May 1992 — Vol 14 No 5
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Open original PDF • May 1992 • Vol 14 No 5 • 84 pages
Overview
Election Notice (51) — Pi annual elections. Garage Sale Invitation (41). A Significant Breakthrough in US-China Trade Relations (Joseph L. Hasson, 13) — by Pi's longtime legal/economics commentator. Exploring Typefaces — 16 (Frank Potter, 18) — Melior, Sabon, Tiffany. Modem USA (Phil Shapiro book review, 25). The MacNovice: ClarisWorks (Ralph J. Begleiter, 27) — ClarisWorks just launched (Aug 1991) — integrated app suite for Mac, will dominate K-12 and small business. Intersect CDR-73 CD ROM Reader (Andrew Mulligan, 34) — hardware. Microsoft Word 5.0 (Blake Lange, 43) — major Word update. Logitech TrackMan (John O'Reilly, 46). The Writing Center (Glenda Porterfield, 48). Ecology (Robert Wright, 50) — software review. New Macintosh Files on the TCS (Lawrence Charters, 52) — Charters new TCS-files column. Apple II Price Comparison (David Ottalini, 60). Cornucopia of Files (Gary Hayman, 64) — Apple II TCS files.
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorial Page (5); Garage Sale Invitation (41); Election Notice (51)
SIGs: EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 8); Columbia Apple Slice (Tom Cook + Lawrence Charters, 9); Apple IIGS SIG (Paul Tarantino, 10); Desktop Publishing SIG (12)
General Information: A Significant Breakthrough in US-China Trade Relations (Joseph L. Hasson, 13); WAP Artists on Exhibit — Number 5 (Anne Aiken, 16); Exploring Typefaces — 16 (Frank Potter, 18); Modem USA (Phil Shapiro, 25)
Macintosh Articles: MacNovice: ClarisWorks (Ralph J. Begleiter, 27); Intersect CDR-73 CD ROM Reader (Andrew Mulligan, 34); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 37); Microsoft Word 5.0 (Blake Lange, 43); Logitech TrackMan (John O'Reilly, 46); The Writing Center (Glenda Porterfield, 48); Ecology (Robert Wright, 50); New Macintosh Files on the TCS (Lawrence Charters, 52)
Apple II: Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 54); Program Clinic (Ken Franklin, M.D., 59); Apple II Price Comparison (David Ottalini, 60); Cornucopia of Files (Gary Hayman, 64)
Highlights
MacNovice: ClarisWorks
ClarisWorks (launched Aug 1991) — integrated word/spreadsheet/database/draw/comm suite. Eventually dominant in Mac education. Begleiter introduces it to MacNovices.
Microsoft Word 5.0 — Blake Lange
Major Word update for Mac — long-considered the high-point of pre-Office-suite Word.
New Macintosh Files on TCS — Lawrence Charters
Charters launches recurring TCS column — files-of-the-month for Mac users.
US-China Trade — Joseph L. Hasson
Economist/lawyer Hasson's continuing essays — likely about most-favored-nation status or tech-export questions.
Modem USA — Phil Shapiro
Book review on modem/BBS landscape — Shapiro's broad reading.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Deborah Hoyt, Phil Shapiro, Tom Cook, Lawrence Charters, Paul Tarantino, Joseph L. Hasson, Anne Aiken, Frank Potter, Ralph J. Begleiter, Andrew Mulligan, Paul Schlosser, Blake Lange, John O'Reilly, Glenda Porterfield, Robert Wright, Gary Hayman, Ken Franklin, David Ottalini Topics: Pi Elections 1992, US-China Trade, ClarisWorks Launch, CD-ROM (Mac) 1992 References: ClarisWorks, Microsoft Word 5.0, Logitech TrackMan, The Writing Center, Modem USA, Intersect CDR-73
Connections to other issues
- ClarisWorks Launch — Claris's integrated suite, follows AppleWorks GS (1989-02 — V11 N02)
- Lawrence Charters expanding role with new TCS-files column
- Microsoft Word 5.0 succeeds 4.0 (last covered 1990-12 — V12 N12)