December 1993 — Vol 15 No 12
Source
Open original PDF • December 1993 • Vol 15 No 12 • 80 pages • $2.95
Overview
Year-end Volume 15. Cover features Movie Movie video capture card (page 20) — Mac video-capture era begins. December Garage Sale Dec 4 at Allentown Outlet Mall, Camp Springs MD. Pi monthly meetings now at Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale, VA) — venue moved from USUHS (the venue change resolution from the meeting-location survey in 1991-01 — V13 N01 finally arrives). November speaker: Hewlett-Packard + Microsoft; January 1994: Ares Software + Mannesmann Tally. Communicate Lite v. 1.0 (Rick Zeman, 33). M4: Sherman Tank Simulator (Ray Settle, 35). New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 37). Notes from the Apple II President (47) — suggests Apple II side of Pi has its own internal leadership figure (or a wry title for the Apple II SIG chair). Women's SIG now under Kathleen G. Charters (6) — Charters family expanding role. Byts and Pyces (Apple II, Gary Hayman, 48).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: WAP Hotline (39, 42); WAP Calendar (40, 41)
SIGs: Women's SIG (Kathleen G. Charters, 6); Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 7)
Macintosh Articles: Movie Movie Video Capture Card (cover/20); Communicate Lite v. 1.0 (Rick Zeman, 33); M4: Sherman Tank Simulator (Ray Settle, 35); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 37)
Apple II: Notes from the Apple II President (47); Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 48)
Highlights
Meeting venue moved to NOVA Community College
Pi general meetings now at Community & Cultural Center, NoVA Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale VA, 4th Saturday 9:00 AM. Abundant free parking. Resolves the Meeting Location Survey 1991 from 1991-01 — V13 N01 — USUHS Bethesda finally replaced as primary venue.
Movie Movie Video Capture
Cover feature: Mac video-capture cards (Movie Movie + Sherman Tank screen image suggests game capture too).
Kathleen G. Charters — Women's SIG
Kathleen Charters (presumably Lawrence Charters's spouse) leads Women's SIG, succeeding Nancy Seferian.
Apple II President?
"Notes from the Apple II President" suggests internal structure within Pi for Apple II vs Mac sides — or new playful Apple II SIG title.
Year-end retrospective
Closes Volume 15 — a year marked by: - The deaths of Bernie Urban (May 28) and Marty Milrod - Internet arrival (Phil Shapiro guides) - New journal cover design (Aiken + Seferian) - Newton MessagePad launch coverage - Meeting venue change to NOVA
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Kathleen G. Charters, Lawrence Charters, Morris Pelham, Rick Zeman, Ray Settle, Lawrence I. Charters, Gary Hayman Topics: NOVA Community College Venue, Mac Video Capture, Year-End 1993 References: Movie Movie, Communicate Lite, M4 Sherman Tank Simulator
Connections to other issues
- NOVA Community College Venue resolves Meeting Location Survey 1991 from 1991-01 — V13 N01
- Mac Video Capture = next-frontier Mac hardware
- Closes Vol 15, capping a year of profound Pi losses (Bernie Urban Death, Martin Milrod Death)