August 1993 — Vol 15 No 8

Overview

"Sponsored" Communication (Phil Shapiro, 12). Random Observations on Software (Joseph A. Hasson, 13). Less Time On-Line (Paul Campbell, 17) — modem use efficiency. Beginning HyperSpeak: The C's, Part 2 (from the Jargon File, 19). Toe Magic 10 (Scott Barber, 10). Thanks to All (Tom Witte, 21). Looking out from the Inside — A Poem (Paul Campbell, 66). Graphic Tips: Transparent Objects (Carol O'Connor, 24). Voyage to the Electronic Darkroom (Dennis Dimick, 27) — digital-photo essay. Audioshop (Susan Kayser, 35). Yearn2Learn (Ray Settle, 43). Quicken 3.0 and System 7.0 (Ralph Begleiter, 44). The Banker's Secret (David Oliver, 45). Building Your Wealth (Chris Kagy, 47). Daytime Macintosh classes available in August (cover banner) — Pi office offering weekday training.

Production stack updated: Mac IIci + newgen TurboPS/880p printer (replacing HP DeskWriter) + Publishers Service Bureau + PageMaker 4.2a + Microsoft Word 5.1. Apple II co-Editors role appears in masthead.

Table of contents (selected)

SIGs: Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8); EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 8); Women's SIG (Nancy Seferian, 14)

General Interest: In the Pi Pan (Debbie Hoyt, 5); Toe Magic 10 (Scott Barber, 10); "Sponsored" Communication (Phil Shapiro, 12); Random Observations on Software (Joseph A. Hasson, 13); Less Time On-Line (Paul Campbell, 17); BoD Summary (Dana J. Schwartz, 18); Beginning HyperSpeak: The C's, Part 2 (from Jargon File, 19); Thanks to All (Tom Witte, 21); Looking out from the Inside — A Poem (Paul Campbell, 66)

Macintosh Articles: Graphic Tips: Transparent Objects (Carol O'Connor, 24); Voyage to the Electronic Darkroom (Dennis Dimick, 27); Audioshop (Susan Kayser, 35); Yearn2Learn (Ray Settle, 43); Quicken 3.0 and System 7.0 (Ralph Begleiter, 44); The Banker's Secret (David Oliver, 45); Building Your Wealth (Chris Kagy, 47); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 51)

Highlights

Voyage to the Electronic Darkroom — Dennis Dimick

Digital photo workflow essay — Dimick (Photo CD reviewer, 1992-12 — V14 N12) on the emerging electronic darkroom. Marks Mac's role as photographer's tool.

Sponsored Communication — Phil Shapiro

Continued online-comms philosophy — possibly addressing advertising-supported services.

Random Observations on Software — Joseph A. Hasson

Hasson essay — lawyer/economist on software, continuing his long-running essays.

Quicken 3.0 + System 7 — Ralph Begleiter

MacNovice on Quicken under System 7 — practical compatibility.

newgen TurboPS/880p printer

Production printer change — from HP DeskWriter to newgen 880p (NeWGen TurboPS 880p = an 11x17 PostScript printer for layout proofs).

Daytime classes — Office offering

Pi office hosting weekday Mac training — new instructional initiative.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Morris Pelham, Phil Shapiro, Nancy Seferian, Scott Barber, Joseph A. Hasson, Paul Campbell, Dana J. Schwartz, Tom Witte, Carol O'Connor, Dennis Dimick, Susan Kayser, Ray Settle, Ralph Begleiter, David Oliver, Chris Kagy, Lawrence I. Charters Topics: Sponsored Communication, Electronic Darkroom, Daytime Mac Classes, Jargon File Series References: Audioshop, Yearn2Learn, Quicken 3.0, The Banker's Secret, Building Your Wealth, newgen TurboPS/880p

Connections to other issues

• Electronic Darkroom = Dennis Dimick continuing from 1992-12 — V14 N12 Photo CD piece
• Jargon File Series now at C's Part 2
• Production stack: Mac IIci 1993-02 — V15 N02 continues; printer upgraded to newgen