December 1992 — Vol 14 No 12
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Open original PDF • December 1992 • Vol 14 No 12 • 84 pages
Overview
Year-end issue with new initiatives. Women's SIG launches (Nancy Seferian, 9). Community Affairs Column (Phil Shapiro, 12) — new ongoing column. BoD Summary of Activities (Dana J. Schwartz, 13). In the Pi Pan (Debbie Hoyt, 5). Artists on Exhibit — Special Edition (Carole O'Connor, 14). How the TCS Works — The Editor (The Crew, 17). WAP's Guide to the Macintosh Orchard (Tom Witte + Jon Thomason, 23) — Mac product taxonomy. Photo CD: Desktop Photography (Dennis R. Dimick, 26) — Kodak's Photo CD format (introduced 1992). BusinessTalk 2000 (Jon Slobins, 31). EmployeeManualMaker and JobSketch (Debbie Hoyt, 37). Intel SatisFAXion 400e FAX/V.32bis Modem (Paul Heller, 43). StyleWriter hardware review (Bernie Benson, 45). Online and Offline with ProTERM 3.0 (Lorne Walton, 55). Big Text Machine (Sandy Kowalczuk + Emily Legum, 58). December Garage Sale (18).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: In the Pi Pan (Debbie Hoyt, 5); Community Affairs Column (Phil Shapiro, 12); BoD Summary of Activities (Dana J. Schwartz, 13); Artists on Exhibit — Special Edition (Carole O'Connor, 14); How the TCS Works — The Editor (The Crew, 17); December Garage Sale (18)
SIGs: EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 8); Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8); Women's SIG (Nancy Seferian, 9); IIGS SIG (Paul Tarantino, 10)
Macintosh Articles: Macintosh Tutorials; WAP's Guide to the Macintosh Orchard (Tom Witte + Jon Thomason, 23); Photo CD: Desktop Photography (Dennis R. Dimick, 26); BusinessTalk 2000 (Jon Slobins, 31); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 34); EmployeeManualMaker and JobSketch (Debbie Hoyt, 37); Intel SatisFAXion 400e V.32bis (Paul Heller, 43)
Apple II: StyleWriter hardware review (Bernie Benson, 45); Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 46); Apple II Walkabout: Apple Expo East (Seth Mize, 52); ProTERM 3.0 (Lorne Walton, 55); Big Text Machine (Sandy Kowalczuk + Emily Legum, 58)
Apple III: On the Trail of the Apple /// (Dave Ottalini, 60)
Highlights
Women's SIG launches — Nancy Seferian
New Women's SIG — Pi diversifying. Seferian (Pi's graphic artist + AVSIG/AV-SIG founder) leads.
Community Affairs Column — Phil Shapiro
Shapiro's outreach work gets a dedicated column — formalizing his role since the Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse proposal in 1990-01 — V12 N01.
Photo CD — Dennis R. Dimick
Kodak Photo CD (introduced 1992) — digital photography on optical media. Major imaging milestone.
Intel SatisFAXion V.32bis — Paul Heller
14,400 bps fax modem — V.32bis was the new speed standard.
WAP's Guide to the Macintosh Orchard — Tom Witte + Jon Thomason
Mac taxonomy — guide to the proliferating Mac model line.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Phil Shapiro, Dana J. Schwartz, Morris Pelham, Nancy Seferian, Paul Tarantino, Carole O'Connor, The Crew, Tom Witte, Jon Thomason, Dennis R. Dimick, Jon Slobins, Lawrence I. Charters, Paul Heller, Bernie Benson, Gary Hayman, Seth Mize, Lorne Walton, Sandy Kowalczuk, Emily Legum, Dave Ottalini Topics: Women's SIG, Community Affairs Column, Macintosh Orchard, Photo CD, V.32bis Modems References: Photo CD, BusinessTalk 2000, EmployeeManualMaker, Intel SatisFAXion 400e, StyleWriter, ProTERM 3.0, Big Text Machine
Connections to other issues
- Closes Volume 14 — first full year under Lorin Evans
- Women's SIG new — Pi diversifies SIG roster
- Photo CD = digital-imaging inflection point
- Community Affairs Column formalizes Phil Shapiro's outreach role
- V.32bis Modems succeeds V.32 Modems (1992-08 — V14 N08)