36); Random House Encyclopedia EE (Dan Wahl, 38); System 7.0 — Hitchhiker's Guide (Eric Rall, 40); Books About Desktop Publishing (Frank Potter, 47)
Highlights
System 7.0 — Hitchhiker's Guide — Eric Rall
Eric Rall covers the just-launched System 7.0 (May 13, 1991). Major Mac OS revision: TrueType fonts, virtual memory, balloon help, file sharing, AppleEvents, Personal File Sharing. Pi's biggest OS event since System 6.
Apple's reluctance to upgrade old Macs — Frank Potter
Editorial critique of Apple's policy on old-Mac upgrade paths. Consumer-advocacy stance.
DTP Legal Issues Pt I — Harvey Kaye
Copyrights on type — Kaye's exploration of typeface legal status. Pt I of a series.
WAP Open House + Garage Sale
Community events under Eric Rall's presidency.
Videotex — For You? — Regina O'Hare
Videotex Association primer — early proto-internet info service.
BannerMania — Bill Jensen
Broderbund's BannerMania — fun creative software.
Entities
People: Eric Rall, Frank Potter, Nancy Pochepko, Dave Ottalini, Lee Raesly, Nancy Seferian, Larry Ravitz, Regina O'Hare, Ralph J. Begleiter, Paul Schlosser, Harvey Kaye, John O'Reilly, Bill Jensen, Dan Wahl Topics: System 7, Mac Upgrade Path Critique, WAP Garage Sale, DTP Legal Issues, Videotex References: System 7.0, BannerMania, Random House Encyclopedia EE
Connections to other issues
- System 7 launch — long-anticipated since 1990-06 — V12 N06 "Standing By for System 7"; followup 1990-12 — V12 N12 "Wait for System 7?"
- Exploring Typefaces Series continues
- Mac Upgrade Path Critique echoes Phil Shapiro Imagewriter Pricing Lament 1991-02 — V13 N02