March 1993 — Vol 15 No 3
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Open original PDF • March 1993 • Vol 15 No 3 • 84 pages
Overview
Election season: Bylaw Amendments (11) + Call for Nominations for BoD (18) + BoD Summary (18) + Editor Search (22). Understanding Telecommunications (Phil Shapiro, 9). Ethernet — What Makes a LAN Tick? (16). America Online: The Book book review (Deborah Miles-Hoyt, 19) — first AOL coverage. In the Pi Pan/Editorial (Debbie Hoyt, 5). TouchBase and Contact! (David K Page, 25) — contact-manager reviews. Artists on Exhibit — James Burch (Ann Aiken, 28). Aldus WalkThrough (Jacque Davidson, 43) — 3D architectural walk-through. Help I (Jim Campbell, 46). ClarisWorks has a Problem (John Boren, 47). Profile of Ellen Rosenberg (from GEnie Lamp, 56). Apple II Walkabout: Taglines (Seth Mize, 59). Connecting an Apple II GS and a Mac (Mark Ballard, 60). Your Money Matters (Russ Messana, 62). GoBack III (Paul Campbell, 66) — Apple III adventure.
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Map to General Meeting (1); Bylaw Amendments (11); Call for Nominations for BoD (18); BoD Summary (18); Editor Search (22)
SIGs: Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8)
General Interest: In the Pi Pan/Editorial (Debbie Hoyt, 5); Understanding Telecommunications (Phil Shapiro, 9); Ethernet — What Makes a LAN Tick? (16); America Online: The Book book review (Deborah Miles-Hoyt, 19)
Macintosh Articles: Macintosh Tutorials (23); TouchBase and Contact! (David K Page, 25); Artists on Exhibit — James Burch (Ann Aiken, 28); Aldus WalkThrough (Jacque Davidson, 43); Help I (Jim Campbell, 46); ClarisWorks has a Problem (John Boren, 47); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 48)
Apple II: Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 51); Profile of Ellen Rosenberg (from GEnie Lamp, 56); Apple II Walkabout: Taglines (Seth Mize, 59); Connecting an Apple II GS and a Mac (Mark Ballard, 60); Your Money Matters (Russ Messana, 62)
Apple III: On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 63); GoBack III (Paul Campbell, 66)
Highlights
America Online: The Book — Deborah Miles-Hoyt
First AOL coverage in Pi — Tom Lichty's "America Online: The Book". AOL (launched 1989, rebranded 1991) becoming consumer Internet portal. Author byline "Deborah Miles-Hoyt" likely the same as Debbie Hoyt (Managing Editor).
Ethernet — What Makes a LAN Tick?
Pi network education — LAN tech for members.
Understanding Telecommunications — Phil Shapiro
Phil Shapiro continues his communication series — from Internet Users' Guide (1993-01 — V15 N01) to broader telecom theory.
ClarisWorks has a Problem — John Boren
ClarisWorks bug report — Claris's integrated suite getting critical Pi treatment.
Aldus WalkThrough — Jacque Davidson
Aldus's 3D architectural walk-through software.
Connecting IIGS and Mac — Mark Ballard
Cross-Apple-platform connection — IIGS to Mac.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Deborah Miles-Hoyt, Phil Shapiro, Morris Pelham, David K Page, Ann Aiken, James Burch, Jacque Davidson, Jim Campbell, John Boren, Lawrence I. Charters, Gary Hayman, Ellen Rosenberg, Seth Mize, Mark Ballard, Russ Messana, David Ottalini, Paul Campbell Topics: Bylaw Amendments 1993, Editor Search 1993, AOL Coverage, Ethernet LAN, Cross-Apple Connectivity References: America Online (Book), GoBack III, Aldus WalkThrough, TouchBase, Contact!, Help I, Your Money Matters
Connections to other issues
- Editor Search 1993 — second editor search (first was 1991-04 — V13 N04); Debbie Hoyt presumably looking to step back
- AOL Coverage starts here; AOL grew to dominate consumer Internet
- Phil Shapiro Internet Series continues from 1993-01 — V15 N01