November 1992 — Vol 14 No 11

Overview

Adapting the Hayes Personal Modem (Lorin Evans, 19) — President writes hardware-mod how-to. Apple Expo East Disk Specials (Lorin Evans, 21) — disk-buy advice. WAP Artists on Exhibit, Part 1 (Ann Aiken, 22) — multi-part series begins (Carole O'Connor). The XYZ's of File Transfer (Jon Thomason, 24) — XMODEM/YMODEM/ZMODEM primer. How to Use the TCS File Transfer System (The Crew, 27). It is Better to Look Good (Debbie Hoyt, 29). MacEKG (Rick Zeman, 32) — Mac diagnostic. PowerBundle: A Good Value? (Lawrence Charters, 34). Macs, PC's, Excel and Speed (Richard J. Byrd, 36) — cross-platform Excel benchmarking. Apple II Screen Shots: Seeing is Believing (Phil Shapiro + Bill Wydro, 52). Ultra Woe is Me (Gary Hayman, 51) — AppleWorks UltraMacros tribulations.

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: Oct/Nov General Meeting (Cover 2)

SIGs: EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 8); Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8); IIGS SIG (Paul Tarantino, 10); Columbia Apple Slice (Tom Cook, 11); III SIG (Dave Ottalini, 12)

General Interest: Apple & Mac Tutorials (Keith Malkin, 13); How to Get Your Telecomm Starter Kit (16); Adapting the Hayes Personal Modem (Lorin Evans, 19); Apple Expo East Disk Specials (Lorin Evans, 21); WAP Artists on Exhibit Pt 1 — Carole O'Connor (Ann Aiken, 22); The XYZ's of File Transfer (Jon Thomason, 24); How to Use the TCS File Transfer System (The Crew, 27); It is Better to Look Good (Debbie Hoyt, 29)

Macintosh Articles: MacEKG (Rick Zeman, 32); PowerBundle: A Good Value? (Lawrence Charters, 34); Macs, PC's, Excel and Speed (Richard J. Byrd, 36); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence Charters, 43)

Apple II: Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 46); Ultra Woe is Me (Gary Hayman, 51); Apple II Screen Shots (Phil Shapiro + Bill Wydro, 52); Apple II Walkabout (Seth Mize, 54)

Highlights

The XYZ's of File Transfer — Jon Thomason

XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM protocols explained — modem file transfer primer.

Macs, PC's, Excel and Speed — Richard J. Byrd

Cross-platform Excel performance comparison — Mac vs PC benchmarking.

PowerBundle — Lawrence Charters

Power-user utility bundle review — Charters expanding hardware/software review work.

Apple II Screen Shots — Phil Shapiro + Bill Wydro

Practical Apple II screen-capture how-to — Shapiro continues Apple II support.

President writes hardware mods — Lorin Evans

Lorin Evans contributes Hayes Personal Modem adaptation — President doubling as practical writer.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Phil Shapiro, Morris Pelham, Paul Tarantino, Tom Cook, Dave Ottalini, Keith Malkin, Ann Aiken, Carole O'Connor, Jon Thomason, The Crew, Debbie Hoyt, Rick Zeman, Lawrence Charters, Richard J. Byrd, Gary Hayman, Bill Wydro, Seth Mize Topics: XMODEM YMODEM ZMODEM, Hayes Personal Modem Adaptation, Telecomm Starter Kit, TCS File Transfer References: MacEKG, PowerBundle, Hayes Personal Modem

Connections to other issues

• Jon Thomason becoming key telecom voice (XYZ's File Transfer extends his role from 1992-09 — V14 N09)
• The Crew series continues with practical TCS how-to
• Lorin Evans continues hands-on contributions as President