August 1991 — Vol 13 No 8
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Open original PDF • August 1991 • Vol 13 No 8 • 100 pages
Overview
Life, the Universe and Everything (Eric Rall, 24) — Rall's third System 7 piece ("Now you have System 7.0, what does it do?"). Even More System 7.0 Stuff (Robb Wolov, 28) — Wolov adds to the exhaustive coverage. System 7.0: Should You Make the Switch? (Ralph J. Begleiter, 35) — MacNovices may want to hold off for a while. Amazing Fun (Blake Lange, 26) — Amazing Paint review. StatView (Tim Gunn, 37) — high-powered statistical analysis review. Beta Test Blues (Jim McMurry, 38) — dangers of being on the cutting edge. The Little Review Article (Jon Slobins, 41) — reviewing The Little System 7 Book. No More Pain in Planning (Jim Campbell, 42) — Biz Plan Builder. FileMaker Non-Pro. Exploring Typefaces — 6 (Frank Potter, 20) — Stone family (Informal, Serif, Sans), Frutiger, Glypha 2.
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 5); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); President's Lair (Eric Rall, 9)
SIGs: Columbia Slice (11); HyperTalk SIG (11); IIGS SIG (12); EdSIG (13); AVSIG (13)
General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Dave Aime (Nancy Seferian, 14); Exploring Typefaces — 6 (Frank Potter, 20)
Macintosh Articles: Life, the Universe and Everything (System 7) (Eric Rall, 24); Amazing Fun (Amazing Paint) (Blake Lange, 26); Even More System 7.0 Stuff (Robb Wolov, 28); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 31); System 7.0: Should You Make the Switch? (Ralph J. Begleiter, 35); StatView (Tim Gunn, 37); Beta Test Blues (Jim McMurry, 38); The Little Review Article (Little System 7 Book) (Jon Slobins, 41); No More Pain in Planning (Biz Plan Builder) (Jim Campbell, 42); FileMaker Non-Pro
Highlights
Triple-System-7 Coverage
Three pieces on System 7 in this issue: 1. Rall's "Life, the Universe and Everything" (Hitchhiker's Guide Pt 3) 2. Wolov's "Even More System 7.0 Stuff" 3. Begleiter's MacNovice "Should You Make the Switch?" (cautious)
StatView — Tim Gunn
Mac high-end statistics — Abacus Concepts' StatView. Joins JMP, SPSS as Mac stats trio.
Beta Test Blues — Jim McMurry
Cutting-edge software risk essay — relates to early System 7 adoption pain.
The Little System 7 Book
Self-help book on System 7 — Peachpit Press's popular series.
Entities
People: Eric Rall, Frank Potter, Nancy Pochepko, Nancy Seferian, Dave Aime, Blake Lange, Robb Wolov, Paul Schlosser, Ralph J. Begleiter, Tim Gunn, Jim McMurry, Jon Slobins, Jim Campbell Topics: System 7 Series, Beta Test Blues, Mac Statistics 1991 References: Amazing Paint, StatView, The Little System 7 Book, Biz Plan Builder, FileMaker
Connections to other issues
- System 7 Series Pt 3 — Rall's Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy concluded
- StatView joins JMP (1990-01 — V12 N01) and SPSS 4.0 (1991-02 — V13 N02) as Mac stats coverage