April 1993 — Vol 15 No 4
Source
Open original PDF • April 1993 • Vol 15 No 4 • 84 pages
Overview
TCS infrastructure upgrade: New TCS Update (Paul Schlosser, 12) + TCS Improvement Fund Update (Paul Schlosser, 13). Editor Search continues (16). Community Affairs (Phil Shapiro, 14). Thinking About Online Communications (Phil Shapiro, 17) — continued Internet/online series. Ace Detective (Thomas Berens, 32). Millie's Math House (Sharon Freiman, 34). Tesserae (Jeff Stetekluh, 36). Kill the Courier! / Super ATM Review (Frank Potter, 37) — Adobe SuperATM (Adobe Type Manager extension). In a Word (Debbie Hoyt, 43). Power Menus (Jim Campbell, 45). Hypertalkin' (Madge Bruce Van Ness, 46). GEnie Lamp Profile of Kenrick J. Mock (56). GEnie and the Apple II (Dean Esmay, 58). Profile LL Formats (Tom Linders, 63).
Table of contents (selected)
SIGs: Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8); Columbia Slice (Andy Wakshul, 9); IIGS SIG (Paul Tarantino, 9)
General Interest: ... in the Pi Pan (Debbie Hoyt, 5); Map to General Meeting (11); New TCS Update (Paul Schlosser, 12); TCS Improvement Fund Update (Paul Schlosser, 13); Community Affairs (Phil Shapiro, 14); Editor Search (16); Thinking About Online Communications (Phil Shapiro, 17)
Macintosh Articles: Artists on Exhibit — Lamie Higgins (Ann Aiken, 18); Macintosh Tutorials (20); Ace Detective (Thomas Berens, 32); Millie's Math House (Sharon Freiman, 34); Tesserae (Jeff Stetekluh, 36); Kill the Courier! / Super ATM Review (Frank Potter, 37); In a Word (Debbie Hoyt, 43); Power Menus (Jim Campbell, 45); Hypertalkin' (Madge Bruce Van Ness, 46); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 47)
Apple II: Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 50); Profile of Kenrick J. Mock (from GEnie Lamp, 56); GEnie and the Apple II (Dean Esmay, 58)
Apple III: On the Trail of the Apple /// (David Ottalini, 60); Profile LL Formats (Tom Linders, 63)
Highlights
TCS Upgrades — Paul Schlosser
New TCS Update + Improvement Fund — Pi's BBS infrastructure being upgraded. Members invited to fund the work.
Thinking About Online Communications — Phil Shapiro
Online communications philosophy — Shapiro's reflective extension of January's "Internet User's Guide" series.
Super ATM — Frank Potter
Adobe Super ATM — extension to Adobe Type Manager for missing-font substitution. "Kill the Courier!" refers to Courier-font fallback.
Millie's Math House — Sharon Freiman
Edmark's Millie's Math House — landmark early-childhood Mac educational game (1992).
GEnie and the Apple II — Dean Esmay
GEnie online service for Apple II users — GE's CompuServe competitor.
Editor Search continues
Still seeking Journal editor — multiple-issue effort.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Phil Shapiro, Morris Pelham, Andy Wakshul, Paul Tarantino, Paul Schlosser, Ann Aiken, Lamie Higgins, Thomas Berens, Sharon Freiman, Jeff Stetekluh, Frank Potter, Jim Campbell, Madge Bruce Van Ness, Lawrence I. Charters, Gary Hayman, Kenrick J. Mock, Dean Esmay, David Ottalini, Tom Linders Topics: TCS Improvement Fund, GEnie Online Service, Phil Shapiro Internet Series, Adobe Type Manager References: Super ATM, Ace Detective, Millie's Math House, Tesserae, In a Word, Power Menus
Connections to other issues
- TCS Improvement Fund continues WAP TCS evolution; Leon H. Raesly's "History of the WAP TCS" in 1991-11 — V13 N11 is background
- Phil Shapiro Internet Series continues from 1993-01 — V15 N01 → 1993-03 — V15 N03 → here
- GEnie Online Service = GE's CompuServe competitor; significant Apple II hangout