February 1992 — Vol 14 No 2
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Open original PDF • February 1992 • Vol 14 No 2 • 82 pages
Overview
ShareWare and FreeWare Discussed (Stan Feller, 11) — software licensing primer. Lingo: My Kind of Guy (Lawrence Charters, 13) — book review on Lingo (Macromedia Director scripting). Tips for Working w/Service Bureaus (Phil Shapiro, 14). Exploring Typefaces — 13 (Frank Potter, 20) — Serpentine, Copperplate. Hardware and Firmware (Steven Weyhrich, 24) — Apple History series launches (Weyhrich is the renowned Apple II historian). And Many Thanks (Tom Witte, 67) — message to Garage Sale helpers. The MacNovice: System 7 Revisited (Ralph J. Begleiter, 29). RunPC (Paul Chernoff, 31) — DOS-on-Mac competitor to SoftPC. Memories are Made of This (Tom Witte + Jonathan Hardis, 35) — RAM. EndNote Plus (Dan Wages, 43). Enhance Your Graphics (Jim Campbell, 49). Apple II Articles: Troubleshooting Your Apple II (Phil Shapiro, 52); Converting Magic Windows to AW (Ray Settle & Frank Winters); Copyrights (Rick Donaldson, 63). Apple III Mainframe Batch Printing (Paul Campbell, 66).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorial Page: In the Pi Pan (Deborah Hoyt, 5)
SIGs: Apple IIGS SIG (Robert Gurskey, 8); Game SIG (Steven Payne, 9); EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 10)
General Information: ShareWare and FreeWare Discussed (Stan Feller, 11); Lingo: My Kind of Guy (Lawrence Charters, 13); Tips for Working w/Service Bureaus (Phil Shapiro, 14); WAP Artists on Exhibit — Scott Farmer (Anne Aiken, 18); Exploring Typefaces — 13 (Frank Potter, 20); Hardware and Firmware (Apple History) (Steven Weyhrich, 24); And Many Thanks (Tom Witte, 67)
Macintosh Articles: The MacNovice: System 7 Revisited (Ralph J. Begleiter, 29); RunPC (Paul Chernoff, 31); Memories are Made of This (RAM) (Tom Witte & Jonathan Hardis, 35); EndNote Plus (Dan Wages, 43); Enhance Your Graphics (Jim Campbell, 49)
Apple II: Troubleshooting Your Apple II (Phil Shapiro, 52); Converting Magic Windows to AW (Ray Settle & Frank Winters, 52); Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 54); Copyrights (Rick Donaldson, 63)
Apple III: Mainframe Batch Printing (Paul Campbell, 66); On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 68)
Highlights
Apple History launches — Steven Weyhrich
Steven Weyhrich begins an Apple History column with "Hardware and Firmware" — Weyhrich is the most prominent Apple II historian (author of the long-running online "Apple II History"). Major addition to Pi's writing roster.
Lingo: My Kind of Guy — Lawrence Charters
Lawrence Charters' first review in this ingest range — book on Macromedia Director's Lingo scripting. Charters will become Pi's most prolific Mac reviewer.
ShareWare and FreeWare Discussed — Stan Feller
Software licensing primer — important as shareware ecosystem booms.
Tips for Working w/Service Bureaus — Phil Shapiro
DTP service-bureau workflow — practical guidance for Pi members outputting their work.
RunPC vs SoftPC
RunPC review continues Mac+DOS cross-platform thread; SoftPC was reviewed Oct 1991.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Deborah Hoyt, Robert Gurskey, Steven Payne, Phil Shapiro, Stan Feller, Lawrence Charters, Anne Aiken, Scott Farmer, Frank Potter, Steven Weyhrich, Tom Witte, Ralph J. Begleiter, Paul Chernoff, Jonathan Hardis, Dan Wages, Jim Campbell, Ray Settle, Frank Winters, Gary Hayman, Rick Donaldson, Paul Campbell, David Ottalini Topics: Apple History Series, Service Bureaus, ShareWare FreeWare Licensing References: Lingo, RunPC, EndNote Plus, Magic Windows
Connections to other issues
- Apple History Series by Steven Weyhrich starts here — major archival contribution
- Lawrence Charters appearance continues from 1992-01 — V14 N01 (Columbia Slice Mac)
- RunPC joins SoftPC coverage from 1991-10 — V13 N10